The banquet finally opened, Zhou Chaozong diligently led everyone to take a seat, and asked Jin Jiu to take out the snake wine that he had treasured for many years, and personally poured it for everyone, Mu Ningzhi really couldn't refuse, and was also poured a glass, at this time she was speechless at the wine glass, not knowing what to do. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Xiaofeng saw the snake soaked in this jar, and a pair of small horns were born on the left and right of his forehead, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "Uncle Zhou, the snake soaked in this medicinal wine, the one born on the head, is it a horn?"

"Good eyesight, you can see it so deep in the jar. Zhou Chaozong smiled, "That's indeed a horn." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was amazed and took turns to watch the jar.

Li Yuankang said: "The snake has horns on its head, isn't that a dragon? So now we want to drink the wine made by Xiaolong?"

Zhou Chaozong waved his hand: "No, no, the dragon is a divine creature, how can it be caught by me, a mortal, to soak in wine." Shaobai, you can give you an answer, what kind of object is this. ”

Zhou Shaobai was stunned: "I, but I don't know......"

"Ah, you are on the mountain, haven't you studied the Book of Medicine?" Zhou Chaozong asked puzzled.

Zhou Shaobai's face was red with embarrassment: "...... I am usually busy with cultivating the Tao and practicing the Dao, so I don't have time to study the "Medicine Sutra", and I have only read the first three articles in total. ”

Zhou Chaozong couldn't help but shake his head: "You kid, don't work hard, when you reach the age of eighteen, how can you take over this Jiukangtang?"

Zhang Xiaofeng said curiously: "Uncle Zhou still wants to wait for Senior Brother Zhou to take over the medicinal herb business in the future?"

"Naturally, I only got this only son when I was more than half a hundred years old, and if I don't expect him to inherit the family business, who else can I count on?" Zhou Chaozong said with a smile.

Li Yuankang said: "But Senior Brother Zhou has already made amazing achievements now, and if he continues to concentrate on cultivation, the future is immeasurable." Uncle Zhou insisted on asking him to come back to do business, so don't you want to give up your efforts, Senior Brother Zhou?"

"This ......" Zhou Shaobai thought to himself, Master said that the rivers and lakes are difficult and dangerous, and people's hearts are unpredictable, if I follow my father's wishes, come back to inherit the pharmacy, marry the sister of the Qin family as my wife, and continue to run this ancestral pharmacy, it will be happy.

Thinking of this section, Zhou Shaobai said: "Actually, my father sent me up the mountain to learn the Tao, just to keep me healthy. ”

Zhang Xiaofeng was silent for a moment: "I see, everyone has their own ambitions, and it is inconvenient to force them." But now that you're two years away from turning eighteen, you don't have to make a decision so early. ”

Li Yuankang also nodded: "Yes, you have a wonderful root, it is really not easy to have this cultivation now, it is a pity to give up lightly." ”

Zhou Shaobai saw that his father's face was a little ugly, and he hurriedly raised his glass and said, "Yes, it's still early, don't be in a hurry, come on, do this cup!"

Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all.

Mu Ningzhi frowned, and finally swallowed a small mouthful, only to feel that the entrance was spicy, and a small bite into the abdomen, the abdomen became warm and dry, but it was very comfortable.

Zhou Chaozong pursed his lips and said, "My son is not angry, and he has not read the "Book of Medicine". Or let me say, this snake is called Jiao Viper, which is very rare, according to the "Book of Medicine", it haunts the area of the northeast coastal wilderness swamp. It is extremely poisonous, but if it can be caught and soaked in wine, it is a rare tonic in today's holy capital. For cultivators like you, drinking this snake wine is the most beneficial. However, this viper is indeed rare and abnormal, there is no market, and this viper is also a coincidence that I got from the elixir Chang Baicao. ”

"What!" Zhou Shaobai was taken aback, and the rest of the people were also surprised, they didn't expect to hear this name from Zhou Shaobai's father.

"Dad, what you just said is that the elixir is often a hundred grasses?" Zhou Shaobai asked.

"Yes, this viper was given to me by him. Zhou Chaozong replied inexplicably.

Zhang Xiaofeng said: "Uncle Zhou, in fact, we were ordered to go down the mountain this time, and it has a lot to do with this Mr. Chang Baicao, so Uncle Zhou, if you can tell us about him, maybe it will help us." ”

"I see, it scared me. Zhou Chaozong nodded, and filled the wine glass again, "Come, drink, talk while drinking!"

After three rounds of drinking, the slightly drunk Zhou Chaozong recalled the past and opened the conversation.

"Seventeen...... No, eighteen years ago, I went to the Qingchuan area to buy medicinal herbs. Qingchuan is located in the western barbarians, desolate and miasma, and sparsely populated. However, there are many rare medicinal materials contained in the "Book of Medicine", which are rare in Middle-earth. ”

"At that time, my medicinal herb business was a little unsmooth, and I owed a lot of foreign debts, which could only be difficult to maintain, and I could close down at any time. At this time, an outsider from Mizukawa came to me through an old friend, who heard that I had a wide range of ways and many medicinal materials, so he asked me to purchase medicinal materials. But when I looked at the list, almost all the medicinal materials on it were rare medicinal materials produced in the Xiban area, not only did not have other pharmacies, but I also did not have them here. Then the clerk told me that he had an urgent need to purchase this batch of medicinal materials, and his life was at stake, and all the ways he could think of had been gone, but he was disappointed and returned, and he heard that Lianzhou City counted me as the most methodful, and I was already his last hope. Moreover, he promised me that if I could find the herbs he needed, he would rather buy them five times more than the price. ”

If I can bring back the medicinal materials he needs, not only will my pharmacy be able to revive the dead, but my business will also become the No. 1 in Lianzhou. But the Xiban area is very dangerous, and I have never been there, so if I really want to gamble, I may even lose my life there. ”

Zhou Chaozong shook his head gently, tears appeared in the corners of his eyes, and Aunt Zhou next to him handed over a handkerchief distressedly.

Zhou Shaobai had never heard his father talk about this experience, but he didn't say a word and listened quietly.

"But the family's business is getting worse and worse, and every once in a while, some scoundrels will gather to collect debts, and even the signboard will be smashed by them. If I don't fight hard, I'm really going to die. Fight, there is still a chance to turn over, if you don't do anything, there is only a dead end. So I sent my lady back to her mother's house for the time being, and set off for Xiban alone. On the way, I walked for three months, and during these three months, I inquired about countless people, and finally learned about the place of Qingchuan, which is said to be the place where the Western Barbarians did business, and I speculated that there must be people who would do business there, so I inquired all the way about the location of Qingchuan, and continued all the way to the Xiban. After going through a lot of hardships, I finally arrived at this place in Qingchuan. ”

Li Yuankang said: "Uncle Zhou, I have heard that the Western barbarians are uneducated, barbaric and bloodthirsty, and they especially dislike us people in Middle-earth. The people of Middle-earth went to the Western Barbarians, and if they were not careful, they were caught by the locals, beheaded in a daze, and their bodies were dismantled and eaten. I really admire how dare you take risks alone. ”

Zhou Chaozong waved his hand, sighed and said: "With such a fate, how can people be embarrassed? If you don't go, there will be no other way out." After I arrived in Qingchuan, I was not in a hurry to look for medicinal herbs, but first found a local, this person's ancestors were from Middle-earth, and he married and had children in the local area, so he can not only understand the culture of Middle-earth, but also familiar with the customs of the Western Barbarians. ”

"Indeed, as I expected, at the beginning, many matters related to the procurement of medicinal materials were very smooth and smooth. He said that the inn was not safe, and that there were often Middle-earthers who were attacked at the inn and lost their lives in confusion, so he invited me to live at his house, and all the medicinal herbs he had purchased were stored in his house. ”

"That day, after a long day of traveling, we drank and rested together at his house in the evening. He asked me what the effect of these medicinal materials was purchased, and I carefully recalled the many records in the "Book of Medicine" and tried my best to answer them one by one. ”

He suddenly slapped his leg and said that he had thought of a way to make a fortune. ”