"Master, then I'll go out!"

"Good apprentice, will you go to the medicine garden so early? Okay, the master will send you. ”

"No need, I know the road myself, master, you can rest well. Zheng Qiu shook the wooden box in his hand, "Master, look, I also brought it for lunch." I'll be back in the evening. ”

"Okay, the master will cook for you in the evening. ”

The master asked Zheng Qiu to go to the medicine garden by the river during the day, and come back every night when the sun went down, he didn't worry about the apprentice living there alone, Zheng Qiu was still too young.

"Step by step, step by step, carrying my little bamboo basket on my back. Stepping on the long stone road, don't forget to bring a medicine hoe, hum, lalala......" Zheng Qiu sang a little song on his lips and jumped to the medicine garden by the river.

From the back mountain to the medicine garden, you have to pass through the martial arts training ground of the Xunwu Sect, the martial arts training ground is on the right side of the main hall, the ground is paved with fine sand, and there are some wooden figures inserted around it. When Zheng Qiu came to the martial arts training ground, he happened to run into an elder giving a lecture.

I saw the elder standing in the middle of the field, holding a wooden sword in his hand, and he didn't know what he was talking about. The senior brothers and sisters formed a circle, carefully watching the elder's movements, and from time to time raised their wooden swords to follow along.

Zheng Qiu was lying behind the wooden man and peeking, how did he know that the elder seemed to have a sense, Zheng Qiu didn't look long before the elder's eyes glared at him from afar. Run, run, Zheng Qiu quickly turned his head, grabbed the rope of the basket and slipped out of the martial arts training ground.

Continuing to follow the stone road to the right peak, Zheng Qiu walked with his head thinking about the picture he had just seen, and he would do the action of raising a wooden sword, but why did people become so powerful?

"Hey, don't get in the way," a voice interrupted Zheng Qiu's thoughts.

When he came back to his senses, there stood a young man in a brocade robe on the mountain road in front of him, and the young man had a broom in his hand.

"Look at what you see, go fast. The young man had a black face and cursed in his mouth.

"Oh, oh, I'm sorry, I'll go. Zheng Qiu bypassed the boy and hurried away. After walking a long way, and when he couldn't see anyone, Zheng Qiu covered his mouth and grinned. "Hehehehe, another senior brother has been punished to sweep the mountain road, it's really miserable. ”

Not long after, Zheng Qiu arrived at the medicine garden. He went into the house and lowered the basket and found it very clean, as if someone had just come to clean it. But he didn't have that much time to be weird, and after sorting out his tools, he had to hurry up and get to work in the medicine garden.

The garden was densely packed with all kinds of herbs, some planted on the ground, some buried in the earth, and some hung on wooden shelves. Zheng Qiu stood in the courtyard and was stunned, with so many herbs, what should he do first? He looked left and right, now there was no master by his side to command, and he had to think about what he wanted to do.

"Don't worry, don't worry, remember well, every time you come with the master, where the master goes first and what he does first. Zheng Qiu closed his eyes and tried to turn his brain, "Ah! That's right! The master goes to see the waterwheel first every time." ”

Zheng Qiu slapped his head, threw the tools back into the basket, and went to the river with the basket on his back.

There is a large waterwheel two feet high by the river, which creaks and turns, constantly lifting the river water up and pouring into the ditch. The watermill is made entirely of wood and covered with moss, and looks to be many years old. But Zheng Qiu had never seen it broken, and he didn't know what kind of wood it was made of.

Zheng Qiu squatted to the river and stretched out his hand to wash, the river water was a little cold, and there were many small fish in it. He knew that by following the river all the way down, he would be able to reach his village. I went down the mountain to meet my parents last year, and I can go back again this year, so I want to think about what good things to bring back when the time comes.

Zheng Qiu retracted his thoughts and followed the canal all the way to the medicine garden to check, constantly using a small net to fish out the fallen leaves and weeds floating in the canal. This medicine garden is planted with water-loving herbs, and it is necessary to keep the soil moist and gently pinch the kind that can squeeze out the water.

After cleaning the canal, you have to check the herbs, and the herbs must not be sick or infected, they must be checked one by one, leaf by leaf. Zheng Qiu squatted on the ground and flicked the blades of grass with a small jade board.

The insect infestation should be carefully removed with jade scissors, and the color change should be carefully recorded, and if it becomes serious in the next few days, it is necessary to find the cause as soon as possible.

"Zheng Zhisong, Zheng Zhisong?" came the girl's crisp voice from the sky. Zheng Qiu stood up and looked up, but his legs were numb, snapped, and he fell to the ground, making his hands and pants full of mud. It's really unlucky, squatting for too long.

A girl in a brocade dress stepped on the streamer and landed outside the medicine garden, the pale cyan streamer turned and fell on the girl's hand, the halo disappeared, and it was a crescent-shaped semicircular metal ring.

"Where's Zheng Zhisong? Isn't he there?"

Zheng Qiu got up and wiped his muddy hands on his clothes: "This senior sister, the master is not here, you can go to the back yam house to find him." ”

"I've been to Houshan, and he's not here, strange, where did this old man go?"

"Eh, senior sister, senior sister, do you have something to do with the master?"

"Of course, I'll look for him......" The girl seemed to think of something, "Wait, you call him master, you are a medicine boy?"

"Well, I'm his apprentice, and I've been with the master for three years. ”

"I see, I don't go back to the sect often, and I don't know you. The girl took the silk sac wrapped around her waist, "There are three Elo flowers and six seeds of Elo flowers in this, will you plant them?"

"Well, yes, yes, I can plant, the master taught me. ”

"Are you sure you can plant it? ”

"Yes! Yes. Zheng Qiu nodded, his tone more affirmative than the first time.

"Okay, let you plant it, and send it to the Cloud Hall when it matures. ”

Zheng Qiu raised his head and took a closer look, this senior sister was much taller than him, Zheng Qiu's head was only up to her elbow, and her face was covered with a veil, so she couldn't see her face clearly.

"Good. Zheng Qiu agreed as he leaned over to pick up the silk sac, but the girl took a step back. Zheng Qiu looked down at his dirty hands and retracted with an embarrassed smile.

The girl frowned and threw the silk bag directly into Zheng Qiu's arms, waved the metal ring, and set up a streamer and soared into the air.

"Goodbye, senior sister, I will plant the flowers. Zheng Qiu waved his hand at the sky and hurriedly ran to the river to wash the mud. After washing his hands, Zheng Qiu picked up a basin of water from the river and carried the basin to the wooden frame of the medicine garden.

The string of the silk sac was untied, revealing three small purple-red flowers, which were small, only the size of a little finger nail. But the smell is very strong, the aroma is overwhelming, and the smell makes people feel a little crispy. This is the Yiluo flower that the master taught him, it is said that this flower has many uses, and Zheng Qiu only knows that it can be used when the cultivator breaks through.

Zheng Qiu took out the Yiluo flower and found that the leaves were all rolled up, and the petals were also drooping, and it seemed that they had been picked for a long time. He quickly put the flowers in the water to bubble and let the flowers absorb the water.

After soaking for a while, the leaves stretched a little, he fished out a flower and observed it in turn, and found that most of the roots were torn off.

Zheng Qiu took the jade scissors, selected three relatively thick medicinal vines, and cut a small opening near the ground. Then stuff the main stem of the Iero flower into it, and at the same time wrap the roots of the Iero flower hanging on the outside to the medicine vine.

The master said that the Yiluo flower grows on the cliff, and the place where the flower roots are rooted must be the place where the spiritual springs of the mountain wall converge, and if you want to plant it in the medicine garden, you can only rely on other herbs for it to grow. The most suitable for planting Yiluo flowers in the medicine garden is the medicinal vine used to make incense for the gods, the incense vine is not delicate, easy to feed, the only drawback is that it grows too slowly.

Rummaging through the silk sac, there were six small lilac beans inside, which should be the seeds of Iero.

Zheng Qiu scratched his head, the master only taught him how to grow up, but not how to grow seeds. No, you can't try this kind of valuable thing casually, it's better to wait for the evening to go back and ask the master. Thinking of this, Zheng Qiu put away the silk bag and stuffed it into the collar, for fear that he would lose it.