Chapter 111 The Destined One
The Taoist priest is wearing a blue robe and looks very young. He looks like he is no more than 20 years old. His eyebrows are like ink paintings, his face is like peach petals, and there is a red tear mole under his eyelids, which makes him charming and charming. He does not look like a Taoist priest.
Jiu Yu noticed someone staring at him, raised his eyes, glanced past Gu Huaizhi, and paused on Su Wan's face.
He bowed and pointed the way for Gu Huaizhi and Su Wan: "Go forward and there is a sycamore tree. Turn left and you will find the dining hall."
"Thank you, Taoist Master." Su Wan saw Jiu Yu's wide sleeves slipping down as he saluted, revealing his thin wrists, which were wearing a string of unique bracelets.
One hand grabbed her collar and pulled her away.
"Gu Huaizhi, you want to strangle me!" Su Wan threw his hand away angrily, straightened her collar, and touched her painful neck. Looking back, she saw that the Taoist priest had walked away. She asked curiously: "Do you know this Taoist priest?"
"do not know."
"..." Su Wan rolled her eyes: "Stingy guy."
Gu Huaizhi remained silent and walked all the way to the dining hall.
Mo Chen brought the peony lettuce and bean yellow picks over: "These two dishes are famous far and wide. Many pilgrims who go to the national temple come here specially to eat these two dishes. I came quite early, but I only got the last portion."
Su Wan looked over curiously.
Gu Huaizhi took clean chopsticks, put a piece of peony lettuce in her bowl: "This is the dewy peony petals picked by Xiaodao Chang in the morning, wrapped in thin flour, fried in an oil pan until crispy, and tastes delicious." Not bad, give it a try.”
Su Wan took a small bite and knew the secret. Wrapping in flour not only preserved the nutrients in the dish, but also prevented the lettuce and flower petals from being fried. It tasted crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a mouthful of floral aroma.
Gu Huaizhi put a bean yellow pick on her: "This is made from beans ground into powder and then dried. When eating, roll the bean noodles into thin strips and cook them with green mustard and cabbage. They are sold outside, but It’s not as delicious as the ones here. I don’t know what method they used to make the fish taste fresh and smooth. If you think it tastes light, you can add some sauce. ”
He pushed the sauce plate over.
Su Wan took a bite of the bean huang sticks that looked like noodles. As Gu Huaizhi said, it was as fresh and smooth as fish meat, and the green mustard greens were very tender. Although the taste was lighter, it retained the flavor of the food itself.
"It's delicious." Su Wan smiled, her eyebrows arched: "This is considered 'longevity noodles'."
"That's right." Gu Huaizhi raised his hand and brushed the fine hair on her cheek behind her ear.
Su Wan tilted her head uncomfortably. Her bun seemed to be crooked. He helped it with his hand. She touched her temples uncomfortably and continued to eat the bean yellow picks with her head lowered.
Mo Chen on the side stared at the extra jade hairpin on Su Wan's head, and glanced at his master with his small eyes. He was sipping tea calmly, as if he was not responsible for secretly giving the gift.
The tea in the Taoist temple is wild tea leaves picked at the top of the mountain. It has a mild and bitter taste and leaves a sweet taste in your mouth after drinking it.
After Su Wan finished eating, she still felt a little unsatisfied. She took a sip of tea while holding the tea bowl. The bitter taste in her mouth made her wrinkle her nose, but it relieved the greasy taste in her mouth.
"Shall we go home?" Su Wan glanced at the sky. The sun was shining brightly outside: "Should we go back after taking a rest?"
"Go back after taking a rest." Gu Huaizhi led her to the mountain behind the Taoist temple.
Su Wan saw a century-old tree with lush branches and red ribbons, carrying everyone's wishes.
"Gu Huaizhi, did you bring me here to make a wish?" Su Wan had been to the temple in the 21st century, but when Guanyin Bodhisattva celebrated his birthday, there would be a tree in the temple, and pilgrims would hang a red ribbon. , bless your family with peace and joy.
But she didn't expect that Gu Huaizhi would bring her here.
He didn't seem to be a superstitious person, but because of the legend of the Immortal Spring, he specially gave her some sweet and delicious spring water, had a fast meal, and then made a wish.
She wanted to say that the wishing tree only comforted the soul of the person who made the wish and would not be useful.
But Su Wan couldn't bear to brush off Gu Huaizhi's kindness.
"Follow the customs." Gu Huaizhi handed over the red ribbon and a pen dipped in ink.
Su Wan took the ribbon and started writing casually. After she finished writing, she dried the ink and threw it into the tree with a graceful movement.
Gu Huaizhi took the pen from her hand and asked, "Where do you want to go?"
"There is no place I want to go." Su Wan thought about going back to Xinghua Village tomorrow and sighed: "I want to go back early today and have something to say to my grandmother."
"You go back to your room and have a rest first. I have something to do, so go back as soon as you go." Gu Huaizhi told Mo Chen to take Su Wan back to his room.
Su Wan followed Mo Chen and left.
Gu Huaizhi picked up a stone and threw it to the tree. A red ribbon fell down. He stretched out his hand to catch it and saw two words written in horizontal strokes.
--you guess?
Gu Huaizhi laughed, added a line of words, and tied it to the branch.
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Su Wan was not in the habit of taking a nap, and she had just finished lunch and couldn't fall asleep at all.
She took Mo Chen with her and wandered around the Taoist temple.
"Tell Gu Huaizhi, it's my birthday today?" Su Wan suddenly had an absurd idea, and Gu Huaizhi went back to Beijing to celebrate her birthday with her.
"I didn't say it." Mo Chen waved his hands to deny it.
"When is his birthday?"
"Mid-Autumn Festival."
After Mo Chen finished speaking, he felt like he was going to suffer.
Sure enough, when he saw Su Wan smiling like a little fox with a successful look on his face, he broke into a cold sweat with a guilty conscience, and explained dryly: "We all need to find out the details of our employer." So he knew Gu Huaizhi's birthday.
Su Wan didn't pursue it, but touched her chin. If Gu Huaizhi took the exam, his birthday would have to be celebrated in the Gongyuan.
Thinking in her heart, did she help Gu Huaizhi pass his birthday before the exam?
Suddenly, Su Wan moved her nose and smelled a strong medicinal fragrance.
This medicinal fragrance was very familiar. She had smelled it on Emperor Jing.
Su Wan's eyebrows jumped, and she couldn't suppress her curiosity and walked over following the medicinal fragrance.
When she came to a courtyard, she saw the Taoist priest she had just met, opening the door and coming out.
Su Wan's heart jumped, and she smiled slightly: "Taoist priest, what a coincidence, meeting you here."
Jiu Yu nodded slightly, and closed the door calmly, as if to block the medicinal fragrance overflowing from the house.
"This is where Taoist friends live. Are you lost?"
Jiu Yu's eyes fell on Su Wan's face involuntarily, as if looking through her to see someone.
"I'm just walking around to help digestion." Su Wan was keenly aware of his scrutiny and touched her face: "Do I look like someone you know?"
Jiu Yu said very calmly: "You look like my sister. When she was a child, her parents died. I took her to Beijing to avoid famine and we got separated."
Su Wan was stunned. He didn't expect this to be the reason. He said embarrassedly: "It's fate."
"Fate?" Jiu Yu repeated it again. He found it interesting and smiled lightly. The red teardrop mole became vivid, which made his appearance more charming. He took off the bracelet on his wrist and put it in Su Wan's hand: "Give it to the destined person."
Su Wan subconsciously took it and saw the words "Jiu Yu" engraved on the beads of the bracelet.
A memory flooded into her mind, her pupils tightened, and her expression was stunned.
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Good night, babies, see you tomorrow, muah~