The thatched hall is not in the Vientiane Sect, but in the back mountain of the Vientiane Sect.

Passing through the mountain road, Zhou Chen followed Zhu Lao here, and the first thing that caught his eye was a piece of turquoise, all kinds of herbs growing, the surface was wide, and the breeze brought bursts of medicinal fragrance.

After crossing a narrow path paved with bluestone, they stopped in front of a courtyard.

"This is our cottage. I only heard Zhu Lao say to Zhou Chen.

The courtyard is not large, but it is not small, with a two-story main attic surrounded by one-story houses that surround the attic.

Compared with the houses, the courtyard walls are much more rudimentary, and they are all surrounded by thick wooden piles more than one meter high.

Entering this courtyard, Zhou Chen smelled a strong smell of herbs. As I looked at the smell, I saw three drying racks filled with herbs.

When Zhou Chen was looking at the courtyard, he only heard Zhu Lao point to the house on the far left of the attic, and said, "That's your room, next to it is your senior brother's room, and in the middle is the library pavilion, which contains all kinds of medical books and classics, you can go to see it at any time."

The alchemy room on the right side of the attic, if you are fine, you can also go to the next place, and then it will be my residence, you can come to me if you have any questions. ”

"Hmm!" nodded obediently, taking Zhu Lao's words to heart.

Creak!

At this moment, there was a sound of pushing the door, and Zhou Chen looked in the direction of the sound, only to see that the place where the sound came out was the senior brother's room.

At this time, outside the door of the room, a figure was slowly pushing the door open.

When Zhu Lao saw the figure who was pushing the door and preparing to enter the room, the smile on his face disappeared instantly, replaced by anger, and shouted angrily: "Lu Ming, you kid still know to come back!"

The young man named Lu Ming was obviously slightly stunned, then turned around and walked towards this side, with a smile on his face, and said, "Teacher, why are you back!"

When Zhu Lao saw Lu Ming coming, he glared at him fiercely, and said: "You stinky boy is not at home all day, fooling around outside all day long, believe it or not, I will sweep you out of the house and drive you out of the cottage." ”

"Teacher, why would you give up to drive me away, I am the only disciple of our thatched cottage. Lu Ming said with some disbelief, since the establishment of the Thatched Cottage, no one has been willing to join the Thatched Cottage, and he is the first person who is willing and willing to stay.

Because the grass hall is different from other halls, it is mainly based on planting and refining medicines, supplemented by cultivation, and those disciples who have passed the assessment and entered the Vientiane Sect are all here to improve their strength, they will all choose the door hall that can allow them to quickly improve their strength to join, and the grass hall is no longer within the scope of their consideration at all, so the grass hall has been a "sparse" situation for several years.

Zhu Lao snorted coldly, and said with a little smugness: "Who said that we are the only one in the cottage!"

While speaking, Zhu Lao looked at Zhou Chen, who was standing behind him a little confused, and said, "This is the second disciple of our grass hall. ”

Lu Ming also noticed Zhou Chen standing behind Zhu Lao at this time, he was a little surprised, and asked in a low voice, "Teacher, where did you come from?" ”

Zhu Lao glanced at him and said: "This is your junior brother Zhou Chen, who just joined the cottage today, you are a senior brother, you have to take more care of your junior brother in the future." ”

As soon as he thought of Zhou Chen, the anger on Old Zhu's face instantly dispersed because of Lu Ming.

Lu Ming looked at Zhou Chen, who was standing behind Old Zhu, and smiled: "Hello junior brother!"

Zhou Chen's eyes were always on Lu Ming, and when he suddenly saw Lu Ming looking at him, he was a little overwhelmed in an instant, and hurriedly showed a somewhat honest smile, and said, "Hello Senior Brother Lu, I'm Zhou Chen." ”

When Lu Ming saw Zhou Chen's somewhat honest appearance, he suspected that Zhou Chen had been fooled back by Zhu Lao......

It was getting dark, and Zhou Chen ate his first meal in the cottage.

After eating, Zhu Lao let Zhou Chen go back to rest, after all, he was just a six-year-old child, after a day of tossing, he was already exhausted, although he didn't say it, but his eyelids kept fighting.

When he returned to his room, Zhou Chen lay on the bed and fell asleep directly.

This night, Zhou Chen slept very sweetly, in the dream, he dreamed of his grandfather, and he dreamed that he had found his parents......

The next day, early in the morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Zhou Chen was woken up by his senior brother Lu Ming and went to greet the teacher.

Zhou Chen and Lu Ming came to Zhu Lao's room together.

Zhu Lao was sitting in the lobby at this time, still wearing the same shabby white clothes, but his hair was a little neater.

He smiled and looked at Zhou Chen to greet him, the smile on his face was very bright, although he didn't care about these vulgar etiquette, but there should still be steps.

After breakfast, Zhu Lao took Zhou Chen to walk around the cottage and told him some things to remember, and Zhou Chen obediently kept them in his heart......

Time passed quickly, and after a week, Zhou Chen became familiar with the cottage a lot.

After dinner that day, Elder Zhu called Zhou Chen and Lu Ming to his room and said to them: "I am going to retreat now to make alchemy for the sect master, Lu Ming, you have to take good care of your junior brother, if anything happens to your junior brother, come back and see how I clean you up." ”

"Teacher, don't worry, I will definitely take care of it. Lu Ming said with a smile.

Zhu Lao glanced at it again, and always felt that this Lu Ming was a little unreliable, and then looked at Zhou Chen again and said: "Zhou Chen, you have to study hard in the grass hall, you can read the books in the library pavilion casually, as long as you pay attention to one point, you can't go down the mountain with your senior brother." ”

Zhou Chen nodded obediently, although he didn't know what Zhu Lao's words meant.

Lu Ming on the side smiled a little awkwardly, glanced at Zhou Chen, and didn't know what he was thinking.

After Zhu Lao finished instructing, he let the two leave, and he also went towards the Vientiane Sect.

Zhou Chen, who returned to the room, was not in a hurry to rest, and took out a book about herbal medicine and read it, he had been in the cottage for a week, and he didn't know many herbs, so Zhu Lao asked him to know herbs first. So he read at night and searched for herbs that corresponded to the books during the day.

Zhu Lao left the cottage, and only Zhou Chen and Lu Ming were left in the cottage. At the beginning, Lu Ming would take Zhou Chen to take care of the herbs in the medicine garden, but after three days, Zhou Chen had not seen Lu Ming's shadow, so he took care of the grass hall alone.

That night, Zhou Chen was reading a book in his room, and Lu Ming suddenly came to Zhou Chen's room with something in his hand.

I saw him come to Zhou Chen, with a smile on his face, and said, "Senior brother, you are hungry, look at what delicious food Senior Brother has brought you." ”

As he spoke, he put the thing in his hand in front of Zhou Chen.

"Senior brother, I'm not hungry now after I've eaten. Zhou Chen said.

Lu Ming said: "Senior brother, this was specially brought to you by senior brother, you must try it." ”

As he spoke, he opened the package, and when Zhou Chen looked, he saw a roast chicken that had been roasted to a radiant finish.

Lu Ming tore a chicken leg and handed it to Zhou Chen, saying, "Come to junior brother, try this chicken leg, it's very fragrant and delicious." ”

Looking at the chicken thighs handed over by Lu Ming, Zhou Chen instantly felt hungry again, hesitated for a moment, and still took the chicken thighs and ate them.

The chicken is roasted very fragrantly, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and has an excellent taste, which is much better than the porridge made by yourself.

Lu Ming looked at Zhou Chen, who was eating chicken, and a successful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and it flashed.

After eating half of the roast chicken, Zhou Chen licked the oil on his hands with satisfaction, and said to Lu Ming: "Thank you, senior brother!"

Lu Ming smiled indifferently: "It's okay, who let us be senior brothers, if you want to eat anything in the future, tell senior brother, senior brother will go down the mountain to buy it for you!"

"Okay!" Zhou Chen nodded obediently.

"Do you still want to eat roast chicken tomorrow?" Lu Ming asked.

"Yes. Zhou Chen nodded.

"Okay, I'll bring it back to you tomorrow. Lu Ming smiled and said, "Senior brother, senior brother has something I want to ask you for help?"

"What's the matter?" asked Zhou Chen.

Lu Ming hesitated for a moment and said, "If the teacher comes back and asks me what I've been doing these days, please ask the junior brother to help me panic, and say that I have been in the grass hall." ”

"This ......!" Zhou Chen hesitated, Senior Brother was letting himself lie.

Lu Ming saw that Zhou Chen was a little hesitant and said temptingly: "Senior brother, don't worry, you help Senior Brother today, and Senior Brother will bring you delicious food every time in the future." ”

Zhou Chen was still hesitating, his eyes unconsciously looked at the roast chicken on the table, and struggled in his heart, so he helped his senior brother lie once and again......

Half a month later, Zhu Lao returned from the Vientiane Sect.

In Zhu Lao's room, Zhu Lao looked at Lu Ming and asked, "How many times have you gone out in the days when I am not there, let's be honest." ”

Lu Ming's face was innocent, and he defended: "Teacher, you have wronged me, I have never gone out in the past half a month, and I have been taking care of the medicine garden with my junior brother, if you don't believe it, you can ask my junior brother, and my junior brother can testify for me." ”

Zhu Laohu was suspicious, looked at Zhou Chen, and saw Zhou Chen nodded, with a simple face, and said: "Teacher, senior brother has indeed never gone out, and has been taking care of the medicine garden." ”

Seeing Zhou Chen's honest appearance, Zhu Lao also believed Lu Ming's words a little......

Lu Ming looked at Zhou Chen's performance and glanced at Zhou Chen with satisfaction.

After leaving Zhu Lao's room, Zhou Chen's worried heart was relieved, and he decided in his heart that he would never lie to his senior brother again next time.

Since Zhou Chen promised to help Lu Ming lie that day, as long as Zhu Lao is not in the grass hall, Lu Ming will not be in the grass hall either, as for what he went to do, Zhou Chen doesn't know, he only knows that his senior brother is in good spirits every time he goes out, and he is exhausted when he comes back......