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Ermin's jet lag seems to have finally come back, and the husky can finally go to bed without having to go to bed after ten o'clock.The next morning, I got up at two past nine o'clock, went to the restaurant in the hotel to eat a buffet, then checked out and drove towards Hangzhou.

Husky stopped by to buy a box of incense, and then went to the cemetery of grandpa and grandma. In front of the tombstone where grandma and grandpa were buried together, Husky knelt down and kowtowed three times to the two old people. "Grandpa, grandma, this is Ermin, Ermintrude Varto, my girlfriend. I brought her to see you today. She is fine, everything is fine. Grandma, grandpa, do you remember the sea Ser? She played it. Didn't you two say at the time, this little girl is pretty. I brought her back to you now. She looks better in real life than on TV. Grandma, grandpa... "

Husky's eyes were completely red, tears flowed down his face, and his voice was trembling and he couldn't speak.Ermin also knelt down, and she helped Husky wipe away the tears with her hands, and called grandpa and grandma softly.

Ermin finally comforted Husky to calm down. Husky lit three incense sticks and put them in the incense burner in front of the tombstone. Only then slowly walked out of the cemetery.

The two of them arrived in Hangzhou around twelve o'clock. Although the hotel they stayed in was not in Jinqiu, it was nearby. Standing in the room, the Qiantang River was outside the window.The husky sent WeChat messages to his cousin and mother to say they had arrived.The cousin replied the message, asking them to take a good rest in the afternoon, and he will take them to dinner in the evening.

"Another river?" Ermin asked softly, standing beside Husky.

Husky shook his head, "This is the river, the Qiantang River. Every year it has one or several extremely high tides, and when it is the highest, it can easily overflow the dam."

"Can we see it now?" Ermin stood beside Husky, wrapping his arms around Husky's waist.Husky pursed his lips and shook his head regretfully.

"Let's go eat something first," Husky suggested, looking sideways at Ermin, "and then come back and take a nap. In the afternoon, we will go to Lingyin Temple, the Six Harmonies Pagoda, and take a stroll along the West Lake. In the evening I will Take you to the West Lake for a walk, there won’t be so many tourists at that time, basically some old people are walking.”

Ermin looked at Husky, smiled and hummed.

So the two went downstairs, and Husky took Ermin through the streets for a while, and walked to a small and old noodle restaurant, queued for almost half an hour, and ordered a bowl of eel loin noodles and beef noodles.The noodles are steaming hot, and the beef is also very solid, a thick piece.Ermin ate very happily, and even took a piece of husky's kidney without fear of death, then nodded and asked husky what it was.Husky hesitated for a moment, then told Ermin that it was better for her not to know.

After dinner, I went back to the hotel and took a nap.Huskies and Ermin drove to Lingyin Temple after two o'clock in the afternoon.The huskies drove along the main road for a few minutes and arrived at the West Lake Scenic Area. Towering trees were lush on both sides, covering the road tightly, and many elderly people sat in the shade of the trees to enjoy the cool.

Husky turned off the air conditioner in the car, lowered the windows, and the breeze outside was refreshing.Ermin combed her hair with her hands, put her hands on the car window, and closed her eyes comfortably.Husky glanced at the navigation and introduced, "We are on the left hand side of the West Lake."

"Hmm." Ermin closed her eyes, leaned on the back of the seat, tapped the car door with her fingers in response, "Central Park looks a bit like this, no wonder you like to take me there and take a walk along the lake. "

The husky twitched his mouth. It was more because Central Park was the closest park to Ermin's apartment. "The West Lake Scenic Area should be bigger than the Central Park." Husky said a little uncertainly, "Many scenic spots in Hangzhou are near here. And ancient Chinese poets also liked to come here to recite poems."

"There is also a village near here that specializes in tea plantation. Oh, look," Husky pointed to a tree on the right that was slightly shorter than a person. Ermin opened his eyes and looked over, "These are all tea trees."

"Tea?" Ermin became slightly interested, she looked at Husky, "Is that the kind of tea we drink in England?"

Husky shook his head, "No. We think of British tea as black tea, which has a stronger taste. The green tea grown here has a lighter taste, and there will be a little tingle when you drink it in your mouth at first. Bitter, but soon you will find it sweet."

"If you want to have a drink and try it, we can go to Hupao, the spring water there is very good, we can drink tea in the tea shop there, look at the scenery, and waste time."

Ermin laughed, "Say it again."

Husky looked at Ermin a little confused, what should he say again?

Ermin raised her eyebrows, "Say, we can drink tea, look at the scenery, and..."

Husky pursed her lips slightly, and she nodded, "Well, waste time."

The huskies followed the signs to the parking lot of Lingyin Temple, which was full of cars.After getting out of the car, Ermin frowned slightly as she watched the people who kept coming and going in and out of the parking lot. Husky took her hand, took out a peaked cap from her school bag and put it on for Ermin, and said in a low voice, "fine."

Huskies and Ermin walked along the stone road for a while, and saw a yellow Buddha wall on which was written: "We are so close to the west, these four big characters."Many people were taking pictures there.Ermin asked Husky what was written in a low voice, Husky read it calmly, and then said that he knew the words, but the meaning, just feel the realm, after all, it is related to religion.Ermin looked at the husky and smiled.

After passing the wall, Huskies went to buy tickets for Lingyin Scenic Area. The two of them passed the main entrance and checked the tickets. The afternoon sun shone through the treetops, and the clear spring water flowed down from the mountain, and there were various Buddha statues on the mountain wall. The stone carvings are vivid.The heat of summer has also disappeared without a trace.

After walking through several small pavilions, Huskies and Ermin arrived at the ticket center of Lingyin Temple.Husky pulled Ermin to line up with him, and then gave Ermin a RMB 50 to buy the ticket by herself.After leaving the ticket office, Ermin looked at Husky puzzled, and Husky explained softly, "Because this ticket includes three incense sticks, our family thinks that the incense offered to the Buddha must be bought by ourselves."

Husky said with a smile, "When I first came to Lingyin Temple, the staff gave you the incense, but you had to buy it yourself. So there are incense sellers everywhere along the street. At that time, I probably Five or six years old. My dad gave me ten yuan to buy a box of incense and burn it by myself. Later, when I came back two years ago, it became this ticket, which included three incense sticks money."

Ermin held Husky's hand and said softly, "Interesting."

Husky and Ermin looked at the small pond outside again, then turned and walked into Lingyin Temple.After checking the tickets, the staff on the side handed over three incense sticks and said: Amitabha.Back to the next visitor.

Husky led Ermin to the left and walked into the courtyard of the temple. There were two large iron incense burners in front of the Daxiong Hall, and a lot of incense was inserted in them. "We light the incense first, and then we have to worship all around. It is regarded as enshrining all the Buddhas in this temple, and then you silently tell the Buddha what you wish, and try to be as detailed as possible. If you make a good wish, we will put the incense again. Plug it into the stove." Husky explained, "Is there anything I didn't explain clearly?"

Ermin nodded seriously, "Can your Buddha understand English?"

Husky nodded emphatically, "They can."

The two of them lit incense, worshiped the surrounding gods and Buddhas, made a wish, and inserted the incense.Husky took Ermin to visit the Temple of Heavenly Kings first.Maitreya Buddha is enshrined on the front, the four heavenly kings are enshrined on both sides, and Wei Tuotian is enshrined on the back.Ermin didn't believe in these gods and Buddhas, she just stood aside and watched the huskies lined up to worship Maitreya Buddha.

Husky finished worshiping Maitreya Buddha and turned from left to right with Ermin.Husky told Ermin that she doesn’t know much about Buddhism, but in a Chinese novel or TV series, the four heavenly kings are the subordinates of Tota Li Tianwang, and Li Tianwang is a general under the Jade Emperor. The four of them are Guarding the Nantian Gate together.

"Jade Emperor?" Ermin looked at Husky very curiously, "But didn't you say that Jade Emperor is not from Taoism? Isn't this a Buddhist temple?"

Husky scratched his nose, "So, this is a novel, and it probably borrows the characters."

Ermin pursed her lips a little dissatisfied, "You are really bad at religion."

Husky spread his hands helplessly, "Who says no?"

After leaving the Hall of Heavenly Kings, the two of them went to pay homage to the Daxiong Hall, and then walked up the stairs to pay homage to the Hall of Pharmacists, the Sutra Library and Huayan Hall.Husky still has some understanding of how much is enshrined in each temple, as long as Ermin ignores a few stories that may come from Taoism.

Huskies and Ermin sat on the stone outside the Yanhua Hall for a while, staring at the bamboo next to the hall for a while, and then walked down the stairs to see the five hundred arhats below.Although there are rumors that, count your age from the position of the foot that stepped into the hall of five hundred arhats, and which arhat you count will be you.

But for this kind of thing, Husky was the first to not believe it.If this is true, then she counted ten years ago and she counts now, what if two arhats are counted.After roughly walking around inside, Ermin felt that it was a little cold inside, and Husky immediately went out with Ermin.

Sitting in the courtyard of the Daxiong Palace, Husky and Ermin basked in the sun, watching wave after wave of people come here to offer incense and worship Buddha.Ermin took Husky's arm, leaned on Husky's shoulder, and played with Husky's fingers unconsciously. It was a waste of time.

After sitting for a while, Husky told Ermin that if they didn't leave, they might not have time to go to the Liuhe Pagoda, and the two got up.The husky drove up the way it came, bypassing a tea forest, and could faintly hear the sound of water.

Ermin kept looking out of the window, frowning slightly. Husky looked at her, and couldn't figure out what his girlfriend was thinking, but he was afraid that she wouldn't have a good time, so he kept talking.Ermin only hummed a few times as a response from time to time.

"Are there any apartments near here?" Ermin asked suddenly when he was about to drive to the Liuhe Pagoda.

Husky breathed a sigh of relief, but felt a little helpless.Ermin already has real estate in Los Angeles, Boston, New York, and probably London, and now he is thinking about buying a property in Hangzhou?The taxes she has to pay this year may be as much as the annual income of a middle-class family in the United States.

"Ermin, you want to buy a house again?" Husky asked.

Ermin nodded as expected, "I think this neighborhood is very suitable for living or vacationing. As you said, most of the scenery in Hangzhou is nearby, and the environment here is really good. If we have a house here , we can still walk to these places, or take a walk here after eating every day.”

"But Ermin," Husky couldn't help but frowned slightly, thinking that although Ermin's plan was very good, it was probably a little unrealistic, "When will we be free?"

Ermin froze for a moment, she thought of Husky's medical school and her irregular work and rest time, then she laughed, "Then maybe I can leave you alone in Boston and come here by myself .At most I just look for a tour guide.”

As soon as Ermin finished speaking, she burst into laughter in the passenger seat.