Chapter 67: A Bitter Day
Whether it is a temple or a Taoist temple, there will be such a thing in the main hall.
Its function is not only for believers to go to the temple and palace to pray for disasters and blessings, but also to support the Bodhisattvas and gods on the one hand, and on the other hand, to support the practitioners, and after the donation is concentrated, it cannot be placed casually, so the merit box was created.
It has continued to be collectively owned to the present day, mainly for the daily living expenses of monks, nuns, and Taoists, as well as for charity.
If there is a surplus, the temple and Taoist temple should be repaired, or even overhauled and expanded.
So no matter where you go, you will see this thing, of course, whether you put money into it or not, how much you invest depends on yourself, it depends on how sincere your heart is.
Just as the two of them were looking around, Lin Wenfeng walked out of the backyard.
looked at him twice and said: "The two laymen have met again, and they are polite." ”
Wang Xiaojun and Sun Xiaoxiao were startled when they saw Lin Wenfeng suddenly appear, but fortunately, they came back to their senses at once, and they also greeted him like Lin Wenfeng: "Good Dao Chang." ”
As for why Lin Wenfeng suddenly appeared, in fact, Lin Wenfeng was already aware of it when they arrived at the gate.
He was about to come out to greet them a long time ago, but when he found that they were kneeling down with a focused expression, Lin Wenfeng stood behind the door and waited, and only after they had done these things did he come out from behind.
When Lin Wenfeng saw what they wanted to say, he gestured for something to come to the yard to please.
After all, no matter what, you can't let the guests stand at the door and talk, not to mention that it seems that they still have something to say.
When they followed Lin Wenfeng to the backyard, they saw Tang Xiaobao who was squatting on a horse.
Wang Xiaojun and the others were surprised, this is not the young man they saw yesterday, it turns out that he lives in the Taoist temple, no wonder he came down from the mountain so early.
At first, they thought it was a family living on the mountain, but they walked around the mountain for a day and didn't find any other people besides Wenfengguan.
Tang Xiaobao was gritting his teeth and continuing to persevere, during which the stone had already fallen twice, and he now understood that it was completely impossible for him to hold on to it for ten minutes.
Unless he is completely on the ground now and can't get up again, otherwise he won't want to rest in this squatting step.
Looking at Tang Xiaobao's painful expression, Sun Xiaoxiao was inadvertently a little curious.
Sun Xiaoxiao asked, "Dao Chief, what is he doing?" ”
"Oh~ he's exercising, let's leave him alone, please sit down. Lin Wenfeng explained casually, and then beckoned them to sit down and talk.
Lin Wenfeng brought them tea and said, "Poor Dao saw that the two of you seemed to be looking for something in the hall just now, is there something missing, do you need Poor Dao's help?"
Wang Xiaojun explained: "The Taoist master misunderstood, in fact, this is the case, our husband and wife came here to repay their wishes, thinking that since the gods helped me realize my wishes, I have to say no;
We couldn't do anything else, and we didn't know what to do, so we thought about donating some incense money to support the gods, but we took out all the money but didn't see the merit box for throwing the money, so we looked around. ”
After hearing this, Lin Wenfeng smiled and said: "Poor Dao is here to congratulate the layman on his wish to come true, as for the merit box that the layman said, in fact, Wenfeng Guan did not have it. ”
Sun Xiaoxiao asked: "Why isn't there a Taoist chief, I think there are other temples and Taoist temples." ”
"Do you think it's useful to put a merit box here in the poor road?" Lin Wenfeng asked rhetorically.
Only then did they remember the location of Wenfeng Temple, except for the villagers under the mountain, there should be basically no one to come to this place, and in this case, the merit box is like a virtual existence.
But Sun Xiaoxiao couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart and asked, "Forgive me for taking the liberty of asking, what about the daily expenses of the chief?"
The reason why Sun Xiaoxiao asked this question is because the economic resources of both Taoist priests and monks are basically incense money and donations, and of course, there are things like doing things.
But Lin Wenfeng's incense money and donations are unlikely in this case, after all, no one comes here, and even if the dozens of families under the mountain have a law, it is impossible to have it every day, which makes her very puzzled.
No matter how frugal you are, you have to spend money if you are a human being, and not to mention the rest, firewood, rice, oil and salt are also a lot of expenses.
Listening to her question, Lin Wenfeng replied: "For this question, the poor Dao can still answer you, you are right, even if you are a monk, you can't avoid secular life, since this is more or less definitely going to use money;
Poor Dao happened to be taught a little medical skills by the master, so it was self-sufficient to earn a little rice money to support himself, and to grow some vegetables and the like by himself;
Then there is the poor road to live here, the people in the village are familiar with the poor road, and many people have grown up watching the poor road, so they will send some food to the poor road from time to time. ”
After hearing this, Sun Xiaoxiao said unconsciously: "That Dao chief is really powerful, if I am allowed to live here alone, I think I may starve to death in a few days." ”
Lin Wenfeng just smiled at her statement.
Wang Xiaojun said: "I didn't expect the Taoist to have such a hard time. ”
Lin Wenfeng didn't agree with his statement and said: "The layman's words are wrong, the poor Dao doesn't realize how hard he lives, as the saying goes, having a thousand quintals of food is also three meals a day, and having money is also a black and white day, so these are not important to the poor Dao." ”
After listening to Lin Wenfeng's words, Wang Xiaojun realized that he had said the wrong thing, and he used ordinary people's thinking to define Lin Wenfeng's life.
Lin Wenfeng seems to be the kind of person who only knows how to be greedy for pleasure, if he is really such a person, it is impossible to live in this deep mountain, and he has lived for so many years.
So in his opinion, Lin Wenfeng's life is very hard, but he doesn't know that Lin Wenfeng is comfortable in such a life.
This is what "Zi Fei Yu An Zhi Yu
What you think is bad may be a good thing in the eyes of others.
While they were talking, Tang Xiaobao finally couldn't hold on and fell to the ground.
The eyes of the three of them were focused on him at once.
Tang Xiaobao lay on the ground motionless and said, "Master, I really can't squat." ”
Lin Wenfeng saw that his legs were shaking unconsciously now, and it seemed that he had reached the limit, so he said: "Okay, that's all for today's training, then you can arrange it yourself." ”
Hearing this, Tang Xiaobao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but now his state is that he can't move if he wants to, so he has no choice but to lie on the ground honestly and wait for his strength to recover.