: The lives of all ants are just thanking ghosts and gods (Part 2)

Damn! It turns out that Bai Zhongliu has better qualifications than me, but unfortunately he has no chance to be a practitioner. I said to Xiaobai again: "What are you going to do? Or stay in this desolate Erlang Temple? Anyway, I will not allow you to attach to ordinary people again. Have you seen what happened?"

Xiaobai: "I know I'm wrong. Actually, I envy the practitioners in the world, including the Taoism and the guidance of teachers... Three hundred years of practice and the practice of the world over the past two years, I finally achieved some success, so I want to seek something from an expert."

"What's the matter? I haven't figured out how to deal with you yet!"

Xiaobai: "You don't have to deal with me, I won't make things difficult for you. I have finally gained some gains in my practice in the past two years, that is, I can be reincarnated as a human being. If I am lucky enough to be reborn in the human world, I will forget everything I have now. What I want to ask you is - if you have the fate, please accept me as your disciple. I want to be a practitioner, but I don't want to be as lonely as I am now."

"This-I can consider it, but how can I find you?"

Xiaobai: "If you are destined to be, you don't have to deliberately look for me. May I ask the name of the master?"

"You remember, my name is Shi Ye. I use the Buddhist Śrāvaka method to keep this name in your spiritual consciousness. Even if you are reincarnated, you can still remember this name."

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"Stone, the mission is completed, can we conquer the team? What should we do if this corpse is done?"

"Buried on the spot, others will deal with the future, so there is no need for us to take it away. After all, he has been a local emperor for a year and has been addicted to the Three Palaces and Six Courtyards, and he is not unfair to die... Xiaoxiao, I want to discuss something with you."

Xiaoxiao looked at me and smiled: "I know what's going on, about the secrets about you being a practitioner? Don't worry, I won't report to you, I'll keep it a secret for you. My grandfather was also a practitioner, and he said many of your rules."

"Xiaoxiao, your grandfather is a cultivator, why aren't you?"

Xiaoxiao smiled bitterly: "Grandpa said I am not suitable for learning Taoism, I am only suitable for learning martial arts."

...

Bai Zhongliu died, to be precise, he was missing, and how the farce in Xiaobai Village ended has nothing to do with me. I handed the report to Director Gu, reported everything in detail, but omitted the passage of encountering the monster ghost. I told Han Ziying the story of this white-finned dolphin, and Ziying was also sighing. She pleaded for Xiaobai, hoping that I could really accept this disciple. I learned the alchemy, and I am afraid that I will have to wait until more than ten years later if I really want to accept him as a disciple. I am not in a hurry to consider it now.

I also told Feng Junzi about this. Feng Junzi widened his eyes and listened very happily. After hearing this, he sighed: "Why don't you call me such an interesting thing? If I were there, I might be able to come up with other solutions."

"How do you tell you? I have another member of the Special Operations Team around me. Are you not afraid of revealing your identity?"

Feng Junzi: "That's it. Next time you encounter something strange happening alone, please notify me."

As far as I know, Feng Junzi later went to the Erlang Temple, but when he arrived, Xiaobai was no longer there.

Time passed quietly like flowing water. What made me most worried about was whether Danxiasheng could refine the Nine-Turn Purple Golden Pill as scheduled, and how many pills can be made in one furnace? But it is useless to be anxious about this. Liu Feier, who is closely related to her fate, had no idea about this, and her life gradually returned to a worry-free track.

It is said that she is carefree, but there is still a little worry. What she is worried about is her relationship with me. She is indeed in love. After avoiding everyone, we are more and more flirting with each other. She is willing to accept my relationship, but our previous age and identity are indeed awkward, which is a problem that needs to be gradually changed.

It's spring again, and it's the annual spring outing. With the lesson I made a big fuss in Qiyunguan last year, the school did not agree to the students going far this year. Our class went to Zhaoting Mountain this year. When the whole class went to Zhaoting Mountain, Feng Junzi and I felt it was a bit funny. We actually ran up the mountain for a spring outing. The former mountain god of this mountain was Feng Junzi's "girlfriend" and the current mountain god was my "sister". In a sense, this mountain belongs to our family. What's even more ridiculous is that when we enter the mountain temple, we have to pay for tickets honestly, each ticket costs three yuan.

Feng Junzi stood in front of Luxue's statue for a long time and looked at her a little foolishly. He didn't go to see Luxue, but ran here to see Luxue's statue so trance. I stabbed him and asked quietly: "Feng Junzi, you said Luxue didn't come to find you last time, so you won't go to Shenmulin... Why bother to fight this tone! Go and see her."

Feng Junzi: "You may have selfish intentions when you say this? I won't be able to get thousands of years of spiritual blood if I don't go to see her."

"I do have selfish intentions, but it's also for your own good. You obviously want to see her, otherwise you wouldn't be the look you looked like before when you saw the statue of the mountain god."

Feng Junzi: "Don't worry, I will. The living Buddha from Guangjiao Temple went out for a trip a while ago and just came back two days ago... You informed Han Ziying that I would prepare a table of vegetarian food tomorrow, and I would like to invite Shang Yunfei at Junziju. You don't have to accompany you. I guess you have something to do tomorrow. Look, Teacher Liu is here to find you."

After Feng Junzi finished speaking, he walked to the side. Liu Feier came over and held the corner of my clothes. I understood it and walked with her to the backyard of the mountain temple, beside the spring of the snow-filled spring. Seeing that there was no one around, Liu Feier said shyly: "Shiye, are you free tomorrow?"

"Of course I have time, tomorrow is Sunday. Are you in trouble?"

Liu Fei'er did something to ask me. It turned out that his father was going to celebrate his 60th birthday tomorrow. Some people might find it strange when they talked about this. Didn't Liu Fei'er's father celebrated his 60th birthday in mid-April last year? Why is this year still 60th? This requires introducing the unique customs in Wucheng. The 60th birthday is full, and the local area has been twice. The first is a silence birthday, the first is a 59th birthday, and the second is a real birthday, and the year 60th. I don't know very well how this custom that has been born since ancient times is born? According to the arguments of the old ladies on the street, it is said to be to confuse the King of Hell.

Of course, this custom has developed completely new in the era of reform and opening up. Many leading cadres like to celebrate birthdays for their relatives and elders, let alone twice for their birthdays, even ten times, so they can receive more gifts. Without such relatives, they would like to recognize a few more godfathers. Teacher Liu's father did not celebrate birthdays for the birthdays, and the old man didn't even want to hold a birthday party. But Liu Fei'er insisted on holding a birthday party for his father, and it was not in Qingquan Town, but was set at Zhiweilou. She had an intention, which was to introduce me to her father. No matter what the future would be, lay the groundwork first and let the old man be mentally prepared and know that there was someone like me. Unexpectedly, on the same night, Zhiweilou had two important banquets at the same time, one was Feng Junzi treating the banquet, and the other was Liu Fei'er's father for the birthday. Han Ziying had to take some thought.

Sister Ziying was really troublesome. After I told her, she immediately thought of a question - what kind of birthday gift should I give?

Liu Fei'er asked me to celebrate her father's birthday, obviously because she wanted me to leave a good impression on his father. Although she didn't ask me to give me any gifts, I couldn't go there empty-handedly. This gift is simple, simple, complicated, and complicated, because I am a person with intentions, and my intention is to be the old man's son-in-law in the future. Therefore, the gift must be expensive, but it cannot be vulgar. The Liu family is not a family that is short of money or a family without knowledge. It is a thousand-year-old family. I have never seen any good things? I want the old man to look at him with admiration. This is too difficult!

After thinking about it, the next morning, Ziying pulled me to a place, and she said that only there could be a suitable thing. The place we went was Xuanhuazhai of Mr. Xuanhua.

Xuanhuazhai has a small door, but it is not small to go inside. Its business scope is cultural products, calligraphy and painting mounting, etc. It is done in all kinds of businesses, from brushes that cost 50 cents a piece to priceless antiques. As long as customers come to the door, Xuanhua always welcomes you humbly. I like such a businessman very much because he treats people consistently and does not look at the dish of the high and low prices. When we arrived at Xuanhuazhai, Xuanhua, who was bearded, was sitting behind the counter reading newspapers, and we were surprised.

"Zhen Shi, Han-Fellow Daoist Han, how could you two visit my shop?"

Han Ziying replied with a smile: "Xuanhua, can't we come and buy things?"

"Got to visit, please come in, what are you two looking for?"

I also bowed to him and said, "I want to give an elder a birthday gift. This elder is a child of a scholarly family. This gift is really hard to choose. What are the best recommendations for Mr. Xuanhua?"

Mr. Xuanhua: "The most popular ones in my store are the four treasures of study. The four treasures of study around Wucheng are famous all over the world. I have collected a lot of fine products. Shi Zhenren can pick them up."

Ziying waved her hand and said, "Wucheng's scholarly family treasures will lack the four treasures of the study since ancient times? No matter how good the things in your store are, they will not be on the table when they are taken in front of others, and they may even show their elegance."

Han Ziying spoke in a very loud tone. Mr. Xuanhua asked a little surprisedly: "The scholarly family in Wucheng? The Mei family is impossible. Do you want to celebrate the birthday of the people of the Liu family?"

I nodded: "You guessed it's the old man of the Liu family."

Xuanhua waved to both of us: "There is nothing you want here. Close the door and come with me to the back. I have some hidden goods and you can choose from it."

There were several rooms behind Xuanhuazhai. Mr. Xuanhua's loud voice also alarmed Qixin. He walked out of the back room and greeted me lightly when he saw Han Ziying and I, but he was still very happy to see us when he saw her. After asking about the purpose of the visit, the four of us came to a warehouse together. When we entered this warehouse, I almost thought that the cultural relics store had been stolen, and Xuanhua really collected a lot of good things.

There were a few calligraphy and paintings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, but Xuanhua suggested that I not give them these, because they were flashy and unreal, which was not a waste of money and could not be seen by Mr. Liu. There were also a few porcelains from the Song and Yuan dynasties, but Qixin said that these were not good. Antiques are real antiques, but if they were just ordinary vulgar things hundreds of years ago, they only made these porcelains valuable things in hundreds of years. If they were given these ancient porcelains, they would be expensive but not elegant. In the end, Han Ziying picked me a very special thing, a side of mutton fat and jade pendant.

This pen is about eight inches long and about five inches wide. It looks like a gourd on the plane, with two pools of large and small. The surrounding ponds are not carved by dragons and phoenixes, but the ancient lotus leaves are rolled up in a rolling shape, with smooth and exquisite curves. You can tell that it is not a common thing based on this craftsmanship alone. Its material is Hetian white jade, which is commonly referred to as mutton fat jade. The real mutton fat jade is not pure white, but fat white, with a slightly green and yellow moisturizing in the milky white, warm and pure. Jade, especially jade of the ages, feels very important. Holding it in your hand, there is a pure and peaceful atmosphere coming from your fingertips, indicating that its former owner is also a gentleman. (Note: Ancient jade can indeed feel the difference in this characteristic, and its value is not only craftsmanship and material.)

"Okay, that's it, Xuanhua, I'll buy this one."

"Shi Zhenren has a good vision, which is indeed the most suitable one. But I have never been able to quarantine this jade artifact, and I don't know when it was."

Ziying said: "The most important thing is fate. I don't care about the era. How much does it cost when we bought it?"

When it comes to the price, Mr. Xuanhua felt a little embarrassed: "Originally, if Shi Zhenren likes the things in my store, just take them. But this store is also an industry of Zhongnan, and I am not easy to make decisions on some things. So, I will give Shi Zhenren according to the price I received. Even if I give it a fraction, the price will be 50,000."

My hands almost didn't tremble, so expensive! I could buy an ordinary commercial housing in Wucheng at that time in 50,000 yuan. Han Ziying turned around and asked me, "Shi Ye, we don't have that much money now. Why don't we advance the working capital in Zhiweilou?"

I am not good at financial management and don’t like to manage money. In fact, my money is earned by others, so most of it is asked by Ziying to take care of me. After the Chinese New Year, I gave my parents 10,000, and last month I gave my parents another 10,000. Now I have savings, the dividends and the money I earned from Zhiweilou and Luxue Mingjian, and I can’t afford to buy this pen to wash. But Zhiweilou’s money is not equal to my money. I’m afraid it’s not appropriate to use Zhiweilou’s working capital to buy birthday gifts.
Chapter completed!