Chapter 3 Copper Plates
"The big and white jujube steamed bun is only three dollars a yo! Don't miss the ...... when you pass by."
Next to the Spring Breeze Teahouse, a hawker shouted loudly.
Bai Xiaojian held five copper plates in his hand and ran towards him with a puff of smoke.
"Boss, here are two jujube steamed buns!" Before Bai Xiaojian finished speaking, his two black hands, which were as thin as chicken feet, took advantage of the situation to quickly grab two steaming steamed buns from the steamer, and left a personal mark on them in advance.
When the peddler saw this situation, he could only stomp his feet frequently, crying and saying with a sad face: "Oh, my mother, I couldn't make a few dollars a day from this small business, but now why is it so unlucky, so I met a person named Hanako......
"Cry your mother! Uncle Ben doesn't give money. Whoa, then!"
Bai Xiaojian thought that he waved out the five copper plates in a dashing manner, and then gently flicked the tattered sleeves of his shirt, bit the steamed bun and turned away, leaving only the steamed buns behind him and the hawker with a surprised face.
In the nearby Chunfeng Teahouse, storytellers are spitting and telling stories, and the audience is filled with children and women, as well as some spirited old people.
I only heard that the storyteller shook his head and said:
"The immortal held a palm-sized purple gold gourd, pointed the gourd's mouth directly at the blue-faced bull demon, and shouted: 'Do you know the depth of sin? ......”
When they heard that the blue-faced bull demon was accepted into the purple gourd by the immortals, the people in the teahouse, regardless of men, women, and children, all applauded in unison, and even showed a look of yearning and admiration, wishing that they were the immortals who flew away from the sky and slay demons in the story.
Bai Xiaojian saw this scene by chance, and he couldn't help but have a flash of inspiration in his mind, and immediately walked back to his lair, picked up the Tao Te Ching on the ground, carefully patted the dust on the cover, and then turned around and walked towards the Spring Breeze Teahouse.
Soon, the story of the immortals in the teahouse was almost coming to an end, and a little boy with a copper plate in his hand came out, apparently presumably going to buy a string of sugar gourds from a vendor selling sugar gourds on the street to satisfy his hunger.
Bai Xiaojian cleared his throat, and after trying to put on the momentum of a worldly master, he stopped in front of the little boy.
"This little friend, I see that your roots and bones are clear, the heavenly court is full, and the wisdom roots in front of your forehead are faintly visible, and the aura on your body is soaring...... Tsk, it's a rare immortal cultivator in a thousand years!"
Speaking of this, Bai Xiaojian paused for a moment, and when he saw the little boy in front of him being dizzy by him, he knew that there was a play, so he hit the railroad while it was hot: "So, do you want to cultivate immortals and learn the Tao?"
"Of course!"
"It just so happens that I have a peerless secret book of cultivation here, "Tao Te Ching", I pinched my fingers before, and it happened to calculate that you have a great fate with me in your past and present lives, so I will only accept ......you for this secret book."
Bai Xiaojian said while secretly glancing at the copper plate in the little boy's hand a few times, and estimated that it was only about ten yuan, so he immediately said: "I will only charge you ten yuan, how about it?"
Hearing that he wanted to collect money, the little boy couldn't help but look at the place that sold sugar gourds not far away, but it was so tempting to become an immortal, so he couldn't help but ask with some hesitation: "Can you fly away after learning this?"
"Of course you can!"
"Can you slay demons?"
"Yes!"
"Can you cultivate immortality?"
Hearing this, Bai Xiaojian shook his head and taught in a serious tone: "What is immortality, immortality and opening up the world!
The little boy had only heard of immortals being immortal before, and where had he heard the amazing words of immortality and opening the heavens and the earth, so he immediately replied: "I bought this secret book." ”
Counting carefully, the little boy found that there were only nine copper plates in his hand.
Seeing this, Bai Xiaojian originally wanted to say that nine copper plates were fine, but then he found that the little boy took out a patched money bag from his arms, and after a metal collision sound, the little boy poured out more than ten copper plates from the money bag at once, ready to trade this cheatbook.
At this time, Bai Xiaojian's eyes widened, and he suddenly looked behind the little boy, as if he had seen something incredible, and made an exaggerated expression on his face.
The little boy couldn't help but be intrigued, and turned to look behind him, only to find that the back was empty.
And in this short period of time, Bai Xiaojian has already split the Tao Te Ching in two, and the second half of the scripture has been quietly hidden on his waist.
After Bai Xiaojian took the ten copper plates, he handed the first half of the Tao Te Ching to the little boy, seeing that the little boy was about to run away excitedly, he couldn't help coughing a few times loudly, and said politely: "Little friend, don't you take a look at this cheats first?"
The little boy flipped through it and found that there was no back cover for this secret book, and the content of the last page seemed to be incomplete, so he was stunned and asked, "Isn't this Tao Te Ching finished yet?"
Bai Xiaojian couldn't help but be stunned, and secretly scolded in his heart: "Idiot, why don't you say that this book is incomplete?"
However, of course, Bai Xiaojian would not say this, but explained in a smiling tone: "Actually, this secret book is divided into two volumes, the one in your hand is the upper volume, and the next volume is still in my hand, the reason why I only sold the first half of your book just now is actually very useful......
Speaking of this, Bai Xiaojian pretended to pause profoundly, wanting to find out if the little boy had any intention of buying.
Sure enough, the little boy was immediately aroused by curiosity, and asked, "Oh, is it trying to test my character?"
Hearing this, Bai Xiaojian felt that this little kid was really not a good person, but he didn't know that among the legendary stories of immortals that the little boy had heard before, there were ancient legends such as the spirit and morality of the people who were passed on by the immortals before they preached and taught.
"There is no doubt that your character can stand the test of the people. ”
Bai Xiaojian felt that he had said two more words in this sentence, but he would not be suspicious of this child, so he simply went straight to the topic and said: "Little brother, I only charge you ten cents for the second half of the cheats." ”
Bai Xiaojian even changed his name, upgraded from a child to a little brother, and handed the book over with one hand, and stretched out a gesture of asking for money with the other.
The little boy was a little reluctant to contribute ten cents to worship Xiaojian, and then combined the Tao Te Ching into one, looked at it carefully, for fear that Bai Xiaojian would come up with something like the Tao Te Ching posterior, you know, he only has three cents left on him now, but he can just buy a string of sugar gourds.
Seeing that there was no more oil and water to squeeze on the little boy's body, Bai Xiaojian waved his hand lightly, yawned and said, "Go, go, we'll see you on the day we become immortals in the future." ”