Chapter 24: The Great Sage
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The house is not located in the village, but is located on the edge of the mountain by the mountains. Because no one has taken care of for a long time, the weather is bleak and looks a bit dilapidated.
This is the Huang family’s ancestral home.
Huang Xiucai passed the exam for the scholar. After becoming famous, his family moved into the city. The ancestral home was left here. Because it was an ancestral home, he naturally couldn't bear to sell it. After the old servant who was left behind died, there was always a green light in the house at night. When the villagers saw it, they were shocked to think that it was haunted and spread everywhere, and no one dared to guard the Huang family's door again.
Huang Xiucai was very upset about this and asked Master Kong for advice. He learned that someone had to live in and raise his vitality to ward off evil spirits. Just as Ye Junsheng asked to come to the door, he had a thought and asked him to go, otherwise he would not agree to the protection.
I don’t know if Ye Jun was stupid or bold, and agreed immediately.
It is not as simple as living in a house. Daily repair and cleaning work must be carried out, otherwise if the house collapses, the responsibility will be difficult to tell.
Although no one lives in the Huang family’s ancestral home, the walls and beams are very strong, so there is no problem when you move in.
Soon, Ye Junmei packed out two adjacent rooms and cleaned the kitchen. He used the rice he brought to start cooking with the fire.
Ye Junsheng walked out and saw that he had found several clusters of wild vegetables by the mountain, but he recognized them, called "Changming Vegetable", which was edible, so he pulled them back and washed them. The dishes that night were eaten.
The light is dim and the food is simple, but according to their current situation, it is actually a blessing to be able to eat dry food.
The old cow was tied to the yard, but there was no shed, lying in the open air, gnawing on grass.
Carefully licked the last grain of rice in the bowl, and Ye Junmei put down the rice bowl, and her face looked worried.
Ye Junsheng saw it and knew it clearly in his heart, saying, "There is not much food left."
Ye Junmei nodded.
Ye Junsheng sighed: Just relying on his sister to do some work can only make ends meet. If he wants to have some leftovers, it is really hard to do so. And the rewards he copied the scriptures last time were basically used to improve food except for repairing the house.
Now that Huang Xiucai is guarding the house, it is an exchange for the other party to help him with protection, and there is no reward.
Making money is a big problem; as for making some small inventions and building a family from scratch, it is easy to think about it, but now it is a castle in the air and cannot be figured out.
I originally wanted to learn from a group of time travelers to "steal books and get rich", but it is obvious that the reputation of poetry, songs and essays requires opportunities; but novels are not sold for money if they are not elegant. In ancient times, why is "novel" not called "big lectures", but the word "small" is originally contemptuous.
Therefore, many ideas can only be circulated in my mind and cannot be taken into account.
Since ancient times, scholars have been poor and honest.
The night is spreading, and the waning moon in the void is shining with a cold light. Under the moonlight, the houses in a corner look particularly bleak.
Nothing happened overnight.
The next day, Ye Junmei, who had washed her clothes by the stream, came back with a strange expression.
Ye Junsheng asked: "Junmei, what's wrong with you?"
Ye Junmei hesitated for a moment and said crisply: "Brother, when I went to wash my clothes, a villager told me that the house was haunted and advised us to leave quickly..."
Ye Junsheng said: "There is indeed such a statement...why do you answer?"
Ye Junmei smiled slightly, and her beautiful eyes bent into two crescent moons: "I said I'm not afraid."
It’s easier to be “not afraid”.
Ye Junsheng was a little surprised: "Why aren't you afraid?" Isn't the little girl's house the most afraid of ghosts and other things?
Ye Junmei said seriously: "If you have your brother here, you won't be afraid."
Hearing this, Ye Junsheng felt sad and gently hugged her into his arms: "Junmei, it's because my brother is not good, I haven't taken good care of you."
Ye Junmei's eyes were covered with a layer of water: "Brother, don't say that. The days are much better now than before, and the days in the future will be better."
Since her parents passed away, only their brother and sister depended on each other. At that time, my brother was a bookworm again. He was locked in the study day and night, turning a blind eye to the outside world, and the burden of the whole family could only fall on her tender shoulders. After such hard years, my brother has been enlightened and ambitious, what else can he be afraid of?
"Moo!"
The old cow next to him suddenly let out a cry, looking very happy. Ye Junsheng was startled and glanced at him, and he was touching the old cow's eyes. In an instant, Ye Jun had an illusion that he seemed to be facing not a cow, but a person.
Could it be that it was spying on it just now?
This awesome, you're not honest!
Ye Junmei's face turned slightly red, she took off her brother's arms and went to dry her clothes, and said, "By the way, brother, why don't we give Lao Niu a name."
My brother came back with a cow for no reason, but she didn't ask much. And she also felt very affectionate about this cow.
Ye Junsheng smiled and said, "Okay, then what name do you mean?"
"Brother has read a lot of books, so this name will naturally come from you."
Ye Junmei kicked the ball back.
Ye Junsheng was not pretentious, and he pondered for a moment and suddenly said, "It's better to call him "The Great Sage."
"Great Sage?"
Ye Junmei was chewing on the name. Although she didn't understand it very much, she felt that she was very majestic and domineering. Although she didn't deserve the appearance of Lao Niu now, since her brother had given her a good name, she nodded in agreement.
“Moo!”
The old cow suddenly stood up, as if he understood, and kept shouting, not knowing whether to express his happiness or protest.
Ye Junsheng ignored it and clapped his hands: "He is called the Great Sage."
This name not only contains some evil tastes, but also carries a beautiful wish. The one who impressed Ye Junsheng the most in his previous life was not the silent devotee among the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, but the Bull Demon King and the Great Sage of Pingtian.
"Book of Rites·Music Records": "Whoever is the only great sage who is happy but not worried, and who is well-proper and not biased!"
The Buddhist scriptures say: "Buddha is the ultimate holy, so he is called the Great Holy."
Now, Ye Junsheng had a sudden inspiration, and the name of "Great Sage" fell on the head of a weak old buffalo.
After drying the clothes, Ye Junmei untied the rope, took the old cow, and said to Ye Junsheng: "Brother, I have taken the Great Sage to eat grass."
Ye Junsheng smiled and said, "Okay, be careful, don't go too far." He just came here and was unfamiliar with the place, so he had to pay attention to some situations.
Ye Junmei said "yes", led the cow out, walked along the stream, looking for fresh grass.
"Look, that's the girl who came from the city to help Huang Xiucai guard the ancestral house. She also has an older brother, a scholar, who lives in it together."
"The Huang family's ancestral home is haunted. Are they not afraid?"
"Who knows! I just reminded me... this brother and sister are a little weird and have a cow."
"It seems that they are also children of poor families. Perhaps Huang Xiucai paid a lot of money..."
"So what if you have money? Don't give up your life..." He paused, his voice was low: "But Guo from Nan Village said that he had seen the ghost occupying the Huang family with his own eyes, with green face and fangs, and could swallow a person in one bite..."
When everyone heard that their faces turned pale, they immediately became more indescribable when they looked at Ye Junmei.
Ye Junmei didn't hear their comments. When she saw a group of women washing clothes by the stream staring at her with bright eyes, she couldn't help but smile shyly, clean and elegant, like a water lotus that suddenly bloomed by the water.
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