After living a peaceful life for a few years, Bai Yu passed the imperial examination and became an official. Not only did he hold an official position, but he was also a teacher at a royal academy, which was quite impressive.
Bai Hao's teahouse remains unchanged. He has no intention of expanding his business; he only needs enough money to get by, and he also frequently receives unexpected windfalls.
Although he couldn't steal other people's property, anything that hadn't been mined in the wild was unclaimed. Besides, there were also some abandoned or lost treasures that he would pick up and keep when he went out for a stroll.
Especially when Bai Hao had nothing to do, he would go to the beach to play and collect countless pearls and other rare mountain delicacies.
Bai Hao is not greedy for money, but he likes collecting things, and he still feels good about being rich.
Bai Hao is trapped in the teahouse and needs to be kept in mind, otherwise if he goes away for too long, he might get so engrossed in treasure hunting that he forgets about returning home, and the teahouse will be gone.
Although Bai Hao likes to wander around, he prefers to lie down and do nothing. If no one bothers him, he just wants to be a lazy bum.
But things were different when Bai Muqiu arrived. Although Bai Muqiu was still searching for his own path, it didn't stop him from guarding the house, which gave Bai Hao more opportunities to go out for a stroll.
Sometimes when I come back and see Bai Muqiu busy at the teahouse, I feel a little guilty, so I give him some of the treasures I found to play with.
Bai Muqiu is a good child; he's not picky and will take whatever is given to him.
The technique of "Hidden Universe in the Sleeve" is something that the Bai Ze clan all learns, because it is very convenient when traveling.
Bai Hao had also visited Bai Yu's side. Bai Yu was very good at navigating the human world. He was smooth-talking and usually quite lazy, but when he got serious, he could say whatever he wanted to people, and he was adept at getting along with everyone.
Seeing that Bai Yu was doing well and thriving, Bai Hao felt at ease and let him be. After all, Bai Ze was an auspicious beast and not so easy to kill, and ordinary people couldn't hurt him.
Bai Muqiu stayed in Bai Hao's teahouse for a long time because he couldn't find a suitable profession. He had almost learned all 360 professions.
It wasn't until Bai Hao decided he didn't want to run the teahouse anymore and wanted to find another way to make a living that Bai Muqiu reluctantly opened a jade shop.
When Bai Hao went out to search for treasure, he would always share some with Bai Muqiu upon his return. Bai Muqiu also earned some money by learning various trades on her own. In addition, Bai Yu, besides being an official, also received some rewards, and he also provided Bai Muqiu with a considerable amount of financial assistance.
So Bai Muqiu did have some capital. He wasn't very good at business, but he wasn't so bad at running a shop that he lost money. In short, his business was neither particularly successful nor unsuccessful.
Bai Muqiu had adapted to life in the human world, so Bai Hao went about his own business. For a period of time, Bai Muqiu lived alone in the human world.
Through his own experiences and understanding, a century after he entered the world, he finally found his profession: a dream interpreter.
Of all the myriad things in this world, only three are truly attainable: the moon reflected in the water, the flower in the mirror, and him/her in a dream.
Bai Muqiu learned to weave dreams and to make dream incense, which can interpret dreams, send dreams away, and dispel dreams.
It was around that time that he met the little beggar girl, but after showing her the way, he paid no more attention to her, taking it all as just an ordinary occurrence.
The first guest he formally received was a scholar.
The rain came suddenly that day, and pedestrians hurried by, busy seeking shelter from the rain. The scholar, carrying books and writing brushes, stopped in front of the Dream Interpretation Pavilion.
Only he saw the Dream Interpretation Pavilion open its door, and only he walked to the door and entered the Dream Interpretation Pavilion's barrier.
Bai Muqiu greeted the first guest with a smile.
The scholar, seeing Bai Muqiu's beauty, mistook her for a woman and panicked, wanting to leave in the rain.
"I am a man."
Fortunately, Bai Muqiu's voice was clearly male and he had a noticeable Adam's apple, which relieved the scholar.
"I apologize for my rudeness and offense."
The scholar bowed politely, his expression full of apology.
"It's alright, I'm used to it. People often don't distinguish between men and women."
Bai Muqiu waved his hand dismissively. Even with his hair simply tied up and dressed in typical men's clothing, strangers would still mistake him for a woman dressed as a man.
"It's raining heavily now and it's not going to stop anytime soon. You should go inside and take shelter from the rain. If you catch a cold from the cold wind, you might catch a cold tomorrow."
"This...I am in a sorry state, and I'm afraid I might offend you..."
"Hey, it's alright. I rarely have customers here. People are more important than things. Come in, I'll find you some dry clothes to change into, and have a cup of hot tea to warm you up."
Before he could refuse, Bai Muqiu went to the backyard to get her clothes.
Seeing this, the scholar couldn't refuse, so he carefully carried the things into the house, but he didn't go in too much. He only put down his books and writing materials in front of the soft couch and tea table in the guest room, as these things were more important to him.
He wiped the rain off his face with his sleeve and looked up at the shop, which he often saw but never saw open.
The room was simply furnished, with a dozen or so candlesticks burning brightly, much better than his dilapidated house. He read every day by the light of a small oil lamp, and he dared not leave it burning for too long, for fear of running out of light.
Bai Muqiu returned with the clothes and saw him standing there awkwardly, so she couldn't help but smile.
He went up to the scholar and led him to the backyard. He boiled water in the kitchen, pushed the scholar in, gave him clothes, and told him to dry off and change his clothes, while also drying his hair.
The scholar thanked her repeatedly, holding the clothes as if they were precious treasures, and watched Bai Muqiu go to the front hall. Only then did he close the kitchen door, change out of his mostly wet clothes and shoes, and put down his hair, which was wrapped in a cloth, to dry.
When the scholar came out, his books had already been laid out flat by Bai Muqiu to dry, and hot tea had been brewed on the low table at the tea house.
Bai Muqiu, dressed in a long, wide-sleeved robe, sat on one side of a low tea table, brewing tea.
"Oh, it's all changed. Come, come, have a seat. Have some hot tea."
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