I am very poor

Chapter 23

Gu Cheng didn't wear a coat, opened the curtain and ran out, leaving the beaded curtain crackling behind him.

He ran so fast that there were hardly any shadows under his feet, his shirt was filled with wind, and his whole body was as light as if he was about to fly.

Yubaozhai is not far from Lama Temple.

The Hall of Heavenly Kings, the Great Hall, the Hall of Yongyou, the Hall of Falun, the Wanfu Pavilion, and the Hall of Four Schools... gradually shrink from south to north, while the halls rise in turn, occupying a large long strip of land.The shape of the buildings here is comparable to that of the Forbidden City, and because there were two emperors, it is called "Longqian blessed land".

The locals in City B all know that Lama Temple is very spiritual.

It is full of incense all year round.

The lingering white smoke is like clouds in the sky, hovering and rising in the high and wide hall, and disappearing in the invisible high place.

Gu Cheng's breathing has not completely calmed down. He looked up at the three bronze Buddha statues of the third generation nearly two meters high. In the boundless and sacred atmosphere, he felt that the spiritual altar was gradually clearing up.

Although things that cannot be seen clearly are still invisible, he has calmed down slightly.

When he was upset, or confused, he would always come here to find some peace.

But in fact he didn't believe it.

Coming here is just to remind myself again and again that no one in this world should meet your expectations.

Even the illusory gods and Buddhas of the heavens.

Probably to them, the joys and sorrows of all living beings are too insignificant.It's like when he was a child, he dreamed countless times in the middle of the night, and made a wish desperately in his heart, hoping to have a father and a mother, but it never came true.

Or maybe his voice of speaking and wishing was too low, drowned by the noisy world of mortals.

In short he never got anything.

But Gu Cheng still scrupulously fulfilled the promise he made - he will work hard, behave well, do his own thing, and not cause trouble for others.

I will try my best to be better and better.

Because he has to take care of himself.

Whatever you want, you can only get for yourself.

The word fate is very interesting, it seems that everything is doomed from the beginning.

Sometimes I really want to see what the correct answer is on that blank test paper.

In fact, it doesn't matter, even though he doesn't know the answer, he has long since found the correct solution to the question of "life" after all these years of cloaked in the rain and walking alone in the endless night——

It's all about changing what you can and accepting what you can't.

The hall is filled with incense and believers, and everyone is seeking wishes from the gods and Buddhas.

Gu Cheng didn't have many wishes. Apart from good health, he wanted to be successful in his studies and work, find a job he likes after graduation, save money to buy a house and settle down, and then marry and have children with the person he likes...

He suddenly paused.

the person I like?

Gu Cheng paused for a moment, then naturally shifted his attention.

In fact, he still has a little wish, and hopes that Huo Yufei can also go smoothly.

Huo Yufei was the first, such a nice person he had met in so many years.

Gu Cheng sometimes feels that there seems to be a natural power in the other party, which makes him yearn for it uncontrollably.

It should be very envious, right?

Every time he sees each other, he always thinks of the tall sunflower stretching out in the sun.

Especially when he learned that this sunflower grew out of the darkness, he had an inexplicable impulse in his heart.

It may be a little admiration, a little pity, a little yearning, a little touch.

There are also some sympathy and empathy.

Gu Cheng himself couldn't describe it clearly. To put it more intuitively, he couldn't help but want to transplant this sunflower into his home, water it every day to loosen the soil and catch insects, and keep it for himself.

Of course this is just a metaphor.

He just thought about it, and then smiled at the Buddha statue of the third generation without any other choice, and retreated.

By this time he had completely calmed down.

Ever since he was a child, when he was upset, he always liked to come here for a while, and he could calm down quickly and recognize the reality.

There is still a long queue at the gate of the school, because the Lama Temple is very effective, and it becomes flocking to ask eminent monks to bless their belongings.There are even many foreigners who come here from thousands of miles to line up, just to ask for a talisman.

Even though many people know that this is more of a psychological effect, the number of believers here has never decreased.

Because he never pinned his wishes on these things, he felt a little funny when he saw the long queue.

Turn around and walk in the other direction.

He has been to Lama Temple many times and is very familiar with it.At the beginning, I was able to find a part-time job in Yubaozhai from P Daqian because I often came to Lama Temple.Therefore, Gu Cheng didn't look at the road, and just walked casually towards the place with the fewest people.It was only when there were no other tourists around that I noticed that I had accidentally walked into the wing room in the backyard.

A gray-robed monk sprinkles water on the freshly swept ground.

The ground here has not been repaired yet, it is still a brick floor. After a long time, the cracks in the bricks are full of dust, which will be blown out when the wind blows.

Gu Cheng thought it was a little funny and couldn't help laughing.

The gray-robed monk was already very old, but his ears were good. He looked up at Gu Cheng, and asked him very peacefully, "What is the benefactor laughing at?"

Gu Cheng quickly apologized.

The gray-robed old monk put down the basin in his hand, looked at him for a few seconds, and said slowly: "Is the little benefactor also here to worship Buddha?"

Gu Cheng smiled and shook his head.

The old monk nodded: "It's a good thing that everything you want is within your ability." He paused, and then said, "But if you have any doubts in your heart, you can come to worship and pray for the clarity of the Lingtai."

Gu Cheng nodded in agreement.

But he didn't say exactly how he obtained clarity.

However, after waiting for a while, I still have something to say.

His eyes fell on the filthy brick floor: "The dust has penetrated into the cracks in the ground. Even if you sweep the floor every day, it is only superficially clean. Even if you sprinkle water every day, it is just to keep the dust from flying into the air. Every day It’s doing useless work, isn’t it the same as worshiping Buddha? I just want to comfort my heart at the moment.”

The old monk looked at him in surprise, but unexpectedly he was not angry.

On the contrary, there is a comforting meaning in the sentence: "The little benefactor is very wise."

Gu Cheng realized that he was a little bored.

Religion is essentially no different from his imagination of his parents when he was a child, they are both spiritual opiates.

No matter how sober he is, he should respect an old man who has been smoking "opium" for most of his life.

So he restrained himself and said with a smile: "I actually came here today to ask for the blessing of the eminent monk, but there are too many people. I went the wrong way and talked nonsense. I'm bothering you."

The gray-robed old monk proclaimed the Buddha's name and said, "So that's the case, why don't you let me bless the benefactor."

Seeing Gu Cheng hesitate slightly.

He said with a smile, "Sincere heart is spiritual."

Gu Cheng touched the small embroidered bag in his pocket with his fingers.

There was a little more sincere respect in the voice: "Thank you mage."

The venue for the birthday party that night was a villa in "Stone on Water".

It was also Huo Yufei's birthday present.

"Water on the stone" is taken from Wang Wei, a poet of landscape and pastoral, "the bright moon shines among the pines, and the clear spring flows up the stone."

It was jointly developed by Hang Lung Group on Hong Kong Island and Xingbin Real Estate in G City, enclosing more than half of Xishan.

Hang Lung Group is owned by the Song family, and Xingbin Real Estate is invested by Li Yun, who will be handed over to Li Ze recently.So in essence, "Water on Stone" can also be counted as one of its own industries.

In the afternoon, they got off at the foot of the mountain, and then took the battery car sent by the park. Li Ze sat beside Huo Yufei and introduced him by the way.The full name of the entire brand is "Yongxing·Shishangshui·Shanshui Pastoral Ecological City". There are three phases in total. The three phases have their own independent entrances and exits and driving routes, and their positioning is also different.The first phase took the route of high-end customization, and there were only eighteen buildings in total, half of which had already been donated.

Huo Yufei was cheap and acted like a good boy, deliberately said to Huo Qidong: "So my birthday present is a gift?"

Huo Qidong smiled and said, "Don't you want it? Take it back if you don't want it." He said the second sentence to Huo Yushou.

Huo Yufei found out and let out a soft "Huh".

He went back and forth on Huo Qidong and Huo Yushou a few times, but unfortunately Song Yulai, Ms. Song and Zhou Jianda were in another car, and no one gave him the answer.

Huo Qidong saw that his youngest son deliberately put on an expression of "I don't believe that my elder brother will be so kind to me".

Immediately happy.

He said to Huo Yushou: "It seems that you didn't choose the gift well. Your brother doesn't like it, but I like it very much. I don't think it's better—"

Seeing that Huo Yufei's eyes widened wider and wider, and finally opened his good pair of phoenix eyes, he laughed outright.

"Okay, Yufei, don't put on a show. Your elder brother prepared it last year, and it was originally intended as a gift for your birthday. It was only because the construction progress was delayed that it was left as a gift for you this year."

Huo Yufei was a little surprised.

He exaggeratedly sighed: "Brother is so kind to me, the gifts are already so good, if next year's gift is not a gift, I can't even imagine what it will be."

Huo Yushou's expressionless face suddenly smiled slightly: "Are you still thinking about next year?"

Huo Yufei smiled and pulled Huo Yushou: "Not only the bright year, but also the year after, the year after, the year after..."

Li Ze looked back and forth between Huo Yufei and Huo Yushou, and suddenly remembered the appearance of Huo Yufei recommending Huo Yushou to him not long ago in the courtyard full of colorful lights——

"My elder brother is much more reliable than me."

What did he answer?

"I have three older brothers."

But he was still a little envious.

Ms. Song's car arrived a little earlier than them.

The temperature in the mountains is lower, but the air is very fresh. The buildings are gray and white, interspersed with some glass boxes that protrude into the canopy of the trees.Many high and low wooden platforms are stretched out, which echo well with the terrain of the mountain. Occasionally, a beautiful tree grows on the platform, or a square shallow pool reflects the sky and buildings. Perfect and one with nature, very beautiful.

Although this party was prepared by Song Yulai, it was the first time for her to come here, and she liked it very much as soon as she got out of the car.

Huo Yufei's other friends had already arrived this morning, and they are currently relaxing at an activity place on the mountainside.There is a miniature golf course, and some leisure activities, such as boating, fishing, grass-sea racing and the like.

Huo Yufei's family, Li Ze and Zhou Jianda, two close friends of Huo Yufei, tidied up after getting off the car and took a short rest.Song Yulai was the person in charge of this small party, and after changing his clothes, he stepped down to check the process.

When it gets darker, tonight's party will officially begin.

This time also happened to be the busiest time for Hang Lung Mall.

After Gu Cheng finished his work in Yubaozhai, he went around the city center again by car to buy something.

He wants to buy a mobile phone.

The shopping guide at the counter is enthusiastically introducing to him that there are two types of mobile phones at this time, black and white and color. Color mobile phones have a very big advantage, that is, they can browse the web, but they also consume more traffic and power.Gu Cheng's habit of buying things is "fewer but better", and he rarely buys impulsively, but he is willing to spend money on immediate needs.He did a quick comparison and chose a black slider phone from a foreign brand.

Gu Cheng's desire to buy a mobile phone was not impulsive.One is that work often requires timely contact, and the other is that he also realizes the necessity of portable communication tools, especially in more urgent situations.

For example, at the hospital that night, if you have a mobile phone, you can contact the other party faster.

The phone card is already done.

When Gu Cheng returned to the dormitory, the sky outside had completely dimmed.

He opened the package, pressed the phone card first, and then installed the battery to start charging.

It is also written in the manual that it is not good to play with the phone while charging.

Gu Cheng opened the textbook and began to do the calculus homework. The problem was a little difficult. He couldn't solve it after two questions. He stood up and got a glass of water. After sitting down, he turned on the phone involuntarily with his fingers and saved a name in the address book. inside.

Then continue to return your attention to your textbook.

Half an hour later, he lost his mind again, picked up his phone and played for a few minutes, then sent a text message to the only name in the address book.

Then continue reading.

But every few minutes, he would look up to see if there was any new news on the screen.

More frequent.

After a while, he simply closed the book and lay down on the table with his head tilted.

His fingers rubbed the screen of the phone twice, and he turned the screen upside down.

A blurry shadow and a pair of shining eyes appeared on the small LCD screen.

He didn't smile, and his expression was very flat.

The eyebrows are sharp.

The eyes are very bright.

With a touch of anticipation and happiness.

Zhou Jianda told another joke, and everyone laughed, including Huo Yufei.

Although the protagonist of this joke is himself, it is always more interesting for Zhou Jianda to say something than others.

They had already tasted several dishes, sat around the table in twos and threes on the circular sofa on the sunken floor, this is a double-height space, half of which is the warm fireplace of the indoor activity room, and the other half is a huge glass curtain wall, a " The "wall" is separated by tall and lush trees, lush and lush.

Counting several of Huo Yufei's classmates, there were not 20 students in total.Because Huo Yufei is the protagonist today, he was placed in the most central position.

Everyone gathered around him, betting who knew more embarrassing things about Huo Yufei, the loser would have to drink.Ms. Song and Huo Qidong had just finished delivering the gifts, and after sitting with them for a while, they went upstairs to rest, leaving space for these young people.In this way, everyone can have more fun without the last bit of restraint.

Huo Yufei doesn't need to drink, but he will be "punished".

Just like now, Zhou Jianda announced that everyone can make a request or ask a question to Huo Yufei, and he cannot refuse.

Huo Yufei raised his hands to disagree, his expression was innocent: "It's not fair, I am the king today?"

Song Yulai gloated and made a decision: "But who asked you to accept our gift?"

Huo Yufei has indeed gained a lot after unwrapping the presents.Of course, Huo Yushou was the most generous among them, so Zhou Jianda stuffed the little golden dog, which represented the right to speak, into Huo Yushou's arms.

Huo Yushou took the reluctant Caesar and put it on the ground.

"You guys come first, I'm the last."

Zhou Jianda said "That's fine", and bent over to catch Caesar again. The little golden dog nimbly avoided the evil hand reaching out to him, tick-tocked to Huo Yufei's feet, jumped onto the sofa, and put himself on the sofa. His head rested on Huo Yufei's lap.

Huo Yufei rubbed Caesar's ear: "It seems that only Caesar is still on my side?"

"It's useless to say anything." Zhou Jianda found another thing as a token and asked, "Then who will come first?"

Then a circle of people started laughing and scrambling to be the first.

After Huo Yufei was pranked several times, he said loudly that he would only answer questions and not participate in the challenge.

Zhou Jianda was always in charge of mobilizing the atmosphere, and found that Huo Yushou didn't speak much, so he turned around and asked, "Brother Huo agrees?"

Huo Yushou glanced at Huo Yufei: "Why do I disagree?"

Zhou Jianda pretended to suddenly realize what he had just remembered: "Brother is so popular, it seems that I asked the wrong person."

Huo Yufei smiled, and was about to say something, but Huo Yushou stood up suddenly, said "Excuse me", walked around the activity room, opened the door and went out.

Zhou Jianda was dumbfounded for a few seconds.

There have been rumors of the Huo brothers being at odds for a long time, otherwise it would be impossible for Huo Yufei to go abroad to study at a young age and stay there for nearly ten years.

The scene suddenly became quiet.

Song Yulai looked at the expressions of the people around him, and joked: "Then it's my turn, and I won't make things difficult for you, just ask you a question."

Zhou Jianda came back to his senses, and said, "Sister Yulai asks first, and I will be next."

Others also giggled and followed in line.

Song Yulai cleared his throat: "Yufei, among all the girlfriends you have had, who is your favorite?"

Huo Yufei suddenly scratched Caesar hard, and grabbed the little golden dog to stand up from his arms.

"Sister, can I not answer this question?"

"why?"

Huo Yufei was very melancholy: "Because it's too embarrassing."

"Well, then my answer is no."

Everyone laughed.

Huo Yufei sighed, pretending to be embarrassed and said, "I haven't had a girlfriend yet."

Song Yulai didn't believe it, so he asked Zhou Jianda if it was true.

Zhou Jianda recalled it carefully: "It seems to be true?"

Then, amidst everyone's jokes, he asked the next one: "Then it's my turn, Yufei, are you still a virgin?"

Huo Yufei replied immediately: "Of course not."

Zhou Jianda immediately asked: "Who is your first night for? Your right hand?"

"This is the second question, one person can only ask one."

One of Huo Yufei's British classmates suddenly said, "I can give him my quota."

Zhou Jianda raised his eyebrows, meaning "Look"?Then he deliberately stretched out his right hand and moved it in the air, his eyes became evil.

The corner of Huo Yufei's mouth curled up, and he suddenly put Caesar on the ground, and pointed at Zhou Jianda: "Caesar bit him!"

I don't know if the little golden dog understood, but he actually ran towards Zhou Jianda, yelling "Wow, woof", chasing him around the entire activity room.

Huo Yufei smiled complacently.

At this time, the function of the mobile phone is too simple, and he has no habit of playing with the mobile phone at any time.

Zhou Jianda was so out of breath from running, he propped his knees and called Caesar "ungrateful".Caesar was full of energy, and he fell to the ground with a "Wow".Even the table was shaken, and scattered things fell to the ground.

Huo Yufei bent down to pick up the phone, only to find that there was a message on it.

He clicked.

The corners of the mouth curled up.While everyone was playing with Caesar, they slipped out quietly.

The yard is lush and fragrant.The air smells very nice.

Gu Cheng lay on the table in a daze, almost falling asleep.

Then there was a "buzz--".

The phone vibrated.

The author has something to say: Gu Bao and Huo Bao are like two flowers blooming from the same branch called Gu Chengyue.In the same scene in Lama Temple, both of them have very similar ideas. Yu Fei just begs casually, and it may not be realized anyway. Because of his own rebirth, he still has a little hope, and his explanation to Yu Minzhi is also very smooth.Gu Cheng didn't believe it at all, and he was polite to the old monk, but he dismissed it in his heart, thinking that the other party was taking spiritual opium, but when the other party said that sincerity leads to spirituality, he couldn't help being sincere.I just thought, if there is a person who can make him feel safe and happy, will one day the fierceness deep in his body slowly dissipate, and the hidden softness will slowly grow.But what about the other way around?If someone shatters hope, what becomes of him? ——Finally divided into readers' perspectives