Li Congzhou had no choice but to go back that day to pack his luggage, go up the mountain early the next morning, and move into the small courtyard in the back mountain.

He didn't have much luggage: a bag on his back, a change of clothes, pants, shoes and socks; A small wooden basin is held in your hand, and you can put a bath towel, soap horn and tooth powder.

When I arrived at the small courtyard, it was just dawn.

Gu Yunqiu hadn't arrived yet, and yesterday King Ning went up the mountain, and the family gathered in the private residence outside the Heavenly King's Palace for dinner. It was too late, and Gu Yunqiu didn't come back, so he still lived at the bottom of the mountain as usual.

The derrick in the courtyard was replaced with a new wheel, and a well shed was added to it. Hills of firewood and black pills are neatly piled up next to the newly built stove.

A new swing and a pergola were built outside the straight house on the west side, and under the pergola was a new white jade table.

On the east side, bamboo curtains were hung in the wings and halls, and the doors and windows were newly sealed, and the windows were carved and pasted with cloud veil and closed windows: this kind of gauze was as thin as clouds, transparent and breathable, and could also prevent mosquitoes.

Li Congzhou looked around and stepped forward and gently pushed open the door of the central hall.

In just half a day, the hall has a new look:

In the center, a black plaque of "meditation is unhindered" is hung, and in addition to a round table for eating, a small Buddhist hall is also made for space.

In the niche of the Buddha hall is enshrined the golden statue of King Manjushri Samaya, and under the west window there is a light yellow bookcase of Nanzhang wood, on which the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are readily available.

On the east side is the original warm kang, the kang is covered with three layers of soft mattresses, the yellow brocade of the Kwai fan is made of Xia brocade as the quilt surface, and the embroidered flowers, birds, insects and fish patterns on it are very exquisite.

The pillow under the brocade is a yellow satin embroidered Baizi pillow, the gold thread used is silk, the embroidery surface is smooth and soft, and the edge of the position is also sewn with a dark thread to sew out the word Fu pattern.

On the left side of the kang stands a box, a yellow boxwood cabinet with copper buttons, and on the right side is a yellow rosewood stone carved with the pattern of "happy plum shoots" and a washstand equipped with a huge copper mirror.

……

All in all:

Palatial and full of golden light.

Li Congzhou stood at the door for a moment, took two steps back, closed the door and turned around.

The foundation of the hall house is high, and there are three layers of white jade steps in front of the door, Li Congzhou walked down with a small wooden basin, twisted his eyebrows, shook his head, and turned to the east wing.

The furniture in the east wing is much simpler: there is a kang at the door, on the left side is an ordinary bamboo wooden kitchen, an old clothes box, next to it is a water tank and a wooden barrel, and on the right is a table of eight immortals for eating.

OK.

Li Congzhou breathed a sigh of relief.

There were several sets of bedding neatly stacked on the kang, he looked at it, put the burden on the vacant place, then smoothed the wooden basin to the wooden barrel, cleaned it up briefly, and turned around and went to the Jing Pavilion.

Half an hour later, tomorrow hangs high.

Gu Yunqiu went up the mountain with snacks, two guards, a handyman and a cook.

His luggage had been moved the day before, and this time he mainly brought two boxes of books and baskets of collected elm seeds, which had been dried and could be planted directly.

After placing these, Gu Yunqiu was thinking about digging the ground.

Dim Sum hurriedly ran over: "Childe, Master Ming and Mingji seem to have put his luggage on mine and my bunk." ”

This small courtyard originally had a hall and two wings that could live in it, but there were too many things sent by King Ning, and the flue of the kang in the west wing was just blocked, so he simply used the entire west wing as a warehouse.

The remaining Tongkang in the east chamber is a five-shop kang, which can sleep two guards, a handyman, a cook and dim sum.

Yesterday's dim sum had to serve Gu Yunqiu to live at the bottom of the mountain, so his luggage only went up the mountain today. Before I thought about it, I saw a bag on my bed.

The stone blue cloth bag is not large, and there should be one or two simple clothes inside.

Gu Yunqiu frowned and muttered in a low voice: "How did he put it there......"

Then, he instructed Dim Sum to bring the baggage.

Gu Yunqiu carried his baggage and walked into the main hall with snacks, and he didn't notice that a gray figure flashed outside the small courtyard-

Li Congzhou went to the scripture pavilion, and only after copying half of the scriptures did he remember that the next "Dharma Breaking Theory" was brought to the monk's house by him.

I went to pack my bags last night, and I forgot to bring them up the mountain today.

Helpless, he could only go back to get it.

When I passed by the gate of the small courtyard, I happened to see such a scene:

Gu Yunqiu's master and servant were sneakily carrying his luggage and walking out of the east wing.

Li Congzhou raised his eyebrows, and when he saw a tall tree next to him, he jumped up with light skills in three or two, and the position was directly opposite the window of the hall-

Gu Yunqiu put the burden on the surface of the Xia brocade quilt, carefully untied the knot on it, and found that there was only a set of monk's robes, a pair of shoes and socks and an old cotton pillow inside, and there was no special bedding clothes or bathing clothes.

He blinked, turned and opened the cabinet standing on the west side of the kang.

The cabinet is high by one person, and the left side is stuffed with all kinds of brocade robes, satin pants, cool shirts, cardigans, bedclothes, bath clothes, and his sleeping shoes are placed on the bottom layer.

The half of the partition on the right was empty, which Gu Yunqiu had cleaned up yesterday, with insect repellent sachets on it, and sandalwood commonly used in the temple had been smoked.

He carefully put Li Congzhou's clothes inside, closed the cabinet door, and turned to look at the old pillow: the outer layer of cotton cloth had been washed white, and one side had two patches.

Just when Li Congzhou, who was in the treetops, thought that Gu Yunqiu would throw away this pillow, Gu Yunqiu suddenly turned his head and tried to lean on the pillow.

Li Congzhou: "......"

Then he saw Xiao Xuan smiling.

Gu Yunqiu bent his eyes, patted the pillow and said something to his little servant, and then put the pillow side by side with his yellow satin pillow.

Li Congzhou's eyes were slightly gloomy, and the hand holding the trunk of the tree rolled up.

After tidying up the bed, seeing that Li Congzhou didn't bring a quilt, Gu Yunqiu ordered Dim Sum to come out like a bed and cover the two small pillows with quilt covers.

"Brother Wang—" Gu Yunqiu called a guard, "I heard that eldest brother studied art in Shaolin when he was young?" ”

"Childe is interested in martial arts?" The guard, surnamed Wang, was a little surprised.

"No," Gu Yunqiu waved his hand, "Little Master Mingji...... You have to use it. ”

He remembered that the little monk was very diligent:

Those who get up in the morning to read and practice calligraphy can share a bookcase, and in the afternoon, they need a few wooden figures and grass targets to step on horses and practice arrows.

In fact, Gu Yunqiu originally wanted to borrow from the temple, but he thought of his previous life - everyone praised the monk Mingji as a gentleman, that gentleman...... He definitely doesn't want others to make a special case for him.

Therefore, Gu Yunqiu thought of this big brother guard. Ask him to help get some wooden figures, grass targets or something, and put them in the open space opposite the pergola for the convenience of the little monk.

The guards understood, and took the order.

After arranging these, Gu Yunqiu was satisfied, shouted snacks, pulled up a few baskets of elm money, and went to the backyard to farm.

The cold wind on the top of the mountain rose again, blowing the leaves in the forest.

Li Congzhou jumped down from the tree and walked silently all the way to the cloud bridge.

The sunrise is golden and red, and there seems to be a faint glimmer of light in the bottomless abyss that is pitch black.

The sea of clouds rises and falls, and the mountain wind hunts.

A little monk in a gray monk's robe stood alone in the cloud bridge for a long, long time.

……

The three-point of the small courtyard in the back mountain is not big, and it is not small to say small.

Although Gu Yunqiu had already prepared the tools, he and the two children, Dim Sum, no matter how hard they worked, they only made a small piece of the southeast corner in the past half a day.

Later, the handyman uncle was idle, and he was really anxious to see the two of them turning the ground, so he took the hoe and helped get the remaining two points.

There were still 3,000 wen left from the money that sold the lake silk shoes before, and when Gu Yunqiu saw this scene, he directly divided the uncle and hired him to help prepare the land.

Yuqian uses the strip sowing method, in which the seeds sown from the seed wings are evenly sprinkled into long strips, each one foot apart, covered with half an inch of soil, and then covered with one inch of wet soil.

Finally, the bulges are piled up on both sides of each row to make it easier for people to identify and walk, and it is considered a complete achievement.

The handyman uncle got the silver reward, worked quickly, and told Gu Yunqiu a lot of interesting things about their fields, and the dim sum was not idle, he kept standing by and learning from the uncle.

And Gu Yunqiu didn't want to learn, but after he tried twice: either he collapsed the bulge that had been built by others, or accidentally stepped on the soil that had just been sprinkled with seeds......

All in all, he obediently sat next to him, even if he helped.

These elms are just planted, and they have to be watered and wait for six to ten days for them to sprout, and when the buds grow into saplings, they need to be seedlings and seedlings...... Anyway, it's going to be busy for a while.

If it goes well, by the autumn of this year, the small saplings will grow more than a foot tall, and then they will be able to sell the elm saplings.

In the spring of the second year, the remaining saplings will grow to three or four feet, and the ones with straight branches and dense branches will be selected to remain, and the rest will be cut and thinned. And those small saplings that were cut down were bundled up and could be sold as firewood down the mountain.

By the autumn of the third year, the small tree grows into timber, cut down and sell the edge timber, and the price of one in Beijing is not less than 1,000 wen, and if you sell the elm wood in this third of the land, you can earn three or four thousand taels at a time.

At that time, whether it is the grange at the foot of Luochi Mountain or the shops on the street in the city, you can get your hands on it.

Although most of the work in the field was done by handymen and snacks, Gu Yunqiu only helped turn the soil and sprinkle seeds at the beginning, but how could the golden and noble little prince do this-

The result of a busy day is:

At the end of the evening, Gu Yunqiu's waist was sore and his legs were weak, and he almost couldn't stand up.

After dinner, Dim Sum went to boil hot water for him and prepared a copper basin to soak his feet.

In the past, in the village, when the peasants came home after a busy day, they would scald their feet with hot water and knead them twice, so that they would be more energetic the next day.

Gu Yunqiu didn't wait in the house, he simply sat on the white jade steps in front of the door of the hall.

After the hot water was boiled, the dim sum came over with a copper basin, adjusted the water temperature and put Gu Yunqiu's feet in it, and pressed it for him while teasing the water to help him wash it.

As a result, Gu Yunqiu laughed uncontrollably, and his feet desperately hid back:

"Oops, don't, don't, itch!"

Dim sum has been serving him for a while, and he knows that the soles of the little master's feet are more sensitive. But several important acupuncture points are in the center of the foot, and if you don't press hard, it will still be sour tomorrow.

He licked his lips, his cheeks were red from the hot water, but he still dragged Gu Yunqiu's legs.

The two were tugging, and suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the courtyard.

The chef who squatted by the well and brushed the dishes greeted the visitors first:

"The little master is back."

Hearing this, Gu Yunqiu stopped making trouble, he sat down obediently, looked at the door seriously, and waved his hand and smiled at Li Congzhou, who walked in.

Bypassing the well, Li Congzhou didn't expect that he would look at this:

Under the two bright yellow courtyard lamps, the flickering lights illuminated a little boy in an apricot yellow bedclothes, with a white little face with pears and bright eyes.

- Like a delicate doll.

The doll also rolled up its trouser legs high, revealing a white jade-like calf, and two smooth little feet dangling in the copper basin: slender ankles, white skin like shellfish, and round fingers white and pink.

"Soak your feet?" The voice of the little gentleman sounded crisp and bright.

“……”

"The hot water is freshly boiled," Dim Sum also turned back and smiled at him, "The little master has also worked hard, hard for a day, and he can soak his feet and rest better." ”

The eyes of the two were too eager, Li Congzhou paused, and finally turned his head sideways:

“…… I'll go get the pot. ”

Seeing him walk towards the East Chamber, Gu Yunqiu remembered and shouted at his back:

"Ah, yes! I've moved all your luggage to the main hall. ”

This Li Congzhou knew, but what he didn't know was that-

A moment later.

The chef apologetically held a small wooden basin and followed behind Li Congzhou, who had a cold face:

"Childe, I'm really sorry, it was my mistake, I, I really didn't know this was the little master's pot, I, I thought it was in the yard, just, it was used to raise soft-shelled turtles......"

Gu Yunqiu blinked, he didn't understand at first.

After the chef explained repeatedly, he realized that Li Congzhou had placed the wooden basin he used for washing in the east wing, which happened to be mixed with the wooden bucket in the yard to draw water.

The chef didn't think much about the size of the pot, so he put the soft-shelled turtle he brought in and raised it inside.

Looking at the soft-shelled turtle freely pulling water in the basin, Gu Yunqiu peeked at Li Congzhou, whose mouth was pursed into a line-

I wanted to laugh, but I didn't dare.

He cleared his throat and scolded the chef first: "The little master is a monk, what kind of soft-shelled turtle do you raise!" ”

The chef was aggrieved: He understands the reason, but the prince insisted on giving it to him, how dare he not take it.

Gu Yunqiu didn't care about him, he just moved to the side and patted the stone steps at Li Congzhou.

Li Congzhou: ?

Gu Yunqiu pointed to the big copper basin: "Together." ”

Li Congzhou: ......

The copper basin is very large, and it can fit three or four pairs of children's feet.

It stands to reason that in the past, in the temple, he also washed his feet with other senior brothers, and Gu Yunqiu deliberately let him go.

However, as soon as his feet were put into the copper basin, Li Congzhou was uncomfortable.

The stone steps he was sitting on were heated by Xiao Xuan, and the hot water that had just been boiled was hotter than the usual one he used, Gu Yunqiu was still chattering beside him, asking him this, asking him that:

One moment he will get him a pair of sleeping shoes, and the next he will ask his little servant to press his feet.

“……”

It's no different when you're on fire.

Li Congzhou endured and endured, and finally couldn't bear it anymore.

He gathered his feet and got up, and walked back to the house with his shoes on his wet feet.

Looking at the water stains all over the ground, Gu Yunqiu asked dim sum in a low voice:

"It's ...... Angry? ”

Dim Sum shook his head, not very understanding.

Gu Yunqiu looked at the copper basin, then at the closed door, and glanced at the dim sum, "Look, I'll just say that you press it hard!" ”

Dim Sum bit his lip: He really did it according to the method taught by his mother, and he really didn't use much force-

Inside the hall.

Li Congzhou walked straight to the wardrobe, opened the cabinet and wanted to take his luggage.

——The old Zen temple is not unable to sleep in the pavilion, in the past in the northwest, many days are the sky for the quilt, the earth for the bed, and there is no need to pay much attention.

As a result, as soon as he closed the cabinet, before he could take the pillow, Gu Yunqiu pushed open the door and came in from the outside.

Gu Yunqiu was really a little sleepy, yawned and rubbed his eyes, and when he turned his head, he saw Li Congzhou holding a monk's robe, his eyes widened, and he looked nervous:

"Did I choose this incense, you can't get used to it?"

Li Congzhou: "......"

He didn't speak, and Gu Yunqiu thought it was a tacit acquiescence.

He was a little discouraged, called for a snack, and asked him to help hang Li Congzhou's clothes on Mu Shi: "I also specially picked a sandalwood one......

"But it's good that you don't have enough clothes, I'll let them take the wardrobe out tomorrow to disperse the smell."

After saying this, Gu Yunqiu climbed onto the kang by himself, slept inside, pillowed his head on the Baizi pillow, and pulled the high brocade quilt to reveal only a pair of bright willow eyes:

"You wake up early, and the outside lets you sleep."

"Oh, and," Gu Yunqiu poked out half of his head again, "I saw that you didn't bring a quilt, so I asked them to prepare a bed like mine, you see if you can sleep or not." ”

After saying this, Gu Yunqiu retracted again and obediently closed his eyes.

By candlelight, Li Congzhou saw the new quilt he said, the same pattern of flowers and birds, and even sunburned, smelling the smell of sunshine.

He took a deep breath: "I'm not used to sleeping with other people. ”

"There are also two people in your monk's house?" Gu Yunqiu blinked.

Li Congzhou: "......"

Gu Yunqiu tilted his head in confusion, and after thinking for a while, he understood:

"Don't worry, I never snore or grind my teeth when I sleep, absolutely, I won't make any noise to you!"

Li Congzhou: "......"

Seeing that he didn't move, Gu Yunqiu whispered: "Are you still angry?" ”

"I didn't mean to hurt you, and I didn't mean to hurt you just now, and the chef also misunderstood......

Li Congzhou held his forehead, sighed heavily, and compromised: "I'm not angry." ”

Gu Yunqiu blinked, "That...... Sweet dreams? ”

Li Congzhou shook his head helplessly, turned around and turned off the lights and went to bed.

I don't know if the three-layer mattress under him is too soft, or the brocade quilt on his body is too soft, Li Congzhou has never fallen asleep, and finally lies on his side and brews a little sleepiness-

There was a sudden heavy pressure on his legs, and Gu Yunqiu, who had sworn that he was sleeping super honestly just now, suddenly spread out in large characters, and his hands and feet were on him.

“……”

Li Congzhou lifted Gu Yunqiu's leg down, and as soon as he got it done, Gu Yunqiu's people stuck it up again.

He furrowed his eyebrows, his chest rising and falling.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and lifted the quilt to the ground, and never slept here:

This bed, let's let Xiao Xuanyi sleep alone.

Li Congzhou put on his shoes and prepared to go to the side to make a bunk - anyway, there were carpets in the hall, but as soon as he got up, he heard Gu Yunqiu whining softly on the bed.

I don't know what to dream about, Gu Yunqiu shrank into a ball and trembled, his face was ugly, and his feet kicked wildly.

Li Congzhou frowned and looked at him for a while, but Gu Yunqiu suddenly grabbed his sleeve.

The five fingers pulled hard, but they only dared to grasp a little bit of the fabric.

Gu Yunqiu was crying.

Large tears poured out of his closed eyes, and he didn't make any sound, just trembling and pursing his lips white.

He had been crying silently, silently, so sadly.

Li Congzhou stood on the edge of the bed and watched for a while, and for some reason, he finally kicked off his shoes, turned over and lay down, and stretched out his hand and gently patted Gu Yunqiu's back.

The person who had been sobbing in his dreams felt comforted, and his head subconsciously rubbed against him, and the hand holding his sleeve a little bit changed to hugging his arm vigorously.

- Like a drowning man, he finally grabbed the only driftwood.

Li Congzhou had no choice but to continue to pat him on the back.

Under such comfort, Gu Yunqiu gradually stopped crying, he let go of Li Congzhou's hand, slowly buried himself in Li Congzhou's arms, and wrapped his hands and feet tightly.

Li Congzhou froze for a moment.

The next moment, I heard Gu Yunqiu in his sleep, whispering:

"Auntie, don't want me."

“……”

Li Congzhou lost his temper completely, looking at the little thing shrunk into a ball in his arms, he folded his arms and pulled up the quilt:

They are all eight years old, and they still need to be accompanied by their mothers and coaxed to sleep.

- Annoying.

However, what Li Congzhou didn't know was:

Gu Yunqiu, who was asleep, saw his previous life, saw the small courtyard covered with deep snow, and saw King Ning and Princess Ning who didn't look at him anymore and resolutely turned away.

The night passed.

The next day, when the bright sunlight entered the hall, Gu Yunqiu slept well and stretched his waist.

He vaguely remembered that he had a nightmare last night, but then he was gradually wrapped in a warmth, and then he fell asleep, completely forgetting what he dreamed of.

He sat up and was surprised to find that the little monk was still in the house.

He immediately laughed and greeted Li Congzhou refreshedly:

"Morning!"

Li Congzhou just glanced at him coldly, got up, and slammed the door.

Outside the house, Dim Sum was holding breakfast, and he bumped into Li Congzhou and was about to say hello, but accidentally found -

The little monk looked tired, and his eyelids were full of black green.

Inside the house, Gu Yunqiu sat on the bed and hugged his knees a little aggrievedly:

…… What are you doing, why are you angry again?