You cultivate immortality, I cultivate merit

Chapter 216 Don’t dare to speak loudly

After a while, the mountain became quiet, and the teenagers picked herbs carefully.

When Shi Zelan and Xiao Yingzi stopped to rest, Shi Zelan flipped through the herbs picked by Xiao Yingzi.

"Xiao Yingzi, there is no grass mixed in this time."

Xiao Yingzi smiled, then looked up and saw that the young people were climbing higher up. She approached Shi Zelan and said, "Xiao Lanzi, do you know why Xiao Qiuhua dare not come?"

Shi Zelan looked at her: "Her parents don't allow it?"

Xiao Yingzi shook her head and sighed: "Xiao Qiuhua's parents found a marriage for her. The family was not very happy when they heard that she went out to the city to pick herbs with us."

Shi Zelan looked at the expression on Xiao Yingzi's face and asked tentatively: "Xiao Yingzi, do you think Xiao Qiuhua's marriage is good?"

"My grandma said that Xiao Qiuhua's marriage was not a good one, but she asked me not to meddle in other people's business.

My mother-in-law said that only Xiao Qiuhua’s parents would make the best plans for her. I couldn’t mess up Xiao Qiuhua’s heart by talking nonsense at this time. "

Shi Zelan looked at Xiao Yingzi and said with a smile: "Your mother-in-law is so kind."

"Xiao Lanzi, is your mother-in-law nice to you?"

Shi Zelan thought about it and finally didn't want to make up lies to deceive her: "Not long after I was born, my father and mother left for a distant place."

Xiao Yingzi couldn't hide the look of sympathy in her eyes, and Shi Zelan understood it all at once.

She immediately smiled and explained: "They are still there, but the journey is too far, and they have never had the chance to come back."

"Oh, that's good.

My mother-in-law said that many families have requirements for marrying a daughter-in-law, and she must have both parents. "

Shi Zelan listened to Xiao Yingzi's words, nodded and said: "Xiao Yingzi, your father and mother will definitely find a suitable marriage for you."

Xiao Yingzi blushed and whispered: "My father and mother don't want me to marry far away, so they want me to marry close by. If anything happens, I can just stand at the door of the yard and shout."

Shi Zelan's thoughts moved, he looked at the three young people and asked in a low voice: "Your father, mother and you, whose beautiful boy did you fall in love with?"

"Our two families haven't officially settled yet, but everyone in his family thinks I can make friends, and they think you are a very good friend."

Shi Zelan could vaguely feel her involvement with Xiao Yingzi, but she did not reject this fate.

"That's good. I can send you a message after I leave the capital."

Xiaoyingzi suddenly became happy: "Xiaolanzi, I told them that we could be good friends for life, but they didn't believe it."

"Did they say that I would leave soon, and then leave and ignore you?"

Xiao Yingzi nodded, Shi Zelan smiled and said: "I will contact you.

It’s just that I have to stay with Master. Sometimes I go far away and it’s not convenient for me to send you news. "

Xiao Yingzi nodded happily. Shi Zelan looked at her smiling face and started laughing too. Carpe diem was also quite good.

Before Shen Shi, Shi Xiaoliu and his party entered the city gate. The city guard officials saw the herbs in their bags and let them go.

The teenagers were walking home and asked Shi Xiaoliu and Xia Yu happily: "When will we leave the city again?"

Shi Xiaoliu and Xia Yu exchanged glances, and Shi Xiaoliu said with a smile: "If you are not tired, we will go for a walk in the mountains tomorrow.

It's just that this time I have gone far, and I may not be able to go home at night. You go home and discuss it with your elders. "

After hearing what Shi Xiaoliu said, Xiao Yingzi asked Shi Zelan: "Xiao Lanzi, will you go together?" Shi Zelan shook his head: "I won't go."

Xiao Yingzi immediately said: "I don't want to go either."

In the evening, Shi Xiaoliu and Master Decheng discussed their travel arrangements for the next day: "Master, I want to help them learn more about medicinal herbs."

Master Decheng nodded: "Okay, it is a good deed that has a cause and effect."

When Shi Xiaoliu told the news that Shi Zelan would stay, Master Decheng frowned: "We are not in the yard, she should go out with you."

Master Shanzheng quickly found Shi Zelan and said, "Sister Lan, tomorrow I will go to the Taoist temple with your uncle to stay for a few days."
If you don’t want to travel with Xiaoliu and the others, then why don’t you stay with us at the Taoist Temple? "

Shi Zelan thought for a moment and shook his head and said, "Master, let Xiao Liu and the others go up the mountain together."

Shanzheng Zhenren and Shi Zelan explained: "This time the temple owner has a few good friends coming to visit, and I want to see their skills in talismans."

"Master, uncle, do you want to see their ability in refining pills?"

Master Shan Zheng smiled and nodded: "We learn from each other."

Shi Zelan thought for a while and went out to find Xiao Yingzi.

When Aunt Liu opened the door, she was a little surprised to see Shi Zelan and said, "Xiao Lanzi, what do you want from me?"

Shi Zelan smiled: "Auntie, can you tell Xiao Yingzi for me?"

After Aunt Liu nodded, Shi Zelan continued: "The elders in the family will be traveling tomorrow, and they will stay outside for a while.

I can't stay at home tomorrow. I have to go up the mountain with my brothers. "

Aunt Liu understood what Shi Zelan said and said with a smile: "Xiao Lanzi, I understand.

It's more convenient for you to be outside with your brothers. "

Shi Zelan settled a matter on his mind. After returning home, he asked Shi Xiaoliu: "In a few days, we won't go up the mountain anymore. Can we go to a teahouse to listen to stories?"

"You want to go to the teahouse to see the handsome scholar, right?"

Shi Zelan smiled at him: "Brother Xiao Liu, I always feel that people who read a lot have a bookish quality about them."

The next morning, Master Decheng and his party walked out of the city gate together with Shi Xiaoliu and his party, but they went in different directions.

After the elders left, the teenagers breathed a sigh of relief one by one. They turned around to see Shi Zelan and were surprised: "Is Xiao Lanzi with us?"

Shi Xiaoliu said with a smile: "At her age, she doesn't feel comfortable going to temples or Taoist temples. We don't feel at ease leaving her alone at home."

Xia Yu said to the young people: "Sister Lan knows many medicinal herbs. If you encounter medicinal herbs you don't know, you can also ask her for advice."

They went to the mountain a little further away. When they reached the foot of the mountain, Shi Xiaoliu said to the young man: "After this trip up the mountain, we won't go up the mountain for some days."

The young people nodded after hearing this and said, "When we went out, the elders in the family said that it was going to rain again."

Shi Xiaoliu asked them curiously: "Your elder brother is going to take the imperial examination. Are you not allowed to speak loudly at home?"

One of the young men smiled: "No, we are living our lives at home as usual.

This time I want to learn to pick herbs with you. My brother has spoken up for me and said that I can learn the skills from you.

When I am determined to study, it will never be too late. "

The other two young men sighed: "Our brother is taking the provincial examination this year, and we don't dare to speak loudly at home."