Chapter Seventy-Seven: Feeling Life.
After taking the task, Zheng Lin carried the empty bucket and went to Shuding Village with Old Man Xiao, and when he was about to arrive, Old Man Xiao patted Zheng Lin on the shoulder, nodded and said: "Well, the body is quite strong, but the smell of feces is not something that anyone can stand, if you can't support it at that time, I won't give you a reward of sect points." ”
Zheng Lin smiled: "Where is Grandpa Xiao, if I really can't stand it later, I naturally have no face to ask you for sect points, how to say it, this is also a kind of experience, I'll try it." ”
But when he really got to the thatched house, he knew how disgusting it was to pick up dung, usually he didn't feel anything when he went to the thatched house, but it was really unbearable to scoop it out, Old Man Xiao looked at Zheng Lin at a loss on the side, and laughed: "Young people are really not good, come, I'll show you first, see." ”
After speaking, Old Man Xiao snatched the long scoop in Zheng Lin's hand, the top of the long scoop was half a gourd, and then connected it with a wooden stick, which was specially used to take dung at that time, Old Man Xiao poured the dung into the wooden bucket one by one, and after filling a bucket, he handed the long scoop to Zheng Lin and said.
"This kind of work, is not difficult, the so-called smell, in fact, is more of a psychological effect, young people, some truth and knowledge, often from some small things, just like you practice martial arts, maybe this dung seems to have nothing to do with martial arts, but it can exercise your endurance and breathing, breathing can mobilize people's body rhythm, movement rules, seemingly inconspicuous, but there are university questions, such as your usual running, practice body method, etc., are related to breathing methods, if you can understand these, It will improve your body rhythm and body style. ”
Zheng Lin looked at Old Man Xiao, as if he had a feeling of epiphany, before this, no one had told him these things, just like Old Man Xiao said, many things are often in inconspicuous places is the key, for martial arts, life is the best martial arts cheats. Thinking of this, Zheng Lin's next work was a little easier, although the smell was unbearable, Zheng Lin still persevered, and after loading two buckets, he carried the burden and went to the vegetable field with Old Man Xiao.
The vegetable field planted by Old Man Xiao looked at dozens of acres of land, including cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, etc., all of which were planted by him and Xiao Xueyun. ”
As he spoke, he carried the bucket and walked to the vegetable field to water the vegetables with manure, Zheng Lin looked at the appearance of the old man Xiao, and silently carried another bucket to the side to do it, just like that, it took the two of them almost two hours to water half of the vegetable field, and moved the body, Zheng Lin smiled and said: "Okay, Grandpa Xiao, there are still half of them I will come back tomorrow, the sun is about to set, I should also go back, by the way, please also give me today's sect points." ”
Old man Xiao smiled, washed his hands in the small pond next to him, then took Zheng Lin's score card, and tapped lightly on the third gear, and the gear sounded a clicking sound, and then the number also jumped to the position of "one", which means that now Zheng Lin's sect points are one hundred, and after Zheng Lin said goodbye to Old Man Xiao with satisfaction, he went back to Shuding Village.
When he arrived at his residence, Nayou was already preparing dinner, and when he saw Zheng Lin coming back, Nayou smiled at him, but suddenly his face changed, he approached Zheng Lin and sniffed it, and suddenly covered his nose and took two steps back, and said in surprise: "Apprentice, did you fall into the dung pit?" ”
Zheng Lin sniffed himself and smiled awkwardly: "That... Today, I helped Grandpa Xiao pick up manure and apply fertilizer, and it seems that I accidentally got some of it, which..."
"Hurry up, take off your clothes and take a shower, I'll go prepare hot water for you, and I'll clean up all the clothes for you."
Saying that, Nayou pushed Zheng Lin upstairs, and soon, Nayou prepared hot water for Zheng Lin, and adjusted the water temperature herself, let Zheng Lin take a bath, and continued to go downstairs to cook. After Zheng Lin took a bath, he felt that his whole body was much more comfortable, and then looked at the clothes next to him, Nayou had already prepared them for him, which can be regarded as the sect clothes of the Five Poisons Sect, put on clean and comfortable clothes, Zheng Lin wiped his hair while going downstairs to prepare for dinner.
Downstairs, Nayou had already prepared dinner, and the master and apprentice were talking and laughing, which was also happy, and on the way to dinner, Nayou asked, "By the way, why did you remember to help Grandpa Xiao today?" ”
Zheng Lin pursed his lips: "Actually, when I went before, I felt that Grandpa Xiao was very old, not only to raise the Five Poisons Holy Beast, but also to grow so many vegetables, in fact, it is quite tiring to do farm work, and I am not very short of silver taels now, so half of it is to help, and half of it is for sect points, and when the time comes, see what can be bought." ”
Nayu nodded and said, "Hmm... Also, it's really not easy for their grandfather and grandson, by the way, I heard that Grandpa Xiao used to be from the rivers and lakes, and I heard the villagers of the older generation say, about ten years ago, the two of them were rescued by the first sect leader outside the Five Poisons Sect, at that time Xue Yun was still young, and Grandpa Xiao said that he was seriously injured, and the weapon in his hand was also bloody, Xue Yun sat next to him and cried, and then the first sect leader brought them back to the sect, and healed Grandpa Xiao with the recipe to make up for the sky, and then they stayed here. ”
"From this point of view, Grandpa Xiao is also a martial arts senior, but looking at his current appearance, he is more like an ordinary grandfather, I think he is living a very happy life now, people in the rivers and lakes, isn't it very tiring."
Although Zheng Lin is also very curious about Old Man Xiao's past, for the current Old Man Xiao, ordinary days seem to be more suitable for their grandparents and grandchildren. After dinner, Nayou took out a book, which recorded a lot of poisons, Nayou's plan is not to teach Zheng Lin to learn the Poison Sutra first, but to know all kinds of poisons in the world first, if you don't understand poison, it is easy to make many mistakes and dangers, so she still chooses to take some insurance.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next day's life opened again with the crowing of the rooster, Zheng Lin was still the same, first got up to wash, and then started to run in the morning, and Nayou was also ready to wait for Zheng Lin to come back, she knew that Zheng Lin was going to help Old Man Xiao do some farm work today, so she did not arrange today's plan, and Zheng Lin naturally did what he said, after breakfast, he set off to the place where Old Man Xiao lived, ready to complete today's task.
When he arrived at Xiaoxing Village, Xiao Xueyun had just gotten up and was preparing breakfast for her grandfather, and as for why it was called Xiaoxing Village, it was actually taken by Old Man Xiao, there are only a few families here, and they are all old people, the so-called Xiaoxing means that he will not travel far, he has regarded this place as his home, and it is also a place for his retirement.