Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

Bai Zhi: “What’s the difference?”

Gu Yan: "My mind is different."

"That's fine too." Bai Zhi picked out a light lotus-colored dress with dark patterns, "I'll take it."

Gu Yan asked casually: "Why did you choose this one?"

Bai Zhi: "This one looks the most expensive."

Gu Yan: “…”

"Why," Bai Zhi asked belatedly, "is there any special reason why you chose that white dress?"

"White means flawlessness, isn't that auspicious?" Gu Yan smiled, "I'll wear this when I'm with you, how about that?"

"Not bad, not bad, but one piece is not enough." Bai Zhi flipped through the clothes again, "Find another white one to change into... How about this one? No, it's too white... How about this one? No, the material of this one doesn't feel good..."

Gu Yan looked at Bai Zhi's serious expression and felt that for the first time he deeply understood the four words "laughing or crying".

"No need, just this one." Gu Yan said, "It's enough."

"Really?"

"real."

"Then I won't be polite." Bai Zhi pulled out five pieces of clothing at once. Qiao Qiao and Lin Chuqi had already selected the leathers. The shopkeeper came with a pen in one hand and a book in the other to ask Bai Zhi where to send them after they were finished. Bai Zhi threw the clothes in her hand into the box of animal skins and asked, "How many days will it take to be finished?"

"I'll find someone to rush the work for you, and it will be delivered to your house before August Festival."

"Okay then, I'll come and get it myself."

"It's all up to you."

Gu Yan stuffed the Yunbai dress in his hand into Bai Zhi's hand and said to the shopkeeper, "She should pay for this white dress, and I will pay for the rest."

The shopkeeper said, "Yes, Madam, I appreciate your patronage. One ounce of silver."

After Qiaoqiao and Lin Chuqi finished choosing the clothes, the four of them returned to the bustling street under the watchful eyes of the shopkeeper.

After eating and buying clothes, they just wandered around. The two children were jumping in front, while Bai Zhi and Gu Yan were looking around in the back. The street vendors were shouting louder and louder. Bai Zhi and Gu Yan were like two Taoists who had been in seclusion for more than ten years and just came down from the mountains. Everything they saw was new to them. They turned left and right, and soon they had their hands full of food.

"This sweet-scented osmanthus cheese is so delicious! Why don't I just sell this!"

Gu Yan's cheeks were stuffed with sesame cakes, and he continued incoherently: "Cakes are easier to make."

The aroma of mutton soup wafted from not far away. Bai Zhi sniffed and said happily, "Let's go drink some mutton soup!"

"Qiaoqiao, the two of them..."

"Don't worry, Chuqi is very familiar with this place, and many shop owners know him, so he won't get lost. Children of this age just like to play by themselves, and if we follow them too closely, they will feel uncomfortable."

Gu Yan asked: "How old are you?"

Bai Zhi smiled slyly: "Guess."

After eating donkey meat and drinking all the way, their stomachs were almost full, so they just ordered a bowl of mutton soup to share. The mutton soup stall was set up on the donkey cart, and there were a few low bamboo tables and chairs next to the donkey cart for people to sit on. The two of them curled up on the chairs, feeling as if they had entered a small town overnight.

Bai Zhi slurped up the thick, white, smooth soup and sighed, "It would be nice to open a mutton restaurant. It should be easier to cook than donkey."

The donkey grunted twice and swung its tail into the air.

Gu Yan: "The land and water nurture the people. We can first see what the people like to eat."

"Too."

Across the street, there was a small stall beating a gong and shouting, "Take a look, take a look, Moon Goddess Eight Treasures, the sooner you buy, the sooner you can!"

Bai Zhi: "What are the Eight Treasures of the Moon God?"

"It is a custom in the capital to worship the Moon God on the 15th day of the eighth month. Legend has it that the Moon God loves to eat eight kinds of food from the human world, collectively known as the Moon God's Eight Treasures. When the moon comes out on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, place the eight treasures under the moon and the Moon God will come to enjoy them. The Moon God eats first, and then people eat, to bring good luck and fortune."

“So there is such a saying.”

"Customs vary from place to place, and in Weizhou, they are not particular about them."

"How does Weizhou celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival?"

"After sunset, every household hangs a pair of moon lanterns at the door." Gu Yan stretched out his hand and gestured with a large round plate, "This one, round like a full moon, should be lit at the door all night, symbolizing family reunion. If you are a traveler far away, you can only hang one moon lantern."

"That's kind of interesting."

Gu Yan asked: "Where are you? What are you going to do during the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Bai Zhi: "Well... let's eat mooncakes."

“Eating mooncakes with your family?”

"Myself."

Gu Yan knew that he had said something wrong, and said quickly: "I'm sorry, I..."

Bai Zhi waved her hand to interrupt him: "It's no big deal. Everyone has their own way of living. Besides, it's all in the past. I am very satisfied with the life that Miss Bai Zhi has given me."

I am very satisfied.

The pretty girl in front of him lowered her head to drink the soup again, her eyes full of satisfaction. Gu Yan just looked at her, and suddenly he felt as if he was pushed off a cliff. The person in front of him was getting farther and farther away, and he was left falling in the empty valley, his heart throbbing and swollen, and he was going crazy.

The days she was contented with would not include his hands, which were destined to be stained with blood.

After a day of shopping, Gu Yan carried two large bags, one in each hand, filled with all kinds of homemade snacks. According to Gu Yan, the things that should be prepared for the Mid-Autumn Festival, such as moon cakes and the Moon Goddess Eight Treasures, were always arranged by the mistress of the house, so Bai Zhi didn't worry about it. She only bought some cakes with unique flavors and put them in Yishui Garden as snacks. The four of them were tired from shopping and returned home with a full load.

Two days later, it was the seventh day after Ge Zhen's death. Qiao Wanwan held a grand ceremony at the request of Mrs. Gu, and invited many mourning singers to carry the coffin to the Gu family's ancestral tomb. Everyone in the mansion was in mourning, and the Marquis Xuanping cried so hard that he almost fainted. Many people came to pay their respects, but no one from the Ge family showed up from beginning to end.

Then came the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to Madam Gu, since there was a funeral at home, it was not appropriate to hold a big celebration to avoid gossip. Qiao Wanwan ordered that there would be no family banquet, but only some festival gifts were given to each room, and the family had a simple meal.

With the marquis's mansion having suffered a robbery and a death, there was no talk of a Mid-Autumn Festival reunion. The air at the dinner table was as thick as paste, and no one at the table could utter a few words. Old Madam Gu frowned, and Marquis Xuanping sighed one after another. Everyone just went through the motions, picked up a few pieces of food with their chopsticks, said a few auspicious words, and then went back to their rooms.

For Yishuiyuan, the Mid-Autumn Festival has just begun.

This morning, Bai Zhi went to Donkey Shop Street and took back all the clothes that had been agreed upon, and divided them among the two children. Cook Xu and Lin Chuqi were both going home to celebrate the festival, and Bai Zhi saw that Qiaoqiao was reluctant to leave her playmates of the same age, so she simply let her go to celebrate the festival with the Lin family.

Tonight, only Bai Zhi, Gu Yan, and Ming Xin's desolate grave were left in Yishuiyuan.