Chapter 32: Setting Up a Stall

The door was quickly made. Although the planks weren’t very dry, both of them thought that the quality is enough for one winter.

The two installed the door together. Every day when the door is opened, the door panel is pushed into the left gap in the hole, the appearance isn’t much different from before.

The couplet and menshen haven’t yet been sticked to the door. Bai Yuming felt that the characters were too ugly, so he stuck it at the door and stared at it, felt really troubled every day. Bai Yuming thought for a long time and couldn’t figure out where to stick the couplets, so he temporarily put it aside.

The couplet written by Mo Shulin was pasted early on the archway by Bai Yuming. The pen moves the dragons and the snakes, entering the woods, has a really a good handwriting.

It’s a pity Mo Shulin said that he wouldn’t write the second pair again, so he doesn’t have to paste them one by one, otherwise the couplet on the wooden door of the cave would also be lost.

Bai Yuming’s rabbit menshen reminded Mo Shulin of something.

Taking advantage of Bai Yuming’s efforts wanting to write, Mo Shulin dug two ordinary stones and made two stone sculptures of rabbits that were half a person tall.

The rabbits are all sitting. The rabbit on the left has it’s head slightly tilted, with half-squinted eyes, as if it’s dozing off, various scripts were on the ground and on it’s back. The rabbit on the right is holding wild fruits, feasting on it, so delicious that it’s eyes are round and filled with happiness.

The two rock rabbits seemed naive and vivid.

When Bai Yuming saw these two rabbits, First, he was dissatisfied that Mo Shulin had put his buffoonery displayed on the front door. Then, because the two rabbits were so cute, he let them stay at the door and use it as Taishan Stone.

As of the twenty-fifth day of the year, Bai Yuming still haven’t think about where to stick the two rabbit menshen.

But his paintings have changed from dog-like to rabbit-like. From a rabbit to an interaction between a rabbit and a little boy. That little boy is naturally Mo Shulin.

Mo Shulin admitted that the rabbit actually looked like rabbit, but he didn’t want to admit that the monkey-like little boy was him. The movement doesn’t look very clever.

After Mo Shulin’s pleading, Bai Yuming went to the small bazaar holding the extra couplets with small confidence.

Bai Yuming didn’t think that these couplets could be sold, but he still had some modified mechanical rats. Mo Shulin also made a lot of small props, and there’s always something to sell.

Bai Yuming also wanted to see what Liangji sect would look like in New Year.

However, Bai Yuming was too disappointed by the truth.

Liangji sect are sparsely populated. There are only five Buddhist disciples who set up stalls in the whole street, and there are three or two pedestrians. However, there are some disciples or elders flying with a sword in the sky, when they flew up, they would swept a glance or two with their divine consciousness, and still have a heart to pick up some items.

“Are we really going to set up a stall?” Bai Yuming couldn’t say how he’s feeling.

On the other hand, he felt that there’s this place isn’t lively and there were so few people. Even if he placed the couplets, he wouldn’t lose to anyone.

Unlike the heart-cleansing talismans, as long as the heart-cleansing talismans are shown to an acquaintance like Ye Qingling, even if he knows his writing is poor, when the talismans were placed together, no one would know that those ugly characters were written by Bai Yuming.

Setting up a stall is different.

This is as if he’s saying to everyone: Come look, everyone, this is the ugly characters I wrote, everyone hurry up and see.

The gap is so great that Bai Yuming’s feeling is hard to describe.

“Un. Master, I wrote a couplet for the first time. I want to see if anyone is willing to buy it.” Mo Shulin knew what Bai Yuming was worried about, so he took the initiative to satirize the poorly written couplets.

Mo Shulin has only written a couplet, which has been posted on Yuexue Peak’s archway. He only said so just to see how Bai Yuming would react.

“…Good disciple.” Bai Yuming was so touched that he didn’t want to feel it.

There was someone carrying the pot, and Bai Yuming accepted the stall without saying a word.

A dead fellow can’t die in a poor way. The little disciple is only ten years old, so it doesn’t matter to lose a face. He’s already so old that it’s too shameful to be recognized with such ugly handwriting by a stranger.

Mo Shulin was really short of breath when he saw such a neat and brisk Bai Yuming.

He didn’t hesitate anymore, opened his storage bag and started to set up a stall.

For convenience and order, stone tables of the same size are placed in the small bazaar. The disciples who come to set up the stall only need to put the items on the stone table. In order to set down the items, many disciples will also put a piece of flannel cloth.

If he sells his own things alone, Mo Shulin will definitely take a piece of red cloth to serve as a foil, making it more advanced and attract other people to buy it.

But items made by Bai Yuming has a really indescribable appearance, the red cloth will only make the ugly became uglier. Mo Shulin simply reduced the complexity to simplicity, didn’t do anything else, and put the items on the stone table at will, making people think that they were just spending time by selling garbage.

As soon as Mo Shulin placed the couplets, before he placed other things, Bai Yuming heard someone at the eleven o’clock position on his left front, a disciple who’s also setting up a stall couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Then he heard a light cough from the elder who’s riding in a spirit boat from the upper right, trying to hold back a smile.

The most excessive thing was when a disciple in Jindan period flew to the vicinity. He staggered mid-air when he saw the couplet that were displayed. The whole person lost his balance while laughing and almost fell off the sword.

Bai Yuming’s face is a bit unbearable to watch, but at this time, he must be calm.

Anyway, Mo Shulin took out the items from his storage bag to place them down, then Bai Yuming pretended the couplets weren’t something that he wrote, and calmly took out a small recliner, leaned on the chair and started reading.

Mo Shulin thought that Bai Yuming was reading those weird scripts again, and he didn’t care much. As a result, he turned his head and met the three words “Sword Qi Theory”.

Mo Shulin was stunned by Bai Yuming suddenly becoming an academic fan.

“Sword Qi Theory” is a must-read classic masterpiece for swordsmen. The text is concise and profound, without a high level literature, it’s not impossible to read such a book. Mo Shulin couldn’t believe that such a book appeared in Bai Yuming’s hands.

But the Bai Yuming at this moment really fits the image of a master in his mind, he can’t help but took a glance again.

Once upon a time, his ideal master was like this: he has a fairy-like appearance, a gentle and elegant personality, has an innate talent, a profound and extraordinary cultivation, kind hearted, clear distinction between good and evil, and can tolerate him as a demon cultivator. His master would never abandon him.

Mo Shulin wanted to ask Bai Yuming whether he could read such a profound book as “Sword Qi Theory”, and hoped that Bai Yuming could read a few insightful words to satisfy his fantasy.

But there were already three people walking towards his stall, Mo Shulin could only press the throbbing in his heart first to welcome this wave of customers.

Just like Mo Shulin imagined, these three people came for Bai Yuming’s couplet.

The couplets were written on a red paper using a black ink, which is very visually impactful, even when flying high in the sky. After being aware of it, people can’t help but look at it more, and they’ll be attracted by the ugly words on it. But then, these people would definitely feel the unusual spiritual energy fluctuations from the couplet, and sees Bai Yuming sitting on the side.

Those who want to come, will take the opportunity to pick up Bai Yuming’s waste materials, with all kinds of thoughts, they came together in front of the stall.