Three Realms Sanatorium

Gu Shi returned home and found Gu Xiuming who was removing the tiara in front of the mirror.

Gu Shi was taken aback, curious: "Is there a visitor from our house today?"

Holding the tiara in his hand, Gu Xiuming turned his head to look at Gu Shi who knew nothing about what he was doing, and smiled on the surface: "A pigeon is here."

"?" Gu Shi smiled, gloating, "Oh, have you been let go?"

Gu Xiuming looked at Gu Shi and was furious. If he hadn't been dressed formally today and had nowhere to hide his things, the ruler would have been danced by now.

He carefully put the jade crown into the drawer of the cabinet, then slapped the table, and said harshly, "Where is your classmate?"

"They're going to be jet-lagged, Xie Jiusi decided to let them stay in the Three Realms Courtyard to rest." Gu Shi said, pouring himself a glass of water.

"Why don't you bring people back, our house doesn't lack those few guest rooms." Gu Xiuming said, "It's all packed."

Hearing what he said, Gu Shi almost choked on the water.

"Are you joking? Why does our family compare with other high-end sanitariums?" Gu Shi put down his glass, "It's okay, I've been terrified for more than a month, and I still have a child with me. If I don't take a good rest, I'm going to die suddenly."

Gu Xiuming wanted to refute, but after thinking about the current weather and his own conditions, he silently closed his mouth again.

The Cangwu Temple was completed very early, so it was naturally impossible to consider the issue of buried water and electricity, so even the wires and running water of the Cangwu Temple were only connected when Gu Shi was at the age of preschool.

The condition itself is not very good, so there is no need to talk about air conditioning and heating. In winter, the master and apprentice basically use roaring to keep out the cold and rely on shaking to generate heat. At most, they burn pots of charcoal and put them in the room.

I've been used to it for a long time, and I don't think it's a problem.

But if this is the standard for entertaining guests, it will be a big problem for modern people.

"Okay." Gu Xiuming was not incomprehensible.

He didn't think it was a big deal, everyone had their own life, and the life he and Gu Shi had now came from their own choices, so there was nothing to say.

"But they are still going to come and visit."

Gu Xiuming's eyes lit up.

"Also." Gu Shi said, "You also have to temporarily move into the Three Realms Courtyard. I heard from them that the matter they are investigating has something to do with God Pangu. If we continue to count, the Great Formation of the Mountain Gate will definitely stop you I can't help it, not to mention that your lineage may have already registered with Pangu God."

Gu Xiuming wasn't surprised by this, but he didn't nod immediately: "I've moved, can you take care of it by yourself?"

"Of course I can't take care of it." Gu Shi admitted quickly.

"?" Gu Xiuming choked, and said quickly, "Then I can't go."

Gu Shi rolled his eyes: "I haven't finished talking yet, what are you in a hurry for?"

Gu Xiuming sat down on the bed: "Say it."

"I asked Yu Jing's sister-in-law to help, and I can find someone from the Cultural Relics Bureau as soon as possible."

Gu Shi doesn't think it's outrageous to rely on contacts to go through the back door. After all, according to the normal process, it is possible to delay the negotiation of various procedures and procedures for a year or two.

And they may suffer big losses.

After all, the old man has always regarded Cang Wu's lineage as his responsibility, and the demand for affirmation is very harsh. If he doesn't find some way, the possibility of talking about collapse is too great.

Gu Shi knew how difficult it was for Gu Xiuming to be stubborn.

He sighed and adjusted his hat: "So these days, let's clean up the things that are inconvenient to put out, and then make a rough charter for the repairs, and then you can concentrate on receiving protection in the Three Realms Courtyard. I am responsible for follow-up matters."

Gu Shi mentioned his ideas to Gu Xiuming, such as the idea of ​​repairing Cangwu Temple and opening it to the public in the form of a semi-public museum.

Gu Xiuming listened silently.

Gu Shi thought about it a lot.

Gu Xiuming knew that Gu Shi, a brat, usually didn't like to use his brain, but he was very efficient in using his brain. In addition, he was always lucky, so there was almost nothing he couldn't do with his determination.

This brat always meets the right person at the right time and happens to be able to handle what he wants to accomplish.

Evil, but a good thing.

Gu Xiuming thought in his heart.

Gu Shi waited for Gu Xiuming to figure it out, pulled a stool by himself, and opened the outer window.

The courtyard where they live is next to the third hall, which is considered a very high position.Looking out from the old man's room, along the slope of the mountain, most of the Cangwu Temple can be seen.

Looking at the rolling mountains outside the window, he saw weeds growing between the roof tiles in several yards, trembling weakly in the cold wind.

When spring comes, it's time to turn over the tiles again.

As Gu Shi was thinking, he heard Gu Xiuming sneezed next to him.

Gu Xiuming scolded him: "Are you going to die? Open the windows in winter!"

"Anyway, I'm not cold." Gu Shi said indifferently.

Gu Xiuming took out a military overcoat from the cabinet and put it on: "Why are you standing there? Pack your things!"

Gu Shi was taken aback for a moment, then he came to his senses, quickly answered twice, stood up and followed Gu Xiuming to the warehouse.

Gu Shi rarely came to the warehouse.

Cleaning up the warehouse is a laborious task. In the past, Gu Xiuming despised him for being clumsy, saying that he was always kicked out because he was afraid that he would damage the treasures passed down from his ancestors.

In the past, Gu Shi was so curious that he always wanted to sneak into the warehouse to explore, but every time he was caught by Gu Xiuming on the way, and when he was caught, he would eat fried pork with bamboo shoots.

As time passed, Gu Shi gradually lost his curiosity about the warehouse, and gradually became indifferent.

Gu Xiuming took good care of the warehouse.

When he first walked into the warehouse, Gu Shi couldn't equate the spacious cellar in front of him with the word "warehouse".

In Gu Shi's concept, the warehouse should roughly be a place densely covered with the smell of dust and mold, dark and damp, and covered with many dust-covered cobwebs.

This is an unavoidable situation for any type of warehouse.

But the warehouse under Gu Xiuming's management is not like this.

It is dry and tidy, and the sundries are arranged in categories, which is very regular.It's more of a showroom than a warehouse.

Gu Shi stood at the door, watched Gu Xiuming start to pick and choose, turned his head to look around, and finally found the only thing related to the word "warehouse" in the corner.

There are large and small cardboard boxes piled up in a small corner.

Gu Shi leaned over to take a look, and found that it was a by-product of their master and apprentice's online shopping over the years.

I didn't even throw away the foam paper used to prevent shocks.

Gu Shi took a box and some foam paper, carried the box and walked to Gu Xiuming's side.

Gu Xiuming glanced at it, took the foam paper, carefully wrapped the things in his hand, and put them in the cardboard box.

Gu Shi muttered: "Old man, what are you doing with these?"

"These are all personal relics." Gu Xiuming's tone was flat. At this time, he was extraordinarily like an ordinary old man in his 80s. "The relics of the deceased who have no family members or who cannot find family members are all placed here."

"...Why are you bringing up such a heavy topic." Gu Shixiao said in a low voice, "I'm talking about boxes."

Gu Xiuming's face twitched a few times: "I just thought it would be useful, so I stayed!"

"Oh!" Gu Shi responded, and said loudly, "Diligent and thrifty, wonderful!"

"What are you yelling, it's so noisy!"

Gu Shi pursed his lips, snorted, and followed Gu Xiuming step by step without saying a word.

Gu Xiuming packed a dozen more things, then stopped, and turned his head to look: "Why don't you talk?"

Gu Shi was annoyed: "Didn't you say I was arguing?"

Gu Xiuming said "Hey": "You're excited again, aren't you? Your skin is itchy, isn't it?"

"Then how can it be?" Gu Shi was alert, "A gentleman uses his words but not his hands. There is no place for us to play here."

Gu Shi felt that the environment here was really not suitable for loud noises, but the normal chat between him and the old man was like a firecracker during the Chinese New Year, and a series of explosions would happen if they rubbed against each other.

Gu Xiuming glared at him, turned his head and began to pack his things seriously.

Gu Shi followed behind him, looking left and right.

But the first one who didn't hold back was Gu Xiuming.

It is probably because people are getting older, and when they encounter things related to "time" and "the past", they will not be able to control their desire to talk.

He began to introduce Gu Shi one by one.

Certainly not the introduction of the relics, but the proofs of the honors that belonged to all ages that were not packed by him and put aside.

For example, this is a couplet sent by someone from which dynasty. At that time, the Cangwu Temple had not been moved to Zhongshan.Another example is which dynasty and who sent this plaque, and some statues and inscriptions donated by believers.

Some are very well preserved, but some are still damaged.

Gu Shi wondered: "Why didn't you tell me this before?"

"Before?" Gu Xiuming thought for a while, "Because you are not the heir of the Cangwu lineage in the strict sense, but now that I think about it, I am the one who was stunned."

Gu Xiuming really didn't talk much about Cangwu Temple's past with Gu Shi.

Because Gu Shi is not a descendant of Cangwu's lineage, letting him have a deep understanding of these things will only bring him danger.

Furthermore, Cangwu's lineage itself has not fallen, and talking about it will only increase loneliness.

"I've been thinking a lot these days."

Gu Xiuming packed another thing, put it in a cardboard box, and sighed.

"If I don't say anything, then a hundred years from now, no one will know that Cangwu Temple has had such a prosperous and glorious time. I will end up in a few years, and I will have no chance to teach another apprentice. Since there are no descendants of the Cangwu lineage, it is no big deal to reveal the glory of the past."

Gu Shi glanced at Gu Xiuming, his gaze brushed against his full head of white hair, he opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

He has no way to make any reasonable evaluation on this matter.

This is something that the older generation has cared about for a lifetime, and he should not comment whether it is right or wrong.

Just listen to it.

"However, I heard that people nowadays are very strong in the protection of cultural relics."

As Gu Xiuming said, he stretched out his old hand to touch the plaque placed aside, with a guilty and relieved look on his face.

Gu Shi glanced at it, and it was the door plaque with the words "Cangwu Temple" written on it.

Landscape, flower and bird patterns are made of golden silk nanmu, with sharp strokes and dancing dragons and phoenixes.

"It's good to have a lot of protection." Gu Xiuming said, "These things should have been a pride of drying in the sun, not ash in the warehouse."

Gu Xiuming was really stubborn when he was stubborn, and he was really straightforward when he decided to let go.

He had been packing those personal belongings all afternoon, and he didn't leave until it was almost meal time, only sending Gu Shi out to cook.

When Xie Jiusi stepped on the meal time, he didn't see the food, but only saw Gu Shi poking the fire with his face propped up.

Xie Jiusi was silent for a moment, and reminded: "The water in the pot is almost boiled dry."

"?" Gu Shi heard the voice, raised his head in a daze, and glanced at the pot that had already emitted blue smoke, his face paled in shock.

Xie Jiusi reached out and added a ladle of water to the pot: "What are you thinking?"

"I was thinking, did I embarrass the old man." Gu Shi scratched his head, "It is true that repairing Cangwu Temple has always been something I wanted to do unilaterally, and I also think that he should want to fulfill this wish in his heart of."

"Ah."

Xie Jiusi nodded to show that he was listening.

"But when I think about it carefully, I have been fighting with him for so many years, and he has been refusing me to participate in this matter, and my persistence seems to be just satisfying my own desire to do something for him, and his most obvious shortcoming, It is the decline of the Cangwu Temple."

Gu Shi really didn't have that deep affection for Cangwu Temple and Cangwu's lineage. After Gu Xiuming was a hundred years old, to Gu Shi, this piece of land would be nothing more than land.

Xie Jiu didn't understand this kind of detour.

"Do you think you're doing the right thing?" he asked.

For this question, Gu Shi did not hesitate: "Yes."

"That's fine." Xie Jiusi really didn't understand why Gu Shi was troubled by this kind of thing, "You do your thing, and it's his business if he feels embarrassed."

"Thank you boss, your thinking is very..." Gu Shi paused, "selfish."

"?" Xie Jiusi didn't like this comment very much, and it was rare for him to straighten his face, "If he is really unwilling, he should insist on rejecting you."

Gu Shi shook his head: "He just can't bear to let my efforts go to waste."

Xie Jiusi insisted: "So he is still not firm enough. If he keeps rejecting your idea of ​​repairing Cangwu Temple, he will win."

Gu Shi: "..."

The truth is indeed this truth.

"...Your words are really unreasonable."

"?" Xie Jiusi accepted this evaluation calmly, "I am indeed not human."

"...I'm not talking about that." Gu Shi was speechless, trying to convey his feelings, "Whether it's people and people, or people and monsters, all in all, if the two get along for a long time, it should be a relationship of mutual understanding and tolerance. It’s not a tit-for-tat relationship where one side must overwhelm the other.”

Xie Jiusi was thoughtful when he heard the words.

Gu Shi tried to reason: "Look, isn't the relationship between us a relationship of mutual understanding and tolerance?"

"Yeah." Xie Jiusi nodded, and the corners of his mouth curled into a slight arc, feeling a little happy with Gu Shi's words, "But I don't mind you overwhelming me."

Gu Shi:? ? ?

Gu Shi's eyes widened and he hiccupped in fright.

"I'm not the same as your master." Xie Jiusi was completely unaware of his bullshit words, and was still trying to increase the weight of his relationship with Gu Shi. "I won't fight with you for many years, I will take the lead in choosing to back down."

Gu Shi stared at Xie Jiusi with a stick in his throat: "Can you speak..."

Xie Jiusi: "?"

"……never mind."

Gu Shi raised his hand to wipe his face and gave up.

"You light the fire, I'll cook."