Chapter Three The Mysterious Taoist
The next morning, Xu Su drank a glass of hot water and carried a load to the county town with Qiao Nu.
Since the internal spirit of the five internal organs was stimulated, Xu Su felt that his diet had become very mild, and it didn't matter if he didn't eat or drink for a short time. If he could drink a glass of water, he could last longer. Because the internal spirit in his body was always circulating the essence of the five internal organs to nourish the whole body, forming an internal circulation. This may be the primary preparation stage for accepting Qi and fasting.
This was really a good thing for Xu Su, because he was embarrassed to eat Qiao Nu's family's belongings and use Qiao Nu's family's belongings to make the conditions of Qiao Nu's family worse.
He put his luggage in the stall where Qiao Nu often set up. Xu Su temporarily said goodbye to Qiao Nu and wandered around the county town himself.
As a modern man, he was shopping in such an ancient market, stepping on the stone road under his feet, looking at the stalls beside the road and all kinds of ancient costume pedestrians, and it felt very novel. He was wearing a Taoist robe. Although his clothes were slightly different from those around him, they were not too abrupt. Moreover, he had learned Taoism for many years and had long raised his hair, tied it into a bun, and fixed it on top of his head with a small crown. This small crown was made of resin material and 3D printed before he traveled through time, and painted, which was quite ancient.
Are there any ancient county towns so prosperous?
After walking around, Xu Su approached a stall selling pears. He said it was a stall, but in fact a cart was parked there, and the truck was carrying a large and plump pear.
"Selling pears and selling pears is crispy and scattered, very sweet!"
Is there any pears in this season? Xu Su looked at him curiously.
The pear selling stall was surrounded by Wuyang and Wuyang. It didn't seem like a pear buyer, but it seemed like a fun. Xu Supo walked closer with interest and saw a sloppy Taoist priest in the crowd with a ragged towel and fur clothes, who seemed to be dressed as a wanderer, and was entangled with the owner of the stall.
"Where is the ascetic Taoist priest here? Can you beg here?" Xu Su felt aroused. Such as the ascetic Taoist priests have fewer in later generations, and he himself has not had a wide range of communication, so he has only heard of them.
But when the stall owner who sold pears was impatient, he began to scold the Taoist priest and wanted to drive him away. It was because the Taoist priest was wandering in front of his stall and refused to leave for a long time, attracting a lot of fellow villagers who were watching the fun, but they were not here to buy pears. It delayed his business and seemed to be a good person. He was reluctant to give a pear to the Taoist priest. Unexpectedly, the Taoist priest let him scold him, but he refused to leave, so the crowd grew bigger and bigger.
Xu Su looked at Taoist You Fang carefully and felt that this Taoist was not a simple person.
In early spring, it is still cold and cold. This Taoist priest's clothes are thin, not covered with wind and frost, rain and snow, but he is calm and composed, without any fear of coldness.
Moreover, no matter how the stall owner scolded him, he was neither anxious nor impatient nor angry. He just said that there were hundreds of pears on the car. If he gave him one, he would not harm the stall owner, but instead he would be able to increase his blessings and accumulate virtues.
Xu Suyouxin became acquainted with this Taoist priest, so he said loudly: "You might as well pick one for him!"
Then there were idle men watching to help: "Yes, this Taoist priest is also a poor man. Just pick a sour pear and send him away!"
The stall owner insisted on refusing: "My pears are not sour. If you don't give them, you won't give them. Whoever you want to help this Taoist priest can do it, I will buy them and give them to him by myself, I will never object."
After hearing this, everyone talked about it again, but no one stood up again.
Xu Su was also helpless. He only had a suit and had no money on him when he traveled through time. Even if he brought banknotes in his pocket, who would recognize this thing these days!
When he was depressed, Xu Su saw the Taoist priest You Fang look back at him. Seeing that he was dressed as a Taoist priest, he was slightly stunned. His eyes were facing each other. He was about to speak, but he was interrupted by a voice beside him: "That Taoist, I will give you a pear."
Before he finished speaking, a short and fat man in a well-dressed dress came out of the onlookers. He heard people talking about it and it seemed that this person was a hired worker from a family in the county. After asking for the price, it was four or five times higher than that of ordinary pears, which made everyone shocked.
"Why are you slapping me so expensive?" The hired worker was shocked and angry, and his voice became higher unconsciously.
"No, no, don't worry, listen to my explanation." The stall owner changed his attitude when he saw that a business came to his house, and he smiled and said, "My pear is a transplanted Laiyang pear. I spent the winter with my secret method. It has a large skin, a beautiful and juicy meat, and it is no different from the taste of fresh pears. The pear trees are specially selected and well-equipped, and they are carefully served. Otherwise, they will never be sold at this price! I am also a good family in the county and township. You can go and ask for it, but I can't lie to you."
The hired worker understood the whole story and calmed down, bought the pear and gave it to the Taoist priest.
The Taoist took the pear, thanked him calmly, turned around and said to the onlookers, "I am a monk and I am not stingy with things outside my body. I have high-quality pears here, so I can ask you donors to taste them."
Xu Su was stunned after hearing this. This Taoist priest clearly had no body, so where did the pear come from?
But the Taoist priest finished eating the pear in a few bites, held the remaining pear core in his hand, untied the shovel on his shoulder and dug a hole, buried the pear core in the soil. He asked the melon-eating crowd for a bowl of hot soup and poured it in slowly.
Xu Su's eyes were straightened, and he vaguely knew what the Taoist priest was going to do.
For a long time, legends of Taoist masters have been circulating among the people. For example, Ye Fashan and Emperor Tang travel to the Moon Palace, Sa Zhenren cursed jujubes, enlightened the Eight Immortals, etc. It is difficult to distinguish whether it is historical facts or artistic processing. Xu Su has always read according to his attitude towards any novel.
But now, the legendary fairy tale may be about to be revealed to him?
Xu Su felt extremely unreal. Where did he travel through time?
In front of everyone, the soil buried in the pear core was slightly stirred, and a seedling stretched out. The seedling grew in the wind, and in just a quarter of an hour, it had already flourished.
The melon-eating crowd was stunned, and even the pear-selling stall owner couldn't help but come forward and widen his eyes.
I saw the pear tree blooming and bearing quickly, and the branches were covered with round and plump pears.
Everyone was stunned, but the Taoist priest smiled slightly, bowed to everyone, picked all the pears on the tree and scattered them for everyone to taste.
Chapter completed!