Chapter 703: One Night Away (10th Update!) )
The old man put down the axe, looked at Tang Sanzang, and said a little strangely, "Where did you come from, this monk?" How can you not even know where you are? ”
Tang Sanzang said with a smile: "The poor monk came from the Eastern Tang Dynasty and went to the West Heaven to learn scriptures, passing through this place, naturally I don't know where this place is. ”
"Dongtu Datang?" The old man was a little unconvinced, and looked Tang Sanzang and several apprentices behind him up and down, only to feel that this monk was really a little strange, he actually took a few female disciples on the road, and all of them were so beautiful.
Tang Sanzang probably knew what the old man was thinking, so he didn't say much, just continued to ask, "Old man, where is the boundary here?" If it's suitable, we would like to spend the night here, and we don't know if there are any available rooms? ”
Hearing this, the old man didn't ask any more, nodded and said, "This is the territory of the Jade Buddha Country, but it is already on the edge of the border, which is why it is so remote." If a few elders want to borrow books, there is no vacancy in my room here, I'm afraid it is not very convenient, and the surplus food at home is not enough to survive the winter, although I intend to keep you to eat, but I really can't get the food, I hope you will not be surprised. ”
"Hey old man, I said that there are so many rooms in your house, and you even told us that there are no vacant rooms? Tell me, how many people are in your family? Filled all the rooms? Zhu Tianpeng said with some disbelief, and looked at the old man with an unkind expression.
"Don't hide it from this girl, although there are many houses in my house, but because of disrepair, there are only two rooms that can live in people, and the rest are very dilapidated, with a lot of sundries, and they can't move in at all. There are three people in my family, me and the old woman, and I have a son who is not angry, and I don't know where to go, and I haven't been back for some days.
"That's it, it doesn't matter, just let us stay for one night, we will clean up the room ourselves, we will solve the dinner ourselves, and the cost of accommodation will be yours." Tang Sanzang said with a smile, he has been living in the mountains and forests these days, but he misses the feeling of living in the room.
So although the old man is obviously reluctant, he still wants to sleep in the room for a night, this feeling is still a little different, anyway, with Xiaobai here, it is not difficult to clean up the room.
The old man looked at Tang Sanzang, his expression was a little hesitant, the dress of their group was indeed extraordinary, unlike people who had no money, and the accommodation was still paid, thought about it, nodded and said: "You wait first, I'll go in and ask the old woman, if she has no problems, you can stay." ”
"Okay, then there's work." Tang Sanzang nodded, tonight's residence is settled, they are not short of food, they are just on the way, and Xiaobai has already caught a few pheasants and put them in the ice crystal beads, and they can be roasted and eaten directly later.
"Master, do you want to stay here so much?" Ao Xiaobai looked at Tang Sanzang and asked, obviously she was still a little reluctant to live here, because if she was here, it seemed a little inconvenient to barbecue or something, right?
Tang Sanzang smiled and touched Xiaobai's head, "Let's just stay for one night, we haven't slept in the room for a long time, and then Master will roast you pheasants and rabbits." ”
"Okay? Then stay there. When Ao Xiaobai heard the pheasant and the rabbit, he immediately became happy.
The old man went in for a while, and walked out of the door with an old lady, the old lady was also dry and thin, a little hunchbacked, the left eye of her eyes seemed to be a little difficult to see clearly, her white eyeballs looked a little scary, and she glanced at Tang Sanzang and them with slanted eyes. The voice was quite kind, and he said with a smile: "It's a few elders, come in quickly, the old man is not well entertained, and I hope you don't blame you." Although there is no big fish and meat, there are still coarse tea and light rice, as long as you don't dislike it. ”
"It doesn't matter." Tang Sanzang nodded with a smile, and he was not polite, and followed him into the door.
Outside, the house looked quite wide, as the old man said, it was very dilapidated, the yard was overgrown with weeds, and the direction of the house was cleaned up, and the weeds in other places were left to grow freely, and it was already autumn, and the weeds had turned yellow, and it looked very bleak.
"Master and elders, please take a break, and go and make tea for you." The old lady said with a smile and walked towards the kitchen.
The old man rubbed his hands, and when he saw everyone looking at the courtyard, he was also a little embarrassed and said: "Master, look, my house has been broken into such a state, you just want to live in it, I'm afraid there is no way, if there are only one or two of you, my son's house can make do with many people, obviously you can go down." If you stay overnight, it is strong
"Don't worry, take us to see the other rooms." Tang Sanzang shook his head with a smile and said.
"Those rooms are full of clutter, and they can't be cleaned up overnight." Although the old man said this, seeing that Tang Sanzang insisted, he also walked with everyone to the courtyard next to him with a smile.
The courtyard next to it should be a side courtyard, it is an independent small courtyard, surrounded by a low wall, just enough to block people's sight, there are three rooms inside, if everyone chooses to live, it can just make do.
The three rooms were fairly intact, but the roof tiles fell a lot, and many fell to the ground, and the tiles were broken all over the ground. The yard was overgrown with weeds, and it was even more cluttered than the previous one.
"Well, it's not bad, we'll stay here tonight." Tang Sanzang nodded with satisfaction, anyway, he would let Ao Xiaobai and them cast a spell, and the small courtyard would be able to return to a habitable state.
"Isn't that good?" The old man glared, feeling as if he had misheard.
"That's it, old man, this is a certain amount of silver, and you can take it as the cost of our accommodation tonight. You don't have to prepare food for us so that your mother-in-law doesn't have to prepare food for us, we bring it ourselves, you don't bother us in the courtyard tonight, and we will leave here early tomorrow morning and won't disturb you. Tang Shangshang nodded, took out a silver ingot from his arms, and handed it to the old man.
The old man took the silver, bit it with his teeth, and after confirming that it was true, his face showed a look of ecstasy, a piece of silver was a tree that they couldn't save in a year's harvest, and now they just let Tang Sanzang live in this broken courtyard for one night, and they even took out a silver ingot for him, and they didn't even want to eat, this kind of big money is really rare.
"Okay, I'll go and tell her, I won't disturb the rest of the master and the elders tonight." The old man was not stupid, he took the money, nodded happily and went out, these people are so rich, of course they have to do what they want.
========== Ten Changes...... Well, I don't recommend it and add it from time to time, it's so straightforward, and I'll probably add it again tomorrow.