After the New Year, it’s the Spring Festival.
Lu Yuan did not spend this period with Sun Siwen.
Although the two are friends, they are not a family after all. They still have to spend the Spring Festival with their families.
It's also a good time to spend the holidays alone and have some exclusive time for yourself.
On the second day of the first lunar month, it is time to visit relatives and friends.
Lu Yuan didn't have many relatives. Apart from Sun Siwen, he also had a few fair-weather friends like Blacksmith Sun Liu. So if you want to move around, you can only go to these people's homes.
Thinking that they were all neighbors and it would be nice to have a good relationship, I took a few strips of bacon and visited them door to door.
When I came back, I already had a lot of red envelopes in my hand as a thank you gift.
On the third day of junior high school, Lu Yuan went to the county town.
It's now the beginning of the month, and the training materials he bought last month were just used up yesterday and need to be replenished.
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The sun was shining particularly brightly this morning, and the snow on the road could not withstand the warmth. It turned into snow and soaked the land, turning the road into mud.
After driving for an hour, Lu Yuan looked at the city gate in front of him and felt relieved.
In this ancient society similar to previous generations, road construction technology was so poor that even the official roads turned into uneven mud pits after being soaked in water, making it very difficult to walk.
"Fortunately, this journey is finally over."
Lu Yuan shook his head, then shook his backpack, smiled and walked into the city.
Although it was the New Year's Day, the officials guarding the gate still did not forget their professional ethics. When they saw someone entering the city, they immediately stopped them, intending to earn some money for the festival.
But Lu Yuan now has a household registration and is no longer a black householder. He is not afraid of identity threats at all. At the same time, the basket on his back was empty except for a strip of bacon. There was no other cargo.
Therefore, a few petty officials scolded him and could only collect the basic entry tax of five cents. They gave the poor guy a push and allowed him to enter the city.
Pretending to be frightened, Lu Yuan entered the city. He glanced at the few officials vaguely and took note of their faces. He already made an account in his mind.
He decided that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would repay these people for their care over the years.
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Zhou Family Medicine Store.
Although it's the New Year's Day, there are things like injuries and illnesses, but I won't tell you whether it's a holiday or not.
When a serious illness comes, it needs to be treated.
Therefore, after the Spring Festival, the medicine store was already open. Zhou Ze was lying on the recliner, smiling at his son handling the medicinal materials.
"Doctor Zhou."
Lu Yuan knocked on the door of the drug store, then walked in, took out a hanging bacon from the basket, handed it to Dr. Zhou's son Zhou Qing, who was looking curious, and said with a smile: "Come on, Xiao Qingzi, this is This is a New Year’s greeting to your family.”
This boy is now twelve years old, very tall, and looks like a little adult.
Zhou Qing took the bacon and said dissatisfiedly: "I am not young anymore. Now I have learned how to handle medicinal materials and can give people medicine."
Lu Yuan laughed: "Yes, yes, you are not young anymore. In two years, you can ask for a wife and become a father."
According to the customs of this era, it is extremely normal for children to get married and have children at the age of fourteen or fifteen. It is not uncommon for a twelve-year-old child like Zhou Qing to get married.
"You...what are you talking about! Who is getting married..." Zhou Qing was still thin-skinned. When he was teased, he immediately blushed and ran away.
Looking at his back, Lu Yuan smiled even happier.
"Okay, Mr. Lu, please stop teasing my kid."
Next to him, Zhou Ze was also a little funny, but he was more serious and took into account the majesty of being a father. He quickly changed the subject and said, "Are you here to take medicine again today?"
At this time every month, Lu Yuan would come to him to get medicine, and it became a routine.
"Oh, yes."
Lu Yuan nodded, took out the five taels of silver he had prepared, and handed it over: "It's still enough for one month, this is money."
"Hey, I really don't know what's the use of practicing like this? It's been a year and I still have no talent. I can still only be a hunter.
Let me tell you, if you save the extra money you spent on medicine this year, you can buy a few acres of farmland and build a big house in the countryside.
When you have these family assets, finding a daughter from a good family, starting a family, isn't that better than pursuing those illusory martial arts skills now? "
Zhou Ze gave the usual advice, got up from the recliner, and prepared to grab the medicine himself.
The medicinal materials Lu Yuan bought were, in a sense, the other party's exclusive secret recipe.
Now people come to him for medicine without any hesitation. This is trust.
Therefore, out of professional ethics and to live up to the trust of the other party, Dr. Zhou always takes medicine alone.
Otherwise, it would be his own son.
That little brat is too young and doesn't know what to say. Who knows if it will leak out?
"Martial arts training is still useful."
After having been in contact with Zhou Ze for a long time, Lu Yuan already had a good impression of this doctor who was very ethical and also kind-hearted.
Therefore, he didn’t shy away from things that weren’t too secretive. He just smiled and said, “Let’s just say I hunt. In the past, when I encountered wild beasts like jackals, tigers, and leopards, I could only rely on traps to deal with them. I didn’t even dare to deal with them.” Fight directly.
But now, even if I face a leopard head-on, I can beat it to death with just my fleshy palms. "
Zhou Ze took out a batch of medicinal materials from the cabinet. When he heard Lu Yuan's words, he was a little suspicious: "You have only practiced for a year, and you practiced blindly alone. Did you really become famous?"
Seeing that the other party didn't believe him, Lu Yuan looked around and happened to see a small stepping stone at the door.
So he walked over, picked up the stone, came to Zhou Ze, waved his hand and said, "Watch."
After saying that, he mobilized his inner strength and shook it hard.
There were a few crunching sounds in the palm of my hand.
When he opened his hand, he saw that the stone had been crushed into powder.
"this……"
Zhou Ze looked at this scene and couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise: "You've really made a name for yourself."
As he said that, he looked Lu Yuan up and down, his eyes more serious than ever before, as if he was reacquainting himself with this hunter in the mountains who seemed a bit strange to him in the past.
Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Yes. So you know why I insist on practicing martial arts, right?"
"No wonder I keep urging you to save money, but you don't want to."
Zhou Ze nodded and suddenly realized: "Indeed, with this kind of martial arts, how can those country women like the days of ordinary rich farmers in the countryside? You do have a better way out. It was me who talked too much in the past."
But even though he knew that the other party had become famous in martial arts, he didn't pay too much attention to it.
As a doctor, patients are always indispensable.
And people who practice martial arts are inevitably injured.
Zhou Ze has been practicing medicine for more than ten years, and he has never treated people with martial arts in the past.
In terms of martial arts, those who are true martial artists are infinitely better than the Lu Yuan in front of them.
A mere trick of crushing rocks is nothing.
At most, it would change Lu Yuan's impression in his eyes from an interesting hunter to an interesting hunter with some martial arts skills.
In terms of importance, for Dr. Zhou, martial arts is not as interesting as it is.
Zhou Ze had long been familiar with the medicinal materials Lu Yuan needed to practice, especially after forming a routine, and some of them were even prepared in advance.
It didn't take a moment for a month's worth of medicinal materials to be packed: "Here, this month's quantity."
After reaching out to take the medicinal materials and putting them in the basket on his back, Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't hold back a thought that had always been in his mind, and asked: "Doctor Zhou, you... you have that kind of dizzy person here?" Are you drugged?"
Since it was speculated that the leader of the Black Wolf Gang may be a second-rate master, and if the other party discovers his identity, he is likely to have ill intentions towards him.
Lu Yuan has always felt insecure.
But just by practicing martial arts, I don't know how many years it will take to reach the second-rate level and have enough power to protect myself.
Therefore, at this time, you have to think of a way to add more means of self-protection for yourself.
And drugging was one of his chosen methods.
Zhou Ze was about to return to the recliner and continue to lie down. When he heard this, he immediately turned around and frowned: "Why do you ask this?"
Lu Yuan explained: "Am I not a hunter? I just said that when hunting, when faced with fierce beasts like leopards, jackals, and wolves, I can deal with them with just one hand.
But facing big guys like tigers and black bears, they are a bit weak.
When I was drinking tea in a teahouse, I heard someone say that there is a kind of dizzy medicine in Jianghu. So I wanted to ask if there is such a drug.
If there is, it can be used to deal with fierce beasts such as tigers.
The price that a tiger can be sold for is comparable to that of dozens of wild wolves. If you can catch one, you can rest for a year. "
He spoke out the words he had prepared in his heart.
But Zhou Ze didn't believe this at all, and sneered: "I think you want to use it to charm me. Hunters deal with wild beasts without using traps or poisons. Do you really think I'm a three-year-old?"
Why, you have just become famous in martial arts training, and you can't wait to kill people, buy goods, and make a few windfalls? "
Lu Yuan's expression did not change, he just looked at the other person and said: "Doctor Zhou, you know me. I have always been a timid person, how dare I use drugs to charm, let alone do business without capital.
These are all going to be beheaded.
The reason why I wanted to buy the drug was just to prepare some means for self-defense.
If Dr. Zhou doesn't want to sell, forget it and pretend I didn't say so. "
Although he said this, he had already made up his mind. If Zhou Ze refused in the end, he would flee far away today.
Without it, just be cautious.
After all, once the foundation of trust is broken, all past relationships will only become the fuse of hatred.
Zhou Ze seemed to be aware of this.
He looked Lu Yuan up and down, recalling the past encounters in his mind. He realized that the person in front of him was indeed not a cunning and evil person. He hesitated and asked, "Are you really just here for self-defense?"
Lu Yuan nodded solemnly: "I promise, it is definitely for self-defense."
Well, buying the drug yourself is indeed for self-defense.
But in order to defend yourself, killing the enemy with poison in advance is not considered a breach of promise, right?
After all, he was doing it for self-defense.
Staring into Lu Yuan's eyes for a long time, but still unable to see what the other person was thinking, Zhou Ze looked away and sighed in his heart: 'This boy is really a little fox. '
After sighing twice, he shook his head and said: "I am indeed addicted to drugs. It was left by a patient who came to me for treatment seven years ago. He was too seriously injured at that time, and he died before I could treat him. He died immediately, leaving only a portion of the "Seven Steps Incense" drug on his body.
Although I have never made this medicine, I have studied the formula. It should be what you people in the world call a drug. "
At this point, Zhou Ze's name for Lu Yuan also changed from hunter to Jianghu man.
Obviously, asking for drugs changed his impression in the other person's mind.
But Lu Yuan didn't care about this.
Now that he was ready to ask about drug addiction, it already meant that he had entered the world.
In fact, as early as that trip to the South China Sea, after that killing, he was already a charlatan.
It's just that this Jianghu man is still weak now and can only use his identity as a hunter to cover himself.
"How much?" Lu Yuan asked.
"One hundred taels of silver." Zhou Ze looked at him, a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes, as if he wanted to use this price as a final persuasion.
But this is destined to be a useless effort.
"Okay, I bought it."
Lu Yuan reached out and took out a large bag of silver from his arms and placed it on the counter.
Since he planned to buy intoxicating drugs, he brought most of his savings with him when he came.
As for one hundred taels of silver to buy a drug?
You can have one more way to save your life and enhance your probability of survival.
To him, an immortal, that was more important than anything else.
In contrast, money can be accumulated slowly as long as you spend some time.
'The big deal is that I, the Arrow God of Lantau Island, can just go to the South China Sea to travel around the world. ’ he thought in his mind.
Well, certain things, once done, are like turning on a switch and you can never go back.
Just like hunting.
When Zhou Ze heard the reply, he looked away in disappointment, then returned to the back hall. After a while, he came back with a piece of yellowed paper and a large bag of medicinal materials in his hand: "Take it, here is the formula. . There is also a certain amount of medicinal materials, enough for you to make intoxicating drugs for more than ten people."
"Thank you, Doctor Zhou." Lu Yuan looked happy and stretched out his hand to take it.
Zhou Ze pressed his hand on the medicinal materials, stared into his eyes, and said seriously: "Remember, everything you do after you leave the medicine shop has nothing to do with me. What you do in the world has nothing to do with me. Can you? Can you do it?”
Lu Yuan looked at the doctor and said solemnly, "Okay. After I left home, I was a hunter who often bought medicine. It was only because my body couldn't bear it after living in the mountains for a long time that I came to Dr. Zhou for treatment."
Zhou Ze let go of his hand, nodded and said: "It's good that you know. I don't like trouble, and I'm not interested in things in the world. I just want to be a doctor who treats diseases in peace, and then pass this shop on to my little one." Green. That’s all.”
As he said this, Doctor Zhou was sighing in his heart.
Maybe one day, I won't be able to see this interesting guest in front of me.
Jianghu.
These two words seem to be magical, attracting countless passionate young people to step in.
But how would those young people know?
As soon as he entered the Jianghu, he was full of bones. I don't know when, I will fall on it and become one of them.
Just like the owner of the drug "Qibu Xiang", even though he had this drug, he couldn't even get treatment in the end and died in the hospital with nothing?
As a doctor who treats illnesses and injuries, Zhou Ze has seen many people die due to Jianghu vendetta.
At this time, looking at Lu Yuan, he seemed to see the dead people he had seen in the past.
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Lu Yuan was not clear about Dr. Zhou's psychological process in front of him.
Even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
Just kidding, am I, the Immortal God of Lantau Island, the kind of person who seeks revenge and fights with gangsters?
When it comes to cherishing life, who can match him.
If you really get through it, when all eighteen generations of Zhou Ze's descendants are dead, you will still be alive.
Therefore, if there is any hatred, Lu Yuan can just endure it.
Time will erase everything and kill all enemies.
He doesn't need to fight to the death.
Just need to endure it.
Therefore, buying intoxicating drugs is really just for self-defense.
Someone is just thinking too much.
"Thank you Doctor Zhou today."
At the door of the drug store, Lu Yuan, who had got his wish, smiled and cupped his hands towards Zhou Ze: "Then I will come again next month. Take care, Doctor Zhou."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the city with the basket on his back.
