climb mountains

In autumn, there is a gentle breeze and you can hear birds singing in the forest from time to time.

There are bird nests between the branches.

She had been here during her childhood, when this road had been transformed from a dirt road into a concrete road.

There are stairs in the steep areas and a pavilion for rest every 200 meters.

But at this time, there was nothing. The slopes here were even steeper, and climbing up the mountain required pulling up the soil and trees growing on the slopes.

The four of them climbed halfway up the mountain. Du Lixiang hugged a tree and wailed. "I'm so tired. Let's take a break."

The other three people were standing next to Du Lixiang, watching her hugging the tree in a panic.

Dulixiang's cheeks flushed.

She wasn't shy, nor was she angry; she was simply tired. "Aren't you tired?"

"Not tired."

The three of them said in unison.

Besides attending classes, Lin Huaijin would be the first male to be dragged into labor for any school activities. As for Liang Chongshan, he was already 1.8 meters tall and muscular, and he loved lifting weights, so climbing mountains wasn't tiring at all.

Du Lixiang looked at Xu Roujun.

Even though she was a girl, she was also incredibly powerful, so she wouldn't get tired.

Du Lixiang wanted to continue climbing the mountain, but she didn't have enough strength.

She simply leaned her back against the tree and sat down on the dead leaves.

"Xiaoqing, I really can't climb up. How about you carry me up?"

Xu Roujun's eyes widened. "What did you say?"

"Haven't you always been a good fighter? Carrying me up the mountain should be no problem, right?"

This time, before Xu Roujun could speak, Lin Huaijin spoke first.

"We can wait here for you to recover your strength. It's unlikely that Ye Xianqing will carry you up the mountain. She has strong explosive power but poor endurance. Her legs and feet are not in good condition either. Carrying you might cause an old injury to relapse."

After Xu Roujun's fight with Liu Songyuan, she turned pale and collapsed, causing the Lin family to worry for a while. Later, they told Xu Wanrong that her sister still had an old leg injury.

Lin Huaijin didn't take it too seriously at the time, but now he fell silent. Her legs and feet were not in good condition. What was the reason for her legs and feet not being in good condition?

Lin Huaijin had never heard the sisters explain the reason.

Du Lixiang looked at Xu Roujun's legs. "Is your leg in bad condition?"

Xu Roujun didn't fight that day, she just hit the enemy with marbles. Du Lixiang subconsciously thought Xu Roujun was super powerful.

"Your legs aren't in good condition. Won't it get worse if you keep climbing mountains?"

Xu Roujun said: "When I climb mountains, without any weight, my legs and feet are still fine."

Du Lixiang glanced at Lin Huaijin and muttered, "You're quite protective of your own shortcomings."

Lin Huaijin has a very sharp ear.

"It's not that I'm protecting her, but if she goes back lying down, my dad might cut me."

"Then why did you let Xiaoqing take me back that day?"

Lin Huaijin: "The situation that day was special, you know that."

Xu Roujun said, "If you really can't walk anymore, we can take a break and then go down the mountain. It doesn't have to be tiring to go up the mountain, but we can go down the mountain faster."

Du Lixiang thought that the temple on the mountain was very effective.

"No, I haven't seen the temple yet. I haven't gone to pray yet. I need to go. You guys wait for me."

Du Lixiang is the youngest daughter of Old Du. She is always spoiled by her family, and Lin Huaijin and Liang Chongshan always give in to her.

There are almost no obstacles in her life.

But this was Du Lixiang's first major setback in love.

Du Lixiang sat on the ground and rested for half an hour, and her rosy little face returned to its previous calmness.

"Okay, I can do it again now."

The girl stood up again, holding onto the tree trunk.

Du Lixiang stood under the tree and called to Xu Roujun who was taking a nap on the tree: "Xiaoqing, we can continue our journey."

Xu Roujun, lying on the tree trunk, slowly opened her eyes.

The midday sun is particularly dazzling, especially the moment you open your eyes and look at the sky.

Xu Roujun's eyes were dazzled by the scorching sun.

Someone under the tree called her Xiaoqing, and she felt like she had returned to the 21st century.

Her companions called her back to her master's school to continue her studies.

Xu Roujun turned over and slid down the tree trunk.

"Here I come."

When she slid down from the tree and saw that the person was Du Lixiang, a moment of loss flashed in her eyes.

She is in another time and space.

She can't go back.

After climbing for ten minutes and resting for ten minutes, they finally saw a temple built on the mountain at around two o'clock in the afternoon.

The door of the temple is not big, and the black threshold is directly above the ankles.

The group walked into the gate and found three houses built inside the temple. In the center lived Zi Tong, the Emperor of Wenchang; on the left lived Zhao Gongming, the God of Wealth; and on the right lived Chai Daohuang, the God of Matchmakers.

A Taoist priest in black was in a small house next to the gate, with a lot of incense and candles in front of him.

Du Lixiang walked quickly into the small house. "Master, give me three sticks of incense."

The young Taoist handed three incense sticks to Du Lixiang.

Du Lixiang was puzzled: "Don't I have to pay?"

The young Taoist priest replied to Du Lixiang: "Devoted believers don't need it."

She walked directly into the matchmaker temple with incense in her hand.

"I hope to find my ideal husband soon."

Three incense sticks were firmly inserted into the large incense burner.

Du Lixiang thought that she had made the trip here with great difficulty, and she saw a large bucket of bamboo sticks on the table.

"I'll draw another lot."

When Du Lixiang came out, she saw only Xu Roujun standing in the yard.

Du Lixiang walked up to Xu Roujun with a bamboo stick in her hand and said, "You finally made it here, why don't you pray to the gods and ask them to bless you?"

Xu Roujun replied, "I have."

Du Lixiang was surprised: "Ah, why didn't I see you just now?"

Xu Roujun pointed to the Temple of the God of Wealth opposite the Temple of Matchmaker and said, "I've already gone to the opposite side to pray for me."

When Du Lixiang saw that it was the Temple of the God of Wealth, she was surprised: "Ah, why are you, a girl, praying for wealth so much? That's what men work hard for."

As the two were talking, Liang Chongshan also came out of the God of Wealth Temple.

Du Lixiang: "You and Liang Chongshan are both so realistic. What about Huai Jin?"

Liang Chongshan pointed to the temple in the middle and said, "Here we are, he who doesn't believe in ghosts and gods is worshipping Wenquxingjun there."

Du Lixiang turned around and saw Lin Huaijin inserting three huge incense sticks in the Wenqu Hall.

Xu Roujun said, "He spent a lot of money on those three incense sticks."

He says his father is superstitious all day long, and this kid is superstitious even when he should be superstitious.

Lin Huaijin came out of the temple and just heard what Xu Roujun said.

Lin Huaijin said: "I have told Wenquxing that if you lie to me, you are deceiving me."

Xu Roujun: “…”

So he didn't believe it.

He understands the transfer of faith.

Du Lixiang and Liang Chongshan were curious.

"What did you say to Huai Jin?"

Xu Roujun replied: "I told him that he would definitely be able to take the college entrance examination. Wenquxing told me so. And then he told Wenquxing what I said today."

At this point, Xu Roujun said, "I'll go in and pay my respects to Wenquxing as well."

Du Lixiang: "Why are you going to worship?"

"Go and show off your face in front of Wenquxing. If I don't predict the outcome, you can't blame me. Didn't you say that the temple here is very effective?"

Du Lixiang: “…”

Du Lixiang came to Lin Huaijin and asked in a pretentious manner, "Um, when you went to worship Wenquxing, did you use bamboo sticks on the table over there? Did you draw the lots?"

Lin Huaijin: "Bamboo sticks? I didn't notice."

He went in, lit some incense and came out.

Du Lixiang looked at Liang Chongshan again: "Do you have any bamboo sticks on the table over there?"

Liang Chongshan took out three bamboo sticks and showed them to Du Lixiang. "I drew two bad ones, but on the last one, I drew a very good one, which said 'good luck'."

Du Lixiang held the lucky number in her hand and was not satisfied. "I'll go back and try it two more times."

She was determined to get a good lot.

Du Lixiang shook the lot more than ten times and finally got a good one.

There are many things she cannot force, but if she forces them a few more times, she can always force them to come true.

The young Taoist priest saw the four people about to leave. He called out, "Donors who made wishes, if your wishes come true in the future, there will be a price to pay."

"Have you decided what to exchange?"

Du Lixiang was puzzled when she heard this. "Want to exchange?"

The young Taoist priest said, "If you are seeking a good marriage partner, you can exchange it with something you think is unimportant."

Du Lixiang asked, "For example?"

"Ten years of life in exchange for ten years of a good marriage, or your family in exchange for love, your friendship in exchange for love. Your health in exchange for beauty, and so on."

Seeing Du Lixiang pondering, Xu Roujun spoke before the young girl could. "I'll trade my first marriage for my fortune. Master, please accept it."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, the little Taoist's eyes flashed.

"Your rubbish marriage is worthy of sudden wealth?"

Xu Roujun said, "Master, you just told us that we can exchange things. Isn't it normal for me to exchange my useless things for useful ones?"

"Little girl, you can't exchange anything for waiting for marriage now."

Du Lixiang understood: "So you're married. No wonder you have no interest in the matchmaker."

Xu Roujun said, "Master, what do you think I have that you can exchange for instant wealth?"

The Taoist priest glanced at Xu Roujun and said, "You can use your looks, family, love, friendship, and the benefactor in your destiny."

"What if I don't want any of them?"

Taoist Priest: "Then your wish will not come true."

"Then this temple is nothing special. If I need the things I lost in the future, I will have to come back to this temple to exchange them. You all want good things to exchange, so won't I end up being an unhealthy, unloved, lonely old man who only cares about money?"

Xu Roujun thought about it and immediately shook her head: "If that's the case, I won't become rich overnight. I'll still rely on my hard-working hands to grasp the happiness I need. After all, if I swapped with you, you wouldn't want it. It's such a pity."

Originally, Du Lixiang wanted to exchange her friendship for love.

But when she thought that she would no longer be able to be friends with Liang Chongshan and the others, and that her husband would be the only one in her world, she felt that there was more than just love in her world.

If she had to exchange family affection for love, she would still love her parents and her doting brother.

Du Lixiang wanted to exchange ten years of her life for ten years of marriage.

But she didn't know how long she actually had left to live. What if, after ten years of marriage, her beautiful love vanished, and she also lost ten years of her life? Wouldn't it be a huge loss if she died too young, unable to be with her parents?

Du Lixiang thought of many things in exchange for a good marriage.

After thinking about it, I found that everything I have now is more important than marriage.

From this perspective, Du Lixiang’s expectations for love are not that high.