Li Banfeng and Chu Er sat opposite each other at the table with a plate of bitter vegetables and two steamed buns in front of them.
"Bitter herbs are delicious with salt. Try it."
Li Banfeng was not in the mood to eat bitter vegetables, and besides, the food was not enough.
Chu Er's food is distributed monthly by Kucai Village. She can only eat this much at each meal. Even though Chu Er is a woman, she cannot get enough to eat here.
"Where are my keys?" This is what Li Banfeng is most concerned about.
Chu Er looked displeased: "You came all the way here, are you looking for me or for the key?"
Li Banfeng smiled: "Silly girl, what nonsense are you talking about? Who do you think I am? I came all the way here, of course, to find the key."
Chu Er was so angry that his face turned pale: "You don't have to be so blunt!"
"Give me the key now!"
“No!”
"You won't give it to me, right?"
"I won't give it to you, what do you think?"
"It's nothing."
Li Banfeng really can't do anything to Chu Er.
He heard from Ma Wu that Chu Er had all kinds of ways to torture herself, and torture and interrogation were useless.
After thinking for a moment, Li Banfeng changed his strategy, looking at Chu Er with tenderness in his eyes: "You said you came here to find the key, but that was just an excuse I made up. I really wanted to come to find you."
Chu Ershang rolled his eyes and looked at Li Banfeng: "Are you telling the truth?"
Li Banfeng gritted his teeth and said, "Sincerely."
"Will you swear an oath for me?"
Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "I'm not a superstitious person."
Chu Er smiled and said, "I'll assume you are sincere. First, tell me, how did you come to Kucai Village?"
"It's a long story," Li Banfeng began to make up. "I just found out that my key was lost, so I looked for it everywhere and finally found Ma Wu."
"Ma Wu told you that I have been to your room?"
"Yes, he told me!"
"He told you that I came to Kucai Village?"
"Yes, that's what he said."
Chu Er thought about it and it made sense: "What happened next?"
And later.
This guy has so many problems.
Li Banfeng continued: "When I heard that you went to Kucai Village, I was worried. I couldn't bear to leave you alone, so I found a way to get a ticket to come here.
This is my first time here too. I can’t tell east from west and north from south. It took me a lot of effort to find your place…”
Chu Er's eyes widened as he asked, "You just arrived?"
Li Banfeng nodded: "Just arrived."
"Did you see me taking a shower just now?"
"I didn't see it. I missed such a good thing." Li Banfeng sighed and shook his head repeatedly, "When will you take a shower next time?"
"Half a year later."
Li Banfeng blinked his eyes: "You wash it once every six months?"
Chu Er nodded seriously: "Too much or too little?"
Li Banfeng blinked again: "Are you crazy?"
Chu Er answered seriously: "No, I'm not crazy. My father took me to the hospital and the doctor said I'm not crazy."
"You went to the hospital too? I went to the hospital too! The doctor said the same thing!"
Chu Er laughed so hard that he fell backwards: "Or maybe we are destined to be together."
As he was moving back and forth, Li Banfeng discovered that there was a rope tied around her neck.
"Yes, it's fate!" Li Banfeng laughed out loud and then pounced on Chu Er.
Chu Er was shocked: "Even if we are destined to be together, it can't happen so quickly. Please wait a moment. It's not possible now..."
After a struggle, Li Banfeng pulled the key from Chu Er's neck.
Chu Er covered his neck and gasped for a while.
Li Banfeng was so cruel that he almost strangled her to death.
"I knew you weren't here to see me!" Chu Er said with red eyes, "You ungrateful person, why did you lie to me?"
"I feel bad, too. I'm ashamed of myself!" Li Banfeng stood up, put on his hat, walked to the door and said, "I don't have the face to see you again. Let's never meet again."
For a moment, Li Banfeng really wanted to kill Chu Er.
Although she didn't know what the key was used for, Li Banfeng was worried that she would try to steal the key in the future.
But at the moment when he wanted to take action, the skill of avoiding danger and seeking good fortune warned him that he was in great danger. The specific reason was unknown.
This is Kucai Village, the base camp for ascetic practice.
Killing someone here, especially a cultivator of distinguished origin, Li Banfeng was not sure what consequences would be caused.
Li Banfeng left, and Chu Er did not chase him. She ate a bite of bitter vegetables and said with a grim smile: "Let's see how far you can go!"
Kucai Village is sparsely populated and the land is barren.
Li Banfeng walked along the loess road for more than two miles and saw only an earthen house, which was even more shabby than the one Chu Er lived in. Apart from that, he did not see any other buildings.
It is such a lifeless place. Even Haichiling with its insect infestation is better than Kucai Village.
Opening his pocket watch to check the time and then the position of the sun, Li Banfeng quickly determined the direction.
He is heading south.
Li Banfeng's target is Sun Hung Kai Properties.
As long as we reach the new place, we can refer to Mr. Yao’s map and return to Lanyang Village.
But can we go south to Xindi?
"Sister Hulu, have you ever been to Kucai Village?"
"What are you doing here? Are you looking for trouble? Go ask the elder sister. She is very knowledgeable."
Go back to your home and ask about the record player?
This place is empty except for yellow earth, and there is not even a place to hide the key.
What if someone picks up the keys again?
Besides, it was useless to ask. Li Banfeng didn't know where he was, there were no landmark buildings here, and the record player couldn't give him directions.
There was a person in front of me, wearing a gray cotton jacket, covering his entire body tightly, and it was impossible to tell whether he was a man or a woman.
Li Banfeng stepped forward to ask for directions: "Uncle...I want to ask how to get to Xindi?"
The man raised his head, his face covered with a scarf, and asked back: "What are you going to do in Xindi?"
Hearing that the voice belonged to a middle-aged woman, Li Banfeng quickly changed the subject and said, "Sister, this is my first time in Kucai Village and I got lost. I wanted to go hunting in Xindi."
The elder sister shook her head and said, "Young man, do you know why you are lost?"
"It should be, accidentally..."
This question is so profound that Li Banfeng really doesn't know how to answer it.
"It's not carelessness, it's that you haven't thought it through, you haven't understood it, you don't know why you came to this place, just like you don't know where you will go in the future.
Don't let desire block your eyes, don't let comfort blind your heart, don't let indulgence wear away your ambition, and don't let laziness corrupt your character. "
Li Banfeng stood there in a daze and said, "I just want to ask for directions..."
On his body, a magic weapon was trembling, and he used all his strength to say two words: "Shut up!"
Look, the judge was so angry that he actually said two words!
How can laziness ruin a person’s character?
This woman is clearly talking nonsense.
The eldest sister sighed and said, "Young man, since you are here, you must calm down. Only when you calm down can you settle down, understand where you are going, and know the meaning of your life."
"That's right, elder sister." Li Banfeng nodded and walked away.
There's no need to grind your teeth with someone like this, she's already gone crazy.
"Stop!" The woman stopped Li Banfeng from leaving. "Where are you going?"
"Go where I should go." Li Banfeng gave a very profound answer.
"You are too impatient," the elder sister reached out and grabbed Li Banfeng's clothes, "You don't even know where you are going. Listen to me and stay."
Li Banfeng shook off the elder sister and straightened his clothes: "I know where I'm going, so don't worry about it."
The eldest sister was a little disappointed with Li Banfeng: "You don't want to stay? After all these things, haven't you figured it out yet?"
"Whether I have understood it or not is my own business. You don't need to worry about it." Li Banfeng's tone changed and he was a little angry.
The elder sister raised her head and looked at Li Banfeng with a pair of bloodshot eyes: "Why can't you stay? Why do you want to leave? If you really leave, won't all the hard work you have worked for before be wasted?
You still don't understand after all, you don't know why you are here, but I know why I am here when I first saw you."
First time meeting me?
Isn’t this the first time?
Why is this lady so illogical?
Li Banfeng didn't want to get entangled with her, so he ran away.
The eldest sister followed behind him as if taking a walk, and asked Li Banfeng, "Do you really have to go?"
How can this lady run so fast?
I'm a level 3 travel cultivator, and I can't even outrun her?
Her cultivation is so high?
Li Banfeng stopped running, he knew he couldn't escape: "Sister, I really came to Kucai Village by accident, I'm not familiar with the place, please let me go.
When I leave Kucai Village, I will not forget your kindness. I will go to Green Water City to buy some good things and come to visit you again."
The eldest sister was stunned for a moment: "You are going to Green Water City, do you just want to leave Kucai Village?"
Li Banfeng was surprised: "What else? Where did I think I was leaving?"
The eldest sister nodded and said, "It's not impossible for you to leave Kucai Village, but you have to follow my rules. As long as you can beat me, I will let you go."
Li Banfeng rubbed his forehead and said helplessly: "Sister, you are joking. We don't know each other. Why would I hit you?"
The elder sister stretched her muscles and said, "I don't use any skills or weapons, otherwise I will bully you.
Let's have a fistfight. If you can beat me, I will not only let you go, but also give you a ride."
"What are you saying?" Li Banfeng shook his head and sighed, "I am a man and you are a woman. How can I hit a woman?"
The eldest sister laughed and said, "You said this quite like a gentleman..."
Bang!
Li Banfeng punched the eldest sister in the face.
The eldest sister was silent.
Li Banfeng said very seriously: "Big sister, I hit you first, so I win. That's what we agreed on."
The eldest sister sighed and said, "Okay, I'll let you go."
Li Banfeng was delighted: "Then I will..."
Bang! The eldest sister suddenly raised her leg and kicked Li Banfeng.
The kick was so fierce that Li Banfeng almost fell to the ground.
"Sister, you are so vicious!"
"You are defenseless because you haven't been tempered enough. I will let you go after you have been tempered enough."
…
As the sun was setting, Chu Er was making a fire and cooking in the yard when Li Banfeng came back with a bruised face.
"Seventh Master, what happened?" Chu Er patted the dust off his palms, "Didn't you say you were leaving? Why are you back?"
Li Banfeng laughed dryly and said, "I met a lady on the way. She was very kind and insisted on keeping me for a few more days.
I said I didn't want to stay, she said I had to beat her before she could leave, I fought, but I didn't win,
I said I didn't want to beat her anymore, and she said I hadn't trained enough, and then she kept beating me, and she's been beating me until now."
Chu Er smiled and said, "Seventh Master, you have met a bitter mother-in-law."
"Who is the bitter old lady?"
"Bitter Granny is Bitter Granny. It's easy to get into Bitter Vegetable Farm, but if you want to get out, you need Bitter Granny's permission."
Li Banfeng stared at Chu Er blankly: "You can't get out either?"
"I can't get out," Chu Er shook his head and said, "I have to wait until Grandma Ku leaves before I can leave Kucai Village."
"When is she leaving?"
"She comes in February and leaves in May. She usually stays in Kucai Village for three months. I'm talking about the lunar calendar."
"May of the lunar calendar?"
It's not even the third month of the lunar calendar yet, so doesn't that mean we'll have to stay here for more than two months?
"What is the origin of this bitter old lady?"
"I don't know where she came from either. Anyway, you should just stay with me. Otherwise, the bitter old lady will beat you up every time she sees you."
For dinner, we had bitter vegetables and steamed bread again.
Chu Er looked at Li Banfeng affectionately: "Seventh Master, you eat it. I can't bear to eat it myself, so I left it all for you."
Li Banfeng ate bitter vegetables and chewed steamed buns, as if he had returned to the days when he was in another state.
Seeing that Li Banfeng had eaten a lot, Chu Er sighed and said, "When you and Ma Wu were in trouble, you also suffered this way, right?"
Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "After meeting me, Ma Wu has never suffered. He is my brother, and I will not let my brother suffer as long as I can think of a way."
Chu Er snorted coldly and said, "It won't hurt to suffer a little."
"There are so many disadvantages to suffering that I can't see any advantages."
"Do you know how to talk? I am practicing asceticism, and you tell me that suffering has no benefits?"
"Leave the suffering to yourself! You only have one bed, where am I supposed to sleep at night?"
Chu Er said tenderly: "Don't be so formal, just squeeze in together."
Li Banfeng sneered: "Really?"
"Don't take it seriously," Chu Er shook his head and said, "Not now. Grandma Ku is here. We can't sleep together, or she will beat me to death too."
"She cares about this too?"
"She controls! She doesn't allow us to do anything that involves enjoying life. Not only does she control this, she even controls bathing. She lives in Kucai Village, and no one in the village can bathe. Do you think I really bathe once every six months?
I was hiding from her. Today I was so dirty that I couldn't stand it, so I secretly wiped it with water. If she saw me, she would beat me to death!"
How can I endure this for more than two months?
No, I have to find a way to escape.
Late at night, Li Banfeng quietly left Chu Er's house and chose a direction based on his talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding danger.
Go north, good luck to the north!
Li Banfeng ran for twenty miles and didn't meet the bitter old woman along the way.
Indeed, the talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune is the most useful!
In his joy, Li Banfeng tripped over a stone and the judge's pen fell to the ground.
"How can you be so careless?" The bitter old woman picked up the judge's pen for Li Banfeng.
"I'll be more careful next time." Li Banfeng took the judge's pen.
The bitter old woman shook her head and said, "I think you still haven't understood it."
Li Banfeng nodded and said, "Then I'll go back and figure it out."
"You can't figure it out on your own, you need someone to help you hone it."
Li Banfeng held his head and said, "Can we find someone else to beat him?"
ps: Who is the bitter mother-in-law?
(End of this chapter)
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