Chapter 148 Cat’s Sorrow

The few months I spent in Changjing were really fruitful.

Speaking of which, what I did in Changjing I often did in Yin Yang Mountain.

The Taoist cultivators are originally supposed to exorcise evil spirits, which has nothing to do with Taoism. No matter how high the Taoism is, they are no exception. When they are in Yin Yang Mountain, they will also respond to the requests of the people and go down the mountain to relieve the villagers of some disasters and give them some peace of mind.

It's just that the money earned in Yin Yang Mountain is not as much as here.

There are many rich people in Changjing, and even the poor, as long as they live in the city, the daily flow of water on their hands is far more than that of the self-sufficient villagers at the foot of Yinyang Mountain. Sometimes in Yinyang Mountain, you cannot receive money;

A small bag or half a basket of millet and wheat. Fortunately, they have experience and will take the sack with them when they go down the mountain. Otherwise, they would have to use the villagers' baskets to carry it up the mountain and have to return it to others next time.

Sometimes you can't even harvest grain, and you can only receive rice, straw, and wheat straw. You have to wait until summer and autumn, when the people at the bottom of the mountain have harvested, and they will leave a clump on the edge of the field, and you have to cut it yourself.

To be honest, Fulong Temple is not short of wheat and millet, but Song You also had to harvest it every year.

In addition to money, Changjing also gained other things.

There are farmers and poor people at the foot of Yin Yang Mountain. Although there are hundreds of people with hundreds of hearts, they are not as diverse as the people in Changjing. There are both rich and poor people in Changjing. You can meet a gardener in a single room of a shop or housekeeper, or you can

In the mansion assigned by the government, you can talk with the general, and you can also meet the ministers in the court, even the ministers, and all kinds of strange people.

But the biggest gain today is still the painting.

No matter who painted this painting, in terms of technique alone, it is rare in the world, and the court painters must not be as good as him.

It's a pity that I can't watch it twice more.

Song You was thinking in the scorching sun as he walked back to Liuye Street in Xicheng.

From a distance, I saw half a little head sticking out from the second floor, glanced at me, and then quickly put it back.

The Taoist just pretended not to see it.

When I got home, I left the door open and walked up to the second floor. I saw no little girl, only a calico cat. The sand table on the desk was flat and neat, with willow branches placed next to it. Even the orientation was the same as before.

This cat is quite smart.

"Ms. Sanhua didn't practice calligraphy secretly at home, did she?" the Taoist asked the cat lying by the window with half-closed eyes.

"Well……"

The cat opened its mouth and yawned, stretched out its limbs, and its claws stained with yellow sand bloomed, and then turned to look at the Taoist:

"What did you say?"

"It can be seen that Empress Sanhua didn't practice calligraphy at home. Think about it, with Empress Sanhua's talent, it's already great if she doesn't practice calligraphy. There is really no need to practice more." The Taoist said to Mao'er, who was also by the window.

He sat down on the couch, thought for a moment and asked, "Ms. Sanhua has to practice, catch mice, and learn to write. I'm afraid she's very tired, right?"

"Not tired!"

"Aren't you tired?"

"Not tired!"

"It seems that Empress Sanhua really has too much energy to use up." Song You nodded, "That's just right. After you have learned how to read, you also need to learn arithmetic. I also said that Empress Sanhua must be tired. If she learns more

I'm afraid I can't handle arithmetic. Now that I think about it, I still underestimated Sanhua Empress. In that case, why not teach Sanhua Empress how to count tonight."

"..."

The calico cat remained in a lying position, only raising its head and staring at him. After a while, it said, "Did you go out and catch a ghost?"

"It's not ghost hunting."

"Catch monsters!"

"No." Song You shook his head, "It's just that the painting was too real and scared people."

"Did you catch the painting?"

"I just used magic to isolate the aura and vitality of the painting to prevent it from staring at people in the middle of the night." Song You answered truthfully.

"Did you make any money?"

"Earn it."

"How much money did you make?"

"Two taels of silver."

"How much is two taels of silver?"

"Five taels of silver is comparable to the money I earned from catching ghosts by the river that night."

"So few."

"But it will last us a month."

"That's a lot!"

As he spoke, the Sanhua Cat suddenly turned over and got up, as if he remembered something: "By the way, when you went out just now, someone came to our house. The Sanhua Empress turned into a human and went down to see and talk to him. He said he came to us.

Help me catch mice somewhere."

"Where to catch it?"

"I don't know where."

"Where are the others?"

"Go away." Sanhua Cat stood up and looked up at him, "Sanhua Empress talked to him, but he didn't tell Sanhua Empress. He asked me where you were, and Sanhua Empress said you went out to catch ghosts.

Yes, he said he would come back later and we will talk about it when you come back."

"So that's it."

The calico cat didn't speak clearly, but he almost told what happened. Song You couldn't help but patted the cat's head after hearing this:

"Miss Sanhua is already very responsible."

"Yes!"

"It's just that that person is a bit bad. How can you not talk to Sanhua Empress because she is a villain?"

"Yes!"

"I'll take a nap first."

"OK!"

The Taoist lay down on the bed next to him.

The calico cat looked at him, then at the sand table on the desk, and after hesitating for a long time, he lay down.

The cat is sleeping by the window and the Taoist is sleeping on the bed.

I don't know how much time passed, but there was a knock on the door.

"Tuk tuk tuk..."

The Taoist woke up in a daze, feeling only a thin layer of sweat on his face.

It turns out it’s time to sleep and sweat.

He stood up and looked at the calico cat, then walked downstairs.

The door downstairs was still open. Standing at the door was a middle-aged man dressed as a butler. Although the door was open, he did not come in. He only stood outside the door and knocked on the door frame.

There were several servants beside him.

When he saw the Taoist and the cat coming down, he handed them over.

"Sir, you are polite."

"Please come in."

"My surname is Liu, and I am the steward of the Taiwei Mansion."

"Disrespect, disrespect."

"Don't dare, I just heard that your husband has a magical cat named Sanhua Empress. It can catch mice for people. No matter how powerful the mice are, they can get rid of them." Butler Liu looked at the Sanhua cat behind Song You and said:

He was surprised by the beauty of the calico cat, and then turned his gaze to the Taoist, smiling and saying, "I didn't expect that sir has the ability to exorcise evil spirits and subjugate them."

"Catching rats is the skill of Sanhua Empress. I am responsible for exorcising evil spirits and subduing demons." The Taoist said to him, "We each perform our duties."

"I wonder where Sir is doing Qingxiu?"

"Yizhou Lingquan County."

"Yizhou? May I ask where the fairy mountain cave is?"

"It can't be called a fairy mountain, nor can it be called a cave. It's just a small temple. It's just me and my master. It has no reputation."

"I see."

Butler Liu's eyes flickered a few times: "That's far away, sir. Why did you come to Changjing?"

"Yunyou Tianxia." Song You also looked at the housekeeper, with a smile on his lips, and said at the same time, "I heard from my boy, did you come here to get rid of the rats?"

"Exactly!"
To be continued...