Volume IV Decisions
"If you choose to learn martial arts, you can become a very powerful person, and you can even become a feather and ascend to the immortal, you are excited when you imagine it! But when I think of insisting on meditating and practicing boxing every day, I am afraid for a while, if I don't need to practice boxing, I will collect medicine every day, which is quite good, but I really want to go to Zhongzhou to see, what kind of place is that, it is also very good to become a strong person, ah! I forgot to ask my grandfather if I can fly! and can I change around" Ming Xuan was thinking wildly there, and he would be listening to some of the heroes of the high =The strong skills were also strengthened, and after talking, it was still early, and he habitually carried the medicine basket out of the door and walked towards the mountain.
"Why didn't Grandpa tell me how to choose?"
"How long will it take me to become a martial artist, will I not have to practice boxing then? Will it be more difficult?"
"Is it only by learning martial arts that you can go to Zhongzhou, Huoyun Mountain is so inconspicuous in Zhongzhou, then there must be other very tall mountains, will there be a lot of rare medicinal herbs?"
"What does the orcs look like, is it the same as the wild wolves and tigers I usually see?"
"What would it be like to go to the next level? Is it painful or is it comfortable?"
"What the hell is Zhongzhou like?"
Mingxuan had too many doubts, too many questions, and he was muttering there along the way, the impact was too great, and he was simply overwhelmed.
Unconsciously, Mingxuan came to the mountain, and the entanglement in his heart did not diminish in the slightest.
"Should you stay in Huoyun Mountain to collect medicine, or do you want to practice martial arts?" Ming Xuan looked up at the towering trees around him and muttered quietly.
"It's Xiao Ming, what are you doing? Don't you know what time it is? Look at it like this, I'm afraid it's time to apply, right?
"Oh, Uncle Liu, you just went up the mountain, and you haven't harvested yet, what about you?" Ming Xuan looked back, it was Uncle Liu from Ma Village at the foot of the mountain, who also made a living by collecting medicine, but occasionally hunting.
"There is no harvest, and the herbs are getting harder and harder to pick now, but the trap I put yesterday is a little bit of a small harvest, and voila! A big fat rabbit! It seems that we can open meat today! Hahaha" Li Bo shook the rabbit in his hand, and was very happy.
"Oh, congratulations!" Ming Xuan had something in his heart, and he didn't have any interest in speaking.
"What's the matter, so listless, by the way, what were you looking at just now?" Li Bo also noticed Ming Xuan's absent-mindedness.
"Oh, oh, nothing, it's just, I just think why the trees under the mountain are not as tall as the trees on the mountain?" These "shocking" secrets in my heart still don't tell others well, and it is estimated that no one will believe it, in a hurry, Ming Xuan casually found some words to prevaricate.
"Well, I know, there are many trees on the mountain, and they are dense, so each tree will not get a lot of sunlight, in order to survive better, only desperately grow upward, hoping to get more sunlight, and there are few trees under the mountain, you can get a lot of sunlight at any time, so you don't need to struggle to grow upward, so the trees on the mountain are taller than the ones under the mountain!"
"Oh, that's it, thank you, Uncle Li! I'm going to collect medicine!" Mingxuan's heart lit up, and he seemed to be inspired, but he couldn't grasp it, so he had to think about it himself.
"Only by growing up can you get more sunlight, that's why you grow tall" Mingxuan pondered, obviously thinking of something, but he still seemed to be confused.
"Forget it, it seems that I don't have the heart to collect medicine, anyway, my grandfather didn't ask me to collect medicine today, just let me think about it more, why don't I go to the town to have a look, I'm in a hurry in the morning, and I still have some things to buy at home" For this choice, Mingxuan did not hesitate at all.
"Wow, it turns out that the town is really lively in the afternoon!" Several nearby villages gather here to form a market town, where the herbs that the mountain people usually pick, the firewood they cut and the game they beat are all sold here, and then they buy some things for daily use, so there are more commodity merchants, and it is relatively lively, but when Mingxuan comes to sell medicine, it is morning, most of the merchants have not yet started business, and the time is relatively rushed, so it seems to be a little more deserted.
"Sugar gourds!
"The whole fox skin, it's a big sale!"
"Fresh vegetables!"
All kinds of shouting and selling came one after another, so that Ming Xuan was dizzy, and when he came to the town in the morning, everyone had just gotten up, and there were few merchants, and there was no spirit, which was as lively as now.
Ming Xuan thought about what was still lacking in the family, only since he started collecting medicine when he was eight years old, his grandfather gradually let Ming Xuan deal with the big and small things in the family, never interfered, and gradually developed a relatively independent character of Ming Xuan.
"The cassia seeds at home are almost gone, so just buy some and go back" Grandpa likes to take a bath, and he has to put a lot of medicinal herbs in it, after a long time, Mingxuan also remembers what medicine to use. As soon as he said go, Mingxuan came to Jishitang, that is, the medicine hall where Mingxuan sold medicine in the morning.
"It's Gu boy, I just finished selling medicine in the morning, and some of them are sold in the afternoon, let me see what good goods are?", the shopkeeper raised his head, saw that it was Ming Xuan, and lowered his head to continue to calculate his accounts, but there was no enthusiasm in the morning, and even a little irony, in the past, the shopkeeper could deduct much more profits than others in Mingxuan's herbs, so he was naturally polite to Mingxuan, and now Mingxuan knows the inside story, and he buys and sells at the market price, and the profits earned by other medicine pickers are the same, and he is so good.
"I'm not here to sell medicine, I'm here to buy medicine" Mingxuan explained the intention, it is not uncommon for people to buy medicine, personal needs are different, Cassia Mingxuan has less picking, and there is a demand, so he naturally needs to buy.
"Hey, they're all old customers, whatever you want to buy, you must be given a good price, others don't have this treatment!" As soon as he heard that it was a business that came to his door and there was money to be made, the shopkeeper's attitude immediately made a big turn, which made Mingxuan quite uncomfortable.
"I want to buy some cassia seeds, well, two taels is enough," Ming Xuan estimated how much he needed.
After all, he was in business, and the shopkeeper grabbed the medicine while talking, and his hands and feet were quick, and he wrapped the medicinal materials at once.
"Well, okay this" Mingxuan is not the first time to buy medicine, and the price is clear, but as soon as Mingxuan touches his pocket, his face turns red, it's bad!
"This ...... This one...... Can...... On credit, I forgot to bring money...... "Mingxuan hasn't done this on credit, I'm embarrassed, and I don't want to run in vain."
"On credit?!" the shopkeeper's face darkened, and then his eyes rolled, and a smile appeared on his face, "It's not impossible, but this credit has to be interested, so let's do it, I don't have to pay for the medicine this time, but when I sell the medicine in the future, I will give it a discount, and it will be a ninety-five discount, which is a big discount!"
"Ninety-five folds?" a ten-year-old child's simple addition and subtraction is okay, how can he calculate this kind of account, but looking at the smug smile of the shopkeeper, he knows that not only will it not be a discount, it must be a big loss!
"It's only a dozen dollars at a time!" The shopkeeper couldn't figure out this kind of account when he ate Ding Mingxuan, so he hacked him at the right time.
"Oh, forget it, I'll bring money next time, let's buy it again!" Mingxuan has lived alone on the mountainside with his grandfather since he was a child, and he is not good at dealing with people, especially the shopkeeper who has a lot of eyes, and Cassia is not useless, so there is no need to be in such a hurry, so as not to suffer the loss of the shopkeeper, he hurried out of the medicine hall, regardless of the shopkeeper's retention behind him.
Without the nagging in his ears, there is no need to beware of the shopkeeper's tricks, Mingxuan's heart is relaxed for a while, there is no money in his hand, it seems that there is no way to buy things today, let's go back. Saying that, Ming Xuan was about to turn back, and suddenly saw a bunch of people in front of him, and from time to time there was a burst of shouting, and he was curious, so he also surrounded him.
Mingxuan was small, and squeezed in a few clicks, only to see a few people beating a person who fell to the ground, and another person who looked like a boy was watching coldly on the side, shaking the fan, while snorting disdainfully: "Dead lame, dare to hit me, look for death!" This son Mingxuan knows, named Zhao Hu, is from Zhaojia Village next door, relying on his father to manage this market town is powerful and powerful, and he is used to being domineering in this area, I don't know who was unlucky this time and provoked him.
Ming Xuan looked at the person who fell to the ground and was beaten, only to find out that it was Uncle Li, Uncle Li has been honest all his life, not long ago he fell lame due to taking medicine, it was miserable enough, I didn't expect to encounter this one, Uncle Li was kind to Ming Xuan, if he hadn't told him that he was pitted by the shopkeeper, and now he would have to be slaughtered by the shopkeeper! Seeing the honest Uncle Li being beaten, Mingxuan's blood surged, and he was about to rush up to help Uncle Li.
"Stop!" a loud shout came from behind him.
Ming Xuan looked back, and a young man about seventeen or eighteen years old walked out of the crowd, looking very ordinary, but with a different momentum, he was stunned by the thugs who beat Uncle Li.
"Who does Lao Tzu think it is! It turns out to be Liu Xiaosan, you are impatient! Dare to meddle with Lao Tzu's affairs!" Obviously, Zhao Hu was very unhappy with Liu Xiaosan's coming out to take care of his own affairs!
"Zhao Hu! just accidentally bumped into you, you punched and kicked him, not to mention that it is still an old man with a disability, you can also do it!" Liu Xiaosan scolded Zhao Hu, and the onlookers also talked about it, obviously blaming Zhao Hu, Ming Xuan rushed over at this time and helped Uncle Li up.
"Liu Xiaosan, you don't meddle in your business!" Zhao Hu saw that everyone was talking about it, and he was annoyed and angry.
"As a disciple of the Great Ming Temple, it is within the scope of the road to see injustice and act chivalrous, besides, nothing can be said in a single word, this matter is obviously your fault!" Liu Xiaosan did not back down.
"It turns out that Liu Xiaosan has become a disciple of Da Mingguan, and he hasn't seen him for a few years. ”
"I have a chance! I became a disciple of the Great Mingguan. ”
"Yes, yes, such a chivalrous heart at a young age!"
From everyone's gossip, Mingxuan understood, Liu Xiaosan apprenticed to Da Mingguan, and has been studying art abroad for several years, so he can't care if he looks at him like this, and he just came back to the province not long ago, and he encountered this incident.
"Okay! Count you lucky, uncle is in a good mood today! I won't worry about you today, let's go!" Zhao Hu was obviously very taboo Liu Xiaosan was a disciple of Da Mingguan, and walked away.
Everyone cheered, and they praised Liu Xiaosan in unison, Mingxuan checked Uncle Li, fortunately he stopped it early, but there were only some slight bruises, and he was not injured. Ming Xuan looked at Liu Xiaosan, who was humbly talking to everyone, with a look of admiration, and the choice in his heart seemed to be gradually clear.