Chapter 493 What is a mortal
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and replied calmly: "Let that guy come to the backyard by himself, I'm busy?"
No need to think about it, at this time, who else could be there besides Hua Luo Yu?
There was a sound of footsteps and a burst of exclamation.
Before the person entered the backyard, a voice screamed: "I said Li Xiuyuan, do you think I can't find you if you hide here?"
Li Xiuyuan, who was busy steaming wine, smiled and said: "Master's wife came just in time. Come and help. Sister Hong will pour a cup of herbal tea for my master's wife. Don't worry about her eating at noon..."
With just a few words, Li Xiuyuan arranged a lot of things for Hua Luoyu.
Hua Luoyu looked at him with a look of disgust on her face and said, "I told you that you didn't stay in the imperial city and came to this small town to build a house?!"
Perhaps Nalanyu specifically told Hua Luoyu, but she did not call out the word "National Master".
However, I couldn't help but feel a little angry when I saw that this guy didn't even leave a drop of wine in the Imperial Prefect's Mansion, but instead came to the town to make wine.
Naturally, he continued to yell in anger: "I don't care, you have to make two big vats of wine for me."
Li Xiuyuan grabbed a handful of black beans from the pot and handed them to Hua Luoyu, who looked unhappy.
He looked at her and smiled lightly: "I brew the cheapest black bean wine. If you don't mind it, just give me money and let Sister Hong buy the ingredients."
Hua Luoyu's face darkened, she took the cooked black beans and chewed them for a while, with a look of surprise on her face.
Then he said cursingly: "The taste is not bad, the money is nothing. Just pay for it for the master, and ask your master to pay it back to you later."
Li Xiuyuan chuckled, shook his head and replied: "My master was a poor man when he was in Xuantian Temple. How could you fall in love with a poor man and marry him in the end?"
Li Xiuyuan remembers clearly that the new year's money he gave to Mumu on the mountain was paid for by him himself on Ouyang Dongli's behalf.
Hua Luoyu was furious when he heard this, and then cursed: "I see you've been itchy since I haven't seen you for a few months?!"
Sister Hong was working and laughing at the same time. This was the first time she saw Li Xiuyuan being scolded and not being able to speak.
You must know that whether it was Hu Tiejiang or General Da Tie from the Imperial City, when they met Watson's godfather, they were not respectful. This time it was better, there was a powerful master's wife here, which really looked happy.
Thinking of this, Sister Hong couldn't help but ask: "Sister, do you want to go to dinner with us later?"
Unexpectedly, Hua Luoyu shook her head, pointed at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile: "I want to have a drink with this guy, you don't have to worry about me, I have to deal with him to relieve my hatred."
Li Xiuyuan could only look at Sister Hong and said with a smile: "Sister Hong will buy some more water tanks and come back, and buy more black beans too."
Seeing that there was still room in the wine cellar, Li Xiuyuan decided to brew a few more tanks.
When this woman goes back, she can give a few more jars to the emperor and queen in the palace to try.
Smelling the strong aroma of wine in the backyard, Hua Luoyu sighed softly. Although she and Ouyang Dongli returned to the Imperial City, they did not see this guy as usual.
I never thought that after completing the earth-shattering event in Qingcheng, this guy would actually follow him to live in seclusion in the small town.
This was beyond her expectation. Can one practice in a place like Xindao?
Hu Ge was not familiar with Hua Luoyu, and his hands and feet were not yet good enough, so he could only sit at the table and boil water.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he smiled and said, "Brother, it's almost time. Let's take a rest. We'll get ready in the afternoon."
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and replied: "That's okay, but you have to follow Nalan Yu and take Watson around the back mountain in the afternoon. You can't make him happy."
After saying that, he went to fetch water and wash up. He took Hua Luoyu's hand and walked to the table to sit down. He pointed at Hu Ge and said, "This is my childhood brother in Fengyun City. This is my wife Hua Luoyu."
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When Hua Luoyu heard this, she looked at Hu Ge and said with a smile: "The most powerful one in the world is my younger brother. You have to take good care of him and let him help you become a great monk in the five realms."
Hua Luoyu giggled proudly, looked at Li Xiuyuan and said, "I said that right, right? Your two masters and one senior brother are counting on you for future breakthroughs!"
"Don't be afraid, he is my brother and he will not bully me."
Even so, Hu Ge still lowered his voice calmly, looked at him and said: "You won't ignore me, right? My sister and Fatty Tang have benefited from you, right?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled, looked at Hua Luoyu and said with a smile: "Master, you are late. This guy also has a sister who is also married to my brother and has been living at my place all winter."
Hua Luoyu was startled, then raised her head and looked at Li Xiuyuan, thinking to herself, all your friends are married, aren't you in a hurry?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but hold Li Xiuyuan's hand in a daze, and for a moment she forgot to answer.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Master, will you go to southern Xinjiang in a few days, or will you follow the Forbidden Army to fight bandits on the Fuchun River?"
Hua Luoyu curled her lips, pointed at the apricot blossoms that were gradually blooming behind the courtyard, and said with a smile, "Would you like to pick some petals to make wine? Of course I will accompany the queen to southern Xinjiang."
Li Xiuyuan nodded thoughtfully and said slowly: "Xinghua, you have to use sorghum to brew it."
After washing up, Sister Hong came over, looked at him and asked: "Someone in town asked how to sell the wine in our winery. If it is too expensive, not many people can afford it."
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and said: "Three cents per catty. Sister Hong asked Wang San to find a big bamboo to hold the wine. From now on, we will sell wine by the catty, one tube of wine per catty."
"Don't you need a wine jar?" Hua Luoyu couldn't help but frowned upon hearing this.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head: "We are all acquaintances in this town, so there is no need to carry a wine jar home every day. Selling them by the pound is a good deal."
Upon hearing this, Sister Hong couldn't help but ask: "Isn't it too cheap? It's two cents cheaper than what's sold in town."
Li Xiuyuan sighed, looked at her and smiled: "We can just make money from the lees. Besides, I can also make expensive wine, but I won't be able to sell it until next year."
In his opinion, a jar of apricot blossom wine made from sorghum will cost at least ten gold coins in a few days, but that will have to wait until next spring.
Only after being stored in spring, summer, autumn and winter can it be considered a fine wine.
Hua Luoyu looked at Sister Hong and giggled: "What are you afraid of? Even if this guy sells a jar for a hundred gold coins, it won't be enough."
"Believe it or not, as long as people in the Imperial City know about it, they will probably line up to buy it."
Shaking his head, he picked up a cup of spiritual tea in front of Hu Ge, and Hua Luoyu said quietly: "Do you think Yueying, that girl, has forgotten me, my sister, and will we meet again?"
Li Xiuyuan didn't expect that Hua Luoyu would talk about Yueying at this time, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.
He murmured to himself: "She has suffered too much. I hope she drinks a few more bowls of soup on the bridge, completely forgets us all, and starts her new life."
Sister Hong couldn't understand what they were talking about, so she had to ask Wang San to go home for dinner together. After thinking about it, she looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked, "Would you like Watson to come over this afternoon?"
Li Xiuyuan pointed at Hu Ge in front of him and said with a smile: "Watson's master is here. Let him follow him to the back mountain in the afternoon."
Sister Hong smiled and followed Wang San and a few workers to the opposite side.
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After another two days of work, Li Xiuyuan brewed five tanks of apricot flower wine with the help of Hua Luoyu, and helped Hua Manlou brew two tanks of black bean wine.
After sealing all the wine tanks, we have to wait until the end of spring before brewing again, because both backyards are being demolished and renovated, and there is no place to put the water tanks.
Watson, Fu Sheng, and Wang Ruyi tempered their bodies again, and they were still crying like they were killing pigs, and laughed non-stop while watching the flowers falling into the rain.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he asked: "I said that back in Fengyun City, did your husband torture you like this?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at her and shook his head, and said seriously: "I didn't cry at that time. Those three guys didn't have any surprises."
When Watson heard this, he immediately stopped crying.
She looked at him with a pair of eyes and asked: "Can you become godfather? Will it not hurt? But why did you let us shout out again?"
Sighing, Li Xiuyuan murmured: "How could I dare to cry when I finally met my husband? It makes sense to let you cry now."
Watson nodded thoughtfully and frowned tightly. He was wondering whether he should be a strong person like his godfather.
However, Mrs. Liu has had her first experience, and now she doesn't feel too sorry for the three little guys.
Not to mention Fu Sheng, even after Wang Ruyi tempered his body, the skin and flesh on his body became acquainted a lot, and the little guy became much stronger. He followed his brother all day long to learn archery.
Facing the pain of bandits, both Mrs. Liu and Sister Hong hope that their three children can learn some skills from their godfather.
The fronts of the two shops have been transformed into the first floor, and the craftsmen are working hard to decorate the second floor as well.
When he was free, Li Xiuyuan sat in the backyard and started whittling a bamboo sword.
After asking three children, they all wanted to learn swordsmanship from Hu Ge. In Li Xiuyuan's opinion, whether it was his Zhanxue or Qingcheng swordsmanship, he had to start with the bamboo sword.
Hua Luoyu looked at him and asked in confusion: "Is this bamboo sword for three little guys? Is it too light?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at her and smiled lightly: "When I was on the Tianshan Mountains, I also used a bamboo sword."
Hua Luoyu thought for a while and couldn't help but said: "It seems that when you arrived at the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, you were still using the bamboo sword?"
"The one I use now is also a bamboo sword!"
Li Xiuyuan placed the three bamboo swords on the charcoal fire and slowly baked them, adjusted them, watched the flowers fall and rain, and said quietly: "To the end of the practice of swordsmanship, everything can be used as a sword."
"So, how do I practice?"
This was the first time Hua Luoyu asked Li Xiuyuan for advice on her spiritual practice. She was very confused before returning to the Five Realms, but she didn't expect to be even more confused when she returned here.
Li Xiuyuan thought for a moment, looked at her and said seriously: "If you want to practice, then go with my master. If you want to practice swordsmanship, go with Watson. Do you want me to cut another bamboo sword for you?"
When Hua Luoyu heard this, she couldn't help but asked in shock: "Is it still useful if I learn it now?"
Li Xiuyuan looked down at the bamboo sword in his hand and replied quietly: "If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die at night... Then do you still want to hear the Tao?"
Hua Luoyu was startled, lowered her head while sitting on the chair, and then frowned tightly.
I don't know how long it took before I raised my head, looked at him and asked: "By the way, when you were in Tianshan, when you were younger than Watson, you were practicing swordsmanship with a bamboo sword?"
"Yes, Master, don't underestimate this little bamboo sword, it can also cultivate your mind."
Li Xiuyuan thought of what his husband said to him back then, and couldn't help but look at her and smile: "Sir, if you don't cultivate your mind through practice, it will be difficult to break through in the end..."
"I have told senior brother Minghui about the method of cultivating the mind, and he should have told the master as well, so my wife can go back to Huamanlou to cultivate the mind. You can only practice swordsmanship here."
Just like my master Qingxu's path of cultivation is in Xuantian Temple, and Ouyang Dongli and Hua Luoyu's path is in the Huamanlou in the Imperial City.
Li Xiuyuan chose a place to cultivate his mind as his master and senior brother. Naturally, he also wanted to have a quiet place where he could be an ordinary person.
Hua Luoyu shook her head, saying that she still didn't quite understand.
So Li Xiuyuan had no choice but to continue: "I am different from you and the master. My goal is not to be the imperial master of the dynasty, but to be an ordinary person in this small town."
"What is a mortal?" Hua Luoyu continued to ask.
Li Xiuyuan sighed and replied softly: "Being willing to bend your waist for a bucket of rice, and worrying about a penny, this is what ordinary people are like."
Chapter completed!