My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

After hearing Gu Li's last wish, Chang An was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing. When Gu Li saw Chang An laughing, his face suddenly became even redder.

"Chang Lang...you're making fun of me again!" Gu Li blushed and turned away as if he was angry, not looking at Chang An.

Chang An lovingly pulled Gu Li into his arms, gently touched the top of her head, and coaxed her: "Mother Gu's body is not yet able to give birth to a child, can you wait a little longer?"

"Wait a little longer. The doctor said that Madam Gu is now healthy enough to have a child. You are too anxious now."

"But...if we have a child sooner, won't we be able to report to father sooner?" Gu Li raised his head and looked at Chang An, "Otherwise, if father comes to ask, he will say something bad about Chang Lang again."

"Report to his father?!" Chang An was a little stunned, and then he felt a little funny. Gu Li was so anxious to have a baby, just to be able to report to his father as soon as possible?

"Other wives want children to add to their husband's family, but why does Gu Niang want a child just to get the job done?"

"Because... because my father and Aunt Qing have asked about this matter before, and I was afraid that they would say bad things about Chang Lang again, so..." Gu Li hesitated before telling the reason.

Now in Gu Li's heart, Chang An is the first, even the reason for having a child is to protect Chang An from being criticized by the elders. As for other things, as long as they have nothing to do with Chang An or will not cause any negative impact on Chang An, she will hardly think about or consider them.

"Okay, okay, let's just let things take their own course. Don't rush things." Chang An patted Gu Li's head and said, "Shall we go somewhere else and have a look?"

Only then did Gu Li move out of Chang An's arms, rubbed his face, took two deep breaths, and left the yard with Chang An.

Chang An brought Gu Li to Yuantong Hall again. Since they did not bring any extra sandalwood with them, they simply bowed in front of the square tripod. Then they came to the front of the hall, and another person threw two pieces of silver, knelt on the mat, and bowed to the Guanyin statue in the hall.

The two stood up and were about to leave when they noticed Wang Wei had just walked into the square of Yuantong Hall, and Wang Wei seemed to have also discovered them.

Chang An led Gu Li to Wang Wei and bowed to him. Gu Li also bowed to Wang Wei and said,

"Brother Mo Jie."

"Lord Wang."

"Brother Yonghe, Madam Gu." Wang Wei also returned the greetings to the two and asked, "Are you two here to burn incense and worship Buddha as well?"

"That's right," Chang An replied, "My wife has been ill for a long time, so I wanted to bring her here to stay for two days, eat vegetarian food, chant Buddhist scriptures, and ask for the Buddha's blessing."

"I see," Wang Wei nodded in understanding, then took out six incense sticks from his hand and handed them to Chang An, "Since you are here to make a petition, you might as well burn more incense so that the Buddha can see it."

Chang An and Gu Li looked at each other and neither refused, so Chang An took the incense from Wang Wei and said, "Thank you, Brother Mo Jie."

"No need to thank me, let's go and burn incense first." Wang Wei said.

So, Chang An and Gu Li followed Wang Wei to the square tripod. After each of them lit the incense in their hands, they bowed three times from a distance to the Bodhisattva in the hall. After inserting the incense into the tripod, the three of them left the Yuantong Hall.

"Is Mr. Wang also here to stay temporarily?" Gu Li asked, holding Chang An's arm.

"Yes, our family all believe in Buddhism. Now that New Year's Day is approaching, we also come here to listen to the masters' lectures." Wang Wei replied.

"Does Mr. Wang come here often?" Gu Li asked again.

"I don't come here often. I only come here for a couple of days to burn incense and worship Buddha during New Year's Day or the winter solstice," Wang Wei replied.

Gu Li nodded, and at this time Chang An asked: "Brother Mo Jie, is there any fun place nearby?"

"Uh..." Chang An asked Wang Wei stumped, "As far as I can remember, it seems that there isn't one."

"But Brother Yonghe can go for a walk outside the temple and enjoy the snow scenery of Mount Zhongnan."

Go outside the temple to see the snow scene? Chang An stretched out his hand to feel the temperature, which felt OK. It hadn't snowed for more than half a month, so it was close to the end of winter.

So, he turned his head and asked, "Mother Gu, do you want us to go for a walk outside the Zen temple later? I'll take you out to play?"

Gu Li nodded and agreed: "Okay."

Seeing that Gu Li also agreed, Chang An said to Wang Wei: "Thank you very much for your suggestion, Brother Wang Wei. I will take my wife for a walk outside the temple and then take my leave."

Wang Wei nodded slightly, and Chang An took Gu Li out of the temple.

Walking outside the Guanyin Zen Temple, Chang An looked around. Although it was late winter, there was still a lot of snow outside. The climate during the Tang Dynasty was relatively warm, but it still snowed a lot this winter, and there was still a thick layer of snow on the road.

As Chang An led Gu Li out, he asked, "What do you want to do, Madam Gu? Or should we just go for a stroll in the mountains and enjoy the scenery?"

"Hmm..." Gu Li thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we go build a snowman?"

"Building a snowman? Does Gu Niang like building snowmen?"

Gu Li said a little frustratedly: "Because Chang Lang made all the snowmen for me before, but I never made one for Chang Lang, so I also want to make a snowman for Chang Lang."

"Has Madam Gu learned how to make a snowman?" Chang An asked, holding Gu Li's hand tightly.

"Not yet," Gu Li pouted, but said stubbornly, "But Chang Lang can teach me. I'm not stupid, I can definitely learn it."

Chang An smiled dotingly and said, "Okay, but Gu Niang, don't learn not to give Chang Lang a pile of money."

"No, I will definitely build a snowman for Chang Lang today."

After walking along the mountain path for a while, Chang An suddenly stopped. Gu Li, who was being led by him, felt that the person next to him had stopped, so he looked at him curiously and asked:

"Chang Lang, why don't you leave?"

"Mrs. Gu, look--" Chang An pointed in the direction he was looking and said with a hint of surprise.

Gu Li looked in the direction Chang An pointed and saw a plum forest. Although it was not big, there were still some red plum blossoms blooming on the branches.

Seeing this, Gu Li was also somewhat surprised and said: "It's the plum forest! I didn't expect these plum trees are still in bloom."

Chang An squeezed Gu Li's hand again and said, "Then let's build a snowman in this plum forest. What do you think, Mother Gu?"

"Okay!" Gu Li naturally agreed with joy.

Seeing Gu Li agreed, Chang An took her into the plum forest, and then found a place where there seemed to be more snow. Gu Li broke away from Chang An's hand, squatted down, and without waiting for Chang An to start teaching, she stretched out her little hand and started to roll a snowball.

Chang An saw that she was so excited that he didn't want to disturb her. He put his hands in his arms and stood aside watching Gu Li operate it herself.

Gu Li stretched out his little hands, piled some snow together, and then rolled it into a ball. Then, recalling how Chang An had made a snowman before, he began to roll the snowball in a serious manner.

The snow had melted a little bit, so it was a little sticky, so it was easier for Gu Li to roll a snowball. Soon, Gu Li made a snowball that was less than calf high. She stood up, patted the snow on her hands, looked at Chang An behind her as if showing off, and asked:

"How about this snowball of mine, Chang Lang?"

Chang An did not answer her question first, but took Gu Li's hand and put it in his palm which he had warmed beforehand, then looked at Xueqiu and nodded, "Yes, it is indeed possible."

"Hehe." Gu Li got Chang An's affirmation and also smiled foolishly twice.

She gently covered her hand in Chang'an's palm, then pulled her hand out, squatted down and continued to make another snowball. Chang'an came to the snowman he had just made, stretched out his finger and gently poked the surface of the snowball. There was no mark on it, which meant it was a success.

But just in case, Chang An still reached out his hand and rolled the snowball twice to make it more solid. Then he stood up and put his hands in his pockets to warm them up so that Gu Li could cover them directly later.

Soon, Gu Li made another snowball, following Chang An's previous method, so this snowball was half a circle smaller than the previous one.

"Look, Chang Lang!" Gu Li stood up and said proudly while patting the snow on his hands.

Chang An still took Gu Li's hand, put it in his palm and covered it, then said: "How come Gu Niang can make a snowman so quickly?"

"Of course, I always say I'm not stupid." Gu Li said a little arrogantly, "I had written down how Chang Lang made a snowman before, and I also thought about it in my mind at home."

After covering Gu Li's hand almost completely, Chang An touched the top of her head and said encouragingly, "My mother Gu is really smart."

Then he squatted down, reached out and picked up the small snowball, gently placed it on the big snowball, then looked at Gu Li, motioning her to continue.

Gu Li looked around, picked up two stones of similar size, and gently stuffed them into the snowman's eyes, while Chang An picked up two branches from the ground and inserted them into the two ends of the snowball. Then he looked around again, picked up a longer and sharper stone, and inserted it into the snowman's nose.

After the couple finished all this, they stood up and admired the snowman. Chang An looked at the snowman, then looked at the plum trees around him, randomly selected a relatively short branch, picked a plum blossom from it, and gently inserted it into the corner of the snowman's head.

Chang An was satisfied, but Gu Li pouted and said unsatisfactorily: "This snowman doesn't look like Chang Lang and me."

"How is it different?" But Chang An said at this time, while picking another plum blossom from the branch and pinning it to the end of Gu Li's hair.

"Wouldn't that make me look like Gu Niang?"

Gu Li raised his hand and touched the plum blossoms on the ends of his hair, but then pouted and said, "But I wanted to make this snowman for Chang Lang as a gift, how come it looks like me?"

"Because Gu Niang is Chang Lang's favorite gift," Chang An said, and he reached out and pulled Gu Li over, kissing her on the face. "Gu Niang built a snowman in her own image for Chang Lang. Doesn't this count as a gift for Chang Lang?"

"I am Chang Lang's favorite..." Gu Li bit her lips lightly, her heart moved slightly, and then she smiled with satisfaction, "Then I will build a snowman for Chang Lang every winter, okay!"

"Okay, of course..."