With Love and Time

I replied without changing face: "Ji Guanxin. I promised him to make up a birthday present for him."

Luo Xiangdong didn't say that he was angry, but asked sourly, "What about my birthday present? I don't even have an official one."

Thinking of Luo Xiangdong’s birthday, I was in the countryside of Liangcheng with Ji Guanxin. In what mood did he call me at that time?

Think of it here. I was particularly interested in asking Luo Xiangdong: "You called me at the time. You said you wanted to meet me. What do you want to do after you meet?"

Luo Xiangdong looked away and said lightly: "I won't tell you."

I shook his hand and said, "Tell me."

Luo Xiangdong said without changing his face: "You go shopping with me to buy gifts for Ji San'er. You also want to ask me what's my mood. Are you dreaming?"

I rolled my eyes and said, "Then tell me. I will also make you a birthday present."

Luo Xiangdong snorted softly, and then said: "Alms to me?"

I looked up at him and said, "I'll ask you if you want?"

Luo Xiangdong turned his head and glanced at me. The face is still full of cold, but the thin lips can be opened. What I said made me dumbfounded: "Yes."

I really want to laugh at him for his lack of promise. Everything has to be compared with Ji Guanxin.

We were walking hand in hand on the street, and when I asked Luo Xiangdong what he liked, he didn't say anything. Zhidao really wanted to give someone a gift. I always think of it myself.

We went shopping for almost two hours. Nothing I saw was what I wanted to buy. I found a pure Japanese restaurant for dinner at noon, and we continued to stroll after eating.

At this time we have deviated from the commercial center. I don't know where to go. I accidentally looked up and saw an exquisite storefront not far away. The shop is small, with a full glass on both sides. Through the glass, you can see the window display in the store. The name of the store is translated into Chinese, which happens to be the word ‘fate’.

Luo Xiangdong and I have been shopping for so long and haven't decided what to buy. The difference is fate. So I immediately took Luo Xiangdong's hand and crossed the road, and entered the store that didn't know what it was selling.

"Welcome." The boss is a very young girl, combing her cute bangs, and laughing with two pointed tiger teeth.

I also nodded and smiled, then looked around. The shop is not big, at most 30 square meters, but the overall decoration and furnishings are in the style I like. Looking sideways in the showcase, the glass showcase is filled with all kinds of small objects, including bracelets, necklaces and earrings, as well as cute knick-knacks. They are all handmade and made of crystal and agate. Various colored stones are different. At a glance, it is full of dazzling arrays, which makes people feel refreshed.

Most women like colorful things and jewelry. If the two are combined, it will be unstoppable. I took Luo Xiangdong's hand and started walking from the showcase on the far left of the door. I looked down and found that any item inside was so exquisite that I could not wait to buy it right away.

Luo Xiangdong said to me in Chinese: "Why are you picking things for Ji San'er and coming to the woman's shop?"

I said: "Gifts are about fate, don't you look at the name of the store."

Luo Xiangdong replied to me after a few seconds: "It doesn't matter, he also managed the things you gave him a woman." This sentence really cannot be said to be praise or derogation.

I don't know if the place is wrong or the time is wrong. In such a beautiful jewelry store, apart from the owner, there are only two people, Luo Xiangdong and I. When the boss saw us talking in Chinese, he probably didn't understand, so it was difficult to interrupt.

The more I watched, the happier I became, so I raised my eyes and asked in Japanese, "Are you making everything here?"

The boss can speak Japanese when he sees me, and happily replied: "Yes, it was all made by me and another friend. She didn't come today, but I was alone."

I sincerely praised: "You guys are great."

The boss smiled and replied aloud: "Are you here to travel in Japan?"

The smile on my face became a little reluctant, but politely replied: "A good friend of mine is sick, and we are here to visit him."

The smile on the boss's face also faded slightly, then he nodded and said, "I wish your friend a speedy recovery."

I replied: "Thank you."

I was walking around with Luo Xiangdong in the store, because I saw too many colorful and intricately woven accessories, so when I accidentally swept a piece with almost no gloss, the woven shape was also very single, but it was simply not as big as a stone. When one of the beads was strung into a string of bracelets, my eyes stopped.

Seeing me staring at the bracelet, the boss opened the glass door and took the chain out and handed it to me.

I picked up the bracelet and took a closer look. I felt that the bead looked like a stone, so I asked aloud, "Is this a stone?"

auzw.com The boss smiled and nodded: "This is the stone that another friend of mine picked up from the Todaiji Temple. She went to the baptism on the day of worship on March 15th last year. I felt blessed after being touched by Mars, so I took it back and made a bracelet."

I know that Japanese temples have fixed dates for large-scale worship every year, which is equivalent to large-scale blessings in domestic temples. And the boss’s “feeling to be blessed” made me feel that the bracelet in my hand was blessed, so I hardly hesitated and said directly: “How much?”

The boss said, "Thank you for a moment. This is done by my friend. She hasn't told me how much it is. I'll call her and ask her."

When the boss took the phone to the side to make a call, Luo Xiangdong looked at the bracelet in my hand and said aloud, "Do you think Ji San'er would like this thing?"

I looked at it, and it really became more pleasing to the eye, so I nodded and said: "A gift is a gift."

Luo Xiangdong said: "I suggest you choose something with bright colors and exaggerated shapes. His guy is so flashy."

I picked up my eyes and looked at Luo Xiangdong, and said: "I just like this one, what do you like, pick out and I will pay for it."

I deliberately said that I wanted to take care of you. Luo Xiangdong gave me a meaningful look, his thin lips opened, and he said, "I just like the one in your hand."

I subconsciously closed my fingers and replied: "Anything else will do, I decided to send this one to Ji Guanxin."

Luo Xiangdong asked: "Who do you give to what I want at the same time as him?"

I said: "He is lying in Icu now. I don’t know what else to give him except a bracelet made of stones picked up in the Buddhist temple. You have too much, including me. Don’t even follow him with a gift. grab."

As I talked, I felt uncomfortable again, and I always felt like I owed Ji Guanxin.

When Luo Xiangdong saw this, he quickly said, "Well, I was joking with you. Don't behave, I really want to grab something from you."

When his voice fell, the boss also hung up the phone. She told me, "Sorry, I kept you waiting for a long time. My friend happened to be in Todaiji Temple and it was not convenient to answer the phone."

After all, she told me another figure, the price is converted into + RMB, which is surprisingly cheap. For the first time, I wondered if my Japanese listening comprehension was wrong.

So I made sure again. The boss smiled and said: "Yes, my friend heard that you came to Japan to visit a friend who was sick. He must have bought this bracelet as a gift to his friend. She believed in fate, so she sold this bracelet for a small amount. You, hope your friends can recover soon."

The move I can't say is not because of how cost-effective the bracelet is, but because of the blessings of strangers from a foreign country. I squeezed the fingers of my hand chain tightly, only feeling encouraged. Ji Guanxin, have you heard? Everyone wishes you a speedy recovery and you will be fine.

After buying the bracelet, Luo Xiangdong and I came out of the store. I turned my head and asked him: "You really don't want anything?"

Luo Xiangdong replied, and I said, "After passing this village, there will be no such shop."

Luo Xiangdong asked, "Where do I go next?"

I was silent for five seconds, looked at him and said, "Let's go to Todaiji Temple."

Luo Xiangdong finally turned his head and glanced at me, his eyes were uncertain and suspicious: "Nara?"

I nodded: "I want to go to Todaiji Temple."

Twenty minutes later, Luo Xiangdong and I had already taken a taxi to the Shinkansen. From Tokyo to Nara, it takes more than three hours to take the Shinkansen, but because I wanted to go, Luo Xiangdong accompanied me on the journey without saying a word.

I fell asleep with Luo Xiangdong's shoulder on the Shinkansen, and woke up once in a daze halfway. Luo Xiangdong said that there was still some way to go, so I fell asleep again.

I slept all the way, and then opened my eyes, the man has arrived in Nara.

It took a while to take a taxi from the station to Todaiji Temple. But when I stood in the Todai Temple and watched the roads covered with stone beads similar to those on the Ji Guanxin bracelet I bought, I thought these hours were worth it.

Walked forward with Luo Xiangdong and came to the largest Buddhist hall in the main temple. I crossed the threshold and nodded the monk not far away, then walked to the huge bronze Guanyin to pay respect.

I am a person who believes in Buddhism and is not religious, or that I only hold Buddha's feet temporarily in times of crisis. But when I knelt down on my knees and crawled down piously with my upper body, all I thought about was to ask the Buddha to bless Ji Guanxin, and bless him this time. I did what I said. I have been a vegetarian for three years, but in the future, I do not care about wealth. If the Buddha can grant my wish, I will come back every year to repay it.

I knelt on the futon for a long time, until Luo Xiangdong came to pull me. I raised my head and knew that my eyes were red without looking.

Luo Xiangdong looked at me and said, "I thought you were asleep."

I curled my lips and smiled. He helped me up and my knees hurt.

I came here once. In addition to praying for Ji Guanxin, I also went around the temple with Luo Xiangdong. Taking advantage of Luo Xiangdong's effort to go to the bathroom in the middle, I asked the monk not far away if he could pick up a few stones on the ground. After the monk agreed, I squatted down and picked eight pieces in the bag.

Luo Xiangdong didn't want anything in the store. Although he didn't say anything, he was somewhat jealous that I gave the only stone bracelet to Ji Guanxin. I knew in my heart that when Ji Guanxin got better, I would go to the store and ask the boss to make another one for Luo Xiangdong, which would be regarded as a supplement for his 29th birthday.