Chapter 7 Chapter 7 You smell so good
When the sky was bright, Lin Xinghuo carried the dirty water in one hand and poured it into the sewage ditch in the backyard, while his mind was racing, trying to sort out countless thoughts and plans one by one.
Entering the state of introspection allowed Lin Xinghuo to truly experience the wonders of cleansing the tendons and marrow for the first time. Previously, when practicing the Cleansing Marrow Sutra, it took a long time to see any results, but this time, the circulation of internal energy directly forced out some of the impurities within the body, and the effect was immediate.
The most noticeable improvement was her strength. Now she could easily lift the two-meter-high wooden shelf on the fifth floor of the west building, which must have required at least three hundred kilograms of strength. Furthermore, her hearing and eyesight were sharp, and her five senses were astonishing. Her reaction speed had increased immensely, and she no longer felt as if her actions couldn't keep up with her brain.
Lin Xinghuo felt as if he had broken free from a heavy shackle, and felt refreshed and reborn.
Three little fox cubs scampered after her, whimpering and coquettishly. She prepared a simple breakfast, which the cubs devoured with relish. However, Lin Xinghuo found herself feeling warm inside, and surprisingly, she had no desire to eat. A moment's reflection: Taoist fasting is a long-standing tradition, having flourished before the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Even in later times, the emphasis was on "eating less." Lin Xinghuo decided to see how long this state could last.
Lin Xinghuo picked up the backpack, thought for a moment, and then changed it to a basket. He used two sacks as cushions, put the fat kids with round bellies in it, and walked briskly towards the village entrance.
It's time to get to work.
Fox Big nimbly climbed from the basket onto Lin Xinghuo's shoulder, nestling into the crook of his neck. Lin Xinghuo poked it, and Fox Big's whimpering became louder. He tapped Fox Big's forehead, and then Master Lin let it go. Yesterday, Lin Xinghuo's neck probably wouldn't have been able to bear the weight of this solid, fat cub.
Lin Xinghuo's progress was rapid, and she suddenly reached a new threshold. However, her cultivation method became a major problem. The acquired realm and the innate realm were like a chasm. Now that she was halfway to the innate realm, all her previous cultivation methods were no longer suitable.
But who among those who practice cultivation hasn't wished for immortality? If they were fortunate enough to achieve this, they would naturally strive for it. Now, in her eyes, the world seemed to be slowly unfolding.
Fortunately, his inner contemplation gave Lin Xinghuo a clue as to how to proceed: during inner contemplation, his internal organs dimmed, his meridians narrowed, and his bones and flesh were thick with impurities. He couldn't even see the slightest bit of the three fundamental areas, the Purple Palace, the Crimson Palace, and the Sea of Qi, as if a thick barrier blocked them. --- He diligently practiced breathing exercises, trying to use qi to expel impurities and filth from the body and widen the meridians; diligently practiced inner contemplation, attempting to break through the barriers at the key points...
Without the experience of her predecessors to draw upon, cultivating on her own might be fraught with danger, but there was truly no other way. In her previous life, she could have read extensively and searched for scriptures, perhaps finding a path there. But now, where could she find such knowledge? She could only take it one step at a time.
She was lost in thought when Wei Chunfeng crept up from behind, trying to pat her shoulder. Lin Xinghuo dodged with a single step.
At this moment, Wei Chunfeng was stunned, "My goodness, Xiaolin, do you have eyes on your back?"
It was an instinctive reaction. Lin Xinghuo smiled and said, "I saw the shadow. Do you want to see me for something?"
"I thought so." Wei Chunfeng didn't care and asked again: "Is there any good news? I just saw you walking and smiling, your smile was as beautiful as a flower."
Did she smile just now? Lin Xinghuo touched the corner of his mouth and found that it was indeed curved.
"Nothing, I'm just in a good mood." Entering an unprecedented state, one naturally feels comfortable.
"I guess Xiaolin is in a good mood too. Ouch, I chased him from the end of the village to the beginning, but I couldn't catch up with Xiaolin!" Wang Huzi's wife bumped into him from behind, clutching her chest and gasping for breath. She was the daughter of the neighboring Jinjiayao who married into Buxiantun. This time, because the old fairy lady closed the mountain early, Jinjiayao was unable to exchange herbs and was asking someone to mediate with Buxiantun. Wang Huzi's wife's brother from her natal family was a troublemaker, a lazy and playful kid. A few days ago, he got hurt in a fight, so her family sent a message asking her to find a way to exchange some of the medicine for bruises and sprains prepared by the old fairy lady.
Members of the village could use their work points plus some money to buy medicine. Since Buxian Village lacked a health station, the medicine exchanged was stored at the brigade headquarters, and the exchange could be registered with the accountant. The brigade accountant was also Wang Huzi's uncle, so there was no reason to disapprove. But Jin Zhaodi had other ideas. She wanted to establish a good relationship with Lin Xinghuo first, then ask him to intercede and get some medicine allocated to Jinjiayao. If she could accomplish this, she would be the most capable daughter of the Jinjiayao Commune, and her return to her parents' home would be a glorious experience.
Jin Zhaodi had no ill intentions. She knew the old Party secretary and the team leader would eventually agree to a share of the medicinal herbs with Jinjiayao. Her mother's commune had been acting in a less-than-honest manner recently, so they should relent after a while. She wanted to take this opportunity to show off her abilities. Jin Zhaodi figured that since her family had helped Lin Xinghuo a lot, having given her all the adobe bricks they made, Lin Xinghuo, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, would definitely agree without much hesitation.
She was squatting at the door early in the morning. When she saw Lin Xinghuo going to work, Jin Zhaodi dropped her bowl and got up to chase him, but she didn't expect that she couldn't catch up with him at all!
"How come you're so fast? I can't even catch up with you when I run!" Jin Zhaodi was out of breath. She clearly didn't even run, so how could her legs move so fast? Before she could call out to him, he disappeared.
Lin Xinghuo didn't pay attention to the speed, but she subconsciously used the Yu Step just now, so it must be quite fast.
"Xiao Lin, come here. Your sister-in-law wants to tell you something." Jin Zhaodi said, covering her mouth.
"Hey, what are you running for, woman? You're running like a dog!" Wang Huzi came out from the group of male members and pulled Jin Zhaodi aside. "I was just eating, and now she's gone! I thought she had diarrhea."
"Get out of here, I have something serious to say to Xiaolin, please don't make trouble!"
"We haven't even settled our important business yet, so come here first!" Wang Huzi pulled the man behind the big tree with the clock hanging at the entrance of the village, then asked with a stern face, "Do you want to ask the little fairy for something? Didn't I tell you not to disturb the little fairy's peace?"
Wang Huzi usually loves his wife, but when he gets stern, Jin Zhaodi is afraid, as if she has an extra father. Jin Zhaodi grumbles about the matter quietly. Wang Huzi hits his head, his head aching with anger: "Why are you pretending to be so arrogant? If you are so capable, we should just elect you as the brigade secretary in the next election! Think about it, what will you do if someone brings a bunch of bad guys to our house to destroy the four olds and kicks you out? Oh, in the end, you have to take the initiative to come forward and give medicine?"
"What the hell!" Jin Zhaodi blurted out immediately, "I'll beat his brains out!"
Wang Huzi squinted at him, "It doesn't hurt if you don't cut your own flesh, right? I'm telling you, Jin Zhaodi, leave that scoundrel of yours alone! Don't get involved in his business. I'll do you a favor when you go back to your mother's house and lend you the captain's bicycle. But if you do it again, our mother won't tolerate it. Jin Gouzi came back last time and muttered to Chen Laifu, what kind of words were they! He's a grown man, but he doesn't do any real work. He dares to pimp for others just because people give him some benefits? Who is Widow Jin? She's a nobody in Jinjiayao, and now she wants to seduce people from our village. She's so beautiful!"
"What's the point of being a pimp? Gouzi was just deceived by Widow Jin. He even calls her Aunt Xiaowu."
"Your uncle has been dead for several years. With her character, she is nothing but Aunt Five! Our mother has said that Jin Gouzi is not allowed to visit our house in the next two years. This time it's for Chunfeng's face, and Chen Lai Fu didn't really do anything, otherwise I would have dealt with him myself! Next time it will be more than just physical pain!" Chen Lai Fu didn't get away with it. Although he was out of the fifth degree of mourning, the old branch secretary was still the patriarch of the Chen family. While Wei Chunfeng was living with Grandma Wei, he personally picked up a stick and gave Chen Lai Fu ten hits according to the family rules.
Jin Zhaodi suddenly realized: "You didn't hire someone to beat up Gouzi, did you? He's your brother-in-law!"
Wang Huzi sneered: "What brother-in-law? I'd rather have two brothers-in-law. Just to teach him a lesson and let his group of bad friends know that if they do something stupid, they shouldn't come here!"
Seeing that Wang Huzi was still holding his breath, Jin Zhaodi hurriedly said, "Master, don't be angry. Gou Zi is a bit of a scoundrel. Just marry him a strong wife next year to take care of him."
Wang Huzi said, "Don't be so useless. I'm telling you one last time, don't bother the Little Fairy! If you dare, I'll... I'll go beat up Jin Gouzi! If I'm not satisfied once, I'll beat him up again. It's all this dog's fault!"
Jin Zhaodi: "..." Jin Zhaodi was stunned. Jin Gouzi, who had a bruised face and nose in Linzhen, shuddered, his wounds twitching as he grimaced in pain. "These bastards are so cruel! Mother! Why hasn't my third sister brought the medicine yet? It hurts so much!"
About ten steps away, Lin Xinghuo was talking to Wei Chunfeng while being forced to listen to a lot of village gossip, and was grateful that he was just a minor supporting role in it.
Wei Chunfeng saw his younger brother hiding in a corner and looking over here, so he called out to him, "Chunxing, come here."
Wei Chunxing came over with a limp on his left leg. He greeted Lin Xinghuo shyly before saying, "I've prepared the pig food in advance. Uncle Huang told me to tell you that you don't need to go to the livestock yard today."
"Then why don't you come and speak?" Wei Chunfeng pinched him and said, "You're a grown man now, why are you so shy? Don't learn from your brother-in-law's stinky behavior."
Lin Xinghuo clearly saw Wei Chunxing purse his lips when his sister mentioned Chen Laifu. He wondered if he knew about Chen Laifu's connection to Widow Jin. Perhaps he had a hand in beating up Jin Gouzi. Although Wei Chunxing looked skinny, he was incredibly strong. He could carry a large pot of pig food without help.
Wei Chunfeng was impatient and urged him, "What else do you have to say? Finish it quickly!"
Wei Chunxing was thinking about Chen Laifu when his sister pushed him. Without thinking, he said, "What's that smell? It smells so good."
When he said this, Wei Chunfeng was stunned, then turned hostile and chased him away: "Get out if you have nothing to do!"
The two siblings, with their contrasting personalities, flushed red as they realized what was happening. Wei Chunxing's neck was even redder, and he wanted to crawl into the ground in embarrassment, his limp leg dragging rapidly.
Wei Chunfeng hurriedly apologized to Lin Xinghuo: "I'm so sorry, he didn't mean any harm, he's just a little bit stupid... No, he doesn't have a brain!"
Lin Xinghuo knew that Wei Chunxing was distracted. "Is it really that obvious?"
Seeing that the little girl was not embarrassed, Wei Chunfeng breathed a sigh of relief and moved closer and said, "I just smelled it a little. That guy has always had a bad nose since he was a child. Don't pay attention to him."
"Is this the scented soap people in the city use? It smells pretty good, like pine scent after a snowfall."
Lin Xinghuo touched the sachet hidden in her clothes. It was the fragrance of the small light green wooden sign. It was this smell that suddenly became apparent the moment she felt the energy yesterday, guiding and triggering the inner body path.
The big fox on his shoulder seemed to be lying quietly in the crook of his neck, but in fact, its moist little nose was sniffing the faint fragrance as it breathed. The two little ones in the backpack were not as domineering as the big one and did not dare to climb onto his shoulder, but they were also quietly sniffing.
Lin Xinghuo couldn't figure out the secret of the small wooden sign, but the strong wood fragrance lingered, so she didn't dare put it anywhere else for fear that it would be taken away by some animal.
"Ding! Ding! Ding!" The old branch secretary rang the bell and announced, "Tomorrow the Autumn Hunting Team will be heading into the mountains. Anyone who wants to join us for a hike, come sign up! It's the same old rules. We'll vote by show of hands. If 50% of the Autumn Hunting Team members agree, you can go with us!"
Huang Dazhuang and Aunt Wang then discussed the day's work. Since there were basically no large jobs left, smaller tasks were quickly assigned to the elderly, the weak, women, and children. Since they couldn't join the group going up the mountain, it would be nice to earn a few extra work points.
A lot of members signed up.
Although everyone was excited, they all knew what was going on. Only a dozen or so young men were eager to join in. The young men from the Autumn Hunting Team didn't even glance at them, and the fathers of some of them even shouted at them, "I think you're itching for trouble!"
Surprisingly, when Wei Chunxing took the stage, most of the team members raised their hands. "Chunxing has a very good nose. Two years ago, he could smell the stench of wild boars from a long distance away. We climbed up the trees in advance and waited for the wild boars to rush out so we could shoot them from the trees. It was so comfortable!"
The voting went on quickly, and seeing that there were only a few people left, Lin Xinghuo had to give up his original plan of checking with the old branch secretary first and stood up with his arm raised: "I'm signing up!"
No one on the wooden stage raised their hand.
The noisy crowd gradually quieted down.
Everyone looked at Lin Xinghuo in surprise, as if they had just realized that she was just a little girl in her teens.
"Little Fairy, Little Fairy, I didn't even notice her age. She's only a few years older than my grandson, right? Sixteen?"
"No! I've seen the certificate from the commune. It's only fifteen."
"Oh, so little! Just like my boy. He's been raising his hand every year since he was ten to join the autumn hunting team. If we don't let him go, he'll cry in his dreams at night!"
Wang Dazhuang watched from above, feeling rather sorry, but he spoke bluntly: "Comrade Xiaolin, even carrying a large basket won't do! It's too dangerous in there, and it's too late for us to save him!"
The villagers all burst into laughter. The old Party Secretary was afraid that Lin Xinghuo would be embarrassed, so he put his hands down and said, "I just have something to say about Comrade Xiaolin: After discussion at the brigade headquarters, we have decided to recommend Comrade Xiaolin to participate in the county's 'barefoot doctor' training. Once the training is completed and he passes the exam, our Buxian Village will have its own health station!"
Nowadays, village doctors treat both humans and animals. Those who can only treat humans are not welcomed. People say that they have not learned the skills well enough.
In the short two weeks that Lin Xinghuo had been a stockman, he had not only examined every one of the collective's livestock, but had also prescribed feed recipes tailored to their species, feeding pigs, cattle, donkeys, and mules accordingly. At first, everyone was just curious; curious folks even asked Uncle Huang San for the recipe, but it didn't seem to contain anything unusual; it was just the usual stuff. But then he went back to the barn. He couldn't tell about the other animals, but this pig was clearly two pens larger than the ones the villagers kept at home. Normally, pigs should be slaughtered in two months, and while they'd still be gaining weight, they were past their peak growth spurt. So how could the pigs in the barn be so chugging along? By the end of the year, the pigs he'd submitted would surely take first place in the commune!
Lin Xinghuo became even angrier. An old lady even brought some offerings of fruit to secretly ask her if she had performed a ritual for the pigs, and if she could do the same for her pigs.
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