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Chapter 19 Why Are You Picking Me Up?

"Uh, brother Zhuang was the one who took the exam with me back then. The prices in the capital were so high that we had no money. At that time, the Erfa Temple, which was also called Luoyan Temple, rented a Zen room together. I was in high school that year, but Brother Zhuang Unfortunately, he failed the exam, his family was struggling, and he often lived on mortgages, so I would occasionally help out."

Chi Li's biggest complaint when hearing this sentence is: "How could you have no money?"

Tan Yushu said with some embarrassment: "I did bring a lot of money when I came here, but I didn't know why I spent it all along the way. If I took refuge in relatives, then my mother would know. I have practiced martial arts since I was a child, and it is not a good excuse to be robbed by strong people." I went. My mother has always complained that I spend a lot of money. If I don’t have high school and spend all my money, then I will not be able to live in the future, so I can only grit my teeth. But I don’t know how to spend so much money , It’s all spent, it’s so strange.”

Chi Li looked at Tan Yushu's hand. In addition to the medicine prescribed by the doctor, he carried various gadgets that "Chi Li needs".They went out for a long time, and they were all invited by Tan Yushu.First, I spent more than two taels for eating, then I spent more than five taels for seeing a doctor, and then I spent a lot of money on various small things. It took more than ten taels for such a short time. Is it weird?

When Chi Li was free, he converted the currency of the Yong Dynasty. Their one tael of silver would be equivalent to more than 1000 yuan in modern times, so they spent more than 1 RMB in half a day. For some reason, Chi Li felt some pressure...

"Then how do you live without money?"

According to Chi Li's knowledge, Tan Yushu was only 17 years old when he rushed to take the exam, a delicate and expensive young master who had never been in the world, and lived in a different place without a penny, what should he do?

Tan Yushu sighed: "It was really sad at the time. One steamed bun had to be broken twice to eat. Fortunately, Brother Jiu was able to go out to work and support me."

Pond: ...

"Then Brother Zhuang saw that it was too difficult for Brother Jiu, so he took me out to make money. Brother Zhuang and I set up a stall to sell calligraphy and paintings, and helped people write letters. For some reason, every time I went to business, I was very good, so I soon rich."

Pond: ...

"The most important thing is that I passed the exam in the first attempt, isn't it very lucky?"

Pond: ...

He suddenly didn't want to say a word.

"Huh~"

Tan Yushu covered his mouth and snickered: "So Brother Chi and Brother Zhuang are my brothers who have shared weal and woe. His child is just three years old now, and the family is in the most difficult time. If I don't help him, who will help him?"

Oh, having a child, it's really not easy, and I should help a little more.

Seeing that Chi Li's face was pale, Tan Yushu said while the iron was hot: "Brother Chi, would you like to go see Brother Zhuang with me tomorrow?"

"Why should I go with you."

"Because I have long wanted to introduce Brother Zhuang to Brother Chi, so that we will have mutual friends in the future."

Hmph, this reason is not bad, Chi Li narrowed his eyes: "Since you begged me, what else can I say."

Tan Yushu smiled happily: "Thank you Brother Chi!"

Returning to the meditation room in a good mood, when it was empty, Chi Li curiously opened the big and small bags to see what was inside.

A small pot of honey and all kinds of candied desserts are very sweet and sweet things.

Pond: ...

Tan Yushu wouldn't think that he is a child who is afraid of suffering when taking medicine?

When Tan Jiuge brought the medicine, in order not to be looked down upon, he picked up the bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

Depend on!Really bitter!

Pick up a piece of sugar cake, eat less...

At night, I don't know if it was because the doctor was in charge during the day, or because he was in a really good mood, Chi Li rarely fell asleep quickly.

……

The next day, Tan Yushu didn't get up until the sun was three poles high.

I don't know what happened to her mother and her aunt's table last night, but their table was very lively anyway.

Tan Yushu's transition from a military general to a civil servant can be said to have skyrocketed, especially since he is still so young, and his future prospects are limitless.

A group of people grabbed him and poured him alcohol. Although Tan Yushu pushed him for several rounds, he was still a little tipsy when he came back.

Tan's mother felt distressed when she saw it, and thought that when the Laba Festival came, all the ministries in the court would be on holiday, so there was nothing to do.She was also happy that Tan Yushu was so capable, so she didn't send anyone to wake him up to study and practice martial arts.

It is rare for Tan Yushu to sleep until he wakes up naturally, and the bed is warm, which makes people nostalgic.

Suddenly, thinking of the date with Brother Chi, he sat up suddenly.Get up in one go, wash and dress, ready to go out.

When we arrived at Efa Temple, the mountain temple was already full of people coming and going.According to legend, the Laba Festival is the day when the Buddha proclaimed the Tao, so on this day, all temples will cook Laba porridge for devout men and women.Early in the morning, people from the neighborhood came to worship the Buddha for a good fortune.

Tan Yushu walked up the mountain quickly, and when he saw Chi Li, he apologized, "I'm sorry I slept through, brother Chi didn't wait too long."

Chi Li gave an expressionless "hmm", and he also just got up.

"Brother Chi looks very good today." Tan Yushu was dressed in silver and white fox fur, and his smile was extraordinarily bright under his warm hat.

Chi Li turned his eyes away and said calmly, "Let's go."

When going down the mountain, Tan Yushu looked at the "plastic brocade" curiously. The leek grows very fast, and now it has grown a neat crop. It is green and looks very pleasing in winter.

Tan Yushu was pleasantly surprised: "With so many leeks, they must be able to make a lot of money."

Chi Li raised his eyebrows: "I'm a monk, how can you insult me ​​with money?"

Hey?

Tan Yushu looked at Chi Li suspiciously, but Chi Li had an unfathomable expression on his face.

Tan Yushu blinked, did Brother Chi have other plans?Oh, it's really exciting~

At this time, Brother Tan, who was in charge of the work, also found Tan Yushu, and ran over excitedly: "Master, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you so much!"

"I miss you as well."

"Sir, are you and the abbot going out? I'll drive a car for you!"

"No need, there must be someone watching in the temple, and the bench will help us drive."

Hey?

Brother Tan widened his eyes and followed the two down the mountain. He saw that his brain was not working well before, and he jumped down from the bench that was always shaking behind his buttocks, and deftly greeted him into the car. Tan Yushu smiled very gently at him.

Help!Did his master really find someone to replace him so soon?The abbot of his family held it like this, and he didn't get anything under his hands. What if he lost even the master!

It's a pity that the mule cart drove away, and no one cared about his feelings.

Feng Xiu'e opened the rice bowl, only a thin layer of rice was left, tried to search it, but there was less than half a bowl, not even a pot of thin porridge.

After hesitating for a long time, he went into the house and said to Uncle Zhuangzi who was studying: "Husband, there is no rice at home."

"So fast?"

Uncle Zhuangzi got up sadly, looked around, the house was bare, and even the leather jacket to keep out the cold and some books were pawned a few days ago.Looking at the book in my hand, I reluctantly thought, should I be more?

Feng Xiu'e hesitated and said: "Husband, why don't you go to Master Tan's house..."

"No way!" Uncle Zhuang Zi jumped up against the case: "My surname Zhuang and his surname Tan have broken off their friendship, and we will never have anything to do with him in the future!"

"Hey? Why is that?" There was a chuckle from outside the room.

Hearing this voice, Uncle Zhuangzi suddenly became angry, and angrily said, "What are you doing here?"

Tan Yushu said with a smile: "I'm here to visit my sister-in-law, please open the door for me."

Uncle Zhuangzi immediately said angrily: "Don't open it!"

But Feng Xiu'e didn't listen to him, and opened the door first: "Master Tan, is that you, please come in!"

Tan Yushu and Chi Li squeezed in smoothly.

Uncle Zhuangzi's eyes widened: "You woman..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Tan Yushu entered the room with two bags of corn in his hands, untied the bags and put them in the rice jar inside the house.

Then he went back to the car and picked up a piece of pork, a few slings of copper coins and a bag of flour.

Chi Li stood in the house with a stack of pastries and fruits expressionless. It wasn't that he didn't want to help Tan Yushu carry it, but when he saw Tan Yushu easily picking up two bags of rice, he gave up on this "self-defeating" plan. Chance.

Little Douding of the farmer saw that his monk robe was very friendly, so he ran to grab the hem of his robe.

Chi Li looked at him fiercely, but Xiao Douding was not frightened, but giggled and dragged him up by the corner of his clothes. Chi Li had no choice but to put down the box and pick him up in his arms.

Xiao Douding climbed up, and Chi Li continued to scare him, but in exchange for a series of laughter, he boldly stretched out his little hand to touch the "Hua Hua" on Chi Li's neck, no matter how much his mother pulled him down, he couldn't get off.

But Uncle Zhuangzi was furious when he saw this scene, and when Tan Yushu came in, he covered his face and said, "Since you have already entered the door of the traitor, what are you doing here? I don't mind taking your things away!"

Tan Yushu put down his things and stretched out his hand to tease the child's face, Chi Li immediately said with a dark face: "Take him away!"

Tan Yushu then took Xiao Douding from Chi Li's arms, and said as if nothing had happened: "I said it was for my sister-in-law, but my sister-in-law didn't say anything, brother Zhuang, don't be too sentimental."

Uncle Zhuang Zi's eyes were rounded, and he stared at Feng Xiu'e with a beard blowing. Feng Xiu'e turned away.

All she knew was that the whole family had to eat.

Seeing everyone doing their own thing and completely ignoring him, Uncle Zhuangzi angrily took off his shoes and got on the kang, turning his back and not looking at them.

Xiao Douding crawled into Tan Yushu's arms, gnawed at his face with his mouth open, and was so angry that he carried him back.Tan Yushu unpacked a box of cakes and put them in his mouth. The boy finally became honest and ran to his mother's arms to eat the cakes.

Tan Yushu said to Feng Xiu'e nonchalantly, "Sister-in-law, let's cook, we are all hungry."

"Hey." Feng Xiu'e wiped her tears, said a blessing, and went to the outhouse to cook.

Uncle Zhuangzi's house was as cold as an ice cellar, and Chili was not someone who couldn't bear hardships, but in the modern age of heating everywhere, he had never experienced the cold, and he couldn't help shivering from the cold.

Tan Yushu wanted to take off the fox fur and put it on him, but Chi Li refused with a black face. It's too embarrassing, never!

Tan Yushu leaned towards him, holding his hand in his arms.

Pond: ...

Looking at the surrounding situation stiffly, the dealer is unbelievably poor.

In fact, in ancient times, as a Juren, he shouldn't have been so poor, but Uncle Zhuangzi used Tan Yushu's words to describe him as "clean".

The reason why he lost the election back then was because he wrote an eloquent article denouncing Song Ming. Yes, Song Ming was the chief examiner back then.

After finishing the writing, the right minister still praised him, but he immediately scolded the right minister because of something, and because his literary name was outside, the influence caused was quite bad, so the two waves in power were offended all at once. Yes, the fate can be imagined.

Tan Yushu and Song Ming's friendship naturally angered this stubborn donkey.Chi Li looked at Tan Yushu, what else could he do to deal with such a recalcitrant person?

Tan Yushu loudly said to the outer room: "Sister-in-law, squeeze the lard."

"Hey!"

Feng Xiu'e heated up the pot, cut the fatty meat into slices and threw it into the pot to press the oil. After a while, the domineering aroma came straight into people's noses. Xiao Douding just finished eating a piece of pastry, and her saliva flowed down again.

Uncle Zhuangzi didn't have anything in his stomach at first, and wanted to be tougher, but he didn't listen to his words, and swallowed more and more.

Tan Yushu said again: "Sister-in-law remember to add salt."

"Hey."

With a sound of "Zi La", Uncle Zhuang Zi could even imagine the appearance of oily flowers exploding and bursting with bubbles, that seductive sound seemed to be a terrible torment.

Tan Yushu said again: "Sister-in-law..."

"Enough!" Uncle Zhuangzi finally couldn't bear it anymore, and jumped off the kang with bare feet.

"Starving to death is a small matter, but injustice is a major matter! You have violated your vows back then, so why bother to come to my poor family to disturb you!"

Tan Yushu raised his head, and the eyes of the two collided. Uncle Zhuangzi's eyes were full of anger, but Tan Yushu's eyes were dark.

That pair of eyes carried an ominous meaning, which made Uncle Zhuang Zi stagnate.

Immediately Tan Yushu avoided his eyes, lowered his head, and laughed at himself: "Brother Zhuang, what can I do, I have been in Qingzhou for five years, if I am still serving as a general, I will be transferred to another place to stay For a few years, this time it might not even be a border gate. I will stay in Wangjing in an idle job and wait to die. Five years after five years, how many five years can I have? Brother Zhuang, I studied hard in a poor window, just to die at the border gate. ?"

"Then you can't either..."

Suddenly, Uncle Zhuangzi stopped.

Two big tears dripped down Tan Yushu's eyelashes, they fell so quickly and crisply that you couldn't even catch them if you didn't pay attention.

Tan Yushu turned his face away from him, and said in a flat voice, "It's not my fault that the world is like this."

Uncle Zhuangzi was silent, these two tears reminded him uncontrollably of the first time he met Tan Yushu.

At that time, he was short, white and tender, and he looked like a pampered rich young master.A small face is like a small ball made of white jade, before opening his mouth, his eyes are smiling, even if he is wrong, it is unbearable to blame.

But now he is like a withered sword, his thin cheeks are bleak and pale, and he doesn't have the appearance of a soft and innocent boy in the past.

Sit down slumped.

That's right, the world is like this, so why blame the general.

Tan Yushu turned his head "sadly", wondering if he should squeeze a few more crocodile tears, and found that someone stretched out his hand and broke his head away.

Tan Yushu silently looked at Chi Li's expressionless face, and his eyes signaled: Brother Chi, why are you pulling me at this time?

Chi Li: Tsk, he wants to see the actor clearly.