ARTTL:- Vol 2 Chapter 2

( ARTTL Vol 2 Chapter 2)

It is end of April and the weather is still windy cool. Tin Tin as if already wore the fancy Hawaiian shirt to show the sunny beach, youth and vitality.

Even it is prepared to go Hawaii for a vacation, still no need to promote like this ah.

“Oh ya Xiao Chen, you think which place is better?”

The Lu Feng in the house also leaning against the sofa while flipping the travel magazine. He been long trapped inside the office that work hard on his life till he got too anxiety. Hence it is naturally he cannot missed the 7 day of holiday during May.

I am a little awkward to take a look at those colorful pictures and descriptions on the magazine “It is a must to go abroad?”

“No choice, the population in China is too high.”

What he said is true also, the beginning of May is the national unity holiday, the half population of this country is like crazy enough to all together to squeeze at these few attractions spot, even a place to be settled down also don’t have. I once went to the Great Wall during peak time, I climb until I almost tears, front, back, left and right are full of people, slowly followed the crowd of China to move also almost a day, beside there all the mass of other people head, what so called magnificent scenery also don’t have.

 “Let go to Europe, we can first go…”

“Lu Feng, how about Town X” I smiled.

“That place got any fun thing to play? Go to the opposite side of Taiwan still can barely consider about it.”

“But I early already promise with Yi Cheng.”

Fxck, what happen, I never say anything right, your eyes appeared to look so scary hanging up…

“When did you promise him?”

“Long time…Ago…”

“Why you never discuss with me?”

You own-self run to LA for meeting plus you are not around that time “Actually Town X also quite nice, there got fried oysters and frozen bamboo shoot to eat…”

Without saying a word, he just stared at me.

“The biscuits from Gulangyu Island also quite famous.”

“I am not interested in those kinds of things” Lu Feng then freely flip two pages of the magazine, “I suddenly want to eat kaiseki, we go to Japan for hot springs, I now go call to book the flights and hotels”

“Wah ah ah…Wait a minute…” I clutched on his leg “Let discuss again ah…”

“You just forget it.” He picked me up “Such a rare holiday, you want that guy to be in the middle between both of us? Be obedient to go Kyoto with me.”

“Is not like that, the fact…is we want our classmates reunion!!”

“Oh?”

“Although there is no any attractions at Town X, but I can take you got see X University, inside got statue of Lu Xun and statue of Tan Kah Kee, ah ah, there also have many trees….Also got one lake….The newly paved German grass also very beautiful, I treat you eat food at cafeteria, There are one street in X University that got lot of tasty food shop…You can also participate the classmates reunion, class leader had said that he encouraged us to bring our family member…Our class have quite a lot of pretty girls, the boys also look quite good (?)…Oh ya, the front entrance of X University have this Temple of XXX that is quite famous, we can as well go ask for a wish or anything, it is very efficacious…”

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Conclusion Lu Feng is wrapped by exert power of semi-coax and semi-force, additional rolled two round on the carpet only he got lied to the plane.

End result is I feeling guilty and unable to lift my head up after get off from the plane.

At first is at one of the street that nearby X University to treat him at the so-called tasty shop to eat lunch, he accidentally let the debris shell of the fried oysters knock to his tooth and also from a boiled fish, he ate a spider whelp that is as a size of a little finger nails.

Actually all these thing toward to me that have fought and survive during four year in here, have nothing to be surprised, in the past got one senior eat something like a mouse tail inside a casserole, we being a few years students in here sitting down also don’t know how many debris and small insects had been eaten, yet we still being growing up healthily. As long the component of the food is delicious, caught out two or three unknown reptiles just act as never see at all, just treat it as an additional dish will do.

After Lu Feng from high school misery ran to another developed country to enjoy life, it is expected that he never eat at this kind of surrounding that have lot of students, lot of saliva and lot of flies too, although he work very hard to take the food and eat, until the N-th times he ‘eee’. After he saw a caterpillar inside the dish, he did not hesitate to put down his chopstick again.

This pampered guy, he had to know that how we used to eat while watching the football league on the TV in the cafeteria, not aware to those suspicious creatures on top of those dishes.

Students are one of a race that has always been very vitality tough toward to low requirements for living conditions.

If have to be like him so sharp-sighted, he simply have to sew his mouth to not eat nor drink.

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After this it is visit to the Temple of XXX that is very efficacious to burn incense and worship, as well ask for a sign.

The text on the sign said:- “What a waste to be complex and anxious, toward to the end it will be just a tough job, advise the king to be more believe, the world is like a dream just like Huang Liang.”

T/N: I have no idea how to trans this sentences because is ancient poetic sentences so I apparently trans one word by one word and for my own understanding and is based on my understanding for this story as well. It sound like this:-

“Once you know you are being anxious and complex your own mind, toward the end it will only be wasted and also make yourself have a tough job to handle. It is better to advise the king to be more on believe since the world is like a dream just like Huang Liang.(The meaning of a dream just like Huang Ling mean ‘wealth and status’ it is very short and illusion, just like a dream)”

T/N: A dream of Huang Liang is based by Tang Shen (Pillow Note), Lu Sheng is resting inside one of the inn, while Lu Sheng falls asleep, and he dreamt a very splendor of good dream. After he woke up, he then noticed the rice hasn’t been cooked yet, thus being greatly awakened, hence being juniors of Buddha.

The sign is a bad sign, Lu Feng expression on the spot turned black.

The old monk explained “It is meant that something is very complicated, donor ought to be more considerate, be more open minded, the world is changing all the time, the past just let it  over, It is just like Huang Liang a dream”

I really think that what he said is equal to nothing. However I could not help but to ask “Then what should we do?”

“Think twice before doing, afterwards all will be empty, be open minded, and must maintain the peace of the mind.”

Lu Feng coughed impatiently “What I pray is for marriage, you see it is able to do it or not to?”

“Man is the one who proposed within the things, the lovers will finally get together, all also must depend to the word of ‘fate’.”

Even I am running out of patience “Then you say I…You said this one at the end got fate or no fate?” Almost slip out the tongue to say the word “we”.

T/N: In chinese word我(wǒ) is I/myself/me but when you add another chinese word of们(Men) on the word 我们, it will become ‘we’….Chinese word is complicated…*bang wall*

“Every edge of word, it is very hard to solve, encounter is fate, being acquaintance is fate, today both of you come to here, it is also rely on the fate….” …..

Lu Feng moodily out from the door “If have to be like him nonsense talking, say one word also one word, say hundred word also resemble as if one word, I can also put a name shop to do business, perhaps even more fluently compared to him.”

“Hey hey…” I reminded him “You cannot sacrilegious and disrespectful to the Buddha.”

“Then what you mean is you believe what the text said is it?” So we just under some below average sign only, the end is just like ‘be Huang Liang’ oh?”

“Believe it or not is depends on your own…If you believe then it work, if you don’t believe then it will not work, Buddha from the heart mahh…” I also learned how the old monk do Tai Chi. If want to say not to believe, it will be sound disrespectful to the Gods. (Even being an atheist, once entered to the temple to burn incense and to pray, then it is not good to say what ‘inherit to the strange of chaos God’ ah.) If want to say believe…Frankly saying I am not willing to believe…==!!!

T/N: The word of “do Tai Chi” is not the origin Tai Chi that you used to see on TV or in park or anywhere…Simply saying is not what martial art in here. In fact it is mean you know how to twist word to debate or fight back or trying not to answer directly to a question without getting people angry.

The End.

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海蛎煎 (hǎi lì jiān ) Fried Oyster

土笋冻 ( tǔ sǔn dòng) Frozen Bamboo Shoot

鼓浪屿的馅 (Gǔlàngyǔ de xiàn bǐng) Biscuits from Gulangyu Island

怀石料 (huái shí liào) Kaiseki

Lu Xun, formerly also romanized Lu Hsün, was the pen name of Zhou Shuren (25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Writing in Vernacular Chinese as well as Classical Chinese, Lu Xun was a short story writer, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, and poet. In the 1930s he became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai. (From Wikipedia)

Tan Kah Kee or Chen Jiageng (21 October 1874 – 12 August 1961) was a Chinese businessman, community leader and philanthropist active in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and various Chinese cities such as Shanghai, Xiamen, and Guangzhou. He was a prominent figure in the overseas Chinese community of Southeast Asia in the 20th century, and was responsible for gathering much support from the community to aid China in major events such as the Xinhai Revolution (1911), the Kuomintang's Northern Expedition (1926–28), and the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45). Apart from donating most of his assets and earnings to aid China in those major events, Tan also helped to set up funds in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, and contributed heavily to the establishment of several schools in Southeast Asia and Fujian, including Xiamen University.

(From Wikipedia)

A dream of Huang Liang is based by Tang Shen (Pillow Note) When saying Dream of Huang Liang, it also mean daydreaming..

黄粱一梦 (huáng liáng yī mèng)=Daydreaming

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I remember when doing this chapter also one of the hardest to trans, from finding material (most of is it copy and paste LOL) and also interpret what Xiao Chen's sign said, I think I had missed some point compared to what I had posted in my wattpad previously before it say bye-bye to me. T_T Till Then.

Repost at 27.11.2016 by ShaoYe