"Your new clothes are nice!"
"Um?"
Cui Gu looked up and saw Ma Linghua staring at her clothes. She straightened her clothes and, for some reason, felt a little happy.
"It's just not as nice as mine. Look at your red and black outfit, isn't that hat heavy? And those big brass rings around your neck, aren't those big earrings heavy? And look at your embroidered shoes, and those silver bracelets on your wrists, aren't you tired? Even oxen pulling fields don't carry such heavy loads." She complained.
Cui Gu: "…………………………"
She endured it; this country bumpkin didn't know what was good for him.
Then I saw Ma Linghua rummaging through her bag, touching this and shaking her head, touching that and shaking her head again.
Cui Gu: "???"
"What are you doing?" she couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Ah! Found it." With that, Ma Linghua took out a pair of earrings from her bag. They looked very small, with a silvery sheen and a small bell on each earring.
She shook it, and the crisp sound was exceptionally pleasant. Ma Lihua turned her head and glanced at it. Wasn't that the piece of jewelry that her grandmother disliked the most?
"Cuigu! I know you've had a tough time too. This is a gift for you. What do you think? Isn't your older sister good to you?"
Cui Gu: "…………………………"
What the hell? Did this miser pluck his feathers?
"Why not take it if it's free?" she thought, quickly taking the pair of silver earrings. Then she felt a sudden chill as a cold draft emanated from the earrings.
Her mind went blank; this... this was actually a good thing.
She looked at Ma Linghua in astonishment, never expecting that this older sister would treat her so well.
Seeing her expression, Ma Linghua was stunned. What was wrong? Was the earring a cheap item or something worthless?
No way! How could she possibly tell that this was the most tattered thing she had taken from the bronze door? She had only worn it for ten minutes, and it was already covered in dust. She might as well give it to this girl who liked to wear silver jewelry; it wasn't worth anything anyway.
"Sister, Sister Linghua, thank you... I really like this gift." Cui Gu's tone was warm.
Ma Linghua was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "No need to thank me, it's the New Year, I'm glad you like it." She glanced guiltily at the wall.
After Ma Hehua finished washing the dishes, it was 7:30. The group sat in the main room of Cui Gu's house and chatted for the first time.
"Cui Gu, your love potion's offspring is almost finished, isn't it?" Ma Linghua's sudden question made Cui Gu's face change drastically, and she stood up abruptly.
Her silver ornaments jingled with her vigorous movements, and her expression shifted from ruthless to calm, finally settling into a sense of relief.
"Okay! Once Zi Gu is dead, it'll be about time for me to set off."
This time, Cui Gu spoke quite frankly.
"Preserving the corpse is useless; you need to remove the 'child worm'."
Cui Gu was stunned. "Take it out? How do you take it out? There's only a small amount..."
She then glanced at Ma Lihua, who was listening intently, and asked, "What method do you need?"
Cui Gu thought for a moment and said carefully, "Back then, I was young and ignorant, full of affection, but in the end, I found that it was just my own wishful thinking. I killed him, but I didn't expect that old man would take a liking to my Zi Gu. He thought he had met someone who would save him, but little did he know that the old man was the one with evil intentions."
"Him? Who is he?" Ma Linghua asked curiously.
“Xiao Yu, a teacher,” Ma Lihua explained.
"Pear Blossom, how did you know?"
“Brother Shangguan told me!” Ma Lihua said calmly.
"The offspring Gu was painstakingly crafted by me. It's a pair with the mother Gu in my body. I didn't know that once the offspring Gu is planted, it's irreversible. With my current abilities, I can't produce it. I'll never be able to get it in this life, the next life, or the life after that." Cui Gu said, her face filled with a sense of vicissitude.
She was afraid of death, afraid that everything about her would be forgotten, and she wanted to live.
"Tsk! That Gu Daoist is really something. Why don't you just ask him to get it for you?" Ma Linghua said dismissively.
"I can't afford the price for the young master." Cui Gu lowered her head. Everyone has to pay a price and work hard to gain anything; there's no such thing as a free lunch.
"Dong dong dong dong qiang qiang qiang qiang..."
A loud gong and drum sound broke the conversation. Ma Hehua listened carefully and realized that the sound was coming from the village.
"The bonfire party has begun, and it's time for the village's sacrificial ceremony again," Cui Gu's calm voice rang out.
Seeing the three people's puzzled expressions, he thought for a moment and said softly, "We are paying homage to the ancestors of the Jiuli tribe. This was ordered by the young master, and it has been held every year since the Miao village was established."
“Jiuli…that sounds familiar.” Ma Lihua couldn’t remember where she had heard it before.
"Are you going?" Ma Linghua asked her.
Cui Gu shook her head, looking dejected. "I'm not going. I'm a failed sorcerer (Gu master). I'm not qualified to go."
"Your offspring is really tenacious. It's been forty years and it's still alive in that corpse. But... are you sure it's still your offspring?" Ma Lihua looked at her calmly.
Cui Gu was taken aback. "I don't know what you're talking about."
“You will understand. Moreover, your time is running out. Your mother Gu has caused a disagreement between you and your offspring Gu. You will be eliminated. In other words, as you said, you are about to embark on your journey.” Ma Lihua stared at her abdomen, the corners of her mouth slightly upturned.
Cui Gu “………………………………”
Can't we just let her have a good New Year?
“Grandma, don’t be afraid. When Brother Shangguan comes back, I’ll ask him to save you. I hate bugs the most.” Ma Lihua said with a face full of resentment.
Her transformation left Cui Gu completely stunned.
"Alright, it's getting late, we should go now. See you later, Cui Gu! We'll probably be bothering you again tomorrow. Gu Daoren isn't home, so there's no one to cook. Oh, and remember to feed the pigs, chickens, ducks, and whatever else you can when you have time." Ma Linghua's figure receded into the distance, followed by Ma Lihua and Ma Hehua.
She closed the door, looked at the pitch-black night, and saw the half-moon in the sky obscured by dark clouds. Cui Gu clenched her fingers and walked into the body that was being preserved in medicine.
Looking at his face, which was in his early twenties, Cui Gu was momentarily dazed, then her eyes turned vicious. "Why won't you live a good life with me? Why do you want to leave me? You asked for it, you asked for it yourself. It's good that you're dead, you'll be obedient when you're dead, hahahaha..."
As she laughed, she felt Xiao Yu's fingers moving in the glass tank, and his eyes were also moving. Suddenly, she felt the mother Gu in her body stirring.
He then spat out a mouthful of black blood, but failed to see Xiao Yu lying in the glass tank, a strange smile appearing on his lips.
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