Chapter 367: stove

Xue Mu stayed at the Zongmen for one night, and continued north with Yue Xiaochan in the warm see-off of the aunts the next morning.
Yue Xiaochan swept away the a little melancholic mood last night, excitedly took his hand and hopped and dashed on the road, smiling like a flower.
The girl's mood is melancholy and flying faster, and the ponytail that is pierced at will jump and jump with the run, and it is youthful.
Xue Mu always felt that she should carry another schoolbag and wear a sailor tennis skirt... Yes, she should be a junior high school girl when she was fourteen.
Maybe he really has to admit that he has some loli-control tendencies... He really likes Yue Xiaochan's appearance, maybe it's because the girls you see every day are too young and mature?
Look at the Four Fairies of Absolute Color, Meng Lan, Mu Jianli, Zhu Chenyao, Xiao Qingwu, all eighteen-year-old girls, there are really not many forms that girls should have, and too many things are hidden on the other side. Mu Jianli still shows up often, but seeing her as a suzerain, I am afraid it will be difficult after that. Like Xue Qingqiu, she will hang the sharp sword on the mirror and seal the rouge doll in the cabinet. For solemnity and majesty.
The relationship between the two of them along the way is also very strange. They seem to be lovers, but they rarely act ambiguously. They have never even kissed each other. They love holding hands. It always reminds Xue Mu of the most youthful time on campus, the one that can blush and heartbeat with a quiet glance. But they are clearly an old driver and a little demon, and they are not shy when talking, and they don't care about any explicit words.
For example, Yue Xiaochan sometimes asks the bottom line, who has tasted the best with so many women.
Of course Xue Mu didn't dare to answer the question of saying that everyone was wrong. He just prevaricated: "It's not as good as the fifth girl."
"Who is the fifth girl? Why don't I know?"
"There are too many girls you don't know."
Yue Xiaochan pouted, thinking about going back and checking the little demon girl next to him, which nickname is the fifth girl. It is unforgivable that someone secretly ate with everyone behind their backs.
"Is it Li Xiaorui, she is the fifth age among your eight guards!"
"Puff..." Xue Mu couldn't smile, stretched out his hand and rubbed her head, his pampering appearance could even be seen by passers-by.
Yue Xiaochan stared at him in a mess.
"Guardian, this is your niece, your uncle and nephew are in a very good relationship." This is a casual smile after the roadside shop Xiao Er hot wine.
The two looked at each other and Xue Mu laughed, "Yes, my niece, is she pretty?"
"It's like a fairy descending to the earth, I think it's nothing more than that."
The two went all the way north, into October, into the winter, into the territory of Jianzhou. Obviously, this place is not too far away from Lingzhou, but I have already felt the obvious difference in customs. For example, if you drink alcohol here, you will drink it after being burned. Both warriors and ordinary people are used to it.
There is a small fire in the roadside wine shop with a copper kettle burning on it, and pedestrians sitting in twos and threes around it.
On the empty terrace outside, even on both sides of the avenue, the grain wheat millet was randomly spread to witness the autumn harvest. In fact, Xue Mu knows that it is not grain or wheat. The crops in this world are not the same as his. Perhaps the name is also Gu, but it is actually not a thing. It can be regarded as a spiritual seed, three or four crops a year, yielding something per mu. Very exaggerated, even the effect of winemaking is very mysterious.
It may be related to the species, but also related to the so-called heaven and earth aura.
"Little brother, Jianzhou has a good harvest this year."
"It's so so. It's a little bit down this year."
Xue Mu and Yue Xiaochan looked at each other, listening to Xiao Er's tone, this should be a normal harvest, so other aspects of the property should be similar, and it should be normal. But Jianzhou is clearly not poor, but Wen Jianzong has reached a new level. It seems that the embarrassment of Jianzong has little to do with the local economy, and it is entirely a problem of its own.
In other words, the local people's livelihood and economic circulation are all done by the imperial court. These martial arts sects don't know how to do it, and they will only collect resources layer by layer. It stands to reason that the affiliates at all levels are too large, and you will get rich if you just collect them, but if the operation and management are not good for many years, problems will eventually arise.
Actually, you can go to the modern forum to ask how the world of Xianxia, ​​fantasy and Gaowu has developed. The following answer is that Jiucheng is a mine of lingshi, subordinates, and hunting monsters. There is only this for modern thinking. I really can’t laugh at Jianzong .
Asking Jianzong is only the most prominent one. Other sects should have similar problems more or less, but there are people responsible for economic operation and internal affairs of other sects. Even if they are average, they are not as weird as Asking Jianzong, Xue Mu suspected that Jianzong's accounts were messy, and the warehouse entry and exit records were also messy. He didn't know how many things he had.
A roadside wine shop couldn't see too much, Xue Mu didn't think much about it for the time being, drinking hot wine with Yue Xiaochan, chatting about each other. The chatter in the wine shop also spread to the two people's ears, and they can refer to some questions about Jianzong:
"The grand ceremony of this sect is about to begin, and the people of the world are rushing back one after another. I should also return to the sect immediately. After the ceremony, I will come to you."
Xue Mu turned his head and looked, but it was a shabby boy in white sitting opposite a girl drinking alcohol in the corner, as if saying goodbye.
The girl said: "You return to the sect to concentrate on practicing, martial arts first, don't always run around."
The boy was very moved: "You are so kind to me."
The girl said: "You are a good person."
"I have a normal aptitude, and I squandered at the outer door. I still don't see the hope of entering the inner door. Do you really care?"
"Don't care, aptitude doesn't mean everything, as long as you have perseverance, you will eventually have the time to make progress. Besides, the aptitude to be able to enter the Sword Sect is better than the general inheritance."
The boy almost choked up: "I'm embarrassed in my pocket, I can't even buy a hairpin for you, and you don't care..."
"Don't care, money is something outside of the body, and martial artists of my generation don't take it seriously. As Wenjian, everyone takes a high look. How can you sigh for a hairpin."
"My sect is also embarrassed now, maybe the outer disciple is about to be abolished...If it is really abolished, don't you care?"
"I don't care, a good man wants to be everywhere, asking Jianzong not to keep anyone, he has his own foothold."
Over there, Yue Xiaochan sighed: "Good girl... this man doesn't look good, how can he be so blessed."
But the young man's voice trembled: "This time I return to the sect, I will work hard. I will not look at others, and I will never disappoint you."
The girl said: "It doesn't matter who you see, I don't care..."
"Wow..." Xue Mu was amazed this time: "Where can I find such a good girl..."
Before she finished her words, she listened to the girl saying: "Anyway, I won't marry you. Why should I care about you?"
Xue Mu and Yue Xiaochan spit out a sip of wine together.
The boy's choking became a real cry, and tears ran away.
But I heard that a drinker next to me couldn’t help but say that the girl: "Girl, I think that young man is also a loving person, and he asked the swordsman. Even if he is an outer disciple, he is respected in the world. Why are you so unsympathetic? ?"
"He may not even survive the abolition of the outer door. Even if it has passed, God knows if there will be another time, even if it has passed, can he it if he can't get the gift? Ask the sword disciple Jianghu's status. Can you eat it? Whoever loves to respect and who respects to go, grandma and aunt will not wait."
The alcoholic was silent.
Xue Mu and Yue Xiaochan looked at each other speechlessly.
The super sect who has been in the world for thousands of years, the disciple of his disciple talked about a relationship and was rejected by the woman, but you still can't refute it...
Yue Xiaochan looked at the copper kettle on the stove and said leisurely: "I see your sister Jianli, at this moment, it's the same as the copper kettle. It's on the stove..."