This cow was obviously not as advanced as Sun Wukong and the Bull Demon King, so in the end he had to be obedient and was driven back to the cow pen. But it is estimated that facing a little girl like Uzhina, the two of them will have to rush to the street.
Uzhina clapped her hands with satisfaction and walked to Shao Xi.
"Did you see? I can do it without your help. I just want you to experience it. But I gave you a chance and you didn't use it!"
Shao Xi felt that the last sentence was so familiar. Could it be that this little girl also traveled through time?
"Well, I'm here to thank you for giving me this pocket bag. I like it very much. And those stones." Shao Xi originally wanted to ask directly, but now looking at the little girl, he felt that he still needed to be coaxed.
"These are my favorite things. Abu said that we should give the best gifts to guests from far away." Uzhina embodies the simplicity and kindness of the prairie people.
"Uzhina, are we friends now?" Shao Xi asked tentatively.
Uzhina smiled, as if she had completely forgotten about the quarrel between the two of them just now, "Of course, Muren said we will be good friends from now on."
"Then I want to ask, where did you pick up those stones?"
"Here! It's over there." As she said that, Uzhina raised her little hand and pointed to the north.
Shao Xi's eyes lit up, with an expression like the big bad wolf looking at Little Red Riding Hood. He said with a smile: "Let's go over there and play together! You help me find rocks, and I'll teach you some new games."
As soon as Uzhina heard that she could play a new game, she immediately became excited, "Okay, okay! What new game is it?"
"You'll know that later. When are we going to pick up rocks?"
"The stones were picked up in the Gobi desert in the north. It's a bit far away. Every time, Abu takes me there on horseback. How about we ask Muren to take us there tomorrow."
"Then let's do it tomorrow. We'll set off early tomorrow morning. I'll have something good for you then." Shao Xi said mysteriously.
Uzhina asked expectantly: "What good thing?"
"Keep it secret, you'll know tomorrow."
"Hmph! If you don't say anything, I'm going to find Muren." Uzhina pouted and left unwillingly.
Shao Xi looked at the sky and felt that he should hurry up and prepare. What to prepare? Of course, prepare the good things in his mouth.
He trotted to find the most skilled leatherworker in the tribe and asked him to help him make a cowhide bag with a diameter of just over twenty centimeters. After stuffing the inside with hay and compacting it, the opening of the bag is perfectly sewn, and a "football" is ready.
That was not the end yet. Then he ran to get some coarse sand and rags, and asked the aunt in the tribe to help him sew a sandbag for girls to play with. The aunt didn't understand until she finished it. What was the purpose of the bag for holding sand that he asked her to help make?
By the time Shao Xi finished all this, it was already dark.
"It looks like I'm really going to open a kindergarten and hang out with naughty kids all day long." Shao Xi muttered, scratching his head.
Early the next morning, Muren took Uzhina and brought a group of children to find Shao Xi.
Because Shao Xi had just learned to ride a horse, these children did not dare to run too fast. Only Wu Zhina kept urging Muren to go faster. It can be seen that Muren is a very good rider, and he only keeps the speed low to take care of Shao Xi.
The place Uzhina mentioned was indeed quite far away. A group of people rode horses like this for nearly an hour. It was a Gobi Desert, with sand in some places and stones in many places. It still looked quite deserted.
After Shao Xi got off the horse, he took out the football and sandbag from the horse's saddle and handed them to Muren and Uzhina respectively.
The children all looked at Shao Xi curiously, as if asking: "It's just this thing, what's so fun about it?"
But when Shao Xi kicked the ball far away, the group of children rushed out in a swarm as if a switch had been turned on. Of course he doesn't need to worry about what happens next.
Uzhina pursed her lips and looked at the sandbags in her hands: "Why are theirs so big and mine so small?"
"They have many people fighting for one, and what you have belongs to you alone. Come, I will teach you how to kick."
Shao Xi's fancy performance made Uzhina's eyes full of stars.
Shao Xi secretly wiped his sweat, "Fortunately, I liked playing shuttlecock when I was in elementary school, otherwise I wouldn't be able to bluff today."
"Come on, let's go find the rocks."
Uzhina kicked the sandbags intently. He replied: "I'm not going, I want to practice for a while, you can go by yourself."
When Shao Xi heard this, he didn't say anything, but he was unhappy in his heart: "I'm here to start a business today, not for an outing."
But it was hard to say anything, so I had to ask: "Where? I'll go by myself."
Uzhina raised her hand and pointed northward, saying, "There is a rocky beach ahead, not far from here."
"Okay, follow Muren here and don't run around. I'm going to pick up rocks."
"Well..." Uzhina was currently focused on kicking sandbags.
Shao Xi walked in the direction pointed by Uzhina for about five or six minutes, and then he saw a large stone beach filled with strange, colorful and strange stones.
"Money, money, here I come!"
Shao Xi rushed into the stone beach with bright eyes. If Old Wu saw that money-obsessed look, he would definitely say that he had no knowledge.
But after searching for a while, I found that it was not as simple as I thought. I did find a few, but they were too rough and incomparable to the ones Uzhina picked up. This made Shao Xi a little discouraged.
"Did I not walk far enough? With such a large rocky beach, the best things must be inside."
With this thought in mind, Shao Xi walked towards the depths of the stone beach.
After walking for who knows how long, Shao Xi finally found a very good-looking Sky Eye Stone among a pile of stones. He hurriedly ran over to pick it up and looked at it carefully.
This is an orange Sky Eye stone. It looks very transparent, and the eyes are vivid, just like real ones.
Just as Shao Xi put the stone into his pocket, he looked up and saw a straw shed not far away, which was similar to the one where he and Lao Wu stayed. There was thick smoke coming out of the hut, as if something was burning, and there was a faint pungent smell, as if someone was coughing.
"Who is lighting a fire and cooking in this inhospitable place? Is there anything wrong with his mind?"
As soon as Shao Xi thought of this, he immediately thought of himself and Lao Wu from the previous two days, so he was sure that there was nothing wrong with this man's mind.
Just as Shao Xi was about to reach the hut, a person rushed out from inside. Seeing the miserable look on that man's face made him laugh.
I saw this man in rags and rags, looking miserable. The right sleeve of the robe was gone, and the left sleeve was half off, exposing the shoulders; there were big holes next to small holes on the lapel; on the feet were a pair of rag shoes, with all ten toes basking in the sun. Looking up at his head again, Shao Xi laughed like a pig...
His big, round face was made colorful by something, just like the palette of an oil painting. His appearance was almost invisible, but what was certain was that he was no better than Old Wu; his hair and beard were all gone. Half of it was burned, and it was still smoking; it stared at Shao Xi with a pair of panicked, innocent, and dull eyes.
Shao Xi knew it was rude to laugh like this in front of others, but he really couldn't bear it. Halfway through, he waved his hand to the other party and said, "Sorry, I couldn't help it."
Just when he was about to collapse with laughter, the guy opposite seemed to collapse too. He shouted loudly at him: "Laugh! You're laughing! The elixir I spent a year refining actually exploded today. My hard work this year has been in vain, and you're still laughing!"
"Alchemy? Is it the kind of thing that not only prevents immortality but also burps in advance?" Shao Xi asked, holding his stomach.
"Fart, I never practice those harmful things. What I practice is serious elixirs, elixirs that can improve your skills. Do you understand? Little brat!"
"Hey, hey! Let's just discuss the matter and don't make any personal attacks, okay? What a little kid, what a little kid."
"I don't care whether you are a ginseng rooster or a Ganoderma lucidum duck. Anyway, don't bother me." After saying that, the alchemy master turned around and headed back to the hut.
Shao Xi suddenly lost his temper and shouted at this person: "Oh! You are such a messy old guy. Do you believe that you are going to practice this method? You will still explode."
When the alchemy master heard this, he was like a rooster with fried feathers. Rushing to Shao Xi, "Bah, bah, bah! Fart! Fart! Fart! You little brat, you know nothing!"
Shao Xi covered his nose in an exaggerated manner, "Old guy, why are you talking about farts?"
The alchemy master was at a loss for words when Shao Xi retorted. He was stunned and didn't know what to say. Only the wisp of smoke on his head was still dangling.
"Let me ask you, what did you put in the elixir when you made it?" Shao Xi asked when he saw that he had stopped talking.
"How can I tell you the secret of this elixir?" the alchemy master replied, stroking his beard that was almost bald.
"Can we talk carefully? If you release saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, just say you released it. Don't act like you ate gunpowder. Oh, no, you did eat gunpowder just now."
The alchemy master asked in surprise: "How did you know that I put these three things? Have you ever peeked at my alchemy recipe?"
Shao Xi was not happy when he heard this, "Bah! Who cares about your bad pill recipe? You put the raw materials of gunpowder together and burned them. If you don't blow up, it's your advantage."
"What is gunpowder? What kind of disease can it cure? Or what kind of skill can it improve?"
"What else can be cured? It can cure you of excess life, and can send you to see the Lord of Hell."
The alchemy master was surprisingly lifeless this time, and said with a smile: "I have been obsessed with epigraphy and medicine all my life. If you have an unknown elixir in your hand, I am willing to exchange it with you."
"Change it with your sister."
Shao Xi said to himself that if an idiot plays with gunpowder, he will die sooner or later.
"There are no sisters in this way. My little friend, let's see if we can change to one?"
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