At 7:40 pm, with freezing rain falling in the sky, a plane from the south slowly landed at the Golmud Airport.
Wan Yunting got off the plane with Chang Wude and Kang Nolan, as well as Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang, and followed the others to the departure hall of Golmud City Airport. After everyone got their luggage,
"The flight will go to Huatugou Airport in Mangan City at nine o'clock. Let's go out now to see if there is anything to eat around. Let's eat something first."
"Um."
Chang Wude nodded. Kang Nolan and Xu Lingwei naturally had no objection, so they followed Wan Yunting out of the airport. When they saw a local restaurant next door, the five of them went in and ordered a few distinctive dishes.
Because the weather here was cold, Chang Wude also ordered two bottles of high-strength liquor and drank it, while Connolan said: "Master, my wife won't let you drink."
When Chang Wude, who was pouring wine, heard this, he immediately glanced at Connolan and scolded: "Your wife is not here, she can't control it."
Wan Yunting, who was sitting next to him, smiled, took the bottle from Chang Wude and poured it for him personally, and said with a smile: "It stands to reason that you, Uncle Chang, are also my master now."
"Well, it's up to you, kid."
Chang Wude nodded, picked up the filled wine glass and drank it in one gulp, exhaling, "Comfortable."
"Junior Brother Wan, do you think your uncle is the master?"
Li Zihang, who was eating, looked up at him and asked.
"yes."
Wan Yunting smiled.
"correct."
Chang Wude took a bite of the food, put down his chopsticks, pointed at Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang and said, "When you return to the master's door, you two are not allowed to spread the word that he is the direct disciple of your uncle Gongsun, do you understand?"
These words made their fellow apprentices look at each other and ask in confusion: "Why, uncle?"
"Don't worry about the reason, just listen to me. If others ask, just say that he is my direct disciple of Chang Wude. Do you understand?"
Chang Wude stared at them and said sternly.
"Oh, we got it."
Li Zihang nodded and immediately asked, "Does our master know?"
"Your master knows."
Chang Wude picked up his chopsticks and continued eating. Although Li Zihang and Xu Lingwei didn't understand why Wan Yunting returned to the master's sect as a direct disciple of his uncle Gongsun Xiuliang, they did not continue to ask.
"Nolan, please call me senior brother from now on."
Wan Yunting also turned around and smiled at Connolan beside him.
"Um."
Although Connolan also understood this, she always gave people a look of being lukewarm and never curious.
"Master, then let me toast you."
Wan Yunting picked up the wine glass and smiled at Chang Wude.
"Easy to say."
Chang Wude was also happy. He picked up his wine glass and clinked it with his. He glanced at Wan Yunting and said with a smile: "Your master asked you to come to me because you actually want to worship me as your teacher. After this matter is over, you can come back to me."
Huadu City, you have to give me the formal apprenticeship ceremony."
"good."
Wan Yunting nodded with a smile and drank the wine in one gulp. Of course he was willing to become Chang Wude's disciple.
Just as he said, when his master Gongsun Xiuliang asked him to find Chang Wude, he wanted him to become a disciple and learn martial arts.
"By the way, isn't it very lively for the master to hold this ancestor worship ceremony?"
Immediately Wan Yunting asked curiously.
"Yes, it's very lively."
Li Zihang immediately said excitedly, "The ancestor worship ceremony is only held every ten years. I remember the ancestor worship ceremony ten years ago. Many people from other sects came to participate, and our Taoist temple also held a martial arts competition, which was very lively.
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"Yeah."
Wan Yunting turned to look at Chang Wude and asked, "Are you inviting other sects to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony?"
"Um."
Chang Wude drank a small drink, nodded and said: "The ancestor worship ceremony is a grand ceremony held once every ten years in our Wuliang Taoist Temple. It is mainly to invite those sects that have a good relationship with our Wuliang Taoist Temple and send representatives to participate in this event. It is also to show
Our Wuliang Taoist Temple can improve its reputation among the sect."
Wan Yunting nodded and said with a smile: "It seems we have caught up."
"I heard from senior brother that this time our sect held an ancestor worship ceremony on a very large scale. Senior Uncle Sima was in charge of the work and invited many people from the sect to come and participate!"
Li Zihang immediately stared and said excitedly.
Chang Wude and Wan Yunting were startled by these words, and they looked at each other. It seemed that Sima Boyong also returned to the master this time, and his purpose was not simple!
While eating and chatting, Wan Yunting took Chang Wude and the others back to the airport after 8:30 in the evening. He and Connolan went to pick up the tickets scheduled to fly to Huatugou Airport in Mangan City.
It's nine o'clock to board the plane.
"Let's go."
Wan Yunting, who came back with the ticket, called Chang Wude, Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang who were sitting in the terminal, went through the security check together, and then boarded the plane, also sitting in first class.
This trip lasted more than two hours. After the plane took off, Wan Yunting and the others sat in the first-class cabin and did not speak. Everyone closed their eyes and rested until 11:20 p.m., when the plane slowly landed in Huahua.
Inside Tugou Airport.
Wan Yunting was carrying two luggage bags and was wearing a black down jacket. Chang Wude, who was following him, was also wearing a black leather jacket. It must have been an old-fashioned cowhide jacket from more than ten years ago, although it looked thin.
, but the physique of martial arts practitioners is not comparable to that of ordinary people.
The weather here at this time is 4 to 5 degrees Celsius, sometimes down to freezing, but there is no snow yet, and I heard it might snow tomorrow.
"Master, let's find a hotel to spend the night first. The train will arrive at ten o'clock tomorrow morning and we will go directly to Buxida County."
Wan Yunting, who walked out of the airport, turned to Chang Wude and said.
"Well, you can arrange it."
Chang Wude nodded, he didn't care about this anymore.
After stopping two taxis, Wan Yunting asked the taxi driver to take them to a nearby hotel.
Wan Yunting and Chang Wude shared a room with Li Zihang, and Kang Nolan and Xu Lingwei shared a room. After everyone washed up, they rested.
By eight o'clock the next morning, everyone was up.
Wan Yunting booked the train tickets last night. The tickets were for ten o'clock in the morning. Everyone packed up. It was already half past eight when we left. After breakfast at the breakfast shop next to the hotel, we took a taxi to the train station to catch the train.
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It is more than 600 kilometers from Mangan City to Buhida County. Although there are cars here, the speed is slower than the train. However, it will take several hours to reach Buhida County.
Because the train is still the green train of the past, the speed is not very fast. On the road from Mangan City to Buxida County, the scenery of the northwest is unobstructed. In addition, there are snowflakes today, and thousands of people sitting on the train are
When Yunting admired the scenery outside, he couldn't help but feel the vastness of the motherland...
The train was moving slowly. Wan Yunting and Connolan, two southerners, saw the scenery with snowflakes outside for the first time. They did not feel that time was slow at all. On the contrary, like other passengers who came to travel, they felt that time was too fast.
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At 2:50 in the afternoon, the train slowly stopped at the train station in Buxida County.
The railway station in the county seat is still very simple, not to mention that Buxida County seat is at the junction of Qinghai City and Xinjiang, which is the county seat at the foot of Kunlun Mountain. The population here is not large, and the economy is not very good. The locals rely on raising livestock.
, and develop the tourism economy, so it is naturally impossible to compare it with other economically developed counties in the country.
"It feels pretty good..."
Walking out of the train station, I looked at the snowflakes falling outside. On the simple streets of Buxida County, most locals travel by electric cars or motorcycles. Although there are cars, they are very few. Everyone wears cotton-padded jackets and coats.
, his face was red due to the cold weather, giving him a simple and generous feeling.
"There is a mutton restaurant ahead. Let's go and have a bowl of mutton soup first."
Chang Wude saw a local mutton restaurant in front of him and couldn't wait to go there. Wan Yunting, Kang Nolan, Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang quickly followed, opening the curtain at the door of the restaurant and entering. It was a very simple restaurant.
, there are just a few small dining tables and chairs. The boss is a bald man and speaks in a Xinjiang dialect: "What do you guys want to eat?"
"Give me a portion of lamb chops, lamb hooves and haggis soup."
Chang Wude waved his hand, and the boss shouted happily, asking them to find a place to sit by themselves, and then went into the kitchen to prepare the dishes.
Soon the landlady came over with five large bowls of mutton soup, and then the boss brought a plate of roasted lamb hooves, a portion of boiled lamb chops, and a mutton stew. The smell of mutton filled the room.
Yes, Connolan raised an eyebrow. She obviously didn't like mutton.
"Ah, it tastes delicious."
Chang Wude took a few sips of the haggis soup, gave a pleasant sound, and said with a smile: "The taste has remained the same for decades. Boss, give me another bottle of Xifeng wine."
"okay."
After saying that, the boss went to the shelf behind the front desk and came over with a bottle of Xifeng wine. He said with a smile: "Old man, please try and see if this wine is authentic."
"Full."
Chang Wude was holding a roasted sheep's hoof in his hand. This was done by boiling the sheep's hoof in water and then roasting it. Adding cumin and other seasonings, the taste was incredible.
"okay."
The boss personally filled the glasses for him and Wan Yunting, and said with a smile: "Are these tourists from out of town?"
"Thanks."
Wan Yunting nodded at the table and smiled at the boss: "Yes."
"We are disciples of the Taoist temple on the mountain."
Li Zihang also chewed on the sheep's hooves and did not forget to say something.
"Oh, it turns out they are the masters of Wuliang Taoist Temple. Recently, your Taoist temple seems to have held an ancestor worship ceremony and attracted many tourists. The streets are very lively."
The boss smiled.
"Yeah, we saw it."
Li Zihang nodded and smiled.
"You guys eat slowly."
The boss didn't talk much, turned around and left to sit at the front desk.
Chang Wude took a sip of Xifeng wine and nodded with satisfaction, which seemed to bring back the memory of his time at Wuliang Taoist Temple. He and Gongsun Xiuliang often secretly went down the mountain and found a mutton restaurant to eat mutton and drink Xifeng wine...
It's a pity that now we are separated by heaven and earth, so we can only reminisce and reminisce...