"I guess I slept in the forest for at least a whole day!"
"When I woke up, I was hungry and cold."
"Fortunately, the weather is warm here. If it were winter, I would probably have been frozen to death in the forest instead of being poisoned."
"Also, thanks to Mr.'s advice, I had the idea to eat the red flower and detoxify the snake. Mr. is really a mastermind!"
Speaking of this, the expression on Meng Wu's face was full of reverence. When he was about to stand up and wanted to pay homage to Gu Ning'an again, Gu Ning'an immediately pressed his hand and said, "Okay, you really treat me like a god in the temple." A statue of a god?”
Hearing the sound, Meng Wuyi sat down on his seat and said with a smile: "I really want to thank you sir for your life-saving grace, so I just wanted to pay my respects..."
"That's right!" Meng Wu unloaded the package containing a hundred taels of silver ingots on his shoulder, placed it on the table in front of Gu Ning'an and opened it. Inside, there were ten silver coins the size of ten ingots.
"These hundred taels of silver ingots are the divination gold from my last fortune telling... The previous one was a deposit, but now it is the final payment. Please accept it, sir."
Gu Ning'an nodded: "Well... just leave it like that."
Seeing that Gu Ning'an was willing to accept it, Meng Wu was also very happy.
Even though one hundred taels of silver is all he owns, if he can form a good relationship with an "immortal", not to mention the hundred taels of silver, even ten thousand taels of gold would be worth it!
"By the way, I met Brother Jin and his grandson on the way here earlier. Are they also friends of your husband?" Meng Wucha changed the subject and asked with a smile.
"Not really a friend." Gu Ning'an's tone was cold, without too much emotion.
When he saw this, Meng Wu knew that he had been "fooled" just now. How could he not hear the "displeasure" in this tone after having been in the world for so many years?
If he were truly a friend, Mr. Gu would at least have something to talk about instead of responding with "not a friend."
No wonder you didn't dare to accept the money just now. Was it because you were afraid that the matter would be exposed and I would retaliate?
Meng Wu was silent for a moment, then changed the topic again and told some strange things he encountered when he was a snake catcher.
Gu Ning'an became somewhat interested in talking about these things. Since he had nothing to do, it was interesting to chat with someone with a special profession like a snake catcher.
While chatting, Gu Ning'an took the initiative to make a pot of tea, and took out the sweet potatoes dried by Mr. Hu to entertain Meng Wu.
The latter was flattered. Seeing Gu Ning'an rushing in and out, he wanted to help but couldn't help, which made him look extremely embarrassed.
Fortunately, this situation did not last long. After the two sat down, they started chatting happily.
Most of the time, Meng Wu talks about some of the dangerous situations that happened when he was catching snakes. From time to time, he will also tell some strange things that he heard after joining the industry.
Such as the beautiful snake with the head of a human and the body of a snake, the house-protecting snake that protects the house, etc...
The two chatted happily, drinking the tea from color to color, and then Meng Wu left.
During this period, Hu Shi, who had finished washing the dishes, was also very well-behaved. He sat in the yard and practiced his reaction skills.
It wasn't until after the snake catcher left that he "showed" the results of his contact to Gu Ning'an.
Practicing for many days is always effective. The child can already respond immediately to less than five questions. If more than five questions are asked, it only takes a moment to think.
After praising Hu Shi generously, the child ran home happily.
Gu Ning'an, who had received many guests early in the morning, took a long breath and considered whether there was anything else he had to do.
While he was thinking, a drop of rain fell in front of his feet. He looked down and saw the green shirt in his eyes. He suddenly remembered that he still owed that pony tailor a pair of signs...
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The sun sets over the west mountain, and the end of the sky is covered with a wisp of bright red clouds.
Smoke rises from every household in Lexiang County, and the aroma of cooking wafts from the front doors of every house.
Granny Sun, wearing a clean plain dress, took off the sleeves on her arms, moved a bench and sat in the yard, waiting for her son and great-grandson to come back for dinner.
Most of the time, if Grandma Sun didn't go out to the stall and no one was at home, she would sit in the yard and look at the sky quietly, lost in thought.
For ordinary people, this is a very boring thing, but it doesn't seem to be the case for Grandma Sun, because from time to time she forgets how long she has been fascinated by the sky.
"Grandma! I'm back!" Jin Xingwang ran in from the door quickly, holding a lotus leaf paper bag in his hand, and went straight to Granny Sun.
"Slow down! Don't fall!" Grandma Sun waved her hands quickly.
"Grandma, guess what's in here?" Jin Xingwang, with a mysterious look on his face, raised the east lotus leaf paper bag in front of Grandma Sun.
Grandma Sun sniffed it and said with a smile: "Is it the glutinous rice lotus root?"
Jin Xingwang nodded: "I know my great-grandmother loves to eat, but she specifically begged grandpa to take me to buy it!"
Grandma Sun touched Jin Xingwang's head and said with a smile: "Xingwang is so good, hurry up and wash your hands and get ready for dinner."
"Mom!" Jin Wan, who walked into the yard later, joked: "Why don't you ask me to have dinner?"
Granny Sun said angrily: "Boss, don't be idle all day long. Wash your hands with Xingwang. Remember to wash with soap powder and wash thoroughly."
"Yes!" Jin Wan smiled.
Even though she doesn't know why her son and great-grandson are so happy, as long as they are happy, Grandma Sun feels much more relaxed than she has for a long time...
At the dinner table, this generation-separated family of three was having a good time, joking with each other over the dishes. This kind of day had not happened for a long time.
One thing to note here is that Jin Wan's son and daughter-in-law have all gone to other counties to do business, and they basically only come back during the holidays.
So most of the time, only the three of them are at home.
"Grandma, please try this glutinous rice lotus root. I asked the boss to add more sweet juice!" Jin Xingwang put a piece of lotus root stuffed with glutinous rice into Grandma Sun's bowl, and his tone was as considerate as "Little Cotton jacket".
Grandma Sun said "Hmm" and ate the glutinous rice lotus root her great-grandson put in her hands. After only one bite, she gave a thumbs up and said, "Yeah, it's delicious!"
Hearing this, Jin Wan saw that the time was almost up and gave his grandson a look.
The latter understood the situation, stood up and walked behind Grandma Sun. While squeezing her shoulders, she said, "Grandma, Xingwang wants to ask you something."
"Okay, I knew there would be no pie in the sky." Grandma Sun said with a smile, "What does Xingwang want Grandma to do?"
"Actually, it's not a big deal." Jin Xingwang paused and continued: "As you know, Grandma, I have always wanted to study, but none of the teachers in the county are to my liking."
"No, recently, didn't a gentleman come back from Ansi Courtyard?"
"I heard from grandpa that you are quite familiar with him. I wonder if you can help me tell him to accept me as a student?"
