Chapter 2: Lies
The day passed like this, and because the rain was too heavy, Sun Jue slept directly in this cave for the night.
The next morning, the sun rose and shone brightly, gilding everything with a layer of gold.
And the light reflected on the flowers and trees also makes the mountain forest shine.
Sun Jue carefully wrapped the 500-year-old ginseng plant in something and then hid it in the cave.
After doing this, Sun Jue came out of the cave, hid the entrance of the cave again, and then cleaned up the traces he had made.
Sun Jue looked at it and saw that there was nothing obvious, so he nodded with satisfaction.
"Go to the county seat first to dispose of this batch of herbs, and then inquire about where you can learn martial arts."
Judging from the memories of the predecessor, it seems that there are several martial arts halls in the county, and as long as you pay money, you will teach martial arts.
However, in Sun Jue's opinion, if you can do this, I am afraid that the things you teach are not good.
"At that time, if there is really no other channel, then go to the martial arts hall to have a look, even if it is a superficial exercise, but there is a reference!"
According to the route in his memory, Sun Jue walked out of this high mountain called Changqing Mountain and went straight to Qingyang County.
This Qingyang County is not far from Changqing Mountain, and it is only more than 30 miles away.
But even so, with the physique of Sun Jue's body at this time, it would take at least more than an hour without martial arts.
If you count the basket on your back, this speed has to be discounted, at least two hours.
Of course, this is without a break.
Judging from the memories obtained by Sun Jue, most of the time it takes a morning.
Departing from the village in the morning, it was close to noon before arriving in Qingyang County.
"It's inconvenient to have no light work."
Sun Jue was a little helpless, but he still held his temper and walked towards Qingyang County with the basket on his back.
By the time Sun Jue arrived at Qingyang County, it was already noon.
Yesterday it was raining heavily, but today it was already a sunny day, and the sun in the sky was dazzling and blazing.
Sun Jue's tongue was a little dry, and he didn't run to the pharmacy he frequented as soon as possible, but first drank a bowl of tea at the tea stall on the side of the road.
"Boss, come to a bowl of tea, two more eggs, and a cake."
Sun Jue sat down and put the basket on his back at his feet.
The boss turned his head and said with a smile: "Sun Dalang, you picked medicine to sell again?" Did you pick anything good? ”
Sun Jue recalled it carefully and found that his predecessor did come here often.
[No wonder I saw this stall just now, so I habitually sat down.] 】
This thought flashed in Sun Jue's heart, and he said: "Harm, Chang Qingshan's piece, I don't know how many people have turned it over, what good things can be?" ”
"Not necessarily, there are many beasts on this mountain, not daring, which one dares to run into the depths? You ......"
The boss's words came to an abrupt end, because he suddenly remembered that Sun Dalang's parents were like this.
"Didn't your uncle from the same village come with you this time?"
The boss put a bowl of tea and a flatbread in front of Sun Jue.
Sun Jue's face remained unchanged, and he took a big sip of the tea bowl.
After putting down the tea bowl, Sun Jue said with some fear: "Don't mention it, this time we met a wolf in the mountain, so we scattered and ran, he probably went back to the village first." ”
As soon as he heard this, the boss was also a little surprised: "It rained heavily yesterday, and you also met a wolf, this is not ordinary bad luck, Da Lang, you have nothing to do, go to the Dajue Temple on the green mountain outside the city to incense, and go to bad luck." ”
For the Buddhist temple, Sun Jue was not sensitive, but he didn't show it, just said: "I'll go when I have time." ”
While the two were chatting, Sun Jue finished eating two eggs and a flatbread, and then discharged eight big coins on the table.
"Boss, I'll go first."
Sun Jue said hello, left the tea shop with few people, and walked towards the Rejuvenation Hall in his memory.
There are a total of three pharmacies in this county, and the predecessor is shopping around, and in the end, I still feel that this Huichun Hall is a little kinder, and it has some relationship with his father, so I come to this Huichun Hall every time.
As soon as he arrived at the door of the Rejuvenation Hall, the apprentices inside saw Sun Jue, their eyes lit up, and they greeted, "Sun Dalang, you haven't been here for a few days." ”
"Isn't it because the weather hasn't been so good these days? The inside of the mountain was even more slippery, and I didn't dare to go there. ”
Sun Jue pretended to sigh and said: "I went there yesterday, and it caught up with the rainstorm in the afternoon, and I also encountered a wolf before, which washed away me and Uncle Fang, unlucky." ”
Sun Jue followed the apprentice to the backyard, and the shopkeeper just glanced at Sun Jue halfway, and then nodded slightly.
However, this is also a consistent process, Sun Jue took out the various medicinal materials in the basket according to the appearance in his memory.
Collecting medicine is not something that anyone can do.
It is not only necessary to know what kind of medicine these herbs look like, but also to have special picking techniques for some medicines, and some to preserve in special ways.
That is, the parents of this body are all engaged in this business, and the things in it are all taught to the predecessor, otherwise they would not be able to do this.
This apprentice's name is Meng Yu, he is only sixteen years old this year, he has been an apprentice in this pharmacy for three years, and he is also familiar with the process of collecting medicinal materials.
He took out the medicinal herbs from the basket and usually counted how much it was.
"You got a good harvest this time, almost five dollars of silver......"
Sun Jue skillfully stuffed a handful of big money over.
Meng Yu also carefully received it in his arms, and the smile on his face became a little brighter.
"Let's go, go to the shopkeeper and get the money."
Sun Jue responded with a smile: "Then thank you Brother Meng." ”
When the two came to the front, Meng Yu had already restrained his smile and said seriously: "The shopkeeper, just now I received a total of fifteen Peilan plants, and half a catty of purple beads...... It was six pieces of silver. ”
Shopkeeper Wang nodded, rummaged through the drawer, and handed Sun Jue a piece of silver.
"This harvest is good, there are not many sunflowers, Dalang, you pay more attention next time."
"Okay, I'll pay attention, thank you Shopkeeper Wang."
Sun Jue received the silver in his arms and put it away, and thanked him with a smile.
In any case, although this Wang shopkeeper looks cold, the price has always been more generous.
The shopkeeper bowed slightly, and did not say anything more.
Sun Jue was just thinking about leaving the pharmacy when he suddenly remembered something.
Since ancient times, medicine and martial arts have not been separated, and there are many patients in contact with this pharmacy every day, and there are people of any status, so they must know better where they can practice martial arts.
"Shopkeeper, I want to ask you something."
Shopkeeper Wang was slightly surprised: "Say it." ”
"Do you know where you can practice martial arts?"
Sun Jue looked at the shopkeeper Wang expectantly.
Shopkeeper Wang glanced at Sun Jue: "You want to practice martial arts?" ”
Sun Jue hurriedly nodded: "I met a wolf in the mountains again this time, if I can learn a skill, I don't have to be so frightened." ”
The shopkeeper asked noncommittally, "I remember that you are eighteen, right?" ”
"That's right, it's eighteen."
Sun Jue knew from his memory that this body had turned eighteen years old last month, and now it can be said to be nineteen.
"Then you're a little old at this age, and you can't practice martial arts too well."
Shopkeeper Wang frowned slightly, "With your situation, it is impossible for those martial arts sects to accept you, so you can only go to the martial arts hall." ”
"There are a few martial arts halls in this county, and there are some real skills in the Tiewei Martial Arts Hall, if you want to practice martial arts, bring good money and go there to have a look."
Sun Jue breathed a sigh of relief, but he was not too disappointed.
It's good to be able to get some useful information.
"Thank you, shopkeeper, but I don't know how much it costs?"
Most of the money of the predecessor was hidden at home, and the money on him was definitely not enough.
"As long as you are innocent, you only need ten taels of apprenticeship to become an apprentice in the martial arts hall, as for whether you can stay, it depends on your qualifications, and whether you have enough money."
The shopkeeper Wang changed his words, "If you don't have that talent, it's better to honestly use this silver to do some other small business, so as not to spend money in vain." ”
Obviously, Shopkeeper Wang is not optimistic about Sun Jue's martial arts.
But this is also normal, Sun Jue's body is really a little old.
This is still the predecessor's parents have the ability to collect medicine, which can make the predecessor full, and the birth can be regarded as tall, otherwise the king shopkeeper is even more optimistic.
"Thanks for the reminder, but I'm going to give it a try."
The shopkeeper retracted his gaze and said casually: "Whatever you want." ”
Sun Jue said with interest: "Then I'll leave first, thank you shopkeeper." ”
After leaving the Rejuvenation Hall, Sun Jue planned to go back to the village first and withdraw all his savings.
"Judging from my memory, there are about more than eighty taels, most of which were saved by the parents of the predecessor for the predecessor's daughter-in-law."
"As for the predecessor, in the past three years, I have saved more than ten taels of silver."
More than eighty taels of silver is already a huge amount of money for the people in this mountain village.
These two pieces of silver are about a thousand big money, and even if they eat out every day, just like Sun Jue was in the tea shop before, it is only eight big money.
Judging from the routine of eating two meals a day, more than 20 yuan a day is almost enough.
Of course, this is just for eating, if you live in the county, you will definitely have to spend money to buy a house, or rent a house, which is also a big expense.
There are also clothes and daily necessities.
And sometimes you have to improve your food.
But no matter what, a thousand dollars a month, that is, one or two pieces of silver, is enough for Sun Jue to live alone.
If the income is good, you can go to the mountains more than ten times a month, and you can save a lot of silver in that month.
Of course, this is all ideal.
Many times, even if you go into the mountains, you don't get anything, so it's good to be able to save one or two taels of silver a month.
Like its predecessor, it only took three years to save a dozen taels, but in the mountain village, he is already a person with a relatively high income.
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"Take out all the silver, and then go to this Iron Mighty Martial Arts Pavilion to have a look, even if you are an apprentice, you should be able to see some famous halls, and then see the situation, whether to stay there or go somewhere else."
Sun Jue didn't stay too much, if he didn't leave early, then he would not be able to get home at night today.
Hurrying under the sun, when the sun was about to set, Sun Jue finally arrived at Maple Village.
This is the village where the predecessor site is located.
"Dalang, are you back? How's the catch? ”
"Okay."
Sun Jue turned his head to take a look, compared it with his memory, and laughed innocently: "Uncle Fang Mu, you just came back from the field?" ”
Fang Mu was a dark-skinned, somewhat short middle-aged man, and nodded when he heard this: "Yes, I just came back from the field, and this weather is really fatal." ”
"By the way, Uncle Fang Mu, did you see Uncle Fang Shi come back?"
Sun Jue said the previous reason again, "We met a wolf in the mountains before, and we got separated, and then it rained again, and we couldn't find his people, I don't know if he has returned?" ”
"No? I didn't see it anyway, so you go into the village and ask the others if they saw it. ”
Fang Mu didn't pay much attention to it when he heard this, and it wasn't without this situation before.
"Nacheng, I'll go to his house to have a look."
Sun Jue carried the empty bamboo basket on his back and went straight to Fang Shi's house.
This Fang Shi was poor when he was young, and he never married.
When he got older, no one wanted to marry him, so he always lived with his brother's family.
Fortunately, Fang Shi can still support himself by collecting medicine and subsidize his family, but he still has some status in his younger brother's family.
Of course, this is also Fang Shi's plan to let his nephew support him in the future, so he treats his nephew more generously, so that the younger brother and his wife have nothing to say, otherwise they don't know how to be disliked.
"Uncle Fang Ken, is Uncle Fang Shi back?"
Outside the house, Sun Jue shouted.
The door of the courtyard opened, and a middle-aged aunt walked out: "Sun Dalang, didn't my uncle go out with you?" Why did you come here instead to find someone? ”
Sun Jue repeated the previous words, and then said in a little panic: "This Uncle Fangshi won't be chased by wolves, right?" That's it. ”
When the middle-aged woman heard this, she didn't worry at all, but seemed to be a little happy.
"Then there's nothing you can do, it's almost night, and it's not safe to go to the mountains, Ming'er, you take your Uncle Fang Ken to the mountains to find ......"
"No, let's call the old men in the village to go with us and see what the situation is."
"You have to figure out whether you live or die, you say?"
Sun Jue can see that this old lady doesn't care about the life or death of this square stone at all.
[Also, Fang Shi is getting older and older, and in a few years, he won't be able to do it anymore, and he will be a burden when the time comes......]
However, this is good news for Sun Jue.
If you don't care, it means that you won't care about this matter, and the probability of Sun Jue being exposed will be smaller.
"Okay, I'll go to each house to say hello now, and tomorrow morning, I'll lead them into the mountains to look for them."
"Then you can go quickly."
Sun Jue nodded, and he was completely relieved in his heart.
There shouldn't be too many twists and turns in this matter.
As long as you pretend to look for it tomorrow, then this matter is over.