Chapter 336 Selling Myself to Bury My Father

Chapter 336 Selling Myself to Bury My Father

Chapter 336 Selling Myself to Bury My Father
"Sister, you're back?" Xiaoshuang was surprised to see Xiaoxue flying back.

When the golden bird turned into a woman in white, her eyes couldn't help but fall on the other's head.

Redness and swelling on forehead.

"Sister, why is your head...pointy?"

Xiaoxue subconsciously raised her head and wanted to rub it, and she was forced to grow a lot taller.

"Little Snow."

"Grandma!"

Xiaoxue immediately knelt on the ground, and the other banshees also knelt on the ground after realizing what was happening.

The tree demon leaned over to Xiaoxue and twitched his nose slightly.

“It smells good.”

Xiaoxue lowered her head and didn't dare to answer.

"That person is not ordinary, he is an unparalleled master." said the tree demon.

The tree demon likes to eat scholars because it yearns for culture. If it really wants to improve its strength, a hundred scholars are no match for a martial arts master.

Especially Xiaoxue, Xiaoqian and Xiaoqing, after they came back from contact with Tan Wenjie, they all had a strong fragrance on their bodies, which made the tree demon salivate with excitement, and even wanted to break the rules and kill and swallow the other party in one bite.

But the tree monster was very calm. The difficulty of an ancient tree becoming a monster and being able to cultivate for thousands of years is completely different from the difficulty of an animal becoming a spirit. No matter whether it is a snake, a fox or a sparrow, they can move freely after becoming a spirit.

But the tree monster can't do that. It is rooted here and cannot escape or move. If a person moves, the tree will die. Not even a thousand-year-old monster can do that.

If the tree demon had killed people at will over thousands of years, it would definitely have attracted monks to come and eliminate the demon.

The fundamental reason that allows the tree demon to survive safely is rules, and it abides by the rules.

If a peerless master breaks the rules in order to get a tonic, he is destroying the amulet on which he depends for survival.

"Xiaoxue, what do you think of that person?"

After all, Xiaoxue spent the longest time with the other party. Unlike Xiaoqian and Xiaoqing, the two female ghosts had shallow cultivation and would be attracted by the fragrance of Tan Wenjie after getting close to him.

"He is lustful and greedy for money!" Xiaoxue said without hesitation, and then added after a pause, "...but he has a strong willpower and will not be easily deceived by beauty."

"I want you to follow him quietly," the tree demon said, "and make him submit."

"Yes." Xiaoxue didn't dare to refuse.

"I will also let Xiaoqian, Xiaoqing and the others go together." The tree demon grandma said again.

Xiaoxue wanted to refuse the two losers from being her external aid, but she sensed the firmness in the tree demon's voice and knew that the tree demon could not tolerate a very nourishing living person for too long, so she had no right to refuse.

"As long as you do this well, I will give you a great credit."

What's the use of a great achievement? It's just a verbal promise and a verbal reward.

……

Tan Wenjie opened his eyes and the sunlight shone on his face through the open window.

He stood up and stretched.

The cage was empty, Wangcai had already run away, but it didn’t matter, he was just a little monster that had cultivated for hundreds of years.

An ordinary person with a few hundred years of cultivation can definitely be considered a land immortal. A monster without any inheritance for hundreds of years really can’t cause much trouble.

He was more concerned about another thing: why the bearded man who loved to sing “Dao Dao Dao” rap hadn’t arrived yet, and whether he had lost his way.

We got up and headed for Guobei County, which was only three or five miles away and quite close.

The city was bustling with people.

"It turns out that Yan Chixia has a common face."

In just a short while, he discovered several bearded men, and even the wanted criminal in the wanted poster on the wall looked very similar to Yan Chixia.

Tan Wenjie, who never eats in restaurants, picked out several restaurants and finally chose to eat fish, chicken and other foods where the raw materials could be clearly seen, such as buns and broth, because the probability of eating the body parts of some unlucky person was too high.

A group of people in front gathered together, forming a human wall like an iron barrel.

"What are those people doing over there?"

There is nothing special about him except that he likes to join in the fun and likes to watch the show.

"She sold herself to bury her father. The woman was very beautiful." The man who squeezed out of the crowd had four or five money bags in his hand.

You're quite a nice person, answering my questions while stealing money.

Tan Wenjie raised his head and shouted: "Someone stole the money!"

"Damn, you!" The thief glared at Tan Wenjie.

The crowd watching in front turned their heads when they heard the sound, and the thief ran away almost subconsciously, immediately attracting their attention.

Those who searched their pockets and found that their money was gone squeezed out.

The human wall in front collapsed immediately, and Tan Wenjie took advantage of the chaos to sneak in and squeeze into the first row.

Tan Wenjie glanced at the paper on the ground. It said: "Selling my body to bury my father. Anyone who can give the right price will be rewarded with my body."

Look at the woman who sells herself... there is a problem!

He thought there was nothing wrong with selling himself to bury his father. There was someone selling his wife at the stall next door. They put the person in a sack, leaving only her feet exposed, and then they would buy based on her feet.

But if this woman looks exactly like Maggie Cheung, then there would be a big problem.

The people around were quite excited, and some were willing to spend a fortune just to win the beauty.

However, when a large handful of silver was placed in front of the woman, she did not react at all.

Tan Wenjie shook his head. With so much money, why not just rob the person directly? The transaction process is not important at all. What is important is to get the person, even though the result of doing so will most likely be death without a burial place.

She sold herself to bury her father. Her father's body was almost stinking, but she was still playing the number guessing game. She didn't care about hundreds of taels of silver. This showed that the other party didn't want money. Since it wasn't money, it could only be people.

Although he is a humble person, Tan Wenjie felt that the person the other party was looking for was himself.

He turned around and looked around, and felt relieved after confirming that the looks of the passers-by around him were at the level of extras, and he was the only one who was handsome like the protagonist.

Fortunately, Ning Caichen didn't come. Although that guy was only slightly inferior to himself in handsomeness, the female demons of this era had a filter for scholars. The thinner and frailer they were, the more they liked them.

He is handsome and masculine, which does not meet the ordinary standards for choosing a partner.

"I'll pay you 1 taels!"

"I'll pay you 5 taels!"

"I'll pay you 3 taels!"

Tan Wenjie said, "I'll give you 5 taels!"

Someone nearby immediately mocked: "Someone has already offered 5 taels, which means the price is wrong."

The woman looked up at Tan Wenjie, a moment of helplessness flashing across her face.

She didn't play by the rules. She had already thought about it and as long as Tan Wenjie called out a price, she would announce the answer at that price, no matter how much it was, even a penny would do.

But he deliberately said a number that someone else had also mentioned.

Tan Wenjie added: "If it's not me, then I'll leave?"

"Ugh"

The pretty girl sighed.

The woman in the black dress lifted up the piece of paper in front of her, and sure enough, "Five taels" was written on the back.

"Oh, it's really me." Tan Wenjie's tone was calm, and he didn't show any surprise at all.

It was confirmed that the other party's target was really me, and he was staring at me shamelessly.

"Wait, I also offered 5 taels!" A dark-skinned man wearing a felt hat came over with narrowed eyes, "First come, first served! She should be mine."

"Do you really think people are looking at the price?" Tan Wenjie pointed at his face.

It turned out that she was selling herself to bury her father.

"Superficial!" The thin dark man looked at Tan Wenjie's body, then secretly looked at himself, and finally acknowledged that this was a superficial world.

It's all about the face.

Tan Wenjie rummaged through his pockets and took out five taels of silver and placed them in front of the woman. "Bury your father quickly, or he will stink."

He glanced at the body behind the woman. The body was real, but it was most likely not her father.

The woman actually turned around, took the five taels of silver and found the owner of a coffin shop not far away. She handed the money and her father to the owner, then she ran quickly with the small package on her back to catch up with Tan Wenjie.

"If your father knew how filial you were, he would die with regret."

Just ask someone to help you deal with it, then you won’t be afraid of running into your father in a restaurant next time.

"You bought me, and I'm yours."

“I don’t advocate human trafficking.”

"I'm yours."

She was very stubborn, and the people around her looked at Tan Wenjie with envy.

That’s great. I bought a beautiful wife for 5 taels.

"What do I need you to do? I have to give you a bite to eat." Tan Wenjie shook his head, "You can't even earn enough to bury your own father. If you follow me, you will definitely have to eat and drink for free. Besides, I am a scholar who is going to take the exam."

"I can grind ink for you, sew clothes for you, and cook for you."

"I'm saying that I'm going to be the top scorer and have a bright future. Why are you just thinking about taking advantage of me?"

Look at the top scholar in your picture book!

She complained in her heart, but on the surface she said: "I am yours, you can ask me to do anything, you pay me, and I will only follow you."

"You'll do anything I ask you to do?" Tan Wenjie suddenly asked.

"of course."

"Then can you swear?" Tan Wenjie thought for a moment and said, "If you break your oath, you will be struck by lightning and die without a burial place."

You are so vicious.

But when he thought that he also wanted the other person's life, and that after he was eaten by the tree demon, no one would be able to order him around, he immediately nodded.

"Wait." Tan Wenjie shook his head, "Change your request. There's no need to swear."

"what?"

Tan Wenjie turned and walked towards the bookstall beside him, and the woman followed him.

The book stall owner recognized Tan Wenjie and greeted him with a smile: "Sir, are you here to buy books again?"

"Do you have any work here, like copying books?"

"Of course, but the price is not high." The book stall owner said, picking up a book, "For a book like this, you bring your own paper and pen, and I only give you fifteen cents."

“How much is the paper and pen?”

"Many scholars want to do this job." The book stall owner didn't even think about it. "Let me tell you this. The capital is at least ten cents. As long as you copy quickly, you can write two books a day."

"So you can only earn ten cents a day?"

The cost of oil lamps, wear and tear on brushes, and physical injuries to the writer himself are not included in the costs.

"Yes, I already offer the highest price in the area."

"That's right." Tan Wenjie nodded and waved to the woman, "Didn't you say you wanted to do whatever I asked you to do? Come and copy books for me to make money."

The bookstall owner looked at the woman in the black dress following behind Tan Wenjie.

You are so beautiful but you go to copy books to make money. You know how to waste resources.

The woman nodded obediently.

He threw the things to the woman without any mercy and asked her to hold them, which made the boss look at him with contempt.

Everyone has a conscience. When facing a good-looking person of the opposite sex, their conscience will be maximized, and even when they don't have one, they will pretend to have a conscience.

Considering that he still had to do business with Tan Wenjie, the bookstall owner chose to take a few more free glances. Beauty is not as important as money.

Tan Wenjie bought some more things, and then the two of them left Guobei County and headed towards Lanruo Temple.

"what's your name?"

"Little Snow."

"Well, have you seen these steamed buns?" Tan Wenjie mentioned the steamed buns he had just bought, "If you copy two books every day, I will give you one steamed bun. I will wait until you earn back the five taels of silver I paid for selling myself to bury your father..."

Xiaoxue turned her head and looked at Tan Wenjie with sharp eyes, waiting for his next words.

But Tan Wenjie said nothing more.

No one spoke on the road.

Return to Lanruo Temple.

Enter the room.

Xiaoxue looked at the bird cage on the table and couldn't help asking, "Did you raise birds before?"

"Yes, his name is Wangcai."

"..."

It's unnecessary to ask.

"Wait, don't put your things down, go live next door." Tan Wenjie waved his hand, "What are you thinking? You took my money and you still want to take advantage of me?"

"..."

"Copy the books well and make money for me!"

"..."

After holding it in for a while, Xiaoxue nodded: "Oh, I see."

She is different from the female ghosts. If it were Xiaoqian and the others, they would have a hundred ways to stick to them, and one of them would definitely be naked after a few breaths.

Looking at Xiaoxue who really went to the next room and started copying books, Tan Wenjie shook his head.

"You are so stupid and you still want to deceive people?"

He was too embarrassed to tease the idiot, but luckily he bought some melon seeds, so he felt better.

It was getting dark.

Tan Wenjie went to Xiaoxue's room and found that she was actually copying books. It was obvious that she had a low level of education and her handwriting was very ugly. It was estimated that she could not sell it for a penny.

"For me?"

Xiaoxue stopped and looked at the melon seeds in front of her.

"Copy it later. I'll check it first."

"Oh."

"Did you gain anything from copying these books?" Tan Wenjie just felt that if he had a small blackboard behind him and a piece of chalk, it would be very interesting to be in this situation.

Tuck the Polo shirt into your trousers, and wear a pair of reading glasses hanging on the tip of your nose. Sip your tea while slurping it and spitting out the tea stems.

The props are still incomplete.

"Harvest?" Xiaoxue wondered.

"I asked you to copy books, not just to make money."

Do not believe.

Xiaoxue didn't even hide the suspicion in her eyes, it was definitely just for the sake of making money!
"I'm asking you to read more. Reading can make you wise."

"Is that so?" Xiaoxue doubted herself.

Watching Tan Wenjie turn and leave, she lowered her head to look at the article she had copied, and then smiled mischievously.

She just wrote ugly words on purpose. She is not stupid. If she copied well, she would keep working.

So... the copy is a little uglier.

(End of this chapter)