Zhang Zhao scratched his head embarrassedly: "Thank you, fat master, these are all things I do at home every day, and they are not good skills." ”

The fat master said loudly: "Why don't you count, if you are alone, there will be a lot of time in the kitchen, otherwise I will have to do the work myself." ”

He pointed to the dozen or so disciples: "You also have to learn from Zhang Zhao, this is called work." It's all the same killing livestock, why can't you grow a little better? ”

After the fat master said this, the old man who had just transported the livestock came over: "Fat master, our work is over, let's go back." After speaking, he looked at Zhang Zhao: "This little brother is really neat in his hands, even if he is in our place, he can be counted as a knife." ”

The fat master vigilantly stopped with his hand: "Lao Sha, don't think about it, this kid is my person." ”

The old man he called Lao Sha smiled: "Okay, okay, let's go." Remember the number of livestock, and don't say that we are lying when the time comes. ”

The fat master opened his mouth and said: "Forty-two cows and deer, fifty-one black-haired pigs, and twenty-three fat sheep." That's right. ”

Lao Shahaha laughed: "Fat master, in fact, I want to move your mind and move your mind, you alone can top more than ten people in our place, and even the work with the count is not bad." After saying that, he waved his hand and went out with a few young men.

Zhang Zhao looked at their backs and slowly approached the fat master: "Fat master, how did they get those livestock to such a high place." ”

The fat master replied: "You kid really has some vision, Lao Sha and they are all specialized in this, they use ropes to tie these hundreds of livestock into a long string, and they start to go up the mountain in less than three watches." It's hard work. ”

Zhang Zhao nodded again and again: "These hundreds of taels of silver are not easy to earn." "He calculated according to the price in the town, and a livestock earned two or three taels of silver.

The fat master turned his head to look at him: "Boy, they have to earn at least tens of thousands of taels of silver when they come here." You think this is the price on the flat ground. ”

Zhang Zhao was stunned for a moment, the people just now earned more in a day than his father and son worked hard for a year. He muttered, "Then this meat is too expensive." ”

The fat master felt the same way: "It's really too expensive, but except for their Baimu League, no one has the ability to transport these livestock every day." He sighed: "We have thousands of mouths on the mountain to eat." It's not a small number. ”

Seeing that the fat master turned around to direct the work, more than a dozen disciples who were working with Zhang Zhao just now surrounded him. They all raised their thumbs: "This junior brother, you are too good, if it weren't for your quick hands, the fat master would have to scold us a few times a day." ”

The young people gathered together, and after a while, they became acquainted. Zhang Zhao was thinking about what he would take later, and casually answered the questions they asked.

"You teach better than the fat master. One of the young people named Li Zhong whispered: "The fat master scolds us every day, and we also want to start quickly, but we can't find the right place, or we can't peel off the skin for a long time." ”

Zhang Zhao said happily: "It's okay, let's do it together tomorrow, and it's okay to take it slowly." ”

After making breakfast in the back kitchen, Zhang Zhao carried the food box and carried some meat, rice, vegetables and salt up the mountain road. Put those things in your little kitchen, and then go to the leisure hall.

Still like yesterday, Zhang Zhao put the meals one by one. This time, even Elder Sheng didn't say much, everyone ate in silence, and the only thing Zhang Zhao was surprised was that Elder Pang, who was sitting on his back, also ate the rice, but he didn't move a mouthful of food.

The atmosphere was a little depressing, and when Zhang Zhao quickly packed up his things and was about to leave, Elder Leng's emotionless voice came: "Don't forget what you promised, we can wait for you at night." ”

The irony in Elder Leng's words was greater than the reminder. Zhang Zhao was excited because someone was talking. He replied loudly with a smile on his face: "Okay, don't worry, elders, wait for me to eat the dishes I made at night." ”

Watching Zhang Zhao leave happily, several elders in the hall glanced at each other, and they all felt that there was an inexplicable vitality in this new disciple. They, including Elder Leng himself, all thought back to what they had just said, and they also felt as if there was some encouragement in them.

Zhang Zhao returned to the disciple's residence, carried the bucket and walked to the lake, and when he arrived at the bush yesterday, he deliberately slowed down, his heart pounding, hoping that the girl in white was still there yesterday. But there was no one to be seen.

Zhang Zhao was a little disappointed, and deliberately bypassed the mark left by the girl when he walked over to fetch water. As he lifted water, he looked sideways at the small and delicate footprints. Thinking of the girl's face, I felt as if she was standing on the side when I lifted the water.

As the two elders in the miscellaneous hall said that day, these two errands were not easy to do, but Zhang Zhao didn't feel any pressure at all, he felt that it was still early, so he pushed open the back door and entered the small courtyard. The tender green in front of him is different from the lush mountain forest on the mountain, which brings Zhang Zhao a fresh feeling.

He hummed a small tune in his mouth as he used to do when he sold meat in the town, came out of the backyard, walked to the low tree that bore fruit, and picked a few at will, after yesterday's experience, Zhang Zhao felt that this yellow fruit was simply too delicious, and there were also some wild fruits on the mountains on the other side of the town, but compared with the delicate and flexible sweet flesh in his mouth, it tasted like chewing wax.

This time, there was plenty of time, and Zhang Zhao began to walk farther away. After passing through the grass mixed with mountains, I slowly walked into the woods.

The leaves of this tree are very large, and the trees are very close to each other, looking at it from a distance, it feels like it will be very dark inside, Zhang Zhao walked through it, and after walking for a while, he found that it was not like that at all, not only the air was very fresh, the light was very good, and the feet were soft and very comfortable.

Zhang Zhao turned around and looked in the direction of the small courtyard, confirmed that he would not get lost, and boldly continued to move forward, and when he was a few miles away from the small courtyard, he felt that the front was gradually brightening. He brushed aside the vine leaves in front of him, passed through several large trees, and suddenly a flat ground appeared in front of him.

Zhang Zhao couldn't believe his eyes, and slowly walked forward on the soft fine grass under his feet, where a huge forest plain was located, the green grass stretched forward, and there were clusters of flowers in the spot.

A few miles away, a large group of brown fur animals like deer and horses, quietly eating grass, a burst of birdsong came, Zhang Zhao raised his eyes and looked around, only to see that he had just drilled out of the branches of this woods Countless birds flew through.

After finding such a paradise in this small courtyard, Zhang Zhao's heart was full of surprise and joy, instead of running and shouting as when he first arrived at Lingxiao, he gently walked onto the grass, facing the sun on his head, and involuntarily lay down.

Listen to the birds above and smell the aroma of flowers and plants. Beneath is the thick soft grass, feeling the warm sun. Zhang Zhaoru was in a fairyland, and at this moment, he deeply felt the magic of all things in the world, and he was extremely happy and satisfied to be in it.

After lying down for half an hour, Zhang Zhao stood up and felt extremely relaxed. After looking at all this, he reluctantly turned his head and walked back. Walking through the woods to the courtyard, he still missed the comfortable feeling very much, and he made up his mind to lie down a little longer when he had time.

After looking around, Zhang Zhao already had a general understanding of the surrounding scene. Looking at the sky, it was still early for dinner, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but start tidying up the backyard, pulling out some weeds and vine branches, and leveling the ground. It took a while to clean up a few feet of space. But in the long run, it will be a matter of time before it is cleaned up.

He picked up the bucket and walked outside, intending to fill the kitchen tank, and when he arrived at the lake, Zhang Zhao's heart began to beat wildly again, but in addition to the footprints, there was only the quiet lake.

Zhang Zhao returned to the kitchen and began to prepare the evening's meal, cleaning a clay pot, washing the white rice, then putting some water in the cauldron, lighting a firewood to boil and steam the rice.

He washed the shallots he had picked when he had just returned and cut them into sections. Take out the lamb that was killed in the morning from the meat bowl and cut it into thin slices, but the cabbage did not go out of the pot, but washed it and cut it into thin strips, and mixed it with salt with the shredded green onions.

Seeing that the pot of steamed rice was already steaming, Zhang Zhao mixed the mutton slices with salt, lit another stove, and fried them a few times.

After loading the green onion and mutton, Zhang Zhao lined the shreds of cabbage he had mixed around the bowl, then opened the steamer, stuffed the steamed rice into the bowl, and hurriedly sent it to Yangxian Hall.

Pushing the door in, facing the eyes of the elders, Zhang Zhao smiled, opened the food box and quickly put the food away. He raised his voice a little and said, "Elders, please use it, this mutton is still freshly fried." ”

These elders of Yangxian Hall really looked forward to Zhang Zhao's meal, and other disciples who sent food in the past also gave them some hope, but they were disappointed again and again, so they blamed a few words. Zhang Zhao's visit to the day brought them a different feeling. Even Elder Leng secretly hoped that he would have some good performance.

Picking up the rice bowl, Elder Sheng took the lead in taking a big bite, and just chewed a few times and then stopped, and the other elders were almost the same, Zhang Zhao suddenly panicked, thinking that these elders are not used to eating steamed rice?

As soon as he was about to speak, Elder Sheng asked loudly, "Boy, how do you cook this meal?"

"I put it in a basin and steamed it out through water, Elder Sheng, aren't you used to eating it?" Zhang Zhao replied in a low voice, feeling apprehensive.

"Of course I'm not used to it. Elder Sheng's answer made Zhang Zhao's heart sink downward. "In the past, the rice we ate was stewed directly with some hardness. It's not like you cook this meal. ”

Zhang Zhao hurriedly said: "I don't know the habits of the elders, next time I will simmer the rice directly and no longer steam it." When several elders who were eating heard this, they all stopped eating and looked at it, with strange expressions on their faces.

"Why don't you steam it?" Elder Sheng asked puzzledly, "Your rice is fragrant and soft, not like the one they made before, it is hard and burnt and not delicious at all." ”