Taoist Master and the Cat - Chapter 222

Gu Jialing tilted his hairball head, thought for a while, and then said, “I don’t know, I haven’t visited a market yet, so let’s see and pick what’s good.”

Xie Jingyuan said, “Good things are expensive, and your gift cannot exceed fifty coins.”

All Su Miaomiao needed was a beautiful futon cover. Even if she liked satin, with the quality of satin in the town, fifty was enough to buy a small piece of satin.

Gu Jialing said in satisfaction, “Then when shall we set off?”

Xie Jingyuan looked at the sky and said, “After half an hour.”

Gu Jialing flapped his wings and flew away. His nest was built on an old elm tree in the courtyard of the main hall of Qingxu Temple.

As soon as he left, Su Miaomiao came out from under the bed, and said disgustedly to the man by the window, “What beautiful nest can you buy for fifty cents?”

She lived in the world for a while when she was a child, so she knew the approximate price.

Xie Jingyuan said, “It’s enough to buy you a beautiful futon.”

Su Miaomiao said with her eyes wide open in disbelief, “What I want is a new litter, not a futon! That futon is so hard, it’s not comfortable to sleep on it!”

Her voice was so soft and sweet that people who could hear her would think that there was a beautiful woman acting like a baby in his room.

Xie Jingyuan closed the window and set up a sound-proof spiritual barrier.

Looking at the cat squatting on the desk and facing him with her head up, Xie Jingyuan asked doubtfully, “Then what kind of new litter do you want?”

Su Miaomiao had been waiting for him to fulfill his promise, and said, “I want a Babu bed like the one the rich ladies have, so that I can sleep in my original and human form. It should be made of Jichimu wood. It’s better if the bed is inlaid with more jewels. Let’s go to the silk and satin shop to pick out gauze curtains, including bedding and other fabrics.”

Not to mention jewelry, just a Babu bed made of Jichimu wood costs a hundred taels of silver. If one pursued carving craftsmanship, they may not be able to afford one thousand taels.

(Babu bed is based on a canopy bed with a shallow corridor outside, like a house)

Although Qingxu Temple was worshiped by the common people, it also needed to help the common people from time to time, and it only saved more than a dozen taels of silver.

Facing Su Miaomiao’s expectant eyes, Xie Jingyuan said bluntly, “It’s too expensive, I don’t have that much money.”

Su Miaomiao lowered her head in disappointment and said, “But I just want such a beautiful bed.”

“…You’ve been sleeping on my bed lately, so you don’t need that kind of bed.”

“But I can only lie under your bed during the day and sleep on the cold floor.”

Xie Jingyuan thought of her figure basking in the sun and sleeping in every corner of the temple. She didn’t even think the roof tiles were too cold, but she disliked the floor.

However, no matter how expensive the request was, he personally promised to give her a beautiful new nest.

After a moment of silence, Xie Jingyuan discussed with her, “If you are willing to wait, I can make you a small bed for you to sleep on.”

He couldn’t make a big one not because he was afraid of wasting time, but because such a luxurious bed was too eye-catching, and it looked like it would be for a woman to sleep on, so it was not appropriate to put it in the temple.

“Do you have the materials?”

“Not currently, but I will collect them slowly. As long as I collect them, I will make a bed for you.”

“What about Jichimu wood?”

“It’s too expensive, there are some old elm trees in the back mountain, the patterns are similar to it, how about it?”

Su Miaomiao didn’t think so, but Qingxu Temple was so poor, even Xie Jingyuan’s room was extremely shabby, so she could only make do with it.

“Okay, let’s pick out the bedding fabric and buy cotton today.”

In the past, Su Miaomiao would put leaves in the nest, but since someone was there to support her needs, of course she would want soft white cotton on it.

After Su Miaomiao left, Xie Jingyuan dug out his purse.

Every Taoist master had some private property, and Xie Jingyuan was no exception. However, the private money of the dignified Qingxu Temple’s master was only a few taels of silver.

At dawn, Xuan Ling brought breakfast over.

Xu Shou followed his master to eat steamed buns, Su Miaomiao lazily nestled on the window sill, and Gu Jialing stood on the hanger, watching silently.

Xu Shou asked them, “Why don’t you eat?”

As far as he knew, neither the cat nor the bird went to the nearby forest for food in the previous two days.

Gu Jialing said, “I heard that there is a restaurant in the town. I want to go there to eat meat.”

Su Miaomiao flicked her tail agreeingly.

Cultivating demons like them could last two or three days with a full meal. Although she was a little hungry at the moment, she wanted to save space in her stomach to eat meat.

Xu Shou: “…”

The three looked toward the door at the same time when they heard heavy footsteps from the corridor 

The person who came was Senior Sun, and the reason for his heavy footsteps was that he was holding in his arms a fox fur that had been dried and rolled into a bedding.

The original shape of the fox was not big, but the demon had been cultivating for thousands of years, so the fur could cover the main hall of Qingxu Temple evenly.

After obtaining Xie Jingyuan’s permission, Senior Sun pushed the door open and was used to the scene of the three demons surrounding Xie Jingyuan inside, so he said directly to the business, “Jingyuan, this time we have lost quite a lot in Qingxu Temple. It collapsed, and most of the roof of the main hall was destroyed, including many floors, doors and windows. We don’t have much money, so I thought, since you are going down the mountain, you might as well go to Fucheng to sell this fur.”

The eagle demon was smashed by the patriarch, and there was no use value to his body at all.

The whole body of the python could be used as medicine, and Senior Sun decided to use it to refine an elixir, which could be used by Taoist masters and ordinary people.

Only the fur of the nine-tailed fox was suitable for exchanging money.

As soon as Senior Sun’s words fell, the eyes of Su Miaomiao and Gu Jialing fell on Xie Jingyuan’s face at the same time.

Xie Jingyuan first answered Senior Sun, “Since we are going to Fucheng, it may take a month. During this time, I will trouble you to take care of the temple.”

“You can go down the mountain with peace of mind.”