Evening comes earlier in the mainland than in Province Z. The sun sets at around five o'clock in the afternoon. In coastal areas, it is a little later in the evening. When the sun sets below the sea level, it is just six o'clock.
The sun was setting over the horizon, and it was time to eat. Tantai Mixue went to the restaurant of the sea-view building. The domestic servants had put the food on the table and then left, but they didn't know when their mother came back. She bowed her head slightly: "Mom,
You're back."
"Yes." The beautiful young woman sitting at the dinner table responded coldly without even moving her eyelids.
Tantai Mi Xue trotted lightly to the dining table, first served her mother half a bowl of soup, and then served her mother rice. She waited for her mother to take a bite before sitting down to eat.
The beautiful young woman with a pair of phoenix eyes, with her long hair loose and wearing a red dress, ate quietly without saying a word, and even her chopsticks and bowl did not make the slightest sound.
It was very quiet at the dinner table, with only the slightest breathing and the sound of chewing food.
The beautiful young woman only ate a bowl of rice. After she was full, she put down the bowl and wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief. Her charming and charming face showed no emotion, and even her voice was indifferent: "Is there any news?"
"I just found out the news today that many ancient cultivating sects gathered in the capital to give gifts to someone. There are heads of the Xuan family, Ji family, Hua family, Jiang family, Zhou family, Dongfang family, Nalan family, Chen family, and Helian family.
In person, there are also Zhongli family, Huo family, Taoist sect envoys, Zen sect envoys, and..." Tantai Mixue's voice became softer, and he did not dare to name the most important envoy.
"Who else?" The beautiful girl said sternly.
Listening to his mother's voice with dissatisfaction, Tantai Mi Xue's heartstrings tightened, and Na Na responded: "I heard that the envoy from the Guanyin Temple in the South China Sea and the owner of the Penglai Fairy Island are here in person."
Hearing the names of Nanhai Guanyin Temple and Penglai Immortal Island, the beautiful young woman's slender eyebrows twisted into a straight line, Yaozhi's face showed a cold murderous look, and she fixed her gaze on the air, and Danfeng's eyes became more and more serious.
Strong.
After a while, he coldly withdrew his distant gaze and said in a cold voice: "Is there anything else?"
With murderous intent on her mother's face, Tantai Mixue did not dare to say anything. When she heard the question, she answered truthfully: "My aunt called me a few days ago. She didn't say anything. She just... seemed to be crying."
"I know." The beautiful young woman said, stood up, dragged her long skirt to the floor, walked out of the restaurant nimbly, and returned to her quiet room facing the sea.
The sea view room is luxuriously decorated, just like a palace in Southeast Asia. Even the furniture is in Southeast Asian style, everything is resplendent.
Returning to the private space, the young woman took out her mobile phone from the golden bedside table, sat on the golden bed and turned it on. Her nails painted with red mandarin exuded crystal luster, giving her an indescribable sense of enchantment.
She scrolled through the phone numbers, found one and dialed it. What she heard was that the other party's phone was turned off. She tried another number, but it was still turned off. Then she changed it again, and it was still turned off.
After dialing three numbers, her phone was turned off, so she changed to another one. After waiting for a while at the fourth number, she finally got through. When the other party answered, the beautiful young woman chattered loudly and said a few words. There was a whimpering sound from the other side, and she jumped.
He stood up, his face turning white day by day.
Her hand holding the phone stiffened little by little, and she held the phone close to her ear. Listening to the roaring and whimpering coming from the phone, she slowly lowered her head until the other party hung up amid a burst of lung-piercing shouts.
On the phone, the beautiful young woman fell down dejectedly.
Her face was constantly twisting and deforming, showing an extremely painful expression. After sitting for a long time, she stood up stiffly, opened the four-door wardrobe, and slowly packed her luggage. It took a long time to pack out several sets of light-colored clothes and a small amount of
Pack your daily necessities into your suitcase.
The beautiful young woman didn't rest. She sat cross-legged on the bed and sat silently all night. At dawn, she changed her clothes, dragged her suitcase and left the sea-view building without leaving any words, and traveled alone.
Tantai Mixue got up on time in the morning, packed up and went to the restaurant first, waiting for the domestic helpers to prepare the meal. After waiting for more than ten minutes, she still didn't see her mother. She went to her mother's bedroom to invite her mother. No one answered the knock on the door, so she gently pushed it away.
There was no one in the bedroom, and when I went to the balcony, I didn’t see my mother.
She exited the bedroom and went to the first floor to ask the domestic helper if she had seen her mother. She happened to run into her mother in charge, who asked: "Ms. Xue, is breakfast not to your liking?"
"No, I haven't had breakfast yet. Have you seen my mother?"
"Miss Xue, Madam went on a trip early this morning. Didn't Madam tell you?" The housekeeper's mother was very surprised. Miss Xue didn't know that Madam left the beach villa early?
"Oh, mother went on a trip again. It must have been because I hadn't gotten up yet, so she was afraid of disturbing me so she caught an early flight without telling me." Tantai Mixue suddenly realized that her mother often leaves just as she says, so it's not surprising.
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The mother in charge also thinks it's normal. Traveling is Madam's favorite, and she often leaves for ten days and a half. Sometimes they don't know when they left or when they came back.
Knowing that his mother was out, Tantai Mixue went back to the restaurant on the second floor to have breakfast. After eating, he went out for a walk.
When Miss Xue from the Tantai family went out for a walk, the practitioners from the ancient martial arts community who had stayed overnight and had not left Beijing had almost finished their breakfast and went for a walk to eat.
The elder of the Zhenghua Sect did not return to Y Nan yesterday. When he came to Beijing, he stayed in a Taoist temple. He had a vegetarian meal in the morning, returned to his room, carried two trailers with luggage bags, went to the Taoist temple, took a taxi on the street, and went straight to Chao
The villa area where the second master lives.
The taxi will take the guest to the villa, pick up the card from the doorman and enter the villa. Following the guest's instructions, he will go around several roads in the villa area to the outside of the villa building designated by the guest, and help the guest open the trunk and carry the luggage.
The owner of Ayufang paid the fee, waited for the taxi to drive by, and dragged two luggage trailers towards the home of the little girl from the Immortal Medicine Gate's step-uncle.
The Chao family had breakfast in the morning. Chao Yi and Chao San all went to work, and the beautiful boy also returned to school. Chao Er did not have any important classes that day, so she stayed home to eat preserved eggs. Chao Er and his wife were also lazy at home.
Accompany parents.
After dinner, I sat down for a while and then went downstairs to eat. I walked around the cobblestone pavement in a circle around the garden to massage the soles of my feet. The young ones were skipping rope and playing keyboards. Housekeeper Hu and his domestic helpers were cleaning the second floor first.
Mother Fang is walking downstairs with the old lady.
When a taxi arrived at the door, the young and old people on the first floor knew that there was a customer. Miss Chao Er rushed to open the door. As soon as she ran to the door, she saw the old man in a green suit carrying luggage and the vehicle, and he opened the gate smoothly and politely.
Question: "Good morning, who is your relative or friend in our family?"
"You must be little girl Le's sworn sister? I am an elder of Yanxing, and I was asked by little girl Le to carve some jade stones. It was inconvenient to bring them yesterday, so I will bring them here today." Master Ayu looked at the gate inside the fence.
Girl, the young girl has a ponytail and a red sportswear. She is bright but delicate, youthful and energetic.
"Ah, it turns out you are Mr. Yan's elder. Please come in." Chao Yufu hurriedly went to help drag the luggage trailer. He only helped one car and dragged it into the hospital without closing the gate.
I heard that they were here to deliver things for Xiao Lele. As soon as Mr. Chao, Mrs. Chao and Mr. and Mrs. Chao Er arrived in front of the villa, Fang’s mother also hurried to greet the guests from afar and help drag another luggage cart.
The young man of the Chao family was warm and polite, and the head of the Ayu family also followed the local customs. He handed his luggage to the host's family and left empty-handed. He walked up to the welcoming host and shook hands with the old man of the Chao family: "I just came yesterday and I'm here again today. Sorry to bother you.
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"It's so hard for you to help carve something, and it's so hard for you to deliver it in person." Mr. Chao held the guest's hand and invited the guest to drink tea in the tea room on the first floor.
Mr. Chao Er and his wife also said hello to each other, and accompanied the guests with their parents into the hall and then to the small tea room. Mrs. Chao Er and Fang's mother went upstairs to get hot water to make tea and serve fruits and dried fruits.
Master Ayu followed the host to the small living room and sat down. He introduced his surname to the host. Mr. Chao and Mrs. Chao called the guest "Mr. Hao". Ms. Chao Er dragged the luggage trailer into the living room and placed it not far from the guest.
Take the last seat.
Mrs. Chao Er and Mama Fang went up to the second floor and brought tea and dried fruits downstairs to entertain the distinguished guests and have a cup of tea. Master Ayu went to drag the luggage trailer to the guest seat, untied the rope and opened the cardboard box. There was a protective foam layer inside.
Take it out together and open it. There is something protected in the foam box, wrapped in a layer of soft cloth.
Master Ayubo took out the big cauldron, placed it gently on the ground, untied the soft cloth, and revealed a golden round-belly cauldron with a neck, three legs, and ears carved into the shape of a lion's head on the round belly for holding.
There is a door in one direction on the belly of the tripod, and there are ventilation holes in the other three directions.
The tripod has a lid, which is in the shape of an inverted sky. There is a round ring on the top. The bottom and feet of the tripod are inlaid with silver. It is more than one meter high and looks powerful and domineering.
The surface of the golden cauldron is shining and beautiful, and there are ropes to tie the cauldron and the lid together to prevent the lid from falling off.
"So beautiful!" Chao Yufu couldn't put it down.
The old man and the old lady were also full of praise.
Master Ayubo took out a larger cauldron, opened another slightly smaller box, and took out a small golden cauldron. It had no space in the middle and was a solid three-legged cauldron with a round belly. The rest of its appearance was similar to that of a large cauldron.
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Showing the cauldron to the Chao family, he lifted the lid of the large cauldron. There was also a foam box inside the cauldron, and soft carpet cloth was stuffed around it to prevent the foam box from colliding with the cauldron wall.
The master of Ayufang took out the foam boxes one by one. There were several foam boxes with wooden boxes inside. He opened them and untied the silk cloth to show to the Chao family masters. The boxes contained bowls, spoons, chopsticks and jewelry.
Golden, beautifully carved.
The old man and the old lady all want to wipe their sweat. Xiao Lele is so generous. He actually made something out of gold and jade. Those collectors in the jade world will probably feel distressed for a long time when they see it.
"The little girl said that she would focus on making the tripod first, so I carved these two large pieces first. In order not to miss the little girl's business, I first brought these two tripods to the capital for the little girl, as well as a few more delicate ones.
The work will probably not be completed until mid-month."
After showing the completed objects to the Chao family master, Ayufang master packed the things again, put the small box into the tripod, wrapped it again, put it in a foam box, put it into a cardboard box again, tied it up with a rope, and moved it
Set aside.
Chao Er and his wife also helped pack the items, put back the cardboard boxes, fetch water for the guests to wash their hands, wipe them clean, and then sit down to drink tea.
The master of Ayufang drank tea and resigned to the host. Mr. Chao asked the distinguished guest with a friendly smile: "Mr. Hao, I wonder if the preserved eggs made by our little girl are to your taste?"
Master Ayu's eyes were clear: "The medicinal food prepared by the little girl is wonderful."
"It suits the old man's taste. If you don't mind, I'll pack a few and the old man will take them home for drinking."
"I don't mind, I don't mind." Master Ayubo smiled widely.
Mr. Chao immediately went to another hall, took the bag, opened the small jar and took out the preserved eggs. Yesterday, he ate almost half of the jar of preserved eggs to entertain the guests.
He pretended to be more than thirty preserved eggs and carried them to the living room. The guest said that he had a flight at noon, so the young and old of the Chao family stayed with him to help carry the luggage cart and see the guest out of the yard.
The taxi hadn't left yet, so I was waiting at the other end. I saw the guests I had brought come out of the villa building again, and drove to the outside of the villa courtyard to pick them up.
The owner of Ayubo was more happy to receive a bag of preserved eggs as a gift than to find gold. He put the luggage trailer in the taxi, hugged the preserved eggs and said goodbye to the owners.
The taxi that a family of three generations took to see off their guests disappeared without a trace. When they returned to the hospital, they were about to continue training when they found another car approaching. The young and old simply waited.
Two private cars parked outside Chao Erye's courtyard. The two people who came were the heads of the Religious Affairs Management Office. They were both state officials and lay people. One was bald, his surname was Zhang, and he was known as Lay Buddhist Zhang, and the other had long hair.
, surnamed Zhao, known as Zhao Jushi.
The two laymen parked their car on the side of the road and walked towards the second master's house. When they saw the second master of the Chao family and the old man and his wife at home, they happily greeted the whole family.
"Jushi Zhang and Jushi Zhao, what kind of wind brought you two here today? Please come in quickly." Chao Sheng'an greeted the two visitors after dealing with the two Jushi.
The two laymen smiled and exchanged greetings with the old man and the old lady, then followed the hosts into the elegant reception room on the first floor of the villa. Mother Fang served tea and fruits again.
After drinking a cup of tea with the two laymen, Chao Sheng'an asked warmly: "What are you doing with these two laymen here?"
Jushi Zhang and Jushi Zhao looked at each other, and Jushi Zhao said what he had already considered over and over again: "Dr. Chao also knows that we are responsible for religious affairs, and our focus is on activities in the Buddhist and Taoist circles. Recently, some Taoist people have come to Beijing, and even
We heard that Taoist people from Youwan Island all came to visit Mr. Chao’s house yesterday, which made us very strange. We came here to ask Mr. Chao why the Taoist people from all sects came to visit him."
Mr. Chao looked at the two guests in surprise and did not say anything. Chao Sheng'an smiled like an Amitabha Buddha: "You two don't know. Yesterday was the apple of my third brother's eye. The youngest girl of our old Chao family turned fifteen years old.
According to the ancient etiquette, when it comes to hairpins, people from various sects respect the seniors who taught our little girl medical skills. They all respect the old and love the young. They came to Lao Chao's house in Beijing to give our little girl a gift. Our whole family was also shocked by this.
, because he doesn’t know the etiquette of the world, so the owner of Sanweixuan has full authority to make the arrangements."
"It turns out it was the little girl Fangchen yesterday? We were rude." Jushi Zhang and Jushi Zhao suddenly realized. No wonder Secretary Chao and Minister Chao were at work yesterday, but the Chao family was full of guests. It turned out to be a birthday celebration for the little girl.
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The two of them were also shocked. Not only domestic Taoist and Buddhist practitioners came to celebrate the birthday of the Chao family's little grandson, but even Taoist people from the Wan Island came. This shows how influential the little girl is.
What they were most puzzled about was what had the little girl done to alarm the Buddha and Taoists who came to Beijing to celebrate the little girl's birthday in person? Moreover, it seemed that the little girl was not at home yet.
The two laymen were shocked in their hearts, but they did not show it, and secretly decided to inquire about the situation.
"How dare we waste money on a child's birthday? A group of distinguished guests took the trouble to come to our humble house to congratulate our child, which makes us elders deeply uneasy."
"Dr. Chao is modest. The little girl has superb medical skills. She is an extraordinary person. It is natural for her to have a big birthday. But we were a little reckless and invited the late director in large numbers."
"The two laymen are very polite. They should fulfill their duties in their positions. The two laymen are conscientious and are role models for our generation."
"Chao Dong praised..."
The two parties exchanged a few polite words, but since they found out what they wanted to know, they didn't want to stay longer. Chao Er and his wife sent the two laymen out of the courtyard to see if their car was lucky before returning to the hospital.
"Chao Er, they manage religious affairs just like they manage religious affairs. Why did they come to our house to investigate? If they have any questions, they won't ask people from the Buddhist and Taoist sects?" Seeing his son return, Mr. Chao was not depressed.
Complained.
The old lady was not very happy either. Taoist and Buddhist people wanted to come to their home because of the guests' wishes. She asked them what the guests' intentions were when they came to their home, but they didn't know.
"Grandpa, please calm down, we don't want to meet ordinary people." Chao Yufu quickly supported his grandparents to act cute and comfort the depressed old people's glassy hearts.
"Dad, don't worry about trivial matters like that. It's probably because some of yesterday's guests were very well-established and had the prestige of shouting out responses. They were afraid of gathering together to plot something, such as recommending our little dumpling to be the leader of the alliance. They were afraid of the little dumpling.
I'm being taken advantage of, so I came to ask."
Chao Sheng'an wants to curse. If the two of them have any questions, can't they ask him to chat alone? If they insist on doing it this way, their old man and his wife will be unhappy.
"Pfft, how old is our little dumpling? They can figure out who to be the leader of the alliance." The old lady was happy. Their little pink dumplings were cute and delicate like little glutinous rice dumplings. How could they have nothing to do to join the gang?
What kind of Jianghu hero is sent?
"That's right, our little dumpling is still a kid who hasn't grown up yet. Who would have the brains to recommend us to be the leader of the alliance? The owner of Sanweixuan said that the guests want to form a good relationship because of Xiao Lele's superb medical skills. Who will meet him one day?
If you have any difficult or complicated diseases, it’s convenient to ask Xiao Lele to see a doctor.”
Chao Yufu also agreed with Grandma. Xiao Lele is a foodie and has no ambition to dominate the world. What she loves most is running all over the mountains, looking for rare and exotic herbs to make medicine and make delicious food.
With his granddaughter staying with him at home, the old man and the old lady’s depression dissipated as quickly as it came. Not to mention the two lay people, they went for a walk together and did aerobic exercise.
This chapter has been completed!