As they talked, several people looked at Li Xiu at the same time.
Why are you looking at him again? Li Xiu was at a loss.
Tao Zi asked: "Doctor Lixiu, are you familiar with this place?"
"I'm not familiar with it. I've been walking in the big cities near the Nine Turns Gate before." Li Xiu thought for a while, "Miss Tao, you'd better call me by my first name. The word "medicine" will reveal my identity."
"Yes, my name is Tao Zi."
He asked: "May I ask how old you are?"
Tao Zi said without changing his expression: "I am twenty years old."
"Mei Tao!"
She really didn't recover from the title. Han Yueshan was shocked and asked three times: "Who are you calling? Why are you calling like that? Did you get permission?"
Li Xiu said matter-of-factly: "Your senior sister is younger than me. Isn't it normal for me to call me Tao sister?"
Xi Jing felt horrified when she thought that she would be called Xi's sister, Jing's sister, and immediately said: "Don't call me sister."
"Don't call me brother either!" the other two said in unison.
Tao Zi opened her mouth to refuse the title, but he had already started calling her sister Tao one by one, and even said to himself: "It's smoother than sister Tao."
...Okay, Sister Tao is pretty good.
Finally, after everyone's discussion, they decided to take the risk and go to a big town to inquire about the news. If nothing else, they should at least know where to go to avoid the Minglan Sect and the Chengyi Sect.
The carriage drove slowly and arrived at a small village before dark.
With Xijing's lovely temperament and Lixiu's generosity, villagers soon were willing to take them in.
Ever since they came out of Wuzhi Forest, steaming hot food has become a delicacy in the eyes of Xi Jing and others.
Seeing them immersed in eating, Tao Zi took it for granted. When he was about to lower his head to eat, his arm was suddenly hit by someone. When he looked up, it was Li Xiu.
He lowered his voice and asked: "Mei Tao, was your sect very difficult in the past?"
The corners of her mouth twitched and she replied perfunctorily: "It's okay."
"It looks like they haven't had enough to eat."
Tao Zi glanced at her junior brothers and sisters and responded: "It's true that I didn't have enough to eat for a while."
He was shocked. It was just a random guess at first, but he didn't expect it to be true. Now there are actually monks who don't have enough to eat?
This is too outrageous.
The old farmer's wife on the side didn't listen to all of what they said, and only heard one sentence: I haven't had enough to eat for a while.
Looking at those poor children who looked like they had not eaten in eight lifetimes, I suddenly felt pity and said, "Is it enough to eat? If not, my mother-in-law will serve it to you."
Xi Jing raised her head and smiled so cutely: "That's enough!"
The old woman's heart almost melted.
Zhao Xue handed over the empty bowl unambiguously and said, "Mother-in-law, I want another bowl."
She smiled and went to the kitchen to make another bowl, filling the rice with rice.
When they came back, the old woman sat aside and chatted with them: "It's so dangerous outside, why are you little kids running around?"
Li Xiu held her job and said, "I have no choice but to live a miserable life."
The old woman's interest suddenly rose: "What's wrong?"
"I got lost with my family, and their family members were missing, so we just got together to look for them."
"How pitiful."
The old woman recited the Buddha's name and said, "Where are you going next?"
This time it was Tao Zi who answered: "Yeshuang Town, I heard it is a big town and the information is quite well-informed."
She slapped her thigh and said anxiously: "Oh, my God, kids, you can't go there!"
This time, even the few people who were working hard raised their heads.
Xijing blinked and asked, "Why can't you go?"
She lowered her voice and said mysteriously: "That place has been haunted recently!"
Tao Zi's eyes flashed.
The old woman continued: "It is said that the concubine of a wealthy family in Yeshuang Town was killed and she died with her eyes open! Now she has transformed into an evil ghost and is seeking life. Several people have died."
She suddenly became a little interested, but she didn't show it on her face, and said gently: "Thank you, old lady, for reminding me, we will be careful."
That night, Xi Jing and Tao Zi slept together, and she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
Tao Zi asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
"Senior sister, are ghosts scary?" She couldn't suppress the excitement in her voice.
She half-closed her eyes and said, "You'll know when you see it."
Early the next morning, they still set off according to the planned route, but their pace was much faster. When evening came, they arrived at Yeshuang Town.
Yeshuang Town is one of the few towns that does not impose a curfew, but it has now lost its former bustle.
Tao Zi and others walked into the town with their cloaks on. Everyone who walked by them hurriedly walked, and some even walked around them.
Li Xiu took them into a nice-looking inn.
The inside of the inn was not as deserted as the outside. It was packed with people and there was no room to even put a foot down.
Everyone was talking in low voices, so many whispers coming together, like flies buzzing, making Tao Zi frown in annoyance.
Li Xiu quickly made a reservation for a guest room, and the innkeeper shouted: "There are three rooms in Tianzihao."
The waiter made an inviting gesture: "Okay, sir, please come this way."
The five people were about to go upstairs when a voice suddenly came from behind them: "Wait a minute!"
Tao Zi became wary and turned around to see a young man with fine features...a monk?
Looking at his bald head and the cassock on his body, even Li Xiu hesitated for a while before speaking: "Excuse me, master, what can I do for you?"
The monk put his hands together and bowed: "Amitabha, you should not be called a master. I have a favor for you, young monk."
"Please say."
"The young monk did not bring enough gold and silver when he traveled, and now he is short of money." He tried to speak tactfully and understandably.
But everyone in the lobby still cast strange glances, and vaguely heard a sentence: "Is the monk here to beg for alms?"
Tao Zi and others turned their attention to Li Xiu, after all, he was the only rich man here.
Li Xiu didn't show any disgust, her tone was natural, as if it was an ordinary thing: "Why don't we go upstairs to talk?"
"Thank you, donor." The monk breathed a sigh of relief and clasped his hands together to thank him.
After arriving at the room, the monk calmly found a place to sit down and said, "I don't want gold or silver, but I want a room to sleep in and three meals to eat."
Lixiu:? ? ?
He looked at Tao Zi with some uncertainty. Why did this monk sound like he was looking for a long-term master? It's the kind that includes food and accommodation.
Tao Zi answered: "Excuse me, what do you call me?"
"My common name is Hua Gouzi. You can just call me Hua Gouzi."
She choked at the name, and then continued: "May I ask what the name is?"
The monk's expression suddenly became a little ashamed, and he said embarrassedly: "I have returned to secular life, so it's hard to say this, lest it disturb the temple."
Returning to vulgarity?
He added: "It's not easy to express this below just now, so as not to be looked down upon by others."
Tao Zi nodded and said, "We understand this. But, where are you going?"
The monk smiled calmly: "I am alone and have nowhere to go. I just want to walk around. If you don't dislike it, I would like to go with you."
