Li Fang smiled bitterly: "Zongnan, you go to the kettle of hot water, make a pot for these two laymen, and we can pick tea leaves in the mountains." ”

Cheng Xiaolian hurriedly stood up: "Can such a big child boil water?" ”

"It is no wonder that the child of the poor is in charge of the house at an early age, and if he does not do it, he will starve to death."

Cheng Xiaolian knew that this old Taoist priest probably had something to say, so he sat down and listened with peace of mind, presumably it was not the first time that Zongnan had boiled water, otherwise the old Taoist priest would not dare to be so relieved.

Seeing Zong Nan walk out of the door, Li Fang sighed: "Our Taoist temple, I don't know when it was handed down, and it was once a flourishing incense, but today it is completely decayed, poor and incompetent, and this Taoist temple must be passed on, but now I am afraid it is difficult to fulfill this wish." ”

Cheng Xiaolian didn't mean to interject, he didn't have the energy to help the old Taoist to carry forward the Taoist temple, and he didn't plan to open an altar to preach, even if he had a good impression of the Taoist people, he wouldn't take out a lot of silver and manpower to help build the Taoist temple, if this continued, he would not have time to revive the Ming Dynasty.

"In the Taoist temple, except for the books left by the basic ancestors, there is nothing worth inheriting, and the poor Dao is sick like this, so naturally he has no time to take care of the apprentice, and he is afraid that his child will do something else, so he said to him, that rice ginseng can cure my disease, let him water every day, and save a lot of trouble. The two laymen, I know that I am sick, and I will be a medicine jar in the future, so I won't bother the two of you to help. ”

Cheng Xiaolian thought for a while: "We want to take Zong Nan away, what do you think?" ”

Li Fang was stunned for a moment: "Why is this?" There was a hint of vigilance in his eyes, Zong Nan's child looks very good, if they get the family to be a slave, it is a good thing, at least he will not starve to death, if they are sold to make **, that is absolutely intolerable to him.

Cheng Xiaolian seemed to understand what he was thinking: "We are not shooting flowers, you see that Jing's medical skills are not bad, even if we open a medical hall, we will earn more money than shooting flowers." I just think that Zong Nan is smart, even if we leave silver for the Taoist, the Taoist will always have a day of feathering, I really can't bear to watch the child live on the streets, although our husband and wife are not big families, but we can still afford to raise a child, if he is willing to learn some Huanghuang techniques with the clumsy Jing in the future, it must be an excellent thing. ”

Li Fang nodded: "You do have some truth in what you said, the two of you still don't spend money on the poor Dao, you can take this child away, if you meet the Taoist temple, you can entrust this child." With that, he stood up and removed a small stone slab from under the statue of Emperor Chunyang, and took out a wooden box from under the stone slab and handed it to Cheng Xiaolian.

Seeing that Cheng Xiaolian was stunned and didn't answer, he opened his mouth and said: "The thing in this is Zongnan's life experience, since he cultivates the Tao, he has to cut off the red dust, if he doesn't cultivate in the future, then give him this thing." ”

Cheng Xiaolian took over the wooden box at this time, and at this time Zong Nan had already walked in with a pot of water, put down the kettle and was about to turn around, but Li Fang stopped him: "Zong Nan, you come here." ”

"Master."

"Master has something important for you to do, you can go with these two laymen, if you finish the work one day, they will let you come back, you can come back." Li Fang was also worried that it would be difficult for children to cry, so he quickly made up a lie. In fact, from the bottom of his heart, of course he was unwilling to let Zong Nan leave, the more people got to this time, the more they had to have someone around them to support the elderly.

But Li Fang felt that Zong Nan's age was too young, and secondly, he had lung disease, and the doctor said that this disease was easy to spread to others, and if Zong Nan also suffered from illness one day, wouldn't it hurt his own apprentice, so he made up this lie.

Zong Nan was stunned for a moment: "Master, if I leave, who will show you what that rice cucumber grows into?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian laughed and took out a silver ticket from his sleeve: "Have you seen it, this silver ticket is one hundred taels of silver, and your master can buy a big pot of rice and ginseng with it, but you have to do good things with us, otherwise we have to get the silver ticket back." As he spoke, he handed the silver ticket to the hand of Li Fang.

Li Fang did not accept the silver ticket: "The layman lives a rich life, and the poor Dao has already believed what the layman just said, these silver tickets are still held by the layman, and Zongnan will be treated well in the future." ”

Cheng Xiaolian lowered his voice: "If you don't accept the silver ticket, how can he be willing to go with us?" Besides, your illness really can't be delayed, treat it early, if you get better one day, just come to me to bring it back to Zongnan, remember, go to Chengdu in the future, Sichuan Governor's Mansion to find a person named Cheng Xiaolian. ”

Li Fang took the silver ticket, and Zong Nan nodded sensibly: "Master, don't worry, I will definitely handle the matter well, and I will come back to see you after I finish it." ”

"Okay, okay, Master is waiting for you." Saying that, Li Fang walked into the inner room, and after a while, he packed a bag and came out: "These clothes are his, and there are a few books handed down by the ancestor in them, let him take them with him." ”

Cheng Xiaolian took the burden and lowered his voice: "You won't be stupid enough to stuff the silver ticket into this baggage, if your apprentice sees it, you have to come back to you noisily, and then I have no choice but to send people back to you." ”

Li Fang sighed, reached out and took out the silver ticket from inside: "No matter what, Poor Dao has only one request, treat him well." ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "If you put your heart in your stomach and take care of your illness, your master and apprentice will definitely meet one day." ”

Wen Duruo took Zong Nan's hand and walked outside, who knew that before he reached the door, Zong Nan's mouth pouted and suddenly cried: "Master, I'm not leaving!" Crying, he ran back to Rikata's side.

Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly and glanced at Li Fang, who sighed: "Zongnan, if you don't leave, you won't leave, let's just return the silver ticket to others, and concentrate on waiting for the rice ginseng to grow, and the teacher's illness will be saved." ”

Zong Nan suddenly stopped crying, wiped away his tears, and shook his head: "Master, you take care of your illness, I will definitely come back to see you." ”

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "It's really rare for a five-year-old child to be so sensible. Fortunately, the old Taoist priest performed well, otherwise I don't know when it would have been spent today. ”

Looking at it in a blink of an eye, Wen Duruo was already hazy with tears: "Why are you so hard-hearted, people have a deep master-apprentice relationship, you seem to be watching a joke on the side." ”

Cheng Xiaolian scratched his head: "I'm still hard-hearted, one hundred taels of silver to buy this kind of child can buy twenty in the hands of the person who shoots the flowers, I haven't done it for the old Taoist priest to take care of his injuries, besides, if one day this old Taoist priest is feathered, you let such a little Taoist priest eat and drink, and do everything that should be done, is it possible that you still ask me to hug their master and apprentice and cry bitterly?" ”

"Sophistry!"

(End of chapter)