"Yes, there are temples everywhere in our area. That one is the Ma Gong Temple in our village. Last time, my grandfather went to the temple to get a lucky charm for me. It was quite effective."

Wen Shanshan heard it and said, "I want to go too. I'll go and get one for my brother."

"Do you have any change on you?" Xu Qingzhi parked the tricycle at the foot of the mountain.

"No." Wen Shanshan shook her head.

Xu Qingzhi took out ten yuan in cash from his pocket and said, "Here, take it. The temple requires cash for the amulet."

"Then I'll send you a WeChat message later."

Xu Qingzhi nodded and led her up the stairs one step at a time.

As we approached the temple, we saw an old man still sitting behind the small table at the entrance.

"Hey, Xu's daughter, why are you here again?"

"Grandpa, I brought a friend here to ask for a peace amulet."

Wen Shanshan walked over and took out ten yuan. "I want to buy a peace amulet for my brother, Grandpa, is that okay?"

"Of course you can. Hey, you look unfamiliar, are you from here?" The old man took the money, drew a talisman on the paper, and asked some questions.

Xu Qingzhi: "He is a distant relative of mine, from the north."

"Oh, no wonder, I've never seen it before." The old man put the talisman paper into a cloth bag and handed it to her, "Little girl, take it well, and don't take out the things inside to look at them. It can bless people for fourteen days, so you can't leave it alone during these fourteen days. You should also put it next to you when you take a bath, understand?"

"I understand. Thank you, Grandpa." Wen Shanshan happily picked up the amulet and put it in her pocket.

Xu Qingzhi and Wen Shanshan followed the same path they came from, went down the mountain, and returned to the tricycle.

Xu Qingzhi took out his own amulet from his neck and said, "This amulet is very useful. You must remember to ask your brother to carry it with you. This is the amulet my grandfather bought for me. It has become ineffective after fourteen days, but I am still wearing it."

When Wen Shanshan heard Qingzhi say it was useful and she was still wearing it after fourteen days, she thought it must be really useful, otherwise Qingzhi wouldn't say that.

The amulet she bought for her brother must be worn by her brother every day.

Wen Shanshan said firmly, "Okay, Qingzhi, don't worry, I will definitely let my brother wear it. After all, I spent ten dollars on it, so it can't be wasted."

Xu Qingzhi smiled, drove the tricycle to the reservoir, and found the old man at a glance.

"Grandpa, it's almost five o'clock, it's time to go home."

Xu Dongru heard his granddaughter's voice and reeled in his last cast, just in time to catch a big fish.

The fisherman next to him was envious, "Brother, you are so lucky to fish every day."

The old man's face turned serious. "What luck! I'm just a good fisherman."

"Yes, brother, your fishing skills are really good, but these few remaining earthworms...can you leave them to me?"

"Take it, take it. My granddaughter is here to pick me up. I have to go home." Xu Dongru packed up his things and picked up the full bucket. He said with a proud tone, "Hey, it's only five o'clock. I still want to fish for a while. I told my good granddaughter not to pick me up, but she insisted on coming in such a cold day. Brother, I won't fish today. Let's go. Let's make an appointment tomorrow."

"Okay, bro. See you tomorrow."

Xu Dongru's face was full of joy, and he carried the bucket and got on the back of the tricycle.

"My dear granddaughter, you will have dinner at Grandpa's house tonight. Grandpa will cook a big fish for you."

"Grandpa, let's have dinner at my house tonight. Bring some big fish. Shanshan and I picked some pine mushrooms today and plan to go back and fry them with bacon. It will definitely be delicious."

"Okay, your mom is a good cook. This big fish is the best cooked by your mom. None of your aunts can compare to her."

"Okay, Grandpa, you are praising one and criticizing the other. That's not good."

"Grandpa is telling the truth."

"Okay, Grandpa, sit down."

Driving the tricycle all the way back home, the old man carried his things into the house and found that the house was clean. He knew at a glance that it was his good granddaughter who did it, and there was no one else. The old man felt warmer in his heart.

He put down his fishing rod and other things, kept the fish in the bucket in the cement pool at the back, and picked out the biggest one.

Wen Siran and Jiang Xiao were both sitting at the door. As soon as Wen Shanshan got out of the car, she walked straight towards her brother.

"Brother, I bought you a peace amulet. Qingzhi said it's very useful. You can wear it." Wen Shanshan took it out and almost pressed Wen Siran's head to put it on. "Don't take it off. Keep it beside you when you take a bath. I'll check it at any time."

Jiang Xiao sneered at the side: "What era is this? You still believe in feudal superstitions."

Wen Shanshan clenched her fist and raised it at him: "Want to fight?"

Jiang Xiao: "With your tiny arms and legs, can you beat me?"

"I still have Qingzhi!"

Jiang Xiao shook his head handsomely, "I don't hit women."

Wen Shanshan: “Humph!”

Neither of them noticed anything strange about Wen Siran.

Wen Siran didn't believe in these things at all, not to mention that it was inappropriate for a grown man to wear such a thing. He was about to take it off, but when his hand touched the talisman bag, a cool feeling seemed to penetrate into his palm and then spread to every part of his body, and he felt comfortable all over.

When I was distracted again, I felt a cool breeze coming from the sky. The feeling of comfort at that moment seemed like an illusion.

Grandpa came out with the fish in a straw and sat on the bench of the tricycle skillfully.

Xu Qingzhi put the pine mushrooms on the back of the tricycle and got on it, "Shanshan, I want to go back."

"I'll go with you." Wen Shanshan immediately ran over and sat next to Xu Qingzhi, then said to her brother, "Brother, you guys come later too. You and Jiang Xiao go together, so I won't accompany you. Bye, see you later."

The tricycle quickly drove away with a humming sound.

Jiang Xiao saw Wen Siran holding the talisman bag in his hand and hadn't taken it off yet, and he couldn't believe it: "Do you really believe in this stuff?"

Wen Siran loosened his grip and hid the talisman bag inside his clothes. From the outside, only a thin red string could be seen around his neck. "This is a token of my sister's love. Wear it."

When Xu Qingzhi returned home, he killed the fish and cleaned it.

I went to the fields to pick some vegetables, cleaned them, and prepared them in advance.

Her parents are not at home. They must have gone to the back mountain to pick bayberries. Customers have placed orders for bayberries for several days, so they will be picked and shipped in the next few days.

Xu Qingzhi lay on the recliner under the persimmon tree, took out his cell phone, quickly flipped through the messages, and collected today's orders.

After finishing the statistics, I was shocked.

The weight of vegetables ordered this time is as high as 1,830 kilograms!

Many people buy it in batches of one or two hundred kilograms.

She reminded in the group: "Don't buy too many vegetables at one time, otherwise you won't be able to finish them, and they will become stale if left for too long, which is a waste."

Be contented: "Not only eat it yourself, but also give some to relatives."

Shangshan Ruoshui: "Same, my relatives know I'm in the group, and they all come to find me. My relatives are all on good terms, so it's hard to refuse."

(End of this chapter)