Xiao Laodao said, my grandfather looked at Xiao Laodao, then looked at Xiao Chujiu, and asked Xiao Chujiu: "Brother Chujiu, why are you alone, eleven?" ”

Xiao Laodao replied: "Eleven look at the lame mule at the bottom of the mountain, I will take the luggage on the Chujiu Mountain, let's set off now, although the mule is lame, it can carry some luggage." ”

When the master heard this, he said: "Brother Xiao, it's getting late now, and Brother Jiu and Eleven have been busy all afternoon, so it's better to eat something first and then hurry." ”

Xiao Laodao glanced at my grandfather, looking a little unbearable, after all, he still felt sorry for his apprentice, and nodded in agreement, "Okay." Then he instructed Xiao Chujiu, "You go and call Eleven up, eat and then leave." ”

Xiao Chujiu quickly called Xiao Shiyi up the mountain, and several people sat in Xiao Laodao's wing room, taking out the dry food they had brought before to eat.

At this time, the master quietly looked at Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi, and it could be seen that the brothers were both angry, and they should have been greatly bullied.

Xiao Laodao didn't count them down anymore, gnawed on the dry food with a calm face, Xiao Shiyi first ate the dry food in his hand, although he was a child, but the amount of food was comparable to that of an adult, and every time he ate, he devoured it, counting him the fastest, he really responded to that sentence, a half-grown child, eat Lao Tzu to death.

Xiao Shiyi licked the dry food residues on his hands, wiped the corners of his mouth, and gestured to Xiao Laodao: They bully people.

Xiao Laodao's eyes widened suddenly, "When we go out, we should be bullied, and in the future, you both have a better memory!" ”

Xiao Shiyi and Xiao Chujiu immediately lowered their heads again.

After eating dry food, Xiao Laodao urged a few people to go on the road, my grandfather yawned, and said to Xiao Laodao: "Brother Xiao, it's getting late now, it's better to stay in Guanli for a night, and leave tomorrow, I'm ...... now Suddenly I felt a little sleepy. ”

Xiao Laodao glanced at my grandfather when he heard this, and showed a suspicious expression, "Brother, we have been together for so long, and it is the first time I have heard you say 'sleepy', just now you said that you want to eat, and now you have to stay overnight, you can't be thinking about anything, right?" ”

My grandfather smiled, "What can I think, I just don't want to rush at night, we don't have anything to do, don't be in such a hurry, and...... I also want to see if the little green cow will come out again tonight. ”

Xiao Laodao said: "It shouldn't come out again, the piece of leather that wraps the mountain heart stone is a tiger skin, which is painted with a spirit sealing charm, specially used to wrap spiritual objects, and wants to come out, unless its spirituality is stronger than the tiger skin charm." ”

The master said: "This is not necessarily, in case its spirituality is really stronger than your tiger skin, just like Brother Xiao, you often say, be careful to sail the boat for ten thousand years, let's stay here for another night, see if it can come out again, let's go now, it will run back by itself, aren't we a bamboo basket to draw water." ”

Xiao Laodao heard my grandfather say this, hesitated for a while, and finally nodded, "What my brother said makes sense, let's stay here for one night, even if it can run out, it won't run out of this mountain, because this is its mother's place of pregnancy, if we rush overnight, if it runs away a hundred and ten miles away, we have to turn back." ”

My grandfather nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, that's what I mean." ”

Xiao Laodao stood up from the table and said to my grandfather and the three of them, "While it's still early, I'll go down the mountain again." ”

Xiao Chujiu hurriedly asked, "Master, what are you going down the mountain for?" ”

Xiao Laodao glanced at him coldly, "What are you doing?" It's not a good thing for the two of you to provoke, that lame mule, not only is it lame, I think it also has internal diseases, I'll go to their village doctor and get it some herbs! ”

When Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi heard this, they glanced at each other, and they both laughed, Xiao Laodao suddenly jumped to his feet, "You still have a face to smile......

After Xiao Laodao came down the mountain, the grandfather took the brothers and asked them in detail about the process of buying mules.

It turned out that in the south of this village, more than 20 miles away, there was a very large town, which was quite prosperous.

In the town, there was a cattle dealer who made a living by selling livestock, and he probably had some connections, so he did a lot of business, horses, donkeys, mules, cattle, etc., as long as it was a four-legged animal, he sold it, and he also hired a few long-term workers who were responsible for feeding the animals.

After the brothers gave the rice and noodles to the poor families at the foot of the mountain, they wandered around the village to see who sold their livestock, but they were reluctant to sell their cattle because they were useful, and they were told that there were people in the southern towns who sold livestock, not to mention donkeys and mules, and even horses.

The brothers were very happy to hear this, and did not go back to the temple to say hello, but the two of them ran to the town without permission, and after making inquiries in the town, they soon found the cattle dealer.

The brothers wanted to buy three horses, and when they went down the mountain, Xiao Laodao gave them a bag of loose silver taels, which was more than enough to buy three horses.

The cattle dealer saw that the brothers were not good-looking, and they were not very well dressed, one was a big stupid man, simple and stupid, and the other was thin and withered, like a monkey, and he was still a dumb man, and the brothers were full of foreign accents, so the cattle dealer looked down on them very much, and did not believe that the two of them could spend so much silver to buy a horse.

At that time, horses were more expensive than people, and you couldn't buy a horse by selling a child.

The brothers also saw that the cattle dealer looked down on them, so they took out a bag of loose silver in a fit of rage.

When the cattle dealer saw the silver taels, he immediately did not dare to underestimate the brothers, but the cattle dealer asked the brothers to pay the silver first, and then took them to see the horses, and the brothers did not think much about it.

The cattle dealer took the silver, beckoned a long-term worker who fed the horses beside him, whispered a few words in the ear of the long-term worker, and asked the long-term worker to take the brothers to the back of the stable, leading the horses.

The brothers asked the chief worker, "What's the matter, and what about our horses?"

The long-term worker drooped his eyelids and said to the brothers, what kind of horse, this is the livestock you bought, and our owner has also explained, if you want to take it away, you don't want the silver and don't return it.

At this time, the brothers knew that they had been fooled, and they were falsely accused, and they were immediately furious, and quarreled with Changgong, Changgong lowered his eyelids, and no longer paid attention to the brothers at all, Xiao Chujiu went up and grabbed his collar, and Changgong rolled his eyelids and glanced at Xiao Chujiu: What's wrong? If you dare to touch me, you won't want to leave this town again.

Seeing this, a few long-term workers who fed the horses next to him surrounded them like wolves, Xiao Chujiu was born with strange strength, and he would not suffer a loss if he really fought, but Xiao Shiyi pulled his arm and didn't let him do it, because Xiao Laodao had explained to them a long time ago that without his permission, they were not allowed to do it with others, unless the other party did it first.

The brothers left the stable, went to the front and went to the cattle dealer to reason, and gave you three horses of silver, why only one mule, did you do this?

The cattle dealer looked at the brothers as if they had never seen them before, and the cattle dealer said, "Who are you, and who has taken your money, and you are unreasonable, so you have given me money for a mule, and you want to blackmail me for three horses."

When the brothers heard this, their lungs were about to explode, and the cattle dealer continued, "You get what you pay for, we have always traded fairly, and you two are poor, can you take out three horses' silver taels, and you want to slander people, you are in the wrong place, just take the mule, if you don't, just give me a roll, and if you make noise with me, you will be arrested and sent to the official!"

Folding silver has to be bitten back, the brothers swallowed this breath hard, what can they do, there are bullying snakes everywhere, if you really see the officials, they are the ones who suffer, maybe they will be charged.

The brothers swallowed their anger and took out the mule from the stable, and when they saw it, they actually had a lame leg...... Xiao Shiyi cried when he was done.

After coming back, the brothers told Xiao Laodao, Xiao Laodao was anxious and angry, and counted the two of them together, and the brothers were full of grievances that they couldn't release at this time.

After hearing this, the grandfather smiled at the brothers calmly and asked, "Do you remember the place where you bought the mules?" ”

The two of them nodded at the same time, and Xiao Chujiu said indignantly: "Remember, why don't you remember!" ”

"Just remember." The master also nodded, and didn't say anything more.

Soon, Xiao Laodao came back from the bottom of the mountain, brought back a large bundle of herbs, and beckoned the three of them to come down the mountain to help and feed the lame mule.

How to feed it, is to mix herbs into the forage, together with the mule to feed the mule, my grandfather at this time around the mule circle, this is still the head of the mule, has not yet grown, but, thin skin and bones, the whole body is like a leprosy head, many places are hairless, one by one exposed bare flesh, at a glance, you know that this mule is sick.

Xiao Laodao said, this is not a particularly serious disease, you can see a cure after eating herbs for ten days and half a month, but the cattle dealer is reluctant to spend silver to buy herbs to feed it, and when the disease is cured, in addition to the money to buy herbs, he can't make a lot of money by selling the mule, maybe he is thinking of disposing of this mule, just at this juncture, let my two stupid apprentices catch up, like this kind of businessman, sooner or later will be retributed.

When the master heard Xiao Laodao say this, he looked at him and didn't say anything.

After feeding the mule, several people went back to sleep in the view, however, my grandfather lay on the bed and did not fall asleep, in a blink of an eye, it was late at night, and the whole Taoist temple was quiet, the master estimated that Xiao Laodao had fallen asleep, turned over and got off the bed, walked out of his room lightly, and then pushed open Xiao Chujiu's door and got in.

Xiao Chujiu was already asleep at this time, and the master woke him up, covered his mouth, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Chujiu, can you really swallow this breath?" ”

Xiao Chujiu shook his head fiercely.

"Okay, you show me the way......"