After the genius was abolished, he became my Taoist companion

97. Mule shed

Cicada monkeys are very delicious, and every night after that, Wen Ruyu will go around the neighborhood to pick up those cicada monkeys that are blocked by oiled paper.

Every night in the middle of the night, Ye Huangui would open a small stove for Wen Ruyu and Tan Duzhi to have supper, deep-fried cicada monkeys, stir-fried small snails, all the ingredients that could be found in Pearl Bay could not escape Ye Huangui's skillful hands... ...Fortunately, these two are monks with good cultivation bases, so they didn't eat a small belly under his feeding.

Even though Wen Ruyu tried hard to catch the cicadas, the cicadas all over the mountains and plains were still screaming at the top of their lungs, making people's brains ache.It's hard to imagine what Pearl Bay would look like if those cicada monkeys that had eaten their stomachs succeeded in becoming eclosions.

Time passed quickly in the cicada monkey's loud voice, and July gradually went away with the singing of cicadas, and it was the beginning of August in a blink of an eye.

From August to August in previous years, the weather becomes cooler.But this year, I don’t know what’s going on, it’s already August, and the temperature is rising instead of falling.

Every day during the day, the leaves of soybeans and sweet potatoes in front of our house are drooped by the sun.But at night, they stubbornly branched out again.

Under this dense leaf, there is hidden a legendary delicacy-Dan Dan.In Ye Huangui's description, this is a unique ingredient in heaven and earth. It is delicious and tender, and you will never forget it after eating it.

So these two have been waiting eagerly for Doudan to grow up.

However, when they saw the legendary Doudan for the first time, their faces turned green.

What about the round hard shell bug?Why did it become a big meat bug with a thick thumb and long middle finger!The big green bug twisted and twisted in Ye Hugui's palm, Wen Ruyu's goosebumps fell one after another.

Wen Ruyu couldn't even laugh, he was determined: he won't eat this stuff!Don't eat it even if you kill it!

But his protest was ineffective, because Ye Huangui told them that this is still a small bean, and the mature bean is twice as big as it is now.It won't be until mid-August that he can catch bean paste and make it for the two of them!

Even if the two of them want to eat now, they still can't!

Seeing Ye Huangui's determination and confidence, Wen Ruyu became curious and wanted to try this legendary delicacy.

This period of time is not too busy, because Lao Tan's acupuncture has ended.A few days ago, Uncle Fu packed his bags and left the sect. When he left, he brought Ye Huangui's loving meal that could last for two months without repeating the same.

Ye Huangui didn't have to take Tan Duzhi to Baiyu Town for acupuncture every now and then, and there was nothing to be busy in the field. Tan Duzhi had also entered the recovery period, and it stands to reason that Ye Huangui should be able to slow down.

However, he still couldn't be idle - he wanted to build a mule shed for Jixiang.

I'm sorry to say it auspiciously, Ye Huangui has been clamoring to build a mule shed for it since the day he brought it back.

But during this period of time, he has been very busy every day... This matter has been delayed until now.

Fortunately, Jixiang is a happy mule, and it doesn't make any fuss.During the day, it will follow the ducks to graze in the valley, and at night it lives on the west side of the courtyard.

Ye Huangui grew some flowers on the west side of the yard, some of which needed shade, so he built a simple thatched shed.Poor Jixiang has lived in this shed for several months. Its big body is curled up under the small shed, and it can only sleep standing up when it is windy and rainy.

Although Wen Ruyu said that mules should sleep standing up, Jixiang is a mule raised at home. According to Ye Huangui's observation, it is used to sleeping on its stomach and lying down.

The temperature is high in this short period of time. Lucky and treasured ducks and ducks all have shaded places, but Jixiang can only hide pitifully under the tree...

It will only stare at Ye Huangui with its big black eyes, and every time it sees Ji Xiang's eyes, Xiao Ye Zi feels that he owes Ji Xiang a nest!

In fact, he had long wanted to arrange for the mule shed, but he suffered from insufficient funds at home.But now, he has money!

He originally owed Uncle Fu more than 100 taels of silver, and he thought that he would be able to pay it back when he sold tiger meat in autumn.Unexpectedly, Tan Duzhi's recovery ability was astonishing. Until Fu Bo announced that he could not use acupuncture, he only used 52 phoenix feet.

The remaining eight phoenix feet were sold to the Beastmaster Sect by Uncle Fu at a price of 16 taels of silver each.In this way, Ye Huangui not only paid back the money owed to Uncle Fu, but also got the money for building the mule shed.

Although mule sheds can be built by themselves to save labor costs, the materials have to be purchased and processed by others.There is no way to use the chopped bamboo directly. Ye Huangui needs to drag the bamboo to Bailu Town to have someone kill it, dry it, and brush it with oil... In this way, the bamboo that comes out will not be rotten and insect-eaten, and will last for a long time.

In addition, people have to be hired to weave mats pasted on the walls. Only when mats and bamboo are used together can the mule shed be warm in winter and cool in summer, durable and durable.

His chicken coop was built in this way, and it is still as good as new after several years.

Jixiang is an important member of the family, so its nest must not be bad!

The location of the mule shed was chosen next to the haystack. Ye Huangui imagined that as long as the windows of the mule shed were erected, Jixiang would be able to see the full wheat straw and corn stalks.

What is more reassuring than the so-called peace of mind when you have food at home, and you can see your rations as soon as you open the window?

Maybe I know that everyone is building a house for themselves, and Jixiang is full of energy when working these days.It traveled back and forth between Bailu Town and home, bringing back truckloads of construction materials.

The materials include bundles of thick and long bamboo, rolls of artificially woven mats, and pieces of blue-black green bricks.It took three full days to deliver the materials alone, and materials were piled up at the gate of the chicken coop and the path outside the fence...

Except for the place he chose to build the mule shed, there was no material piled up, and the other convenient places were already full of materials.

Although the materials all over the floor looked chaotic, there was order in the chaos.

Ye Huangui built a shed in front of the chicken coop. In the shed was a small round table taken from the mule cart. Two pieces of bamboo were used to press a few pieces of parchment on the round table.

This is obviously not something that Ye Huangui can draw. To be honest, he can still figure out how much he owns.

This drawing was found by Brother Yan when he was rebuilding the old house. At that time, Brother Yan found a lot of drawings, and there were many drawings of wooden houses and bamboo houses mixed in it.

When I made a chicken coop last time, it was the blueprint that Brother Yan helped to look at.He actually wanted to ask Brother Yan for help in building the mule shed this time, but the Beast Sect's disciples are so busy that they are fuming for the establishment ceremony.Ye Huangui hasn't had a chance to talk to Yan Jun since the last time they met.

Now he has chosen a house that looks the simplest to make a shack for Jixiang, but in fact... he is not confident.For example, right now, he was frowning and looking at the drawings on the table, and he started to feel dizzy after a while.

This frame looks much more complicated than the frame of a chicken coop!Sure enough, he shouldn't have challenged a house made of bamboo, wood and masonry.

Tan Duzhi looked at the troubled Ye Huangui with a smile: "What can't you understand? Let me see?"

While talking, he held the saw in his right hand and was slowly sawing the bamboo. The bamboo was resting on the armrest of his wheelchair. Every time he saw, yellow sawdust would slip from the gap.A thick layer of sawdust has accumulated beside the wheelchair, and every time he saws a piece of bamboo, he neatly stacks the piece of bamboo next to it.

Ye Huangui was troubled: "Hey... this wall is much more complicated than I imagined!"

Jixiang is still looking at him eagerly!He took the blueprint but couldn't figure it out!Obviously he chose the simplest-looking blueprint!Why is it still so difficult?

He let out a heavy breath: "Hey... illiterate can't hurt you."

Tan Duzhi said softly: "It's okay, I'm here."

Ye Huangui was so troubled that he almost lost his hair: "It's so complicated...how about I go to Bailu Town to find someone to help build the house."

Why did you just look at the recipes when you were lying on the hospital bed!Why not watch something useful!

It's true that when the book is used, I hate it less, and I can't understand it with the blueprint!Thinking that you can save labor costs, in fact, this is an illusion!

Wen Ruyu wandered out of his cave at this time, and he had developed a routine, wandering out at a fixed point every day to see what delicious food Ye Huangui had cooked.

As soon as he went out, he found that his cave was blocked by a large bundle of bamboo.Wen Ruyu frowned: "What's the situation? Why is the door blocked?"

Ye Huangui said embarrassedly: "Ah, sorry, I thought I could saw these bamboos before you came out..."

Wen Ruyu glanced at the bamboo at the door: "Isn't this bamboo from Nanshan?"

He remembered that the bamboo on the Nanshan side was only one foot high and as thick as a thumb, while the bamboo in front of him was as thick as an arm and three feet long.

Ye Huangui explained: "Yes, the bamboo on the Nanshan side is mostly used for decoration, not for the skeleton of the bamboo house. These bamboos were transported from the bamboo forest in Qingyang Town...Do you still remember Old Tan? Is it the bamboo forest we passed by?"

Tan Duzhi had an impression: "Remember, you bought chicken inside, and made old hen soup and roast chicken."

Tan Duzhi still remembers that delicious taste.

Hearing Tan Duzhi talk about food, Wen Ruyu became excited: "Ah? I've only heard of roosters. What is a rooster? Is it delicious? What does it taste like?"

Ye Huangui didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “Old Wen’s ears are better than fortune-telling! It’s roasted chicken, which is fried tenderly with a small cock. It’s authentic only if it’s spicy. At that time, Lao Tan was sick, so I just let it go. A little spicy."

Tan Duzhi said in a deep voice, "It's delicious." He ate all the chicken soup with the bibimbap.

Wen Ruyu protested, "I want what Tan Duzhi ate!"

Ye Huangui scratched his head, he sighed in distress: "I'm not in the mood today, let's do it another day."

Wen Ruyu asked Tan Duzhi suspiciously: "What happened to him?"

Tan Duzhi smiled dotingly and said, "I'm having a headache from not being able to understand the drawings. Although I comforted him, it's useless."

Wen Ruyu was puzzled: "Why is the drawing so difficult?" He stretched out his hand: "Let me have a look."

Ye Huangui pointed to the small round table: "Here."

Wen Ruyu walked around the materials piled on the ground and walked slowly to the round table. He looked down at the drawings and then at the materials all over the floor.

After a while, Wen Ruyu raised her head dumbfounded: "That's it? Such a simple picture, even a three-year-old can understand it?!"

Ye Huangui sighed depressedly: "Hey..."

Wen Ruyu raised her hand and touched Ye Huangui's head: "You, you are still suitable for cooking. Leave things that require brains and strength to me and Tan Duzhi."

Ye Huangui was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"

He looked at Wen Ruyu suspiciously, and then at Tan Duzhi.

Tan Duzhi said: "Go, leave this place to us. Wen Ruyu is well-informed, and a mere mule shed is nothing to worry about."

98. Grape rack

Wen Ruyu showed a bright smile: "Hey, I've known you for so many years, and you finally said something human. Alright, Xiao Yezi, you go cook, and leave the rest to me and him."

Ye Huangui hesitated: "Old Tan has not recovered yet."

Tan Duzhi said softly, "It's all right."

Ye Huangui glanced at the two of them: "You two won't fight while I'm away, will you?" I don't know why he has such an idea, he himself finds it strange.

Wen Ruyu laughed "cut": "Fight? Can Tan Duzhi be my opponent like this?"

Ye Huangui breathed a sigh of relief: "Lao Tan hasn't recovered yet, you can't bully him, Lao Wen."

Wen Ruyu waved her hand impatiently: "I know, I won't bully him. Go and cook the rooster!"

Ye Huan was happy: "It's roast chicken!"

Wen Ruyu ordered to eat chicken, Ye Huangui put down his work and turned to go to the chicken coop.He only heard a rooster crowing in the chicken coop, and when he came out again, he was already holding a big golden rooster in his hand that was full of energy.

After several months of careful feeding by Ye Huangui, the chickens that hatched in spring are growing very well, and now they are all starting to practice crowing.

He lifted the little rooster in his hand, and estimated that the chicken weighed five or six catties without the feathers.This kind of small cock tastes better as a roast chicken!

As soon as Ye Huangui disappeared holding the chicken, Wen Ruyu met Tan Duzhi's eyes.

Wen Ruyu smiled but said: "Don't think I don't know, your cultivation is recovering rapidly these few days, how is your recovery? Let me see."

Tan Duzhi said warmly: "Try it, don't affect Xiao Yezi and the small animals at home."

Wen Ruyu took out a golden ball from his sleeve, and he threw the ball into the sky.I saw a burst of golden light swaying, and a golden enchantment rose next to the chicken coop.

Wen Ruyu said: "With this, you don't have to worry, right? Even if we fight in the dark inside, there will be no movement outside. Besides, I just want to see how your cultivation is restored, so I will use the mule from Xiao Yezi's family Let’s try it out.”

Tan Duzhi nodded: "Okay."

The materials outside the barrier were drawn by the aura and flew towards the barrier one after another, and the chickens, which were leisurely looking for food, ran away in a hurry.The material entered the barrier but there was no sound. The chickens saw that there was nothing serious, and they continued to look for food around the barrier.

In the enchantment, streaks of spiritual light are like fireflies, and the bamboo they pass is divided into large and small bamboo nodes of different lengths.

Looking closely, the aura has two colors, one is pure gold, and the other is golden red.Tan Duzhi is a single spiritual root of the gold system, and his aura is golden; while Wen Ruyu is a mutated fire root, and the color of his aura is golden red.

In terms of quantity, the golden-red aura is several times more than the pure golden aura.However, when the aura flashes, the gap can be seen.

These auras seem to be only the size of a cow's hair, but when they touch the bamboo, the bamboo will break and become bamboo knots of different lengths.Although there are many golden-red auras, they are not as flexible as golden auras.

In the flash of inspiration, the bamboo joints were split into the required size and quantity on the drawing.

The competition between these two people was very fair. They divided all the materials into two halves, and one person was responsible for half of the mule shed. Whoever built his own half first would win.

The speed of the two was astonishing, and the materials were prepared almost at the same time.

Then the solid pillars at the four corners were erected, and after the pillars were erected, the thick frame was quickly erected.The frame was built by two people together, but they couldn't tell the difference between the high and the low.

After the frame was completed, the next round of competition began again.I saw that the bamboos flew towards the frame as if they had their own consciousness. Some of them became interlocking bamboo tiles on the roof, and some became neat and uniform bamboo walls.

When the construction reached this step, Wen Ruyu's speed slowed down by a beat.

The competition was not over yet, and pieces of blue bricks flew from the window of the mule shed to the ground inside, and they fell quickly and spread the ground evenly.

The aura holding the last brick and falling into the last space was golden red, although it was only a moment late, Wen Ruyu lost.

With a wave of Wen Ruyu's hand, the barrier shrunk to the size of an apricot and flew back into his palm.He had a complex expression: "You are stronger than before."

Tan Duzhi raised his eyes and looked at Wen Ruyu: "You too."

The person who knows oneself best is often one's opponent, and the same applies to Tan and Wen.Although Wen Ruyu looked foolish, he was actually very proud. In a place where no one was around, he put in more effort than anyone else.

While Tan Duzhi was going through the tribulation, Wen Ruyu was also going through the test.

Ji Xiang didn't know the grievances between the two, so it yelled "哕哕" at the top of its throat.It has a new house!It wants to tell Ye Huangui to come out and take a look!

Hearing the auspicious call, Ye Hugui came out of the kitchen. When he saw the newly built mule shed, he was completely dumbfounded: "Okay?"

He just killed a chicken and the mule shed is all right?Could it be an illusion?

Wen Ruyu said tremblingly: "How is it? Is it as you expected?"

Not only is it as expected!Much better than I expected!

Ye Huangui was very happy: "Thank you, Lao Tan! Thank you, Lao Wen!" What is a fairy trick, this is it!No wonder everyone wants to cultivate immortals. Apart from having an endless lifespan, daily life is so convenient!

The next moment he was even more excited than auspicious and rushed to the mule shed: "Ah, what a beautiful house!"

The mule shed is the same height as the chicken coop next to it, but the hen coop is suspended in the air, but the mule shed is on the ground, so the space inside looks much higher than the chicken coop!

The ground is paved with blue bricks, which is three inches higher than the ground outside, and it looks clean and refreshing at first glance.Even if it rains heavily outside, the rainwater will not flow into the shack.

The mule shed had windows on three sides, and when the windows were propped open the whole room was cooled.The newly built bamboo house carries the fragrance of bamboo, and when I walk into the house, my restless heart calms down.

Ye Huangui was very moved: "This mule shed is really beautiful."

Don't mention raising mules, even living there is no problem!The mule shed is spacious enough to keep five or six mules!

Ye Huangui thought it over, and when it was winter, he would move the rabbit cage to the mule shed, so he wouldn't have to worry about the rabbit freezing to death.

Jixiang was very satisfied with his shack, and soon he called all his little friends to visit.Zhaocaijinbao ducks have a new place to visit, and they are going to stay in the auspicious shack and not leave.

Lunch at noon is roast chicken. The taste of the little rooster is amazing!After eating the chicken, you can add water to the soup to make a hot pot and boil vegetables. Even if the temperature outside is high, the three of them will eat with great appetite and round their bellies.

Wen Ruyu was full of praise for the roast chicken: "It's delicious, it's so delicious. Xiao Yezi, will you still make roast chicken tomorrow? Don't you have a lot of little roosters at home? Let's make them all!"

Ye Huangui smiled and said: "You can't say this in front of the little roosters, they will feel uncomfortable if they know."

Wen Ruyu said calmly: "What's so uncomfortable about this, you keep them for food. After eating them, you can raise another batch! It doesn't matter if you don't want to raise them, I'll go buy them, and you can make them for me!"

Ye Huangui shook his head: "It's not that you are not allowed to eat, but that you can't eat too much. A dish is delicious the first time, it's okay the second time, and it's okay for the third time. If you eat it for three days in a row, it will be as good as dragon liver and phoenix gall." It’s not tasty anymore. So we have to mix and match, understand?”

Tan Duzhi held the bowl and looked at Wen Ruyu seriously. Just when Wen Ruyu thought he was going to make a long speech, he calmly repeated: "Do you understand?"

Wen Ruyu fell on her back in anger: "It's unreasonable, it's too much to deceive people!" Are you a Taoist couple? !

When Ye Huangui bought more materials, he had agreed at the time that if there were any materials left for building the house, he could return them.

There were still some blue bricks left outside the house, and he was going to return them when there was no sun in the afternoon.

As soon as he left the camphor trail, Jixiang turned his head and grabbed Ye Huangui's sleeve and drove him towards the cart.Ye Huangui understood that Jixiang was reluctant for him to walk and wanted him to sit in the car.

He reached out and touched Jixiang's big head: "Thank you Jixiang."

When he sat on the cart, he found that Zhaocai had taken his place and held the reins of auspiciousness.He laughed out loud: "Thank you for Zhaocai!"

Jixiang walked slowly today, the warm wind blowing on his face made people drowsy, and Ye Hugui leaned on the moso bamboo in a daze.With his ability, it would take at least half a month to build a mule shed, but Lao Tan and Wen Ruyu built it with only a cup of tea.

He said with emotion: "It's so good." Since Lao Tan came to his house, the house has become better and better.

It would be great if it could go on like this forever!

There is a family in Bailu Town who has a vineyard. At the beginning of August, the grapes in the vineyard are ripe.The purple-red grapes are crisp, sweet and full of moisture. Ye Huangui thinks they are the best grapes he has ever eaten.Now that I saw it, why did I have to buy two strings to go back!

When he returned to the courtyard with the grapes, his footsteps stopped suddenly.

I saw an extra shelf next to the window outside the kitchen, extending east to his vegetable patch and south to the fence wall.Grape vines were planted beside the four pillars of the shelf, and each of the vine seedlings nourished by the spiritual energy was as thick as an arm.

The shelves are covered with green grape leaves, and bunches of blue or purple grapes are hanging under the vines. The green shade covers the small half of the yard on the east side.When the wind blew, the grape leaves shook slightly, causing Ye Huangui's eyes to straighten.

Under the green shade, Tan Duzhi was sitting in a wheelchair and smiling quietly at Ye Huangui: "Is this the grape trellis you're talking about? Do you need to change it?"

Ye Huangui's heart seemed to be hit hard by something, it was warm and sweet, and he was happier than eating cold and sweet grapes.

He was stunned for a moment, then grinned and ran towards the grape arbor, standing under the grape arbor and looking up, bunches of large grapes with fruit powder hanging on them could be picked with his hands.

Tan Duzhi said unhurriedly: "I don't know what kind of grapes you like, so I just picked two kinds of grapes at random."

Ye Huangui couldn't control his excitement anymore, he hugged Lao Tan and said gratefully: "Thank you, Lao Tan! This is the grape trellis I want!"

This is the grape trellis of his dream!When the sun is bright, you can shade, you can eat grapes when they are ripe, and you can sit and eat with your family under the grape arbor in the lukewarm season!Is there a better grape trellis than this one?

Tan Duzhi stretched out his arms and put his arms around Ye Huangui: "As long as you like it."

He liked the feeling of Ye Huangui running towards him with a smile on his face. Seeing his smile, Tan Duzhi felt extremely satisfied and happy.The moment Tan Duzhi hugged him, his heart was filled with joy.

Wen Ruyu leaned melancholy at the gate and looked at the sky sadly: he bought the grape seedlings, half of the grape trellises were erected by him, and one of the vines was born by him, and he also paid for his labor.How come Tan Duzhi took all the credit?

Hey, forget it, achieving a happy marriage is also a merit!Besides, when Ye Huangui was in a good mood, he would prepare delicious food for him.worth it!