The first time Xu Xiaole stepped into the backyard, he had already left the apprentices and men of the entire Changchun Hall far behind.

Everyone watched with admiration as Master Lu pulled Xu Xiaole into the inner warehouse, put out various medicinal materials that others could not easily touch, and explained to him how to distinguish the origin and year of these medicinal materials.

Xu Xiaole didn't expect Master Lu to teach him the knowledge of medicinal materials so refreshingly, and he was overjoyed in his heart, and every word he said was imprinted in his mind.

It wasn't until it got dark that Master Lu stopped teaching and asked, "How much do you remember?" ”

Xu Xiaole smiled: "All." ”

Master Lu was expressionless, and he didn't say whether he believed it or not, and left without saying a word.

Xu Xiaole returned to the dormitory, took off his clothes, sniffed the medicinal fragrance on his clothes, perked up, and set up a shelf to prepare for practice. Before he could start, he heard someone outside the door calling him: "Xiaole, are you inside?" ”

Xu Xiaole recognized that it was Chen Mingyuan's voice, so he had to put on his clothes again and go over to open the door.

Chen Mingyuan held the white-cut chicken in one hand and Shaoxing Huang in the other, and grinned: "Senior brother, I haven't eaten yet, I have prepared some wine and food here?" Let's talk and eat at the same time? ”

Xu Xiaole grinned: "Okay! But if you come back in an hour, I'm going to practice. ”

Chen Mingyuan's face stiffened, and he hurriedly said, "Okay, senior brother practice first, I'll come over later." ”

When Xu Xiaole closed the door, Chen Mingyuan's face was gloomy, and he secretly said in his heart: Chen Mingyuan, Chen Mingyuan, you are also a good man, you are so low that you have to be insulted by a little kid in vain!

He was afraid that he would be seen with his hot face sticking to Xu Xiaole's cold buttocks, so he lowered his head and went back to the dormitory first.

Chen Mingyuan lived in an eight-person shop, and everyone else went to the back to eat, and there happened to be no one in the house. He re-wrapped the chicken, lay himself on the bed, and after thinking for a while, he fell asleep.

After a while, Chen Mingyuan was woken up, it was the roommates who came back from dinner, gossiping in twos and threes. Seeing that Chen Mingyuan had already slept, the two good friends on weekdays came over to visit and asked kindly, "Brother Chen, you don't eat, are you uncomfortable?" ”

Chen Mingyuan hurriedly smiled and said, "I was so tired, I fell asleep all of a sudden." It's okay, it's okay. He thought that the chicken and wine were in the cabinet, for fear that someone would open the cabinet and find it, so he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

At this time, I heard someone say quietly: "Brother Chen is a person who wants to climb high branches, how can he still eat with you." ”

Chen Mingyuan was worried for a while.

In the same Changchun Hall, the relationship between colleagues is not much better, unless it is really the same smell, and they will be slightly closer. To put it mildly, there is no major conflict of interest. Whether it is Li Xiqiang or Lu Yaoshi, they will not set a quota, saying that if their students are full, others will not teach.

There are no in-depth exchanges, and there are no conflicts of interest, which makes everyone's relationship a little salty, and such provocative words are rarely heard.

Chen Mingyuan sat up and looked at the man who said cool words: "What do you mean by climbing high branches?" We're only twenty years old, so we're determined to be buddies for the rest of our lives? Although Xiaole is young, he has a good mind and is willing to work hard, so if he doesn't learn more from him, he learns to say some weird things all day long? ”

The man smiled and said, "Yo, it turns out that you are climbing the high branches of Xu Xiaole?" I thought you were going to climb the high branches of the western wall. ”

Chen Mingyuan choked, he was a thief, and he didn't even confess to please Xu Xiaole.

The man walked up to Chen Mingyuan and said, "I'll tell you clearly." The apricot forest is so big, what is Li Xiqiang's reputation outside, just ask around. I've also heard that the owner doesn't like Li Xiqiang, and I'm afraid it won't be long before I get rid of him. Everyone, colleagues, I advise you not to invest too much, so as not to suffer in the future. ”

Chen Mingyuan listened to it in his heart, and said forcefully: "I just do my duty, and how to arrange it when the time comes, I will listen to the instructions of the owner and the shopkeeper, it is really boring for you to talk like this." ”

The man snorted, turned around and left, and told some hearsay stories to his friends in his small circle, and almost called Li Xiqiang by name a liar.

Chen Mingyuan didn't argue with him. This guy didn't come with the old shop, I heard that he was a nephew in charge of the second room of the Gu family, and he knew a lot about the affairs of the Gu family, so there were a lot of people gathered around him. It was the rumor spread by this person behind his back, saying that the owner was very dissatisfied with Gu Xuan's eating flowers and wine all day long, and he even had to replace the shopkeeper.

In the dormitory of eight people, it was faintly divided into two circles.

Chen Mingyuan waited until his stomach growled, and finally couldn't help but say, "I just fell asleep, and I went out for a walk." ”

Everyone else was ready to go to bed, and no one offered to go for a walk with him.

Chen Mingyuan took chicken and rice wine from the cabinet and wrapped them in clothes, as if he was going to wash clothes, but it did not arouse people's suspicions. As soon as he walked out of the dormitory door, he saw Xu Xiaole's dormitory door open at the end of the longhouse, and Xu Xiaole came out shirtless, still moving his joints.

Xu Xiaole also saw Chen Mingyuan and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, I just finished practicing." ”

Chen Mingyuan smiled and said, "That's good, I'm hungry." ”

Xu Xiaole said: "You come to my house first, I'll scrub it, and come up immediately." Xu Xiaole walked towards the well, put down the wooden bucket, hoisted half a bucket of water, and poured it on his head.

Chen Mingyuan was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Xiaole, I can't help it, this well water is cold!" ”

Xu Xiaole said disapprerovantly: "It's okay, I've already collected the work, wiped my body, my body is closed, and the cold and damp can't get in." ”

Chen Mingyuan still shook his head, but he didn't persuade much.