Chapter 69: Bathing in Orchid Soup
Isn’t it a wonderful thing that the orchid soup I cooked myself was recognized by my friends?
"Wen Xiu, what are you doing?"
When Quexian heard the voices, he turned around and saw Wangxiang.
He held up a large lotus leaf to block the sun above his head, and looked over with his ruby-like eyes, honest and cute.
The fairy laughed and said, "I'm taking a bath, Fuluo, come with me."
When Wang Xiang got closer, he saw large vats filled with fragrant orchid soup, which emitted a warm but non-scorching aroma.
"So gentle." Wang Xiang exclaimed, "I like it very much."
The bird fairy urged, "Come on, come on."
Wang Xiang lay on the jar and slid into it, leaving a lotus leaf floating on the water.
The bird fairy jumped up, landed on a lotus leaf, and was then pushed up by its little black head.
Wang Xiang seemed to have melted into the water, hiding in the shadow of the lotus leaves, with only his little head revealing a contented look.
"Ah..." A smile appeared on Furo's face. Some black gas gradually floated up in the big vat where he was and dissipated in the sunlight.
The bird fairy changed direction and began to dry her feathers: "How is it? I said it was great."
Fu Luo nodded vigorously, almost throwing Que Xian over his head into the water: "Thank you, Brother Gong."
Fu Luo raised his red claws and clasped his fists in a bow.
Gong Mengbi said: "Don't be polite with me."
Fu Luo's eyes curved into crescents with a smile.
After a while, the golden toad came slowly.
He has always been like this. He would not follow them until Wangxiang and Quexian arrived.
She usually keeps her promises very strictly and never appears in front of Gong Mengbi.
Fu Luo slapped the water and said, "Yuan Yao, Yuan Yao, come and take a bath."
Although the water tank was big enough for Jin Chan to squat in, he absolutely refused to do so in front of Gong Mengbi. He just turned his head and said, "I won't take a bath."
The bird fairy jumped down from the lotus leaf and stood on the edge of the tank. He looked at Fu Luo, then laughed strangely, "Hehe", jumped into the water and flapped his wings.
He splashed the water in the jar everywhere, covering the golden toad.
Fuluo also followed his mischief and pushed the water in the jar out, turning it into a big water ball that burst above the toad's head.
With a splash, the golden toad was soaked through.
The fragrance of the orchid bath washed over his skin, making him feel that all the obscure smells on his body were washed away.
The Golden Toad stretched out its webbed hands and pushed Fuluo into the water, then threw Quexian into the sky: "It will cause trouble."
The bird fairy flapped its wings, and its wet feathers were very heavy, so it landed on the golden toad's shoulder: "It's good to wash it even if you don't take a bath!"
Suddenly the wind blew.
It's not the wind that's coming, it's the swift Yaksha ghost that's coming with the wind.
Yaksha Ghost and Gong Mengbi paid a visit: "I am late. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. Some people are burning incense in the small holy temple early in the morning."
Gong Mengbi said, "Brother Xiang must be worried about their safety, so he came all the way down the mountain."
The Yaksha ghost laughed and said, "There is an old man who needs to be looked after."
Gong Mengbi asked, "Brother Xiang, do you want to take a bath?"
The Yaksha ghost said, "Wash yourself for good luck."
Gong Mengbi nodded. The Yaksha ghost that practiced with the help of incense had very little evil energy on its body. This was the way to get closer to the righteous gods, and it was not an ordinary ghost.
The bird fairy quickly shouted, cheering: "Fu Luo! He wants to take a bath!"
Then there was a commotion.
Granny Shi watched them quarreling, with the corners of her mouth raised, which moved the fine wrinkles on her face, making her look like a passionate bud, gentle and beautiful.
Gong Mengbi let them mess around and said to Granny Shi, "Granny, let's wash our hands too."
He washed his hands in the water tank with his master's wife. The warm orchid water flowed through the gaps between their fingers, leaving behind a gentle fragrance.
Gong Mengbi said, "Dragon Boat Festival is such a wonderful time. The Azure Dragon in the sky nurtures creation, and both gods and humans celebrate. Don't just stand there like idiots. Come and wash away the stale and foul air."
So I enjoyed the sight of a fox jumping into a water tank.
Foxes of all sizes jumped into the water tank, bathed in it, then jumped to the ground, shook off the water on their bodies, and threw out rainbow-colored mist beads.
Lian Kangwen went into the water vat and washed himself with the four foxes - flowers, wine, poetry and tea - in the water vat. Then he jumped out, shook off the water droplets on his body, and turned into a human form again.
After the orchid soup cleansed the body, the Yang energy of the Dragon Boat Festival seemed to become milder.
By the time all the foxes, big and small, had bathed, the morning was almost over.
The little fat fox didn't even care about drying off the moisture on his body, and hugged Gong Mengbi's calf: "Senior Gong! I'm hungry!"
Gong Mengbi said, "Then eat."
"Great!" The little fat fox took a quick look at the food on the table, and finally started with the roast chicken.
A feast was prepared for the little foxes, with flowers, wine, poetry and tea on the side to maintain order and teach the children not to snatch or waste.
Gong Mengbi and his friends set up another table, eating rice dumplings, green rice balls, and bean cakes, drinking moon dew tea, watching the clouds rising in the mountains and the foxes laughing happily.
Wenxiu and Fuluo played around the golden toad, smearing their sticky hands from eating rice dumplings on each other's faces.
The unsociable Golden Toad and the taciturn Yaksha Ghost, two large figures, sat side by side, drinking tea and eating shortbread and sugar cakes in silence. The small teacups and small cakes were like flowers in their hands.
The bustling scene lasted until noon, when the crowd dispersed.
Before leaving, Quexian, at the request of Gong Mengbi, gave each monster a piece of mugwort and a piece of calamus, so that when the little foxes marched in a line, it looked like the ceremonial procession of an emperor.
The yang energy was too strong at noon, so everyone ran home to take shelter.
After everyone left, the black-clothed ghost untied the black cloth bag and threw the fox prisoner in the bag into the water tank to soak.
There were still a lot of uneaten food left on the table, as Kang Wencai had already prepared enough food when he bought it.
The black-clothed ghost drove the fox prisoners to bathe in the orchid bath, then told them to eat by themselves, and finally cleaned up the place.
Finally, foxes of all sizes hid from the sun in the shadow of Shouyue Tower and ate cakes and dumplings until dusk, when the Heart Constellation was ablaze with light.
Gong Mengbi began to practice day after day, worshiping the moon to gather energy, communicating with the heart constellation, and practicing the heart fire method.
The "Big Fire" star appeared in the center of Gong Mengbi's Lingtai, and turned into a talisman with fox face patterns, called: Heart Fire Refining Spirit Talisman.
Gong Mengbi carefully counted the wishing trees and found that the second eighth-grade treasure certificate was ripe.
It was not someone else, but Granny Shi.
"Huh?" Gong Mengbi was surprised and didn't quite understand.
He had a deep connection with Granny Shi, but he didn't actually try to build a relationship with her. In his impression, she should be considered an enthusiastic elder, but not yet at the level of an eighth-rank elder.
What did you do today?
Gong Mengbi thought about it and realized that it was Granny Shi who talked to him about the Fox Courtyard, introduced him to flowers, wine, poetry, and tea, bathed the little fox, and spent half a day relaxing.
It can't be that because of this, Grandma Shi is going to leave all the family property to Gong Mengbi, right?
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