Becoming a Saint by Leisure Reading - Chapter 91

When he woke up, Chen Luo felt refreshed.

Yesterday, he was pestered by the seven little gourd girls and told the story of the gourd babies more than a dozen times before they were lulled to sleep.

　　The first one was just so noisy, but the second one “Little Calabash King Kong” is still worth it.

　　Save it for later for… No, that’s a plan for the future…

　　He hurried up and wrote a letter to Patriarch Xianhu asking her to come and pick up the people, and bring the reward along.

　　Such a big Earl’s Mansion, how many should he marry to fill the whole place? He should try to save some betrothal gifts now…

　　You mean Chen Xuan’s dowry?

　　Bah, why marry? It’s not that he can’t afford to raise her!

　　Chen Luo thought about it again and was about to get up when suddenly his arm touched a lump of flesh.

　　Chen Luo took a look, his complexion changed drastically, and he sat up quickly, and saw seven little gourd girls surrounding him with their heads on their feet, sleeping soundly.

　　”Oh…” Chen Luo sighed.

　　Aren’t these seven little dolls very cold when they are gourds? How did you become so clingy after becoming humanoids?

　　Is it because I endowed them with the spirit of the world of mortals, and they regard him as their father?

　　No, no, I have to make this clear, but I am still a…well, a young man!

　　…

　　Walking out of the bedroom softly, Chen Luo saw that the ancestor Xianhu was already standing under the grape vines in the yard, looking lost in thought. Chen Luo hurriedly went up to greet her, and saluted: “Granny…”

　　Patriarch Xianhu squeezed out a smile on her old face: “Suddenly last night on a whim, I noticed that the aura of the same source was soaring into the sky, which was in the direction of Sanxi Villa. I expected that the master would make my gourd children gain forms. I was afraid that I will disturb the master, that’s why I didn’t rush here. I thought it was just one or two gourds, but when I saw them today, they all succeeded. This old body worships the master.”

　　At this time, the Patriarch Xianhu saw Chen Luo again, not with a slight sense of alienation yesterday, but with a trace of gratitude. Even the title has changed from Chen little friend to the respectful title of a Taoist virtuous teacher.

　　”By the way, I’m curious, and I want to ask, what method did the master use to make those seven little guys listen to the mantra of the way of heaven and successfully transform into form?”

　　”Oh, it’s just…” Chen Luo was about to explain briefly when suddenly the door of the bedroom opened, and the seven little guys ran out without seeing Chen Luo after waking up, shouting: “Grandpa, grandpa, grandpa…”

　　The seven little gourd girls suddenly saw the Patriarch Xianhu standing beside Chen Luo. The little guy in front stopped quickly, but the ones behind didn’t stop, and bumped into each other in a “rear-end” style. Immediately, they stood firm and shouted at Patriarch Xianhu: “Grandma!”

　　Immortal Gourd Patriarch: …

　　Chen Luo: Granny, listen to my explanation, it’s not what you think!

　　…

　　”Damn it, why did I have to see the Lord of Wan An while wearing men’s clothes?” In the boudoir, Cheng Diefei looked at the dresses covering the bed with a regretful expression on her face.

　　”This lake blue one makes my skin look fairer… This emerald green one best matches my girlish vivacity… And this plain white one can also make me look educated…”

　　”Why did I have to be wearing a men’s suit?”

　　Cheng Diefei threw herself on the bed, kicking her calf in frustration.

　　I stayed at the selling point on Beiqing Street for two consecutive days, but I never saw the Lord of Wan An’s carriage pass by.

　　I heard that the Lord of Wan An went to Sanxi Village outside the city.

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　　Or go find another chance encounter?

　　Cheng Diefei blushed again when she thought of this, and spat in her heart.

　　”Cheng Diefei, what are you thinking? Your villa is in the west of the city, and Sanxi Village is in the east of the city. How will you meet by chance?”

　　At this moment, the door of the boudoir was pushed open, and Cheng Diefei was startled, thinking that her maid was unruly, raised her head, and saw a pair of giants pouncing on her.

　　This feeling of suffocation, Liu Mengrui undoubtedly.

　　Pushing away the pile of flesh on the face with both hands,

Cheng Diefei said angrily: “If you come in and don’t knock on the door, how will you get married in the future?”

　　Liu Mengrui lay on her side on the boudoir bed, and touched Cheng Diefei’s tender thigh with a smile: “Every day, you keep on saying marriage marriage, who do you want to marry!”

　　Cheng Diefei blushed pretty, and snorted: “What does it have to do with you?”

　　Liu Mengrui raised her eyebrows: “I wanted to tell you about the Lord of Wan An’s new news, but after thinking about it, what does it have to do with me? I’m leaving first…”

　　Cheng Diefei was startled, and quickly grabbed Liu Mengrui, but she knew that because of Liu Jingzhuang, Liu Mengrui could always get some news first.

　　”Mengrui, what’s the news about the Lord of Wan An? Tell me quickly…”

　　Liu Mengrui gave Cheng Diefei a white look, and then said: “Isn’t it because of the “Supplement”? Because it is updated every day, the head of the Confucius Institute at Zheliu proposed to assign a person to be in charge of this matter with the Lord of Wan An.”

　　”It stands to reason that the master should be responsible, but the head of the Confucius Institute thinks that Lord of Wan An is a young man, and it is more appropriate to send young people to connect with him.”

　　”So he decided to choose one of the best Confucian scholars who wrote and copied.”

　　”This matter will be announced when the new article is transcribed at night. After I knew about it, I will come to you as soon as possible…”

　　Cheng Diefei was overjoyed, and then twitched again: “But there are so many people, Mengrui, do you think I can do it?”

　　Liu Mengrui looked Cheng Diefei up and down, and smiled: “Anyway, Lord of Wan An must agree in the end! I’ll ask my father to say hello to Lord of Wan An in advance.”

　　Cheng Diefei was taken aback for a moment, then looked at the dresses that covered the bed: “Mengrui, which one do you like, I give it to you…”

　　Liu Mengrui glanced at it with disgust, and said lightly: “It’s too small, I can’t wear it!”

　　…

　　”Granny, that’s the way it is.” Chen Luo told the story of Calabash Baby from beginning to end.

　　The seven little ones sat obediently together, but Chen Luo was talking about the key point, and they automatically added the BGM: calabash baby, calabash baby…

　　Patriarch Xianhu looked at Chen Luo in surprise, and then at the seven little ones.

　　She had just tested the abilities of the seven little ones, and they were indeed the same as in the story: giant strength, clairvoyance and ears, copperhead and iron arms, spraying water and fire, invisibility…

　　Uh, only the seventh little one doesn’t have a treasure gourd.

　　At that time, my master used the “Sleeve Cosmos” in Taoism to endow himself with charm, and then he awakened the magical power of “Hidden Heaven and Earth”, but he did not expect that Chen Luo would get the corresponding supernatural powers for the six little gourds overnight. 

　　Well, the seventh little doesn’t count!

　　It seems that the ability of this virtuous teacher needs to be re-evaluated.

　　The ancestor Xianhou had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but he didn’t show it on his face. Instead, he flipped his hand, and two gourd-shaped jade tablets appeared in his hand.

　　”Thank you, master. Please take a look, master. These two jade cards, the first one, is the command plate for 10% of this old body’s subordinates. If you refine this token, the gourd monsters in it will belong to the master. They will also recognize you as their master.”

　　”The second one is a storage order refined by the old body. It is different from those magic weapons for storage. After refining, it can be stored in the body. It is like the supernatural power of the old body’s ‘belly hides the world’, but the space is not large. It is about the size of this Village. The size is an extra thank-you gift from the old body, I hope the master would not dislike it.”

　　”No, no! Thank you, granny!” Chen Luo quickly reached out to take it. The soul order is easy to say, after all, it was agreed upon before, but this magic weapon of storage surprised Chen Luo.

　　This is standard in all fairy tale novels!

　　I finally got it!

　　At this moment, Ji Zhong suddenly walked into the middle hall, first bowed to the ancestor of the fairy gourd, and then said to Ji Zhong: “Young master, a female Taoist sent a greeting card.”

　　As Ji Zhong said, he handed over an exquisite post. Chen Luo opened it, and saw that the post read:

　　”The female crown rides the jade, and pays homage to the master.”

　　”My lord Jing Wang’s son Ye Dafu, read the master’s masterpiece and fell in love with it. Tonight, Linglong Building will host a banquet. We greatly hope that the Lord of Wan An will come and appreciate it.”

　　”Waiting for your arrival.”

　　Chen Luo closed the greeting card.

　　Hey, it’s Linglong Building again!

　　Daoist Chengyu gave him a helping hand, and this favor must be repaid.

　　It’s not because I didn’t get to enjoy playing last time…