I was a hunter in ancient times

When Shen Xi ran back to the study with the money Zhou Du gave him, the owner of the study just closed the door of the shop. When he turned around and saw Shen Xi who had gone and returned, he said in a daze: "But something was left behind."

Shen Xi took a breath slightly, and didn't directly say that he wanted to buy a book: "Can I read that book just now?"

The owner of the study knew that Shen Xi was tempted, he stroked his beard and smiled: "Of course."

He opened the locked store door, welcomed Chenxi in, took out the book again, and boasted: "Don't think this book is a bit worn out, but the dishes recorded in it are all first-class dishes. It is a famous dish, and the family where I collected the book has been offering it as a family heirloom, if it is not difficult for the family, it will not be cruel to sell it, 50 taels to buy a family heirloom is really not bad."

Shen Xi didn't listen to what he was talking about, turned the pages of the book, stretched out his fingertips to touch the few rows of words on the first page, and stroked it slightly tremblingly, as if hot and excited.

After a while, he closed the pages of the book, his expression returned to normal, and he chatted with the owner of the study and said with a smile: "I usually pay you on credit for one or two taels of silver when I buy an ordinary book, but I can't get 50 taels even if I sell myself." Let’s see if the price can be compromised.”

The owner of the study became embarrassed: "Xiaoxi, it's not that I don't want to give you a cheap price, it's that the price of this book is placed here, no matter how cheap it is, it won't be much cheaper, right?"

"Judging from the traces of the book, it is indeed quite old. If the author of the book is famous, it is not uncommon to sell it for dozens or even hundreds of taels." Shen Xi nodded in agreement, fingering the yellowed pages, Zhuang Ruo asked unintentionally, "Shopkeeper, do you know who wrote this book? If I know a master of cooking skills, I would grit my teeth and find a way to buy it at this price."

The owner of the study's face immediately changed from slightly happy to embarrassed: "This..."

This really stumped him.

The content of this book should be a book that records the cooking experience of the father at home. It has not been published by the bookstore itself, and this book is a manuscript, and it has been written for a long time.

"Maybe this is a family recipe, and the author has no way to verify it." The owner of the study rolled his eyes, and after a sloppy look, he quickly changed the subject and said, "I think you really want this book, why don't I I’m going to suffer a bit today, so I’ll give you 40 taels, which is my collection price.”

Shen Xi lowered his head and played with his fingers, calmly said: "If I don't know the author's name, I don't know whether this book is true or not. There are many mixed craft books on the market now. If I spend a lot of money I bought it back at a price and found that the contents inside were a mess, dozens of taels were in vain, and I was ashamed to commit suicide.”

Although Shen Xi's words were light and fluffy, every sentence touched the heart of the boss of the study.

He has verified this book, and it is indeed not a serious book. It can be sold at such a high price because of the age and deceitfulness of its paper quality.

Shen Xi stopped fiddling with his fingers, looked at the owner of the study, and brightened his eyes: "You said that we are old acquaintances, and you also know my character, why don't you read this book two more pages , After confirming that there is no problem, I will buy it if I sell everything!"

The boss of the study vetoed it immediately: "This is not allowed."

He knew that the second page of the book said: This dish does not need to remove the chicken gall, it is stewed in the whole pot.

It is enough to deceive laymen with these words, but for an insider like Shen Xi, one can tell at a glance that this is a made-up book.

The boss of the study frowned: "No matter what, the rules can't be broken, so how about it, or you can say a price, and I will give it to you if it is suitable."

Shen Xi thought for a while and reported a number: "Five hundred Wen."

The owner of the study almost choked to death on his own saliva, and replied with staring eyes: "It's not as cheap as selling paper."

Shen Xi said innocently: "But if there is no author, it is no different from ordinary books."

"It's different," the owner of the study retorted, but he didn't explain what was different, and then gave in a little, "You can add some more."

Shen Xi paused: "One or two?"

"..." The owner of the study said, "30 taels, at least you don't want me to suffer too much."

Shen Xi thought about it, and tentatively increased the price: "Five taels."

"No, no." The owner of the study waved his hand, a little angry, "The minimum is 20 taels, you can take it if you want it, and forget it if you don't want it."

Shen Xi was not frightened, quietly licked the corner of his lips, and finally reported a number: "Twelve."

"No," the owner of the study said angrily, flicking his sleeves, "You're pressing too hard, 20 taels cannot be less."

Shen Xi's face was full of regret: "I only have ten taels of silver, and I just borrowed it from a friend. Since you can't make concessions, then forget it."

After saying that, Shen Xi really walked out of the bookstore.

The owner of the study hesitated and hesitated. He spent ten taels of silver to collect this book. It stands to reason that it would not be a loss if he sold it for ten taels of silver, but he felt a little uncomfortable.

But he couldn't help watching Shenxi go. There are not many people in the small town of Anyang Town who are willing to spend ten taels of silver for a cookbook, and it will be difficult to meet one next time.

The owner of the study was thinking about it for a few breaths, and finally when Shen Xi was about to step out of the store, he stopped him: "Twelve taels, let's say ten taels, and consider it as a reward to old customers."

Shen Xi withdrew his legs, turned around and came back, and readily took out ten taels of silver: "You said ten taels."

The boss of the study had no choice but to accept the money, gave you the book to Shen Xi, and chattered endlessly: "The money you earned for half a year has been lost, you must come to our study to buy more books next time."

Shen Xi received the book as if he had found a treasure, and said beautifully: "That's for sure, Anyang Town is just your study, I don't buy books from you, where can I buy books."

The boss of the study dissipated a lot of frustration when he heard the words. He didn't make money from Shen Xi this time, and it will be the same next time.

Zhou Du and Luo Fu waited at the gate of the town for a long time before Shen Xi came out.

Seeing that his complexion was slightly pale, Zhou Du frowned and asked, "Didn't you buy it?"

"I got it." Shen Xi shook his head, handed the book in his hand to Zhou Du to read, and returned the remaining money to Zhou Du by the way, "It cost ten taels."

Zhou Du took the money bag, weighed it and knew that there was not much money in it, and after hearing Shen Xi's words, he asked, "Why did you only spend this much?"

Shen Xi sat in the bullock cart, feeling disconcerted, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "The owner of the store is ignorant, and mistakenly mistook pearls for fish pearls, and the price has been suppressed as soon as he suppressed it. The ten taels should be his collection price." .”

Then you should be happy, why are you in such a low mood.

Zhou Du saw him like this, his right eyebrow moved slightly, he wanted to ask but couldn't.

Zhou Du didn't ask him, and he didn't take the initiative to speak. He looked down at the book in his hand without flipping through it, and just looked straight back to Taoyuan Village.

It wasn't until he was about to enter the village that he put away the book, looked at Zhou Du beside him and said, "Zhou Du, I'll treat you to a drink, good wine."

He obviously said it to Zhou Du with a smile, but Zhou Du couldn't feel his smile.

Zhou Du was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "Okay."

Then he remembered that the Shen family seemed to be out of meat, and said, "I'm going hunting."

Shen Xi pulled him back, pointed to the sky and said: "It's so late, where are you going to fight?"

Returning to Taoyuan Village from the town, the third watch has passed, and Taoyuan Village is completely silent.In autumn, even the chirping of cicadas and frogs disappears. This kind of empty silence makes people feel palpitating.

"There are still some edamame at home, I cooked some for you to drink." Shen Xi took Zhou Du's arm, lit a yellowish lantern, and the two walked towards Shen's house.

Zhou Du glanced at the hand on his elbow that he was clutching, his lips squirmed a few times, but in the end he still didn't ask him to let go.

As soon as the door of Shen's house was opened, Doubao slipped in first, and found a place to sleep with a cat.

Shen Xi took Zhou Du to the kitchen, and lit up all the oil lamps in the kitchen. His complexion improved a bit: "I'll go back to the house and put some things. I'll do it later."

Zhou Du nodded, and he only looked at Shenxi's kitchen a few times through the window, and never walked in.Now when I walked in, I found that the inside was unbelievably clean, no trace of oil stain could be found on the stove or on the wooden floor, and everything was placed in an orderly manner, which made people feel comfortable.

Shen Xi lit the lantern and went back to the room. Without lighting the lamp first, he went straight to the closet and pulled out all the neatly folded clothes inside, revealing a mahogany box.

He opened his collar expressionlessly, pulled out a key from his neck, and opened the mahogany box.

The dim light of the lantern could only vaguely illuminate the scene inside the box, and there were only a few books that were burned so that only half of them were left so that the writing could hardly be read clearly.

Shen Xi's fingertips brushed the burn marks on the book one by one, and he closed his eyes helplessly: "It was God's will that I bought your manuscript, I didn't mean to dirty your reincarnation circuit, rest in peace... ..."

Shen Xi opened his lips slightly, but he still didn't spit out the last title that was never allowed, and he swallowed it back silently.

When Shen Xi came out of the room, Zhou Du saw that he had returned to his previous heartless appearance, so he gradually let go of his heart.

"I'll be fine soon." Shen Xi rolled up his sleeves, carried a bundle of green beans from the yard into the kitchen, found a wooden basin, squatted on the ground and quickly picked the green beans from the green vines.

Zhou Du walked over and knelt down to help.

Shen Xi finished choosing a pot of edamame, then cut off both ends of the edamame with scissors, looked at Zhou Du who was clumsy in front of him, and said: "You don't need to do this, if you really want to help, go and open the skylight over there Bar."

Shen Xi pointed to a position.

Zhou Du looked towards the roof, and found a slight mark on the wooden board in the middle. He tried the height, found a stool in the kitchen and stepped on it, reached out to knock on the wooden board, and removed the thatch that covered it. The stars poured in.

"It's beautiful." Standing under the skylight, Shen Xi looked up at the sky, his eyes were also full of stars, so dazzling that Zhou Du couldn't move his eyes.

Zhou Du patted the dust off his hands, jumped off the stool, and reluctantly said, "Not bad."

"Go and wash your hands, you can start eating." The edamame was cooked in a while, Shenxi scooped them out from the pot, put them under the skylight in the kitchen, and took out two exquisite wine bottles from the cabinet, He didn't even take the wine glass, and handed Zhou Du a bottle directly, and took a sip with his head raised: "The bottle is the most enjoyable!"

Zhou Du washed his hands and opened the wine cork, a strong and pungent wine scent wafted out, he frowned: "What kind of wine is this?"

Shen Xi sat under the skylight, let the moonlight shine on him, drank a few more sips, and exclaimed: "Sorghum wine, good wine!"

I never get drunk, and I can't drink this kind of high-intensity and stamina Zhou Du: "..."

For him, drinking this kind of wine is not as good as drinking the cherry wine and rice wine that Shen Xi gave him before.

Shen Xi, who is usually considerate, seemed to be stuck in his head today, not only did not see Zhou Du's embarrassment, but also said: "This is the wine that a real man should drink. It’s for coaxing children like me, you’re a real man, you should drink this kind of wine, but it’s too expensive, I can’t bear it.”

Zhou Du walked over, put down the jug, and asked, "How can you be willing today?"

Shen Xi's cheeks turned red: "Because you are so kind, you actually lent me all your money today, so I can no longer keep it private."

I'd rather you keep it private.

Zhou Du also imitated Shen Xi and sat cross-legged on the ground, slowly peeling and eating edamame, probably because the edamame was cooked with chili and star anise pepper, the taste was surprisingly good.

"Drink it, it's delicious." After drinking for a long time, Shen Xi couldn't help urging Zhou Du not to touch the jug.

Zhou Du reluctantly raised the jug and took a sip, the next moment the spicy taste of the wine choked his neck slightly red.

Shen Xi approached heartlessly and asked: "Is it delicious?"

The smell of alcohol filled Zhou Du's face.

Zhou Du wanted to pour a pot of wine on his face to wake him up, but he endured it, but he didn't do anything.

Forget it, don't care about children.

Seeing that Zhou Du didn't speak, Shen Xi curled his lips: "You don't speak when you should speak, and you talk when you shouldn't. Bai Chang is so pretty."

"But sometimes you don't like what you say," Shen Xi's body seemed to be boneless, and he slid down on the ground, looking up at the sky full of stars outside the skylight, "but you are really kind, and I can know you very lucky."

Zhou Du didn't speak, and listened silently as he sent himself a good person card.

After living for 27 years, this kid has been nagging others.

On weekdays, he is scolded, white-eyed wolf, cold-blooded, monster, crazy, sick, etc. In short, there is no good word.

"Hey, Zhou Du, give me your hand." Shen Xi said suddenly after lying down for a while.

Zhou Du brought his hand closer and asked, "What are you doing?"

Shen Xi didn't speak, and wrote Zhou Du's name on Zhou Du's palm, giggling and said: "You are such a nice person, and your name is Zhou Du, is it the one that saves all sentient beings?"

"No," Zhou Du directly denied, "It's Du who secretly crossed Chen Cang."

Shen Xi was stunned for a moment, his face turned even redder, and he muttered: "This is not a good word."

Zhou Du nodded: "Well, it's not a good word."

Shen Xi frowned: "Why is it the same as mine, it's not good at all."

Zhou Du was puzzled: "What's wrong with the stream, be happy and free."

"It's not a stream of streams," Shen Xi's eyes were already drunk, he wrote his name randomly on Zhou Du's palm, and repeated: "It's a stream with endless streams, it's a stream with endless streams."

Zhou Du had never heard this word before, so he didn't understand its meaning: "What kind of word is this?"

Shen Xi stretched out his tongue to lick the non-existing name on Zhou Du's palm, as if trying to erase something, he murmured: "Anyway, it's not a good word."

Zhou Du's palms were slightly itchy from his licking, he retracted his palms, looked at the drool on them, wiped them off with Shenxi's clothes expressionlessly, and said softly: "The way you repay me is to let me repay you." Spit in the palm of your hand?"

Shen Xi was confused for a moment: "Repay? What kind of repayment?"

Zhou Du said, "Think for yourself."

Shen Xi was drunk, thought about it seriously, and remembered the matter of borrowing money, he lay on the ground and suddenly said: "Yes, I have to repay you for borrowing money, but I can't do anything except cooking, you say A way for me to repay, as long as I can do it, I can do it."

Zhou Du raised his right eyebrow and looked at him slightly: "Anything is fine?"

Shen Xi said without hesitation: "Yes!"

Zhou Du slowly said four words: "By your body..."

Shen Xi's eyes full of drunkenness lit up before Zhou Du finished speaking, and his whole face was full of excitement.

Zhou Du understood his expression immediately, slightly bent his lips and said, "This kind of good thing only happens in dreams, don't think about it."

Shen Xi bulged his cheeks: "..."

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