Chapter 3 The waterwheel is hung with green grass
In the evening, Zheng Qiu returned to the medicine house, and as soon as he entered the door, the rich smell of meat entered his nose.
"Wow, the master actually roasted meat!" Zheng Qiu threw away the basket and rushed straight to the table. Sure enough, there was a large pot of meat on the table.
He stood on the chair, propped his hands on the table, and looked into the basin, which was boiling. The square pieces of meat in the basin are fat and thin, red and oily, and the crystal color seems to drip juice at any time. The meat was stained with chopped green onions and unknown spices, and the gluttonous worms in Zheng Qiu's stomach were fished all the way to his throat.
"Hiss!" Zheng Qiu sucked hard, reaching into the basin to grab the meat.
With a crisp sound, Zheng Qiu covered his hands and shrank into the chair, looking at the master with an aggrieved expression.
"Master, have you forgotten what I said, wash your hands before eating!" The master said a few fierce words, took Zheng Qiu's hand and rubbed him, "Look at your dirty hands, if you have diarrhea, you will be uncomfortable." ”
"Master, don't rub it, it doesn't hurt. I'm going to wash my hands, wash them and eat them. ”
"You're just going to be out of this way, and you're still worried about meat?"
In order to better enhance the effect of cultivation and speed up the cultivation speed, most cultivators avoided fireworks and food, and cultivators in the breakthrough period paid special attention to this. Only those cultivators who gave up continuing their cultivation or who could not advance an inch of their potential would indulge in the taste of fireworks.
Because of this, only Zheng Qiu's master and apprentice on Yuexi Mountain cook and eat every day, and most of the food they eat is light. Today, it is rare for the master to burn the meat, it is simply the New Year, Zheng Qiu buried his head in eating, and almost swallowed his tongue.
The meat in the basin was about to bottom out, Zheng Qiu remembered the silk bag in his arms, he wiped his oily and shiny mouth, took out the bag from his arms and handed it to the master: "Master, look at this." ”
The master opened the bag and took out the contents and approached the candlestick, and then his eyes lit up: "The seeds of Yiluo flower! Zheng Qiu, where did you get them?"
"Master, don't look at me like that, I won't do anything bad. Zheng Qiu said as he put the meat in the bowl, "Today, a senior sister came to the medicine garden, she looked for the master and wanted the master to plant Yiluo flowers." The senior sister said that she had come to the pharmacy but did not find the master. I told her I would plant it too, and she gave me the Iero flower, and I planted three more. ”
"Since it's planted, why don't you plant it all, and what do you do with the seeds. Zheng Qiu chewed the meat in his mouth and replied vaguely, "Master, have you forgotten? You didn't teach me to plant Yiluo flower seeds." ”
"Really?" the master held his chin and recalled, but he didn't recall anything after thinking for a long time, "Then the master will teach you after eating." ”
The next day, as soon as the sun showed half of his face, Zheng Qiu rushed to the medicine garden with a basket on his back. Walking in the thin morning mist, he recalled what his master had taught him last night as he walked.
The seed coat of Ierohua is very tough, and only when the aura is sufficient, can the buds have enough strength to drill the seed coat.
If you want to plant in the medicine garden, you need to use a knife to cut the seed coat, but you can only cut the seed coat at the bud position. This is a delicate job, and you have to use the knife on the bean-sized seeds, and patience is also important when the light is good during the day.
When he came to the medicine garden, when the sun was rising and the fog dissipated, Zheng Qiu moved the wooden bench to the edge of the garden and found a stone to sit on. Taking out the seeds and placing them on the bench, he grasped the steel carving knife tightly and began to look for the sprouts.
The hand should be steady, the knife should be accurate, the knife should be slow, and the knife should be forceful, according to the master's words, Zheng Qiu moved the knife handle a little bit, and the atmosphere did not dare to come out. Seeing the buds, that's all he has to say, lifting the knife, Zheng Qiu quickly raised the hand holding the carving knife, and it was done.
He took a deep breath and exhaled it again, it was so hard. The strength of the hand just now was not renewed, and it was broken once in the middle, almost causing the tip of the knife to hurt the bud. After collecting the seeds and shaking his hand, Zheng Qiu decided to stand up and take a rest, this matter was in a hurry.
Hey, are you dazzled? Zheng Qiu rubbed his eyes and ran to the canal to reach out and touch it.
There's no water! What's going on? His heart lifted suddenly. When I first came in the morning, I went to the river to see it, and there was nothing wrong with the waterwheel. No, we have to go and see it quickly, there will be problems without the medicine in the water garden.
Zheng Qiu hurriedly ran to the river, bypassing the bushes, and he saw from a distance that the waterwheel was no longer turning. The waterwheel actually stopped! This made him even more anxious.
rushed to the side of the waterwheel, Zheng Qiu first pushed hard, but the waterwheel did not move. What's going on?
He looked up at the waterwheel, his eyes brushing the wooden poles, and there was no damage. Is it stuck?
He walked to the side to take a closer look, and sure enough, at the intersection of the waterwheel and the canal, there was a grass as long as his arm sticking there.
Zheng Qiu raised his head to look at the two-zhang high waterwheel, then looked down at the grass, and twisted his legs hard. Oops, it hurts, I didn't dream.
Don't worry about it for now, it's important to get the waterwheel spinning.
Zheng Qiu rolled up his trouser legs and stepped into the river, holding the waterwheel with one hand and dragging the grass with the other. One, two, drag, one, two, drag, this grass is like a cow's tendon, and it is constantly pulled.
What kind of grass is this?
He let go of the hand of the waterwheel, grabbed the grass with both hands at the same time, and put his two feet on the wooden pole of the waterwheel.
Ahem, he threw his head back and choked on two mouthfuls of water, and hurriedly flipped his limbs and climbed onto the riverbank. Fortunately, the river is not in a hurry, otherwise it will be washed all the way home.
Twisting his soaked clothes, he looked up at the waterwheel, turned, and the river poured into the canal again with a creaking sound. That grass! Zheng Qiu suddenly remembered the grass that was stuck in the waterwheel just now.
He searched left and right, and finally found it on the grass by the canal. Carrying the draft, Zheng Qiu tore the grass blade hard, the grass blade was twisted into a twist, let go of his hand, but the grass blade returned to its original state, it was really the same as a cow's tendon.
He brought the grass to his nose and smelled it, a faint smell of herbs, but he couldn't tell which herb it looked like.
"It's strange, I've never seen anything like this, maybe the master knows what it is. Zheng Qiu muttered to himself, and walked back to the medicine garden with his draft. Although he didn't know what this grass was, according to the habit of following the master to grow medicine, Zheng Qiu still found a corner in the medicine garden and planted the grass. When the master comes here, you can let him see it.
Back in the house, Zheng Qiu changed out of his soaked clothes, rummaged through the cabinets and found a short jacket to put on. Rubbing his hands, he returned to the stool and continued to process the seeds of Iero.
He also learned last night that that senior sister was the most powerful apprentice of the Cloud Hall Elder, and everyone in the sect called her Senior Sister. This senior sister rarely appears in the sect and is said to have been practicing outside. Senior sister Shenlong saw the head and the end, only she was looking for someone, and no one was looking for her. The master said that every time she came back, there was something important, and she didn't know what it was this time.
The thought of giving such a powerful human species herb made Zheng Qiu's heart furious. The master is also really big, and if he doesn't plant well, it's over.
Collect your heart, collect your heart, he shook his head vigorously, don't think nonsense, the more you think about this kind of skin, the worse it will be, Zheng Qiu blinked his eyes, and tried to focus on the carving knife in his hand.