casket of old days

Chapter 38

Chu Qiguang on the side was still thinking about his own name, why Ergou's father would give the name Chu Qiguang, and who was the shit maker behind this scene, and he was not interested in talking to Wang Cailiang for a while.

A group of people came to the west of the county seat, and Wang Chengwang rented a yard here in advance, so that Wang Cailiang and Chu Qiguang could live here, and the province ran between Yinglue Pavilion and Wangjiazhuang every day.

Opening the gate of the yard, Wang Cailiang ordered the four servants to start cleaning, arranging the room and Feng Shui.

Wang Cailiang shouted: "Dongmen, don't forget to put a basin of water for me, the water will grow Dongmu, and it will prosper me."

The landlord of this yard, whose family name is Sun, is an old woman in her 60s. It is said that her son and daughter-in-law are all dead, leaving only her and her grandson.In order to subsidize the family, the house was rented out.

Seeing Wang Chengwang's arrival, Grandma Sun immediately came out to greet her: "Young Master Wang is here?"

Wang Cailiang nodded, and said to Chu Qiguang who was beside him, "Brother Chu, this is the landlady, Grandma Sun. She usually lives in the East Wing with her grandson, and is also responsible for our morning and evening meals."

Grandma Sun looked benevolent and kind, and said with a gentle smile: "I have met Mr. Chu. If you want to eat anything, please tell the old lady."

A little boy about five or six years old hid behind Grandma Sun. It was his grandson. He looked yellow and thin.

……

Having nothing to say all night, Chu Qiguang still meditated first, and then spent most of the time in the room applying Bailian ointment to practice martial arts.Qiao Zhi urged, pointed, and constantly corrected Chu Qiguang's movements and movements.

With the daily use of Bailian Gao, Chu Qiguang is sure to break through to the second level within a month or so, but it is a pity that the money on hand can only last for more than ten days at most.

After he fell ill at night, he also beat Chen Gang up, and Wang Cailiang was dumbfounded when he saw it: "Brother Chu's lesson is really ruthless, no wonder Chen Gang's idiot was treated so obediently by him." '

Wang Cailiang and Chu Qiguang woke up early the next morning.

In the yard, Grandma Sun was cooking breakfast while putting hard-boiled eggs into the basket.His grandson looked at the eggs eagerly: "Grandma, I want to eat eggs too."

"Didn't you just eat?"

"Still hungry."

Grandma Sun said: "No, this is going to be taken to the Taoist temple to make an offering to the Taoist priest. Look at your body, which is sick every day, and you must not let the Taoist priest bless you."

The grandson swallowed, and could only continue looking at the eggs to stop his hunger.

On the other side, Wang Cailiang ordered the servants to wait for him to wash his face and change his clothes, while Chu Qiguang brushed his teeth by himself.

The brush of this toothbrush was the one he saw Wang Cailiang use last time, and he asked the other party for a new one afterward. It was made of a bamboo pole with a horsetail planted on it, dried and ground with turpentine and poria cocos. tooth powder.

Originally, the dental hygiene problem has always been a big concern for Chu Qiguang. Now that he has a toothbrush, he decides to brush his teeth every day.

'Finally I can brush my teeth, but this ponytail toothbrush is too soft, and I can't brush well. '

While brushing his teeth, Chu Qiguang sighed in his heart: "But I heard that nobles have better toothpaste and toothbrushes. Even if it's just for brushing teeth, I have to climb higher."At that time, not only will I need to use a good toothbrush, but I will also make more and better toothbrushes and toothpaste. '

Wang Cailiang on the side opened his mouth wide and asked the boy to brush his teeth. Seeing Chu Qiguang, he said, "Brother Chu, this tooth needs to be brushed by someone else to clean it."

Chu Qiguang glanced at him: "You are quite particular."

Wang Cailiang didn't want to lose the presence of the son of the richest man in Wangjiazhuang. He heard the words and said: "Brother Chu! You don't know this. I, this boy, bought a tooth boy from another county for 50 taels of silver. The ancestral art of brushing teeth.

If you don’t believe me, you can brush it by yourself in the past two years, and I will let him brush it. After two years, my teeth will definitely be better than yours. "

"Really?" Chu Qiguang took a surprised look at this unattractive Yatong, who was worth so many second dogs.

Wang Cailiang said: "Why don't you believe it? Then let me, a tooth boy, brush it for you."

Qiao Zhi, who was squatting on the roof, couldn't help but said to Chu Qiguang in his heart: "Listen to this dog's nonsense, even an ordinary farmer can be blown into a tooth boy by him."

Chu Qiguang asked: "How do you know?"

Qiao Zhi said, "I heard what their servants said."

"Okay, you should keep this tooth boy for yourself." Chu Qiguang gave Wang Cailiang a helpless glance. This bird man really likes to compare, and he really wants to pass on his mental illness to the other party.

Chu Qiguang said in his heart: "Master Qiao, do you want to brush your teeth? Didn't you say that the way of practicing martial arts lies in every detail of maintaining the body? If the teeth are not good, it will affect the ability to eat, and it will affect the body. Is it bad?"

Qiao Zhi immediately replied: "Bah! No one can trick me into brushing my teeth!"

Chu Qiguang said: "Then what should you do if your rear teeth are broken?"

Qiao Zhi said proudly: "After I enter the Tao, I can naturally reshape my physical body and transform into a human form. The teeth are irrelevant now."

After a while, Grandma Sun came over with breakfast, the group had breakfast in the courtyard, and then went to the Yinglue Pavilion with the servants.

On the way, Chu Qiguang thought in his heart: "If you use Bailian ointment every day, the 400 taels of silver given by the Wang family can last about ten days."Now let's see how many good people there are among the students in the British Library. '

In order to pass the martial arts examination in October this year and reach the third level of martial arts within the next five months, Chu Qiguang's goal is to practice medicine every day.

But just one serving of Bailian Gao costs more than 30 taels. If you use Bailian Gao every day for the past five months, you will need at least nearly 5000 taels of silver, which is definitely not enough now.

If you also include the expenses of entertaining in the county, wooing relationships, and providing places in martial arts, the money will be even more insufficient.

Chu Qiguang did the math, at least tens of thousands of taels of silver would give him a sense of security.

……

Just as they were going out, two brown dogs were squatting on the street opposite the courtyard, looking at Chu Qiguang and Wang Cailiang who were going out, and one of the old dogs said, "This man smelling like a cat again? This time the smell seems to be stronger, why did he live here?"

Another young dog said: "This hanging man must have a cat in his house."

The old dog licked his nose and said, "Let's find time to teach their cat a lesson and let him know who is the underground emperor in this area."

……

The Yinglue Museum, a school built with funds raised by wealthy families in the county, is located in the north of the city.

Outside the gate of the academy is a shadow wall made of green bricks, which plays a role in the Feng Shui theory of the Han Dynasty to block evil spirits, and almost all rich families, even imperial yamen and Taoist temples have it.

There is also a dragon-shaped relief on the screen wall, which tells the story of the dragon tribe in the East China Sea raging in the Central Plains before the founding of the Han Dynasty, and the human race rose up to resist.

On the back of the screen wall is carved an exhortation to learn, which is said to have been written by the head of the Hao family who took the lead in funding the construction of the Yinglue Hall.

When Wang Cailiang and Chu Qiguang crossed the screen wall, they saw a middle-aged man in a long silk gown waiting there. It was Song Yixuan, the teacher of Yinglue Hall.

Wang Cailiang pulled Chu Qiguang forward and said, "I met Mr. Song. This is my good friend Chu Qiguang, who came to enroll with me."

Song Yixuan nodded: "Your affairs have been settled, come with me." After speaking, he glanced at Chen Gang and Wang Cailiang's servants: "The servants stay in the outer hall on the side, and don't bring them in in the future. .”

The two followed Song Yixuan into the gate, and a couplet could be seen on the gate, which read, "Accumulated water forms a deep abyss, and dragons grow, and accumulated soil makes mountains and winds prosper."

Walking into the gate, you can see that the whole school is facing north, with Wenchang Pavilion and Wushengyuan on the left and right.Behind it are flower halls, hotels, dining halls and gentlemen's rooms.

Song Yixuan took the two of them to apply for student status, got a number plate to go in and out of the hall, and then collected student shirts, exercise uniforms, books and other things.Afterwards, he walked towards Wenchang Pavilion. Wang Cailiang was unwilling to miss the opportunity to show off, and immediately explained the situation in the pavilion to Chu Qiguang.

(End of this chapter)