Chapter 35: Fu Lu Shou Xi Cai

  The three of us walked around the temple for a while and it was just lunchtime. There is a dining hall in the temple that specially caters to tourists, the place isn't big, most people who come here are regulars, they come for the vegetarian dishes.

  As soon as Xīng Yè sat down, he found that the young couple from earlier was sitting at the next table, accompanied by an elderly woman. Apparently they had also recognized Xīng Yè, and both parties exchanged smiles and nods in greeting.

  Turning back, I saw the young monk from earlier arranging dishes on the table. I hurriedly sent over a flattering smile, but in an instant, I saw that monk's mouth twitching and his facial expression stiffening as he left.

  "The vegetarian dishes here are very authentic, many people come just for the dishes. Try some, many of them are healthy dishes with medicinal ingredients." The grandma introduced to Xing Ye and gave her some bamboo shoots.

  Looking at the dishes on the table, there were green onions, mushrooms, fresh lotus root, and monkey head mushrooms. Although they were all vegetarian dishes, they looked sumptuous. I took a bite of what seemed to be the most ordinary dish, the cabbage and tofu. The cabbage was tender and refreshing, while the tofu melted in my mouth without any hint of bean flavor. Upon trying the other dishes, they were indeed extremely fresh and delicious.

  "These are all made by the monks in the temple? They're even better than what's served at a big restaurant." Xing Ye couldn't help but praise.

  "Of course, it's been passed down from generation to generation among the monks in the temple," Grandma said.

  "With skills like yours, why be a monk? Any big restaurant would fight to have you." Jia Luo said.

  You've actually said what's on my mind, but you're looking for trouble.

  As soon as he finished speaking, his father-in-law scolded him, "What nonsense are you talking about? He's a monk, how can he be greedy for fame and wealth?"

  "They still want money everywhere." Jian Luo muttered under his breath.

  "What did you say?" Grandpa asked loudly.

  Jia Kai kicked Jia Luo in the foot below, this kid is looking for a scolding.

  Jia Luo hastily said: "Nothing, I say this delicious dish is usually not available, what a pity."

  Grandfather grunted and didn't say anything, knowing he wasn't talking about that, but decided not to argue with him.

  It's just that Grandma pitied her grandson, "Good things are not delicious when eaten often, especially this vegetarian dish. If you eat it for three days in a row, you'll be clamoring to eat braised pork."

  Jia Luo thought about it too, he was a meat lover and couldn't do without it. Occasionally eating vegetarian food was okay, but saying nothing of eating it for three days straight, he couldn't even handle three meals of it.

  After lunch, the group came to Huiyuan's Zen room for tea again. This time, each of them, including Lian Xingye, had a cup.

  "I've written two prescriptions for you, try using them in your daily life and they should be helpful." Huiyuan handed the two sheets of paper to his grandfather.

  Grandfather didn't stand on ceremony either, carefully taking over and folding them neatly before putting them away.

  "The first time I met a girl, there's nothing good about it, let me give you a peace charm." Huì Yuǎn said to Xīng Yè.

  "Wow, it looks just like the one I saw at the antique shop! *forced smile* Thank you, Master Huiyuan. Is this something you've blessed? Will it bring me good fortune and prosperity?"

  Huiyuan chuckled, "You're so lucky, fortune and prosperity are all around you. Others will even want to borrow your good fortune. However, when it comes to relationships, things aren't going smoothly for you, and having too many romantic entanglements isn't a good thing either."

  He said with a smile on his face but discontent in his heart, "I've lost both parents and live under someone else's roof. You still say I'm blessed with good fortune, just to flatter me."

  "Master, take a look at me! Do I have good fortune on my head?" Jia Kai chimed in.

  "You" Huiyuan and Shang carefully examined.

  Xīng yè jué de tā xiàn zài gèng xiàng jiētóu suàn mìng de lǎo tóu, zài guì yì diào rén wèi kǒu.

  Translation:

  He now looks more like an old man who tells fortunes on the street and is intentionally teasing people's appetites.

  "You've had a pretty good life, but you're destined to be entangled in a fated relationship, and your emotions have never been smooth!" Huiyuan said seriously.

  Only those who listened thought it was a joke. "As long as our luck is good, that's all that matters, and we won't mention emotional things." Jia Kai said casually.

  Xīn yè wài pó běn lái shì bù xìn zhè xiē shì de, lái zhè yī shì dāng lái chūn yóu le, èr shì huì yuǎn hé shàng jīng tōng yī shù, cháng yǒu xiē jiàn tǐ qiáng shēn de fāng fǎ, zài jiù shì lǎo bàn hé tā yě tán dé lái. Kě jīn tiān tīng tā shuō dà sūn zi sì hū hūn yīn bù shùn què rěn bù zhù yào wèn míng bái.

  "Is marriage no good? Is there a way out?"

  Huiyuan smiled again, "What's the point of explaining, we're just talking nonsense, once we start, there will be consequences, as for the specifics, you'll have to figure it out yourself."

  This is basically saying nothing at all, you deceitful old monk.

  After having tea and taking a short rest, the group headed back down the mountain by the same route.

  The two elderly people usually have a nap in the afternoon, but today they didn't sleep because they went out. In the afternoon, they were already very tired, so I sent them back home to rest first. Jialuo still had a lot of homework to do, and he went back to his room to work hard.

  Starry night but thinking about the gift for grandma, want to go out and take a stroll.

  "Why don't you take a rest?" Jia Kai volunteered to drive.

  "I'm fine, but you've been driving back and forth, why don't you go rest instead, I'll take the bus."

  "This doesn't count for anything? Or should I go with you?" Jia Kai insisted.

  "Hmm, if you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have been in such a rush. Now I couldn't even prepare properly." Xing Ye said with feigned complaint.

  "It's actually just a family dinner every year, we didn't prepare any gifts either. It's just that you girls are thoughtful, so today help me pick out a gift too, and I'll cover the cost of yours as well." Jia Kai explained.

  "I don't need you to pay for me, if you have money, why not prepare a share for Jialuo as well." Xingye didn't accept his kindness.

  "Go on, or you'll be blamed for it, and so will Jia Luo. Alright?" Jia Kai said in a conciliatory tone.

  "What? Your company is making money?" Xing Ye knew that Yu Jia Kai and Lin Jun Jie, Hao Tian Yang three people set up a small company related to their computer major, but it was still in the research stage and had been losing money all along. Fortunately, the three of them were well-off and could hold on.

  "The company is still like that, but I can still afford this amount of money. However, you're not the one who invested all your money in stocks, are you? How's it going? I heard the current market trend is quite good."

  It turns out that Xīng Yè wasn't really the stock whiz, at first her ID card hadn't been processed, so Jiā Kǎi helped her open an account. When Jiā Kǎi heard she wanted to buy stocks, he specially invited a senior who was well-versed in the stock market to teach Xīng Yè. But surprisingly, usually clever Xīng Yè listened to those financial terms like they were heavenly scriptures, so she simply let someone pick out a few good stocks and invested all her 300,000+ RMB in those excellent shares, and didn't even bother to go to the trading hall every day like others did.

  "I don't know, I just went twice at the beginning" He didn't mention that he couldn't sleep at night, and he still had a lot of stocks in his hands.

  "Who makes stock investments like you, putting money in and not caring about anything else? Be careful or you'll lose all your money." Jia Kai thought she was too carefree, not taking her money seriously at all.

  "You said the market was good, besides" Xing Ye learned from Hui Yuan and Shang's words saying "I have a great fortune, blessings, longevity, happiness, wealth, all complete, where is the reason to lose money?"

  Jia Kai made her laugh, "You also believe in what that old monk said? You're a marriage that's not going smoothly and I'm a fate that's entangled, can't this monk understand the problems of men and women? Otherwise, why do nine out of ten marriages have difficulties?"

  Xīng yè yě xiào le, "shuí ràng shì shàng zhème duō rén xìn ne, nǐ yào bù xìn tā yě jiù bù huì zǒng shuō zhè yíyàng le."

  Translation:

  The starry night also smiled and said, “Who made so many people believe in the world? If you don't believe him, he won't always say the same thing.”

  Two people walked around the gift counter in the mall and found that everything sold was what young people liked, with nothing suitable for the elderly.

  "Why don't we go take a look at the place that sells health equipment?" Xīng Yè put down the exquisite crystal ornament in his hand, it was beautiful but not suitable for old people.

  "Do you want it if you like it?" Jia Kai thought she liked the crystal apple as she held it in her hand for a long time.

  "No, I think this apple symbolizes peace and safety, it's just not very suitable for the elderly," said Xīng Yè.

  "Let's go, there are jewelry and accessories ahead, see if there's anything suitable, then we'll go take a look at the health products." Jia Kai pulled Xing Ye to move forward.

  Not far from them, there were two girls carrying gifts, one of whom, with short hair, happened to see Jia Kaiya leaving under the cover of night.

  "Wu Jing, I think I saw Yu Jia Kai." said the short-haired girl to her companion.

  "Where is it?" Another girl looked up and around, but didn't see anything. "You must have seen wrongly."

  "My 1.5 vision won't be wrong, he pulled a girl in front and turned away, don't know if she's his girlfriend? Unfortunately didn't see what she looks like." said the short-haired girl gossipingly.

  She didn't notice her companion's face suddenly fell when she heard there was another girl beside Yu Jia Kai.

  "Let's go and follow them to see." The girl spoke as she stepped forward.

  "Hey, Wu Jing wait for me!" The short-haired girl obviously didn't expect her companion to leave so suddenly, and she quickly put down the goods in her hand and chased after her.