Just as we were stunned by the two things, the door opened with a "snap", and a thin man in a black robe was furious, turned back to the master and warned him: "The surname is Qian, don't toast or eat and drink." ”

The master didn't have time to talk to him about never drinking, so he only rushed down the mountain and made a gesture of please: "Convenient for yourself." ”

As soon as this person saw that the old money was like a piece of iron, the oil and salt did not enter, and there was no way, so he turned around to pull out the silent tower and prayer wheel he brought, but inadvertently, he caught a glimpse of me standing not far away, and the person in the black robe let out a slight "huh", and seemed to be surprised.

The shadow of a tall black-robed body enveloped me.

Although I couldn't see his face clearly, I could clearly feel that he was looking me up and down, and the atmosphere was gloomy and chilling.

"Little sister,"

He stretched out a hand with a sharp, thick nail and touched my head, and said in a roundabout and strange tone: "What's your name?" ”

"Her name is Xiao Kunning!"

Before the others spoke, they only heard a sharp and thin mean tone, Lin Shenyan crossed his waist and tilted his head: "Her name is Xiao Kunning, and she is Master's favorite disciple." ”

"Eventful."

Master hurriedly spoke out to stop it, but it was too late.

The man in the robe "giggled" and said "Money strings, you actually received such a good treasure... Apprentice. Look at that frog, you have to help me find it.

After saying that, he poked his eyes out of me.

Master hurriedly stretched out his hand to protect me behind him and said, "Don't beat her idea, I'll help you find it." ”

"Refreshing,"

The robed man waved his sleeves and put the Silent Tower and the prayer wheel into his sleeve: "It's so neat, I don't need to bother to talk about it." Old thing, you precious apprentice is really my lucky star. ”

After speaking, he rolled up his robe, ignored the master's face, and disappeared into the moonlight.

Seeing that it was because of me that Master compromised.

I felt guilty and uneasy, and timidly called out to Master. But the master said that it was not in the way, it was a blessing and not a curse, and it was a disaster that could not be avoided. So that I don't have to blame myself.

"Master!"

Lin Shenyan hurriedly ran over, and the eyes of the two chicken thieves kept rolling: "Master, just now I heard the robed man tell you to find a frog, what is this frog?" ”

The master glanced at her lightly: "Shen Yan, why did you talk so much just now?" ”

"Master,"

Lin Shenyan saw that there was accountability in Lao Qian's words, and hurriedly lowered his head to defend: "I... I'm afraid that Kun Ning won't answer that person's words for a long time, and I'm afraid that that person will hurt you. ”

"Anyway,"

Lao Qian's tone was still a little stronger: "There is a master here." How does Master teach you in your daily life? Don't say a lot in front of the guests, punish you to go to the back mountain to weed and carry water for the newly planted He Shou Wu to show punishment. ”

Master said that He Shou Wu, a medicinal herb, likes to harvest moonlight essence in order to grow into a human form.

I have also seen the master sell a one-foot-tall He Shou Wu fat doll to a rich man at the foot of the mountain. The man's father ate it, and his gray hair turned black overnight, and in the words of the master, he called the solid essence to return to the yuan.

This kind of medicinal herb needs to be carefully tended.

Like people, they should be poured half a cup of water at night to remove the newly grown weeds, so that they can "drink drinks and bask in the moonlight, and feel comfortable", and quickly grow into He Shou Wu dolls.

In fact, this kind of kung fu is something that several of our disciples do every day, and it is not a punishment.

Lin Shenyan glared at me fiercely, and left with a negative "hum", and gave him a look when he passed by the second senior brother.

The second senior brother and Lin Shenyan have always had a good heart, and they naturally understand.

He hurriedly ran over to support Lao Qian like me, and squeezed out a harmless smile: "Master, don't be angry. This has already happened, isn't it just like you said, is it a blessing or a curse, and it is a disaster that cannot be avoided? Eliminate gas, eliminate gas. ”

The two senior brothers are all round-faced, and they naturally have a sense of joy, and their words are also comforting.

When the master saw him say this, he lost his anger.

Let us help him into the house.

As soon as the second senior brother entered, he hurriedly brought the master his favorite snow sinking tea, he often said that every time there is a major event, he needs to calm down, this kind of tea can best calm the mind and nourish the heart.

When I was about to get it, the second senior brother had already taken the lead.

Although my second senior brother is ranked second, his brain is not the brain of the second senior brother, so he is very good. He is also very good at reading people's opinions, and he is ahead of me in everything, and he has arranged the master properly.

When he saw the smile on Master's face, he sat on the ground by Master's feet.

Master looked like he was thinking about something big at this time, and he didn't kick him away, he pretended to be casual and asked casually, "Master, what is this called a green worm?" ”

"Huh?"

Old Qian's eyebrows suddenly raised: "You want to know?" ”

"No, Master."

As soon as the second senior brother heard that Lao Qian was picking up the stubble, he knew that there was a play: "I was scared when that person pointed at you menacingly just now, but Master, why didn't you agree before, Qing Worm, it's a baby, right?" ”

Master sighed: "It's not so much a treasure as a bane." ”

As soon as we saw that the master had the posture of opening his mouth, we hurriedly stopped talking.

Sitting on the ground and listening to the master's speech, "It is said in the Sou Shen Ji: There is a worm in the south, named a tender scorpion, and a sympathetic scorpion, also known as Qing Chen. It resembles a cicada and is slightly larger, with a spicy taste and edible taste. The children shall be born according to the blades of grass, and shall be as big as silkworms. Take the son, and the mother will fly, not far or near. Although he sneaks his son, the mother will know where to go. Eighty-one dollars with the mother's blood, eighty-one dollars with the blood of the children, each city, either the mother's money first, or the child's money first, all flew back and forth, and the rotation was endless. ”

When the second senior brother heard this, his face turned into a bun: "Master, you know that I don't like to study, and my language is enough to choke, so don't toss me with ancient texts anymore, you just pulled a lot of them, and I didn't understand a word." ”

The master was immediately amused by the appearance of the second senior brother, and the dust breeze gently tapped him on the head.

He touched his head and showed a silly smile: "Master, what is a frog?" If it has any effect, you can change it to the vernacular for me. ”

Lao Qian said that there is a kind of insect in the south called green worm, also known as the child and mother worm.

This insect looks like a cicada butterfly, only slightly larger than them. The wings are also as wide as butterflies, beautiful in color, and delicious in taste.

The reason why frogworms are also called mother worms is because frogworms give birth to children.

After the mother and child are separated, they will also get together in one place.

Someone secretly takes away the child worm of the frog, and it will not be long before the mother worm will find the child worm, and the mother and child will gather together. And if you take the mother worm secretly, the child worm will find the mother worm in the same way, no matter where it is.

Although they were all taken secretly, the frog mother and son can always know where each other is.

It is also for this reason that in ancient times, some people used the blood of green worms to smear copper coins: eighty-one copper coins were coated with the blood of subworms, and eighty-one copper coins were coated with the blood of mother worms. And he put the money in a jar and buried it under the eaves of a dripping house in the shade of the east, and took it out after three days.

When you go to the market the next day, you will either spend your child's money first, or you will spend your mother's money first.

But as long as you don't spend all the money at once, leave some money in your pocket. The next morning, the money that had been spent smeared with the blood of the frogs would go back into the purse.

In this way, the copper coins coated with the blood of the green worms will not be inexhaustible.

In the book Huainanzi, this method is called the green worm to repay money.

It is said that the frog flies back and forth, and it is called god money.

"Ouch!"

When the second senior brother heard this, his eyes lit up: "This frog is also amazing, if we can get two taels of frog blood to smear on money, won't we have to worry about money in the future?" ”

"It's beautiful."

The master stretched out his hand and stroked the beard on his lips: "Legend has it that the ancients often used it to make money, so they hunted and killed the green worms on a large scale, and the green worms have long been extinct, where can I find a trace?" ”

"That's not right, Master,"

The second senior brother reacted immediately: "You said that the frogs are all extinct, what did that person ask you to do with the frogs just now?" And look at him, as if you can find it? ”

Old Qian sighed: "That's because he knows that I have a pair of green worm money in my hand." ”

As he spoke, he had already spread out his slap and stretched out in front of us.

In the palm of the master's hand, there are two Shunzhi Tongbao with round square holes, and the two copper coins are dotted with a blood spot, which looks like the scarlet of cinnabar.

The second senior brother stretched out his hand to touch it, but was opened by the master, so he could only cover his hand and smile: "Master, this is the green worm money?" Why do you only have two? ”

Lao Qian looked at the pair of frog money and seemed to be particularly emotional: "Actually, to be precise, I only have one worm money, and I was one with an old man." Later, she left in a bad mood, and the farther and farther she went, and the money on her body returned to the mother money on me. ”

"Hey, hey, hey!"

As soon as the second senior brother heard Master's words, his head stretched out, and he couldn't stop smirking: "Master, the old man you talked about is a woman, right?" Hehehe. ”

"Look at you like this, I think you're tight-skinned."

As soon as the master saw that his mind was punctured, his shyness was mixed with a little bit of incomprehension, and the dust whisk stretched out to make a gesture to hit the second senior brother, but he got up early and ran out with a smoke.

Lao Qian didn't want to beat him in the first place, but when he saw him gone, he looked down at the pair of sons and mothers, and seemed to be particularly emotional.

"Master,"

I saw that Master was sad, and I was afraid that the more he thought about it, the more sad he became, so I changed the subject: "Master, since the money is so good, why did you just say that it is the bane?" ”

When Master saw me and asked, he exclaimed, "It's still Kunning who is patient and calm." Unlike your second senior brother, he didn't finish teaching this phoenix's skills, so he ran away. ”

I said, "The second senior brother is a boy, and he is naturally lively and active. Master, let's talk about the root cause. ”

Lao Qian slapped the money in his hand twice: "Mother and child money, what is the root of this?" Money! In life, where is there anyone who doesn't run around for money. As your second senior brother said just now, with the blood of this frog and mother smeared on money, will you still have to work for the rest of your life? Isn't it okay to just lie down and play? In ancient times, in order to hunt frogs, many people not only made the frogs extinct in the process of hunting, but also people fought for their heads and blood, and fathers and sons turned against each other. ”

I nodded: "Then Master, where did you get the money from for the two sons and mothers in your hands?" ”

"I was about to say this."

Master took a sip of Xueding Hancui before continuing: "After the frog became extinct, no one has seen it again. Legend has it that the frog originated from the bamboo forest of the South China Sea, and the extinct species is not actually called extinct, but it has returned to the bamboo forest of the South China Sea. Master, I fell in love with a woman when I was young, and I wanted to find a pair of green worms to take with me as a token of love, so I ran to the bamboo forest in the South China Sea. ”

Who knew that after a few months, I saw a lot of bamboo leaf green snakes, green worms, and I didn't see the shadows.

When the master was angry and wanted to leave, he didn't respect the person.

It was an old snake catcher, who was injured by a python spirit when he was stringing in the bamboo forest, because he had killed too many snake snakes and snake grandchildren of python spirits, and he was approached for revenge, if he hadn't met the master, he would have died.

This old snake catcher's surname is Ying, and he is grateful to the master because the master saved his life, and he also took the initiative to entrust the old man.

He said that his family had been hunting and killing frogs for generations, and after the frogs became extinct, they moved back to the bamboo forest in the South China Sea, and they used the frogs for profit, and if necessary, they would sell the frogs in exchange for something that money could not buy.

Later, the frogs became extinct in the world, but there were still a few pairs left in their Ying family.

He originally wanted to give the master a pair, but the master refused, saying that it was the bane. If you don't carry it with you, you will be killed. The old snake catcher gave the master a pair of money stained with the blood of the frog to fulfill his wish.

After that, Master never heard anything about live frogs.

"Master,"

As soon as I heard it, I understood: "You promised the black-robed man to find the frogs, do you still have to go to the Ying family to find them?" ”