Chapter Eighty-Four: Paying for Tuition
"This Xiao Ning Ning is also facing the same problem as he was at the beginning, ......"
Chen Zijing sat in the cabin, touching Jing Ning's head, there was some pity in her eyes, he raised his hands to support Xiao Jing Ning's martial arts, so that she would have the power to protect herself in the future, but this little girl grew up from snacks and coarse grains, and she had no strength in her body, and her qi and blood could be said to be Yan zhòng's insufficiency!
After thinking about it, his eyes flashed, and he immediately had an idea!
The mountain village at dusk is quiet and warm, and Chen Zijing himself is the chef every night, only to see him sometimes adding some strange color spices, sometimes putting in some unknown herbs, I don't know what kind of meat he is cooking.
In short, the smoke of the old Han's cabin wafted out the fragrance of fried meat in a large pot unique to the farmer, but this fragrance contained a different fluctuation of vitality.
The patriarch sat at the table and smoked a cigarette with a smile, and the corners of Xiao Jingning's mouth were dripping with saliva, Xiaobao arched at the feet of the two, looking at the table and humming, making the grandfather and grandson laugh for a while.
After a while, the dishes served by Chef Chen Zijing were served, and after a few dishes were put on the table, Xiao Jingning's eyes were straight! Saliva flowed down the corners of her mouth......
"Brother Jingzi...... Grandfather...... Almost every dish has meat ......!" Xiao Ning muttered, she couldn't believe her eyes, the bitter haha people in the mountain village can rarely afford meat, and the patriarch will only change a little meat to go home when he catches up with the market during the New Year, you must know that it is very precious.
Wang Laohan also looked at the dishes on the table in disbelief and said, "Brother Chen, I know that your ability to collect medicine is very powerful, and you have already made you very expensive before, why do you have meat in every dish today? This is too extravagant! How many copper plates do you have to spend!"
Chen Zijing waved his hand and smiled: "Don't worry, I picked a few very cherished spirit grasses last time, and it's okay to buy some meat, but Xiao Ningning is about to start practicing martial arts, and she must make up for her body, otherwise she will have no effect on practicing martial arts like this!"
Seeing that the old man was still about to speak, Chen Zijing hurriedly picked up the chopsticks and greeted: "Okay! Hurry up and eat! The dish should be cold in a while!"
Seeing this, the patriarch had no choice but to smile and say no more.
The three people sitting at the table opened their stomachs and ate the sumptuous dishes on the table, most of which had meat! Of course, there was also a refreshing wild vegetable soup, but the wild vegetables in this soup were completely different from the ones that could be eaten usually, anyway, the old man and Xiao Ningning had never seen them, and the taste was actually very delicious!
This kind of day was unimaginable to the patriarch before, even after the Chinese New Year, their family had never been so rich.
"Brother Jingzi, what kind of meat is this? You called, right?Otherwise, why is it so delicious!" After eating the meal, his little belly was round and quiet, and he opened his big watery eyes and pulled Chen Zijing's hand and shook it around.
Chen Zijing is not very old, and for so many years, where has he ever had a sister when he has been running around?
When the patriarch heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and his voice trembled and he roared: "What! Why did you go to the prairie? Do you know, there are quite a few wild beasts there! There are even demon beasts in the depths! It is very dangerous! No one in our village has ever come close to that place within a hundred miles!"
Xiao Jingning was also very worried after hearing this, and said: "Brother Jingzi, you can't go over there in the future, the children in the village all say that there are monsters there......!"
Chen Zijing smiled and waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I only walked around the edge area, there are many teams of martial artists, and demon beasts will not appear there." ”
Of course, Chen Zijing felt the care of the grandfather and grandson, and they did regard themselves as members of this family.
The old man's eyes flashed with emotion, you must know that Chen Zijing and the two of him are not related to each other, it is indeed very rare to help himself so much, his appearance has helped their grandfather and grandson to be very busy, otherwise I don't know how tense the day will be!
However, the patriarch still resolutely disagreed with Chen Zijing to go to the prairie to hunt beasts again, Chen Zijing saw that he couldn't resist him, so he simply said perfunctorily: "Okay, I won't go to the prairie in the future, just go to the nearby mountains to hunt some wild boars and come back!"
How did they know Chen Zijing's strength, they were not afraid of any beasts at all, the most important thing was that the meat that Chen Zijing gave them was not beast meat, but the flesh and blood of real demon beasts!
Afterwards, the two talked about Xiao Jingning's martial arts practice again, and the old man seemed to suddenly remember something, his brows furrowed slightly, and he sighed.
"Grandpa Yuan, is there something in your heart?" Chen Zijing noticed his abnormality and opened his mouth to ask.
"Alas, Ning Ning's age is approaching, at this age in the village, it is time to practice martial arts, although Martial Master Wang has tried his best to give the children the lowest price and the best teaching, but after all, he is a martial artist invited by the village, and the tuition fee for each child still costs several pieces of low-grade Yuanjing, which is really for people in mountain villages like us."
"Grandpa, if the tuition is expensive, Ning Ning won't go to practice martial arts, and most of the girls in the village won't practice martial arts either! Besides, my father and mother have never come back because of the result of practicing martial arts, don't worry about the tuition fee, Ning Ning won't study!" Jing Ning saw that her grandfather was worried about Yuanjing, afraid that he would go out and do some hard work for his own affairs, and said with a misty look in her eyes.
The old man looked at Xiao Ning Ning with relief, and touched her head with soft eyes: "Silly children will not be successful in the future if they don't practice martial arts, in the future, if your father and mother come back, how can I explain to them?" Yuanjing's affairs are not afraid, grandpa will find a way!"
Chen Zijing looked at this situation and said secretly in her heart: "There are really many tribulations in the poor family, Xiao Ningning's parents don't know if they are still alive, leaving one old and one young and leaving, how will they live in the future?"
"What should I do, Yuanjing's matter, Grandpa Yuan, you don't have to worry, I'll find a way to solve this matter" Chen Zijing calmly interjected beside him.
Seeing that the old man wanted to speak, he immediately added: "I actually opened a medicine store in my early years, and I am still relatively proficient in arguing medicine and treating people. ”
The old man looked at Chen Zijing in disbelief and said: "Jingzi, it's already very rare for you to know some medicinal herbs at a young age, this is not a simple matter to treat people, if you can't cure it, you will die!"
"Don't worry, I'm not young, I understand the stakes here, I will definitely be able to earn enough Yuanjing by the time Jing Ning turns six years old!" Chen Zijing said affirmatively, not giving the old man any reason to refuse, this grandfather and grandson saved their lives, these little things are all a matter of effort for themselves, and they must be helped no matter what.
In this way, Chen Zijing began to work as a foot doctor in the village, but there are only so many people in the village, and there are not many sick numbers he can receive, and he is also familiar with everyone in the township, the people in the village are relatively simple, and Chen Zijing is embarrassed to accept the money when they take the initiative to pay for it, and now his main income on the surface still depends on collecting medicine.
Of course, he didn't really go to pick any medicine, but found a place to cultivate, and by the way, hunted some demon beasts on the periphery of the prairie to replenish Xiao Jing's body.
You must know that at the age of five or six, if there is enough demon beast blood to replenish the body, it will be very beneficial to the cultivation of martial arts in the future, Chen Zijing ate meals made of precious demon beast flesh and blood every day in Tianyun Sect, and the qi and blood of the whole person grew very fast every day, which was extremely crucial for cultivation!
And it is said that in the top sects, they will occasionally provide real "dragon meat" for the disciples to eat, of course, Chen Zijing does not know whether it is true or not.
"Grandpa, this is a wild boar meat I just brought from the mountains next to me, it has just been made, and you both hurry up and eat it while it's hot. ”
Chen Zijing smiled and put a large piece of the "wild boar" he had just made for each of the grandchildren, of course, this meat was actually the flesh and blood of the steppe demon wolf, if the grandparents and grandchildren knew, they would probably be scared.
Because the grassland demon wolf is a very terrible monster, its speed is like electricity, and extremely cunning, once the residents near the grassland have spread the legend that this kind of demon wolf sneaked into the village and town to eat people, it can be said that this thing in the mountain village is as terrible as the legendary ghost.
"Zijing, I don't know why, I've been getting better and better lately, I've thought about it! You have worked hard for Ning Ning, I can't let you contribute anymore, otherwise our ancestors and grandchildren owe you too much, my old bones are still enough, I am going to go to a nearby mine in a few days to do part-time work." ”
Chen Zijing immediately showed a displeased look after hearing this, and Ning Ning's eyes began to flow with tears when she heard this, she understood what the so-called place in the mine was, it was an extremely dangerous and inappropriate place, and the little girl was extremely worried.
"Grandpa, my life was saved by your grandfather and grandson, if you say this, you will take me to the outside, now I, Chen Zijing, am a member of the family, and Xiao Ningning is my own sister!"
"Also, you don't need to go to any mine, I have already made up enough tuition for Xiao Jingning, I forgot to tell you, I didn't go home two days ago because I found a rare "Jingfeng Grass" in the grassland, and I sold it in the town outside the mountain in those two days, and I earned dozens of low-grade Yuanjing back!"
With that, Chen Zijing took out a small cloth bag from under his bed, "Whoa!" Dozens of lower-grade Yuan Crystals rolled out of it! The old man and Xiao Ning Ning stared at the boss when they saw this! Where had the two of them seen so many Yuan Crystals?
"Oh my God, so many Yuan Crystals!Zi Jing, how did you find such a precious herb? Is there anything else nearby?" the old man was already incoherent when he looked at so many Yuan Crystals......