It was noon, and the villagers who had eaten lunch gathered in the shade of the old locust tree, some took a nap, some drank tea, and some played chess, which was very lively.

Zhou Tianshen carried a small bamboo basket on his back, passed by the forest shop, and saw a little girl with pigtails and a big red dress gnawing on a big pig's trotter inside, and her eyes were staring closely at another pig's trotter on a porcelain plate on the table in front of her, for fear of being eaten.

Tie Liu drank a glass of wine, put down the wine glass, looked out, and just looked at the young man with the bamboo basket on his back, he quickly got up and walked outside the store, lifted a small bamboo basket on the shelf from behind the counter, walked out of the store, and put the bamboo basket between the two of them, the bamboo basket contained several not too precious herbs, and an orange stone.

The surface of the stone is shiny, as if there is a thin veil, and you can clearly see two black bugs sleeping in each other.

Zhou Tianshen glanced at it curiously.

Tie Liu crossed his arms around his chest and said, "I heard Wang Duozhan say, you plan to be a cultivator, although I don't know much about this matter, but after all, I have worked with Doctor Zhang for a period of time, and during this period, I have also come into contact with some precious and cherished herbs, and I know what herbs are best for cultivators, and I also know what herbs are best for mortals who are about to enter the ranks of cultivators." There is one lotus heart stamen, two Gou herbs, and four bright fruits, all of which are helpful for the quenching of the body before the cultivation, you can watch and pick up a few, and I will sell the rest to Doctor Zhang. ”

Zhou Tianshen was a little hesitant, he didn't know what the meaning of the middle-aged man was doing this, but it was not good to refuse directly, he was not good at refusing, he was like this in his previous life, and he didn't have time to change it now, so he didn't rush to look for it, but stared at the orange stone, and said as if fascinated, "Uncle Tie, where did you pick up this stone?"

Tie Liu found that the young man showed unusual interest in stones, so he thought for a while before answering, "This is what the gold blacksmith asked me to help him find, I heard that the name is 'Jiaohe Amber', the reason is that there are two insects embracing each other, and this kind of insect is different from ordinary cave beasts that have cultivated into refinement, most of them have a gentle temperament, although they have a skill, but they are unwilling to show it, they prefer to live this life like this plain and unwavering, and few of them cultivate into a human form." According to the gold blacksmith, this stone has already absorbed the essence of the insect, and if you are lucky, you will take the insect's spiritual wisdom as your own, become your own thing, and give yourself new life. If this stone is quenched into iron, the iron will almost reach the realm of magic tools, but it also depends... , the skill of the iron man and the grade of other materials. ”

The middle-aged man paused, and said more plainly, "Iron tools made of this kind of stone will be more spiritual, if they are embedded in some magic weapons and spiritual weapons, they can add power to them, and they don't have to consume the master's mind." ”

Zhou Tianshen learned that stones were so important, so he dispelled the idea of asking the middle-aged man for them, and only symbolically selected two Gou Yao, and by the way, gave the extra wild fruits in the bamboo basket to Tieliu.

After saying goodbye to the middle-aged man, Zhou Tianshen came to the shade of the tree, and the old man who was napping in the shade of the tree that he had met in the morning was holding a watermelon in his arms at this time, staring at the chessboard placed on the ground with his eyes tightly.

Seeing Zhou Tianshen coming over, the old man directly threw the chess pieces on the chessboard, sighed, stretched a big lazy waist, and the old man said, "Let's go down here today and continue tomorrow." ”

The old man's opponent is a shirtless, with a gray towel on his shoulder, when he is free on weekdays, he likes to play two games with the old man, but he has never won, today he finally wants to win the old man once, and he is finally going to breathe a sigh of relief. Mr. Kou, I didn't do anything like you, seeing that I was going to win, but you gave me such a hand, you are cheating. ”

Everyone around them smiled.

The old man pretended to be deaf and dumb and stood up, didn't say a word about what he had done before, just put the watermelon in his arms on the ground, and said for no reason, "Wang Guangquan, your watermelon is not very sweet." ”

The farmer who was cleaning up the mess, when he heard this, he suddenly felt a head and two big, and muttered in a low voice, "You are good at everything, but you love to pretend to be confused, and the day before yesterday you also said that my watermelon is the most delicious in the Xianyang realm, so give me such a sentence today." I'm really scared of you. ”

The old man smiled and said, "Well, I don't remember." Also, don't forget what you promised me, I'll be waiting for you at home. ”

The farmer tucked the chessboard under his arm, held the chess box in his hand, turned away, and said, "Got it, you can please." ”

The crowd dispersed.

The old man led the big black-haired dog who depended on him for his life, held a watermelon in his arms, walked to the young man's side, the two walked side by side, the old man shrugged his nose and said, "What good things did you find in the mountains today?"

Zhou Tianshen said casually, "There are nothing valuable, just some herbs used to quench the body, and some good-looking stones." ”

The old man stroked the back of the black dog, his hair was soft, and he said, "Listen to your father, you want to cultivate the Tao, and you still want to go to Huangzhao Academy in Zhongzhou to study?"

"Hmm. ”

The boy nodded.

The old man said angrily, "It's better to go out and walk around more than to stay at home all the time, if your father doesn't agree in the end, or stops you from letting you out, you come to me, and I'll reason with him." The outside world is not as good as the village, if you encounter something unpleasant, think more about whether you are doing something bad, don't anger others or yourself because of a little thing, that is the most useless solution. ”

The young man clasped his hands tightly, and the bamboo basket on his back shook slightly, "What if I didn't do anything wrong?"

The old man stopped, turned around and stood under a willow tree, "It's not your own reason, then it must be because of others, at that time, if you can beat it, you can fight, if you can't beat it, and others plan to calm down, it's easy to say anything if you take a step back." ”

"But what if the other party doesn't plan to retreat?"

The boy continued to ask.

The big black-haired dog grinned at the young man, and his fierce light was revealed.

The old man patted the big dog's head and said with a smile, "Then do it with them, they are all born by their fathers and mothers, who can be higher than whom, even if they fight to break their bones, they have to make the other party suffer a little, and let them see, in this world, they are not the only ones who can bully others, even if they are clay people, they have three points of anger." But there is one thing, and that is that you should never be impulsive, and when you lose your mind, it is often when you are dying. ”

The boy lowered his head, and after a moment of silence, he finally nodded ignorantly.

The old man said, "Xiao Anshi has done a good job in this regard, one more friend is always better than one more enemy." ”

The old man jumped on the back of the big dog, patted the dust off his clothes, and said to himself, "Xiao Anshi will come back tomorrow, but Tianxiang Town will not lift the ban until the day after tomorrow." ”

The big dog carried the old man on his back and walked away.

After a corner, the big dog carried the old man into the alley, and the old man greeted the farmers he met along the way, usually the farmers would give the fruits and vegetables picked from their own fields to the old man, and the old man always came. There is an old house in the deepest part of the alley, which is the residence of the elderly, because the most prestigious old man in the village lives here, the villagers named this alley 'Lao Kou Lane'.

The old man got down from the dog's back, pushed open the old door, put the vegetables in his arms in the yard, brought a bucket of water and a wooden basin from the kitchen, put the washed vegetables in the wooden basin, took a cucumber, the old man took a small bite, crisp and delicious, lying on the chaise longue that every household will have, the black dog nested at the old man's feet, between the two front paws, there was also a cucumber.

The old man touched the big dog's head and said to himself, "Do you remember yourself when you were young?" Hmph, it's far worse than when I was young, but it's a pity, I was born at the wrong time, and I don't know who I am sad about taking such a good thing. ”

Zhou Tianshen carried a bamboo basket on his back, ran home quickly, and just crossed the threshold, he saw a blind young man carrying a mahogany box on his back, holding a round-faced boy in his hand, the boy was holding a string of sugar gourds in his hand, and the two walked out of their own yard.

Zhou Qian sat in the courtyard and beckoned to the young man, "Come and let me see, what good things you have found." ”

The boy stepped forward, poured the contents of the basket at the feet of the middle-aged man, put the basket back in its place, brought out a bowl of noodles and a small plate of pickles from the kitchen, and squatted aside to eat it.

The middle-aged man took a cursory look at it, and said in surprise, "You actually found Wuzhu Cao and Yehong, these two herbs are in demand now." ”

After roughly counting, the middle-aged man frowned a little, "If you really want to become a cultivator, these things are far from enough, not to mention the most test of patience and tenacity, and it is also the most difficult human realm, I'm afraid you can't even do the first level of quenching." ”

The young man drank the last mouthful of noodle soup, put the bowl and plate together, and wondered, "Dad, you also know the Tao?"

The middle-aged man laughed softly, "I talked with your Uncle Meng before, he is a proficient in this area, I can only be regarded as a layman, but I know a little about the general process." ”

The middle-aged man thought for a while and said uncertainly, "That's it, there will be an exhibition in Tianxiang Town after tomorrow, and there will definitely be a lot of temporary shops there, and things that are usually difficult to meet abound, you go there to try your luck and see if you can buy something affordable and useful for yourself." ”

The boy was equally uncertain, "I'm going to go myself?"

The middle-aged man said angrily, "The village is only a few dozen miles away from Tianxiang Town, Xiandi dares to go alone, don't you dare?" If that's the case, you should stay at home honestly, and don't think about going to Huang Zhao Academy anymore." ”

Although he was reborn into this world, the age before and after combined, I am afraid that he is older than the middle-aged man in front of him, but now he is only seven years old after all, according to the actual situation, this age should still be ignorant and ignorant, I don't know if it is affected by this, Zhou Tianshen, who has always admired calm and calm, has an inexplicable pride in his heart.

He slammed the bowl on the ground and said arrogantly, "I'll go, I'll go." ”

The middle-aged man was stunned.

He trembled and pointed to the porcelain piece on the ground, his eyes widened, and he was terrified, "This is your mother's most precious porcelain bowl, her dowry, who let you use it to serve noodles, and now it is broken, you just wait for your mother to come back and clean you up." ”

"Huh?

In the evening, covering his red and swollen cheeks, Zhou Tianshen limped to the outside of the forest shop, wanting to buy some ointment to treat bruises and swelling, and found that the medical hall had been opened.

He walked into the medical hall and shouted at the gray-clothed young man with his back to him, "Doctor Zhang, please give me some ointment to reduce swelling, I have a terrible toothache." ”

The owner of Sanyang Medical Center is a doctor named Zhang Yun'an, who came to Lao Huai Village five years ago, when he carried a medicine box on his back, covered in mud and ran to the old locust tree to take shelter from the rain, after the rain stopped, he opened this medical clinic with the help of the villagers, usually mainly to diagnose and treat some villagers' bruises and sprains, and occasionally some passers-by encountered cave beasts in the mountains after attacking, they will also be handed over to him for treatment. After going back and forth like this, Dr. Zhang can be regarded as making a reputation, and the residents near Tianxiang Town will come to Laohuai Village to find him for treatment once they encounter incurable diseases that other doctors can't solve, and he also met the love of his life at that time.

These are just afterthoughts.