On the southwest corner of the Wufang Pavilion Street in the center of the town, there is a food shop that mainly sells snacks and pastries, and the bookshop opened by the storyteller in the northeast corner is just opposite the door, and there is a very wide intersection in the middle, and the Wufang Pavilion in the center of the intersection, the shopkeeper of this food shop is a husband and wife, the man's surname is Han, called Han Kui, the woman's surname is Liu, called Liu Yuqing, and the husband and wife also have a son, named Han Yuanfu, who has played chess with the township school Mr. in the Wufang Pavilion at the entrance of the street. At that time, he almost took a sword from the girl in white and red cloak.

Han Kui, the owner of this pastry shop called "Han Ji Food Shop", is a simple and honest middle-aged man, regardless of winter or summer, the trouser legs are rolled up and braided below the knees all year round, revealing a pair of strong and sturdy calves, which is also the most common type of people in the countryside, hard-working, hard-working, every day looking up and looking down to think about their daughter-in-law and baby son, as long as they are well fed and clothed, everything is fine, and the few hobbies left, that is, they usually love to squat on the edge of the steps at the door of the restaurant when they are idle. Take off a pair of shoes and put them neatly, then step on them barefoot, holding a porcelain bowl full of sunflower seeds, and watching the people at the intersection while knocking melon seeds.

The ambition is not high, and the content is always happy.

Liu Yuqing, the mother-in-law of Han Kui's family, is a well-known splendid character in the town, she was handsome and outstanding when she was young, and now although she is a little older, her charm is still the same, and her beauty still exists, you must know that when Liu Yuqing married Han Kui, it was a pity that the men of the same age in the town were broken, and they all had the same sour tone, saying that Han Kui, the black and poor second fool, this is a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes, and can marry such a good-looking mother-in-law? A white swan was brought home, and a toad was brought home, but it's a pity!

However, Liu Yuqing is really so famous not only because of her beauty, but also because when she first married into the Han family, the family has almost reached the point where they are too poor to open the pot, and as a result, in just ten years of hard work, she not only gave birth to a big fat boy with a handle to pass on the incense, but also commanded the simple and honest Han Kui, and together with her, the Han family was run to the point where it is now, and it is already a small rich family with a good situation, even if it is not as luxurious as the four surnames, it is not as rich as the second-class rich Zhao family, But it has also properly become one of the few wealthy families in the town, and no matter how it is calculated, it can exceed seventy or eighty percent or even more people.

You must know that in the earlier years, their Han family was actually not much better than the situation of the pair of lonely widows and grandchildren at the east entrance of the town, Liu Yuqing married into the family, and it only took more than ten years of hard work to change his face and have a new way of living, so there is also a saying in the town now, most of them are some elderly people who educate their juniors, they will repeat the rhetoric like a mantra, to the effect that to marry a mother-in-law, you have to marry a woman like Han Liu's, how many years have you been in this short period of time? What is this called, this is called Wangfu, this is called ability! Some people will also say some folk proverbs such as "a virtuous woman makes her husband noble" or "a virtuous wife and a good husband are less troubled", anyway, it is right to praise people's goodness!

On the day when the three immortals from Shuixiu Lake left Yanguan Town, the pastry shop at the crossroads happened to have distinguished guests coming to the door, one old and one young, with fluttering clothes and fairy spirits, they were not ordinary people at first glance, these two people came from Shijizhou, located in the east of the Middle Earth Divine Continent, and it was a mountaintop immortal called Yunlin Sect who came to Yanguan Town to discuss business.

The young man surnamed Zhang, named Zhang Jinhuai, is said to be the descendant of the elder of the Yunlin Sect, one of the heads of the Yunlin Sect, and his identity is honorable, and the old man who came with him is an enshrined elder of the Yunlin Sect Patriarch Hall, responsible for protecting the safety of the young man.

Jiuzhou in the world, there is a non-conventional, but very common habit on the top of the rivers and lakes, most of the top of the mountain in the ancestral hall of the ancestral hall of the immortal sect have a total of five, the sect master, the head of the law, the law, the treasurer and the governor, in addition to the master of a sect to lead the overall situation, the people sitting on the chair of the remaining four elders are basically performing their own duties, but not very sequential.

The discipline is in charge of the precepts of the sect, and the disciples under the provincial inspection sect are not allowed to violate the precepts of the sect and the morality of the rivers and lakes, at least on the surface, they must not violate the rules of the rivers and lakes that have long been set by the Linyuan Academy and the three sects and hundreds of schools; Naturally, the Dharma transmission is responsible for the cultivation of the disciples, the transmission of the Fa, and the practice of the Dharma, in a sense, are related to the future height of a blessed land of immortals; The treasurer is in charge of financial power, dealing with people and doing business, taking more money back, spending good money out, living money is like flowing water, and water transportation increases wealth, all of which are the internal affairs of the treasurer elders; As for the last governor elder, it is basically equivalent to the ears of the immortal sects, and the arrival of the news of the immortal mansion and the rivers and lakes will not let these mountain immortals who have been practicing in the mountains for decades or hundreds of years at every turn find that they have been in the world for thousands of years when they go out, and they have great responsibility and power.

Yunlin Sect has a good reputation in Shijizhou, and it is ranked in the fourth grade in the ranking of the nine-grade system of the sect in the world, and it is also the fourth grade, which is a big grade higher than the Shuixiu Lake in Jinchai Continent, as long as the immortal gate of the third grade is silent, Yunlin Sect is enough to be regarded as a great immortal gate on the rivers and lakes, which is basically no different from God in the eyes of ordinary people, and Zhang Jinhuai is the descendant of the elder of Yunlin Sect, and the dignity of his identity is naturally not a problem. To talk to the young Han Won Fu who is still studying in the township school, it can be regarded as full of sincerity.

At this time, Han Yuanfu was still studying in the township school, and he had not yet returned home from school, so it was only his parents who were responsible for entertaining the two immortal families.

The middle-aged man Han Kui is as honest and honest as ever, he will do whatever his mother-in-law says, he will squat at the door of the shop without saying a word, this simple country man has a look at it this time, knowing that there are distinguished guests coming to the door, he did not take out the habit of thinking about taking off his shoes as long as he squatted at the door as in the past, just squatted there quietly with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking, and occasionally raised his head to look at the two immortals sitting on the chairs in the shop to entertain guests, Looking back at the north-facing intersection on the side of the Wufang Pavilion, in the past, my son came back from school.

Liu Yuqing, the proprietress of the food shop who has always been very high-spirited, is very happy today, smiling like a flower, it can be said that today is the happiest day after the beginning of the year, after all, they are doing the business of the people in the town, ushering in the send-off, chatting with people, you can always hear a lot of news on and off the table in the town, since a few days ago, I occasionally heard that there are immortals from other towns to come to the town to collect apprentices, she began to look forward to whether there is any immortal discernment, to talk about business with her precious son, a thousand expectations, Looking left and right, looking forward to piercing, finally looking forward to the distinguished guests who crossed the threshold and entered the door, of course they were happy, how could they not be happy if they were so rich? But it's one thing to be happy, but this glamorous proprietress who has always been good at people and things is the first time today that she has faced two foreign immortals with magical powers, and she can't help but feel a little cramped.

After all, if you push forward for half a month, the image of the fairy lord in her impression is still on the mud fetal gold in the temple Taoist temple that accepts the incense offerings of the people, for example, on the first day of the new year, she first sent her husband and son to the Han ancestral tomb to go to the grave, she also specially carried a bamboo basket of incense paper money to the north Lingguan in the south of the town, and gave a few sticks of incense to the fairy master in the main hall, who is said to be called the ancestor of the heavenly master, and added dozens of incense money, there is no Buddhist temple in the town, The place to worship the gods is only this lonely North Spirit Temple, in line with the idea that the gods and Buddhas and their ancestors are all immortals, so the family has to take care of both sides.

At that time, the blind old Taoist in the North Spirit Temple stood at the door of the not very spacious Guanzhong Hall, smiling, and made a joke to the small town pilgrim who has always loved to burn incense, and said a few auspicious words.

But she never thought that it had only been half a month, and a true immortal had entered the door of her house, which was the first time in the world, how could she not be nervous?

Yunlin Zongzhang Jinhuai was sitting in the pastry shop at this time, before they entered the door, there were no chairs in the open space of the shop, it was after they came to explain their intentions, the beautiful proprietress specially commanded the swarthy man who was both the owner and the partner, moved a whole set of coffee table seats, and specially went to the door to hang a sign of closing the door, specially entertaining these two Xianxiang visitors, earnest, sincere, full of respect!

The young man of the fairy family sat on the chair with Erlang's legs crossed, and looked at the swarthy man who was squatting at the door against the door panel with nothing to do, and looked at the beautiful woman who was obviously in a hurry, round and plump, and graceful, in fact, he didn't have much interest in the tea and pastries she served on the coffee table, and saw that the couple were all at the door of the shop after they were busy, squatting next to each other, looking out of the door, and they felt that these countrymen were barely able to get by. But he was a little worse than a person, not big enough, so he turned his head and looked at the elder who was sitting on the other side of the coffee table with him, and after the two looked at each other, they nodded slightly without a trace, and then the young rich young man still spoke.

"Two, it stands to reason that visiting and talking with people about business should always prepare some meeting gifts, but we are in a bit of a hurry this trip, and we didn't bring anything good, I only have two pieces of warm jade here that are not very valuable, you might as well give them to the two of you to pay respect, they are not a good thing for the immortal monks, but for ordinary people there will be some longevity effects, and it should be reluctant to make do if you can ensure that the two can be disease-free, even if it is a courtesy, I hope the two will not dislike it."

As he spoke, this fairy boy in brocade clothes took out two small jade slips that were crystal clear from the long sleeves of his shirt, the length and width were less than the size of a palm, and the workmanship was exquisite, and it was a very valuable thing when he looked at it. This is probably a skill that this rich and noble son has practiced since he was a child, talking and dealing with people, it is better to speak harshly than to be gentle and drizzly, it is better to open his mouth to ask for three points of warmth first, a good start to a thing can be done first, this really belongs to his experience in practicing for many years.

This move made Han Kui, a swarthy man who has always been honest and simple, a little surprised, and Liu Yuqing, who was standing next to him, was even more flattered, and thought about it while saying thank you, and probably guessed what the other party meant, thinking that if he didn't accept it, he was afraid that it would be unfavorable for his son to talk about business, so he took it over after another thousand thanks, and the couple wore it in front of the two immortals.

Zhang Jinhuai just smiled and didn't say anything about the words of thanks to the two, seeing that the words were good, as he expected, the couple opposite was indeed smiling and in a good mood, so he brought the topic back on track, "Two, according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, it is not easy for an ordinary person to enter the fairy gate, although the world is wide, but the opportunity is limited, we came to the door this time because of the talent of the prince of your mansion, in order to accept the apprentices, but since Han Gongzi is not at home for the time being, Then why don't you let me talk to you about the side of this deal? ”

The swarthy man squatted on the ground and didn't speak, but just glanced sideways at his mother-in-law, Liu Yuqing, who received the gaze, was a little dazed, she didn't know how to talk to these two immortal masters next, but they didn't expect them to talk about business first, this is exactly what they meant, so they settled down and hurriedly smiled and nodded in response.

"Since it is a business, there should be a bargaining process, to be honest, I actually did not want to come from the mountains and rivers of Shijizhou, now squatting outside my Yunlin Sect Mountain Gate begging to worship a large number of people, the number of people may far exceed the number of people in your rural town, in fact, it is one thing to ask for talent, but there are countless people born in this world, and there are not a few talented people, those who stand outside the mountain gate can not enter the mountain gate, it depends on the talent and luck, but also depends on personal efforts, Do you think that's right? ”

Zhang Jinhuai smiled when he spoke, his tone was gentle, and he looked very sincere, but he raised the price again and again in just a few words, without a trace, and the old way was very.

Liu Yuqing listened to this, thinking in her heart that this immortal occupies an immortal character, but this kung fu of doing business is not inferior to her, the shopkeeper who has been open for more than ten years, she is not very old, and her means are not low.

I thought so in my heart, but I naturally didn't dare to be disrespectful on my face, so I could only accompany Xiao Ne and be speechless, waiting for the rich and compelling fairy son to really follow.

Zhang Jinhuai looked at the woman's smiling face, the charm was still there, and there was a hint of shrewdness in his eyes that could not be hidden, and seemed to be nothing, so he also smiled with her, he knew that she understood, and the shrewdness that seemed to be not hidden was the smartest response, this is a good thing, it is better to talk to a really smart person and do business than to play the piano with a fool who is obviously stupid but still pretends to be smart.

"As I said earlier, Han Gongzi's talent is acceptable, but in fact, it has not reached the point of being able to excel in this town, of course, my Yunlin Sect is not the top among these outsiders who came here, so both of us can be regarded as the same kind in terms of their respective ranks, which should be considered good news." Zhang Jinhuai doesn't care what he thinks in his heart for the time being, but he is familiar with the truth of talking about business and selling first and then giving a sweet date.

Liu Yuqing wanted to nod happily when she heard this, but when the words came to her lips, she suddenly closed her voice, and after the words that she wanted to blurt out in her heart, she changed her words, and said with a soft smile: "The words of the fairy son are more modest, in the eyes of countrymen like us, immortals are immortals, where is there any difference between high and low?" Today's distinguished guests come to the door, and they can also enjoy their faces and talk about business with that stinky boy in my family, that is our honor, and it is very high, so this son can never be humble again, and torture us, right? ”

Saying this, tsk, Zhang Jinhuai couldn't help but sigh in his heart, his face was noncommittal, he just smiled, "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Zhang Jinhuai, I am a disciple of Yunlin Sect, responsible for the whole process of this negotiation and sale, what I want to say is that since it is a transaction, naturally both parties will want a good price, and it is best if you and I can both win-win, then it is the best, isn't it?" ”

Liu Yuqing, who has been doing business for more than ten years, heard this, and naturally understood that the next words were the highlight of this transaction, so he was empathetic and handed over a word to the fairy son: "Then I don't know what to do with the son's high opinion, how can I have the win-win situation that the son said?" ”

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After tea and dinner, a sloppy middle-aged husband and a young man in shabby clothes sat side by side under the old locust tree with a bronze bell at the east entrance of the town, facing southwest, facing the direction of the afternoon sunset, basking in the sun for warmth, and drowsy. One looked up at the freshly sprouted green sprouts on the treetops, while the other lowered his head and nodded his chin at the few smooth and round stones scattered on the ground.

A gust of wind blows, and the bronze bell hanging on the other side of the treetops above the head sways slightly, and occasionally a few wisps of breeze burrow into the bell from the open place at the bottom of the bell, and some whimpering sounds will be knocked out of the bell mouth, as if it hurts the wind, and it also seems to hurt the bell.

The sloppy husband who was drowsy with his head down was the first to wake up, raised his head and looked at the daze young man with his head tilted on his side, bumped him with his shoulder, and said in a narrow tone: "Yo yo yo, at a young age, this is the beginning of spring?" Come on, come on, tell me which yellow flower girl you are worried about? If you want me to say, the girl surnamed Li who helped you fight is not bad, she is extremely talented, and fighting is first-class on the one hand, the most important thing is that she is good-looking, better than the best-looking eldest daughter of the Liu family recognized by us in Yanguan Town, among these people from other towns, the little girl with the vermilion sword spike on her back can barely compete with her, and more importantly, the two of you still have a friendship with the enemy, which is called a building near the water! ”

The down-and-out young man with his head tilted up didn't speak, until the sloppy man finished muttering the wheels of the car, he rolled his eyes, turned his head sideways to look at the man and asked: "If you make a deal and you can have the friendship you said, then you went to the sea of clouds and bought two bowls of braised pork, why didn't you marry into the old shopkeeper's house to be a door-to-door son-in-law?" ”

Hou Junchen was choked by this sudden sentence, and after being stunned, he did not hesitate to raise his hand and slap the back of the young man's head, then turned around and clenched his fists in the direction of Zhenxi, muttering words in his mouth, "The speaker has no intention, the listener has no intention, the child's words are unintentional, the child's words are unscrupulous, the child's words are unscrupulous..."

The poor boy looked at this old bachelor like this, how could he not know that he had lost his words, he stuck out his tongue and was a little embarrassed, and looked apologetically in the direction of the sea of clouds in the west of the town, although the three-story wooden building could not be seen from here, but the older generation had something to say, sincerity is spiritual!

Hou Junchen clenched his fists and nodded like pounding garlic, and he didn't see any movement over there for a long time, so he calmed down, turned his head and glared at the young man next to him viciously, and scolded in a low voice: "You bastard Wang Bastard, don't take Lao Tzu with you if you want to die!" If the hole under the nose is missing a door, I don't mind sewing it up for you! ”

The young man was surprised by the man's violent reaction, and said a little strangely: "Yes... So serious? ”

This time, it was the watchman's turn to roll his eyes, sneakily glanced in the direction of Zhenxi, and said in a low voice: "You don't know that you don't know, Shopkeeper Fan really has an unmarried girl in his family!" ”

The poor boy twitched the corners of his mouth and wondered, "But why haven't I seen it when I'm so big?" Not to mention the girl, I haven't seen the old shopkeeper have... Daughter-in-law? ”

Chu Yuanxiao lacked words, and felt that saying the word "mother-in-law" seemed to be not very respectful to the round-faced and kind old man, so he stumbled for a moment before saying the word "daughter-in-law".

Hou Junchen was a little helpless, and looked in the direction of Zhenxi again, and saw that there was still no movement, so he looked a little bolder, and said in a low voice: "That's because the wife and daughter of the shopkeeper Fan's family have never been here, but it doesn't mean that he hasn't!" And I also told you that it is rumored in the rivers and lakes that the lady of the shopkeeper Fan was a famous beauty in the rivers and lakes many years ago, and the kind that can be the champion of rouge is much better looking than your sweetheart! ”

The lonely and unheard of down-and-out young man only felt that he had a lot of knowledge, and his eyes couldn't help but open a little round, and he was slightly stunned while being amazed, and said angrily with a tiger face: "What sweetheart girl?!" Do you old monkey want to die? ”

Hou Junchen looked at the young man's embarrassed expression and smiled strangely, "Isn't it normal for toads to want to eat swan meat?" If I were your age, I would like good girls who are beautiful and have good character, so what's so embarrassing about that? ”

The young man was silent, simply gave up the struggle, and no longer defended, just shut up and looked up, and continued to look at the treetops in a daze.

The sloppy man took care of himself for a long time, seeing that the young man was unwilling to take a stubble, he didn't squeeze his eyebrows and make his eyes go down to say more, every young man will more or less have a handsome peach blossom in his heart, some people are blessed, a peach blossom blooms bright and fragrant, refreshing, some people's luck is not very good, just a flower bone that has not yet grown, sneakily in the bottom of the heart, occasionally have some free time will turn it out to take a look, careful, cherish and value, do not smell with people, and hope that the flowers bloom and the moon is full, and the fragrance is full of the world.

Whether the flowers bloom or not, this should be the luck of young people, and it should naturally be cherished.

Hou Junchen leaned on the trunk of the tree, looked in the direction of Zhenxi for a while, and then suddenly changed his serious expression, and said in a low voice: "Boy, I saw that you have not been available before, so I didn't ask in detail, but you have time now, so I asked, did you skip Xuannu Lake, and saw some... Something not to see? ”

Originally, there were still some ears with red roots, and the young man who was pretending to be calm there suddenly turned his head when he heard the words, and looked at the man beside him in amazement, his eyes were solemn, and his tone was also solemn, "Can you see this?" ”

Hou Junchen nodded, and said helplessly: "Boy, I sometimes think that you are really born to God, when you are lucky, you can't stop the ghost and kill the gods, such as when you escaped death three or four times, but sometimes I feel that you are like a stepmother, this bad luck is chasing you to death, you tell yourself, what kind of life are you?" ”

This didn't sound like a good thing at this moment, Chu Yuanxiao couldn't help but be a little nervous, staring at the helpless expression of the sloppy man, and asked, "So what do you mean by this?" ”

"It means that you just gave away a piece of gold inlaid jade, and you brought back a piece of dog's head gold!" Hou Junchen reached out and rubbed his forehead a little irritably, and saw the young man at a loss in a blink of an eye, so he explained angrily: "It means that although your knife before had an extraordinary origin and was an extremely valuable treasure, in the final analysis, it was just a foreign object, although it was extremely valuable to some people, but in other words, it might just be a weapon that was more convenient, but you look at your current body is as rich as the essence of the water rhyme, if this thing is placed outside the rivers and lakes, you don't need to be afraid. You're sure that you're not even going to have a corpse in the capital! You must know that between the rivers and lakes and the top of the mountains, some people have done I don't know how much for the sake of a palm-sized piece of water rhyme, and I don't know how much they have done to destroy their homes, but when you look at you again, you are like a water baby, and you are still shaking around, I admire those people for being able to bear it, and they didn't come up directly to cut off your little bastard's dog head! ”

Chu Yuanxiao was a little hesitant, but after thinking about it, he still said, "Isn't there a rule set by Mr. Cui?" ”

Hou Junchen glanced at the young man, then nodded in affirmation, and said: "So your head is still on your neck now, you have to thank those few people for holding the field, not everyone dares to be as lawless as that Shuixiu Lake, but the question is how can you guarantee that after a long time, no one will take risks?" ”

Heaven and earth have a fixed number, and human life is sometimes poor. Immortal rivers and lakes, practice preaching, say a thousand ways and ten thousand, what to do is just to ask for a constantly raising the upper limit of manpower, and then try to extend the life expectancy, this is a business from the hands of God to grab food and eat, a person in it, obsession with certain things to a certain extent, it is inevitable that it will be like a rabbit that can bite people, and like a dog that can jump over the wall!

Today's mountains and mountains, Xianjia rivers and lakes, the most is this kind of mad dog that does not want to die!

The sloppy man pointed to the two pairs of chopsticks stacked on the ground not far from the two of them, and gave the boy an analogy, "If you are starving to death now, and you know clearly that if you can't eat a full bite of food, you will have to bury it under this tree as fertilizer!" At this time, put a bowl of braised pork in front of you, and then I told you that you are not allowed to eat it, you really won't eat it? ”

The young man thought for a moment, looked at the man and nodded.

Hou Junchen was a little speechless for a moment, raised his hand and wiped his face, scolded "stupid dog" in a low voice, and then changed his rhetoric: "Then change someone and replace you with that Ke Yuzhen?" Do you guess he eats or not? ”

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