"I didn't expect that I would see you again, mother, brother. I didn't expect that I would have the chance to see you again. It's been ten years, it's been ten years. Mother, brother, it's been ten years since I lost you... ..”
Mrs. Cao was trembling all over. She took a few steps over and hugged Gu Shiba Niang. She didn't fully understand her daughter's words, but seeing her daughter's almost collapsed expression, like a cuckoo crying with blood, she felt extremely distressed. , there was a lump in my chest, and I just wanted to cry, cry loudly.
Gu Hai stood aside with a pale face.
"I know, I know it's hard to believe. Sometimes I don't believe it myself. I also thought it was just a nightmare..."
"Mom, do you know why I know how to make medicine? Mom, don't you find it strange? I have never touched medicinal materials before, but suddenly I can make them and sell them for money?"
"I said I came here to read books, but I actually lied to you. Our family doesn't have any books about medicinal materials at all..."
"Do you know why Shopkeeper Zhou was defeated by Peng Yizhen? It was because he used fake medicine to plot against me and Peng Yizhen, and I recognized the fake medicine, and in turn, I was plotted against..."
"Do you know why I am considered a disciple of Liu Gong? That's because I got a book, which is the authentic work of the great pharmacist Liu Gong, and this book is also because I recognized the fake medicine made by my father-in-law. , won..."
"And this can't be seen by just reading a book. Those fake medicines are because I have seen them..."
"Mom, destiny dictates that I marry Shen Anlin, and the Shen family owns a medicine shop that I have been running for several years. Where did I learn all the medicinal techniques..."
Cao and Gu Hai could no longer hold back their astonishment at this moment, they couldn't help but stumbled, Gu Hai fell on the chair, and Cao sat on the ground a few steps away from Gu Shiba Niang.
Gu Shiba Niang's words were too difficult for them to accept.
How could such a thing happen? Impossible, impossible…..
"Eighteen Mother, you, you are dreaming..." Gu Hai murmured.
Zi didn't say anything about his strange power and confusion, but he did say that there was a god in his head.
This was completely beyond their knowledge and beyond their ability to accept.
"The Eighteenth Mother has never left you. This time I have stayed in Jiankang is the longest I have ever stayed. Besides, I have never dealt with anyone from the Shen family, right?"
Ms. Cao hesitated and nodded.
This is a fact. Let alone the Eighteenth Niang, she herself has never interacted with the Shen family, and she only knows the name of Mr. Shen San.
"Well, let me tell you that Mr. Shen San has four sons and four daughters..."
"The eldest son, Shen Anfeng, died of illness at the age of fifteen. The remaining wife, named Zhou Ziyu, had no children..."
"The eldest son Shen Anlin is eighteen years old this year..."
"The second son of the concubine, Shen Anke, is fifteen years old this year..."
"The second son, Shen Andong, is fourteen years old this year..."
"Master Shen San has two wives. His first wife is Mrs. Zhao, who is Shen Anlin's biological mother, and his second wife is Mrs. Zhao, who is Shen Anlin's aunt..."
As she spoke clearly, Cao and Gu Hai looked shocked.
"Mom, brother, you can go and ask around, and you will know whether what I said is right or not." Gu Shiba's mood eased a lot, "Of course, as long as you are willing to ask around, you can find out about these things, but..."
She smiled bitterly and said, "Mom, why do I need to inquire about their family's affairs?"
Cao and Gu Hai were speechless at this time. They refused to admit that this was true. How could such a strange thing happen? But he couldn't even utter a word of rebuttal.
Cao suddenly thought about that time when Gu Shiba Niang took the initiative to ask her about the Shen family's engagement. Thinking of her daughter's strange reaction at that time, her heart beat harder. Maybe... this was true.
"Baba Niang, you said you were married to Shen Anlin, why were you divorced?" Mrs. Cao pressed her chest and asked with trembling lips, "Why did he divorce you?"
When a woman is divorced, it is tantamount to being sentenced to death, not to mention that according to her daughter, she is already homeless...
Gu Shiba Niang's tears suddenly flowed out again. She knelt down a few steps and hugged Ms. Cao.
This is mother, this is mother, she just said so much, what mother cares about most is her marriage, why she was divorced, what she cares about is how well she is living...
Ms. Cao didn't feel any discomfort when she was suddenly hugged by Gu Shiba Niang, although she still felt a little weird. According to Gu Shiba Niang's words, the daughter she was holding in her arms was actually already twenty-three years old
Twenty-three years old... She has lived alone for ten years... watching herself die, watching her brother die...
Being abandoned again... .
Mrs. Cao hugged Gu Shiba Niang who threw herself into her arms and called out to her, "My poor son, you have suffered so much and you couldn't stop crying."
The night swallowed up the last trace of light, and the room fell into darkness. The maid outside was very eye-catching and did not come to disturb her during this period.
The three people sat next to each other in the room, and no one spoke for a long time.
"God gave me a chance. From the moment I woke up, I swore that my fate would never happen again..."
"It's all because we returned to Jiankang that we met those who harmed us..."
"That's why I was determined not to sell the house, and that's why I persuaded my brother that you must study. I fought and saw hope, but I didn't expect that the fate that should come came anyway. We had to go back to Jiankang... "
"Destiny insists on forcing us to follow a predetermined path. I don't believe it, so I will fight against it. In that life, we have to endure from birth to death. We endure the ridicule of others and the slander of others. Tolerance, in addition to bringing us more There is nothing but great humiliation, so this time, I will never endure it. If someone bullies me one step, I will repay him ten steps. If someone forces me one step, I will repay him ten steps."
"Those who want to harm us and bully us, since we can't hide, then we won't hide. If they hurt me, I will hurt them. Even if I am destined to die, I will die happily."
"Those who bully us will have to pay the price... Shopkeeper Zhou is like this, Gu Baoquan is like this..."
That night, in the house of the Gu family, mother and son, the dim lights stayed on all night long. Gu Shiba Niang's sad, angry, sad and evil words kept echoing in the ears of Cao and Gu Hai, making them terrified and unable to close their eyes. .
Thousands of words finally converged into Cao's long sigh.
When another morning came, no one mentioned the conversation that night, as if it had never happened.
But it did happen. Compared to the past, Cao was even more silent. She seemed to have aged more than ten years overnight, with deep fatigue and sadness on her brows.
Gu Shiba Niang knew that this incident had a great impact on her and could not be resolved in a few words in a short time, so she could only take her time.
But her brother's performance was beyond her expectation.
On this day, Xinglong Temple, the most popular incense in the city, held a large incense festival. It was an important event not to be missed. Before dawn, the whole street became lively, with people riding in cars and riding horses in a mess.
Gu Shiba Niang and Gu Hai stood in front of the door, waiting for their carriage to arrive.
The brother and sister stood side by side, Gu Hai glanced at his sister from time to time.
My sister is still the same as usual, nothing different, but if you look closely at her eyes, you will find that the depths of her dark pupils are increasingly like a bottomless pool.
"Are you really twenty-three years old?" He suddenly whispered.
"It's the 24th of the New Year..." Gu Shiba Niang looked at her brother, "Although I should call you brother according to seniority, in fact, I am older than you now..."
The look on Gu Hai's face was very strange.
"But, you are all eighteen mothers, right?" He said after a moment of silence.
Gu Shiba Niang looked at him and smiled, and Gu Hai reached out and patted her head.
"If you have anything to tell me, don't be alone..." He said in a deep voice, "You also said that you still have your brother here, and he will be here in the future... forever. He will not leave you alone. people… "
Gu Shiba Niang's eyes were slightly red, she lowered her head and hummed.
If what my sister said is true, she really came from ten years later. I don’t know what major events have happened in these ten years. Isn’t it amazing to know these things in advance... Curiosity replaced fear. Gu Hai wanted to ask ask.
Turning his head and looking at his sister's calm face, he finally swallowed those words again.
No matter what major events happened in the past ten years, for my sister, these ten years are not a good memory. It is deeply imprinted in her heart and tortured day and night. If I ask her once, she will think about it again. Every time she thinks about it, she feels like rotten Bone Eater, right
People come and go in Xinglong Temple, and incense is everywhere.
The Cao family was more pious than before, and they arranged it from the front hall to the back hall.
Gu Shiba Niang and Gu Hai also knelt down and kowtowed.
Gu Shiba Niang raised her head and looked at the Buddha in the palace, who was either dignified and compassionate or fierce and glaring at all living beings.
Will Buddha bless them? In that life, like all women, she believed in relying on the Buddhas in the temple, offering incense and oil every day, but what was the result
I think there are too many people in this world who need protection, and the gods and Buddhas are too busy. If you want to live well, you still have to rely on yourself. Only by becoming stronger can you fight against fate.
A soft recitation of the Buddha's name announced the end of their kneeling.
Gu Hai stretched out his hand to help the two of them. Gu Shiba Niang glanced at the maid beside her. The maid understood and offered the sesame oil money.
Those four pieces of silver ingots made the little master who jumped out of the Three Realms' eyes light up, and the blessing bell rang extra loudly.
It also attracted surprised looks from other people in the clan behind him.
Gu Shiba Niang didn't care at all about this kind of attention and showed off her wealth in a high profile, so what? In that life, they died in a low profile, but this time she decided to fly wildly. Could the result be more terrifying than death
What's more, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to kill them this time.
"Buddha bless and bless my daughter..." Mrs. Cao heard the ringing of the prayer bell, turned around again and prayed with her hands together, tears falling on her hands.
Buddha protects her daughters from falling into evil ways. Buddha protects them from suffering. Buddha protects...
Seeing the mother and son walking out of the hall, the rest of the Gu family couldn't help but chat in low voices.
"Is it possible that their family really got rich?" Gu Xi'er looked away from the mother and daughter and muttered to herself, "How is it possible?"
Who else knows this family better than her? This is impossible. Could it be that, as others have guessed, the old patriarch hid many treasures in the house left to them
"Xi'er, Xi'er." Sisters of the same age called her, "Let's go draw lots..."
Drawing lots is an essential and enjoyable project, and the unknown fate always makes people curious.
Gu Xi'er immediately put aside her thoughts, walked into the sisters, and rushed towards the place where the lots were drawn with a smile, while the women followed behind them slowly and solemnly.
"I'm sure the master will give orders today."
Others chatted during the stroll.
The master who presides over it is said to know the past and the future.
"Of course I will, but is it our turn?" someone said sourly.
The number of people who can be ordered by Master Mingran personally can be counted every year.
"Let's go get a signature. They are all the same in front of the Buddha." Someone suggested.
This suggestion was approved by many people, most of whom were people whose children had reached marriageable age.
"Four Madams, let's go together." Cao was very popular now, so he was naturally invited.
Mrs. Guo in the crowd snorted, turned her head to one side, and clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves. She looked at Mrs. Cao who was greeting the ladies with a smile on her face, and then thought of the past when she would bow her head timidly behind him. The look made her teeth itch with hatred.
It’s really baffling. It’s just a few pieces of clothing. Hmph, we’ll see after the Chinese New Year. These clothes will definitely be sent to the pawn shop. By then, let’s see how she still sees people.
While everyone was talking, they saw Huang Shiying, the third grandmother walking in the front, stop, and a young monk respectfully said a few words to her.
Huang Shiying turned around and spoke to the maid, who bowed and accepted the order and left. After a while, she came over with a handsome young man.
The young man, with his hair bound in a golden crown and purple robe and white fur, floated over and bowed to Huang Shiying.
"Mother." He called softly.
Huang Shiying's heir, the protagonist in one of the family's major events this New Year, finally showed up.
The adoption was carried out in a very low-key manner. If the name hadn't been recorded in the family tree, everyone would have suspected that it was just a rumor. When it came to Gu Yu, who had a lucky break, everyone found that they had no impression of it.
Children of that origin, other submissive and timid bastards.
No one expected that the young man who was once the laughing stock of the entire clan would appear in the public eye in such a manner as if he were a banished immortal descending to earth.
"Master obviously wants to give you instructions, let's go." Huang Shiying looked at him and said with a faint smile.
"Yes." Gu Yu lowered his head and said, standing back a step and waiting for Huang Shiying to take a step before following him.
It wasn't until the mother and son walked out of sight that everyone came back to their senses.
"Oh my gosh, he's so handsome..." The girls were still immersed in the shock brought by the young man with their hands, eyes and mouths, and the blush on their faces had dissipated.
"Xi'er Xi'er..." The girls shook Gu Xi'er's hand and chirped like orioles, "Is he your brother? Is he your brother Gu Yu? Oh my god, your brother turns out to be so good-looking. You Why have you never told us? You hid it from us..."
Surrounded by the girls, Gu Xi'er's charming little face was full of surprise, and her cherry mouth was slightly open.
That look just now shocked her no less than others, or even more.
Although Guo was much more stable than her daughter at this time, the shock in her eyes could not be concealed at all.
Looking at the young man walking away slowly with the third grandma, and then looking at the Cao mother and son standing calmly on the other side, her heart couldn't help but tighten.
Some people's changes may not just be because of a few pieces of clothing