Chapter 112 Master is a good person
"But Chuchu." Xiao Yu gently took her hand again, looking at her seriously, "This is my first time getting along with a girl, and I always don't know if I'm doing well enough. If there is anything that offends you, don't be angry, just tell me directly, I promise not to do it again. If there is anything you want me to do, just tell me directly, I will definitely do it if I can. Okay?"
Xu Chuchu was stunned. Just because she was shy, she pretended to be angry once, but how could this lead to such a long string of expressions of determination?
"Nothing." She lowered her head. "It's my first time too... I don't understand anything."
"Then follow your heart." Xiao Yu said.
"Hmph, just spoil me." Xu Chuchu pouted, "When I spoil myself, you'll find fault with me again."
She had never eaten pork, but she had seen pigs run. She used to see classmates falling in love early in school. At first, the boys would be completely submissive to the girls, willing to give them everything they wanted, but after a while, they couldn't stand it anymore.
Especially first love is prone to this kind of conflict.
"I'm serious. I know what I'm talking about, and I'll keep my word." Xiao Yu pressed his forehead against Xu Chuchu's. "Wait for me. I'll finish writing and go out with you."
"Okay." Xu Chuchu nodded.
Xiao Yu continued to write the reply based on the messy content written by Xu Chuchu, and then they went out together and sent the letter to the capital.
Winter was approaching, and the two bought a lot of winter clothes and cold-proof supplies in the city to avoid getting cold on the road.
At this time, Linchuan County was holding its annual Chrysanthemum Viewing Festival, which was lively and beautiful, and the two of them even went there specifically to play for a whole day.
Seeing that Xu Chuchu liked it, Xiao Yu suggested that they stay in the county town for a while longer, but Xu Chuchu thought it was unnecessary and said forget it.
It’s okay to just experience the fun things. The emperor’s edict summoning Xiao Yu back to the capital is still there. Although Xiao Yu said it doesn’t matter, Xu Chuchu still feels that he should hurry up.
If I had to say one regret, it would be that I didn't have a camera to record the scene of the two of us looking at the flowers together.
After they had gotten themselves ready, the two continued their journey north. Because they were in a hurry and had a lot of stuff, they hired a carriage instead of practicing on foot as they had done before.
Linchuan County was not far from the capital city. The roads were flat official roads, and carriages were easy to travel on. Before the cold winter came, we had arrived at the outskirts of the capital city.
Every time she arrived at a place, Xu Chuchu would tell a fortune for herself and ask where her relatives were.
Before, the hexagram always told her to go north, go north, so much so that she became a little numb after doing it for a while.
This time, she checked the calculations several times to make sure she was not wrong, and then she confirmed that the meaning of the hexagram was "end point".
No need to head north, the destination is here... Could it be that her family is in the capital?! Then wouldn't it be a perfect opportunity for her to accompany Xiao Yu?!
She stared at the hexagram in a daze for a long time.
At this time, the two were resting at the post station. When Xiao Yu finished his work and came back to find her, he saw her hugging her knees in a daze in the carriage.
"Who is the relative you are looking for? Your master?" He sat down next to Xu Chuchu. "What kind of person is he? What is his name? When we get to the capital, I will send someone to help you find him."
He has said this more than once, so he should really be able to help.
Xu Chuchu nodded: "My master is a woman, her surname is Xu, and her name is Xu Ailian."
"Ai Lian is a good name," Xiao Yu praised. "The lotus grows out of the mud without being stained, and washes in the clear water without being coquettish."
Xu Chuchu laughed when she heard it: "You really can praise anything."
In the era when her master was born, girls were all named like this, such as Ai Lian, Ai Ju, Xiang Mei... and it had nothing to do with whether the name was Ran Ran or Yao Yao.
"Then how old is your master and what kind of person is he?" Xiao Yu asked again.
"Master's age..." Xu Chuchu was choked.
Master was only 42 years old when he passed away. After all these years, he should be almost 50 years old.
Ha, why is she adding age to the deceased? Obviously, age should stop there after death.
...It is certainly impossible for him to run away and live in the capital of the Xia Dynasty.
But the divination will not lie. If the relative in the capital is not the master, who could it be?
She had no other relatives. Could it be her biological parents who abandoned her? They couldn't read physiognomy, so they definitely couldn't have come from ancient times.
"She's in her forties or fifties," Xu Chuchu continued, "...and she's a good person."
"Good guy?" Xiao Yu laughed. "How do you mean good guy?"
"That's right..." Talking about the past with Xiao Yu, Xu Chuchu suddenly felt comfortable and warm. "Her cultivation is very high, just like the Sanshan Zhenren we met before, both of them are more than level five. But after she reached the fifth level, she didn't practice much and was meddling in other people's business every day."
"Idle business?"
"Well, for example, if a neighbor's dog is lost, she'll go and tell fortunes to help find it. If the homeless people under the bridge have nothing to eat, she'll cook a big pot of food and bring it to them. And there are weddings and funerals in the neighborhood—er, I mean the village—everyone in the village comes to her for free." Xu Chuchu laughed as she spoke. "She's always like this. Wherever there's a problem, she's there."
"Grandmaster is so kind, no wonder he can teach you to be such a good disciple." Xiao Yu said.
"Yes, she is very kind, otherwise she wouldn't have taken me home to raise." Xu Chuchu sighed, "She always said that she wanted to adopt a few more children, but later she felt that raising me alone was too painful, so she didn't raise any."
I was laughing at first, but as I spoke I felt like crying.
"I miss my master so much," she said finally.
"Don't worry." Xiao Yu gently touched her head, "I will definitely help you find your master."
Xu Chuchu nodded. "By the way, Xiao Yu, are you familiar with the Taoist temples near the capital? Are there many? I'd like to stop by and take a look. My master always said she wanted to build a small Taoist temple and become a Taoist nun herself. Maybe she's there."
"Well... I'm familiar with it." Xiao Yu replied somewhat reluctantly, "I'm familiar with it, but I mean, I know there are no Taoist temples in the suburbs of Beijing."
"No?" Xu Chuchu was surprised. "How could that be? There should be some near big towns."
Praying and petitioning were the basic demands of the ancient people. Whenever there was a wedding in the family, a child was taking the imperial examination, or even a relative was sick, people liked to go to a temple or Taoist temple to worship and pray for God's blessing.
The Taoist priests in the Taoist temple also rely on these incense sticks to live and practice.
There are so many residents in the capital, so there is no reason not to build a Taoist temple.
"There are no Taoist temples outside the capital, only Buddhist temples." Xiao Yu explained to Xu Chuchu, "Our dynasty's Grand Master was a monk and a Buddhist. Because of his fame, Buddhism flourished in the capital, and Taoism fell into disuse. There used to be two small Taoist temples, but they both moved away."
"So that's how it is..." When Xu Chuchu heard about Buddhism, he suddenly remembered the hooded monk who had fought with them in Wuchang Village.
She took the Floating Life Umbrella and touched the jade cicada-shaped carving on it. "How about we go explore the nearby temples?"
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