NOVEL NEXT Chapter 64 Going to the Temple Fair
On the day of the temple fair, every household in Liujia Village placed tributes in front of their doors. The children in the village walked at the front holding colorful flags, and the young men followed behind the colorful flag procession carrying bodhisattvas.
When old people see the Bodhisattva's sedan passing by their home, they will also hold up tributes in their hands to worship. Some will put the tributes on a plate and place them on a table outside the ancestral hall.
Mu Zhiyuan's body has basically recovered, and he and Lu Da watched the worship ceremony in front of the ancestral hall.
The Bodhisattva was carried to the temple, and the villagers lit firecrackers surrounding the ancestral hall.
The patriarch led the villagers to perform sacrificial rituals. After reading the prayers and sacrificial texts, the strong men carried the sedan chair of the God of Wealth Bodhisattva and rocked it.
There is a paddy field next to the pool in front of the ancestral hall, and a dozen strong men are carrying sedan chairs to step on the paddy field and throw away mud.
When Mao Xi returned to her grandma's house during the holidays, she saw a similar folk custom of carrying a sedan chair and treading water.
Xiaodouzi and Goudan watched with great interest on the edge of the field. Goudan held up a flag and waved: "Xiaodouzi, when I grow up, I will also drive the sedan chair!"
"I will rock the sedan chair with you from now on! Haha!"
At noon, Mao Xi and Mrs. Chen set up a table to eat. Mao Xi specially made a whole worshiped rooster and stewed soup with wolfberry and longan.
Zhang Xiucai doesn't like the excitement and did not come to the temple fair today. While eating, Luda was nowhere to be seen.
Xiaodouzi asked in confusion: "I saw him carrying my little sister when he was rocking the sedan chair just now. Why don't I see him now?"
"Is he going home to get something? I'll go take a look." Mu Zhiyuan got up and went to Lu Da's garden, but he didn't find it.
Half an hour ago, in front of the Liu family ancestral hall.
The villagers were watching the young men carrying the sedan chair in the paddy fields, when Luda noticed a stranger walking out of the village carrying a basket of tributes.
He followed him all the way, and the native dog Dahuang also followed him and wandered to Wujia Village.
This is Wujia Village who came to the village to steal river water this year.
Seeing the man enter the house, Lu Da broke the door and rushed in, thinking that he was visiting Liujia Village and wanted to steal water. Without saying anything, Luda beat the man violently.
The man was beaten until he begged for mercy: "Mighty man, have mercy on me! Mighty man, have mercy on me!"
"Tell me, are you here to visit Liujiacun?" Lu Da grabbed the man's collar and scolded him angrily.
"Listen to me, strong man, I'm going to worship the Bodhisattva for blessing. If you don't believe me, just look at it!" The man showed all the tributes in the basket to Luda for inspection.
"Why did you go to Liujia Village instead of worshiping at your village ancestral hall? Don't lie to me!"
"I'm not lying to you! My name is Wu Yourao. Recently, a lame old Taoist came to our village with two disciples. He claimed to be from the Baihua Sect. He treated the people in our village without charging any money. He said that as long as he joined his The White Flower Sect ensures that the whole family is free from illness and disaster, and also built a Taoist altar in the original Bodhisattva temple in our village. Since medical treatment is free, many people in the village have joined the White Flower Sect."
"Then have you joined the White Flower Sect?"
Wu Yourao smiled and said: "I am an old bachelor, neither old nor young, and I have to pay tribute to join the White Flower Sect. I have to recite sutras and pray every day. I can't stand it."
"In that case, just stay well in Wujiacun. Why come to Liujiacun to join in the fun?"
"Strong man, you don't know something. Strange things have happened frequently in our village at night recently. We often hear black and white impermanence knocking on the door of our house at night and asking for our lives. I was also scared. I heard that your village is asking gods to worship today, so I went to ask for help. Buddha bless."
"Don't you have your own Bodhisattva temple in your village?" Lu Da stood up and walked around the house in Wu You. The doors and windows were in good condition and there was no noise from the wind.
"Forget it, the Bodhisattva Temple has long been occupied by the White Flower Sect. The old Taoist is named Wang and calls himself Immortal Wang. Since the village was haunted by ghosts, everyone went to worship him and gave him all their copper coins and rice noodles. He There is also a fairy bag, and the copper coins thrown out will turn into flowers scattered by the goddess, and finally the coins will fly back to his Taoist altar."
Luda listened with great interest: "If you say so, then he is really an immortal. Why don't you worship him?"
"Strong man, haven't I already told you that as long as I have enough to eat, how can I have so much money to pay tribute to the Immortal Wang? And no matter how much tribute you give, the Immortal Wang will only give you three magic coins. The copper coins are said to be safe, but this business is not cost-effective, so I won’t do it!” Wu Yourao was also a very calculating person, and he felt bad for exchanging one sling of money for three copper coins.
After careful investigation, he found that this person had no evil intentions, and Lu Da was ready to return to Liujia Village.
Before leaving, he was caught by Wu Yourao: "Strong man, I think you are also a good man. Why don't you just have a casual meal here and later go destroy the old Taoist's altar together? Don't let him harm our village again." !”
"I shouldn't get involved in your village's affairs!" Luda was a little embarrassed. He had missed lunch in order to follow Wu Yourao, and he was indeed a little hungry.
Wu Yourao was a diligent man. He immediately went to the vegetable field to pull some vegetables and came back. He also took down the smoked bacon hanging from the stove beam, stir-fried a plate of green vegetables and fried bacon with fresh bamboo shoots, and cooked rice with Lu Da. , halfway through the meal, he took out a jar of rice wine, and the two of them drank it together.
Rhubarb was spinning around under the table and barking "woof" at Luda. Wu Yourao picked up two pieces of meat and threw them on the ground. Rhubarb ate happily.
The two drank and chatted happily, but they seemed to regret meeting each other late. After drinking for three rounds, one of them rushed to the temple where the Immortal Wang was with a big ax for chopping wood and taking advantage of the drunkenness and rhubarb.
Immortal Wang sat cross-legged high in the center of the altar, calm and relaxed, surrounded by smoke and smoke, and two disciples stood on the left and right to protect the Dharma.
Taking advantage of his drunkenness, Wu Yourao cursed at the Immortal Wang and swung his ax to knock down the incense candles and incense burners around the altar.
Lu Da jumped to the side of Wang Xianren with a Qinggong, his eyes widened in anger, and he said with a drunken mouth: "You are an old man, if you save people, I respect you, if you pretend to be a god and defraud money, first ask me if I agree with this axe."
This Immortal Wang was originally a barefoot doctor with a weak body, but he couldn't resist Lu Da's roar. He was so frightened that he rolled off the white flower throne on the altar and fell to the ground.
The two disciples protected Wang Xianren, took the money and fled in a hurry.
The believers and villagers who worshiped in the temple accused Wu Yourao one after another: "You bachelor Wu, how dare you offend the immortal. In the future, the immortal will punish our village~!"
Seeing that Immortal Wang had run away, Wu Yourao took the money and rice and flour tributes he left behind outside the temple and shouted: "Whose tribute, come and get it yourself, that is either an immortal or a charlatan!" The statue of the white-flowered immortal enshrined in the temple was smashed to pieces.
Wu Yourao thanked Lu Da for his help and gave him two pieces of his homemade smoked bacon.
Seeing that the matter was done, Lu Da carried two pieces of bacon and returned to Liujia Village with Dahuang.
Mu Zhiyuan was waiting for Lu Da at Mao Xi's house. When he saw that he was fine, he stepped forward and asked, "Where have you been at noon? You won't be back until dinner?"
Lu Da informed everyone about what happened in Wujiacun.
Lou Laner clapped her hands and applauded: "Brother Lu Da, next time I tell stories at Liuxiang Snacks, I will add your paragraph to it!"