People often say things that are very vague and difficult to understand. Is this the Tao?
But some truths are hidden in this tedious and ordinary life, ordinary and plain, just like dust, inconspicuous, but blending in with the light and dust, immortal forever. Isn’t this the truth?
After understanding this, Jiang Hai's temperament seemed to change. His immortal temperament, like that of an old god, often made people respect and love him.
But then he thought of Zhang Fan's path of cultivation, and his temperament turned to be ordinary, like a clean old man on the street. That awe-inspiring temperament that was different from ordinary people seemed to gradually disappear.
They arrived at the stall, ordered two bowls of wontons and the store's famous meat soup dumplings, and then the old and the young sat down separately.
The buns haven’t been served yet, but two bowls of hot wontons are enough to whet your appetite.
The wonton soup is clear and has a fresh aroma, with a few drops of shining pure sesame oil on it. It is paired with plump, large, thin-skinned wontons and a handful of chopped leeks, which are a local specialty. It is so fragrant that it makes people salivate.
"Mr. Zhang Fan, please go first." Jiang Hai said with a smile.
He then placed the bowl of wonton in front of Zhang Fan.
"You're welcome. As the saying goes, respect the old and love the young. Let's go first, Mr. Jiang."
Zhang Fan did not taste it first, but pushed the bowl in front of old man Jiang Hai and looked around.
The big yellow dog at the door walked leisurely to the table, squinted his eyes and lay down next to Zhang Fan.
The big black cat lying on the counter in the store also stretched out from its deep sleep, swaying as if it had not woken up yet, and came to Zhang Fan's feet, meowed twice, and also lay on the belly of the big yellow dog.
For a moment, the cat and dog lived in harmony, lazily and leisurely. An ordinary-looking boy with a gentle smile accompanied an old man to taste wontons. An extremely leisurely scene was immediately created.
Several young people were very surprised to see this scene.
Although the big yellow dog is obedient and docile, it is very lazy and usually lies in one place without moving at all.
Now he actually ran to a stranger's feet and crouched down, creating such a gentle scene. Several people immediately took pictures.
Zhang Fan didn't care about these guys taking pictures secretly and his eyes turned to the counter.
A girl was sitting behind the counter, busy at the wonton stall, but this girl had a sad look on her face and her eyes were a little red.
It seemed as if she had just cried.
The shop owner brought up the steamed buns and wontons with a smile, and also gave a plate of pickles. He gave Zhang Fan a very honest smile, obviously thinking that since the big yellow dog was close to Zhang Fan, then Zhang Fan must be a good person.
However, in the midst of all this beauty and leisure, Zhang Fan sensed something strange was happening in this small restaurant.
A young man walked in and came to the counter. Then Zhang Fan heard the girl say with concern.
"Brother, something happened."
"Xiao Man, don't be afraid. Tell me what's going on."
The man obviously came in a hurry.
"The day before yesterday, Dad said he was having heart problems, so I took Dad and Mom to the hospital for a checkup. But the checkup turned out to be a problem. Dad's heart valve was diseased, and he also had a series of high blood lipids and high blood sugar problems. The latter two problems are not fatal and can be alleviated with long-term care. But because of the heart valve problem, if you neglect it and don't get treatment early, it will be fatal! I asked the doctor, and he said that this heart surgery is very complicated and very expensive, costing more than 500,000 yuan."
“…So expensive!”
The man gasped. How many bowls of wontons would he have to sell from this small wonton stall to earn half a million yuan?
Isn’t this fatal!
"I told my mom about it, but my dad didn't know about it yet. He just thought that Chen Jun and I broke up and was very sad. Mom said that the family only had a few hundred thousand yuan now, which was too much money."
When the man heard this, his face became very gloomy.
"Don't worry, I'll find a way to deal with the money. Dad has raised me up, I can't just watch him get into trouble like this."
This man was obviously a responsible person. After saying this, he immediately took out his mobile phone, transferred part of the money in his hand to Xiaoman, and then walked out in a hurry.
After eating a few wontons, Jiang Hai sighed and put down the magnetic spoon in his hand.
"Life is full of birth, aging, sickness and death, but it's hard for these young people!"
Zhang Fan glanced at him and said, "In my opinion, this is a responsibility, but for this family, half a million is by no means a small amount."
"Sir, you said before that my unwillingness was just my obsession and fear of death. In this case, isn't the root cause I mentioned the word 'bitterness'?"
Jiang Hai rarely retorted, picked up two buns and ate them with relish.
Zhang Fan rolled his eyes. "You've lived for a hundred years and still don't want to die. If that's not obsession, what is it? How can the two things be confused?"
Jiang Hai laughed and didn't refute, just kept eating!
Zhang Fan also withdrew his gaze. He had just finished eating the wontons and was about to pay the bill and leave!
He suddenly felt something and turned to look at the shop owner.
All he saw was that the Qi-viewing technique was suddenly triggered, and a very strange picture appeared in his eyes.
In just a few seconds, the flower of destiny above the shop owner's head went from being safe and sound and spending his old age peacefully to turning blood red.
However, nothing happened to the shop owner, his wife and daughter. Only the thread of luck that symbolized the descendants of the man who had just left turned into a blood-red light column as thick as an arm. Moreover, this blood-red light column was very far away from Mianyang, which meant that this guy would live longer than an ordinary person and had undergone a mutation, turning from a human into some unknown monster.
This immediately made Zhang Fan's originally good mood turn bad.
"This world is supposed to be peaceful, but why... there are always some shady things trying to ruin this good fortune!"
He looked up and saw a short, majestic figure, accompanied by a dozen islanders and the young man who had just left.
In front of these people was a lush green forest, but the highest point of the forest was bare and covered with black and gray rocks.
These rocks have honeycomb-like holes, as if the entire mountain has been hollowed out. Zhang Fan has seen this peculiar terrain once before.
It was the monster that went to the rivers and seas to ask for rewards, wanted to go through the rivers and seas and transform into a dragon, and lived in the ancient tomb.
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