Lin Xixue had a headache. According to the shopkeeper's description, who else could the young master of the Zi Ren Pavilion be if he wasn't the dandy Young Master Gu?
Speaking of which, from the previous conversation between Xu Zhiyi and Xu Mansion's servant, it seemed that the young master of the Gu family was the one who wanted to marry her?
Although the possibility of having the same surname was not ruled out, Lin Xixue's impression of him couldn't help but be a little different.
She originally didn't want to have any interaction with this person, but now she had to go find him in order to build the temple.
Anyway, I am covered with a veil at this moment, so the young master of the Gu family may not be able to recognize me.
It was already getting late, so Lin Xixue rushed to the street corner of the Chenghuang Temple without further delay. She heard a loud shouting before she even got close.
"What a coward, come on!"
"Bite it, bite it!"
"Hey, flip it over and bite its neck!"
"Hey, why are you letting go!"
During this time, there were sounds of sleeves rolling, chest beating, fans hitting the stone platform, and obscene words and curses mixed together.
After a while, the result of Xu's battle between the two insects came out, and everyone was in an uproar, as if the result of the game was an upset.
Young Master Gu stepped on the stone platform, rolled up his sleeves to half his arms, took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat, and shouted: "Come again, I won't believe you today!"
Lin Xixue took advantage of the intermission and hurried forward, called out to Young Master Gu and expressed her intention.
"My young master, I have some business to discuss with you."
"No time, no time. There is a voice to go to Ziren Hall to find Uncle Zheng. Didn't you see this young master fighting crickets here?" He waved his hand and was about to send Lin Xixue away.
But he suddenly felt that this woman's voice was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before, and his movements suddenly stopped.
! ! !
Isn't this the voice of the woman I met in the bookshop before?
He quickly put his legs down on the stone platform, straightened the agate on his forehead and wiped his forehead, put down his sleeves, straightened his front, unfolded the folding fan with a "swish" sound, and fanned himself calmly.
He cleared his throat, waved his hand, and motioned to the left and right to take away all the cricket-fighting equipment on the stone platform. Then he raised his sleeves and made a gesture of invitation.
"Haha... Girl, please take a seat." He smiled awkwardly, pretending that the expulsion just now never happened.
Seeing his polite look, Lin Xixue sighed slightly, knowing that she had still been recognized by the other party.
But this dude's memory is really good. Just by hearing the voice, you're sure it's me?
However, even if she was recognized by this dude, Lin Xixue had no intention of taking advantage of him.
"Mr. Gu, I came here today to discuss a business deal with you. There is no need to be so polite."
"Young lady, I'm seeing you outside. My name is only the character Yu. You call me Gu Yu. A few days ago, I collected some good fried green vegetables. The cool breeze is blowing at night. Why don't you give me a compliment and have tea with me?"
"I'm not used to drinking, so let's talk about business. In fact, I came here this time to ask you to build a temple in Linghu Village outside the city."
"I see, Linghu Village is not far from our Xinliang City, but I don't know what kind of temple the girl wants to build?"
"As long as the rules are not exceeded, the higher the regulations, the better."
"That's it." Gu Yu flipped the abacus in the air and said with a carefree smile: "If it's a small problem, I'll take care of it on Gu!"
"That's it, it's settled. Please give me a price, and I will send the cash to Zi Ren Pavilion later." Lin Xixue ended the topic neatly.
"Why should the girl be so outspoken? It's just to build a temple. Naturally, I won't accept money from the girl. But if the girl is willing to have tea with me and admire the moon..."
Before she could finish speaking, Lin Xixue stopped talking and said: "In business negotiations, I'd better ask you to give me a clear price. As for tea, I have an engagement with the second lady of the Xu family. At this time It’s really inappropriate to have tea with me again.”
Gu Yu was surprised at first, as if he didn't expect that she knew about his engagement with the Xu family, but then he showed a rather gentle smile.
"Girl, you can rest assured. I have no interest in the movie about that little girl from the Xu family. It's just the order of my parents, the words of the matchmaker, and some superficial effort."
"Although she will be the principal wife in name only after marrying, the girl's three secretaries and six beauties will not be missing, and the girl will not be wronged."
Lin Xixue felt a little nauseous, how could Gu Yu say such shameless words.
But she was immediately relieved. Assuming that normality was defined according to shared cognition, then it was obvious that three wives and four concubines were normal in this world, and she was the abnormal one.
Therefore, I don’t agree with things that everyone in the world agrees with. How can I say that the world is crazy? It’s clearly me who is crazy.
She seemed to be smiling bitterly, and yet she was smiling foolishly, but she smiled anyway.
"Why is the girl laughing?" Gu Yu was a little confused. "If the girl doubts Gu's sincerity, I can return home now and ask my father to write a letter of engagement and go to your house to propose marriage."
"It's nothing, it's just that my home is too far away and you can't get there. If you insist on not accepting the money, I will have no choice but to go to other towns and find other people I don't know well to work."
For some reason, she felt a little tired again and had no interest in continuing to communicate.
When Gu Yu heard Lin Xixue's words, he hesitated for a moment, and finally quoted a price: "A total of seven hundred and twenty-nine taels of silver, I can wipe out the change for the girl..."
"No need to wipe the zero. I will send the cash to Zi Ren Pavilion later." Lin Xixue did not want to owe Gu Yu any favors, and it was best not to have any interactions in the future.
After saying that, she stood up and left.
Gu Yu sat there, feeling lost. After shaking his head for a long time, he stood up and asked, "Miss, can you tell me your name?"
"No need, Mr. Gu comes from a distinguished family. I'm afraid there are countless women in Liang Chengzhong who want to marry you, so why should you sacrifice what's close and seek what's far away?"
After Lin Xixue said that, she left decisively, leaving Gu Yu petrified on the spot alone.
She looked at the sky and saw that it was still a long time before midnight, so she looked at the City God's Temple not far away.
Previously, she wanted to ask the blacksmith Xue Xi if she could see the black feather coat on her body, but something unexpected happened midway and she didn't have time to ask.
There is still time now, why not visit the Chenghuang Temple to celebrate the festival?
However, with the previous experience of entering the Wuzeng Temple, she naturally would not rush into the City God's Temple this time. She only went to the Taoist priest in front of the temple and explained her purpose, hoping that the temple blessing could come out to talk about it.
The guest Taoist boy looked to be only eleven or twelve years old, with a sallow complexion and thin body, and was not very tall. Hearing Lin Xixue's intention, he trotted all the way to the palace.
It was getting late, but through the temple door, Lin Xixue could still see some devout pilgrims burning incense around the incense burner in front of the main hall.
Smelling the pungent smell of the lit incense, Lin Xixue suddenly felt a little hungry again.
But as soon as the thought came to her mind, she felt the stone lions on the left and right suddenly turned their heads and glared at her, saliva dripping down from their sharp canine teeth in their bloody mouths.
She quickly turned her head to confirm, but the stone lion stared quietly ahead without any movement.
Another hallucination?
She closed her eyes and covered her forehead, trying to wake herself up...
