"You're also about to travel far?" little monk Jing Fan asked.
Four young monks were sitting on the temple steps, each holding a string of vegetarian meatballs made by Gu Jiao.
Little Jing Kong took a bite of the meatball and sighed, "Yeah, our brother-in-law passed the Guozijian examination, and our whole family is going to join him in school. But why did you say also?"
Jing Fan chuckled and said, "Because we're going on a long journey too! Our Abbot is taking us to attend a big Buddhist conference!"
"Oh." Little Jing Kong was a bit tempted too, but it might be the price of coming down the mountain. Having Jiaojiao required him to give up some things.
In his heart, Jiaojiao was the most important!
Gu Jiao brought plenty of delicious food, in addition to vegetarian meatballs, there were vegetarian roast duck, vegetarian Dongpo pork knuckle, and two boxes of osmanthus cake from Liji.
The four young monks enjoyed a wonderful afternoon.