I took the three of them to a Chinese restaurant that looked relatively hygienic across from No. 18 Middle School. This Chinese restaurant was divided into two floors, each floor was about 70 square meters, adding up to more than 100 square meters. It was only about 4:30 at this time, and there were no diners. I also knew that the topics we talked about were sometimes sensitive, so we sat down on the second floor near the window. There were only two waitresses who looked about 18 years old sitting there playing with their phones.
When they saw the four of us coming up, they looked unhappy, and then one of them lazily threw the menu in front of us and said, "Order yourselves. I tell you, don't order too much, otherwise it will be troublesome to serve the dishes later.. Free e-book download"
As if he wanted to tease the girl, Fang Pengguang said, "I've ordered everything on the menu. Little girl, take your time with the food."
When the girl heard what Fang Pengguang said, she said to him in surprise, "There are 23 meat dishes, 30 vegetables, and more than 10 kinds of soup. That's 60 dishes in total. You can't finish them all."
"Alright, alright, little girl, he's teasing you, just watch him serve us ten or so dishes." I stopped Fang Pengguang who was about to speak. It's not easy for these young girls to work at such a young age, and it's pointless to tease others. The girl heaved a sigh of relief after hearing what I said and said, "Okay, I'll go order them for you." After saying that, she ran away very quickly, not at all as lazy as before, as if she was afraid that Fang Pengguang would continue to order dishes.
Then we asked another girl to bring us a case of beer. I poured a glass for the Taoist Jianglong and raised my glass and said, "Master, come, let me toast you first. You sealed the monster for decades without considering your own interests. Just for this reason, I admire you very much."
Taoist Jianglong smiled and drank the wine, then said, "You guys don't come to the temple for no reason. Just tell me what you want to say."
I smiled awkwardly and said, "Master, actually the people from Tianli Sect were behind what happened just now. There were people from Tianli Sect at the wedding just now, so I would like you to help me deal with them first and then leave." Although I don't know what Miao Long wants to do, I can't imagine it's a good thing. Now that the Taoist Master Jianglong is in front of me, I will naturally try to make some connections with him.
"You little guy, you really look like your master when he was young." Taoist Jianglong took a sip of wine and nodded, saying, "Okay, I'll help you if I can."
"It seems that the Taoist priest and my master had a very good relationship when they were young." I poured another glass of wine for the Taoist Jianglong and said, "Can you tell me about my master's life when he was young?"
Taoist Jianglong picked up the wine glass, smiled bitterly, and said, "These are all things of the past. Anyway, I'll tell you about them."
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One summer in 1966, in a residential area in Jiangbei District, Chongqing, a woman who looked to be about 40 years old shouted to a young man who was sitting on a chair in the residential area reading a book not far away: "Ah Qing, go home for dinner."
Ah Qing is an 18-year-old boy with a handsome face and excellent academic performance. His biggest hobby is reading all kinds of books.
"Okay." Ah Qing responded, then took the books and went home. Ah Qing's parents were both high school teachers, and at the time they were a standard family of three.
The dinner table was unusually quiet. Ah Qing felt something was wrong. His father looked strange since he came back today, as if he was worried about something. That was why he ran outside to read.
Aqing's father was silent for a while before he sighed and said, "Hey, Axiu, this time Boqing has been selected to go to the countryside."
With a bang, the bowl that Aqing's mother was holding fell to the ground, but she was still unaware. She said, "Old Liu, this won't do. Boqing is born smart and his grades are so good. You know that once you go to the countryside, you will have a chance to come back. His life will be ruined. I absolutely don't agree."
"Of course I don't know, but what can I do? I've tried everything. Later I found out that Boqing was not selected at first, but a family with connections didn't want their child to go, so they selected Boqing to replace him." Aqing's father sighed, patted Aqing on the shoulder and said, "Aqing, be careful when you go to the countryside and don't cause any trouble. I'll try my best to transfer you back to the city."
Ah Qing was already eighteen years old, and he knew what his parents meant. He smiled bitterly and said, "Mom and Dad, don't worry. I will definitely not cause any trouble when I go there."
Three days later, Ah Qing received a notice to go to a village on a mountain on the border of Chongqing and Chengdu as an educated youth. The village was called Hongye Village.
Actually, Ah Qing was not unhappy about being transferred to the mountains. On the contrary, he was looking forward to it. He had grown up in the city and had never seen what the mountains looked like. There were three educated youths who went there, all of whom were about 18 years old. Their names were Liu Boqing, Mao Linlong, and Huang Bin (the Taoist who conquered dragons).
The three of them were of similar age, and they had already become good friends on the way to Hongye Village. They were full of expectations for Hongye Village along the way, but they were disappointed when they arrived. Liu Boqing, who had lived in the city for a long time, regretted it even more. It was not that he looked down on this place, but he really couldn't adapt to the life here. However, when they first arrived, the villagers were also very enthusiastic, and they welcomed the three of them into the village with singing and dancing, and the three of them felt better.
The village didn't have many people, only about a hundred, most of them were middle-aged. There was one person of their age, named Chen Kaixuan. The four of them were about the same age. At first, Liu Boqing and the other three were not used to it, but after a year, they gradually adapted to life in the village.
One day, the four of them went to a hill not far away to talk about their dreams. Chen Kaixuan said that his dream was to become the village chief of Hongye Village and make the people of Hongye Village rich. Huang Bin said he wanted to go back to the city. Mao Linlong said he wanted to make a lot of money. When everyone asked Liu Boqing, Liu Boqing said, "I don't know what my dream is. I just hope that everyone in the world can live in harmony like the people of Hongye Village. I won't be annoyed if someone bullies me, and I won't be angry if someone scolds me. We can all live in peace and happiness together. This should be my dream."
Everyone laughed at Liu Boqing's dream of pretending to be noble and artistic, but no one thought that Liu Boqing really thought so in his heart.