Chapter 158 Meeting an Old Friend
Chapter 158 Meeting an Old Friend
Lin Xi drove her family along the Erhai Highway and set off all the way.
The first ones to arrive were Jizhao'an and Gantong Temple. The two places are very close to each other. Walk up from Gantong Temple and you will reach Jizhao'an. Lin Xi found a place to park the car, and the family went to Gantong Temple leisurely.
When they arrived, they found that Gantong Temple was actually quite quiet. The temple is not big, but it is full of flowers. The whole family feels relaxed when they walk here. Walking into the gate of the temple, you feel another world. There are very few people in the temple and very ancient styles can be seen everywhere.
Han Chengde sighed: "This place is still the same as the last time I came here. There are still changes."
Lin Xi asked: "Grandpa, have you been here?"
Mother Lin and Ye Xi also looked at Han Chengde curiously. Han Chengde said with a smile: "I came here when I was young. I met a monk here at that time. I don't know if he is still here now."
The family was walking in the temple and soon met an old monk. The old monk greeted them with his hands clasped on his chest respectfully and bowed ninety degrees, and the family returned the greeting. The old monk said nothing, stood up and prepared to leave. But out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Han Chengde and was stunned. Why did this man look so familiar?
The family also noticed that he was staring at Han Chengde. Han Chengde and the old monk looked at each other several times and suddenly laughed out loud.
The old monk said: "Han Tiaotiao."
Han Chengde laughed and said, "Monk Shi Yuan."
Monk Shi Yuan said, "I haven't seen you for decades. I almost don't recognize you."
Han Chengde said: "Isn't it? I almost didn't recognize him just now."
Monk Shi Yuan asked, "Are you coming back to see me?"
Han Chengde replied: "Haha, I came to Dian Province with the children to play, and I happened to be here today."
Monk Shi Yuan looked at Lin Xi and the others next to him, and Han Chengde introduced them to him one by one.
Monk Shi Yuan said with emotion: "I think we were all very young back then, but now we are all old, and you also have a granddaughter."
Han Chengde said: "Who says it's not?"
Monk Shi Yuan said: "Now that you are here, let's sit inside."
Han Chengde said: "Okay."
Monk Shi Yuan took them to a tea room. He invited the family to sit down, then took out the tea leaves and brewed a pot of tea.
The family tasted tea carefully. Lin Xi saw that the color of the tea was green and pure, and the aroma of the tea was very rich. It tasted mellow and delicious after one sip.
Han Chengde said: "It's been a long time since I drank your tea. After one sip, I feel like I'm back to the past."
Monk Shi Yuan smiled and said, "I'll take some with you when I leave this time."
Han Chengde said happily: "That's a good relationship."
Lin Xi asked: "Grandpa, what kind of tea is this?"
Han Chengde said: "This is called Gantong tea, which originally originated from Gantong Temple."
Monk Shi Yuan said: "Chengde, your granddaughter looks very smart."
Han Chengde said arrogantly: "That's for sure, you don't even look at whose granddaughter it is."
Seeing his expression, Monk Shi Yuan smiled and said, "You are still the same as before."
Lin Xi looked at Monk Shi Yuan and asked, "Master, why did you call my grandpa Han Tiaotiao just now?"
Hearing Lin Xi's question, Mother Lin and Mei Yulan were also very curious, but Han Chengde and Monk Shi Yuan laughed loudly, "When your grandpa and I met, we were both very young. At that time, your grandpa By chance, I came to the temple and stayed there. I was just a young monk at that time, and the abbot at the time asked me to take care of him. However, your grandpa was not honest at that time. He often wandered around the temple, and the abbot also I couldn’t call him, so I gave him this name.”
The family looked at Han Chengde and never expected that when Han Chengde was young, he could actually fill a whole temple.
Han Chengde said: "That was all when I was young."
Monk Shi Yuan said: "It's pretty good now."
Han Chengde knew what he meant and looked at the family around him, "It's really good."
Han Chengde and Monk Shi Yuan finally met each other, and they talked endlessly.
The whole family listened with gusto. They were all stories of the older generation when they were young. Through their conversations, several people got to know a different Han Chengde. That Han Chengde was high-spirited, fearless of heaven and earth, and had a righteous heart.
During the chat, time passed quickly, and it was soon noon.
Monk Shi Yuan prepared a vegetarian meal. This was the first time for Lin Xi and Lin's mother to have a vegetarian meal, let alone a night banquet. He was a strange beast who always ate meat.
At first, the three of them thought that vegetarian dishes were just light vegetarian dishes. When they got to the table, they realized that although they were all vegetarian dishes, they were quite delicious.
I didn’t eat as much as before at the night banquet. I guess I still don’t like vegetarian food, but Xueyin still ate a lot.
After dinner, the family said goodbye to Monk Shi Yuan. Before leaving, Han Chengde and Monk Shi Yuan were not very reluctant to leave. Monk Shi Yuan also sent them to the door with a smile and gave them two kilograms of Gantong tea.
Walking on the trail, Han Chengde sighed: "I don't know when we will see each other next time."
Lin Xi said: "Grandpa, if you want to go back, we can come back with you at any time."
Han Chengde touched Lin Xi's hair and smiled without saying a word.
The family walked all the way up and arrived at Jizhao Temple not far away. Unlike Gantong Temple, there were more people here, but it was not noisy. Lin Xi had read online before that Jizhao Nunnery was the most beautiful nunnery in China.
As the family walked in, they saw that it was filled with all kinds of flowers, mostly succulents. There are people drinking tea and chatting in the nunnery, looking like the time has passed peacefully.
The family didn't stop, they wandered around for a while and then left.
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