Chapter Fourteen: Flowers and Cow Dung

  Zhang Yu quickly ran out, leaving Wen Fei bewildered. However, he soon brought in a girl wearing straight jeans that accentuated her long legs, with a clear and elegant face, and a ponytail. She looked simple yet radiated a vibrant youthfulness that was captivating.

  Looking at the two of them walking in intimately, Zhang Yu said with a smile: "Xiaoyu, let me introduce you, this is my brother. His name is Wen Fei, just call him Dao Shi!"

  Wen Fei was still wearing his Taoist robe and hadn't changed out of it. Seeing Zhang Yu bring a girl who looked like a proper lady, he couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart. He thought to himself, "Another beautiful flower has been planted in this pile of cow dung." Speaking of Zhang Yu, that fat guy may not look great, but he had an incredible way with women, constantly changing girlfriends every few days. And each one was more beautiful than the last. Unlike Wen Fei, who had always been single.

  "Oh... such a big chicken. Now with bird flu, this chicken..." Xiaoyu suddenly cried out when she saw the chicken in Wenfei's hands.

  "It's okay, it's okay." Zhang Yu smiled and said: "This is the authentic free-range chicken from the mountains, raised in our own home. It's not a breeding farm, how could it possibly spread bird flu?" He quickly started to gather up the rooster.

  Wen Fei's kitchen was not big, Zhang Yu and his new girlfriend squeezed in, showing off their love, and started making a loving dinner. Of course, if Wen Fei wasn't there!

  "Fuxing has infinite heavenly respect, I'm just a humble seeker of the Tao. How could I fall into **?" Wen Fei's heart felt sour as he looked at this situation, consoling himself. He simply decided to be a bystander, letting the two take over the kitchen and do whatever they wanted. In his heart, however, he couldn't help but curse: "A beautiful flower like her is being wasted on a pile of cow dung!"

  Wen Fei arrived at the ancient place around dusk and spent a few hours there. Now it's just past midnight. As two people went to cook, he took out today's gains, originally over 2 guan of money, but after buying some things, only about 1,500-1,600 copper coins were left, still almost 2 guan.

  He only knew now that the phenomenon of short weight and less money was not unique to modern times. In Northern Song Dynasty, it was also quite common. Originally, one tael of silver should have been exactly 1,000 coins, but later it became 900, 800, and some places even reduced it to 750... It's too damn cheating.

  He spat out a mouthful of bitter water, and suddenly felt his interest waning. Thinking that he had actually met the fourth and fifth ancestors of the Golden Elixir School's Southern Sect, it was an opportunity bigger than heaven itself! What was the result? He had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai, and ended up offending both of them... Thinking of this, Wen Fei began to sigh. Even the long-awaited chicken meat seemed tasteless to him now.

  For Wen Fei, a Taoist super fan, or a god stick in others' eyes, being able to learn the true transmission has an irresistible attraction.

  "The dishes are ready, the dishes are ready. Taoist priest, I think we should go buy some wine, how can we have dishes without wine?" Zhang Yu shouted from the kitchen.

  Wen Fei lazily said a sentence: "Don't want to go..." Then the whole person jumped up: "I'll go buy wine, hehe... Fatty, you really are a wake-up call for someone in a dream, hehe..." Saying that, he ran out excitedly.

  Zhang Yu in the kitchen muttered: "What's wrong with this Taoist priest today?"

  Xiao Yu said: "I think this friend of yours is a bit strange."

  "Get used to it, get used to it. Don't look at this guy being a bit out of place, actually making friends with him is the most reassuring thing..."

  Wen flew back quickly, his hands and feet moving fast. Zhang Yu's eyes widened in shock: "Taoist, are you okay? Why buy so much white wine when a few bottles of beer would do? Oh, they're all good wines, Maotai, Wuliangye... have you gone crazy?"

  Only to see Wen Fei brought a big bag of wine, with five or six bottles in it. Zhang Yu's eyes widened at the sight. Neither of them could hold their liquor well. If it were five or six bottles of beer, they might be able to handle it, but if it was white wine, even one bottle would be enough to knock them out.

  "Not for you to drink," Wen Fei said with a complacent smile: "I met two masters in the countryside, and these two bottles of wine are to bribe them. Ask them to accept me as their apprentice, so I can also inherit the position of the sixth generation ancestor of the Golden Elixir Southern Sect!"

  "Isn't the Sixth Patriarch Huineng? The Bodhi tree is originally without a tree, and the bright mirror is not a stand... Aren't you a Taoist? How did you suddenly think of becoming a monk?" Zhang Yu looked puzzled.

  "I'm going," Wen Fei said lazily: "Get moving, get moving. Hey, don't touch my wine, that's expensive Wuliangye..."

  The farm chicken is indeed delicious, and the three of us can't even stand up after eating. One chicken made four or five dishes, such as pepper chicken cubes, stir-fried chicken liver, and chicken soup stewed with yam and huang jing, all of which are genuine materials brought back by Wen Fei from Northern Song Dynasty, but cannot be compared to modern cultivated varieties.

  It's worth mentioning that the ingredients were good, and Zhang Yu's cooking skills are indeed commendable. The three of them devoured an entire five or six-pound chicken. Even Xiaoyu, who was initially reserved, eventually couldn't resist the delicious temptation and ate until she was stuffed, looking worried: "I'm done for, I'm going to gain weight again..."

  Zhang Yu lay on the sofa with a big belly like a pregnant woman, humming and muttering to himself. On the back of the sofa above his head, a dirty sock was still hanging: "It's really delicious, when are you going to get another one?"

  Wen Fei also said: "No money, no money. In a few days, I have to go again, these few bottles of wine are really damn expensive. Spent several thousand big bills on me. Fatty, help me take a look, how much are these copper coins worth?"

  Zhang Yu lazily took over: "Damn, how did they get so many copper coins in that place? Did they dig up a big tomb from the Northern Song Dynasty? Hiss, it's a good fight!"

  As soon as the topic of tomb raiding and treasure hunting is brought up, Zhang Yu's eyes light up. Back when tomb raiding was all the rage, the internet was filled with people claiming to have found a big score. Every other day, someone would shout: "I've got a lead on a place that might be a big haul! Who's in? Sign up quickly!"

  At that time, Comrade Zhang Yu was a very crazy and fierce fighter who had participated in three battles. As a result, he was cheated twice, and once he had just dug two shovels, he was caught by the vigilant farmers who came to hear the news and taken to the police station!

  "Get lost," Wen Fei said bluntly. Back then, Zhang Yu was locked up in a police station and didn't dare to notify his family, but Wen Fei took the money to bail him out. At that time, he only saw a group of boys and girls, all around 10 years old, dressed up brightly, wearing famous brands, each one worth at least several thousand yuan. They were locked in a detention room.