Chapter 332: Apricots
Apricot, Rosaceae tree, subtropical, temperate plant. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The info tree is large, with a spread crown and broad, heart-shaped, dark green, erect on twigs. The flowers are white when in full bloom and self-pollinating. When the fruit is ripe, it is golden yellow called apricot, and its flesh and kernel are edible. The flesh is brownish or orange-yellow, the surface of the pit is smooth, slightly similar to the pit of plum, but it is broad and flattened, and there are many wings. Some varieties are sweet kernels, while others are poisonous.
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The sky was dark, and the dense dark clouds were heavy and pressing, making people feel breathless, and the light and darkness flickered in the distance, and there was a dull thunder coming, which made people even more irritable. It is said that the cold winter rain should have fallen on this ghost weather, but I don't know why, it has been cloudy for half a month, and I have heard the thunder for half a month, but I haven't seen a drop of rain!
"Damn thief God, yin is not yin, yang is not yang, holding back the rain just won't rain, it's really not a thing!" Lu Dabao pushed open the dilapidated wooden window, poked out half of his head, looked at the gloomy sky for a moment, and scolded as if pointed.
"Boss, then you say, let, what should we do?" In the wooden house, Lu Dabao's daughter-in-law said to him anxiously with an oversized belly.
"What else can I do, listen to the shouting! Hey, it's all to blame, I knew that these bastards were not good birds, but I never expected that they would dare to rebel, and besides, they didn't stand out on their own, but let me carry the black pot for them, it's really bad!" Lu Dabao stomped his feet angrily when he heard this.
"Then, if it doesn't work, let's run......" Lu Dabao's daughter-in-law said in a panic.
"Run, let's not say that your body can't run at all, just say that they can get all the old people who are staying at home here within half a month, do you think we can outrun others?" Lu Dabao sat down on the chair decadently and said bitterly.
"Then, you can't sit here and wait for death!" Lu Dabao's daughter-in-law slapped him angrily, looked at the other wooden house gently, and signaled that even if you don't care about the big one, you should think about the three dolls in that house, right?
"Well, according to my estimate, they should all be in a group. That old cadre is a leader, Nansheng, Tianma and Silly Niu'er are all his subordinates, and the reason why they will take refuge in our Zhuangzi is mostly because they rebelled in other places and did not succeed, so they came to avoid the limelight. And now, if you don't know if you want to go back to your old business...... "The old couple for many years, the daughter-in-law's eyes are so clear, why don't you understand what it means?
However, understanding is understanding, the current situation is useless to be in a hurry, only to calm down and think about it, maybe there is still a little opportunity. Of course, this is what Li Liang taught him, the more critical the critical moment, the more calm he is, and being in a hurry will only make the grim situation worse, and it will never get better. Therefore, Lu Dabao twisted his brain and analyzed it carefully.
"Nonsense! Recruiting troops and horses along the way, searching for strong men everywhere, the blind can see that they want to rebel, and they still use you to say?" Seeing her husband pretending to be deep, Lu Dabao's daughter-in-law sat back on the bed angrily and said disdainfully.
"It's right to pull Zhuang Ding, if you want to rebel, there are no soldiers and no generals, why do you rebel? But I don't understand, why do you say they bought those old farmers? Fighting is martial arts and strength, and the old guy who can't walk the road has also collected hundreds, why is this?" Lu Dabao rubbed the sparse beard on his chin and said in confusion.
"Who do you care who they recruit? The top priority is what we should do! Hey, I don't know which god we have offended, why do we encounter mildew on both sides and three, and we really have to burn high incense when we turn around, and worship well......" Lu Dabao's daughter-in-law glared at him resentfully, and said in a babbling voice.
"Huh?" Lu Dabao was stunned when he heard this, and then fell into deep thought, even ignoring his daughter-in-law's call, and didn't come back to his senses until the moment when he held the lamp.
"White Python Mountain" is located in the west of "Fuyu Town" thousands of miles away, winding and circling from north to south, coupled with the high altitude of the main mountain range, the snow on the top of the mountain does not melt all year round, and it looks like a huge white python cruising between heaven and earth from a distance.
There are many folk legends about "White Python Mountain", among which there are two more famous ones. One is "the white python hates the sky", it is said that in ancient times, there was a white python demon cultivator here, because it has an unimaginable regeneration ability, so the "ascension immortal tribulation" can not retreat its physical mortal womb at all, and can only wander between heaven and earth.
The other is the "White Dragon Python", which is said to be in the early days of the advent of the "Seven Holy Ancestors", a divine beast White Dragon, who cultivated to become a great success, treacherously defected to the then Great Demon Venerable, which is now Jasmine, so he offended the great "Ancient Ancestor", and as a result, he was skinned and cramped, his limbs were cut off, his horns were cut off, and the divine dragon was forcibly transformed into a giant python and suppressed here.
Li Liangke doesn't care about "white python hating the sky" and "white dragon turning into a python", there are only two reasons why he chose this place, "Wu Xingguo", "Southern Zhou Kingdom" and "Han Wuguo" The border of the three kingdoms does not care to anyone, and the terrain is complicated, there are valleys and basins, ditches and ditches are suitable for guerrillas, and they will build a counter-army in this bird place, no matter which forces they are, don't want to find their nest in a few years.
Since the "black hand brother" has arranged the plot of fighting for world domination, if he doesn't obediently cooperate, wouldn't he be able to resist the blockbuster "beauty plan" set up by others? Especially after Lu Jiazhuang's "hey temptation" and his signature reverse thinking and inference, he can now fully affirm this.
Therefore, when he arranged to send Jasmine and other five masters to the gathering place of cultivators to preside over the overall situation, he bluntly told them to do two things well. First, it is necessary to kill chickens and monkeys, destroy a few bold ones, scare away those who are timid, and let them know that the "Scorpion Demon Continent" is a forbidden place for cultivators, at least until they have fully experienced the mortal world hegemony, cultivators will never be allowed to set foot here.
The second is insinuation, intentionally or unintentionally mentioning those cultivators who are immortal in their thieving hearts, it is definitely not okay to come and grab it in a dignified manner, but it is okay to instigate mortal forces to join the battle, not afraid of the chaos of the "Scorpion Demon Continent", on the contrary, the more chaotic the better, only in the muddy waters can they fish, who can get the reward of "blood tooth rice" and planting methods, no longer rely on arrogant cultivation strength, but compete for strategy and heritage.
For this order, Jasmine and the others were overjoyed, how could they, who had long been resented by the friction and entanglement of trivial matters in life, miss such a good opportunity to vent? So, bloody killings rose up, and Jasmine and the other five people exterminated those who dared to disobey the will, and those who succumbed to the obscenity of Jasmine and others, heard their words, and then began to exterminate the weak forces and gather wealth and momentum.
This continued for more than half a year, and there were still large and small wars. According to the incomplete statistics of Tianma Kid, there are more than 30 old monsters in the "Peak Period" who have fallen so far, and there are countless of the following, it is not an exaggeration to say that the cultivation world that has flourished due to the "Great Change in the Void Heaven" has regressed for at least nearly 10 million years, which is really miserable.
Of course, the most ferocious of this is the eldest sister Da Jasmine, a cattle man who "reached the peak", while slaughtering all the rebellious cultivators, he can also guide Hibiscus, Lily, Nansheng and Tianma, and teach them how to control the majestic Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi to completely destroy the "Peak Period" great monks, so that the four novices who were related to Li Liang benefited a lot, and their actual combat skills were improved by more than one grade.
The performance of Hibiscus, Lily, Nansheng and Gastrodia is also good, especially the bullish Nansheng hero, as a new generation of sudden growth, the initiates are the great monks with one to two and do not fall behind, and even can suppress the opponent to fight, so that the eyes of the eldest sister Da Jasmine, who has been in the position of "True Demon Honor" for a long time, is bright, and the heart of cherishing talents is great, and the idea of pointing and educating is born, otherwise it will not kill these old monks.
On the other hand, Li Liang deliberately arranged to "accumulate wealth with luxury" and "cleverly accept generals", and even recruited troops and horses along the way, wantonly recruiting talents. For example, in the slave markets passing through various towns, all those who are pleasing to the eye, those who are not pleasing to the eye, those who know martial arts, those who understand technology, those who are suffering, those who are suffering, those who are suffering, those who are poor, as long as they are willing to rebel with him, will be taken away.
However, as the saying goes, "a thousand troops are easy to get, but one will be hard to find". Li Liang is very prosperous along the way, very atmospheric, both outside and inside, deceived enough gold and silver and began to recruit all kinds of talents, but talent is not said to be available, and even if it looks like a talent, but whether it can be used at a critical time, it is unknown, and it still needs a long process of investigation and testing.
Therefore, although it has been running for more than half a year, the number of shrimp soldiers of the rebel army has been recruited, reaching 20,000, but there are only two generals who can lead the troops, one is a stupid cow, and the other is Guo Xiaotian. As for Jasmine, Nansheng, Tianma and others, since Li Liang has set the rule that cultivators are not allowed to set foot in, his daughter-in-law and brother-in-law are no exception, otherwise they won't be able to open the plug-in, then they still feel a fart!
"Hey, I said Nengnai daughter-in-law, haven't you really slaughtered any white dragon beasts?" By the murmuring stream, Li Liang squatted next to Jasmine, who was washing clothes with the other three girls, and asked with a winkling of curiosity.
"No, no, no! You've asked more than a hundred times, why do you ask?" said Jasmine, throwing down her clothes and glaring at him angrily.
"Giggles, Sister Jasmine, Xianggong is like that, don't be angry, don't be angry!" Mint and Fleur and Lily chatted while watching the excitement mischievously, and occasionally made jokes, using the words she taught them to squeeze her.
"Hmph, Sister Mint, your itchie has been cured, right?" Jasmine blushed slightly when she heard this, and she bit her lip and said.
"Ah, Sister Jasmine is going to kill people! It's so scary! Giggle...... "Nearly three years of getting along day and night have made them understand each other's temperament, especially the naughty little mint, which bursts out with the feelings of a naughty girl, and the funny tricks emerge one after another, even for Jasmine who can kill her directly.
The boring cultivation career is equivalent to compressed biscuits for Jasmine and others, there is no taste in eating, and if you don't eat, you will be hungry, so you can only grit your teeth and swallow it, and in your heart you look forward to the day when you can stand at the top of the peak and trample everything under your feet, so that you can do whatever you want, and you don't have to taste the dry dregs anymore. Not only them, but the vast majority of cultivators had such thoughts.
But the path of cultivation is forever endless, looking forward to it is just a dream, it is impossible to do it in reality, there will always be some hidden masters jumping out, just like this meeting with the old monsters who are full of thieves, because I learned that "Bloody Tooth Rice" reappeared, "Hula" jumped out A large number of people who have cultivated to a terrible height, many of them are masters who have never heard of it, and it is so difficult to become supreme.
Because of this, their desire to seek the Tao became very restless, hoping to find a trace of brilliant color in their boring cultivation career. is like Jasmine, who is obviously the master of the wind and rain in this continent, but she always fantasizes about love, bitter love. There is also mint, who heard his grandmother tell the "story of Xiannong", so he gave up everything and fled to his family. There are also Hibiscus and Lily, who turned their backs on the avenue because of their "love of the lord" and "love of the brother".
Normally, this should affect their cultivation speed, after all, they spend their good penance time on falling in love, not only becoming dependent on their state of mind, but also giving those who have the great perseverance to pursue and surpass them. But what they didn't expect was that what should have been a desertion brought them great benefits.
Invest in a simple life, let go of the heavy burden, regard cultivation as a method and skill that can prolong life, practice plainly, do not seek progress, and listen to a very nonsense point of view, but in reality, it has given them an unimaginable speed of improvement, especially Jasmine, whose long-stagnant cultivation has been advancing all the way, not only did not lag behind, but left the pursuers far behind.
So they wavered, confused, and even began to wonder if their long-standing insistence was really wrong. And at this moment, Li Liang took another dose of fierce medicine, saying that he wanted to go through a journey of fighting for hegemony vigorously, feel the hardships of the world, and understand something from it.
For this decision, Mint, Hibiscus and Lily didn't have any more thoughts, they just thought that Li Liang was too stubborn and messed around with his fill, but Jasmine got serious. Because she had heard her master "Immortal Sage" say that enlightenment is better than penance, and only by knowing the vicissitudes of the world can she realize that the avenue of enlightenment is extraordinary, and only then can she soar to achieve true immortals, so she supports Li Liang very much and actively cooperates with Li Liang.
Li Liang said that she wanted to "deter the group of cultivators" and keep the young people away from here, so she went on a killing spree and knocked on the mountain to shock the tiger. Li Liang said that she wanted to "collect money and recruit soldiers", so she ordered her subordinates to invest in silver and smash gold. Li Liang also said that she would "watch from the sidelines", so she kept to herself, was willing to wash and cook, and be a peasant housewife.
Moreover, not only herself, but also with mint, hibiscus, lily, as well as Nansheng and Gastrodia, under her coercion, she also obediently became an "otaku" and "otaku", finding a place where no one is meditating and cultivating, and if you want to pick quarrels and provoke troubles and continue to be a high-ranking ancestor, first weigh whether you can withstand the destruction of the eldest sister, the extermination may not, but the pain is definitely beyond imagination.
"Don't be mischievous! We're here to discuss serious matters, don't you see?" Li Liang glared at Mint viciously and said seriously.
"Hey......" Jasmine sighed deeply as she covered her forehead with her hands. This wrongdoer, biting on the unwarranted legend, asked from the morning to the dark, asked for several days, and now he is not ashamed, what to say to discuss serious matters, it really makes people cry and laugh.
"Xianggong, our sisters know that you are knowledgeable and far-sighted, and we also know that you have strange ideas and many ideas, but you don't tell us anything, and you always hide your head and ask questions like this, which is really incomprehensible, even if our sisters want to help you, we don't know where to help. Furong's mind was delicate, and when she saw Jasmine covering her head and sighing bitterly, she put down the clothes she was washing and slowly walked to Li Liang's side.
"Ah, I, I'm very knowledgeable, I'm thinking far, are you mistaken?" Furong stunned Li Liang, he has always only looked at the present and not thought about the future, when is he still thinking about it?
"Isn't it?" said Fleur, thinking he was joking, pursed her lips slightly.
"Uh, like, probably, maybe, that, isn't it......" Li Liang stared at her with a twisted brow, then glanced at the women who had gathered his gaze, and swallowed.
"How could it not be? Since we met, if it weren't for your foresight, how could we have today's situation? Xianggong, you don't have to lie to us anymore, our sisters are also very human, and we can understand some of them. Fleur argued tactfully.
"It doesn't seem like that's the case, right?" Li Liang slowly retreated a few steps, licked his dry lips, and said timidly: "Don't talk about it, let's start by saying that we met." I rode away on a pig, and when I was chased and killed by an old bastard, I took the mint in a daze. At that time, I thought that the little girl was in good shape, and it was okay to marry her as a daughter-in-law, as long as the light was dark at night. ”
"Later, the two of us got along well, I had a thief's heart, she was innocent, and slowly became acquainted. That morning, I was playing with her in the grass, I saw a few rare herbs, she just thought it was fun, so she put flowers on her head, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect to be bought by Lu Dabao's goods because of this, and became a slave, hey......"
"To be honest, I still feel like everything was a coincidence, and I didn't think anything was wrong. However, there is a problem with your appearance, you are the same age, you have the same appearance, your name is similar, and it's all stupid brothers and little sisters, if you don't understand the trap, it's a bit too stupid, don't you say?"
"Later, I began to ponder, how can I find out the bottom of you? I think about it day and night, I think about it with my eyes open, I think about it with my eyes closed, and finally I think of it, and I can only come up with a killer idea, uh, that is, try to let me not let him hehe, everything can be revealed. As it turned out, my decision was right, right, and right, and that night, oops, it was wonderful!"
"Well, that, and then I started thinking about it again. What are you thinking about? You say that we are a low-level person in the cultivation world who does not enter the stream, if we want a pastoral life, we will have a pastoral life, if we want a beautiful daughter-in-law, we will have a beautiful daughter-in-law, and we are also super beauties who have captivated the country and the city, and there are four, wow, even if we are lucky, it will not be so good, right?"
"What's more, you have already told me your identities that night, one is more awesome than the other, one is more horizontal than the other, millions of people want to be little white faces, buddy, I work part-time for four, no matter what you think, it shouldn't belong to the category of luck, so I wondered if there was another old bastard who wanted to yin me. ”
"After a while, I began to carefully observe the people around me, and I wondered if the old bastard wanted to play tricks on me, he would definitely have to arrange someone to act around me, and only by bluffing me could I follow the path he had drawn. That's how my ex got into the water, and I had to learn from it, sum up the experience, identify the problem, solve it, um, um......"
"Then have you found the problem?" Li Liang said a lot in a long way, although the content was very rough, but the tedious process of thinking changes, the four girls were all attracted to him, and listened attentively to his flickering, until he finished speaking, he asked in unison.
"Not at the moment, but I've already scratched my ground. Li Liang shook his head solemnly and said.
"Did you say you saw the man's plan?" asked Jasmine, stunned.
"Ah, that, no, I just think that I should assist Lu Dabao in a vigorous imperial battle, and there is nothing else. Li Liang blinked lightly and said.
"Then you still said that you touched the door, and you tried to lie to us again, didn't you?" said Mint, who was anxious and slapped him resentfully.
"It's touching the door! Naughty daughter-in-law, you must know that the apricot flesh and preserved fruit are not so easy to make! How about I feed you at night? Hehe......" Li Liang grabbed her jade hand and smiled evilly.