Zhao Yumin said with a bitter smile, "Don't be sarcastic. Do you think I can't tell if it's a child or a combined harvester? I've sent you the picture. Take a look for yourself … "
Ruan Xianghe sneered and opened the picture. Her mind was already racing with countless lines to hurl at Zhao Yumin. She was just waiting to hurl at him after seeing it. Of course, she wasn't really hurling insults at him. She was just trying to convince Zhao Yumin … However, her words were just words. After all, the two of them were old classmates who had grown up together. They had gotten married and had children. They had lived together for decades, so they knew each other's characters and were already used to it. If she really wanted to scold him, she would just do it …
However, Ruan Xianghe was dumbfounded the next moment. Although the ultrasound image was a little blurry, it didn't look like a child no matter how she looked at it. It looked like a huge machine no matter how she looked at it! If she looked carefully, it did look like a combined harvester …
"How is it? Is it a child or a combined harvester? "Zhao Yumin asked teasingly.
"Are you sure you didn't take a picture of a combined harvester's stomach?" Ruan Xianghe said in a rare moment of humor.
Zhao Yumin said, "It was taken by a doctor from our hospital. As for which stomach it was taken, I don't know. How about it? Do you want to investigate? "
Ruan Xianghe grunted coldly. "Don't tell me it was photoshopped?"
Finally, the two of them came. However, Ruan Xianghe didn't take Zhao Yumin's words seriously. She only believed that the old child had gone to great lengths to photoshop a picture to find an excuse to invite her back for a reunion. After all, the two of them were in different hospitals. It was rare for them to meet each other.
But along the way, be it Zhao Yumin or Jiang Ting, they talked about all sorts of miracles on the mountain, as well as all sorts of strange patients. There was even a little girl who had one foot in the coffin, but she recovered after coming to One Finger Monastery!
The more she listened, the more Ruan Xianghe felt that Zhao Yumin wasn't lying to her. However, her years of life experience told her that there were accomplished monks in the world, but they didn't have divine powers! This was because she had treated too many accomplished monks … Even the accomplished monks of large monasteries had to be treated, so how capable could a monk from a small monastery be?
Ruan Xianghe walked up the mountain path with a belly full of questions. However, along the way, she felt even more convinced that it was a lie when she saw how remote the place was.
But after entering One Finger Village, she was filled with shock!
One Finger Village didn't look like much from the outside, but the overall mental state of the villagers left her astonished. All the villagers had blissful smiles on their faces as they fed chickens and ducks, reared pigs and herded geese. They were in high spirits, unlike the other villages where they would lazily gather together to play cards or brag.
Every time he passed by the villagers, he would hear their ideas on how to get rich, what chickens to raise, how to raise them, what kinds of crops to get rid of pests and diseases, but most of the time, they were sitting there with a carving knife in one hand and a piece of bamboo in the other, carving something.
In addition, there were all kinds of cars that would drive in from time to time, and tourists would get off …
Ruan Xianghe was in a daze. Was this really a remote village? How could this village be so lively?
Ruan Xianghe struck up a conversation with a few villagers and asked them some questions indirectly. The more she asked, the more puzzled she became. There's bamboo in the Northeast? There's a Bodhi tree on the northeastern mountain? Not only was there a monk in the monastery, there was also a wolf, a monkey, a squirrel, and a child? Why did this sound like something out of a fantasy story?
Although Ruan Xianghe often watched the news, she never read the entertainment section. She only paid attention to the international situation, national affairs, and medical matters.
Although One Finger Monastery was rather famous and had even appeared on the news, she had never paid attention to it. Perhaps she had only taken a glance at it and thought nothing of it. She had long forgotten about it …
But now …
She looked at the lush bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain. Even though the autumn wind was cold with a tinge of winter, it only blew a few leaves off the Frost Bamboo. It didn't freeze the bamboo forest to death.
Ruan Xianghe was dazed. Was this really the northeast?
As the trio conversed and chatted, they arrived at the mountaintop. When they reached the mountaintop, Ruan Xianghe looked at the distant monastery as well as the Frost Bamboo forest behind it. The monastery's huge canopy and lush Bodhi tree shocked her once again. The things in front of her were a little too fantastical. It was like a dream. The monastery seemed to challenge her understanding of the natural world …
In fact, it wasn't only Ruan Xianghe. Even Zhao Yumin was shocked by the bamboo forest and Bodhi tree. Although Zhao Yumin had long heard of it, he was still shocked when he saw it with his own eyes.
When the trio arrived at One Finger Monastery's entrance, apart from the bell tower and drum tower, there were two Luohan Trees by the entrance! Although it hadn't been long, the two Luohan Trees had already grown to two meters tall under the nourishment of the Buddhistic aura. They were as thick as an arm. More importantly, when the autumn wind blew, the ginkgo trees would turn golden!
In the northeast, ginkgo trees weren't considered rare. Some cities had them planted all over the streets … However, the two trees in front of them were different. The leaves were golden and red, as though golden flames were burning on the trees. It was impossible to pretend that one couldn't see them!
Ruan Xianghe leaned over to observe them carefully. The more she looked, the more astonished she became. She couldn't help but marvel, "This tree is really well-grown. It's considered an aristocrat among ginkgo trees. It's really beautiful. I wonder how this monastery managed to rear them … "
Zhao Yumin added, "Indeed. I've seen quite a number of ginkgo trees, but in terms of appearance, this is definitely the best. If this were taken out, I wonder how many ginkgo enthusiasts would be willing to spend a fortune on it. "
Jiang Ting didn't understand. With the two directors present, it wasn't her place to speak. All she did was look at the ginkgo trees in front of her with a twinkle in her eyes. She thought, "Abbot Fangzheng is truly a godly person. This Mt. One Finger and One Finger Monastery are becoming more and more godly." She was even more curious about Fangzheng. What sort of person was this young monk? Why did everything become different when it fell into his hands?
With this in mind, Jiang Ting swept the bell tower and drum tower. They had been donated by Fatty and Monkey, so she naturally knew them very well. However, the more she looked at them, the more incredulous she found them. They were clearly newly built, but why did they exude the charm of a thousand-year-old monastery? It was the same for One Finger Monastery. The last time she came, she felt that the building was very new. When she approached it, she felt tranquil and peaceful. But looking at it again today, she felt that it was a precious monastery that was dignified and inviolable. And such a feeling was something she had only experienced in thousand-year-old monasteries …
The few of them walked into One Finger Monastery with a bellyful of questions.
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