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Chapter 60: A Chopstick

The shopkeeper settled the score in front of the dim lights. The two waited for a long time but didn't see him coming. They shouted, "Boss!"

The shopkeeper didn't look up, and the abacus in his hand was stumbled and he said, "Three times, five times, seven times, five times, five times, one, nothing is right..."

Seeing that he did not respond, Monk Baolu raised his voice and said, "Shopkeeper!"

The sound was like a heavy hammer breaking the drum, shaking the roof buzzing and a lot of dust fell.

The shopkeeper of the chicken feather shop has a good business today. He collected more than 200 copper coins, but he calculated three or four times as the accountant, and always shortened three copper coins. The chef behind him, who was suspected, embezzled him. Baolu shouted, frightened his hand and made the wrong plan. He said impatiently, "Listen, big cakes, steamed buns, pickles, say something, and put it on the fart!"

Baolu asked: "Is this true?"

"If you let it go, why don't you talk so much nonsense!"

Monk Baolu took a deep breath, and a thunderclap made the whole house smell bad. When he looked up, even the customers and shopkeepers ran outside. Although Xiao Jinyan's body can resist hundreds of poisons, it obviously does not include this variety. After a long time, everyone returned to the house.

The shopkeeper said, "You are still here?"

Baolu said in a voice, "I have obtained your consent."

Seeing that the shopkeeper was about to turn against each other, Xiao Jinyan quickly said, "Okay, I'm out there, not the inner courtyard of the palace, everyone takes a step back. The shopkeeper, I'm here to stay here with my friend, I'm a little hungry, you can prepare five big cakes for him."

Baolu shook his head, "Five numbers are not enough!"

The shopkeeper looked at him, "The price of big cakes in our store is fair and sufficient. Two ordinary people are enough. How many do you want?"

Baolu stretched out a finger.

"One?"

"What one, I want a chopstick!"

Ordinary people describe people with a large appetite. There is a saying that it is called steamed buns with one arm and a big cake with one chopstick. The former is to pile the steamed buns from the palm of your hand and pile them on your shoulders, while the latter is to spread the big cakes flat and fold them into a high chopstick. According to the cakes in the chicken feather shop, it takes about twenty pieces.

The shopkeeper saw that Baolu was not tall and thought he was talking big, but business came to the door, and it was useless to do it. He went to the kitchen to bring twenty big cakes, put them in front of him, and said disdainfully, "If you can eat these twenty pieces, I will give you the money for this meal today!"

"Is there such a good thing?"

The shopkeeper said, "This store has added a rule today. No matter who it is, you can eat twenty big cakes and get free of charge for the meal!"

Xiao Jinyan was moved when he heard this, but he had no appetite. If he exchanged twenty big cakes for twenty kilograms of wine, it would be a different matter. Monk Baolu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and said to Xiao Jinyan, "It seems that we have to stay here for a few more days!"

"However, the ugly thing is ahead. If you can't eat, the money for the meal will be doubled!

Monk Baolu laughed, "One word is certain!"

Most of the customers in the chicken feather shop finished their meal and gathered together to chat. When they saw this, they gathered around. Anyway, they were idle and had nothing to do, so it would be better to come and watch the fun.

Someone dissuaded: "Monkey, this shopkeeper is very terrified. He has fooled me before and asked me for double money. Don't be deceived by him."

Some people don’t mind watching the fun, “Don’t listen to them, eat one for them to see.” There are also some things that are not paying attention to, “Monk, don’t drink water when eating, otherwise it will take up too much space and you won’t be able to eat it after eating.”

The doctor who sold medicine came over and said, "You can take it even if you take it. I have a stomach-enhancing and digestive food tablet. I only need one pill, and no matter how much I eat, it will turn into blood!"

Everyone was furious, "Those who sell fake medicines know about stomach-sporting tablets, and those who don't know about it think it's bone-melting meal!"

The doctor stretched out a finger, swayed it, and corrected it: "I sell medicine, not fake medicine. Those who sell fake medicine will kill people. Mine is a high-quality imitation, and it won't kill people!"

Seeing that the monk was not tall, the shopkeeper thought that even if he cut his stomach open, he would not be able to stuff these twenty cakes into it. He picked up the corner of his mouth, "Why, why don't you dare to eat it?"

Monk Baolu stared at the cake on the table, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes slightly, and muttered words in his mouth, as if chanting scriptures, "Thank you for giving me food, and the efforts we have made for the peace and joy we have, so that we can continue to be free in the love of the Buddha Tathagata. Amen, Amitabha! Axi, why did you take it away?"

“It’s so much nonsense to eat!”

Baolu quickly grabbed the big cake, took two cakes, rolled up the other one, swallowed it up, and felt that it was not enough to eat it, so he picked up the leftover cakes, opened his bloody mouth, shook his cheeks, lifted up the back teeth, and swallowed them. In a short while, twenty cakes were eaten into his stomach.

Everyone's eyes were straightened. They had seen something that could be eaten, but they had never seen something that could be eaten like this. Twenty cakes, ordinary people's food for three or four days, and he had eaten up all of them in just one cup of tea.

Baolu patted his stomach, "What else? Twenty more pictures!"

Xiao Jinyan touched the money bag in his arms and sighed: "I know why your master drove you out of the White Horse Temple."

The shopkeeper's face was pale. He even cares about three copper coins. Sixty copper coins in this meal were equivalent to half a day's profit. It was gone. But before he boasted about Haikou in public, how could he regret it? He had to admit his bad luck and said that the kitchen had stopped fire and that it was here today. When he walked away from the kitchen, the shopkeeper's legs and feet were a little soft.

The monk's gluttony suddenly became a celebrity in a chicken feather shop. He was taken to another table to drink and chat, and soon he got along with them.

Xiao Jinyan ordered a pot of wine and drank it alone on a small plate of pickles.

The shopkeeper came over with a squeak, trying to speak, but was embarrassed, Xiao Jinyan asked, "What's wrong, the shopkeeper?"

The shopkeeper said with a sad face, "This customer, our chicken feather shop can't make thirty or fifty copper coins a day. I'm also working for people, look..." Xiao Jinyan smiled slightly, took out a chunk of silver from his arms, and handed it to the shopkeeper, "Is it enough?"

The shopkeeper took the silver, bit it, confirmed the quality, and smiled all over his face. The wrinkles on his face were like the chrysanthemums after the frost. He raised his thumbs up and said, "Rich people are bright!" Xiao Jinyan smiled bitterly, "Rich people?" The shopkeeper said, "Now, those who can pay with silver are all rich people! Eat slowly, and I will give you another plate of pickles!"

Xiao Jinyan sighed that spending a lot of money in the feast of flowers is beyond imagination in the world of these people. In their eyes, earning five or six taels of silver a year is a very decent business. Over the years, he has done something like spending money, and he has also done something like a piece of money breaking apart.

There are two kinds of worlds, each with ups and downs.

Outside the door, footsteps and bells came.

Xiao Jinyan suddenly became alert and a master arrived. Although he didn't know who the other party was, from the radiance of his aura, Xiao Jinyan already felt that the person who came must be a top-notch master. This feeling was found on Wang Banxian, Li Chuntie, and Li Yinyang.

"Master, there is a chicken feather shop in front of you. Although the conditions are simple, it is better than sleeping in the wilderness and being eaten by jackals, tigers and leopards."

"Um?"

"Of course, Master, you are very skilled in martial arts and the best in the world. Even if you are a wolf, tiger and leopard, you will only give you a tooth sacrifice when you come."

Xiao Jinyan heard that the speaker was familiar with the voice, and the door curtain was opened. Tang Bujing and an old man walked in. The sound of bells came from the old man's braid. Xiao Jinyan saw that the old man was not dressed like a person from the Central Plains, and thought to himself that Master Tang Bujing was not a guest from Bashan Yeyu Xiaoxiang? The old man was burly, ugly, and had scars on his face. He immediately realized that this person was Chu Kuangdao who was about to fight against Li Qiuyi.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jinyan turned his head.

...

After Tang Bu worshipped Chu Kuangdao as his master, he thought he could teach his martial arts, but unexpectedly he became a free coolie found by Chu Kuangdao. Not only did he take all the food, drink, defecation, and rush on the way with Chu Kuangdao's sword that was more than 100 kilograms, it was called "Transparenting the muscles and bones". His intestines that regretted him turned blue, but he did not dare to show any dissatisfaction on his face.

He found a cleaner table and wiped it with his sleeve, "Master, please sit down."

Chu Kuangdao sat down with expressionless face.

As soon as he entered the room, his eyes stopped on Monk Baolu, looked carefully, nodded, "What a dragon-elephant body!" He looked around again, his eyes stayed on Xiao Jinyan. Although Xiao Jinyan turned his back to the two, he sensed Chu Kuangdao's sight, like a needle pricking his back, and cold sweat fell. He leaned forward and chanted his sword technique silently, put away all his energy, and did not dare to release the string power to explore.

Wang Banxian once said that the string power he practiced was not a human martial art. It should not be easily revealed before reaching the simile, otherwise it would be easy to cause death. Xiao Jinyan thought that his practice was very secret, but he didn't know that the string movement at the Feast of the Hundred Flowers a few days ago was captured by a sword cultivator thousands of miles away.

Chu Kuangdao stayed on him for a moment, then withdrew his gaze.

Tang Bujing shouted, "Shopkeeper!"

The shopkeeper saw that the visitor had weapons, so he did not dare to be negligent. He ran over all the way, "What are the instructions for the guest?"

"Cut ten pounds of high-quality beef, and a table of good wine and good dishes!"

The shopkeeper stammered.

"Why don't you go and prepare?"

The shopkeeper smiled awkwardly, "The store operates, no beef, no banquet."

Tang Bujing was already impatient, "What's there?"

"Big pie rolls with green onions, steamed buns with green onions, big pie rolls with green onions, big pie rolls with steamed buns."

Tang Bujing was tortured by Chu Kuangdao for a day, and dared not speak out. He heard that the shop had no meat, and sneered, "Why, are you afraid we can't afford it?" After that, he patted the knife on the table.

The shopkeeper said, "Even if you press the knife on me, I can't turn into flesh."

Tang Bujing said, "I said I should give you this treasure knife. I mean I will bring it up without any flesh. I will kill you with one knife."

At this time, it was only after the beginning of the day that a rooster suddenly crowed inexplicably in the backyard. Tang Bujing said, "Didn't you say there is no meat? Slaughter the chicken and eat it."

The shopkeeper said, "I have a chicken in my store. I rely on selling eggs to subsidize my life. This chicken cannot be sold!"

Tang Bujing snorted coldly, "Your rooster is selling eggs for money? Oh, there are so many wonders in the world. I'll still eat egg rooster today!"

Chu Kuangdao suddenly said, "Not bad, okay, so much nonsense, let's get a big cake first."

“How much do you want?”
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