Recruit a few more maids, and you don't have to carry it so hard - you can carry it together!

Li Mu laughed unscrupulously.

It's all a joke, but recruiting people is a must. Fengqiuhuang has already opened, and Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien can't be used as salesmen, and they need manpower. The daily turnover of the store is as high as thousands of times, and the users can not rest assured, but can only use the people at home. The four big maids of Meilan Zhuju are the best candidates, but in this way, there is a shortage of people in the house. The back house is not as good as the front yard, and it is inconvenient for men to enter and exit after all, so the maid must be found.

In addition to the maids, the grooms also had to find a few. There are a total of two grooms in the family, and there will be more things to do in the future, and two carriages will definitely not be enough, and a few more need to be prepared for emergencies.

Li Mu was soaking in the bath, thinking about things at the same time, thinking about it almost, and the bath was finished. He wiped his body dry, then put on clean clothes, ate something casually, put on a tiger fur, wore a 'Fat Da brand' hat, called the Dugu Nine Carriage, and went to the mansion where Sun Simiao lived temporarily.

……

At the door of Sun Simiao's house, a no-disturb sign was hung today. Someone came to the door to seek treatment, and the little guy at the door explained that today's divine doctor refining medicine should not be disturbed, and please come early tomorrow.

But in fact, Sun Simiao is not refining medicine, he is studying medicine. In his study, there is a table, on the table, there is a porcelain vase from Li Mu, and there is another thing, which is also related to Li Mu, which is the mahjong he 'invented'.

After Sun Simiao heard the patient talk about it, he asked his apprentice Liu Shenwei to buy it in person at the grocery store in Jingdongji. Since the day I bought it, it has been placed on Sun Simiao's table. Every day in his spare time, Liu Shenwei would see Sun Simiao sitting behind the table and watching mahjong in a daze. He thought that the master wanted to play but was embarrassed to say it, and took the initiative to mention it several times to accompany the master to play a few laps, but he didn't expect to be scolded by Sun Simiao, which made Liu Shenwei a little inexplicable, and he didn't ask after a long time.

Sun Simiao was born as a Taoist, and when he meditated or meditated, he was accustomed to lighting a furnace of incense. Therefore, the study is smoky, as if in a fairyland. Liu Shenwei has followed Sun Simiao since he was a child, and he has been by his side for the longest time. Seeing that Master had been sitting behind the table for a while, he went to make a pot of tea and brought it to Master to drink.

Sun Simiao seems to be very interested in Li Mu's 'inventions', even ordinary roasted tea, he likes it very much. Since I drank it, I didn't drink the tea leaves that were boiled in the past, and only drank the kind that Li Mu 'invented'.

"Master, please use it."

"Oh," Sun Simiao saw Liu Shenwei, took his eyes off the mahjong and porcelain bottles, beckoned, and said, "Apprentice, come here." ”

Liu Shenwei hurriedly put down the tray in his hand, came to the master, and said, "Master, what do you command?" ”

"I didn't have an order, I have some experience, I'll talk to you."

Liu Shenwei doesn't think it's strange, Sun Simiao is often like this, and the sentence he always hangs on his lips is, you are my closed disciple, and the master will pass on all the experience of his life to you, and if you can understand it, it depends on your creation. It's a pity that Liu Shenwei knows that his qualifications are mediocre, so he writes them down by heart every time, and then slowly comprehends them.

Sun Simiao pointed to the mahjong on the table and said, "Apprentice, look at this mahjong, can you see what the door is?" ”

Mahjong is now popular in Chang'an, and after Liu Shenwei came to Chang'an, he also learned to play mahjong. But if there is any doorway in it, he really can't see it, he wrinkles his brows and looks at it for a long time, shakes his head and says, "Master, please forgive the apprentice for being stupid, I really can't see any doorway." ”

"I don't blame you." Sun Simiao waved his hand, as usual, but Liu Shenwei felt even more ashamed, almost every time the master said something, he couldn't understand it, and the master never blamed him, but said words of relief.

"I also studied it for many days before I gradually realized it." Sun Simiao stretched out his hand, from the mahjong tiles, picked out the seven cards of 'Southeast, Northwest and White', and said: "Li Mu, this kid, heaven and man, this set of cards he invented, contains a deep truth. ”

Liu Shenwei was still stunned, and said: "Please teach the master, the apprentice really can't understand it." ”

"Look at these five cards." Sun Simiao took out the five cards of 'Southeast, Northwest, Central' and said, "This is the five elements." ”

"Huh?"

"Jiayimu in the east, Gengxin Jin in the west, Bingding fire in the south, nondeng water in the north, Wuji soil in the middle, and the five elements also!"

Liu Shenwei was suddenly surprised and said: "It's like this, it's really hidden." ”

Sun Simiao shook his head and said, "There are more." ”

He picked out the 'middle white' again, and said, "This 'three talents' are also." ”

Liu Shenwei didn't see it, and said, "Master, where are the three talents?" ”

"Three talents, heaven and earth." Sun Simiao explained: "Hair is on the top of people's heads. He stretched out his finger and pointed upward, "What's on the top of your head?" Oh my God! ”

"Are you looking at this whiteboard, does it look like the ground? It is better to explain that between heaven and earth, there are naturally people. ”

Liu Shenwei listened to it, his qualifications are mediocre, but he also has the advantage of mediocrity, that is, he will not be as cranky as a 'smart person'. He looked at this mahjong, which was mahjong, and he couldn't see any five elements and three talents at all, but after listening to Master's interpretation like this, he felt that it seemed to be like that, but he still felt far-fetched in his heart, and couldn't help but say: "Master is not thinking too much, there is an explanation in the "Mahjong Sutra", the southeast and northwest refer to the direction of the wind, and the white in the middle is talking about sparrows——"

"Fool!" Sun Simiao was rarely angry, so frightened that Liu Shenwei didn't dare to speak out and kept silent.

"Do you think you are as smart as Li Mu, and you would do such a boring thing? He took out mahjong, but he just laughed at the world's ignorance. Will you also be a fool in his sight? How does Master teach you on weekdays, mediocre qualifications are not a problem, but you have to have the heart to learn, and diligence can make up for your clumsiness, don't you understand this truth? ”

"What the master taught is that the apprentice remembers."

"Alas!" Sun Simiao sighed, calmed down his emotions, and continued: "It's not just the three talents and the five elements, you put them together and look at them. In the southeast, northwest, and center, it represents the five elements, and also represents the direction, which is horizontal. And the middle white represents the three talents, heaven and earth, which is vertical. Together, they form a chaos. ”

Liu Shenwei couldn't understand it anymore, and hurriedly asked, "Master, what is chaos?" ”

"Haven't you heard the story of Pangu Kaitian?" Sun Simiao said: "According to legend, chaos is like a chicken egg, and Pangu is born. He splits the chaos, and the light and clear rises, and the heavens, and the turbid and heavy sinks, for the earth. Exhale into a storm, and your eyes are the sun and the moon. If you think about it carefully, is Pangu opening the world similar to what I just said? Horizontally, Pangu stands in the middle, in four directions, southeast and northwest. Looking longitudinally, Pangu stands on the top of the sky, heaven, earth and people, and has three talents. Right, right? ”

Liu Shenwei had already been successfully brainwashed by Sun Simiao, nodded again and again, and said, "Master is very right, it is true!" In this way, this Li Mu ......" paused, Liu Shenwei frowned and said: "Master, no, Li Mu is only seventeen years old this year, how can he be so unfathomable!" ”

"This is also the confusion of the teacher!" Sun Simiao picked up the small porcelain vase on the table and said, "I have treated Li Mu, and he is indeed seventeen years old. But there are many doubts about him. Do you remember the demon star you told you about as a teacher? I'm sure he's the demon star. On the demon star, anything can happen. Just like this pill, he has lived for the teacher for so long, and the pill of the previous dynasty, even the pill of the Wei and Jin dynasties, has been seen by the teacher. Of those so-called alchemists, nine out of ten are liars, and the remaining one is mostly half-ignorant and has no real talent. ”

"But this pill is different, judging only by the residual smell. This is a real elixir, although it is not as good as the legendary elixir, but it is also the only one I have seen in my life. From this point of view, there must be a master behind Li Mu...... Or rather, he is! ”

"It's impossible!" Liu Shenwei shook his head again and again, and said, "Master, the apprentice has inquired according to your instructions. Li Mu's origin is well documented. In a place like Mayi, where there are any high-ranking people, he has no chance to come into contact with. ”

Sun Simiao nodded and said, "I think the same way, then there is only one possibility." ”

"What is possible?"

"He's an immortal!"

"Huh?" Liu Shenwei couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Master, your guess is too ridiculous. How can there be any immortals, you ask for immortals for decades, and you have never seen immortals. ”

"I haven't seen it, but that doesn't mean I haven't!" Sun Simiao said firmly: "Lao Tzu passed through the Hangu Pass to become an immortal, and left 5,000 words of the Tao Te Ching. Later, Yin Ziguan's "Tao Te Ching" soared, which is all well-documented! ”

"Master!" Liu Shenwei said helplessly: "It's all just a legend, and I haven't seen anyone see it with their own eyes-"

"Hugh is nonsense!" Sun Simiao reprimanded: "Taoism has been inherited for thousands of years, if these legends are all false, and the inheritance has long been broken, how can there be so many people cultivating the Tao and refining the pill?" It's your master and me, and it's also an example! I was sick at a young age, but I lived for more than a hundred years, how could I have lived so long without the Taoist method of health preservation? Therefore, cultivating to become an immortal is a certain thing, but there is no way! ”

Liu Shenwei knows Master's temper, he is open-minded to everything, but the words 'Cultivating to Become an Immortal' are his life, and he doesn't care about any reason when he mentions it, he doesn't dare to be stubborn about this matter, so he has to divert his words and say: "Even if as Master said, there is such a thing as cultivating to become an immortal, but what does this have to do with Li Mu is an immortal, Master, it's impossible, even if he is an immortal, how can he be in the world?" ”

"That's why I said it was a fairy!" Sun Simiao said stubbornly: "Otherwise, how to explain it, he was originally a dull person, but suddenly he opened his mind and became very smart." How can you explain it, when he opened his mind, it was when I saw the demon star come into the world, and all kinds of coincidences happened from time to time, is there really such a coincidence? ”

"But Master-" Liu Shenwei still had to say something, the little guy outside the door covered his face and ran in, and cried when he saw Sun Simiao: "Divine doctor, Zhuluhou is here, I told him that you are refining medicine and let him go back, but he didn't listen, he raised his hand and gave me a mouth, woo......"