Jiang Yunniang looked at Qiu Ling and said, "You guys can go back. I have nothing to do with the Zhang family. There is no need to do anything unnecessary in the future."
Qiu Ling couldn't tell anything, but Yu Kun looked unhappy.
Seeing that their aunt had no plans to give a gift to the newlyweds, Jiang Cheng and his wife quickly took two pieces of cotton cloth and stuffed them into Qiu Ling's arms as a gift.
These cotton cloths are all woven at home and undyed, they are snow-white and soft.
Qiu Ling accepted the cloth, expressed her gratitude, and then bid farewell to Jiang Yunniang from afar.
Jiang Yunniang turned around and went back to the backyard and didn't come out for a long time.
After lunch, when it was almost dusk, Yingbao returned to the hospital alone with a basket of grapes.
Near the medical department, she saw her second brother buying something from a stall selling boiled mutton offal.
"Hey!" Yingbao patted him, scaring Zhang Min so much that he shivered.
Turning around, he saw his junior sister, and asked with a smile, "Are you back?"
Yingbao: "You dare to eat meat openly, aren't you afraid of being seen by Master?"
Zhang Min chuckled: "Master and Senior Brother are going to the Taoist temple and won't be back today. Junior Sister, do you want to eat?"
"No." Yingbao walked towards the infirmary.
Zhang Min quickly paid the money and followed behind with a jar of mutton offal.
The two returned to the Yin-Yang Department, and Zhang Min said, "Junior Sister, we will go with Master to perform a ritual in a few days. It may take more than a month. You should prepare first. Bring some mosquito coils and detoxification pills. We may have to sleep outdoors."
Yingbao was stunned: "Where to go?"
"Let's go to the city." Zhang Min ate his mutton offal and said vaguely, "Someone asked Master to exorcise evil spirits."
"Isn't there a forbidden spell master in the capital city?" Yingbao was puzzled.
Zhang Minbai glanced at his junior sister and said, "How can those people compare to Master?" His own master is a famous forbidden spell master.
Seeing that the little junior sister was still confused, he explained: "Although Master is working at the Qinchuan County Medical Bureau, this is only temporary. In a few days, Master will still have to travel around. Hehe, by then, we will travel all over the country, visit various temples and Taoist temples, and discuss Taoism with masters from all over the world..."
Yingbao frowned.
She didn't want to travel, she just wanted to stay at home.
Zhang Min saw through the little junior sister's thoughts and said, "You have already accepted the master's teachings, so you must go with us. When we return, it will be the time to become famous. By then, the eldest senior brother and I will be able to stand on our own."
Every forbidden spell master must travel outside for a period of time before starting out, and only then can he exorcise evil spirits for people on his own.
In fact, this trip was made for the eldest brother to go out on a mission.
Yingbao had a bitter face, wondering how to convince her master not to take her with him.
The next day, Zhou Wuchang came back and ignored all the excuses of his little disciple, asking her to pack up and travel with them.
Yingbao had no choice but to go back and explain to her eldest cousin, and asked him to take a letter to her parents, telling them that she was going to travel with her master.
Because the master said that traveling can take as little as a few months or as much as several years, depending on the situation.
She also hinted in the letter that there would be a flood in two years and asked her parents to be extra careful.
So, in the early morning after the beginning of autumn, Yingbao wore a bamboo hat, carried a bamboo basket on her shoulder, and followed her master and two senior brothers out of the city gate.
The four masters and apprentices walked for two hours and sat down to rest under a big tree by the roadside. Yingbao rubbed her toes and couldn't help asking, "Master, why don't you hire a carriage?"
Zhou Wuchang said expressionlessly: "Take a carriage or travel?"
"Well, we can hire a bullock cart." Her calves were cramping.
Zhang Min replied: "You are here to enjoy the autumn season, and you hired a bullock cart."
A few years ago, he also traveled with his master and almost broke the soles of his feet. Now that he was doing it again, he felt it was unusually easy. Therefore, the little junior sister must first experience hardships before she can know what it means to have sweet rewards after bitter experiences.
Yingbao glared at him and took out her energy water and took a sip.
Well, I have Wudingzhi anyway, so at worst I can drink a few more sips and see who collapses first.
After resting for a quarter of an hour, the four continued on their journey.
When he arrived at a water transport terminal, Zhou Wuchang stopped.
"Master, are we going to take a boat?" Yingbao ran over and asked.
Zhou Wuchang nodded: "Let's take a boat to the city first. Master Qiyue will attend a sacrificial ceremony."
Yingbao almost jumped up with joy: "It's great to take a boat."
I can finally take a break.
Soon, the master and disciple boarded a cargo ship.
Yingbao found that the ship owner was very polite to his master. The two of them obviously knew each other. He even arranged the master and apprentice in two cabins.
No wonder, it turns out that the master had already arranged the itinerary.
Yingbao walked into her cabin and fell asleep immediately.
After walking for several hours, even a serious person like the eldest brother looked tired.
After the beginning of autumn, the water is calm when sailing.
After the ship had been sailing for a few days, it encountered a section of water that was very turbulent, so the ship owner asked dozens of trackers to help pull the ship for dozens of miles.
I saw that each of the trackers was very thin, with their arms hunched and their ribs clearly visible.
The oldest of the trackers has white hair, while the youngest is only in his teens. They wear straw sandals or go barefoot, carrying tow ropes on their backs and walking with difficulty along the shore, shouting and singing songs as they walk.
When the water surface is calm, the trackers board the bamboo raft and follow the big boat. When they reach the next upstream beach, they go ashore and pull the tow rope.
After this trip, dozens of trackers only earned about ten strings of money in total.
A few days later, the ship finally arrived at the Fucheng Pier.
Master Yingbao and his disciples got off the boat and walked into the city. They first went to a Taoist temple called Jinding Mountain in the city to stay the night.
Senior Brother Zhou Hao handed over his name card, and the abbot of the Taoist temple came out to greet him personally.
"Our humble temple is honored by your presence, Fellow Daoist Zhou." The temple master with three strands of beard laughed.
Zhou Wuchang clasped his fists towards him and said, "Fellow Daoist Jin, how are you?"
The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Zhou Hao and his fellow disciples bowed to Master Jin.
Then several people walked into the temple.
A little Taoist boy came over and took Yingbao and the two brothers to their residence.
The Taoist temple on Jinding Mountain is very large and has a separate guest house. Yingbao occupies one room by herself, while her two senior brothers live in another.
Yingbao leaned against the door and asked Zhou Hao: "Big Brother, how long are we going to stay here?"
"We'll leave after the sacrifice is completed in July. It will probably take a month." It's only late June now, and it seems like they will have to stay in the temple until late July.
Yingbao: "Then I will go to see Sister Wen tomorrow. Her home is here." Wen Shu said that her family lived in the city and opened a medicine shop called Kang'an Medicine Shop.
Zhou Hao: "You must tell the master before you go down the mountain, and your second senior brother will accompany you." The provincial capital is not like the county town. There are many wealthy families here. It would be troublesome if you accidentally have a conflict with some unreasonable playboys.
"Okay, I'll tell Master." Yingbao was extremely excited at the thought of meeting Sister Wen and Mrs. Wen.
Traveling is not entirely without benefits. I might as well take this opportunity to ask about the houses in the provincial capital so that my brother Jiang Jie will have a place to stay when he comes to take the provincial examination.