Chapter VII: Refining
Back in his room, Bai Xiaohai couldn't wait to open the ring his master gave him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
However, the surprise he was expecting did not appear, and there was nothing in the spatial ring except a jade plaque and an old and old book.
"Poor old man, why don't you even have a few gold coins, and when this broken ring was given to me, you still picked and searched like this. ”
Bai Xiaohai picked up the jade plate first, originally thinking that it was some kind of bank card treasure map or something, but he looked up and down countless times, and finally he determined that this was just a very ordinary jade plate, and there was not even a word on it. However, the shabby book still attracted Bai Xiaohai, and it was densely filled with annotations. The font is very delicate, judging from the traces, it should have been left a long time ago.
"I can't imagine that my obscene master still has a confidante who can write such a delicate font, is that woman's eyes not very good. Bai Xiaohai muttered while reading the book.
This book originally looked very inconspicuous, and the more I read Bai Xiaohai, the more frightened I became, and the more I read it, the more fascinated I became.
On the early autumn night, the slight autumn breeze is still slightly cool. An old man in white stood straight on the edge of a steep cliff facing the slight mountain breeze.
"You're here, how is your grandson?" This old man is not Bai Xiaohai's master, who else can Guang Shi be.
"He's sitting in his room right now, studying the ghost book you gave him. Can you do it well, he's only ten years old this year. Isn't it too hasty for you to put such a heavy responsibility on him?" The old man in black behind Guang Shi was Bai Xiaohai's grandfather.
"I'm gambling, I'm putting all my chips on this ten-year-old kid. Do you think my decision is really ridiculous, or are you really worried about your grandson?"
"I think your decision is ridiculous, and I'm worried about my grandson. ”
"I can't see that you cold-blooded black man still has emotions. Guang Shi smiled and looked at the old man behind him.
"Well, I also thought that I might not have feelings anymore. But after living in this small closed village for half my life, I have seen too many joys, sorrows, and sorrows, and I have also tasted the joy and happiness of ordinary people. So ......"
"So your black stubborn donkey has changed, and you have become more like a person. Isn't that right?"
"I ......" Bai Xiaohai's grandfather was speechless for a while, and he found himself speechless.
"Kuroko, I don't mean to blame you. On the contrary, I am glad that at least there is someone around me who has finally experienced ordinary happiness. ”
"That'...... Xiaohai ......"
"But you have to pay attention to the fact that some people are happy to be ordinary, but there are many people who are keen to chase. Xiaohai is such a child, why does he live so lazy. Didn't you, a grandfather, notice it?"
"What's the point? There's nothing wrong with this kid except being lazy. ”
"Alas, I used to say that I cared about it, but I didn't believe it, but I believed it when I saw your state. Didn't you notice a hint of something strange about Xiaohai?"
Hearing Guangshi's question, Xiaohai's grandfather scratched the back of his head and looked puzzled. I don't know why, Xiaohai's grandfather is the same age as Guangshi, but in front of Guangshi, Xiaohai's grandfather always looks like a child.
"I really don't know how you were the killer of your thirty years. Don't you realize that Xiao Hai's deep eyes contain a maturity that does not belong to his age? He does not belong here, and he does not belong to this world either. After saying that, Guang Shi threw down the confused Grandpa Xiaohai, turned around and disappeared into the forest sea.
"Hey, what about the corpse field?" Grandpa Xiaohai's voice echoed through the woods, but there was no response at all.
Early the next morning.
Bai Xiaohai let out a long yawn and rubbed his eyes after reading hard all night.
"It's morning! Time flies. After a simple wash, Bai Xiaohai walked out of the door leisurely. When he got to the front hall, he looked inside, but he didn't see the old man who depended on him, and he had to go out of the house a little bored.
Last night's hard reading can really be said to have benefited a lot, that shabby book may be garbage in the eyes of others, but in Bai Xiaohai's eyes, it is a treasure, he is now in a hurry to prove some of his ideas, so he went out to the street so early.
What's on the streets? There are countless vendors and adventurers who have returned with their harvest. These stalls are Bai Xiaohai's goal.
Don't look at Baijia Village as a small village, but due to its proximity to a mysterious swamp, there is still a lot of people here, especially those mercenary teams who come and go. Where there are adventures, there must be mercenaries, and where there are mercenaries, of course, there must be markets and auction houses.
Bai Xiaohai of the auction house can't enter, even if his grandfather has the land to pay for it, he is not qualified to enter such a luxurious place. Bai Xiaohai's target is those vendor stalls that keep selling shoddy ones.
It was not the first time Bai Xiaohai had come to this noisy market, the first few times he came to the market to buy some simple medicines because the old man at home had diarrhea. This time he had a purpose of his own.
"How much is this?" Bai Xiaohai asked as he walked to a stall where the stall owner was about to fall asleep, pointing to a pile of grass-like plants.
"Little pot friend, this is not a place for you to play!" the stall owner looked at Bai Xiaohai with interest.
"I asked you how much is this?" Bai Xiaohai said impatiently.
"Forehead......" The stall owner was slightly stunned, he seemed to feel a trace of murder flashing in the child's eyes, "A pile of gold coins." ”
A pile of gold coins is the price quoted by the stall owner in some panic.
"Mo Lingcao is ground into juice to cure a cold and cough, and you want to charge me a gold coin?"
This ...... "The little child actually understands the effect of these herbs, which the stall owner did not expect."
"What the hell, you're trying to deceive consumers, right? Do you see that I'm a child and bully me for being uneducated?"
"No, I ......"
"Then why do you say that you want a gold coin for such a little Mo Lingcao? You are not bullying me, you have no common sense, what else can you be?"
"I ......"
"What am I, me? Profiteers like you still have the face to mess around in Baijia Village? Don't you know that the most taboo thing here is to bully and dominate the market?"
"......Bullying and dominating the market?"
"You bullied me that I didn't know these herbs, so I took the opportunity to raise prices, you said that you are not bullying the market, what else can you ......be?"
"I sent you, ancestor, you are a living ancestor. You can choose any medicinal herbs here, and I will give you all the ones you like. Before Bai Xiaohai finished speaking, the stall owner interrupted him in a cold sweat.
"Oh my God, who are these people? If he says a few more words, I will be a disaster to the country and the people. The stall owner thought secretly.
"Little brother, ...... you pick? Where's my herb?" the stall owner came back to his senses to find that there was not a single residue of herbs in front of his stall. Although these herbs are not worth a few dollars, they haven't been out of the village much lately, and these are some of the herbs they have picked on the outskirts of the swamp for daily use, and they are also his only income recently. Now that there is not a single one left, this makes the stall owner not in a hurry.
"You said it, you will give you whatever I like. I've taken a fancy to all your herbs, so I'll put them away. After speaking, Bai Xiaohai didn't forget to shake the ring on his hand.
Seeing the ring on Xiao Hai's hand, the stall owner's eyes were dark and he almost fainted.
"Whose eldest young master is this, go out and bring a space ring, isn't this a pit person!" the stall owner thought secretly, but after all, his words had already been said, and the most taboo in doing business would regret it. Now I can only knock out my teeth and swallow my stomach, and my arms are folded and swallowed in my sleeves.
"But...... Seeing that you speak quite well, the master will not embarrass you, yes. This should be enough for the price of these herbs. After Bai Xiaohai finished speaking, he returned his hand and threw a bag to the stall owner.
The stall owner was overjoyed and took the bag, and when he opened it, his eyes were still bright. He often deals with money, how can he not see that these are definitely a child's pocket money, but the amount of these pocket money together is infinitely close to one gold coin, and he still earns it, so he was overjoyed to pack his bags and go to the tavern for a drink.
Don't say what the stall owner is doing, let's talk about Bai Xiaohai first. He crept back to his room, closed all the doors and windows, and closed the curtains.
With a wave of his hand, a pile of various herbs appeared on the floor of his room, and he walked slowly to them.
"This is my first exposure to the herbs here, but it doesn't look too different. This is anti-inflammatory, this is the blood circulation and blood stasis...... "In fact, the pile of herbs is quite large, but the number of samples is not very large. Soon, a large number of medicinal herbs were classified by Bai Xiaohai one by one.
Bai Xiaohai reached out and grabbed a few medicinal herbs, looked at it with bated breath, and suddenly a sharp light crossed his eyes, and at the same time, the flames in his hand rose.