Chapter 164: Zhao Shoubei
Yan Xi'an said that he wanted to change a spell.
Yan Xi'an stood on the grass by the stream, shook the water droplets in his hands, and said, "Then I'm going to start, you all have to look carefully." The other three looked at her intently.
Yan Xi'an closed his eyes, slowly raised his hands, raised his small mouth, and exhaled softly. To be honest, Lu Yu couldn't understand what she was doing.
But it's so magical, as Yan Xi'an's hands were raised and put down, the mountain stream in front of her suddenly changed. Lu Yu was the first to see that two small splashes appeared on the surface of the slowly flowing water, the splash rose bigger and bigger, and the faster and faster it turned, and soon after, a small piece on the surface of the stream, as if it was boiling, the water splashed violently, and bubbles bubbled out.
Yan Xiding commented: "This is a bit good, but it's not very powerful. Lu Yu hurriedly made a silent gesture and signaled Yan Xiding not to disturb his sister.
Suddenly, the water splashed up, rushed out of the water, and turned into two slender and shiny water columns, one left and one right, shooting towards Lu Yu and Yan Xiding respectively, and the speed was quite fast.
Lu Yu easily dodged the water column that shot over, Yan Xiding's reaction was a little slower, but fortunately, Lan Shaofang's reaction was fast enough, and he pulled him on the side, so Yan Xiding was not drenched.
"Hahahaha, it's amazing, I'm amazing!" Yan Xi'an clapped his hands, but his pretty face was flushed, and he was panting.
Lu Yu smiled: "Very powerful, great." He asked again, "Are you tired, sit down and rest for a while." "Yan Xi'an's cultivation is not deep enough, this little spell may have consumed the spiritual power of her whole body, and she has to rest for a while to recover.
"Well, a little tired." Yan Xi'an sat down cross-legged. Lu Yu also squatted down, put his hand on the top of Yan Xi'an's head, and used his cultivation to restore her spiritual power.
Lu Yu pondered in his heart: "Yan Xi'an should have been practicing for more than a year, but it seems that there is still some distance from cultivating to break through the first stage. The improvement speed of this cultivation is not slow, but it is definitely not as good as himself, perhaps because the kitchen knife mantra is manifested because of the glue to his own essence. ”
Lu Yu suddenly had a "dirty" thought in his heart, and he didn't dare to think about it.
Yan Xiding and Lan Shaofang were very envious of Yan Xi'an, and the two of them looked at Lu Yu with exactly the same resentful eyes, but they didn't say anything.
Lu Yu was a little "ashamed" by the two of them, and said with a smile: "Shaofang, do you remember how old you are this year?" When you reach the age of sixteen, I will teach you. ”
Before Lan Shaofang could speak, Yan Xiding rushed to say: "That's not good, Shaofang is older than me, sixteen years older than me, but you have to teach us at the same time." ”
"Okay, I'll definitely teach you the year after tomorrow." After thinking about it, Lu Yu said again: "When I taught your sister, she was more than sixteen years old, and it was still a good deal for you." ”
"That's just as well." Yan Xiding was happy again, and said to Lu Yu: "Sixteen years old is sixteen years old, you are not allowed to regret it, otherwise, hum, I will not let my sister marry you." ”
Lu Yu smiled, touched Yan Xiding's head with his other hand and said, "Xiding, you can't be the master of this matter, but whether you teach it or not, I can have the final say." ”
stayed at Lu Yu's house for another night, Yan Xi'an and the three of them were about to go back, Lu Yu was very reluctant, and Yan Xi'an was also reluctant.
After breakfast, Lu Yu sent the three of them to Jinhua City, and then went to Qichu Villa.
Lu Yu went to buy saplings, although it is still the first month, the weather is already very warm, and it is spring, so you can plant trees at this time.
Jinhua City is not in the south, nor does it belong to the north, so there are not many fruit trees that can be planted here. Lu Yu bought more than a dozen peach saplings, more than a dozen plum saplings and more than a dozen orange saplings.
Of course, Cheng Huai didn't collect Lu Yu's money, there are a lot of fruit seedlings on the farm, and they may not all be sold, he said that they were given to Lu Yu, and they must not be charged.
Forty or fifty saplings, two ox carts were loaded.
The saplings were shipped home, and it was already afternoon. The two people who had left him to come back had dinner, and Lu Yu moved a few bundles of more than thirty saplings into Anding Valley. He didn't tell what kind of saplings they were, anyway, there were three kinds of them, just plant them.
Dig pits, plant seedlings, fill soil, water. The seedlings were planted on one side of the forest in the valley, and it became a small orchard.
After planting, Lu Yu dripped some "fertilizer" to the seedlings, and the "fertilizer" flowing out of his body now is extraordinary, and the newly planted seedlings will definitely not be able to withstand a complete splash.
When I went home after being busy, it was already dark, and the remaining fruit seedlings were left for tomorrow to be planted.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Lu Yu was about to plant a tree, but Lao Gao came to ask him if he wanted to go into the mountains to hunt.
The saplings had been in the house overnight and could not be put any more, so he asked Lao Gao to help plant the trees together, and then went up the mountain when he was done.
The saplings in the backyard are mainly planted by the pool, and Lu Yu thinks that in the future, if he raises fish in the pool, the fruit leaves that fall from the fruit trees can also become food for the fish.
When planting trees, Lao Gao suddenly looked at the pool and shouted: "Da Yu, how can there be lotus leaves in your pool?" ”
"Is there a lotus leaf?" Lu Yu hurriedly walked over to take a look, and sure enough, a few thin green threads popped out of the water, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be a tender lotus horn.
"It's a lotus leaf."
Lu Yu said: "I don't remember whether it was the year before last or last year, I planted lotus root seedlings, and I never saw them pop up, I thought they were all dead." He had planned to wait until February to buy some lotus root seedlings and plant them.
The lotus root sprouts sprang out of the tip of the lotus leaf, which was something that made Lu Yu happy. After Lao Gao left, Lu Yu stood alone on the edge of the pool, counting the small lotus tips floating on the water. There are a total of eight thumb-thick green tip buds, green and tender, floating quietly on the water.
Lu Yu thought to himself, when Yan Xi'an came back next time, the tips of the lotus leaves would grow, but when would it be before the lotus flowers would bloom?
It took too much time to plant the trees, so I couldn't go into the mountains to hunt today. Lu Yu was busy working in the backyard, and when the weather was warmer, he could start planting vegetables again, so he needed to gather the vegetables first, and the soil on the square should be loosened.
Lu Yu didn't eat at noon, it didn't matter if he ate alone or not. When I was lying at home until the afternoon and was about to go out to herd sheep, Shan Tianfang came over.
Shan Tianfang's face didn't look very good, and he told Lu Yu that the town guard would come down in two days.
Lu Yu asked, "What about you?" Did you have any instructions from there? ”
"Not yet, it looks like we're going to be transferred." Shan Tianfang sighed.
"Then when the time comes, are you going to be discharged from the army?"
"What can I do if I don't retire from the army, I don't want to float anymore, I just want to stay here and live a good life."
Lu Yu nodded and said, "That's good, our Yangshan Village is not bad, Miss Fang is good, and her family is also very good." ”
"yes, it's all good." I don't know why, Shan Tianfang still sighed.
Recently, Lu Yu suddenly seemed to have no interest in hunting, he felt that he was not short of food or drink now, and it seemed that there was no need to kill those animals living in the mountains and forests.
But when Lao Gao and Lu Di came to call, Lu Yu still followed them into the mountain, for Lao Gao and Lu Di, hunting is still a very important thing, and those prey are an important source of food and nutrition for the two of them.
Entering the mountain that day, Lu Yu deliberately let go of a few wild boars and foxes, and until dark, the three of them hunted a few hares and pheasants. When he went back, Lu Yu felt that this didn't seem to be good, if he didn't hunt a wild boar, what would suffer was a few rabbits and pheasants, and if he could kill a wild boar, those rabbits and pheasants would be saved. In total, it is better to hunt a wild boar and kill fewer animals.
Every morning, the first thing Lu Yu did was to run to the backyard to see if the tips of the lotus leaves in the pool had grown. But it is still the first day of the first month, the weather is not particularly warm, and it is already a very rare thing for lotus leaves to jump on the tip, and it has not grown up as Lu Yu wished, and it has become a real lotus leaf.
Lu Yu sometimes wondered if he should use spells to urge these lotus leaf tips to grow. But thinking about it, he still decided not to do it, lotus leaves are also life, and there is no reason for external strange forces to interfere with the growth of life.
On the tenth day of the first month, the new town guard of Dunlin Town came down.
Lu Yu learned the news at noon, he thought about it for a while, and went to the town anyway.
went straight to the entrance of the yamen courtyard of the town guard, and Lu Yu saw Shan Tianfang and a middle-aged man walking out side by side, followed by several people, including Shan Tianfang's brothers, and two strangers that Lu Yu had never seen.
The middle-aged man is tall and a little chubby, with a double-layered chin. Lu Yu glanced at him and felt that this person should be the new town guard.
Shan Tianfang said hello to Lu Yu, and said to the fat adult: "Zhao Shoubei, this is Mr. Lu Yu, a friend from Yangshan Village. (The garrison is actually a military attache position, and the town guard is a civilian official, so I don't pay so much attention here)
"Mr. Lu from Yangshan Village? I've heard Mr. Lu's name. Zhao Shoubei smiled at Lu Yu and smiled very kindly.
Lu Yu also said politely: "Hello Lord Garrison." ”
"You're welcome." Zhao Shoubei came over and patted Lu Yu's shoulder very affectionately, and said with a smile: "Before I arrived in Dunlin Town, I heard that there is a strange person here who is strong in martial arts and righteous and benevolent, and it is Mr. Lu. I didn't expect that I would be able to meet Mr. Lu just after I came, and it was an honor and honor. ”
Lu Yu was very embarrassed to be praised, smiled faintly, and said, "My lord has won the award." ”
Zhao Shoubei asked again: "Mr. Lu came here today, do you have any advice?" ”
"Don't dare. The younger brother also lives in this Dunlin town, and he came to see the younger brother, and by the way, he came to visit the new town guard. Lu Yu didn't come to see Lu Ming, let alone visit this town guard surnamed Zhao, but the other party was very polite and polite, and he wasn't too rude.
"Oh? Mr. Lu is in the courtyard quickly, I have just come to Baodi, and there are many things I don't understand, so I can just ask Mr. Lu for advice. As he spoke, Zhao Shoubei also made a gesture of please.