In the age of crossing books, the female supporting role of salted fish won

Chapter 44 Fasting and Bathing
"If you don't ask, don't ask!"

Song Juan did not break the casserole to ask the bottom line, after all, no one likes to be asked the bottom line.

Of course, Song Juan was still very curious about this question.

But all roads lead to Rome.

The old uncle can't find any news here, isn't there still aunts?
In this world, there are always more ways than difficulties.

"Don't ask your aunt and the others, do you hear me?"

Song Juan was thinking of finding another breakthrough, but she heard the old uncle's stern words.

"heard it!"

Song Juan rolled her eyes.

This old uncle seems to have some skills.

Look, the thought that he just turned around on his side was blocked by him on his side.

Of course, this could also be a coincidence.

"Uncle, should apprenticeship be as formal as before?"

"In the future, do I have to call you Master?"

"Call it whatever you want, but apprenticeship is indeed very formal. If you can't do it for two days, the day is not right. After three days, it will be a good day, and it will be a good day for apprenticeship!"

What Li Zhao said was serious.

Song Juan did not refute.

To be precise, I dare not refute.

As for the reason?

Naturally, it was because the old uncle was acting a little godlike.

"Uncle, what am I doing these two days?"

"Fast, bathe, meditate!"

"what?!"

Song Juan stared at the boss, unable to believe what she heard.

"Uncle, are you sure this is what apprentices have to do?"

"Of course!"

Li Zhao squinted at Song Juan, "Do you think it's a trivial matter for us to learn from a teacher?"

"Knowing heaven's secrets, understanding yin and yang, knowing good and bad, watching people's luck, and even changing fate against the sky are all just a matter of one thought."

"That's why, those who enter our sect, be in awe."

"Oh!"

What can Song Juan say?
She has encountered such miraculous things as time travel, so others may disbelieve these supernatural things, but she dare not disbelieve them.

During lunch, Song Juan met her seven aunts.

That's right, seven!
Although they are no longer the daughter-in-law of their uncle in name, they still eat together on weekdays, no different from before.

And Song Juan always called them aunt, regardless of their size.

In name, Lijia'ao doesn't have many fields, so eating is a problem.

But Song Juan discovered that the old uncle's family ate pure white noodles.

As for the dishes for dinner, there are fish, meat, and game.

This lunch can be described as very sumptuous. It is understandable to eat it during the Chinese New Year, but the problem is that this is not the Chinese New Year.

Hospitality?

But pull it down, what kind of guest is Song Juan?

So there is only one truth, the old uncle's family is not short of food.

Not only is there no shortage, on the contrary, it is also very rich.

After the meal, the aunts cleaned up all the dishes without Song Juan's help.

"Uncle, didn't you say that I should fast and take a bath?"

After the meal, Song Juan looked at the old uncle who was sitting there, made a pot of tea for herself, and asked her questions.

"It's been half a day today, of course we have to start tomorrow."

Li Zhao glanced at Song Juan, "Today, let you eat something good. Starting tomorrow, you can only watch us eat. When the time comes, don't feel wronged!"

"Don't worry, aren't you a vegetarian?"

"Ha ha!"

Seeing the old uncle smiling a bit strangely, Song Juan was inexplicably a little uneasy, feeling faintly that the fasting and bathing that the old uncle said might be different from what she understood.

However, she is not a squeamish person, isn't she just suffering a bit?

Song Juan thought she was mentally prepared, but when she woke up the next morning and saw her breakfast, she was in a bad mood.

Breakfast is wild vegetables, no rice.

"Girl, are you okay?"

Li Zhao looked at the confused Song Juan with a smile, and asked a question very gently.

"no problem!"

Song Juan gritted her teeth and answered.

Isn't it just eating wild vegetables?
What a big deal?
Back then, the seniors even ate tree bark and grass roots, and I could still eat wild vegetables. What can't be overcome?

To be a master, how can you not endure hardships?
But in fact, this fasting and bathing is much more bitter than Song Juan imagined.

After breakfast, take a bath.

The bathing place was not at home, let alone warm water, but was taken into a spring pool in the mountains by my uncle.

At first glance, this place does not see the sun all year round, and the water in the spring pool is icy cold.

"Can you bear it?"

Faced with her uncle's questioning, Song Juan felt that she might have been tricked.

Bathing in water with only a few degrees at this temperature is comparable to winter swimming!
The problem is, she's never experienced what it's like to winter swim.

"I can bear it!"

Song Juan gritted her teeth and fought hard!
"That's right, go squat down, listen to my greetings, when you sink into the water, you will sink, persist until you can't hold it anymore, and then come out!"

"it is good!"

Song Juan took a deep breath and stepped into the spring pool.

The moment your feet enter the water, there is only one feeling, cold, icy cold.

But she bit the bullet and continued walking into the water.

The spring pool is not deep, and it is less than a person's height.

However, the cold is really cold, icy cold.

When Song Juan walked to the center of the spring pool, except for her head above the water, her body was submerged in the water, and she shivered from the cold.

"Now, sink into the water!"

Li Zhao raised his hand and pressed down.

Song Juan took a deep breath, bent her knees, and sank into the water.

The cold water soaked his head like falling into an ice cellar.

Song Juan didn't know how long she could hold in the water, but she was trying to hold on.

Time passed so slowly that she had no way of judging how long she had been underwater.

Slowly, I feel like I can't hold back anymore.

Song Juan still persisted.

She vaguely felt that this fasting and bathing was more like a test.If she can't pass the test, there is a high probability that she will miss something.

Finally, Song Juan felt that she had reached her limit, so she emerged from the water.

When she emerged from the water and opened her eyes, she saw her old uncle waving at her, then raised his hand and pressed down.

"Girl, continue!"

Song Juan could only take a deep breath and quickly submerged underwater.

At this time, she no longer had the heart to sue her old uncle, she just had one thought now, insist, persist, persist!
Slowly, Song Juan's mind emptied.

She stopped thinking about other things, and tried to lower her metabolism in this way, so as to spend more time holding her breath underwater.

As it turns out, this really does work.

Although Song Juan was not sure how long she would stay underwater, she could be sure that her time this time would be longer than the last time.

Obviously, the first dive was well prepared, and the second time was a hasty response, but the second time was longer than the first time.

This made Song Juan feel like she had caught something.

At this moment, the coldness of the pool water has no effect on her, her mind is empty, and she no longer pays attention to the surrounding environment.

(End of this chapter)