Looking at the six taels of silver, Li Huowang was too lazy to refuse and put his hand into his arms. He really needed the money now.
"Little Taoist priest, take your time to eat. Let's go get ready and continue our journey tomorrow."
After eating and drinking, the Lu family was also sleepy and wanted to go back to sleep. After all, they didn't sleep last night.
After the Lu family left, Li Huowang was the only one in the house. He looked at the roast chicken in front of him, which was bigger than his head, and thought for a while, then said to the servant beside him: "Is there anything to pack?"
Not long after, Li Huowang walked out of Wuligang with a donkey. Behind the donkey was a cart full of bags of grain.
Although six taels of silver was not much and had to be used sparingly, it was still possible to buy an old donkey if you couldn't afford a horse.
With this thing, at least you don't have to carry grain all the way.
When Li Huowang came out, he saw that the others were still hiding in the pile of rice stalks in the field.
They didn't go into the village, obviously because they were afraid that their strange appearance would scare the villagers.
After walking over, Li Huowang found that they were roasting sweet potatoes.
Li Huowang reached out and took a fragrant roast chicken from the cart. "Eat this."
A group of people had eaten dry food for so many days, and they couldn't bear to see this thing, so they rushed over excitedly.
More than a dozen people shared a chicken, and each person couldn't get much, but everyone gnawed it very seriously. Even the chicken bones were carefully bitten into pieces and put into their mouths and swallowed.
"Brother Li, where did this chicken come from? And this donkey cart, where did you go last night?" Bai Lingmiao asked, holding the chicken's neck with both hands.
Li Huowang sat on the pile of rice straw with his eyes closed, briefly describing the cause and process.
When she learned that Li Huowang had risked his life to get this thing, Bai Lingmiao put down the chicken neck in her hand. She crawled to Li Huowang's side after hearing the sound, and looked at him with a distressed expression.
"Brother Li, I'm sorry. It's us who are a burden to you. If it weren't for us, you wouldn't have to fight so hard."
Li Huowang opened his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him who was blindfolded with a green cloth. "It has nothing to do with you. Since that thing can come to the Hu family ancestral hall, it must have been eyeing us a long time ago. Even if there was no incident last night, it would have bumped into us sooner or later."
"And... "Li Huowang paused after saying this, thinking of the time when he was completely trapped in the hallucination in Qingfeng Temple. "And, it's really uncertain who will be a burden in the future."
Li Huowang thought about it, looked at the girl in front of him again, and reached out to hold her hand.
Bai Lingmiao shyly shrank back, but stopped immediately.
But after a while, Li Huowang thought about it again. He closed his eyes while lying on the pile of rice straw, looked away, and slowly loosened his tightly clenched hands.
However, at the moment of loosening, the soft hands quickly chased over and held tightly.
After a good night's rest, the two groups of people with different purposes set out again.
Their next target is Jianye Town, which will also be the large-scale gathering place for Li Huowang to enter this world.
"Little Taoist, Wuligang is not far from Jianye Town. According to our schedule, it will take about four or five days to get there." Lu Zhuangyuan reported to Li Huowang.
Li Huowang turned his head to look at Zhao Wu who was carried by the idiot, "How is it? Are you happy to go home soon?"
Zhao Wu said before that his home is in Jianye. After these days of contact, Li Huowang has a preliminary understanding of Zhao Wu.
He feels that the other party's brain is very useful, but because of physical inconvenience and illiteracy, he has not been able to play his potential.
"Zhao Wu, it seems that your home is coming soon. What's the matter? You have to invite us brothers to the restaurant, right?" Gou Wa teased jokingly on the side.
However, Zhao Wu's reaction was beyond everyone's expectation. He showed a bitter smile on his face, "What if a useless person like me goes home? I can't lift anything. I'll just be a glutton if I stay at home."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere became quiet. His words touched the hearts of all the medicine guides.
Except for Li Huowang, those who can stay in the material room have some problems. Even if they return to their original places, they are still the aliens that are feared or hated by others.
It is very good to escape the fear of death from Qingfeng Temple, but it is not something to be happy about to return to the environment where people despise and hostility.
Feeling that the atmosphere is a bit dull, Li Huowang turned his head and looked at Zhao Wu, "Who said you are a waste? While I have nothing to do during this period, I will teach you how to make pills. Remember as much as you can, and you won't starve to death when you go home to be a barefoot doctor."
Zhao Wu was stunned for a moment when he heard the news, and then his expression became excited, and his eyes were full of strong desire. "Brother Li, I don't want to learn alchemy, can you teach me to read?"
"Why should I learn to read? It would be nice to learn a few more recipes and have a meal when I go home to practice medicine." Li Huowang couldn't understand the feelings of these locals.
It's not that learning to read is useless. It is very useful, but it takes five years to go to elementary school. It's a big project to teach an illiterate who can't even write his own name to read. It won't be done without a few years.
"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter if you can't learn much. Just learn as much as you can."
Although Li Huowang didn't understand Zhao Wu's desire for knowledge, since he wanted to learn, he could teach him.
"Fool, put Zhao Wu on your back on the donkey cart, and I will teach him to read."
Zhao Wu didn't know anything, so Li Huowang could only use simple words like Mukouren to enlighten him.
As he taught, Li Huowang found that it was very quiet nearby. He looked up and found that everyone, including the Lu family, was listening attentively.
They listened attentively without saying anything, and their faces were filled with awe. It was as if Li Huowang was doing something solemn and sacred.
"Hehe, that, the little Taoist."
The smiling Lu Zhuangyuan carried two pieces of bacon in one hand and pulled his little son in the other hand and moved towards that side.
Just as Li Huowang was waiting for the other party to speak, a cloud of dust rose behind the forest path.
Soon, a horse stopped in front of them, and a young fat boy jumped off the horse.
Lu Zhuangyuan obviously knew this man in Wuligang, and he bowed quickly. "Yo yo yo, Master Hu, slow down, where are you going?"
"I'm not going anywhere! I'm going to sing opera with you! That way I can listen to opera every day!"
The excited Master Hu's voice was very childish, and although he looked strong, his voice did not change.
"Oh, stop joking, go back quickly, don't let your grandfather worry."
"Don't worry, I'll pay you for the opera!" He stuffed a longevity lock made of gold into the hands of Lu Zhuangyuan.
Lu Zhuangyuan was very confused at this time, holding the gold in his hand.
But soon, someone rode up from behind and helped him out.
"Dad! Don't pull me! I won't go back! I want to sing opera!!"
"Pah!" The big slap on the face of Master Hu scared everyone around, and the boy's face swelled up quickly.
"You actually acted as an actor! You actually dared to act as an actor, how cheap are you! That's the lowest of the lowest! If you dare to act as an actor and embarrass the Hu family, I'll beat you to death!"
Took the longevity lock held high in Lu Zhuangyuan's hand, the man carried his son and rode away on two horses.
He left, and Li Huowang looked at Lv Zhuangyuan again, waiting for what he had just said.
Lv Zhuangyuan stood there awkwardly, holding two pieces of bacon, and opened his mouth several times as if he wanted to say something but no sound came out.
The old man, who was always very smooth, was at a loss like a child for the first time.
In the end, he still said nothing, forced a smile and nodded to Li Huowang, and pulled his son towards the carriage next to him. His hunchback became even worse.