"You got started before me, you are my senior brother."
He was so excited that he didn't know what to do, and he looked honest and honest: "I'm a little older, don't dislike it."
I held the rotten broom head in my hand and turned to look around while cleaning the cobwebs from my bed.
Oh, what a coincidence, the visitor turned out to be the middle-aged uncle who talked to me at the foot of Daomen Mountain.
"What about that? Sit down and rest, and leave your hygiene to me."
Zhou Laigui couldn't help but snatch the broom away, and waved it quickly: "I'm lucky, I'm forty-three years old this year. According to the requirements of the Taoist sect, people over the age of forty-five are not eligible to participate in the assessment."
"I barely managed to pass more than 200 kilograms of rocks."
"Next, I have to work hard, strive to be recognized by the steward as soon as possible, and be promoted to an inner disciple, and get a Fire Flame Pill for my daughter."
"Well, the sooner the better."
He spoke innocently, full of hope for the "road ahead".
I squatted at the door of the room to get some air, but stopped talking.
I wanted to explain carefully to Zhou Laigui the promotion rules among Taoist disciples, so that he would not waste time here.
But in the end, I still held it in.
With my level of cultivation, I am not afraid that walls have ears. What I am afraid of is that Zhou Laigui will not give up and insists on staying in the Taoist sect. If I talk to others about what I said to him, it will definitely attract the attention of interested people.
After thinking about it again and again, I can no longer be such a good person.
If a person is not to be punished for his own sake, while helping others, at least he can live in peace and stability.
"Little brother, you, your last name is yours." Zhou Laigui finished finishing the spider webs, touched the dust on his face and said politely to me: "I can't keep calling you little brother, it sounds weird."
"My last name is..." I blurted out the word "Su". Fortunately, I stopped in time and said, "Yigou, you can call me Brother Yi."
Zhou Laigui said solemnly: "Commander Li said that the Taoist sect has strict rules and you can't mess around. You entered the door before me, so you are a real senior brother."
"Senior Brother Yi, please take good care of me."
He held up the broom and raised his hand twice. Feeling embarrassed, he quickly changed the subject and said, "Is there water here? I want to wipe the bed board."
I stood up and looked into the yard, nodded and said, "Yes, let's clean it up together."
Zhou Laigui dropped the broom and murmured in a low voice: "Senior Brother Yi, to tell you the truth, although my family is a little poorer, the pigsty is more spacious than this."
"Isn't this sect one of the six major sects of China?"
"Why are you so poor?"
I lowered my head and laughed out loud on the spot.
Is Daomen poor?
No, Dao Sect's industries are spread across various cities in China. Just like Kunlun, it is not an exaggeration to say that daily income makes money.
But the expenses incurred by the sect obviously do not go to the handyman disciples.
Take Kunlun as an example. Inner disciples, outer disciples, and handyman disciples are three completely different concepts.
Whether it's food, housing, transportation, basic salary, or all kinds of privileges, it's enough to describe them as worlds apart.
The handyman disciples had the lowest status and naturally received less than half of the "preferential treatment".
Zhou Laigui said thiefly: "The person who brought me to the dormitory was an old disciple who was a handyman. He told me that the food in the cafeteria was even worse and told me to be mentally prepared."
"Here, do we still need to prepare for dinner?"
"Senior Brother Yi, I just can't understand."
Zhou Laigui came to the well, rolled up his sleeves to draw water and said: "You are well-informed, what is the explanation here?"
I found two discarded rags on the bamboo poles that were being dried, and replied with a smile: "We are both new disciples. If you don't understand, I don't understand either."
"Don't worry, as time goes by, you will understand."
