Chapter 56: Tohoji Temple
Monk Mingde took away the magic knife, which can be regarded as a relief for me, after all, there is a magic knife at home, and no one has such a big heart to sleep peacefully.
Now that Monk Mingde is willing to take over this matter, I naturally can't ask for it, and I slept well all night and got up full of energy in the morning.
The new day continues, every day is still busy, the business at the noodle stall is still very good, and the turnover is steadily rising, which is not only due to Xuanxuan's work, but also the reason why my noodle cooking level continues to improve.
Xuanxuan usually doesn't come until after class, so she took the initiative to reduce the share of the profits, from half to three, on the grounds that she didn't help much.
I didn't refuse, because after I recovered from my injury, most of the things were done by me, from buying and washing vegetables, preparing in advance to cooking noodles, Xuanxuan just came to make a start, and the profit of thirty percent was not low, Xuanxuan's classmates went to other places to work and study, and the income was not as good as her, and the time was still long, and Xuanxuan only needed to help for two or three hours a day.
"Xuanji, I'm a little envious of you, you have a higher income than me now"
It's time to set up a stall again, Xu Lin saw the materials I prepared and knew that the business had been much better recently, and the income had surpassed his side, Xu Lin's brine stall business had been good, but it was very stable, and there was not much fluctuation.
"Your family of three people makes money, and I make money alone, who do you say makes more?"
I asked rhetorically, the turnover has indeed risen a lot recently, and it has exceeded 1,000 yuan for a few days, and the cost is also decreasing, almost about 50%.
But Xu Lin's family of three is making money, three people are setting up stalls in three places, which can compare to their family, Xu Lin's family's annual income is hundreds of thousands, I have heard his parents say many times, I want to buy a house in Yangcheng and take root completely.
"There are a lot of people and a lot of expenses, and I'm worried about saving a down payment"
"Then work hard, boy"
I patted Xu Lin on the shoulder, I knew that for Xu Lin's family, buying a house is of special significance, they are not locals, and their hukou has not moved over, so even if they have lived in Yangcheng for many years, they do not have much sense of belonging here.
But if they buy a house, it will be different, they will move their household registration at that time, completely take root here, and become Yangcheng people, Yangcheng will be their hometown, and they will have a sense of belonging.
And the practical significance is even greater, Xu Lin wants to marry a wife and have children here, a house is indispensable, with a house, it is more likely to find a wife, otherwise it is very likely to become one of the many singles army in Yangcheng.
People live in the world, there will be all kinds of troubles, Xu Lin and they are okay, through years of hard work, they are about to complete their life goals.
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Toho Temple is located on Toho Mountain, is a rather young temple, Toho Temple is not a thousand-year-old temple, not even a hundred years, the temple is only about 20 years.
It is 20 years ago that the villagers under Dongbao Mountain raised funds to build, after the construction invited the high monk to sit in the town of the Jade Zen Master, the Jade Zen Master was born in a thousand years of treasure temple, the Buddhism is exquisite, soon the Dongbao Mountain will be carried forward, before and after the acceptance of six disciples, the existing monks more than 20 people.
Ten years ago, he passed away and became the abbot of Dongbao Temple, and his eldest disciple, Mingyu, was a successful businessman before he became a monk.
Therefore, after Mingyu Zen Master took over Dongbao Temple, Dongbao Temple has carried out a large-scale expansion, just at this time the tourism is hot, so it cooperates with some large groups, and the entire Dongbao Mountain is classified as a tourist attraction, through publicity and promotion, Dongbao Mountain has become a popular tourist attraction in Yangcheng, not only the people of Yangcheng City love to go to Dongbao Mountain to play, even the surrounding counties and cities also have tourists from time to time.
The temple is also divided into a number of parts, both monks and lay people to run business, and the business part is mainly based on tourism and vipassana.
There is nothing to say about tourism, that is, Dongbao Temple is divided into two courtyards, the backyard is inhabited by monks, idlers are exempted, and a quiet environment is maintained for monks to live, while business tourism is to transform the front yard into a hotel for tourists to stay, because Dongbao Temple is a part of Dongbaoshan tourist attraction.
Vipassana is the Zen Vipassana practice experience, some are seven days and some are ten, commonly known as seven-day Zen or decameron, this meditation experience is free, and no money is charged, only at the end of the meditation there is a donation, and it has to be a layman, the first time to come to the meditation experience people can not donate, mainly for publicity and promotion, a little profit.
The red dust is billowing and the world is impetuous, and the effect of meditation and concentration is excellent, so the Vipassana class at Tohoji Temple has always been quite popular, and it is also the same at this time, and more than 160 people have signed up for the meditation class that started three days ago.
However, meditation is also known as penance, people who sign up for classes need to get up at five o'clock every day to do morning classes, the first three days to practice closed mouth meditation, in addition to morning and evening classes, basically to meditate, which makes many people can't stand it at all, three days, has gone more than 40 people.
There is no money for vipassana classes, they come and go freely, and the monks of Tohoji Temple don't care so much, they can leave if they want, and no one stops them.
In the dormitory, Shisu slowly opened her eyes, she glanced at the bed opposite, it was empty, the lay people in the Vipassana class lived in a room for two people, Shisu remembered that her roommate was a young woman who was not in a good relationship, and before the class started, she kept saying that she wanted to take refuge in my Buddha and concentrate on practicing Buddhism, but the Vipassana class did not last for two days and missed the alcohol, hot pot, and the desire came, and she left in a gray manner.
Shisu quietly changed into a black tracksuit, put on a hat and gloves, and left the room, the door on the first floor was closed, but Zisu couldn't help it, she quickly climbed downstairs along the water pipe outside the wall.
Separated from the dormitory by a wall is the backyard of Tohoji Temple, where the people of the temple live, but Shiso goes not to the backyard, but to the main hall.
The building of Dongbao Temple is antique, with the front hall, the main hall, the apse and the left and right side halls, the side hall is equipped with side rooms and other buildings, Shiso quietly came to the Daxiong Treasure Palace, opened the door and slipped in.
The Daxiong Hall is extremely majestic, with many Buddha statues enshrined in it, and the candles that are more rented than the thighs of Shiso are still burning, making the Daxiong Hall very visible.
Zisu turned on the desk three or two times, climbed up to the Buddha statue of five or six meters, in the Buddha's fingers, Zisu saw a short knife, the knife has a roll of Buddha wrapped around the knife body, and there are one hundred and eight Buddha beads to lock the handle, which seems to be extremely important.
Shisu tore open a cloth bag on his body, stuffed the short knife, the Buddha side, and the Buddha beads into the short knife, and then jumped down, quickly rushed out of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and then rushed down the mountain.
After leaving the front hall, there is a long staircase, Shiso rushes down along the railing on the side of the step, and after rushing through the stairs, there is a cement road, and beyond the cement road is the plank road around the mountain.
Shisu glanced at the boardwalk around the mountain, then pulled out the grass, pulled out a mountain bike from it, and continued to rush down the mountain.
The reason why I chose a bicycle is because the bicycle has no sound, and in the road condition of going down the mountain, the speed of the bicycle will not be slower than that of a motorcycle, and the figure of Shiso quickly disappears on the plank road around the mountain.
A moment later, two figures were chased out in the backyard of Dongbao Temple, it was the abbot Mingyu and the monk Mingde, who stood at the door of Dongbao Temple, and saw the figure of Shisu, but the two were far away and could not be chased.
"Senior brother, the magic knife is gone"
"I know, I don't know where this woman came from, what she did when she stole the magic knife"
Mingyu was worried, the matter of the magic knife was very secret, and no one knew about it at all, but someone had carefully infiltrated Dongbao Temple, just to steal the magic knife, how could he not worry.
"Senior brother, no matter what the other party's purpose is, we must find the magic knife back, this magic knife is more terrifying than we imagined, once you are full of blood, it will inevitably harm all sentient beings"
Mingde said that this magic knife has been sealed for at least a hundred years, which means that it has been hungry and thirsty for a hundred years, and it has not drunk much blood after breaking through the seal, so its power is not obvious.
But after Mingde's research, they found that this magic knife's thirst for blood is endless, the demonic energy is deep, terrifying, if there is an evil person to let it drink blood, it will completely activate the magic knife, and then the magic knife will become I don't know, but it is definitely a murder weapon in the world.
Since Tohoji took the magic knife and said that it was good to turn the magic knife into demonic energy, then it was responsible for the end, and now that the magic knife was stolen, Tohoji had the responsibility to find it back.
"Okay, junior brother, this matter will be handed over to you, disciples in the temple, you will be dispatched to find this person as soon as possible"
"Okay, I understand"
Mingde nodded, and soon, they returned to Toho Temple, and then sounded the fire alarm, and the harsh sound surrounded Toho Temple, and the sleeping people were shaken one after another, and then hurriedly gathered.
In the end, Mingde naturally announced that this was a misunderstanding, a mistake in the fire alarm system, so that everyone could go back to sleep with peace of mind, but by taking this opportunity, Mingde already knew who was missing in the temple.
The Vipassana class was registered online, and Matilda quickly found out all kinds of news, but unfortunately, the information above was obviously fake, and there was no such person after careful inspection.
"Senior brother, the thief is too cunning, our investigation clues have been broken, the identity is fake, obviously, the surveillance side has filmed people, but the sea of people is vast, I don't know how to find it"
"Let's work separately, I'll go to the official channel, you go to the Jianghu channel, it just so happens that they even took the Eight Treasure Buddha Beads away, there is a reason"
Mingyu replied, there is a lack of talent in the temple, there are no detective characters, naturally it can't be found, so it has to be handed over to professional people, and it just so happens that the Eight Treasure Buddha Beads they used to seal the magic knife were also taken away, and the string of Buddha beads is worth a lot of money and can be used to report the crime.
However, the matter of the magic knife is not very public, so it is also necessary to go hand in hand from the means of the rivers and lakes, and the rivers and lakes will be handed over to Mingde to deal with, and Mingde itself is also responsible for the external liaison of Dongbao Temple, and he has a wide range of contacts in Yangcheng, and he knows a lot of people, so it is more suitable to do this.