Chapter 3: Buying and Returning Pearls

When Chen Che was thinking about it, he suddenly rushed to his head with a violent dizziness, which came quickly and urgently, but his body was weak due to long-term hunger.

Although the miasma is gone, the crisis of life and death is lifted, but eating the miasma in the mountains is just drinking the northwest wind, and it cannot fill the stomach.

Hungry.

I'm so hungry......

The burning hunger pangs spread rapidly from the stomach.

"I'm so hungry, I want to eat...... In Liuyang Town, there are still a few distant relatives, if you take refuge in them, you may be able to supplement some supplies, at least give you food, and only when your body recovers can you ......"

Chen Che dragged his weak body, turned around, and walked step by step in the direction of Liuyang Town, but he still overestimated himself.

He had just climbed about two or three hundred zhang of mountain road and was out of the range of miasma, his legs were weak, he was sweating profusely, and his physical strength was close to exhaustion.

Seeing this situation, Chen Che couldn't help but despair in his heart:

"I finally got an adventure, how can I starve to death here?"

This situation may be in response to the old saying: "For the mountains and nine thousands, the success falls short".

He is about to die on the eve of victory, which makes people sigh.

But at this time.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance.

A figure rushed from the east and reached out to support Chen Che, who was about to fall.

Her eyes were red: "Brother Che, are you okay?" ”

"Ru, Sister Ru'er?"

Chen Che was dizzy, his eyes were full of stars, and he barely spit out two words.

The woman called "Sister Ru'er", called Zhao Ru, saw Chen Che's appearance at this time, with a little distress on her face, took out a small piece of caramel from her arms, and said softly:

"Brother Che, eat sugar."

"Ah~"

Chen Che opened his mouth and bit the caramel with difficulty.

The sweetness swept the tip of the tongue, and the saliva full of sugar slid into the stomach and intestines, refreshing the heart and spleen, and the body suddenly regained some strength.

Chen Che had a little vitality in his eyes and looked at Zhao Ru.

Both of them were born in Banqiao Township, and they met a few times when they were children, and they were half of their "childhood sweethearts", and they were both sold to Zhaofu.

She became a weaver, and he became a cowherd.

It wasn't until Master Zhao searched the mountains and searched for treasures that Chen Che was temporarily selected and promoted to the family.

There is a bit of "sympathy".

After a few years, the two gradually became familiar with each other and depended on each other, and Zhao Ru was also the only person in the entire Zhao Mansion who felt sorry for and took care of Chen Che.

Like a sister like a wife.

Zhao Ru also made up her mind early in her heart that if Chen Che didn't marry, she wouldn't marry.

Therefore, she would rather risk being reprimanded by her lord than break into the mountains late at night to find traces of her man.

Zhao Ru's face was full of sadness: "Brother Che, what happened?" I heard Xu's mother say that the master was very angry, and the consequences were very serious. ”

Chen Che said tiredly: "Go back to the town first, and the rest of the things will be talked about when you are at home, and you can't go back to Zhao Mansion." ”

"Okay."

Zhao Ru supported Chen Che and walked three or four miles of mountain roads together, and finally returned to Liuyang Town, but it was not Zhao's mansion, but her residence.

Laundry Alley.

A small farmhouse courtyard with a radius of about five feet.

Although she has only been in the house for five years, she is ingenious, and the clothes she makes are loved by the people in the house, and her status is getting higher, and she has obtained the qualification to rent a house.

Entered the room.

was helped to the bed to rest, Chen Che said tonight's events, except for the part of his own life awakening, one by one, and Zhao Ru was full of pity when he heard it.

She said softly:

"Since Brother Che is already a dead man in the eyes of the master, it is better to rest here and wait until his body is better, and then make plans."

"That's what I think, too."

Chen Che's sleepiness swelled up, and he gradually fell asleep.

Zhao Ru's eyes were full of tenderness, and she covered her man with a quilt, and then suddenly realized:

There is only one bed in the house.

"It's better thanβ€”"

Zhao Ru's ears were slightly red, she lifted the futon, never took off her clothes, and carefully slept on the other end of the bed.

The two were slept together.

In your sleep.

Chen Che smelled a faint fragrance.

………

Sunset.

Last night's incident was too difficult and dangerous, and it took a lot of energy and mind, and when Chen Che woke up, it was already evening.

The sunset outside the house is breathtaking.

Chen Che raised his eyes and looked out the window.

on the streets.

Groups of mountain people, such as woodcutters, tea farmers, and woodcutters, crossed Xiangu Mountain like a tide, returned from the mountains of the Southern Wilderness, and returned to Liuyang Town or nearby villages to rest.

The mountains of the Southern Wilderness are the remnants of the Great Snow Mountain, undulating for three thousand miles, the terrain is vast, and there are many rare treasures hidden in the depths, fairy grass elixir.

The riches in the mountains are innumerable!

Pity.

Once nightfall, countless miasma will sweep through the mountains and forests like a tidal wave.

The fog seemed to be alive, diffuse, diffuse, flowing, obscuring the sky and the moon, and it was daunting...... And with miasma!

If ordinary people rashly break into the depths of the mountains of the Southern Wilderness, at most for a moment and a half, they will fall to the ground and faint, and then die with a poisonous wail!

Other words.

Only by commuting to and from work on time can the mountain people save their lives.

"The vast majority of hunters and martial artists do not have the ability to survive in the miasma, in other words, night resources, no need to compete with others, just like a treasure trove that belongs to me alone, and because the time that can enter the mountain every day is limited, the distance that mountain people can enter the mountain is strictly limited, and the slightly deeper places are almost all undeveloped treasure lands that few people explore!"

Chen Che walked to the bedside, his eyes passed through the window, looking at the mountains of the Southern Wilderness in the distance, and secretly thought:

"Even if you just pick some herbs and catch some rare birds and beasts on the periphery of the mountains in the Southern Wilderness, you can easily earn hundreds of Wen a night, and the money is faster than selling your buttocks, you can't eat Sister Ru'er's soft rice every day, right? You can also save some money to prepare for the future. ”

A moment later.

Zhao Ru finished a day's hard work, returned from Zhao's mansion, carried a rice basket in his hand, and said with a shallow smile: "Brother Che, eat." ”

Hungry, hungry, rice.

Chen Che turned his head and put the thoughts just now behind him, and sat opposite Zhao Ru, the two of them ate silently, enjoying a short period of tranquility.

After Chen Che had eaten and drunk enough and put down his chopsticks, Zhao Ru showed a sad face and frowned:

"Brother Che, I inquired for you, Master Zhao led a team into the mountains to search for wild treasures in the mountains, but they still found nothing, and some of them suspected ......"

"Doubt that any of us is not dead, so we are not blessed with good fortune?" Chen Che, who was a little relaxed just now, immediately tightened his heart, and said in a deep voice: "It can't be Jiang Quan's old dog, right?" ”

In fact.

As a fellow villager, Jiang Quan was born with a huge nose and a sense of smell far better than ordinary people, which was the key to the search team.

If he pleaded, maybe Chen Che would be able to save his life, and at most he would be reprimanded without itching.

It's a pity that there are few people in the world who send charcoal in the snow, and more of them are despicable people who fall into the well!

"Yes."

Zhao Ruxiu's eyebrows furrowed slightly:

"Jiang Quan knew the relationship between you and me, and saw that I was not so sad, so he was a little suspicious, but fortunately I found out in time, at noon, I secretly cried in the backyard, and a few little sisters comforted me, so I got through the trick......"

Chen Che breathed a sigh of relief.

At least for a short time, Zhao Ru's residence is safe......

But after a long time, there is also a risk of exposure, so you need to plan ahead!

Suddenly.

The tip of Chen Che's nose twitched slightly, and he vaguely smelled a faint fragrance coming from the dresser.

He looked up, subconsciously focused his gaze on an old needlework box, and asked:

"Sister Ru'er, where did you get this box?"

Zhao Ru followed Chen Che's gaze and felt strange, but still explained:

"My father picked it up when he was hunting in the mountains and gave it to me."

"There are quirky ......"

Chen Che put down his chopsticks, walked to the dresser, and picked up the wooden box.

The next moment.

Sudden change!

The blue and purple seal shakes to form the text:

[Gloomy wooden box: This is an ordinary grass and tree, due to the earthquake caused the living wood to sink into the silt, gloomy and not see the day, but tenacious growth refuses to die, after decades of carbonization, metamorphosis into gloomy wood, both the quaintness of the wood and the charm of the charcoal fossil, half alive and half dead, extremely precious, the ancients said: "The family has ebony half a zhang, better than a box of treasure", the mountains and seas Yuan Qi with the passage of time, scattered most of it, but there is still a little, long sniff three breaths, you can ingest. 】

Shanhai Yuanqi?!

Chen Che was stunned at first, and then he was pleasantly surprised, he didn't expect that there were such rare things in Zhao Ru's house?

After thinking for a while, he picked up the wooden box, looked at Zhao Ru, and asked, "Sister Ru'er, have you heard the story of buying and returning pearls?" ”

"Nope."

Zhao Ruxiu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, not knowing why.

Chen Che recounted:

"In ancient times, there was a jewelry merchant who went to another country to sell jewelry."

"He carved a wooden box with beads from precious orchid wood, smoked the wooden box with spices made of cinnamon pepper fragrant, and decorated it with pearls, roses, and jade."

"When I bought it at the market, I was immediately warmly welcomed, and an old gentleman bought the treasure box at a high price, but returned the pearls to the merchant casually."

When Zhao Ru heard this story, she laughed: "Then this businessman is really good at selling boxes." ”

Chen Che smiled without saying a word, stood in front of the dresser, and placed the gloomy wooden box between his noses.

β€”β€”Borrow it today, and return the pearl tomorrow.

With deep breathing again and again, wisps of cool breath were ingested into the body along the nasal cavity, and then swallowed by the blue and purple seal.

The wooden box faintly lost some kind of charm and became mediocre.

【Shanhai Yuanqi +2】

Suddenly, Chen Che sensed that these breaths were far from enough to make the [Food Qi] a great success, but they were enough to open the second kind of sheep holding talent.

Night Eyes!

"When you are weak, it is the king to realize resources as soon as possible."

Chen Che didn't hesitate at all, and as soon as his mind moved, the blue purple seal shook violently, emitting two faint white rays of light, pouring into his eyebrows.

Brush!

The strong sourness swept through his eye sockets, making him unable to hold back tears like rain, and bean-sized tears slipped down his cheeks.

After dozens of breaths, the originally sour eyes finally returned to their original state, and Chen Che slowly opened his eyes.

The eyes that were originally slightly dull have become spiritual, and bright light is pouring in from all directions, as if the world has been stripped of a film!

At this time, it had just fallen at night, about three o'clock in the hour, and the sky was dim and dark, but in Chen Che's eyes, it was as bright as day.

On the willow tree a hundred feet away, a few sparrows stood on the branches, shaking their heads and combing their brown feathers with their beaks.

Everything comes into view, and everything is delicate!

[Refining degree increased to 6.] 】

[Night Eye (Xiaocheng): The eyes are clear, the night is like day, the fog is like nothing, the eyes are far away, and the mosquitoes and flies can be seen hundreds of feet away. 】

"It's done!"

Chen Che was overjoyed in his heart, he had mastered another talent for leading sheep, the two great divine skills of [Night Eye] and [Food], which were enough to make a fortune in the mountains and forests at night.

"Brother Che, your eyes are so bright, you feel like they're glowing?" Zhao Ru was slightly surprised, staring at the reflection in the bronze mirror.

"Oh?"

Chen Che was stunned, and also looked at the bronze mirror, and found that his eyes were somewhat similar to felines, which could reflect light, no wonder he had night vision.

Come to think of this.

He couldn't bear it any longer, and said in a deep voice:

"Sister Ru'er, I plan to go into the mountains of the Southern Wilderness at night to earn some money and silver, there are some things, I don't want to hide it from you, but ...... You should have guessed it too. ”

"You're not afraid of miasma?"

Zhao Ru has always been smart, and after a little thought, he immediately guessed the suspicion in last night's incident, how could ordinary people return from the miasma alive?

"Yes!"

Chen Che vaguely admitted the matter:

"With my ability, maybe it won't be long before you and I can regain our freedom, and we no longer have to be cows, horses, slaves and maids for the Zhao Mansion."