Many reporters wandered around Yinlong Village, and even interviewed the village chief, Lao Li. Everyone wanted to know about the opening of the altar to pray for rain. The strange stories in the mountains are always the most attractive.

Reporter: "Village head, I heard that a master was able to call the wind and rain not long ago. Is this true?"

The village chief, Lao Li, said hurriedly: "It's not the village chief, it's the director, otherwise you can just call me Lao Li..."

"Director Li, did anyone really pray for rain at that time?"

"No, there is absolutely no such thing. As an advanced civilized village, we have always been vigilant against the emergence of feudal superstition in rural areas and have worked hard to strengthen the construction of rural spiritual civilization..." The village head said solemnly, "The educated children in our village all know that green mountains and clear waters are gold and silver mountains, and protecting the ecological environment is protecting productivity!"

The reporter admired and said: "It seems that Yinlong Village has done a good job in building spiritual civilization."

“It all depends on the concerted efforts of the villagers.”

The media made inquiries in Yinlong Village but to no avail. The villagers insisted that they did not practice superstition, and their tone was completely different from that of the villagers in the neighboring village.

Kong Shuohua and others are being questioned by the investigation team. They certainly cannot include the incident of the Taoist robe girl in the report. Anyone who reads it will think that Kong Shuohua is mentally ill.

People from the neighboring village did mention the legend of the master, but they couldn't run to Yinlong Village to identify him. In addition, Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing changed into city clothes, and they looked like outsiders who came to play, not like native villagers, so they didn't arouse suspicion.

At home, Wang Ping put the steamed fish on the table, and then placed several dishes one after another, filling the table. She mixed the steamed pork rice, and served a bowl to Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing respectively, and the meal was officially started.

Tan Muxing took the bowl with both hands and said softly, "Thank you."

Chu Qianli stared at the food in amazement, "Such a rich meal today?"

Wang Ping said impatiently: "It's because of you showing up that day that everyone knows you've returned to the village. They've been sending gifts to the door like crazy recently, and they even wanted to invite you to their home for dinner..."

Tan Muxing looked at Chu Qianli with curiosity on his face: "Are you famous in the village?"

Talking about Mu Xing, he still remembers the scene on that day of the rainstorm. Chu Qianli was respected by the villagers, which was completely different from when he was in the city.

Chu Qianli said leisurely: "Our village is very small."

Wang Ping pointed out coldly: "Famous, of course she is famous, otherwise how could she be so accustomed to this? Have you seen offerings in the temple? She is one of those who eats the offerings."

Chu Qianli muttered: "It's not a tribute, it's a transaction. I'm not a god or a ghost. My essence is to get money to do things..."

"Okay, whatever you say is fine. The director has even arranged some kind of award for you, saying it's for helping to report the over-exploitation in the neighboring village. You can go and claim it when you have time." Wang Ping frowned slightly, asking in doubt, "You can actually pray for rain? I've never seen you do that before?"

Tan Muxing's gaze shifted. As a witness who saw Chu Qianli's temporary solution, he naturally knew what the truth was.

Chu Qianli blinked and said frankly, "Of course not."

Wang Ping was surprised: "Then why did I hear them say you chanted a spell?"

"It's just an exaggeration of performing arts." Chu Qianli said helplessly, "Pingping, I believe in Marxism, and I don't believe in Taoism. It doesn't make sense that chanting Taoist spells works."

"Tsk, have you been fooled again?" Wang Ping asked puzzledly, "Then how did you know it would rain and rocks would fall?"

"Of course."

"When did you calculate it?"

"When you said I wasn't as sensible as the city kids."

Wang Ping was shocked and said, "I thought you were just wandering around in the mountains."

Chu Qianli puffed up his cheeks and said unhappily, "That's too much! I'm observing the celestial phenomena seriously!"

Tan Muxing tried to smooth things over in a gentle manner: "Okay, okay."

Wang Ping looked stunned: "Because you used to be in a daze in the yard all day, and I said you were idle and avoiding work when you went up the mountain... So you were also watching the sky when you were in a daze before?"

Chu Qianli: "No, it's definitely just daydreaming and being lazy."

Wang Ping: “…”

Wang Ping was deceived again and angrily said, "That's why I said you are full of nonsense! You can't even tell which of your words are true and which are false!"

Chu Qianli lowered her eyes, her eyes flickered slightly, and she said softly: "Whether it's true or false is important, as long as everyone is happy and things go smoothly, it doesn't matter whether it's true or false."

"But you act like a liar."

"No need to be like me, I am."

Chu Qianli and Wang Ping were arguing back and forth, but Tan Muxing listened to what they said. When he heard this, he was sure that Wang Ping knew nothing and was afraid that her deskmate had not told anyone about her affairs.

She is the world's number one liar, and she believes that truth and falsehood don't matter, so she will never say anything that will make "everyone unhappy and things go wrong."

Because of this, he pretended nothing had happened since he came to the village and never mentioned the sad secret.

If she didn't speak up, he would pretend he didn't know. He would accompany her but wouldn't expose her.

After dinner, Wang Ping asked Chu Qianli to go into the house to prepare clothes and snacks for night stargazing, while she cleaned up the dishes and walked to the faucet to wash the dishes.

Tan Muxing stood at the sink at a loss. He felt guilty about not having a job, so he asked tentatively, "Can I help wash it?"

"No need. You two are both incompetent. You can't even wash as fast as I can." Wang Ping saw that he looked anxious and said, "If you are so bored, just put away the table and chairs and put them in the corner."

The three of them had just been having an open-air meal in the yard. Tan Muxing honestly moved the tables and chairs away, while Wang Ping squatted by the sink washing dishes. The two of them started chatting casually.

In the distance, insects were chirping in the grass, and in the yard, the water was gurgling.

While washing dishes, Wang Ping asked casually, "Why did you go back to the village with her?"

Tan Muxing was confused and said in panic: "Ah, I just came out for a walk during the summer vacation..."

"The people who can interact with her frequently are either those who are unfortunate in life, or those who yearn for her fortune-telling skills..." Wang Ping raised her eyes and said, "You are neither of them."

Tan Muxing smiled bitterly: "Isn't that a bit arbitrary? Isn't Sister Pingping also very familiar with her?"

"When I met her, I was really not doing well. I was owed money when I went out to work, and I was cheated when I looked for a job. I didn't have a high level of education, and I couldn't go back to my hometown..." Wang Ping said calmly, "If I hadn't met her and her grandfather, I would have wanted to hang myself. Anyway, there was no hope for anything I could do."

Tan Muxing was quite surprised: "Aren't you from Yinlong Village?"

"It wasn't before, but it is now, but my hometown is also a rural area, a rural area that I can't go back to. They said at the time, don't make a fuss, just go back to live in the village with them, I thought to myself, I have nothing anyway, so why not come, and then I came!"

Tan Muxing hesitated and said, "I can't imagine that Sister Pingping, you...are looking for death?"

Wang Ping always has a cheerful personality, is efficient in her work, and educates Chu Qianli from time to time. She has nothing to do with weakness.

"People change. Now when I think back to the past, I feel so stupid for getting so upset over such a small matter," Wang Ping said self-deprecatingly. "But at the time, I felt like I couldn't live any longer."

When Wang Ping first came to Yinlong Village, she was in a daze and had no energy. She thought that life was bleak and there was no point in doing anything because she would never succeed anyway.

Chu Qianli and Chu Yilie did not force her at the time. There were always people in the village sending vegetables and food, so the three of them cooked for free and survived day after day.

Chu Qianli and Chu Yilie were always fortune-telling in the yard, and Wang Ping would squat beside them and listen in boredom, watching the grandfather and grandson compete in fortune-telling for who would sweep the floor. They would sweep the floor for half an hour, and the competition would take most of the day.

Wang Ping often saw people who came to visit the two masters for help. After being exposed to all kinds of things, she suddenly had an epiphany one day, and her depression was swept away, as if she had been reborn.

It was a beautiful sunny day, and for the first time, Wang Ping felt full of strength, and the world didn't seem so bad. She couldn't stand the two people dawdling and shirking their work, so she grabbed the broom and cleaned the house. She also thought boiled vegetables were really unpalatable, so she cooked for herself that day.

It seems like she can still do something and is not completely useless.

Chu Qianli said she was suitable for animal husbandry work, and Chu Yilie helped her get an identity in the village, so she naturally settled down in the village. She was indeed inexplicably good at raising animals, raising chickens and ducks earned more than working, and she liked the atmosphere of Yinlong Village, so she decided to settle down there.

The people of Yinlong Village are in awe of Chu Yilie and Chu Qianli, but Wang Ping is not a native villager. She is still grateful for the help of the two masters, but she can get to know them more deeply.

"The director and his team praised her very highly, but if you don't use her abilities, you'll know she's timid and cowardly. She can overturn a snake or a chicken. She's not really a master at all..." Wang Ping laughed and added, "But she does have some abilities."

"Not only does she have the ability to calculate, she also knows everything clearly in her mind. She is usually very lazy, but on the day of her grandfather's funeral, she did it herself and didn't let anyone interfere. I asked her why, and she said it was to return it to him." Wang Ping said calmly.

Tan Muxing was stunned.

Wang Ping shook off the water drops on the dishes and chopsticks, then stood up and said calmly, "I don't know why you want to go back to the village with her, but she looks annoying as hell, but she is actually the most worldly-wise person."

Chu Qianli studied numerology, so it is impossible for her to be really ignorant.

"She makes you feel annoying on purpose, but she is sincere in trying to make you happy. It's just that the truth and the false are mixed together. If you understand this, you can get along well with her."

Tan Muxing was touched. He lowered his eyes and whispered, "Why did Sister Pingping tell me this?"

Wang Ping smiled and said, "Because your face showed that you wanted to know. After entering the village, you didn't say anything but you were always listening."

If Tan Muxing had no interest, he would not come. He always listened silently and learned about Chu Qianli's past through the people around him.

Tan Muxing was silent for a long time, then lowered his head and said, "...Thank you."

"It's a small matter. You two can go and watch the stars later. I'll clean up and go to bed." Wang Ping said cheerfully, "She only knows this. She knows the road better than I do."

Tan Muxing nodded in response.

After a while, Chu Qianli packed her things and went out. She saw Tan Muxing in the yard. She looked around and asked, "Where's Pingping?"

"Sister Pingping said she was taking a break."

"So early?" Chu Qianli said happily, "Come on, let's go by ourselves!"

The two walked up the mountain path, and soon they saw a flat green field with numerous stars all over the sky, outlining a shining galaxy.

The starry sky in the village is completely different from that in the city. It is like a special effects blockbuster in a movie, as if you can see all the secrets of the universe.

"The view is very good today. We can see Ziwei Star." Chu Qianli said happily, pointing to her deskmate, "That's Ziwei Star, which was once the North Pole Star and is now called Beta Ursa Minor."

Tan Muxing stared at the starry sky in a daze and asked, "The former North Pole?"

"Yes, the ancients thought that the Purple Star would not move, so they thought it was the Emperor Star. But everything moves, so the current North Pole is not it, and many of the rules in the Purple Star Astrology are no longer applicable."

Tan Muxing was stunned: "...It sounds like Ziwei Doushu has become a science."

"It's very scientific." Chu Qianli noticed that he was staring at the stars and suggested, "Do you want to bring some special products back?"

Tan Muxing asked suspiciously, "What other local specialties are there?"

"Bring back a star."

"...You're not picking up rocks from the ground and saying they're meteorite fragments?"

"Of course not, these are real stars on the ground." Chu Qianli took out the glass jar behind him and showed it to him proudly. There was a flying firefly in the jar, like a shining star in the night sky.

Tan Muxing took the glass jar in surprise: "Where did this come from?"

Chu Qianli pointed to the side and saw thousands of sparks twinkling in the forest. They were all dancing fireflies, truly weaving into an endless starry curtain on the ground.

They are like small lights suspended among dense leaves, swaying along the narrow mountain road. They are also like gold powder sprinkled in the air, flashing lively and leisurely light.

The stars in the sky are like a dream, and the light on the ground is flickering.

The two were surrounded by stars, quietly appreciating everything.

Tan Muxing looked at the fireflies in the bottle. He opened the glass jar, letting the light spots fly out and merge into the light stream not far away. The little insects disappeared in an instant.

Chu Qianli looked at this scene with a doubtful expression: "Don't you like it?"

Tan Muxing shook her head: "No, I just feel pity."

Chu Qianli pondered for a few seconds and said meaningfully, "Fireflies can only live for a week or so. It does sound quite pitiful, but it is short-lived but brilliant. Perhaps it does not feel pitiful."

"Why think so much when you can just enjoy its brightness?"

Tan Muxing's hand holding the glass jar trembled. He looked up at her in disbelief, but found that she had forgotten her usual playful smile and instead looked a little embarrassed.

Chu Qianli smiled bitterly: "You have that expression again, how about I cast a spell and make you forget about that?"

Talking about the evening star, he said nothing.

She deliberately did not return home early and did not tell anyone, but she didn't know how he found out.

Tan Muxing was not the one who took the initiative to invite her. He was afraid of causing trouble to others. If he wanted to go back to the village with her, it must be that there was bigger news that shocked him.

She could calculate it.

Chu Qianli lowered her eyes and said softly, "It's not good to be like before. You can think I'm childish, unreasonable, annoying, but you don't have to feel sad for me. You can be happy every day."

Tan Muxing trembled and said, "...Is this okay?"

Chu Qianli nodded: "Very good, I learned astrology because I want others to be happy and everyone can be happy. Some words will not make people happy when they are spoken, so we need words. Why can't we forget it?"

Tan Muxing shook his head: "Astrology is not just about making people happy, so I can't forget it."

Chu Qianli: "You are obviously not interested in these..."

Tan Muxing forced a smile and said, "But you said that the core of astrology is growth. Painful growth is still growth. Life doesn't have only one flavor."

"I shouldn't have said so much. You memorized it all..." Chu Qianli complained secretly. Her eyes were shining and she begged softly, "Please, forget it."

"I will study hard in the future. I will never talk nonsense again. I will not always make ridiculous requests. I will definitely be good at everything, moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor..." Chu Qianli promised earnestly, and said in a sad voice, "I only ask for this one thing. Can you please not remember it? Can I lose my memory on the spot?"

It was obviously something he shouldn't have known, but he somehow found out.

When Tan Muxing saw her pleading miserably, he turned slightly and shook his head firmly.

Chu Qianli didn't expect that he was usually easy to talk to, but now he was so stubborn. She was at a loss for a moment.

She lowered her head in frustration. "Is there anything I can do to cheer you up? Astrology is what I'm best at, but you don't seem to like it very much."

"Why do you want to cheer me up?"

"Because I made you feel that way, I feel like I can't pay you back."

Tan Muxing took a deep breath. He understood Wang Ping's words at this moment. Chu Qianli was not ignorant, but when she became sensible, people around her might not be able to accept it. That meant that the matter was beyond her control, and she had to show her true face under the smile.

He later made a special trip to read the interpretation of the Fool card and also studied the following tarot cards.

She is the number 1 magician in the Tarot card. When in upright position, she is self-centered, wise, and can control the entire world. When in reverse position, she is deceitful and hypocritical, leaving only the illusion of chaos.

Her magic briefly wore off, and he shouldn't push her any further.

The magician has finished casting his spell, and it's the priestess' turn. Get enough information and then watch calmly and objectively.

Tan Muxing stood under the stars and the moon. The night was black, the stars were white, and the stars and the night stood in silent opposition in eternity. He calmed down his complicated emotions in silence and tried to soften his tone: "You don't have to pay it back."

Chu Qianli was stunned.

Tan Muxing smiled and said, "Although I know about this, I don't believe in it, so I'm not unhappy. You said that fate can be changed, right? Doesn't that mean it doesn't matter?"

"You've seen my horoscope, you know I don't believe it, right?" Tan Muxing's eyes were gentle, "So you don't have to coax me on purpose, and you don't have to feel sorry. You still don't owe me anything, so don't think about paying it back."

Chu Qianli was skeptical and hesitated to say, "...Really?"

Tan Muxing nodded seriously: "Well, I don't believe it. I was afraid that you would be unhappy if I told you."

Chu Qianli carefully looked at his expression. She tilted her head and asked tentatively, "Are you really not unhappy? Then am I going to tease you?"

Tan Muxing said lightly, "What are you trying to do?"

Chu Qianli pointed to the sky, blinked, and said straight to the point: "I want the stars in the sky."

Tan Muxing was silent for a moment, then he opened the glass jar in his hand and said decisively: "I'd better help you get the stars back from the ground..."

Chu Qianli found that Tan Muxing had returned to normal, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that her deskmate did not believe in metaphysics. If he had been depressed all the time, she really couldn't think of a solution.

The two talked frankly about the matter, as if releasing their long-pent-up emotions, and enjoyed the scenery under the starry sky while chatting and laughing.

Chu Qianli said with regret: "If the stars on the ground are also released, then I will have to think of new special products."

"Are you still thinking about this?" Tan Muxing smiled helplessly, "Don't look for it. You are the specialty of your village, so this is just enough to get the job done."

"Are you really that foolish?"

"Don't you usually do your homework in this way?"

Chu Qianli's eyes rolled, and she cunningly negotiated: "Now that you know everything, can I not do my homework in the future?"

Tan Muxing shook his head: "No, I don't believe this, so I still have to learn, otherwise I won't be able to go to university. Didn't you look pretty good at geography during the interview that day? I'm sure you can learn it well."

Chu Qianli muttered: "That's a knowledge point that only accounts for one or two points in the exam! It's very tiring to learn more!"

Tan Muxing: "Come on, there will be no problem."

Chu Qianli was unhappy to hear this, but she was also completely relieved. Tan Muxing's words meant that he was emotionally stable and he was not hiding his grief.

He suddenly calmed down, truly convinced that things could change, and truly didn't believe any of this.

Tan Muxing even talked about how he knew about this matter, as well as the matter of Taoist Master Xu Qian and the Pandao Conference.

Chu Qianli said sourly: "No wonder you never let me calculate. It turns out that there is a master in your family. You listen to him and not me. I am useless to you."

Tan Muxing waved his hands in panic and explained, "No, no, I really didn't ask him to do the divination. The Taoist priest came here on his own!"

"Humph, he ran over, couldn't you cover your ears?" Chu Qianli said awkwardly, "You never let me calculate before."

"Ah, this... covering your ears is not polite, right?" Tan Muxing hesitated for a long time. Seeing that she was not convinced, he promised kindly, "...I will cover my ears next time."

Chu Qianli was satisfied after hearing this and nodded, saying, "That's right, listen less to the nonsense of fortune tellers and trust more the words of astrologers like us who keep up with the times!"

Tan Muxing: “?” Good man, he is a fortune teller, and she is an astrologer.

Tan Muxing asked: "Do you know about the Pandao Conference? Taoist Master Xu Qian said that there will be many masters participating, maybe we can find it..."

Chu Qianli said bluntly: "I don't know, it's meaningless if I don't go."

Tan Muxing was immediately surprised: "Why?"

Chu Qianli raised his eyebrows impatiently: "I am the best in the world, why should I go there? Is it enough to teach them what to do? I can help ordinary people solve their problems, but there is no need to teach them, right?"

"Don't believe what that Taoist priest said. I am definitely the best in the world. You'd better rely on me than on them." Chu Qianli blinked obediently and hinted, "Give me two more pieces of clothing and let me write two less papers. Maybe I will figure it out when I am happy. Don't worry about that unreliable group of people."

Tan Muxing: "..."

Now that Tan Muxing is convinced that the wizard has his magic back, she turns back into her all-powerful and demanding self and starts making a bunch of naughty requests. It seems that she has finally cheered up.