The disaster in Qianyang Mountain was finally over, and Chen Shi also relaxed. He had been tense and highly nervous these days, and now he felt tired after relaxing.
I slept soundly this night.
In the middle of the night, he suddenly woke up, sat up suddenly, and saw several people beside his bed.
He was startled and looked closely, but it was Xiao Wangsun, Li Jindou and others. Grandpa was standing in the corner, holding a green umbrella in his hand.
The five people looked at him with strange eyes and couldn't take their eyes away.
"I didn't get sick tonight."
Grandpa shook his head, held an umbrella and walked outside.
The other four people also sighed with regret and walked out of Chen Shi's room one after another. Granny Sha asked: "Don't people who are killed by cannonballs get their souls?"
Chen Shi just felt baffled.
They came to his room and watched him sleep just to watch him get sick?
The next morning, Chen Shi got up to pay homage to his godmother and saw people already working in the fields.
Although this demonic transformation was violent and terrifying, and many people died, life went on.
By the third day, all villages were basically back to normal, and markets were even opened.
Because there were five more mouths in the family to feed sick people like Li Jindou, Granny Sha, Jin Hongying, and Xiao Wangsun, and Chen Shi himself had to make medicine and take medicine, the Chen family was quickly left destitute.
Grandma Sha has always been very poor. She can only make some hard money by working as a goddess for the villagers. Moreover, when she treated Chen Shi like her own son some time ago, Chen Shi went bankrupt.
Although Li Jindou came from the Li family in Quanzhou, judging from his elegant and simple clothes, he probably didn't have much money.
Moreover, when he came to Lao Chen's house to pay for his temporary stay, he only took out three taels of silver, which shows that both the grandfather and grandson are in a tight situation.
Xiao Wangsun was driving at night, and when he saw a dozen taels of silver on the road, he would stop to pick it up. It is expected that he spent more of the money on maintaining his appearance.
The richest person here is Jin Hongying, the military attache of Shenji Camp, with a very high salary.
But after Jin Hongying was injured, she dressed up as a village girl. It can be seen that she spends money lavishly on weekdays, but she hates it when she needs it. She also eats wherever she goes.
In the local dialect, this is called Qingguanggu.
The medicinal materials they and Chen Shi used every day were worth more than twenty taels of silver. The family was too poor to open the door to the problem, so Chen Shi thought about taking the turtle shell in his room to the market and selling it.
He found the turtle shell when he was cleaning the Tiger Temple. It was surprisingly hard and he thought he could sell it for a lot of money.
Grandpa also wanted to go out to buy medicinal materials, so he happened to bring Chen Shi with him.
Chen Shi picked up the turtle shell and put it on the car. The two men got on the car, with Black Pot leading the way.
Chen Shi looked at his grandfather's green umbrella. Strangely enough, since the end of the magic transformation, his grandfather has been holding this green umbrella and has never left his hand. The umbrella has never been closed.
Even at night, he still held an umbrella.
Chen Shi also saw that last night, Xuanshan in black came to their village for some reason and stood outside his house before leaving at dawn.
"Kaiguo, have you noticed that grandpa and Xuanshan are a little weird?"
Chen Shi said to Gouzi.
The black pot hesitated and didn't dare to say anything.
The wooden cart started and drove towards Qiaowan Town.
After the disaster, Qiaowan Town is still very lively. Qiaowan Town is not big, with only a few hundred households, but it is extremely prosperous and is located on the only way to Xinxiang County.
Thirty miles further east is Xinxiang County, and thirty-two miles further northeast is Buffalo County, so people traveling between the two counties will settle here.
In Qiaowan Town, the people I see the most are people coming out of the mountains. They are often men or women in their forties or fifties. They are short and strong. They only wear short coats and have patches of bronzed skin exposed, covered with sweat. Zhu, carrying a hundred kilograms of goods.
They often put down their burdens in Qiaowan Town, drink a bowl of tea for five cents, and then pick up the mountain goods again and set off to the county town thirty miles away.
They have to walk back and forth one day just to earn dozens of pennies.
Encountering dangerous water streams, dangerous bridges, cliffs, and wild animals, sometimes your life will be lost.
But this is the life of ordinary country people.
This has always been the case for generations.
Just after the disaster, many families were short of money, so there were many men carrying mountain goods to go to the city to exchange money.
When Chen Shi saw this, he thought that Li Xiaoding asked him to draw a peach blossom charm and gave him fifty taels of silver, so he felt something was wrong.
As for what was wrong, he couldn't tell.
Grandpa first went to the medicine shop in the town to buy medicine. Chen Shi planned to find an open seat in the market, but he arrived late and the market stalls were already overcrowded. However, when he saw Chen Shi coming, the simple villagers looked pale and hurriedly squeezed in. Squeeze and make room.
The people who come here to buy and sell are all fellow villagers from all over the country. They are all familiar faces and recognize Chen Shi.
Chen Shi expressed his gratitude to them for their kindness, put down his turtle shell, and waited for business to come to him.
"What a big turtle shell! Is this dog for sale?"
A magician from other places passed by and was very interested in the black pot.
"Not for sale!"
Chen Shi refused sharply.
"It's a pity. You can get a lot of black dog blood by killing it."
The Talisman Master shook his head and continued to look at other stalls.
At the market in Qiaowan Town, there will be many monks from the city selecting things. Some things that look ordinary in the countryside are good things in their opinion, and they will often buy them at a good price.
Chen Shi waited for a while, and the talisman master turned back and said, "How about buying your dog for ten taels of silver?
Chen Shi shook his head: "You can't sell dogs.
The Talisman Master gritted his teeth and seemed to be in great pain, and said: "I'll give you another twenty taels, twelve taels of silver, plus this turtle shell.
As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar around him, and the villagers looked at Chen Shi with envy.
Dogs in the countryside are not worth much. For twelve taels, you can buy dozens of black dogs.
Chen Shi's heart moved slightly, and he shook his head and said: "We don't sell dogs, only turtle shells."
The Talisman Master gritted his teeth again and said: "I really like this dog. In this way, I will give you another three taels of silver and fifteen taels of silver. This dog plus this turtle shell! I am the Talisman Master. I want to use
Dog blood drawing talisman.
How about giving me your turtle shell as a bonus?"
Sell ​​it, sell it!”
The villagers all around said
Chen Shi shook his head: "You can't sell dogs."
The Talisman Master left sadly, looking back at Hei Guo. He sighed as he walked, "Hei Guo, I don't think he wants to buy you, but the turtle shell."
Chen Shi was suspicious and whispered: The black pot hesitated for a moment to express that he did not dare to behave like a dog.
He is obviously very valuable.
What's so good about this tattered turtle shell? It can't even be bitten.
After a while, another well-dressed monk from the city came to Chen Shi's stall. He looked at it with a pretense of reserve and then asked to buy a dog. A tortoise shell was given as a gift to him.
Chen Shi became more and more sure of his idea and flatly rejected it.
Several more groups of people came, and many people were eyeing the turtle shell. Gradually, the price of the black pot became higher and higher, and soon it rose to twenty-four taels of silver.
They claimed that they liked black pots and wanted to buy dogs. As for the turtle shells, they sold them half and gave them half.
"Is this turtle shell really some amazing treasure?"
Chen Shi was even more confused.
Several turtle shells weigh more than a hundred pounds, which is very heavy.
He punched it, making a sound like gold and stone, and light spilled out, but the turtle shell was not broken at all.
He was shocked. He practiced the Seven Refiners of the Big Dipper every day to refine the body of the Holy Embryo. His strength was much stronger than before, but he still couldn't break the turtle shell. This shows how tough the turtle shell is!
Chen Shi planned to punch a few more times to test the limits of the turtle shell, when a voice laughed and said: "Stop punching, if you really break it, the turtle shell will be worthless."
Chen Shi looked up and saw a scholar in Tsing Yi coming to his stall. He had delicate features, a high and round forehead, and was full of heroic spirit. He was wearing a pair of black oil boots, but there was no dust at all.
"This person walks using armor and horse talismans. His feet do not touch the ground, and his shoes are naturally dust-free.
Chen Shi said sincerely, "He is very rich!"
Although Chen Shi himself is also a Talisman Master, he is rarely willing to use the Armor and Horse Talisman. Even if he does use it, it is only during a life and death fight.
This man came from the city and his shoes were dust-free, which meant that he had been traveling with his armor and horse talismans and his feet never even touched the ground. He must be a rich man.
"This gentleman recognizes turtle shells and knows their value?"
Chen Shi asked
The scholar in green clothes smiled and said: "A tortoise that lives for a hundred years is called Zheng, a thousand years is called Bigui, a turtle that lives for five thousand years is called Baxia, and a turtle that lives for ten thousand years is called Xuanwu.
Ao's shell is four feet wide, Bigui's shell is five feet wide, and Baxia's shell is seven feet wide.
However, ordinary tortoises cannot live that long. Most of them are tortoises in temples who have absorbed the extraordinary power contained in incense and can live for such a long time."
Chen Shi roughly measured the turtle shell, it was about a little over six feet.
The scholar in green clothes took an iron ruler, measured it carefully bit by bit, and said: "This turtle shell is six feet and five minutes wide.
Some more Talisman masters from the city gathered around, and one Talisman master said: "This turtle shell is the shell of a turtle. It is at most more than a thousand years old before Baxia.
"
The green-clothed scholar shook his head and said: "The width of Bixi is five feet, and the width of Baxia is seven feet. This shows that the older turtles grow, the slower they grow.
This turtle has lived for at least two thousand years, maybe even more! Its turtle shell, soaked in the aura of incense, has been tempered by extraordinary power for more than two thousand years, and is extremely strong! Such treasures can be ground into medicine, or
Refined into treasure.
This thing is the most expensive while alive. How much the turtle shell is worth after death is hard to say.
However, I am willing to pay a thousand taels of silver."
Chen Shi was overjoyed. A thousand taels of silver was an astronomical figure for him. It was enough to treat poor people such as Jin Hongying, and the rest could be used to support his grandfather in his old age, and he could marry many wives in the countryside!
"A thousand taels of silver!"
All the talisman masters shook their heads and turned to leave: "Even if there is profit, it won't be much.
What's more, who has nothing to do but carries a thousand taels of silver with him?"
The scholar in green clothes took out the banknotes from his sleeve, one hundred taels each, and was about to hand them to Chen Shi, when a voice said: "Good stuff! I'll give you two thousand taels!"
Chen Shi was even more happy. When he looked at the person who came, he saw a short and fat man with triangular eyes and a sharp nose. He had a perverse expression and said with a smile: "I only have two hundred taels of silver notes with me. Little brother, you come with me to get it."
My home is not far away."
The scholar in Tsing Yi's face suddenly changed and he yelled: "Where did this come from? The autumn wind blows in front of me and blinds you! Get out!"
The short and fat man's face turned red and he sneered: "I gave you a higher price, but you are the one who buys and sells by force. Be careful of being struck by lightning!"
After that, he walked into the crowd while cursing.
The scholar in green clothes waited for him to go far away, and then said to Chen Shi, "This man has bad intentions.
He told you two thousand taels of silver, and said he didn't bring that much money, so he asked you to go with him. Then he killed you outside the town and kept the silver and the turtle shell.
I have seen this kind of thing many times, so I scolded him, not to force him to buy or sell."
Chen Shi's eyes lit up and his breathing became rapid: "Is there such a cheap thing?"
The scholar in Tsing Yi was surprised and didn't know why he said it was a cheap thing.
Chen Shi felt quite sorry. If he had agreed to that person, wouldn't he have been able to pick up two hundred taels of silver for free? Moreover, the turtle shell could still be sold, so it was the best of both worlds!
He accepted the banknote and said: "This turtle shell belongs to you, you must be careful, if he can't rob me, he will definitely rob you.
The scholar in Tsing Yi smiled and said: "It is not easy to snatch the turtle shell from me, but there is no guarantee that someone will be eyeing the thousand taels of silver in your hand. You have to be more careful."
"My name is Chen Shi, and my nickname is Xiao Shi.
What is your name?"
Factory Chen Shi didn't realize he had a good impression of him and said with a smile:
"Xinxiang Shao Jing."
The scholar in Tsing Yi smiled and said, "If you go to the county seat, you can go to Juxian Tower and tell me my name.
That's my family's property."
Shao Jing clapped his hands, and two strong men walked out from the crowd and worked together to carry the turtle shell.
Shao Jing smiled and said: "By the way, Chen Shi, can you tell me which temple this turtle shell came from?"
Chen Shi smiled and shook his head.
Shao Jing understood and said with a smile, "It's okay if you don't tell me.
If I find anything else, I might as well take it to the Juxian Tower and leave with two strong men.
Chen Shi's heart moved slightly as he thought of the stone box found together with the turtle shell.
The stone box has been placed under his bed, untouched
Is the stone box also a treasure?
But this stone box is very hard, how to open it?
Not long after, grandpa returned from buying medicine and asked, "How much did it cost?"
Chen Shi told the truth.
Grandpa was surprised and said: "This Shao Jing is an interesting person, he doesn't make much from you.
There are twenty-four pearls in this turtle shell, which contain the spiritual power of the old turtle during his lifetime and can be used to refine treasures.
At one hundred taels for each pearl, it can be sold for two thousand four hundred taels. It is fair for him to give you one thousand taels.
Does he not let you smash the free shell? If you smash it, the pearl will roll out, and the price will naturally be higher."
Chen Shi was shocked and went to find Shao Jing to settle the score.
"You picked it up, it's quite a thousand taels.
He took the turtle shell back to the county town, and someone intercepted him on the way to seize the treasure, so he had to bear the risk."
Grandpa threw the purchased medicinal materials into the car and said, "Get in the car, let's go to the county town to buy medicine. There are not many medicinal materials in the town."
Chen Shi climbed into the car, and Guo Guo led the way. The car drove smoothly towards Xinxiang County.
In the afternoon, they arrived at Xinxiang County. Xinxiang County was not enveloped by the demonic realm and had little impact.
The medicinal materials are waiting to be purchased, and the car is already full of medicinal materials.
"I still have some friends in the suburbs of Xinxiang County. I will take you to meet them."
A few cars away, grandpa took out a prescription and said, "Xiao Shi, remember this prescription.
This is a prescription for your illness. You must memorize it and never forget it.
Chen Shi said yes, memorized the prescription, and was very curious in his heart: "Grandpa's friends? Grandpa Xiao, Grandma Sha, and Grandpa didn't call them friends. How could there be friends in the suburbs of the county? I had never heard of Grandpa talking about them before.
"
It was getting late, and they came to a village called Rapeseed Village on the outskirts of the county.
This village is famous for its rapeseed flowers.
Whenever the rapeseed flowers bloom, the mountains and plains are covered with bright yellow flowers, making it almost impossible to find a path.
People from Xinxiang and several nearby states and counties will come to enjoy the rape flowers.
Unfortunately for Chen Shi and the others, they arrived because the rapeseed flowers had already faded, and the fields were full of green rapeseeds.
The sky is red and the sun has closed its eyes.
The moon is about to open its eyes.
Under the gaze of the villagers, the wooden cart drove past the village and stopped in front of a haunted abandoned house outside the village.
The sea of ​​​​fire in the sky was extinguished, and the moon revealed its crescent moon, like a willow leaf, slowly relaxing and becoming rounder and rounder.
"It seems they went to a haunted house!"
Someone exclaimed in shock.
"The Xie Chong there is so vicious that you are seeking your own death!"
Chen Shi was shocked after hearing this: "Grandpa's friend is Xie Su? Is grandpa going to show his true form? Wait a minute, my grandpa is Xie Chong, am I also Xie Chong? I'm going to show my true form too?"
Inadvertently, he saw Xuanshan in black again, standing in the middle of the rape field, watching them from a distance.
Chapter completed!