Chapter 18 Drawing Talismans
Jiang Ruyun looked at Gu Yanran who had returned, put down the chopsticks in her hand, and asked, "Yanran, how is it? Did Zhizhi eat?"
Gu Yanran walked to the bed and sat down, nodded, and said, "Eat it."
Jiang Ruyun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, her heart finally at ease.
Since Li Zhi accepted and ate them, it means that she did not reject them, nor did she say that she did not want to recognize them.
Jiang Ruyun picked up another pair of clean chopsticks and handed them to Gu Yanran, saying with a smile, "That's good, you can eat too."
Gu Yanran took it and took two bites. Her eyes flickered slightly, "Mom, I just asked my sister who that little boy is."
Jiang Ruyun paused holding the chopsticks and looked up at her, "Who is it?"
"My sister told me that the little boy is her son..." Gu Yanran said slowly.
Jiang Ruyun was stunned for a moment, then reacted with a look of surprise on her face, "Are you serious?"
Gu Yanran nodded, "It's true, my sister said it herself, she said she was already five years old."
She paused and continued, "Actually, this is quite normal. Nowadays, many people marry and have children early. As long as they are adults, it's fine."
Jiang Ruyun naturally knew this, and Li Zhi did not grow up by her side. She was not there when she was in love and had children, and she could not do anything about it.
"Where's the kid's father? Why didn't we see him when we went there?"
Gu Yanran pursed her lips, "My sister said the child's father is dead..."
"This..." Jiang Ruyun didn't expect Li Zhi to be a single mother. She couldn't imagine how hard it was for her to raise a child alone. "She's in the hospital now and there's no one to take care of her, not to mention she has a child to take care of."
"It seems so. When I went to deliver the meal, I didn't see anyone else there, nor did I see any caregivers. There were only my sister and her child." Gu Yanran said.
Jiang Ruyun was in no mood to eat anymore. She put down her chopsticks again and pretended to get out of bed. "I'll go see them."
Gu Yanran grabbed her hand and put the chopsticks back into her hand. "Mom, don't worry. It's not too late for us to eat first. Besides, my sister is eating too. It wouldn't be good for you to go there rashly now."
Jiang Ruyun thought about it and nodded, "Okay."
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The other side.
Li Zhi had just finished her meal when she received a message from Shanfeng on her mobile phone saying that he had arrived downstairs at the hospital.
After a while, there was a knock on the ward door.
Li Yanjing walked over to open the door. He thought it was Li Zhi's parents who came, but unexpectedly, the person standing at the door was a strange uncle.
After realizing what was happening, I immediately guessed that he should be the man named Shanfeng. Li Zhi had asked him to come find her during her live broadcast.
When Shanfeng saw that it was a child who opened the door, he thought he had walked into the wrong ward. Just as he was about to take out his cell phone to confirm the ward number, he heard the boy's childish voice.
"Are you looking for Master Li?"
Upon hearing this, Shanfeng looked at him again, knowing that he had come to the right place. "Yes, is Master Li in there?"
Li Yanjing nodded, "Yes, come in."
"Okay." Shanfeng walked in, closed the door, and followed him inside.
When his eyes fell on the woman sitting on the hospital bed, he was stunned. He didn't expect her to be so seriously injured, even her leg was in a cast. "Master Li, were you in a car accident?"
Li Zhi nodded, "Yes, otherwise you wouldn't have to run around like this."
"It's okay." Shanfeng handed her the black plastic bag in his hand. "I've bought the yellow paper and cinnabar you asked for. I also bought you the tools for drawing talismans."
Li Zhi took it, opened it and took a look. "Did you ask the Taoist priests at the Taoist temple to buy it?"
"The Taoist temple doesn't sell these, it only sells drawn talismans. However, a Taoist priest told me that there is a special Taoist supplies store near their temple, so I went there to buy it," said Shanfeng.
Li Zhi put the bag on the dining table, which had not yet been put away, and said, "Okay."
She first took out the cinnabar and dissolved it in water in a small dish. Then she took out a piece of yellow paper and spread it flat in front of her. She picked up the brush, dipped it in the cinnabar in the dish, and began to draw the talisman with her left hand.
In less than ten seconds, she finished drawing a talisman.
Li Yanjing looked at the complicated and incomprehensible talisman on the talisman paper, his eyes full of curiosity, "What kind of talisman is this?"
"Purification Talisman." Li Zhi picked up the drawn talisman and handed it to Shan Feng, who was standing beside the bed. She continued, "Keep this talisman for now. Tomorrow at noon, go to your mother's grave. I'll be live streaming then. Just send me a link and I'll teach you how to do it."
Shanfeng took it carefully with both hands and asked, "Master Li, can I fold this purification talisman? You also said that it must be kept like this?"
"Just fold it in half and put it away." Li Zhi said.
Shanfeng nodded, folded the talisman paper in half as she said, and then put it in his trouser pocket.
"Okay, you can go back." Li Zhi said again.
Shanfeng responded, greeted her, and then turned and left the ward.
Li Zhi withdrew his gaze, took out two more pieces of yellow paper from the bag, and continued to draw the talisman.
After finishing the painting, she put down the brush, and slowly folded the two amulets into triangles with one hand, and then handed them to Li Yanjing.
Li Yanjing: “?”
"Keep one close to you, and give the other to Zhou Xian now," said Li Zhi.
Li Yanjing reached out and took it. "What kind of talisman is this?"
"Amulet." Li Zhi replied.
"Can you protect me?" Li Yanjing asked.
Li Zhi nodded, "That's right, go ahead."
Li Yanjing obediently placed one of them close to his body, then took the other one and left the ward.
As soon as he opened the door, he ran into Jiang Ruyun and Gu Yanran who had just walked in.
Jiang Ruyun's eyes fell on Li Yanjing. When she thought that this was her own grandson, her expression couldn't help but become excited, and her heart melted. "Child, I am your grandmother."
Li Yanjing looked up at her without saying a word.
Jiang Ruyun was not in a hurry. She knew that both her daughter and grandson needed time to slowly adapt. She smiled and asked, "Where are you going?"
"To deliver something." Li Yanjing replied.
"Giving something as a gift?" Gu Yanran noticed what he was holding. "Is this... a peace amulet?"
Li Yanjing didn't answer, "You guys can just go in, I'm leaving first."
After saying that, he walked around them and headed towards the elevator.
Gu Yanran looked at his back and said, "Sister is really careless. How can I let such a young child run around in the hospital? Mom, why don't I follow him and see if he gets lost."
Jiang Ruyun was also afraid that the child would get lost and run around, "Yanran, hurry up and follow him."
"Okay." Gu Yanran responded, "Mom, go in and talk to your sister first."
Jiang Ruyun nodded, retracted her gaze, and walked into the ward.
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