I heard you want to let me down

Rong Jin left from the study, this time he did not disturb anyone except the Patriarch of the Gu family.Now that he got the answer, Rong Jin planned to leave.But he saw five or six patrolling youths chatting at an intersection on the original road.Rong Jin didn't want to bother, so he turned his footsteps and turned into another path, intending to pass through Gu's house diagonally.

Rong Jin walked along the wall, and the sound of reciting a book came from the room beside him. These two sentences happened to be taught to him by Gu Baike before, so Rong Jin glanced through the window.Looking at the past, his footsteps stopped.

The Gu family has surrounded the entire large street as their own territory. This place is far away from the main courtyard just now. It is obviously an extension of the Gu family. The houses have also changed from the tall and exquisite before to ordinary and ordinary, and some can even be said to be simple.Those who live here are probably very remote offshoots of the Gu family.

Inside the room were two boys, sitting around a square table, they looked quite young.

The seven or eight-year-old was reciting, and the three- and four-year-old boy sat obediently on a bench higher than him, with his legs not touching the ground, holding a piece of round cake in his hand, nibbling like a little hamster.The cake was thick and big, with red patterns painted on the surface of the cake.

Rong Jin remembered that Gu Baike once mentioned inadvertently that when he was very young, he was looking forward to the festival for a while, because there would be sweet cakes to eat.The cake is painted with red pictures.

The one in the child's hand may be a pastry used for New Year's sacrifices.

The child is very sensible, and only after his brother finished reciting a paragraph, he called him: "Wok, pot, eat cakes."

The older boy laughed at him: "The pot, don't eat the pot, you can eat it yourself."

The child whispered: "There is a basket. I won't endorse it."

The elder brother rumpled the child's hair: "Guokuo endorses the book, if he can be selected then, Ah Cheng will have as many cakes as he wants."

The two brothers were respectful and affectionate, and the elder brother suddenly heard someone knocking on their window.

"Hey, kids, can I exchange cakes with you? I promise you won't suffer."

……

Rong Jin carried the basket of wedding cakes and walked briskly on the street.He gained a lot from going out this time, the misunderstanding was finally solved, he didn't have to worry about it anymore, and he even brought a gift back to Gu Baike.

There is no habit of offering sacrifices during Chinese New Year and festivals in Qiuliang Mountain, and of course they don't make cakes specifically for sacrifices.Gu Baike mentioned lightly that Rong Jin was still a fool at that time, only heard that Gu Baike liked sweets as much as he did, happily shared the sweets she liked with Gu Baike, and then put the matter behind her up.Just now seeing the child eating, Rong Jin suddenly remembered that there was such a thing.

Rong Jin remembered the vague nostalgia in Gu Baike's tone at that time, broke off a piece from the basket, and put it in his mouth.

In fact, Rong Jin already knew that this was not a very good thing.The food used for sacrificial rituals must be good in size and appearance, but the taste is often very mediocre.But when this piece of cake entered the mouth, Rong Jin still froze.

A steamed cake made of ordinary multigrain noodles, sandwiched with sweet and greasy candy.Because of the sacrificial offering, it was left in the cold wind for several days before it was sent out. It was hard and dry, and the cheeks hurt from chewing.

What the kid ate just now must have been re-steamed, or else he wouldn't be able to chew it at all.

Strictly speaking, those two children are not family-oriented.Their biological mother was a girl from a remote branch of the Gu family, who fell in love with an ordinary person, and both died in accidents three years ago.The Gu family took them in, but it was just to let them have a place to stay before they became adults, so that they wouldn't starve to death. They want to get more, unless you can show your value.Such a thing is not uncommon among the rich and powerful in this world.

But Gu Baike is the eldest son of the previous head of the Gu family.When he was a child, he would even look forward to eating such cakes.These two children can still depend on each other as brothers, what about Gu Baike at that time?He was younger, his mother died early, and his father hated him deeply. Was there anyone he could rely on at that time?

Rong Jin chewed slowly, and swallowed the piece of cake.His feet were suspended in the air, as if the wind was supporting him to gallop, and he disappeared from the street in an instant.

……

During the day, Gu Baike sat on the grass by the river, holding a piece of wood in his hand, and slowly chipped it with a palm-sized knife.He heard the sound of water, raised his head, and sure enough, he saw a familiar figure appearing from the entrance of the secret realm.

Gu Baike's hand holding the knife was slightly tight.In fact, after Rong Jin left Qiuliang Mountain this time, Gu Baike wandered by the river all day, as if only here could he feel a little calmer.He knew that he was waiting for Rong Jin, and wanted to see Rong Jin the first moment Rong Jin came back.But now that Rong Jin really came back, thinking of the purpose of Rong Jin's trip and what Rong Jin said before leaving, Gu Baike felt evasive and timid again.

Rong Jin went ashore, and met Gu Baike's eyes.He didn't have to raise his eyebrows coldly now, he didn't know what to say for a moment, his brain twitched, and he released all the pastries in the Qiankun bag: "For you."

Gu Baike looked at a large piece of pastry boxes on the grass, and was a little confused for a while.

Rong Jin ate that bite of pastry, and almost exploded in pain in the middle of the night. He rushed on the road all night, and when it dawned, he rushed into the largest nearby town and bought the most luxurious pastry shop inside.

At that time, he was impulsive, but now he was in front of Gu Baike, but he couldn't tell the reason at that time, so he had to think of a reason temporarily: "Uh, a New Year's gift for you."

Gu Baike's gaze swept over those pastry boxes, and she was stunned when she landed on the bamboo basket that was incompatible with other exquisite pastry boxes.

Following his line of sight, Rong Jin suddenly collapsed. He felt that he might have been taken away by some idiot just now, and he even put out the basket containing the cakes!

Gu Baike walked over, lifted the layer of blue cloth covering it, and saw four or five cakes inside, and the gap in the top cake.He hasn't eaten this for many, many years, but he is extremely precocious and intelligent, and this is the rare sweetness in his childhood memories.So he recognized it right away. It was the pastry used for the Gu family's New Year's sacrifice, and the word "Gu" was printed on the bottom.

Rong Jin explained dryly: "I went to Gu's this time and saw some children eating this. I remembered that you mentioned it before, so I brought some back."

Rong Jin felt that he was simply stupid.When I saw this pastry at the time, I only thought that Gu Baike mentioned that he liked to eat it in the past, and that he planned to bring it back to Gu Baike as a gift, but he didn't even think about it. Where can Gu Baike's good memories from Gu's family be traced.

Gu Baike didn't say a word, picked up the cake with a missing piece on the top, and began to eat slowly.

Rong Jin snatched: "Don't eat."

But Gu Baike stopped his hand, swallowed the cake in her mouth, and said, "I'm very happy, Jin. I ate it when I was a child, and thought it was a rare delicacy. I feel the same when I eat it now."

Gu Baike's eyes were gentle, and Rong Jin easily understood the words inside.

Because you remember my words and think of me, it becomes a rare delicacy.

Rong Jin and Gu Baike sat down on the grass side by side, Gu Baike ate a cake, Rong Jin asked him: "How is Xuan Yunzong treating you?"

Gu Baike was very calm, and when he mentioned Xuanyunzong, there was a slight smile in his eyes: "Very good. As soon as I entered the door, I was accepted by the master. The master loved me very much, and my uncle and brothers were very friendly. I was in Xuanyun. Zong, I have not received any harsh treatment."

"That's good." Rong Jin blinked and looked at the white clouds in the sky in the distance, "Why do you not like to laugh when I heard from your junior brother?"

Gu Baike thought for a while before realizing which junior Rong Jin was talking about. He explained: "Xuanyun Sect is originally a sect of cultivation, and everyone is dedicated to cultivation. Although the relationship is good, it will not be too lively. "

Rong Jin continued to ask: "You went to Xuanyun Sect at the age of three, was there anyone with you at that time? Who will take care of you when you enter the sect?"

Gu Baike shook her head: "My mother's maid sent me to the foot of Xuanyunzong Mountain and left. At the beginning, in the sect, servants would come to deliver meals and change clothes every day. When I grow up, I don't have to bother people took care of."

Rong Jin smiled wryly, but did not speak.

In fact, Rong Jin also guessed that Shao Shen is a sloppy cultivator who can't take care of himself well. Gu Baike is still his first apprentice. Although he treats Gu Baike well, he may not have much for raising a baby. experience.Gu Baike's growth process may have been bitter and lonely.

Seeing Rong Jin lost in thought, Gu Baike asked softly: "What is Ah Jin thinking?"

Rong Jin muttered, "I was wondering why you are always so unlucky."

In fact, Rong Jin knew a long time ago that his boyfriend is an unlucky guy, and there is a high probability that he would have a miserable life before meeting him. This time, compared to the past, it is still a good one.But every time he heard about Gu Ruzhuo's experience before meeting him, Rong Jin still felt a pang in his heart.

Gu Baike's voice was very relaxed, with a long-lost coquettishness and dependence: "Maybe, I want Ah Jin to love me more in the future, so pity me."

Rong Jin rolled his eyes at him, pinched his chin: "Come on, call Guoguo. Calling Guoguo will hurt you."

Gu Baike vaguely guessed why Rong Jin was not in high spirits, he bent his eyes and smiled: "It's okay. From now on, I will not only have Xuan Yunzong, but also Ah Jin will accompany me."

Rong Jin solemnly replied: "Well, I will always be with you."

Gu Baike wanted to make Rong Jin happy; "A Jin gave me a New Year's gift, and I also prepared a gift for A Jin. I have been carving a hairpin for A Jin these days, but I haven't carved it for ten years. It's a little rusty, and it may take a while Only then can it be finished."

Rong Jin: "..."

Very good, I will give you the ugly cake, and you will return my ugly hairpin, we are even.