Chapter 104 Crane Cry (2)
It rained all night in Mincheng.
The pouring rain did not dampen the people's joy at all. They hung lanterns and decorated the place to celebrate their escape from the disaster.
The streets and alleys were full of excited people, the wine shops and singing halls were crowded, and every household had invited the fairy tablet of Xiangxianzi. Many poor people would rather eat and drink less and save money to offer incense to Shu.
For a moment, the incense and candle shop was crowded with people coming and going. All the incense products were sold out as if they were free, leaving only empty shelves and wet shoe prints of various sizes on the ground.
Jian Shiyuan followed behind Shu Su, who was holding an oil-paper umbrella, slightly lifting the hem of her robe, and strolling slowly and aimlessly.
Shu Su had a tall figure, but she had not yet fully grown. From behind, she looked cool and clear, like a young willow leaf immersed in a spring lake. She was only barely covered in a thin shark fin gauze, revealing her jade-white neck and her slender waist that could be held with both hands.
He walked across the muddy ground without a speck of dust on his shoes.
Jian Shiyuan stepped directly on the soil, feeling its unique softness, and didn't care about getting the soles of his shoes dirty.
The air after the rain is not clear, and every breath is filled with the strong smell of burning paper and tar.
The air was hazy, mingled with countless tiny particles, like scraps of paper and cigarette ash. With every breath, I could feel my lungs chewing on the impurities, and each breath felt heavy and itchy.
There were people mourning in the east street, people having a banquet in the west, some were laughing, some were crying, and there was noise in the south and north.
Jian Shiyuan passed by and took a look, and found that it was the people who were raising money.
There was a woman with a white scarf wrapped around her head. She had just sent off her murdered husband and her eyes were still swollen from crying, but she still threw the silver hairpin that was burning hot in her hand into the cash box. There was a faint hope in her eyes after the great sorrow, like a candle in the wind, shaking violently, as if it would go out in the next second, but it insisted on burning, burning away all distracting thoughts, leaving only piety!
They are collecting money for Shu Baoxiang as they plan to build a new temple.
Jian Shiyuan also saw several gorgeously dressed women fighting without mercy to compete for the position of tribute maid in the temple for their daughters. They were torn into pieces and quarreled until their faces were red and their gold and jade hairpins were shaking all over the floor.
Shu Su acted as if he didn't notice the farce and didn't stop.
The Golden Chain of Laws couldn't help but taunt
[The husband died because of Shu Baoxiang, but the wife became the most devout believer, ridiculous]
"The system betrayed you because of Shu Su. How foolish! In my opinion, Shu Su is no different from other cultivators, but you are different. The children of noble families all choose to ignore the harvest of their faith, so he is just like everyone else."
The Golden Chain of Laws likes to compare Jian Shiyuan with Paviloin. It’s not that it has “old feelings” for Paviloin, but that other creatures are stupid and vulgar to it and cannot give it sensory stimulation, just like a diner who is used to spicy food cannot eat clear soup.
Hearing the system praising him, Jian Shiyuan's expression remained calm. "Due to the limitations of the times, Shu Su, as a child of an aristocratic family, received an education that solidified class rule. It's truly commendable that he can maintain his innocence and compassion in this world."
The Golden Chain of Law snorted coldly and said no more.
It discovered that Jian Shiyuan was not arrogant, and he would not be complacent because of his high status.
Jian Shiyuan followed Shu Su into a small restaurant on the street.
As soon as the ghost disaster subsided, the boss cleaned the house and welcomed guests. In the most conspicuous place in the house, there was a tablet of Xiang Xianzi. Shu Su looked at the image of her sister on the wooden tablet, pursed her lips, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
He ordered a pot of scented tea and some vegetarian dishes.
Jian Shiyuan noticed that Shu Su first wiped the table opposite him with the handkerchief she carried with her, and then wiped the table in front of him. He wiped it very carefully. The table was not dirty, but he wiped it up and down. Finally, he folded the shark silk handkerchief neatly and put it aside.
There are no trash cans in restaurants in the world of immortal cultivation. After the guests leave, the waiters will sweep away all the garbage left behind.
The shark silk handkerchief that Shu Su used to wipe the table was very valuable. A square handkerchief could buy half a street. Shu Su was a wealthy man, and the shark silk that was being scrambled for by the outside world was just a disposable item to him.
The golden chain of law couldn't help humming again
[This guy is a mysophobia!]
"Well, he also values etiquette and always folds the discarded handkerchiefs neatly."
The restaurant's business was average, and the waiter quickly brought out all the dishes Shu Su ordered.
Shu Su took the teacup first and poured the tea. He didn't place it in front of her, but placed it across from her. Similarly, he gave the pair of chopsticks to the person across from him first. Even though there was no one across from him, Shu Su insisted on pretending they were dining together.
Jian Shiyuan looked at it for a while and suddenly understood why the system was obsessed with Shu Su.
A host who even provided it with a pair of chopsticks for every meal was truly more considerate than him. At least, Shu Su never treated the system as a tool. The system had no mouth, so it naturally couldn't eat, yet Shu Su was willing to prepare a pair of chopsticks for it, pour it tea, and treat it as a living friend.
Shu Su's eating posture was very graceful. He didn't say anything, but just chewed slowly and quietly.
Several diners entered the restaurant one after another. The leading man, a burly man with a full beard and bare chest, was adorned with several scars. He looked like a gangster. He and his men took the largest table and shouted, "Waiter! Bring us the wine!"
Shu Su was frightened by his loud voice, and the hand holding the chopsticks paused for a moment, but he didn't say anything. He lowered his head slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking about, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he actually laughed silently.
[What's so funny?]
"Children are good at entertaining themselves. He hasn't grown up yet."
On Blue Star, Jian Shiyuan often went to the orphanage to look after the children. Some of the innocent, dreamy children would laugh without purpose. At first, he would be curious and ask them what they were laughing at. The children's answers were all very imaginative, some would think of funny things they had done, and some would think of other fun things.
Jian Shiyuan remembered one time when he was telling the children the story of the hippopotamus family. One child suddenly covered his mouth and laughed, his eyes like the moon. He asked Jian Shiyuan, "Do hippos have toothaches?" Jian Shiyuan was stunned at the time. The child hugged his neck and acted coquettishly, saying that when he saw the hippopotamus with missing teeth, he thought of his own teeth that had decayed from eating too much candy.
Shu Su is as innocent as those children.
[You're not much older than him, yet you speak in a mature manner.]
Jian Shiyuan just smiled.
Shu Su's smile might be to please herself, but Jian Shiyuan's smile could only be a disguise.
After drinking a few bottles of wine, the big man gradually relaxed and dared to say all kinds of nonsense.
"They all call them the Shu family's twin heroes, but I think Shu Su is nothing special. His sister has repeatedly made remarkable achievements, quelling waves of chaos, while he hides behind his own sister to lick her credit. Humph, he's a disgrace to us men!"
The younger brothers didn't dare to agree, they just pulled the big man's sleeve to calm him down.
The big man spat, pushed the younger brother next to him away, and shouted even louder, "What's there to say? Our Xiang Fairy is fighting outside, and he's doing nothing, and still wants us to offer him a fairy tablet! How can this be justified?!"
"I'll burn three incense sticks to the Xiang Fairy every day, even if I starve to death! Xiang Fairy saved my mother, and my life belongs to her. Not to mention three incense sticks every day, even if she drags me to be killed, I won't say a word!"
"What's Shu Su worth? He didn't help quell the ghost disaster, but he just watched Xiang Xianzi perform meritorious deeds and now wants to share the credit! Why should I worship him?!"
The big man cursed fiercely, and his eyes turned red when he was excited.
Shu Su ate her food slowly with a calm expression on her face, as if she didn't hear the big man's angry curses.
The system couldn't stand it and asked grimly
[I go kill him?]
Shu Su swallowed the food in her mouth
[Don't kill people casually. Besides, he's right, I'm not as good as my younger sister.]
The system's sound is more distorted
"That sister of yours is no good! You clearly talked to her! You said you didn't want to practice the incense-fire way! You didn't want her to steal your territory, and you didn't want her followers to offer you sacrifices along with her! But did she listen?! What the hell are those two Shu family specialties? If you don't let her use the Gentleman Sword, how can she be on equal footing with you?!"
Shu Su is still very calm
[I am indeed not as good as her. My younger sister was able to break through the Golden Core and condense the Nascent Soul at the age of sixteen. I am far inferior to her.]
"Ha, with the cultivation accumulated by millions of believers, how can she compare to you? Don't you see what disgusting things your sister did! Don't forget the rebellion in Yongzhou. In order to harvest believers, she wantonly spread the plague, causing tens of thousands of people to die tragically in Wujiang. If it weren't for you to seize the opportunity, Yongzhou would have been wiped out!"
Shu Su shuddered, his face showing sadness, but he still chose to stop the system's words.
[Let’s not talk about the past]
The golden chain of law tightened around Jian Shiyuan's neck
He protected Shu Baoxiang. Da Hammer, if Shu Baoxiang was your sister, would you protect her?
Jian Shiyuan looked at Shu Su and said casually, "I won't allow her to do such a thing. Neither compensation nor punishment can bring back those who died. They didn't have to die."
After this commotion, Shu Su lost interest in eating. After paying the bill, he wandered around aimlessly again.
People were coming and going on the street, everyone was in a hurry, except for Shu Su, a leisurely person. The rain had stopped long ago, but he was still holding the oil-paper umbrella.
Walking under a large banyan tree, Jian Shiyuan spotted a few children. No matter how busy the adults were, the four or five-year-olds were always relaxed. They were squatting and playing with ants, poking their holes with twigs. Shu Su saw this and followed their example, squatting down and squeezing in beside them.
The children glanced at him, and probably thought Shu Su was an adult and didn't want to play with him, so they moved to the side. Shu Su didn't move either, and followed them a few steps.
They moved one step at a time, and circled the banyan tree for half a circle. The leader of the group got annoyed and asked, "You want to play with us?"
As he spoke, the child king held his chin high, his demeanor haughty. Shu Su smiled and nodded, "Yeah."
"Oh, then put away your umbrella first. Mother said that if you hold an umbrella under a tree, you won't grow taller."
Shu Su obediently put away her umbrella.
The leader of the children gave him a piece of land and curled his lips, "You just stay here!"
Shu Su followed them to play with ants. Perhaps because Shu Su was in the way, the leader of the children poked the soil with a branch, slammed it, and shouted to the other children: "Come to my house to play!"
He didn't call Shu Su, deliberately trying to get rid of him, but Shu Su called them back.
"Hey, do you want some candy?"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, but his palm was empty. However, when the children's leader approached, he produced a bag of candy.
Shu Su distributed candies to the children. The child king glanced at Shu Su suspiciously. He held the candy in his hand, until it melted and his palm was sticky. "Are you a monk?"
Shu Su smiled and shook her head, "No, I'm just a magician."
"That's right! Why would a monk want to play with us? Hey, what's your name?"
After eating Shu Su's candy, the child king was willing to accept him, "My name is Darong, just follow me!"
Shu Su smiled sweetly, "Okay, my name is Bai He."
[Skip this part. What's so fun about playing games with kids?]
Jian Shiyuan still wanted to watch, remembering the teasing tone of the Golden Chain, he imitated Shu Su's emphasis on acting coquettishly.
[Wait a little longer]
[Speaking nicely gives me goosebumps. Don’t act like a spoiled child with me. It’s disgusting.]
Jian Shiyuan could no longer hear the complaints of the Golden Chain of Law. He put all his heart and soul on Shu Su. Seeing Shu Su's implicit smile, Jian Shiyuan felt relaxed. Shu Su's smile was very innocent, without a trace of impurities. It was the purest happy smile.
Jian Shiyuan was used to seeing sad faces, and it was the first time she saw this kind of smile. She felt weak for a moment, but after looking at it for a long time, she couldn't bear to look away.
The children ran and jumped with Shu Su. They took him to the edge of the pond and pointed at the white crane in the middle of the lake, shouting, "That's the white crane! It's injured and can't fly!"
A dirty white crane was resting in the middle of the lake. When it saw someone approaching, it cried mournfully and flapped its wings as if it wanted to fly, but after flapping its wings a few times, it cried miserably again and swam away into the distance.
It can't fly anymore.
The Shu family raised many white crane spirit pets. Spirit pets are monsters with intelligence. The white crane in front of them was just an ordinary wild beast. It had neither human nature nor the sense of good and evil. When it saw Shu Su, it only knew how to run for its life. Perhaps it had been hurt by someone. It cried miserably with a hoarse voice. It did not look like a white crane, but more like a wild duck.
Shu Su waved at it, and the injured crane swam even faster.
Seeing this, the King of Children, who was licking the candy, laughed heartily. "You scared the white bird! Tomorrow, someone will take the white bird away and take it to the Xiang Fairy Temple. There is a large pond filled with lotus flowers there. The white bird is the fairy's favorite spirit animal and will stay there forever."
"When the time comes, you can buy some dried fish for two cents and use it to feed it."
Shu Su looked at the wailing white crane and smiled to herself again. This time her smile was still so innocent and had a hint of sweetness.
As the sun set, the children were going home and said goodbye to Shu Su one after another. After they left, Shu Su took the injured white crane away.
Once a crane can't fly, it's no different from a duck.
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