I became an old man in my leisure time

The formal ceremony was followed, and the time for setting up the tablet was decided by the "professional" Granny Xiong. Read М

Burning incense, performing Nuo, and dancing Nuo, inviting the mountain god to incarnate, and the old immortal Shennong to return to his position, and then the tablet was set up.

It was also the 18th day of the second month, which was suitable for sacrifice, migration, construction, and groundbreaking. On this day, Xiongjia Village officially placed the tablet representing Shennong into the selected pit.

Under the interference of Granny Xiong, the tablet did not write any "position" such as mountain god, but used the word "agriculture" on the white lantern proposed by Father Xiong.

Why did he recognize it? Because the skill of initiation includes "agriculture", just like Xiaoman using the Sunflower Sutra to recognize words, the Xiong family can do it.

Afterwards, everyone felt that the lantern was extremely magical. It was bright and stable in the middle of the night, and the range was so wide, which was not the effect of a normal lantern at all.

Several people also recognized the word "Nong". When it was written, everyone nodded: "Yes, yes, this is the symbol on the old immortal's lantern."

At this point, the name on the god's tablet was finalized as "Nong", and no one had any objections.

After the god's tablet was erected, the village chief and several village elders burned incense in turn.

The incense in the mountain village is very expensive. These are made by Grandma Xiong herself, and only provided for the whole village during the sacrifice.

The villagers then took turns to come forward according to their status and backup, bowed in front of the god's tablet, and expressed their gratitude.

After the sacrifice, the villagers dispersed.

Before the family of Old Man Xiong left, they bowed respectfully to the god's tablet again, and then turned and left.

Two months later, Old Man Xiong had already recovered completely.

Not only that, his body was full of blood and energy, and he did some great things with the Xiong Wang family to pass on the family line and expand the family.

Of course, this is not the point.

The point is that he practiced the Black Evil Palm and the Pushing Mountain Palm with his two stupid sons every night.

The March 3rd planting festival is coming soon, and the fields at home need to be weeded, turned over, and firewood and stones chopped.

Purple wheat needs to be planted, but the first batch of seeds is not much, and the remaining land cannot be left empty, so other grains must be planted.

Hope is simpler and within reach than in previous years.

Not only the Xiong family, but other families are also busy.

Everyone tacitly planted purple wheat in the remote fields leading to the mountains to the west of the village, instead of planting it in the east of the village.

In this way, it is difficult for people from other villages to find the existence of purple wheat.

What makes Bear Dad envious is that Xiong Da and Xiong Er have been practicing the Black Evil Palm and Pushing Mountain Palm every day for the past two and a half months. Not only have they become stronger, but their skin and flesh have also become rougher.

Their palms treat ordinary thorns and weeds as nothing, and gravel and sand do not hurt their skin. A hundred-jin stone can be pushed to a rolling with one palm.

The skin color is still as dark as before, but if you look closely, it is slightly smooth, not as rough as before.

Xiong Wangshi's skin changed more obviously, and her waist, arms and legs became thinner, vaguely resembling a girl.

No wonder Old Man Xiong couldn't control himself and acted like a young man several times.

If pinching didn't hurt more, but just gently caressed, it would be better.

Old Man Xiong doesn't envy good skin and slim figure now, he just wants to become thicker skinned and fleshier, so as not to be too painful when pinched.

On the other hand, Big Bear and Second Bear have already emerged among their friends with their entry-level Black Evil Palm and Pushing Mountain Palm.

From the second young leader in the past, they have become the only two young leaders.

Don't underestimate this point. After five to ten years, when the previous generation is old, Big Bear and Second Bear in their twenties can become one of the talkers in the whole village, just like Old Man Xiong's status in the village now.

For this reason alone, the two of them will not worry about not finding a wife. At least the nearest villages are willing to marry girls.

In an ancient mountain village with rigid class structure and serious internal circulation, being able to let two sons marry early is enough to comfort the ancestors.

For this alone, Father Xiong is extremely grateful to Shennong.

After his injury was completely recovered, he had only practiced martial arts for a little over a month, and he felt that his strength was constantly improving, and he had a tendency to be promoted to an entry-level martial artist.

As Niu Dazhuang's "mortal enemy", Father Xiong knew a little about entry-level martial artists.

Unfortunately, due to limited resources, there was not enough food to replenish blood and qi to support his family, and he missed the opportunity when he was young.

As a villager in the deep mountains, the chance of becoming an entry-level martial artist was slim.

Who knew that after being saved by Gu Ke with blood-replenishing pills, he would have good fortune after surviving a disaster.

The remaining medicinal properties of the blood-replenishing pills were still strong, and he forcibly replenished his declining body a little too much.

There are two complete and detailed systematic martial arts, which soon put these excess blood and qi to the right place, illuminated the mind, and opened the first round.

Thinking that he would be the only two martial artists in the village in the future, and that his two sons who were not yet "expired" could also have this possibility, Father Xiong could only respect Shennong from the bottom of his heart.

…

Just after Father Xiong and his family bowed and left, Gu Ke received a system prompt that Xiongjia Village offered 1 unit of soul source for worship.

This surprised him extremely, and he was inexplicably happy: He could actually get soul source in this way?

Although it was only 1 unit, the unexpected surprise was almost like picking it up for free, who would dislike it?

After asking the system baby, the feedback was - players are requested to upgrade the small hut to obtain more permissions.

Gu Ke was speechless and pretended that he had not asked.

Obviously, this is another very expensive system function, which is definitely more expensive than activating 100 units of soul source at a roadside stall.

Come to think of it, it is not so easy to get long-term benefits from a one-time effort.

The system prompt also said that Xiongjia Village officially erected a god tablet for Shennong and worshiped collectively.

Only a few people remember the benefits of Shennong in their hearts, and they may not be able to provide the source of souls.

In the short term, this is just a direction for efforts, and the actual effect is not that great.

Well, I hope there are more people in this world who know how to be grateful. Gu Ke thought about this and decided to be careful when going to the stall in the future.

There is a saying that God's grace is like the sea and God's power is like prison. In layman's terms, it means equal emphasis on grace and power.

This is not a pretense, this is human nature.

After being happy, Gu Ke talked to Bai Suqing alone about the matter.

Sister Bai's eyes flickered when he heard this, and her expression was incomprehensible, which made him a little uncomfortable: "Why are you looking at me like this? Could it be that I'm handsome again?"

Facing his darkened, 100% fair face, Bai Suqing couldn't say anything against his will, so he could only squint his eyes and sneer: "Don't be ridiculous, are you... the same as that of the Immortal Family?"

Gu Ke had always described the system as an immortal family, so what she said was indeed correct, so he nodded: "Exactly."

Even though she was gradually getting used to the various incredible abilities of the "Immortal Family", Bai Suqing was silent for a while, and then she said softly: "Only we and the others know about this matter. Remember not to talk about it with others."

"These people" are of course Gu Ke, her, and the two children.

Gu Ke smiled brightly: "That's how it should be, we are a family."

Bai Suqing didn't roll her eyes this time, she just turned her head slightly and didn't look at him.

"But, do you really want to talk to Xiao Man about this?" He suddenly remembered something.

Bai Suqing was confused: "Why not?"

As long as he reminds them, the employment contract will make them subconsciously not talk about it to others, and they will not be afraid that Xiaoman will leak it.

Gu Ke sighed: "As I said, she misses her parents and brothers more. She is still young and signed a contract with me. I'm afraid it will be difficult to go back to visit relatives in a short time..."

Bai Suqing was speechless. After a moment, he asked: "Do you know when Mei Lan Zhu Ju left home and became the eldest lady's maid?"

"Juqin seems to have said that they were all brought into the Lieyang Sect when they were three or five years old." Gu Ke answered casually, and then was surprised: "Aren't they orphans?"

Bai Suqing couldn't help but put her hand on her forehead: "My parents are living well, and I still receive some money from them every year... Well, at least until they were unlucky with the eldest lady, how could you think that was the case? orphan……"

At this point, her face moved slightly, she remained silent, and her eyes fell on him.

Gu Ke understood immediately and quickly shook his head: "My parents died of illness when I grew up, so I'm not considered an orphan."

Are you fourteen years old now? Can it also be called growing up? Bai Suqing thought so, but wisely did not continue, and changed the topic: "Being a hired worker for you is not much different from being a personal maid for a young lady. In this situation, relatives are usually allowed to visit once every few years. . It will take three to five years, maybe ten or twenty years, to go home to visit relatives.”

After a pause, she continued: "Those with strict rules will not be allowed to see their relatives for life. It's not impossible."

Gu Ke thought of the fate of the old palace maid in some historical novels he read in his previous life, and suddenly nodded: "Once you enter a rich family, the depth is as deep as the sea, and your relatives are just passers-by from now on."

Hey, you can actually read poetry? Bai Suqing was surprised, but these two sentences were appropriate: "Yes, that's why Xiaoman went to Xiongjia Village to meet her family. You have also solved her family's livelihood. You don't have to worry about her homesickness in three to five years."

Gu Ke thought the same thing. In three to five years, Qin and Bai's two daughters might be able to lead people out of the valley. There was no need for him to worry about such distant problems.

Sure enough, when Bai Suqing talked to Xiaoman in the evening, the little girl was in high spirits and did not feel any homesickness that he worried about.

Especially when she heard that worshiping in Xiongjia Village can provide the source of souls, the little girl's eyes sparkled: "Ah, then if they worship every day, can't we build more houses?"

Bai Suqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he slapped her and told her to wash up and go to bed quickly.

Later, when Gu Ke learned this, he couldn't help but smile: Is this considered a filial daughter? Well, it doesn’t seem to count.

Whether you are filial or not depends on your actual actions.

Xiaoman used all the Tianfu Tongbao he earned from his part-time job to buy good things for his family, and he didn't feel bad at all.

Her family used to be so miserable, so she still had to worship the mountain god.

As long as the family can live a better life, it doesn't matter if they worship Gu Ke.

…

It's late February and the weather is getting warmer quickly.

The snow on the ground completely melted away before the end of the first month, revealing the mainly gray and black ground again.

The delicate and vibrant green spreads throughout the valley, dotted with stars, which is really pleasant.

Gu Ke could clearly feel that in the wild fields outside the fairy field, the buds of the vegetation were full of vitality, which was very different from the short, withered and lifeless appearance of last year.

The growth of the crops in the fairy field has also accelerated slightly, and the maturity time is about half less than before.

Even if there is not much improvement and there is no shortage of food, this is still good news.

The red tree transplanted into the fairy field on the fifth day of the lunar month bears green fruits in a few days, then turns to light yellow, and finally turns red, worthy of its name.

These red beetles also like to be grouped together in three or five, together with the gray-brown branches and green leaves, and the colors are as bright as oil paintings.

Xiaoman did his part and tasted their taste early.

Well, it's the kind of "tasting" that goes from green to light yellow, until red.

Everyone just saved time and gathered around to watch. Seeing how wrinkled her face was, they could immediately come to the conclusion: "Well, it's still green, so it must be very sore."

"The yellow ones should be more ripe and less sour."

"Xiaoman is smiling, this red one is definitely edible, pick it up and try it."

Xiaoman didn't care at all.

As for eating fruits, who hasn’t been so soured by those wild fruits in the mountains?

This red pear is hard to eat when it is green, and you can barely taste its fragrance when it is light yellow. The red ones are definitely the most delicious ones.

Gu Ke took the red pear that Xiaoman brought to him. The fruit is about two inches in diameter. In the sun, the red skin has a little fluorescence, like a ruby.

It is still called red pear in the system description. The quality has changed from inferior to ordinary, which is the same as other fruit trees.

The taste has naturally been "corrected" like the wild peaches and plums before.

Hawthorn? Seeing the wrinkles on Xiaoman's face, no one dared to eat it directly, and they only dared to cook it in sweet soup for seasoning.

Plums are much better. When they are ripe, they are the size of a fist, and the whole is bright yellow. The sweetness is acceptable, but the sourness is also strong, so not many people eat them.

Only wild peaches are not only bigger in size after they grow up, but also have a color like a girl's blushing cheeks. This is probably what is called peach cheeks.

When ripe, its flesh is soft and smooth, sweet and juicy, completely different from the raw, crisp and astringent wild peach.

As for the taste of the red pear, Gu Ke brought it to his mouth and took a bite.

The sweet and sour juice, with a crisp taste, is 70% similar to the crisp apples in the previous life.

It is not as sweet as peaches, but not as sour as yellow plums. It is in between the two and tastes just right.

Looking at the women, they are chewing vigorously, and they are obviously very satisfied with the red pear with more sweetness and less sourness.

It has been sunny for several consecutive days recently. From noon to afternoon, the strong sun makes people feel hot all over and sweat on their foreheads.

The highest temperature during the day is 20 degrees Celsius, and the night is also around 10 degrees Celsius. It is much hotter than when everyone entered the valley last year.

The women have all achieved success in martial arts. They practice and work every day, and they are busy all the time, so they take off their thick winter clothes.

Without winter clothes that were as flat as plate armor, and wearing ordinary cotton and linen clothes without interlayer, Gu Ke could really see their figures with his eyes.

In the past three months, everyone had enough food to supplement, and the time for martial arts training was more than two months.

Gu Ke, the only one who had the "natural burden" of martial arts training, had the physical fitness of the Wuxiang Zhenjing, and his height increased by another five inches, reaching five feet.

His blood was full, and his skin color was no longer dull, but white and smooth like jade carving.

Coupled with the original owner's face that looked like a factory flower, he could be considered a handsome man.

The others were not bad either.

Xiao Ping'er, who was the thinnest and shriveled at the beginning, grew up and became rounder. Although her skin was a little dark, it was smooth and tender, with a healthy blush, and she looked a bit like a girl.

Among the others, Xiao Man, the youngest, was over fifteen years old. Only her face still had a hint of childishness, but her figure was slim and full.