Chapter 8: Shiyang Town

When Su Jiulin woke up again, he had already returned to the room where he slept in the back mountain. At this time, it was also dark outside, and there were three people in the room: Huang Mu, Jin You, and Chu Shifan.

"Brother Chu, huh? Why are you there? Su Jiulin woke up and saw several people in his room, not knowing what had happened.

"Huh? Wasn't I still in the Laojun Pavilion just now? Suddenly, Su Jiulin remembered that he was still in Laojun Pavilion just now, and couldn't help but wonder, "Why did you come back?" ”

"Don't you remember that you fainted, it was me and Senior Brother who carried you back."

"I fainted?" Su Jiulin thought about it again, but he didn't have an impression, "Why can't I remember anything?" ”

"Isn't it...... Is my poison flareing up again? ”

"It's not." Huang Mu slowly spoke, "The poison in your body has been completely removed. ”

"All cleared?" Su Jiulin was very puzzled, "Aren't you going to take medicine for seven days, I'm only the next day today." ”

"I don't know," Huang Mu frowned and shook his head, "According to the amount of poison in your body, it is true that it will take at least seven days of medicine to clear it up." ”

"The master and the second master have come to see it just now, and they all said the same." Jin You took over and said.

Hearing this, Su Jiulin pondered.

"Huang Daochang, since the poison in my body has been removed, I think, I'll leave tomorrow..." Su Jiulin still didn't worry about Su Mingnan, even if he knew that he wouldn't be able to help much, he didn't want Su Mingnan to worry about whether he could find him.

"Okay." In any case, Su Jiulin is never a person from Qingcheng Mountain, and Huang Mu can't be the master if he wants to stay or leave.

This night, when Jin You and Chu Shifan chatted in Su Jiulin's room, they went back to rest. Although Su Jiulin had only been in Shangqingguan for two days, he still relieved them of their fatigue, and they were of the same age, so they were still a little reluctant to leave suddenly.

Early the next morning, Huang Mu and his entourage sent Su Jiulin to the foot of the mountain.

"There's nothing to give you, nay, these are my shoes." When parting, Chu Shifan took out a pair of brand-new cloth shoes and gave them to Su Jiulin.

These shoes were bought by Huang Mu the year before last, he only wore them twice in the Shangqing Palace during the Chinese New Year, and when he returned to Houshan, he changed back to the old shoes before, so they are still brand new.

"Brother Chu, I can't ask for your things anymore, you have already given me a set of clothes." Su Jiulin said that he would not accept anything, and what he was wearing was Chu Shifan's clothes. Because among the three Pastor Huang's disciples, only Chu Shifan's clothes matched Su Jiulin's body, and it was Chu Shifan's clothes that changed for Su Jiulin at that time.

"Besides, your own shoes are torn, wear them yourself!" Su Jiulin said and looked at the shoes on Chu Shifan's feet again.

"Aren't you friends? Are you a friend? But Chu Shifan stared at Su Jiulin without blinking, asking back and forth if he was a friend.

"Yes! But ......"

"That's it." Chu Shifan put the shoes in Su Jiulin's hand as he spoke, and then turned around and retreated to the side to stand with Huang Mu.

Su Jiulin also wanted to step forward and return the shoes to Chu Shifan, but Jin You on the side stopped him.

"Brother Su, you can take it." Jin You said and took out another bag and handed it to Su Jiulin, "I don't know how far I will go, this is a little dry food." ”

"Brother Jin, I'm ......" Su Jiulin hurriedly handed the burden back.

"Don't say it, you must take it." Jin You directly interrupted Su Jiulin's words, put his two hands behind his back, and didn't answer no matter how Su Jiulin gave it.

At this time, Huang Mu also came to Su Jiulin, and Chu Shifan followed behind.

"Zodiac chief." Su Jiulin bowed and saluted.

"You put your shoes on first, it's a little bit of our heart, and we're just doing what we can." As he spoke, Huang Mu took the burden from Su Jiulin's hand.

Looking at Huang Mu, Su Jiulin didn't say anything more, sat on the ground and changed into new shoes, wiping tears while wearing them.

He couldn't help it, although his mother's advice was unpredictable, but he felt warmth, like a brother, like an elder.

After Su Jiulin put on his new shoes, Huang Mu handed him the burden again and said, "Qingcheng Mountain, you are welcome back at any time." ”

Su Jiulin looked at Huang Mu in a daze.

"It's not too early." Huang Mu put his hand on Su Jiulin's shoulder, "Let's go!" ”

Su Jiulin glanced at Huang Mu, then at Jin You and Chu Shifan, and after saluting all three of them, he left.

Actually, Su Jiulin likes it very much and wants to stay. But he has a deep blood feud, and his relatives are now unknown in life and death, and he knows that he can't hide by himself.

After Su Jiulin said goodbye to the three of them, he went to the southeast.

Now he knows that when he was going around in the forest, he reversed the direction, Shiyang Town was in the northeast, but he went around to Qingcheng Mountain in the northwest.

Qingcheng Mountain is not far from Shiyang Town, only twenty miles away, Su Jiulin, who set off at the time of Chen, walked for more than two hours and arrived.

It just so happened that today was a fair, and there were a lot of people in the town, and this was also the first time Su Jiulin really felt the folk incense. When he followed Su Mingnan before, he didn't stop too much along the way, and he usually walked on small roads, and Su Jiulin hadn't seen any of them.

"Glutinous cakes, delicious glutinous cakes!"

"The last three grass carp, just caught in the morning, are too late!"

Su Jiulin shuttled through the flow of people, looking east and west, and unconsciously it had been wandering for half an hour.

"Buns, buns! Last but not least, the buns are cheap! ”

Su Jiulin stopped in front of the bun shop and couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. The buns in this area are generally filled with sauce meat and fresh meat, and he loves to eat them all.

Just happened to be hungry, Su Jiulin sat down on the stone steps next to the bun shop, next to an alley. Then, he opened his baggage and wanted to see what dry food Jin You had prepared.

"Hey! ……”

Looking at it, Su Jiulin sighed. In addition to three cakes, two steamed buns, and a set of old clothes, there was also a purse of copper coins. Su Jiulin shook out the copper coins from his purse and counted them, and there were more than 300 copper coins!

"What do I have to give you in return?" Su Jiulin said as he put the money back into his purse, then put it back in his bag and began to eat cakes.

"Little brother! Little brother! Suddenly, a girl about his age ran up the alley, stopped in front of him, and looked at him.

The little girl had messy hair, a sloppy face, and tattered clothes, but a pair of bright eyes.

"Are you calling me?" Su Jiulin took a bite of the cake, looked left and right, and found that the girl was only staring at him.

"Hmm." The girl nodded, "My grandfather hasn't eaten for three days, and he's almost fainting from hunger, can you save him?" ”

"Where? Take me there! ”

Su Jiulin immediately stood up and followed the girl to the other end of the alley while eating the leftover cakes.

At the other end of the alley was a back alley, messily lined with miscellaneous items, and an old man with a disheveled hair was sitting on the ground against the wall, his head bowed.

"Grandpa, how are you?" Su Jiulin immediately squatted down and asked.

"Ouch... Ouchβ€”" the old man called out weakly, unable to make out what he was saying.

Su Jiulin immediately put down his burden and took out two steamed buns and gave them to the old man and the girl.

"Look where you're going!" At this moment, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy suddenly came from the other side of the alley.

The young man was also sloppy, beggar-like, with a stick in his hand, and walked over with a mutter: "I don't know if I'm asking for food in this piece?" Dare to grab food from me on my turf! ”

Seeing this, the girl quickly hid to the old man's side. Su Jiulin also stood up immediately, stretched out his hands, and blocked the young man's way.

Although the young man was half a head taller than Su Jiulin, Su Jiulin still didn't put down his hands, and asked sternly, "What do you want to do?" ”

Unbeknownst to him, the young man smiled and said, "It's okay." ”

Then he turned around and left.

Su Jiulin was stunned in place and began to mutter: "Is this scared away by my momentum?" When did you become so majestic? But looking at the young man's expression, he didn't seem to be frightened! ”

"Thank you, little brother. It's okay, my granddaughter and I will leave first..."At this time, the old man behind Su Jiulin stood up, thanked him repeatedly, and was supported by the girl and walked away.

Su Jiulin thought that he was going to fight with someone as soon as he got out of Qingcheng Mountain, but he didn't expect the young man to leave like this, so he took up his burden and started to wander the streets again, hoping to meet Su Mingnan.

"Steamed buns, the last steamed buns, sold for a penny......"

The town is not big, Su Jiulin walked back to the bun shop, swallowing his saliva.

"Boss, I want a bun." Finally, Su Jiulin couldn't help it and wanted to buy this last bun. As he spoke, he unwrapped his burden and prepared to take the money.

"Where's the money! Where's my money! Su Jiulin's eyes widened, and he didn't reach his purse for a long time. He hurriedly sat down on the steps next to the bun shop and anxiously rummaged through the baggage.

"No...... Or not! Su Jiulin rummaged through the baggage and couldn't find the purse, so he sat there stunned.

"Little brother, do you want the buns..."

Su Jiulin turned his head to look at the buns, swallowed his saliva again, then looked at the owner of the bun shop and said, "Don't do it." ”

Coming back to his senses, Su Jiulin continued to think about how the purse could be missing.

"Obviously, the burden has been opened by himself, and he has never left him......"

"That's not right! The baggage has been gone! Geezer! ”

Su Jiulin stood up suddenly, turned around and ran towards the alley next to him, trying to find the old man. But he didn't find anything, only a stick on the ground that the boy was holding.