Jing Shan watched from afar as Yu Shu caught up with Miss Zhou, who had just asked for her fortune. She gestured with her hands and feet and said something. After a long while, she turned around and came back. Looking at her expression, it was unknown why she was no longer as happy as before.
There were still a few people waiting in front of the divination stall. Yu Shu returned to the side of the divination stall and hurriedly took a pen to write down a string of eight characters on the paper. Then, she apologized to the customers, "I'm really sorry. I have some urgent matters to attend to and need to go home. I'm sorry to have made you wait for so long. How about this, come back to me tomorrow. I won't charge you money to read your fortune for you." The few of them had been waiting for a long time and were unhappy when they saw that the divination was not successful. When they heard the second half of Yu Shu's words, they showed their dissatisfaction and left one by one.
After sending these people away, Yu Shu began to clean up the divination stall. Jing Chen tugged at her sleeve in confusion and asked her with his eyes what was wrong and what urgent matters she had to go home for.
Yu Shu didn't know how to explain it to Jing Chen for a moment, so she said perfunctorily, "Pack up first. I'll tell you on the way back."
As she sorted out, she thought about how to tell Jing Chen. The truth definitely couldn't be told. Should she tell Jing Chen that she was afraid that he would bring trouble to them if he came into contact with strangers and get into trouble for no reason?
During the days she spent with Jing Chen, she had always been on guard against the power of the Ketu Star. Although she didn't know how much of it was because of Jing Chen's influence, she, Yu Xiaoxiu, and Xia Mingming had indeed encountered small disasters during this period of time. Most of them were avoided under her attention. Of course, there were also some that couldn't be avoided. For example, yesterday, she had calculated that she would lose money, but in the end, her stall was still destroyed by others.
In her spare time, Yu Shu had also pondered about the evil spirit of the Ketu Star. There were a few guesses. First, the Ketu Star's attacks had a periodic cycle. Take their adventure on the ship. After escaping from danger, they had settled down for a while. At least, they had been safe during that period of time in the cave. Therefore, the Ketu Star's attacks did not kill people every time. The reaction was in the shape of a parabola on the mathematical image. Every time, after a great disaster, it would stop for a few days, and then it would rise bit by bit to the next peak.
Second, the Ketu Star's attacks had conditions. It couldn't implicate others for no reason. At the very least, one had to have contact with Jing Chen. However, she couldn't find a standard for this contact. Take her for example, when she was in Yiyang City, she and Jing Chen had only seen each other across a river, and he had felt that she was implicated by him. However, just by seeing each other, he could let the other go through danger. This Ketu Star was too overbearing, and it didn't conform to the logic of existence. Therefore, there must be conditions that she didn't know about, such as certain hours and certain days.
Third, the Ketu Star's attacks had a time limit. If one was implicated by a disaster, then even if they didn't immediately get unlucky, they wouldn't stay dormant for too long. It would probably be within a month.
Yu Shu had just caught up with Miss Zhou and asked for her birth date and eight characters. She also asked her to come back tomorrow. She wanted to go back and see if the young lady had been implicated by Jing Chen. She didn't want to be as unlucky as Xia Mingming, who almost lost his life because he opened the window early to get some fresh air.
In fact, it would be more convenient to ask Jing Chen directly. Before he lost his memory, he had told her that he had a feeling if the people he had been in contact with were implicated by him.
However, she did not dare to rashly ask Jing Chen about it. Jing Chen had lost his memories, but he was not stupid. This matter concerned his own body, and he would definitely sense that something was wrong. At that time, when he asked about it, how was she going to make Yu Shu explain his evil fate, and explain what Jing Chen should do in the future?
Yu Shu was worried. When she brought Jing Chen on the road, she knew that things wouldn't be so simple. Previously, Jing Chen didn't have the opportunity to interact with others. Everything depended on her, but it wasn't difficult. Now that Jing Chen went out, the problem arose. Could she let him stay in that small courtyard for the rest of his life?
"Ai."
On the way back, Jing Chen tilted his head to look at Yu Shu, who was sighing repeatedly. He could sense that she was worried, but he didn't know why. He originally wanted to ask her why she was in a hurry to go home. Seeing her like this, he didn't add to the trouble and quietly followed her home.
When they were about to arrive at the door of the house, Yu Shu found an awkward reason to fool Jing Chen. She said that she had arranged Miss Zhou's birth date wrong by half, so she had to go home to review the calendar.
Yu Xiaoxiu saw that Yu Shu came back before noon with the stall, so he couldn't help asking curiously, "Why are you back at this time? Is the car broken again?"
Yu Shu was upset, so she didn't pay attention to him. She went into the house and sat at the desk. She randomly distributed some ink and took out the note of Miss Zhou's birth date and began to calculate. The brush was not very smooth, which seriously delayed her calculation progress. It wasn't until lunch time that she finally calculated Miss Zhou's misfortune in this month. The result made her feel relieved and depressed.
The little girl was lucky. In the next month, she only had a minor illness and some quarrels with others. There was no serious harm. She worried for nothing.
"If you don't eat, it will be cold. If you have any work, do it later." Yu Xiaoxiu had already heated the food. He came in and called Yu Shu several times, but she didn't move.
"I'm coming." Yu Shu folded the toilet paper and put it on the corner of the table. She stood up and stretched. Hearing the sound of bones cracking, she cracked her fingers and then followed Yu Xiaoxiu out.
Xia Mingming went to Peiren Hall to inquire about something, so he didn't come back at noon. Only the three of them had lunch. Yu Shu sat at the seat directly opposite the door. There was a square table, with Jing Chen sitting on the left and Yu Xiaoxiu sitting on the right. There were two dishes on the table, a plate of home-style tofu and a plate of stir-fried vegetables. They were very vegetarian, but the food was much better than when Yu Shu and Yu Xiaoxiu lived in the Ji family's compound.
They sat at the table, and Kim Bao was eating under the table. Yu Shu prepared a special plate for it. It was the size of a palm, and it was more than enough for its small appetite.
Yu Xiaoxiu asked Jing Chen why Yu Shu came back early. Seeing that Yu Shu was not in a good mood, he thought that his mother was unhappy about the wrong divination. He didn't mention it again, but begged, "Brother, I've been bored at home for a few days. Can I go out with the divination tomorrow?" Yu Shu said, "I'm bored. Let's go out for a walk after lunch. On the way, we can get vinegar on the back street." She didn't plan to take Jing Chen out with her tomorrow. If Yu Xiaoxiu wasn't at home, who would cook for Jing Chen?
Yu Xiaoxiu curled his lips. He knew what she was thinking, so he exposed her, "You're afraid that Brother Jing won't be able to eat at home alone, right? Don't worry. I taught him how to make a hot meal a few days ago. He won't starve to death if he's left alone at home."
Jing Chen stopped chopping and looked up at Yu Shu. He felt a little funny in his heart. No wonder she always let Yu Xiaoxiu stay at home to do homework and read books. She rarely asked him to go out. It turned out that she wanted him to cook for her.
Yu Shu put the bowl on the table unhappily and scolded him, "Watch your words." Yu Xiaoxiu knew that his words angered Yu Shu, so he didn't dare to talk back. He lowered his head and admitted his mistake, "I was joking." He then apologized to Jing Chen, "Brother Jing, I didn't mean anything else."
Jing Chen shook his head, indicating that he didn't mind. He then smiled at Yu Shu, telling her not to be angry.
Yu Shu snorted and said, "Tomorrow, both of you stay at home. No one wants to go out." Seeing that Jing Chen and Yu Xiaoxiu nodded their heads, she picked up the bowl and continued eating.
Now, she didn't have to worry about Jing Chen going out with her tomorrow.
Xia Mingming came back in the middle of the afternoon with a long face. Anyone could see that she was not in a good mood. Yu Shu was teaching Yu Xiaoxiu how to use an abacus in the room. She came in without knocking, sat on Yu Shu's bed, and stared at the two of them.
Yu Shu patted Yu Xiaoxiu to let him continue practicing. She walked to her side and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xia Mingming said in a muffled voice, "I went to look for Mr. Fang this morning.
Mr. Fang was the one who wrote the recommendation letter to Xia Mingming. When Yu Shu heard this, she knew what she was angry about. A while ago, Xia Mingming received the recommendation letter and went to the Celestial Commissioner's residence to record her name. But the official told her that the recommendation letter was wrong and refused to let her take the exam. In fact, it wasn't the recommendation letter that was wrong, but the official wanted money. At that time, Yu Shu didn't have any spare money, so she asked Xia Mingming to wait. It seems that she couldn't sit still, so she went to look for Mr. Fang and asked for another recommendation letter. She went to the Celestial Commissioner's residence to ask for it, but she couldn't get it.
Sure enough, Xia Mingming beat her legs and said angrily, "I humbly asked for another recommendation letter and went to the Celestial Commissioner's residence to record my name. But the official still refused, so I went to his superior. In the end, that dog official said that I missed the date of the exam and wanted me to pay fifty taels of silver to make up for it. Damn it, do they think I'm a fool? How could I not know that I didn't miss the date of the exam? They are obviously deliberately making things difficult for me!" To enter the Great Yan Examination, the process wasn't complicated. First, one had to ask for a recommendation letter from Mr. Yi who was registered in the Celestial Commissioner's residence. Then, they took it to the Yamen of the Celestial Commissioner's residence to verify it. Then, they only needed to record their name and get the official certificate. They didn't even need a residence card. The official certificate was equivalent to an admission ticket.
"Then what are you going to do now?" Yu Shu wanted to help Xia Mingming. Originally, she planned to take Xia Mingming to bribe the official to get the official certificate after she had earned enough money. But who would have thought that her fortune telling stall's business was so bad. She didn't earn back her money and had to pay five taels of silver as a protection fee.
Now, she couldn't take out fifty taels of silver for Xia Mingming to take the exam.
Xia Mingming looked at Yu Shu and stammered, "You, how much money do you have?" Yu Shu stood up and took the leather bag from the top of the wardrobe. She took it to the bed and shook it. The silver ingots and banknotes all fell out. She pointed at them and said, "I only have about twenty taels of silver."
Xia Mingming immediately cried, "What should I do? In a few days, when it's October, the Celestial Commissioner won't be allowed to take the exam."
If she missed this year, she would have to wait for another three years. She would have been taken back by her family. By then, it would be too late.
Thinking about the future, Xia Mingming was at a loss. Seeing that only Yu Shu could ask for help, he grabbed her hand and said, "Ashu, help me think of a way. You have the most ideas. You must have a way, right?" Yu Shu frowned and didn't say anything. She knew that Xia Mingming must have a reason for being able to endure all the way here. However, there was only one way to find so much money in such a short period of time, and it was also the way she was most reluctant to use.
"Alin, Ashu, do you have a way?" Lou Mingming was so anxious that he cried. He carefully looked at Yu Shu, afraid that she would shake her head.
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