Love is More than a Word, Chapter 46: People with ulterior motives (1)...

Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 46: People with ulterior motives (1)...

Eventually, the teapot was placed between two large stones. But because the teapot was so small, the two stones were so close together that the fire was kept low and lifted.

Apparently, no one expected such a fire to boil water. So after the kettle was set up, no one continued to pay attention.

Tao Mo and Gu She stand at opposite ends of the clay checkered chessboard, but there are only ten or so chess pieces in their hands. It wasn't easy to find medium-sized chess pieces on the mountain, not to mention separating them into two colors.

Gu Xiaojia helped search for a while, but could only muster a quarter of a chessboard, and couldn't help but stomp his foot in hatred: "This is not as good as that either, that too It's not good, it's all your bad ideas."

Tao Mo awkwardly said, "I thought the mountain lacked everything and wouldn't lack stones."

"There is no shortage of stones, here and there. But only if you can crack them." Gu Xiaojia threw the stone in his hand to the ground.


Gu She said: "Let's just play blind chess."

Tao Mo was stunned: "Blind chess?"

[1] Blind Chess is playing chess completely without the chess sometimes imagining all the chess pieces in your mind

Gu Xiaojia took a twig from the shooter and gently nudged off the star in the lower-left corner.

Tao Mo thought, still occupying his side of the star.

Gu She, "I won't let you today."

Tao Mo smiled, "I'll do my best."

Gu Xiaojia couldn't help but say, "You mean you didn't do your best in chess in the past?"

Tao Mo busily waved his hand, "Of course I was doing my best too. Just will redouble my efforts today."

When Gu Xiaojia saw that there was no reaction from Gu She, he flashed him a smirk at the corner of his mouth and turned around to tend to the teapot.

The mountain breeze is crisp and cold.

There are more and more dot marks on the dirt checkerboard.

Tao Mo felt a little confused. The hardest thing to remember in chess is not which positions you have played, but which ones are captured and which ones are going to be captured so you can plot the way forward later.

He peeked at Gu She and saw that he was still calmly moving the branches of the tree, but he was both admired and worried, and his chess-playing slowed down to avoid mistakes, he tried to lower the game play in the open.

But when playing chess to this point, even though it was an empty place, the territory had actually already been divided. So he landed his pieces there, either to lay waste for himself or to send them to the door for Gu She to take a few more.

"I, I lost." Tao Mo doesn't want to struggle anymore.




Gu She, "Why don't you do it from here?" The twig in his hand pointed to the most confusing spot in the upper right trace.

Tao Mo said: "I can't remember the location here very well."

Gu Xiaojia said: "I thought your memory was so good! Turns out you are a confused egg."

Gu She turned to faintly glance at him.

Gu Xiaojia immediately realizes that he's gotten carried away again, and the memory of the miserable kitchen night instantly hits his mind. He sat cross-legged beside the teapot and no longer uttered a word.

Tao Mo said: "It's nearly noon, we might as well go back first."

Gu Xiaojia looked at Gu She's face and saw that he didn't react before saying, "What are you doing going back so early? Could it be that you're not worried about that Mr. Yiyu?"

Tao Mo was startled: "No lunch?"

"Lunch, of course," Gu paled, "the food box is still in the carriage at the bottom of the hill."

Tao Mo said: "Why don't I go get it."

Gu Xiaojia knew that now in Gu She's mind, he was far inferior to Tao Mo, in what possible way would he dared to let him do it, so he stood up: "No need! No, I'll go. You don't know where to put it." He said as he ran down the hill, his movements crisp and clean.

Tao Mo smiled dryly and looked back at Gu She, finding him looking at himself as well. "What does Mr. Gu usually do when he comes to the mountain?" Every time he was stared at by those cold eyes, he couldn't help but feel nervous and couldn't help but speak.

Gu She said: "Enjoy the view."

Tao Mo nodded his head, "Ah, the view from the mountain is indeed charming. I wonder if Mr. Gu has been to the top of the mountain? The view is bound to be even more magnificent when you climb up high."

Gu She said: "There is no difference. The scenery will only vary from person to person, not from height to height."

Tao Mo tossed the words over and over for a long time before exclaiming, "Young master Gu is truly a nobleman."

Gu She bluntly, "Just gossip."

"It's not gossip." Tao Mo excitedly said, "In fact, the officialdom is like viewing the scenery. A truly good official is one who works for the people regardless of whether he is a big official or a small official. And those who are arrogant and domineering because they are big officials and fearful for small officials, it's only because they are not good officials themselves."

Gu She, "You're thinking out loud."

Tao Mo was apprehensive.

Gu She, "But it makes sense."

Tao Mo's eyebrows rose

They stood in silence for a moment.

Gu She turned to the kettle of water: "Will it boil?"




Tao Mo was also not very confident, "I guess I can. Isn't there a saying "The foolish old man moves mountains?"

Gu She said: "Water drips through the stone."

"Huh? Am I wrong again?" Tao Mo asked blushingly.

"No, that's right." Gu She smiled.

Tao Mo sincerely said, "You look so pretty when you smile."

Gu She stared at him askance, "You're approaching me, but only because I look good with a smile?"

"No, no, you're also very pretty when you're not smiling." Tao Mo's voice trailed off as he remembered the first time we met, "The first time I saw you, I thought you were pretty."

Gu She, "So you're only approaching me because I'm good looking?"

Tao Mo panicked so much that his forehead sweats, shaking his head and waving his hands, "No, not really. You're smart, and nice, and All in all, I really think you're a good person."

"Actually, even if it's just because you say it's pretty, there's no harm in it." Gu She mumbled.

Tao Mo was stunned.

Gu She said: "In the world, there are people who love money, people who love fame, people who love power, people who love the country, and naturally there will be people who are lustful. It's just a matter of different preferences, not to mention who is more profound than whom."

Tao Mo heard that for the first time. Ever since he was young, his father had spoiled him, but he also wanted him to become a dragon and a phoenix and become famous. That's why he's always thought that getting a reputation and inheriting the family business is the right way, but now that he's heard Gu She say this, it seems like there's a right way everywhere on earth. It just depends on each person's preference.

"You're not angry that people compliment your face?" He thought that most men do not want to be complimented on their looks, and some even grow beards to cover their beauty, lest they be belittled for their looks which is up their talents.

Gu She said: "Looks are given by parents, but what about talent? Why be angry?"

Tao Mo said: "Doesn’t one’s talent learn themself?"

Gu She said: "The man who never forgets and remembers ten things with one eye and the man who is dull-witted and as stupid as a pig who uses the huge effort to do the same learning, who is more able to get ahead?"

"Naturally, it's a man who never forgets."

"It's a gift, and a gift from my parents."

Tao Mo thatch, "Mr. Gu's talent must be extremely high."

Gu She looked at him, "You should have been too."

Tao Mo's face was crimson, "I was naughty as a child, now it is too late to repent and study hard."

Gu She said: "There is no specific order to learn, how to learn depends on the teacher."




Tao Mo bowed his head to ponder the meaning of this sentence for a moment before saying, "I've asked Master Mu to help me find a teacher, and this time I'll definitely study hard."

Gu She said: "If you want to find a teacher..."

"Young master"

The sound of Gu Xiaojia's yelling drifted indistinctly on the way here.

Although Tao Mo wanted to know the unfinished words of Gu She, he had to meet the road first.

They saw Gu Xiaojia running all the way down the hill in a great hurry, with fresh mud marks on his knees, and when he saw him, he immediately stopped and pointed down the hill with one hand, panting and shouting, "The carriage, the carriage is stolen!"

Tao Mo said: “...” Is that to be expected?

In the meantime, Gu She brows knotted and he gets up to walk down the path.

Tao Mo wants to follow, but then remembers that the teapot is still roasting on the fire and the cups are still resting in the pavilion, so he even turns around to put out the fire and pours out the water! While holding the tea set and heading down the mountain. In just such a short while, the backs of Gu She and Gu Xiaojia were blurred and invisible from him.

He was the first to come back to Cage Hill, stuff in hand, anxious, stumbling all the way to the bottom. The one who only knew not to fall on his bosom from start to finish looked like he'd been planted out of the ground by the time he got to the bottom of the hill.

When he saw Gu She standing by the side of the road, he didn't see any sign of Gu Xiaojia, and despite being sore, he rushed up and asked, "Where's Gu Xiaojia off to..."

Gu She, "Off to Sangtou Village."

Tao Mo was at a loss for words, "Sangtou Village?"

Gu She said: "This road only leads to the Sangtou village, where no outsiders usually travel."

It just dawned on Tao Mo why Gu Xiaojia said there would never be anyone stealing a carriage.no one would want to just boast about it and then shoot himself in the mouth.





~ Love is More than A Word ~



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