"Half a year ago, no matter how strong the Yang Qi in the capital was, it wouldn't be troublesome to go to the city. But recently I heard that the City God in Changjing City was mad and patrolled all day long to catch monsters and ghosts. Although I am hiding myself
He has the ability to trace his whereabouts, but the City God is also the best at finding monsters and attracting ghosts in the city." The scholar ghost was a little embarrassed, "Besides, I have stolen things in the city before, so I don't dare to go there."
"My surname is Song, and my name is You." The Taoist said again, "If you are blocked by the military attachés at the City God's Temple, you can break out of the siege by just reporting my name."
"..."
The scholar ghost was startled again, and then he panicked and saluted again:
"I understand!"
"Thank you very much."
"Don't dare."
"Please take care of yourself and be careful in everything. If you encounter a crisis, save your life first."
"I'll take my leave..."
The Taoist people bowed to him, and he also bowed to the Taoist people.
Then the scholar ghost turned into a wisp of smoke, got out of the hole in the window, and disappeared into the night.
The Taoist also looked out the window.
It's still dark outside.
But it's almost dawn.
The Taoist touched the head of the cat next to him. He no longer sat cross-legged, but lay down flat on his back. He had some thoughts in his mind, closed his eyes, and slowly fell asleep.
The calico cat also lay down again, curled up into a ball, covered his head with his hands, and continued to sleep with his eyes squinted.
The oil lamp in the house went out.
"Whoa whoa……"
When the cock crows, it's daybreak.
The calico cat was the first to raise its head, and the dark blue color was revealed outside the window. As the rooster crowing a few times, the cat rubbed its eyes, unable to restrain its curiosity, jumped up on the window, and just stared outside.
The sky is getting brighter and brighter, but also gloomy.
Because it's raining outside.
Maybe he came back late last night and practiced until midnight, so he didn't get enough rest. The Taoist slept until dawn.
"When is it?"
"Well?"
"When is it? Empress Sanhua."
"It's daytime~"
"..."
The Taoist shook his head and forget it.
After sitting up on the bed, wiping his face and tidying up his clothes, the Taoist got out of bed, put on his shoes and walked out.
There was the sound of rain outside, pitter-patter.
When I opened the door, I saw that it was raining heavily.
The steps could only stop at the door. The most I could do was take one more step forward. One more step would take me out of the range of the thatched roof. The ground had already been soaked through, water kept splashing over, and the soil at the door had turned into wet mud.
The Taoist looked up at the sky and felt that the rain might not last long.
This place is several feet away from the main room.
The Taoist hesitated for a moment, then turned around and put the package on his back. He picked up the long box with one hand and the confused cat with the other. He closed the door and stepped on the stone slabs in the courtyard. He crossed the courtyard in a few steps and reached the main room.
There was only one person eating inside.
It's none other than Wu Nuxia.
Wu Nuxia held the bowl, looked back at him, and shouted to the shopkeeper: "Someone is getting up, please bring me another bowl of porridge."
"okay!"
Song You nodded with her and sat down at the same table.
The shopkeeper came quickly with a bowl.
A bowl of porridge with wild vegetables, a hard-boiled egg, and a spoonful of pickles on top of the porridge is the breakfast provided by Maodian.
"Eat slowly. If you don't have enough porridge and pickles, you can add more. Just call me."
"Thank you."
The Taoist thanked him softly, then took the eggs, cracked them open on the table, and slowly peeled them.
"Gululu..."
There was a rolling sound on the table.
I looked up and saw another egg rolling over.
The Taoist couldn't help but raise his eyes and glance at the woman.
The woman raised her chin at the calico cat.
"Thank you."
The Taoist thanked him again.
The woman did not speak. She held the bottom of the bowl with one hand and chopped rice with chopsticks in the other. She stared at the rain outside the house. When the shop owner walked away, she asked:
"What happened in your room last night?"
"A kid came to visit and wanted to steal Master Dou's paintings, but I discovered it." The Taoist peeled the egg and replied, "I had a nice talk with him, asked him to do me a favor, and let him go."
"Um……"
Wu Nuxia didn't ask any more questions and continued to look outside: "This rain is so annoying."
After peeling the eggs, the Taoist took out the small bowl of exquisite blue and white porcelain from the package, broke the eggs into small pieces, put them into the bowl, handed them to Empress Sanhua, then picked up the chopsticks to eat, and replied in a low voice:
"The rain in summer is like this."
"Taoist Master, when do you think it will stop?"
"It will stop before noon."
"You also said that you can't tell fortunes..."
"Just experience."
"If we stop at noon..."
Wu Nuxia smacked her lips and thought for a while: "That's okay. We can stay here until noon, or if the sun is out, we can stay here until the afternoon when the road is dry. Anyway, it's not far from the city, even if
If we leave in the afternoon, we can return to Changjing before dark. Anyway, there won’t be any more guests coming today.”
"yes."
Taoists eat with peace of mind.
The woman stopped talking and started to eat hard. After finishing one bowl, she asked the shopkeeper to add another bowl.
After eating, rest here.
The shopkeeper didn't chase them away either.
As Wu Xia said, no one comes here until the night when the ghost market opens. The next time the ghost market opens is two days later, so there will be no business here today.
In the morning, the woman who had been watching all night went to rest. The two siblings woke up and ate at the door with their bowls in hand. They looked at the rain outside with distracted eyes, not knowing how much farm work they would have to do today.
The two siblings are young, but quite outgoing, and occasionally talk to Wu Nuxia.
Near noon, the rain stopped.
There is no pattern in the sunshine or rain in summer, and today is just like the day before yesterday. As soon as it rained, it cleared up immediately.
The sun shines down, making it dazzling.
Everything in the world is clean except the ground.
The two children in Maodian seemed to be excited. They stepped outside with bare feet in the mud, ran here and there, and occasionally climbed up to high places such as firewood piles and tree branches to look around.
The Taoist priest and the woman just came out of the courtyard and were about to return to the city.
Seeing their appearance, Wu Nuxia, who was sitting on horseback, couldn't help but ask:
"Child! What are you looking for?"
The siblings were startled at first, but when they saw that it was the heroine who told them stories last night, they were no longer scared and only replied:
"Look for the rainbow."
"Rainbow? Where is the rainbow?"
"We are still looking for it. It will be there after it rains."
"Did you find it?"
"Not found."
The woman sitting on the horse also straightened her back, stretched her neck and looked around.
But found nothing.
However, it may be that the southwest horse is too short. Even if she is tall, there is not much benefit from sitting on the horse. Her sight is blocked by the surrounding huts, so she cannot see far.
When they looked back, they saw the dark eyes of the siblings.
"Have you found me? Hero!"
"Not found."
"Not today?"
"It's not like there's a rainbow every time it rains in the summer. Sometimes there's not." Wu Nuxia paused after speaking and looked at their expressions. "Maybe I didn't see it. You can look for it again."
"oh……"
"But there is a Taoist priest next to me who is very capable. I wonder if he can tell fortunes. Maybe you can ask him."
"ah?"
When the siblings heard this, they immediately looked at the Taoist.
"Master Tao! Can you tell fortunes?"
"I let you two down."
The Taoist shook his head and smiled helplessly: "I don't know how to tell fortunes, and I don't know where there will be a rainbow."
"oh……"
The siblings immediately looked disappointed again.
The Taoist looked at them, thought for a moment, and then said: "But I know a way to find the rainbow."
"any solution?"
"Bring me a bowl of water, please."
"..."
The siblings looked at each other and then at the Taoist.
Then my sister ran away and ran towards the house immediately.
Not long after, a bowl of water was brought back.
"Is this ok?"
"Can."
The Taoist stood next to the horse, took the water casually, walked to a position directly illuminated by the sun, found the direction and angle, and then, under the gaze of everyone, lowered his head to take a sip of water and squirted casually.
"puff……"
Fine mist of water sprayed out.
Immediately there was a colorful light in the sun.
"!"
The siblings were surprised for a while.
The water mist visible to the naked eye was falling one after another, and the rainbow was short and curved, hanging in the air. Both of them felt it was extremely magical.
"Is this a spell?"
"no."
"Is that a trick?"
"It could be called a trick, but it's not."
As he spoke, all the water mist fell to the ground, and the rainbow gradually faded and disappeared. The Taoist handed the bowl to them again, and said to the siblings with a smile: "You can also try it, follow my example, as long as it sprays out
If the water is fine enough and abundant, you can see a rainbow."
"We can do that too?"
"Okay."
"..."
My sister was doubtful and took a sip from the bowl. Her face became bulging and her mouth shrank into a small, moist red color. Then she took a breath and puffed out.
"puff……"
"How not?"
"Again."
"puff……"
"Yes!"
The two children were immediately overjoyed.
Not to mention the two of them, even the adult woman beside them found it interesting to see them.
The two children started playing, one at a time and one at a time. Sometimes it worked, but if it didn't, it would come back again. Small rainbows shot out and disappeared after a while.
The bowl of water was quickly used up.
Only then did the two of them react.
My sister quickly turned around and bowed repeatedly to the Taoist beside her: "Thank you, Taoist Master!"
My younger brother immediately followed suit and bowed:
"Thank you, Mr. Dao!"
The woman sitting on the horse raised her eyebrows: "You won't thank me?"
"Thank you, hero!"
"Are you happy?"
"happy!"
"happy!"
"It's a pity that this is fake..."
The younger brother said with a little regret.
After hearing this, the Taoist turned around and asked the little boy: "This is also a rainbow, why do you say it is fake?"
"Because it is really bigger, it will last longer, and it will hang in the sky." The little boy said, "My mother said that we can make wishes on it, just like a shooting star. Every time we make a wish, daddy will come back."
"So this is ah."
The Taoist nodded and smiled.
The elder sister is more sensible than the younger brother. She was afraid that the Taoist would be unhappy, so she quickly said: "But thank you, Taoist!"
"You're welcome."
The Taoist withdrew his gaze and said nothing.
Just step forward and walk forward.
The two siblings stood by the wall and looked at them. Their sister's voice came: "Master Taoist, please leave slowly. If you come back again, you will stay at our house."
"good."
"Thank you..."
The knight on horseback and the Taoist slowly walked away.
The two siblings were carrying empty bowls and were about to return home when they suddenly heard the Taoist's voice coming from the distance:
"You two, please look behind you."
When the siblings heard this, they turned around quickly.