Chapter 2: Beauty Stick
At dusk, the sun stains the dark shade of the night and seeps into the cold of late autumn.
Mo Tianwei carried a small medicine basket on her back, which was the fruit of her labor that day. Although they are all not very valuable, it took a lot of work to be very careful, for fear that something would go wrong.
This is her thirty-fifth day as a medicine picker, and she has worked hard for a month, never lazy to play - after all, she is an adult, even an old-fashioned person like Liu Qing can't help but praise her a few times, which makes her quite complacent, it seems that she still has a future!
The sun was about to set, and Mo Tianwei walked back along the road up the mountain. It's all the roads she is used to, so she can't help but be a little lax, looking left and right to see the scenery, and she almost didn't chant a few lines of poetry to express her chest.
The so-called rider is good at falling and the wanderer is good at drowning, it can be seen that people often die in places they are familiar with, which is indeed true - Mo Tianwei verified this with her personal experience.
Quite carried away, she didn't see her feet clearly for a while, and stepped on a small green snake, and then the scene was very bloody for a while...... Ah no, chaos.
Mo Tianwei panicked and did not choose the way, the victim chased after him; Mo Tianwei survived with the wood, and the victim showed no mercy; Mo Tianwei showed that the enemy was weak, and the victim would do what he planned......
Mo Tianwei, eight years old, lost his foot and injured a snake, was bitten by it, and unfortunately died. Before his death, he tasted a saying, the snake, the great evil in the world, why not kill it all? From the facts, it can be seen that a drink and a peck, it is not predetermined.
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"Damn snake, damn snake, don't let me run into you again!" Mo Tianwei grabbed a vine and tried to climb up, and couldn't help but start saying cruel words, as if saying "don't leave after school".
Just been chased by the snake like a teasing for a long way, she escaped for a long time and still couldn't dodge, after being bitten in a panic and fell off the cliff, if it wasn't for the quick grasp of the vines, it is estimated that she can get the title of "the saddest traverser in history" - it is too inferior to be scared to death by a snake!
"I'm going to take one step...... One step up ......"
"Wait...... The sun quietly watched its face......"
"Small days have big dreams......"
"Wrapped in a heavy shell and looking up gently......"
Mo Tianwei sang a song to encourage himself, don't fall, that kind of death is really unbeautiful!
Suddenly, the tip of the nose smelled a wisp of the fragrance of medicinal herbs, and the spirit of the herb picker who had developed a conditioned reflex looked around, but he saw that there was a ginseng growing about a meter away, and the year was about 100 years old!
Mo Tian was slightly overjoyed, is this her going to run when she is about to come? It is not in vain that she was bitten by a snake and almost fell to death, the so-called catastrophe will have a blessing if she does not die!
Her mind moved, and she no longer hesitated, grabbing the vines and carefully stepping on the slippery mossy cliff stones, moving towards the ginseng little by little.
After a lot of effort, I finally got close to the place where the ginseng grows, and I don't care about it at the moment, although I don't know how to pick ginseng yet, but digging out the surrounding area with the soil is considered a transplant, so it shouldn't be a big problem, right?
Hanging on the bottomless cliff to collect medicine is really exciting, like dancing on the sickle of death, which is obviously terrifying, but Mo Tianwei really felt an indescribable excitement, as if he had been pursuing this feeling for a long time.
Mo Tianwei's busy hand suddenly stopped, secretly frightened by what he had just thought in his heart.
Summing up countless experiences through the rebirth text, after dying once, the protagonist is either fearless and has been dying day in and day out and has never been surpassed, and interprets the sentence "You should have picked up this life" very well - isn't it just picked up; or cautious and trembling, cunning rabbits dig three holes to do things and leave a way out, no wonder some people often say "only after experiencing death do you know how to cherish life".
Maybe he is the former? Even the death of his previous life failed to dispel his desire to die?
"That's a bit of a bad thing!"
Mo Tianwei said worried words on his lips, but his expression was careless, and the action that stopped in his hand started again, digging out the ginseng and stuffing it back into the medicine basket on his back in three or two, no matter how many cheap medicinal materials were crushed.
Fortunately, nothing went wrong in the process of climbing later, she climbed to the cliff smoothly, saw that the sky was dark and the sun had set, she didn't dare to stay any longer, and rushed back to the wooden house at the foot of the medicine mountain - for more than a month, she lived here with Liu Qing, but she slept in the pharmacy, and Liu Qing had her own bedroom.
Liu Qing was taken aback when she saw her in embarrassment, and said that she had encountered a fierce beast, and asked questions again and again.
After Mo Tianwei took a breath, he told his experience of the day, blushing embarrassedly when he was chased by the little snake and had no way to escape, and when he said that he dug up ginseng, he proudly straightened his chest, quite complacent.
Liu Qing didn't expect that a century-old ginseng plant would be raised on the medicine mountain where his home was not a treasure of feng shui, so he was so happy that he immediately opened the medicine basket to check, and saw that Mo Tianwei didn't dig up many other medicinal materials - Mo Tianwei quietly threw the crushed ones after climbing the cliff - and didn't care, just stared at the ginseng, praised it again and again, and said that he would enter the city early tomorrow morning and tell Father Liu the good news.
After the excitement, she finally remembered that Mo Tianwei was bitten by a snake, smiled apologetically, and said "This snake is non-venomous" after checking the wound for her, and then took a pack of homemade anti-poisonous insects, snakes and ants powder to her, lest she encounter a poisonous snake next time.
After the two separated, Mo Tianwei washed up carefully, after all, he was going to enter the city tomorrow, and he couldn't be unkempt.
finally let her find the first pot of gold to make a fortune!
Mo Tianwei was triumphant, although she knew that this ginseng didn't have her share, but the father and son of the Liu family always had to give some hard money, isn't the money so accumulating!
I was so happy that I rolled on the couch a few times in a row, and almost fell down, so I slept honestly.
Tonight's Mo Tianwei would never have thought that the few taels of hard work she was talking about at this time would be worthless after tomorrow - from then on, what she was chasing was not wealth in the world, but the eternal path of immortality.
Early the next morning, Mo Tianwei followed Liu Qing into the city - although she didn't have a guide when she came, Liu's father recruited her as a worker, and he also bribed the Lizheng Mansion Ya, saying that she was a distant relative from Qingzhou and easily handled these things.
Mo Tianwei, who has an ancient household registration, is a little strange, but when he knows his gender in the household registration, he can't help but have black lines on his head - this is forcing me to take the route of women pretending to be men? Alas, it seems that there is no female household in the country this week, so I have to pay attention in the future.
After the two arrived at Renxin Hall, because Liu Qing was a stuffy gourd, Mo Tianwei told the origin of this ginseng, and received a few words of praise from the shopkeeper Liu and four taels of silver - two taels of which were last month's wages.
Shopkeeper Liu thought that Liu Qing mentioned that this child's clothes were torn yesterday, so he drove Mo Tianwei out with a smile, and asked her to buy a few clothes quickly, and she could buy some gadgets she saw on the street.
As he spoke, he made up a tael of silver.
Mo Tianwei, who didn't want to toss, thought about it slightly, except for the day she was looking for a job, she really hadn't visited the ancient bazaar, so she smiled and thanked her and went out.
She is not afraid of being targeted by traffickers, Xuanyun City has good security, even when the Shangyuan Festival and others are crowded, there are very few cases of child abduction and trafficking, let alone such a bright and prosperous situation.
Fang City is still very lively, much more lively than a month ago, Mo Tianwei heard a lot of visitors from other places talking to each other along the way, think about it first in a teahouse to rest, ordered a pot of tea quietly listened to people's talk, and gradually understood the current situation.
The plague that had ravaged Qingzhou for nearly two months had finally subsided, but the territory of Qingzhou was already empty, and the hardest-hit areas were even more dead, one village and one town, and there was no one alive. Now the imperial court has issued a decree to encourage the displaced people to return to their hometowns to farm, and also to encourage some farmers who cannot get along in their original places to move to Qingzhou, so that Qingzhou must be restored to its former atmosphere - forget to mention that Qingzhou is the largest source of grain for the Zhou State.
Xuanyun City is not far from Qingzhou, and many of the merchants who plan to go to Qingzhou to do business and many small families who can't get along in Yunzhou have temporarily stayed here to wait and see the situation -- the situation of the plague, after all, this menacing plague is rare in the world, and there has never been such a catastrophe since the founding of the Zhou State! Who knows if it will break out again, and this kind of thing has not been unheard of before.
Some people say that Jiang Guoxi lit a fire in the backyard of the Zhou State in order to relieve the pressure on the front line, and threw the infected people into the Yujiang River, which is the largest river in Qingzhou, and many towns in Qingzhou were built on water; some people say that it was the remnants of the previous dynasty who jumped up and down tirelessly to subvert the Zhou royal family, and the purpose was to blame Jiang Guo and let the small friction between the two countries turn into a death match, and then they would have a chance to take advantage of it; and some people said that it was a strange bird that landed in Qingyun City, the capital of Qingzhou, causing a catastrophe......
Mo Tianwei listened to their random speculation, and had already made up countless conspiracies in his brain, and his brain holes could circle the earth three times when connected. But even so, she had the idea of going to Qingzhou in her heart - where to farm is not to plant, Qingzhou has temporarily equalized the field.
But you have to think about it, after all, you are too young to go out.
Just as she was thinking about it, a cold voice suddenly came from the side: "Dare to ask Xiaoyou, is there a vacancy at this table?"
Mo Tianwei's hand holding the teacup suddenly paused, this voice is so vivid, like the thin snow and slight frost in the spring, like the quiet and deep mountain stream in the summer, like the cold stars that are not stained with frost in the autumn, like the deep golden crow of the lonely and cold light in the winter - different streams, not suitable.
Needless to say, "different streams" are not appropriate, but "inappropriate" is because such a voice appears in such a humble teahouse where three religions and nine streams converge, which is really inappropriate.
Don't look at some novels, the heroine has high-quality, rich and handsome people to follow wherever she goes, the fact is that in this ancient world, the vast majority of superior people or self-considered superior people did not like to stay in places that lowered their style, and they did not gain or lose their identity.
Although his mind was full of thoughts, Mo Tianwei's body was faster than his brain at some times, and he didn't think about unimportant things such as whether there were vacancies at allβso he replied as soon as possible: "Yes." β
The person who spoke sat down calmly, Mo Tianwei put down the teacup and looked up, but saw a beautiful man in ancient costume sitting opposite, and the description of his appearance was simply described as a capitalized traditional walking "handsome". He is dressed in gorgeous and complicated clothes, as awe-inspiring as ice and snow, and as slaughtered as the autumn wind, not like a mortal in the dust.
However, he had never seen any beauties in that era in his previous life, and Mo Tianwei was only stunned by his temperament, and immediately looked away.
She thinks she's not a heroine - there is such an unlucky heroine?ββ so she doesn't want to have any entanglement with beautiful men, after all, you don't see thousands of beautiful men, they are all the heroine's spare tires;
If you want to be a beautiful man, wash your neck first and get ready to be stabbed!
Life is precious, Mo Tianwei still wants to die in a more meaningful place, and the male protagonist and male partner or something are not sensitive!
She doesn't want to pay attention to people, but the other party may not want to take care of her - in this life, Mo Tianwei tasted the taste of being accosted by a beautiful man for the first time.
"Boy, I've heard of Amway...... cough, have you ever heard of cultivating immortals?" The beautiful man had a serious face, but the words he said made Mo Tian slightly stunned.
Amway, are you a fellow?
Are you a god?
Unreliable!
Mo Tianwei scratched his head embarrassedly, ignored the second half of his words, and asked tentatively, "Amway?"
The beautiful man also shyly (did not) look away, and took out a booklet from his sleeve, and the cover was impressively lined with large characters - the battle of mortal immortal cultivation broke the sky.
There is also a line of small print in the corner - potato and tomato soup.
"I saw it in this book......" The beautiful man turned one of the pages, and seemed to memorize the whole book backwards, pointing at it casually.
Mo Tianwei looked at it, but saw that this passage was what the protagonist Han Li said to Xiao Huohuo - it was this sentence "Boy, I've heard of Amway...... cough, have you ever heard of cultivating immortals?", without changing a word!
OMG!
Mo Tianwei felt that the huge flow of information had burned out her CPU, this is a good thing done by a predecessor who doesn't do anything, you can't copy a string of books, let alone copy a persona, it's really going to force obsessive-compulsive disorder to death!
"I answered your question, now you can answer my question. The beautiful man had a serious face, "Have you ever heard of cultivating immortals?"
Mo Tianwei didn't know what expression he should use to face the beautiful man in front of him now, and only after a while did he answer seriously: "Cherish life and stay away from superstition!"
The beautiful man frowned and muttered to himself: "Is this a refusal?" Ming Zhaoxing said that this is the most popular hint of accepting apprentices nowadays......
After a while, Mo Tianwei heard him shake his head and sigh, "No, no, maybe the one in the "Hundred Refining into Immortals Doom Catalog" is more suitable, after all, we are not mortals." β
Mo Tianwei felt that he had met someone who had gone mad when he looked at Xiu Xianwen, he was really blind to this appearance, and it was a shame to waste it!
sighed in his heart, Mo Tianwei didn't want to stay for a long time, and got up to pay and leave.
"Sit. The two simple words of the beautiful man seemed to be very majestic, which frightened Mo Tianwei, who had been trying to die, "Don't you want to worship me as a teacher?"
Mo Tianwei's heart is not good, she is not afraid of meeting a god stick, she is afraid of encountering a neuropathy, not to mention a god stick and a neuropathy, if there is something, teach her where to reason? Hurry up and leave!
"I don't want to. β
Simply and rudely dropped two words, Mo Tian fled slightly.
The beautiful man sat in place, still struggling with what went wrong - this is not at all the same as what Zhao Xing said!
Escaping from the sight of the beautiful man, Mo Tian snorted slightly, what kind of immortal cultivation, the brain is in water, the propaganda of feudal superstition is propagated to her, the socialist successor who is upright, the next time she meets her, she must teach him a lesson, can she waste if she looks good? Ignorant! Can you cheat money everywhere if you look good? Look at the clothes, it is estimated that they are cheated by money, shameless!
went to the ready-to-wear store and bought two good clothes, and Mo Tianwei planned to go back to Renxintang.
Walking on the way back, Mo Tianwei still couldn't help but think back to what happened just now, and couldn't help but slander again, when she hadn't read the crossing text, which female owner of the Xiuxian Wen didn't wake up and started cultivating immortals, or had family exercises, or had a little cute pet, how could she be a mortal like her for so long, it was really bullying me who didn't understand the routine.
As she walked, she suddenly heard a commotion, and looked from a distance, but saw a few beggars scattered and fled in front, and several rich families were chasing behind.
Mo Tianwei couldn't help but think, if he didn't find a job, would he be like them? In the face of survival, the festival may be at hand, right?
Laughing at himself, I'm going to go up the mountain to collect medicine tomorrow, so let's go back quickly!
Thinking like this, I was about to leave quickly, when suddenly a lightning bolt flashed through my head, this scene seems a little familiar!
- Beggars, stealers, cultivating immortals...... I'll go, isn't this the routine of "Zhinan Tour"!
o(γΠγ)γ£!Did I travel to the world of "Zhinanyou"?
Cold sweat fell in an instant, and Mo Tian looked at the little beggar fleeing in all directions, wanting to see which one had the aura of the protagonist, but after looking around, they were all ordinary beggars, and there was no one who was not angry and arrogant.
With a move in his heart, Mo Tianwei stared at one of the beggars and quietly followed.
Because the beggars fled through the streets and alleys, the chasing family gradually lost their traces, so they had to stand there for a moment unwillingly, and went back to tell their masters.
Xu Er heard the report of the family, but he failed to catch those little thieves, and he was furious in his heart, "A group of rice buckets!"
The family members were powerless to defend themselves and hung their heads to listen to the training.
Xu Er was even more angry when he saw it, he jumped like thunder, his face turned red, and he felt that he had greatly lost face, and he scolded again and again.
At this moment, a middle-aged man dressed as a ranger around thirty years old behind Xu Er spoke: "Second son, don't be angry, there is a way to find those thieves." β
"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Xu Er subconsciously became angry with him, and after a reprimand, he finally calmed down a little and said, "I don't know what you have to do with Ah Zhao?"
Zhao β’ The author was too lazy to name β’ Daxia was scolded inexplicably, and he was also unhappy in his heart, he was not a slave of the Xu family, these two sons were really unkind, no matter what, he didn't care about this, and when he repaid the kindness of Master Xu, he would leave, and he would never see the rivers and lakes again.
Zhao Daxia said: "The clothes and accessories of the second prince are all incense, this incense is the price of Qi country's specialty is more than gold, the fragrance is ethereal and distant, such as the aftersound of the beam, and it will not disperse for a long time." β
Xu Er's face was slightly red, he was indeed a gentleman, he preferred women's things, and especially loved incense, so Xu's mother specially ordered the caravan in the clan to bring back Yingxiang from Qi State.
"Then Ah Zhao, can you smell this fragrance?"
"Exactly. Zhao Daxia bowed his head and chose a direction, "Come with me." β
Xu Er and Jia Ding followed.
After passing through a few streets and going around a few alleys, after turning around, everyone finally found the beggar who had stolen Xu Er's money bag in a deep alley.
Xu Er was overjoyed, but Zhao Daxia still had a calm face, not proud, and only stood in the dark to watch the beggars share the spoils.
A family member was about to open his mouth to scold, but was stopped by Zhao Daxia's outstretched hand, and his eyes looked at another shadow corner, where a corner of his clothes hung down.