Chapter 251 Tianshan Snow Lotus

"Congratulations to the descendant of Tiexian. Shao's bucket chicken tastes better than Ma's bucket chicken. This test is all completed!"

The voice of the spirit suddenly sounded in Gu Zheng's heart. The bucket chicken made by Shao's family with Lu Caiji actually tasted better than Ma's bucket chicken, which really surprised Gu Zheng.

In other words, this time, Gu Zheng found two better traditional folk snacks and completed the test directly.

This time, the test that was originally thought to be very difficult to complete was completed just like that, which really surprised Gu Zheng. Now it seems that this test is not difficult, and this test also brought Gu Zheng great benefits.

Let's not talk about the rewards first. There will definitely be generous rewards for completing the test. This time, Wang's roast chicken alone is a great harvest. The store has added a source of food, which can make greater profits in the future, and Gu Zheng can make more money.

In fact, his annual income now exceeds that of his father, but no one will think that money is too much. It's better to have more. At least he won't have to worry about money in the future.

"Master Gu, how does this barrel chicken taste?"

Boss He smiled and sniffed Gu Zheng. Chang Feng was very efficient, and the money had been received. Now Boss He was very happy.

"It tastes really good, Master Shao, can I discuss something with you!"

The barrel chicken tastes really good, especially when they put peppercorns in it, and the Shao family doesn't put ordinary peppercorns, but the top-grade Shenxian peppercorns from Sichuan Province, which is a very good ingredient and more than ten times more expensive than ordinary peppercorns.

Shao's barrel chicken is also very famous. Even if it is not made by Lu Caiji, there are still many people who pursue it. Licheng is a longevity town, and Shao's barrel chicken is a local specialty of Licheng. The reason why it has such a good reputation is because they add this Shenxian peppercorn.

The spirit of the instrument has detected that the peppercorns used in the barrel chicken are also of inferior grade.

This means that the barrel chicken uses several inferior ingredients. No wonder it can surpass the taste of Ma's barrel chicken. Unfortunately, the cost of Lu Cai chicken is too high, which increases the cost of barrel chicken. Many people would rather buy a barrel chicken with a worse taste than such an expensive one.

The Shao family is not as persistent as the Wang family, only selling roast chicken made from Lu Cai chicken.

"Master Gu, please speak!"

Knowing that Gu Zheng has placed a large order for the farm, Master Shao also seems to be very respectful. Gu Zheng repeats what he said to Xiang Ming and his son before.

This barrel chicken tastes great, no worse than roast chicken, and can be sold in his store. He has also reserved the barrel chicken made by the Shao family, not only for now, but also for the future.

Like Xiang Ming, Gu Zheng has reserved 500.

Five hundred barrel chickens and five hundred roast chickens, their store can fully digest them. If the barrel chickens and roast chickens cannot be sold out, they can be taken away and taken out without restrictions. As for the taste of these two delicacies, as long as more people can buy them, they will not worry about selling them.

And Gu Zheng can also give them some suggestions to make these two delicacies better and attract more people.

Adding five hundred chickens means that the number of cages released every day will reach one thousand, which is not a small number. The time for Lu Cai chicken to be released from the cage is very long, which takes five months, about one hundred and fifty days.

According to one hundred and fifty days, if an average of one thousand chickens are released every day, it means that the number of cages in the farm will be kept above 150,000 in the future.

150,000 chickens is more than ten times his current number, which means that his farm has expanded tenfold at once.

Fortunately, this expansion is not a one-time thing, and the expansion of the breeding farm cannot be completed in a short period of time. After increasing the orders again, Boss He has considered dividing the factory into two parts, one here and the other in Mangdang Mountain. If he only relies on this place, all the chickens will be together, and it is impossible to raise them.

Lucai chickens cannot be kept in cages all the time. They must be divided into areas and walk out every day. The breeding capacity of one acre of land is only 100.

150,000 chickens require 1,500 acres of land alone, which can only be mountainous land, not arable land. His place can only accommodate 70,000 to 80,000 chickens at most, and more is not enough. It is inevitable to establish a branch factory.

With more orders, Gu Zheng gave them another 3 million deposit.

Boss He has no money and it is impossible to expand. In order to let them get more Lucai chickens as soon as possible, the money is all paid by Gu Zheng, a total of 6 million. Gu Zheng and Chang Feng can afford it. Once the number of Lucai chickens increases, they can earn back the money in a short time.

Not only them, but also Boss He, Xiang Ming, and Master Shao will make money, killing two birds with one stone.

When they came, Xiang Ming went to pick up Gu Zheng, and when they left, several cars sent him away. Gu Zheng was very impressed. He was very satisfied that he could complete one-third of the test this time. He didn't expect that he could complete the last one-third and completely complete the test.

After the test was completed, two good ingredients were added to the store. Gu Zheng was in a very happy mood.

"Descendant of Tiexian, congratulations on completing the test triggered by Lord Tiexian. The reward for this time is as follows!"

After returning to Shencheng, Gu Zheng couldn't wait to ask for the reward this time. This was a test set by Lord Tiexian. The last time he cured Mr. Liang's anorexia was a test set by Lord Tiexian himself, and the reward was very generous.

After completing this time, the reward will surely not be too bad.

"Reward, a Fire Yuan Pill!"

In the prehistoric space, a small bright red light fell into Gu Zheng's palm. This was a red fairy pill about the size of a glass ball, and there was still a flame burning inside the fairy pill.

"Huo Yuan Dan, a medium-level immortal pill in the fairy world, can enhance the cohesion of the fire element and is of great help to the Fire Control Technique!"

The spirit of the weapon explained to Gu Zheng that this is an immortal pill that can directly enhance the fire attribute, especially for those who practice the fire attribute technique. This kind of immortal pill is much more effective than the Immortal Yuan Dan for them.

Gu Zheng practiced the Tiexian Immortal Technique, which has no special attributes, but has every attribute. The Huo Yuan Dan can also enhance him.

Especially after taking the Huo Yuan Dan, the ability of the Fire Control Technique has improved, which is also of great help to his cooking skills.

"Reward, three methods of food cultivation!"

This time, the reward appeared again for food cultivation. Lord Tiexian will learn thousands of methods of food cultivation. Gu Zheng had learned three before, and now he has learned three more, which is equivalent to learning six.

Compared with the thousands of food cultivation methods created by Tiexian himself, Gu Zheng is still far behind, but after all, he has just practiced for a short time, and he is very satisfied to have these.

"Reward, two more types of ingredients can be upgraded in the prehistoric space!"

Gu Zheng was stunned. This time, the reward was actually the qualification to upgrade ingredients in the prehistoric space.

Gu Zheng had only three upgrade qualifications at the beginning. He used up one egg, one water, and one thousand-year-old ginseng.

Afterwards, when the Tiexian Xian Jue was promoted to the second level, the spirit of the weapon gave him two more types, which was equivalent to the qualification to upgrade five kinds of ingredients. However, there is only one left now. The other one was used in Hangzhou to upgrade salt.

Now two more have been added, which means that the types of ingredients that Gu Zheng can upgrade to three have been increased. In other words, as long as there are inferior-grade ingredients, Gu Zheng can turn them into ordinary-grade ingredients. The number of ordinary-grade ingredients that he can use has increased by three more.

This is definitely a great reward, which makes Gu Zheng very satisfied.

"Reward, cooking skills, steamed fish!"

The white-clothed man appeared again, and this time the reward for Gu Zheng was cooking skills, the cooking skills of steamed fish. Gu Zheng had learned several cooking skills before, and also created his own cooking skills, but most of them were related to chicken, fried eggs, chicken blood soup, chicken noodle soup, all of which were closely related to chicken.

That is, his own egg fried rice, which also has eggs in it.

This time, he finally learned a cooking skill that has nothing to do with chicken, steamed fish.

Steamed fish, seemingly simple, is also very complicated to make. Soon the cooking skills of steamed fish were imprinted in Gu Zheng's mind, as if he had learned it long ago.

There is a fish pond in the prehistoric space, and Gu Zheng has ordinary-level fish, but it is a pity that it is not yet mature, so he cannot make a steamed fish to try it now.

There was no reward for immortal skills and immortal arts this time, but these rewards have made Gu Zheng very satisfied. There was no punishment for this test, and the harvest was so great. Gu Zheng is now looking forward to it. If there are more such tests in the future, he can gain more things and cooking skills.

The day after Gu Zheng came back, Wang's roast chicken and Shao's bucket chicken were delivered.

It was Xiang Kai, the son of Xiang Ming, who personally delivered them. He will be responsible for delivering goods to Gu Zheng every day. This time, a total of 40 roast chickens and 40 bucket chickens were delivered. Now most of Lu Cai's chicken production has arrived at Gu Zheng.

Bucket chicken is cold by itself, while roast chicken is covered with warm braising soup. It is still hot when it arrives at Gu Zheng's store. Hot roast chicken just out of the pot is the most delicious.

"The store has new products again, look!"

"Damn, so expensive!"

"Are the chickens here made of gold? Why are they more expensive than one!"

"It's okay if they are a little expensive, as long as they taste good. Things in other places are cheap, but the taste is really not as good as here!"

After the store manager posted the types and prices of the new food, the people who were eating in the store started to discuss it. There are two new foods posted this time, both of which are sold as a whole.

Wang's roast chicken, 188 yuan per catty, Shao's bucket chicken, 198 yuan per catty. Gu Zheng did not change the names, but used their names directly to show respect, which made them very grateful.

Not one chicken, but one catty, close to 200 yuan per catty, this price is indeed not low.

Roast chicken is not sold individually, bucket chicken can be sold half, roast chicken is very rotten, the meat will separate with a slight tear, there is no way to sell it separately, bucket chicken is harder, can be cut in half to sell, anyway, they are sold by catty, you can buy it however you want.

It's just this price that makes many people shake their heads.

Not to mention them, even the store manager was stunned when he heard the price Gu Zheng asked him to write. He thought that 88 yuan for chicken blood soup and 58 yuan for mixed noodles were already very expensive, but he didn't expect that there is always a mountain higher than another mountain, and the prices of these two kinds of chicken are even more expensive.

However, the store manager knows more than ordinary diners. The reason why the prices of these two kinds of chicken are so high is that the cost of purchasing is very high.

The purchase price of roast chicken is 80 pieces. Xiang Ming wanted to lower the price for Gu Zheng. After all, wholesale cannot be treated the same as retail, but Gu Zheng did not agree. After talking with Boss He, Gu Zheng knew that Xiang Ming's roast chicken actually had a very thin profit. The cost of roast chicken per catty was close to 75 yuan. Selling it for 80 yuan was really not profitable.

A chicken worth several hundred yuan only made 20 yuan. Selling ten chickens a day was only 200 yuan.

No wonder their store was so shabby and the car they drove was so bad. They were not as good as Boss He and Master Shao. In this case, Gu Zheng could not let him lower the price. A reduction of two or three yuan would not make any sense to Gu Zheng, but for Xiang Ming, the profit would be reduced by half.

Gu Zheng would not eat meat himself and let others not even have soup. He would simply follow the market price as long as he could guarantee his supply in the future.

The purchase price is 81 catties, and the transportation cost must be included. The high-speed rail is transported back and forth every day, and there are only 40 roast chickens, so the transportation cost is not low. Fortunately, there are 40 bucket chickens to share the transportation cost, otherwise the transportation cost will be higher.

Even so, they have to add 20 yuan per catty to the actual delivery to the store, which is equivalent to their cost of 100 yuan per catty.

The cost price of 110 catties does not include the store and employee costs. After calculating these, selling 188 is not really high. After all, opening a store is doing business and needs profit.

As for the bucket chicken, because the bucket chicken uses better raw materials, the cost of raw materials exceeds that of roast chicken, so the price is higher.

Master Shao sells 91 catties of bucket chicken, and the profit is a little higher than Xiang Ming, but it is not less than 10 yuan, about 8 yuan. It is precisely because of this that he is not willing to make more of this kind of bucket chicken. Except for high-end customers, he does not sell it in the store at all.

The profit of 8 yuan per pound is about the same as that of ordinary bucket chicken, but the cost is several times higher. Anyone would choose a lower-cost source, except Xiang Ming, who promised his master and kept his promise.

After the two new foods were put out, some curious people went to buy some to try.

Roast chicken and bucket chicken are all made of Lu Cai chicken, all of which are large. Basically, several people buy one together. Everyone who has eaten it gave a thumbs up. The taste of this roast chicken did not disappoint them. It was very special, especially drinking chicken blood soup and eating roast chicken. It was so comfortable.

Since the taste is good, they can accept the higher price. The 40 roast chickens and 40 bucket chickens on that day were sold out in half a day.

Xiang Kai was in Gu Zheng's store for half a day before going back. Gu Zheng's store opened his eyes. He never thought that there were people doing business like this, selling so expensively, but the business was so hot.

Chicken blood soup, 88 yuan a bowl, is sold out every day. Gu Zheng's chicken blood soup, 888 yuan a bowl, many people are scrambling for it, and more people are complaining that Gu Zheng hasn't made chicken blood soup recently, so they can't drink it.

These people, as if money is not important at all, don't care about money at all.

This time out, he also made up his mind that he would never stay in a small town in the future, and he must go out. The life in the big city is what he yearns for. He will stay in Shencheng, in this big city in the future.

His father has promised to pass on the recipe and technology of roast chicken to him, and said that after he has learned it, he can come to Gu Zheng to make it, and he can only come here to make it. Lu Cai chicken must be used to make Wang's roast chicken. If other ingredients are used, he will not recognize this son.

Two kinds of chickens, 80 per day, are sold out every day. Many people ask the store to increase the supply, but unfortunately the farm can only provide these supplies, and more will not work.

However, all this will improve in five months. Boss He has been busy recently, expanding the factory and increasing the scale of breeding.

The six million that Gu Zheng gave him allowed him to let go and do a big job.

At this time, the incident of the Shangping Pao Mo restaurant also broke out completely, triggering a public discussion on food safety. Not only Shangping and Sucheng, but many restaurants in Shencheng were also secretly inspected and then announced their food safety conditions.

Many electric food safety standards were not met and were exposed. Some restaurants used gutter oil and were fined severely. Other serious ones, such as those who made poisonous steamed buns, were arrested. These people will be sentenced and will not be released in a short time.

In addition, there are many stores whose food safety is completely up to standard and can be used with confidence.

In addition, there are a few stores whose food is not only harmless to eat, but also beneficial to health. Most of them are some relatively large stores that focus on health preservation, including Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup.

Gu Zheng's store was also inspected, and their appraisal report made the people in the Food Safety Bureau a little unbelievable.

All their food, including roast chicken and barrel chicken, is harmless and safe, which is fine, but their chicken blood soup actually contains more than 80 kinds of substances that are beneficial to the human body. Drinking their chicken blood soup regularly will only bring benefits and no harm.

Among the foods sampled, Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup is the best food for the human body.

As soon as this announcement came out, the initial attack on Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup was self-defeating. Everyone understood that there was nothing wrong with Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup. People just didn't bother to distinguish it at the beginning.

Good things are good. Even if they are not distinguished, the business will recover and become popular again.

Now that there is an appraisal report, the business has become even more popular. Some people still feel guilty for their initial suspicion and are more supportive of Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup. Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup is becoming more and more famous in Shanghai. Many foreign tourists have come to taste it, and its reputation is gradually spreading across the country.

Three days later, the official website of the Food Association issued a new announcement, announcing the time and list of contestants for the 16th Chinese Food Competition.

There are 300 contestants from all over the world. The Chinese Food Competition has nationality requirements. Only Chinese nationals can participate, but there is no restriction on their place of work.

Many famous chefs work abroad, such as Gu Zheng's father Gu Ming.

The list of 300 people is basically the top active chefs in China. Except for a few seniors who have participated in many competitions and are no longer participating in the competition, the rest of the chefs are all here. The list of 300 includes their place of work, age, place of origin, past achievements and other personal information.

Gu Zheng's name is among the 300 people, followed by his age, 23, and his achievement, first place in the Hangzhou Food Competition.

As soon as the list came out, it aroused heated discussions in the chef community, not just this time, but every previous one.

As the most grand event in the domestic chef industry, the Chinese Cuisine Competition attracts a lot of attention. Most people in the food industry are paying attention to this competition. Every year in the competition, some people who are not usually well-known suddenly become famous. There are also some people who are not familiar with the competition.

These people will become the targets of many restaurants.

Gu Zheng was also studied by them, but they all gave up after finding out that Gu Zheng was the owner of Guji Chicken Blood Soup Shop.

Many people know about Guji Chicken Blood Soup and know that their business is very good. How could such a big boss poach him to be his own chef? This is simply unrealistic.

As expected by Gao Lao and the others, Gu Zheng was the youngest among all the contestants. However, what surprised them was that there was another contestant under the age of twenty-five, a contestant named Song Bai, whose age was Twenty-four years old, only one year older than Gu Zheng.

In a competition, two players under the age of twenty-five appeared, which was very surprising.

Moreover, Song Bai's information is very simple. He only has his place of birth and nothing else. He was recommended to participate in the food competition. The person who recommended him was a senior in the food industry, a highly respected senior. With such a recommendation from a senior, he You can also participate in competitions.

There are more people studying him than studying Gu Zheng. After all, no one knew who this person was before. Suddenly he appeared, and they all thought about whether they could invite him over.

As long as you participate in the Chinese Food Competition, even if your cooking skills are average, there will be people rushing to get it, not to mention that it is impossible to participate in such a competition with ordinary cooking skills. Everyone must have their own characteristics.

The competition will be held in two months. After the list came out, Uncle Hu, Mr. Gao, and Mr. Wu all called to let Gu Zheng prepare for the competition with peace of mind and strive to achieve a good result in the Chinese Food Competition.

Even Gu Zheng's father, Gu Ming, also called and told him about his experience in participating in the food competition.

Everyone attaches great importance to this competition, but Gu Zheng himself doesn't care. Now he has another cooking skill of steamed fish, as well as ready-made ingredients. In addition, he has the qualification to choose his own cooking skills, plus He has already learned fried eggs, chicken blood soup, shredded chicken noodle soup and egg fried rice. Gu Zheng has many cooking skills that he can use in competitions, and he has no worries at all.

"Master, do you have time?"

Seven days later, Gu Zheng suddenly received a call from Wuyou. This call made Gu Zheng very strange.

He just came back from Lecheng three days ago and went back to appease the white cat. He would go back every once in a while to cook something delicious for the white cat so that it could stay there and give the Emei sect one more cultivator. A level guardian beast.

"I haven't had much to do recently. Did something happen at the door again?"

Gu Zheng asked casually. When he went back, Elder Wuyou didn't say anything. He called suddenly just a few days ago. This made him instinctively think that something happened again within the sect, and it was still two elders. Things that cannot be solved.

"There is nothing going on inside the door. Everything is fine. We just got the news that a Tianshan Snow Lotus is about to mature and be born!"

Elder Wuyou said quickly, while Gu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. As long as nothing happened inside the sect, the Emei Sect had only a small number of people, so he didn't want anything to happen frequently, as that would make him, the leader, too tired.

"Tianshan Snow Lotus, didn't we just receive one?"

Not long ago, Zhen Fengtang did receive Tianshan Snow Lotus. It was an ordinary grade Tianshan Snow Lotus. The quality was very good and it had been sent to the underground treasure house by Wuchou. Even if a new snow lotus is born at this time, the great elder should not be alarmed. After all, the raw materials grown on the earth can only reach the ordinary level.

"This is different. The snow lotus born this time is a thousand years old, and the thousand-year-old Tianshan snow lotus must be bound to Tianshan snow lotus seeds. The "Snow Lotus Pill" refined from Tianshan snow lotus seeds can allow cultivators to break through at the late stage of the fifth level. , increasing the success rate to more than 50%!”

Great Elder Wuyou said quickly, not everyone in the late fifth level can advance to the level of immortal cultivator, many people can reach the fifth level, many sects have never lacked the strong people in the fifth level, but they have hundreds or thousands of years. There has never been a single cultivator of immortality.

The reason is that it is too difficult to break through to the realm of immortal cultivators in the late fifth level, and once you fail, there is no possibility of advancement.

Tianshan Snow Lotus Seeds, which are rare in the world, can increase the success rate of promotion to 50%. This effect alone is enough to make many people crazy.

Normally speaking, there is not even one out of ten cultivators in the late fifth level who can break through and advance to immortality. There is not even a 10% chance. When it increases to 50%, you can imagine what those cultivators in the late fifth level will be like. reaction.

After all, advancing to become an immortal cultivator is equivalent to having a stronger longevity and more powerful power. No one does not want to break through to this realm.

"Is that so? The Great Elder wants this snow lotus?"

Gu Zheng understood what was going on. Such a treasure was very attractive to inner strength practitioners. Elder Wuyou was already in the late fifth level, so it was right for him to desire it.

"Yeah, we gotta get it!"

Elder Wuyou said quickly, there was something Gu Zheng didn't know about, and Elder Wuyou didn't mention it. Elder Wuyou wanted the thousand-year snow lotus, not for himself, but for Gu Zheng.

He is very old, and even if he breaks through, his achievements will be limited. Gu Zheng is different. Gu Zheng is still young. Once he breaks through, his future achievements will be even more brilliant. He wants this Tianshan Snow Lotus Seed, and he also wants to keep it for Gu Zheng.

"What plans does the elder have? Just tell me directly!"

"The thousand-year snow lotus is about to mature. We have to rush to Tianshan as soon as possible. Wuchou and I will set off now. Master, you will meet us at the foot of Tianshan..."

Wuyou said this and told Gu Zheng many details about this trip to Tianshan.

After a while, after hanging up the phone call from Elder Wuyou, Gu Zheng, with a slightly frowned brow, decided to rush to Tianshan as soon as possible. Early the next morning, Gu Zheng rushed to the airport and headed for Tianshan.

The people of Emei Sect have already gone ahead. They will wait for Gu Zheng at the place where the grassland enters Tianshan, and then go together.

Gu Zheng flew from Shanghai to WLMQ, and then took a car from WLMQ, turning from Wuyi Highway to Duku Highway, and traveled more than 460 kilometers to Jingxian.

After arriving in Jingxian, Gu Zheng found a local guide and headed west along the rugged mountain road towards the Bayinbuluke Grassland.

Although it is said to be traveling along the mountain road, there are actually cars to take, but the cars are very old and the road conditions are not good. The road is very bumpy, and even Gu Zheng, a cultivator, feels very uncomfortable.

From Jingxian to the Bayinbuluke Grassland, there are more than 300 kilometers, and on this rugged mountain road, there are not as few vehicles as imagined. After all, the Bayinbuluke Grassland is the second largest grassland in the Celestial Empire, second only to Ordos in Inner Mongolia. It has a flat terrain and abundant water and grass. It is a typical grass meadow grassland and one of the most important animal husbandry bases in XJ. At the same time, there are famous attractions, such as the "nine bends and eighteen turns" Kaidu River and the elegant and charming Swan Lake, so there are also many people who come to travel.

However, the place that Gu Zheng wanted to go was far away from those tourist attractions. The locals called that place "Heilongkou". In the past, there were often large Tianshan gray wolves near Heilongkou. Although there are fewer Tianshan gray wolves now, few people are willing to be guides to that place.

The guide Gu Zheng found was called Eric. He was an old man in his sixties with a waxy face and two very upturned mustaches.

Eric was a local ethnic minority. When he was young, he stayed in the mainland for a period of time and knew some Chinese. Gu Zheng learned from Eric that many people from the mainland went to Heilongkou. Eric alone had received two groups. Gu Zheng understood that anyone who went to Heilongkou at this time was most likely from the major sects in the mainland.

Although Jing County was only more than 300 kilometers away from Bayinbuluke Grassland, it was already afternoon when Gu Zheng arrived. In addition, due to the rugged mountain road, he would spend a night on the road tonight and could not really enter the grassland tomorrow.

It was gradually getting dark, and two men with backpacks appeared on the mountain road illuminated by car lights.

The two men looked over here and gestured to stop the car. Eric slowed down the car and looked at Gu Zheng.

Gu Zheng had hired the car for this trip, so Eric would naturally listen to Gu Zheng whether to stop or not.

Gu Zheng didn't say anything, just nodded, and the car stopped in front of the two men.

Both men were in their forties, one fat and one thin. The fat one was smiling, and the thin one had no expression on his face.

"Where are you going?" Eric asked in stiff Mandarin with a strong "ma" sound, which was very local.

"We are going to Heilongzui. Does my father-in-law know how to get there?"

The fat one handed Eric a cigarette, but was blocked by Eric, who didn't smoke.

Eric turned around and looked at Gu Zheng again, with a hint of pleading in his eyes.

Gu Zheng learned from Eric's casual chat that Eric's family situation was quite bad, otherwise he would not come out to work as a tour guide at such an old age.

If the two people who stopped the car were just ordinary tourists who just wanted to give a ride when they got to the front, then Eric would not have to ask Gu Zheng, because Gu Zheng had already nodded before. However, the place they were going to was the same as Gu Zheng, and such long-distance hitchhikers had to pay to get on the car.

"Okay!" Gu Zheng sympathized with old man Eric and nodded in agreement.

"Thank you."

Old man Eric thanked Gu Zheng and turned to the two men and said, "I know how to get there, but you have to pay for where you are going!"

"How much do you want for two people?" The fat man laughed.

"One thousand yuan per person!"

Eric charged Gu Zheng two thousand yuan, and it was reasonable to charge the two people one thousand yuan each. Although there are cars along the way, after entering the depths of the grassland, some places are impassable! At that time, he will need to walk for a day to lead the way before he can reach Heilongkou.

Gu Zheng is now a boss with a considerable fixed income every month, and the other party is an old man. When Eric said two thousand yuan, he agreed directly.

However, the two men in front of him had different ideas from Gu Zheng. The corner of the fat man's mouth twitched, and the expressionless man's thin face suddenly turned cold.

"One thousand per person? Why don't you go rob!"

"If you want to sit, sit. If you don't want to sit, forget it!" Old man Eric seemed a little angry and pretended to drive.

"Don't be angry, father-in-law, he is not very good at talking. Two thousand, right? It's not expensive!"

The fat man was much more flexible than the expressionless man, and he quickly handed over his wallet to pay. Eric didn't say anything more, and the two of them got into the car.

Eric's car was a Jeep, and Gu Zheng was sitting in the back before. When the two opened the door, the fat one took the initiative to sit in the passenger seat, and the thin one sat in the back seat.

Gu Zheng closed his eyes and rested his mind. After the two men got in the car, they chatted among themselves.

The content of the chat is not nutritious, it is nothing more than complaining and lamenting.

From their chat, Gu Zheng learned that the fat one was named Yang Jie and the thin one was Jie Hao. The reason why the two blocked cars on the road was because their previous guide left them on the road and went back by themselves. .

Although the two of them accused the guide of having no professional ethics, Gu Zheng understood clearly that the fault was not with the guide, but because the guy named Jie Hao was not pleasant to listen to and did not respect other people's customs. Although the guide ignored them On the way, but half of the money was returned to them.

Even so, the guide was dealt with by them, and the two of them no longer wanted the guide.

Knowing their purpose and knowing that they were inner strength practitioners who were heading for Xuelian, Gu Zheng didn't want to deal with these two people anymore and didn't speak during the whole journey. When they were chatting, Gu Zheng even closed his eyes. Peace of mind.

Fortunately, these two people spoke in Sichuan dialect, and old man Eric couldn't understand it, otherwise they would probably have been kicked off the bus.

Yang Jie and Xie Hao chatted for a while, but there was really nothing to say, so the topic turned to Gu Zheng.

"Hey, friend! Wake up, where are you going?" Yang Jie said with a smile.

"Ignore him, this guy is rude. When we were taking the bus, he was still talking. When we got on the bus, he kept his eyes closed. I get angry when I see such a person." Jie Hao snorted coldly.

Gu Zheng was about to say something when the car bumped. Old man Eric drove the car to a branch road. This branch road was not long. There was an open space as big as a playground in the valley at the end. There are several stone caves on the half-human-high cliff, and there are many traces of bonfires on the ground. It seems that this is a resting place for people walking on this road.

"We'll spend the night here tonight. We've all come to set up tents and get sleeping bags."

The old man Eric got off the car. It was very unsafe to drive on the grassland at night. Not only were wild wolves and the like likely to appear, but the road conditions were also not good. If something went wrong, there might be an accident, so the guide was rarely willing to drive at night.

Gu Zheng opened the door and walked out. Yang Jie and Xie Hao also got out of the car, but they did not go to get sleeping bags, but stretched their muscles on the spot.

"How can you sleep at night if you don't bring a sleeping bag?" Old Eric said displeasedly as he stuffed the sleeping bag into the cave.

"We've already paid the money, but we still need to do something like setting up a tent and putting sleeping bags on it?" Jie Hao opened his eyes wide, as if he had heard a fantasy.

"I'm a tour guide, not your servant." Eric was really angry, and his beard trembled.

"You old man has a pretty bad temper, don't you?"

As Jie Hao spoke, he was about to walk towards Eric, but Gu Zheng, who was already unhappy with the two men, quickly stuffed his sleeping bag into the cave that was as deep as one person and walked towards the old man Eric.

"Forget it, why are you angry with an old man?"

Yang Jie grabbed Jie Hao who was walking forward. He didn't want to be left in the wilderness again.

"No, I just don't want to get used to their bad temper!"

Jie Hao's voice paused and became even more angry: "Look, what kind of virtue is he? He actually put our sleeping bags back in the car!"

"Stop talking, we are not ordinary people, so what does it matter if we eat in the open and sleep in the open? How can we lose a piece of meat if we don't sleep in a sleeping bag?"

Yang Jie sneered and shook his head, while Jie Hao glanced at Eric contemptuously and said nothing more.

Gu Zheng returned to the car to help old man Eric get fuel, but in his heart, he was actually sneering.

Through the weapon spirit, Gu Zheng can easily see through the cultivation level of the two people. Despite their arrogant appearance, in fact, their cultivation level is only at the late second level.

The second floor is the bone refining realm. Under normal circumstances, one is not afraid of cold and heat, but today's weather is abnormal. Not long after they set out on the road, Eric looked at the sky and said that there would be a "bone-shattering wind" in the first half of the night. This wind would make the temperature drop to ten or twenty degrees below zero. They could still withstand ordinary low temperatures. But when the time comes, they will be able to bear the blow.

After Gu Zheng and Eric got the firewood and set it up in a big pit on the ground, the wind started to pick up and the temperature dropped instantly.

After lighting a bonfire, old man Eric took out some more things, including naan bread, jam and a kettle.

The kettle was used to boil water and make tea. Old man Eric put the naan cakes on the fire to heat and gave some to Gu Zheng.

"Naan, low food."

"Jam, inferior food."

The voice of the weapon spirit sounded in Gu Zheng's heart at the right time.

Gu Zheng was a little surprised that the jam was of second-class quality. However, the environment here is different from that in the mainland. There is very little pollution here. It is normal for jam to be of second-class quality.

The tea has been brewed, and some sweet and sour jam is spread on the naan cake. A little water can quickly dissolve the dry naan cake, turning it into a sweet fragrance that spreads between the lips and teeth.

"Uncle, is this jam home-brewed by you?" Eric looked very proud when Gu Zheng asked about the jam.

"This, we call it Malina here, and you call it Raspberry over there. I took a tourist with me the year before last, and he also praised it very much, but it was very troublesome to brew. I didn't have it at the time. After making this last year , the tourists came here specially to buy some.”

Eric struggled to speak a certain passage in blunt Chinese.

"Uncle, do you still have this raspberry jam in your car? I want to buy some."

Being able to encounter this kind of highly processed second-rate food is a small gain, and Gu Zheng will naturally not let go of this opportunity!

"There are three bottles left. I didn't sell them for you to keep for yourself, but the young man is very nice, so I'll give you two bottles as a gift!"

Old man Eric is not the kind of person who cares about money. For him, he feels comfortable using some things to make money. But for things like food, if you meet a good person like Gu Zheng, you can give some away even if you don't make money.

Even though the net content of the two bottles of jam was less than one kilogram, how could Gu Zheng want Old Man Eric’s things for free? Just when he was giving money and Old Man Eric refused, a cold snort reached the ears of the two of them. middle.

"This is really a close relationship between the two races. The friendship is so sincere that it almost made me cry."

Jie Hao approached the campfire angrily, but at this time, the old man Eric screamed.

"What are you doing!"

Yang Jie was walking towards the cliff when the old man Eric's scream almost scared him to death.

"You can't do this kind of thing here. This is the "Vulcan God". You are blaspheming the God of Vulcan and you will be punished!"

Old man Eric quickly walked to the cliff and whispered something in their language like a prayer to the smoke-stained cliff.

Although he was dissatisfied, Yang Jie was stopped and could not continue. He smiled at the old man Eric and walked to the fire to sit down.

"You two, don't leave dirty things on the road. There are many gods here. Don't let bad luck catch up with me! If you can do it, keep on going. If you can't, I'll refund you the money. Don't keep going with you!"

Old man Eric also came back, blowing his beard and staring in anger.

"So, for our convenience in the future, we need to ask for your instructions?"

Jie Hao's face turned cold, but he was pulled back by Yang Jie.

"What my father-in-law said makes sense, let's just do it."

Yang Jie really didn't want to be driven away again, but despite his compromise, a flash of displeasure flashed in his eyes.

"Haha" Gu Zheng made a sneer.

"Why are you laughing?" Jie Hao's voice suddenly rose, obviously venting his anger on Gu Zheng.

"Can you control the laughter?"

Gu Zheng stretched out his hands to warm the fire, and under the influence of the Fire Control Technique, the already burning bonfire seemed to have been poured with oil. Flames suddenly burst out and swept out towards Jie Hao.

Jie Hao reacted quickly and quickly moved back, but even so, his hair still burned.

Jie Hao saved himself, and Yang Jie helped. The fire that had just started was under control in an instant.

Jie Hao, whose eyebrows were burned away and half of his hair was burned, stared at Gu Zheng solemnly! The fire just now was so weird. Why did it suddenly burst out in such a large amount when Gu Zheng was talking? What an abnormal thing!

"Master Vulcan, please have mercy and forgive these two ignorant foreigners!"

Old man Eric suddenly threw himself to the ground and worshiped towards the dark cliff.

This is the second chapter yesterday. Please forgive me for the late update. Also, let me tell you something interesting. When I wrote about roasted chicken today, Xiaoyu was so greedy that she went out and bought a roasted chicken to comfort herself!