When Guan Hao and Cao Wan entered the small restaurant in the village together, an old man with a majestic face walked over. He must be in his 70s. He saw the two young people entering the store, waved and said enthusiastically:

"Are you descendants of the Guan family and the Huang family in Suicheng?"

"Hello, I am from the Guan family in Dongting. My name is Guan Hao. Can you call me Haozi?" Guan Hao replied politely. After speaking, he pointed at Cao Wan and said, "She is from the Huang family in Xiguan."

My name is Huang Wan, and she just came back from abroad. I took her around during the summer vacation."

The old man named Huang Dali is the old village chief of Tai O. He is 76 years old and still in good health.

The old village chief has a loud and energetic voice and is very enthusiastic.

"These two children are also my old friends, Mr. Huang. I will host a banquet for you tonight."

"This is my granddaughter, Xiao Yue. You are both young people and have a common language. Let her accompany you to have a good meal tonight!" The old village chief pointed to a little girl who was sitting with the guests. She was only 15 years old.

, 16 years old, and a little shorter than Cao Wan.

"Hello, Xiaoyue, I'm older than you, you can call me good brother!"

"Good brother, good!"

"Hello, Xiaoyue. How old are you this year?"

"I am 15 years old."

"You are younger than me, you can call me Sister Wan'er from now on!"

"Sister Wan'er, okay!"

"Good brother, Sister Wan! Let's start eating! Welcome to our Tai O."

"Thank you, old village chief! We are just here for fun and don't want to bother you!"

"Haha, don't bother me! You two children, there is no need to be polite. Anyone who comes is a guest. We in Tai O have been famous for hospitality since ancient times. Let's take a seat and start the feast!"

"The elders are so kind to you. If you are disrespectful, we will not be polite!"

"After you!"

The dishes on the table made the two people, who were already very hungry, couldn't help but spread their fingers.

Dongping is rich in shark fins, which Guan Hao knew about in his previous life. The dining table is filled with special dishes, including shark fin soup, yellow mane goose braised taro, big squid fried with green onions, white-cut chicken, and all kinds of seafood.

When Guan Hao saw there was wine on the table, he didn't care what kind of wine he was. He picked up the wine glass in front of him and said to the old man:

"Come, old village chief, let me offer you a glass of wine. Thank you for your warm hospitality!" Guan Hao drank it in one gulp. This glass of wine was at least two taels.

"Haha! It's so refreshing! I like the kid's bold temperament, okay, I'll do it too!"

The old man was amused by the arrogance of being locked up!

After drinking a glass of wine, the liquid went straight down my throat like fire. It turned out to be high-alcohol liquor, not the low-alcohol rice wine commonly found in Lingnan.

Guan Hao hurriedly took a bite of the food and pressed it down. After a while, he finally recovered a little.

"Old village chief, please call us Hao Zai and Wan'er!"

Guan Hao was so rude, he spread his arms openly to cook, and served Cao Wan dishes from time to time. Cao Wan blushed like a little daughter-in-law and lowered her head to eat.

"Good brother, I want to eat goose too!"

"Eat it, this piece of goose meat is good!" Guan Hao took another piece and gave it to Xiao Yue.

Mr. Huang didn't eat much at night. He mostly watched Guan Hao eat.

After three rounds of drinking, I was basically done eating.

The old village chief asked Guan Hao while smoking a hookah: "Good boy, is the camphor tree in front of your Dongting Ferry ancestral hall almost 800 years old?"

"Old man, the ancient banyan tree in front of our Yanwu Hall was planted by me when I moved from the north to Daimiwei. There were originally two trees, but one was chopped down by a fire in the late Southern Song Dynasty. This is

It is the treasure of my Dongtingguan family! Now it is managed by a dedicated person, and it is growing very well!"

"Oh, as people get older, their memory becomes poor. If they remember something wrong, they will remember something wrong! Which branch of the Dongtingguan family are you from?"

"Old man, I am the eldest son of the Guan family in Dongting. My grandfather is the patriarch, and his name is Guan Yongzhong."

"Guan Yongzhong? Then we are really old friends. I worked with your grandfather 50 years ago and often drank together."

The old man was very surprised. Guan Hao turned out to be Guan Yongzhong's direct grandson. He quickly asked: "Is your grandpa in good health? We should take a walk when we have time."

"Yes, thank you for your concern. My grandpa is doing boxing every day and is in good health."

"That's good, I haven't seen your grandpa for 50 years!"

"Old man, the transportation is very convenient now. It only takes about 4 hours to go from Tai O to the provincial capital. As long as you want to go, we at Dongting welcome you to visit us at any time. You can stay as long as you want."

"What a good boy!"

"Good boy, do you know the relationship between our Huang family and your Guan family?"

"I know a little bit about it. Our two families were married. During the Republic of China, one of my cousins ​​was engaged to the Huang family's grandma, but later they didn't get married for some unknown reason. My cousin also disappeared."

Guan Hao naturally knew about Guan Yonglie and Huang Shaofen, but without knowing the specific identities of the other parties, he could only speak a few words.

"Well! Do you know all this? Then you have a good rest tonight! Let Xiaoyu take you around the area tomorrow. The typhoon has just passed these days, so you can also go out to catch up on the sea. I am old and a little tired Now, let’s go to bed! Xiaoyu, please arrange the rest room for your good brother Wan’er!”

The old man went to rest. Xiao Yu arranged a rest room for Guan Hao and Cao Wan, and everyone washed and rested separately. They made an appointment to go to the Amitabha Temple near the village to offer incense and play after having breakfast tomorrow morning.

Guan Hao had a good sleep and got up early to practice Kung Fu for an hour. As soon as he washed up, Xiao Yue came over and invited her and Wan'er to have breakfast together.

"Good brother, sister Wan'er, let me introduce to you the special breakfast here: this is fried dumplings, oyster braised, pig intestines, and seafood porridge made from seafood that was just landed in the morning."

"Yeah! It's delicious!" Wan'er picked up a piece of pig intestines, put it in her mouth and tasted it, and was full of praise.

The breakfast in Tai O carefully arranged by Xiao Yue was really good, and Guan Hao couldn't stop eating it.

After a hearty breakfast, the three of them will go to the "Mitao Zen Monastery" on Jade Dolphin Peak, the main peak of Tai'ao Mountain to the north of the village.

Tai O Village is named after Tai O Mountain. The entire Tai O Mountain is not high, but it stretches for tens of kilometers, like a crouching dragon lying across the coast of the South China Sea.

Tai O Village faces the mountains to the north and the sea to the south.

The main peak of Tai'ao Mountain: Jade Dolphin Peak, is not very high with an altitude of just over 600 meters, but it has lush forests, beautiful scenery, and faces the sea on three sides.

There is a thousand-year-old temple on the peak: Amitabha Temple.

According to legend, there was an eminent monk who traveled here in the Tang Dynasty and slept in Tai O Mountain at night. Amitabha Buddha entrusted him with this dream:

This place has spiritual energy, dense forests, beautiful mountains, mountains behind it and the sea, where you can live and realize Zen;

This place is quiet and profound, with unique scenery, where you can build a house and live there.

It is an excellent place to promote Buddhism and practice it with concentration.
Chapter completed!