The Dharma Sea of ​​the Green Snake

Chapter 57
Zhang Chusheng is a slightly older child in Zhangjia Village at the foot of Weishan Mountain.

It is a village, but in fact, there are only seven or eight households in the entire Zhangjia Village, and most of them are of the same clan, and there are very few outsiders.

And Zhang Chusheng's father, Zhang Tuhu, is a rare immigrant in the village.

Before changing his surname to Zhang, Zhang Tuhu's original surname was Chu. According to him, he came from the feudal town of Heshuo. When he was young, he was also a general in the battlefield.

As for whether other people in Zhangjiacun believed this, Zhang Chusheng didn't know.

Anyway, Zhang Chusheng himself didn't believe this.

Because in his opinion, those are the daily bragging lines of his old man, and only his ignorant old woman would believe such words.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Zhang Chusheng hates or looks down on his father.

On the contrary, being able to become the only butcher in Zhangjia Village with the attitude of a foreign surname and a married man, and convince everyone, there is no doubt about Zhang Butcher's character and ability.

Thanks to this, Zhang Chusheng has not only been physically strong since he was a child, but also became one of the few children in the village who can study in private schools for several years in a row.

Although Zhang Chusheng is only eight or nine years old now, he understood the difficulties at home early on.

So in addition to going to private schools to study on weekdays, Zhang Chusheng's biggest hobby is to help his family attract business and help people in the village go to town to buy some daily necessities.

Over time, everyone in the village knew that apart from selling meat, Zhang Tuhu's house also sold some things that everyone could use on a daily basis.

In this way, even if it is not a day to go to the market, the big guys can buy what they want.

For this reason, Zhang Chusheng was often praised by the old people in the village, saying that the village finally cleared up the smoke from his ancestors, and a future champion was born.

However, only Zhang Chusheng knew that everything he was doing now was taught by Pei Wende, who was "kicked out" of the private school by his husband a year ago.

In the words of the other party, reading is indeed the only way out in this era.

But "reading dead books" will only make myself and my family around me bear a huge burden and pain.

If you want to continue reading and get rid of the shackles of this era, but don't want to be burdened by the whole family, then apply what you read to the people around you!

So under Pei Wende's suggestion, Zhang Chusheng's "grocery store" was barely operating.

It took Zhang Chusheng three years to go from bringing things to others occasionally and earning some travel expenses, to becoming a well-known "grocery store" in the village.

According to Zhang Chusheng's own estimation, when he was sixteen or seventeen years old, when he was able to go to Beijing for the exam, he would not need people in the village to contribute to the travel expenses.

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"If you count the days, today is the [-]th day of the seventh lunar month. Brother Pei should go down the mountain, right?"

Standing at the gate of the village, Zhang Chusheng knew that Pei Wende would come down from the mountain to buy some things for the festival every year.

Especially on non-market days like this, Pei Wende will almost [-]% buy pork from home, buy paper money, ingots, lanterns and candles for the Ghost Festival.

Only when it is really impossible to buy these things, Wen Wende will consider going to the nearest nearby town to buy these things.

To be honest, Zhang Chusheng actually couldn't understand Pei Wende's approach.

Obviously it's just two people with Zen Master Lingyou...

No, maybe Huiji has to be added now, and the three of them stay alone on the mountain, but they make it so cumbersome during festivals.

In Pei Wende's own words, this is called a sense of ritual.

But in Zhang Chusheng's view, this was basically an excuse Pei Wende made to make Master Lingyou happy.

After all, Pei Wende, who came from later generations, may not care about the festive atmosphere, but Zen Master Lingyou had family members before he became a monk.

Even if you can't really reunite with them, it's good to have a thought during the Chinese New Year.

"I don't really understand Brother Pei's thinking, and there are so many excuses to spend a holiday with Zen Master and the others."

In Zhang Chusheng's house, his mother would have the final say on whether or not to celebrate the festival, and there was no need to find so many cumbersome excuses and reasons.

Well, from another perspective, this is also a manifestation of Zhang Tuhu's lack of family status in his family.

【This time, I have to ask carefully, what is the 'supermarket' he has been talking about before? 】

Zhang Chusheng, who secretly made up his mind, raised his head and looked in the direction of Tongqing Temple, looking forward to meeting Pei Wende again.

If he could figure out how the "supermarket" operates from Pei Wende's mouth, Zhang Chusheng felt that he might not have to wait until he was [-] or [-] years old to save enough money to go to Beijing for the exam.

Even the money from studying in a private school for a few years can be connected without relying on the family.

For Zhang Chusheng, who has a strong nature and has a younger sister in his family, this is simply the best thing.

"Chu Sheng?"

So, when Zhang Chusheng was looking at Tongqing Temple, a familiar and surprised voice suddenly came from the field behind him.

"Huh? Brother Pei?"

Turning his head in a daze, Zhang Chusheng saw Pei Wende come out of the rice field in a panic.

Then what happened next, Zhang Chusheng was so frightened that his heart almost stopped suddenly.

Because when Pei Wende got out of the rice field completely, Zhang Chusheng saw clearly that there was a very beautiful bamboo leaf green snake wrapped around the neck of the other party.

You know, although the bamboo-leaf green snake is one of the most beautiful snake species, it is also a genuine poisonous snake.

In this era when there is no poisonous snake serum, once bitten by it, it is equivalent to stepping into the palace of Hades with half a leg, and one has to endure extremely painful torture before death.

"This...this...this..."

Before Zhang Chusheng recovered from the shock and reorganized his language to talk to Pei Wende, a low-pitched whimper came from behind him.

"Ugh..."

The next moment, a lone wolf who was obviously injured and had a striking black-blue eye appeared in Zhang Chusheng's field of vision.

It's just that compared to the "noble" treatment of the green bamboo-leaf snake, the lone wolf that was dragged out of the rice field by Pei Wende's tail forcibly looked so weak, pitiful and helpless.

"Long time no see, Chu Sheng."

A poisonous green snake with bamboo leaves coiled around its neck, and a lone wolf whimpering and choking with its right hand...

Pei Wende didn't seem to pay attention to the shock that his current appearance brought to others, but waved his left hand to greet Zhang Chusheng on his own.

—Recommendation ticket—/—Monthly ticket—

(End of this chapter)