[Red Chamber] Jagged Lin Daiyu

Chapter 235 Chi Xiu's Boyhood

Baihong used a bamboo knife to process the bamboo shoots and taro, cut them and cooked them together in a pot, added some rice, a few prickly ash leaves and aniseed ingredients in the pot, added five eggs and threw a handful Shrimp, put some salt and you can eat.

He didn't use firewood to light the fire, the pot was hung on a tripod, he reached under the pot, and silently operated the real energy to create a fire, continuously cooking the food in the pot.This method can train the stable output of real energy. If the fire can be controlled and sustained, it will be very helpful for alchemy in the future, and it can also replace the drenched firewood that has been poured by heavy rain.

Chi Xiu turned Yunshang into a pair of shorts. He likes wearing only shorts as if in the mortal world, with his upper body exposed and the mountain wind blowing.The wind blows through his heart, bringing coldness and refreshment, which makes him feel that he is still alive. He always feels that he can see the furry brothers throwing the brother who is afraid of water into the river in a blink of an eye, or watching the big brother Carry out love education to other elder brothers with wooden sticks.

Sighing for a long time, he casually picked a few peppercorns from the tree and threw them into his mouth. With a click, a burst of numbness burst out in his mouth. Half of his face was numb from the numbness, and his tongue couldn't be controlled by himself. .Spitting out the residue, gasping for air-conditioning hissing, really exciting.I went to the semi-natural and semi-artificial flax field in the back mountain to cut a lot of hemp, and then came back to weave cloth to make clothes.

Flax is a leaf. After the leaves and stalks are crushed, a very tough silk can be washed out of it, which is real hemp. When twisted into thread, it becomes hemp thread, and when woven into cloth, it can be used to make clothes.I used a straw rope to trap the cut hemp leaves into a large bundle, which weighed about a hundred catties, and the rope almost broke.

Chi Xiu drove back silently on the cloud, and saw that the master was still retreating, and the door was closed tightly.The little junior brother is obediently rubbing fire and cooking food by himself. His long hair is draped over his shoulders, and his arms are still a little thin. He looks like a girl. To be honest, he is very similar to his daughter.

Baihong finished cooking this seafood porridge, and he also cooked a pot of porridge. Now he feels that there is more real qi left than yesterday, which is obviously an improvement.He happily lifted the lid, and in an instant, the white mist was steaming and fragrant, fresh and thick, and the aroma of fresh porridge, bamboo shoots and shrimps were all very good.

"Brother, you are back. The meal is ready."

"Well, I'm back." Chi Xiu threw the hemp beside him, put his fingers in his mouth, and whistled.The panda crawled out, Mr. Panda used to be old and lost his hair, but after his master helped him practice and absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon, he practiced a little bit, and he rejuvenated and prolonged his life.

Baihong took out a thick futon and placed it on the clean ground. The place where the rice is cooked is on a higher terrain with a grass shed above it. It was not muddy by last night's strong wind and rain, and the rest of the place was almost turned into a quagmire by the rain. .

Chi Xiu sat down, picked up the wooden bowl and wooden spoon beside him, picked up two pieces of bamboo shoots, a piece of taro, and a spoonful of porridge in his own bowl.He picked up the pot and poured half a pot of porridge into the rice bowl of the iron-eating beast. There were three eggs in it: "Eat."

Baihong held the pot and ate it: "Senior brother, what are you doing to cut so much hemp?"

Chi Xiu looked at his knees, and said slowly, "I'll make you clothes and a pair of shoes." The straw sandals hurt your feet too much.

Baihong was a little embarrassed: "No need..." Making shoes is too much work.

Chi Xiu said: "When your cultivation is better, you won't get your feet cut and your knees broken when you walk on rocks, then senior brother won't make shoes for you." He usually doesn't wear shoes, barefoot I am used to stepping on the mud, but the child's feet are relatively delicate.

Baihong's face turned red, I'm really weak.

The iron-eating beast patted the ground and laughed, dying of laughter.

Chi Xiu kicked it: "Last night, when you were sacrificing the inner alchemy to the moon, you fell asleep, and you still have the face to smile!"

The iron-eating beast plunged into the rice bowl, snorting and eating, pretending not to hear.

Chi Xiu kicked it again: "Don't eat so loudly."

After the meal, Chi Xiu commanded the work: "Baihong, clean up the front and back of Master's house, clean up the weeds in this open space, and clean up the small shrubs by their roots." There is an open space bigger than a stadium, only three It's not easy to finish all the huts.

"Then clean up the threshing ground. Don't worry about the pots and bowls. I'll wash them. Don't touch the water until the wound is healed."

Baihong said: "Yes, brother."

"Old Tie, you step out all the hemp, go to the back mountain to wash them, and catch a fish back."

The iron-eating beast howled anxiously, lying on the ground hugging his legs.

Chi Xiu was unmoved: "You look like a bear, so you should know how to catch fish. I'm going to cut wheat."

The iron-eating beast hugged his thigh and did not let go, screaming and rolling all over the ground.

Chi Xiu's heart softened: "Okay, okay, you go and pack the wheat for me, and go fishing together after harvesting the wheat."

The iron-eating beast was satisfied with this, and Baihong felt a little guilty, as he should have been the one to catch the fish.

One day passed like this, and the iron-eating beast picked up the wheat one by one, threw it to the threshing floor, and then ran back to fight the next pile.

Of course, Chi Xiu could directly drive the cloud and bring all the wheat over, but, but the way the elder brother employs people is to find work for them, and if he has a long time to spare, he will be lazy, or he will get used to it.

At night, they ate fragrant, thick and smooth fish porridge, and threw the scraped fish skin and bones into the pit specially used for fat accumulation.

After dinner, in Chi Xiu's thatched hut, under the high-hanging night pearl, one weaves and the other reads a book.

The width of the woven cloth is limited by the loom, which is only a little over one meter, and a garment can be made by weaving a few meters.Chi Xiu sat in front of the loom, creaking.

Suddenly a crane flew over, knocked on the door of Zhen Yuanzi's room, and sent in an invitation letter.

Zhen Yuanzi read the letter and decided to attend the banquet.When I went out of the room, I saw that there was still light in the big apprentice's room, and when I walked over to see this scene, I couldn't help being stunned.

My eldest apprentice is very much like the wife in the world, who sews, mends, washes and washes, and is very virtuous.But should apprentices be like this?The Twelve Golden Immortals of Yuanshi Tianzun look more serious, they all come and go, live in caves to refine magic weapons, and do not eat food.I never heard that their apprentices can weave, but mine knows a lot.

Chi Xiu was weaving, when he noticed someone behind him, he turned his head and said, "Master! You have come out."

Baihong, who was holding a bamboo slip next to him and practicing calligraphy on the sand table, also stood up, still a little embarrassed: "Great Immortal."

Zhen Yuanzi nodded in satisfaction: "Chi Xiu, you taught him well." What's this kid's name?Counting silently, Baihong, this name is not bad. "Baihong, I have accepted you as an apprentice."

Chi Xiu happily patted his head: "Quickly call Master."

Baihong knelt down and kowtowed, and called out excitedly: "Master."

Zhen Yuanzi nodded very calmly: "Chi Xiu, go out with me, Yuanshi Tianzun is going to give a lecture in Kunlun Yuqing Realm, and announces that he will close the door and no longer accept disciples. You put on your clothes properly!" The clothes are disheveled.

Chi Xiu changed the shape of his clothes.

Zhen Yuanzi was still dissatisfied, he stretched out his hand to grab his collar and shook it, and with a thought, the clothes became a Taoist robe with long sleeves and insteps: "This looks good." He adjusted the color carefully, In the end, the color later known as azure was selected.

Daxian pinched his face happily: "My apprentice is so pretty."

Baihong watched eagerly from the side, wanting to praise his senior brother for his good looks, but also afraid that he would be disgusted by talking nonsense.

Chi Xiu was pinched in the face silently, and asked: "Master, who is Yuanshi Tianzun?"

Zhen Yuanzi was a little upset: "I'll tell you on the way, you go to bed early tonight and get up tomorrow." He turned to leave.

Chi Xiu grabbed his sleeve: "Master, how long are we going? I have to arrange Baihong's food and clothing."

Zhenyuan Zixin said, how do I know how long that nagging old guy will talk, estimate: "Two or three months."

Chi Xiu nodded: "Yes."

Zhen Yuanzi was about to leave again, when he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered something: "Don't cook outside my house in the future, is it fish for dinner? Move it further away next time." Can't smell the delicious food cooked by the apprentice for the little apprentice, so he ran out and asked for a bowl, that kind of thing is too embarrassing.

Chi Xiu said: "Ah? Yes, this disciple will choose a downwind place to use as the kitchen." He sneaked a glance, and the expression on the master's face seemed to have other meanings. He tentatively asked: "The fish fillet soup that I have newly researched. , would like to ask Master to appreciate it, is that okay?"

Zhen Yuanzi smiled slightly, and gave him a look of 'you are so smart': "Try it tomorrow morning."

Chi Xiu silently guessed that Master must have been addicted to the smell of fish porridge, poof, hold back the laughter.

Baihong waited for Master to go back to the house and close the door before asking in a low voice, "Eldest senior brother, does Master not like me?"

Chi Xiu rubbed his head: "It's nothing, Master has always been alone, and you have to test your character. When I first went up the mountain, Master retreated for ten years. I am satisfied with my hard work and pragmatism."

Zhen Yuanzi listened silently, and said to himself: My apprentice can really talk!

Chi Xiu meditated all night, moved his true qi to circulate around the sky, and if he wanted to go out to meet his master's friends, he was always afraid that he would embarrass his master, have low mana, or behave inappropriately.

I have been on the mountain for so long, I haven't seen anyone for a long time, and I almost forgot the basic etiquette.

He was a little anxious, and took out a few green peppercorns and bit them.

In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was getting dark, I went to catch the fish, planed the fish and cut the meat by the lake, threw the bones and skins back into the water, and other fish would eat up the minced meat.I drew clear and clean spring water, cooked porridge in a clean pot, added fish fillets, and put pepper leaves.And drive away the iron-eater who eats ugly and makes a snoring sound, and let him come back later.

The current food is enough for him to eat, and there are vegetables growing near the yard, so there is no need to worry about Baihong's life.

Immortal Zhenyuan sat in the room very reservedly, and only slowly got up when his apprentice came to invite him: "Yes."

The three master and apprentice sat on the thatched hut near the cliff, looking at the sea of ​​clouds and dotted trees at the foot of the mountain, apes climbing rocks, and white cranes flying.At four or five o'clock in the morning, there will be a special kind of air on the extremely high mountain peaks. Those who are lucky enough to smell it will never forget it for life. It is a cool fragrance, a natural fragrance, and a vibrant fragrance.Now this cold aroma is dispelled by the warm and fresh aroma of fish porridge.

None of the three masters and apprentices held a bowl and drank the porridge with a spoon.

Zhen Yuanzi ate calmly and comfortably, only he felt comfortable.

Chi Xiu kept pondering in his heart, Baihong was a little uneasy.

"Master, we have been out for so long, will there be wild beasts coming here to destroy it?"

Zhen Yuanzi sneered: "How dare they. You all know that this is my dojo. My coercion is put away. You can't feel it, but the beasts can feel it. You have brought iron-eating beasts with you all these years. Hit the entire Longevity Hill, they also know."

Chi Xiu blushed slightly: "Master knows all about it."

After eating, the master briefly set a restriction here, and at the request of the big apprentice, the master threw another amulet at the young apprentice who looked dull, and then pulled him up to the cloud. "Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, Shangqing Tongtian Sect Master, Taiqing Taishang Laojun, these three people..."

Daxian paused for a moment, and his face became unhappy again: "I can't beat it."

Although they are about the same age, I can't beat any of them.I can't even beat the reception and quasi-mention in the West.Very angry.

Chi Xiu: Huh?Master, you talk about fighting first when talking about others, you are really my good master!

As if nothing had happened, Daxian introduced Sanqing's personality and hobbies, the reasons for his conflicts, and who his apprentices were.

When they arrived at Yuqingtian, Yuanshi Tianzun stepped down to greet him: "Fellow Taoist came so quickly."

Zhen Yuanzi exchanged some polite words with him, talking some useless nonsense, this is the disciples from both sides meeting each other.

Yuanshi Tianzun clapped his palms and smiled: "Fellow Daoist, I advised you to accept a few disciples, now you know how convenient it is for disciples to do their work."

Zhen Yuanzi nodded slightly: "Fortunately, I've always been alone, and I just let him water the trees."

Yuanshi Tianzun said without hesitation: "My white crane has not yet grown into a boy, and it always shits all over the ground. Since I have a disciple, I don't have to clean it up myself. When I leave the customs, my eyes are refreshed. Hahaha. You confiscated it before." Disciple, it’s not easy to tell you these experiences.”

The complexion of the Twelve Golden Immortal Shit Shoveling Officers of Chanjiao is not very good, and they are on duty to shovel shit... Although they don't need to do it themselves, they just need to point and let the crane shit fly into the distance.But disgusting.

Zhen Yuanzi was also a little happy when he talked about this topic: "My apprentice is very diligent. He started working as soon as he arrived on the mountain. I was busy retreating for ten years and ignored him. When I left the retreat, there was not a single tree in the open space. You don't have to worry about training, farming and hunting, raising fish and weaving cloth."

Twelve Golden Immortals looked at Chi Xiu sympathetically, his master is less reliable than mine.

Chi Xiu was a little nervous, but he went over to strike up a conversation skillfully. He already knew the names when they greeted each other just now: "Brothers, I raised an iron-eating beast, and this thing also shits like shit, so I'll teach you by beating it a few times." Learn to be smart."

Master Yu Ding said: "I told you earlier, I have to beat you up!"

Everyone was still a little hesitant, but a crane flew over to peck Chi Xiu.

The Twelve Golden Immortals looked back and saw that the master had gone far away, hehehe.

They swarmed up and pressed the crane to the ground, and one person was responsible for pinching its mouth, pinching its hands and feet and kicking it violently.Then quickly picked it up and took it away.

Master Taiyi nodded in satisfaction, and put his arm around Chi Xiu's shoulder: "My dear brother, you were seriously injured just now."

Chi Xiu understood, this is to catch a bad bird.He cooperatively covered the pecked shoulder: "It's not light."

The Cihang Taoist took out a jade bottle and poured out a golden pill: "Junior Brother, eat it quickly and make up for it."

Yuanshi Tianzun chatted with his good friend for a while, and when he came back to prepare to give a sermon, he saw black and white bird feathers all over the place.He was shocked: "What happened to Bai He?"

Ci Hangdao had a gentle face: "Bai He suddenly went crazy and pecked Junior Brother Chi Xiu, we quickly subdue Bai He, it is not weak."

Yuanshi Tianzun was a little suspicious: "Really?" Counting by pinching fingers is quite troublesome, and it will hurt your body if you count too much, which is usually not counted.

Cihang Taoist immediately had tears in his eyes: "The injury is a bit serious. I took a golden pill for him to eat. Master, don't you believe me? I have always liked white cranes, if it didn't suddenly hurt people."

Master Taiyi looked at him speechlessly, "Damn it, he has always pretended to have a good relationship with Baihe and he likes him, and he didn't do anything when he hit him just now, so he was waiting here."Good guy, my heart is so dark!

Yuan Shi Tianzun finally couldn't dote on Bai He any more, and apologized to Zhen Yuanzi: "Oh, it's because I can't discipline well, so I will ask my disciples to discipline Bai He strictly. What happened today was really not my intention."

Zhen Yuanzi said: "After all, he is a generation with fur and horns, wild nature is difficult to train."

Yuanshi Tianzun took this statement very seriously, and immediately ascended to the seat to give a sermon. None of the dozen or so people present were outsiders, and Zhen Yuanzi knew it all. Chi Xiu had just been injured and might not be able to understand it, so he took out the dry stuff and said a lot.

Two months later, Zhen Yuanzi left with his apprentice.

On the way back, he suddenly pointed to the front: "Look where the aura is soaring, and there is also a monster aura, can you guess what it is?"

Chi Xiu speculated slightly: "The monsters fought with people, or some baby was born?"

"That's right, let's go and have a look."

Lower the clouds slightly so you can look into the distance.

Chi Xiu didn't pay attention to the direction of the aura, but looked at the mortal world, and was overjoyed when he saw it: "Ah! A new type of house! It looks stronger than a thatched hut."

Zhen Yuanzi asked, "What happened to the hut?"

"Master, the thatch will be blown away by the wind, and it will fall easily when it is hit by the rain. It will collapse when there is hail. Although it can be protected with real qi...but it is too tiring."

In the short ten years, I have rebuilt the house several times, and I have become more and more proficient.

Zhen Yuanzi blushed, and said: "My house has a spell, I will teach you when I go back. Hmm..."

He fished out from his sleeve, took out a rain-proof flag and handed it to him: "With this flag, there will be no rain in a radius of one mile."

I got it when I was building a house. There was too much rain on the mountain. I had a fight with the rain master and told him to be careful when it rained. He gave me the flag.