Be a reckless man in the martial arts word game

Chapter 231 An inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time

[At the bottom of the back hillside are circles of chicken pens]

[You were still wondering before, why Li Yunying didn’t even have a chicken pen at home. Isn’t raising chickens more cost-effective than raising dogs? 】

[It turns out... everyone's chickens are raised in the back mountain! 】

[If you look over at a glance, there are not many chickens in each chicken pen. Three or four is the norm, and someone is feeding the chickens there]

[These chickens are different from the dogs in the village. Even if they have to look into other people's hands to eat and drink, they don't recognize anyone as their master]

[It’s just "coo-coo-coo" and "coo-coo" shouting]

[Perhaps...this is the reason why they live in the back mountains, but dogs can live in the village]

["If the chicken pen is set up here, aren't they afraid of losing the chicken?" You asked looking at the wooden fences that can only stop the chickens but not people]

["No, as long as the power of cultural enlightenment affects people deeply enough, it is very simple to not pick up things on the road and not close the door at night in a small area."]

["Let's go, Qin Youzhi hates the smell of chicken pens. He can't be here."]

[There are not many people in Wenqu Village who can afford to raise pigs, so we didn’t spend much time checking the pig pens. We couldn’t find the person we were looking for, so we continued walking up the slope]

[This area should be where the villagers grow crops. Due to the cold winter, nothing survives and it looks bare.]

["What kind of place is this usually in your hometown?"]

【"There are more flax growers."】

【"why?"】

["Flax is one of the five grains. Its seeds can satisfy hunger and can also be squeezed for oil. Its stem bark can be made into hemp rope, linen clothing, and hemp paper."]

["Didn't someone say that you Confucian scholars are 'not diligent in the four bodies and indifferent to the five grains'? How come you know so much?"]

["Wen Dao is Literary Dao, Confucianism is Confucianism, and Confucianism is Confucianism. Outsiders always confuse these and call us all Confucian scholars. I don't want to admit it."]

[Speak quickly and walk quickly. You soon reached the top of the hillside and saw a green forest and many villagers from Wenqu Village. The loudest sound in the entire back mountain came from them. 】

[Almost all of them are men here, and almost all of them are shirtless]

【Wailing everywhere】

[This kind of wailing is muffled, as if they are also enduring, but they really can’t bear it]

[Their bodies were covered with red spots, some were rolling on the floor, some were scratching each other, and some were interlacing the bloody grooves on their bodies...]

["This is..." You looked at Ge Xin]

[I didn’t know he was familiar with it, but he was also stunned]

[Every time he and Qin Youzhi go to Houshan Mountain, it is after finishing their classes for the day. After leaving the school, they usually arrive here in the evening]

[At night, there is no one on this back hillside. It is a pure place for young people]

[Gexin has never seen this scene before him. He only knows that his father often shuts himself in the room silently after returning home and doesn't know what he is doing.]

【Could it be... 】

[Gexin went around asking people to ask what they were doing]

[After asking too many questions, I found someone who could speak clearly, and I started chatting with him]

[The man pointed to the tree behind him. There were several knife marks on the tree, all of which were made by him]

[The upper knife mark is exuding a thick substance that is half black and half gray. The lower knife mark is used as the mortise and tenon structure to hold a small bowl folded out of leaves]

[These thick contents flowed down and all fell into the small folding leaf bowl]

["This is a lacquer tree. What I do is pick lacquer."]

["The lacquer collected, together with rice wine, the flower juice of Minlu flower, the flower juice of Xingwu flower, etc., can roughly replace the ink used in writing."]

[Gexin’s mind was shaken. He suddenly understood how the ink he used as a child had such a smell and color...]

[Asked urgently: "My father-in-law has red spots on his body..."]

["Hey! This lacquer tree lives in the spirit. It has been harmed by others, and it wants to harm others! If we cut its body, it will make us hate this body and cannot cut it."] ["It is extremely itchy, like a hundred. Insects are eating your body, and you can’t stop bleeding when you see it. It’s like life and death!”]

[Ge Xin burst into tears and suddenly broke down in tears]

[You step forward and continue talking to that person]

【"Is there nowhere to buy ink?"】

["What you kid is saying is simple, ink is as precious as gold, and it won't last long after you buy it. It's far less easy to get than these mountains of lacquer trees."]

["But you will get sick from the lacquer tree. If you use the lacquer flowing out from the lacquer tree to make fake ink, won't your son get sick if he uses it?"]

["The flower juice of the Awakening Mist Flower can be neutralized with the collected lacquer. If you mix it and leave it for a day, it will be fine for use."]

["...My father-in-law is suffering from body-gnawing pain every day, how can he persevere?"]

["Others can persist for a long time, so why can't I? The sons of that family are not as good at learning and doing as the sons of my family."]

[The old man laughed and said: "Most people don't want their children to know the suffering they have gone through. It's very miserable for them to hide it, but my family tradition is different."]

["I go home every day, groaning and rolling in front of my children. They see my miserable state, how dare I not focus on learning?"]

["If you don't learn, you are unfilial!"]

[You wanted to say more, but Ge Xin pulled you and escaped from here]

["The lacquer tree will emit disease. Don't stay here for a long time, leave quickly!"]

["Have you eliminated the people in the woods?"]

["It's been sorted out, there's no such thing as my old friend."]

[Running madly all the way, you soon left the lacquered forest and came to a sea of ​​yellow flowers]

[There are also many villagers from Wenqu Village here, and they are picking flowers]

["Leave directly?" You confirmed at a glance that there was no man here]

【"Do not."】

[Gexin has other thoughts. He just wants to know how many things he didn’t understand when he was a child]

[The people picking flowers here can’t be said to be in much pain, it’s just that they are wearing thin clothes and can’t bear the cold]

[After Ge Xin took off a piece of clothing and used it as a "courteous exchange", he quickly got in touch with an aunt]

【"What kind of flower is this?"】

【"Wake up the fog flower."】

【"What's the use?"】

["My family's children always stayed up very late in their studies, making it difficult to sleep at night and feeling sleepy during the day. Picking up the mist flowers and boiling the hot soup will make them fall asleep."]

【"Is this true for every family?"】

"Is that so? The children of some families eat the Xingwuhua for a long time, and it doesn't work anymore. They always delay falling asleep for a few days. So they mix the Xingwuhua into their meals and cook it after meals. For a while, learning happened to fall asleep.”]

["What kind of consequences will it cause if you eat this Xingwu flower?"]

["The methods handed down from our ancestors cannot be wrong."]

[The Awakening Mist Flower blooms here again and again, blooming in spring and winter]

[The time does not affect how it is opened]

[Money can’t buy time, but Xingwuhua can]

[With the sleep guaranteed by Xingwuhua, everyone can study very late]

[It buys people at the foot of the mountain a quiet time at night]

[It’s just right for learning]

(End of this chapter)