"Hahaha, this time it's happy" Piaoranzi looked at the rain in front of him and laughed. After laughing, he turned around and moved the barrel to the windowsill, and resumed drinking.

Wine is not drunk, everyone is drunk, it is almost evening, Piao Ranzi drank a barrel of wine, completely drunk, dancing, the tanuki, also accompanied Piao Ranzi dance, and then they all fell asleep.

The next day when the rain stopped, I got up and came to the yard for a walk, the air was fresh, and the peach blossoms were more gorgeous. The empty courtyard was lonely, and he went to the courtyard gate again, except for a winemaker's house not far away, all four were wilderness.

"Childe, wake up early" Behind the stunned floating son, the yellow-faced old man who sold wine yesterday arrived at some point, carrying the wine barrel and greeting him.

"Uncle, it's the same morning, it's the same morning. Piaoranzi turned around and said.

"Is Dao Ye back?" the yellow-faced old man said, "Please bring this barrel of wine back." ”

"Brother Nian didn't come back. Piao Ranzi said, "Is this barrel of wine, I'll forget it." ”

"Childe, Dao Ye said it the day before yesterday. The yellow-faced old man said. "Leave yesterday to today, how do you not do it?"

"This······ I'm penniless, so I'll ask the old man to sell the wine to others. Piao Ran was embarrassed and rubbed his hands.

"Hehe, the Taoist master booked, I naturally asked him to ask for wine money, you take the wine back, Hugh is going to be verbose. The yellow-faced old man said.

"But, what should I do if I don't know when I will come back?"

"Then you just wait for him, Dao Ye comes back, and I will pay back the wine money. After the yellow-faced old man finished speaking, he turned around and walked away.

"Old man, or I'll give you an IOU. Piaoranzi said.

"No need, I can trust you," the yellow-faced old man said without replying.

Piaoranzi looked at the barrel of wine, still in a daze, and the tanuki came out, surrounded the barrel, and meowed.

"Brother Tanuki, are you also addicted to alcohol?" Piao Ranzi asked the tanuki, seeing that it still barked, and said with a smile: "Go, Brother Tanuki, I'll take you to drink" After that, he carried the wine barrel, covered the courtyard door, came to the west room, scooped a scoop, and poured it into the bowl. The tanuki meowed, as if to thank him, and lowered his head to lick the wine.

Piaoranzi smelled the rich aroma of wine, and the alcohol addiction also attacked, and after drinking a few scoops in a row, he felt comfortable and a little fluttery.

"Hey, Brother Nian hasn't come back yet, how can it be good?" Piao Ranzi said to himself: "I can't fly, and I'm penniless, this is really a leaky house and it rains all day." ”

Piao Ranzi didn't know what to do next, where to go, so he simply borrowed wine to drown his sorrows, came to a drunken day, drank half a bucket, was in a trance, and lay on the bed again, falling asleep hazy.

In the afternoon, Piaoranzi woke up, and the tanuki barked at him again. "Hehe, Brother Tanuki, do you still want to drink?"

The tanuki barked, as if in reply. Piaoranzi scooped him again, and the tanuki drank excitedly again. "Hehe, I didn't expect this cat to be addicted to drinking. Piao Ranzi smiled. Then he drank the remaining half barrel of wine and took a walk in the courtyard.

At dusk, the courtyard was still empty and lonely, and he turned around, thinking about the past, and feeling infinitely sad. In the evening, I returned to the west room and lay on the bed in a daze.

Still don't see Lu come back, let's go tomorrow Piaoranzi thought of this, and was upset again: Go, where can you go? Taishan? I am penniless, and I can't fly in the air, relying on two feet, when will I be able to walk?

"Where to find it? Piao Ranzi thought of what Chu Lengran and Chu Yiran said about the Fengshentai, "Since the Jizo Bodhisattva sent all his relatives to the Fengshentai, I don't know how they live." ”

Piaoranzi thought about it, couldn't think of anything, sighed, and fell asleep.

In the blink of an eye, it was another night. The meow of the tanuki woke up Piaoranzi. Looking at the sun outside the window, he got up and walked around the courtyard boredly, but he still didn't see Brother Lu Huinian.

There was a knock on the door, and Piaoranzi felt strange: who would come to visit? hurriedly shouted: "Please come in"

The yellow-faced old man pushed open the courtyard door, holding a barrel of wine in his hand, and said with a smile: "Childe, is the Taoist come back?"

"Old man, I'm still very sorry, my brother hasn't returned. Piaoranzi said.

"Oh, there's no rush for wine money. The old man looked at the courtyard: "You are the only one in this temple, right?"

"Of course," Piao Ranzi said, "Old man, the Taoist temple is barren, and there are no people except for you, the brewer, why is this?"

"Oh, you ask why this temple is desolate. The yellow-faced old man said: "This matter is a long story, I can't remember what year and month, there was also a strong incense here, there were two demons of a snake and a fox, which alarmed Lu Zu, and he went down to kill these two demons, who expected that this snake and fox had strong mana, and fled in the wilderness." After this catastrophe, the vicinity of the Taoist temple became a wilderness, and the people avoided it from afar. ”

"So, you old man, why are you making wine here?" Piao Ranzi wondered, "Aren't you afraid that the demon will come again?"

"Hahaha, I've got a lot of old bones, I've lived enough, what are I afraid of? Besides, this secluded place is just right to make my exclusive wine. The day before yesterday, I had to meet the Taoist and the son to appreciate, buy my wine, and today, I will sell it to the son again. ”

"The old man already owes two barrels of wine, and he doesn't dare to take credit anymore. Piao Ranzi thanked. Two hundred taels of snow-white silver is not a few, he has no way to make money, and he doesn't know how to pay him back.

"Hehe, those two barrels of wine are owed by Dao Ye on credit, and they have nothing to do with you. The yellow-faced old man said. "This barrel of wine, sell it to the son to taste, the wine money is easy to say. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he opened the lid of the wine barrel, and the wine was fragrant again, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva without looking at the color of the wine.

"Thank you, old man. Piao Ranzi tried his best to restrain his addiction to alcohol, and excused himself: "It's useless to be a scholar, I have never brought money, and I won't earn money now." And I don't know when I will leave, and I can't give you money for your drink. Old man, please sell it to someone else. ”

"Childe, don't hide it, no one appreciates my wine, even if it is a rich and noble family, they all say that the price is expensive. Dao Ye and Gongzi will not give up, and it is the first time you have opened it for me in these years. The yellow-faced old man smiled: "Therefore, this barrel of wine can only be sold to Dao Ye and Gongzi." ”

When Piao Ranzi heard it, this old man relied on himself, and he wanted to drink, but he was weak and penniless, and the whereabouts of the young brother who took advantage of the money was unknown. "Old man, I drink this wine very well, but I don't have any money, and my brother will come back when I don't know when. ”

"Look at Gongzi is a real person, so let's do it, you drink my wine first, and the wine money will be calculated later. The yellow-faced old man said.

"That's not going to work. Piao Ranzi said: "I owe money to others, I feel uncomfortable, and I can't drink well, so forget it." Piaoranzi swallowed another mouthful of saliva.

"Childe, you're not a cheerful person," the yellow-faced old man was displeased. "Well, I won't say that I will sell this wine to you, but I will give it to you."

"This ······ I can't even ask for it. Piao Ranzi excused himself: "I don't have any deep friendship with the elderly, and I will feel that I owe a lifetime of favors to people and valuables, let alone ask for them." ”

"Childe, you won't buy it if you sell it, and you don't want to give it to you, just don't want to give it to you, just pour it out and worry about it" After the yellow-faced old man finished speaking, he lifted the wine barrel with both hands and was about to pour it out.

"Slow" Piaoranzi hurriedly stopped, this barrel of wine, worth a hundred taels of silver, also took the old man's hard work to make, wouldn't it be a pity to waste it in vain. "Wait for me to see what is worthwhile. ”

"Hehehe, that's fine, you don't want to drink for nothing, and you don't want to owe credit, it's okay to give me something. The yellow-faced old man said.

Piao Ranzi untied the hole flute behind him, "The old man doesn't love the joy of silk pipes, and I don't want the hole flute." The yellow-faced old man said.

Don't just do it, this can't be given to him originally, there is a rootless tree with a hundred flower patterns given by Zhang Sanfeng outside this cave flute, there is a bamboo pipe of Yan Mei, and there is a jade flute of one of the eight treasures of Henggu.

Piao Ranzi rummaged through his pockets again, and there were two books, one was Xiao Pu brought out of the Four Elephant Caves, and the other was a sketch map of the four continents that escaped from the Shucheng City God Temple and was placed in the Niu Meng's cloth bag, and handed it forward.

"The old man is even less interested in reading, not to mention any music scores, maps, I don't **, old legs and old feet, and I can't travel. The yellow-faced old man returned the book to Piaoranzi.

Piaoranzi had to take off his robe and look for it again, and there was only the piece of notepaper left.

"Brother Nian, you have made me miserable," Piaoranzi took the notepad, except for these and clothes, there was nothing else on his body.

"Childe, how can anyone in the world go out without a penny?" The yellow-faced old man was surprised to see that he did not have a single penny.

"Yes" Piaoranzi said: "I heard that only the dead do not carry a penny. ”

"But You're Not Dead"

"I'm not a dead man, I'm a lonely ghost," Piaoranzi said loudly. He thought that this sentence could scare the yellow-faced old man away.

"Hahaha, Childe is really joking. The old man smiled: "Even if it is a ghost, it is a good ghost." Forget it, you person, you look at money and things so lightly, I'll make you a friend, and you can take the wine."

If it was someone else, I would like to say this, but Piaoranzi was different, looking up at the high sun, in early summer, the weather was already a little hot, or not, he shook the cheongsam and rolled it up, "Old man, even if you make me a friend, I can't drink your wine for nothing, this collar cheongsam is also made by Shu Jin, and please accept it from the old man, and use it as wine money." ”

"Childe, you're polite. The yellow-faced old man said.

"I know, he doesn't know a hundred taels of silver, you have the right to accept it, and if you have the opportunity in the future, you will definitely give the silver money" Piao Ranzi said.

"Oh well. The yellow-faced old man knew that if he didn't accept it, this boy would never ask for his wine. So he picked up his flowing clothes, said goodbye and left the hospital.

Piaoranzi covered the courtyard door, carried the wine barrel, and returned to the west room, where the tanuki squatted in front of its wine bowl, looking at him with two eyes, which meant a long time.

"Brother Tanuki, the wine is here again" Piaoranzi picked up the water scoop and scooped it into the bowl offered to the tanuki.

"Meow" This time, the civet cat's cry was a little strange, and Piaoranzi didn't listen carefully, and after scooping it, he drank it himself. A few scoops into the stomach, fluttering again.

He drank the wine, thought about it, talked to himself from time to time, and sometimes said a few words to the tanuki, his raccoon brother would only meow and meow, which was counted as an answer.

Throughout the day, Piao Ranzi drank up a barrel of wine, no, to be exact, less than a barrel, because there were three scoops, which were poured into the cat's bowl - the amount of wine in the raccoon brother grew, and after drinking a bowl, he also meowed and meowed at Piao Ranzi, until he drank the third bowl, and then lay on the Piao Ranzi bed, and the cat fell asleep.

On the morning of the fourth day, Piao Ranzi walked around the Taoist temple, and he didn't see the young brother come back, he was a little irritable, if he waited like this, what day would it be? Piao Ranzi felt empty in his heart. The wine, the wine drifted back to the west room, found three large wine barrels, and poured wine from them one by one, but not a drop was poured out.

"How is this good?" Yesterday he exchanged his cheongsam for a barrel of wine, what should he do today? Just when he was addicted to alcohol, scratching his ears and cheeks, suddenly a golden light flashed in front of him, he thought he was dazzled, and looked down to find that there was a piece of gold in the cat's bowl, shining.

"Huh, where did you get the gold?" Piao Ranzi was surprised and delighted, looking at the raccoon brother who was still sleeping soundly on the bed, there would be no one else in this Taoist temple. Could it be that someone came to help him at night?

Piao Ranzi was suspicious, and someone shouted outside the barrel door: "Is Gongzi up?

"He came just in time. Piao Ranzi didn't think much about it, picked up the gold, walked out of the door, and saw the yellow-faced old man carrying a wine barrel and waiting for him.

"Old man, may I ask if Lu Xian is still drunk?" said Piaoranzi.

"Oh, there's more. The yellow-faced old man opened the lid of the wine barrel, and the strong and familiar aroma of wine wafted out again...... V