Su Keke quickly collected his attention, bowed to him in a formal manner, looked at him and replied: "To the high priest, I am not from Su Mu's family, I am just his disciple."
Disciples who have already become masters can also come to the priest pavilion.
"I know." The man looked at her calmly, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, "There's no need to be so restrained. I don't mean to blame you. My child, come forward."
Su Keke was dazzled by his smile, and suddenly felt that this elder was so gentle and kind. His heart was pounding just now, but now he was not nervous at all.
She walked up to the man and bowed her head obediently.
He seemed to be sizing himself up.
"From now on, you can stay close and serve me," the man said.
Su Keke suddenly raised his head and met the man's eyes like a pool of death with a surprised look on his face.
There was a smile on his lips and a very gentle voice, but there was no smile at all in his eyes, as if everything in them was dead, or too much had accumulated, so it couldn't make any waves.
"...But I don't understand anything." After being slightly startled, Su Keke immediately said, very sincerely.
If she had to serve him personally, how could she have the chance to go out and meet other people? She couldn't stay with the high priest all day long?
Also, she doesn't want to serve anyone. If she wants to serve, she also serves her uncle and master.
"I don't need you to do anything, just pour me a cup of tea occasionally." The man said.
Having said that, what could Su Keke do now that he had been given the job? With a big smile on his lips, he just accepted, "High Priest, I will do my job well."
Then Su Keke worked hard, and within a few days, she learned some of the elder's habits.
For example, he likes to drink tea. Sometimes if Su Keke's tea is not brewed well, he will frown slightly, but his gentle temper will not let him say anything.
He also likes reading, especially reading in the sun.
Su Keke often moved his favorite little rocking chair under the tree and placed it where the sun could just shine. If the sun was too strong, he would move it into the shade. If the sun was mild, he would move it back outside the shade.
Prepare a small wooden table next to it, put a pot of tea, a teacup, and a small plate of pastries on it.
Thinking of the leisurely daily life of the high priest, and then thinking of his busy senior year of high school, Su Keke's inner villain burst into tears.
The people in Jijia Village are already laid-back enough, but this high priest is more laid-back than anyone outside the priest's pavilion.
But Su Keke felt that he was not happy.
This elder seemed to be hiding many things in his heart, and each one of them was...heavy.
"Coco, if you are bored, go to the library and look for books to read." He moved his eyes away from the book in his hand and glanced at the absent-minded girl.
Su Keke was surprised when he heard this, and then he was happy again, "High Priest, can I really read the books in the library? Can I also learn the things in the books?"
"Of course. Go ahead and get a book for me too."
"Which book does the high priest want to get?" Su Keke asked hurriedly.
The man paused and then said: "The second book on the top. If you can't reach it, ask your senior brother to borrow a ladder."
The senior brothers he was talking about were the group of people who came in earlier than Su Keke, and had been in the priest's pavilion for ten years.
Su Keke waited for a few days before he realized that most of the disciples who came in were doing cleaning work, and only those who were favored by the high priest were qualified to enter the library and come into contact with some important things.
But entering the priest's pavilion is not as scary as outsiders say. If the disciples do not enter the library or encounter any taboos, they can leave on their own after ten years of service.
When the new batch comes in, several people from the batch ten years ago have left.
Su Keke didn't borrow any ladder. She looked at the highest floor in the library, which was about six or seven meters high, so she directly took out a flying talisman, flew up, and took out the book.
It is a thick yellow book with no writing on the cover.
Although Su Keke was curious, she didn't open it to read.
After taking the books requested by the high priest, she picked through the bookshelves on the first floor for a long time before selecting a book on talismans that she was very interested in.
This book recorded many strange formations, some of which were taught by the master, and others that were unheard of. Su Keke was fascinated by them after just one glance.
After sending the book that the high priest wanted to read, Su Keke sat cross-legged to the side, fearing that he might have any other instructions.
The high priest glanced at her and smiled slightly.
One of them was lying on the rocking chair, the other was sitting on the lawn, and they just read a book together. xdw8
The old and the young were all bathing in the sunshine, and their whole bodies looked warm.
No one disturbed anyone, and the atmosphere was quite good.
Those children in the past were either too lively and seemed noisy, or too quiet and lifeless, so someone like Su Keke, who was comfortable with both movement and quietness, accidentally caught the eye of the high priest.
Su Keke just read one book after another. By the time he realized that he hadn't met anyone outside for a long time, a month had passed.
"...Do you want to go home?" the high priest asked her with a faint smile.
Su Keke nodded and replied truthfully: "Yes, I miss Master and the others."
"I'll give you a day off today and come back tomorrow. From now on, you can go out for four days every month."
Su Keke was delighted, "Really? Thank you, High Priest!"
"But I have a condition."
Su Keke looked at him and waited for the conditions.
"You are very talented. I want you to read all the books in the library within five years."
"Wha, what?" Su Keke stuttered in fright, "High Priest, in such a big library, you want me to read all the books?"
The high priest hummed and said calmly, "Not only must you read it, but you must also learn it all."
Su Keke:......
She really likes reading, especially these unprecedented Feng Shui secrets, which fascinate her, but whether she can finish reading them in five years and whether she can learn them are both secondary reasons.
How could she, a foreigner, be so embarrassed when only the top disciples who were entrusted with important tasks in the Priest's Pavilion could read things?
Well, he is not considered a completely irrelevant outsider. After all, the master is from Jijia Village.
But these are the treasures of the Ji family. With her little background, it is enough to read the books at the bottom. How can she be qualified to learn the core secrets of the Ji family.
Su Keke was puzzled. A young disciple who had just come in had only been serving the high priest for a month. Why did the high priest... do this?
"High Priest, I'm afraid I'm not qualified for this position. I came here just to learn, and I didn't expect to become the heir." Su Keke declined politely.
The high priest straightened up from the rocking chair and looked at her quietly, "Little baby, you are thinking too much. The high priest has never been a woman, not in the past."
Su Keke was puzzled, "Then why was I selected to be a candidate disciple of the Priest Pavilion?"
The white-haired man said: "It's just that you look smart."
Su Keke:......
So, you actually just want to find a younger person who is more pleasing to your eyes to serve you tea and water, right?