Quick Wear: Passerby A's Daily Life of Eating Watermelons

After a two-hour break at noon, they set off again. This time the journey was quite long. The destination was Jiangling, the Jiangling that means "a thousand miles to Jiangling in one day". The distance between the two places was quite far. Jiang Yue and her friends walked and played for three months before arriving. After resting here for a month, they set off for Changsha and Guilin.

After arriving in Guilin, Jiang Yue had been out for a whole year. After celebrating the New Year in Guilin, he continued his journey. After arriving in Quanzhou, Jiang Yue left the puppet's hiring mark and traveled by land in a horse-drawn carriage. Jiang Yue took his little apprentice and went to Suzhou by water. When they arrived at the place, the puppet and his companions had not arrived yet. Jiang Yue took his little apprentice to visit Shaoxing and Hangzhou, and finally met up with the puppet in Jingdezhen.

Afterwards, he returned to Yangzhou and continued to head north, passing Bozhou and heading to Beijing in later generations. Then he did not continue to head north, but rested here for a while and then began to return to Chang'an. It had been more than two years, almost three years, and Jiang Yue planned to rush back to Chang'an before the end of the year so that he could spend the New Year at home with his apprentice.

When we arrived in Luoyang, we stayed here for a while longer. According to Jiang Yue's plan, we should have come here as the first place we came out of, but because we wandered around and lost our way, we ended up coming here as the last place.

After leaving Luoyang, Jiang Yue quickened his pace, passing through some small towns on the way, and occasionally staying for a few days to experience the local customs and practices, but he was always thinking about returning to Chang'an before the New Year.

Along the way, the little apprentice chattered about what she had seen and gained along the way, and expressed her curiosity about Chang'an. She wanted to know what the place where her master was staying was like, while Jiang Yue felt more calm and eager to return home.

However, the weather was unpredictable and halfway through the journey, an accident happened. A heavy snow blocked the road ahead, making it difficult for the horses to move forward. Jiang Yue had no choice but to find a high place to take shelter temporarily. It was only fifty miles, about a day's journey, but he didn't expect to encounter heavy snow at the critical moment.

After clearing out a flat area, they took out the tent and started to set it up. At night, they started a bonfire and the puppet took out a pot from the car. It was so comfortable to have a hot pot on such a snowy day. When they were about to start eating, they suddenly heard the sound of hurried horse hooves, and it sounded like there were quite a few people around.

Jiang Yue stood up and protected his little disciple behind him. Two puppets protected Jiang Yue in front. In fact, the puppets had already discovered these people. Although the scanning radius opened by Jiang Yue was small, it was still one kilometer in radius. Otherwise, how could they camp in the wild with peace of mind? Jiang Yue thought they would not come from this direction, but she did not consider one thing. The smoke from the fire can be seen from a distance.

However, the person who came was someone Jiang Yue knew, so there would be less wrangling. After the team stopped near Jiang Yue's tent, the leader dismounted and greeted Jiang Yue: "Master Jiang, long time no see, are you back from your travels?"

"Captain Zhou, long time no see. I just got back. If it weren't for the snow, I would have been home today. By the way, why are you out on patrol?"

"Um...."

"It's okay. If it's hard to say, then don't say it. I don't really need to know."

"Haha, by the way, Taoist Jiang, do you want me to escort you back?"

"No, the snow won't last long. I can walk by myself when it stops."

"Okay, Master Jiang, please forgive me for my official duties. I will bring my son to visit you when I have free time."

"Okay, bye then."

After the people left, Jiang Yue continued to eat. Seeing that his little disciple was quite curious, Jiang Yue told her who the other person was. That Captain Zhou was the pregnant woman Jiang Yue had saved before, and the one who fed her a pill. He seemed to be guarding the palace, so he should not be allowed to go out on patrol.

Perhaps something had happened again. Jiang Yue picked up some food for the young apprentice, who chewed the food while mumbling, "Master, has something happened?"

"Maybe, but it has nothing to do with us."

After dinner, I cleaned up my things, put some of the fire from the fire into the charcoal brazier, and then moved the firewood pile out. It was getting late, so I prepared to go to bed.

The next morning after breakfast, the snow was much lighter. According to this trend, the snow would probably stop at noon. In fact, it would not affect the visibility and we could hurry on our way now. However, Jiang Yue still waited until the snow stopped before setting off.

"Master, is our Taoist temple the same as the one in your painting?"

"Same."

"Master, are there many fruit trees planted around our Taoist temple?"

"Yes."

"Master, Master, will our Sanhua like me?"

"Will do."

Bullshit. When she left, Jiang Yue put the cat at the village chief's house. It's been three years since he left, and it's no wonder whether he still recognizes Jiang Yue, let alone likes her.

"Master, Master..."

"Are you free? Do you want to recite a scripture?"

The young disciple gestured to indicate that he would stop talking, but turned around and went to harass the two puppets. It was normal to be a little excited when going home for the first time. Finally, they were about to reach the Taoist temple. From a distance, the Taoist temple looked quite peaceful in the snow.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, some people were already sweeping the snow. Jiang Yue saw that they were people from the village. The people nearby saw Jiang Yue coming back and hurried over to greet her. Jiang Yue responded enthusiastically. After a while, the village chief who heard the news rushed over, but he had retired as the village chief.

"Master, I'm finally back after three years. I thought I wouldn't be able to see you again before I left."

Jiang Yue stepped forward to support the old village chief: "Stop talking nonsense. I'll take care of your body when I have time. It won't be a problem for you to live a few more years."

"Haha, you're just talking nonsense. You're not a god. At my age, I just hope you can let me suffer less."

They hadn't seen each other for a few years and talked a lot. The group talked for a long time at the farm. During the conversation, Jiang Yue introduced his little apprentice to everyone and invited everyone to watch the ceremony of accepting apprentices. After talking for a while, it was getting late, so after saying goodbye to everyone, Jiang Yue took his little apprentice home.

Jiang Yue took the little disciple to climb a mountain. Although she had shown the little disciple a painting of the Taoist temple, she still introduced it to her when she took her up the mountain. As soon as they arrived at the gate of the Taoist temple, they heard a familiar cat's meow. It turned out that Sanhua had returned to the Taoist temple at some point. When she saw Jiang Yue and the little disciple, she came over affectionately. The little disciple was so happy that she kept spinning around while holding Sanhua.

Jiang Yue thought Sanhua would not recognize her. If she had known, she would have brought the cat with her when she went out. After entering the Taoist temple, she took the little apprentice to burn incense first, and then took her around the temple. Fortunately, someone had cleaned the temple in the years that Jiang Yue was away, otherwise it would have needed a thorough cleaning.

After touring the Taoist temple, he took her for a walk outside. The Taoist temple, which had been expanded twice, covered a much larger area. It took them some time to walk around it. During the time, Jiang Yue took his little apprentice to pick persimmons, but they could not eat them immediately and had to thaw them before eating. After returning to the Taoist temple, the puppet had already moved the things up. It was too late today and Jiang Yue did not clean up, so he would wait until tomorrow.