Chapter 51: Maoshan Refining Corps Record
Zhang Wei came to the Republic of China to usher in the first Spring Festival, after entering the tenth day of the lunar month, the atmosphere of the festival was obviously high, compared with the Spring Festival full of impetuous atmosphere in modern society, the Spring Festival atmosphere in the town is obviously a bit strong. Yizhuang has also changed completely during this period of time when Zhang Wei stayed, the so-called Yizhuang is the ancestral hall built by a family partnership in ancient times to park the ancestral tablet, that the rich and powerful family is larger, it is a little better, and the elders in the family are taking care of it, and some relatively large family towns, the ancestral hall is built by everyone at the same expense, and it is not suitable to call a certain ancestral hall, so there is Yizhuang, because it is built at the expense of the whole village, so it is relatively simple, and there is generally no special person to take care of it, If there is a Taoist priest or monk from the traveling side to settle down, they are basically invited there. For example, Uncle Jiu's Yizhuang is funded by the rich people in the town, and everyone worked together to build it, and Uncle Jiu also moved in here after it was built, in addition to the ancestral hall, there are three guest rooms and two utility rooms, and the furniture and the like are quite simple. Said that cultivators like simple accommodation, don't be naïve, doesn't Uncle Nine want to improve the living environment, he also thinks that the problem is that he has no money, although he has the ability, but you look at the people who come to him to find a way to do things are the villagers in the town, plus the rich people in the town also occasionally invite him to go, and the money given is not much, the basic consumption power of the whole society is there, and it is not like modern society, everyone has money in their hands, and the billionaires are like cows, and the scammers can make a lot of money by pretending to be a Taoist priest, During the Republic of China, the people of the country didn't have much money on hand, so they could come out and spend it again, so Uncle Nine was also very poor. Since Zhang Wei went to the provincial capital to exchange money from foreigners, Uncle Jiu's life has improved a lot, Zhang Wei has never been a money-keeper, there is no meat to eat--buy, the furniture is too broken - change, the ground is pitted wow--shop, clothes and bedding are too old - do, a few months down, unconsciously Yizhuang has changed. Uncle Jiu's mood has always been very happy, there is no reason to be unhappy, with such a capable, rich, and talented apprentice, he can't cry if he is unhappy. Of course, Uncle Nine also has something to worry about, although the place where he retires for the elderly has become better, but whenever he sees Qiusheng and Wencai, he wants to be worried, and he knows that Yizhuang is a place to park the ancestral tablet, or a place where the corpse is temporarily parked after life, who are the people who come to Yizhuang to be apprentices? In addition to orphans or orphans, Qiusheng doesn't look at an aunt in the town, his parents are long gone, and his aunt is helpless to grow up a little before he is thrown to Uncle Jiu as an apprentice, Wencai is an abandoned orphan, but if there is some ability in the family, who wants to let the child run to deal with the dead? You must know that the ancients were very superstitious and thought that it was easy to break down their lives when dealing with the dead, so these two orphans who had no one to raise successfully entered the door of the ninth uncle, and when they were old, they could still take care of themselves by leaving one in Yizhuang, so what about the other? The town is so big, the business is so little, in the past, the three of them could live a simple life by relying on their own mana to support themselves, but now the world is so bad, and the business is getting more and more difficult, and the most important thing is that Qiusheng and Wencai don't have much mana, maybe they will let the evil ghost clean up if they are not there, so the two of them are not naturally suitable for their own business, how can they find another way out? So Uncle Jiu's life is good, and he began to worry about the two unsuccessful apprentices again.
"Tie, tie, tie" In the evening, the four masters and apprentices who were packing up their houses to prepare for the New Year heard someone knocking on the door.
"Who is this, it's the tenth day of the first lunar month, and there are still people coming to us? It is not the day of the first or fifteenth day of the new year. Qiusheng muttered to himself as he walked towards the courtyard gate. After opening the door, I saw a Taoist chief standing at the gate of Yizhuang with a team of people.
"Ah, it's Uncle Four-eyed, your old man, please come in... Master,Uncle Four-Eyed is here.。。 Qiusheng saw that there was a four-eyed Taoist outside the door, and hurriedly opened the gate of Yizhuang, turned around and shouted at Uncle Jiu. The four-eyed Taoist is in the business of chasing corpses, as long as he takes this line, he will definitely come to Uncle Jiu to rest before leaving, and after a long time, he will become familiar with several apprentices of Uncle Jiu, and Zhang Wei has seen him two or three times.
"Senior brother, I'm sorry, I'm here to beat you again."
"Senior brother is polite, what are you doing, don't you help your uncle transport these things to the morgue." Uncle Nine shouted at the three of them, and the three of them hurriedly went up to help.
"Oh, you bunnies be careful, don't hurt my guests for me." The four-eyed Taoist chief mainly shouted at Qiusheng and Wencai, these two goods were too curious, and every time they took a look at the corpse brought by the four-eyed Taoist chief.
After a period of busyness, the dozen or so corpses brought by the four-eyed Taoist were parked, and the five of them went back to the living room to eat and drink tea and chat on chairs.
"It's still a good life, senior brother, you have accepted a talented and intelligent apprentice, and you have helped you transform so well, by the way, Xiaowei, how much mana have you condensed now?"
"Uncle Hui, the disciple has now condensed twenty strands of mana." After Zhang Wei got Uncle Jiu's affirmative look, he said truthfully. As soon as he talked about this topic, Uncle Nine was obviously very happy, there was an apprentice with a raised face who was in a hurry, and the two of them had a series of words, and Zhang Wei and the three of them also interjected a few words from time to time, and the atmosphere in the room was very lively.
"Senior brother, it's almost the Spring Festival, why are you still busy sending 'guests', in previous years, you had already stopped on this day." Uncle Nine was a little curious.
"Alas, now the soldiers are dying everywhere in a panic, a few days ago there were a few of Li Dashuai's right-hand men in Gui Province who died in Gui Province, and their hometown was in the middle, Li Dashuai spent a lot of money to find me, and I could only agree, just go home after rushing back." The four-eyed Taoist said, taking a sip of tea, and said a little helplessly. In these years, those who have guns dare to call themselves handsome, and it is obvious that Li Dashuai in Gui Province seems to be a little bigger.
"Uncle Shi, you are too slow like this, it is likely that you will not be able to get home between the Spring Festival, or I will drive you for a ride." Zhang Wei said.
"How can it be done, is this kind of foreign thing reliable, my 'guest' can't be exposed to the sun." The four-eyed Taoist is a little resistant, and people in this period still don't understand the things of foreigners.
"Look, Uncle Shi, what you said, can you run on two legs over my four wheels? Besides, if we are afraid of being exposed to the sun, we can cover it with a few more layers of black cloth. Zhang Wei said again.
"Senior brother, you can think about it, this car is indeed running very fast." Uncle Nine also said on the side, since he drove a few times in his spare time, he still agreed with the speed of the foreign car.
After hesitating for a while, coupled with the constant persuasion of Zhang Wei and the others, he finally agreed to Zhang Wei's proposal. Zhang Wei in order to avoid boredom on the way back, so he asked Qiusheng and Wencai to go to one, in the hands of the people who followed, Qiusheng and Wencai fought again, the cab can be three people, squeeze four people can also be squeezed, and now no one checks the overload in this era, the problem is that one person has to be left to take care of Uncle Jiu, the four-eyed Taoist and Zhang Wei are definitely going to go, one goes home and one drives, Qiusheng and Wencai fought for a long time, Uncle Jiu let Qiusheng go, Wencai can only watch the house at home. Now that the traffic problem has been solved, the four-eyed Taoist has also stayed for an extra day to catch up with Uncle Nine.
After Zhang Wei and the three of them went on the road, Zhang Wei really had no interest in driving on this rugged dirt road, and began to command Qiusheng to drive. Originally, seven or eight kilometers away, at the speed of the current highway, basically ran in 6 hours, but unfortunately this is in the Republic of China, basically dirt roads, there is no navigation, and the road of life is not very stable. At this time, the four Taoist leaders took out a copy of "Maoshan Refining Corpse Record" and handed it to Zhang Wei.
"Xiaowei, your uncle and I don't have apprentices, now there are fewer and fewer people in this world, they are all going to the things of foreigners, the Maoshan faction can't be broken in my hands, fortunately, you are a disciple of the Maoshan faction, you take this "Maoshan Corpse Refining Record", I have already told your master when I came, and I will do the cultivation after you have successfully built the foundation, which can be regarded as my explanation to the Maoshan faction." The four-eyed Taoist said with a sigh.
"Uncle Shi, why don't you have my share?" Qiusheng saw that the atmosphere was a little dull, and he crossed out.
"Hmph, you uncompetitive guy, it's a waste of my cheats for you, forget it, I can't let you run all the way with Uncle Shi in vain, let's use the money to play." The four-eyed Taoist saw Qiusheng forking and hating the iron but not steel, he also knew Qiusheng's situation, he was destined to have no future in the road of cultivation in this life, and said that he took out a dozen silver dollars from his arms and threw them to Qiusheng.
Qiusheng didn't want the cheats in the first place, and he wouldn't read the cheats if he gave him the cheats, so when he saw that there was a silver dollar to take, he naturally picked it up happily. The two said goodbye to the four-eyed Taoist and drove back, fortunately, Zhang Wei's memory was very perverted, and he wrote down the road when he came, so naturally the way back was much faster. Passing by the provincial capital, a team of soldiers and horses ran over, saying that the provincial city Marshal's Mansion was invited, Zhang Wei looked at it anyway, and went to see what happened to the marshal, although he could shoot this team of men and horses directly, but don't make trouble on the territory of the marshal. When they arrived at the Marshal's Mansion, the Marshal set up a good banquet and invited Zhang Wei and the two to sit before explaining his intentions. It turned out that it was caused by the watches sold by Zhang Wei, although the mechanical watches that Zhang Wei took out from his personal space are not worth much in modern times, they can be pushed forward by 100 years, and they are the best goods, so that foreigners have become a symbol of status directly after publicity. The watch is so pointed, there are more rich and powerful people in the world, and the handsome side is obviously a little smaller, and he is out of stock. He found out from elsewhere that it was Zhang Wei who sold it, so he kept inquiring about Zhang Wei's whereabouts, and heard that Zhang Wei happened to pass through the provincial capital, so there was a reason not to stop. As soon as Zhang Wei heard that he wanted a watch, yes, I don't lack this thing, the question is what do you exchange, of course you can't say it explicitly, anyway, that's what it means. After Zhang Wei and Dashuai had various confrontations at the banquet, they agreed to exchange it with useless calligraphy and painting porcelain in Dashuai's mansion. Gold in troubled times, cultural relics in prosperous times, in the eyes of the handsome, cultural relics are also placed there to see, useless. In the end, Zhang Wei exchanged five packaged watches for half a car of antiques and half of daily necessities. The two of them stayed in the Marshal's Mansion for one night, Qiusheng was very alive, and the maid arranged by the Marshal's Mansion was not polite, and he still remembered it when he left, Zhang Wei politely refused the maid, he had recently been cultivating Qi and refining this.