Ye Zhaoling was holding a bowl. The aroma of porridge overflowed, and her favorite side dishes were placed beside it.
She couldn't eat enough.
After taking a few hurried bites, she looked at the purple clay pot next to her, which should contain the soup she drank on time every day.
The Taoist priest attaches great importance to her health and will refine elixirs every now and then to help her take care of her body.
And because he couldn't go down Qingcheng Mountain casually, the heavy responsibility of supervising her taking medicine fell on Zhang Yu's shoulders.
Ye Zhaoling thought, reached out and opened the lid, and was surprised to find that the pot was empty.
Zhang Yu came over with a glass of warm water, put it in her hand, and then touched her head.
"I was negligent. I haven't finished taking the medicine today."
Ye Zhaoling looked at him. For Zhang Yu, who was strict and self-disciplined, this kind of thing was like the sun exploding, which was a bit unbelievable.
"It doesn't matter if you don't drink today."
Ye Zhaoling felt a little strange.
"However, I must go home before midnight today."
"Ye'er, did you hear clearly?"
She nodded obediently, her long eyelashes lowered, hiding the look in her eyes.
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Set off up the mountain at eight o'clock.
Zhang Yu put her on the sedan together with a wooden box half a person's height.
Passing by the Mother's Temple at the foot of the mountain, the bearer was responsible for carrying ten meals in the wooden box to the ten little girls.
She was sitting in the sedan chair, holding in her hand the jade Ruyi gourd that Zhang Yu specially hung around her neck before leaving.
She felt very ashamed when she talked about it. She wanted to deliver meals to the ten girls in Grandma's temple, but she could only let Zhang Yu cook the food herself.
Even the sedan she was sitting in at this time was specially begged for her by Zhang Yu from Mr. Ye.
I'm afraid she won't be able to walk on the mountain road.
None of the other eight ladies received this treatment.
You have to take one step at a time from the bottom of the mountain and climb to the top of the mountain without stopping.
A full three and a half hours journey.
From the top of Qingcheng Mountain, overlooking the entire town, it seems like you can touch the tail of the sky.
At twelve o'clock at noon, Ye Zhaoling and others knelt in front of the clay sculpture of Grandma in the Grandma's temple to worship the mountain god and envoy Grandma.
There are no statues of mountain gods on Qingcheng Mountain.
People only need to be respectful in their hearts, and there is no need to put in extra effort in appearance.
After the nine adopted daughters of the Ye family knelt down and worshiped, they lined up on both sides of the hall one by one. There was nothing else for them to do next.
Among them, a few people secretly brought snacks and stuffed them into their mouths secretly; those who brought their mobile phones secretly opened the game; those who were not afraid of being "taught" by their grandma started chatting.
On both sides of Ye Zhaoling stood Ye Ba and Ye Jiu.
The other eight adopted daughters are nominally Ye Zhaoling's sisters, but in fact they are even more estranged than strangers on the road.
Ye Zhaoling had never thought about easing the relationship, but unfortunately her sisters smiled at her one second and accepted her gifts, turned around and left, and the next second they offered her things...
Ye Zhaoling: I only wanted to treat you as my sister, but I didn’t expect you to treat me as your ancestor...
A few years ago, the relationship between Ye Zhaoling and Ye Ba inexplicably got better and they had a good time, but later they broke up for no apparent reason.
All of this is quite inexplicable, it's like she has done nothing but everyone is avoiding her intentionally or unintentionally, fearing her like a mountain god.
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In the year 3033, when I was in Yimao, in the mid-summer day, I beat the earthen drum and sang "Bin Shi" to counter the immortal.
There were a lot of familiar faces from the Ye family coming and going. Those who were in awe of the mountain god would kneel down respectfully, and then kowtow to the ground like slapping garlic on a chopping board.
Whoever kowtows louder will have more dignity——
Ye Zhaoling really couldn't understand this approach.
No wonder everyone worships this clay statue enthusiastically. Isn’t it ruining your brain?
Poor Ye Zhaoling wants to have a normal brain, but it's all a luxury, while others are rushing to ruin their brains.
I watched a Tietou Gong performance for an hour and a half——
At half past one, everything finally came to an end. We could go down the mountain to Ye's house.
Ye Zhaoling glanced around his nominal sisters, and finally fixed his eyes on Ye Ba and Ye Jiu.
She then waved to the two of them and invited them to ride down the mountain together in a sedan.
Ye Ba glanced at her coldly: "I'm sitting with someone who breaks a promise and a promise, and I'm really afraid that I'll have a myocardial infarction and burp out of anger!"
Ye Ba has congenital heart disease.
Ye Zhaoling heard this sentence countless times, but in her memory, they did have the best time.
But she never remembered what agreement she had with Ye Ba...
She looked at Ye Jiu and met a gaze that made her scalp tingle.
"...It would be nice if your face were on my body." Ye Jiu murmured.
Ye Zhaoling remembered that Ye Jiu suffered from congenital asthma, so it shouldn't be delusional, right?
Ye Zhaoling pretended not to hear, turned around and sat back in the sedan with a dull face.
She invites these two people every year, and they are rejected every year.
But she was really scared from the bottom of her heart, and the two men suddenly looked at each other halfway.
At two o'clock, we finally arrived at the Ye family's mansion halfway up the mountain.
The sumptuous lunch is mostly based on fish, and Mr. Ye loves fish very much.
With something in mind, Ye Zhaoling finished a bowl of rice with the peanuts in front of him.
After dinner, Ye Zhaoling had to go to Mr. Ye's study.
Read "Blessings from the Immortals" silently for the mountain god.
There was a legend ten years ago that on the evening of June 5, 2023 in Qingcheng, the mountain god entrusted a dream to Mr. Ye and asked his eldest daughter to recite "Blessings from the Immortals".
At the beginning of that year, that is, January 6, 2023, Ye Zhaoling was rescued by her benefactor and sent to the Ye Mansion, becoming Mr. Ye's first adopted daughter.
The remaining sisters were all adopted by Mr. Ye on June 8th every year, three days after worshiping grandma.
Only she was adopted in January ten years ago.
He was even cared for for six months.
However, on June 6 of that year, after she recited "Blessings from the Immortals" to the mountain god for the first time, she could no longer speak freely.
No one told her what was going on.
From then on, every year on June 6th, the day after reading "Blessings from the Immortals" silently -
It was June 7th that she could speak.
But only for one day.
Ye Zhaoling read the obscure congratulatory article boredly and fell asleep.
In a dream, in a yard full of locust trees
A woman whose face cannot be seen clearly wants to give her a string of white jade.
She refused.
Ye Zhaoling woke up instantly and suddenly felt a splitting headache.
"Knock knock." The butler knocked on the door and walked in.
There is an exquisite white jade bottle on the tray in his hand.
"This is what the Taoist priest ordered to bring to you. It can cure your illness and pain."
This bottle has no cap, and there are three needle-sized holes on the top of the bottle, exuding a refreshing fragrance.
Ye Zhaoling heard it, and it worked quickly. He no longer had headaches or sore waist.
She looked at the wall clock and saw that it was already six o'clock in the evening.
It's so late.
"Please go and hold a ceremony to send off the gods, Miss Zhaoling."
It's just a process of taking turns to put on a few sticks of incense, it's not complicated.
What told her to bite the bullet was the upcoming dinner party.
Gardens of silver flowers, sparkling trees, small bridges and flowing water, brightly lit, wine pools and meat forests.
There was great joy at the table.
Ye Zhaoling thought about the ten hungry girls at the foot of the mountain and couldn't sit still, but had to accept the flattery from everyone.
Most of them are flattering to Zhang Yu, who is perfect in talent, appearance, political integrity and talent.
In the past years, she felt that she was far away from the glory, but now it sounds like she is sitting on pins and needles.
Because they praised her for being as beautiful as a flower and how beautiful her appearance was, as if she only had one face that could show off her face, but... it was indeed the case.
She lowered her head.
I don't know how long it took, but someone finally came to break this happy atmosphere.
Ye Zhaoling took a closer look and saw that it was the housekeeper.
Fu Er said a few words to Mr. Ye.
The next moment, Ye Zhaoling saw his father's face, which was red from the smell of alcohol, and the color completely faded away in an instant.
Then he hurriedly left the table, and the butler said a few symbolic words of blessing for the end of the banquet.
Ye Zhaoling went to the kitchen and packed ten meals in wooden boxes.
When I came out, the people in the house were in a hurry.
She thought about what big thing would happen and walked towards Ping'an Building.
Standing in the middle of this bustling noise, Ping'an Tower still looks peaceful and beautiful.
People in Qingcheng only know that the Ye family on the mountainside is prosperous, but there are rumors that Mr. Ye offended the gods in his early years, and his ten biological daughters died one after another within three years, which was extremely miserable.
They don't know that Mr. Ye's ten biological daughters are still alive.
They live in this safe building surrounded by fiery trees and silver flowers, lifted high by prosperity and splendor!
She took a step forward, but was stopped by someone.
It's a Taoist priest.
"Put away the bottle I gave you."
Ye Zhaoling nodded.
The Taoist priest gave another warning and left in a hurry.
"Go back early."
The strong wind suddenly started, which seemed ominous.