Chapter 8 Heart towards the Tao
It was almost noon, and the sun was in full bloom.
Touching his belly, he felt unbearably hungry. Lin Bai lazily started a fire to cook, and he really missed Mu Zhen's white and big buns.
I picked up my bamboo hat to shade myself from the sun and went out directly.
Turn out of the alley and come to the bun shop. Mu Zhen was seen wearing an apron, her head covered with floral cloth, her sleeves turned out, and she was kneading dough.
After not seeing each other for half a month, Mu Zhen's chest seemed to be a little richer.
It's a pity that I can't hold it in my hands and don't know the truth.
"Sister Zhen." Lin Bai stepped forward and spoke enthusiastically.
"Why are you here?" Mu Zhen raised her head and saw Lin Bai. A smile appeared on her face. She wiped the sweat on her forehead with the back of her hand and asked, "Why haven't you gone out these days? I didn't even knock on the door. Should?”
"My... people on the street say that I... say that I can spin a wheel. I'm embarrassed to go out." Lin Bai smiled awkwardly and came up with the reasons he had made up a long time ago.
"You, you, that's not a bad thing, you're so thin-skinned!" Mu Zhen looked outside and saw no one passing by, so she asked in a low voice: "Xiao Linzi, you...can really spin a wheel?"
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Are all widows so unrestrained? Lin Bai didn't know how to answer the call.
"Well, whoever wants to marry you in the future will be lucky." Mu Zhen sighed quietly, "Unlike me, a widow, no one wants me even if I give you a favor." After saying that, she glanced at Lin Bai resentfully.
"Sister Zhen, don't worry, you will definitely find a good man in the future." Lin Bai could only comfort her blindly.
"Is there anyone better than you?" Mu Zhen asked.
It depends on which aspect, I am definitely not as good at turning the wheel...
Lin Bai couldn't bear such bold and straightforward words, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Sister Zhen, has anything happened here recently?"
In fact, Lin Bai wanted to know whether the Ax Gang and the Qinglong Gang had merged.
"What can happen? The Xue family's unsatisfactory son beat someone to death; the old Liu family got a rich relative and brought him home with a lot of money; and the Jia family's old man was stripped of his ashes. People know..." Mu Zhen is really well-informed.
"Then the Ax Gang and the Qinglong Gang didn't get into trouble?" Lin Bai stopped pretending.
"I haven't heard anything happened." Mu Zhen shook her head.
This is a bit strange. Lin Bai remembered what Niu Er said that day, and it seemed that he wanted to deal with the Ax Gang. The Ax Gang captured the Qinglong Gang for Qi Wangzu’s case...
It's hard for two small gangs entrenched in the impoverished northern city not to fight! Can peace still be negotiated?
"Sister Zhen, I have something else to do, so I'm going to leave first." Lin Bai put on the sun hat again.
After saying that, Lin Baimai left without waiting for Mu Zhen to say anything.
Seeing that Lin Bai was running for his life, Mu Zhen stamped her feet angrily and said angrily: "I said it so clearly, there's no way this little brat can't understand it! He looks at me twice every time he sees me. It’s obvious that he just wants to sleep with me and doesn’t want to worry about me!”
Lin Bai didn't run very slowly, but his ears were so good that he still heard Mu Zhen's nagging.
It's just that I originally wanted to eat her steamed buns, but I didn't get anything.
In fact, Lin Bai also knew that if he agreed, he would definitely eat the buns as he pleased, eating them during the day and eating them at night until he was full.
Walking along the street, Lin Bai's goal was Nancheng.
The pattern of Huaxi County is poor in the north and rich in the south.
In front of the city gate in the south is the Huaxi River. There is a dock outside the city, and there is a lot of goods coming and going. Most of the wealthy people in the city live in the east of the south city.
Therefore, Nancheng is prosperous, with all kinds of businesses and shops.
Of course, the forces are also intertwined, and it is difficult to gain a foothold in Nancheng without a foothold.
When he came to Nancheng, he didn't know anyone here, so Lin Bai dared to spend a lot of money. I found a restaurant, ate three kilograms of dumplings, and drank a bowl of rice wine.
After settling the account, Lin Bai entered another teahouse. I spent two pennies on a bowl of the worst herbal tea and didn't say anything, just listening to what others were saying.
It was a hot summer day and everyone had little entertainment. They all gathered in the teahouse to chat.
Lin Bai listened for more than half an hour and found that most people were talking about the drought in the north, and some were talking about the secrets of love in Huaxi County.
"I heard that there is a man with mud legs over there in Beicheng who can pick up wheels and make them spin! He is so rich that people have gone to him to borrow seeds!" someone said. "Good guy! The wheel weighs less than ten pounds. If you can really pick it up, you have an extraordinary talent!" Someone answered.
Lin Bai wanted to listen to some interesting stories about the world in the teahouse, but he didn't expect that he would be involved...
He pressed his hat and walked away.
Then it was time to get down to business. Lin Bai had inquired about it and found out that there were three martial arts schools in Nancheng, which were very famous.
Now I have too few trump cards, only the skill of flying knives. You really should learn something else, not to mention advanced internal skills, at least learn some boxing and sword skills.
However, after Lin Bai visited two martial arts schools in a row, he felt quite disappointed.
As he practiced flying knives for a long time, Lin Bai became somewhat discerning, and he was an expert in the art.
There are no profound techniques in these two martial arts schools.
It neither teaches internal skills nor mind skills, nor does it teach light body skills.
What is taught are all basic Kung Fu of building strength, focusing on swordsmanship and boxing techniques, with an emphasis on actual combat.
Of course, if you succeed in learning, you can barely be an enemy of ten people, and you will definitely be able to look after homes and nursing homes.
In fact, this is indeed the case. People who come out of the three martial arts schools all rush to the nursing homes of wealthy families.
But this was far from enough for Lin Bai, and there was no value in learning at all.
I have tempered my body thousands of times in the stone plate space, and I can use it when I pick up the sword, but there is no rules.
Besides, the tuition is very expensive. It costs ten taels to get started and another ten taels to learn the arts.
But if you think about it carefully, this is normal.
Internal strength is rare and cannot be bought with money. In other words, it is absolutely impossible to buy twelve hundred taels.
A complete set of internal energy methods and martial arts skills can be passed down from generation to generation, and can flourish for several generations, creating a prosperous family.
In fact, it is the foundation and foundation of a sect.
No one would sell this thing unless it was a last resort.
Therefore, the martial arts schools teach only superficial kung fu, focusing on swordsmanship and boxing techniques that are practical and easy to learn. It looks like the moves are powerful, but in fact, when you encounter a master, you will miss the mark.
There may be many masters in the world, but how many can there be in little Huaxi County? The people Lin Bai met from the Qinglong Gang and the Ax Gang, such as Dong Chao, Xue Ba, and Niu Er, were actually no better than the apprentices from these martial arts schools.
After visiting two martial arts schools, there is still one Tai Chi gym left. I heard that the owner of that gym is named Ma, and he practices Hunyuan Xingyi Tai Chi. It is a very amazing skill to overcome hardness with softness and become stronger when strong.
Lin Bai didn't quite believe it, but he still took a look. In the end, it was a waste of time.
After a day of blindness, Lin Bai went back to Beicheng after eating a crazy meal of mutton.
Instead of going home directly, he went to Baicao Hall first.
"Doctor Bai, I have already memorized "Tongyao Neijing". Can you borrow some other books to read?" Lin Bai said in a courteous tone.
"It's rare." Doctor Bai had a smile on his face and asked a few questions casually, and Lin Bai answered them all.
Doctor Bai saw that Lin Bai was really interested, and his smile became even brighter.
"If Nei Jing Tong is an outline, it's not enough to just memorize it, you also have to know the meaning." Zhong Xiuxiu spoke while grinding the medicine.
As she spoke, she glanced at Lin Bai, and then silently stretched out three fingers to indicate that she still owed three qian of soup and medicine.
Lin Bai ignored Zhong Xiuxiu, the debt collector. He only saluted Dr. Bai respectfully and asked, "Doctor Bai, please borrow a few more medical books so that I can go back and read the details."
"It's easy to talk. It's always good to be willing to study medicine. Maybe you can save a few more people in the future." Doctor Bai took out two booklets and handed them to Lin Bai.
"Thank you, Doctor Bai." Lin Bai bowed again.
I came home with the book in my arms, and as soon as I closed the door bolt, there was a knock on the door.
Fu opened the door again, and there was a short and fat man standing outside with a whistle stick in his hand. It was Xue Ba from the Ax Gang.
(End of chapter)