I went to the temple after traveling through time, and he turned out to be a monk!

Even though Bai Zhi had been mentally building up for a long time and told herself that her purpose was just to get the source of the sulfur and saltpeter and help Ayu find a way out, this still made her feel sour and uncomfortable.

It's easy to say that she can't bend but can't stretch, but if she really reaches this situation and faces such humiliation, she will still inevitably get angry.

Bai Zhi took a breath, and her smile turned polite and cold in an instant. She tried her best to raise the corners of her mouth, "Then... can Ayu stay? She is still a child after all, and she can also help you."

Meng Wenjing also felt that exposing someone's purpose so directly was a bit too inhumane. He avoided Bai Zhi's gaze and hesitated for a moment, "Well...she...can, I will teach her well."

Meng Wenjing felt that he had made a big concession, and he seriously wanted to accept Ayu as his apprentice, as long as he did not have anything to do with the brothel girl.

Bai Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she didn't scold him impulsively just now, otherwise her efforts would have been in vain.

Bai Zhi felt depressed and began to pack her things. She told Ayu Qian to keep an eye on the cabinets of sulfur and saltpeter and notify her when they were all used up.

"Ayu, listen carefully. Every day, you secretly hide a little sulfur and saltpeter in a jar. When the jar is half filled, come to me!" Bai Zhi stuffed two jars for her and whispered.

Ayu nodded reluctantly and uneasily, "Well, is Aniang really going to leave? I...I haven't finished memorizing the names of these medicines...I'm afraid of making Master angry..."

Bai Zhi was also worried. After all, Ayu had only just learned to read, so it would be difficult for her to quickly recognize all the medicines.

But Ayuruo always relied on herself, and her growth was slow. She picked up a pen and paper and drew diagrams for Ayu, labeled all the medicines clearly in a way that she could remember and understand, and then explained them to her one by one.

This lecture lasted until midnight.

The candlelight was flickering, and Bai Zhi was still pulling Ayu to remember again and again.

"Honghua!" Bai Zhi looked at Ayu seriously and solemnly.

Ayu couldn't remember it for a moment and almost burst into tears, "In... the second row... the fifth... the sixth cabinet."

"Wrong! Think again!"

The voice was a bit harsh. Ayu had already made several mistakes in a row. At this moment, he finally couldn't hold it in anymore. Tears fell in large drops, but he was still trying to remember, "In the third row...the sixth cabinet."

"It's still wrong!" Bai Zhi's patience was about to run out and she sighed.

Ayu gritted her teeth and recited the diagram again with tears, and the two of them repeated this process over and over again.

Later, Bai Zhi felt that she was too cruel. She thought that she had to memorize a text for several days. How could she remember it all so quickly?

However, she understood that Meng Wenjing did not like brothel girls, and Ayu was related to her. If she did not work hard enough to help him, she would not be qualified to learn this craft.

So where will Ayu go?

In troubled times, men can only rely on violence to make a living. Women can only sell their skin or ask a man to marry them. Apart from studying medicine, Bai Zhi can't think of any acceptable options.

Thinking like this, Bai Zhi became even more severe, looking like a stone-hearted and unkind person.

Meng Wenjing closed the shop, washed up, and saw the lights on in the room. Thinking that the woman was dragging her feet and not wanting to leave, she went over to take a look.

At a glance, I saw an angry mother and a broken child.

She repeated the location of each medicine over and over again, just like her master who hated iron and steel. And Ayu is just like him as a child, pitiful, weak, and helpless.

Meng Wenjing wanted to interrupt her, but suddenly he had a question: How could this brothel woman remember the location of all the medicines so clearly after she had only been here for ten days.

Even because she was literate, she became familiar with it too quickly.

Maybe it's because she's naturally smart? But no matter how smart she is, she is still a brothel girl.

"Girl! It's getting dark, please come back!" Meng Wenjing still chased her away mercilessly.

"Right away! Do it again!" Bai Zhi replied subconsciously.

"Come on! I will teach her, you go!" Meng Wenjing said impatiently.

At this point, Bai Zhi had no choice but to stop. After a few hurried instructions, she was kicked out of the door.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, so dark and empty, with no stars or moon, it was like walking into a space where there was no air.

Bai Zhi held her anxious and depressed heart and sighed longly.

Let's go and think of a solution.

Just after taking two steps, the door behind him creaked. In the silent night, the sound seemed particularly stiff.

Turning around, he saw Meng Wenjing, with his hair loosely tucked behind his ears, wearing a moon-white gown and holding a lamp. Under the faint halo, he could still see the delicate luster reflected on his clothes.

The light shone in his eyes, and Bai Zhi could only see contempt and disgust.

He should be a young man born into a wealthy family, possessing his own reserve and the nobility of his own beliefs.

That's why he can be so contemptuous of people like himself who are from three religions and nine schools of thought.

Bai Zhi raised a cold smile and breathed a sigh of relief.

In addition to men and women, there are classes, rich and poor, and all kinds of gaps between people in the world.

People are very different.

Bai Zhi had an arrogant idea. She wanted to fill up all the ravines under her feet and turn them into criss-crossing roads.

All roads lead to equality, equality of identity and personality.

For some reason, Bai Zhi's eyes made Meng Wenjing shiver. It was like a kind of arrogant contempt, more like some kind of demonstration.

She seems to be looking down on herself?

Meng Wenjing's hair stood on end and his throat rolled. He moved his lips slightly, as if he couldn't open his mouth, and said vaguely, "Hey, take the lamp. Ayu is still young. If you come to see her occasionally, I won't say anything."

"Thank you, Doctor Meng." Bai Zhi responded with a chuckle, took the lantern in his hand, and turned to leave.

The Mid-Autumn Festival will be here in a few days. The moon was supposed to be full tonight, but it was covered by dark clouds.

After walking a few steps, drizzle began to fall from the sky, and Bai Zhi didn't feel cold at all.

Step on the bluestone bricks step by step and feel the unevenness of the road.

She felt very at ease. With the current ruin, she could even imagine the future prosperity. This imagination became more concrete and urgent little by little.

She wanted to change this ghostly world and couldn't wait any longer. Her hands and feet were getting warmer little by little, and the temperature penetrated into her blood vessels and flowed to her heart. Her heart was burning and became extremely hot.

The steps became more brisk.

Meng Wenjing looked at the lights going away little by little, but his heart sank.

What does her look mean?

He couldn't believe that the gaze of a brothel woman actually frightened him.

He hurriedly collected his thoughts, stroked the goosebumps on his arms, turned around and closed the door.

The light was still on in Ayu's room, and she was still remembering, crying over and over again, while gritting her teeth and studying.

Meng Wenjing was puzzled. It was obviously just a woman, it was obviously just a girl from a brothel, it was obviously just a child born to a prostitute.

What's the point of their hard work?

After all, he is just a dirty person. Even if he is full of poems and books, it is just to add some fun to sleeping with him.

Who would regard them as good girls?