Uncle Jiu: I am Chen Yulou, the leader of the Xiangling gang

Chapter 8, Wencai Qiusheng

After Wencai left, Uncle Jiu looked at Chen Yulou and said, "Yulou, you know that the charity cemetery has been storing corpses for years, and it has a strong negative energy. If you don't like this kind of place, you can go and live in the town!"

Chen Yulou immediately shook his head and said, "Senior Lin, I'd rather stay with you and my two brothers. You know that the Xiangling lineage often digs into tombs and digs up graves. Although I'm young, I've seen a few small tombs."

"Besides, with Senior Lin here, I really can't think of any other place in Renjia Town that would make people feel more at ease."

"Hahaha……"

Hearing Chen Yulou say this, Uncle Jiu immediately smiled happily, and felt a little closer to Chen Yulou, his future disciple.

After all, Chen Yulou was born in the Chen family of Changsheng Mountain and had been living a life of luxury since childhood, while he and his two apprentices lived a very difficult life. He was really worried that Chen Yulou would not be able to adapt to the place.

Especially when he heard that Chen Yulou was willing to live with the three of them and said that it was safer here than anywhere else with him, he was very happy and recognized Chen Yulou even more.

The happy uncle said again: "In that case, come with me!"

Chen Yulou followed Uncle Jiu out of the house and came to the house on the far left.

Uncle Jiu pushed open the door and said to Chen Yulou, "Yulou, you will live here from now on!"

"I'll go get you some bedding, you clean up inside!"

"Yes, Senior Lin!"

Chen Yulou nodded. After Uncle Jiu left, he walked into the house and looked around. Although the house was old, it was very clean. It was obviously cleaned frequently and was also very spacious.

"Master, isn't my junior brother going to live with us?" Wencai, who was busy in the kitchen, asked immediately when he saw Uncle Jiu holding the bedding.

Uncle Jiu immediately glanced at Wencai with disdain and said unhappily, "The room you and Qiu Sheng live in is as messy as a doghouse and as smelly as a pigpen. Is it suitable for living there?"

Wencai, holding a watering can in his hand, immediately muttered, "How nice of you, Junior Brother! You've never treated me and Qiu Sheng like this before!"

"What did you say?"

"Is the meal ready?"

Uncle Jiu was furious and glared at Wencai at the kitchen door.

Wencai was so scared that he immediately retreated into the kitchen.

Hearing the conversation between Uncle Jiu and Wencai, Chen Yulou in the room smiled while cleaning up.

"This quilt is for you!"

"Don't look at it because it's old. The cotton inside is all new from last year. I also asked Wencai to wash the bedding clean." Uncle Jiu walked in with a bunch of bedding, put it on the bed and said.

Chen Yulou immediately stopped, looked at Uncle Jiu and said with a smile: "Senior Lin, I'm not that squeamish. I just need a place to sleep."

"Okay, clean up, the meal will be ready soon!"

Uncle Jiu smiled and nodded, then left happily with his hands behind his back.

About an hour later, Qiu Sheng came back panting.

At the same time, Wencai also cooked the meal.

"Yulou, come out for dinner!"

Uncle Jiu quickly came over to invite Chen Yulou to dinner.

"Okay, Senior Lin!"

Chen Yulou quickly pushed the door open and walked out.

Seeing Chen Yulou walk into the hall, Wencai, who was carrying dishes at the kitchen door, said to Qiu Sheng with some jealousy: "Look at our master, now that he has this junior brother, he has completely forgotten us."

"Especially since my junior brother still lives in a separate room, my master even took out the new quilt he made last year. When it was cold last winter, he was reluctant to not cover himself with it."

Qiu Sheng immediately rolled his eyes at Wen Cai and said, "Alright, stop talking nonsense. It's your fault for not living up to expectations."

"Besides, our new junior fellow apprentice is obviously from a wealthy family, judging by his attire and demeanor. Furthermore, the fact that Master accepted him as a personal disciple shows that his talent far surpasses mine." "How can Master not treat him well?"

Wencai suddenly fell silent. He was raised by his master since he was a child and they were like father and son. Seeing that his master liked Chen Yulou so much when he came, he couldn't help feeling unbalanced.

But then again, he had little talent for cultivation, and was far inferior to even his junior fellow apprentice Qiu Sheng, let alone Chen Yulou, who was favored by his master and was to be accepted as his personal disciple.

Qiu Sheng continued, "Besides, you no longer have the ambition to cultivate the Dao. As for me, I don't have much talent, so I also don't have the ambition to cultivate the Dao."

"Isn't it great to have a talented junior apprentice brother now? This will save our master from urging us to practice Taoism day and night."

Wencai was simple to begin with, and when he heard Qiu Sheng say that, his eyes suddenly lit up and his mood improved.

Indeed, he really didn't have much interest in becoming a monk. His biggest dream was to find a wife, have some children, and live a happy life with his family.

"Let's go, the master is waiting anxiously!"

Qiu Sheng said quickly while holding the dishes.

As Qiu Sheng finished speaking, Uncle Jiu's angry voice came from the lobby.

"Are you two bastards stealing food in the kitchen again?"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai didn't dare to say anything and hurriedly ran into the hall with the dishes.

Soon, in the lobby, Uncle Jiu sat at the head of the table, and the other four sat in a circle.

Uncle Jiu looked at Chen Yulou and smiled, "Yulou, these simple meals are definitely not comparable to what you have at home. If you're not used to them, tell your Senior Brother Wencai to improve his cooking skills."

Hearing this, Wencai immediately looked at Uncle Jiu with some grievance.

Uncle Jiu turned a blind eye.

Qiu Sheng on the side couldn't help laughing.

Chen Yulou quickly said, "Senior Lin, please don't worry about me. I'm here to learn Taoism from you, not to enjoy life."

There were four dishes and one soup on the table, three of which were vegetarian dishes, one meat dish, and one vegetarian soup. Although Uncle Jiu seemed to be short of money, he was not so poor that he could not even afford a meal. It was probably because Uncle Jiu was a Taoist priest and did not like large amounts of meat.

Moreover, although the Maoshan Sect belongs to the Zhengyi Dao, its practice and lifestyle are relatively flexible and there are no strict abstinence regulations, but for Taoists, enjoying the blessings of ordinary people is also a kind of practice.

After all, this seemingly simple meal of three vegetables and one meat is not something that most people in this era can eat every day.

Especially now that warlords are everywhere and fighting each other, I don’t know how many people have died in the war and become displaced.

Uncle Jiu's face suddenly lit up with a smile. He glanced at Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai and said unhappily, "Look at your junior brother, and then look at you all. You learn the Daoist arts at the beginning but forget them later. You only think about eating, drinking and having fun all day long."

Qiu Sheng immediately lowered his head and acted like an ostrich.

As for Wencai, he was already feeling aggrieved, and now he felt even more aggrieved.

Then, Uncle Jiu bent down, picked up a jar of wine from the ground and placed it on the table.

"Master...is this your treasured wine? Shall we drink it today?" Qiu Sheng immediately looked at the wine jar and rubbed his hands.

Even Wencai, who felt aggrieved, no longer looked aggrieved at this moment. Instead, he stared at the wine jar and swallowed his saliva.

Uncle Jiu glanced at the two of them, and then saw Chen Yulou sitting upright and looking gentle and elegant. His face turned dark. These two bastards really embarrassed him.

"What are you looking at? Go get a bowl of wine!"

"Oh oh, I'll get it!"

"I'll get it too!"

……

Wencai and Qiu Sheng rushed to bring the wine bowls. Wencai placed them in a row, and Qiu Sheng couldn't wait to open the wine jar and start pouring the wine.

(End of this chapter)