Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

Yu Rujia and Yun Jixing finished talking about everything they needed to talk about, and then everyone went back to their own rooms.

While everyone was away, Xu Shenwei brought Yu Ru and Yun Jixing into her small room, preparing to do something more mysterious.

The room was in a mess, with a strong smell of wind oil and elixir hitting one's head. Mountains of clothes were piled against the wall, and all kinds of snakeskin bags and baskets were placed there.

In this environment, there is a clean and tidy corner with a table on which are placed two statues of gods. Several electronic red candles are burning in front of the statues. It is a pure land independent of this house.

Xu Shenwei waved at the statue a few times, then stood up and faced Yu Ru and said in Yuancheng dialect, "Yu Ru, this boy has a bit of a girlish look, but it's a pity that you don't have a boyish look. This is not good. The boy has a girlish look and a kind heart. You are weak, so you must find a strong person to protect you, otherwise you will be insecure for the rest of your life. I will ask the goddess of gods for you whether you two are suitable for each other."

Yu Ru nodded, her face showing no emotion. She turned her head to look at the winnowing basket in front of the electronic red candle, on which was spread a bucket of rice with three incense sticks stuck.

This reminded her of something that happened in her childhood.

Xu Shenwei doesn't like talking to her family, and even if she really wants to talk, she can't do it properly. All she does every day is farm and she doesn't socialize, so she talks to herself every day.

Yu Ru could hear a lot of things about her from her mouth. She remembered that one time she heard about the metaphysical incident of rice.

Xu Shenwei also graduated from high school. It is said that when she was in high school, her classmates were very popular with a game called "inserting a bucket of rice". Put a bucket of rice in a container, insert a few incense sticks, stand a pair of chopsticks, and recite a few incantations to invite the gods, and the goddess of gods will come. People can ask anything they want, and the goddess of gods will express the answer with "yes" or "no".

When a question is asked, the gods will come. The chopsticks standing on the rice will write words. The rice will take shape without collapsing. The color will become darker but not weird. When the question is answered, the rice will automatically return to its original state.

It was a very magical thing. Yu Ru was only ten years old at that time, but she felt confused and helpless. She could not see her future and felt that everything was just suffering. At the age of ten, she had thoughts of suicide several times.

But she was not sure whether she should die or what the consequences would be if she died. When she heard about Mi Xian from Xu Shenwei, she had the idea of ​​asking God for help.

Xu Shenwei never paid any attention to her and turned a deaf ear to her problems. She seemed to be an irrelevant person in this family. What happened to the family had nothing to do with her. Yu Ru was also an unimportant person. No one cared about her feelings. All everyone cared about was staying alive.

Livelihood is the most important thing, feelings are insignificant, all questioning of emotions is idle talk, and all inner sadness is just whining.

Xu Shenwei really wanted to use what she once said, "inserting a bucket of rice", to invite the gods to descend to earth.

The chopsticks didn't move, but the rice itself was moving, a very small movement, but the change was observable. Finally, a distorted pattern appeared on the rice, very shallow, and could not be seen without careful observation, or even said to be nonexistent. If you must see it and say what word it is, it looks like the word "yes", with a round shape, round strokes, and thick strokes, and it looks like bronze inscriptions.

……

Yu Ru took Yun Jixing to live at her biological parents' home for two days, and then took him to meet Yin Shiji.

Yu Ru had already told him some things about Yin Shiji in advance. Before he could recover from the shock brought by Mi Xian, he was shocked by Yu Ru, the extra second father.

When they arrived at Yin Shiji's place, he was cooking in the kitchen. There was no one watching outside and the cat and dog had gone wild somewhere. Yu Ru took out the key and opened the door, then led Yun Jixing in.

After putting away all the gifts, she took Yun Jixing to the kitchen to look for someone.

Yin Shiji had no idea that the two people had arrived and was still busy in the kitchen. He was cutting vegetables while talking on the phone next to him.

"My friends, my daughter is probably coming soon, so let's stop here for today. We'll meet again next time."

The courses that Yu Ru enrolled him in at the senior citizens' university included literacy classes and classes on how to use smartphones. He studied very seriously and can now do live broadcasts.

"Uncle." Yun Jixing called out.

Yin Shiji turned his head and saw the person's face clearly. He was very surprised, "Oh! Ni'er, why are you and Xiaoyun here so soon? The meal is not ready yet."

Yu Ru glanced at the four or five dishes placed next to her and waved with a smile.

"Uncle, let me help you." Yun Jixing walked forward.

"No, no, it will be ready soon. Xiaoyun, you are a guest. How can we let guests come to work? You must be tired after coming back from far away. Go and have a rest first. I will call you when the meal is ready."

Not to mention Yunji Star, usually when Yu Ru came back here, Yin Shiji was reluctant to let her do any work, and just asked her to sit and wait for dinner.

Yu Ru knew his character very well and knew that she couldn't persuade him, so she pulled Yun Jixing away. The two of them were not completely idle. There were already prepared meals in the kitchen, so they took the prepared meals to the restaurant to arrange the dishes and opened drinks.

……

After dinner, the three of them went to the living room to chat.

Although Yin Shiji has no blood relationship with Yu Ru, he loves her as if she were his own daughter. The moment he learned that she was going to bring her boyfriend home, he became uneasy and worried, fearing that she was being deceived.

Now that he had some free time, he questioned Yun Jixing again like a real father.

"Xiaoyun, Xiaoru should have told you something about me, right?"

"Yes uncle, Aru told me."

Yin Shiji patted his thigh, holding his clothes nervously, and after hesitating for a moment, he said, "Xiaoyun, Xiaoru and I have no blood relationship, but I already treat her as my own child. If you want to marry her, there are some things I need to ask clearly before I dare to let you be with her."

"Uncle, you can ask anything you want."

"Okay." Yin Shi nodded. "Well... Xiaoyun, I think you are quite nice. You should not smoke, drink, or gamble, right?"

Yun Jixing shook his head, "Uncle, I don't have any bad habits, not now, and I won't have any in the future, don't worry about that."

"That's fine." Yin Shiji patted his thigh, thought for a while, and asked, "Xiao Yun, can you do housework and cook?"

"Yes, yes, uncle. How about I show you my skills at dinner tonight?" Yun Jixing asked with a smile.