Chapter 100 What's in the Basement
Jiang Yunyao didn't rush up the mountain, but first took Xie Yixing to the grocery store in front and knocked on the door.
"Uncle Dacheng, are you there? It's me, Jiang Yunyao!"
Xie Yixing heard her familiar tone, poked her arm, and asked, "Jiang Yunyao, have you been here before?"
Jiang Yunyao paused as she retracted her hand.
Since Master wants to meet Xie Yixing, there is no need to hide some things from him!
But she hasn't figured out what to say yet. Instead of leaving it half-hearted, it would be better to take time to explain it privately later!
Jiang Yunyao thought for a few seconds and nodded, "I'll tell you later!"
When Xie Yixing heard this, he didn't ask any further questions.
Soon, the door of the grocery store was opened from the inside, and a middle-aged man with a round head, broad shoulders and a thick waist walked out.
There was an obvious smile on that slightly silly face, and when he saw Xie Yixing beside Jiang Yunyao, the smile deepened.
"Yun Yao, who is this?"
Jiang Yunyao was not shy at all and introduced the two people to each other directly.
Zhu Dacheng just found out that Jiang Yunyao was married!
He was a little curious about how the two met, but he didn't want to ask too much in front of her, so he turned around and asked Jiang Yunyao why she came.
"Uncle Dacheng, we want to go to the mountains to catch some butterflies, but we don't have any tools. Could you lend us yours?"
Butterflies in the mountains are not rare species. Zhu Dacheng sometimes catches some and sells them to people who go to the Taoist temple to burn incense and worship gods.
When he heard that Jiang Yunyao wanted to borrow tools to catch butterflies, he didn't ask why. He took the tools and urged them to go up the mountain.
"Butterflies don't come out at night, and it will be dark in two hours. You should go quickly!"
Jiang Xie and his friends each had an insect net and a small net cage. After saying goodbye to Zhu Dacheng, they walked up the mountain.
Jiang Yunyao wanted Xie Yixing to learn more about this place. While she was pulling through the weeds to find her way, she talked about Zhu Dacheng and his grocery store.
"There used to be a village here, but later on the villagers found transportation inconvenient, so they moved away with their families. Gradually, only Uncle Dacheng was left."
"This grocery store was left to Uncle Dacheng by his father. It's for this reason that Uncle Dacheng has been guarding this store and is unwilling to leave."
"This grocery store is right at the foot of the mountain. Sometimes the disciples of Qingfeng Temple come here to purchase some urgently needed daily necessities, so..." They are more familiar with Uncle Dacheng.
Jiang Yunyao swallowed the second half of the sentence and said nothing more.
Xie Yixing didn't hear the hesitation in her words, but asked, "Isn't Uncle Dacheng married?"
"No," Jiang Yunyao thought for a moment, "someone did introduce a girl to Uncle Dacheng before, but he was so focused on running the grocery store that he didn't agree!"
Xie Yixing listened to this incident as a story. Now that the doubts in his heart were resolved, he felt satisfied.
Jiang and Xie walked for more than ten minutes and finally saw a patch of wild flowers and beautiful butterflies circling and flying above the flowers.
Jiang Yunyao grabbed the anxious Xie Yixing.
"We can't just rush over, or we'll scare the butterflies away! I'll demonstrate first, and once you learn it, we'll have a competition to see who catches the most, how about that?"
Xie Yixing: "Okay!"
As soon as they heard about the competition, the two of them became full of enthusiasm. In addition, Jiang Yunyao was quite familiar with the place, so in less than half an hour, the two of them caught dozens of butterflies.
Xie Yixing was holding a bug net and was about to put the caught butterflies into the cage when he discovered that the cage was already full!
He held up the cage and handed it to Jiang Yunyao, "Jiang Yunyao, are these enough butterflies?"
"Enough, enough!" Jiang Yunyao put away the insect net and took out her phone to check the time. "It's still early. Do you want to go to the mountain and take a look?"
Although this mountain is behind Qingfeng Temple, its top is higher than the mountain where Qingfeng Temple is located. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can have a panoramic view of Qingfeng Temple.
Jiang Yunyao still remembered that Xiao Jin had said that the Taoist temple had been in turmoil recently, so she did not rashly take Xie Yixing to the Taoist temple, but chose the top of this mountain.
Xie Yixing didn’t think too much about it. He thought that since he was already here, it would be nice to see the scenery!
After the two of them finalized it, they excitedly climbed up the mountain to overlook the scenery below the top of the mountain.
What Jiang Yunyao wanted to go to most was actually Qingfeng Temple. The first thing she saw was naturally a Taoist temple. It was this sight that made her expression instantly solemn.
Compared to usual, there are a lot more people standing in the Taoist temple at this moment!
Except for the master and Xiao Nuo, all the Taoists came out, and opposite them stood several men in black.
Those men in black had their faces covered, leaving only their eyes visible, and their identities could not be discerned at all.
Before Xie Yixing could speak, Jiang Yunyao grabbed his arm and took him behind a thick old tree. Then she turned on her cell phone and took a picture of the scene in the Taoist temple.
Xie Yixing didn't understand what was going on, but he lowered his voice and whispered, "Jiang Yunyao, what happened?"
Jiang Yunyao raised her hand and placed it between her lips, making a "hush" sound.
"Those men in black in the Taoist temple are not right. Let's leave here first!"
Xie Yixing wanted to say, "What do those people have to do with us?", but when he saw that her expression was not right, he silently followed her down the mountain.
On the way back, Jiang Yunyao sorted out her thoughts.
At noon, the master handed her the key to the basement. Just a few hours later, some mysterious men in black appeared in the Taoist temple.
She found it hard to believe that these men in black were not coming for the keys!
But what is in the basement that is worth all the trouble?
Jiang Yunyao searched through all her memories, but found that she knew nothing about what was in this basement!
She thought about it carefully again and found that in the past few years, the master rarely mentioned the basement. Even if he mentioned it, he would just mention it briefly and would not say more!
"Jiang Yunyao!"
Xie Yixing's shout brought Jiang Yunyao back from her thoughts.
She looked down following his gaze and saw the small puddle under her feet and her little white shoes stained with mud!
It seemed that there had been some rain on this piece of land, and the ground was wet, but it was blocked by weeds and was not easy to notice.
Jiang Yunyao was so engrossed in her thinking that she subconsciously avoided the weeds, but failed to avoid the puddle!
"What are you thinking about?" Xie Yixing pulled her away from the puddle, a little puzzled, "I called you several times, but you didn't hear me!"
Jiang Yunyao didn't want to say more and gave a perfunctory answer, "Nothing..."
I don’t know what Xie Yixing thought of, but he suddenly came in front of her and looked at her carefully, looking anxious and nervous.
"Jiang Yunyao, you weren't scared by those people, were you?"
When Jiang Yunyao's courage was questioned, she immediately refuted it.
"How could I, Jiang Yunyao, be scared! Those people were more scared by me! Don't worry, I'm fine!"
"I'm glad you're okay!"
Xie Yixing was sure that she was not scared, so he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stepped back.
Jiang Yunyao had already sorted out her thoughts and was also very clear that she could not solve these problems, so it was useless to think more.
Right now, her mind and eyes are filled with the shoes that she had soiled!
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