how a stallion is made

That night, Pei Chao was frightened and fainted four times, and in the end he had to face Tantai Shuhe's greeting with a numb face.

There is a nest of snakes and rats in Chuzhou Mansion, which naturally needs to be cleaned up, but it cannot be eliminated all at once.After the elimination, it is inevitable that the turmoil will easily lead to disasters, so Tantai Shuohe had no choice but to repair the book and talk to Emperor Ming, which is his best effort.

However, in a few days, Tantai Shuhe found out the folk customs and people's livelihood in this area, packed up his things and prepared to take Pei Chao to continue westward.

To the west of Chuzhou Mansion is Mawei Station, and to the west of Mawei Station is Bugui Ridge. An ancient tea-horse road connects them, and many merchants enter Nanman from here to trade various treasures.

"My lord, it's fine for you to hang out by the river, why did you come to the mountains?" Pei Chao was sweating profusely on the horse and followed Tantai Shuhe, the two of them were mixed among the horse-riders, not very conspicuous.

Being close to Nanman, the weather is close to summer, so it is naturally much hotter.

Tantai Shuhe rarely answered seriously: "Mountains and rivers have spirits. Since I want to go against the sky, I should be foolproof. Only when I have truly walked through the mountains and rivers can I truly understand the responsibilities of being a human being." How big. Proper fieldwork, then, is essential.”

Tantai Shuhe suddenly changed his tone, looked at Pei Chao and said, "Of course—you probably don't understand what I'm talking about."

"..." Pei Chao was inexplicably a little frustrated.

"By the way, I also heard that you, Pei Chao, are not good at arithmetic, but is it true?" Tantai Shuhe took a few more steps forward.

Pei Chao smiled wryly and patted his horse to catch up, saying, "What you said is true."

"If you are so busy, why don't you help me sort out the records of the Qintianjian River Basin in the south of Luochuan in recent decades. The frivolous classical Chinese is really... unbelievable." Tantai Shihe seemed to be thinking of something that caused him a headache. matter, lying on the horse with his forehead covered.

The road ahead is rugged, and most businessmen will choose to stay overnight before going down the mountain to refresh their spirits and prepare for the abyss when crossing the mountain, so as to avoid accidents in vain.

The inn made of wood is full of merchants from all over the world. The charcoal stove in the center of the hall is boiling boiling water, and various foods are bubbling in the boiling water.The juicy white radish pieces, thrown down and boiled for a long time, just neither soft nor hard, rolled three times in the fried pepper beef minced with soybean paste brought by Saibei Yuanke, and sip it while it is hot, the mouth waters when it is delicious .

"Pei Chao, what do you think?" Tantai Shuhe couldn't help standing at the door and asked Pei Chao, the aroma of food came to his nostrils, and his Adam's apple moved up and down.

Pei Chao smiled and said, "My lord, you are much more proficient in poison than I am. At this time, it still depends on what you mean."

Tantai Shuhe sighed, obviously no one came to hunt him down... right?

"That's all, this king is such a hard worker."

Be careful.

The red silk trees outside the gate are fluttering in the wind. This is a century-old jujube tree. There are one or two rotten black shriveled dates left on it, but it is a different kind of embellishment.

As the sun was setting, the owner of the inn drove a donkey cart back from outside. She was a thin old woman with a pointed chin and big and clear eyes, which showed that she was a beauty when she was young.

There was a big pig on the cart, which was naturally dead, like a pile of rice noodles.There are no vegetables, but one or two fruits, and the most important salt.

People in the mountains don't buy vegetables, they have them in the backyard at home, so why bother to look far away?

Tantai Shuhe wandered around the stove for a long time, finally grabbed Pei Chao and asked, "Grandma is the only one in this inn?"

Pei Chao turned his head and asked the elegant businessman beside him, and replied, "That's true."

Tantai Shuhe raised his legs and left, went to the stove and squatted down, and said to the old woman who was fiddling with the charcoal fire: "Grandma, are you short of manpower here?"

Grandma raised her head and took a look at Tantai Shuhe, suddenly giggled, and said: "Young master, you are so thin and tender, what do we poor people do?"

"I want to work for you for a few days." Tantai Shuhe had a serious face, without any falsehood.

"..." Pei Chao clutched his chest, he knew this guy was up to no good!He knows it!Along the way, he, Pei Chaotang's fourth-rank servant, followed Tantai Shuohe to cut pig grass, chop firewood, let go of cattle, kill chickens, repair roofs, and sell vegetables... There is no one's high-level executives. Officials are more experienced than him, so rich that there is no one before or after.

I have an abnormal boss, and my heart is very tired.

At night, Pei Chao had already gone to bed, he knew that Tantai Shuohe was also a man of measure, so he would not really cause any major incidents.And Pei Chao is just a mortal, without the ability to sleep and eat and drink, so he can only let Tantai handle it.

Many people slept by the firepit, and the old lady was still busy packing things at this time, and there was a little fat pig in the backyard, presumably it was raised for the Chinese New Year.The inn never closes, not even at night, but uses wooden boards to cover it from the wind.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The dull sound of heavy objects hitting the ground came to the ears of Tantai Shuhe, who was lying on the mouth of the well carrying water, and the wind was blowing, not like the world.

Tantai Shuhe walked to the front yard unsteadily with the fresh water in his arms. He said it was the front yard, but it was actually just the place facing the main entrance of the inn.

A row of people stood upright in the front yard, with yellow talismans and cinnabar paperweights stuck on their foreheads, making it so gloomy that people could tell they were not alive.

Curiously, Tantai Shuhe leaned over to the first corpse, and peeled off the yellow paper.

"Ah—" At this time, the corpse exorcist who happened to be begging for soup turned around and saw this scene, and was so frightened that he almost dropped the bowl to the ground. If Tantai Shuohe hadn't caught it with burning love, I'm afraid that almost could have been removed .

"Don't make noise, they are all sleeping!" Tantai Shuhe signaled the other party to keep silent.

The corpse chaser was really pissed off by Tantai Shuhe's uninvited behavior. You must know how important the role of the first corpse is in the corpse chase business!

After the observation, Tantai Shuhe rubbed the yellow paper on the new corpse behind the first corpse to rub the corpse oil, and then pasted the yellow paper back on the forehead of the first corpse.

"There's something wrong with your talisman paper drawing. Could it be that people in your family haven't been in this business for ten years?" Tantai Shuhe walked towards the corpse exorcist with a bucket in his arms.

"He's dumb." The old woman interrupted abruptly, "However, tell me, what's the problem? I've been running a shop here for a long time, and the family really changes every ten years."

"This is the Shou Yu Corpse." Tantai Shuhe thought for a while, and then said, "I added two strokes to the talisman paper of the first corpse, and barely fortified the life-destroying item. Others——I can't do anything about it." .”

"Young Master is not an ordinary person." The old woman patted the shoulder of the corpse chaser comfortingly. The corpse chaser had to go on his way, leaving the two alone to drive the corpse away.

"Grandma isn't afraid of these things?"

The old lady smiled and said: "Afraid? I am a woman, if I was really afraid, I would not open an inn in this wilderness."

"Indeed." Tantai Shuhe nodded.

The old lady pointed to the century-old jujube tree again, and said softly in her eyes: "Look at this tree, when it is just a tree, it is a tree. But when it is entrusted with infinite vision When it is, it is God."

"What does this tree bless?"

"Wishes come true." The old lady is a person who loves to laugh.

Tantai Shuhe also laughed, and said: "Are you sure about the marriage?"

"Most people ask for a safe return," the old woman said after a pause, "but it's okay for the young master to ask for it."

"No, marriage cannot be forced, forget it." Tantai Shuohe looked up at the sky, the sky was full of cold stars scorching, converging into a river.

After pondering for a long time, the old lady suddenly said: "A girl who pleases the young master must be extremely happy. But—a girl who pleases the young master may not necessarily be happy."

Tantai Shuihe smiled without saying a word.

"Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, won't your family miss you?"

"Yes." Tantai Shuhe took a deep breath, "But we all have more important things to do than this."

"Apart from the family, the country, and the world, what else is more important than family?" The old lady curled her lips in disdain, and turned to leave as she was talking, preparing to go to bed.

Tantai Shuhe still smiled without saying a word.

Early in the morning, Tantai Shuohe boiled water, cooked porridge, and took some sauerkraut, cucumbers, and bamboo shoots from the big vat of pickles that he found after searching all night, and shredded them one by one on the chopping board.

Then, put all this into a wooden barrel and carry it directly outside.

The old lady just woke up and was waiting there at this time, she opened the things that Tantai Shuohe sent over and looked at it, she giggled: "I never imagined that a gentleman like you can do such a thing."

Tantai Shuhe sighed and said: "My mother passed away, and I am self-taught."

"If I were your mother, I would wake up with a smile."

"Why?" Tantai was puzzled.

"Such a good son, I don't have to worry about not having a good daughter-in-law..." The old woman smiled back, the work in hand was not slow at all.

Tantai Shuohe raised his eyebrows: "I'm going to feed the pigs."

"Go, go, really..." The words of the old woman were overwhelmed by the noise in the room.

Banana green wax, pearl glutinous rice, realgar sake, five-color rope, cinnabar mugwort.

The old woman skillfully tied the glutinous rice wrapped in plantain leaves with straw, without any stuffing inside.

"Is this a vegetarian rice dumpling?" Tantai Shuhe couldn't help asking, he never eats rice dumplings other than pickled vegetable rice dumplings, especially rice dumplings with red dates, red beans, soybeans, and peas added. .

"With the son's background, I guess you haven't eaten it before?" The old lady raised her eyelids slightly.

"Uh...hehe." Tantai Shuhe touched his nose inexplicably embarrassed.

……

Pei Chao felt that if he didn't remind Tantai Shuohe, he might not want to leave here.

My lord, do you still remember what we did when we came out?

The author has something to say:

I have a feeling that I am writing a CCTV geographic trip to China, lol.

I forgot one very important thing, and started eating candy the day after tomorrow, solving puzzles, black and white impermanence combined.