The land temple was originally built under the rocky cliff beside the road, in front of the pine and bamboo forest, so it was very easy to find it by the way, and when the sun was in the west, the two had come to the land temple.

Yan Ling happily stepped into the threshold of the temple, walked to Wen Ji's side and said, "Brother Dingzhi, the medicine has been bought." ”

"Thank you Sister Yanling. Wenji struggled to get up, sat on the side of the incense case, and raised his eyes to catch a glimpse of Xiaohua, "This little girl is ......"

"Oh, she's Xiaohua I met on the road, and this medicine is thanks to her. Yan Ling spoke quickly.

"What?" said Bunji, stunned.

Only then did Yan Ling realize that she was straightforward, and almost said that she had revealed her stuffing, so she hurriedly covered her mouth and secretly regretted it.

But Xiaohua was clever, stepped forward, turned sideways slightly, bent his knees slightly, and saluted: "Xiaohua has seen Brother Dingzhi." ”

"Huh, I didn't expect Xiaohua Mei/Mei to be so young and understand etiquette so well. Wenji praised.

As soon as Yan Ling heard the praise of Xiaohua, she was unhappy in her heart, so she said to her, "Go and go...... Go boil the medicine. ”

"Eh!" Xiao Hua responded, took the medicine bag, and prepared to boil the medicine.

"Xiaohua, you wait, I'll give you the fire fold. Wen Ji felt in his arms for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed, "It's bad, I came out in a hurry, I didn't have the fire fold with me, how can I boil this medicine?"

"Brother Dingzhi: It's okay, I have a fire knife. As Xiao Hua spoke, he took out a fire knife from his arms.

It turned out that Xiaohua had been begging for more than a year and had learned a lot of survival experience, such as this fire knife, which can cook food and so on, can burn fire for warmth, and can drive away strange insects and beasts, which is a necessary thing for beggars.

Xiao Hua showed off the fire knife and prepared to go to the corner to find a crockpot to boil medicine.

But I suddenly heard Wen Ji say: "Sister Yan Ling, it's getting dark this day, let's spend the night here today, you go buy something to eat and come back." ”

Hearing this, Yan Ling's heart chuckled like falling into an ice cave: "This ...... This...... I ......"

"Sister Yan Ling, what's wrong with you, why is your face so ugly?" Wen Ji said with concern.

Yan Ling hesitated over there, not knowing how to answer, but Xiaohua replied for her: "I don't have any money, I can't buy food, I just buy these medicines, and I still owe money to others." ”

"Xiaohua! you...... You, you, you...... Shut up for me!" Yan Ling didn't expect Xiaohua to be mischievous, just like being slapped on the head, his head was buzzing.

Wen Ji was shocked and said: "Sister Yan Ling, what did Xiaohua say just now? There is no money? It's only been a few days, and the bag of silver has been spent?"

"Brother Dingzhi: I'm ...... I ......" Yan Ling knew that the lie had been exposed, and the paper couldn't contain the fire, so she lowered her head and pouted.

Xiaohua didn't shut up, and continued: "I told Sister Yan Ling many times, telling her 'don't spend money indiscriminately, don't spend money indiscriminately', but she didn't listen, the young lady with money spent a lot of money, and now it's okay, and there is not a single copper plate." ”

Hearing Xiaohua adding fuel to the fire, Yan Ling was so angry that he was full of smoke, but he only stared dryly, helpless, it was all the truth.

After Wen Ji knew the truth, he couldn't help but complain about Yan Lingdao: "Sister Yan Ling, look at it! Look at it...... Xiaohua is young, and he knows not to spend money indiscriminately, you ...... You're such a big girl, you don't know yet?"

As soon as the words fell, Wenji coughed violently with excitement.

Yan Ling hurriedly squatted down, and while smearing Wen Ji's vest to smooth him, he said shyly: "Brother Dingzhi, I'm ...... I know it's wrong, can't I apologize to you?"

"You! you...... Do you know that all that money is earned by hard work, and every penny is stained with blood and sweat. Wenji coughed angrily, "I once heard my father say: my distant ancestor Mai Gongyuan was an orphan, begging in Jiujiang when he was nine years old, someone gave him a piece of buckwheat baba, and he didn't finish eating it for five days, because he knew that in that chaotic years, it was very likely that there would be no next meal after eating the last meal, so leave a hope, leave a hope to have hope, and hope to have the courage to live."

Later, the distant ancestor Mai Gong fled to Huayang Town, Wanling County, starting from selling coolies, saving up his savings for every penny, and then gradually had some family background. Up to now, my Tan family has gone through 17 generations, during which no matter the rise or fall of the family, the descendants of the Tan family have passed down a rule, that is: when you should use money, there is not much money, and when you should not use it, there is a lot of money. Look at you today: a bag of silver is also a small twenty taels, and ordinary people save money, even if they can't spend it in a few years, but you are good, you will spend it in more than ten days. ”

Wen Kei thought about the hardships of his ancestors, and couldn't help but burst into tears, coughing, and his face was like blood.

After listening to the origin of the Tan family, Yan Ling's heart was extremely shocked, and she secretly regretted it. Seeing Wenji's sadness, she couldn't help but feel sad, and tears dripped down: "Brother Dingzhi, I was wrong...... Forgive me, I will never spend money again. ”

"Alas...... Now more than 300 miles away from home, I am sick again, and I have nothing on me, how can we go back?"

"I ...... I took Dingzhi's brother and Xiaohua and flew back, and it only took more than a day to travel more than 300 miles. ”

"You said it lightly, when you came out, you were aimless, even five hundred miles a day, and now when you go back, you don't know the way back, and you have to ask people from time to time, how can you blindly fly around?" Wen Ji scolded lightly.

Hearing this, Yan Ling couldn't help but lower his head, pursed his lips, and didn't squeak again, he really regretted spending all the money indiscriminately.

Xiaohua looked for a clay pot in the corner of the Land Temple, and sure enough, he found a mile.

Originally, the land lord enshrined in the temple of this land, its duty is to bless the nearby villagers with good weather and abundant harvests, so every festival, there are villagers who come to the shrine, and many dishes, chopsticks, plates and jars are temporarily placed in the corner of the temple for convenience in the future.

Xiaohua found the clay pot, picked it up in his arms, and staggered out of the Land Temple.

Yan Ling saw that Wen Ji was really angry, it was not an apology, nor was it an apology, she was silent, very embarrassed, and after resting for a while, she said, "Brother Dingzhi, I'll help Xiaohua boil medicine", and ran out of the Land Temple in a gloomy manner.

Seeing Xiaohua squatting by the Qingshui ditch to wash the crockpot, Yan Ling wanted to vent a few words and scold her for betraying herself, but she was afraid that Xiaohua would talk back and wouldn't be able to step down the stairs for herself. In the end, she had to grit her teeth, swallow this grievance, and ran to the past, but flattered: "Xiaohua, let my sister wash it." ”

"No!" Xiaohua simply replied, "Sister Yan Ling, you have a lot of strength, go and move two big stones to support a stove first, and then pick up some firewood and come back." ”

"Okay! Sister has a lot of strength, it's not a trivial matter to move two big stones!" Yan Ling happily accepted the order and turned around to look for the big stone.

After a long time, Yan Ling hummed and hugged a big stone of more than 100 catties, walked behind Xiaohua, and slammed it to the ground, "bang" sounded, and Xiaohua jumped up screaming.

"Xiaohua: The big stone is here, do you think it's okay?" Yan Ling kept wiping his forehead, showing how hard he looked.

"Cut! Sister Yan Ling, it turns out that you don't understand anything?" Xiaohua was frightened, so he said angrily, "Can you use a stove to move such a big stone?"

"Stupid, who is stupid? You're stupid!" When Yan Ling heard that, his flattering mood was swept away, and he glared at him, "Didn't you say that you want to move big stones? This is still small, and there are even bigger miles over there!"

"Then why don't you bring the bigger rocks?"

"You?" Yan Ling's face turned red with anger, and he was speechless, and suddenly shook his fist to warn, "Sister just ate training miles at Brother Dingzhi's place, and you are angry with me again, if it weren't for the fact that you are a little younger, I ...... I'm not going to beat you up!"

"If you dare! If you beat me, I'll tell Brother Dingzhi to go right away. ”

"It's my brother, not your brother!" Yan Ling replied, although her words were hard, she was a little scared in her heart, afraid that she would alarm Wenji to teach her a lesson again.

"Okay! It's your Dingzhi brother, then you can boil the medicine, I don't care!" Xiaohua hugged his two little arms into his arms, the corners of his mouth turned up, and his eyes were contemptuous, showing a picky appearance.

"You, you dare! You take advantage of people's danger, I won't do it!" Yan Ling was so anxious that he stomped his feet, and smoke was all over his body.

Xiaohua sneered and said, "Okay, okay...... Teasing you, seeing that you are also a master who has never worked, now- you can do whatever I say, come with me......"

When the words fell, Xiao Huawu picked up the washed crockpot and walked away.

"Hmph, if it weren't for the given brother to boil the medicine, see how I deal with you!" Yan Ling muttered secretly, unwilling, but he really didn't know how to boil the medicine, so he had to obediently follow behind Xiao Hua.

"This stone, move there. Xiao Hua Nuzui commanded.

Yan Ling swallowed his anger, picked up the stone angrily, and carried it to the eaves on the right side of the Land Temple to put it down.

"The stone, about the same size, moved there, too. ”

Yan Ling crouched down again, picked up a stone, and carried it to the eaves on the right side of the Land Temple to put it down.

"Alright, let's pick up some more firewood and come back. Xiaohua placed the crockpot next to the two stones, then turned and walked towards the pine and bamboo forest.

Yan Ling obeyed his orders, behaved like a follower, and entered the pine and bamboo forest with Xiaohua, picking up firewood, which was nothing more than some bamboo silk and pine branches.

After tossing for a while, he has picked up the firewood.

Xiaohua set up a simple small stove with the help of two stones and a wall, as if the word "mouth" was missing a horizontal below, and filled the clean clay pot with water, put the medicinal materials according to the dose, and then put it on the small stove, stuffed some dry bamboo silk under the stove, took out the fire knife, and lit it with a click.

In an instant, the smoke rolled up, the fire swayed, and the dried bamboo silk crackled and burned.

Yan Ling and Xiaohua squatted by the small stove, you add a pine branch, I stuffed two handfuls of bamboo silk, laughed at each other, and were very busy.

In front of the land temple, the sun is setting and the evening breeze is light.

Bursts of green smoke rose and drifted into the distance.