The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 248 Returning to White Deer Academy (Full Order)
for days.

Bai Gui spared several hours every day to serve Master Ma and never got bored.

Master Ma was hit by a black gun and suffered repeated injuries, leading to a high fever. This was the disease that dragged down Master Ma and even killed him.

On the first day of treatment, Bai Gui was not fully prepared.

So on the second day, he exchanged some wound medicine for later generations. After cleaning the wound with alcohol and bandaging it, Master Ma's injury gradually healed and would not deteriorate again.

At this time, there are only about ten days left before the end of the year.

"I wrote a letter a few days ago to visit Mr. Zhu in Zishui County..."

"Mr. Zhu is my teacher."

"The weather is good these few days, there is no snow, and going to Zishui County will not be too troublesome..."

Bai Gui bid farewell to Master Ma.

Originally, after he visited Xu Xiucai, he was going to visit Mr. Zhu in a few days, but when he visited the patriarch Bai Jiaxuan that night, he inevitably mentioned this matter. It took a few days to return to Zishui County, so this matter was delayed...

Mr. Zhu is Bai Jiaxuan's brother-in-law.

So Bai Jiaxuan got more accurate information than Xu Xiucai.

And... Now that the end of the year is approaching, it stands to reason that Mr. Zhu will not return home.

And during these days, he also heard the news of Mr. Zhu's return to his hometown, and he may have already arrived home.

So now that he is going to White Deer Academy, he won't rush into nothing.

"You have just returned to Qin Province. It is necessary to go to the door to learn from a teacher. My injuries are fine now. Although my body is much weaker than before and I can't use a knife anymore, I can still live for more than ten or twenty years..."

"I have Brother Hai to take care of me here, so it won't be a big deal."

Master Ma was lying on the sickbed and said with a smile.

His face is much rosier than a few days ago, but it can't be compared with before.

Too much difference!

A serious illness almost drained his vitality.

If it was an ordinary person who had repeatedly reduced his fever several times, he would have died long ago. He could survive for more than half a month and was treated by Bai Gui, thanks to his good health.

Now the condition is stable, and only recuperation is left.

It won't be a big problem if Bai Gui is an apprentice by his side. Besides, Bai Gui has served for more than ten days, so the time is not too short...

The two had a conversation.

Most of them are about Mr. Zhu.

As a native of Qin Province, Master Ma knew Mr. Zhu, and respected Mr. Zhu, a successor of Guan Xue Tao.This is also one of the reasons why he decided to take in disciples when he first heard that Bai Gui was the successor of Guan Xue.

"Brother Hai's marriage, I have also thought about it these days, the male college should be married and the female college should be married..."

"Brother Hai has also reached the age of marrying a wife. If you marry a wife earlier, you will be able to spread branches and leaves earlier and continue your blood..."

"So I plan to go to Long Province to help Brother Hai welcome and arrange the marriage after the New Year's Eve is over. This is also my duty as a senior brother."

During the conversation, Bai Gui hesitated for a while before talking about this matter.

He is not familiar with Master Ma's status among Swordsman or Brother Pao, but he thinks it is not too high.

Now... Even if Master Ma recovers, his martial strength is probably useless. It is easy to say that a dozen or so people are no match for ordinary people, but if he continues to be a swordsman, without the previous military strength, his status will inevitably decline.

If others inherit the favor from the past, it's okay to give some honor, but if they don't inherit the favor from the past, it's hard to say...

So he helped Brother Hai with his marriage, firstly to fulfill Master Ma's "dying" wish, and secondly to help Master Ma keep the place down and let others know that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, supporting the scene.

Raise children to prevent old age, accumulate grain to prevent hunger.

When martial masters get old, they are afraid of being young, so they often recruit apprentices when they are young. This is to recruit apprentices as soon as possible. When they can't beat themselves, let the apprentices fight for them. This is also the obligation of the apprentices to maintain the dignity of the master...

Of course, this is just a metaphor, and it is not necessary to compare martial arts.

But as an apprentice, with a conscience, you have to worry about what to do when the master is old and can no longer fight.

"Since Brother Hai misses his mother-in-law and aunt, I am also happy that you, a senior brother, can help you think about it."

Master Ma said with relief.

He was very happy to accept such a filial disciple because of his foresight.

……

Half a day later, Bailu Town.

Bailu Town, like Zishui County, is close to Zishui, so when going to Zishui County, Bailu Town is basically a must.To go to Bailu Village, you don't necessarily need to pass through Bailu Town, you can get to Bailu Village from the official road in the provincial capital.

"It's approaching the end of the year, and the town is bustling a lot."

"By the way, today should be the Bailu Town Market..."

"There are quite a few people rushing to the last episode."

Bai Gui walked to the entrance of the town, got off his horse, took the reins of the horse, looked at the crowd, and thought.

There are vendors hawking along the street.

The weather has been good these days, except in the morning and evening, it is warm and not too cold.

Villages gathered in a certain range will have a fixed time, and small vendors will conduct markets within a fixed range.

Collection means gathering, and market means selling.

The villagers who come to the market are also called the market.

Not long after, he walked to Wangji Restaurant.

Wang Ji Fan shop is located in the busiest part of the town, but the town is so big, the so-called bustling and bustling is a main street, there are only a few food shops in the town, no matter how open, they will not leave the bustling place too much. Far.

When the restaurant clerk saw a guest coming, he spontaneously led the horse to the stable beside him.

"Uncle Wang, come and eat."

Bai Gui walked to the counter and said with a smile.

In rural restaurants like this, in addition to a few fixed dishes, there are also some dishes that are not on the menu.For example, if you kill a rabbit occasionally, you can cook with rabbit meat, and sometimes if you kill a wild pheasant, you can use the wild pheasant to cook.

In addition, there are not many off-season vegetables at this time, and they can be grown next to the hot springs, but these green vegetables are not affordable for ordinary people.

When you go to a restaurant to eat, it depends entirely on what you did today.

Shopkeeper Wang immediately responded, "Guest officer, please sit down and wait a moment."

He was lowering his head to make calculations, and when he looked up at Bai Gui, he knew immediately.

You can tell at a glance that this is not bad money!
but……

Shopkeeper Wang frowned slightly.

He had just heard Bai Gui calling him Uncle Wang, a name he had heard a lot in Bailu Town.In one place, you can always talk about relatives, seven aunts and eight aunts, called Uncle Wang.

But this Mr. Changshan is dressed like a man, and he is called Uncle Wang, which is the first time he has heard of it.

"It's Bai Xianggong, I didn't expect Bai Xianggong to visit the shop..."

Shopkeeper Wang immediately thought of something, with a flattering smile on his face, he said nervously.

He has been a restaurant manager for a long time, and his intelligence is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

In these ten miles and eight villages, there are not many people who have the ability to go out.

Relying on Bai Gui's attire, he immediately thought of Guiwazi who delivered goods to him a few years ago. Looking at it, he looked vaguely similar, and he immediately knew and made a judgment in his heart.

"Whatever Bai Xianggong wants to eat, just order, I will give Bai Xianggong a free order..."

"Bai Xianggong finally came to the store once."

Shopkeeper Wang said quickly.

He is afraid.

Ever since he found out that Bai Gui had won the three-yuan scholar four years ago, he was worried that Bai Gui would come to his door for revenge. After all, before Bai Gui came to deliver goods, he secretly lowered the price, and at least made more than 20 taels of silver from it.

If it is an ordinary person, this price reduction is a very normal behavior.

But who would have thought that Baigui carp transformed into a dragon, ascended the Dragon Gate, became a scholar of the Three Yuans, and went abroad to study abroad...

With a change in status, what used to be called "normal" behavior is now a humiliation!
"I wanted to come here before, but I couldn't come in..."

Hearing this, Bai Gui raised his eyebrows and joked.

He didn't take Wang's Food Shop seriously in his heart, otherwise, as a three-yuan scholar, it would be more than enough to come to Wang's Food Shop for revenge four years ago, and he wouldn't have waited until today.

But today I happened to come to Wangji Food Shop.

When you're interested, it's okay to come in and have a sit and tease a few words.

"Whatever Bai Xianggong says, can someone stop you?"

Shopkeeper Wang complained secretly.

It happened a few years ago, and it stands to reason that he has forgotten all about it.But he was afraid that Bai Gui would seek revenge, so he had a deep memory.At the beginning, he saw Bai Gui's shabby clothes and worried that it would affect the business of the restaurant, so he blocked him from the door.

But he didn't dare to say that.

Bai Gui smiled lightly, noncommittal.

take a seat.

After a while, shopkeeper Wang personally served the food and wine, the first-class wine and food.

"This is an apology feast, please don't blame Mr. Bai."

"What happened in the past is my uncle's fault, and Cheng Yi will present it later..."

He kept making bows and said with a sneer.

Cheng Yi, originally meant travel expenses, is a sum of money sent by relatives, friends or subordinates when the ancients traveled far.But later, someone cleverly set up a name and used Cheng Yi's name to bribe her.

It would be too vulgar to talk about money directly, but Cheng Yi sounds a lot more comfortable and more elegant.

"Cheng Yi doesn't need it, I'm just here for a meal."

"There was no big grievance before..."

Bai Gui picked up some food with chopsticks and said.

Four years ago, the shopkeeper Wang lowered the prices of the white pheasants and hares he "hunted", but to be honest, the grievances were not that big, and it would not rise to the point of beating and killing.

But at that time, I really had a plan in my heart to destroy the shopkeeper Wang!

He is not a living Buddha, a great kind person.

However... Now that his mood has changed, time has diluted everything, and his hostility is not so heavy.

After walking to Wang's Food Shop, seeing the shopkeeper Wang being deflated and apologizing for the meal, the dissatisfaction in my heart dissipated a lot.

You can't really suppress Shopkeeper Wang, because in his position, it's a bit of a loss.

Similar to the allusion of Liuchixiang, in the countryside, try not to follow the big rules from outside.Those who know the affairs of the world and those who understand etiquette will respect you and let you go three feet away from the courtyard wall...

And if you don't know the world, some people will teach him how to do things.

Not indisputable, but unnecessary.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Bai returned to his hometown, I am an elder... no, no, no, my fellow countryman, how can I not be prepared for Cheng Yi."

Shopkeeper Wang continued.

He didn't know whether Bai Gui was genuine or fake.

After dinner.

Shopkeeper Wang took out two small yellow croakers as Cheng Yi.

A standard small yellow croaker, one or two.It can be exchanged for more than 40 silver dollars.

"No, I don't need this money."

Bai Gui declined.

He took out three single-corner silver cents from his sleeve, counting them as meal money, and put them on the table.

The price of this meal is about three triangles. If it is poor, it will not be too bad, and if it is too much, it will not be too much.

"Nephew, you can accept it, if you don't accept it... I'm so worried!"

Shopkeeper Wang gave a wry smile and confessed.

He finally understood that he was really not as good as this group of scholars in a sloppy eye, and it would be better to tell the truth than pretending to be false.

"Since Uncle Wang insists on this, it's easy to handle."

"I see that in this town in winter, there are quite a few people who lack food and clothing."

"If you really want to make amends for me, you can give me some porridge. As for the time, you decide..."

Bai Gui paused and said.

Every winter, there are definitely a lot of beggars who starve to death!

Along the way, he also saw some beggars along the way, who almost gave away all the scattered copper coins on their bodies.

He wasn't exactly a good, compassionate guy, but if he could help, he would.

Coincidentally, shopkeeper Wang wanted to apologize.

Instead of this, it is better to let shopkeeper Wang give porridge to relieve these victims.

A few days ago, he had exchanged for the talent of "Profound Blessings", a Taoist cultivation talent, but he never felt any abnormalities happening.After thinking about it for a while, he knew that this profound gift of fortune changed his life, and it only gave him a starting foundation, and he needed to add bricks and tiles in the future.

As for adding bricks and tiles, he thought about it, maybe it would be easier to start with good deeds.

"Porridge?"

Shopkeeper Wang was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "Since it's what my nephew ordered, then I'll give you porridge for a month."

"Take the name of a good nephew."

He is not a simple bad person, he would not do such good things as giving porridge, and it is not easy for him to make money.But he is absolutely willing to use the lost money for soup.

Giving porridge can also have a good reputation.

Why not do it!
……

The matter of shopkeeper Wang is just a small episode.

After Bai Gui came out of Bailu Town, he rushed to Zishui County before sunset without stopping.

Zishui County is a small basin surrounded by mountains.

Therefore, from Bailuyuan downhill to Zishui County, you need to pay attention to the road conditions to prevent slipping and falling, so the speed will inevitably slow down.

White Deer Academy.

Knock on the door.

"Meihe, why did you come here so late at night?"

"And be careful."

Zhu Baishi opened the side door of the academy and welcomed Bai Gui in, half complaining.

"I heard that Mr. is back."

"As a student, how can I remain indifferent? I haven't seen my mentor for several years, and I really miss him."

Bai Gui smiled and brought the gift to the living room.

Along the way, he also took a careful look at the White Deer Academy, and sure enough, as Xu Xiucai said, it was quite depressed, and many windows and doors in the front yard were covered with a thin layer of dust.

Withered and yellow fallen leaves, mixed with the remaining snow from the previous day, fell on the steps.

You must know that at this time in the past, even when the end of the new year was approaching, many students and students were still studying hard here, and the lights in some lecture halls were bright, not as dim as they are today.

Without fame and wealth, few people can persevere and continue to study hard.

It is inevitable for people to get separated.

"Wait a minute, your husband will come back later, he probably went to the Confucian Temple."

"I'll cook for you, fry a few more dishes today."

"I remember that you like the steamed buns stuffed with cabbage and meat that I made the most."

Zhu Bai said with a smile.

Bai Gui is her clan, has a good reputation in the clan, and is her husband's favorite student, and has been staying in the back house for a long time, so she has long regarded Bai Gui as her own.

"Master, remember to put a few more drops of sesame oil in the stuffing of the buns..."

"It tastes delicious that way."

Bai Gui saw that Zhu Baishi had already walked from the living room to the chaoshou corridor.

Quickly got up and shouted.

(End of this chapter)