"Uncle Zhao, I'm here!" Jiang Jianqiu shouted at the door, pulling Ling Shengxue into the store.

"You little slippery head, why did you come back so soon. As the voice sounded, a middle-aged man with a fat body and a cloth towel on his head came out of the room. He looked at Jiang Jianqiu with a smile, but when he saw Ling Shengxue behind him, he was stunned, and said, "Hey, why did you bring a girl over this time, this little girl is very good-looking, is it also from your Huai Mountain." ”

Jiang Jianqiu nodded and said, "This is my junior sister Ling Shengxue, she just came to the Huaishan Sect not long ago, I took her down the mountain to recognize the way." As he spoke, he reached out and took out a paper bag in his arms, handed it to Uncle Zhao, and said, "This is a mountain swallow egg in the mountains, Uncle Zhao, take it back and make up for your body." ”

Uncle Zhao took the pack of mountain swallow eggs, patted Jiang Jianqiu's head, and said, "You kid is just going to make people happy, say, what do you want to eat this time?"

Jiang Jianqiu laughed a few times and said: "My junior sister has just arrived in Huaishan, and she has lost her appetite recently, so I took her down the mountain to see Uncle Zhao's craftsmanship, and you can bring us two bowls of osmanthus ice soup and a lotus seed taro cake." ”

"Okay, sit and wait. Uncle Zhao answered and went back to the back, Jiang Jianqiu took Ling Shengxue to find a long table and sat down, looking at the flow of people on the street, Jiang Jianqiu said: "Uncle Zhao's pastries are unique in this town, and even the officials in the city will send people to buy his pastries." In the future, after I come down from Huai Mountain, I will come to learn the craft from Uncle Zhao, and I will also open a store in the future. ”

Ling Shengxue glanced at Jiang Jianqiu and said, "Aren't you going to keep cultivating on the mountain?"

Jiang Jianqiu pursed his lips and said: "I'm not a material for cultivation, it's been a year since I arrived in Huaishan, and I can't even build a foundation, and there are so many senior brothers, and over the years, it's just a second senior brother who has become a talent, how can I have that fate, it's better to plan as soon as possible." ”

Ling Shengxue looked at Jiang Jianqiu quietly and didn't say anything more. At this time, Uncle Zhao came over and put a bunch of plates and plates in front of the two, and said: "Osmanthus ice soup, lotus seed taro mud cake, and a portion of ice powder, it is spring, everything is growing, the little girl may be a little false fire, eat some cool, will feel better." ”

Jiang Jianqiu smiled and said, "Thank you, Uncle Zhao, you are still thoughtful." ”

Uncle Zhao patted Jiang Jianqiu's head and said, "Aren't you stinky boy coming to learn the craft from me, this is the most fundamental truth, you have to keep it in mind." You two eat, I'll get busy first. With that, he turned around and walked inside.

Jiang Jianqiu put a bowl of osmanthus ice soup in front of Ling Shengxue and said, "This osmanthus ice soup is cold and thorough, you can try it." ”

Ling Shengxue scooped up a spoonful of ice soup and put it in her mouth, this ice soup was sweet but not greasy, cold and fresh, it was indeed of a very high level. It's a pity that Ling Shengxue can't taste anything by nature, but this ice soup is cool in the mouth, but it is somewhat similar to the ice pith. With a spoonful of mouthful, Ling Shengxue suddenly felt refreshed, and the feeling of physical distress in the past few days seemed to be swept away.

Jiang Jianqiu watched Ling Shengxue spoonful after spoonful, and in the blink of an eye, he ate a bowl of osmanthus ice soup, and said with a smile: "Is this what eating looks like?" Try something else?"

Ling Shengxue was not polite, and tried to taste the ice powder and pastry again, the ice powder was also a cold thing, and she was very comfortable to eat, but she was not very interested in the taro cake, and after tasting a little, she stopped touching it.

Jiang Jianqiu originally wanted to give Ling Shengxue her ice soup as well, but then she thought about it, in case she ate too much cold, it would not be good to eat bad stomach, so she still gave up. The two of them swept away the things on the table, Jiang Jianqiu patted his stomach, and said to Ling Shengxue: "I'm done eating, I'll take you to the edge of Zehu Lake to have a look, don't you want to see the fish." ”

Ling Shengxue nodded, and Jiang Jianqiu shouted inside: "Uncle Zhao, we're leaving, thank you for the pastry!"

Uncle Zhao came out of the house and said, "By the way, the two green finch tail feathers you brought last time, your Aunt Zhao likes them very much, and you will bring a few more in the future." ”

Jiang Jianqiu pouted and said: "That green finch is a powerful demon beast, I slipped in and picked up two when it was not in the nest last time, it's hard to say when I can get it next time." ”

Uncle Zhao smiled and nodded, "If it's dangerous, forget it, you kid is always wandering around in the mountains, pay attention to safety." ”

"Got it!" Jiang Jianqiu took Ling Shengxue and Uncle Zhao to say goodbye and walked out of this small shop, Uncle Zhao looked at the two young figures disappearing into the distance, smiled and shook his head.

Jiang Ling and the others walked forward along the main road, and soon walked out of the town and came to the edge of Zehu Lake. The surface of the lake is sparkling, a few fishing boats are floating on the water in the distance, and the occasional waterfowl fly up on the shore, crossing a straight white shadow in the sky, reaching the blue sky.

"It's noon, and there's no one at the lake. If the fishermen come back in the evening, then the shore will be lively, and last time I saw a big fish that was two people long, like a monster!" Jiang Jianqiu danced and gestured.

Ling Shengxue looked at the wide lake, it turned out that the water could also be like this. In the underground ice palace where she was before, the layers of ice walls around her were also water, but it was a completely different scene from the lake in front of her.

Jiang Jianqiu scratched his head and said: "In the afternoon, there are many beasts in the mountains, and it is not safe to take the path, we have to go back on the right road, and we have to leave to go back now, otherwise we will not be able to catch up." ”

"Okay. Ling Shengxue nodded.

Jiang Jianqiu clapped his hands and said, "It's okay, anyway, there will be more opportunities in the future, let's come back next time." ”

Is there a next time for this kind of violation of the door rules, Ling Shengxue thought to herself, but she didn't immediately refute Jiang Jianqiu, because in her heart, she was actually looking forward to coming to the town below the mountain once in a while to have a look.

"You seem familiar with this town?" "Well, I'm going to settle down in this town in the future, so I don't know what to do without first finding out what the situation is." The two young men walked as they spoke, and walked in the direction of the foot of Huai Mountain.

When they went back, the two of them walked on a bluestone road in the mountains. Ling Shengxue found that on this stone road, there were platforms for people to rest at intervals.

"This road was also built by the master in his early years, it turned out that this Huai Mountain was infested with monsters, and ordinary people couldn't pass through it at all, but now with this road, it is much more convenient, and occasionally encountering danger, as long as you hide in this platform, you can also keep it safe. Jiang Jianqiu said as he walked and jumped in front of him.

"This platform is surrounded by formations, which can disperse ordinary demon beasts. Ling Shengxue looked around and said thoughtfully.

Jiang Jianqiu sighed and asked, "You know the formation? Only the master in the Huaishan faction knows the way of the formation, you are so powerful!"

"I've read some books on formations, I used to live alone, and I couldn't do anything every day, only reading books to kill time. ”

Jiang Jianqiu heard this and thought that this little junior sister had a really hard life before, and he said to Ling Shengxue: "It's okay, you are now in the Huaishan Sect, so many senior brothers are with you, and you can occasionally follow me down the mountain to go around, isn't it much more interesting." Don't be bored in the room all day reading and make people stupid. ”

Ling Shengxue looked at Jiang Jianqiu, her big dark eyes blinked a few times, and she said, "Okay." ”