Hearing me say this, the old master's face darkened again: "Who we choose to be the head of Baiwu Mountain, what does it have to do with your Soul Village!" ”

I knew he would be annoyed if I said that.

I still smiled at him: "Because my master said that Yan Xiaotian is an opportunity, and it is precisely because of this reason that you have always had high hopes for him." ”

The old master pretended not to understand me: "What do you mean? What was the opportunity? ”

I said to him: "Let Baiwu Mountain and Jisoulzhuang turn the fight into an opportunity for jade silk, my master said that Baiwushan and Jisoulzhuang have been in trouble for so many years, and it should come to an end." ”

The old master tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair and pondered for a moment before he looked up and asked me, "Is this what your master meant, or is this what you mean?" ”

I said, "Of course I hope things can go in a good direction, after all, my personal relationship with Yan Xiaotian is very good." However, resolving grievances with Baiwushan is really not what my master means, but the meaning of the entire Soul Village, but I don't know what Baiwushan thinks. ”

The old master was still staring into my eyes, as if he wanted to judge whether I was lying or not.

After a long time, the old master slowly stood up, he walked up to me, patted me on the shoulder, and sighed: "Alas, how easy it is to talk, how easy it is to talk." ”

With that, he pushed the door open and went out, leaving me alone and leaving me in the house.

After a while, the old master was probably far away, and Yan Xiaotian and Luo Fei rushed in.

After I came in, Yan Xiaotian kept looking at me repeatedly, until he confirmed that I was fine, then he scratched his head and asked me, "Master didn't treat you well, did he?" ”

I looked at him, "What else do you want him to do with me?" ”

Yan Xiaotian still looked at me with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "That's ...... Master doesn't plan to investigate your sneaking into Baiwu Mountain? ”

I said, "Hold me accountable for what?" That land deed originally belonged to the Luo family, and it appeared in your Baiwu Mountain, and it should be investigated, and it was also the Luo family who held Baiwu Mountain responsible. ”

Yan Xiaotian glanced out of the door, blinked, and asked me again: "What did you talk to the master just now, why did the master let you go, you are a person from the Soul Village." ”

I smiled at him: "It's just talking about life and ideals, and when your master saw that I was very reasonable and far-sighted, his admiration for me arose spontaneously, so he let me go." ”

When I spoke, Luo Fei couldn't help laughing, but Yan Xiaotian still scratched his ears and cheeks, looking completely incomprehensible.

I picked up the incense box on the table, put it back in my pocket, and then said to Yan Xiaotian: "Your place is too big, I followed your master for a few streets, and I accidentally got lost." So now I have to trouble you and take me out. ”

Yan Xiaotian looked at his watch and shook his head at me: "It's past two o'clock, it's my master patrolling when I'm ugly today, if you go out now, it's easy to run into him." I think, it's so late anyway, you and Luo Fei should rest here. I'm going to get you something to eat. ”

After speaking, Yan Xiaotian jumped out of the door, and before going out, he was still standing behind Luo Fei, first quietly pointing at Luo Fei with his finger, and then winking at me.

What is this guy trying to express?

In addition to two chairs, there was only one small coffee table in the room, and Luo Fei and I moved a chair to sit down and rested our heads on the back of the chair for a nap.

We all knew in our hearts that after leaving Baiwu Mountain, we would have to walk a long way by bicycle, and now we must rest and conserve our strength.

But sitting and sleeping can't sleep well after all, I woke up a few times in the middle, and the last time I woke up, Yan Xiaotian walked in with a huge plastic bag.

The bag contained some instant food items like instant noodles and biscuits.

I haven't eaten hot rice for a whole day, so I made a bowl of instant noodles to eat, and Luo Fei was holding a box of scallion oil-flavored biscuits, eating silently alone, she seemed to like eating that kind of scallion oil-flavored biscuits, I remember that at the supply point in Baiwu Mountain, she ate this kind of thing.

Yan Xiaotian watched us eat the whole time, but he didn't touch the contents of the bag.

I saw that he looked sullen, so I couldn't help but tease him: "You Baiwushan can't be without serious food, right, you went out for so long, and you came back with these things?" ”

What I didn't expect was that Yan Xiaotian actually nodded: "Stir-fry or something, you can't eat it in Baiwu Mountain, it's a long way to get from here to the city, so every time we go to the city to buy, we will buy a lot of things back, like this instant food, easy to preserve and not easy to spoil, we buy more, and the ingredients for cooking basically won't buy." ”

Speaking of which, our Soul Village is located in the mountains, and we often have to go outside to buy some daily necessities, but this does not delay our normal meals, and all the ingredients are stored in the cold storage of the Emerald Villa.

While thinking so in my heart, I asked Yan Xiaotian: "Don't you have a place like cold storage here?" ”

Yan Xiaotian sighed and said, "In the past, there were, it was the kind of natural cold storage that stored ice cubes in it. But you also know, Baiwu Mountain is not in decline now, how can we have money to make ice, even if we build a cold storage with a cold fan again, we can't come up with so much money. ”

I said, "I heard Liu Shangang say, your Humvee is no less than eight figures, don't you make money if you sell the Humvee?" ”

Yan Xiaotian shook his head helplessly and said: "That car was donated by one of our believers, if we accept other people's offerings and sell them to others again, we can't say anything about it." Don't look at the car is expensive, but there is usually no money to maintain it, and after driving it for so many years, now the shell is still relatively brightly protected, and the things inside are aging, even if you sell it, you can't sell it for much. ”

I asked her again, "Do you still have believers in Baiwu Mountain?" What do you usually make money on? ”

Yan Xiaotian glanced at me and said with some hesitation: "This kind of thing is all the privacy of our Baiwu Mountain, and I can't tell you." ”

If you don't say it, don't say it, I can understand that.

I didn't ask him anything more, and just as the instant noodles were already soaked through, I took a disposable plastic fork and ate it.

At this time, Yan Xiaotian suddenly whispered to me: "The money of Baiwu Mountain is all the charity of believers. ”

I looked up at him and saw that the expression on his face was a little cloudy.

Looks like he has something to say.

I asked him tentatively, "Isn't there any other inheritance in Baiwu Mountain than the charity of the believers?" ”

Yan Xiaotian pondered for a while before he said: "In the past, there were some, and the largest car repair factories in the city were all industries of Baiwu Mountain, and there were also some sporadic supermarkets and photo studios, which were also the industries of our Baiwu Mountain. But in recent years, these stores have all been losing money. Now there is only one way to make money in Baiwushan, and that is to continue to develop believers. ”

When he spoke, his tone was cautious.

I subconsciously raised my eyebrows and asked him, "Since Baiwushan is now relying on the development of believers to make money, why do you still covet the small market of the Luo family?" ”

Yan Xiaotian pondered for a moment before saying, "Probably...... Presumably to facilitate the assembly of believers. ”

Listening to what he said, I couldn't help but worry: "To develop believers, and to hold assemblies? If that's it...... Isn't Baiwushan a religious organization? Are you Baiwushan registered with the Religious Affairs Bureau? ”

Then there was a long silence, and after a long time, Yan Xiaocai replied to me hesitantly: "It should be...... Not really. ”

As soon as he said this, I understood that today's Baiwu Mountain has become an organization similar to a cult.

I couldn't help frowning and asked him, "This old master...... Does your master know? ”

Yan Xiaotian nodded, and then sighed: "It's useless to know." The matter of developing believers was proposed by my master, because the industry of Baiwu Mountain has not been profitable in the past two years, and Master's proposal seems to have become the last straw for Baiwu Mountain, all the elders agreed to this proposal, and the master master also objected, but it was useless. ”

I touched my chin and said, "Hearing you say that, you Baiwu Mountain leaders don't seem to have any real power." ”

Yan Xiaotian still nodded: "All the industries in Baiwu Mountain are under the names of the major elders, and the master does not control the financial route, and many times he has no right to speak. In fact, in ancient times, the head of Baiwu Mountain has always been the largest real power faction in the sect because it controlled the ghost market, but after the collapse of the ghost market, Baiwu Mountain has been controlled by the elders of each house. ”

I let out an "um", didn't say anything more, and lowered my head to eat my noodles.

But after a while, Yan Xiaotian couldn't hold it back: "Youdao, I know you have a lot of ideas, help me think of a way, if Baiwu Mountain continues to toss like this, he will die sooner or later." ”

I looked up at him and said, "I don't have many ideas, and the person with many ideas is Liang Houzai." And you're going to be too troublesome, and we can't get it with just a few of us. ”

Yan Xiaotian looked at me with a blank look and said, "You say, if I go to beg Chai Ye, will he help me?" ”

"No," I told him dryly, "You elders of Baiwu Mountain have always regarded our Soul Village as a thorn in their side, and if my master comes out, not only will the matter not be solved, but it will become more troublesome." ”

Yan Xiaotian looked a little helpless: "Alas, what can I do now?" ”

I asked him, "You are willing to help me this time, you don't want to sell me a favor, right?" You can ask me to help you when you turn around. ”

"That's what it means, but it's not all." Yan Xiaotian said: "I don't have any friends in Baiwu Mountain, you come this time, I can just discuss with you." Hey, you say, will Liang Houzai have a way? ”

I thought about it for a moment and said, "He must have a way, I've known him for so many years, no matter what happens, he always has a way." Why don't you come with me, Liang Houzai is in Yan'an now, you go over and invite him to dinner, and let him help you think about it. ”

Yan Xiaotian looked very helpless: "I guess no, the situation in Baiwu Mountain is not quite right in the recent period, and I can't leave it for a while." ”

I said, "We still have to stay in Yan'an for a few days, you can take the time to come, otherwise you will have to go to Shandong to find us." ”

Yan Xiaotian scratched his head and asked me, "Isn't it okay to call?" ”