Qianxiang Baimei

Chapter 8

That night, Little Bangchui slept soundly, her skin was very refreshing after being washed with bath beans, her hair was smooth after being washed with eggs, and the bedding was soft and fragrant. She had never enjoyed it like this in her life.

From yesterday to today, in just one day, her life has undergone earth-shaking changes, both physically and mentally exhausted to the limit, as soon as she touched the bed, she fell into a deep sleep comfortably, without even having a dream.

I got up early the next day and looked at the yard. It seemed that everyone else hadn’t woken up yet. Little Bang Chui took a quick bath in the bathtub. When I came out, I didn’t know when breakfast was set on the table. The rice was thick rice. Congee, three small plates next to it, a stack of scallion pancakes, a stack of pickled side dishes, and a stack of dried tofu.

Fairyland!The little mallet was so moved that he pinched himself hard, wasn't it a dream?This is really not a dream!
After the meal, there were faint voices coming from the yard, presumably other people got up as well.Little Bangchui packed up his bundle and was about to open the door to go out when he suddenly remembered something and looked down at his clothes.She is still wearing the rags that are full of patches. Although it was washed yesterday, it is still shabby. Today is the second choice. It seems that it is not good to wear such rags, but she really has no other clothes, except Master bought her that skirt.

Opening up the bundle, the pink skirt was neatly folded and pressed at the bottom, perhaps because it has been pressed for a long time, and there are some wrinkles on the top.The little mallet used his hands to flatten those wrinkles, hesitated for a moment, and finally took off the ragged clothes on his body.

Master didn't even look at her size when he bought clothes. The skirt was too big. She pulled the skirt that was dragged on the floor upwards and tied it tightly with a belt.There was no mirror in the room, so she could only make braids based on the feel of her hands. Before she could finish, there was a knock on the door of the room.

"Little stick, are you awake?" Baili Gelin's cheerful voice sounded outside the door, "Don't sleep late, get up quickly and let's go shopping."

The little mallet quickly opened the door, and there were three or four people standing at the door. When they saw her for the first time, the chattering stopped immediately, and there was a dead silence.

With a sound of "dong", Lei Xiuyuan's teacup fell to the ground. He was trembling all over, his face was full of horror, and he said in a trembling voice: "Little brother, little club?! What's wrong with you?!"

What's wrong?Little mallet looked down at herself, is there something wrong with her?

Baili Gelin suddenly screamed: "Why are you wearing women's clothes?!"

"...I didn't say I was a man."

how can that be!The children are going to faint, she is no different from the man in terms of words, deeds, behavior and appearance!Even wearing a skirt, that swarthy face, those thick eyebrows, that expressionless face like a zombie, everything is so out of harmony!

The girly heart of Baili Gelin was cruelly broken, how could she be a girl?how can!Yesterday she only started to feel that she was full of masculinity, but today she was stunned by the sudden truth that the person who made her fall in love was a woman!
Is she that scary as a woman?Little Bangchui was helpless at last, let alone the others, even Ye Ye and Baili Changyue were horrified, and Lei Xiuyuan, a crybaby, had red eyes, she really couldn't understand why he was crying.

"Everyone has changed into new clothes." She decided to change the subject.

Sisters Gelin Changyue put on clean and tidy cloth clothes. Although they were simple, they looked different from yesterday's beggars. Ye Ye was also wearing half-new cloth robes, and even Lei Xiuyuan had his hair tidy Qi, changed into clothes with fewer patches.It seems that everyone attaches great importance to today's second election.

Ye Ye recovered the fastest, and immediately smiled: "Yeah, there is no way for the primary election, and the second election can't be so sloppy. Little stick, this dress...is very pretty."

He thought for a long time before he could barely come up with a compliment.

Baili Gelin chuckled: "The dress looks good, but it doesn't look good on her." She made a face at the little stick, and said, "Damn girl, I didn't say you were a woman earlier."

Lei Xiuyuan finally returned to normal, his eyes were not red, but his face was red, and he whispered with shame and shame: "Then, I shouldn't call you Big Brother Little Stick from now on... Sorry, I didn't know before... Xiao Sister Bangmai's head."

...It's even worse.

"What big sister's head." Little Bangchui shook his head, and walked forward, "Little Bangchui will do."

Baili Gelin chased after her and hugged her arm. After all, she was still young, and now she had forgotten about the blow to her girlish heart. She whispered affectionately: "Xiao Bangchui, you have dark skin. Don't wear pink next time, it looks darker."

is it?

"Then what color should you wear?"

"Well, blue? Your braid is crooked. I'll find a place to rebraid it for you later."

Although the fact that Little Bangchui is a girl shocked everyone, but the child has always been open-minded, and soon forgot about it. The group went to see Lihua, talking and laughing.Baili Gelin took a small mallet to teach the secrets of combing hair and dressing all morning. Ye Ye and Lei Xiuyuan didn't know what to say together, but Baili Changyue disappeared. This girl doesn't like to talk, and she does things in her own way , The personalities of the two sisters are very different.

"I don't know what the second election will be like." Baili Gelin was a little nervous when he mentioned the second election.

"The primary selection is to test the eight extraordinary meridians. It depends on the qualifications. Those with the best spiritual roots can pass. Presumably the second selection is a stricter screening." Ye Ye sighed, "Practice is the most important thing after all."

Aptitude...Little Bangchui remembered that Master Dongyang said that her aptitude was mediocre, and she still couldn't learn alchemy. It is estimated that the so-called aptitude is generally comforted by others, that she is very poor.She also remembered the hoarse voice that reminded her to hold her breath in the first election. Although she couldn't figure out what was going on, she must have passed because of holding her breath. Over the occult.

Without that voice, I'm afraid she wouldn't even pass the primary election, right?Why can you pass by holding your breath?She had a lot of questions, but she couldn't find anyone to ask them, so she could only keep them in her heart.

The melodious bells echoed in the courtyard, and suddenly a door appeared out of thin air under the pear tree, and a female monster covered with blue scales appeared out of nowhere, and said loudly: "We have arrived at Ruixue Cottage, please get off through this door .”

There was a lot of noise from the children, we arrived at Ruixue Cottage, the second election was about to start, a few little boys occupied the door, and drove other children who wanted to get out of the car to the side.

"Get out of the way! You troublemakers, who dares to get out of the car first?"

Just as he was talking, two people, Shi Shiran, came from behind. It was the boy in white who was beaten yesterday and the little beauty like a phoenix. The little boys guarding the door hurriedly stepped aside.The white-clothed boy's face was still a little swollen, but he was much better than yesterday. Today he deliberately wore a new suit, with black hair and snow-white clothes. He looked like a young man at such a young age.

"You look like a dog." Baili Gelin rolled his eyes in disdain.

The boy in white took a step back and made a gesture of concession: "We are a guest from afar, Princess please go ahead."

Is that little beauty a princess?The children were uproarious at first, but soon quieted down again, no wonder she was so beautiful and noble.

The princess smiled slightly: "Then I'm welcome, thank you."

She walked out the door first, and the luxurious figure disappeared behind the door in an instant, followed by the boy in white.

"It seems that the person beaten by the little stick yesterday was either the little prince or the little prince." Ye Ye suddenly laughed, "If it was left outside, the little stick would cause disaster for the Jiu Clan."

"How do you know?" Baili Gelin asked.

"That girl is a princess, but he can walk in front of her, so he must be nobler than her in status."

Little Stick was a little surprised: "People from the royal family still want to practice?"

"Because you are a royal family, you need to practice more. In order to protect the country forever, there must be immortals in the clan. Lugong Town is within the territory of Yue Kingdom. The boy in white should be a member of the royal family of Yue Kingdom. The closest to Lugong Town is the princes. State Zhao Yang, the princess must be Zhao Yang's princess, that's why he said he was a guest from afar."

Little Stick gave Ye Ye a rare look of admiration: "...you know so much."

Ye Ye smiled nonchalantly: "If you see a lot outside, you will know everything."

Obviously this is an excuse, but if people refuse to say it, she will not force it.

Soon everyone went out from that door, and the moment Little Bang Chui jumped out of the car, he felt extremely cold and couldn't help shivering. He saw a vast expanse of white around him, and it turned out to be a peak covered with snow.The goose-feather-like snow fell densely, and the children's heads were all white in a short while.

The little mallet was shivering from the cold, she didn't even bring a winter coat, so she miscalculated, and looked back at the others, Ye Ye and Baili sisters were sitting cross-legged in the snow, although their faces were blue from the cold, their expressions were relaxed Many, although Lei Xiuyuan on the side was wearing patched single clothes, she stood facing the wind and snow, and she seemed to be no different. Some of the other children were meditating, and some pulled out their winter clothes to put them on. She was the only one jumping around like a monkey in the cold.

"Miss Little Bangchui, are you cold?" Lei Xiuyuan was a little surprised, "You can resist the cold with your inner aura."

"Wh, what inner spiritual energy..." The little stick was so cold that he couldn't control his tongue.

"It's hard to say, but anyone with spiritual roots will be born with it. Don't worry, calm down and breathe, and the cold will soon stop."

Seeing that her lips were purple from the cold, Lei Xiuyuan hurriedly held her hand and rubbed it gently. Her hand was like ice.

The little mallet felt that he was about to be torn apart by the wind and snow like a spear and a knife. What kind of inner aura?She doesn't understand at all!Why is Lei Xiuyuan, a crybaby, okay?Why is even that arrogant and domineering boy in white all right? There are more than 50 people, and she is the only one in a mess.

When he was in despair, the hoarse voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Hold your breath."

Is that old gentleman still there?The little mallet rolled his eyes stiffly, where is he?Why can't I always see him?

"Hold your breath, idiot!" The hoarse voice became impatient.

The little mallet held her breath, and gradually, whether it was because she was used to the cold or because holding her breath was so miraculous, her body slowly stopped shaking.

"Exhale three times, inhale once, and then breathe like this."

Is this the exhalation method of practicing inner breath?Why is it completely opposite to what Master taught?If you spit so much, won't you suffocate to death?
"Learn from these idiots, you won't learn until you die." The hoarse voice stopped abruptly after saying this, and there was no more sound.

The little mallet exhaled three times according to the breathing method he taught, and inhaled once. At first, she always felt tight in her chest, but for some reason, she soon got used to it. It felt like a gentle spring breeze.

Lei Xiuyuan noticed that her hands were slowly becoming warm, and his eyes were red again with joy: "Miss Little Stick, are you alright? I was scared to death just now!"

Little Bangchui was not used to speaking with the new breathing method for a while, so after a while, he said: "I told you, don't call me that, it's a mouthful."

"Then, that's Big Sister's head." Lei Xiuyuan rubbed his eyes and looked at her with admiration on his face. He remembered the heroic deeds that saved him with the little stick, and he would become as powerful as Big Sister's head in the future.

Little Bangchui looked around, the peak was crowded with people at some point, there were crowds of Honglu carts floating in the air, and people kept getting out of the carts, and at a glance, there was a mass of black heads.

Is this the whole of Middle-earth who passed the primaries?Sure enough, Ye Ye was right. There are at least tens of thousands of people here. With so many people, how many of them will pass the second selection?

Little Stick suddenly felt that something was about to move in the bag, and saw a letter shot out of the bag like an arrow, hanging in front of him.The apricot-colored envelope, with a few nail prints on it, was given to her by the girl in black yarn when she passed the primary election.

As if being pinched by an invisible hand, the envelope was torn open, and the letter inside was flattened quickly. The small mallet took a rough look, and her name and age were written on it, and the blank space below slowly emerged Three characters "two seven six".

Immediately afterwards, the letter paper and the envelope turned into ashes in an instant, and a red light hit her wrist, and the ancient characters as bright as cinnabar appeared from the skin, which were the three characters "two seven six".

The scene of the raging wind and snow shook slightly like the surface of the water. Suddenly, a small thatched hut appeared on the top of the mountain. With a creak, the door of the hut opened itself in full view. The brazier was burning silently.

　Eggs can be used to wash hair, or in other words, egg white is one of the hair care methods commonly used by wealthy people in ancient times.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)