"Ah, Brother Chen! I was just about to go find you..."
Chen Mo saw Lin Yuqin. She seemed to have been carefully dressed up today. She looked different from the past. She had a snow-like gauze draped over her fur coat, and her long hair was flowing, looking pretty and touching.
Chen Mo noticed something, but he didn't want to stay with her for too long, so he said:
"Let's go to your cave and tell you. There are many people here and it will cause a lot of trouble if others look at you."
"Brother Chen, please wait, okay? I have a lot of things in my heart that I haven't had the chance to tell you. It's only a quarter of the hour now. Listen to what I have to say. It's not too late for Brother Chen to get it!"
"…Okay, long story short."
Chen Mo and Lin Yuqin landed on the ground, which happened to be a pond under a sect mountain peak.
It rained continuously last night, and the pond overflowed a lot. The two of them walked along the low-lying path. Under their feet was a patch of green grass, which extended far away until they were in front of three or two trees dotted with blooming peach blossoms.
There was a person's distance between them, with Chen Mo in front and Lin Yuqin behind.
"Brother Chen, I picked chalcedony mushrooms and redbud fruits in the Forgotten Land, do you know?"
Chen Mo shook his head. He really didn't know about this matter. Ever since Chen Mo asked her to bring the elixir out, in order to avoid suspicion, he had not communicated much with Lin Yuqin.
"They all say that foundation building is the first hurdle for a monk. Only when you have passed it can you be considered a true cultivator. Otherwise, it will disappear, as if you have never been here."
Chen Mo thought for a moment and said: "Don't listen to those people's nonsense. If you can successfully build the foundation, each of us can."
Lin Yuqin hesitated to speak: "But I'm worried...if I really die in such an unknown way, my little sister will inevitably have a regret in her heart..."
"Brother Chen...are you not afraid of death?" Lin Yuqin hesitated and asked tentatively.
Chen Mo chuckled and said: "I am most afraid of death, and I am not afraid of your ridicule. The purpose of my practice is not to quietly be a withered skeleton in a grave in the land a hundred years later. I have been working hard for this."
"Brother Chen, please forgive me for being rude. If there is a slight setback when Brother Chen is building the foundation, will you also think of some sad things in your heart?"
Lin Yuqin stopped and stared at Chen Mo with burning eyes. The latter also stopped and looked back to meet each other.
"Maybe there will be." Chen Mo replied noncommittally.
After hearing this, Lin Yuqin finally showed a smile on her face, and she said again: "Brother Chen, do you know what day it is today?"
Chen Mo continued to shake his head, indicating that he did not understand.
"It's the old year in the secular world. At this time, I think their world should be very lively. Unfortunately, monks like us have long been unable to feel the same happiness as them."
Chen Mo finally understood the meaning behind her words, and he said slowly: "Do you want me to accompany you to the secular world?"
"The two of us are not going far away. There is a town just a few hundred miles outside the sect. There are only two of us. My little sister invites you to dinner. Think of it as Brother Chen's care for Yuqin! "
...
Just like the moment when the osprey is fishing, the moment when the giant python explodes is the most deadly. The streets and alleys of Quping Town are full of festive atmosphere, bustling with traffic, and the vast majority of the people have put on new clothes and hawked goods. There are sounds of bargaining and bargaining, and there is a lively scene on this most prosperous main street.
"Big and delicious steamed buns! Three cents a basket!"
"Hey! Those coming from the south and the north, take a look..."
Since he was going to join the world, he naturally had to act more realistically. Chen Mo stretched out his figure a bit. Instead of the thin frame before, his appearance remained unchanged. He looked like a poor and down-to-earth scholar.
As for Lin Yuqin, under Chen Mo's instruction, she made her appearance uglier. He didn't want to engage in a heroic rescue of the beauty. It was best not to have any unnecessary troubles like this.
"Junior sister, what do you want to buy?"
Chen Mo asked bluntly. He still had some silver in his storage bag, enough for her to buy anything in this town.
The two passed through the crowded flow of people, and Lin Yuqin's figure stopped at a stall selling Spring Festival couplets. Chen Mo walked over and saw the inscription she was staring at: "The mountains and rivers are beautiful in winter, and the peach trees are fragrant in happiness..." ..”
Lin Yuqin pointed to the Spring Festival couplets on the stall and asked the vendor, "How much does one cost?"
"Girl, just two pennies!" The stall owner was not a fool, and these two people didn't seem to be asking for high prices, so they happily quoted a reasonable price.
After the crisp sound of two copper plates, the Spring Festival couplets were in Chen Mo's hands.
"What are you doing for me? Isn't it what you want?" Chen Mo said doubtfully.
"I've given it to you, just stick it on your cave!" Lin Yuqin laughed, leaving Chen Mo speechless for a while. In this slow moment, he found that she had already hurried forward.
Chen Mo quietly put the couplets into his storage bag, and hurried to catch up. The two of them walked and stopped, and then slowed down again in front of a cloth shop with many fabrics placed in front of the door.
Lin Yuqin thought for a moment, touched the material in her hand and said to Chen Mo: "Brother Chen, let me buy you another set of clothes!"
"I accepted Junior Sister with kindness, so I don't need to wear clothes..."
Before Chen Mo could finish rejecting it, Lin Yuqin persuaded her: "Oh, it's not an expensive thing. Just think of it for my little sister's happiness. Just buy one!"
.......
It turned out that it was not the clothes that were the problem. Chen Mo looked ordinary no matter what he wore. When he saw Lin Yuqin still happily ordering the boy to get the fourth piece of clothing, he stopped him and said: "Forget it, sparrows can't fly. He who climbs a branch and turns into a phoenix, let’s go.”
Lin Yuqin's heart tightened, and an unreasonable fear suddenly ran through her body. She quickly defended: "Brother Chen... I didn't compare you with anyone else! Really not!"
Chen Mo's eyes flashed, and combined with the previous rumors, he knew that Lin Yuqin had misunderstood, but it was difficult for him to explain this situation, so he didn't talk to her again, and turned to the boy and said: "Wrap everything you tried on before. Bill, please."
Chen Mo never cared about the details of food and clothing. For him, as long as the clothes can cover the body, it is enough. It is a simple matter anyway, and there is no need to be criticized by a few people in the secular world.
Several pieces of clothing, which didn't even cost a penny, were bundled in large and small bags. After Chen Mo and the two passed a corner, they were all put into storage bags.
Lin Yuqin has become much depressed since she came out of the cloth shop. She thought Chen Mo ignored her on purpose, yes! Put yourself in his shoes, how could he not be angry?
"Explain or not explain..." Lin Yuqin's heart has been wandering between the two choices. As time passed by, just when she was about to be unable to bear the suffocating atmosphere, Chen Mo suddenly spoke. .
"I'm hungry, let's go eat!"
Under the leadership of Chen Mo, they happened to walk into an inn. The seats on the first floor were almost full. The bartender shouted to the two of them to go up to the attic. There was a seat outside the window. The waiter poured cups for the two people who sat down. Had a cup of tea.
"Sir, what do you want to eat?" the waiter greeted enthusiastically, and at the same time reported several signature dishes of the restaurant. Chen Mo casually ordered a few, and then asked the absent-minded Lin Yuqin: "Junior sister, would you like to eat some more?" What?"
"...Junior sister?"
Chen Mo waved his palm in front of her to bring her back to her senses. "Ah, anything will do." Chen Mo ordered another pot of soju and signaled the waiter to leave, and then said leisurely: "Junior sister, if you have anything to say, just tell me Let me tell you, I have always been a direct person."
Lin Yuqin's face turned red. In front of the public, it was better for her to keep it in her heart than to say such shameful words. At this moment, soju was served on the table. The two of them poured out the tea. Lin Yuqin's cheeks turned red and she poured a cup for Chen Mo. He also raised the cup, stood up and said:
"The first glass of wine is to thank Brother Chen for his many dangerous rescues in the secret realm. Yuqin had no way of repaying him, so he had to express his gratitude with wine!"
"Okay." Chen Mo drank with a smile, and the next moment he put down the wine glass, the second glass was filled again.
"Second glass of wine, I would like to thank Brother Chen for giving me the opportunity to make Yuqin famous in the sect. Thousands of words can be said in the wine!"
Chen Mo and Lin Yuqin clinked their glasses and said, "Let's do it!" After that, they drank it all again.
Lin Yuqin held the glass again and poured Chen Mo a third glass of wine: "Thank you, Brother Chen, for taking good care of the sect..."
"It should be." Chen Mo didn't wait for her to finish speaking, so he took a deep breath. Lin Yuqin naturally accompanied him. After drinking three glasses, she seemed to remember something and said to herself: "It's a pity that Junior Brother Luo can't see this person." One scene..."
When Chen Mo heard Junior Brother Luo, he naturally understood that she was talking about Luo Feichen, and he felt a little emotional: "Life and death are ordinary things. Junior Sister Yuqin, please take it lightly."
"We both joined the sect at about the same time. At that time..."
As the dishes were added, Lin Yuqin started chatting with Chen Mo about her experiences. Of course, Luo Feichen was mentioned by her, and Chen Mo got a general idea. At least 70% of them were talking about her acquaintance with Ye Lantian, and what happened next. After passing by, I was afraid that Chen Mo would cause some misunderstanding.
All in all, it was a new female disciple who had a crush on this senior brother who was both powerful and good-looking. However, she later discovered that the two of them were completely different and were not from the same world at all. That was the only remaining feeling of admiration. My heart drifted away with the wind.
For Chen Mo, he didn't care about this. As long as no one pierced the window paper, he would never be tainted by the cause and effect. Therefore, while listening, he was already thinking about how to coax Lin Yuqin back later. Hurry up This bad time is over.
"I'm really crazy to agree to waste a day with her." Chen Mo thought to himself.
It seemed that after telling her story with Ye Lantian, Lin Yuqin felt much relieved. The food was delicious, and Chen Mo was full of wine and food. He and Lin Yuqin left the restaurant and went east. Chen Mo glanced at the sun in the sky and said:
"The end of the day is approaching, what other plans does Junior Sister have?"
Lin Yuqin lowered her head and kicked the green bricks on the street. She whispered: "I want to buy some secular firecrackers and let them off together in a deserted place at night. Is that okay?"
Chen Mo knew that she was hiding this sentence. Since they mentioned it all together, he must be with her. Since the eighty difficulties have been overcome, he did not miss this last tremor: "Okay, then it will be as you wish. Bar."
The two of them found a rouge and gouache shop next to the store where they bought firecrackers. Chen Mo didn't want to go in, so he obeyed under force.
"Brother Chen, you have to understand these things carefully. It will be better to give them to the female cultivator you like in the future than to have a black eye." Lin Yuqin teased Chen Mo and said with some different emotions.
Seeing that Chen Mo didn't dare to answer the conversation casually, Lin Yuqin pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile: "I wonder if Brother Chen has a female cultivator he likes in Fuyun Sect now?"
Chen Mo remained silent, Lin Yuqin's smile froze, and she didn't ask for trouble. After some selection, she hurriedly bought a few items for women, and called the shopkeeper to check out.
"etc!"
Chen Mo stopped the shopkeeper. Under Lin Yuqin's stunned gaze, he walked a few steps to a shining jade box and picked out a silver hollow hairpin: "With this, how much silver is the total?"
"Young master, you are so discerning!" The charming shopkeeper was stunned at first, and then praised Chen Mo repeatedly: "This hairpin is the treasure of our store! It is perfect for your wife! You only need five taels. Silver! No... four taels is enough!!"
The shopkeeper was afraid that the asking price was too harsh and it would be bad if this hard-won deal was lost.
"How can it be so expensive?!" Lin Yuqin's eyes widened and she was about to ask the shopkeeper to bargain for a price, but Chen Mo waved his hand and said: "No, I'll just pay the five taels you said. This is considered my respect for the person who gave it to me. "
Lin Yuqin felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest. Lang Youqing is interested in concubine. Who is this hairpin going to be given to? She wanted to ask, but she didn't dare to ask when the words came to her lips.
In the following time, Chen Mo took most of the firecrackers and took them and Lin Yuqin out of Quping Town, heading south.
"Brother Chen, where are we going?" Lin Yuqin asked quietly from behind.
Chen Mo said: "There is a small mountain village to the south where hundreds of people gather. I plan to find their village chief and distribute all the firecrackers. When night falls, children will light them in the open space so that we can watch Fireworks.”
Lin Yuqin said in surprise: "Brother Chen, how do you know there is a village near here?"
Not far away, there are several buds wrapped in willow trees, green waves swaying in the wind, orioles and swallows flying above them, with wet mud pecked from the river in their mouths, and the smoke from the cooking pots, vaguely visible in the world of flowers and plants. brown fence inside.
.......
It was night, with a lone moon hanging high in the sky. As expected, the people led their children to a wide open space. Countless firecrackers were placed on the ground, waiting for the firecrackers to be ignited.
"Let's set off firecrackers..."
"great!!"
The children jumped happily, and a few boys started crying because someone had too many firecrackers. The parents had no choice but to coax them. The commotion lasted for more than half an hour, and finally the village chief knocked down his cane to signal the fireworks. The party can begin.
"Whoosh..."
"--boom!"
A ball of orange fireworks lifted into the sky, followed by a dull roar, followed by more than a dozen colorful colors blooming from the center outwards, like a brightly blooming rose.
"Bang bang bang..."
Countless fireworks and firecrackers were flashing in the night sky. The two of them were sitting together on a rock on the mountain peak. Insects were chirping in their ears, and the gentle breeze at night brought a different kind of spring. .
Lin Yuqin looked at the colorful fireworks blooming in the night sky. She looked at the people beside her, who were also staring at the bright light like she was. No matter what, her goal was finally achieved.
At this time, she seemed to see Chen Mo take out the hairpin he bought at the rouge shop and insert it into the top of her head with his own hands.
"Do you like it?" Chen Mo still had that bland expression.
"As long as it's from you." Lin Yuqin said shyly, and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Oh, then I'm neither as handsome as others nor as advanced in cultivation, so why do you fall in love with me?"
"Because you are good to me."
"Then you should be more cautious. If one day I treat you badly, you will have nothing."
Lin Yuqin grabbed Chen Mo's hand: "No, Brother Chen, no."
"Then when will we become Taoist couples?" Chen Mo asked again.
Lin Yuqin thought for a while and said: "Then after the foundation is established, we will all move out of the cave and build a house together in a place like this!"
"It's not bad to be close to mountains and rivers. Then we can use bamboo to cover our roof, and then mix bamboo leaves with mud from the river and spread it on top."
"Then I will pick a lot of wild flowers and weave them into vines to surround the bamboo house!"
"I also have a unique idea, polishing the spirit stones into square shapes and laying them on the ground to make bricks. What do you think, Yuqin?"
"Hahaha...it will be taken away by the monks passing by!"
They thought about a lot more, including practicing together, traveling around together, and living a leisurely life after having children, until the fireworks dissipated and a sudden cold wind blew away their beautiful illusions.
Lin Yuqin's eyes were moist, and she was still hoping that the hairpin could be soaked into her hair, while Chen Mo was still sitting on the stone, staring at the night sky in a daze.
"The fireworks are over." Chen Mo said.
Lin Yuqin wanted to cry sadly, but she didn't cry. She just smiled and said: "Yes, it's over."
Chen Mo suddenly remembered something, touched around in his arms, and finally took out something from his sleeve and held it in his hand: "By the way, Junior Sister Yuqin, I'll give you a gift."
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