I am going to live forever in the world of mortals

Chapter 8 Street Encounter
Zhang Miaoshan's foot was only slightly sprained, and after applying ointment, he almost recovered after going down the mountain.

It was getting dark, so the two senior brothers and sisters ate something at the inn in Gusu City, rested for a night, and prepared some dry food by the way.

Zhang Miaoshan was heartless, and went to bed after eating and drinking, while Zhang Xiuyuan was scratching his head worryingly...

There's only one reason to be sad...

No money!

Gusu, where they are currently, is thousands of miles away from the Baiyun Temple that Master explained. Walking there on two legs is tantamount to nonsense.

You need something to move around...

Don't even think about the rich or expensive means of transportation such as horse-drawn carriages. Great Yuan Shangwu, even horses are resources for war preparations, and the price has always been high. Even bad horses are not affordable for ordinary people.

Tai Xu Guan has cut off the incense for more than ten years, and the mountain is extremely poor. In the past, he went down the mountain to sell some calligraphy and paintings of his master, which could barely maintain the livelihood of the three masters and apprentices.

But now, master Zhang Yangming's mental state is obviously not right.

This time, he listened to his master's instructions to take his junior sister down the mountain to Baiyun Temple. He only brought some change of clothes, not even the little turtle in the wishing pool, let alone master's calligraphy and painting.

I didn't bring the little tortoise because he shares the vision with the little tortoise, and I can keep it in the Taixu Temple to see Master's movements.

I didn't bring Master's calligraphy and painting because it was inconvenient.

Now I and my junior sister are away from home, but with this little money, let alone buying a horse, even a donkey can't afford it, and I don't have any money, what should I do?
Zhang Xiuyuan looked at the few coins and silver left on his body, and really regretted that he didn't take care of the convenience when he went out, and didn't roll some master's calligraphy and paintings...

Thinking of what his master told him to 'go quickly, don't look back', he dare not go back to the mountain gate now, and he was in trouble for money for a while.

"It's really impossible, I can only go to the Tongjia Medical Center tomorrow to find Brother Tong Yongzhou to borrow some money..."

He sighed and fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning.

Clouds are sold out in the rain, and the color is bright in the district.

Originally, the weather in May was already a bit hot, but yesterday a light rain fell, and the weather was neither too hot nor too cold, and it was the most refreshing and pleasant.

In Gusu City, there was a rally in the [-]s, [-]s and [-]s. There were old farmers selling vegetables, and vendors setting up stalls on the street. People of all kinds made this city in the south of the Yangtze River very lively.

The two brothers and sisters retreated to the inn and had some breakfast.

Zhang Miaoshan looked at the people coming and going on the street, especially when he saw some men and women holding hands shopping, his expression was full of envy, he was a little disappointed and envious and murmured: "Brother, look, they are all accompanied by their relatives, and they buy delicious food. , but Miao Shan did not."

"..."

Zhang Xiuyuan glanced at her, and said angrily: "Your little abacus, I can hear the movement from ten miles away."

Having said that, he still stretched out his hand.

Seeing this, Zhang Miaoshan also had a happy expression on his face, he didn't care about his senior brother's teasing, and stretched out his small hand to tug on his fingers affectionately.

Zhang Xiuyuan led the half-grown girl who looked like a worm, and bought her a string of candied haws and small sugar figurines on the street, and then let her go with satisfaction.

When passing by a stall selling handkerchiefs and silk scarves, Zhang Miaoshan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stuffed the candied haws and sugar figurines into Zhang Xiuyuan's hands, and walked to the front of the stall by himself.

The city of Gusu has outstanding people, and was called Splendid Gusu by the people at that time. Fabrics such as brocade and silk are quite famous in the Yuan Dynasty. Not only are the materials excellent, but the workmanship is also fine and beautiful.

After a while, Zhang Xiuyuan was called by his junior sister to settle the bill, and Zhang Miaoshan also had four silk scarves of different colors in black, blue, gray and white.

Zhang Miaoshan was playing with the silk scarf in his hand, showing off and shaking it in front of his senior brother, and asked, "Senior brother, is it pretty?"

"nice…"

Zhang Xiuyuan glanced and nodded, and asked inexplicably: "Don't you like these handkerchiefs and scarves? Why did you buy four at a time? The colors are still so bright?"

Zhang Miaoshan raised her eyebrows and laughed, stuffed the three blue, gray and white silk scarves into her pouch, then folded the only black silk scarf in her hand into a long strip three fingers wide, and stretched out her hand to cover her eyes. The two ends of the silk scarf were tied behind the head.

While tying the knot, she muttered: "Brother Shi doesn't like my eyes, so I can cover them up."

"..."

Zhang Xiuyuan's breath was stagnant when he heard the words, looking at the junior sister who bowed her head and tied her knot, looking at the delicate face with her eyes covered by a black silk scarf, he just felt dry mouth, as if something had poked in his heart Average.

this... this... this...

But Zhang Miaoshan looked around after fastening the silk scarf. Although the silk scarf was black, it was as thin as a cicada's wing. Even if it was folded several layers, it was still transparent.

When she realized that although the things she saw were hazy, but did not affect her vision, her face brightened, she raised her pink neck and said with a pretty smile: "Brother, you can look at me now, doesn't it look good?"

"..."

Zhang Xiuyuan blinked blankly, even with his indifferent nature of more than ten years of self-cultivation, he was also shocked by the half-covered hazy beauty.

Looking at the 'lace blindfold' that has been worn for countless years on his younger sister's face, looking at the beautiful face with a beautiful nose and red lips under the silk scarf, looking at the little man who gets along day and night asking himself "does it look good", he has an Adam's apple I couldn't help rolling up and down, my heart was restless, and I somehow felt an urge to nibble on that red lip.

And Zhang Miaoshan didn't seem to know the lethality of this makeup, but seeing her senior brother staring blankly at her and not answering, she also knew the answer, and immediately jokingly said: "Senior brother, are you looking stupid?"

"..."

Zhang Xiuyuan came back to his senses, seeing passers-by looking at him and his junior sister strangely, as if a door to a new world had been opened, he hastily reached out and pulled off the black silk scarf that his junior sister was covering his eyes.

"In broad daylight, like what..."

"It took a lot of effort for people to fasten it."

Zhang Miaoshan pursed her mouth and muttered something, but when she saw that her senior brother's face was faintly red and he looked away in embarrassment, she raised her eyebrows and smiled knowingly.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Zhang Xiuyuan glared at her, stuffed the silk scarf into her bag, grabbed her wrist and walked out, "Hurry up, there is still something to do."

"Oh~"

Zhang Miaoshan nodded and followed his footsteps with a smile, and asked with a smile: "Brother, you haven't told me where we are going this trip?"

"Xijing Mansion, Baiyun Temple by Yanbo Lake."

"Hey, Xijing Mansion is probably thousands of miles away from our Jiangnan Mansion. Why are we going to Baiyun Temple?"

"Sell a child~"

Zhang Xiuyuan glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, and said casually, "Baiyun Guan Que Taoist nun, it happens that you are disobedient and sold to be a Taoist nun."

"I don't believe it~"

Zhang Miaoshan frowned and snorted softly, with a delicate but determined face, she said: "Brother, even if you betray yourself, you won't be willing to betray me."

"..."

Zhang Xiuyuan seemed to have seen something interesting, and suddenly stopped and shifted his gaze to a store with a signboard of 'Fengyage' on the side of the street.

That Fengyage is a shop specializing in the Four Treasures of the Study in Gusu City, today for some reason, there is a long desk as a booth in the open space beside the door.

There were pens, ink, paper and inkstones on the long desk, and an elegant young man stood in front of the table, with one arm rolled up and a pen in the other, lightly sketching on the drawing paper...

Behind him, there are two propped up canvases against the wall. On the left is the book "Great things, I hope all the kings will share with me";

"This man is interesting..."

Zhang Miaoshan saw his elder brother stop and look from a distance, also saw the long desk in front of the Fengya Pavilion and the person who was painting at the desk in front of the desk, said with a smile: "It is said that scholars are high-spirited, but he put down his body and set up a stall to openly seek advice from others. "

"Really interesting."

Zhang Xiuyuan slightly nodded his head in agreement, and said: "If it's not for grandstanding, if this person can put down his figure and spirit to seek advice from people on the street, he will surely succeed in the future."

At that time, people's minds were far less open than in previous lives, and making a living by setting up street stalls was considered a low-level business.

And most of the scholars have a kind of arrogance in their bones, and they are ashamed to associate with the low class. The so-called "talking and laughing has great Confucianism, and communication is not white".

And this person has a refined demeanor, and his research is on Danqing. He must be a scholar, but he is setting up a stall on the street to seek advice from others. It is not an exaggeration to say that this kind of thing is insulting to a scholar...

Zhang Xiuyuan watched from the side, convinced that the man was not a sensationalist, and not only did the people in Fengya Pavilion not drive him away, but the manager was still smiling with him, and he knew that this person should have some status.

He also looked at the words 'the shackles are hard to break, and the masters are paid to give you advice' written on the canvas, and thought to himself that the entanglement might have been found.

"Miaoshan, pack your bags, I'm going to earn some money~"

(End of this chapter)