His name is Li Banfeng—”Feng” as in “mountain peak,” not “madness.” The doctor confirmed he is not insane.
To save a friend’s life, he stepped onto Platform 96, boarded the 11...
Li Banfeng returned to Chu Er's residence and saw Chu Er still sleeping soundly, so he quietly entered the residence.
The wife exclaimed, "Hey, husband, how did you get hurt like this?"
Li Banfeng was indeed seriously injured, his face was bruised and swollen, and he was almost unrecognizable.
"My lady, I have something to ask you. Do you know the bitter mother-in-law?"
"Bitter old lady? Which bitter old lady?"
"The bitter old lady from Kucai Village."
Li Banfeng asked the wine gourd, the Tang sword, and even the judge's pen about this matter, but none of the magic weapons around him could recognize the bitter mother-in-law.
Maybe some memories have disappeared with their souls, or maybe they never knew about Kucai Village.
It seems that only my wife knows about this.
Da da da~hey!
"The miserable old lady from Kucai Village!"
"Yes," Li Banfeng nodded, "Is she the local deity of Kucai Village?"
Da da da~hey!
"Hey, hey, she's not a local god."
The lady knew the bitter mother-in-law, but her tone was a little strange.
"Hey, hey, but what else could she be if not a local deity?"
Why are you asking me back?
Li Banfeng followed the needle stand and touched his wife's armpit: "Madam, are you okay?"
The lady didn't laugh, why isn't she ticklish?
huff~ huff~ huff~
Steam gushed out rapidly, gears turned quickly, and the flames in the fuel tank shot high.
Li Banfeng quickly added water to the water tank as he was afraid that his wife would burn the pot dry.
What's wrong with you, lady?
"Hey, hey, if she's not a local god, then what could she be? What could she be? Hahahaha~"
The lady suddenly burst into laughter, and the whole main room was filled with steam.
"Madam, what's wrong with you?" Li Banfeng became nervous.
"Who are you?" The sound of the record player became flat and the singing became unusually cold.
Li Banfeng responded: "I am your husband."
"Hey, husband, are you back from shopping for groceries?" The wife's tone became gentle again.
"Today...I didn't buy any groceries."
"Since you didn't buy the food, then you're not my husband. My husband never lets me go hungry. Who are you?"
Li Banfeng didn't know how to answer. Suddenly, he saw a whirlwind blowing in from the outer room. Honglian rolled Li Banfeng into the room and closed the door tightly.
There was a burst of explosions outside the door, and Li Banfeng was worried that something might happen to his wife.
When the noise subsided a little, Li Banfeng immediately left the room and found that the record player was safe and sound, but the room was extremely stuffy.
"Madam?" Li Banfeng called out.
huff~ huff~
Steam spurted out several times, and then the record player responded: "Hello, my husband."
Fortunately, you still recognize me.
Li Banfeng breathed a sigh of relief.
huff~ huff~
"Is my husband back from shopping?"
Li Banfeng didn't know how to answer.
He saw the singing girl standing by the wall, and decided to feed her to his wife.
But she only has her spirit left, her soul has been eaten. Will my lady still like her?
When he was in trouble, he suddenly heard his wife ask, "My husband, who hurt you like this?"
Here's the question again.
My wife has lost her memory?
Have you forgotten what just happened?
I can't answer casually this time.
If I told her that I was beaten by a ruthless man, and she asked me who that ruthless man was, she might think of my poor mother-in-law and go crazy.
I have to try my best to distract my wife's attention and stop her from thinking about my miserable mother-in-law.
"It was a few thieves. There were more of them than me, so I was beaten and injured."
"What kind of thief?" The lady was very angry. "Is it Li Xiu? If it is Li Xiu, bring them back home and I will kill them. Hahahaha, kill them!"
Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "It's not a travel repair."
"If they weren't Lu Xiu, they would have been taken back home. They deserve to die if they hurt my husband. I will kill them all at once! Huhahahaha!"
My wife is still not normal.
Li Banfeng agreed: "Yes, kill them all. Are you tired, madam? If you are tired, take a rest."
huff~
The record player yawned.
"You know what, I am a little tired. My husband will go find those thieves later. Let me rest for a while."
While his wife was still asleep, Li Banfeng took out the old teapot and said to her, "Now that I have reached the fourth level of home cultivation, the seal of this magic weapon should be able to be unlocked."
"Hey~ This teapot is too high-level. If I untie it now, I'm afraid it will be bad for my husband."
"My lady, you are too cautious. Back then, Zhong Desong was only on the second floor, but he still used it."
"He is practicing asceticism, and he can bear the torture of this teapot. Well, please bring the teapot, and I will have a few words with him first."
Li Banfeng brought the teapot closer to the record player. Although he had the technique to perceive spiritual sounds, the two people spoke too fast and Li Banfeng could not hear clearly. He only saw the record spinning on the tray and the occasional intensive sound of gongs and drums coming from the speakers.
The lady was intimidating the teapot, and the two were probably discussing the capital.
After waiting for more than five minutes, the lady exhaled a breath of steam: "The matter has been discussed, the capital of the magic weapon is still needed after all.
In the past, his capital was too high, and he had to scald his master every time he used it, but now his capital has changed, and he only wants his husband to take a hot bath. "
Li Banfeng looked at the teapot and said, "Aren't they all the same?"
"Don't worry, my husband. The bath water won't be too hot and he won't hurt you."
I can use a magic weapon once and take a bath for free. Is it so cheap?
Li Banfeng was very suspicious of the teapot's motives. The lady yawned and said, "My husband, I am really sleepy. I will go to sleep first."
The wife fell asleep, and Li Banfeng went to the fifth room with the teapot.
Room five is at the end of room three and is the room farthest from the record player.
The room was empty. The fifth room had just been opened and Li Banfeng had not yet bought any belongings. He held the teapot in his hand and asked, "Do you know Kucai Village?"
The teapot replied, "Yes, all the ascetic practices in the world come from Kucai Village."
Li Banfeng frowned and said, "Aren't all the cultivators in the world derived from the medicine powder of the peddler?"
"Hehe, that's not necessarily true. In addition to the peddler, there are many other sources of medicinal powder. Rich families have a lot of medicinal powder for both civil and martial arts practitioners. This is not bought from the peddler."
Ma Wu did say that every big family had medicine powder in stock, but it was not bought from the peddler, so where did it come from?
“I don’t know about the affairs of the rich and powerful, but the medicine powder for the ascetic practice comes from Kucai Farm.
Kucai Village has no borders and borders all parts of Puro Province. Anyone who wants to come can come and stay in the free food restaurant of Kucai Village for three days. If they can endure this misery, Grandma Ku will give them the medicine powder, and they will be considered to have entered the Taoist sect from then on."
"Everyone who comes here will be given medicine powder? Don't they need to accumulate Dao karma?"
"Kucaizhuang is a special place. If you stay here for three days, you will have accumulated some Dao affinity."
"Similar to Santoucha?"
"It's too far. You can't go to Santoucha. The things you collect there may not be the Dao's destiny.
Young man, you just asked about Granny Ku, could it be that you have already arrived at Kucai Village?"
Li Banfeng did not deny it: "I am in Kucai Village now and cannot leave. Grandma Ku won't let me go, saying she wants to temper me."
"Since she won't let you leave, you can stay at the farm for a while. We don't even have a calendar in our house, and I don't know what month it is now. Anyway, she stays for no more than three months a year. You can leave after she leaves.
Don't argue with her, let alone fight her. You are no match for her. Even if there are a thousand of you or ten thousand of you, you are still no match for her."
One thousand, ten thousand...
Isn’t that too exaggerated?
What level of person is she?
Can the local god subdue her?
"My wife said that she is not the local god of Kucai Village. Then who is the local god of Kucai Village?"
"Kucai Village used to have a local god, but now he is gone.
Also, don't compare the local gods with the bitter mother-in-law, they are not worthy."
Even the local god is not worthy?
"What level of cultivation is Granny Ku?"
The teapot coughed twice and said, "Young man, I am your magic weapon. I am not vague in the battle, but I have my own character. I don't want to be someone else's slave.
If you think highly of me, we can be friends regardless of age difference. You call me brother and I call you younger brother.
If you look down on me, just call me old man, and I will do my duty.
I don't remember much, I will tell you what I can tell you.
I have forgotten most of the things about my mother-in-law, so don’t ask me about the things I have forgotten.”
Although Li Banfeng still didn't trust Chahu, he agreed with the attitude of equal treatment.
"Brother, I won't ask any more about Grandma Ku. Please tell me more about Kucai Village. I will be here for more than two months. What should I pay attention to during these two months?"
"Remember three rules. The first rule is hardship. In Kucai Village, you have to be able to endure the hardship. Don't even think about enjoying yourself here.
Don't drink, don't smoke, don't think about eating good food, don't think about sleeping with girls,
Your room is a little special. It's okay to have fun with your ladies in this room, but you must follow the rules in the manor when you leave this room.
There is a lot of fun waiting for you outside Kucai Village, don't miss out on important things because of your greed for pleasure."
"What happens if you miss something important?"
"If I remember correctly, there are only two outcomes for people who break the rules in Kucai Village. Those who Grandma Ku doesn't want to stay will be driven out of the village by her, and those who Grandma Ku wants to stay will be sent to a new place by her.
Brother, I don't know much about what you've been doing outside, but I guess you've been to the New Land and you should know how dangerous it is.
The new land of Kucai Village is extremely dangerous. If you are sent there by Grandma Ku, she will not allow you to return to Kucai Village. You may have to stay there for the rest of your life. You should decide for yourself which is more important."
Go to the new land!
It’s good to go to Xindi!
Then I can walk back to Lanyang Village.
While he was thinking, he suddenly heard the teapot speak again: "The second rule is not to ask about their origins. In Zhuangzi, don't ask anyone's origins, not even their names. This is a rule that has been established by convention."
"What happens if you break this rule?"
"It won't be a big deal, but I will be disliked by others. Everyone who comes to Kucai Manor is a suffering person. Your outside identity has nothing to do with what happens in the manor.
The third rule is that you cannot kill people. In Kucai Village, even Grandma Ku herself does not kill people.
This rule must not be violated. When I first went to Kucai Village, two people fought over food. One died and the other disappeared that night.
No one knows where he went, and no one knows whether he is dead or alive. This is the result of killing people in Kucai Village. "
No wonder Li Banfeng sensed great danger when he was about to kill Chu Er.
This also reminded Li Banfeng that even if he wanted to cause trouble in Kucai Village, he must not cause any deaths.
But this is also a good thing. If Li Banfeng causes trouble here, the bitter mother-in-law will not kill him.
The old teapot went on to say, "As long as you don't break these three rules, Grandma Ku usually doesn't care about other things."
Li Banfeng asked the teapot: "It's a rare opportunity to visit an old place again, do you want to go back and take a look?"
"Brother, I still say the same thing. If you want to fight in Kucai Village, I will definitely not hesitate when it's time to take action.
If you don’t want to fight, you’d better not let me go to Kucai Village, and don’t let me set foot there again.”
He had a deep grudge against Kucai Village.
Li Banfeng put away the teapot and went to the main room to sleep.
The teapot is different from other magic weapons.
It seems to have something more than other magic weapons.
…
The next morning, Li Banfeng walked out of his room, took the key, and saw Chu Er lying on the wall looking around.
Li Banfeng walked behind him and shouted, "What are you looking at?"
Chu Er shuddered and fell heavily from the wall: "What are you doing? Do you want to scare me to death?"
Li Banfeng asked, "What are you doing lying on the wall?"
"I'm not looking for you. Who knows where you went this morning? Tomorrow is a free meal. Come with me now. Don't wait for the bitter mother-in-law to beat you again."
After leaving the house, Li Banfeng asked as he walked, "What does it mean to eat for free?"
"Everyone in the village, let's go to the free food restaurant tomorrow and eat for free for the whole day."
Is there such a good thing?
"Are you still eating steamed bread?"
Chu Er smiled bitterly: "It would be nice to have some steamed bread. If we go to a white food restaurant, we have to eat rice."
“Isn’t rice better than steamed bread?”
"You'll know when you get there."
"We'll have dinner tomorrow, so why don't we leave today? Isn't that too early?"
"There is only one free food restaurant in the whole Kucai Village. I am included in the list. Those who live far away have to set off three days in advance."
The entire Kucai Village goes to the same place to eat. How big a restaurant must it be?
Li Banfeng followed Chu Er for a day and a night. In fact, the white food restaurant was not far away, only about eighty miles away.
But Chu Er was not a travel cultivator, so it was impossible for him to walk as fast as Li Banfeng. Moreover, the road was difficult to walk on, and the wind and sand were particularly strong. By the time they arrived at the white food restaurant, it was almost dawn.
All the people in Kucai Village gathered in front of the white food restaurant waiting for their meal.
The so-called Baishi Restaurant is not a big restaurant, but just a big mud house that can barely accommodate seven or eight large tables.
Can this accommodate all the people in Kucai Village?
It can really hold it.
Li Banfeng roughly counted and found that there were only about sixty people in front of the white food restaurant.
"There are still many who haven't come yet, right?"
Chu Er looked around and said, "Almost everyone is here."
"Are there only a few people in Kucai Village?"
"It's quite a lot. There aren't many people who practice asceticism, and even fewer who are willing to return to Kucai Village to practice. Anyone with a little bit of skill wouldn't come here for no reason."
At seven o'clock in the morning, the white food restaurant opened for dinner. The uncle who served the food gave each person a bowl of rice, and the side dish was bitter vegetables from Kucaizhuang.
Li Banfeng took a mouthful of rice, chewed it twice, and carefully savored the ratio of sand to rice.
50% sand, 50% rice?
No, it feels like there is more sand.
Li Banfeng wanted to vomit, but Chu Er quickly stopped him: "Don't vomit, or you'll get beaten."
Li Banfeng swallowed the rice and put the bowl on the ground: "I'm full."
Chu Er shook his head and said, "No one can be left. If you are left, you will be beaten!"
The uncle who was serving food was looking over here, with anger in his eyes.
Li Banfeng still put the bowl down.
Chu Er was terrified: "Don't make trouble, the food guy is coming."
"He wants to beat me, right?" Li Banfeng stood up. "Okay, I'll fight him!"
It’s not that I can’t bear the hardship, it’s that I can’t stand the humiliation.
Why do you mix sand into the good rice?
There is a lot of food piled up on the open space behind the white food restaurant. There are not many people in Kucai Village, and there is obviously enough food. Why waste people like this?
The uncle who served the food walked towards this side angrily, took two steps, and then retreated angrily.
Li Banfeng was ready to start working and was wondering why the guy who served the food didn't come over.
Chu Er lowered his head and ate his meal, not daring to say a word.
It seems like there's one more person around me.
Li Banfeng looked back and saw Grandma Ku standing behind him.
In the white food restaurant, everyone lowered their heads and dared not move.
They knew who was coming, and they knew that Li Banfeng was in trouble.
The bitter old woman looked at Li Banfeng and said calmly, "You have food but you don't eat it. I think you are still not tempered enough."
It looks like I'm going to get beaten again.
But even if he was beaten, Li Banfeng would not do this job.
Mixing sand into good rice is just to disgust people!
Seeing that Li Banfeng was so stubborn, the poor mother-in-law didn't beat him.
She took out a bitter vegetable from her pocket and said, "After all, I can't bear the bitterness. I won't eat rice, so I'll eat a vegetable."
Chu Er squatted on the ground and pulled Li Banfeng's trouser leg.
Master Qi, I beg you to eat it, but don't do anything stupid again.
ps: Why do you have to force him to eat vegetables?
(End of this chapter)
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