You cultivate immortality, I cultivate merit

Chapter 136 Question

On the second day, both Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan were very happy. They bought noodles, beans, soaked the beans, and ground the beans to bake pancakes. They relied on their strength every step of the way.

In the afternoon, the neighbor aunts came with their own soaked beans, and of course they also brought the dough.

The small courtyard was suddenly very lively. When Shi Xiaoliu was grinding beans, he would also say to them: "I will grind them coarsely first, and then grind them finely after a while."

The three aunts listened very carefully and watched Shi Xiaoliu's movements very carefully. They found that Shi Xiaoliu's force was very even.

After Shi Xiaoliu ground the beans, the three aunts started grinding the beans. However, because they were not strong enough, it was Shi Xiaoliu who finished the grinding work.

At Shenshi, in the kitchen, Shi Xiaoliu made a fire, and Shi Zelan put the wrapped bean cakes in the pot and grilled them.

The bean cakes with yellow sides were out of the pan. The three aunts watched the stove fire and watched Shi Zelan finish baking all the cakes.

They thought they had learned well, so they went home one by one and tried to bake pancakes.

After they left, Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan both breathed a sigh of relief, finally completing something.

Shi Zelan and Shi Xiaoliu said: "Let's go out for a walk tomorrow."

"Okay, I want to go to the bookstore to see if there are any herbal books."

"I'm going to see if there are any new story books. I can lend them to Wanyu after I return to the sect."

Shi Xiaoliu glanced at Shi Zelan: "Uncle Master, would you agree to read the storybook?"

"Master has never objected to my reading the storybook."

Shi Xiaoliu glanced at her: "Don't you like arithmetic and music?"

"Xiao Liu, I don't like arithmetic. I wanted to learn formations at that time, so I had to study arithmetic carefully."

"What about Le? There will definitely be books about this in the book store. How many more can you pick out and come back to read?"

"Okay, I'll buy another book or two about music."

When Master Decheng came back, he carried a basket of medicinal herbs.

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan stepped forward. When Decheng Zhenren was about to close the door with his backhand, Shi Zelan quickly stopped him.

"Uncle, my master hasn't come back yet."

While Shi Zelan was talking, he walked to the door of the yard and looked around. Master Decheng put down the basket and said to Shi Zelan: "Close the door first, your master will not come back so soon."

Shi Zelan closed the courtyard door, looked at Master Decheng and asked curiously: "Uncle, are you out of town today?"

"No, I bought this at the market. It's quite cheap."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan exchanged glances, and they asked in disbelief how much money Master Decheng had spent.

Master Decheng said very proudly: "Three taels of silver and this new basket."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan took a deep breath, and they quickly squatted down and looked through the herbs in the basket. After reading, they smiled bitterly.

"Master, these herbs and this basket are not a big loss."

Master Decheng looked at the expressions on their faces and shook his head: "You have to think about this. This is the capital. Water is three times more expensive than in other places."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan decided to go to the market tomorrow to inquire about the news, hoping that no one would hear any adventures.

They went to the market the next day. Even though they were well prepared, they still took a deep breath when they heard someone mention the generosity of Master Decheng.

Things that were not worth one tael of silver were bought back by Master Decheng for three taels of silver. Sure enough, the capital in the heart of Master Decheng is three points more precious than the capital in the hearts of ordinary people.

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan entered the bookstore. When they came out, they carried two pens, ink, paper and inkstones in their hands. As for books, they also bought two or three books.

Shi Zelan also found a place and bought gold paper, ready to go back and try to draw talismans.

When they returned, Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng had not returned yet.

When they went out this morning, they said they would go out of the city to a Taoist temple to discuss Taoism with others.

As the sky darkened, Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng came back with joy on their faces. They said they would definitely take Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan to the Taoist temple to sit there next time.

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan looked at each other, and then listened to them mention that the Taoist abbots were very knowledgeable, and some of their insights were very prophetic.

Shi Xiaoliu became somewhat interested and asked Master Decheng: "Master, where are you and Uncle Master going tomorrow?"

"We'll have a day off at home tomorrow to see if you two have completed your homework seriously."

Shi Zelan laughed on the side: "That's great, we won't go out tomorrow."

"You two don't like to go out. In fact, you should go out and take a look."

Master Decheng suggested. Shi Zelan looked at him, then at Master Shanzheng, and then said to Shi Xiaoliu: "Xiaoliu, let's continue going out tomorrow."

Shi Xiaoliu nodded with a sullen smile: "Okay, let's go sit in the teahouse too."

Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng looked at each other and said quickly: "You guys go to the east teahouse and have a seat. There are some teahouses where you don't have to go in."

Shi Xiaoliu nodded and said, "Let's go to the Dongbian Teahouse tomorrow. If it's interesting, we can go to another teahouse the day after tomorrow to gain more experience."

Master Decheng wanted to speak, but Master Shanzheng stopped him with his eyes: "Brother, towering trees cannot be grown in a greenhouse."

Master Decheng sighed and said to Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan: "You are not young anymore, you still have to protect yourselves outside."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan nodded happily. The next day, the neighbors watched their brother and sister go out again.

On the third day, the neighbors saw that Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng did not go out. Instead, brothers and sisters Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan went out again.

Aunt Liu and Aunt Lin said with a smile: "This new family is very interesting. The two older ones and the two younger ones take turns going out to play."

"I heard that their family has a good background. When they are older, they go out for fun and avoid going to bad places. Naturally, they can save a lot of money."

"Their family has never asked their children to study. On the contrary, their children have said that they want to learn medical skills, and they are willing to let their children learn."

"Do you think they really know how to treat doctors?"

"I don't know. Anyway, I live next door to them and I don't smell any medicine."

On this day at Shenshi, Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan came back from outside and received some concern from their neighbor's aunts.

They very implicitly reminded Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan that people still have to work and cannot just sit back and live in vain.

Shi Xiaoliu pretended not to understand, while Shi Zelan said bluntly: "Our family has money to live on now. My brother likes medicine and he is still learning."

The neighbors looked at her speechlessly, thinking that she was lucky to be a woman and had a pretty face. If she were older, she would be able to marry into a good family with her good looks.

"Little sister, who is in charge in your family?"

"Of course it is my master who makes the decision."

"Your father and mother don't care about you?"