Long Yi pondered for a while, and said to Qi Xiaoting: "Let her go out, if she doesn't fall a few times, she will never grow up." Then he said to Jiaona: "However, after you go out, you must abide by the law, and you will not fight back and scold mortals." ”

Jiaona: "Don't worry. Before I set up a hexagram stall, I wandered around outside for half a month, not to mention beating and scolding, and I didn't even have a quarrel. ”

Long Yi said to Qi Xiaoting again: "Since Nana has decided, let's rely on her." But that's fine, both of you can grow on your own. It's a little faster than together! ”

Qi Xiaoting said with tears in her eyes: "Nana is not going out, and I can't say anything else." Otherwise, let Jiaona stay at the guest house, and I will pay the fee, so that I can feel better. I can't say anything and let her live in a cave. ”

Long Yi smiled: "It is safer for her to live in a cave than for you to live in a small temple." You don't have to worry about this. ”

"Even if it's a guest house, I don't need your money." Jiaona still looked unconvinced: "I think I can support myself." Don't talk about this winter, I'm on the road in the future, and I won't spend your money anymore. This winter, I will fight more monsters and save a small treasury for my own spending. However, if you have something to do here, just pass me the paper crane, and I promise to arrive immediately. ”

Ryuichi: "Okay, it's decided, Jiao Na can move out whenever she wants." If you don't want to live outside, you can move back at any time, and the space will always be your residence. You can take whatever you want in the space, such as grain, vegetables, fruits, pots and pans. ”

Jiaona was bent on leaving the space and moved out in the afternoon.

Qi Xiaoting was in a bad mood, and stayed in the space in the afternoon to practice drawing talisman seals, until she had dinner, and Long Yi urged her to come out.

"Have a good rest tonight, there will be a fortune teller tomorrow." Long Yi instructed, "However, you must be more careful tonight. ”

Qi Xiaoting: "You mean silver?" ”

Ryuichi: "Yes. Thousands of people know that you have taken more than 100 taels of silver at once, do you know how many people are red-eyed, and how many people have bad hearts? ”

Qi Xiaoting smiled: "I put the silver in the space, and no one can take it away." ”

Ryuichi: "I mean your personal safety. “

Qi Xiaoting said disappreciably: "It's okay, let Ah Mei play a role." ”

Speaking of silver, Qi Xiaoting's mood improved a little. Grabbed a handful of rice and flashed out of space. She wanted to feed the gray parrots, and by the way, she lit the charcoal brazier, and the house was still warm when she slept!

Qi Xiaoting's health has improved, and she has resumed her nightly workout, and then she has to learn to draw talismans, and she comes out very late.

Tonight is a special situation.

However, the gray parrot disappeared along with the bird cage.

Although the gray parrot is an ordinary bird, it is very clever. I have been here for more than 20 days and have learned more than 100 words. They will even express their hearts. When Qi Xiaoting is going to sleep, she will say, "Good night, master!" When Qi Xiaoting wants to get up in bed for a while, she will say: "The sun is shining on the buttocks, and you can't get up yet, big lazy worm!" After more than 20 days of getting along, Qi Xiaoting already has feelings for it.

Why is it gone today?

Qi Xiaoting hurried to see the door of the house (she usually enters and exits the space in the house. No special circumstances, do not go through the door. ）。

Yes!

The door was wide open, and the lock was smashed. Apparently the thieves came in.

"Bang!"

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was the sound of fighting, not far away, as if it was just outside the temple gate.

Qi Xiaoting hurriedly walked over.

By this time, it was already dark, and it was impossible to see people's faces. I saw an old man in his fifties, fighting with two masked men. The old man held a wooden stick in his hand, and the two masked men both held knives, and the old man was in a defeated position, but he used the wooden stick to protect himself, dodging the slashing of the two masked men.

Could it be that he is chasing and killing the old man? But how can you fight outside the desolate temple? I've lived here for more than 20 days, and I haven't even seen a single figure, what's wrong today?

Qi Xiaoting suddenly remembered her silver, and suddenly had an ominous premonition. Without saying a word, he picked up a large stone of about 200 catties in front of the temple gate and threw it according to the three people who were fighting.

Naturally, no one hit, because she only threw a little more than a meter away, and the purpose was also to scare and scare them.

Sure enough, it worked, and when the two masked men saw this, they left the old man and ran away.

The old man threw away the wooden stick in his hand, covered his left arm with his hand and walked towards Qi Xiaoting, and said, "Sir, you are back!" The little old man waited here for an evening and ran into two groups of thieves who had broken into the house. ”

Qi Xiaoting was stunned, hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man, and said, "Uncle, are you injured?" Seriously not? ”

The old man waved his hand: "It's not in the way, I was slashed on the back by those two rabbit cubs, and there was no blood." Sir has a lot of strength, but one person is hard to defeat many hands, and you will suffer if you stay. ”

"Thank you Uncle for the reminder. But I don't know what's going on, sit in the old uncle's house, and please tell me. ”

The old man followed Qi Xiaoting to the West Side Palace, looked at the simple house, couldn't help sighing, and said, "Mr. has such magical powers, how can he live here?" It's unsafe in the wilderness! You're showing your hand again today, and it's even more insecure. ”

Qi Xiaoting: "Listen to the uncle's tone, these two gangsters are coming at me?" ”

Old man: "There is no one else here, how can it not be directed at you?" Hey, where's your scholar? Why didn't I come with you? ”

Qi Xiaoting smiled: "She is young, I didn't let her live with me." After all, this is a temple, I'm afraid that it will not be clean, so I arranged a place for her to live in the inn! ”

The old man shook his head: "You have such magical powers, are you still short of money?" Why don't you stay in the guest house, but also have a care. ”

Qi Xiaoting: "When you go out, you can save a little." I live here alone, and my cultivation at night doesn't affect others. ”

The old man smacked his lips: "What a bodhisattva's heart!" ”

Qi Xiaoting hurriedly changed the topic: "Then, uncle, you...... Is it passing by? ”

Old man: "I'm here to ask you for fortune telling." Seeing that you were not there, I thought: It will be dark in a while, and you will be back soon, and I will wait for you in the east side hall. I didn't expect to wait for two groups of thieves.

"The first group was three men, all of whom were five big and three thick, and they were carrying knives. The little old man didn't dare to come out. The three men smashed the lock of the door of the West Side Hall, went around the house, found no one and did not catch anything, and scolded and walked away with the bird cage.

After a while, two more young ones came, both with their heads covered. You see this. When they got into the house, they didn't come out again.

"When I saw that they were waiting for you in the house, you would be caught off guard as soon as you entered the house. The sky is getting darker and darker, and I am afraid that you will suffer a loss, so I quietly walked outside the gate, and wanted to tell you about this situation as soon as you entered the temple gate, so that you could be prepared.

"When they saw me, they went outside and fought me. No, you just fought for a while, and you came. If it was ...... later, Xiao Lao'er really couldn't beat them. ”

Qi Xiaoting heard this and understood in her heart: it turned out that they were all here to rob themselves. This old man fought with those two gangsters in order to protect himself.

Qi Xiaoting couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat: If this old man hadn't lured them out and appeared in the house by himself, no matter what the situation, he wouldn't be able to clean up:

scared the thief to death, and he was involved in a murder case again. has just gotten rid of the pursuit of Lifu, maybe it will be painted again, and a new round of search will be carried out;

scared them away, and he was rumored to be a monster;

If you swing a knife at yourself, and you don't lose your life without any precautions, then it's strange!

An old man who has never known anything can help each other so much, he is really a good person. I don't know why he came to him to tell a fortune? If you have a request for yourself, you must help him well.

"Uncle, thank you for being honest in saving me, and I don't forget it. I wonder why my uncle came to me? ”

As soon as he said this, the old man's expression immediately became depressed, and he sighed and said, "Cough, little old man has encountered something tricky." To tell you the truth, I asked all the fortune tellers who could be invited in Yujia Town, what 'divine calculations', 'immortal hexagrams' and 'half-immortals', all of them were consulted. Even the teacher in the private school consulted me, but no one could help me solve it.

"Tomorrow is the last day. When I was disheartened and helpless, I saw you holding a hexagram curtain and planting a peach tree. This is icy and snowy, and it is still planted on the spot and harvested on the spot, which is not a god who can grow it.

"After you are gone, I will ask you everywhere where you live, and I want you to do a hexagram for me to see if I can keep my 'universal shop', and I also want to ask you for a way to keep it. No, I'm looking for you. ”

Qi Xiaoting laughed in her heart: she didn't expect that her impulse would cause such a big response, the good and the bad, all of them reached the peak, which greatly surprised her.

No, the fortune teller has also come to the door. This is the first hexagram in my life! Qi Xiaoting secretly made up her mind that she must ask in detail, and then spread the sound of Long Yi, and the hexagram of the comer will be spiritual, so as to pass on a good reputation.

Under Qi Xiaoting's inquiry, the old man finally clarified the "tricky" incident he had encountered.

It turned out that the old man's surname was Zhang, his name was Xinshun, and he was nicknamed Zhang Laocai, and he was a native of Yujia Town. Someone in his great-grandparents' generation was a big official, and he was rich. His father's official fortune is gone, and his wealth is still second to none. He also inherited a considerable family business from his father.

This old wealth is bold by nature, and he values righteousness rather than wealth: all the helpers hired will be paid double wages; If there is a loan from the poor, they will all be accepted; He also believes in God and respects Buddha, and whenever he encounters temples and nunnery, he is generous. The villagers respected him very much.

Those ruffians, seeing that he was a "flirtatious" master, also took the opportunity to salvage. Because Zhang Laocai is upright, where can he guess the thoughts of these people? Borrowing and socializing, as always. But most of them have gone and never returned. In middle age, the family is also depressed.

His house is in the middle of Yujia Town, which is the most prosperous section. In order to make a living, Zhang Laocai changed the south house facing the street into a façade and started a grocery business, with the name of the store "Wanyou Grocery Store".