The five flavors of pungent, sour, sweet, bitter, and salty medicinal herbs are mixed together, and come out of the half-hidden window of the 'authentic materia medica', which makes every wizard who passes by feel refreshed and happy when they hear it; green, yellow, red, white, and black, the five-colored fabrics are intertwined and hung on the hangers of the 'green spinning', so that every witch passing by can't take a step when she sees it; poems, books, rituals, Yi, Spring and Autumn, the five classics of the thread-bound book are piled up in the corner of the 'Tomb Dictionary Suoqiu', the pages are yellowed, and the cotton threads are blackened.

The set of words is still as comfortable and comfortable as ever.

Zheng Qing walked on the bluestone road, waving left and right, greeting his neighbors, and Deng Xiaoxian followed him step by step, holding the back of his head with both hands, looking up at the blue sky above his head, yawning again and again.

"Is Xiao Qingzi back, how many days will you stay at home?" Granny Cai asked with a smile on her face, holding on to the pillar in front of the Baicao Hall.

"It's back. Zheng Qing stopped and replied obediently: "The school has a month's winter vacation, but I am a publicly-funded student, so I need to report half a month in advance...... The school arranged public welfare work for us. ”

Hearing him say that he was a public-funded student, Deng Xiaoxian's head leaned up with a disdainful snort in a long tone.

"It's better to be a student at public expense, and you have the ability to do it than to be idle. Granny Cai gave a thumbs up and praised - Deng Xiaoxian, who was walking behind Zheng Qing, let out a loud snort again, like a snoring wild boar—and then Granny Cai asked: "Have you run out of the previous talismans?"

Zheng Qing's previous posts of practicing talismans and cinnabar were all picked up in Baicaotang, and Granny Cai also allowed Zheng Qing to use the finished talismans to replace the new blank posts in her store. When he was a child, Zheng Qing always regarded this kind of trading as an extra money for himself, and he never tired of it.

It's just that when he went to college, he knew that as long as the post he wrote was filled with spirits, he would be able to exchange for shiny gold beans and silver horns in the wandering bar, so he didn't have the habit of accumulating talismans.

"It's not used up yet, it's not used up yet. The young wizard smiled awkwardly and waved his hand repeatedly: "The school provides free school supplies to publicly-funded students...... There were a lot of useless posts from the last time I left. ”

He wasn't exactly telling the truth.

No. 1 University does provide school supplies to publicly-funded students, but those supplies can only support the minimum level of study and training for students - for example, there is only one talisman a month, which is not enough for Zheng Qing to practice in three days - and the talismans he brought with him when he entered the school have long been exhausted in the practice day after day.

The reason why he didn't continue to take the talisman in Granny Cai's shop was because it had always been 'bartering' in the past, and if he proposed to buy it with money now, Zheng Qing always felt a little inexplicably embarrassed;

Just like when we were children, we would not hesitate to give antelope wood carvings to good friends, but when we grew up, we became shrewd and hypocritical.

With this new life realization, Zheng Qing said goodbye to Granny Cai and continued to walk forward.

"I came in a bit of a hurry today, and I forgot to bring them a gift. While walking, Zheng Qing explained to Deng Xiaoxian as if he was remedy.

The young shopkeeper of the Rejuvenation Hall rolled his eyes.

"It's a nuisance. He muttered, looked up to the sky and blew: "It's really uncute the older you get." ”

"I like cuteness, go find Huang Xiaoya. Zheng Qing also rolled his eyes and said to Deng Xiaoxian mockingly: "Of course, the premise is that you will not be chased and beaten by Old Man Huang with a knife all over the street, and your Pan Donkey's donkey will be chopped off." ”

Mr. Huang opened a seal carving shop in Huiziji, selling all kinds of jade, stone, and wood seal carvings, including but not limited to seals, talisman plates, spell stones and other things. Huang Xiaoya is his granddaughter, who is ten years old this year and is a very cute little girl.

"That's why I say you're getting less and less lovable. Deng Xiaoxian stood up straight, took his hand off the back of his head, took advantage of the situation, and fished out an emerald green lightworm from mid-air: "...... Children are innocent when they talk about business, and when they grow up, they tell a joke with a bit of a yellow tone. ”

As he spoke, he pulled off the head and wings of the lightworm, stuffed it directly into his mouth, chewed it, and spit out the skin.

"Phew. ”

Translucent light insect skins, accompanied by pale green spittle, fall into the gutter on the street corner.

"Gross. Zheng Qing made a vomiting expression - half of it was pretended, and half of it was that he really wanted to vomit - and then he very obviously distanced himself from Deng Xiaoxian, and said in disgust: "Haven't you already adapted to the retirement life here? How can you still do such strange things...... Eat Lamp Bugs...... Why don't you eat flies!"

When Deng Xiaoxian was first brought into the hui character collection by Mr. Deng, he rebelled all kinds of and did strange things all day long. For example, running naked in circles on these three-mile-long streets, cutting off the tails of scorpion-tailed rabbits from street vendors and pretending to be ingredients and stuffing them into medicine cabinets, or demonstrating the twelve cooking techniques of tapeworms to the dolls in the book of words.

However, as time passed, he gradually adapted to the semi-enclosed environment and gradually accepted his fate.

By the time Zheng Qing left Huiziji to go to college, the state of the young shopkeeper was already normal, and he rarely did those shocking actions anymore.

But now, Zheng Qing is very skeptical that Deng Xiaoxian is a relapse of his old illness.

"I don't eat flies because there are no suitable varieties. The young shopkeeper of the Rejuvenation Hall spread his hands, with an innocent face, and replied in a serious tone: "I really want to taste what those little green-headed bugs with long hairs on their legs taste like...... I heard from friends outside that it tasted like a small Lantern Festival, and the juice splashed everywhere when I took a bite, and there was a bit of spicy in the soft taste. ”

Zheng Qing looked frightened, and took a step further away from Deng Xiaoxian, as if he would get an incurable disease if he was contaminated with the air that Deng Xiaoxian breathed.

"Hahaha...... Teasing you!" Deng Xiaoxian suddenly laughed, and his waist couldn't straighten up with a smile: "Didn't I tell you that these lampworms are improved varieties given by friends? They only drink tree sap and can eat them...... The taste is similar to that of grapes, but the taste is a little richer...... Would you like to have one?"

As he spoke, he fished out another orange one from mid-air—it was evident that he was very skilled in this move.

"Awesome, admire, stay away from me. Zheng Qing also skillfully clenched his fists and continued to distance himself from Deng Xiaoxian.

He doesn't have the surname Grylls, and he has no plans to survive in the wild, so he is naturally insensitive to eating insects.

"It's a shame. Deng Xiaoxian shrugged, plucked the orange worm's wings and head, threw it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "It's like an old master...... There is no joy in life. ”

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