I want to send you red roses

Lingyin Temple is located on a small slope in the eastern outskirts of Dihua.

After Duan Tingxi stopped the car at the foot of the slope, Yu Tang sat in the car and looked up, suddenly sighed softly, and said to Duan Tingxi: "Actually, I know this place, and I also know two seniors, Meng Xianshu The people I know should be them too, that was when Song Duan brought her here, before same-sex marriage was legalized, and Song Duan proposed to her here."

Duan Tingxi hummed softly after listening quietly, got out of the car and held up an umbrella, "Let's go."

Probably because of the rain, not many people came to Lingyin Temple today. When Yu Tang was stepping on the bluestone steps under his feet, he also looked at a small earth brick pagoda on the side. It was handed down from the Tang Dynasty, but the appearance looks gray and inconspicuous. Someone hanged himself in it, so it was closed later, and it has no reputation.

Yu Tang said to Duan Tingxi while walking: "This temple used to belong to the serious Shaolin Temple, but later on, the branch temples all over the country have to pay something like membership fee to the main temple every year, so Lingyin Temple simply Goodbye, another door is established."

Duan Tingxi laughed when he heard that, lay disciples and pilgrims walked past the two of them intermittently, and when they got to a place with a little less people, she casually asked Yu Tang: "Do you believe in Buddhism?"

Yu Tang also bent his eyes casually, and stretched out his hand to push aside a blue stick, "You will know when you meet the people in this temple later."

The main hall of the temple has three entrances and three exits, each enshrining Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Yu Tang took Duan Tingxi straight to the side room, and when he entered the door, he saw a kind-hearted young monk saying a word of greeting with one hand, A middle-aged couple was sent away behind the stage.

He didn't look at the door after he looked back, but propped his head on the spot, looking like he was about to start sleeping.

……

Yu Tang idly leaned on the doorpost without moving, his knuckles clasped crisply on the door panel.

The little monk looked like a Maitreya Buddha, and when he raised his head, he suddenly let out an exclamation. Before he could say anything, his eyes, which were already full of smiles, were bent, and he stood up and greeted Yu Tang and Duan Tingxi swiftly, saying, "The two benefactors would like to What are you looking at, we now have the Heart and Sincerity Spirit Bracelet, the Buddha Beads for Transit according to the fate, and the blessing bag for warding off evil spirits, all of which are at the starting price."

"..." What is the starting price? Yu Tang stood up straight, dragged Duan Tingxi into the room, and looked down at the items, "How do you sell them?"

The little monk was very active: "Bracelets, prayer beads and lucky bags are all 338 a piece, and the package is a thousand."

Yu Tang nodded, looked at those gadgets, "Can it be cheaper if you don't complain to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau?"

The smile on the little monk's face remained unchanged, and he raised his hand: "Our temple is registered with the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. These are authentic crystals, big-leaf red sandalwood and gold silk Suzhou embroidery. This temple is a small business with integrity. For business, only a consecration incense money is charged, dear."

"..." Duan Tingxi stood beside him without saying a word, and his face was expressionless, probably because he was kissed by the young monk of unknown age and didn't want to say anything.

"Okay." Yu Tang took out the money, raised his eyes and asked him, "Where are Master Huipu and Master Huiyuan?"

Yes, Huipu and Huiyuan, the two old monks used to be from the Shaolin Temple with the characters "Ji" and "Ling". I changed my computer name and juice name respectively.

The little monk's eyes lit up when he saw her making money, "Master Huiyuan's uncle passed away a few years ago, and the master just went down the mountain for a wandering trip to Purdue..."

"speak English."

"Hey, master is going down the mountain for a trip, and I'll see if I can earn some extra money by the way."

"..." Yu Tang didn't say anything, took out a piece of ten yuan from the money he took out, and bought two cups of tea.

To be precise, it is not considered tea, but a tree planted by the old monk Huipu in the backyard of Lingyin Temple. The species is unknown, but the leaves can be made into tea leaves.It tastes bitter and has no tea aroma, but it has a very special aftertaste, a bit similar to beer.Yu Tang also came to drink with Ye Wei twice when he was a child, and now it has been many years.

And after so many years, the tree is old, the tower is old, and a senior has passed away, the only thing that remains the same is probably this cup of tea.

In addition, the little monk serving tea to an old friend is two years younger than Yu Tang. Back then, he couldn't even beat a wooden fish well, and he was often punished for sweeping. When he was wronged, he burst into tears and snot. Wooden fish, because talent is selling goods.

It wasn't until Duan Tingxi had something in his hand that he could not be idle, that Yu Tang continued to tease the golden silk crystals and asked, "Is the situation in the temple not good in the past few years? Can these things usually be sold?" ?”

The little monk seemed surprised by her asking such a question, and explained earnestly with a look of "Why did you say that?" "The fanaticism of believers is beyond your imagination. To be honest, we have opened six schools at the foot of the mountain." A chain of trinkets stores, and provided dozens of jobs for Dihua.”

Yu Tang: "..."

The little monk smiled and showed two small canine teeth: "Song Duan still buys a string of wishing beads from me every year."

Yu Tang was a little surprised: "Did Song Duan also buy these things?"

"What are these things?" the little monk corrected her and turned to say: "Song Duan wanted to become a monk in the temple a few years ago, but the presiding uncle confiscated her. The uncle said that the Buddha is for the salvation of all living beings and cannot save oneself."

Yu Tang was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyes, "Song Duan, have you thought about becoming a monk?"

The little monk didn't say much, but just subtly said: "That reporter Meng also bought two bracelets after sending a benefactor to me to take care of it temporarily this morning."

Yu Tang was silent for a long time, and finally pressed the edge of the teacup lightly with his fingertips, "Okay, take us to see the person Meng Xianshu brought."

The little monk snorted and tried to wink at her: "Reporter Meng came here and asked someone to buy two bracelets as a token of appreciation, you..."

Yu Tang didn't even raise his head, flicking his tea-stained fingers, a cold knife edge brushed against the little monk's ear, he immediately shut up, got up as quietly as a chicken and led the way, but there was still something in his mouth. Muttering something about how cheap you are.

Duan Tingxi turned his head to look at Yu Tang, took her hand into his palm without saying anything, and rubbed her fingers lightly.

The emotion in Yu Tang's heart caused by Song Duan melted away immediately, and he also pulled Duan Tingxi back, and sighed: "I'm not unhappy, but I just feel a little unspeakable."

It is the kind of embarrassment and powerlessness when seeing friends around you not doing well. It is a common emotion in a normal person's life. It is not painful or itchy.

Duan Tingxi, who is so delicate and transparent, naturally knew about it, so he just chose to hold her hand without saying anything.

But just as the three of them walked out of the side hall, a middle-aged aunt who came out of the Arhat Hall suddenly shouted: "Master Yu!"

"..." Yu Tang raised his eyes and looked at the aunt, trying to figure out who this is and why he called her so, but... he couldn't figure it out, because she didn't seem to know such a person.

But the aunt was quite excited, she took two steps closer to look at her, and then said repeatedly: "It's you, it's really you, Master Yu! I really got robbed downstairs in the community that day!"

The three of them stopped, the little monk Ermi looked puzzled, Duan Tingxi turned around the middle-aged woman's face with interest, then looked at Yu Tang funny, and listened quietly.

Yu Tang also suddenly thought of this incident after hearing this sentence, she glanced at Duan Tingxi calmly from the corner of her eye, and a bad feeling had already arisen in her heart.

It was when she had just returned to China and was penniless, she watched and copied a fortune teller at the entrance of Tianqiao small alley, and then... watched random people at the airport and tried to make a magic stick a few times.She remembered that what she said to this aunt at the time was - hello, I see that your Lingtai is not clear today, and you may suffer financial disaster...

I don't know if it's too late to pretend not to know each other now.

"I used to know that some masters were extremely accurate, but I didn't know that masters would be brave on the curb! So I really offended you that day, Master Yu!" The aunt yelled at Master Yu, and Yu Tang was about to cover his face with her hands. .

She just wanted to leave the scene of the incident quickly, so she said succinctly: "Then what happened later, are you okay?"

"It's okay!" The aunt didn't know whether it was born with a loud voice or emotional, her voice was quite loud: "My house is on the first floor of the community. When I found a thief following me, I immediately called my husband out and beat him up! Then I reported it. case, this thief dared to steal from my old lady.”

Yu Tang: "...That's good, we still have things to do, you..."

"I want to ask for a divination today, to see if my unborn grandson is a boy or a girl." The aunt seemed embarrassed, and asked Yu Tang hesitantly: "I didn't expect to meet you today, It’s really a fate, you are a true master, you are accurate, can you help me with another divination? I also sincerely prepared incense!”

Duan Tingxi had roughly understood it, and leaned on the pillar with a nonchalant smile beside him, his half-closed eyes bent into crescents.

She looked left and right, and suddenly thought that the real disciples of the Demon Cult like Jiang Li had already washed their hands and devoted themselves to the cause of education, while a well-known and decent bastard like Yu Tang was brazenly bluffing.

"..." Yu Tang seemed to understand the banter in her eyes, and simply broke the jar and said, "I'm sorry, I've already changed careers."

The aunt's face changed: "How could that be!"

Yu Tang: "...The business is not doing well, so you changed?"

"This..." Aunt sighed, sighing regretfully: "Tell me about those young people who don't pay attention to it, believe in water retrograde all day long, but they don't know the real fairy."

Yu Tang: "...I'm not a great immortal."

The aunt felt that she was too modest, and boasted: "Then you are at least a half-immortal."

Yu Tang: "..." It doesn't matter, just let me go.

"That," the aunt hesitated again, "Don't you really think about it, I have a relative who moved recently..."

"No." Yu Tang interrupted her dignifiedly, "I have found a job for the time being."

The aunt looked very regretful, but she didn't want to persuade her too much, she just asked regretfully, "What kind of job is it?"

Yu Tang thought for a while, and said seriously, "Civil servant."

Aunt: "..."

This, it seems that the span is a bit big?

"You go in and offer incense, we have something to say and we will leave first." After Yu Tang nodded to the aunt, he pulled Duan Tingxi and walked away.

Duan Tingxi looked at her openly and smiled for a long time until this time, and said jokingly: "How do you calculate that there is a 'disaster of bankruptcy', Daxian?"

Yu Tang immediately scratched her palm, like a cat scratching lightly, "There are a lot of thieves at the airport. I saw someone follow her for two streets that day."

Duan Tingxi laughed out loud, and couldn't help but whispered in her ear: "You don't even use your real name when you go out to cheat these days, how honest you are."

Yu Tang stepped into the door with a stern face, and deliberately slammed the door shut, shutting her out.

Duan Tingqi smiled happily at the door, and after pushing the door open, he seemed to say "so cute" in a breathless voice.

Yu Tang didn't hear it, and looked at Jiang Xiumin in the wing room seriously.Jiang Xiumin has eased from the dazed state at the beginning, Meng Xianshu left her here, and after a few more words of advice, she left temporarily, she was still very busy.

After Duan Tingqi entered the door, he glanced at the table in front of Jiang Xiumin. There were more than a dozen densely written papers on it. The handwriting was very clumsy. More than 20 letters of apology from the people involved in the incident.

In fact, Duan Tingxi already knew about their basic situation through various channels.The reason why the Cheng family didn't go back to their hometown was not only because the educational conditions in their hometown were very backward, but also because the hospital basically only had a community health center, which meant that Cheng Yong's mother's illness would not be cured, so it held them back.

According to Meng Xianshu, they considered going back last year if it was impossible, but Cheng Yong's mother had just been diagnosed with lung cancer at that time, and there was no treatment in the rural hometown.The Cheng family's ancestral house was also sold ten years ago, and that backward village didn't need a bus driver at all. Jiang Xiumin couldn't find a job after returning, so they couldn't live after returning, and they were in a dilemma.

Especially after trying life in a big city, it is really difficult for ordinary people to go back. No matter how difficult life is, they want to stay, not to mention that the Cheng family has nowhere to go, and the long-term anxiety It would have made them miserable.

But the reason why Duan Tingqi finally decided to come to see Jiang Xiumin was half because Yu Tang, and the other half was because Meng Xianshu told her that Cheng Yong and his wife had a son.

Cheng Yong and his wife are nearly fifty this year, and their twin daughters are only seven years old. That's because their previous son died when he was 16 years old while saving two drowning children in the reservoir of his hometown.The Cheng family was heartbroken for several years, and finally sold their meager property, and the whole family left the village where there were traces of their son's life everywhere.

But now after such a thing happened, according to Lin Xiling, Cheng Yong's mother almost shed tears when she left Jianzhu Mountain, thinking that her illness dragged down the whole family and children, and it was also her illness that caused Cheng Yong to die Take such a wrong step.So the old man is now determined not to be treated anymore, and it's good that he didn't jump off the top of the building.

This family has always been humble, half life is difficult.

After stepping into the door, Duan Tingxi sighed inwardly, and without any unnecessary greetings, he took the water Jiang Xiumin poured carefully at the table, and said to her in a warm voice, "It's okay, everything will pass."

It wasn't that she didn't feel pain in her back when she stood and talked, but after thinking about many words back and forth in her heart, she found that she had nothing to say, and she was pale and weak.

Jiang Xiumin suddenly covered her face with her hands, sobbing silently.

The little monk couldn't bear to see such a depressing thing, so he quietly closed the door and left.

Yu Tang sat next to Duan Tingqi, the two of them silently watched Jiang Xiumin cry for a long time, Duan Tingxi said straight to the point: "Meng Xianshu told me about the general situation of your family, the reporter who brought you here."

Jiang Xiumin shook her chin and nodded, and Duan Tingxi said again: "I can introduce you to a good lawyer for Cheng Yong, and the fee will be within your affordability. And many policemen and civil servants have also heard about your family's case. After contacting your origin investigation, everyone and someone in your village offered to help you as much as possible.”

What she said here was a bit subtle, but it was all true. It was true that a small policeman from the countryside was touched and was already organizing small-scale donations for Cheng's family.

Tears suddenly welled up in Jiang Xiumin's eyes again.

Duan Tingxi continued: "And you still have to live. Meng Xianshu will help you to conceal your identity as much as possible. The current media and everyone are very forgetful. As long as no one is interested in revealing the matter, it will be over for about half a year. But One thing, I suggest that you better change the surnames of the two children first, and you can have the same surname as you."

She didn't make it obvious here, because after such a thing happened, even if Cheng Yong's children went to the ends of the earth, the twins would be easily associated with them.No parent would want their child to be in the same class as the child of a vicious criminal who can kidnap a whole car of children, and even a school would feel dangerous.Even if everyone is kind and would not accuse and abuse others when they have nothing to do, this kind of worry is real and reasonable.

When Jiang Xiumin heard this, a confused expression appeared in her eyes again, and said timidly: "I..."

Duan Tingxi observed her not because she was unwilling, but because she didn't know whether it was feasible in the procedure. She moved some compassion and comforted her: "If there are legitimate reasons, the child can change his mother's surname. You can also change your name, it depends on your wishes, if you have no problem, I can guide you on how to do it. "

Jiang Xiumin moved her lips: "Thank you...Thank you..."

Duan Tingxi didn't say anything rude, but finally said: "The rest is what I can help you with. You will definitely not be able to stay in Dihua any longer, because the children cannot go to school. It was not possible before, and it is even more impossible now. , the policy will never and cannot be compromised for an individual, I hope you understand."

Jiang Xiumin said in a low voice, "I understand..."

"So if you want, I can suggest you to go to two places. The first is Lincheng in the northwest. It is relatively remote, but it is also the provincial capital. There has always been a preferential policy for settlement there, which is more suitable for foreigners to live. If you go, you can live forever. Settling down will make life more convenient in the future. And my family has a small factory over there. You can find a job by yourself after you go there, or you can enter this factory. If the salary is saved, it will probably cover the daily expenses of you and your children. of."

She didn't mention Cheng Yong's mother, because Cheng Yong's mother was originally suffering from advanced lung cancer, and it was hard to say how long she would live.

Yu Tang stroked the teacup in his hand, quietly looking at Duan Tingqi.

Duan Tingxi continued: "The second place is Dijiang, which is a city directly under the jurisdiction of the province next to Dihua. Although it is not easy to settle here, it is in the developing stage. The restrictions are relatively loose, if you walk around, your children can go to school, and you have more job opportunities, but the information is more connected with Dihua, this is not easy to say, you should understand.”

Jiang Xiumin nodded: "I understand."

Others can only do so much as they can, helping them filter and find information and outlets that their class cannot reach.In any case, what happens to everyone in this life still has to be lived by themselves.

"Okay, anyway, think about it yourself these few days first, don't worry." After Duan Tingxi solved one of the things that came here, he focused on the second, "I'm here today, and I want to focus on asking you to lie to me. The situation of the 30 scalper.”

Jiang Xiumin was dazed for a moment, then raised her head, "This matter...we have reported it."

Duan Tingqi took out a pen and paper from his bag in preparation, nodded: "I know, but the surveillance video did not find the person, and the police roughly recorded the physical signs. Now I would like to ask you to recall in detail what that person looked like." .”

Yu Tang glanced at Duan Tingqi's hand on the pen and paper in surprise, "Have you learned this before?"

"Learned to draw, amateur." Duan Tingxi is very modest, but the portraits drawn by Jiang Xiumin's description are very realistic, and it can be seen that there are some basic skills, and there are few changes. Jiang Xiumin In the end, he nodded again and again, "That's how it is."

but.

Duan Tingxi and Yu Tang's eyes fell on the paper at the same time. This man had a big beard. According to the description, the hair on his face was very long, and his facial features were almost covered.As we all know, after a man grows a beard, his face will be so fluffy that it is difficult to distinguish. What's more, with such an obvious sign, this bearded man will probably shave his face clean after cheating money, so when he passes by again You may not even recognize him.

Duan Tingqi pondered for a while, "Apart from his appearance, height and clothes, do you remember any other characteristics on his body, such as whether there is a mole somewhere on his face, and whether there are any special places on his hands and feet."

She was a bit deliberately guiding, and Jiang Xiumin also recalled: "When he smiles, his teeth are yellow and a bit buck-toothed, and his hands seem to be ordinary, just fat, but the ankle seems to be abnormal, a bit too It's thick, almost as big as the knee..."

Duan Tingxi and Yu Tang suddenly looked at each other, and it turned out that he was a foot gang member again.

Yu Tang subconsciously wanted to take a portrait of this person, so of course he had to go to Jiang Li for things like this.But after she touched her pocket, she realized that her phone had passed away, and Duan Tingxi would not have Jiang Li's contact information.

However, Duan Tingqi had already started filming, and turned to Lin Xiyue, and said while posting: "They are basically a family, and Lin Xiyue also charges cheap."

"..." Yu Tang stared at Duan Tingxi's side face for two seconds, thinking that this person is also very cute.

Duan Tingxi suddenly tilted his head: "What are you thinking?"

Yu Tang immediately said, "No."

"Why not, shouldn't you think about spending money again?"

Yu Tang: "..."

Duan Tingxi hid a smile in his eyes, and suddenly pinched her face meaningfully, "Okay, I will let you pay on credit, and my interest rate is very low." She stood up, "Let's go, go see Chrysanthemum."