My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

On the last day of November, two days after Gu Li recovered from her fever, it was Chang An's day off again. Gu Li got up on time as usual. She turned slightly and looked at Chang An beside her, and found that he was sleeping in again.

She couldn't help but smile. Chang An liked to sleep a little longer every time he had a day off. Gu Li felt sorry for him because he was studying hard in class, so she naturally wouldn't disturb his sweet dreams. So she took a light breath and lay sideways facing Chang An. She stretched out her fingers and gently stroked Chang An's face, outlining the contours of his face.

Somehow, Gu Li herself felt that she never got tired of looking at Chang An's face. Every time she looked at Chang An's face, she couldn't help but stretch out her fingers to outline Chang An's facial contours.

After "drawing" it lightly like this, Gu Li sat up from the bed contentedly, quietly walked past Chang An who was sleeping on the outside, came to the bedside, put on his shoes, and then went to the clothes rack to put on his clothes.

Then she put on her cotton jacket and opened the door. Huaiqin saw Gu Li outside and asked, "Master, are you still not awake?"

Gu Li nodded and ordered, "Go prepare some water."

"Yes, Sanniang."

Huaiqin quickly fetched a basin of warm water and placed it in the room. Gu Li took another look at Chang An lying on the bed, and after making sure that he was still asleep, he began to wash up.

After washing up, Gu Li ordered: "Huaiqin will go and change the basin of water for Chang Lang to wash up."

"Yes." Huaiqin responded and took the basin away.

Gu Li returned to the bed, sat next to Chang An, leaned over and gently kissed Chang An on the face, and said softly:

"Chang Lang? Chang Lang?"

Seeing that Chang An still had no reaction, Gu Li gently placed his hand on Chang An's shoulder and patted him twice.

"Chang Lang? It's time to get up."

At this time, Chang An slowly opened his eyes and saw Gu Li sitting next to him. He yawned and sat up. Just as he was about to reach out and hug the lovely girl in front of him, his arms were blocked by two small hands:

"No!" Gu Li said, and walked to the clothes rack to take Chang An's clothes. "Chang Lang should go wash up first instead of molesting me, Gu Niang."

Chang An had no choice but to let Gu Li pull him up from the bed. Then he opened his arms and let Gu Li put clothes on him. At the same time, Huai Qin came in with a basin of changed water and stood aside after putting it down.

With Gu Li's skilled operation, Chang An changed his clothes. He took the jade pendant and sachet made by Gu Li on the low table and hung them around his waist. Then he came to the basin, rolled up his sleeves, and started to wash.

He quickly washed up, handed the toothbrush and towel to Huaiqin, then relaxed his shoulders, took Gu Li by the hand and led her to the low table. He sat down first, then pulled Gu Li into his arms, hugged her, put his face against hers, and said:

"Can I hug Mother Gu now?"

"Chang Lang is hugging me so tightly, and you still have to ask me..." Gu Li patted Chang An gently, and then asked: "Is Chang Lang free today?"

"I am free," Chang An said without thinking, "Even if I am not free, as long as Gu Niang needs me, I can make it available."

"Then Chang Lang, would you please accompany me to Jianfu Temple?" Gu Li asked with a smile.

"Go to Jianfu Temple?" Chang An raised his eyes and thought for a moment, "Is it the one in Kaihuafang?"

"Yeah." Gu Li nodded.

"Of course I can go with you, but what are we going there for?"

"To pray for blessings," Gu Li explained, "When I was in the Gu family, there was a tradition that every year on this day we would go to Jianfu Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings."

"Although I don't have to burn incense and pray for blessings now that I'm married to Chang Lang, I still want the Buddha to bless Chang Lang."

Chang An smiled and asked, "When does Gu Niang plan to go?"

"Let's go after taking the medicine. Maybe we can see our father and brothers then." Gu Li suggested.

"Okay, then when Zhen'er and Huaiqin come with the medicine, I'll tell them to prepare the carriage."

As Chang An said this, he stretched out his fingers and drew circles on Gu Li's face, making her giggle. Then the two of them started to play tricks on each other. Zhen'er came in with the medicine. Only then did the two stop playing. Gu Li sat in Chang An's arms, took the medicine bowl, and blew gently into the bowl.

Chang An ordered, "Go find Huaiqin and ask her to prepare a carriage and sandalwood. Gu Niang and I are going to Jianfu Temple later."

"Yes." Zhen'er replied, and then stood aside, waiting for Gu Li to finish drinking the medicine.

Gu Li blew a few breaths into the medicine bowl and drank it all in one gulp. Maybe he drank too much medicine for lung disease, but Gu Li smacked his lips a few times after drinking it, as if he tasted some kind of flavor. Chang An reached out and handed the bowl from Gu Li to Zhen Er, then raised his hand and gently wiped the medicine juice still on the corner of Gu Li's mouth, and called out lovingly:

"Mrs. Gu?"

"Hey."

"Why does it feel like our Lady Gu drinks medicine like she's drinking alcohol, and she even smacks her lips?" Chang An asked.

"This is what happens when you drink too much." said Gu Li.

Drunk?! Chang An raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "If you drink too much, it will be like this."

Gu Li looked at Chang An's meaningful smile and soon realized that the "drunk" she said was completely different from the "drunk" Chang An said. She raised her hand and gently hit Chang An, explaining anxiously:

"I said 'drank too much medicine', Chang Lang, you thought of 'drank too much wine', they don't mean the same thing, Chang Lang, you are bullying me again."

Chang An smiled a few times, shook her hand, and said, "Don't you want to go to Jianfu Temple, Madam Gu? Go and dress up."

After hearing this, Gu Li temporarily put aside the topic of "drunk", snorted softly, and then fluttered out of Chang An's arms and sat down in front of the dressing table. She looked at the rouge on the table, picked up a lighter color at random, and simply applied some on her face, and then took a light-colored lip balm and applied it on her lips.

After applying rouge and lipstick, Gu Li took the small box containing the flower ornaments, gently picked out a piece with a clip, and placed it firmly on the center of her eyebrows in front of the mirror.

Chang An stood behind Gu Li, looking at Gu Li's face reflected in the mirror, and said with a sigh: "My wife is so beautiful. She is so beautiful even without makeup. Now she has put on some light makeup, and Chang Lang feels like his soul has been taken away."

Gu Li was praised by Chang An, and felt a little sweet in his heart, but he still pretended to be arrogant and said: "Chang Lang loves to talk nonsense, and he deceives people every day."

Chang An took a cloak and put it on Gu Li, then pulled her up from the dressing table and said in a flattering manner: "How could that be? I am telling the truth, not a lie."

"Humph."

Gu Li still snorted in a cold and elegant manner, and Chang An just smiled, took her hand, took an umbrella, and took her out of the room. It was not snowing outside, but the snow that had accumulated on the ground some time ago was still there, and the possibility of sudden snowfall later could not be ruled out, so Chang An still insisted on going out with an umbrella.

The two men arrived at the door and got on the carriage. The coachman had received instructions beforehand, so he drove directly to the outside of Anrenfang.

Kaihuafang is to the north of Anrenfang, and the south gate of Kaihuafang is Jianfu Temple. It can be said that the entrance of Jianfu Temple is opposite to the north gate of Anrenfang.

It didn't take half an incense stick of time for Chang An and Gu Li's carriage to drive out of Anrenfang and directly into Kaihuafang. Once they entered the gate of Kaihuafang, they could walk straight to Jianfu Temple without even turning a corner.

The carriage stopped at the gate of Jianfu Temple. Chang An got off the carriage first, and then helped Gu Li down. The driver took the carriage away, and Chang An took Gu Li into the temple.

Although it is winter now, there are still many people coming to burn incense and worship Buddha. Chang An brought Gu Li and went directly to the front of the main hall, took out the sandalwood that Huaiqin had prepared in advance, and lit it on the incense candles. Then they each took a handful, came to the big cauldron in the open space in front of the hall, bowed to the Buddha statue in the main hall several times, and then inserted the sandalwood into the cauldron.

Then Chang An and Gu Li came to the merit box in front of the hall again, each took out a silver ingot of about five taels from the pouch on their waist, and then put it into the merit box. After putting in the merit, the monks beside them also saluted them with their palms together and said "Amitabha".

After leaving the hall, Gu Li began to look around, as if she was looking for something. Seeing her like this, Chang An gently squeezed her hand and asked, "Are you looking for your father-in-law and two brothers?"

Gu Li nodded and said, "They should be at the wishing tree now. Chang Lang, let's go take a look."

"it is good."

So Chang An was led by Gu Li, passing several Buddhist temples and arriving in front of a large courtyard. In the middle of the courtyard was a large tripod with four legs. In the corner of the courtyard there was a big tree with a thick trunk. There were a few people scattered around, probably all praying for blessings.

Gu Li came to the yard, looked around, then excitedly took Chang An's hand, pointed in a direction and said, "Chang Lang, they are there."

Chang An looked in the direction Gu Li pointed, and happened to see Gu Ke and his two sons. Then he was pulled directly over there by Gu Li.

Gu Ke and his two sons were hanging their prayer boards when they suddenly heard a voice behind them: "Father!"

Brothers Gu Ke and Gu Baizhi turned around and were surprised to find Gu Li standing behind them.

"Li'er!" Gu Ke shouted in surprise, "How have you been recently? Are you feeling well?"

"Everything is fine." Gu Li replied with a smile.

"Oh, it seems that Li'er has gained some weight after marrying into the Chang Mansion." Gu Baizhi also pulled Gu Li's wrist and said happily.

"That's right. You can tell how good Chang Yonghe is to our Li'er from what people outside say." Gu Baizhi also said so, his face full of joy that he couldn't hide.

"Father, my two brothers... Chang Lang is here too." Facing their enthusiasm, Gu Li reminded them somewhat awkwardly.

The father and son of the Gu family were slightly startled, and looked behind Gu Li, only then did they realize that Chang An was standing behind her. The three of them quickly put away their excitement. Gu Ke was the first to salute and greet:

"Chang Jun."

When Chang An saw this, he quickly reached out and lifted up Gu Ke's hand, stopping him from saluting. Then he saluted him himself and greeted him respectfully, "Yonghe greets father-in-law."

Gu Ke was also flattered at this time. Chang An then bowed to Gu Baizhi and Gu Huashuo and said, "Hello, brothers."

Gu Baizhi and Gu Huashuo also returned the gift.

"We thought that you wouldn't come today, Li'er." Gu Ke said to Gu Li with a smile on his face.

Gu Li also smiled and said, "Chang Lang brought me here."

"It's all intentional." Gu Ke also looked at Chang An.

"Since Li'er and Yonghe are here, I will ask for two more signs for them."

After Gu Baizhi finished speaking, he ran away with a smile.