Taoist Master and the Cat - Chapter 179

After Xie Jingyuan came back in the evening, he was playing games for almost six hours. How could he not be hungry?

Gu Jialing clutched his stomach and looked at Xie Jingyuan pitifully.

He could make noodles by himself, but the Taoist master was awake, so he just wanted to eat the noodles from his hands.

Xie Jingyuan: “Sleep right after eating.”

Gu Jialing’s eyes lit up, “Okay, I’ll turn off the phone now!”

In the next room, Xu Shou, who was silently lying on the bed, pursed his lips.

The Taoist master had worked so hard, the cat and the bird were both troublesome.

Early the next morning, Xie Jingyuan also gave Gu Jialing a blue scarf.

Gu Jialing was happy but a little confused, “Is it a holiday today? Why are you giving us gifts all of a sudden?”

Xie Jingyuan’s expression was flat, “It’s cold, you three have one for each of you.”

Gu Jialing understood, “This is the winter welfare for our Qingxu Temple!”

Xu Shou glared at him, “Didn’t you say you want to weave a scarf for the Taoist master? Have you bought wool yet?”

Gu Jialing touched the back of his head guiltily.

Knitting scarves was too boring, he preferred playing games.

Xie Jingyuan: “Forget it, I already have one, so you don’t need to make one for me.”

Xu Shou: “But the one Su Miaomiao wove…”

Xie Jingyuan: “It’s pretty good, as long as I can wear it.”

The topic of the scarf stopped there, and the three of them went outside to wait for Su Miaomiao.

Su Miaomiao slept so comfortably that she was woken up by the alarm clock.

When she opened the door, Gu Jialing first saw the white scarf around her neck, which was almost identical to his except for the color.

Su Miaomiao also saw the scarves around his and Xu Shou’s necks.

Xie Jingyuan’s expression changed slightly, worried that she would mind.

What Su Miaomiao thought was that the Taoist master could knit two scarves in two hours, which was actually great.

As expected of a Taoist master, he was so powerful in everything he did.

That Thursday Lidong, the custom in Anshi was to eat dumplings in Lidong (winter start).

The time was too tight in the morning, so the group of four decided to have a dumpling supper at night.

Since Xu Shou and Xie Jingyuan both had evening classes, and Su Miaomiao had to accompany Xie Jingyuan again, the glorious task of grocery shopping fell to Gu Jialing.

When the three returned, Gu Jialing had already prepared all the flour and side dishes ingredients, and only waited for chef Xie Jingyuan to make it.

Xie Jingyuan cut vegetables and meat, and instructed Xu Shou to knead the dough.

Su Miaomiao and Gu Jialing were sitting in the living room watching TV. Gu Jialing kept pressing the remote control, and finally stopped on a channel, which was playing a martial arts drama.

In the scene, a Taoist master from Wudang Mountain was entangled with a demon girl.

Gu Jialing asked Su Miaomiao, “Have you seen this?”

Su Miaomiao looked at the Taoist master and nodded, “I think I have seen it. Didn’t they both die in the end?”

Grandma Tao had watched a lot of TV series, including modern and ancient martial arts and immortals. Su Miaomiao would always be by Grandma Tao’s side, sometimes watching along, sometimes falling asleep watching, so she remembered everything in fragments, not the full story.

Gu Jialing chatted with her while eating melon seeds, “Speaking of which, people from Wudang Mountain could be regarded as Taoist masters. You can see that Zhang Cuishan could marry a wife and have children. It can be seen that our patriarchs who were not strict in Taoism were reasonable. What are the benefits of getting married especially for beautiful women, none of their words can be trusted. Hey, the Taoist master will find a woman to marry in the future, so we have to help him keep an eye on her, lest the Taoist master also end up like Zhang Cuishan in the end.”

Su Miaomiao stared at the actress on the screen, and then touched her face.

She was also a beautiful woman, right?

But she had never lied to the Taoist master, so he would marry her, and it would end well.

At that time, Xie Jingyuan and Xu Shou brought the dough and stuffing to the dining table, and sat there to make dumplings.

Su Miaomiao immediately lost interest in TV dramas, and sat next to Xie Jingyuan, watching him make seafood-filled dumplings for her.

Gu Jialing turned off the TV, sat down and asked Xie Jingyuan seriously, “Master, have you watched ‘Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre’?”

Xie Jingyuan: “I’ve heard of it.”

When the TV series was on the air, the primary school students in the class would discuss it, and together with some scenes he glimpsed in the living room at home, probably all the plots could be connected.

Gu Jialing: “If you were Zhang Wuji, which woman would you choose?”

Xie Jingyuan: “I’m not.”

Gu Jialing: “Okay, you’re not, but from those women over there, who do you like?”

Xie Jingyuan: “I’m not interested in any of them.”

Xu Shou glared at Gu Jialing, “Watch TV. If you don’t want to help, at least don’t make trouble.”

Gu Jialing was quiet for a while, then suddenly asked Su Miaomiao, “Which male character do you like in it? It seems that many girls like Yang Xiao. Hey, I suddenly discovered that this kind of drama always pairs a demon and a human together, like Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu, Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min, and Yang Xiao and Ji Xiaofu…”

Su Miaomiao just looked at him.

In the end, Gu Jialing concluded, “But most couples of a good human and demon do not end well.”

Su Miaomiao looked at Xie Jingyuan. He was about to make the dumpling wrapper, when he saw her looking over, he added some fillings to the dumpling with a spoon.

Su Miaomiao smiled.

The dumplings with four kinds of fillings were all wrapped, so Xie Jingyuan went to the kitchen to cook them. Xu Shou wanted to follow, but Su Miaomiao followed him one step ahead.

The kitchen was such a closed place, Xu Shou didn’t want Su Miaomiao to complain of the smell on his body, so he just stayed in the living room and watched TV with Gu Jialing.

The scene at that time happened to be when Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu consummated in the cave.

Gu Jialing watched with relish, when suddenly Xu Shou changed the channel.