Chapter 196 Wukong and Ying Zheng "Wukong, how...
"Wukong, how did you find yourself here?" Fu Li was very surprised. She didn't care about Ying Zheng for a moment and stepped forward to hold Wukong.
Wukong said unhappily, "Mother, are you still asking? If I hadn't sent you a message, I wouldn't have received a reply. Go..." He went to Heaven and couldn't find anyone...
"Alright, alright," Fu Li interrupted him hastily, winking at Ying Zheng and saying with a smile, "Isn't it because we were in such a hurry that I didn't have time to tell you? My son is naturally intelligent. Even if I hadn't told you, you would have found me quickly, wouldn't you?"
Seeing that the teacher ignored him when Wukong arrived, Ying Zheng felt a little uncomfortable. He put down his brush and took the initiative to ask, "Teacher, who is this?"
Fu Li smiled and said, "This is my son Wukong, your senior apprentice. Wukong is my newest disciple, a descendant of the Qin royal family, and his given name is simply Zheng."
The two men looked at each other. Ying Zheng's eyes were a little scrutinizing, but when he met Wukong's crystal clear and pure eyes, the awkwardness in his heart immediately turned into embarrassment.
"My name is Qin Zheng, nice to meet you, senior brother." He took the initiative to salute.
Wukong leaned forward, supported him, and said with a smile, "We are all brothers, there is no need to be so polite, brother Zheng."
At this point, he scratched behind his ear sheepishly and pulled off the soul-nourishing jade hanging from his waist. "I didn't know my mother had accepted another disciple, so I didn't prepare any gifts. Take this jade pendant for now. I'll give it to you when we return to our sect."
Ying Zheng looked at Fu Li and saw her nod slightly before taking the jade pendant. "Thank you, Senior Brother."
Fu Li said, "Come in and sit down. Zheng'er, we have guests coming today, so you don't have to go to school yet. Go and call your teacher Yin back."
"Yes, disciple, I'll take my leave."
Ying Zheng took his orders and left. Fu Li then spoke seriously to Wukong, "Your father and I have both had our magical powers sealed by the Daoist Patriarch. We must accumulate merit as mortals. Before we have accumulated merit, you must not reveal your true identity. Be careful not to reveal any flaws in your words or actions."
Wukong nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, mother, I will be careful."
Fu Li said, "Zheng'er may be young, but he's very perceptive. Don't underestimate him."
"No, no, don't worry." Wukong agreed again, but he was curious about this new junior brother.
Fu Li smiled and said, "You've always been a man of your word. If you've promised, you'll definitely keep it. Why should I be worried? Oh, by the way, there's one more thing I need your help with."
Wukong thought something serious was going on and quickly straightened his expression, "Just wait for Mother's orders."
"It's just a small matter, don't take it so seriously." Fu Li patted the back of his hand and told him that she wanted to find two maids to serve Zhao Ji.
"With Madam Zhao's intelligence, marrying into an ordinary family would have been enough for her, but she chose to marry into the royal family. Go back and find your two masters, any of them will do, and have them choose two people in Shu who are both virtuous and talented."
Since Zhao Ji couldn't help herself, Fu Li had to find two outsiders to look after her.
Wukong readily agreed and was about to go to Shuzhong, but Fuli pulled him back and said angrily, "Why are you in such a hurry, kid? Zheng'er has gone to find your father and will be back soon. You should see your father first, right?"
"Hehe." Wukong smiled awkwardly and said flatteringly, "I just wanted to help mother with her worries as soon as possible."
Fu Li said affectionately, "It's not a big deal. Ever since you followed Master Bodhi down to the mortal realm, we haven't seen each other for a long time. It's a good opportunity to sit down and talk."
When Wukong heard this, he obediently moved a bamboo stool and sat down next to her.
Fu Li smiled and said, "Even though I'm in Heaven, I know you've done great things in Huaguo Mountain. Tell me how you did it."
This really hit the spot for Wukong. He was filled with pride and started boasting about his glorious deeds: how he developed Flower-Fruit Mountain, how he taught the little demons, and how he and the Bull Demon King tricked the five great demons...
"Right now, I'm taking a few sworn brothers with me to take care of all the demon kings who refuse to obey me. This way, we'll save them the trouble of coming to Flower-Fruit Mountain one by one to provoke me."
Having said that, he snorted unhappily.
Fu Li praised, "My son is kind-hearted. He saved trouble for those demon kings."
"Hehe." Wukong immediately became happy.
The mother and son were talking happily when they suddenly heard Nezha's voice outside the door: "Sister, I heard Zheng'er say that Wukong is here?"
The two immediately stopped talking about this and stood up to greet him. They saw Nezha holding a python in his left hand and Ying Zheng in his right hand, with his head covered with shiny beads of sweat.
"Daddy, you're back?" Wukong stepped forward and bowed. "I pay my respects to you, Daddy."
Nezha said with a smile, "Don't be polite. I caught a python today, and it's just right for you to have a snack. Okay, take Zheng'er out to play, I'll cook first. After dinner, we can talk again as father and son."
Wukong exclaimed "Hey!" and rushed forward. He lifted Ying Zheng's shoulder with his right hand and pushed him up. Ying Zheng instantly felt as light as a swallow and flew up.
When he landed on the ground, he realized that the senior brother he had just met today was actually carrying him on his shoulders.
He subconsciously grabbed Wukong's hair crown. Wukong felt his scalp tighten and reminded him, "Little Junior Brother, my hair crown has many edges and corners. Be careful not to hurt your hands."
Little Ying Zheng looked down and saw that the hair crown had a sandalwood base, with a miniature star map inlaid with various gemstones. It was also decorated with pearls, gold and jade, and a trembling red pompom at the front. It was simply beautiful.
Just as Wukong had said, the hair crown was made of many small pieces, and it would be easy to cut your hand if you weren't careful. Ying Zheng quickly let go and hugged his neck instead.
"That's right!" Wukong carried him and shook him around, and after making sure he was sitting firmly, he laughed and shouted, "Let's go!" and rushed out like the wind.
Fu Li shouted from behind, "Wukong, slow down."
"Don't worry, mother, I won't drop him." Wukong's speed did not slow down at all, and he soon disappeared.
Zhao Ji, who was hiding in the room, was very unhappy when she saw the son of her retainer coming and not taking the initiative to greet her, but she didn't dare to say anything.
And Zheng'er was the same. She just followed him out without thinking about her mother at all.
The duo that Zhao Ji complained about had already run a long way away.
Wukong was born with supernatural powers. The golden cudgel weighing more than 10,000 pounds was like a straw in his hand, let alone Ying Zheng, a four-year-old child?
When he came, he flew over the mountains and saw a peach forest. The pink and white peaches were obviously ripe, so he took his junior fellow apprentice to pick peaches.
The peach forest wasn't close to the valley, but with Wukong's strength and speed, it didn't feel far away at all. Ying Zheng sat on his shoulders, hugging his neck tightly. He felt like he was moving at lightning speed, and the surrounding scenery was rapidly receding.
At such a speed, he had no way of estimating the time. He didn't know how long it had been before the surrounding scenery finally froze.
What appeared before my eyes was a small wild peach forest with about a dozen peach trees.
No one pruned the wild peach trees, nor did anyone thin out the fruits. The peaches grew very densely, but they were not very big, only slightly larger than apricots.
Wukong put him down and quickly climbed up a peach tree, picking the biggest and reddest peaches at the top of the tree.
The peaches were ripe and the fuzz on them had almost fallen off. He picked one, rubbed it on his sleeve, and took a bite. It was sweet and juicy.
They are just too small. After taking two bites of a peach, only the core is left.
He picked up two larger ones and shouted to Ying Zheng under the tree, "Little Junior Brother, catch this!"
Ying Zheng quickly scooped up his clothes, and two peaches landed precisely in his pockets, accompanied by Wukong's laughter: "Try them quickly, these peaches are so sweet!"
As he said that, he jumped onto another tree and headed straight for the reddest and largest ones at the top.
Before long, he had picked all the fruits from the tops of more than a dozen peach trees.
He thought that Fu Li would not let him reveal his identity, and it would be difficult to collect the money with magic power, so he had to take off his coat, tie the two sleeves and the bottom corners of the coat together to make a simple cloth bag, and filled it with a big bag.
When he jumped down from the tree, he saw Ying Zheng holding onto the two fruits and not eating them, so he asked, "Junior brother, why don't you eat them? They're very sweet, I'm not lying to you."
Ying Zheng shook his head slightly and explained, "The teacher doesn't allow us to eat unwashed fruit."
Wukong said awkwardly: "Well, I'll take you to find a place to wash up first."
—Alas, it's because mortal bodies are too fragile that Mother has to be so cautious in raising Junior Brother. A natural born spirit like me would give Mother much less to worry about.
Wukong thought about it, picked up the peaches where they were red and dense, broke off a large branch, and carried it on his shoulder.
But in this case, he was holding a bag of peaches in his left hand and a branch in his right hand, so he couldn't take care of Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng seemed to see his embarrassment and took the package, saying, "Brother, let me hold this."
Wukong said happily, "That's fine." He stuffed the bag of peaches into his arms and picked him up and hugged him.
He took Ying Zheng to find a water source, washed the peaches, picked some edible wild fruits, picked some grass to remove the fishy smell, caught some fish and shrimp in the river, and roasted them on the stone slab.
"Come, come, little brother, try my cooking."
When Ying Zheng turned four, it was his first picnic. Although there was no oil, Wukong managed to cook the fish quite deliciously, using various herbs to remove the fishy smell and enhance its flavor, along with wild fruits rich in physalis.
Seeing him eating happily, Wukong asked proudly, "How is it? My cooking skills are pretty good, right?" "Yeah, yeah." Ying Zheng nodded repeatedly. After swallowing everything in his mouth, he asked, "Brother, what do you do for a living? How do you have such good cooking skills?"
Wukong laughed and said, "I have a mountain that specializes in tourism."
"Tourism?" Ying Zheng's face was full of question marks. This word was very unfamiliar to him.
Wukong said, "This is a very popular industry in Shu. They contract a mountain from the state, create their own unique features, and then open it to the outside world, attracting tourists to earn money from entrance fees, food, lodging, and transportation fees."
"So that's how it is." Ying Zheng nodded, not quite understanding, and exclaimed in his heart: Shu Kingdom and the other countries in the Central Plains are really different!
He remembered that Lu Buwei once said that Shu was a magical country, and many things that were very new to the Central Plains were taken for granted by the people of Shu.
An idea suddenly occurred to him: One day, I will also go to Shu to take a look.
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