City B is a northern city and has a completely different urban culture from a bustling international metropolis like City S. Xia Ning feels that the pace of life here is much slower and the leisure life is more colorful.
She and Su Ye took a late nap in the morning, had breakfast in the hotel after getting up, and then drove out to wander around. Su Ye postponed today's arrangements and set aside a day to accompany her.
The couple followed the advice of the locals and drove to the suburbs of city B. There is a mountain outside the suburbs. It is not high in altitude, but it is very famous. It has a very fairy name called Lingshan. There is a temple on the top of the mountain and the incense is strong. Every day.
Pilgrims go to burn incense and worship.
Xia Ning rarely has time to travel. The last time she went out was on her honeymoon, and it has been a long time since this time. She was in a good mood and was not tired when climbing mountains. She also saw monkeys along the way, and the monkeys came to snatch them.
Bread in her hand.
Xia Ning felt strange and gave all the bread to the little monkey. The little monkey bowed to her very humanely, making Xia Ning giggle.
Su Ye looked at her smile and felt extremely satisfied. What he wanted most in his life was for Xia Ning to be happy.
"You like small animals so much, why don't we get a dog." Su Ye remembered that Xia Ning had a dog when she was a child, but unfortunately it died before it was raised. Xia Ning was very sad at the time, and she never raised another dog.
"Raise a dog?" Xia Ning shook her head slightly: "Don't raise one, we are all busy and don't have time to take care of it."
"My aunt at home can take care of me." Su Ye said.
Xia Ning said disapprovingly: "Small animals are just like children. They will love whoever raises them. If you don't have time to raise them yourself, it's better not to raise them."
Su Ye has never raised cats and dogs, nor does he pay attention to them. He doesn't understand these things. He thinks that whoever pays to raise cats and dogs is their owner. He never thought that small animals have so many emotions.
"Then when we have a baby in the future, it will be good to raise another one and grow up with the baby." Su Ye changed his mind. It would be boring if the little animal he raised was not close to them.
Baby?
Xia Ning was slightly stunned. She had not thought about having a baby until now.
"Do you... want a child?" Xia Ning asked in a low voice.
Su Ye held her hand and continued to enjoy the beautiful scenery on the mountain. Hearing this, he said, "It's up to you. We want it whenever you want it."
Xia Ning said nothing, feeling a little guilty.
She actually didn't want to have a baby. This plan was not part of her plan at all. She had just become a prosecutor and didn't want to have a baby to drag her down.
What's more important is that she is not sure how long her marriage with Su Ye can last. In this situation of extreme insecurity, she doesn't want to have children. It would be unfair to the children.
Her mood seemed to have sunk to the bottom of the valley all of a sudden. The mountain scenery that she thought was a rare sight just now always seemed like a gray mist. Just like her life, it was all hazy at first glance, she didn't know the direction, and she could never see clearly.
to a distance.
"I heard that there is a temple on the top of the mountain, and it is very accurate to ask for a fortune. Do you want to try it?" Su Ye asked, pointing to the top of the mountain not far from them.
They have been walking around this spiritual mountain for most of the day, and they have finished visiting almost all the beautiful places, except for the temple on the top of the mountain that they have not visited.
Xia Ning hummed absentmindedly.
Su Ye squatted down: "Are you tired? I'll carry you."
Xia Ning was a little tired, but she was too embarrassed to let Su Ye carry her on his back, but Su Ye didn't give her a chance to refuse and just carried her on his back and walked toward the top of the mountain.
"Is it heavy?" Xia Ning lay on Su Ye's back, a little embarrassed. She felt that she had gained a few pounds recently.
"It's not heavy." Su Ye carried her on his back, his steps steady and strong, taking every step very steadily, fearing that the mountain road would bump up to his wife on his back.
Xia Ning lay behind him, as if his heartbeat could penetrate his back and reach his ears. For some reason, he remembered something from his childhood.
That was an incident that happened when she was in junior high school. When she was in the first year of junior high school and Su Ye was in the third year of junior high school, the school organized a spring outing for all students. They also went to a hill in the suburbs. Her foot was scratched by a branch on the mountain and she bled a lot.
I cried into tears.
When Su Ye heard the news, she ran to her class nervously and accompanied her back to the city. However, the car broke down halfway. In order not to delay her dressing, Su Ye carried her and walked back to the city for three hours and half.
The older boy was stunned and didn't stop for a minute.
Xia Ning still remembers that Su Ye, who had been hiking for three hours with her on his back that day, had blood blisters on both of his feet. However, in order not to worry her, he resisted not telling the doctor. He also suffered from purulent blood blisters.
I got sick and had a high fever, so I stayed in the hospital for three days.
At that time, she was filled with guilt and refused to go to school. She missed school for three days and stayed with Su Ye in the hospital. She only returned to school after Su Ye had recovered from her fever and was discharged.
Later, Su Ye helped her make up classes. Not only did she not miss her homework due to three days of absence, she also ranked first in the class that semester and received her first certificate of merit in junior high school.
Looking back on these things, Xia Ning always thinks about the possibility. If Su Ye had not chosen to study abroad after graduating from high school, they would have gotten married sooner, as soon as they graduated from college, and their children would all be in kindergarten by now.
Alright.
Su Ye carried her to the top of the mountain, and the couple entered the temple. Neither of them believed in Buddhism. They couldn't tell what kind of temple it was, and they didn't know how to worship. Fortunately, there were many people coming to worship Buddha. They followed others' practices and bought
I drank incense and waited in line to go in and worship Buddha.
The queue was not very long, and it was their turn soon. The couple entered the Buddhist hall, knelt down on the futon, kowtowed three times, stood up and put incense, and then went to the side to draw lots like others.
Su Ye really didn't believe this, so he asked Xia Ning to give it a try and cast a fortune.
Xia Ning didn't shake it either. He shook it a few times like a gourd, and a stick actually fell out.
"Go out and turn right to read the lotus." The little novice picked up the fallen lotus and handed it to Xia Ning, and showed her the way.
Xia Ning put it away, but had no intention of undoing it. She didn't believe it either.
The couple walked out of the Buddhist hall. Xia Ning had to go to the bathroom and asked Su Ye to wait for her here.
The location of the restroom is very hidden, except for the Buddhist worshiping courtyard. After walking to the back for a while, I found it in a bamboo forest.
After Xia Ning went to the bathroom, she walked to the sink outside to wash her hands. When she bent over, the sign fell out of her pocket. She didn't notice it, but a monk next to her saw it and came over to help her pick it up.
"Thank you." Xia Ning then paid attention to signing it.
The monk smiled benevolently: "You're welcome, donor, your lot hasn't been solved yet."
Xia Ning shook his head slightly, but did not say that he did not intend to solve it.
"This is a lottery," the monk said.
Xia Ning's heart skipped a beat: "Are you... sorry?"
The monk said gently: "Good fortune and misfortune depend on each other. Donor, cherish the people in front of you and don't remember the people in the past. Only then can you break the prophecy of the lot."
Cherish the people in front of you and don’t remember the people in the past.
Xia Ning chewed the monk's words blankly and didn't respond for a while.
The monk said the Buddha's name and came and went without a trace, leaving only a message to explain the signature to Xia Ning.
"Xia Ning."
Su Ye's voice suddenly sounded in his ears. Xia Ning, who had been in a daze for five or six minutes, raised his gaze and looked at the man walking towards him.
Cherish the people in front of you.
The monk's words rang in my ears again.
"What's wrong?" Su Ye saw that her face was not good and asked worriedly: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Xia Ning hurriedly put away the stick, shook his head and said: "No."
"That's good. I just asked others that there is a viewing platform in the back mountain. We can go there and wait to watch the sunset." Su Ye pointed to the back of the temple and said.
"Okay." Xia Ning had no objection.
Su Ye took her hand and walked towards the observation deck.
Cherish the people in front of you.
The monk's words seemed to linger like a spell. Xia Ning looked at Su Ye's big hand and wanted to try to hold it backwards for the first time.
Her strength was so small that it was almost negligible, but Su Ye still felt it. His heart was slightly shaken, like a drop of water dripping into a calm lake, causing ripples to appear in an instant.