As the deadline for the exam approached, both Cao and Gu Shiba Niang became nervous. Cao not only worshiped Buddha and burned incense at home every day, but also went to several famous Taoist temples in Jiankang in person.
"Mom, do you believe in Buddhism or Taoism..." Gu Hai said with a smile, looking at the Guanyin Xiangfu and other objects that Cao had asked for and hanging all over his house, "You are offering incense in all directions, but it seems insincere. It's not as good as Just catch one, and in the end, even the gods, Buddhas, and Taoists will not buy your account..."
Mrs. Cao spat twice, first clasped her hands and said, "Don't blame the child for talking nonsense," and then continued with the incense candle in her hand.
The maid came to tell them that the car was ready. The mother and son walked out of the house and saw Gu Shiba Niang already standing in front of the car.
"Sister is going too?" Gu Hai was a little surprised.
Ever since Peng Yizhen arrived, my sister didn't know what she had secretly talked to him about. She was very busy these days and was rarely at home.
Gu Shiba Niang smiled at her brother and nodded.
The carriage swayed out, and after a short walk, it arrived in front of the clan school gate, and Gu Hai jumped out of the car.
Gu Shiba Niang opened the curtain and took a look and saw that there were many carriages parked in front of the door, but there were much less than before.
Those students who knew there was no hope simply stopped coming.
"Brother Gu Hai..." Several students saw him and greeted him enthusiastically with smiles on their faces.
Ever since that day when Gu Long was beaten violently and the Seven Steps were written, everyone's attitude towards him has changed drastically. Of course, a few people snorted, raised their heads and walked away with a bit of dissatisfaction.
Gu Hai didn't care at all about these expressions of flattery or contempt. He rolled his sleeves and nodded in return to the students with good attitudes. Just as he was about to stride forward, a carriage stopped beside him.
Gu Yu got out of the car with a leisurely look, turned his eyes, and saw Gu Hai standing to one side, his long eyebrows slightly raised.
Gu Hai looked at him and said nothing.
Gu Shiba Niang said that Gu Yuhui was the first number one scholar who won three yuan in a row and caused a sensation in the Zhou Dynasty...
But the most important thing is that Gu Shiba Niang said that Cao was entangled by Gu Baoquan in the plum garden that day. He also saw it and issued a threat. Although the threat was temporarily resolved, it does not mean that it no longer exists.
"So, brother, be careful with this person and don't mess with him." Gu Shiba Niang warned, biting her lower lip, "Even if he does something rude, as long as we don't push him too hard, we can take a step back if we can. ….”
His sister's words flashed through his mind, and a smile appeared on Gu Hai's face.
"Junior..." He greeted with a smile and cupped his hands.
Gu Yu smiled and cupped his hands, his eyes hovering over Gu Hai's face.
"I heard that my senior is very talented and talented. If we have a chance to learn from each other..." His voice was soft and indifferent, and fell into Gu Hai's ears, but he felt like a golden horse coming towards his face.
This was Gu Yu's first day in the school, which attracted the attention of a large number of people. They were even more surprised after hearing his words.
This guy who used to be Gu Long's servant praised Gu Hai's knowledge in one sentence, but in the next sentence he didn't ask for advice humbly, but threatened to discuss it...
He has never been to school, has no guidance from a teacher, and is just that idiot boy Gu Long...
Isn't this too arrogant? You just changed your parents, not your head
"Okay." Gu Hai smiled, nodded and said without taking a step forward.
Gu Yu looked at him and smiled, turned around and stepped forward, his plain white cloak fluttering as he walked, his expression extremely free and easy.
The students who were squeezing in the door unconsciously stopped and made way for him. Gu Yu did not stop, and although his face was smiling, he was not squinting.
After he entered, everyone came back to their senses and whispered among themselves.
"This kid..." Someone said from behind Gu Hai, with a sigh in his voice.
Gu Hai turned around and saw a student in plain clothes with a gentle expression.
"Senior Brother Gu Yuan..." He nodded and saluted.
The Wen Ya student smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go."
The two of them followed the flow of people through the door and saw Gu Yu stopping next to Gu Long from a distance, listening to them with a smile on his face.
"...You mean to match the second line?" After listening to it, he asked with a smile in his eyes, "Who will lose if they can't match it? Want to learn how to bark like a dog?"
Gu Long nodded, patting his bulging belly, "Hmph, hum, you dare to play tricks on me, I'm afraid you won't succeed... Come on... Come on... Xiao Yu'er, come and do it for me..."
Saying this, he showed a big smile to the three or four young men in front of him who were also shiny.
"Ha. Ha, if you want to imitate a dog barking, I will tell you to bark as much as you want."
When the young man opposite saw Gu Yu, he showed a bit of hesitation on his face.
"Fourth brother, forget it..." Someone pulled the young man in the lead and whispered.
Gu Yu's status now is no different than before...
"Am I right for you?" Gu Yu looked at Gu Long and asked with a smile.
Gu Long was a little unhappy with his attitude and rolled his eyes at him, "What? I can't control you now?"
Gu Yu smiled and said, "Don't dare, don't dare, no matter what." After saying this, he stretched out his hand to the teenagers opposite and said, "Please come out."
The teenagers hesitated for a while.
"What are you doing?" Seeing this, Gu Long's aura increased. He puffed up his chest and pointed his hands at them, "What? Are you scared now? You want to run away, bah, I tell you, there is no way to get out and I'll do anything to you. Waiting to hear your dogs barking."
Gu Yu just smiled and said nothing.
The young man opposite him became anxious after what he said, and his heart skipped a beat, and he said, "Watch the door of Zhongmu."
This pairing was not difficult, and the students passing by laughed softly, knowing that this was entirely to give Gu Yu face.
Gu Long was so proud that he kicked Gu Yu out of habit, "Quickly do it."
There were footprints on Gu Yusu's white cloak. He looked down and his expression did not change. He raised his head and said to the teenagers: "Oh, this is so difficult. I can't stand it, so I give up."
As soon as these words came out, both parties were stunned.
"Gu Long, you lost, but I'll take your place in the match, so I shouldn't take the place of the barking dog..." Gu Yu smiled slightly, reached out and patted Gu Long's chubby face, "...then... you Now you can bark like a dog..."
After that, he turned around and left.
"You little bastard... If you dare to play tricks on me after eating a leopard... I'll beat you to death..." Gu Long finally came to his senses and became furious. He jumped up and cursed and was about to rush over.
After the teenagers opposite were surprised, they already understood the meaning of Gu Yu's behavior. They didn't allow Gu Long to go up and pester him. They swarmed up and held him down.
"Gu Long, a manly man, is acting shamelessly and imitating the barking of a dog."
Laughter and curses were everywhere, and Gu Yu had already walked out of everyone's sight without looking back.
"This kid..." Wenya student smiled, shook his head, looked at Gu Hai, with a bit of teasing, raised his chin at Gu Hai who was being pinned down by the young man, "What? Why don't you go and help your cousin? ? You can’t be right for this pairing, right?”
Gu Hai smiled and said: "A real man acts bravely. Since he has made a bet with others, how can he ask others for help? If you lose, you lose. It is not a shame to admit defeat. It is a shame to ask others for help."
After saying that, he raised his hand and said, "Senior brother, please."
The Wen Ya student laughed and walked without saying anything else. Gu Hai raised his heels, and with the sound of a bell, the door of the school slowly closed.
Cao's carriage had arrived outside Xinglong Temple. He supported the servant's hand and got out of the carriage. After looking at the still bustling crowd, the mother and daughter walked forward.
After paying homage to each Buddhist temple in turn, when returning home, Mr. Cao stopped hesitantly and glanced at the crowded main hall.
"Why don't you go ask your brother for a signature..." she said, looking at Gu Shiba Niang with a bit of worry in her eyes.
After Gu Shiba Niang's words about rebirth, their family unconsciously avoided drawing lots and fortune telling, so when people invited them to draw lots that day, neither mother nor daughter responded.
The two moods of fear and curiosity were fighting in Cao's heart, and finally she wanted to ask for a fortune for her son.
"Okay, mother, you go ahead." Gu Shiba Niang understood the thoughts of a woman like her mother very well. After all, she was the one who was reborn, not her.
The mysterious unknown of fate is indeed very attractive.
"Eighteen Mother, just stand here and don't move. I'll come as soon as I go." With her daughter's permission, Ms. Cao breathed a sigh of relief and told her to leave one servant behind and take the other one with her.
"Miss, sit here." The maid cleverly took off her armor and folded it on a wooden pier by the roadside.
Gu Shiba Niang smiled at her and stood on the side of the road, "No, I'll just stand. I'm not tired. You put it on quickly and be careful to keep out the cold."
The maid no longer forced herself, she picked it up and put it on with a smile, and said: "My lady is kind-hearted, and the coats she made for us are so thick, no matter how cold it is, we won't be able to freeze..."
She has been in this home for a while, and naturally understands who supports this home, so she puts the young lady in front of the madam with a bit of flattery.
Gu Shiba Niang smiled when she heard this but said nothing. She wondered how things were going with Peng Yizhen. They had been negotiating for several days. Could it be that they couldn't come to an end? Is the price charged by the Shen family too high? This medicine shop is still in my mother-in-law’s hands now…
"Miss, what's wrong?" The servant woman asked in confusion when she saw the young lady standing quietly raising her hand and slapping the corner of her mouth.
In this season, there are no mosquitoes, right
"It's okay." Gu Shiba Niang said calmly and breathed out.
This pharmacy is still in the hands of Mrs. Shen and Xiao Zhao. Xiao Zhao is actually very stingy and may offer unreasonable prices. However, someone in charge should remind her what their pharmacy is. Quotes
While she was thinking, her eyes casually scanned the people coming and going, whether they were poor or rich, with a look of sincerity on her face.
Three young men walked out of the crowd. They were tall, straight and elegantly dressed. They were very eye-catching.
The three of them were walking and talking. They did not go to the main hall, but passed by Gu Shiba Niang and walked to the other side.
Gu Shiba Niang lowered her head and stepped aside. She looked up casually and then looked away. She was not a 28-year-old girl and had no interest in admiring flowers and people.
Her eyes just dropped, but a bright flash flashed through her mind, splitting her whole body.
What she just saw was that face... that face... She would never forget it even if she was a ghost.
She turned around trembling slightly, and saw that the three people had submerged behind a patch of green bamboo. She stretched out her hands and tightened her collar. She felt a buzzing in her ears, and all she could see was the tall back.
"Miss? Miss?" The servant girl noticed something was wrong with her young lady and hurriedly supported her and called her.
Only then did Tentacle realize that the young lady's whole body was trembling, and she couldn't help but let out a cry of fright.
"I'm fine." Gu Shiba Niang was shaken by her, she restrained her turbulent and uncontrollable emotions, and forced a smile at the servant girl, "I remembered that I forgot to burn incense in the Guanyin Hall just now...I'll go right away, you Wait here, ma'am, I'll come as soon as I can."
The servant woman wanted to speak again, but Gu Shiba Niang had already walked away, leaving her standing there with her mouth open.
Gu Shiba Niang followed the three people, watched them walk to a row of Buddhist rooms, and pushed one open casually.
The doors and windows are open, and you can see landscape calligraphy and paintings hanging inside. There are oleanders in front of the windows, and the peach blossoms are in full bloom, with a delicate fragrance.
The three of them sat around the table, laughing without knowing what to say.
When she married him, he had already followed General Ye Zhen's army to fight against the Jin Dynasty. It was his younger brother who married on his behalf...
She had never met him before marrying him…
Two years later, he came back in a sedan chair and was carried into the house by a young boy...
His face bears the weather of the battlefield, and he looks ten years older than his real age...
She had never seen him with such a youthful face, nor had she ever seen him with such a youthful face walking tall and straight, nor had she seen him laugh like this...
He smiled so happily, showing his white teeth, and the smile overflowed from his deep eyes, making his tough face soften a lot...
He smiled so happily that Gu Shiba Niang felt her vision gradually blurring. How could he smile so happily? Why can he smile so happily
"Female donor?" A question rang in my ears.
Gu Shiba Niang came back to her senses and looked away from the opened window of the Zen room, only to find that she was standing next to a clump of green bamboo, and the few green bamboo leaves she was holding in her hand had been crushed.
"The female donor is looking for someone?" The young monk looked at her puzzled and asked, holding a tea set in his hand.
"Oh, I got separated from my family..." Gu Shiba's expression returned to normal and she said a little uneasily.
Seeing that the girl was well-dressed and behaved calmly and elegantly, the young monk who had developed a pair of fiery eyes by watching all living beings immediately concluded that she was either rich or noble.
The girls from those families seldom go out. It is normal for them to feel dizzy when they first enter such a large temple and see so many people.
"I wonder where the female almsgiver is going?" the young monk asked with a smile, "This is a monastery for entertaining guests..."
"I want to go to Guanyin Hall." Gu Shiba Niang replied, "Don't know how to get there?"
After hearing this, the young monk immediately gave her some advice. Gu Shiba Niang thanked her, looked at the tray in his hand, turned and walked away.
After pointing out the way to a few lost men and women, the young monk brought the tea into the room of the three of them.
"..There is a stove next door, boiling water. If you can add more water..."
"...Young master, please go and get busy..."
After a few intermittent words came over, the young monk bowed and left. Gu Shiba Niang slowly turned out of the corner of the room and slowly played with two oleander branches in her hands. The bright peach blossoms reflected her eyes red.
She raised her head and plucked off the oleander leaves one by one. Why could he live so well...
Gu Shiba Niang bit her lower lip and walked along the Zen room.
"Amitabha...female donor, please stop"
A solemn Buddhist chant suddenly sounded.
Gu Shiba Niang was startled and suddenly took back her hand on the door of a room and turned around.
Standing in front of him was a short, fat, ordinary-looking old monk. He clasped his hands and looked at him with stern eyes.
For a moment, Gu Shiba Niang felt that her soul had been penetrated, she couldn't help but break into a cold sweat, and she couldn't speak.
"Female donor, may I ask when this person is?" the old monk continued.
Gu Shiba Niang held the peach blossom in her hand, her chest heaving violently, and panic appeared on her face, "Master, I...I...just saw that the peach blossom was blooming well...so I broke one...you...don't Strange…"
The old monk looked at her and smiled knowingly.
"No wonder, no wonder." He said kindly.
"Thank you, Master." Gu Shiba Niang saluted, bowed her head and walked slowly around him.
"Female donor." The old monk called her from behind.
Gu Shiba Niang stopped at her feet, but did not look back. She heard the old monk say from behind: "Female donor, did the peach blossom bloom then, now, or when it comes?"