Chapter 30:

Grandpa Zhang narrowed his eyes, looked at his grandson carefully, and said after a while: "You tell me honestly, did you encounter anything when you went to school this time?" ”

What's the matter? Zhang Jin was stunned, and then remembered what Zhang Junbao said yesterday, and suddenly felt alert and frightened in his heart, his grandfather wouldn't really be able to see that he was not a virgin, right?

Thinking of this, my mind unconsciously appeared this morning's dirty behavior, and then my face was flushed.

"What are you blushing for?" Grandpa Zhang's expression was ruined because of his grandson's awkward and blushing appearance, and then he frowned and shouted, "Don't give me a mess all day long, I don't study well at a young age, and I don't know what is evil all day long?" I'm asking you, did you see anything on the books on that local stall? ”

Yes? Zhang Jin was stunned again, and his heart, which was already nervous about to explode, fell back to the ground fiercely! At the same time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, didn't he see that he was not a virgin?

Looking at his grandson's stupid appearance, what did Grandpa Zhang not understand (even if there was a difference between what he understood and the facts), he suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and want to kick him in the past, and said with disgust on his face: "The hair hasn't grown together, so I started to think about some messy?" Alas! You guys...... What are you still stunned about? Answer my question. ”

"Ah, uh! Well. ”

"Uh-huh,...... Is it really written in the book? ”

"Hmm." Zhang Jin, who had reflected, nodded heavily, hiding his weakness by the way. Now what he fears most is that he is not a virgin when he is discovered, as long as this secret is not discovered, everything else is easy to say.

It's just that the novel book doesn't say that if the cultivation is low, you can't see the cultivation that is high? When I look at my grandfather now, I can indeed see it, but how does my grandfather see himself?

Grandpa Zhang stared at his grandson for a long time, and the corners of his mouth began to smile slowly, although he himself seemed to want to suppress it as much as possible, but in the end his face was still full of excitement: "God treats my Zhang family well!" Haha, I didn't expect my Zhang family to have another day to return. Good, good, good! ”

Grandpa Zhang said three good things in a row, and he seemed to be in an extremely good mood.

However, Zhang Jin was puzzled when he heard it.

Grandpa Zhang was not in the mood to explain to his grandson at this time, so he was excited for a while and then said to his grandson: "Have you already refined your qi sense now?" ”

This one......

Zhang Jin thought about it for a while and decided to tell the truth to his grandfather, although he didn't have to tell the truth, he didn't want to hide the fact that he already had true qi, because then he wanted to integrate the acupuncture he already knew with the Nine Heavens Xuannu Golden Needle and True Qi in his mind.

If you don't tell the truth at this time, then you will have to be slapped in the face later.

As for telling all the truth, it is definitely impossible, even if there is no common sense, Zhang Jin knows that if there is more truth, there must be more things.

"Hmm." Zhang Jin nodded heavily, looking very honest, "According to what the book says, it should be regarded as a third layer now!" "Actually, there should be seven or eight floors. It's just that the instinctive Zhang Jin feels that he should keep a little, after all, it is so high all of a sudden, and he is not easy to explain. It was said on that strange picture that it would be very difficult to cultivate True Qi in the future. And the matter of Ziqi from the east is even more difficult to explain.

However, looking at Grandpa Zhang's expression, it seems that the three-layer true qi is very shocking.

"Three floors!" Grandpa Zhang muttered to himself, the shock on his expression was obvious. With his old man's understanding of the matter of true qi, the third layer of qi refining is amazing. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, their Zhang family relied on true qi to eat.

But back then, in the entire family of their Zhang family, there were only a few people who had true qi.

It's like he's been practicing for so many years, but he only has a slight sense of qi, and he still can't use it in the treatment of patients.

In Grandpa Zhang's opinion, in fact, true qi, most of the time, in addition to diligent practice, also depends on luck. Take their Zhang family as an example, in the history of nearly a thousand years, there are only three people who have cultivated true qi to the fifth layer or above, and there are no more than ten people in total who have cultivated their true qi to the fifth layer. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the famous doctor ancestor of their family who shocked China and foreign countries was only a fourth-level qi refiner.

Now, his grandson actually sued himself that he was already a third-level qi refiner! He is still so young, is he expected to enter the fifth layer of qi refining and the sixth layer of qi refining in the future?

If this is the case, then the rise of the Zhang family's medical family will be unstoppable!

"Hehe, haha!" Grandpa Zhang didn't know what he thought, thinking about it, he was actually tearful and laughing.

Zhang Jin had never seen such a grandfather, his mood was inexplicably heavy, and he wanted to be comforted, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only stand aside stupidly.

Grandpa Zhang's affection was put aside for a while before he retracted, looked up at his grandson for a moment and said, "Let's eat!" ”

"Ugh! Good. Zhang Jin thought that his grandfather was going to say something to him, like asking him what was written in the book, etc., but he didn't expect it to be these four words in the end.

Grandpa Zhang did have a thousand words, but looking at his grandson's ignorant face, he couldn't say anything in the end.

Although the fall of the Zhang family back then had reasons for the times, it was also related to himself and the human nature in this world. The grandson is still a minor, and he cannot prematurely put the burden of the family on him. Even due to geographical limitations, this child's personality is too simple and cowardly, so he is like a three-year-old child for the darkness of the world and the cunning side of human nature.

Although he is now a third-level qi refining family, Huaxia's doctors have never been a simple medical family, and the complexity is unimaginable to ordinary people. If a family hatred that has been passed down for thousands of years is imposed on a minor child prematurely, it will only be fueled by seedlings, and in the end it will only be a victim of the rise of another family.

If you want to bring the Zhang family back into the Huaxia Medical Family, it is not enough to rely on the cultivation of the third layer of qi refining, in today's world, at least, at least the fifth layer, or even higher!

Thinking of those doctors who had been enemies of the Zhang family, Grandpa Zhang's heart trembled, and even in an instant, he would not let his grandson participate in the ranks of family battles in this life.

However, thinking of his grandson's current situation, Grandpa Zhang still has hope for the future.

He just needs to wait, wait, maybe even if the Zhang family can't return to the medical world while he is alive, his grandson will inherit the Zhang family, and one day, the glory of the Zhang family's medical family will return again.

Right now......

Grandpa Zhang turned around and walked towards the back door of the hall.

Zhang Jin followed his grandfather to the house. I had just walked two steps when I smelled a sour smell of sweat. Snorted and suddenly realized that the smell was coming from me?

What's going on? You obviously took a shower last night? And it wasn't hot last night, was it? Why is it so heavy in the morning?

Breakfast was thick porridge and dried chili peppers squeezed with sesame oil and stir-fried pickles, which tasted very refreshing, and Zhang Jin ate three bowls in one go and was reluctant to put chopsticks.

In the end, the reason why I put the chopsticks was because I couldn't withstand the pressure of my grandfather's eyes.

"Do you have a lot of homework?" Grandpa Zhang saw his grandson put down his chopsticks before he spoke. It's not that he is reluctant to give this kid something to eat, but the other party's stomach is obviously full and he still swells alive, and he can't wait to have enough money at one time, which really makes him unbearable.

Zhang Jin was still a little unsatisfied while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and when he heard his grandfather's question, he hurriedly replied: "I finished it when I was in school." ”

"Oh, if it's okay that morning, go up the hill and chop some firewood, and everyone is not done yet. No matter how late it is, when you come back next time, everything that can be cut nearby will be cut. The last time I was collecting herbs, I remember that there were a few dead pine trees in the col to the south. You bring an axe to chop, and later go to the mountain pass and ask your father to help you get it back. Don't call the eldest and the third, I heard your grandfather say yesterday that there are still two plots of land at home that have not been planted. ”

Didn't you say that the grandfather and the father in the family planted separately? Why is there still land that has not been planted? Zhang Jin had some questions, but he didn't ask.

It is not a problem for him to go up the mountain alone, they Woniu Village originally lived deep in the mountains, and the children in the mountains, which of the children were not running around in the mountains from childhood to adulthood. He followed his grandfather up the mountain to collect medicine all the year round, and no one was more familiar with the situation in the surrounding mountains than him.

Besides, if he went up the mountain alone today, he could try the true qi he had just refined.

In the weather in November of the solar calendar, the temperature has slowly decreased, and a little dew disappears after the sun comes out.

Zhang Jin took a sickle, carried a bamboo rake, and carried a small bundle of straw rope, and walked to the mountain south of the village according to Grandpa Zhang's instructions.

When I passed by their land, I saw his eldest brother and younger brother from a distance, one pulling out the ground with a hand-held tractor, the other sowing seeds in the back, and a few bags of fertilizer on the edge of the field next to them, which seemed to be busy all morning.

Zhang's father, Zhang's grandfather, and Zhang's mother worked together to grow peas in a nearby field.

As for their cattle, they were driven by their uncle to plough the land in another field. Seeing this scene, Zhang Jin still has something he doesn't understand, his parents are diligent people, although their family has a lot of land, they have never been left behind. With a car this year, his grandfather and father can at least plow two plots of land a day.

But perhaps it is because their family has a walk-behind tractor that they do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from unevenness. Although he only listened sporadically last night, it was enough for him to understand the current situation at home.

In the past, because everyone used cattle to farm, planting fast and slowly depending on the individual's ability, there was nothing to say. But not this year, Grandpa Zhang's three sons, even if they all understand that the car was drawn by Zhang Jin, they can't help but feel jealous.

After all, although Woniu Village is relatively wealthy among the nearby villages, it can't hold such a thing as a walk-behind tractor, and there are only three in the entire village. With this thing, it is simply the rhythm of transforming into a rich man in the village.

At such a time, even if Grandpa Zhang's other two sons are generous, their daughter-in-law will be red-eyed.

The Zhang family planted slowly this year, needless to say, when it was time to plant, Zhang's father was called to help plough the land.

However, this kind of concubine affair Zhang's mother has never allowed her son to participate, and also warned that no matter what conflicts there are between the parents, the brothers still have to get along in harmony. This is the reason why Grandpa Zhang does not live with his eldest son and younger son, but must live with his second son.

"Second child, why are you going?" When passing by the house, Zhang's mother happened to look up and see.

Zhang Jin raised the straw rope in his hand and said, "Go to the mountains to cut firewood." ”

"Oh, be careful by yourself." There are many children in the mountains who go up the mountain to chop firewood alone, Zhang Jin is a good snake fighter, and there are not many animals on the mountain now, so Zhang's mother is not very worried.

"Yes." Zhang Jin responded.

Zhang Laosan's voice came from behind, and he shouted loudly: "Second brother, fight a rabbit and come back." ”

"When the rabbit belongs to you?" Dad Zhang turned around and said.

Grandpa Zhang laughed and said: "Okay, the baby can't eat oil and water at school, and I was reluctant to ask you to cut some meat and come back yesterday, so I'm embarrassed to say it." The second child hurried to chop wood, came back early at noon, and asked your mother to kill a chicken to make up for your brothers. ”

"No need." Zhang Jin thought of the fact that he was going to practice silver needles in the mountains today, and refused: "Grandpa said that I will cut meat on the street tomorrow, and I won't come back to eat at noon, and my eldest brother and father will pick me up at the south mountain pass later." ”

"Grandpa wants to cut meat?" Without waiting for the others to speak, Zhang Laosan cheered first. "Okay, my favorite pork is my favorite!"

's embarrassing appearance made Zhang's father, who was far away, directly collapse his face, and turned his head and ordered Zhang's mother not to kill chickens today.

Zhang Jin didn't continue to chat with his family, he walked a long way, and when he finished walking on a flat land in the village, the mountain in the south of the village also arrived.

In the autumn forest, because the village is still busy with farming, no one comes to collect firewood, and the shrubs and artemisia grass on the side of the mountain are still very luxuriant, and the pine forest area full of pine trees has accumulated a thick layer of fallen leaves. You can rake a lot with a bamboo rake.

At the entrance of Nanshan, there is a large dense pine forest, and walking up here is like stepping on a fluffy carpet. Zhang Jin saw that there were a lot of pine hairs on the ground, thought about it, simply put down the straw rope and sickle, and raked the pine hairs nearby.

Pine hair is the best match for the farmer, and it is more convenient to bundle it up and move it out of the mountain pass when he does not bring any transportation tools. And he got the pine hair here, and when he entered the mountain, he only had to cut down a few dead trees and drag them out. If he rakes loose feathers in the mountains, and when he drags them out, the bundled firewood will be loose.

The place is spacious and easy to rake, plus Zhang Jin deliberately sped up the speed, and in a while, a lot of rakes were made. During this period, I also picked several catties of pine mushrooms under a few relatively hidden pine trees, which was enough to eat several meals.

Estimating that it could be bundled into two or three firewood, Zhang Jin put down the rake, picked up the sickle and casually chopped a few bushes and threw them on the pine hair.

Although Woniu Village does not say how simple the folk customs are, if a bunch of rakes like this and puts the cut shrubs, no one will generally take it. Unless it is not from the village. However, at this time, people from Woniu Village and other nearby villages were busy farming, so he was not worried that someone would come back to get his firewood.

After doing this, Zhang Jin continued to walk up the mountain with a rake, and when there were dead trees or better wattles on the side of the road, mugwort and other firewood, he would also stop to chop a few sickles and pile them on the side of the road.

Of course, if you encounter pine mushrooms, fungus, hawthorn or something, you have to stop and pick them. He's planned to go into the mountains today. Practicing silver needles is one, and picking mountain goods is another. The classmates in the city said that every time the Chinese New Year comes, the vegetables in the urban area will be very expensive, such as mushrooms, fungus and other mountain goods, and the minimum is more than a dozen, and the highest is fifty or sixty yuan a catty. For this reason, he also secretly took a few snakeskin bags from his house and prepared to pack them separately when the time came.

In fact, last year, he had the idea of going to the city to buy mountain goods, but the helpless thing is that mushrooms are not easy to store, even if they are dry, they will be eaten unconsciously when they are picked and put at home.

The idea of taking it to school to sell money will be considered by the family to be a bad job. Now that he has the space, he only needs to put what he picks in it, and he is not afraid of breaking it. When the Chinese New Year comes, you can sell it directly.

After cultivating the true qi, Zhang Jin's footsteps became much faster, and in less than two hours from the time he left the house, he arrived at the valley to the south that his grandfather said. And this place, not to mention the middle of the station rake loose hair, even if you keep walking, it must be more than two hours and nearly three hours.

This side is not too far from Woniu Village, but under normal circumstances, everyone will not go too deep into the mountain. Especially in recent years, after the state has required the closure of mountains and the return of farmland to forests, everyone is too lazy to leave the mountains and forests that are too deep.

The dead trees that my grandfather said grew on the edge of the Nanshan Valley, and there were a lot of them planted among the bushes, seven or eight of them, some of them were covered with fungus, some of them were rotten and had no firepower, and there were not a few branches left above the head, not to mention the long fungus or something. But Zhang Jin knew that such firewood had dried from the inside out, and it was very good to burn. So without saying a word, we started to do it.

A dead tree with a diameter of almost thirty centimeters, Zhang Jin can kick it off with one kick, which may be the benefit of cultivating true qi. Leaving the stump more than a meter above the ground, he picked up the scythe, learned what it looked like in the picture in his mind, and after pouring true qi, he could cut it along the root of the tree with a few swings.

The first time he used True Qi to do things, Zhang Jin realized the benefits of strength. A tree twenty or thirty meters high, with almost no effort, he parted its main branches and cut them into several knots.

With this beginning, the next six or seven trees were in full swing, and in less than half an hour, they became a pair of stumps.

Seeing the trunks and branches piled together, Zhang Jin unconsciously thought: It seems that it is really wise to deliberately forget to bring an axe today.

With the firewood of these eight trees, this winter, the hard firewood of my grandfather's house is almost the same. Even if my grandfather will burn a kang in the pharmacy in winter, it's almost the same. Then Zhang Jin found a patch of artemisia grass and bushes in the valley, and made up about five or six of them. Don't look at this thing now, it's as good as pine hair when it's dried, and it's the maker of the fire when stir-frying.

What is the so-called in Journey to the West, the bottom ash of the pot of Baicaodan, which is used by Sun Wukong, is actually the crystallization of perennial burning. Because when the artemisia grass is cut down, it is impossible to only have artemisia grass, and sometimes some medicinal materials that ordinary people do not know will be hidden.