Chapter 175 This Month Once Illuminated the Ancients

"There are many legends about the origin of mooncakes. Among them, the most widely spread one is that Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, made it when he rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty. But I personally think that the person who invented mooncakes must be a foodie. I usually look at the moon and think about it - it looks like a piece of cake. Cake..."

In front of the stall, Chu Ge was introducing moon cakes to Qiu Wuji. Qiu Wuji felt that Chu Ge's personal analysis was more reasonable.

Just like when Qiu Wuji saw the white clouds, she thought they looked like cotton candy...

This is what the ancients were like! Convinced!

"But this mooncake is so small, and it doesn't look like the moon." Qiu Wuji looked at the various mooncakes on the stall with disgust.

Mainly because I saw the price tag, why is this thing so expensive? Such a small piece of cake, four in a box, sells for 298, is it made of gold?

And it doesn’t look like the moon, so small and thick!

"Don't you like this kind of mooncake in a gift box?" Chu Ge was very happy to find a couple again: "I don't like it either! Come, let's take a look at this mooncake!"

The so-called earth moon cake is really a big, flat and round piece, especially like the moon. Normally they cost a few yuan a piece, but they only cost a few cents when he was a kid. Chu Ge has loved eating them since he was a child. God knows why they are no longer popular. The ones that are popular are expensive and not delicious.

Qiu Wuji also saw a particularly big one, one or two feet in diameter, a big piece of pie!

"I want that, I want that!" Qiu Wuji happily pointed at the one-foot pie: "This is the moon, I'll eat this tonight!"

Chu Ge's face darkened: "You can't eat it."

"Why, let's share it between the two of us." Qiu Wuji gestured and felt that he could eat it.

"Because eating too much will make you tired, and you won't be able to eat anymore after eating... If someone buys such a big cake, it will be eaten by a large family, or a group of people in a company team will eat it, and each person will cut a piece... "

"Is it sweet?"

"Yes, this kind of cake is made with sugar, sesame, and lard... It's delicious if you eat less. Well, you can try a small piece first."

Qiu Wuji tasted a small piece and narrowed his eyes into crescent moons: "It's better than the one that's pronounced as pizza but is actually just a piece of pancake! A few pieces of this one, dozens of pieces of that one."

Chugo rubbed her head.

Qiu Wuji said: "So I still want that piece of moon!"

Chu Ge couldn't help but ask: "Is it in girls' genes to like older people?"

Qiu Wuji glanced at him sideways: "Some things are big and cute, and some are small and cute. I think yours is cuter."

Chu Ge: "???"

The two drove wildly in front of the mooncake stall. The stall owner smiled and thought the couple in costumes were very good-looking and fun.

In the end, Qiu Wuji carried a large piece of the moon and left the stall unsteadily.

This is tonight's dinner. Immortal cultivators have to swallow the sun and the moon!

Sooner or later, the world in the book picked off the laughing moon and gnawed it.

Chu Ge followed helplessly: "Where should we go to eat next?"

"Let's go to the park." Qiu Wuji has already thought about it: "Go to the riverside. Who on the riverside will see the moon for the first time, and who will see the moon on the riverside for the first time?"

"I prepared to treat you to a big dinner, but you ended up going to the park just to have a pie."

"That's what I mean, common people!"

"Yes, yes, yes, a man and a woman with fairy swords are standing by the river looking at the moon. One is in the sky, one is in the water, and one is chewing on the hand..."

Qiu Wuji thought about that scene and bent over with laughter: "How wonderful!"

Chu Ge thought it was fun, so he actually followed her to the Riverside Park where they had rowed before.

As a result, I was dumbfounded when I went there. It was so dark and crowded with people, and no artistic conception was lost in the crowd.

There were many people selling all kinds of food. Chu Ge hid the big cake in his pocket, ran to buy two more marshmallows, and handed one to Qiu Wuji.

Qiu Wuji licked the marshmallows, looked at the crowded and lively crowd, and sighed: "So this is a holiday... By the way, isn't the Mid-Autumn Festival a time for family reunions? How come they all ran out..."

"Going out to play is also a kind of reunion, just like you and me right now." Chu Ge held her hand and walked inside, eating along the way.

Pancake fruit, octopus balls, sizzling squid...

When they finally reached the river, both of them found that they were full.

The big mooncake lying in the portable space: "..."

Qiu Wuji's mouth was full of oil after eating, and now he began to regret buying the big cake. How could he forget that there are so many things to eat at night markets in this world?

They are all delicious!

However, what I regret even more is that when I came to the riverside, there were people everywhere. If I wanted to lean on the railing and face the river, I had to squeeze in. This person was taking selfies, that person was taking pictures, the children were crying, and the parents were coaxing...

Who can see the moon for the first time by the river? This is the first time I see people while walking by the river.

The two looked at each other and said in understanding: "Not in the park, please change places."

They were both cultivators of immortality, and it didn't matter to them that they were in places where others shouldn't go.

Walking along the river, all the way out of the suburbs, you will find a deserted river bank that no one else has come to. Compared with the lively crowds just now, it is dark and quiet, but it also feels a bit scary. The shore is messy, with rocks and grass, and there are also miscellaneous packaging bags left by tourists who have been here during the day. There is also a fishing guy sitting here, turning a blind eye to the two people passing by.

The further you go down, the more deserted it becomes. There is no more fishing guy, and no more packaging bags.

The rocks are getting messier and one foot is higher and the other is lower when you step on them, but the river water is also clearer, reflecting a round moon.

The surroundings are becoming more and more gloomy. There are no street lights here, and there are many shadows, which look very penetrating.

Chu Ge killed a flying insect with a snap, turned around and said with a smile: "Does it look like two ancient people walking along the river now?"

Qiu Wuji took out another marshmallow from Chu Ge's space: "It will be ready when I finish it."

Chu Ge smiled and said: "There are insects flying around, weeds on the ground scratching people, everything is dirty and annoying. The so-called search for artistic conception can also be called a literary youth disease, looking for trouble, and there is no cure."

"Isn't this the case in ancient times? You have to get used to it. If you get there in the future." Qiu Wuji seemed to have said it accidentally, but without waiting for Chu Ge to reply, he suddenly stretched out his fingers.

The messy bugs suddenly disappeared, and the air became fresh and pleasant.

"The art of expelling insects is one of the simplest Tao arts." Qiu Wuji pointed at the rocks by the river again. The dirty stones quickly became clean and smooth: "The art of cleaning is also one of the simplest Tao arts."

She turned to look at Chu Ge and smiled cutely: "We are not only ancient people, but also cultivators."

Chu Ge was very satisfied and chose a relatively flat stone to sit on, and stretched out comfortably: "I'm thinking, the ancients' fantasy about immortals, besides longevity and strength, the most important thing is to be lazy - —Ah, if there is a magic that can clean the house, it will be great, and it will be great if I can go to the next county to find someone to drink with..."

Qiu Wuji thought for a while and actually agreed: "Mortal people's fantasy about magic is essentially to be lazy...just like your current technology, everything is for convenience."

She sat on the stone next to Chu Ge, continued to eat the last marshmallow, and muttered: "No matter how you fantasized about it, to me, my magic is real!"

Chugo put his arm around her shoulders.

Qiu Wuji did not refuse, but followed his strength and leaned on his shoulder. The two were speechless for a while, and the pair of "ancient people" looked at the moon in the water quietly.

"Today's people don't see the moon of the past, but this month once shone on the ancients." Qiu Wuji said leisurely: "For thousands of years, this moon will never move. Guess, how many alliances under the moon has it seen, and finally abandoned like a pair of worn shoes?"

"Hey!" Chu Ge said, "You want to play with me, I'm not responsible, right?"

Qiu Wuji opened his mouth and suddenly laughed: "According to the way you worded it, does this mean a counterattack?"

"This is a counterattack." Chu Ge suddenly turned his head and kissed her heavily on the lips: "After eating so many marshmallows, you didn't leave any for me. I'll get them myself..."

Qiu Wuji quietly let him kiss her. Under the quiet moonlight in the countryside, she was actually a little emotional herself, and unconsciously wanted to get closer to him.

I mentioned the Alliance under the Moon because I thought about whether this guy would do anything, and then I pulled up my pants and said it was just...

As a result, he turned back and attacked.

Qiu Wuji did not continue the question, feeling his kiss and quietly looking at the moon in the sky.

This was the first time in her 10,000 years that she celebrated a reunion under the full moon.

It’s Mid-Autumn Festival...

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PS: Sorry for the busy schedule of the new year, I’m afraid I won’t be able to update on time anymore. It would take about a week of chaos before normalcy returned.