The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 62 I’m not old, so just call me a pervert

When we walked into the restaurant, we saw quite a few classmates from the same school. We passed a few tables and looked at the portions. Wu Xianyu ordered a meal for five people. He could at least eat two portions. Mai Ju said she would eat about half a portion, and Lin Miaomiao said she would pay for the remaining half. As for Jiang Tianhao, don't worry about him. We don't know if he can finish the meal.

Wu Xianyu found that he had underestimated Jiang Tianhao's resilience. He saw that he adjusted his attitude after a while and actively joined the conversation. It seems that this experience with Deng Xiaoqi was not without gain.

Soon, the set meal for several people was served on the table. In addition to the basic five servings of black pepper steak pasta, there was also a drink for each person.

After sitting in the car for a whole morning, the four of them were hungry, so they didn't hesitate to start eating. Although it was strange to use chopsticks for Western food, it was fine as long as it was convenient. Not long after eating, several snacks were served on the table, including fried chicken popcorn, black pepper grilled sausage, mushroom soup, and a basket of bread.

"This one is quite affordable. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to eat enough at first."

Lin Miaomiao picked up a piece of hot bread, dipped it in the mushroom soup, put it in her mouth, and her eyes immediately lit up.

“You guys should try it, it tastes really good.”

Wu Xianyu picked up a sausage, took a bite, and nodded.

“Not bad, it’s a conscientious restaurant to be able to eat a full meal at this price in a scenic area, and the taste is not bad.”

Mai Ju was putting his steak into Lin Miaomiao's plate, and then taking Lin Miaomiao's pasta back. These two people complemented each other perfectly, one didn't like vegetables, and the other didn't like meat.

Jiang Tianhao saw her action and pushed his plate
"Well, my pasta is untouched, why don't you take it too?"

Mai Ju glanced at this straight man and pouted, not very happy.

"Do you think I'm a big eater and two servings of pasta won't fill me up?"

"Uh"

Jiang Tianhao suddenly crashed, Wu Xianyu smiled and patted his shoulder
"Save your energy, we have to go hiking in the afternoon."

Everyone felt a little full after the meal, and in order not to waste food, even Mai Ju ate a few more pieces of bread.

Staggering out of the restaurant, Jiang Tianhao transferred a red envelope to Wu Xianyu
"I'll give you the meal money."

"Why don't you just come back next time?"

Too lazy to look at his phone, Wu Xianyu took small sips of the packaged drink.

"Then we'll talk about it next time. We've already transferred it."

Jiang Tianhao put away his phone, covered his stomach and burped.

"Why don't we take a walk before climbing the mountain to help digest the food?"

"We are heading to the scenic area, so there is no rush to climb the mountain. Let's take a look at West Lake first."

. . . . . .

"When talking about West Lake, one must visit Leifeng Pagoda, but..."

Lin Miaomiao and Mai Ju walked in front, looking up at the Leifeng Pagoda above, then looking down at the elevator under their feet. Mai Ju continued Lin Miaomiao's words.
“It’s just that the feeling is different from what I imagined.”

When they actually saw the Leifeng Pagoda, everyone was a little confused. What was going on with the double-row elevators? Even Wu Xianyu scratched his head, as it was his first time in this place.

Several people took the elevator to the bottom of Leifeng Pagoda. Looking at the plaque, Jiang Tianhao took out his mobile phone, activated the camera function, zoomed in and took a closer look.

"How can this be the Imperial Concubine Pagoda? Isn't it called the Leifeng Pagoda?"

"Because the last king of Wuyue, Qian Hongchu, had a son in his old age, he built this tower to celebrate this event, so it was called the Royal Concubine Tower. As for why it is now called Leifeng Tower, because after the change of dynasties, many people forgot the original name of the tower. They only know that the mountain is called Leifeng Mountain, so they just call it Leifeng Tower."

The other three turned their attention to Wu Xianyu. Wu Xianyu shook the manual in his hand and pointed to the door he had just passed.
“门口的小册子上都有写，而且现在这座塔也是后来修复的，真正的塔1924年9月25日下午1:40倒掉了”

"Wow, the reason for its collapse is quite outrageous. It turned out that it was brought down by poaching."

Lin Miaomiao was too lazy to take the booklet, so she simply stood next to Wu Xianyu and pulled his hand down so that she could see the contents.

Jiang Tianhao touched his chin, not knowing what he was thinking, and suddenly spoke
"By the way, the king of Wuyue is named Qian, right? Qian Sanyi is also named Qian, right?"

"What kind of train of thought are you using? This has been going on for so many years."

Lin Miaomiao complained on the side

"The Qing Dynasty has been gone for many years. Even if he is a descendant of the Wuyue Kingdom, you don't think he can restore the dynasty, do you? The people's police are not vegetarians."

“It’s a pity. I thought I could see an ancient building, but it turned out to be a reinforced concrete building.”

Mai Ju brought over a booklet and looked at it with Lin Miaomiao.

After not strolling for long, a few people walked out of the tower with boredom on their faces. Apart from being able to see the entire view of West Lake, there was really nothing else to do there. The inside was much more modern than the outside.

"Why don't we go hiking? Now is the perfect time."

Jiang Tianhao looked at his mobile phone and made a suggestion to everyone. Everyone nodded and walked back to where the school bus was parked.

The few of them walked up along the stone-paved road. They met many classmates along the way. They walked and stopped from time to time and chatted from time to time, so it wasn't boring.

As they were walking, Lin Miaomiao, who was walking in front, stopped and waved her hands vigorously behind her, whispering a reminder

"Hurry, hurry, look ahead."

The two boys behind him stretched their heads to take a look and saw two familiar figures. Qian Sanyi and Deng Xiaoqi were walking in front. Although there was a distance of one person between the two, anyone could feel that they were together.

Wu Xianyu took a look and lost interest. He simply stood halfway up the mountain and took out his mobile phone to take pictures. His photography skills could not be considered top-notch, but at least they were better than Jiang Tianhao's. Wu Xianyu thought so.

When he was collecting properties in his previous life, Wu Xianyu's photography skills were also honed. He used the best angles to make the properties look as good as possible in order to attract customers.

Jiang Tianhao urged them

"Alright, alright, stop looking. What's so good about this? Let's go up and take a look. There's Lingyin Temple up there."

“Speaking of temples, I have some questions.”

Wu Xianyu put away his phone and looked at Jiang Tianhao

"The person in charge of the school trip at our school, do you believe in Buddhism? Why are there temples in every place we go in the first and second year of high school?"

“I think you asked the question the wrong way.”

Lin Miaomiao continued to walk along the stone road, turning her head to say to Wu Xianyu behind her:
“You should ask why there are temples in famous and beautiful tourist spots.”

“Yeah, that makes sense.”

The few of them were chatting casually, and no one said hello when they passed by Qian Sanyi and Deng Xiaoqi. Qian Sanyi didn't react much, but Deng Xiaoqi looked at Lin Miaomiao and Mai Ju's back with a complicated expression.

After passing those two people, they were not far from the top of the mountain. At least Lin Miaomiao could see the end of the road.

Stepping onto the last step, Lin Miaomiao gasped and opened her arms
“Ah, finally here.”

“Don’t block the intersection.”

Wu Xianyu reached out and gently pushed Lin Miaomiao's waist, and accidentally touched the flesh that was exposed because Lin Miaomiao pulled up the hem of her clothes, which was very moist.

Lin Miaomiao felt her waist being touched by a dirty hand, and she immediately put down her hand and turned around cautiously. When she saw Wu Xianyu's face, her serious expression disappeared and she stuck out her tongue at him.
"Slightly, old pervert"

After saying that, he pulled Mai Ju a few steps forward and sat on a stool not far from the exit.

After Wu Xianyu bought a few bottles of water and came over, he handed a bottle to each of the two girls, sat next to Lin Miaomiao, and said solemnly:

"I'm seriously repeating this." Seeing Wu Xianyu's serious expression, Lin Miaomiao, who was drinking water, turned her head and looked over.

"I'm not old, so just call me a pervert"

"puff"

All the water in Lin Miaomiao's mouth sprayed out at once. Fortunately, no innocent passers-by passed by and no one was hurt.

"You are really worthy of me. You can say such words without changing your expression."

While wiping her mouth, Lin Miaomiao gave Wu Xianyu a thumbs up with conviction.

After resting for a while, several people walked towards Lingyin Temple together. When they entered the temple, they felt that the people around them were talking in low voices, and the voices of everyone's discussions were consciously lowered.

"Do you want to go and worship?"

"Whatever, I don't believe in this"

"We're just here to have fun, so just say goodbye casually."

“Is there a Bodhisattva who can bless my English grades? I want to pray to him.”

The three looked at Jiang Tianhao who spoke last, and they all felt that it was difficult to respond to his words. However, an enthusiastic tourist smiled and explained to everyone.

"You are all students, right? Then go to the Huayan Palace, which is for those who seek academic success. There is also a Manjusri Bodhisattva at Wufeilai Peak, who also protects academic success."

The enthusiastic tourist looked at the four people and smiled even more.
"It's like Manjushri Bodhisattva wields a sword to cut off emotional ties and forbids premature love, hahahaha"

After the enthusiastic tourist finished speaking, he left with a smile on his face while wearing his fisherman’s hat.

Jiang Tianhao glanced at Wu Xianyu sideways, but Wu Xianyu pretended not to see him and stood with his hands behind his back looking at the Tower of Justice beside him.

Mai Ju smiled and whispered to Lin Miaomiao

"Don't make the wrong choice later."

"Oh, I know."

Lin Miaomiao felt her face getting a little hot, so she took out a fan from her backpack and fanned herself.

When we got here, there was a constant stream of tourists. A few of us took advantage of a travel agency's tour guide to learn about the relevant knowledge. After all, these are Buddhist things, and if we don't understand them, we really don't know what they are.

Looking at the stone bed behind the tour guide, Lin Miaomiao was full of admiration.

"As expected of Monk Jigong, he can even fall asleep on a stone bed. I feel uncomfortable just looking at him."

"Maybe he was feeling anxious, so Jigong got drunk and went to sleep."

Wu Xianyu joked with a smile and followed the tour guide inside.

Several people looked at the Arhat who subdues the dragon holding the bowl, the prototype of Lei Zhenzi - the golden-winged Peng bird, and the palm prints of Jigong. Several people took photos next to the palm prints and asked passers-by to help take a group photo.

"You can see there is a red flower here. This is the red spider lily."

"Where is it?"

Lin Miaomiao, who was still looking at photos, heard the tour guide's voice and raised her head abruptly. How could she not take a look at the famous red spider lily?

As a result, before they got close, the tour guide's voice came again.

".The scientific name is Lycoris radiata"

Lin Miaomiao immediately felt that this thing was not so mysterious anymore, and also felt that it would have a strong smell.

After taking a perfunctory photo, several people followed the tour guide to learn about various Buddha statues. They all looked the same to the naked eye. When the tour guide pointed to a Buddha statue carrying a sword, he introduced it to everyone.
"This is Manjusri Bodhisattva, he will protect your children's academic performance. If you have children in school, you can worship him. He will also protect them from falling in love too early."

Lin Miaomiao and Wu Xianyu both remained silent. Lin Miaomiao was too lazy to even take a photo. Only Mai Ju bowed seriously, not for the sake of studying, but just to cut off all emotional ties.

When we reached a stone bridge, the tour guide stood there and said in advance

"Don't worship the Buddha statue I'm going to introduce below. It's an evil Buddha."

After saying that, he led everyone forward. Wu Xianyu felt a little bit impressed. It seemed that he had seen this Buddha statue in a short video. It seemed to be called

"Yang Lian Zhenjia?"

As soon as Wu Xianyu finished speaking, the tour guide began to explain
"This is the evil monk Yang Lianzhenjia, who robbed the tombs of six Song Dynasty emperors."

Not long after they walked, they followed the tour group to Lingyin Temple. Seeing that they had paid for tickets, Wu Xianyu and the other three took out their student ID cards and were let in directly. They were also given three incense sticks each.

"Wow"

As soon as they entered Lingyin Temple, Lin Miaomiao and Mai Ju's eyes lit up. There were actually several girls wearing Hanfu. Their eyes lit up and they wished they could take their place. However, the two girls in Hanfu did not stop and followed the crowd into the temple.

A few people followed the crowd to the main hall. When Wu Xianyu saw the only tablet enshrined on it, he turned around and bought some top-quality incense and offered it respectfully. He was not even so respectful when worshipping the Buddha behind him.

After returning to the foot of the mountain, the few people saw that they had some time, so they simply went back to the snack street. They had eaten too much at noon and did not try many snacks.

As they were walking and eating, they noticed a commotion ahead. A few girls had appeared around Qian Sanyi and were trying to squeeze Deng Xiaoqi to please Qian Sanyi.

Qian Sanyi didn't want to pay attention to those girls and chose to avoid them, but a good girl is afraid of a clinging man, and vice versa. When those girls didn't care about their face and kept following Qian Sanyi, Qian Sanyi had no choice.

These girls were not as pretty as Deng Xiaoqi, nor as sensible as her. Seeing Deng Xiaoqi walking on the other side and not wanting to look at them, Qian Sanyi was extremely anxious. Thinking that the two of them were now breaking up, there was no reason to look back.

"Little Qi?"

A voice was heard, attracting the attention of several people. Deng Xinhua appeared here for some reason, followed by a bald man.

"Xiaoqi, you guys are on this school trip, what a coincidence. Hey, isn't this Qian Sanyi? Thank you for tutoring our Xiaoqi."

Deng Xinhua helped Qian Sanyi solve his problem invisibly. He naturally walked over to greet Deng Xinhua, and at the same time, the distance between him and Deng Xiaoqi was also shortened a lot.

After talking to Deng Xiaoqi for a few words, Deng Xinhua saw that Deng Xiaoqi kept looking at the man behind her. She didn't explain, but just smiled and touched Deng Xiaoqi's head.

"Do you have enough money? Do you want me to give you some more?"

"Why don't I give it to you? After all, I am Xiaoqi's elder."

The bald man did not introduce himself. He smiled and took out a few hundred yuan from his bag and handed it to Deng Xiaoqi. Deng Xiaoqi wanted to throw the money away, but Deng Xinhua immediately knew what his daughter was going to do and held her hand tightly.

Deng Xinhua took the money, stuffed it into Deng Xiaoqi's bag, and forced a smile.

"Then have fun with your classmates. Mom has something else to do, so I'll leave first."

After saying that, Deng Xinhua pulled the bald man away.

Lin Miaomiao and the others behind him saw everything clearly. Lin Miaomiao took a bite of oden, looked at the reflective bald head, and sighed

"Deng Xiaoqi's vision is really unique, but why does this man keep staring at Deng Xiaoqi?"

"This doesn't feel like Xiaoqi's father."

As soon as Jiang Tianhao said this, Wu Xianyu and Lin Miaomiao looked at him with strange eyes, not understanding why he said such a thing.

(End of this chapter)