Although the Zhou Dynasty adhered to the style of the Tang Dynasty and the defense between men and women was not so harsh, the close contact between young men and women was still very criticized.
Cai Wen frowned, and when Gu Hai opened his mouth without making a sound, Gu Shiba Niang had already raised her right hand to explore Cai Wen's neck.
"Ah..." Gu Hai saw clearly what was in her hand and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Eighteenth Mother, throw it away..."
Gu Shiba Niang held a big scorpion in her hand. At this moment, the scorpion's legs were moving and its tail was trembling.
A trace of shock and anger flashed across Cai Wen's face, and he subconsciously glanced around.
"Eighteenth Mother..." Gu Hai watched Eighteenth Mother holding the scorpion without moving, raising her hand to open the scorpion, but he was afraid of hurting her hand. Being stung by a scorpion would not be an ordinary pain, even It could kill someone, not to mention that Gu Shiba Niang was already weak and had just recovered from a serious illness. Gu Hai raised his hands and was in a dilemma, almost crying.
"It's okay, it's okay." Gu Shiba Niang came back to her senses a little and felt her heart beating hard.
Just now she saw a scorpion crawling on Cai Wen's collar. She held her breath and her mind went blank. However, she only remembered that in the previous life at the Shen's Pharmacy, some evil-minded young man used a scorpion to scare her. The old master comforted her.
"Don't be afraid, scorpions rely on their tails. If you hold the scorpions' tails like this, they won't be scary at all." The old master showed her with a smile.
At this moment, the old master's hand clearly appeared in Gu Shiba Niang's mind, and she did it by mistake, but she didn't expect it to happen.
Seeing the scorpion dangling in her hand, Gu Shiba Niang was also frightened. She held the scorpion tightly in her hand, not because she was brave, but because she didn't know how to throw it away.
"Eighteenth Mother..." Gu Hai looked at her with a pale face, gritting his teeth and reaching out to grab the scorpion's tail.
If a scorpion stings me, it won't sting my sister.
"Don't touch it!" Cai Wenduan shouted.
Gu Shiba Niang was also startled, took a step back, and avoided Gu Hai's hand.
Cai Wen's face was solemn, he looked at the scorpion and warned again: "Don't let go and throw it away, it will sting you."
Gu Shiba Niang was holding the scorpion tail at this moment. If she let go at will, she might not be as fast as the scorpion tail.
This is how to do? Gu Hai's face turned red, he raised his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, just sting me..."
Cai Wen raised his hand to stop him.
"That's my sister!" Gu Hai's stubborn temper rose and he shouted with a glare. Fortunately, he didn't say that it was you, the unlucky guy who caused the trouble, but the meaning on his face was similar.
Cai Wen glanced at him and said nothing. He reached out and untied a sachet hanging from his waist. Before the two brothers could react, he quickly covered the scorpion's tail with the mouth of the bag and said, "Let go."
Following his voice, Gu Shiba Niang instantly let go of her hand. The scorpion fell into the sachet and squirmed continuously. It was helplessly blocked by the bag and was useless.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Put it on the ground and I'll crush it to death." Gu Hai said.
Cai Wen shook his head and did not move.
"Keep this thing..." Gu Hai pointed to the sachet in his hand in confusion and said.
But at this moment, Gu Shiba Niang pulled his sleeve and stopped him from talking.
"Scorpions are also used as medicinal materials and are very valuable." She said with a smile.
Gu Hai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Looking at his sister's pale face, he was worried and scared. He left Cai Wen's Scorpion and ignored it.
"Thank you." Cai Wen said to Gu Shiba Niang.
"It's a simple matter of raising a hand, Mr. Cai doesn't need to be polite." Gu Shiba Niang hurriedly returned the courtesy.
This was really a piece of cake. When Cai Wen heard this, a smile appeared on his lips. The smile disappeared in an instant, and when he raised his head, he was expressionless again.
"Brother Cai, there are many snakes and insects here, so you'd better not stay here for a long time." Gu Hai reminded with lingering fear.
Cai Wen nodded and said thank you, but did not walk away.
After all this fuss, Gu Hai was not in the mood to talk to him anymore, so he pulled Eighteen Niang to leave.
Watching the brother and sister walk away, a trace of anger appeared on Cai Wen's expressionless face.
"Who is it?" He suddenly spoke.
"This subordinate is incompetent..." A voice suddenly appeared in the air, and with this voice, a man flashed out of the bamboo bushes.
Cai Wen looked at the person in front of him, a trace of surprise flashed across his gloomy face.
So he didn't see who did it? To send such a master
So now that I am alive, I am a greater threat to others...
A hint of a faint smile actually appeared on the young man's face. His gaze was cast into the distance, and the brother and sister were looking back.
What a blessing this time!
"Go ahead." He threw the bag with the scorpion in his hand.
"Yes." The person in front of him reached out and accurately caught the sachet without raising his head. In the blink of an eye, the person disappeared, as if he had never appeared before.
Gu Hai and Gu Shiba Niang had walked a long way before they started talking.
"Eighteen Mother, don't do this next time!" After walking away for a few steps, he said with some reproach.
Gu Shiba Niang had regained her composure and responded with a smile.
"Hey, by the way, how did you get so lucky just now that the scorpion didn't sting you?" Gu Hai was a boy after all, and he was very interested in this kind of risky game, so he asked curiously.
Gu Shiba Niang smiled and stretched out her hand to show him.
"Are you reading it from books?" Gu Hai imitated her a few times and said with a smile, "You are the only one who has read more weird books."
"Since I don't have to take exams, I naturally need to read more weird books to keep things interesting." Gu Shibaniang said with a smile.
The brother and sister were talking, then looked back and saw Cai Wen still standing under the bamboo bushes, but there was another person talking next to them.
How could a scorpion crawl on him
The two siblings couldn't help but look at each other, but they both saw doubts in each other's eyes.
"Brother..." Gu Shiba Niang said.
"It's okay," Gu Hai interrupted her and said with a smile, "Senior Brother Cai's character...well...just...offended a lot of people, it must be those naughty people who teased him..."
Gu Shiba Niang recalled that in her previous life, when her brother went to clan school, he would often come back with a turtle note on his back. Compared with that, the trick Cai Wen encountered was really more serious. If it stung him, he would have to have it. He suffered.
She didn't know why Jiang was offended, and they wanted to punish him like this. Gu Shiba Niang couldn't help but look back. Cai Wen and the man had walked away and disappeared. Only bamboo bushes were swaying in the wind in the open space.
"Brother, where is this Senior Cai from?" she asked curiously.
Judging from his appearance and demeanor, he wouldn't be like the down-and-out kids who depended on others in his previous life, right
"I'm not sure if he's from Wanquan County." Gu Hai replied casually, "... he's very knowledgeable and has a very good temper..."
He chuckled. As a scholar, you shouldn't talk about people's rights and wrongs behind their backs.
"...People with good knowledge always have a temper." Gu Hai smiled and stuck out his tongue with a bit of playfulness.
Very knowledgeable? It seems that there will not be a champion named Cai Wen in ten years.
"Brother, when he gets better at learning, it's better not to have a bad temper. Sister, I don't want to follow you all day long to help you catch scorpions..." Gu Shiba Niang covered her mouth and smiled, then put it away and stopped thinking about it.
Gu Hai also laughed and scratched her nose. Anyway, she was really happy today.
When she returned home and heard that he had entered the Mingtang, Mrs. Cao cried with joy and pulled Gu Hai to burn incense in front of her father's memorial tablet.
"Mom, this isn't worth anything. There will be happier things in the future." Gu Hai said, kowtowing in front of his father's memorial tablet.
"Well, okay, you are all good children." Ms. Cao choked while holding a child in one hand, and then smiled again, "Mom will make you lotus meat cakes. Today we are blessed with double happiness..."
"Mom, what else is there to be happy about?" Gu Hai asked curiously.
Mrs. Cao then told the story about Gu Shiba Niang, shopkeeper Zhou and Peng Yizhen, "Your sister's medicine has been sold, and her hard work these days is not in vain."
Gu Hai was silent for a moment after hearing this, watching his mother and Gu Shiba Niang hesitate to speak.
"What's wrong?" Gu Shiba Niang noticed something strange about him and asked hurriedly.
"I'm wondering if this Peng Yizhen has some beef with Shopkeeper Zhou?" Gu Hai said.
Gu Shiba Niang looked at him with some surprise. Although her brother had read a lot of books, he was a dull boy inside. Otherwise, he would not have become angry because of the ridicule of several clan children in his previous life. If you go to school, you won't rush into the trap set by someone when your mother is insulted. Not only will you not take revenge, but you will get yourself caught up in it.
"How could he be so kind to accept my sister's medicine?" Gu Hai continued, his brows furrowed thickly.
"Your sister's medicine is good. Besides, he sold it in the first place..." Ms. Cao smiled and stroked her son's brow, "You think too much. We orphans and widowed mothers have nothing, and they don't have to plot against us. …..”
"Sister's medicine..." Gu Hai frowned and said, how could it be so good? It has only been done for a few days, is it worth risking the consequences of offending Shopkeeper Zhou
"Mom, now we are orphans and widowed, and we have no relatives to protect us. We are trying to be careful of people plotting against us." He said seriously.