Holding the wooden book in his hand, he looked closer and felt that it was more and more similar to a book. The texture on it also seemed to be unpredictable, but the 'pages' could not be turned. Chen Yu tried a little harder, but it was not damaged at all.
The skin is rough and the flesh is thick, and it can withstand use.
Weighing it in his hand and playing with it for a while, he suddenly felt that it felt pretty good. If he threw it and smashed it, the effect would not be bad.
It's more like a brick than a book.
Smiling and muttering something, he lifted the wood and threw it far away. Then an invisible force of wind blew it, wrapping it around him and landing firmly on the stone table in the courtyard separated by a wall.
The two places are less than eight feet apart, which is exactly within the range where he can control his inner energy and spirit.
After putting away the things, Chen Yu continued to take care of his two gardens. Needless to say, the medicinal fields were visited and looked after every day. There were also several more vegetables in the vegetable garden, such as purchased radishes and garlic.
In my memory, mashed garlic is quite fragrant. It can enhance the freshness and eliminate the fishy smell. It can be regarded as a kind of seasoning.
In addition, there are garlic sprouts, which can be eaten in many ways.
The above-mentioned seeds were bought from the mountains, and some were left as seeds for cultivation. They have not yet been sprinkled in the medicinal soil. The area where the herbs are planted is already full, and there is not much room left.
The Yuanling roots gradually matured, but the roots did not turn yellow and wither, which was different from the cypress tree that had just died on the spot.
So make a note of this: growing from seed may not lead to ripening and death.
There was almost no place to write on the booklet, and another line of text was crookedly knocked out. At the end, Chen Yu raised the tip of his pen and added half a sentence in small characters.
[Not yet verified, to be compared]
He thought that after all the Yuanling roots were uprooted to free up the medicine field, he would then use spiritual plants such as Qiu Daomai and radish seeds to prove it. Speaking of it, the grass pill was actually bred from seeds, but there were only two of them.
It looked weird, like a true elixir in a cauldron, but he really couldn't find the opponent's seed from the limited samples.
The orange-red flesh under the skin looked more like hen's egg white than egg yolk to him, and he couldn't plant new grass pills in the soil.
However, the grass pill should have seeds, but it is not ruled out that during the process of turning into a spiritual plant, the seeds will be alienated to the point of disappearing and no longer exist.
Everything has to wait until the current batch matures before further exploration can be done.
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September 16th is the [Lan Shang Festival] of this land and water.
'Orchid' is not an orchid, but a kind of snake, small in size but bluish in color. If you accidentally step on it at night, it will emit hazy fluorescence and then snake away.
The graceful moon orchid reflects many merchants.
Shang is commonly written in Chinese, and in Xizhou it mostly means "xiang".
However, some people say that the local merchants here have the meaning of "reward", because orchid snakes are rare, and after peeling off the snake skin with special means, it is not only as warm as jade, but also has a pleasant luster.
For hundreds of years, hunters and snake catchers would go into the mountains every year wearing coir raincoats, bamboo hats, and various protective gears, just to capture a single orchid snake. Just one of these snakes would be worth a hundred taels of silver if sold in bulk in Pingcheng and other places.
That is a wealth that many dealers and idiots will never be able to accumulate in a lifetime.
In fact, there are more than these. In my memory, only Chen Yu knows about five or six kinds of references. Among them, there are "shang", which means snakes are ferocious. However, in fact, orchid snakes are not highly poisonous and exude a waxy and delicate fragrance.
It has a more refreshing effect, but the rumors are exaggerated to the point where you will die if you get involved.
After sorting through my memory in the past few months, these interesting anecdotes were gathered in a corner, and I took them out to read from time to time. However, I learned a lot more about all kinds of strange rumors and wild things in this place, and I felt like a half-local.
It's just a holiday, and Chen Yu didn't celebrate it.
The Orchid Shang Festival has been passed down for hundreds of years, but today it is different from what it was in the beginning. Not only the connotation, but also the customs have also changed. Nowadays, more women celebrate this festival, and every time during this festival, they will buy blue and green satin and tie it on the jujube tree.
And on the threshold of the incense boudoir, he ordered three or five servants to go to the nearby Taoist temple with strong incense to pray for blessings.
You can't go out by yourself, you have to make a living at home.
The name of this thing is not often heard, but it is actually the dough mixed with water, kneaded and then wrapped in straw - in better conditions, fine fragrant wood and sandalwood will be used, and in better ones, some spices and herbs will be added.
Smoke slowly over low heat and wait until cooked.
At this point, the woman waiting to be married will wear flowers, grease, and dress in an exquisite way.
If the loved one listens to the advice of the servants who are supposed to offer incense and picks the colored satin honestly, he can get a piece of fragrant, soft and delicious meat.
If you stubbornly refuse to let it go...if this book falls into the hands of others, it is no wonder that others try to steal your love.
"The Lanzhou Merchants Festival, which was just fine, was turned into Valentine's Day. People's hearts are not as good as it used to be!"
Chen Yu walked to the entrance of the courtyard and looked at the peach branches.
Why not go back to the original and organize the Lanshang Festival according to the records in ancient books?
What was hung on the tree during the Orchid Shang Festival in ancient times was not a close-fitting colorful satin. After all, in the eyes of the natives of Xizhou at that time, the skin of the orchid snake was no less beautiful than the later silk and satin, and was even more beautiful.
point.
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Of course, he didn't do this.
It's one thing that orchid snakes are hard to find, but Chen Yu really doesn't want to make the peach trees and the entrance of the courtyard bloody, so he adds a few Taoist books and kills evildoers for no reason. This kind of approach is somewhat harmful to the heavens.
and.
It’s not that you can’t do this kind of thing, but you have to do it less.
Doing it without purpose or necessity will only allow you to indulge in the low-level pleasure of killing. This is what the world often calls bloodthirsty.
That is a disease and must be cured.
However, Chen Yu did not suffer from this disease. He stayed on the mountain every day to review Taoism and study various things. Compared with these miscellaneous things, he still wanted to one day take the mountains and seas and travel in all directions.
To cultivate the Tao, you have to follow your own heart.
As for true cultivation, we have to go to a higher level, to gain understanding, to put aside indifferent thoughts and delusions, to obtain the only obsession, and even more, to change the obsession into one's own thoughts through the practice of reciting it day after day.
desired shape.
Chen Yu asked himself that he had not yet reached that level. In any world, there are some people with profound virtues. This cannot be measured by their cultivation, inner energy and martial arts.
It is an analysis and understanding of oneself.
Clear away distracting thoughts and strengthen your original mind. In other words, these people are almost in the midst of enlightenment every moment, even if this enlightenment is limited to the mind and is somewhat illusory.
However, this is what he is pursuing now. If the spirit needs to be transformed, it must be more enlightened and enlightened. Otherwise, there will be a hurdle that will always be difficult to overcome.
Only by reading and understanding can one understand the mind, and by understanding the mind can one understand one's nature. Once one understands one's nature, one's consciousness may not suddenly advance by leaps and bounds, but in the spiritual field, which is at the same level of mystery, many things cannot be said for sure, and there are not so many rules and regulations.
The internal logic may exist, but after his long experience and understanding, it is definitely not the same as the common sense of external reality.
When the mind is strong, the spirit will definitely rise.