Everyone had barbecue in the courtyard of the villa and spent this warm and funny New Year's Eve in the foreign calendar with fun and laughter.

The next day, everyone went to Putuo Island together, worshiped Guanyin, who was holding a wheel in her hand, and prayed for peace and happiness in the new year.

Incidentally, the image of Guanyin in most impressions is that of holding a pure bottle in the hand, but Zhoudao is an island city with developed fisheries, and almost every household has someone engaged in fishing work. Therefore, the image of Guanyin on Putuo Island

It also changed from holding a clean bottle to something like a ship's rudder, blessing every fishing boat that passed in front of her to return safely.

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After spending two days in Zhoudao, they parted ways. Chen Jue took Jiang Fan's car to Hangzhou, and finally took the high-speed train back to Wenzhou.

After the Western New Year, the Spring Festival is less than two weeks away. There are lanterns and colorful decorations everywhere, and more and more people are returning to their hometowns to visit relatives for the New Year. When Chen Jue just returned to Chencun, he saw a car parked on the road in the village.

There are more vehicles.

The economy has developed in recent years, and the villagers who have settled outside the village have become richer and richer. The mentality of comparison has increased year by year. Not even luxury cars have the nerve to park on the roadside.

Although Vancouver is a big city, most people have the same mentality as the citizens of Xiaojing. They will basically feel nervous when they have money in their pockets.

During the holidays, the roads in the countryside basically turn into small car shows. BMWs, Mercedes-Benz, and Audis have to step aside now, and they have to go back to the village to drive Porsches, Land Rover, big Bentleys, and Rolls-Royces to stay in the show.

Chen Jue went to the canteen at the entrance of the village to pick up the express delivery. Chen Jue also met several childhood playmates. They had not seen much change in more than ten years. When they met in the village, they looked sad. After asking, they found out that they were all

When I return to the village to visit the elderly, I can see that they are all dressed up in high spirits. It is obvious that they are living a prosperous life and are doing well outside.

Carrying the express delivery, he returned to his home after a long absence, cleaned the inside and outside of the house, and hung the cassock that accompanied him to attain enlightenment in the closet on the second floor and put it away. Chen Jue began to enter the rhythm of seclusion and practice.

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He was the only one at home and did not join in the excitement in the village. He was happy just by practicing Qigong.

Moreover, there was a large amount of leftover nutritional supplements at home, so Chen Jue decided to use them all, so he stayed in seclusion at home for 10 days.

With the blessing of various states, especially the powerful learning ability brought by [Sacred Heart], Chen Jue quickly mastered [Golden Bell Cover], [Iron Cloth Shirt], [Shaolin Bronze Man Kung Fu] and [Three Teachings Dharma Eyes].

Several techniques have all been practiced to the perfection of Level 6, and 4 new states have been awakened at the same time.

As for the free attribute points, as many as 1.29 were obtained in 10 days, and various attributes increased significantly due to the completion of several hard skills.

A few days before New Year's Eve, Chen Jue's attributes have come to the following:

Name: Chen Jue

Age: 27 years old

Lifespan:285(+2)

Strength:5.01(+0.33)

Agility:4.40(+0.31)

Constitution:6.00(+0.32)

Intelligence:2.32(+0.11)

Free attribute points: 1.37

Character evaluation: The true saint in the world

Skills mastered: slightly

Self-created skills: [Begugu Purification Method] [God Refining Immortality Method]

Status bonus: slightly...newly added [Celestial Eye (Level 9)] [Invulnerability (Level 6)] [Invulnerability to Water and Fire (Level 6)] [Vajra Arhat (Level 6)] [Clear Vision (Level 7)]

Status bonus (???): [Unknown blockade]

[Invulnerability]: The body is covered with a golden bell, leaving no traces when cut with a knife, and no holes when stabbed by a spear.

Status Level:Level 6

Status description: Greatly improve the character's ability to resist blows, increase strength, and improve physical fitness.

[Invulnerable to water and fire]: Wearing iron clothes, invulnerable to water and fire.

Status Level:Level 6

Status description: Greatly improves the physical strength of the character, can resist external attacks, and is slightly immune to blisters, fire and other negative conditions.

[Vajra Arhat]: Bronze Man Arhat, Buddhist Vajra.

Status Level:Level 6

Status description: Greatly improves the character's defense and has some internal strengthening effects.

[Clairsight]: Seeing a thousand miles away, seeing everything clearly.

Status Level:Level 7

Status description: Greatly improve the character's visual ability, including farsightedness, nearsightedness, dynamic vision capture ability, etc.

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Chen Jue gained a lot from the 10 days of seclusion and hard training. If it had not been for New Year's Eve and the annual visit to relatives and friends, he would not have quit practicing indulging in martial arts.

The WeChat account on his mobile phone had already been flooded, so Chen Jue had no choice but to go to the homes of several uncles in Anxian County to pay early New Year greetings and eat the New Year's Eve dinner that had been scheduled for a few days.

The custom here in Wen City is that the closer to New Year’s Eve, the more frequent New Year’s Eve dinners are. It’s almost noon and the dinner is packed in the evening.

Due to the early death of my parents and the death of my grandparents, several uncles and uncles in the family have separated, and each of my cousins ​​has also started a family and started a business. Several uncles and uncles are already grandparents and have their own jobs.

In addition to life, Chen Jue has been wandering abroad before, and his place of contact is Shaolin. He only returns to An County every New Year for a walk.

As for the New Year's Eve dinner, it's called "eating and setting wine" or "part-year wine" here in Wen City, and serves "mixed dishes", which means saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new at the turn of the old and new years, and bringing the whole family together.

The variety of dishes changes every year. At first, they cooked them at home. But in recent years, people have begun to find it troublesome and go to hotels to order a table and have it delivered to their door. Some even go directly to the hotel to open a private room and sit down to eat without the hassle.

It reminds me of the lively atmosphere of having a banquet in the countryside when I was a child.

However, the first dish of the combined dish is either fried noodles or fried rice cakes, which means that the coming year will be as smooth as the noodles, or it will be as prosperous as the rice cakes.

In addition, the order in which the dishes are served is also very particular. They are divided into cold dishes, staple dishes, soups, hot dishes, desserts, and sweet soups. Chen Jue’s favorite is the sauced duck tongue in the cold dishes, and the hot dishes.

There are fried rice cakes in it, and a rice wine stewed eel that melts in your mouth.

However, the style of the dishes in every household is carved out of the same mold. It's fine for the first two meals, but you will feel tired after eating it for a few days. Basically, you will repeat the same dishes. If you eat too much, you will feel tired.

The taste is tired. Moreover, the dishes are multi-tasting and have excessive nutrition. Basically, after a year, people in Wenzhou will gain weight.

After visiting his father's relatives, Chen Jue took a taxi to Wen County, next door to An County.

There is his mother’s hometown, and it is also Chen Jue’s last direct blood relative, where Chen Jue’s grandfather lives.

My grandfather lived on a very high mountain in Wen County all year round. When he was a child, he would have to take urban and rural buses or a three-wheel pickup truck that emitted black smoke and take a detour for several hours.

In recent years, the cave has been opened and the road has been built to be wide and flat. It only took 2 hours from An County to reach the foot of the mountain where my grandpa lived.

Climbing down the stone steps, we arrived at the familiar dilapidated wooden tile house. Next to it was a newly built three-story cement building. It looked like the work of several uncles.

Grandpa gave birth to a total of 8 children, and Chen Jue’s mother was the 7th. Grandma left early because she was exhausted after giving birth to the 8th child, and Chen Jue never met her.

As for the eighth aunt, because her family was poor when she was a child, she was given to others by her grandfather for adoption. Now she has moved abroad and rarely comes back.

Wen County is a well-known hometown of overseas Chinese, with many people going abroad to work. However, several of Chen Jue's uncles and aunts are either farmers in the fields or people who go to the city to do small business. In the early years, the family faced difficulties and has only slowed down in recent years.

Improve slowly.

My grandfather was an old teacher. After his retirement, he lived in the mountains of Wen County and was self-sufficient. With several older uncles taking care of him, he lived to be 98 years old.

Chen Jue brought some health care products to the door, said hello to several uncles and aunts, put down the things in his hands and took a look at his grandfather.

My grandfather had a strong body, and the air in the mountains of Wen County was very good. He was still full of energy even when he was 98 years old. However, his teeth were almost falling out, so it was more laborious to eat meat.

Seeing Chen Jue's appearance, my grandfather felt a little nostalgic, thinking of Chen Jue's mother who had passed away early.

The greatest pain in a person's life is nothing more than a white-haired person giving a black-haired person a favor. Looking at his grandfather's eyes red, Chen Jue also held his calloused hand and remained silent.

He could sense his grandfather's sadness with his heavenly senses. Fortunately, when he grabbed his grandfather's hand, he took the old man's pulse. He also used his self-taught medical skills to check his grandfather's condition and found that he had no pain and his pulse was normal.

, [Sacred Heart]'s enhanced heavenly and human induction can also tell that the old man's mental fluctuations are still very active, and he should be able to live a healthy life for a few more years and live a good century, just like me, he will be a centenarian.

The only thing that makes Chen Jue feel a little uncomfortable is that communication is a bit difficult. The dialect spoken in Wenxian County is different from the dialect spoken in Wenzhou, with some Minnan dialect mixed in. In addition, his mother's side is all from the She ethnic minority, and their accent is also mixed with She ethnic minority.

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Three languages ​​comparable to the language of demons were mixed together at the same time. Even Chen Jue, a true saint in the world, had difficulty understanding it for a while. Fortunately, there was a cousin nearby who translated for Chen Jue, and he finally understood it.

My grandfather's words of concern for him made my heart feel warmer.

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I sat and chatted with my grandpa, met my mother's brothers and sisters, and my cousins ​​who were a bit older than me, and then sat down to have a New Year's Eve dinner.

Wenxian’s Hecai is a little different from Anxian’s. I like the small plates of home-cooked dishes, especially the fried pork and sweet potato vermicelli. The dishes are also piled on top of each other. The custom is a bit like Chen Jue’s previous visit.

Arrive at the Hezhou Dam dam seat.

During the luncheon, the cousin at the table who inherited my grandfather’s profession as a high school teacher specifically talked about the legend of my grandfather’s branch.

It is said that the main surnames of the She people were originally Pan, Lan, Lei and Zhong. There was no such branch as Grandpa and Li. However, during the change of dynasties at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the last descendants of the royal family fled to the deep mountains and old forests of Wen County and were adopted by a She family.

Only through adoption can it be passed down.

Continuing up the genealogy, one can directly find the Li Tang royal family, and my grandpa’s family also has Taoist beliefs that are rare in Wen City. This is because of the inheritance of the Li surname.
To be continued...