Chapter 136 Question

On the second day, Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan were very grateful. They bought flour and beans, soaked the beans, ground the beans and baked pancakes, each step was done based on their own strength.

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

The courtyard suddenly became much more lively. When Shi Xiaoliu was grinding beans, he would say to them, "I'll grind it roughly first, and then grind it finely later."

The three aunts listened very attentively and watched Shi Xiaoliu's movements very carefully. They found that Shi Xiaoliu applied his strength very evenly.

After Shi Xiaoliu ground the beans, the three aunts started grinding the beans. However, because they did not have enough strength, Shi Xiaoliu had to complete the work of grinding the beans.

At 3 p.m., in the kitchen, Shi Xiaoliu lit a fire and Shi Zelan put the wrapped bean cakes in the pot to grill.

The two yellow bean cakes came out of the pot. The three aunts watched the stove and watched Shi Zelan bake all the cakes.

They thought they had learned well, so they went home one by one to try baking pancakes.

After they left, Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan both breathed a sigh of relief, as they had finally accomplished 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 books on medicinal herbs."

"I'll go see if there are any new booklets. I can lend them to Wanyu after we return to the sect."

Shi Xiaoliu glanced at Shi Zelan and asked, "Will Master Uncle approve of you reading the storybook?"

"Master never objected to my reading the storybook."

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

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

"What about music? There must be books on this subject in the bookstore. Why don't you pick a few to read?"

"Well, I'll buy one or two more books on music."

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

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan stepped forward, and when Master Decheng was about to close the door, Shi Zelan quickly stopped him.

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

As Shi Zelan was talking, he walked to the gate of the courtyard and looked around. Master Decheng put down the basket and said to Shi Zelan, "Close the door first. Your master won't be back so soon."

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

"No, I bought it at the market. It was very cheap."

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

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

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan took a deep breath, then they quickly squatted down and looked through the herbs in the basket. After looking at them, they both smiled bitterly.

"Master, these herbs and this basket haven't lost much."

Master Decheng looked at the expressions on their faces and shook his head: "You should think about this. This is the capital city. 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 not to hear anyone say there were 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 people mention Master Decheng's generosity.

The item, which was not worth even one or two ounces of silver, was bought back from Master Decheng for three ounces of silver.

Sure enough, the capital in Master Decheng’s heart is three times more precious than the capital in the hearts of ordinary people.

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan entered the bookstore. When they came out, they were holding two sets of writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone. They also bought two or three books.

Shi Zelan also found a place, bought some gold paper, and prepared to go back and try drawing talismans.

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

When they left the house this morning, they said they were going out of town to the Taoist temple to discuss Taoism with others.

It was getting dark, and Zhenren Decheng and Zhenren Shanzheng came back with happy faces. They said that they would definitely take Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan to the Taoist temple for a visit next time.

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan looked at each other, and listened to them mentioning that the abbot of the Taoist temple was very knowledgeable and some of his insights were very prophetic.

Shi Xiaoliu became more interested and asked Master Decheng, "Master, where are you and your uncle going tomorrow?"

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

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

"Neither of you likes to go out. Actually, you should go out and take a look."

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

Shi Xiaoliu smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's go sit in the teahouse."

Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng looked at each other and said quickly, "You can go sit in the teahouse in the east. There are some teahouses that you don't need to go into."

Shi Xiaoliu nodded and said, "Let's go to the teahouse on the east side tomorrow. If it's interesting, we can go to another teahouse the day after tomorrow to broaden our horizons."

Master Decheng was about to speak, but Master Shanzheng stopped him with a look: "Brother, you can't grow towering trees 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 when you are outside."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan nodded happily. The next day, the neighbors saw them going out again.

On the third day, the neighbors saw that Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng did not go out, but brother and sister Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan went out again.

Aunt Liu and Aunt Lin smiled and said, "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 is well-off, and when they get older, they go out to play, and they don't go to bad places, so they can naturally save a lot of money."

"The family never asked the child to study. Instead, the child said he wanted to learn medicine, and they were willing to let him learn."

"Do you think they can really treat illnesses?"

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

At 3 p.m. that day, Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan came back from outside and received some care from their neighbor aunts.

They reminded Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan very subtly that they still had to work and could not just sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor.

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

The neighbors looked at her in silence, thinking that she was fortunately a girl with a pretty face. When she grew up, she could marry into a good family smoothly with her good looks.

"Little sister, who is the boss in your family?"

"Of course, my master has the final say."

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