"The seafood has arrived. I'll make 'Buddha Jumps Over the Wall' for you," teased Lin Ziyin.
"What is it you want exactly?" the Great Monk asked stoically, despite the inner joy he felt.
"Do you have any skin whitening product that doesn't use expensive medicinal ingredients?" Lin Ziyin asked grinningly.
"If that's what you're after, I suppose I could give you some," said Hui Zhen contemplatively. "But I'll have to think about it when I get back."
"Great, I knew the Great Monk was the most powerful," said Lin Ziyin beamingly.
Seeing the deep relationships that Master Lin and the monks of Ding'an Temple enjoy, the Xu Family was emboldened to follow in Lin Ziyin's footsteps.
In the morning, after eating, Yu Shaohui and others dispersed with the newly arrived workers to procure soybeans. But when they returned in the evening, they came back with very little.
"Miss, someone beat us to buying the soybeans," reported Yu Shaohui after his return.