The night is dark and windy.

The cold wind made the forest leaves rustle,

Even if there is a three-burner stove standing in the open space, there is a fire burning at this time.

But there were no walls around to block the wind, so the chill spread here.

Unless you stay close to the stove, you will inevitably feel cold.

Li Yueshan weighed the remaining fried oil in the pottery pot - it was no less than last night. He looked satisfied, closed the stopper of the pot, put the oil pot under the table, and turned to look at Su Wu and Li Zhuer.

, smiled and said: "Tonight is the first time you have done something weird.

Well done.

Tomorrow I'll be the one to cook the fried fish.

If I could still find some free time at that time,

The old man will also tell you one or two key points.

alright,

There will be many things to do tomorrow. You and Zhuer will go to the nearest rice store to buy rice grains. By the way, you will send the ironware to Blacksmith Zhu for smelting, make some good cooking utensils, and make some self-defense weapons.

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At this time, you two should go to the temple and sleep for a while.

Pearl, don't doze off,

Go back to the temple and sleep!"

Li Zhuer, who was sitting by the firewood stove and pretending to be dozing off, opened her eyes after hearing this and said sleepily: "I understand, Master."

She stood up slowly,

Seeing Su Wu walking in front,

Busy and step forward to keep up.

The two walked through the bamboo forest one after another,

The master's instructions to Gou Sheng could be heard in the open space: "It's almost midnight now, so follow the old man and practice your hand strength here.

I will drop a stone on each of your hands,

Then you come and grab the rice. You can grab as much rice as I ask you to grab from the bowl.

Not one grain more, not one grain less..."

“Don’t doze off!

Gou Shengzi, stand up straight!"

…

In front of the big temple,

The firewood in the brazier is almost burned out, and the charcoal is flashing with a dark red light.

The temple is divided into two areas by a piece of cloth,

Li Qingmiao was sleeping in the left area with the mute girl Xiuxiu in her arms.

She sleeps very lightly,

In addition, the brazier was gradually extinguished and it was very cold in the temple. Even though I was covered with a quilt, I still couldn't resist the cold, so I didn't fall asleep.

I saw Su Wu and Li Zhuer walking into the temple one after another.

"Elder brother, I will call you tomorrow morning,

Let's go buy food and come back." Li Zhuer whispered to Su Wu.

There was some hope in his tone.

"Um."

Su Wu responded to her.

Li Zhuer walked to the side where Li Qingmiao and Xiuxiu were resting, blocked by rags.

He gently lifted the corner of the quilt and got into the bed.

She turned her back to Li Qingmiao and looked at Su Wu who walked out of the temple, brought a bundle of firewood, and lit it in the brazier.

As the flames rekindled in the brazier,

The warm breath began to flow in the small temple again.

Li Qingmiao opened her eyes in the darkness and looked at Li Zhuer's back silently,

His eyes turned slightly,

You can see the figure adding firewood to the brazier.

She sighed silently.

It's obviously warmer in the temple now than before.

But she felt increasingly lonely inside.

Su Wu filled some fuel into the brazier, then returned to the other side of the rag barrier and lay down.

Close your eyes and concentrate,

First, go and urge Li Heigou to practice the way of protecting the Dharma of Maha Lahan.

Then take back your thoughts,

Start practicing the ‘Buddha’s Truth Mahamudra Dharma’.

…

Several hours passed by suddenly.

When it was just dawn, Li Zhuer's soft call rang in Su Wu's ears: "Senior Brother, Senior Brother!

Get up soon,

Master is taking us to buy rice..."

Listen to her voice,

On the bright sun that Su Wu was mentally contemplating, layers of ripples suddenly appeared,

Instantly shattered and disappeared.

He opened his eyes,

I saw that Li Zhuer's skirt covered the coarse cloth shoes on her feet.

The woman squatted beside the bed and stared at Su Wu on the mattress without blinking.

Their eyes met, and she stood up in a panic, still saying: "Get up quickly, we are going to buy food after dinner!"

After speaking,

Li Zhuer ran out of the temple as if running away.

Su Wu sat up from the bed, lifted the quilt from his body, and covered Gou Sheng who was sleeping inside.

Turn and walk out of the temple.

In the open space outside the bamboo forest.

Li Yueshan waited for Su Wu to wash his face.

He handed him half a bowl of the leftover pork stew from last night and a few black steamed buns: "We don't have enough food ourselves. When you go to the rice store to buy rice, remember to buy only brown rice, not fine white rice."

Food for people like us.

I was chatting with people in the village a few days ago,

I heard from them that brown rice should cost one thousand two hundred yuan to buy one stone.

When the time comes, you can use your money to buy it.

With about seven cents and five cents of silver, you should be able to buy one stone of brown rice.

I'll give you ten taels of silver to buy a lot of food!

The remaining money is reserved as wages for the blacksmith - these iron tools are exchanged for cooking utensils with him, plus a few self-defense weapons. It is enough, and there is still a lot of surplus, but let him help us make weapons.

After all, he took a little risk,

Give him some money and he won't be able to shirk it."

Li Yueshan moved the small wooden box that Su Wu had given him before.

A new copper lock was added to the keyhole of the wooden box.

He took out the key and opened the small lock,
To be continued...