Maybe… there were treasures waiting to be
discovered in Mount Congmang? Didn’t they run into a handsome boy there as well
last time? Surely, he said he was “looking for herbs”, but maybe it was all a
big lie. Gu Ye’s imagination was going wild.
On the other side, Gu Xiao had already
confirmed the identity of the old man. Back when the Duke and his family was
exiled to the Northwest, the old duke old illness returned. The Duke did
everything within his power before he was finally able to locate the zijindan1
made by the sage apothecary himself and saved his father.
One must know that nobody ever knew where
the sage apothecary was at any given point in time; many wanted to meet him in
person even just once never had that opportunity. He never thought that the day
of him meeting the sage apothecary in his flesh would come in this life time.
How luck was that?
The sage apothecary was quite contented
that someone actually knew about and appreciate him in this remote area. Yet he
pretended to be enigmatic. Waving his hand, he said, “Alright, I am glad you
know who I am, but no need to announce it to everyone, okay?”
The more well-known someone is, the more
low-key they are! Gu Xiao nodded solemnly and promised he would not leak words
about the sage apothecary’s whereabout. They wouldn’t want to attract the
unwanted to disturb him peacefulness. He further expressed that the sage
apothecary could stay and rest at his place for as long as he’d like; and he’d
be more than welcomed to stay there permanently should that be his desire.
Gu Xiao’s houses were already most dried
and ready to move in. The three of them were in the process of picking a good
day for the move. What better day than the day that the sage apothecary decided
to pay them a visit? Naturally they’d want to welcome him into their house.
Taking his grandchildren with him, Gu
Xiao lit up the stove of all three of the houses. After half a day, the stoves
were completed dried. But they didn’t have stove mat or blankets, etc. Gu Xiao
ran around half of the village before he was able to borrowed two sets of
blankets for the sage apothecary.
The sage apothecary was arranged to stay
in the house on the east side. After a sumptuous dinner, the sage apothecary
was tired from his days of travelling and retired to his room. That jerk Yin
Mei had no idea how to respect the elderly. He body was short of falling apart
from the trip. Finally, he was able to have a good night rest!
Gu Ming and Gu Ye also went back to the
Gu’s to collect their own clothes, etc. and also brought with them their own
two sets of old, old blankets in the name of “borrowing” them. Even those the
blankets were so old they were about to fall part, Mrs. Gu still had a hard
time letting them take those with them. That was frugality to a whole different
level!
When Gu Xiao saw the blankets that the
siblings had brought over, he could not have furrowed his brows more. With a
sigh, he said, “Alright, let’s just make do for a couple of days. Grandpa will
go into town tomorrow and bring back some new ones!”
Gu Ming quickly fished out a small piece
of silver from a pile of old clothing and handed it over to his grandfather, “Grandpa,
can you also have a new cotton coat made for mei mei? Her old
clothes already have too many holes in them.”
“We will get them all! Two sets of clothes for each of the three of
us! And put your money away, grandpa can still afford to buy clothes for us,”
Gu Xiao did not ask where the money came from. After observing them for this
period of time; he was sure that they were both good kids and he was right all
along!
Gu Ming was persistent about shoving the
money into his hand and said, “Grandpa, I am always worried about losing
it when I have it with me. Why don’t you keep it for me for now?”
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