this growth

After making the decision, Du Nan rearranged his life.

His current life is very regular: eat early every morning, pick the white flowers needed for the day with the star anise, and practice on the spot; go home for lunch at noon, and then do more complicated things in the afternoon: although he has decided not to go to Lingmai to practice , but he still goes to Lingshan once a day to deliver food to Zhu Ji.

According to Shibi Sanren, no matter how fast the cultivation base grows, if the growth rate of the spiritual consciousness cannot keep up, it is easy to go crazy, and the concentration grass is the best fairy grass for the consciousness, and it is thanks to them that there is a concentration grass here This made Zhu Ji's rapid advancement safe, otherwise it would be very dangerous to advance quickly.

After knowing this, Du Nan paid special attention to the collection of Ningshen grass, and now Zhu Ji supplies all the Ningshen grass needed for Zhu Ji's daily practice.

It's not easy.

Fortunately, Du Nan has helpers.

One of the helpers is naturally Bajiao. Bajiao is very good at picking white flowers. I heard that these white flowers are for Zhu Ji. The little guy’s boobs are bang bang, and the playing time is shortened every day, and he is all used to pick white flowers. ;As for the second helper, it was unexpectedly a little boy in black.

As I said earlier, in order to give Du Nan more white flowers, Bajiao spent all the afternoon playing time picking white flowers. This hard work has provoked the little boy in black again.

One day, when Du Nan went to the Lingmai to deliver food to Zhu Ji, the little boy in black had a fight with Bajiao. The fight between the two was so brutal that Du Nan was startled when he went back. Without him, half of Bajiao's head would have been knocked off!

In the end, Bajiao comforted Du Nan: "It's okay, my injury looks serious, but it's actually okay! I just found out that that guy looks terrible, but he's not very good at fighting. When fighting, he just grabs people's hair, like a girl." It's like fighting."

After following his words and checking carefully, Du Nan found out that it seems... as Bajiao said, his injury looks terrible, but the missing part is mainly hair?It’s just that a person looks ugly without hair, but a spirit body lacks hair... It’s a bit scary to look at. The oily black hair has turned into wisps of black mist again, mixing with the head, which looks like It's like a piece of head is missing.

"Just drink some white flower soup." An experienced Bajiao said to Du Nan.

That night, Du Nan cooked a large pot of white flower soup, not only let the star anise drink, but also let him wash his hair.

This method is really good. After washing and brushing the hair, the hair of the star anise has almost recovered. Although the hair is still short, it will not look scary as if half of the head is missing. Wait for him to use it. After finishing, most of the white flower water in the washbasin has gone.

It turned out that the Ningshen Herbal Soup could still be absorbed in this way—thought to himself, Du Nan didn't waste the rest of Ningshen Herbal Soup, he used the soup to wipe his face with star anise.

Being wiped comfortably by Du Nan, Bajiao's black holes narrowed slightly, and when Du Nan took the towel away from his face, the pair of black holes opened again, and he heard Bajiao sigh: "Father, I remembered, When I was young, you often wiped my face like this."

Du Nan: ...

"Wipe it at least twice a day and oil me when I do it, come to think of it."

It seems that this child is also a child who has been well loved. Thinking of this in his heart, Du Nan said to him: "From now on, we will save some white flower soup every day, and I will wipe your face with it."

"Okay! I will work harder to pick white flowers!" Bajiao said happily.

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He didn't take the warning of the little boy in black to heart at all.

But when Du Nan saw the little boy in black the next day, he was taken aback by his appearance.

Yesterday Bajiao only seemed to have lost half of its head, but the little boy in black really lost half of his head.

Not only the back of the head, but even the right half of the face was gone.

Looking at the half-faced boy in black looking at him vigilantly, and looking at the white and soft star anise, Du Nan thought: You really don't look like you...

After this stop, Bajiao is really not afraid of the little boy in black, humming a little song, he tried his best to pick white flowers, today Du Nan gave him a new haircut, his mood is very good.

It was the little boy in black. When Du Nan was picking the white flowers, he suddenly heard whimpering and crying not far away. Following the sound, he pushed aside the grass and saw the little boy in black with half of his face in tears.

"I'm sorry, there are too many white flowers of star anise, but there is a reason. He picked them for me, angelica...the other person you met that day needed to use it." Feeling that he was also responsible for this matter, Du Nan decided to help Octagon explain.

Then he saw the little boy wiping his tears stubbornly: "Do you want white flowers? I can pick them for you too."

? ? ! !

Unexpectedly, the other party would react like this at all, Du Nan was stunned.

Immediately afterwards, as if not giving Du Nan a chance to refuse, the little boy in black actually poured all the white flowers and plants in his own bamboo basket into his bamboo basket, and the white flowers and plants in the two bamboo baskets merged together in an instant, It was no longer possible to tell which cluster was picked by Du Nan and which cluster was picked by the little boy in black.

So Du Nan really couldn't refuse, he could only accept it.

"That... thank you, but it's not easy to ask for your white flowers for nothing. Is there anything I can do for you?"

Don't say it, it really does exist.

A big black eye looked over, and the little boy in black sniffed his nose and whispered: "Yes, can you comb my hair?"

The first thought in Du Nan's mind: Could it be that this is the reason why Bajiao's hair was pulled when Bajiao was beaten?

Second thought on his mind: Uh... do you have hair?

Looking at the black hole-like back of the opponent's head that had been turned around and covered by a thin layer of hair, Du Nan took a few deep breaths, and combed the sparse locks of hair for him.

It really suits him—Du Nan thought.

On the other hand, the little boy in black looked very satisfied, and asked Xiaoshuiliu to take a photo on the water surface, and shyly said to Du Nan for a while, "Tomorrow I will help you pick white flowers."

Du Nan: ...

So, Du Nan somehow added a little helper.

Although Bajiao was very unhappy at the beginning, but the little boy in black couldn’t bear it, he always showed up and gave the white flower to Du Nan, especially since he didn’t ask for anything else, Du Nan tied his hair just once, and later it was Du Nan Seeing that his hairstyle was messed up, I tied it up for him again. Fortunately, Bajiao is a good boy with a soft personality. Seeing that the little boy in black no longer seeks troubles with him, he is around them every day. Then slowly accept it.

And Du Nan didn't want him in vain, combing the other party's hair once in a while was not enough in Du Nan's eyes, so he changed his pattern every day and made food with mindfulness grass and brought it over to share with the two children.

He is dexterous, not only has he figured out the method of Ningshen grass jelly, but also improved it to make the taste and appearance more delicious. Not only that, he also made cakes, porridge, and meatballs with Ningshen grass...

The eyes of the little boy in black were shining ← Yes, the half of his head that was missing slowly grew out. Although the back of his head was not there yet, it was covered by hair, and Du Nan was already used to seeing him. Because of this, it doesn't feel scary at all.

Probably because the child's remnant soul was born with the hobbies of gourmets, because Du Nan often cooks food in different ways, the little boy in black prefers to play with Du Nan.

He also learned how to make various foods with Du Nan!I will learn to bring it over the next day and eat it with the two of them.

I don't know if it's because of this reason that Bajiao has a higher acceptance of him.

Also because they are playing well now, Du Nan heard some of the past experiences from the little boy.

For example, like the village on Po Meng's side, there used to be a village on the little boy's side, and the village on their side was even bigger than this side—"What is the village on your side? The village on our side The village is even bigger! It’s as big as ten of your villages, no! It’s as big as thirty villages!” said the little boy in black proudly.

Thirty places the size of the village of Hongji...shouldn't it be considered a village anymore?Is it a city?Du Nan thought to himself.

"What about the people there?" Bajiao asked, not out of voice, but simply curious.

Pursing his lips, the little boy in black showed a look of sadness at first, and then a trace of confusion on his face.

"One day, a big hand suddenly appeared, and everyone in the village was taken away." He said softly.

"And because I was hiding in the white flowers with my grandfather, I was not found by the big hand. After a while, my grandfather disappeared, and I was left alone."

"Over there—" He pointed to the other entrance of the valley where Zhu Ji pretended to lie to him when they first met: "Our village is over there, but now there is nothing there."

"Actually, I didn't come from there. I live in this valley. There are the most white flowers here, which can protect me from being discovered by that big hand."

"That day, I didn't want you to know that I came from there. In fact, I didn't want you to go there. There are big hands over there. It's terrible. You will be arrested."

The little boy in black said in a low voice, holding the root of a Ningshen grass on the ground tightly with one hand, and broke the grass branch without pulling it out.

He should be a survivor of the believer village back then?Du Nan thought of what Shibi Sanren had said to him.

If that's the case... how long has this kid been here alone?He still looks like a child to this day, and his memory seems to be stuck in that time. Did he disperse several times?Divide and reshape, dissipate and reshape... so back and forth?

Or... is it the same for this child?

Thinking in his heart, Du Nan looked at Bajiao, who looked at the little boy in black with sympathy, and secretly had an idea in his heart.

He wants to take them out together.