Chen Meng looked at this landscape painting and admired it again and again.

I don't know who is working on this painting, but every person and every scene in it seems to be alive, giving people a strong visual impact and a sense of immersion.

"Do you like that painting? The old man's voice came from the table and chair behind Chen Meng.

"I called you so much and you didn't answer, I thought you were gone, it turned out that you were fascinated by the painting. The old man laughed.

"If you like that painting, I'll give it to you, but I'm blind anyway, and I can't see any peerless paintings. ”

The old man's words made Chen Meng a little moved, but soon Chen Meng shook his head, he didn't want to be a person who accepted other people's things for no reason, not to mention that the old man had half of his body into the soil for him, and he was still cooking food for him, Chen Meng really didn't have the face to take the old man's things again.

"No need, old man, your painting is worth a lot of money. ”

The old man smiled and stopped talking.

"This is the peerless delicacy you are talking about?" Chen Meng walked to the bamboo table, looked at the two small dishes on the table, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

The old man nodded, gave Chen Meng a pair of bamboo chopsticks, and motioned for him to try it.

Chen Meng suspiciously picked up a vegetable leaf in a saucer, this vegetable leaf is very strange, the overall shape is like a circle, the central texture is snow-white, and there are many small spikes on the edge.

"I haven't seen this leaf, but it resembles the leaves of a tree. ”

Chen Meng put the vegetable leaf in his mouth, and when he chewed it gently, there was a faint fragrance surrounding his teeth and tongue, and the vegetable leaf also turned into a pool of soft liquid, flowing down Chen Meng's throat.

"It is indeed a delicacy, and ordinary second-grade pills do not have such an effect. Chen Meng said very honestly: "But if you want to eat, I still want to go to our alley, the cook's house to eat." ”

"Xuanyuan in the body has become extremely calm, and his mind has also become peaceful, eating such a dish will be of great help to cultivation. ”

The old man smiled and nodded, and said, "The dishes I make are not delicious, but they have many effects, they can heal injuries, cure diseases, and help people cultivate, do you want to learn?"

"Huh?" Chen Meng was about to try another dish on the table, but the old man's sudden words made his chopsticks stop in mid-air.

"When I was thirty-seven years old, I met a friend who had forgotten his cooking skills, he was a strong man, and his strength was unfathomable, but he spent his life studying cooking skills. He has no offspring, no relatives, because he has lived so long that he himself forgets how old he lived. When I met him, he knew that he was going to die, so it took him two or three years to teach me all the dishes he had developed. Now, that I'm dying soon, I don't want the book he spent his whole life writing to be lost. The old man picked up a vegetable leaf and put it in his mouth, looking forward to Chen Meng's reply.

Chen Meng smiled, looked at the old man's old face, and said, "This is too casual, I don't have ......."

"You don't want to fix what you have and don't, you just say whether you want to or not. The old man seemed to be a little impatient, and shouted loudly.

"How about I think about it?"

"Okay, you can go back and think about it, and then come to me after thinking about it!" the old man said angrily, and immediately stood up, pulled Chen Meng's clothes, and was about to drive Chen Meng out of the house.

Don't look at the old man's weak body, but his strength is not small, and he pulls Chen Meng like dragging a chicken and throws it outside the house.

"If you want to be my apprentice, you can come, if you don't become my apprentice, don't see me again!" The old man closed the door hard, leaving Chen Meng to sit in the alley, crying and laughing.

Just as Chen Meng was about to get up, the old man suddenly opened the door again.

"You kid, remember, your name is Chen Yimeng! Don't let others call you Chen Meng anymore!"

Chen Meng answered, and the old man closed the door again, this time with more force than before, and the sound was even louder.

"This old man is really strange. Chen Meng smiled bitterly and shook his head, stood up and patted his buttocks, and walked out of the alley.

This alley is indeed a rare and secluded place, you can see the exit of the alley from a distance, and the sound of mosquitoes roaring in Chen Meng's ears sounded, and the air around him became hot.

There are all kinds of trees growing on both sides of the alley, and the dense shade of the trees can hide all the sunlight that spills in, so the alley is cool everywhere.

Finally walked out of the alley, and the blazing and dazzling sunlight sprinkled down, making Chen Meng squint uncontrollably.

"Hey, brother, do you know what happened to the boy who was beaten at the city gate in the morning. Slowly getting used to the bright light, Chen Meng stopped someone to ask about the outcome of the incident in the morning.

"What can you do, a seventh son of the Yancheng Shentu family, dare to provoke Boss Jin, and beat him half to death. I don't know where to crawl, the blood stains outside the city dragged a long distance. When the man saw Chen Meng asking Shen Tuyuan, a look of sarcasm immediately appeared on his face.

"That guy is Boss Kim. Chen Meng thought of the man who punched him in the morning, Boss Jin he had heard of it a long time ago, his real name was Jin Lang, he was half a wicked person, and today was the first time he saw the true appearance of this person.

Chen Meng returned to Beicheng the same way as he came, and when he passed by a store with a lot of doors, he flashed into the store and found the young man behind the counter and begged for a drink.

Haijia was angry when he saw Chenmeng, why did he bring him wine to eat?

Chen Meng was dragged and beaten by Haijia, smiled, and went back to the Star Rain Chamber of Commerce.

The Star Rain Chamber of Commerce is located on a small hill in Midtown, and standing on the tower at the entrance of the Chamber of Commerce, it is enough to overlook the scenery of the whole city.

"Oh, why hasn't this dream come yet, the sun is so big, no matter how lazy he was in the past, he also drank several cups of tea in the Chamber of Commerce at this time. ”

"Lin Gui, just mumble a few words, you don't know Chenmeng's temperament, debauchery and freedom, no one can restrain him, didn't the third sister say, he went to Nancheng to do errands, no matter how much you shout, he won't appear in front of you now." ”

Outside the gate of the Xingyu Chamber of Commerce, two men in extraordinary clothes and dignified appearances chattered endlessly, and the protagonists in their mouths seemed to be Chen Meng.

"Harm, Lin Yu, why are you still speaking for Chenmeng's kid, haven't you always been unaccustomed to your father's attitude towards Chenmeng? If it weren't for this kid, the captain of this caravan would be you now. ”

Lin Yu frowned and said, "I can't get used to him as a fact, I just give you an opinion if I ask you to mumble less, be careful of the saliva star and drown a few ants, and then Lord Yama will knock you down to the eighteenth layer of hell." ”

"Lin Yu, I am your own brother, and you still curse me?" Lin Gui stood in front of Lin Yu, he was a head shorter than Lin Yu, and he wanted to look up at the other party, and his hand did not forget to point at Lin Yu's nose.

Lin Yu glanced at Lin Gui and said disdainfully: "I'm not as ruthless as you, do you want to be embarrassed here, dwarf Guateng, is it fun to look up at others? Standing in front of me is like a little kid in open crotch pants." ”

"You! You're wearing open crotch pants!" Lin Gui blushed.

"It's more like that now. Lin Yu smiled faintly, this smile was a naked provocation in Lin Gui's eyes.

"Lin Yu, you are looking for death!" Lin Gui rolled up his sleeves, and a violent aura erupted from his body, and his long hair stood on end, like a fried cat.

Chen Meng came back from Nancheng and followed the bluestone paved road until he came to the vicinity of the Star Rain Chamber of Commerce, and suddenly felt a tyrannical aura coming from front of him, as if someone was about to fight, and hurriedly quickened his pace.

"You brothers, why are you going to fight again. ”

Getting closer, Chen Meng was relieved to see the two Lin Yu brothers standing at the door.

I'm afraid that someone will come to the Xingyu Chamber of Commerce to make trouble, and I'm afraid that the Xingyu Chamber of Commerce's own people will fight, but the only thing I'm not afraid of is the two Lin Yu brothers, signing a life-and-death battle.

The two brothers have fought since they were children, and the funny thing is that once the two drank porridge, they actually fought because of whose porridge put more sugar, that morning, the whole chamber of commerce did not eat, and afterwards the two of them had a month's pocket money, and Li Yixian deducted it.

The two brothers are Lin Ziyou's fourth and fifth brothers, Li Yixian has a lot of heirs, ten sons and three daughters, because the eldest daughters are younger than the tenth sons, and Li Yixian doesn't like thirteen, so he didn't add his daughter to the rank of his son.

"It's not because you're a ...... bastard" Lin Gui's eyes widened, and he wanted to scold Chen Meng but he wanted to stop talking, and finally shook his hand and ended up.

"What's wrong with me?" Chen Meng wondered.

Lin Yu laughed beside him and said, "Chenmeng, don't pay attention to Lin Gui's criticism, you go and get busy, there are a lot of goods waiting for you to see the luck." ”

"You're just criticizing, your whole family is criticizing!" Lin Gui was annoyed on the side.

"You still don't admit it. Lin Yu shook his head helplessly, and said with a smile: "You are killing fifty enemies and losing three thousand yourself, admire your brother!"

After that, Lin Yu also bowed his hand to Lin Gui very solemnly.

"You!" Lin Gui's face turned red like a monkey's buttocks, and he wanted to scold, but there were no words in his mind.

Chen Meng looked at the farce-like brothers, smiled, and moved into the chamber of commerce.

"Chen Menggongzi, the goods have been loaded, and we are waiting for you. ”

As soon as he walked in the door, a middle-aged man walked up, and when the middle-aged man saw Chenmeng's face, he bowed respectfully.

Chen Meng nodded.

"Brother Chenmeng, are you going to see luck again. ”

Lin Ziyou walked out of the path on the side, she had been back to the Chamber of Commerce for a long time, and she had lunch, but the ill-fitting clothes had not been changed, and she was followed by a little maid in emerald green clothes.

Lin Ziyou heard the voice of Chen Meng and her brother talking, so she hurriedly came out, she knew that Chen Meng had a task to go out of the city, and thought about coming to send Chen Meng.

Chen Meng looked at Lin Ziyou, her lips moved, and she wanted to say something, but she didn't spit out a word.

"Brother Chenmeng, what do you want to say......" Lin Ziyou thought that Chenmeng had some unspeakable words, and her pretty face turned red and buried it in her chest.

Seeing this scene, Chen Meng's head had black lines, and before he could say anything, this girl's face was as red as a monkey's ass, and it was the same as Lin Gui's anger, worthy of being a brother and sister.

Chen Meng turned his eyes, looked at the snow white exposed under Lin Ziyou's clothes, and said without waves: "The clothes are not suitable, change one." ”

"Huh?" Lin Ziyou imagined a hundred sensual words that Chen Meng told her in her mind, but Chen Meng said that her clothes didn't fit like a stupid melon?

In the distance, Chen Meng had quickly turned into a quiet path, and disappeared, Lin Zi was so angry that he stomped his feet.

"Young Master Chenmeng, the third lady is interesting to you. ”

The middle-aged man tried hard to follow behind Chen Meng, and before entering the alley, he couldn't help but feel restless in his heart, and glanced back at Lin Ziyou.

"Yes, it's not ordinarily interesting, it's very interesting!" Chen Meng had a headache when he remembered what happened in Yuanmeng Restaurant in the morning, and wanted Lin Ziyou's mother to refuse him to become his son-in-law, and Chen Meng had to act in a scene before Lin Ziyou went to Dongya City.

"All ready at the back door?"

"It's all ready, just waiting for you to call the shots. The middle-aged man said respectfully behind Chen Meng.

"The president has taken most of the masters away, and if we leave again, won't the chamber of commerce be empty? ”

"Childe, you don't have to worry, although the goods sent by the president are important, they are not far away, and you can come back tonight. ”

The Star Rain Chamber of Commerce is very large, in addition to the living room, the front hall and hundreds of side rooms, a large part of the back is a warehouse where goods are stored.

There are countless servants running around Chenmeng, these servants are still different from the hard workers of Tianlai Wharf, they all have the cultivation of Xuanyun Realm, and the wages and treatment are far inferior to the hard work of Tianlai Wharf.

The road was very long, Chen Meng and the middle-aged man turned left and right, and walked for a long time before they got out of the warehouse pile and came to the backyard of the Chamber of Commerce.

There were a lot of people crowded around the backyard, these people were dressed in different clothes, but most of them were people with a badge written on their chests, only a dozen or so, and there was nothing else on their neat clothes, and they were all sitting on tall horses now.

The ordinary guards of the Star Rain Chamber of Commerce do not have special rules on clothing, and they can wear whatever clothes they like, as long as they have a badge representing their status pinned to their right chest.

More than a dozen people sitting on the horses, each with extraordinary bearing and not weak momentum, some carrying swords, some holding knives, some holding spears, and some still drinking tea.

They were hired by Li Yixian at a high price to protect the caravan, and there were also several people who were originally from Li Yixian's clan, and their salaries were the same, and there was no distinction between inside and outside.

When everyone saw Chenmeng coming, they bowed one after another, and more than a dozen people sitting on the horses also dismounted, they didn't bow to Chenmeng, they just nodded.

Chen Meng returned the salute to everyone and nodded with the dozen or so people.

"This trip to the Foundry Valley is a long way, and there are many bandits and horse bandits on the way, and I hope you will do your best not to let the goods be damaged. ”

"Yes!" everyone's voices were impassioned, and Chen Meng, who listened, was full of excitement in his heart.

"Alright, let's go!"

Chen Meng sat on the sturdy black horse brought by the middle-aged man, and pointed his hand far ahead.

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