Servant of the Otherworldly Pharmacopoeia

When Xu Jiu went back, the servant had already tidied up his house. It was a small single room in the servant’s courtyard. The entire servant’s courtyard was a closed square building in the shape of a “kou”, which was made of orange-red rocks and looked plump. solemn.

The building of the servant's courtyard is relatively short, with only five floors, and it also implies the identity of the people who live here.

The interior of the house is similar to the structure of a university dormitory. On both sides of the corridor are identical independent single rooms, with light yellow walls and vermilion doors.Although there are many rooms, the stairs lead in all directions.In addition to the corner, there are also two stairs in the middle, which are extremely convenient to enter and exit, and there is also a faint atmosphere of mutual non-interference.

The servant leading the way led him to the door of the room on the second floor near the stairs: "This room is for you."

Xu Jiu took the key and opened the door. The room was more spacious than he imagined. The smooth stone walls radiated cold light. There was a single bed about 1.5 meters near the window, and there was a folded animal blanket on the bed.The back half of the room was covered with a thick dark brown carpet, on which there were two cushion-like things.Opposite the cushion is a red stone square that looks like a wardrobe.A shelf is placed in the front half, and utensils are placed on the side table.

This is my room from now on?Xu Jiu stepped on the stall with bare feet, feeling very satisfied.

The only dissatisfaction is when eating.

The servant's house is some distance away from the black tower. He used to live near the black tower, and he ate food for the manor owner, the housekeeper, and others. Although the method was different, it was considered unique.But the food in the servant’s house was poor, jerky as hard as a stone, bloody raw meat, black boiled meat, and a pot of broth with mixed soup and water.

The cafeteria is a large empty room, the food is placed against the wall, and you can take what you want.Most of the young servants like raw meat, and there is also a piece of boiled meat, which is served with a bowl of soup.

Xu Jiu made soup all night, and there were three or four pieces of meat lying on the bottom of the water.He took a sip and immediately burst into tears. There were only four words in his mind: overnight rotten water!In addition to being salty, it also had a strange sour taste, and the sour taste rushed straight to the forehead, making the coating of the tongue numb.

What the hell is this?

Xu Jiu glanced around in pain, and found that everyone else was drinking quite happily.He took a bite of the cooked meat on hand, um, it's a real piece of pure meat, it has all the fishy, ​​firewood, old, and rust it should have, you should put some salt anyway!

"Why don't you eat?" the person standing next to Xu Jiu asked.This is a thin and tall man. He looked at Xu Jiu for a long time and saw that he didn't move much after taking a sip of soup, so he pushed him curiously.

"Ah?" Xu Jiu turned his head, "What do you think of this soup?"

"This soup? It's very good."

"You don't feel sour?"

The man drank the soup in his hand two or three times, and shook his head: "I don't think so, it's always been like this."

Xu Jiu opened his mouth and gave his soup bowl to the other party: "Are you still drinking?"

The man took it with his own bowl: "Although we are in the manor, we can't waste water, not to mention there is meat in this soup."

Xu Jiu was defeated by him, and returned to the room alone with cooked meat.

He looked at the piece of meat over and over again, and sighed: "What a piece of meat."

With a move in his heart, he got up and sliced ​​the meat into thin slices and put them in a small stone basin.Then I went to the space and took the material bag and dried ginger out.Grind the material bag and dried ginger together, and after crushing into powder, shake them on the meat slices and mix well.

Xu Jiu picked up a piece and threw it into his mouth,... the taste is really touching.

***

After dinner, Xu Jiu went to the front yard to report to the housekeeper, and by the way asked for Pangpang.

The first time he walked from the backyard to the Black Tower, it was already dark, but the road was not dark.There are buildings on both sides of the road. There are large brass flowers inlaid on the outer wall. The petals are flared. The center of the flower is a gemstone, and the light reflected by the brass flourishes.This light is blurry and blurred, faint like a dream.

People on the road came and went, Xu Jiu stopped and walked by himself, looking at the huge pearl on the top of the black tower.Like the golden dome of the pearl, the black tower illuminated by it is sacred and incomparable.

"Why are you here?" When Xu Jiu arrived, the housekeeper was talking to Qingxing in the yard.

"I'm here to pick up Pangpang."

"Oh, fat." The butler didn't delay this time, waved his hand at Qingxing, and said to Xu Jiu, "Come with me."

In the butler's bedroom, Pangpang was sleeping in a blanket. This little thing was like a reincarnation of sleepiness.

The big housekeeper said softly: "I just fell asleep, you can take it away."

Xu Jiu lowered his head and rubbed his toes, the words stuck in his throat were still swallowed, and nodded: "Okay."

The butler came out with Xu Jiu, and Qingxing was still waiting there.She stood under a faint blue luminous bead, her blue hair slanting down like a waterfall, she was wearing a sleeveless slim-fit short gown on her upper body, and a fishtail long skirt on her lower body, which made her waist slender and graceful.

Xu Jiu couldn't help but look at it twice, and then remembered the gossip about the manor owner's "not good at that", and couldn't help laughing anymore.

Qingxing glanced at him lightly, she looked soft and charming, but her eyes were really sharp, Xu Jiu shrank her head in fright and left in a hurry.

"Big butler." Qing Xing's voice was crisp and hearty.

The butler said earnestly: "Qing Xing, this place is different from Wangcheng, and it doesn't need to be so tight all the time."

"But steward, this person's origin is unknown, how can he stay in the manor?!" Qingxing obviously did not accept this reason, "He is still close to an adult!"

"I have my measure."

Qingxing's almond-shaped eyes widened: "Butler, Qingxing doesn't understand why the butler trusts him so much?"

"It's not that I trust him." The butler sighed, "It's my lord, and I trust him because my lord trusts him."

"My lord?" Qingxing took a step back, looking at the perennially quiet fourth floor, "My lord never had a chance to see him, why would my lord trust an outsider for no reason!"

"Qing Xing!" The head housekeeper snapped, "You are too presumptuous!"

Qingxing covered his face and cried: "But uncle, I'm afraid that will happen again."

"..." The butler waved his hand, "Go down, kid."

Qingxing wiped his tears and ran away.

Standing on the same spot, the only housekeeper seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.

If it can be prevented, of course I will try my best to prevent all unreliable factors and make the manor leak-free.But I can make all kinds of decisions, but I can't and dare not disobey the adults.

The butler also looked at the fourth floor. Pangpang had already been carried away, and the people in the room must be sleeping.

It's not that being close to strangers for a lifetime is called protection. The people in the house are already lonely enough.

The butler suddenly began to recall the past, recalling that he made a master-servant contract with an ignorant little one, that little one was well-behaved and cute, never made trouble when held in his arms, just like Pangpang.

No, adults were cuter than Pangpang when he was a child, because he always laughed, and those who laughed were cheerful and soft-hearted.

Xu Jiu was unaware of the quarrel behind him, he carried Pangpang back to the dormitory, and the child woke up when he put him on the bed.

"Fatty." Xu Jiu put his index finger into his small fist and scratched it.

The child let go of his hands and lay down on the bed.

"How long have you been sleeping today?"

The child pressed his head against the quilt, shaking vigorously.

"Ok?"

Fatty opened one eye to look at him and yawned at the same time.

"Look at our room." Xu Jiu picked up the child, "We will live here from now on, isn't it beautiful?"

Pangpang looked around slowly, leaned into his arms and said nothing.

"Today I learned how to ride a Sanda Beast, and my thighs are all red, look." Xu Jiu rolled up his shorts, "We can go back to the castle soon."

"Back?" The child could be said to speak.

"Of course, there are still a bunch of treasures in the house, and there are big birds!"

"Big bird... Li-car-meat-"

"Liche Beast." Xu Jiu bit the last word hard, "Say it again, baby?"

"Meat." Fatty still slurred his speech.

"beast."

"……Meat."

"Forget it, you're still young." Xu Jiu gave up, and continued to say joyfully, "I can still go home with the Shata Beast, and bring back the leather from the house to Grandma."

"Family?"

Xu Jiu patted the child's head: "Home, where my brother's parents live."

The child turned to look at him with a puzzled look: "Me?"

"You and brother's family." Looking at the fat little face, Xu Jiu suddenly felt a little troubled, should he bring Pang Pang back home for the first time?What if the family objects?Didn't it cause trouble?

Pangpang got a satisfactory answer, and his little head nodded: "I, you."

"Yeah, you and I, we are one family."

Xu Jiu decided not to bring Pang Pang for now, not to mention that there might be problems on the way home for the first time, and I haven't told my family yet, so I brought a child back suddenly, what if the family doesn't accept it?Who knows what will happen.

"Baby, do you want to go home with your brother?"

"Me, you?" The child looked at him with wide eyes.

"No, it's my parents' house, far away."

The child shook his head disinterestedly.

Xu Jiu lay on the bed and put the child on his belly: "Then when I go home, can you play with the butler grandpa?"

The child pursed his lips and remained silent.

"You," Xu Jiu shook him, "I don't see you every day, aren't you doing well?"

Fatty lay down on his chest unhappily.

"I'll be back soon, and besides, I haven't decided when I'll be back... Oops!" Xu Jiu trembled and begged sadly, "Open your mouth, open your mouth!"

It turned out that the child was bored lying on him, and took a bite of Doudou on his chest.

The first time he was hit on his chest, Xu Jiu bared his teeth in pain, hurriedly opened the child, picked up his clothes and wiped the saliva on his body: "Oh! Bite so deep! This can't be eaten!"

The child was curious: "What is this...?"

Xu Jiu was embarrassed: "It's meat!...Although it's useless. Even if it's useless, you can't bite it. If you bite again, I'll knock your teeth next time!"

The child looked up at him.

Xu Jiu was in pain and embarrassment, his heart was on fire, and he stomped his feet impatiently to relieve it: "Did you hear that?"

Fatty lowered his head and did not answer.

"Hey, all right, all right, sleep."