Chapter 2 Apprenticeship in the Medicine Hall

Qingshan Town is the largest town within a radius of 100 miles.

Lao Dao led the little Taoist priest to walk on the bluestone road, and greeted the shop owners on both sides of the street, it was obvious that they were not here for the first time.

"Isn't this dustless......? Come on, I have a big steamed bun just out of the pot. ”

A chubby steamed bun shop proprietress saw the little Taoist's eyes shining, and hurriedly took out a few hot steamed buns from her steamer, packed them, and handed them to the little Taoist.

"Don't thank you yet!"

The old Taoist priest pulled the little Taoist priest's little hand and said softly.

"Thank you, Aunt Tang!"

The little Taoist priest obediently bent down and bowed to the proprietress of the steamed bun shop, and held the steamed bun in his arms with his little hand.

"Thank you, I said Li Laodao, you just give me Wuchen as your godson. ”

The fat proprietress stepped forward in two steps, hugged Xiao Wuchen in her arms, and took out an osmanthus candy and stuffed it into his mouth as if by magic.

"Sweet or not?"

The fat proprietress asked Xiao Wuchen with a smile.

"Sweet!"

Xiao Wuchen's eyes narrowed into a small crescent moon, and he responded happily.

"You fat girl, how can Xiao Wuchen be your godson, if you want to be me, you have to be me. ”

The proprietress who sold fruit next door was immediately unhappy when she saw the proprietress of the steamed bun shop holding Xiao Wuchen, and hurriedly snatched Xiao Wuchen into her hands, and at the same time took out a bag of fresh fruit from her shop and looked at Xiao Wuchen with a smile.

"Children need to eat more fruits to be tall!"

After that, he took out a grain of maltose from his pocket and stuffed it into Xiao Wuchen's mouth.

"Is it sweet?"

The fruit shop proprietress had little stars in her eyes.

"Sweet! Aunt Ye!"

Xiao Wuchen tightened the two big bags of food that he couldn't hold in his hand, and said happily.

"What do you do when you eat those, you have to eat meat to grow stronger. ”

The proprietress of the roast duck shop on the side saw Xiao Wuchen, ran out in a few steps, snatched Xiao Wuchen from the hands of the proprietress of the fruit shop, and then put a bag of freshly cut roast duck into Xiao Wuchen's arms, and at the same time, stuffed a duck leg that was roasted to crisp on the outside and tender on the inside into his mouth.

"Isn't it delicious?"

The proprietress of the roast duck shop looked at Xiao Wuchen with hope.

"Good...... Eat ......"

Xiao Wuchen puffed out his cheeks, his little mouth was not big, so now he was stuffed full, but he couldn't refuse everyone's love......

"Little ...... Not...... Dust ......"

Just as Xiao Wuchen was secretly looking at the shopkeepers who were about to move in the surrounding shops, a child's voice like a silver bell came from not far away.

"Little Yue'er ......"

Xiao Wuchen broke free from the proprietress of the roast duck shop, swallowed the food in his mouth in a hurry, and looked up at the little girl in front of him who was about his size.

The little girl was wearing a navy blue floral dress, a pair of delicate little feet wrapped in green silk embroidered shoes, lightly stepping on the ground, and her big black and bright eyes were full of joy.

"Xiao Yue'er. ”

Xiao Wuchen took off the small bamboo basket, put the pile of food in his hand into it, and then picked it up again, trotting all the way towards the little girl......

There was a lot of gravel on the road, and Xiao Wuchen ran in a hurry, and when he didn't pay attention, he tripped over a raised gravel under his feet and fell to the ground.

"Are you alright?"

The little girl named Xiao Yue'er hurriedly ran forward, helped Xiao Wuchen up, looked at him with concern, and at the same time took out her emerald green handkerchief and handed it to Xiao Wuchen.

"Be careful. ”

Xiao Yue'er rolled her eyes, and the puffy puff's little face was full of concern.

"I'm fine, look ......"

Xiao Wuchen stood up and turned his head, except for some dust, there was nothing unusual on his body.

"It's time to set a doll kiss for Xiao Wuchen!"

The proprietress of the steamed bun shop looked at the two little ones with a smile, turned her head and said to the old Taoist.

"Yes, yes, I think the moon girl is good. ”

"Fertilizer and water don't flow into outsiders' fields, as long as you loosen your mouth, I will go and protect this medium for you. ”

The idea of the proprietress of the bun shop has won the unanimous approval of several people, and the gossip has even begun to study how the wedding of the two should be held in the future.

Lao Dao stood aside and smiled awkwardly, Taoist priests are not allowed to marry like monks, so even Xiao Wuchen can be married.

After tossing for a long time, Lao Dao Fang led Xiao Wuchen away in the encirclement of the three proprietresses of the 'Ancient Dao Hot Sausage'.

"Master......"

Xiao Wuchen pulled Xiao Yue'er and stopped in front of a candy seller's stall, staring at the old Taoist priest with dark eyes.

"If the child wants to eat, the Taoist will have a bunch. ”

The old man who sold candy echoed, his eyes full of smiles, and he also liked these two handsome dolls from the bottom of his heart.

"How much?"

Lao Dao pursed his lips helplessly, and he couldn't refute Xiao Wuchen's joy, and from the inner pocket of his robe, he carefully took out a very well-kept shriveled money bag, and asked softly.

"Three copper coins. ”

After listening to what the old man said, the old Taoist priest shook the money bag three times against his hand, and only a handful of coins fell.

"Five copper coins are two lines?"

Looking at Xiao Yue'er's gaze with the same hope, the old Taoist priest gritted his teeth and said.

"Okay!"

The old man who sold candy squinted and turned to the two dolls and asked, "What do you want?"

"I want a Monkey King!"

Xiao Wuchen said first.

"That'...... Then I'll have a Tang monk!"

Xiao Yue'er was a little shy, her voice was pitiful, and after saying this, she quickly tilted her head to the side.

Lao Dao squinted at the communication between the two little dolls, and he also made up his mind to order a baby kiss for them.

For children of this age, the preferences are basically the same, so the old man who sells the candy moves quickly, and it doesn't take long for the two sugar men to be ready.

"Let's go. ”

The old Taoist priest took Xiao Wuchen, Xiao Wuchen led Xiao Yue'er, and the three of them walked on this street that was not wide, they were going to the pharmacy in the town, and sold the medicinal materials in the bamboo basket in exchange for money and food, and then went to purchase the necessities of life.

The location of the pharmacy is relatively remote and sparsely populated, and it is built on its own by a small lake, surrounded by lush bamboo forests.

"Master......"

Xiao Wuchen pouted, pulling Xiao Yue'er to stop, he didn't want to go in, he didn't like the old man in there very much, the old man looked a little scary, and there were a lot of jars in it, the jars were full of poisonous insects, and the old man would use those bugs to scare him every time.

"It's okay, Old Qiu likes you very much, this is your blessing. ”

Lao Dao shook off his ups and downs, and said with a chuckle.

"But...... He threw me into the bug pile. ”

Xiao Wuchen was so anxious that tears were about to come out, and he even told his master the secret that Old Man Qiu threatened him not to tell last time.

Lao Dao was stunned for a moment, touched his gray beard, pondered for a moment, and laughed.

"Silly boy, that's a blessing for you. ”

The old Taoist priest didn't say it explicitly, but he still asked Xiao Wuchen to go in.

"Dust-free...... I'm not going, I'm waiting for you outside. ”

Xiao Yue'er also seems to be a little afraid of here, to be honest, the people in the town generally don't dare to approach here except for being sick.

For Xiao Yue'er, the old Taoist priest did not force it, and reluctantly watched Xiao Yue'er's Xiao Wuchen step in.

The door was hidden, but the old Taoist priest did not enter directly with Xiao Wuchen, and pulled the red rope of the wooden door, and with a string of crisp bells, an old and hoarse voice came from inside.

"Who's that?

"It's me, the one from Wuwei Mountain. ”

The old Taoist priest pushed the door in, and when he entered the door, he looked up, in addition to the dried herbs, there was a full transparent jar, which was crawling with dense all kinds of poisonous insects, rustling, making people's scalp numb.

"Isn't this my little dusty? ”

It was an old man in coarse linen clothes who spoke, his face was wrinkled like dead wood, and there was a terrifying scar like a centipede from his eyebrows to his mouth.

"Master......"

Xiao Wuchen's eyes widened, and he landed on the old Taoist priest with a pleading gaze, and the immature little hand tugged at the corner of his clothes, as if he was afraid that he would accidentally disappear, after all, the old Taoist priest had done this kind of thing, and more than once.

"Go, what Elder Qiu wants to give people, people outside can't grab it if they break their heads. ”

The old Taoist priest made a gesture to the old man Qiu, and exhaled 'Immeasurable View' in his mouth.

Old Man Qiu smiled and got up to salute in return, his gesture was strange, and he was curved like a snake and scorpion.

Xiao Wuchen walked slowly in front of Old Man Qiu under the push of the old Taoist.

"Grandpa Qiu......"

Xiao Wuchen also made a gesture, and shouted reluctantly, his face was a little unsightly, and he was a little cringe.

"Well, let's eat sugar gourds. ”

Old man Qiu picked up a sugar gourd wrapped in a paper bag from the table and handed it to Xiao Wuchen.

Xiao Wuchen took the paper bag, put it on the ground, squatted and waited for a while, and after making sure that there was no poison in it, he carefully picked it up and glanced at it......

'Sure enough, it's a sugar gourd!'

Xiao Wuchen was a little dumbfounded, and after touching his head and smiling at Old Man Qiu with embarrassment, he bit down on the first hawthorn fruit on the sugar gourd string.

"Is it sweet?"

Old Man Qiu squinted at Xiao Wuchen and smiled.

"Sweet!"

"It's good to be sweet, it's good to be sweet!"

Old man Qiu and the old Taoist priest looked at each other and smiled, and there was a taste of conspiracy in their laughter.

Xiao Wuchen pursed his lips and chewed the sugar gourd in his hand, his big black and white eyes were full of curiosity, he couldn't understand why his master was so happy with Old Man Qiu.

But right away...... He understood!

After the syrup wrapped in the hawthorn fruit melted, Xiao Wuchen clearly felt that the hawthorn fruit suddenly stretched out, and countless dense little feet moved, and after turning around in his mouth, it crawled towards the depths of his throat.

"Master......"

Xiao Wuchen's face was ugly, and a chill and a burning sensation rose from his stomach at the same time, these two very contradictory feelings began to spread on his left and right sides of his body......

"Cold ...... Wrong...... It's so hot......"

Little Wuchen shrank and rolled on the ground.

The old Taoist priest and the old man Qiu looked at this scene coldly and did not interfere.

"Xiao Yue'er...... Help......"

Xiao Wuchen's face was red and white, and after seeing that the master did not save him, he began to call Xiao Yue'er's name.

Xiao Yue'er outside the door heard Xiao Wuchen's shout, and just wanted to rush in, but then seemed to be afraid and stopped again. After being silent for a moment, the pictures in her mind were interspersed, she glanced at the bald Tang Seng in her hand, and finally gritted her teeth and rushed towards the wooden house.

"Little dustless!"

Xiao Yue'er pushed open the wooden door with great effort, and saw Xiao Wuchen lying on the ground and twitching.

"Uncle Li, save Xiao Wuchen!"

Xiao Yue'er saw the old Taoist on the side, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab the corner of the old Taoist's clothes, her bright eyes were full of anxiety.

The old Taoist priest didn't speak, nor did he say anything, just looked at Xiao Wuchen like a puppet.

"Grandpa Qiu. ”

Xiao Yue'er saw that the old Taoist priest did not react, and trotted in front of the old man Qiu, but there was still no reaction.

"Xiao Wuchen, what's wrong with you......"

Xiao Yue'er was so anxious that tears were about to come out, so she ran in front of Xiao Wuchen in a few steps and grabbed Xiao Wuchen's arm.

"It's so hot......"

As soon as he touched it, a stream of heat flowed through Xiao Wuchen's hand, hot like hot water, Xiao Yue'er snorted softly, and hurriedly retracted her hand, and the little hand of Ben Juanxiu was scalded with blisters one after another.

"I'm so cold......"

Xiao Wuchen's eyes lowered, and he shouted softly unconsciously.

Xiao Yu'er glanced at the blister in her hand, then looked at Xiao Wuchen who was lying on the ground trembling, gritted her teeth, and threw herself into her arms to hold Xiao Wuchen.

It is also strange to say that since the two hugged each other, two yin and yang fish, one black and one white, flashed above the heads of the two and converged together to form a Tai Chi pattern.

"Yin and yang converge, can be done!"

Seeing this, Old Man Qiu stroked his palms and chuckled.

'Immeasurable!'

After the old Taoist priest sang a road crossing, the old man Chaoqiu made a Taoist bow again.

"Thank you, Brother Qiu!"

The old Taoist priest's face was sincere and his expression was solemn, as if he had received a great favor from Old Man Qiu.

"It's okay, this kid is close to me, would you like him to be a registered disciple of mine?"

Old Man Qiu's eyes flashed with a different light, as if the little Wuchen in front of him was a big treasure.

"I can't ask for it, but I can get the love of Qiu Lao, which is a blessing without dust. ”

The old Taoist priest was very happy that Old Man Qiu was willing to accept Xiao Wuchen as a disciple.

Xiao Wuchen and Xiao Yue'er hugged each other and fell into a coma for a long time before they woke up very much at sunset.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Xiao Wuchen met the cloudy eyes of Old Man Qiu, and couldn't help but climb back a few steps away in fright.

"Division...... Master......"

"Why don't you hurry up and meet Master Qiu!"

The old Taoist priest had a straight face and whispered to Xiao Wuchen.

"Master Qiu?"

Xiao Wuchen couldn't figure it out, when did he have an additional master, and this old man was not a good person, was the master ready to sell himself to this old man?

As soon as he thought of this, a layer of mist suddenly appeared in Xiao Wuchen's bright eyes, and he grabbed the small corner of the old Taoist's wide-sleeved robe, refusing to let go, crying

"Master..... Don't you want to be dust-free......"

The old Taoist priest and the old man Qiu looked at each other and laughed when they saw this scene.

The old Taoist priest squatted down, touched Xiao Wuchen's little head with his big hand, and comforted him softly, "Master will always be your master, and Master Qiu will only accept you as a registered disciple, you really want to be his personal disciple, but you are not qualified." ”

"Oh......"

Although he didn't know what a named disciple meant, he at least figured out that his master didn't sell him.

According to the instructions of the old Taoist, Xiao Wuchen knelt three times and bowed nine times to the old man Qiu, and served tea, which was regarded as an official recognition of a second master.