"Oh, Mom and Dad, just leave me alone. Look, the weather is so nice outside. It would be great for you two to go for a walk. There must be a lot of people in the parks in the city and the reservoirs on the outskirts of the city today. You go out. Breathe some air, I run outside every day and I’ve had enough fun. Today I’m just looking at the shop at home and taking a break. I train this and that in school every day, but your son is very tired!”
After lunch, Zhang Tie tidied up the house diligently, and then pushed his parents out of the house. Dad worked six days a week and was in the factory workshop every day. His breath was filled with dust. Mom What's worse, guarding the rice wine shop at home every day, in such a small space, it's difficult to turn around, so every weekend, Zhang Tie, who doesn't want his parents to feel that life is too gloomy, always thinks about it. A way to "drive mom and dad out of the house" to get some fresh air. As for himself, he was helping to look after the shop at home today.
Seeing that their son was well-behaved and sensible, his parents were naturally happy. However, before leaving, his mother still worriedly warned Zhang Tie, "Remember not to increase the price of rice wine first, and when you meet old customers, first put the rice and wine together." Tell people about the increase in food prices and tell them that if the price of our purchases does not come down next week, the rice wine in our store will be adjusted upward. They are all regular customers. Don't let people think that we are My greed offended people!"
"I know, mom, you've told me more than thirty times, can I be so ignorant?" Zhang Tie shouted aggrievedly. He is already fifteen years old, and his mother always tells him about the smallest things. The child chatters endlessly like an imbecile, which hurts his self-esteem.
"There are more than thirty times, five times at most!" My mother glared at Zhang Tie with feigned anger and tried to pull Zhang Tie's ears. Zhang Tie quickly slipped away and then made a gesture to his mother. With a grimace, Yi Gulu ran to the rice wine shop and shouted loudly, "The freshly baked rice wine from the Zhang family is fragrant, sweet and delicious. Men will be strong after eating it, and women will be beautiful after eating it. Don't pass by." Missed it, six coppers a bowl, the larger the portion, the better..."
"This kid..." Dad smiled and shook his head.
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Seeing his father and mother disappearing on the street holding hands, Zhang Tie rubbed his chin with just a little hair with one hand. It took a long time to look away from the two of them with his weird eyes. I don’t know why, Dad My mother has been married for decades, but the way they naturally hold hands every time they go out together always makes Zhang Tie feel that they are not a couple who have been married for many years, but like a couple in love. Like a young man, he always gives people an indescribable weird feeling.
Is this love? Zhang Tie doesn't know. To be honest, his life experience is not enough for him to have enough feelings and understanding of this. But looking at his father and mother, he felt a strange sense of happiness growing in his heart.
As soon as his parents left, Zhang Tie sat bored in the rice wine shop, holding a whisk and swatting away flies from time to time. Rice wine has a sweet smell, which attracts flies the most, especially when the weather is hot. In a few months, if summer comes, the rice wine shop will have to hang a bamboo curtain outside the facade. Only then can you get rid of those annoying guys who are always buzzing in your ears. But as soon as the bamboo curtains are hung up to cover the carefully prepared displays on the counter, the business in the small shop will drop a bit. This happens every year without exception.
It's afternoon, the sun is shining brightly on the street, and the little birds that have been silent all winter on the sycamore trees seem to have come out of their nests one by one, jumping up and chirping happily, and the mottled sycamore leaves are filling the market. The breathy streets cast patches of mottled light and shade.
Outside the Zhang family's rice wine shop, a sign written by my father last night has been hung up, "Due to the recent increase in food prices and raw material prices, our store is expected to increase the price next week. We ask new and old customers for your understanding..."
My lovely dad, if it were Tang De, he would definitely follow the rice price increase on the first day, so it wouldn't take as long as a week.
After sitting in the store for half an hour, I did a few small businesses and sold seven or eight bowls of rice wine. I put the few scattered copper plates in the drawer and put the bowls of rice wine that others had eaten. He and the spoon soaked in the dishwasher bucket, looking at the sun getting higher and higher, and the hand swinging the whisk became weaker and weaker. Zhang Tie couldn't help but become bored. He was at the age of jumping off, sitting alone on the weekend. Who can bear to chase flies away here? But the more bored he felt, the more Zhang Tie admired his mother. She became bored after sitting here for just a while, but her mother had been sitting here for twenty years.
When people are bored, they always find something to do for themselves. The thing Zhang Tie found for himself when he was bored was to practice "Abacus Arithmetic". This "Abacus Arithmetic" has many realms, the lowest one is like As Zhang Tie practiced last night, he closed his eyes and spent a long time visualizing the abacus in his mind and then making the abacus in his mind. The second level is that you don’t need to close your eyes, you can visualize the abacus in your mind in almost the blink of an eye, and then visualize the abacus in your mind. After all, this is a practical mental arithmetic skill. If you visualize it every time It's useless to think about a calculation for several hours and still can't open your eyes. In the third level, the abacus visualized in the mind already seems to be something but not something, and seems like nothing but nothing. When you see any calculation problem, the answer will naturally emerge in your mind. This is the secret of "Abacus Calculation". Then, on this basis, the visual abacus ranges from three levels, to twelve levels, or even more levels. Finally, you can even multi-task, visualize several abacus, or divide an abacus with multiple levels into In different areas, you can do many different calculation problems of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division at the same time and you can get the answers in the blink of an eye. This is the highest level of "Abrasive Arithmetic". Once mastered, that person can be called a humanoid supercomputer.
Zhang Tie actually doubted whether anyone could achieve the highest state of multitasking and becoming a humanoid computer written in the book "Abacus Mental Arithmetic", but when he thought of the vague words "Recommended extracurricular reading for primary school students" on that book , Zhang Tie felt discouraged for a while, and there was a feeling that one person was more powerful than another. What kind of elementary school did he come from to be so awesome? In the end, Zhang Tie even suspected that what the old man selling the book said might be true - this book "Abrasive Arithmetic" , it is possible that they were really obtained from the ruins before the Cataclysm. The era before the Cataclysm was very strange, and the things found in the ruins were all kinds of strange. The expensive crystals used for cultivation in this era were just inconspicuous decorations in that era. Many people I still don’t like it. Maybe this strange book is really an extracurricular reading for primary school students in the era before the catastrophe
No matter what, let’s talk about it after practicing. It seems that this "Pearl Mental Arithmetic" can restore mental strength during practice. Zhang Tie wanted to confirm again to see if it really has this effect, but when he thought of "by the way" With these two words, Zhang Tie couldn't help but feel confused, and the abacus he imagined in his mind collapsed instantly...
It is so difficult to cultivate mental strength, and by the way...
This is really hard to accept.
Just when Zhang Tie was sitting in the shop with his eyes half-open and half-closed, time and time again, compressing the time it took to visualize the three-speed abacus from more than ten minutes to five or six minutes, two things surprised Zhang Tie. The person appeared in front of Zhang Tie.
Fatty Barry and Doug, two guys were riding a bicycle. Doug, who was stupid, big and black, was working hard on his bicycle, sweating profusely and smiling happily. Barry was a cunning guy. The fat guy was sitting on the back of the bicycle. When Zhang Tie saw the two of them, the fat guy Barry, who had been patrolling both sides of the street, also saw Zhang Tie.
"This is it, brake!" Fatty Barry shouted, and he jumped off the back seat of the bicycle lightly, landing with his feet on the ground.
Doug, who was riding the bicycle with a happy face just now, suddenly shouted in panic after Barry got off the car, "Ah, brake, where is the brake, how to stop, ah... help..."
boom…
"Asshole, this is the new car my damn dad just bought for me!" Barry also cried out in distress.
Zhang Tie helplessly covered his forehead with his hands and closed his eyes in pain...
Two minutes later, Doug and Barry, who were grinning and rubbing their buttocks, stood in front of Zhang Tie's shop, watching Doug swallowing hard while smelling the aroma of rice wine and the look of disgust on Barry's face. With a smile on his face, Zhang Tie cursed secretly, took out two sets of bowls and spoons from under the counter, then opened the clay pot, scooped out a bowl for each of the two guys with a large rice spoon, and pushed them viciously in front of them.
The two guys immediately smiled brightly and without saying a polite word, they picked up the bowl. Xili snored and licked the bowl clean. Seeing Doug sticking out his tongue and circling in the bowl, Zhang Tie really wanted to take his hand. The spoon on his head was slammed hard on his head. Can you be any more disgusted? No, the bowl this guy ate from must be disinfected with boiling water.
Seeing the fawning smiles on the two guys' faces after they finished eating, Zhang Tie quickly put away their bowls and spoons with a serious expression on his face, "I invited you just now. Now it's six coppers for a bowl. You guys anything else?"
Doug immediately turned his attention to Barry for help. Fatty Barry patted his waist and put a handful of coins on the table, "It's so delicious. Let's have another bowl for each person!"
Zhang Tie didn't show any pretense. He swept the money into the drawer and gave each of the two guys another bowl. After another bowl was eaten, under Doug's reluctant eyes, Zhang Tie received the two guys' bowls and spoons. In the basin. When Doug once again looked at Barry for help, Barry automatically ignored his gaze and turned to talk to Zhang Tie.
"Cough... cough... What is this called, rice stuffing?"
"To Mi Niang! What's wrong?"
"Hehe, home visits are a good tradition of our Airplane Brotherhood!" Barry laughed.
"Okay, let's get down to business. I can make hundreds of thousands per second now..."
"Have you ever heard of Red Scarf Pirates?"
Hearing Barry talk about the red scarf thief, Zhang Tie was really surprised, "I've heard of it, what's the matter?"
Barry looked around, lowered his voice, and quietly repeated the news that Zhang Tie had heard from his brother, "I only found out about it last night, and I'm here to inform you today. Those who know the news now are probably still Not much. Anyway, be careful these days. Don’t wander around at night. Don’t leave the city casually if you have nothing to do. The red scarf thieves are all butchers who kill without batting an eye. Don’t you Chinese people have a proverb? Every time the city gate When there is a fire, there will be a few unlucky fish in the moat, and I don’t want anyone in our Aircraft Brotherhood to be that unlucky fish!”
"Is this what you came here for today?"
"Of course, otherwise do you think it would be fun for me and Doug to go out in such a strong sun? After informing you, I will also inform the two guys Shavin and Sista later. Okay, I won't affect you for a second. The business is worth hundreds of thousands..."
Looking at the fat man's face, Zhang Tie was slightly moved, "Thanks, brother!"
"Then treat us to another bowl!" Barry salivated.
Zhang Tie stretched out his hand and twirled his fingers, making a gesture everyone understood.
"Ha... ha... let's go, there's another one!" Barry patted the back seat of the bicycle and urged Doug to get on the bicycle. Doug pushed the bicycle for a few steps and turned to look at Zhang Tie, wanting to He stopped talking, "Barry said... learn to ride a bike to pick up girls!"
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Your riding skills are great!" Zhang Tie gave a thumbs up.
Doug was satisfied and nodded, then he got on the car and took Barry away...
Zhang Tie did not expect that the news about the red scarf thief would spread so quickly. In just two days, it would cause panic among the people in Black Flame City...
Why are you thinking about these useless things? I'd better practice my "Abrasive Calculation" honestly. What kind of red scarf thief has a copper coin relationship with a little person like me? Zhang Tie smiled mockingly.
In the evening, my parents came back and brought news that the city restrictions in Black Flame City had become stricter. In the evening, identity checks were required to enter and exit Black Flame City.
After dinner, the district police chief Gregory, who was holding a lantern, knocked on the door of Zhang's house and issued notices from house to house. No strangers were allowed to stay in each house, and any suspicious persons should be reported immediately. Also, from now on After twelve o'clock tonight, Black Flame City will implement a curfew...
Less than half a day after Fatty Barry left, news of the red scarf thief finally spread throughout Black Flame City, and an uneasy atmosphere began to stir.
But these have nothing to do with Zhang Tie. After dinner, as soon as the sheriff left, Zhang Tie, who had finished washing, returned to his hut, entered the Black Iron Castle, and picked up a bag of garbage left behind by cleaning the house and cooking in the kitchen. After throwing it into the Chaos Pool, Zhang Tie clapped his hands, then opened the basic attribute panel of the Black Iron Castle, and looked at the latest attributes of the Black Iron Castle with satisfaction—
—Black Iron Castle
—Length: 1 kulushe
—Width: 1 kulushe
—Aura value: 1.8
- Merit value: 43
—Basic Energy Reserve: 0.5
—Special output: none
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I let my parents go out to play. I kept the shop for a day and got 5 merit points. In addition to cleaning the house and cooking, I got a total of 8 merit points today. The potatoes continued to sprout, and the spiritual energy value increased by 1.1. Packing garbage in exchange for 0.3 basic energy reserves, this is what I gain today...
Look again at the Manjusawa Karma and Ten Thousand Fruits Tree.
There are still 103 hours until the first leak-free fruit matures...
With no sleep at all, Zhang Tie took out the crystal that had been exposed to the sun for a day, sat down cross-legged in the Black Iron Castle, and practiced the magic points of the shrine. Through his experience in the Black Iron Castle these days, he discovered that seeing Following the movement of the mist as colorful as the palette in the Black Iron Castle, it can make people calm down inexplicably, and it is easy to enter the state of cultivation...
It was the first time for Zhang Tie to practice the bright spot in the Black Iron Castle. He quickly entered the state. With his breathing, under the dual effects of crystal and spiritual power, the cyan brilliance of Zhang Tie's shrine bright spot quickly appeared. It lights up...
Only by continuously improving one's own strength is the greatest reliance for survival in this era. To improve one's strength, there is no shortcut except down-to-earth hard work and hard work - this is the belief that Zhang Tie has followed for the past 15 years.
Even if you get the Black Iron Castle...