243. The mysterious old man

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But even so, Mei Lan also had scruples, in the end, she still chose a more popular means of transportation to travel, only to buy a ticket for the train without taking an ID card, and Mei Lan did not tell outsiders when she went out this time, but only told the elders at home, and the elders also thought that she was going by plane.

Mei Lan didn't even bring a suitcase when she went out this time, she wore a thick T-shirt and jeans, carrying the Nike backpack she bought in Beijing that year, which contained two sets of clothes and a down jacket, and the rest was an iPad, a mobile phone and sunglasses, and no other Mei Lan brought it.

Mei Lan is dressed in this dress, coupled with a pair of big black-framed eyes, her hair is parted in the middle, and she has two antique braids, which is quite different from her usual image, and people who are not familiar with her can't recognize it at all.

The time on the train is still relatively difficult, fortunately, Mei Lan's ipad has downloaded several TV series and novels, because of Cai Ganlin, Mei Lan watched the novels and TV series, chatting to pass the time.

For two long days, Meilan passed through the desert along the way. encountered sandstorms, but also saw the Yellow River, which is more yellow than loess, and also saw Qinghai Lake under the blue sky and white clouds. It's a pity that it didn't reach the season of rape flowers, of course, the grass on the plateau is not yet green, and it has just sprouted, but I saw small black dots scattered in the distance, and I heard others say that this is a yak or a Tibetan antelope. It's a pity that Merlin didn't bring a telescope.

In short, when the train finally drove into Lhasa Station. When Mei Lan walked off the train with her bag on her back and looked at the blue sky and white clouds above her head and the Potala Palace shining golden in the sun, Mei Lan actually had an unreal feeling of being in another world.

Coming out of the train station, Mei Lan quietly followed several Lanzhou University classmates and got on the bus. I first booked tickets for the Potala Palace, and then stayed in a Tibetan inn on Barkhor Street, where the houses are built in the traditional Tibetan style, and although the whole neighborhood has been commercialized, full of shops and inns selling handicrafts, there are still many Tibetans wearing Tibetan clothes, holding prayer wheels, and wearing prayer beads on their chests.

After getting the accommodation, Mei Lan came out with her bag to find something to eat, looked at it while walking, and occasionally bought one or two of her favorite trinkets. The price was not expensive, and as she walked, Mei Lan suddenly saw a small building covered in yellow paint. It's called Maggie Ami Tavern, and the reason why Merlin noticed it was because most of the houses around it were white, and this yellow house was a bit special, and, to Merlan's surprise. There are many people taking pictures in front of the house, especially girls.

Mei Lan was about to take out her phone to search for the origin of the house. Suddenly, I saw an old man in rather ragged clothes sitting on the side of the street.

At first, Mei Lan thought that the other party was a pilgrim, because along the way, Mei Lan saw many Tibetans prostrate on the ground and kowtowed their long heads.

But Mei Lan took a closer look, and the other party didn't seem to be a member of the pilgrimage, because the expression on his face was wooden, and the old man's face was full of vegetables, and the clothes on his body looked a little nondescript, mainly because they were too torn, and Mei Lan couldn't tell whether it was Hanfu or Tibetan clothes.

Who knew that when Mei Lan was looking at the other party, the other party saw Mei Lan, at this time, his eyes were no longer blank, but there was a trace of compassion, and there seemed to be a trace of begging, in short, the old man attracted Mei Lan's attention.

Probably because Mei Lan is kind by nature, or Mei Lan wants to do more good deeds to accumulate more blessings for herself, so Mei Lan thought for a while, and did not dare to give the other party money, but packed a meal for him from the hotel next to him, and held it in front of him with both hands.

The other party didn't take the lunch box, and looked at Mei Lan squatting in front of him again, Mei Lan smiled at him, opened the lunch box, broke the chopsticks, and handed them to the other party, and the other party took it and said a word in Chinese, "Thank you, little girl." ”

"You're welcome." Mei Lan did not leave immediately, but sat next to the elder, opened his mobile phone to search for the origin of this Maggie Ami restaurant, and only then did he know that this place was actually the secret palace of the famous Sixth Dalai Lama, Cangyang Gyatso.

The old man was obviously hungry, and the box of lunch was finished in a few minutes, Mei Lan unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and handed it over, and asked him, "Have you eaten enough?" ”

The other party shook his head, Mei Lan got up, and went to pack a mutton rice for him, she didn't know who the other party was, and what taboos she had, but one thing was certain, you can't be wrong to buy beef and mutton.

"Girl, I will look at the appearance a little, why don't I calculate a hexagram for you, just when I pay for your meal, but I have a rule, you can only ask one question every time you count the hexagram."

"Okay. I want to know about my marriage. "Mei Lan is also direct.

She is not superstitious, but a kind of respect for the other person.

"The girl should have had a good marriage, but unfortunately the girl didn't keep it."

"Really? What the old gentleman said is really accurate, come, I'll give you fortune telling money. Mei Lan took out a pink ticket from her wallet and put it in the other party's hand, got up and left quickly, because if she didn't leave, she was afraid that she would burst into tears.

Mei Lan slipped all the way to the Jokhang Temple Square, looking at the splendid buildings in front of her and those devout ascetic-like pilgrims, Mei Lan was a little puzzled, such a strong contrast, why there is such a strong and firm faith?

She also wanted to ask, what was her past life, what was this life, and what will be her next life? What are she and Cai Ganlin?

If you can't even grasp this life and this life, then where is the illusory next life?

Mei Lan looked at the flagpole full of prayer flags above her head, is there really a reincarnation in this life?

Even a living Buddha like Cangyang Gyatso has issued a helpless feeling of "the world is safe and perfect, and it is as good as it comes", which shows that he also wants to try his best to grasp this life, right?

Mei Lan stood under the flagpole and was stunned, until people wearing various national costumes came from all directions and began to walk clockwise along the Jokhang Temple, Mei Lan came to her senses, found a restaurant on the second floor, asked for a simple meal, and watched the crowd in the square while eating.

Early the next morning, Mei Lan had breakfast, went to a nearby supermarket, bought some water and dry food, and came to the Potala Palace with a bag.

Mei Lan thought about it, walked up to the old man, and asked with a smile, "Old man, will you help me calculate a hexagram today?" ”

"Okay, what does the girl want to ask?"

"I want to ask if I can ever continue that marriage?"

"Girl, marriage is fate, marriage is fate."

"Marriage is fate?" Mei Lan understands this, but the problem is, now that people don't know where they went, where did she go to find a marriage?

Mei Lan was about to ask again, the old man changed his numb expression again, Mei Lan had no choice but to give up, took out two hundred yuan and a bottle of bread and water from his schoolbag, and put his hands in the other party's hands.

Because of the old man's words, Mei Lan suddenly had a little awe of this Potala Palace, although she originally did not know much about these Buddha statues, Buddhist scriptures, and Buddhist things, but at this moment Mei Lan also saved a pilgrimage heart to worship one by one, the murals and Buddha statues in each room made her feel breathtaking, Mei Lan kowtowed a lot and donated a lot of merits, when she came down from the mountain, the afterglow of the setting sun painted the entire Potala Palace with a layer of golden light, and the golden dome of the Jokhang Temple in the distance was even more golden.

At this moment, two words flashed in Mei Lan's heart again, beautiful and incomprehensible.

Mei Lan, who returned to the inn, saw that the college students from Lanzhou were discussing the chartered bus to Namco tomorrow, and when she saw Mei Lan enter the door, these people were not seen, and asked Mei Lan if she was going, Mei Lan looked at these people, thinking that she had met the old man in Lhasa twice, she wanted to try, if she went to Namco, would they have a third chance to meet? What should I ask then?

"Okay." Mei Lan nodded and agreed, she knew that the nine breads rented by these people would naturally be more suitable for one more person to share the cost per person.

Early the next morning, Mei Lan had breakfast with everyone, ate some salvia and soaked some water with American ginseng on the road, because it had just entered May, the weather was still very cold, Mei Lan put on a down jacket.

It was already noon when I arrived at Namco, and the Namco Lake in this season was not completely melted, and the lake was still a layer of ice, but this ice was also a layer of blue ice, so pure that it seemed to not contain a trace of impurities, not only the surface of the lake, but also the sky, snow-capped mountains, pastures, and the surrounding qiē all gave people a fairyland-like unreality.

Because of the cold weather, Meilan and they did not plan to stay here, a few people went to see the welcome stone, piled up a mani pile, worshiped the gassho stone, and also went to the good and evil cave, the driver said to go back, afraid that the sky would change.

The car suddenly broke down halfway through, the driver got out of the car to repair the car, everyone also got out of the car to look at the scenery and take pictures, Mei Lan also took a lot of photos with the ipad, suddenly, Mei Lan looked at a figure slowly approaching with a crutch in shock, watched Mei Lan suddenly pull her legs and ran, and when Mei Lan ran in front of the other party panting, Mei Lan didn't speak, the other party spoke first.

"Little girl, I know what you want to ask, your fate is also his."

"My fate is also his?" Mei Lan was about to ask how to interpret this, but the old man waved his hand, meaning not to let Mei Lan ask again.

Mei Lan had no choice but to put a wad of money in his hand, but the other party only took out four.

Mei Lan, who walked to the side of the car, turned her head and looked at the other party again, this Xiao Suo figure made Mei Lan suddenly unbearable, she ran over again, took off her down jacket, and draped it on his body. (The novel "One Day of Rebirth as a Teacher" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued) R580