Lanxi talked about so many things in one breath, stood up, took a drink of water from the water glass, returned to the barrel and sat on the small bench, staring at me with a smile.
"Lan Xi, is there something dirty on my face? Look at me like this."
I felt a little uncomfortable being looked at by Lan Xi. Compared to the female classmates in school, this girl has a much more straightforward personality.
"Hehe, I want to take a good look at my brother. I have only had a sister and a brother since I was a child. It's the first time I have a brother. It feels so good. Brother, I love the gift you bought us so much."
"Well, actually, Chujiu helped with the selection. Chujiu made the biggest contribution, and he carried it all the way back. By the way, where is Chujiu?"
As for the gift of this travel bag, since the ghostly Chujiu insisted on telling them that it was from me, he must have a reason.
I guess Chujiu did this because he wanted to put a distance between me and his family.
"Master Qin and the village leader just sent Chujiu to rest. It seems that Chujiu fell asleep due to exhaustion."
Inviting Spirit Technique? I felt sad in my heart. I remembered that when I was in Anhui, I fell into coma after performing the Spirit Inviting Technique on Chujiu. My uncle said that because too much energy was consumed, the human brain developed self-protection and entered a sleep state.
"The person chanting sutras outside is Master Vidyadhara, right?" I can think of only one monk who knew my grandfather and uncle at the same time, Master Vidyadhara.
"Brother, I don't know what the great monk's name is. He always calls himself a great monk, but this great monk can eat eggs."
When Lanxi finished talking about the great monk eating eggs, I thought of an eminent monk who could clearly mark the price.
This eminent monk will tell you how much money it will cost to solve a certain problem. Chu Jiu secretly complained about how such a vulgar monk could become an eminent monk, until the last time Master Vidyadhara came out with a dozen remittance orders.
The sound of chanting like the sound of nature came from outside the house, and the air around him became clearer. I think Master Vidyadhara must be thinking that he has made a lot of money this time.
"Brother, why are you laughing?"
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but smile, and Lanxi asked curiously.
"It's nothing. Grandpa's friends seem to be weird."
I chatted with Lanxi for a while about things in the village. When Lanxi was heating water in a wooden barrel for me, he saw the last portion of Chinese medicine left, so he simply threw it into the wooden barrel, saying that it couldn't be wasted.
"Qin Feng, do you feel something is wrong?
Grandpa's voice came from outside the house through the bamboo door.
"Grandpa, what is going on? How could I do this? Can you tell me?"
Hearing Grandpa's voice, I felt a lot more at ease. I couldn't wait to answer all my questions.
"I'm asking you, have you ever felt anything was wrong?"
Grandpa didn't answer me anything and asked me again if I felt uncomfortable.
I answered truthfully, everything was normal. I heard my grandpa let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that I had made him worry too much.
"As for what's going on, I'll tell you after today. Let's wait until dawn and celebrate the New Year happily."
Grandpa said he still had something to do and asked me to take a good rest. I would be busy after dawn.
I was wondering what grandpa meant when he said there is still work after dawn.
Lanxi saw my confused face and told me that today is the New Year's Eve, everyone will be busy, and today is the busiest day in the village.
While we were chatting, there was a rooster crow outside, and the chanting outside the house stopped.
I saw the faint light outside through the crack in the window, and it was almost dawn.
People outside the house walked into the room with heavy steps, and even their yawns revealed their exhaustion.
I was just thinking about how to say thank you to the Vidyadhara Master, but the Vidyadhara Master who passed by the door of my room stopped in his tracks.
"Boy, are you feeling better?"
Despite my suspicions, I smiled knowingly when I heard this voice. It was indeed Vidyadhara Dharma Master.
"Three thousand yuan! No more!"
I don’t know why I blurted out such a sentence. Then Master Vidyadhara and I were suddenly stunned.
"Hahahaha, kid, you are more lovable than your grandpa. The great monk suddenly isn't tired at all. Hahahaha, Amitabha."
Sure enough, through the bamboo door, I could feel that Vidyadhara Master's steps were much more brisk.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lan Xi sitting beside the barrel, dazed. It turned out that Lan Xi was calculating how much three thousand yuan was.
Seeing Lanxi's cute appearance, I thought about teasing this girl. I told her that three thousand yuan is not a lot in a big city. Many business owners can make three thousand yuan a day.
Lanxi lowered his head and said nothing for a long time, then suddenly looked up at me and said decisively: "Brother, I will leave the village in the future and go to the city to do business and make money!"
"What kind of business does Lanxi want to do?"
"I want to open a restaurant and bring authentic Sichuan cuisine out of the mountains. But I haven't decided on the name of the restaurant yet."
Seeing Lanxi rolling her big eyes and looking serious in thought, it was such a cute scene. I got more playful and joked with Lanxi casually.
"Then let's call it flowers all year round! Being like you will always make people happy."
There was a hint of brightness in Lanxi's eyes, and she nodded and said that this is a good name. From now on, when she opens a restaurant, it will be called Four Seasons Like Flowers.
Unexpectedly, it was just a joke. Many years later, I wandered to a strange city and actually saw a Sichuan restaurant called Four Seasons Like Flowers.
Seeing Lanxi start to yawn, I asked her to go and rest quickly. Now that I woke up, I could take care of myself.
Finally, I told Lanxi that I would be out after a while, and it would be inconvenient for me to get dressed with her nearby. Lanxi finally went to bed to sleep.
The water temperature in the barrel was getting lower and lower. Just when I was about to get up and put on clothes, the bamboo door was opened from the outside.
Chujiu rushed in angrily, ran to my side and stared at me from left to right. What kind of trouble was this kid going to make?
I just stretched out my hand to pat his head as usual, but Chujiu nimbly dodged it, yelled, and started to take off his clothes quickly.
"Ah! Guo Guo! You have used all the herbs I used for bathing, and the last one is gone. I used to be able to take a bath only once every six months, wuwuwu."
With a "boom" sound, Chujiu jumped into the big wooden barrel, and the water in the barrel splashed to a large area on the ground.
"Guo Guo, go and boil water for me!" Chujiu pushed me out of the barrel and urged me to heat water for him.
When I was adding hot water to the wooden bucket, I suddenly remembered that when I was doing morning exercises, Chujiu told me that he would take me to take a bath in the village if he had the chance. The medicinal materials for bathing were priceless.
Thinking of what Lan Xi told me before, I used several portions of these medicinal materials. Coupled with Chujiu's reaction just now, it seems that I must have used up all the medicinal materials here.