Chapter 67
Gu Xinxin didn't want to go at first, but then she thought, what's the point of earning money if she doesn't spend it? Ever since she traveled to this era, she hasn't had the chance to visit tourist attractions, let alone go shopping.
Wouldn't it be a pity to waste this great opportunity to visit tourist attractions that comes right to your doorstep?
She has to spend money.
Since it was the famous Erxian Temple, there must be a temple fair outside the temple. She should also try the local snacks and see the local toys. In short, spending money can make people happy, so she agreed again: "When are we going?"
Gu Daniu said tomorrow.
He was eager to know whether Gu Xinxin was unlucky for him. If so... he might as well marry Gu Xinxin off quickly. The workshop was quite profitable anyway, and it would be enough as long as he earned enough to spend. He couldn't be rich but lose his life, right?
Gu Chen was also anxious. She smiled and said, "Since we're sending Xinxin's mother off, I won't go. I'll go back to her parents' home today and come back tomorrow night. As for cooking...how about giving Second Aunt some money and letting her do the cooking for a day?"
That was fine. Second Auntie was now at home picking potatoes, and selling the wolf-tooth potatoes had been handed over to my eldest cousin and his wife. So there was still time to prepare a meal. After all, Gu Chenshi didn't have to pay, since Gu Xinxin was paying, so Gu Chenshi naturally didn't feel bad.
Gu Xinxin gave the second aunt two taels of silver, which included a lunch of one meat dish and one vegetable dish. Since there were many people, she had to cook a lot. Of course, the two taels of silver could not be spent all, and the extra money was the second aunt's hard work fee.
After all, the second aunt is not Gu Chen, and the stepmother at least has the title of mother, so extra hard work pay should still be given.
The next morning, Gu Daniu drove an ox cart and took Gu Xinxin to the Erxian Temple. The Erxian Temple was dedicated to two female fairies worshipped by the local people. It was said that these two fairies were kind-hearted. When the area was hit by natural disasters and man-made disasters, foreign enemies invaded, and plague broke out, the two fairies, one with medical skills and the other with cooking skills, helped treat the wounded and the sick, and the other provided food to the people.
Later, both women were killed by the enemy.
But because they saved many people, people built a temple for them and made golden statues of them. Gradually, it became the famous Erxian Temple in the local area.
Gu Xinxin was very curious: "Are these two fairies sisters?"
Gu Daniu shook his head: "I don't know, I just know there are two fairies, I don't know if they are sisters."
Gu Xinxin asked again: "Is it very effective?"
Gu Daniu hesitated this time: "I don't know, I haven't been there either. Your mother...your biological mother, did go there before, praying for a child, and then she got pregnant with you."
As for the efficacy, he thought Wang must have prayed for a son, so since she gave birth to a daughter, it might not be so effective? But since she was pregnant, it was probably still somewhat effective.
As for why it both works and doesn't, it's probably because the Second Fairy has a relatively low status in heaven. Heaven is definitely just like earth, where there's a Jade Emperor and there are minor officials, and the Second Fairy is probably just a minor official.
If the emperor prayed to the gods, he would definitely pray to the Jade Emperor. But ordinary people like them could only pray to the two immortals. If they prayed to the Jade Emperor, he might not hear them.
Gu Xinxin had no idea what Gu Daniu was thinking. She went all the way to the Erxian Temple and heard bursts of hawking sounds before she even got close.
Gu Daniu suddenly realized: "Today is the day of the big temple fair."
The grand temple fair is the birthday of the two immortals, and everyone comes to offer sacrifices. With so many people coming and going, naturally there are many people doing business outside.
Gu Xinxin felt a little disappointed. There was no sausage for sale. A tourist attraction, a famous tourist attraction, didn't even sell sausages! This was not good. She had to get some sausages to sell. Once the aroma came out, everyone on the street would definitely come to buy them.
Of course, grilled sausages must contain starch. The ones made of pure meat are not tasty.
The recipe for starch sausage is simple, but the casing is difficult to make, and there are no modern materials for processing. Otherwise, why not ask the butcher in town first?
Gu Xinxin felt a bit tired when she reached the entrance of the temple fair. It wasn't the aroma that tempted her, but the sheer number of people. She couldn't squeeze in, so she could only move slowly with the crowd. On the left were stalls selling snacks. She even spotted the waiter from Shopkeeper Qian's shop. He saw her and nodded to her as a greeting.
She also saw her eldest cousin and his wife, who were busy packing wolf-tooth potatoes, without looking up. Oh, and her second cousin, who was also packing potato chips into a paper bag. To be honest, these fried things are so delicious, and the powder sprinkled on them makes the fragrance spread ten miles away.
There are vendors selling braised meat, candied haws, roujiamo, fried tofu, steamed buns and baked cakes, and tea.
There are also various small stalls on the other side, but they are not selling things, but fortune tellers, physiognomists, divination interpreters, dream interpreters, and letter writers.
Meng Ying walked and pulled over. She specifically picked out the food stalls and bought everything, including the wolf-tooth potatoes and potato chips. Homemade food is more reassuring, right? As for what she couldn't finish, it didn't matter. She'd just try most of it and give the rest to Gu Daniu.
Gu Daniu didn't mind either. He didn't have any saliva anyway, and Gu Xinxin didn't eat it directly.
But he was worried about the money: "Don't you have breakfast? You bought so much and you won't eat it, just to try a little. Do you really have to spend all this money?"
Gu Xinxin said earnestly: "Dad, the pattern is too narrow. Think about what our workshop does?"
Gu Daniu was speechless. Isn’t he just making small fried dough twists?
"As a food maker, we should look at how others make their food. We should learn from their strengths and what makes them good. Just like the roujiamo, let me ask you, is the outer layer of the pancake crispy?"
Gu Daniu nodded. It was so crispy that it crumbled when you took a bite.
Meng Ying smiled and said, "Do you know how they do it?"
Gu Daniu asked back: "I didn't know you knew."
Just try it and you'll know. Is it really that good?
"I have a rough idea. For puff pastry, you use lots of oil and then roll out the dough layer by layer. Look at how they roll the dough. I'll try it later. Maybe I can make puff pastry myself." Gu Xinxin smiled. Gu Da Newton paused for a moment, but couldn't help but ask, "What kind of puff pastry do you want, little Mahua?"
Gu Xinxin rolled her eyes. "Isn't my point obvious? Who said we only make one small fried dough twist? We used to only have a sweet one, but now we have a savory one. Who knows, we might even make something else in the future."
She waved her hand: "I'm just investigating the market. If you don't understand, don't ask."
Gu Daniu's face flushed red, and he wanted to slap Gu Xinxin, but thinking of the girl's recent temper, he finally held back.
Gu Xinxin ate all the way to the Erxian Temple. The Erxian Temple was actually not very big. After all, it was just a temple in the town, and there were only two witches presiding over it. At this moment, the two witches were sitting on both sides. If you wanted to talk to a witch alone, please ask her to go to the next room. Of course, you would have to pay separately.
If you feel that there is nothing that cannot be told to others, then tell the fortune teller in the lobby.
Gu Xinxin stood with Gu Daniu for a while and heard some gossip. The person who came was the mother-in-law, who asked the fortune teller why her daughter-in-law kept giving birth to daughters. The fortune teller said that it was because his family did not have enough merit and needed to accumulate merit. What was the fastest way to accumulate merit? It was to make a statue of caution for the gods.
The one who came was the daughter-in-law. She asked the fortune teller when she would be able to come out of the predicament. The fortune teller said that her mother-in-law was the reincarnation of an evil ghost. If she wanted to come out of the predicament, she had to liberate the evil ghost. How to liberate the evil ghost? She had to come and worship the gods devoutly.
Gu Xinxin wanted to laugh after hearing this, but soon it was Gu Daniu's turn.
Gu Daniu, a man who could swing a stick like Gu Xinxin, actually knelt on the ground obediently, his hands clasped together. "Witch, my daughter got some advice from her mother a while ago. I wanted to ask, is her mother still with her?"
The witch raised her drooping eyelids and looked up at Xinxin.
Gu Daniu pulled her hard: "Kneel down."
Gu Xinxin staggered and paused, but did not try to stand up. She just knelt on the mat.
The witch's eyelids drooped, her face thin, her lips hooked, and the wrinkles at the corners of her mouth were very obvious. She looked at people with a bit of gloom, and her words were sometimes high and sometimes low, as if blown by a strong wind: "Your daughter has a double image. Does her mother have a round face?"
Gu Daniu nodded quickly: "Did the witch recognize her? Yes, that's my ex-wife, her biological mother."
Gu Xinxin was speechless. Gu Xinxin had a round face, so her mother's wasn't much different. Besides, since the person was dead, there was no comparison. If the witch had mentioned a round face, Gu Daniu must have vaguely remembered it.
"This person is dead. He should go wherever he wants. He can't always follow the living. Those who know you are thinking about your child, and those who don't know you will treat you as a wandering ghost." The witch continued, as if she was talking to Gu Daniu, or to an unknown existence.
The voice became even more erratic, and suddenly became very sharp: "Go to where you should go, don't stay where you shouldn't be."
Gu Xinxin was almost scared.
The witch murmured again: "Go with peace of mind. The child's father is not a bad man. The child is good-looking and looks like a blessed one. Just rest assured."
After saying that, he took the beads in his hand and whipped Gu Xinxin a few times. After that, he looked at Gu Daniu and said, "Your wife is worried. All mothers in this world are worried about their children. What about you, a grown man, have you been careless and neglected your child in the past?"
Otherwise, if he hadn't been negligent, he wouldn't have felt guilty thinking that the child's mother was still with the child.
But she didn't know the extent of her negligence, so she could only test it out.
Gu Daniu coughed lightly. "I was busy making money before. There are so many people in my family. If I don't make money, there will be no food to eat. I can't let the whole family starve to death, right? The child fell ill before... and almost died. That's why her mother was worried and came to give her some advice."
He paused, then asked, "If her mother follows her, will her life... be too tough? Will there be any yin energy around her?"
The witch pinched the beads and looked at Gu Xinxin. Gu Xinxin looked back with bright eyes. What if she had a tough life? She just didn't believe that Gu Daniu would be willing to give up the money he had earned.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com