I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

"Then who did you learn your drawing skills from?" Bone asked.There are so many ways to make money, why is this little snake so obsessed with it, and chooses to go this way?

"Of course I taught myself. I was born in a secret place, where there was only food, no snakes, and no one who could talk except me. There was a desert in the secret place. I only ate, slept and practiced on the sand every day. Crawling around. Later, I found that the traces of my crawling would be connected to form new graphics, so I consciously exercised this ability. It took me nearly 1000 years from birth to transformation, from transformation to leaving the secret realm and After 1000 years of practice and so many years of practice, do you think I can draw badly!" Xiao Hei said.

"Then how did you come up with the idea of ​​selling books?"

"If you want to learn from me, okay, I will tell you for the sake of being an ancient beast. My initial idea is very simple. If you want to have money, you must not only have money from the human world, nor can you only have money from the fairy world. Otherwise, what should I do if I encounter a place where there is no way to exchange money when buying? I found this business that suits me and can take care of all land boundaries." Xiao Hei was very proud.Making money mainly depends on brains, and there are not many people with business acumen like him.

It's just annoying that the emperor of the mortal world actually listed his book as the first, saying that it's out of style, so those booksellers in the human world are secretly selling it.Sometimes Xiao Hei will come out to set up a stall by himself, but he will definitely sell it once and immediately change places, and he will never appear again, because he just doesn't want to be noticed by the human world officials.

However, apart from the emperor of the human world, the lords of other lands don't care about these trivial matters. The human world earns the least from Xiao Hei's books.As for the Devil Realm, there are a large number of loyal readers of Xiao Hei, who are definitely the first to make money for him. It is no wonder that Xiao Hei is so close to the Devil Realm.

"Then how do you know so much..." Bone thought for a while, and then said a word, "Pose?"

"Of course I can see it with my eyes. If I have nothing to do on weekdays, I will go to the Qinglou Chuguan to be a gentleman on Liangshang. Otherwise, how can I draw so realistically?"

Bones couldn't help but look at Xiao Hei with admiration, the little thing is quite smart, so small, he can even do such obscene things.He just didn't know if the person he regarded as a reference object would find that the person in the book was himself if he read this book, leaving a psychological shadow.

Ji Zihe and his party lived in Honghe Town for a few days, and Xiao Hei would buy goods from the bookseller almost every day, and take the bones to the mountain market to sell them.And Ji Zihe spends these days in Lang Yuzhu's study.

Although some unpleasant things happened before, afterward, Lang Yuzhu took the initiative to come to him again, with the same attitude as usual, and warmly invited him to continue reading at his home, Ji Zihe naturally would not refuse.It's just that in his study, Ji Zihe didn't see the "Book of Han" again, presumably Lang Yuzhu put it away specially.

Everyone has secrets, Ji Zihe didn't intend to explore Lang Yuzhu's secret, so he didn't ask more.If you don't show it, you won't show it. It's just an ordinary "Hanshu", and Ji Zihe can memorize it word for word. Believe it or not, it's nothing rare.

However, there are many lonely books in Lang Yuzhu's study that Ji Zihe has never read.If you encounter a book that you think you can read several times or feel that you can't understand it for a while, ask Lang Yuzhu if he can copy it.After getting permission, they took a pen and copied them down and bound them into a book.By the time they were about to leave Honghe Town, Ji Zihe had already transcribed dozens of copies.Looking at these books, Ji Zihe suddenly felt that his trip to Honghe Town really made him a fortune.It's a pity that he has only read half of the books in Lang Yuzhu's study, and he is about to go back. He can't stay in Honghe Town all the time, his grandfather is still waiting for him at home.

On the day they went back, they had planned to set off in the morning.In the end, I waited for a long time before Lang Yuzhu came. Lang Yuzhu said that the little baby in his family kept crying and making noises as if he was sick and couldn't leave him. He couldn't go with Ji Zihe this time, so he had to say sorry to him. .

Ji Zihe expressed deep regret for this, and then persuaded him to take Mrs. Lang home as soon as possible. How could the child not have a mother to take care of him.As for going to Baihe Town, there will be more opportunities in the future. When Brother Shi Lang comes to Baihe Town as a guest, he will sweep the couch to welcome him.

Lang Yuzhu said hello, and after saying goodbye to Ji Zihe, he went home to coax the children.

After such a delay, the sun had already risen very high. Seeing that it was still early, the three of Ji Zihe and the others set off on the road, wondering if they would be able to reach Baihe Town today.Ji Zihe wanted to get home early, and Xiao Hei was eager to return home, and also wanted to send Ji Zihe and the others home early, and then go back to find Lady Bai.It's just that Ji Zihe walked too slowly, why couldn't Ji Zihe have four legs like the donkey he was riding?

If Bones knew what he was thinking, he would definitely blow his head.I hate Xiao Hezi for walking slowly, but you should give him back the donkey, so what if he is not an adult, the 2000-year-old old goblin pretends to be tender, and insists on snatching Xiao Hezi's donkey to ride, you are better than four legs without long legs The donkey ran much faster.

At noon, they went to the wilderness again, without going to the village or back to the store. Fortunately, Ji Zihe and the others brought dry food.Because he thought Lang Yuzhu would go with them and was afraid that he would suspect him, Ji Zihe brought the dry food for the three of them.Now that Lang Yuzhu is not here, Bones said that he, a ghost, is not interested in these things, and they are not delicious anyway, and Xiao Hei, he is not willing to eat them either, calling some orcs never to be vegetarian, and then ran away to eat wild food.

"Okay, if you don't eat it, then I'll eat it alone." Ji Zihe took out a steamed bun and tried to chew it, but was stopped by the bone.

He lit a fire and toasted the steamed buns. The skin was browned, and there was a strong smell of wheat. Then he handed it to Ji Zihe, "Here, eat this."

Ji Zihe took the baked steamed bun and took a bite. The browned skin of the steamed bun was particularly crispy, and it tasted much more delicious than the cold steamed bun.I bought this steamed bun yesterday, and it tasted hard today, without any softness or strength.

Ji Zihe couldn't help admiring, "Bone, you are so smart."

"How can I say that I also worked as a chef in a restaurant for a while, how could I not learn anything. It's just that you have been refusing to believe me and not agreeing to let me approach the kitchen." Bones said with his arms crossed.

Ji Zihe is a little guilty, isn't it because you burned the kitchen and left a shadow on me.

"I'm afraid I'll tire you out. There's a cook at home, so how can I let you do it yourself?" Ji Zihe said.

Since he was admitted to be rich in Juren, he has renovated the house at home, changing all the previous thatched houses into large tile-roofed houses.The servant didn't buy it. Originally, Ji Zihe wanted to buy a servant to take care of his grandfather, but the old man Ji didn't agree, saying that he was not allowed to be extravagant and wasteful. He is just a recruiter, not an official, so how could he be so extravagant? .Ji Zihe obeyed the instructions and only hired a cook for the family to improve the food for the family.And encourage me to study hard, and when the imperial examinations are reopened, I will be admitted to Jinshi and become an official, so that the old man can live the life of the old man with peace of mind.

"I knew you couldn't bear to do rough work with my slender hands, you really do love me." Gu Gu said so, but his face was full of a smile.

Ji Zihe lowered his head, "Well, I was wrong, I shouldn't doubt you."

"Just know it's wrong, and give me another steamed bun."

Ji Zihe took out another steamed bun from the package and handed it to him, Gu Gu took the steamed bun and put it on the fire to roast.Ji Zihe wiped out the steamed bun in his hand, staring at the bone and baking the steamed bun with all his attention.

After the steamed buns were baked, Ji Zihe's expectant eyes raised the corners of his mouth, "Want to eat?"

Ji Zihe nodded.

"Go bake it yourself." Gu Gu said, and sent the steamed bun to his mouth.

With some resentment, Ji Zihe took out another steamed bun and threw it on the fire, "Don't you want to eat it?"

"Suddenly want to eat, can't you?" Gu Gu smiled very much, "Your steamed bun is on fire."

"What?" Ji Zihe turned his attention to the steamed buns he threw into the fire. Why did the steamed buns still catch fire? This is unreasonable!

Ji Zihe quickly broke off a grass stalk and pulled the steamed bun out of the fire, and extinguished the fire above, but the steamed bun was still black after all, and still had an unpleasant burnt smell.Holding it, Ji Zihe really didn't know what to say.

"Throw it away, I'll bake it for you again," Bones said.

"Okay." Ji Zihe sighed, it's a pity to throw away such a good white flour steamed bun.

"Wait, can you give me this steamed bun?" Suddenly, a voice came from behind Ji Zihe.

Ji Zihe turned his head and saw a man dressed as a scholar walking over quickly.Ji Zihe's heart immediately rang the alarm bell. Where did this person from the wilderness come from? Could it be another monster.Seeing too many monsters, Ji Zihe is now in a state of paralysis.When I see a suspicious person, I first suspect that he is not a villain, but a monster.After all, these days monsters not only like to turn into beauties, but even bad old men, let alone a fair and clean scholar.

"Who are you?" Ji Zihe asked.

"Brother is polite, I'm An Youyu." An Youyu bowed to Ji Zihe.

"Why are you here?"

"I don't know. My uncle passed away. I went to help with the funeral. Now I want to go home, but I accidentally lost my way. To be honest, I haven't seen anyone for a whole day, and I haven't brought much dry food. Now it's too late. It's because of hunger..." An Youyu looked at the steamed bun in Ji Zihe's hand and hinted frantically.

Ji Zihe looked at the black steamed bun in his hand, he didn't have the nerve to take it out, so he took out another steamed bun from the package and handed it to him, "You should eat this."

An Youyu took the steamed buns, sat down and ate them immediately, "Thank you, little brother."

This side was eating, and the big black snake with a fat rabbit in its mouth was also walking back slowly.Before he got close, Xiao Hei smelled an unpleasant smell.Crawling along the smell, it turned out to be an old scorpion spirit hiding in the grass.

Little Hei's eyes lit up, and the old scorpion spirit smelled like a aunt. It seemed that the time for revenge had come!