Zhuang Rui pressed the answer button and said, "Brother Zheng, are you still in Lhasa?"
"Here, my grandpa went back to rest, and I was strolling around Balong Street..."
Zheng Hua came to *** for the first time. Everything he saw was very strange. In addition, he was young and in good health. He did not follow Sir Zheng back to his residence. Instead, he walked around the neighborhood accompanied by a staff member of the Religious Affairs Bureau.
Coming out of the street.
"My grandpa just praised you for having Buddha nature. Brother Zhuang, would you like to come over and help me choose some Buddhist utensils?"
Zheng Hua's voice came from the mobile phone, and he could tell that he was very excited when he first came to Lhasa. It's no wonder that when Zhuang Rui came to Lhasa for the first time, he saw so many objects with national characteristics.
Dazzled.
"Brother Zheng, I haven't eaten yet. How about this? You go to the Western restaurant on the east side of Balang Street to find me..."
Zhuang Rui was so hungry now that he didn't want to go shopping with him. He had to have a full stomach to do anything.
After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Rui took Peng Fei and Bai Shi and walked to the open-air western restaurant in his memory. Today, the Jokhang Temple is performing religious services. The prayer prayers that were originally stopped at noon on Balang Street will continue into the evening.
, Zhuang Rui had a hard time avoiding people who were turning around.
Another reason is the white lion. Although Tibetans love Tibetan mastiffs very much, the size of the white lion is too huge and disturbed many passers-by along the way.
There are also many people who claim to have some money in their pockets, and they stop Zhuang Rui one after another to negotiate the price. If Lama Gegu hadn't followed him, maybe someone would have evil intentions. These days, people in *** want to get anesthesia.
Don't make it too easy with guns or anything like that.
"Young man, you look very kind..."
Zhuang Rui walked into the Western restaurant and saw the Hong Kong boss face to face. The man should be about forty-four or five years old, but he still looked like he was in his early thirties.
"Boss, don't you know me? In February last year, I came here once, um, with a beautiful lady, she lives in the same place as you..."
Looking at the unchanging furnishings in the restaurant, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but recall the scene last year. It was in the small garden on the second floor of the restaurant that he got his first kiss from Qin Xuanbing.
"Oh, I remembered. Young man, your surname is Zhuang, right? Come on, sit inside. Where is Miss Qin?"
After the boss heard Zhuang Rui's words, he immediately remembered that although there were many handsome men and beautiful women traveling to Lhasa, there were still few who could compare with Qin Xuanbing. As for Zhuang Rui, it was purely because of his wife's glory.
Remembered by this boss.
"Haha, we are already married and she is pregnant. She didn't come this time..." Zhuang Rui replied with a smile.
Maybe he felt that Zhuang Rui, who looked a bit ordinary, was not worthy of that beautiful lady? The owner of the western restaurant was stunned for a moment, but then he laughed and said: "Congratulations, how about it, do you want more?"
How about sitting on the second floor and feeling the sweet memories?"
"Forget it, if you sit on it in this weather, it will be cooked within five minutes..."
***In the weather in July and August, the temperature difference between day and night is very large. During the day, it is more than 30 degrees, which is similar to that in the mainland. But at night, the temperature drops sharply, sometimes even below 10 degrees. This is exactly what happened just now.
It was past noon, and Zhuang Rui didn't want to go up and show off his plateau red color.
Glancing around, he saw that there were not many people in the restaurant at the moment. Zhuang Rui found a four-person sofa by the window and sat down, and said: "Boss, give me a steak with rice. It needs to be medium rare. In addition, I want it to be medium rare."
Could you please bring me some 10 kilograms of beef and mutton? I want it to be fresher..."
Beef and mutton are given to the white lion. When he was young, the white lion was willing to eat some cooked food. But after his teeth grew straight, the white lion only ate raw beef and mutton, and a meal cost at least ten kilograms. Every month
, the money spent on white lion food alone would exceed 10,000 yuan.
Zhuang Rui once thought about buying some goats and calves and putting them in the courtyard so that the white lions could hunt on their own. However, considering that the scene was too cruel, it might scare Yaya and Nannan, and after telling his mother,
After being severely scolded by Ouyang Wan, Zhuang Rui could only give up.
"Okay, Zhuang Sheng, you are the best Tibetan Mastiff I have ever seen..."
The boss gave Zhuang Rui a thumbs up and ran to the kitchen behind to get busy. He was both the boss and the waiter in this restaurant. Only when it was busy at night would he hire a few temporary helpers to help. This was also a common practice.
A kind of attitude towards life, the boss enjoys it.
"Brother Zheng, this way..."
Before the food was served, Zhuang Rui saw Zheng Hua walking in, followed by the staff of the Religious Affairs Bureau who had led him in the morning.
"Brother, why did you come out just now..."
After Zheng Hua greeted Peng Fei and Gegu Lama, he sat opposite Zhuang Rui. He wanted to pat Zhuang Rui's shoulder to show his affection, but when he saw the white lion lying at Zhuang Rui's feet, he still retracted his hand.
Went back.
"Mr. Zhuang, why don't you call me? We can arrange a restaurant for you..."
The staff member also said that all the staff of the Religious Affairs Bureau are very busy these days, even the director has reception duties, so he handed Zhuang Rui over to this staff member to receive him, and gave him a few special instructions, so when he saw Zhuang Rui himself
This man felt a little uneasy when he went out to eat.
Zhuang Rui took the staff member's business card and found out that his surname was Zhang. He smiled and said: "Chief Zhang, you're welcome. I've been to Lhasa before, so I'm quite familiar with it..."
While he was talking, the food for the white lion had been delivered. There was no other food here, but there was definitely no shortage of beef and mutton. Seeing the white lion open its mouth and bite the raw meat in the basin, Zheng Hua suddenly felt a little bit.
A shuddering feeling.
Zhuang Rui knew that the way the white lion ate was difficult for most people to accept, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Brother Zheng, what good things did you buy..."
"Hey, I bought a lot of things, but they should all be fake. Show me..."
Sure enough, after hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Zheng Hua became excited, put a large bag of things in his hand on the table, pointed to a brass prayer wheel, and said: "Brother, let's see if this is real.
, the person selling the thing said that this was used by the Living Buddha..."
Zhuang Rui couldn't help laughing when he heard this. This guy also hung out in a shopping mall. How could he even believe this?
"Brother Zheng, others told you that it was used by Tathagata Buddha, do you believe it?"
Zhuang Rui teased Zheng Hua, picked up the prayer wheel, and gently swayed it from side to side in his hand.
The prayer wheel is the most common religious instrument in Tibetan Buddhism. Inside the inner wall of the prayer wheel, there are Tibetan scriptures or mantras. By turning it right, it is equivalent to the power of reciting.
In ***, believers can be seen everywhere, regardless of gender, old or young, holding a prayer wheel in their hands and turning it constantly. This is because many Tibetans, especially the elderly, cannot recite sutras fluently.
text, so they used spinning prayer wheels instead of chanting sutras.
Zheng Hua's prayer wheel is very finely made. The Tibetan scriptures inside the prayer wheel are carved on the inner wall of the prayer wheel. It is not the kind of production method where paper is rolled up and put into the prayer wheel. Moreover, there are also...
Inlaid with turquoise, it looks like a nice object.
After Zhuang Rui played with it for a while, he handed the prayer wheel back to Zheng Hua and said: "This thing is okay. It should be circulated in the temple. It is worth a thousand or eight hundred dollars, but it is not a living Buddha's magic weapon, otherwise it wouldn't be the same thing."
It’s so cheap, just keep it and play with it…”
"Really? Hey, I bought it for 500 yuan and gave it to grandpa when I went back..." After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Zheng Hua laughed happily.
"After dinner, I'll go get a prayer wheel..."
Zhuang Rui suddenly thought that Qin Xuanbing also believed in Buddhism and she couldn't bring Dzi beads with her. It would be good to get her a better prayer wheel. It would be even better if she could get Buddhist utensils.
Generally, objects that have been blessed and consecrated by eminent monks can be called Buddhist utensils. Of course, Buddhist utensils are also divided into upper, middle and lower grades, depending on the time of blessing by eminent monks. For example, Zhuang Rui's Dzi bead bracelet,
In the eyes of those who believe in Buddhism, it is a priceless treasure.
According to folklore, Buddhist utensils can ward off evil spirits and dispel disasters. Zhuang Rui didn't believe it at first, but seeing the power of wish in the Jokhang Temple today made Zhuang Rui a little shaken. The power of wish can soothe the soul, which Zhuang Rui has already experienced.
.
"Okay, brother, I can definitely trust your judgment. I will choose a few pieces later..."
Hearing that Zhuang Rui was going shopping, Zheng Hua's eyes suddenly lit up. He had attended the opening ceremony of Zhuang Rui Museum, and he knew very well about Zhuang Rui's status in the domestic antique industry. He could open that museum.
, Zhuang Rui definitely relies on his true ability.
Zhuang Rui smiled and agreed. At this moment, his steak rice was also served. He didn't bother to greet Zheng Hua. Zhuang Rui ate hungrily. After eating a large piece of steak, he felt a little better.
People living in plateau areas can easily feel hungry.
"Mr. Zhuang, I paid the bill..."
Just when Zhuang Rui was about to pay the bill, Section Chief Zhang came back with the invoice. He was now doing reception work, so he couldn't let the recipients pay for their meals, right?
"Brother Zhuang, let's go and go shopping quickly. I just saw a store that seems to be owned by a foreign girl. Let's go and have a look..."
Zheng Hua couldn't wait now. After packing up the things he bought on the table, he pulled Zhuang Rui and walked out. He also said: "Tomorrow, my grandfather and I will go to see the Panchen Lama. Maybe we can get empowerment from the Panchen Lama."
Well, I need to prepare some better hadas..."
"Brother Zheng, the Panchen Lama has received the initiation and blessing, so why do you need to hold the hada?"
Zhuang Rui laughed when he heard this. He remembered the time last year when he stupidly held a hada to hang on the neck of the Living Buddha.
"Huh? It's really a store opened by foreigners..."
Under the leadership of Zheng Hua, several people soon came to a store selling various handicrafts.
