I raised monsters in the Song Dynasty

Li Banxi's firewood was placed there, and it was bought by someone in a short while.He looked at the few copper coins in his hand and said with a wry smile: He still doesn't understand the prices in ancient times, what can these few copper coins buy?

He remembered that the Hulk was still in the bamboo basket and hadn't come out. He had promised to buy food and drink for it, and he would never break his promise, but he didn't have much money at the moment, and he couldn't even move the money that Shuo gave him. The bamboo basket said softly, "A giant?"

"Yeah." Although the giant was curious about the outside world, he obediently hid in the bamboo basket, "Brother, when can I come out?"

Hearing the voice of the giant's grievance, Li Banxi felt that he was too cruel, and wanted to find a way for the giant to watch the scene of the market without being discovered.

Lian Shuo was at the side, knowing what Li Banxi was thinking, he looked around, his eyes fixed on a corner of the wall, and he always flew past a few times.

"this is for you."

Li Banxi was still thinking of a way, and there was a small flower pot in front of him, which was half filled with soil.

It turned out that the flower pot was abandoned in a corner, and Lian Shuo picked it up again.

"That little monster wants to come out and have a look!" Lian Shuo folded his arms around his chest, and looked at the bamboo basket carefully, "It won't be suffocated to death if it stays like this!"

Li Banxi took the flowerpot. The flowerpot was made of ceramics and was a little heavy. There was no dirt or dust on the outside. He glanced at Lian Shuo's dirty clothes, glanced at him, and finally smiled and said, "Thank you." .”

Lian Shuo saw that when he smiled, his eyes were like half crescents, and the little mole between his eyebrows became dazzling, and he said uncomfortably: "... why don't you thank me for such a small thing, I still look forward to you attracting demons for me in the future! "

Li Banxi shook his head, stopped looking at him, and placed the giant in a flowerpot after shouting out, only the top of the head and eyes were exposed.

The market is bustling and lively.All of a sudden, gray-haired old men, middle-aged men carrying burdens, or young ladies wearing rouge all gathered in this street, shouting, haggling, playing, and the sounds of pots and pans clanging together. Together, although it is noisy, it is also a smoky music in the world.

Two of them were particularly eye-catching, and passers-by kept their eyes on them after seeing them.They were two teenagers, one handsome in red and the other handsome in blue. The boy in blue was carrying a bamboo basket and holding a flowerpot in his hand, but he was very careful in the way he held the flowerpot. If you look carefully, the flower There are no exotic flowers and plants in the pot, only a small piece of green moss.

"Giant," Li Banxi told it in a low voice, shy in his pocket, "Brother didn't sell much this time, so I can only buy you one or two things. If you choose something, tell me. If you want something, you can come back next time." purchase."

"It's okay, brother." Although the giant was very curious about everything in this market, he was obedient and obedient. "If there is anything you want to buy, brother, buy it first. The giant is fine."

"Hmm..." Li Banxi hesitated. He originally wanted to use the money to buy a set of pens, inks, papers and inkstones, but he doesn't know how to use brushes or calligraphy. Wouldn't it be a waste to buy it?But in this ancient time when he had nothing to do, he could buy some blank paper to draw on. Maybe someone would buy his paintings because of the novelty.

Thinking of this, Li Banxi made up his mind to buy a few sheets of white paper for painting. As for the pens... there were no pencils in the Song Dynasty, so they used carbon instead.

Lian Shuo watched Li Banxi struggle for a long time, and wanted him to feel free to use his own money, but would this person think he was insulting him?Forget it, let's just watch it first, if he really can't get rid of the blame, I will definitely help him when the time comes.

Anyway, the master is rich.

He thought so, didn't speak, and walked side by side with Li Banxi.

Li Banxi used the money to buy half a bag of rice and a few pieces of drawing paper, as well as vegetables sent by Aunt Lan, which could temporarily solve the problem of food and clothing, and he bought a sugar figurine for the giant with the remaining copper coin.

"Do you want it?" Li Banxi asked the young man in red next to him while the old man was making sugar for the giant.

Lian Shuo was surprised: "And mine?" He was really surprised. When he was a child, he had no father and no mother, and was bullied, so naturally no one bought him this thing.At that time, seeing children as old as him holding candy sticks in their hands, they were both greedy and envious.When he met his master when he was a little older, he continued to practice martial arts and put aside his desire for tongue and tongue. In this way, although he is now a weak crown and has no shortage of money, he has never even eaten a candy man.

"What's the matter?" Seeing his surprise, Li Banxi didn't speak again, thinking that he didn't like sweets, and just when he was about to tell the old man that he only needed one, he heard Lian Shuo behind him speak.

"Then I want one too!" Lian Shuo took a step forward, staring at the old man who was nimbly making candy figures, and said, "Old man, help me make a villain, just make it like this little Taoist priest."

Li Banxi glanced at him: "Then pinch one for me too! Just pinch it like this magic stick."

"Spiritual stick?" Lian Shuo was surprised, "Hey, you have seen my skills just now, right! Why do you confuse me with those magical sticks who play tricks?"

After speaking, he poked the ball on Li Banxi's head again.

"What's the matter?" Li Banxi deliberately wanted to tease him, so he held back his smile and said solemnly, "Although you know martial arts, you don't have gossip around your waist, and you keep shouting about catching monsters all day long. Han Chuang studied hard to gain fame, why are you wasting time here, and how is it different from that pretending ghost?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man stopped his movements, stared at the young man in red, and sighed: "I think this young man has a handsome face and an extraordinary bearing. The most important thing right now is to study hard and get a good reputation. When you are young, you must not be fooled by some things, lest you regret it when you grow old."

Lian Shuo was speechless by the two of them, and saw the old man hand over two candy figurines to Li Banxi: "Master, it's ready, take it well, don't drop it!"

Li Banxi said "Thank you", and was about to give one of the sugar figurines to Lian Shuo, when he saw this "magic stick" looking at him angrily and aggrieved.

He finally couldn't help laughing: "I'm joking with you! Why are you serious? Take this sugar man first, and I'll talk to you later."

Lian Shuo looked down at the sugar figurine, and saw a lifelike little man standing on the wooden stick. His body shape and appearance were six to seven points similar to Li Banxi's, especially the little ball standing on top of his head, which was even more lifelike.

Lian Shuo's anger disappeared immediately, and he took the sugar figurine solemnly, holding it in his hand like a treasure, he was reluctant to eat it all the time, just stared at it.

Li Banxi held the sugar figurine in one hand and the flower plate in the other, seeing his joyful face, he said to him as he walked, "I was just joking with you!"

Lian Shuo felt stingy when he thought about it like this, and his face became hot: "I know, I'm not angry with you either."

Li Banxi bumped him with his elbow and looked at him with a smile: "You still say you're not angry with me? You don't even look at me..."

Lian Shuo just turned his eyes on him, seeing Li Banxi's eyes were bent again, with a smile on his face, his mood suddenly brightened.

Only then did Li Banxi say: "You call me a little Taoist priest, and I call you your magic stick. I said that to tease you. I didn't expect that old man to take it seriously... But I don't agree with what he said. Why do we have to Is it necessary to obtain fame? When I came to this village, I don’t think this life is boring. Whether I sell firewood or you catch monsters, it’s all what we want to do. Why do we follow other people’s paths and do what we want? Just do it. I don’t care about fame and wealth and fame, I just want to have family to depend on, friends to make, and simple food and drink until I grow old.”

Lian Shuo was stunned by his heartfelt words, and he said after a while, "Although your life is plain, it sounds happy."

Seeing that Li Banxi had reached a place where no one was around, he let the giant jump out and handed the sugar figurine to it. The giant took it and stuffed it into his mouth until his cheeks were deformed.

"However, what I said today is really wrong. To apologize, I will make a painting for you when I go back, and it will be regarded as a gift." Li Banxi remembered that there was still white paper in his bamboo basket, so he started to practice his pen anyway.

After a day of tossing around, it was already sunset, the two walked side by side, the elder who was pulled by the shadow.

An hour later, when the sky darkened and everyone in the village closed their doors to rest, the two rushed back.

Li Banxi lit the lamp, and the dim room was illuminated, and Lian Shuo could see the furnishings clearly.This room is not big, but it has all the furniture, but the embarrassing thing is... there is only one bed.

Lian Shuo stared at the small bed, feeling a little distressed.

Li Banxi saw it, and said indifferently: "It's getting late today, and I only have one bed here, but it's big enough for two people to sleep. If you don't mind, just make it up and go to the mountains tomorrow. Get some wood and make a bed."

Lian Shuo nodded. He followed his master to fight monsters since he was a child, and often slept in the open air, which is nothing to mind.

"Are you hungry?" Li Banxi asked him. The giant went to bed early because he ate too much sugar, and he hadn't digested it yet because he ate too much at noon.

Just as Lian Shuo shook his head, he heard a "grunt" sound from his stomach.

Li Banxi finally couldn't help laughing, he quickly went to the kitchen and ordered a bowl of Yangchun noodles for Lian Shuo, he also lives alone in modern times, so his craftsmanship is not bad.

While Lian Shuo was chomping on the noodles, Li Banxi took out a thin firewood that had been burnt black, and took out a piece of white paper, and began to draw.

Although the thin firewood that was lighted casually is not as good as a pencil, it is neither hard nor soft, and it is easy to make. After a while, the painting came out. It was a young man eating noodles.

Lian Shuo had seen him do something on the white paper long ago, and hurried over after eating the noodles, and was surprised when he looked at it: "What kind of painting is this? It's very good but... a bit strange."

"What's weird?"

"I've never talked about this kind of painting, but just now... what did you use to make the painting?"

"This!" Li Banxi spread out the firewood with only a small section left in his palm, "I just burned one while I was cooking noodles for you. I didn't expect it to be so easy to use, so I don't need to buy a writing brush."

"You can spend the money I gave you as you like, you don't need to be so frugal." Lian Shuo thought of using it instead of a writing brush because he thought he was penniless, and finally spoke the words that had been on his mind for a long time.

"No..." Li Banxi wanted to cry, but he couldn't tell him that he didn't know how to use a brush. Who would believe him?He just waved his hands and said, "I just think this kind of painting method is very interesting. I used a brush to paint very ugly since I was a child, but it's easy to use this kind of firewood."

Lian Shuo looked at the painting again and nodded in praise: "This painting is very good, but why did you choose to draw it when I was eating noodles? I will write down my appearance of hunting monsters and draw it later."

Li Banxi was tidying up the bed here, so he ignored his words: "You tidy up and get ready to sleep!"

Lian Shuo resentfully ran to the water tank outside, cleaned it up and slept with Li Banxi on the same pillow.

A good night's sleep.

Early in the morning, Li Banxi was still asleep when he was awakened by the voices of a group of people outside. After opening his eyes, he found that Lian Shuo had already woken up and was staring out the window.

Li Banxi rubbed his eyes and looked out the window.

Outside the window, you can see the field not far away, where a group of people are making noise, including Aunt Lan and Brother Er Zi.