After reciting the scriptures all night, the next day to go to ten offerings, for the offerings to welcome the offerings to the offerings to the scriptures to ring the bell, flowers, lamps, fruits, tea, food, treasures, and clothes add up to a total of ten, Song Lao Zhenren wore the new clothes, and several apprentices served him to recite the scriptures.

He didn't make it all night, but when he was old, he changed his apprentice to read it in the second half of the night, and returned to the main hall by himself, meditating and resting for a night.

Wearing a Taoist robe and holding a whisk, his hair and beard are white, although he is old, he walks fast, his robe is flying under his feet, standing on the altar and chanting the scriptures looks like a fairy, and the strange Tao can be the old worship of the Song family.

Shi Gui has some origins, he didn't believe it, but now he also believes in one or two points, the little girls said that the rain stopped and the sunrise was amazing, but she didn't take it seriously, Song Lao Zhenren lived in the mountains for seventy or eighty years, and he dealt with the mountains every day, and it was not a strange thing to look at the sky, and it was true to say that he had a long life.

Put the lamp on the ten offerings, and have to light the lamp, a few girls hurriedly went back to sleep, not half a day to get up again, eat on the head did not treat them harshly, but tired for a long time, just drink a bowl of ginger soup sweating, hot hands and feet into the quilt, after a while to sleep squinting.

Liangjiang left food for them, Shi Gui stuffed two steamed buns, the green calyx has a small belly, how can the little bit like a chicken pecking rice last a night, and then let go of eating, papaya sneered: "It's amazing, I lit the lamp overnight, and I became a female Zhong Kui." ”

Shi Gui wrinkled his nose at her: "I told you to keep a night watch, you were just afraid that you would lick all the plates." No matter how much she dressed, it was still cold, and her knees were blown into ice steamed buns, and she asked them to borrow another pair of pants to put on, and Liang Jiang said: "Endure these two nights, my wife must give a reward, I heard that a person has to have two hangings." ”

Full of envy looked at Shi Gui's green calyx, two hanging money is six months' monthly money, and the silk silver bracelet can hit one, while saying and pushing Shi Gui: "You have a reward, you have to be the host." ”

Shi Gui is not stingy on this, he should get down, the Ye family is doing things in the courtyard, the reward is enough, the two of them froze all night, I heard that there are two hanging money, this is better, Shi Gui rubbed his legs, wore an extra pair of socks, and then tied the trouser legs tightly, and then counted these two hanging money, she has been in the Song family for seven months, and she has already saved four taels of silver.

There is a lot of money stored in the Shigui box, this is something that the little girls all know, the girls in the Ye family's yard have more money than other places, they can get three or four hundred yuan for the third-class, and the sisters on the top also have rewards, and the things they share are enough, the head oil and face fat and fragrant powder beads, not to mention the upper and lower hair, the big girls don't like it, so they give it to them casually.

There is money in hand, and now it is outside, there is a father, and now it can't reach out, and when the merchant comes every three or five days, he will exchange all the money for something, and the merchant sees that there is money to be made, and he knows that these girls who are poor can't look down on it, and even the goods are getting more and more refined.

Shi Gui except for the necessity, rarely spends, and is willing to buy snacks for the mother-in-law on the door, but he does not eat at home, and there are no new clothes on his body, and he has not changed a silver bracelet on his hand for two months.

Shi Gui came late, and became the richest among the little girls, she always said that she would give the money to her father, and there were a few people who laughed at her for being stupid, but because of this idiot, Fanxing actually got along with her.

"This girl is good, there are few people with a conscience, and even fewer who don't forget their home. Fanxing said this, it clearly meant something, Chunyan happened to hear it, and made a joke, and the rest of the few hurriedly took the stubble, Shi Gui didn't know who she was talking about, Fanxing was refreshing and quick, and she was more comfortable getting along with her.

There are so many people in the yard, which one has an account, Shi Gui can't take care of other things, looking at the money box, he feels hopeful, her worth is only five taels, and when she has saved enough five taels of silver, she is a dog while the old lady is playing Jiao, she is a dog, and she is pinching this matter, if the family comes to cry and beg, she can go out if she can't keep it, just take a short-term job in the Song family.

On the altar, the lantern sutra is sung, and the lamps are lit, and the offerings are put out, nine sections of lotus root, osmanthus, east wine, agate grapes, and persimmons, as well as new chestnuts and watermelons carved into lotus petals.

The kitchen took out all the things prepared for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the little girls also got one of the Suzhou-style mooncakes made in a box, filled with jujube paste, mixed with red bean paste and sweet.

Lighting the lamp, the Taoist priests around the altar to recite the Beidou Sutra, up to the world to hear the earth, eliminate disasters and solve misfortunes, and get blessed longevity, followed by forgiveness, not only here to forgiveness, the old house of the home also pinched the auspicious time, Song Lao Zhenren knelt down, and a cadre of disciples and grandchildren also knelt down and bowed.

Mrs. Song and the Ye family listened to the scriptures behind them, looked at the Yang Bao Banner, and had to turn nine songs at night, and Song Lao Zhenren burned a watch again, begging to appear at night when the sky was full of stars.

This night was colder than the night before, and there were more lights, three hundred and sixty-one nine-song lamps were bent and canonical, Shi Gui listened to the story of a belly and three Xiao Niangniang, but he was worried about how to keep these more than 300 lights from going out.

But this night is cold and cold, but there is no wind, the stars in the sky are visible, as if they can be picked up, the clouds and fog are dispersed, the moon and the stars reflect each other, this time Song Lao Zhenren does not need to be replaced, holding the dust in his hand, reading the scriptures in his mouth and walking to the middle, lighting the highest lamp.

The old lady Song saw that the lantern crackled and exploded, jumping to a foot high, and she was about to recite the Buddha with her hands together, so she changed her mouth again, chanted Amitayus, and grasped Ye's hand: "We Siyuan can be reincarnated into a good family." ”

Ye Shi asked her to hold one hand in her hand, and the other hand curled slightly into a fist, her eyes looked through the lanterns that jumped up and returned to the usual light, lowered her eyebrows, and smiled slightly: "What Mrs. said is true." ”

Gan Shi stood behind him, tossing for two days was smoke, fire and scripture, this time he was very tired, hearing Ye Yinghe, he sneered in his heart, his eyes swept to Song Yintang's body, and saw that he and Yu Rong Zezhi were both respectful and solemn, and their hearts were even more disdainful, one or two pretended to be filial sons and grandsons, and they didn't know which one was filial, so they had to tell Song Wanghai all of these.

The master has to sit, but the girls have to stand together, a few osmanthus flowers are better, today's lights are not extinguished, just waiting under the corridor, the people inside can't see, they can still lean on the door, squinting slightly.

A few people who waited with the master suffered hardships, asked for tea and water, had to add charcoal basins when it was late, and had no leisure for a moment, Mrs. Song slept very early, staring at it, afraid that the lights would go out and her son's blessing would be damaged.

Stayed up until the second watch, heard a bell ringing, Song Lao Zhenren took the lead in reciting the mantra and burning the holy mantra, and this ritual was over.

The old lady sat still for a long time, her eyes fixed on the fire on the pole lamp, and she burned until there was only a little spark left, and then she closed her eyes and let out a long breath.

She didn't move, no one dared to move, the three hundred and sixty-one lights were extinguished one by one, and the old lady stood up with Ye's hand, she was tired and tired, squinted her eyes and said, "Disperse." ”

This night I went back to Ye's guard the lamp and played chess all night, the old lady sat in the dark room, looking at the starry sky, except for these two who didn't sleep, Gan's scolded and fell asleep, and the people below slept more soundly, and they didn't have a good night's sleep for a few nights, and fell asleep with a pillow.

On the second day, I sang and rewarded the gods, and invited the troupe to come up the mountain, and sang on the small stage in the Tongxian Temple.

Singing and rewarding the gods, those snacks offered to the gods were distributed, and the Taoist priests in the temple got some, and the rest were sent to the Song family at the bottom of the mountain.

This time, the Song family wanted to come, but the old lady closed the door to thank the guests, and he didn't bring any outsiders, even the young man Song Mian who joined the Song family, didn't come with him this time.

Song Wanghai and Song Jingtang didn't come in the end, Gan broke his mouth, and Mrs. Song didn't have a good face at her, and even Song Zhimei looked at her face together, and the mother and daughter waited carefully for Mrs. Song, Song Zhimei changed all her behavior at home, and she couldn't get a good face from Mrs. Song.

Today, although the seats of the two of them were next to the old lady, Gan couldn't stop saying auspicious words, and took the allusions in the play to talk to Ye.

The old lady Song only didn't hear it, and Ye's answer was limited, but it was Song Yintang, because she was a junior, it was not good to look at the elders embarrassed, and she decomposed it sentence by sentence.

The grandson respected her as an elder, she stumbled in the ground, took some nonsense to think about the innocence of her grandson, and the beads in her hands became faster and faster, but she had a plan in her heart.

staged a play, and it was also a big drama under the stage, but these Shi Gui didn't know that they were the girls who lit the lamp, Ye said that they worked hard, and they were all given two days off, let them rest, watch the play or rest, it was all up to them.

There is nothing fun on the mountain, a few are tired, where can they still climb the mountain, all the girls who came with them went out, and poured to the stage to listen to the play, Shi Gui slept for a day, the play had to be sung for three days, the gongs and drums couldn't be beaten, and the sound was faintly heard behind, and she couldn't sleep.

Simply got up and went to see the play of the gods, everyone else went out, only the green calyx was still in a room, she sat on the bed to do needlework, and she had been in a hurry for the past two days, with a green cloth bottom, and the yellow thread was stacked with embroidered leaves layer by layer.

Shi Gui invited her to join her, but she pursed her lips and shook her head: "I'm not going, it's very troublesome." She wanted to rest, but Shi Gui didn't force her to have fun, she took care of her clothes and went out, and when she saw the people in front of her, she retreated to the end and asked someone to pinch her.

Shi Gui smiled at him, saw that he changed back into that big coat, looked sloppy, and asked him, "Are you beaten again?"

There are still footprints on his robe, and he raised his hand to pat it indifferently, and his mouth was old-fashioned: "Who dares to beat me." "Scolding the other one is a bull's nose, when he arrives at the Taoist himself, he proudly took out the yellow paper with the talisman and showed it to Shi Gui.

Brother Guan beat him, and there were no children of the same age as him in the Taoist temple, no one played with him, and there was a little girl who gave him candy to eat, so he regarded her as a playmate.

Shi Gui took it and took a look, he couldn't help laughing, three thunder characters were written in a serious manner on the Wulei Mansion, but a little turtle was drawn underneath, and he said that his senior brother was going to beat him, and he smiled and touched a handful of melon seeds and walnuts and gave them to him to eat.

The play was going to be sung until the night, and even under the mountain, there were people who came up to join in the fun, Shi Gui looked up and saw the moon coming out, and suddenly said, "What day is it today?"

The little Taoist priest sniffed: "August 19." He had to do his homework every day, and he had to learn to draw talismans, and he remembered the days well, and saw Shi Gui biting his lip, his palm-sized little face under the moonlight was glowing, and his eyes were shining, and he sighed slightly.

The little Taoist priest squatted down and asked her, "What's wrong with you?"

Shi Gui smiled: "Sugar cakes are for you to eat, today is my birthday." "It's the day when Aunt Bai picks her up, even if it's her birthday.