I sold grilled fish in the 70s!

Chapter 213 A Trip to the Temple

Oh! Your brother Jianlin has been taken by your father to the Shenglong Hotel to learn how to manage a hotel. That's why he's rarely come back to the Yang residence lately!

Why would you suddenly ask me this question, little girl? Have you missed Jianlin because you haven't seen him for a while?

Oh dear! How come you've started teasing others too? How could I possibly be thinking about Jianlin? I'm just a little curious because I haven't seen him for a long time! What has he been doing? Why haven't I seen him return to the Yang residence for so long?

Longzhen did not answer Zhuzhu's question. Instead, she took the apron she had brought from the Yang residence out of her bag, tied it around her waist, and then put on a pair of sleeves on her wrists.

Zhuzhu didn't continue asking the question after not hearing Longzhen's answer, because she roughly knew why Jianlin hadn't returned to the Yang residence for so long.

Moreover, on that day, while she was strolling around the Shenglong Hotel, she inadvertently saw Jianlin sitting in a room filled with books, intently examining an account book. Zhuzhu instantly understood why she hadn't seen Jianlin since they returned to the Yang residence.

It turned out that the morning after they returned to the Yang residence, their father took Jianlin to the Longsheng Hotel. He wanted him to quietly learn about how to manage a hotel. Thinking of this, Zhuzhu couldn't help but envy Jianlin.

She also wanted to learn how to manage a hotel so that she could open her own big hotel when she came of age.

Then I can ask Jianmei to help out at my big hotel and pay her a salary, so she'll have a stable job. That way, the tragic fate that befell her in her past life won't happen again, right?

If possible, I really hope she can see our family at its happiest. If only she could happily wear a beautiful dress and come with us to beautiful Jilin for our eldest daughter's wedding.

If possible, I really hope that when my little niece is born, she and her daughter Rosa can be with us outside the delivery room to welcome the new life.

If possible, I really hope she can come with us to Fuqing to attend the housewarming party for our eldest daughter and son-in-law's new house.

But will these insignificant little wishes of mine really come true in this life? In fact, the main reason why Jianmei died so young in her previous life was because she had breast cancer.

But why she got breast cancer back then is something she herself doesn't know!

Zhuzhu, have you seen Xiaoyingying? I haven't seen her once since this morning! Do you think she might have been kidnapped by some bandits who came from who-knows-where?

After Longzhen asked Zhuzhu these questions, he couldn't help but silently shed tears. When Zhuzhu saw Longzhen crying, she quickly took out a pack of tissues from her pocket.

First, please don't cry! Those people who barged into our Yang residence this morning were uncles and aunts from Hei Ren Tang. I think they were just hungry! They came to our Yang residence looking for some food and wouldn't do anything to harm my father and Yingying.

Zhuzhu, are you saying that the group of people who suddenly barged into our Yang residence this morning were the uncles and aunts from Heirentang?

Yes, yes! So please don't worry too much about my father and Yingying! They'll probably leave the Yang residence after lunch. They won't do anything to harm my father and Yingying!

Let's wait until we've packed all the taro balls before we go to worship the Bodhisattva, okay? On the way to the temple, I saw many aunties and grandmothers carrying buckets of loaches and snails, releasing them into the river not far from the temple.

After we finish praying to the Bodhisattva together, shall we go and see how they release the loaches and snails back into the river?

Do you really think those loaches and snails that are released into the river will gain freedom?

Zhuzhu, why did you suddenly ask me such a strange question? Did you see something?

Do you think it's possible that some people release fish and snails into the river at the upper reaches, while others retrieve them at the lower reaches?

That's possible! So I think it's pointless for some people to buy small fish and snails from others and then put them back into the river.

Because those kind-hearted and compassionate people cannot stop people from catching small fish and snails from the river again. It's like a person who has gained temporary freedom only to be locked up again.

Would that person's heart be filled with resentment because they gained this temporary freedom and then lost it again?

Longzhen nodded in satisfaction upon hearing what Zhuzhu had said to her.

You understand these things very well! Wait a minute! Zhuzhu, I don't remember your father or I teaching you these principles before. Where did you learn them from?

Haha! First, may I not tell you about this matter yet? I want to wait until a very suitable opportunity arises before explaining it to you and Father.

"Whatever! Do whatever you want!" After saying this to Zhuzhu, Longzhen picked up a plate of dishes from the sink. Then she tilted the plate of dishes in her hand and emptied all the water out.

Afterwards, Longzhen placed the stack of bowls and chopsticks on a round table not far from her.

Who made these taro balls today? How can they be so delicious?

Yes, yes, yes! Today's taro balls are so chewy and bouncy! The person who made these taro balls must have been very generous with the tapioca flour, which is why they taste so good!

To make your taro balls so chewy and bouncy, besides adding more tapioca flour, you also need to knead the shaped dough continuously on a work surface. When the dough starts to become sticky, add a little cooking oil.

Just now, when I was burning incense in the main hall, I saw Longzhen and her adopted daughter-in-law carrying a large iron bucket off a carriage. Could it be that the bucket was filled with these delicious taro balls?

Haha! How can you be so sure that these delicious taro balls were brought by Longzhen, and not brought to the temple by someone else?

Yes, yes, yes! Did you go to Longzhen's house yesterday?