Chapter 111 There is something wrong with this Aunt Ma
Aunt Ma didn't expect the girl to reject her kindness. She said, "Come on, it's not far anyway. My son-in-law is a hunter. He often goes hunting in the mountains, so he has plenty of meat to eat."
If Gu Xiaoxi's reasons for refusing before were not sufficient, she became more resolute in her decision after hearing what Aunt Ma said.
"No, we have to burn incense tomorrow, and we need to buy some things to take with us. Thank you, Aunt Ma." She refused again with a smile.
Seeing that the girl was so opinionated and it was getting dark, Aunt Ma said nothing more. After saying goodbye to them, she hurried out of the city.
After Aunt Ma left, Gu Dongming asked in confusion, "I saw you were having such a good chat with her in the carriage, why don't you stay at her house for a night? That would be cheaper than staying in an inn here."
"Brother, third brother, some money cannot be saved. There is something wrong with Aunt Ma." Gu Xiaoxi said with a serious expression.
"What's the problem? Isn't she just visiting the mother of her daughter and son-in-law?" Gu Nanming didn't understand either.
Gu Xiaoxi patiently analyzed the situation with them, "She is a mother-in-law, and she suddenly brought three strangers to her daughter and son-in-law's house.
Even if the daughter and son-in-law don't say anything, don't the parents-in-law have any objections?
There are a few villages where people don’t lack food these days, and suddenly there are three more mouths to feed. She even told us that her son-in-law hunts and that there’s no shortage of meat at home. This was clearly an attempt to lure us over.”
After hearing his sister's analysis, Gu Nanming guessed, "Is that person a human trafficker?"
"It's very likely that if we went there, we would probably be sold out.
Although this is just speculation, we have to be on guard! "Gu Xiaoxi felt that this matter should be made clear to her two brothers to prevent such things from happening again in the future.
The two brothers nodded, and then followed their sister to find an inn in the city to stay.
Gu Xiaoxi found a beggar on the roadside, stuffed two meat buns into the beggar's mouth, and asked the beggar about some things about the nearby inn.
After waiting for the beggar to eat his fill, she bought two more and stuffed them into the beggar's mouth, then asked him about some rules of the Da Nan Temple.
After asking, he took his two brothers to the nearby Rong Le Inn to stay overnight.
She asked for two rooms, one for herself and one for her two brothers.
This night was not peaceful. In the middle of the night, she heard the sound of fighting coming from the street behind her. She opened the window and took a look out of curiosity. It seemed that two gangs were fighting.
Standing here, you can see the two leaders, one is tall and thin, with a small mustache.
The other one was a little short and had very white skin. The two of them just shouted and didn't fight, but their men were fighting fiercely.
Even with such a large situation, no one went to report to the police, which means that the environment here may be quite chaotic. It is better to be careful tomorrow.
At around four o'clock in the morning, these people finally dispersed and she went back to sleep for a while.
At dawn, there was a knock on the door and Gu Nanming's voice came from outside.
Gu Xiaoxi packed up and went out, went downstairs to check out of the room. They ate something at the door and came to the city gate.
There are many horse-drawn carriages at the city gate. All of them are going to Da Nan Temple, but the fare is not cheap, only five cents per person.
When Gu Dongming heard the price, he felt painful and wanted to tell his sister to just walk there.
But, thinking that they didn't know the way, they finally gave up.
The driver was from a nearby village and was very familiar with the place. Along the way, he told the passengers in the carriage about the nearby scenery and things to pay attention to when making pilgrimage to the Da Nan Temple.
Gu Xiaoxi felt that there must be many people from nearby counties and villages coming here to pay homage, otherwise the driver of the sports car would not have told the guests this.
Along the way, she saw a field of fiery red. This was the time when maple leaves looked their best, and lush maple leaves could be seen all along the way.
I have to say that the scenery here is picturesque and beautiful, giving people a sense of artistic conception.
In less than half an hour, the carriage stopped under the Da Nan Temple.
The three siblings got off the carriage and found that there were many people and carriages nearby, as well as an inn.
Some dignitaries and wealthy ladies and girls now boarded sedan chairs to go up the mountain.
The mountain road is not rugged, it is all stairs, but it is a bit difficult to climb.
"Xiaoxi, there are quite a few inns here." Gu Dongming took a look and felt that this place was like a small town, with many carriages coming and going, and many merchants.
"It's estimated that staying here for one night will cost at least one or two taels of silver." Gu Xiaoxi also observed these inns. Most of them were built very luxuriously and were obviously prepared for rich people.
All the young ladies and ladies were carried up in sedan chairs, while the poor people tried to avoid them as much as possible and did not dare to provoke these people.
Gu Xiaoxi and the others changed into new clothes when they went out. Although they were wearing coarse cloth clothes, they had no patches. If they were in their town, such clothes would be considered very good.
However, even here, they are still poor in the eyes of the rich.
"Get out of the way, poor bastard! Don't stand there blocking the way!"
Just as Gu Xiaoxi was thinking this, the three of them were driven away by the servants of a wealthy family.
Gu Nanming quickly pulled his sister aside and apologized to her repeatedly.
Gu Xiaoxi was looking at the woman on Jiaozi Mountain. The woman was pregnant and seemed to be quite pregnant. She wondered why she was going up the mountain to burn incense at this time?
Not only that, the woman looked very bad.
"Let's go, sister. This is how rich people live." Seeing his sister's dazed look, Gu Dongming pulled her to walk along the side.
Um!
Gu Xiaoxi came to her senses and started climbing the stairs with her two brothers.
The steps are not very long, and it takes less than an incense stick to reach the entrance of Da Nan Temple.
There are many stalls selling incense, candles and other miscellaneous items at the entrance of the temple, which have formed a small street.
Gu Xiaoxi walked over and bought a bunch of incense and asked the stall owner about the situation in the temple.
The stall owner's words were superficial, so she had no choice but to take her brother into the temple to ask the monks inside.
"Master, I want to ask if there is anyone becoming a monk here today. He looks to be in his twenties." Gu Nanming asked one of the monks anxiously as soon as he entered the temple.
"Do you think this is just an ordinary temple where anyone can come and eat?
"No, no, if you want to burn incense, go over there. If you want to eat vegetarian food, pay and wait in the room opposite." The monk said, then turned around with a look of disgust and went to greet the ladies of the wealthy families.
Gu Xiaoxi...
This is simply a tourist attraction that makes money, not a proper temple at all.
"Why are these monks like this?" Gu Nanming said angrily.
"Third brother, speak softly. If they hear us, we will be thrown out." Gu Xiaoxi pulled his third brother.
Gu Nanming quickly shut his mouth, while Gu Dongming said, "Since you're here and have bought some incense, I'll go burn some incense and pray."
"I'm going too!" said Gu Nanming.
"Then you guys go, I'll walk around here. If you can't find me, just wait for me at the stall where you bought incense just now." Gu Xiaoxi didn't want to burn incense and worship Buddha for the time being. After all, she was a time traveler. If she met a real monk and was discovered, it would not be a good thing for her.
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