Chapter 16 Fuso Chapter 1
In the snack promotion area on the second floor of the supermarket, a girl in a denim skirt lingers here repeatedly with dark circles. She pushes a shopping cart stuffed with assortments as she casts her burning gaze on the shelves. On the shelves lie all kinds of potato chips, they are wrapped in exquisite packaging and beckoning to Zheng Xin, at this moment, potato chips are full of temptation for her.
After careful comparison, Zheng Xin decided to buy a bag of potato chips. Just as he was about to stretch out his hand, the phone rang, and the screen showed - Mother-sama. The supermarket environment was very chaotic, and she didn't wear headphones, so she reluctantly answered the phone after pressing the volume button.
The familiar voice of the mother sounded in her ears: "Xiaoxin, how are you at school recently?"
Zheng Xin automatically ignored the oolong incident that happened to her, reported the situation in general, and made a self-summary: "I have been studying and working part-time recently, my body is great, and everything I eat is delicious, don't worry, I will have one word - good ......"
There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone, probably a little speechless to Zheng Xin: "Alas, you are really- forget it, no matter when and where, whatever you eat is fragrant." Why do you think I raised you to be a foodie? Let's get down to business, why don't you come back this month to take the Gu art assessment? β
"Ah, the assessment?" Zheng Xin's voice was an octave higher, and the hand holding the potato chips shook a few times. The potato chips fell to the ground, and she hurriedly picked them up. Sin sin, sin, fortunately not fragile.
The other end of the phone said angrily: "Don't tell me you don't know about the assessment!"
Zheng Xin put the potato chips in the shopping cart, and while moving on to other snacks, she continued: "Dear mother, I'm sorry, I gave it to ...... Forgot about ......."
"What? You forgot! β
Zheng Xin showed an embarrassed but polite smile through the phone screen. Regarding the monthly Gu art assessment, it was set for her by the mother, the purpose was to prevent her from being lazy, and by the way, to see if there were any mistakes when performing Gu techniques. In fact, Zheng Xin had never forgotten it before, but this time she forgot it because she had been thinking about the matter of the World Ruins, and she didn't like exams in the first place, so she directly threw the assessment of her mother out of the clouds.
"Dear Mother, don't be angry, listen to my explanation first...... This time, it was a pure accident...... It was a pure accident! β
The voice on the other end of the phone was still suppressed: "You don't have to be in a hurry to explain now, next month's assessment questions will be doubled." I see that you still have to think about how to lie in the past two days so as not to be exposed by me! β
"It's notβhey, Mom, don't hang up the phone, I'm done with a cute and cute thing, okay? I'll go back next month, why don't I go back next month? Only five days off! β
There was only a series of answers left on the other end of the phone: "Coquettish and cute? Want to pretend to be cute and foolish? I tell you the beauty of thinking, even if you pretend to be stupid, it won't work! Also, how to get back? You're going to have to find a way to get yourself back even if you're airlifting or swimming......"
Hanging up the phone, Zheng Xin was melancholy, but only for a short while, and when the snacks in the shopping cart were settled, she regained her beautiful mood. There is a saying that is called, yes, the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change. Yes, Zheng Xin felt that she was this kind of person, so soon, the matter of the exam was thrown out of the sky by her again.
At night, under the dim street lamp, a swarm of flying insects draw circles back and forth. Gu Lingling was sitting in the corner fiddling with Gu worms, afraid of being discovered by others, and specially used the book as a cover.
Zheng Xin tiptoed over, stood behind Gu Lean, imitated the teacher's tone and said, "Gu Lingling, what are you doing sneaking around on the playground?"
Gu Lingling was so frightened when he heard this that he hurriedly put the book on the Gu worm, covered his face and turned around: "Teacher, teacher, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm reading ......"
Before she finished speaking, she got a hug from Zheng Xin: "Haha, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss it very much!"
Gu Lingling pushed Zheng Xin away, patted his chest and said, "I miss you!" I was scared to death, I thought I was found by the teacher again, do you know, I was completely finished if I was found once! β
"Okay, good, my fault is my fault," Zheng Xin picked up the book pressed on the Gu worm, and said half-jokingly and half-teasingly: "Come on, hurry up and put the book away, the book of the art major is so spicy and thick, don't crush the cuties."
Gu Lingling pursed his mouth and put away the Gu worm, and sat down in the corner: "My Gu worm is not so weak, and besides, my book is obviously a collection of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas and China's Major Legends", not a compulsory textbook."
"Fuso? There is a fuso in the valley of the soup, bathed for ten days, and dwells in the water. Nine days on the lower branch, one day on the upper branch......" Zheng Xin opened the bookmarked book, yawned, and stumbled over the reading: "There is a buttress on the soup valley, one is said to be the square, and the other is said to be out, all contained in the black ......" She wanted to turn it back, but found that she was reading the last page, and looked back at the cover, only to understand that this "Collection of Mountains and Seas and China's Major Legends" is actually divided into two volumes, and the one in her hand is the upper volume.
"Ah, this ......" Zheng Xin was speechless and silently put down the book.
"Silly, huh? Who told you to scare me! Gu Lingling happily took out the next volume from his backpack, and then read: "On the east coast of the East China Sea, 10,000 miles ashore, there is a blue sea in the east, a vast and narrow sea, and the East China Sea. Fusang is in the blue sea, the ground is full of forests, the leaves are like mulberry, the elders are thousands of zhang, and the big is more than 2,000 around. The trees grow in pairs and on the same root, and they are more dependent on each other, and they are named Fusang ......"
On the night of the full moon, lonely ghosts are raging. People don't commit ghosts, ghosts don't commit people, Zheng Xin boredly counted the ghosts passing by, and her heart drifted around with them, and her attention was not on the book at all: "Alas, wait, Ling Ling, you haven't finished yesterday's story yet." β
Gu Lingling flicked Zheng Xin's brain: "Don't worry, the story of Yu Linglong and the full moon night is related to Fusang." Legend has it that Jade Linglong was taken from the Fusang tree by the founders of the Zheng Gu family, so legend has it that every full moon night, if you use Jade Linglong to perform Gu magic, you will see a Fusang stump, which can bring the person who performs Gu magic to the Fusang tree. β
ββ¦β¦ Will people be gone forever and become the next unsolved mystery? Zheng Xin scratched her head and opened her mind.
Gu Lingling thought for a while, patted Zheng Xin's shoulder and said with a smile: "According to the legend, Yu Linglong can only let people see the Fusang stump on a special full moon night, and the Fusang stump will send people back to their original place an hour after the moon passes the middle sky, as long as they are not deliberately left under the Fusang tree, it should not become one of the unsolved mysteries." β
Zheng Xin's heart was excited. Good night, good time, good practice of Gu arts, listening to beautiful stories, today is really beautiful: "That...... Tonight is also a full moon night, why don't you try it? β
Gu Lingling shook the Gu worm in his hand, his face full of sorrow: "That's what I mean!" β