Chapter 143 Progress
"Brother, there is no need to rush at this moment. It will be good for their character if they both calm down for a few days."
Zhenren Shanzheng believes that Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan should focus on cultivation for the time being, and as for other things, they should just go with the flow.
In this regard, True Man Decheng still agrees with True Man Shanzheng's opinion. True Lord Fengyuan is very good at teaching his disciples. It seems that True Man Shanzheng has inherited the true teachings from his master.
The night wind was cool and the moon was bright. Master Decheng took out his flute and said to Master Shanzheng, "I want to go up to the roof and play a tune."
Shan Zheng Zhenren smiled and pointed to the roof, and whispered, "Go ahead, I'll move the stairs to the side of the wall."
Master Decheng climbed onto the roof, and the clear sound of the flute began to ring out, then drifted away with the night wind.
After Master Shanzheng placed the stairs next to the wall, he turned out, waved to Master Decheng, and quickly entered the room.
On the next morning, Shi Zelan said to Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng, "Uncle Master, Master, I seemed to hear Master Uncle Ji Lin playing the flute last night."
Master Decheng looked at her and said, "Sister Lan, your uncle is also very good at playing the flute, and your master can also play the flute, but we don't usually play the flute."
"Uncle Master, then you played the flute yesterday because of an unexpected situation?"
Seeing the curious look in Shi Zelan's eyes, Master Decheng said angrily and amusedly, "You wouldn't guess that I was too bored and played a few tunes on the roof."
Shi Zelan looked at Master Decheng and smiled. Outsiders thought that Master Decheng was always idle, but Shi Zelan always knew that Master Decheng had never been idle.
Master Decheng shook his head at Master Shanzheng and said, "Look, she's stupid now. This kid can't even play dumb."
Shanzheng Zhenren said with a serious expression: "Brother, you are absolutely right, you still need to teach her a lesson.
Brother, what are your plans later? “
"I'm going to the Taoist temple to sit for a while, don't you want to go?"
"I won't go. If I go again, it will be the same as teaching him how to draw talismans directly."
"Ha, ha, ha, who told you to be so honest? Seeing that he drew the amulet wrong, I couldn't help but point it out to him."
Shanzheng Zhenren smiled and said, "I don't want to go out for the next two days. I will accompany them to practice in the yard."
"That's fine. With you here, the two of them can practice during the day."
Master Decheng quickly left the courtyard. Shi Xiaoliu went into the kitchen and boiled a pot of water. Then he asked Shi Zelan, "Sister Lan, do you want some sweet soup?"
Shi Zelan shook her head and said, "I want to eat fresh water soup, with just a little salt, which tastes much better than sweet soup."
Shi Xiaoliu started to make clear soup. For breakfast, the two of them drank a bowl of clear soup each.
"Pah, pah, pah, Xiaoliu, is Xiaolan home?"
Aunt Liu stood outside the courtyard gate and knocked on it. Shi Zelan went over to open the gate and saw the vegetables she was carrying. She said, "Aunt, the vegetables you bought today are very fresh."
"Of course, I will pick the best-looking vegetable for your family to taste."
Shi Zelan smiled and took the dish from Aunt Liu. She said to Aunt Liu, "Aunt, if your family likes to eat pancakes, I am willing to teach your family how to make pancakes."
Aunt Liu shook her head at first, but then she thought about it and said to Shi Zelan, "Xiao Lan, your sister-in-law cooks delicious food. I'll ask her to learn from you, okay?"
Shi Zelan smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll buy noodles, beans, and soybean oil in two days."
Aunt Liu said quickly, "I'll go buy some noodles and beans tomorrow."
The two of them discussed the matter, and Shi Zelan handed the green vegetables to Shi Xiaoliu: "Xiaoliu, let's cook some clear vegetable soup."
After Shi Xiaoliu carefully inspected the dish in his hand, he said to Shi Zelan, "This dish can be boiled and dried before eating. If we eat it this way, I'm worried that we won't be able to get rid of the bitter taste in the dish."
Shi Zelan immediately took the vegetables from his hand and said, "I heard from the aunties in the village that if you want to dry vegetables, you have to dry them to remove moisture from the surface first."
Shi Xiaoliu never argued with Shi Zelan about this, and said with a smile: "Then do it according to your idea."
Shi Zelan put the vegetables directly on the bamboo poles to dry. She turned around and said to Shi Xiaoliu, "I remember that people in the village all like to dry vegetables like this."
Shi Xiaoliu nodded: "Okay."
Master Shanzheng did not remind Shi Zelan that it was cloudy today and there was a high probability of an autumn rain in the afternoon.
In the afternoon, Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan were practicing in the room. The autumn rain fell down happily. Zhenren Shanzheng rushed to deliver the dishes to the kitchen before the raindrops fell.
In the evening, Master Decheng came back from outside and said to Master Shanzheng, "Fortunately you didn't go. In the morning, the abbot of the Taoist temple was not idle at all. I went to the quiet room to sit for a while.
In the afternoon, when I was about to leave, it started to rain, and there were so many guests on the mountain that the host was busy arranging for them to stay.
The host wanted to have a quiet chat with me at night, but I thought that if I didn’t come back, the three of you would be worried, so I went down the mountain in the heavy rain. ”
"Didn't the host arrange a carriage for you to go down the mountain?"
Shanzheng Zhenren asked Decheng Zhenren with a smile, and he was stunned for a moment and said: “It has been arranged, eight grown men are squeezed into a carriage, and except for me, all of them are of extraordinary status.
I'd rather go down the mountain in the rain.
Do you know what the eight of them said in the car? ”
Master Shanzheng shook his head, and Master Decheng sighed, "They must have heard of each other, so they were particularly polite when they spoke.
I was the only stranger there, so the eight of them were very concerned about me, from asking me my last name to asking when I arrived in the capital. ”
"Pfft." Shanzheng Zhenren laughed and said, "Will you keep answering their questions?"
“I answered their questions very sincerely at first, and they later learned that my goal in life was to spend a leisurely life with my new apprentices.
They would rather close their eyes and rest than look at me. ”
Master Decheng sighed and said, "I think this is a good thing too. Their careers as officials won't continue to be prosperous. The only fate between them and me is that we will ride the same car down the mountain."
Shanzheng Zhenren smiled and said, "Now that you are back, I will go into the room and meditate as well."
"Hey, can we talk for a while?"
Shanzheng Zhenren glanced at him and said: "I don't have time. Time is money. My future is very important."
Master Decheng waved his hand at him and said, "Alright, I dare not delay your future."
After Master Shanzheng entered the room, Master Decheng's eyes showed a bit more worry, and he decided to go out less these days.
The next day, Master Decheng said to Shi Xiaoliu, "I haven't checked your homework these days. I have some free time these days. Come to my room and recite your lessons."
Shi Zelan looked at the serious-looking Master Decheng, and took the initiative to say to Master Shanzheng: "Master, should I draw a talisman for you to check my progress these days?"
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