Chapter 13: The Miscellaneous Servants' Hall
After a small forest, about a few hundred meters away, I saw a land of about 1,000 square meters, in the middle of which was a stone road, and the land on both sides of the road was covered with unknown green plants, a bit like green vegetables! Looking all the way to the west, there was a wooden house at the end of the clearing.
Li Qing walked along the gravel road in the direction of the wooden house. Stepping on the gravel road, and then looking at the green plants on both sides, Li Qing's face was full of surprise. Where are the ordinary green plants on these sides, and the slightest aura is exuding on them, which clearly means that they are all spiritual plants!
Suppressing the surprise in his heart, Li Qing walked to the end of the stone road as fast as he could. Look again, here with a small wooden strip simply enclosed a small courtyard, in the middle of the courtyard is just seen in the distance of the wooden house, about three or so, the roof of the wooden house set up a sign, crookedly engraved 'Miscellaneous Servant Hall' three words, there is a well on one side of the courtyard, the other side is a small pile of dry firewood.
Li Qing approached and gently pushed the wooden door of the courtyard. At this time, a young man happened to walk out of the 'Miscellaneous Servant Hall' head-on, his face was full of resentment, and he spat on the ground while walking, muttering about hard labor, perverted or something, his voice was a little low, and Li Qing didn't hear it too clearly. The creak of the wooden door attracted the attention of the young man, and he hurriedly stopped talking, and after seeing Li Qing's clothes as a disciple of the outer door, his face showed a touch of obvious sympathy, and the corners of his mouth moved, but he didn't say anything, and walked past Li Qing.
Li Qing looked back at the young man's back, and suddenly a thought rose in his heart, maybe this miscellaneous servant was not as simple as he thought before!
"Is it a new handyman? Come in, come in, just pick up that kid's class. Before Li Qing could continue to think about it, a voice floated out of the wooden house.
Li Qing had no choice but to put down his thoughts for a while, walked quickly to the wooden house, and opened the door to enter. The moment he pushed open the door, a big face entered Li Qing's line of sight, which scared Li Qing a lot! Li Qing hurriedly took a step back and looked forward. Only then did I see that it was an old man with a white beard, who couldn't see his cultivation, his hair was messy, he was wearing coarse linen clothes, and he was patting his chest and shouting fear, as if Li Qing's retreat just now really scared him. The first word that popped up in Li Qing's mind was "old naughty boy"!
"Alas, I'm scared of the old man to death, the current disciples are really becoming more and more rude, too disrespectful to the old man, alas!" The old man patted his chest and said, and swept Li Qing with the corner of his eye, making Li Qing cry and laugh.
"That, I didn't mean it, or I'll apologize to your old man, it's all right?" Li Qing coaxed each other with a helpless face. Let her face a cheating old man, she really doesn't know how to get it!
"What's going on with this thing now, how can the people sent here not as good as one, this small body, why is it still hairless...... Forget it, come with me" The old man's hand that was originally covering his chest suddenly came over and touched Li Qing's head, his face was full of contempt, and his tone was very disapproving.
Li Qing didn't expect the old man to change his face so quickly, and he was really touched by surprise, and when he reacted, the old man had already jumped out of his original position and walked towards the depths of the room, leaving only a back for Li Qing.
Li Qing's face turned red with all his breath, and he couldn't wait for an aura to blast over. However, reason stopped her, not only did she say that she couldn't cause trouble casually in the Hundred Acupoints Gate now, but also that this old man could easily get close to her, and even let her not even react, and it was indeed not something that her current strength could deal with.
"Come here yet! Why can't I keep up with my weak body! The old man saw that Li Qing didn't move, turned around and yelled at Li Qing again.
Li Qing's face turned red and red, and he tried to adjust his emotions, calmed down a little, and walked behind the old man.
The room was very chaotic, and it was arranged one after another, one after another, and he followed the old man through the 'obstacles' to the deepest part of the room. I saw that the old man stretched out his hand and pushed against the wall, and with a creak, the light came through, illuminating the dim room a lot. It turned out to be a door.
Li Qing followed the old man through the door, and suddenly it suddenly dawned. There is actually a courtyard of more than 100 square meters behind this wooden house.
"You have been living here for three months of working in the Miscellaneous Servant Hall, and you don't have to go back, it is inconvenient for me to find you. From tomorrow you will go to the mountain to the east to cut wood, and fill the side of the front courtyard where the dry firewood is placed, and then draw water from the well in the front yard, and boil the water with the cauldron and the firewood you have chopped, and then fill the boiling water into these vats, and when they are all filled, come to me and arrange the following matters," said the old man, who walked to the center of the courtyard, and pointed to a wooden house behind the courtyard and ten vats in the middle of the courtyard.
"......" Li Qing was really speechless, the diameter of each of the ten vats is estimated to be 5 meters away, when will this be done? The point is, what's the point of doing this? And, when the tank is full, won't the water be cold? What's the burning power? Li Qing thought so, and asked directly.
"I'll let you do it naturally, you don't need to care about anything else, you just need to do it," the old man finished speaking, and stroked his almost knotted beard with an unfathomable look.
"Am I just going to have to do it in three months?"
"Think beautifully, you still have a lot of things to do, this is the first step, but look at your little body, it is estimated that you can't do too much, so let's do it for five or six hours a day, but you are not allowed to be lazy, if you are lazy, the time for doing chores will be extended." After the old man finished speaking, he also demonstratively skimmed Li Qing.
"Got it, I'm not going to be lazy. Since I started working tomorrow, I'll come back tomorrow, and I'll go back to my place today, right?! After Li Qing finished speaking, he didn't look at the old man, and walked straight out of the courtyard.
"Hmm~, since you applied with me, then ...... You ignore me, it's so disrespectful!! ......" The old man squinted his eyes and before he could finish speaking, he saw that Li Qing had already opened the door of the wooden house in the front yard and got in, completely ignoring him, and jumped to his feet angrily.
Li Qingdu had already walked to the front yard, and he could vaguely hear the old man's scolding and muttering, and in an instant, his originally somewhat depressed heart was so relaxed, in fact, this old man was just a stinky old man, and it was really unnecessary to have the same knowledge as him.
Walking out of the miscellaneous service hall, Li Qing did not go back to his residence, but walked in the direction of the library. Looking at the old man's appearance, if she wasn't given any leave from tomorrow, she couldn't go without choosing exercises and spells for three months.
The library is not difficult to find, and it is really close to the miscellaneous service hall, and it will be there soon. It's a tower-like building, and it looks pretty tall.
Li Qing approached, there was a ban at the door, and he couldn't enter directly. He took out the identity token from the storage bag and flickered on the ban. The doors opened automatically to both sides.
Li Qing stepped in, the door was about three or four square meters of open space, there was a small table, and in the distance were rows of wooden shelves, which were similar to the Meng family's library at that time, but the area was much larger than that of the Meng family, and each shelf was full, and the collection of books was quite rich.
"It's not the first time that an outer disciple needs to exchange his contribution for exercises" A voice came into Li Qing's ears, interrupting Li Qing's thoughts.
Li Qing heard the prestige and went forward, but he didn't see anyone, so strange!
"The old man is here, take out the token, let me see if the amount of your contribution is enough" The voice sounded again.
This time Li Qing heard it clearly, the voice came from diagonally below, Li Qing lowered his head and looked forward, a 'little boy' who looked to be only four or five years old was standing there wearing a small yellow robe, with a deep expression that did not match the age on the surface, coupled with a slightly vicissitudes of life, it looked a little funny.
"I'm a newcomer, I see that the entry instructions say that you can directly choose a book of exercises and a spell." Li Qing ignored the funny, tried to make his voice appear calm and respectful, and handed the token to the 'little boy' as he spoke.
"Yes, yes. Well, let's go in, remember that you can only choose one type of exercise and spell, and you can only choose it on the first floor, and come back to me when you come out. "The 'little boy' handed the token back to Li Qing after reading it, and waved his hand as he spoke.
Li Qing watched the light flash on the opposite side, and a shape like a crack appeared in the air and disappeared, and then a stone path appeared in front of Li Qing, extending to the various bookshelves.
Li Qing looked at the direction in which the 'little boy' walked away, turned around and stepped on the stone road!