Chapter 137: The Same Routine
The moonlight is like washing, the night is sultry, Chai Shien and Liao Shui Yujian flew side by side, and when he passed the small villages with lights on, he suddenly thought of his father. He said, "When I left Xiaoanzhuang, my mother baked me flatbread and boiled eggs. It's nothing compared to the delicacies of the Golden Jade Hall, but I always think of that taste. Senior sister, do you think I'm too unproductive?"
After a long time, Liao Shui said, "I left home at a very young age and stayed with Master. It's not clear what you're talking about. But I know you're not unproductive, you're just homesick. ”
"Senior sister, Master has promised that in three years, I will be able to go home. The first time Senior Brother Chai said this, Liao Shui was taken aback, "Then are you still coming back?" Chai Shien didn't answer, because he didn't know how to decide. On the one hand, his biological parents, on the other hand, the master and all the brothers and sisters, he was unwilling to let go.
According to what had been agreed before, they came to Xiaowangzhuang, where the Taoist priest had appeared. The Wang siblings told Chai Shien that their home was in the east of the village, and the three tiled houses were particularly conspicuous, so it was easy to find. Chai Shien opened the door, lit candles, and the room was very tidy, and all the furniture and items were complete.
"Let's rest for the night, and tomorrow morning, we will go and inquire about the whereabouts of that Taoist priest!" Liao Shui slept in Le Ying's house, and Chai Shien lived in Wang Dawang's room.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, Chai Shien and Liao Shui went out. They changed into the clothes of the Wang brothers and sisters, and Liao Shui also carried a basket on his wrist, pretending to be going to the market, and followed the people on the path towards the market a mile away.
Passers-by are buying or selling, very lively. Chai Shien and Liao Shui walked in the crowd, one handsome and the other beautiful, which immediately attracted a lot of attention. Especially Liao Shui, the eager eyes of those young men who were just beginning to fall in love made her feel uncomfortable, so she deliberately slowed down, and when there were fewer people, she immediately squatted down, wiped a few handfuls of roadside loess on her face with her hands, and loosened her hair. Sure enough, there were far fewer people watching her.
"Senior sister, why are you doing this?" Chai Shien felt that Liao Shui's move was a bit of a trick. He said, "I couldn't sleep well last night, thinking that the Taoist priest wanted to exchange the map for money, and he couldn't just find anyone." Although the two brothers look ordinary at first glance, if you look closely, you will find that they are better dressed than ordinary people. In other words, more money can be obtained from such hands!"
Speaking of this, Chai Shien couldn't help but look Liao Shui up and down a few times, shook his head and sighed, "But Senior Sister, your current appearance is like a begging flower, if you are that Taoist priest, are you willing to deceive such a person?"
"You seem to have some truth in what you said," Liao Shui nodded, and then suddenly said "ah", and said nervously to Chai Shien, "Senior Brother Chai, do you have any silver on you?" Chai Shien nervously protected the place containing the silver ticket, and said vigilantly, "What's wrong?"
Liao Shui said with some frustration, "I came out in a hurry, and I only brought a few taels of broken silver with me." Don't forget, when the Taoist priest sold the map, he asked for two hundred and twenty taels for King Wang!" Hearing him say this, Chai Shien breathed a sigh of relief and said to her, "Senior sister, don't worry, I still have this bit of silver!"
The bazaar is not big, but the sparrows are small and have all kinds of organs. A variety of fresh fruits and vegetables are neatly arranged, and the food stalls are all gathered in one place, each showing its own ability to attract customers with its aroma. Chai Shien and Liao Shui went around in a circle, sat down at a stall selling small wontons, asked for two bowls of wontons, and looked for the Taoist priest Wang Da said while eating.
"Senior Brother Chai, you say, will he be here?" Seven or eight days had passed since Wang Da met the Taoist priest, and it was very likely that the Taoist priest had already left this place to find the next target. But Chai Shien's intuition told him that the Taoist priest had not left and was still here.
A bowl of small wontons goes down the belly, full of fragrant flavor. Liao Shui licked his lips with satisfaction and said, "Somehow, although Jin Yutang's food is not bad, I always feel that the food outside is better. Maybe this is what Senior Brother Yun said, other people's food is more fragrant!" Chai Shien saw that she was still unsatisfied, so she asked the boss for a bowl again, dropped a few copper coins, and said to Liao Shui, "Senior sister, you sit here now, and I'll go around the neighborhood again." The steaming little wontons were brought up, and Liao Shui agreed while eating, Chai Shien had already gone away.
The sun is rising, and the number of people in the market is gradually increasing. Chai Shien pretended to be wandering, looked around, and by the way, bought some small things such as noodle sachets and carried them in his hands to make himself look less obtrusive.
The people who passed by Chai Shien bought what they liked, found a small stall to eat, and then continued shopping. What disappointed him was that there were no Taoist priests in the bazaar, could it be that his feelings were wrong?
Chai Shien turned around and walked towards the stall selling wontons, and he was about to call Liao Shui back. Just as he walked in front of the vendor who was shouting for vegetables, he suddenly couldn't move. He crossed over the heads of the crowd and saw that Liao Shui had already eaten up the second night's small wontons and was talking to someone. And that person is a Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe!
His heart began to beat faster, and Chai Shien didn't dare to rush over, so he had to stop, picking up vegetables and bargaining with the vendor while watching every move over there. Liao Shui was seriously talking to the other party, suddenly showing surprise on his face, and suddenly frowning, not knowing what the Taoist priest said.
Seeing that he was absent-minded, the vegetable vendor took the opportunity to stuff a lot of shriveled and yellowed vegetables into the good greens, and Chai Shien did not notice it. He thought to himself, "Senior sister is not familiar with the world, don't be gullible by that Taoist priest after a few words." No, I have to get there!" he dropped the money and walked over with a bundle of greens that were half green and half yellow, and the vendor behind him looked at his back and smiled!
"Sister!" Chai Shien looked well-behaved, and handed the noodle man to Liao Shuidao, "This is for you!" Suddenly he called him like this, Liao Shui was stunned for two or three seconds before he reacted, and said to the Taoist priest, "Dao Chief, this is my younger brother!"
The Taoist priest turned around, and Chai Shien was startled again. This person is indeed as Wang Da said, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and at first sight, people can have an inexplicable sense of closeness. The Taoist priest smiled, "Sure enough, it is the dragon and phoenix among people, how does the poor Dao say, your sister and brother are people with immortal fate!"
The same rhetoric, the same routine, Chai Shien couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "I've been lying to people for a long time, why don't you even change the words, this person is too lazy!"