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Chapter 91 [Wang Chuyi] ( words long chapter~)

Chapter 88 [Wang Chuyi] (10,000-word chapter!)
It was already evening when the car drove into the village, and the sky was getting slightly darker.

Children were running around on the roadside, chasing each other and laughing. At the village entrance, the front yard of the small shop had already been decorated with New Year lanterns, creating a festive atmosphere. Even more festive were the piles of New Year goods displayed outside the shop, piled like a small mountain.

Just as the car passed the village entrance, it saw a battery-powered tricycle coming from another intersection. Sitting on the tricycle, steering the wheel, was the village's old man, Niu, wearing a woolen hat and a thick cotton coat. On the tricycle was half a pig.

Chen Yan recognized the old lady's card-playing partner and immediately asked the driver to stop the car. Then he opened the door and greeted him, "Uncle Niu."

"Huh? Xiaoyan is back?" Old Man Niu squinted his eyes to see who was coming, and smiled: "Is it winter vacation?"

"Uncle Niu, you remembered it wrong again. I graduated a long time ago."

Old Man Niu looked at the commercial vehicle behind Chen Yan and nodded, "Yeah, coming back for the New Year? That's fine, come back and burn some incense for your grandma and kowtow a few times."

As he spoke, he pointed to the pork on the tricycle behind him and said, "Li Quezi's family killed the pig they had raised for a year yesterday. They couldn't eat it all, so they sold me half a pig. Have you bought the meat for the New Year? If not, come to my house later and I'll cut a leg for you."

"Okay, Uncle Niu, if my family is short of meat, I will knock on your door." Chen Yan smiled and said a few polite words.

Old Man Niu waved his hand and the tricycle slowly drove away.

Chen Yan turned around and got into the car. Seeing Lu Sisi's curious eyes, he smiled and said, "It's a pity that we came back late. If we had come back yesterday, we could have had a pig-killing meal."

There was a hint of pity in Lu Sisi's eyes: "Killing pigs? I... I dare not watch."

Later, Gu Qingyi looked up, with a hint of curiosity and interest in his eyes: "Killing pigs? Are there still pigs to be killed? Can we still see them?"

"Li Quezi's family shouldn't be the only ones raising pigs in the village. There must be other families slaughtering pigs. I'll ask them later. If there are any, I'll take you to see them."

Gu Qingyi thought about it, shook his head and said, "It's boring to watch. Can you do it yourself?"

Chen Yan rolled his eyes and didn't want to bother with this young stepmother anymore.

The car drove into the village. The house left by the old lady was near the west end of the village. Less than fifty meters away was another neighbor.

But I heard that the family's children are all in the city, and they took the elderly to the city to celebrate the New Year. There is no one at home, the windows of the house are dark, and it is cold and deserted.

That’s good… Chen Yan sighed. It was quiet now and no one was disturbing the neighbors.

He directed the driver to back the car into the yard, and then the driver got out to help move the luggage and a pile of New Year's goods out of the car. Chen Yan paid the driver the fare on the spot using the mobile phone platform, and also took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to the driver.

"Thank you for your hard work, Master. Be careful on your way back. I wish you a happy new year."

The driver was very happy and added Chen Yan on WeChat, asking him to contact him when he returned to Jinling without going through the platform, and he could give Chen Yan a discount.

——Without the platform’s commission, even if Chen Yan is given a discount, the driver can actually earn a little more.

After seeing the driver off, Chen Yan looked at the self-built house in the countryside that he was very familiar with, and he didn't know what to feel.

In previous years, every time I came back, I would always see the familiar figure of the old lady sitting in the main hall. Now the lights in the main hall were on, but seeing the deserted place, I couldn't help but feel a little complicated.

It's not that I'm hurt, I just miss the old lady.

Well, nothing sad.

The old lady is gone, but she is not gone~
For a moment, the two identities of the well-known witch Huang Lao Tai in the village and the [Venerable Ancestor of the Ghost Clan in the Realm] overlapped in Chen Yan's mind, and it was really difficult to distinguish them.

He brought Gu Qingyi and Lu Sisi into the main room. It was cold and windy outside, so he closed the door.

Gu Qingyi looked calm, but Lu Sisi stamped her feet a little coldly. The girl had probably never been to such a countryside before. She stared around with wide eyes, curious about everything.

Chen Yan thought for a moment and said, "Wait a minute, I'll light the stove, otherwise we won't even have hot water tonight."

"Let's go together." Gu Qingyi said very straightforwardly. Lu Sisi didn't say anything, but stood beside Chen Yan with a clear attitude.

In the kitchen, the stove was naturally cold, but there was still some leftover firewood and charcoal in the woodshed in the backyard. Chen Yan checked and found that there was no leak in the woodshed and nothing was damp.

Lu Sisi grew up in the city and had never seen a stove before. She bravely asked for help, but when she added firewood, she stuffed too much into the stove and it took a long time to burn. The girl squatting next to the stove only took a puff of smoke and her face turned red with anxiety.

Chen Yan walked over, smiled, patted her, and asked her to move away. He took out some firewood from the stove, and then slowly started the fire step by step.

Lu Sisi looked a little excited and whispered, "Chen Yan, have you been doing these jobs since you were a child?"

"Well, sometimes I have to go to the mountains to chop wood."

"Ah! Chopping wood in the mountains?" Lu Sisi's eyes suddenly widened. "It's very hard, right?"

"Yes, sometimes we encounter wolves!" Chen Yan stared and talked nonsense.

In fact, he was just teasing the girl Lu Sisi.

Nowadays, except for extremely remote areas, rural areas near the eastern part of Longguo don't cut firewood much - to protect green space. In many places, the mountains have been contracted out, so where can we get firewood?
Firewood can actually be purchased...and some families have actually started burning charcoal or gas.

Next to him, Gu Qingyi had already skillfully opened the small room behind the kitchen, dug out some dried pickles, and even brought out a bag of rice.

Chen Yan took a look and couldn't help but roll his eyes: "You are familiar with where my things are placed."

"Well, the last time I came here alone, I made a fire and cooked here. These pickles are quite delicious." Gu Qingyi answered in a serious tone.

Gu Qingyi was washing the pot, and Lu Sisi also rolled up her sleeves to help wash the dishes.

Not long after, Chen Yan saw Lu Sisi's hands red from the cold, and she ran back with a pile of dishes and chopsticks, with a trace of guilt on her face: "I'm sorry, Chen Yan, I accidentally broke a bowl."

Chen Yan frowned, went over to take the dishes and chopsticks, then helped the girl put down her sleeves. He shook the girl's cold hands and sighed, "There's no hot water in my tap. It must be frozen."

"It's okay, it's just a bowl..."

Chen Yan shook his head and smiled, "It's okay to break a bowl. I'll go clean it up later. You go sit down and rest for a while. Well, my grandma's room has air conditioning, you can turn it on and warm up."

The old lady wasn't poor; in fact, her family was quite well off. They had all sorts of home appliances, including a TV and air conditioner. There was even a washing machine in the hallway behind the main room.

Gu Xiaoniang, who was standing by the stove, looked at her eldest son holding the girl's hand. She took a look and then looked away. The corners of her mouth twitched, and she looked a little disapproving.

After coaxing Lu Sisi out of the kitchen, Chen Yan went to the main room and moved some of the New Year's food he brought back into the kitchen - most of it was sent by Boss Fang before, such as frozen seafood, sausages stuffed with Maotai liquor, and so on.

They used an electric rice cooker to cook rice and put water on the stove. Chen Yan cut some sausages and other things, while Gu Qingyi prepared some dried pickles.

Chen Yan drank a sip of water, then walked out to the main room, but saw that Lu Sisi was not in the old lady's bedroom and the air conditioner was not turned on.

The girl was squatting at the gate of the yard, and she had already picked up the broken bowls in the broom and dustpan beside her.

When Chen Yan walked over, he saw the girl squatting at the gate of the yard, petting a puppy.

The dog didn't look very big, it looked like it was less than a year old, it was probably a farm dog raised by someone in the village. This kind of dog wouldn't look good when it grows up, but most animals have cute pups.

The little girl squatted there, and the puppy circled in front of her, letting the girl touch its head.

Chen Yan stood behind Lu Sisi and looked at her for a while, then smiled and said, "Do you like puppies?"

"Hmm?" Lu Sisi looked up at Chen Yan embarrassedly: "My family doesn't allow me to keep one, and... I didn't dare to keep one before."

Chen Yan nodded, then smiled and said, "Remember to wash your hands after touching the dog. This place is not like the city. In the city, dog owners bathe their pets every now and then. In the countryside, dogs may not be bathed once a month."

"what?"

Lu Sisi was stunned and subconsciously withdrew her hand - after all, a girl who grew up in the city, although not loved by her parents since childhood, her family background is real, her life is not bad, and she has developed the habit of cleanliness.

However, the girl looked at the silly and cute puppy in front of her with hesitation, hesitated for a moment, and reached out to pet it again.

Anyway...just wash your hands later.

The two chatted for a while at the door. Gu Qingyi had already walked out. He moved a small stool and sat at the door. He took out a bag of melon seeds from his pocket, sat on the small stool, cracked the seeds, and looked up at the sky.

"The weather is not very good. It's going to snow soon." Chen Yan said casually.

"Is it snowing?" Gu Qingyi and Lu Sisi both looked up at Chen Yan at the same time, and both girls had a hint of excitement in their eyes.

"Well, the weather forecast says there will be snow in the next two days."

After saying this, Chen Yan slapped his head and walked back to the room.

After entering the old lady's room, he put the portrait that Gu Qingyi had taken away back into the frame and hung the frame back on the wall of the main room.

Lu Sisi and Gu Qingyi both followed back. Seeing Chen Yan's actions, Lu Sisi suddenly became serious. She walked to Chen Yan and whispered, "Chen Yan, this is your grandma, right?"

"Ah."

Lu Sisi looked at the photo frame carefully - the old lady in the photo was smiling with a righteous look.

Lu Sisi looked at it for a while, with a hint of pity in her tone, and whispered: "You... grew up with your grandma since you were a child?"

"Well, she raised me for twenty years." Chen Yan sighed, then took out a tube of incense from the drawer.

"Ah, are you burning incense? I'll go wash my hands first!" Lu Sisi quickly ran to the sink.

Gu Qingyi had already walked to Chen Yan's side. He glanced at the photo and his face was solemn. He straightened his clothes and faced the old lady's "portrait". Gu Qingyi took a deep breath and said politely: "Your Excellency, may you be well! Junior Gu Qingyi greets Your Excellency!"

Chen Yan thought about it and decided to light three incense sticks and bow in front of the old lady's portrait.

After all, it can be considered as “out of this world”… right?

After washing her hands, Lu Sisi ran back and stood quietly behind Chen Yan. After Chen Yan finished praying, she also lit three incense sticks and prayed like Chen Yan.

The little girl looked pious as she murmured in a low voice, "Hello, Grandma. I'm Chen Yan's friend, my name is Lu Sisi. I hope that your spirit in heaven will bless Chen Yan and bring him peace and safety..."

The little girl's voice was not loud, but her tone was serious, which made Chen Yan's heart move. His eyes looking at Lu Sisi became much softer.

After the little girl finished her greeting, she gave up her seat and glanced at Gu Qingyi beside her.

Gu Qingyi grinned.

Burn incense?

There is no custom in the domain to burn incense to a living person - the Venerable Lord is still alive, why burn incense?
However, after a brief pause, the stepmother also pointed at the three pillars and bowed down.

"May your Excellency live forever. May you be blessed with good fortune, attain enlightenment and become an immortal. May fate have mercy on you and may you always be in harmony with the Way of Heaven!" - the twenty-one-year-old young stepmother muttered.

Lu Sisi was stunned when she heard this. Chen Yan rolled his eyes at Gu Qingyi and quickly pulled Lu Sisi away: "Ignore her, she's been reading too many online novels about cultivating immortals lately!"

After the three young men paid their respects to the old lady, they set the table and prepared to eat.

Dinner was white rice with steamed sausage and a plate of pickles.

"Let's keep it simple tonight. We just came back and we're short of everything at home. I'll buy some vegetables tomorrow and cook a good meal then." Chen Yan said to the two girls with a smile while sitting at the table.

Gu Qingyi nodded without saying anything, lowered her head to eat, miamiamiamiamia... This woman seems to like eating her own pickles? Chen Yan was puzzled.

Lu Sisi had a hint of shyness on her face and whispered, "It's not shabby at all. I have rice and meat to eat, which is pretty good. If you want to go shopping tomorrow, I'll go with you. Are you going to the market?"

Chen Yan smiled and said, "Well, I need to buy a lot of things. I'll take you to see the fun."

Looking at the two girls sitting at the table, Chen Yan was actually a little dazed.

The configuration of this family of three is a bit weird!

Well, Lu Sisi and I can barely be considered a couple, right?
Is the relationship between Gu Xiaoniang and myself ethically considered as that of a legitimate mother and a concubine's son?

That... this scene, it's like...

Bringing your girlfriend home to have dinner with your mom? Meeting your parents?

Well, this family of three sat at the table...

The relationship is fun.

There are mothers and children, couples, and future mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law...

Hey! Guess what?

I, the son, am the oldest!
·
The first night back home passed peacefully.

At night, Chen Yan slept in his own room, leaving the old lady's room to Gu Qingyi, and gave his bedroom to Lu Sisi - both rooms had air conditioning.

There was an empty room in the house with a small bed, so Chen Yan made do with it. Anyway, he already had vitality flowing into his body, and his body was strong, so he wasn't afraid of the cold.

Lu Sisi was an ordinary little girl, and her constitution was even weaker than most. After all, she had been through a long road of bad luck until she was eighteen, suffering from injuries and illnesses since childhood. She was exhausted after sitting in the car for several hours today, and fell asleep soon after returning to her room that night.

Chen Yan lay on the small bed in his room, meditating for a while to transfer his vital energy, but his mind was full of complicated thoughts. Suddenly, he heard a movement in the yard outside. He stood up, put on his shoes, and went out, where he saw Gu Qingyi standing outside.

"Why are you pretending to be Joey Wong so late at night?"

Gu Qingyi glanced back at Chen Yan and said calmly, "You haven't slept either. And... don't think I don't know you're insulting me. I've seen A Chinese Ghost Story. Are you saying this to mock me for coming out in the middle of the night pretending to be a ghost?"

Chen Yan smiled awkwardly and walked over: "What are you looking at?"

"Look at that mountain." Gu Qingyi pointed.

There is a mountain in the distance from the village, but in the darkness, only its outline can be seen.

"What's so good about the mountains?"

"Let's see if there are any spirits or demons." Gu Qingyi sighed. "It's been so long since I left the domain. The only time I killed a mountain boss in Jinling Prefecture was last time. The rest of the time I've been idle and bored. If there's a spirit or something, it would be good to use it for training."

Chen Yan glanced at Gu Xiaoniang and said, "Think about it, my old lady has lived here for decades!"

"What do you mean?" Gu Qingyi tilted his head and looked at Chen Yan.

"Which monster dares to stay here? Do you think your horoscope is too strong?"

Gu Qingyi lowered her head and thought seriously, then shook her head and said, "Not necessarily - the Venerable is just beyond the boundary wall. She can't use magic here. Even if she encounters a monster, she may not be able to kill it. Maybe she will leave behind one or two interesting things."

Seeing Gu Qingyi speaking so seriously, Chen Yan raised an eyebrow: "How itchy are your hands? Do you really need to find something to practice on?"

Gu Qingyi stared at Chen Yan and said slowly, "I am practicing combat techniques! On the Prison Suppression Platform, I use killing to enter the Dao, and use the killing energy to nourish my spirit. Every once in a while, the killing intent will boil over..."

Chen Yan was stunned. He shrank his neck and subconsciously lowered his voice: "No! You... you just... have to kill something?"

"It doesn't necessarily mean killing." Gu Qingyi glanced at Chen Yan and said seriously, "You can just endure it. It's just that my temper will become bad and I'll get angry easily, and I'll want to beat people up."

"..."

Chen Yan took a deep breath and said quickly, "Tomorrow! Tomorrow I will go to the village and ask who is slaughtering a pig! I will let you enjoy it! If not, I will buy a chicken and slaughter it for you. We need to eat it during the New Year anyway."

Gu Qingyi glanced at Chen Yan quietly, said nothing more, and turned back to the house.

·
In the second half of the night, Chen Yan, lying in bed, heard a cold wind blowing outside the house, and the temperature began to drop slowly.

When Chen Yan got up in the morning, put on his clothes and walked out of the room, he saw that the sky and the earth were already white.

There was heavy snow falling from the sky, and it had been snowing for midnight.

This winter snow arrived earlier than the weather forecast said.

The heavy snow that fell in the middle of the night had already covered the ground, and even the persimmon tree in front of the yard was covered in white. Every house in the village seemed to have been covered with a layer of white tiles.

Chen Yan walked into the yard and stepped back and forth on the snow a few times. Listening to the crackling sound under his feet, he felt a little excited.

After all, my hometown is located further north than Jinling Prefecture, and it also has more snow in winter than Jinling Prefecture. Such a heavy snowfall is not seen in Jinling Prefecture.

When Chen Yan turned around, he saw that Gu Qingyi had also gotten up. He was leaning against the door frame of the main hall with his arms folded, looking up at the sky...

Snowflakes were still floating in the air. Chen Yan exhaled white air and said with a smile, "Are you up? I haven't asked you yet, is it snowing in your realm?"

"Yeah, it's snowing too. But I don't see it often." Gu Qingyi said softly, walked into the snow, bent down, grabbed a handful of snow, rubbed it carefully in his palm, and then sighed softly: "Is the snow in your world all white? It looks so clean."

Chen Yan's mind moved: "Isn't the snow in your place white?"

"Well, there are white ones, and also... other colors." Gu Qingyi didn't want to say more. He lowered his head and kneaded the snowball, feeling the coldness on his fingertips.

After a long time, snowflakes fell on her hair and clothes, but she was unaware of it, and then she sighed.

"Your world... is so wonderful."

·
Lu Sisi is a girl who grew up in the city - and girls who grew up in the city don’t have the habit of getting up early during holidays.

It’s so hard to get a holiday, who would be so nice to get up at seven or eight in the morning?

Lu Sisi had actually set her alarm for eight o'clock. This was her first time back home with Chen Yan, staying in someone else's house, and she didn't want to leave a lazy impression. However, before dawn, the sound of chickens and dogs barking in the village seriously disturbed the girl's sleep, and the more she slept, the more sleepy she became.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the alarm clock rang. The girl was half asleep at the time. After turning off the alarm clock, she thought to herself, I'll wait for five more minutes. Okay, just five minutes...

As a result, when she opened her eyes again, she was stunned when she saw her phone.

Ten thirty in the morning!
Lu Sisi got up in panic, dressed in a hurry, and rushed out of the room without even tidying her hair.

As soon as she opened the door, she was hit by a gust of cold air, which made Lu Sisi, who had slept in an air-conditioned room all night, shiver suddenly.

But soon, when she saw the scene outside the house, the panic and anxiety on the girl's face were instantly replaced by surprise.

"It's snowing! Such heavy snow?"

Chen Yan was already standing in the yard, clearing the snow with a shovel in his hand. He glanced at Lu Sisi and said with a smile, "Are you up? Do you want to build a snowman this morning?"

Lu Sisi was stunned for a moment, then a look of surprise appeared on her face and she nodded vigorously: "Okay, okay!!"

She grew up in Jinling Prefecture and had hardly ever been anywhere else except to the port city.

Although it occasionally snows in Jinling Prefecture in winter, the snow is never heavy. In addition, due to the warming climate in recent years, the frequency of snowfall has become less and less.

So when Lu Sisi saw such a heavy snow, she was full of curiosity.

Chen Yan threw away the shovel, walked over to Lu Sisi, helped her tighten the collar of her down jacket, and said with a low laugh, "It's cold, don't catch a cold. Well, go wash up quickly and then have breakfast."

Lu Sisi watched Chen Yan reach out to straighten her clothes. This intimate gesture made the girl blush, and then she lowered her head and replied, "Oh, okay."

Breakfast was white porridge with pickles and a fried egg. Lu Sisi's mind was drawn away by the heavy snow outside. She quickly ate it and ran out of the house.

Chen Yan had already cleared a path in the yard, then handed a shovel and a spade to Lu Sisi, letting her play in the snow by herself.

He turned around and went out to borrow an electric tricycle from another family in the village.

When I pushed the cart back into the courtyard, Lu Sisi had already piled up a pile of snow. She squatted on the ground, patting it with her red, frozen hands, as if she was going to make a snowman's head. Gu Qingyi stood at the door of the main room, breathing out white air, staring at the snow in a trance.

Chen Yan honked the horn on the tricycle, and the sound startled the two girls.

"Where did the car come from?" Gu Qingyi asked.

"I borrowed it from someone." Chen Yan said with a quick smile, "I'm going to the market in town to buy some vegetables. Do you want to come?"

"go with!"

"go with!"

Both girls responded, and Lu Sisi looked even more excited.

"Well, I just happened to go to town to buy some things. There's nothing to eat at home, so let's find a restaurant in town for lunch."

Chen Yan patted the electric tricycle and said, "Come on."

The electric tricycle is not big, but it is more than enough to fit two girls.

Gu Qingyi was a little interested in this tricycle and wanted to ride it himself.

However, Chen Yan immediately refused... The bike was borrowed, and if Gu Xiaoniang rode it into a ditch, he would use his skills to protect Lu Sisi, and nothing would happen to her.

But what can I use to return the car?
Before getting into the car, Lu Sisi rushed back into the room. When she came out, she was holding a scarf in her hand. She put it around Chen Yan's neck without saying a word, and then jumped into the car with a blushing face.

The town is only about three kilometers away from the village, but the road was slippery due to the snow. We drove slowly and arrived in twenty minutes.

When they stopped at the entrance of the town and Chen Yan got out, Lu Sisi had already jumped out and ran over to help Chen Yan brush off the snow on his body. Then she looked at Chen Yan distressedly, reached out and touched his hair, and whispered, "You, even your hair is red from the cold."

"It's okay, I won't be frozen." Chen Yan smiled, shook his head and whispered, "You forgot, I know magic."

Lu Sisi's eyes fixed, and she immediately nodded and smiled: "I know, I just feel sorry for you."

Gu Qingyi stood quietly beside the car, watching the young couple kissing each other...

Oh, I don't like watching this! Humph... I want to find a monster to kill.

·
There is a market in the town.

According to the tradition in Chen Yan's hometown, the market will be open for three days before New Year's Eve, from morning to afternoon.

They bought a bunch of meat, eggs, fish, vegetables, fruits, etc., figuring it would be enough for the three of them to eat for the entire Spring Festival. Then, seeing that Lu Sisi and Gu Qingyi were a little jealous, Chen Yan went over and spent a lot of money.

I bought a whole box of that internet celebrity Gatling gun alone!

Calculating that the tricycle was full, he discussed with the boss about door-to-door delivery. Seeing that Chen Yan bought a lot, the boss readily agreed, took the money and wrote down the address.

At noon, they found a noodle restaurant in the town and had a meal. The three of them then walked around the market and bought some snacks and other things.

Gu Qingyi always looked indifferent when buying groceries, but when buying snacks, this woman suddenly became excited.

I bought two big bags of fried dough twists and fried dough sticks.

I bought enough malt sugar to give her diabetes.

There were also sesame candies, crispy biscuits and the like, which were enough to fill someone to death - Chen Yan roughly calculated that these snacks alone were enough to feed Gu Qingyi for the entire Spring Festival.

After buying some New Year pictures and couplets and other things, the three of them went home.

Actually... there is a custom here that we have to burn some gold ingots and paper money for our ancestors on New Year's Eve.

But Chen Yan didn’t buy it... after all, the old lady was not dead.

Burning incense is considered a tribute to the Venerable - his status in the domain is similar to that of gods and Buddhas, so burning incense is reasonable.

Burning gold ingots and paper money, that's really too much, right?
·
The snow stopped in the afternoon, but the road became more slippery and it took more than half an hour to get home.

As soon as he entered the village, Chen Yan suddenly saw a figure standing on the side of the road.

The man looked bald, but he hadn't shaved in a while, so he had a layer of gray stubble. He wore a long cotton robe and carried a single-shoulder cloth bag. His hands were also not free, carrying bags of rice, flour, and other things.

Someone dressed like this should be a monk, but it looks a bit weird and like a copycat.

Chen Yan recognized the man at a glance, slowly drove over, and shouted from the side of the road: "Chuyi!"

The monk turned around, revealing a face that looked excessively young, with ordinary features, slightly small eyes, and thick lips. He looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, but his eyes seemed a little dull.

He looked at Chen Yan, and after a second of hesitation, a simple smile slowly appeared on his face, and his tone of voice was also kind: "Brother Yan, you're back."

The name of this young monk was "Chuyi".

His real name should be Wang Chuyi, but now that he has become a monk, he has dropped his last name and kept the two characters "Chuyi", which can barely be considered a Buddhist name.

Actually, what are the differences between monks and non-monks? Chuyi was probably not a proper monk. Because the temple he stayed in was a wild temple - on the mountain behind the village, that wild temple.

If this kind of temple were to be placed in a big city, it would be officially banned because it is not a properly registered temple.

But in the countryside, this kind of thing... if the people don’t report it, the officials won’t investigate it.

Chen Yan remembered that Wang Chuyi should be eighteen years old this year and was his childhood friend in the village.

This child... has a bad life.

When he was born, his father named him "Chuyi". It wasn't because his birthday was on the first day of the Lunar New Year. But...his father went to school until the first day when he was a child.

Naming his son so hastily shows that this father is not a responsible person.

Wang Chu was less than one year old when his mother suddenly fell to the ground while working one day. He died without being saved - it was later discovered that he had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.

When he was three years old, his father remarried and he had a stepmother.

When he was four years old, his father fell to his death on the construction site while working outside, and he lost his family.

The boss of the construction site paid a sum of money as compensation, but Wang Chuyi was only four years old at the time, so the money naturally ended up in the hands of his stepmother, who of course treated him badly.

When he was a child, he fell ill with a high fever. His stepmother neglected to take him to the hospital, which delayed his treatment. Since then, perhaps because the fever had damaged his brain, he has become somewhat stupid and foolish.

It's not like he was burned into a fool or mentally retarded—he looked pretty much like a normal person, except that his speech and actions were a little slow, and he couldn't remember complicated things.

The whole person looks very honest and stupid.

When he was a child, other children in the village bullied him and treated him as a fool. However, Chen Yan was educated by the old lady to be kind to others and never bullied this guy.

When Wang Chuyi was a child, he always liked to follow Chen Yan.

He was several years younger than Chen Yan, and had been Chen Yan's little follower for several years. With Chen Yan's protection, he was no longer bullied.

His stepmother had no intention of letting him go to school.

Fortunately, the old village chief was kind enough to scare the stupid and greedy woman, telling her that this was the law of the land, nine years of compulsory education, and if she didn't send her children to school, she would be arrested...

As a result, the stupid and greedy village woman was frightened and she supported Wang Chuyi to study until he reached junior high school.

However, after he finished junior high school, his stepmother naturally refused to spend money on his studies anymore - in fact, he couldn't get into high school, let alone a technical secondary school.

He was not good at studying because of his brain. He was always at the bottom of the class since he was little.

When Wang Chuyi was fifteen years old, he finished junior high school and left home. Somehow, he was noticed by the old monk in the wild temple on the mountain, who accepted him as his apprentice, and thus he became a monk.

His stepmother had long felt that such a fool was a burden, and of course she was more than happy to have him. She wished he would leave home early and sever all ties with her.

After sending Wang Chuyi to the mountains to become a monk, his stepmother was no longer a burden, so she sold the house and land in the village and remarried somewhere else.

The old village chief actually knew about this matter, but this time he did not interfere with Wang Chuyi's decision to become a monk.

Later, Chen Yan heard the old village chief and his wife talking about it. The old village chief thought: Chuyi is a child with a poor brain. Even if he goes out to work, he will definitely be cheated and suffer a lot if no one is with him. He is not smart. This child actually has no good way out and future in this life.

Moreover, no girl would be attracted to a half-stupid boy, and it would be difficult for him to find a wife in his lifetime!

The old monk in the temple is actually a nice guy, a local. There is also a vegetable field behind the temple, which is also contracted from the village.

When the old monk dies, the temple and the land will be passed on to Chuyi. This means the child will have a stable livelihood in his life.

A child with a poor brain like Wang Chuyi can't force a better way out - the current situation is good enough.

The old village chief sighed at the time. However, Chuyi's parents were both dead, and there wasn't much outsiders could do to help him. This was the end of his life.

The temple on the mountain isn't very popular, but it's the only one in the area, so there's always some money from the incense offerings.

Whenever there was a funeral in the village, the temple would be considered one of the hosts, inviting monks to chant sutras and pray for the deceased's souls to be reborn. It was a good way to make some money – when Chen Yan's wife died, Wang Chuyi had come with his master to help out at their home.

In addition, there is a piece of land in the temple where vegetables are grown on weekdays.

All in all, they have enough food and clothing, and can easily support the master and apprentice.

After Wang Chuyi became a monk, Chen Yan came back and met him and talked to him.

This kid actually doesn’t quite understand what it means to become a monk or not - he actually has no idea in his mind.

In his opinion, he felt that he had accepted the old monk in the temple as his master and was learning the skills from him.

On weekdays, I planted vegetables in the vegetable garden behind the temple, fetched water, and took care of the old monk's daily life. Chanting sutras and other things were considered learning a skill.

The old village chief helped with the paperwork, hoping to get a certificate for the temple so it would no longer be considered an uninhabited temple. But after years of trying, he still couldn't get it done.

Finally, the old village chief simply hit his head and came up with a roundabout way to save the country.

Since there is no certificate, the temple is an illegal temple and the old monk is a fake monk, right?
Later, an adoption procedure was arranged and the old monk adopted Wang Chuyi.

So legally, the old monk is actually Wang Chuyi's adoptive father.

In this way, Wang Chuyi's name was added to the contract for contracting the land, and in the future both the temple and the land would be passed on to him.

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It’s not surprising that Chen Yan met Chuyi.

According to the village tradition, before the Lunar New Year, the monks from the temple would come to the village to beg for alms. With the Lunar New Year approaching, the villagers were willing to give a little.

Even if you don't give money, you will give some cooking oil or rice or flour to create a good relationship.

However, in previous years, the old monk would bring Chuyi to the village to beg for alms, but today Wang Chuyi was seen here alone.

"Where is your master?" Chen Yan asked with a smile.

"Master...is sick." Chuyi shook his head and said slowly, "He hasn't gotten out of bed for three days. Master said that if he doesn't come to beg for alms soon, it will be the New Year. There's no point in begging in the first month of the year."

Chen Yan frowned: "I'm sick...Have you been to the hospital?"

"No, the village doctor took a look, gave me an IV, and told me to lie down for a few days and see how it goes." Wang Chuyi answered slowly.

His brain was damaged when he was a child, so he was left with this problem of slow reaction and speaking slowly. Chen Yan was used to it.

He thought about it, reached out to pull Chuyi's bag, and took out a card with a QR code on it.

Nowadays, monks have also kept up with the times. If you beg for alms without a QR code, you can forget about getting any money - people basically don't use cash anymore, even in rural areas, fewer and fewer people use cash.

The old monk in the temple has a mobile phone. In the past, when he went to beg for alms, he would bring a card with a QR code on it. But now he brings this card to the first day of the new year.

Chen Yan took out his cell phone, scanned the code, and transferred a thousand yuan.

"It's cold and snowing, go back early." Chen Yan paused and continued, "If your master's illness doesn't get better, go to the hospital. If you get into trouble, come to the village to find me."

"Yeah, okay." Chu nodded, then thought for a moment and said seriously, "Thank you, Brother Xiaoyan."

He hadn't even learned the whole "Amitabha" thing yet. With his brain, he couldn't even understand school, let alone Buddhist scriptures.

Besides...it's just a wild temple. I guess his master doesn't know much about Buddhist scriptures.

Wang Chuyi had been a monk until he was eighteen, but he was still a simple-minded man. After spending several years in the temple, he could only recognize two of the many gods and Buddhas.

One is Tathagata Buddha, the other is Guanyin Bodhisattva.

He couldn't remember any more.

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Wang Chuyi thanked Chen Yan, then picked up the rice and flour he had begged for, and walked out of the village towards the back mountain, stepping deep and shallow in the snow.

Chen Yan stood on the side of the road and looked around, but he didn't expect Gu Qingyi to get out of the car and stand beside him at some point.

Gu Xiaoniang was also looking at Chuyi's back, but... Chen Yan found that there was something wrong with Gu Qingyi's eyes.

Why do you look at him, as if there's a light in his eyes, as if he's full of interest?
"Do you recognize this man?"

"Yes, from the village. I've known him since childhood." Chen Yan frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

Gu Qingyi glanced at Chen Yan and whispered, "Use the Qi-gazing technique to look at him."

Ok?
Chen Yan's heart moved, and he circulated his vital energy and used the Qi-gazing technique to look at Chuyi's back.

Seeing this, Chen Yan couldn't help but look strange and said "Huh".

With the help of the Qi-gazing technique, Chuyi's fortune was clearly visible in Chen Yan's eyes!
The thick aura above his head was faintly mixed with a hint of light, and a hint of red-purple light flowed within his aura.

Chen Yan's heart moved! Purple light, in destiny, that is a sign of blessing!
Judging from fate, the person born on Chuyi will have great luck in the near future!

but……

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes and frowned.

This good fortune... doesn't seem right.

In addition to this purple good fortune, there is also a faint black air lingering in the destiny of the first day of the new year, which is intertwined with the purple good fortune, as if they come from the same source!
Chen Yan said in a deep voice, "He's going to have great luck soon. But this good luck... carries a demonic aura.

This luck doesn't come from a legitimate source."

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[You say my 6,000-word update is too short, but is 10,000-word update long enough?

But if I keep updating like this, I can’t even save the drafts… I’m so frustrated…]

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(End of this chapter)