17. Apprenticeship
Gu Xuanwu traced the human face, and on the gauzy paper, I listened to him, and my eyelids became heavier and heavier.
A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, saying that I was stubborn, and I would sleep for a while if I was really sleepy, and I sat up straight suddenly.
"My mother fled to Yangjia Village and was rescued by Master."
Gu Xuanwu said that his mother was able to survive in the xenophobic Yangjia Village, and he understood my suffering, so when he saw me, he did not hand me over to the people of Yangjia Village.
Gu Xuanwu said that in order to protect him, his mother let the master beat and scold, the master had a bad temper, and when he was drunk, he would punch and kick, and his mother swallowed all this in her stomach for him.
Gu Xuanwu lowered his eyes, and he said that he was also temporarily sheltered here, and he couldn't protect me.
"I won't bother you for too long." I was sneering, but I knew in my heart that no one would be good to me for no reason, not to mention that Gu Xuanwu was just a stranger to me.
A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, saying that unless I worship him as a teacher and leave this life, there is still a chance to leave.
He looked at me with a steadfast look in his eyes, as if he had calculated that I would respond.
"Although Master hates me, he still passes on this craft to me, if you want, you might as well stay with me."
After Gu Xuanwu finished speaking, he didn't make a sound, I struggled in my heart, and after thinking for a while, I was facing him and shouted softly, "Master".
Kneeling too hard, plus I didn't rest all night last night, my brain was very dizzy, and my face was facing the ground, Gu Xuanwu hurriedly stretched out his hand and pulled me up.
He said that the Gu family has no rules, just give the ancestor a stick of incense, he should call me a master, and I can stay here.
Gu Xuanwu opened the door of the backyard, he asked me to go over first and light the incense, he still had some work to do.
I frowned, and my heart was apprehensive, and I went to the mysterious hut in the backyard to worship Xuanwu as a teacher, which was the best choice I could make.
I knelt in front of Master Zu, waiting for Gu Xuanwu to come over, he was holding a paper figure in his hand, his eyes were like silk, and his heavy makeup was jumping, he handed me the pen and asked me to write down the eight characters of my birthday on the red paper.
I hesitated slightly, Gu Xuanwu saw my doubts, and he said softly: "If you want to escape from Yangjia Village, you have to change your face and appear in front of them." ”
Gu Xuanwu said that he had no other skills, so he could only be a paper figure for me.
"I will change your soul for you, your body is stored here, and you will come and go with this paper figure on weekdays." Gu Xuanwu muttered.
I was taken aback, if it was before, I would definitely not believe that there was such a method in the world, but after going through so much, I knew in my heart that Gu Xuanwu would do what he said.
He had been there for a thrush early in the morning, and had expected that I would be his apprentice.
Yes, I have no choice but this path, although I know that Gu Xuanwu must have a plan, but I would rather choose this path than to be taken away by the Yang family and tortured to death by them like this.
I wrote down my birthday, my eyes fell on the paper man, Gu Xuanwu took it, and wrote three words on it, his handwriting was beautiful, and it was particularly neat.
"I'll call you Xiaolou in the future."
When I saw those three words, Gu Xiaolou felt inexplicably warm in his heart, he lit a stick of incense for me and handed it to me, my eyes were wet.
Gu Xuanwu looked at the portrait of Master Zu and said to me, if Master is still in one day, he will not watch you being bullied.