The Great Seminary

Chapter 47 Preparation

Chapter 47 Preparation
According to the folk customs of the Ming and Song dynasties, within five days before the end of the year, unless one was so poor that he could not even make a living, even the most powerful people had to stop working and prepare for the New Year.

Pingyang Town.

In the neighboring Youyufang, Bangtianfang and Waixianfang, the streets are usually deserted at six quarters past nine in the evening.

But now it is already 10:00 a.m. and there are still people around.

The trees along the road are hung with red, round lanterns the size of watermelons.

There are small figures of landscapes painted on the lantern skin, which is rough but interesting.

Inside the lantern was a fish oil candle as thick as a wrist. When it was lit, it emitted black smoke that was smelly but lasted for a long time, staying lit all night.

The colorful paintings on the lantern skins are reflected on the ground, walls, and people by the candlelight, creating a different kind of New Year atmosphere.

Amidst the crowd, Zhang Gui was walking on the street with a dried fish in his mouth.

From time to time, he would greet the neighbors:
"Hey, Uncle Ren, you haven't slept yet, so I'm here to wish you a happy new year in advance."
"Brother Xiaoqi, congratulations on your prosperity, congratulations on your prosperity."
“Uncle San, good fortune, good fortune, may you be happy and live a long life, hahahaha”…

After a while, I strolled back home and opened the door, seeing my mother Yang Duojie having dinner with two aunts and five cousins in the main hall.

Braised pork head, steamed pig's trotters, stir-fried green onion and sea cucumber segments, whole chickens and ducks, and large plates of fish. Although not delicacies from land and sea, they are very rich.

Yang Duojie worked all day from morning till night, and only took a photo with her son when she was almost resting. She was very dissatisfied.

I couldn't help but grumble, "It's already past the twentieth of the lunar year and they still haven't stopped working.

Since ancient times, there has never been a boss who orders people around like this, let alone a real relative.

Are you really treating me like cattle and horses?" He quickly stood up to get the food that had been left for him.

The two aunts who lived under someone else's roof hurriedly followed Yang Duojie to serve the dishes, and also advised,

"Sister, is it true that you are valued only when you are busy?

Things can't be done without him, that's why he keeps working even after the 20th day of the lunar year."

"Exactly, exactly.

Otherwise, who would arrange errands so close to the end of the year?"

Zhang Gui just smiled foolishly when he heard this and didn't talk to the elders.

After sitting down at the table, he did not care if there were any leftovers. He ate and drank with big mouthfuls while casually greeting his cousins.

"Duoqing, Xilin, Shasha, Tongwa, Caicai, where did you go to play today?
The Zhang family has a new look now that they have a new head.

There were so many lanterns hung in the town that it would cost a lot of money just to burn the candles tonight.

Tsk tsk tsk, the days are still passing by, you are not doing the right thing."

The other cousins were all honest people. They only greeted Zhang Gui in a low voice and would not talk to him seriously.

Only Yang Lin, the fourth child of my aunt Qiedan Jena's family, glanced at Zhang Gui who was eating the leftovers and drinking the remaining wine. A hint of disdain flashed in his eyes, but he still gave a serious advice:

“Brother Guigui, if you have some free time, it’s okay for you to say some weird things.

But now you have a job in the Zhang family, and you are a clerk leader of a moderate size.

Some things are hard to say.”

Zhang Gui was stunned, then nodded and said:

“Yeah, yeah.

Cousin Xilin was right to remind me."

After that, he stopped talking and just focused on eating.

This meal took most of the hour.

After eating and drinking, it was already late at night when we finished washing the dishes.

The rest of the people were so sleepy that they kept laughing and went into their rooms to sleep.

Yang Duojie, who was only worried about her son, made two large pots of strong tea for Zhang Gui.

Standing by the small fire in the main room, he asked worriedly:
"Son, tell me honestly, where did you go to make trouble today?"

Ever since she found out that Zhang Gui had killed someone and robbed them last time, the same question has appeared many times.

Zhang Gui said with a helpless smile: "Oh my god.

What are you making a fuss about? I'm planning something big and I'm being very honest now.

I plan to move you there in the future..."

"You, you, you damned brat, are you bringing me along to become a bandit?

I'm not going.

I have lived in Pingyang Town for twenty years.

All my relatives and friends are here, I won’t go anywhere else.

I'd rather die than go!" Seeing that Yang Duojie was so excited that she was about to have a cerebral thrombosis, Zhang Gui could only wave his hands vigorously and said in a serious tone:

“No, no.

Am, what I want to say is that when I have money in the future, I will take you to live in Haofangshi in town.

After Jiujiang's brother became rich, didn't his family move to Hehefang in the town?

From now on, you can continue to be their neighbor and enjoy a peaceful life."

After hearing this, Yang Duojie's expression improved a little.

But he still shook his head and said, "I am doing my business properly, making money, and I can spend it however I want.

It is a hundred times happier than sitting with your legs crossed and enjoying your filial piety.

Just don't worry about how I, your mother, live my life.

Just take care of yourself."

Originally, Zhang Gui planned to wait until his foundation on the Giant Snake Head Island was initially established, and then move my mother there to be a miniature empress dowager in a foreign country.

Unexpectedly, Yang Duojie is a career-oriented woman with her own plans.

Now Yang Duojie couldn't persuade her son, and Zhang Gui couldn't force his mother to do so.

The two of them stared at each other, neither in the mood to chat, and went to sleep separately.

Two hours passed.

While sleeping, Zhang Gui felt an itch in his head, which he couldn't scratch.

In fact, the divine cluster in his brain sprouted and continued to grow, revealing the ancient divine text "Tai Sui Enters the Gods", and mastered the third original ability, "Black God Stands on the Ground".

At this point, Zhang Gui's three treasures of mind, heart, and spirit, and the three sources of liver, lungs, and brain were all covered by the divine cluster.

Its seven main gods are Cong'swallowing crows;
Drink from the river;

Water and fire complement each other;

All the grasses have their destiny;

Flaming gold;
Big growth;
When Tai Sui entered the state of spirit, countless tufts of hair grew out of him.

It evolved into the fourteen-character divine text of "The Three Perfections Reach the Supreme Transformation and Rebirth of the Great Saint", which connected all the gods into one.

Afterwards, the color of all the sacred bushes changed from light gold to golden yellow.

The three original abilities, 'Explosive Power, Weapon Master, and Black God Standing', are combined into one.

Three 'same magical powers' were merged into one 'small magical power', 'The Black God Explosive Weapon Master's All Achievements'!
In ancient times, "huasheng" also meant "reincarnation and rebirth".

For example, in the extremely famous mythological story of "Jingwei Filling the Sea", the goddess Jingwei transformed into the Jingwei bird after her death.

Wait until everything is settled.

Zhang Gui's blood also turned golden, and the transformation was successful.

A main god named "Embers" was born, who was derived from the bloodline of Kuafu but was unique and colorful.

Zhang Gui opened his eyes in a daze, and suddenly heard his mother's hoarse voice of surprise.
"Son, my son, you, you wake up!
Finally woke up! "

With a start in his heart, Zhang Gui suddenly sat up from the bed, "What's wrong, Am, have I slept for a long time?"

Seeing her son, who had been bedridden for dozens of hours, suddenly wake up with a startled look, Yang Duojie was so frightened that she almost fainted.

He hurriedly pushed Zhang Gui back onto the bed.

"Don't move, don't move.

The doctor said that your practice has disrupted your qi and blood, and the blood stasis rushed to your brain and caused you to fall asleep.

If I don't wake up, I'll be paralyzed.

Fortunately, God bless you, God bless you, you woke up."

Zhang Gui was stunned, "Blood congestion rushing to the brain, isn't that a cerebral hemorrhage?

I am young, have great abilities, and am very healthy. How could I have a cerebral congestion?

Who is cheating you out of your money?"

He shouted so loudly that he startled his aunt and cousin in the next room.

Soon, Qiadan Jena and Qiadan Sangjia came hurriedly over with their daughters.

"Guigui is awake!

That’s great, that’s great, it’s really the Buddha’s blessing!”