It is still a long wooden table put together under the tree in the courtyard.

Two large basins were placed in the middle, filled with bedding.

"Boom!"

The bell rang, and a group of senior brothers came over with smiles.

"Junior brother, junior brother, I have smelled the aroma of meat a long time ago! Did you bring master's bacon to cook?"

"This was brought to Master by the pilgrims who came to offer incense in the temple. Master is usually reluctant to eat it. If you don't do it well, you will be scolded!"

"Junior brother is really careless! Do you think we have never thought about these pieces of meat? It's all because of Master's picky temper. He is reluctant to put too much effort into the word 'eat' and won't let us eat it, otherwise he will

It’s cooked in rice, no matter if it’s porridge or dry rice, why don’t you add some salt to it?”

"It's all cooked..."

"Talk about me! It should have been cooked long ago!"

Everyone sat down with a smile and the discussion continued.

I just lowered my head and saw that the bread noodles were wide and thin, which was obviously different from the meals they usually cooked. Look at the marinated meat, dried bamboo shoots and chicken berries in the soup, which is as delicious as you can imagine.

I could smell the obvious aroma of chicken fir, and I was a little surprised.

"Huh?"

A few seniors are just not good at cooking, and it’s not like they’ve never had good food. Then again, these days, most people are just fine if they’re full, and not many people are good at cooking.

Naturally, you can see the difference in today's dinner.

"What's this called?"

"Bedding."

"Tsk! Junior brother can also make pasta..."

"Something simple."

"It looks okay."

While talking, Lin Jue and his junior sister had already filled a bowl for each of them.

Many senior brothers also picked up their chopsticks.

"Eat, eat..."

It was Yun He who said the same thing again.

The brothers and sisters all lowered their heads.

Pick up a thin and wide piece of noodles, suck up the soup, and bring it to your mouth with the scalding heat.

After the first bite, in addition to the burning sensation, the first thing I tasted was the saltiness of the cured meat and bamboo shoots, followed by the unique aroma of chicken berries. After chewing it for a few times, I was surprised that the dough was soft, hard, smooth and chewy.

Taste.

There is no doubt that not only is it a taste that has never been tasted in the temple, but also this style of delicacies is not easy to see at the foot of the nearby mountains at this time.

The main thing is, it's really delicious.

After taking a bite, everyone was silent.

Lin Jue didn't look at them, but continued to serve a bowl for the little fox he raised. He used the rice bowl specially made for it by the fifth senior brother and put it on the ground.

"Eat it!"

The little fox glanced at him and then obediently lowered his head and came closer.

This little thing has never been picky about food and will eat whatever is given to him.

But after taking this bite, I was stunned.

His eyes widened instantly.

He tilted his head for a moment, in disbelief.

I took another bite and it opened up again.

Lin Jue found it interesting, smiled happily, and then looked away, only to see everyone at the table staring at him blankly. Judging from his expression, although it was not as exaggerated as the fox, it was not much different.

"Huh? Why don't you eat?"

Only then did everyone lower their heads, and there was a chorus of snoring.

…

Early the next morning, at the gate of the Taoist temple, there was a bit of mist in the pine forest and a bit of coolness in the mountains.

The little Taoist priest leads the donkey and stands.

What I said last night was still echoing in my mind. It was after everyone had eaten and not a drop of soup was left. It seemed that only then did they have the intention to speak:

"Junior brother, weren't you a scholar before you went up the mountain? Why do I look like a cook?"

"Junior brother, you are so good at cooking, why didn't you tell me earlier? This makes me have no food to drink with every day!"

"Lin Jue, since you know how to cook, you can use the bacon as you like. But there seems to be no ingredients left in the temple. Tomorrow you can take a few taels of silver from the temple and go down the mountain to buy some ingredients."

"No! Master, you..."

So I made bowls of bread and noodles for them in the morning.

It's not that Lin Jue didn't know anything else, but they had just eaten a bowl of bread noodles, and they were so shocked that they made a strong request, but Lin Jue couldn't disobey.

After eating, he stood at the entrance of the Taoist temple early in the morning. Next to him was the only donkey in the Taoist temple, with two square bamboo baskets hanging on its back. There was also a little junior sister beside him, and a little fox at his feet.

"Senior brother, where did you learn bedding?" The younger junior sister looked at him worriedly.

"From middle school."

"..."

"What's wrong?"

"Teacher, senior brother, do you want anything else?"

"Yes."

"..."

"What's wrong?"

"without……"

The little junior sister stood silent.

After waiting for a while, the seventh senior brother came out.

"Let's go."

Yishan is really remote, the nearest market is dozens of miles away, and there is no market today, only once a month, so we have to go to the county town.

The county seat is nearly a hundred miles away.

Even though it is far away, it is still a mountain road, especially the section near Yishan Mountain. The grass is deep and the forest is thick, making the road difficult to walk.

Come and go, at least two days.

Lin Jue and the junior sister looked young, so the master naturally asked a senior brother to take them.

The seventh senior brother is the youngest among the senior brothers. He looks to be in his mid-twenties and majors in drama. When Lin Jue and his junior sister first came to the school, he often performed for them. He loved to play around on weekdays.

He was relatively familiar with the road to the county seat and could chat with them easily.

The three of them had already walked down the mountain.

"Let's walk faster and try to get there before night, otherwise the city gate will be closed. If you can't walk anymore, don't be brave, a donkey can carry you a little further."

"Senior brother, you are too worried. Since we went up the mountain, we have often chopped firewood on the mountain, ran up and down, and sometimes had to go to and from the Xianyuan Temple. We have already practiced it. Besides, we have some foundation in practice. Today

It’s still possible to walk nearly a hundred miles.”

Lin Jue said.

In his personal feeling, one mile in this world is not as long as one mile in memory. It is nearly a hundred miles, probably less than 40 kilometers. People with good foot strength can walk it from morning to night.

There were even some traveling merchants and porters who were able to carry goods just to make a living, let alone those who were young, strong and empty-handed.

"Senior Brother Seven, don't worry. I go to the mountains every day to build roads, and I have already trained myself!"

The junior sister is already a qualified hard worker.

The Seventh Senior Brother smiled and patted the donkey's back: "Senior Brother Donkey, I'm going to have to work hard for you again this time."

He and the donkey walked in front.

The junior sister was walking in the middle.

Lin Jue put the hatchet in the donkey's back basket, used a whistle stick as a walking stick, and walked at the back. The little fox took small steps, stopped and walked, and its position changed frequently.

The Seventh Senior Brother was not a dull person. As he walked, he talked to them about the scenery in the mountains, how the weather was sunny, how the rain and fog were, what kind of spirits lived in the mountains, which ones he had visited before, and which creeks were easy to catch crabs.

I can tell you which creek is easy to catch fish.

Even if he leaves the Yishan area and goes to the county town, he can name every village and river.

From morning to noon and then to afternoon.

From the Luoye Mountain Road to the country roads and then to the spacious official roads, there are more and more pedestrians on the road. There are many caravans with horses and mules and vendors with carts. It gradually becomes lively, which is the same as always in the mountains.

The pure Fuqiu Temple has two completely different feelings, as if they are two worlds.

A city gradually appeared in the dusk light and shadow.

"We're here." Seventh Senior Brother said to them, "Yixian County is the seat of the state capital and can be considered a big city."

"Yixian..."

"Junior brother, what do you want to buy? This time we go down the mountain, you are the senior brother, so it is all up to you."

"Let's take a look first. It's almost night, and there probably won't be much to buy." Lin Jue thought in his mind, "Let's take a look at how many open shops are left in the city."

"It's all up to you!"

The Seventh Senior Brother said and walked towards the city gate first.

There were several armed guards at the door.

After the seventh senior brother walked over, he took out a folding book from his arms, then turned back and pointed at Lin Jue and the younger junior sister, explaining where he came from, saying that he went to the city to buy it.

The guard looked at the Seventh Senior Brother, then at Donkey and Lin Jue, and stopped at the little fox standing at Lin Jue's feet - it was obvious that the little fox was a fox now.

He frowned at the various strange rumors about foxes.

However, looking down at this unusual certificate, the fox following the Taoist seemed to be proof that the Taoist was really extraordinary, so the doubts only lasted for a short time, and then turned into a bit of respect.

"Taoist priests, please come in."

"Thank you."

All three of them thanked him and walked into the city gate.

"Junior brothers and sisters may not know that there are two kinds of certificates issued by the imperial court today: one is a piece of paper, used by ordinary monks and Taoists to prove their identity; the other is a fold. If you can get this kind of certificate, it means that this Taoist temple is

There are people with some Taoist skills, at least when they get the ultimatum." Senior Brother Seventh said, "Master will definitely get one for you before you go down the mountain."

"So that's it."

As he spoke, he had already passed through the doorway, and the streets of the city suddenly came into view.

Just past the city gate, we found the main street, lined with mostly Anhui-style buildings with white walls and blue tiles, with scattered tile eaves. It was dusk at this time, the white walls turned into pale gold, and the blue tiles also filled with a gleam of light. Pedestrians on the street were still unfamiliar.

few.

Some vendors are about to leave the city, some shops are closing, there are still people shouting and selling, and some people are walking on the street.

Thanks to the increasingly popular commerce here in recent years, this city is quite prosperous.

The little junior sister opened her curious eyes and kept looking at the shops and restaurants on the roadside. She kept looking at the horses and mules passing by. She also kept looking at the vendors passing by. The children running in the distance could only be seen.

They would only look away when they were selling snacks and snacks.

The little fox is almost the same.

This little thing was so young when it was picked up by Lin Jue, and its memory almost only includes Fuqiu Peak and the Taoist priests. This is a completely new world for it.

There was a dog on the street, and everyone was staring at it.

However, I don't know whether it was because he didn't know dogs or something else. Legend has it that even fox demons who have become spirits are afraid of dogs, but this little fox actually stretched its neck to look at them, and then still followed Lin Jue with small steps.
Chapter completed!