Sometimes, when one hopes for the best and waits, the results are worse than expected.
If a person did bad things all day and then wanted Bodhisattva to bless them to be safe and happy, it would be an idiotic dream.
Of course, sometimes Bodhisattva just needed time to sleep.
Sun Dacheng only had one son, so he would not give up so easily. The family next went to the provincial capital.
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In the evening, Wang Mingbao and Wang Yao had several small dishes in the pub in the village, as well as a small pot of wine. The two people talked until it was very late.
The next morning, the weather was gloomy. The low temperature lasted for a few days. It was warm and springy on the mountain, but it was piercingly cold outside the mountain.