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Chapter 51: 051 Selling wine at the wine shop (Part 1)

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Chen Tang's words made Chu Yao pause, but he quickly returned to normal, and the slight bitterness on his face turned into calmness: "In life, we must always believe in something to live, or comfort ourselves. This is just 'a gentleman hides his ability and waits for the right time to act'."

Otherwise, life would be too difficult.

He endured day by day, and all the hard work was put into it.

Fifteen years have passed since I was replaced by Wenxin the year before my coming-of-age ceremony, had that dream, and then wandered around in misery.

Chen Tang sighed: "But this is too hard."

It is obvious that we don't have to suffer so much. Instead of sticking to an unreliable "prophecy", we might as well take the current path.

Chu Yao shook his head and said nothing.

Facing the reality, has he really never wavered

Of course not.

He is just an ordinary man, and he will be shaken when faced with hardships that seem to have no end, and this happens more than once.

However, he would nip in the bud every time he showed any sign of wavering. Firstly, his temperament would not allow him to give up halfway, and secondly, that dream was the only time in his life that he would use the "Scholar's Way", so how could he be willing to give up without seeing the result and his destiny

You can know your destiny and cure your stubborn illness...

If the prophecy on the prescription in the dream comes true, it means that his life will truly turn around, and good times will come instead of him wallowing in the mire of the lowest level of the mundane world his whole life.

The only thing I didn't expect was -

Chu Yao tilted his head slightly and secretly glanced at Chen Tang.

Wu Lang was far from the destiny he had imagined.

He believed that the destiny was to be a powerful overlord, a righteous bandit, or a chivalrous hero... That person should be open-minded and free-spirited, not fussy about details, not concerned about family background, not biased, and not stupid enough to think that a scholar is worthless without literary talent. He would not mind letting a "man of low status" like him show his talents.

However, there is always a gap between reality and ideal.

This Tianming, who was riding on the back of a white mule, looked like a young boy of about eleven or twelve years old, who was ignorant of the world. It was obvious at first glance that the plan did not conform to what he had deduced and formulated countless times over the years.

It is indeed lively, innocent and simple.

Chen Tang didn't have the ability to read people's minds, so naturally he didn't know what Chu Yao was thinking about in such a short time.

He muttered to himself, "Ginseng, rhubarb, aconite, rehmannia... these should be the four treasures of medicinal herbs, right? Are they referring to the Four Treasures County?"

Coincidentally, Xiaocheng is the capital of Sibao County.

Chu Yao said calmly: "Yeah."

Chen Tang realized.

"Then I understand how to interpret this prescription."

Yuehua Sanliang is the easiest to understand.

On the surface, it sounds like some strange medicine - because according to the general prescription, the so-called "moonlight" should be the morning dew on the leaves or petals that absorbs enough essence of the moon.

Collect three liang of it and use it as a guide for decoction.

But it can also be explained from another perspective.

Yuehua can refer to Yuehua Tower, and three taels may have other explanations, but Chu Yao thinks that three taels refers to "three taels of redemption silver", so she said the previous sentence, but she is still a little confused.

"What is destiny? What is a stubborn disease? Just from the literal guess, I assume that I am 'destiny', but I don't know medical skills, how can I cure the stubborn disease? Is there another fate?"

Chu Yao lowered his eyes and said calmly, "I don't know."

"Really?"

Chu Yao looked normal: "I don't know."

Chen Tang did not ask any more questions, thinking in his heart, "It is quite pitiful that Mr. Chu is helpless. If they get along well, I will take care of him in his old age and see him to the end of his life for the sake of his future 'half-teacher'. Anyway, I am young and strong, and I will not be unable to support an old man."

When I think about it this way, I am so moved by myself that it would be unreasonable not to give her a certificate of "Five Good Youth".

"Sir..."

They were silent all the way, but Chen Tang had mild ADHD.

He is either moving his feet or talking, or he is extremely active inside. He feels uncomfortable when he is idle and has to find topics to attract attention.

Chu Yao is not like Qi Shan. The latter sometimes pays attention to her depending on his mood, but the former is very considerate and responds immediately.

"What do you want, Goro?"

"Uh..." Chen Tang was stunned for a moment. She didn't have anything to do, but she just couldn't stay idle. Chu Yao responded, but she didn't know what to ask. In a flash, she remembered what happened in Yuehua Tower. "Sir, do you know the word spirit that can see into people's hearts?"

"I know. Why did Wulang suddenly ask this?"

Chen Tang felt aggrieved when she thought of "Mr. Gu". For someone like her who has active psychological activities, "Mr. Gu" is always on the blacklist. She said, "I just met a scholar in Yuehua Tower. His ability to read minds is really amazing..."

"sharp?"

"I was spied on as soon as we met, and I have no privacy at all." Chen Tang asked, "How should I deal with this?"

"People's hearts are hidden in their stomachs." Chu Yao remained calm.

Chen Tang uttered an “ah” and didn’t react for a moment.

"What do you mean by 'people's heart is hidden in their stomach'?"

Chu Yao said: "The Word Spirit that can resist prying eyes. However, it doesn't matter whether you learn it or not, and it is usually not used. There are many scholars who practice the Word Spirit that can pry eyes, but only a few can master it. Every time you use it, it will cause a great burden on your mind. If the person being peeped is also a scholar with a certain degree of defense, the price you pay will be even greater, and there is a risk of backlash if you are not careful."

He had also secretly learned a similar skill of reading minds after replacing Wenxin, and he knew it by heart.

Chen Tang: "I see, no wonder that man looks like a short-lived consumptive ghost, making people suspect that he will fly into the sky like a kite when the wind blows. But this kind of word spirit is so heavy, is it necessary to abuse it on me? Or do you think his life span is too long?"

Heavy burden

I really can't tell.

Chen Tang felt that the man was quite capable.

Chu Yao had never seen the scholar mentioned by Chen Tang, so he naturally had no way to judge, but one thing was certain—

"They are not good people, stay away from them."

Regardless of whether the scholar is so powerful that he can ignore the burden, or his "scholar's way" is to read people's minds, he is not a good person.

"I understand this, but the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop... I just hope I won't be so unlucky that the fire will burn me."

Some things cannot be avoided just because she wants to.

Given her relationship with Gong Cheng, that waiter and Mr. Gu would not really trust her and might even send someone to investigate secretly.

It is easy to dodge an open attack but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark.

Thinking of this, Chen Tang shook his head—

She is not the original owner, and she has no intention of getting involved in messy matters. Gong Cheng will not betray her. After all, the two of them are, in a sense, grasshoppers on the same rope.

Now that she has been arrested, can Gong Cheng still rest easy

As ordinary people who abide by the laws, instead of worrying about the troubles of big shots, we should think more about how to make money.

Which of food, clothing, housing and transportation doesn’t cost money

When she crosses the river and demolishes the Qishan Bridge, she can only depend on Mr. Chu for survival, and the responsibility of supporting two mouths falls on her shoulders. She is a strong young woman who does not support the family, so she can't expect Mr. Chu to go out and wash dishes to support them, right

Still gotta make money.

Chen Tang suddenly had an idea.

"Let's go and wholesale the wine jars."