Chapter 428, Yu Wan's Return (Part 2)

The next day.

After 11 o'clock in the morning, Lu An came to the teacher's house with a lot of bags.

As expected, the house was full of people, and the living room was full of people. There were also many people in the yard outside the house, like fence posts.

A rough sweep showed that there were at least 15 people in the yard outside.

Guan Lao was very busy. There were all kinds of friends, relatives and apprentices. Even if he liked Lu An, he didn't have much time to receive him alone.

Guan Yi was even busier. She was the one who served tea and water.

But even so, the two still didn't allow Lu An to leave today.

The reason was: Shao City or Jinling was far away from Yangcheng. It was rare for him to come here. The teacher was old and his health was getting worse day by day. He wanted him to stay one more day.

Seeing that the senior sister spoke so sincerely, he didn't say anything, and it was not easy to say anything else. He gave up the idea of ​​leaving.

After dinner, Guan Lao and Guan Yi were free.

Lu An was first called into the study by Master Guan, and the two of them closed the door and chatted for almost half an hour.

Don't complain that it was only half an hour, it was already very long compared to others. Master Guan had many friends and disciples, and his energy was limited. Little did he know that Xu. Golden Lion King only talked to the teacher for ten minutes.

When he came out of the study, Guan Yi caught him and said, "Come with me."

Lu An followed her to a bedroom.

He looked inside at the door and stood there motionless.

Thinking to himself: Senior sister, senior sister, I know that I have a good face, but I can't bring it to the bedroom. The teacher treats me well, I really can't do such a thing.

Seeing his rich expression, Guan Yi immediately guessed a little, and said unhappily: "What are you thinking about? Do you like a middle-aged woman like me?"

Lu An blinked and said nothing.

Guan Yi got angry, and said, "If you like it, come on, I'll let you experience the taste of an old aunt."

Lu An took a step back silently.

Guan Yi laughed at him for being timid, then pointed at the chair at the door, "Come in and sit down, I'll tell you something."

Lu An walked in and closed the door.

Seeing this, Guan Yi asked strangely, "Do you want me to take off my clothes? Or do you want me to do it yourself?"

Lu An pretended not to hear, and sat on the chair, looking straight ahead with his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart, just like a bodhisattva.

Guan Yi looked around the bedroom, "What do you think of the decoration in the room?"

Lu An looked around and found that it was all pink, full of dreamy atmosphere, "Is it from my senior sister's daughter?"

Guan Yi nodded, "It's not that dead girl's."

After that, she took a vase, poured out a key from it, and then opened the desk drawer with the key, bent down to change it, and finally had a photo album in her hand.

After flipping through a few pages, she found a satisfactory photo and handed it to him, "Look, this is the photo that Shiqin sent me last year, taken in France, with the Eiffel Tower behind it."

Lu An took the album very politely and looked at it carefully.

After waiting for a long time without receiving his evaluation, Guan Yi couldn't help asking, "How is it? She looks good, doesn't she? She looks like her father, and has been pleasing to the eye since she was a child."

Lu An said, "Not bad."

Guan Yi was dissatisfied, pointed at the photo, and started the mode of blowing her beard and glaring: "With this appearance, is it just okay in your eyes?"

It can only be considered "okay".

Not as good as Sister Qingchi, Qingshui and Yu Wanzhi.

Not as good as the three beauties of Nanjing University.

Not as good as Liu Hui.

But seeing that the senior sister might explode at any time, Lu An tactfully increased the intensity of his support:

"Don't be ungrateful, the "okay" in my mouth is already a high evaluation.

Don't you want to think about what I look like?

It is said that birds of a feather flock together. I have such a good appearance, and the women gathered around me are naturally a small group of outstanding ones. Without seeing the real person, "okay" is my unified evaluation of all beautiful women."

She would not be angry when Lu An teased her, but if he said that his daughter was not good enough, Guan Yi would be angry and gave him a one-minute death stare.

Then she said, "This is the third year. This damn girl hasn't been home for three years.

I went to Germany before the New Year, and she hid in the UK. I used my connections to chase her to the UK, and she ran to Spain. I was almost mad at her.

I know you have ways to deal with women. This time, no matter what, you have to help me think of a solution."

Lu An didn't say anything.

Guan Yi gritted her teeth and said cruelly, "Go ahead, even if you sleep with her, I won't blame you."

Lu An's face twitched, and he was very shocked.

Guan Xin crossed her arms and walked around the room, looking very irritated: "I'm telling you the truth. If she doesn't come back to China, she will definitely be taken advantage of by foreigners in the future, so it's better to take advantage of you.

No matter what, help me trick her back to China first. At least my daughter is still here. If she really marries abroad, it's the same as if I didn't give birth."

Lu An looked up: "Now it's popular for the domestic elite to go abroad, why are you doing the opposite, senior sister?"

"Bah!"

It's rare to see Guan Yi's unrefined side. She only cursed and then said in a very depressed tone: "I believed in this at the beginning, so I sent Shiqin away. Now I regret it so much.

You haven't been abroad to see the outside world. These so-called elites are doing well in China, but no one wants them to serve dishes abroad. It's so miserable.

I don't understand why this is happening? Are they all crazy? Are they all possessed by ghosts?"

As she spoke, she paused and then spoke in a slower tone, "I once had a very good friend in Beijing who was also a painter. He was already well-known in China and had a very good life. But when he arrived in New York , he found himself useless and committed suicide after living in the basement for half a year. "

Luan was speechless.

This is a common phenomenon. After they live well in China, only a small number of people can still live happily.

Most of them have been reduced to the bottom and become social garbage. But these people, for the sake of face, will brag to their friends in China about how well they are doing and how sweet the air outside is. It can be regarded as a kind of revenge. Every trick counts.

Lu An asked: "Why doesn't Shiqin go home?"

Thinking of the past, Guan Yi's expression changed three times in a row, and he hesitated to speak.

Lu An was a master at observing words and expressions. When he saw that the other party had something to hide, he immediately stopped asking further questions and stood up and said:

"Senior sister, I have plans to travel abroad. If I meet Shiqin in Germany in the future, I will try my best to talk to her."

His words were ambiguous, and he didn't dare to say anything to death, let alone be stupid enough to guarantee it.

Humans, if you make a promise but fail to do it, then people will blame you in the end; and if you answer uncertainly from the beginning, but later do your best, no matter the result is good or bad, people will only be grateful.

I stayed at the teacher's house for two days in a row. Fortunately, Xu. The Golden Retriever Lion King accompanied me to brag and spank, so I didn't feel bored.

In the middle, Mr. Guan drew a picture of winter plum blossoms for him, which means "the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold" and wished him a better future.

To be honest, he didn't know why the teacher suddenly gave him this painting?

A feeling of sadness suddenly arose in my heart, as if the old man was explaining something.

But then he thought that this person had survived into the new century, and his mood became much better.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the weather in Yangcheng cleared up. The soft sunlight shone on me, making me feel warm and comfortable.

Lu An got up early and ate a Cantonese rice roll first.

Thinking of Sister Qingchi's love for seafood in his previous life, he even went to the seafood market and bought some abalone, sea cucumbers, and some prawns. I was afraid that these things would die prematurely, so I bought a small oxygen pump with a wave of my hand, the kind that uses batteries.

The oxygen pump only weighs 3 kilograms. The merchant said that the equivalent supply is 3 liters per minute and the concentration is more than 90%. He doesn’t know the actual effect and has never bought one, but in order to please Sister Qingchi, he doesn’t care about the money at all. .

While paying, he suddenly thought of the poem "When a concubine rides in the world of mortals and laughs, no one knows it's the lychee coming". I can't help but sigh, it's better to have money in my pocket, otherwise it feels corrupt just thinking about wasting money like this just for a meal.

Putting the seafood in the trunk, Lu An was very unfazed by the fishing rods, fish guards and folding chairs that came into view. These two things were left behind when he accompanied Uncle Meng to go fishing in the reservoir in the suburbs of the county a few years ago. It's been a long time, and I have some space.

For a moment, he had the idea of ​​throwing it away, but in the end he didn't do it. No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat. It's all bought with money. If you don't cherish the small things, no matter how big the family is, it will collapse. At this moment, Lu An warned himself like this.

After filling up the tank, we set off from Yangcheng and arrived at Nanyue Ancient Town in the evening.

At this time, Nanyue Ancient Town had just experienced a blizzard at the beginning of the year. It was not as colorful as later generations. The streets were old and many houses and hotels were still wooden houses. At a glance, the whole world was filled with gray and white.

But there were a lot of people, and the huge streets and alleys were crowded with people.

There was the smell of burning incense and singing everywhere. Many devout believers in worship attire formed teams. Under the leadership of the leader, they marched towards the temple while singing.

This kind of procession is a spectacle. It is rare to see it in other places, but it can be seen in the streets and alleys of Nanyue.

Arriving at an intersection, Lu An got out of the car and made a phone call.

"Dong dong."

I had good luck this time, and the bell rang twice.

"Luan?" A soft voice came from the other side.

"Well, Sister Yu, it's me."

Luan responded and then asked, "We are here, which direction are you in?"

Yu Guanzhi reported the address of the hotel, and then said: "Tang Xi saw your Audi car by the window. Just stay where you are and she will come to pick you up."

Unexpectedly, it went so smoothly. Lu An was a little happy, and then expressed his dissatisfaction jokingly: "I came all the way from Yangcheng to see you, and you won't come to pick me up?"

Yu Wanzhi smoothed his hair with his right hand and said, "Little man, Nanyue is the holy land of Taoism and Buddha's feet. It is a solemn place. We are here to worship. Don't tease me."

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Lu An was speechless. After all, he was a reborn person, and he was absolutely full of respect for Nanyue, which was full of gods and Buddhas.

Well, even if he doesn't live a new life and comes to a place like this where paper candles are fragrant, he won't make any mistakes at will.

Seeing that he was speechless for a rare time, Yu Guanzhi was in high spirits. After hanging up the phone, he tidied himself up carefully before walking downstairs gracefully.

Tang Xi and Liu Xiaoli, who were standing next to them, saw all this scene. The two women looked at each other for a while, and they were both very sad: as beautiful as Miss Yu, as noble as Miss Yu, as elegant as Miss Yu, and as high-minded as Miss Yu, she was finally the one. Being surrendered.

The person who surrendered was a man 9 years younger and a playboy.

Tang Xi and Liu Xiaoli didn't understand, nor could they comprehend, what kind of man could Miss Yu, who was the ceiling of women, not get?

Why did she fall in love with such a man who was not loyal to love?

Although Lu An was considered a dragon and phoenix in their eyes, they still felt that Miss Yu "married down". The reason was simple. Putting aside personal feelings, the family backgrounds of the two were too different.

They were not little girls anymore. They had experienced the vicissitudes of life and had a deep understanding of the marriage. They sneered at the bullshit chicken soup for the soul that "for love, the world can be thrown away".

However, no matter what they thought, Miss Yu or Lu An were both unattainable. It's just that they have followed Miss Yu for so many years and witnessed Miss Yu's love journey all the way. They have a deep friendship with each other and are worried that they will not get the recognition and blessing of their family.

If Mr. Lu was single, the resistance might not be so great.

But Mr. Lu is not only not single, but also a little green among the flowers, which makes them all worried.

Yu Wanzhi didn't know what Tang Xi and Liu Xiaoli were thinking. She had already gracefully come to Lu An.

When they looked at each other, there was a hint of joy in both of them.

Lu An asked, "Didn't you say you wouldn't come to pick me up?"

"I'm bored."

Yu Wanzhi said so perfunctorily, took a few steps closer, and teased in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "How about you bite me?"

Lu An opened her eyes to the ceiling and said expressionlessly, "Female donor, this is under the eyes of Emperor Zhao Sheng of Nanyue Si Tian, ​​please respect yourself."

Yu Wanzhi smiled warmly, walked forward, walked ten steps and asked, "It's time for dinner, are you hungry?"

It would be fine if he didn't mention this. As soon as he mentioned it, Lu An felt his stomach rumbling and immediately broke down: "I didn't eat anything on the way, I'm starving."

Yu Wanzhi said, "Then let's eat first and go back to the room later."

In the 1990s, each hostel in Nanyue Ancient Town basically provided food and accommodation. The first floor provided vegetarian food, and the second floor was generally for accommodation.

Since it was time for dinner, the whole street was full of pilgrims, and every restaurant was full of people. According to Luan's previous life experience, the tastes of all restaurants were similar, and even the dishes were almost the same. They kept the same styles.

So they were too lazy to choose, and the two went directly back to "Yuemin Hostel". Yu Wanzhi lived on the second floor.

Seeing the two sit down, the owner of the restaurant came over with a menu and asked: "Are you two vegetarians?"

Luan replied: "Vegetarian."

It's no wonder that the owner asked this question, because a small number of pilgrims often have a big meal to reward their spleen and stomach after entering the temple for worship, and they will choose to eat meat.

Generally speaking, devout believers eat vegetarian food before coming, and they still keep fasting after entering the temple until they return to their hometown to hold a series of ceremonies before breaking the fast and eating meat.

And those pilgrims who are tourists basically just go through the process, eat vegetarian food before entering the temple, and don't care about it after leaving the temple.

Some people even come here purely for fun, so it doesn't matter whether they fast or not.

Yu Wanzhi was tired of eating big fish and meat, and seemed to be very interested in the vegetarian food of Nanyue Mountain. She ordered three dishes in one go: vegetarian tofu, Nanyue Guanyin bamboo shoots and Nanyue goose mushroom.

After ordering, she didn't forget to say: "I had goose mushroom once at noon. It tasted good, but the portion was not large."

Lu An said, "Not much? Then order two."

The boss was used to this and marked x2 behind the goose mushroom.

Lu An flipped through the menu and asked her, "It's cold, how about a vegetarian hot pot?"

Yu Wanzhi agreed very much.

After ordering, the two hadn't said a few words before the dishes came up. The speed was amazing and unexpectedly fast.

This reminded him of a bad word "pre-prepared dishes".

Of course, these days don't exist, but these dishes are easy to make, and the store obviously prepared them in advance. They are all semi-finished products, and they only need to be cooked and served.

The casserole tofu was sizzling hot. I don’t know if it was because of the environment or because of the delicious woman sitting next to it, but it tasted different when I ate it, and it was a special match with rice.

Yu Wanzhi had eaten goose mushrooms before, but she still liked it the second time. Seeing that she took three bites in a row, Lu An suggested: "If you like it, buy some dry ones back."

Yu Wanzhi said: "I can't make it."

The woman said she couldn't make it, but her eyes were full of light, looking straight at him.

Lu An didn't understand, and said with wide eyes: "Can I make it? I'll make it for you, and you are responsible for eating it."

Yu Wanzhi smiled and said nothing.

Vegetarian tofu and goose mushrooms, Lu An gave full marks, and then stretched his chopsticks to Guanyin bamboo shoots, ate one chopstick and stopped eating. The color was ordinary, and the taste was ordinary. City people might still like to eat it, but for rural people like him, every year the bamboo shoots can be eaten to the ground.

For example, small bamboo shoots in April and May, winter bamboo shoots in winter, and spring bamboo shoots after the beginning of spring, they can be eaten in various ways and eaten as meals. They are everywhere in the mountains and fields, and they don't cost money.

Let’s not talk about the hot pot later. Lu An blanched a few pieces of cabbage, and finally focused on tofu and goose mushrooms.

Yu Wanzhi had similar preferences to him, and she didn’t touch hot pot much, almost just for decoration. The difference was that Guanyin bamboo shoots won her heart, and she ate half a plate by herself.

Lu An teased, “Why don’t you find a country person to marry? Country people can cook these dishes.”

“Okay.”

Yu Wanzhi said okay, then looked up at him, her dark eyes slowly rotating, and asked meaningfully, “Little man, you should be able to cook it, right?”

When their eyes met, Lu An felt numb for no reason. He lowered his head in a hurry and continued to eat and drink, neither saying he could nor saying he couldn't.

Anyway!

No matter what.

I don’t know if it’s because he’s in a solemn place like a temple, or because I expected him not to dare to cross the thunder pond, or if it’s because this taboo place makes people happy, but this girl was unusually bold today, before and after we met. In less than half an hour, she had already teased him twice.

After eating, the two went up to the second floor.

But as soon as the divination entered, Lu An was shocked, "Tongpu?"

Yu Guanzhi said: "All nearby hotels are like this. I found about 10 of them."

Lu An asked: "I saw a hotel on the way here."

Yu Guanzhi said: "There is no room."

Lu An found it incredible, "With your status as Miss Yu, you can't get a room?"

Yu Guanzhi smiled, "Maybe, but I don't want to do it."

Seeing him looking at her steadily, Yu Wanzhi's eyes swept across the room:

"Do as the Romans do. I asked the owner of the hotel. Almost all pilgrims stay in this kind of hotel and sleep on the same bed. I want to try it too. I think it is more interesting."

Lu An said, "It's interesting, but this is a common room. It's just the two of us in this room. There are differences between men and women."

Before he could finish speaking, Yu Guanzhi interrupted him, pointed at the two quilts and said, "You sleep on yours, and I sleep on mine."

Lu An glanced at the next door. Lu Qing and the three girls also slept on the same bunk, and they were next to each other. It was actually a large room, but separated by a screen.

On the other side of the screen are the three girls Lu Qing, Tang Xi and Liu Xiaoli.

On this side of the screen are Lu An and Yu Wanzhi.

This scene was familiar to him. When he was in junior high school, he and his two aunts came to Nanyue, and they also slept in the same bunk. At that time, a big family slept together, with the men sleeping at the door and the women sleeping on the other side, each sleeping under his own quilt.

There is actually no other way to do this. Everyone is not rich these days, and it is impossible for everyone to have a room like in future generations.

If everyone has a room in Nanyue, where every inch of land is precious, how much will it cost?

Don’t you see that many pilgrims come from far away places on foot? They can’t even bear the fare for a few days or even a week, so how can they be willing to spend a lot of money on accommodation?

This is also the reason why Tongpu came into being.

Of course, Chaoxiang basically only sleeps for two or three hours. It usually arrives at midnight, gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning to hold the ceremony, and then enters the temple.

Generally speaking, this is not sleeping, just a temporary place to stay.

Lu An put down her bag, "In this closed space, Sister Yu, you are so charming, how can you trust me so much? Are you not afraid of me?"

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But before he finished speaking, he saw Yu Guanzhi already half-lying on the bed.

She stretched her hands back and stretched lazily. Her exquisite and graceful curves were looming under the loose clothes, which were charming and particularly tempting.

She seemed unaware of her own charm, her weak face was full of meaning, and she looked up at him with a half-smile.