Chapter 36: Debt-free and light
Eat meat in large pieces and drink soup in large bowls.
Tonight's meal, Uncle Wang has bought enough ingredients, and he wants to celebrate the young master. Passing the Taoist assessment is not a trivial matter, but a major event and a great joy.
It's a pity that it's a few months late, if you succeed when you are in Laoshan, you can stay in the dojo, and the future will definitely be better......
Uncle Wang thought with some regret.
However, the wood has been completed, and it cannot be forced, and the current situation is already very good. Even if the young master's potential is exhausted and he stops at the stage of a Taoist priest for the rest of his life, but with this identity, he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of his life.
Chen Youniao was a little dissatisfied with this meal, the sea ate and drank, and his stomach was full, but on another level, he was still unfinished and felt empty.
How so?
It's like the nutrients and energy that this meal can provide can't keep up with his needs.
A while ago, he felt something, and after successfully turning into qi, the feeling was even more obvious, and what he longed for and pursued was no longer an ordinary diet.
So, what to eat?
Warm cattle and sheep, or more calorie predators?
By the way, maybe you should get some good wine to drink and see how it goes.
Chen Youniao thought slowly, and caught a glimpse of the thrush who had put down the dishes and chopsticks early, she ate very little, a small half bowl of rice, a little green vegetables, purely regarded eating as a perfunctory. Look at it like this, it doesn't matter if you don't eat half a grain of rice.
At the dinner table, she and Chen Youniao ate, and Wang Bo and Wangcai ate in the kitchen.
Chen Youniao didn't pay attention to these things, but Uncle Wang was very serious, saying that the young master is now a person with status, and if he has an identity, he must have rules, and there is a difference between respect and inferiority, which cannot be overcome. The number of people is small now, and there will definitely be more in the future, and there will be more people, and there are no rules.
The identity of the thrush is a bit special, the origin is unknown, but it is not a slave, its temperament is unique, Uncle Wang is not good to ask too much, so let her and Chen Youniao share the table.
Unexpectedly, after becoming a Taoist priest, how to eat effectively became a problem, and Chen Youniao didn't expect it. There is another question, how to cultivate after the Taoist priesthood.
His current foundation is on a copy of "Laoshan Tongzhen Sutra", this exercise is only suitable for the stage of refining and refining qi, if you want to go further, refining qi and transforming gods, it is equivalent to having no matching secrets, and the road ahead is not clear.
When I was in the Laoshan Dojo, I only thought about being able to practice Qi successfully, and my ancestors blessed me, where did I have the kung fu to think about other things, and to think about further prospects?
If you are still in the dojo, after becoming a Taoist, as long as you pass the assessment, you will have a Taoist master to teach you the next step.
These are normal procedures.
The problem is that Chen Youniao has been repatriated home, which is equivalent to cutting off his future. Although he has become a Taoist priest now, he has nothing to do with the dojo. In the eyes of the characters in the dojo, Chen Youniao was purely a shit luck to break through, and his potential had long been exhausted.
No matter which dojo it is, the exercises at the stage of refining qi and transforming the gods are all precious, and they will not be passed on, and the general small Taoist temple, it is difficult to say whether there are secrets at this level, if there is, it is regarded as a true transmission, and it is impossible for outsiders to learn it.
"That's a big problem. ”
Chen Youniao sighed, he didn't know much about the Taoist class now, and he didn't have a master to consult, so he almost had to rely on his own groping. In contrast, it is much easier to study and test fame, after all, I worshipped Meng Beiliu as a teacher, and I had experience in this field before.
"That's it, since the path of the Dao Fa is not open for the time being, let's first stabilize the foundation and slowly polish the mana, and focus on reading and preparing for next year's exam. ”
Chen Youniao made up his mind, and when he chose to study and cultivate together, he was prepared for a rainy day and prepared for both.
At night, Song Tianfu actually came.
"Brother Tianfu, have you taken care of all the affairs at home?"
Sitting in the hall, Chen Youniao asked.
Over there, Uncle Wang was boiling water to make tea, and he was a little embarrassed to dislike the tea too much. I thought: The young master has obtained the status of a Taoist priest, if the news spreads, there will definitely be many people to visit. If you have a guest, you have to prepare some tea at home. Otherwise, the hospitality will be inconsiderate, look shabby, make people look down on it, and damage the young master's face.
Song Tianfu didn't care about whether the tea was good or not: "Brother Chen, the matter of the manor is really thanks to you." ”
Chen Youniao smiled and said: "You're welcome, you can invite me to go, as long as I can, I have to do it." ”
"Cheerful people. ”
Song Tianfu praised, stretched out his hand to take out an object, and handed it over with both hands: "This is the IOU signed by Ling Zun, and I will return it to you now." ”
Chen Youniao was stunned, didn't rush to pick it up, and muttered: "Thousands of taels of silver, this reward is too much." ”
Song Tianfu smiled: "Money and foreign things, it is more important to be able to get your friendship." ”
After a pause, he said: "This is also what my grandfather meant." ”
He returned home today and told his grandfather what had happened. The pain of losing a child, Old Man Song is sad, but he will not do nothing. After determining Chen Youniao's strength, he thought about it and told Song Tianfu to return the IOU tonight.
Five or six thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, but it is more than enough to be used as a reward for slaying down evil spirits.
Old Man Song values more, sees farther, and is the most taboo to be careful, it is better to be bold and do it at one time.
Chen Youniao looked at him, nodded slightly, and reached out to take the IOU: "In this case, I have written down this favor." ”
Song Tianfu said happily: "Although you and I have not known each other for a long time, we don't have to see each other too much at first sight." ”
Chen Youniao said with a smile: "There is one thing I have to tell you, today, I went to the Daoting Governor's Mansion and passed the Taoist Priesthood Examination. ”
Song Tianfu clapped his hands and said: "Brother Chen is really good, now it's okay, with your identity, it's easy for you to make money." ”
I was secretly glad in my heart that it was definitely worth it to make a real Taoist priest with a sum of thousands of taels of silver. If there was no grace period at the beginning, but he was aggressive, then Chen Youniao would have been offended miserably. If you want to make up for it, let alone five or six thousand taels of silver, it is difficult to say that it is more than ten thousand.
"Brother Chen, it is a great joy for you to become a Taoist priest, I should have been the east, please drink. But now that the family is holding a funeral, it is inconvenient to go out to eat and drink, please forgive me. ”
Chen Youniao waved his hand and said: "You sent the IOU, it is already the biggest congratulatory gift, as for eating and drinking, there will be opportunities in the future." ”
Song Tianfu smiled: "Okay, okay." ”
After another conversation, he took his leave and left.
After Chen Youniao sent him out, he turned around and gave the IOU to Uncle Wang: "Uncle Wang, burn it." ”
Uncle Wang took the IOU, and his hands trembled slightly with excitement: "Young master, this, this is to pay off the debt?"
I really couldn't believe it in my heart, thinking back to the beginning, the young master's light and breezy appearance, it turned out that he had already made up his mind.
"Isn't it? Now debt-free and light. ”
Chen Youniao clapped his hands and said happily.