The First Arrival: Chapter 484: Newlyweds' Honeymoon Journey (7)

Next chapter

After the conversation with Tadashi Kusakabe, Ikesho took his wives to the streets to watch the local cultural scenery of Osaka. ●⌒，.

It's just that what Chi Shang really didn't expect was that Miss Caobi, as the host, actually volunteered to lead the way for her, and her attitude was so enthusiastic that he couldn't postpone it at all, so a group of eleven people (one dog) started a happy journey.

Unlike the atmosphere in Tokyo, the atmosphere in Osaka is very relaxed, and Mr. and Mrs. Ikesho Mayo, led by the host of Kusakabe-sama, walked into a famous street called 'Labyrinth Street'.

The reason why this street is called Labyrinth Street is because all the shop stalls in it are of the same style, and only in the inconspicuous lower left corner is there a shopkeeper's private seal.

At the same time, the rest of the buildings on this street are also the same in appearance, and if people who come in for the first time don't pay attention, it is really easy to get dizzy, so the name of Labyrinth Street lives up to its name.

The entire labyrinth is filled with delicacies from all over Japan, which is very appealing to visitors, and of course Ikesho and his party are not exempt from vulgarity.

All the merchants greeted Chi Shang Zhenyi with a smile on their faces, for them, it was really the luckiest thing of the day to be able to meet such a large group of customers at once, and each merchant praised and promoted their goods to the fullest.

For these vendors with smiling faces, the women have little resistance.

At this time, as the head of the family, Chi Shang Zhenyi played his due role well, paying the bills, and the wives looked at something twice, so he would buy it and give it to the wives.

Of course, our distinguished 'tour guide' lady will naturally not be missing.

Although a lot of things have been bought, these snacks and small toys are not worth a few dollars, for Chi Shang Zhenyi, a big local tyrant, he will not frown even if he buys the goods of the entire street, let alone these gadgets.

Although the things I bought were not worth a few dollars, the girls were very happy, even the lady Kusaka, who lived in Osaka, was smiling.

Although Miss Kusaka's family lives in Osaka, she rarely has the opportunity to go on the street because of her tutor, and this trip with Chi Shang and his wife is also a rare relaxation for her.

In addition to snacks, one of the most attractive features of this labyrinth street is the 'street folk interpretation', where all brick-and-mortar shops will set up a small stage in front of the pù and invite some traditional artists to perform on it, hoping to attract passers-by to stop and watch, and then sit down to buy some food from their own stores.

Now Chi Shang Zhenyi and his entourage stopped in front of an old man performing a fan spinning top, the other party was wearing a traditional kimono, the whole person looked very clean and spiritual, holding a red-edged folding fan in his hand, and a delicate spinning top with red and blue colors was rotating quickly on the fan.

The old man shook the fan in his hand from time to time, and the spinning top kept wandering on it, as if he was alive, and after a while, the old man shook the fan suddenly, and the spinning top flew straight up, and then landed steadily on a standing stick in front of the stage.

This wonderful performance immediately attracted the applause of the ten girls, of course, Chi Shang Zhenyi also watched it very well, and finally when he left, he deliberately took out a hundred yuan and handed it to the old man who performed.

In the face of such a large reward, the old man of Zhijiang kept thanking him excitedly, even if Chi Shang Zhenyi and his party walked away, they were still saying thank you.

After leaving the booth of the old man with a fan top, Chi Shang Zhenyi and the others came to a paper-cutting artist stage again, watching the scissors in the hands of the place quickly cut, and after a while, they cut out a pair of lovers who fell in love, and then handed it over to a pair of happy young men and women in the field.

Seeing such an interesting paper-cutting, all the women became interested and asked the paper-cutting artist to cut a single portrait for them to keep as their own souvenirs.

In the face of so many customers who suddenly appeared, the paper-cutting artist was very happy, and immediately took out his 12 points of skill to work for these big customers.

The beautiful paper figures were formed under the scissors of the artists, and the ten paper figures took less than ten minutes together, and the average one was less than a minute.

The women who received their respective paper figures praised the artist's craftsmanship for a while, and finally they didn't know who mentioned it, so they pulled Chi Shang Zhenyi together, and everyone cut a group photo, and even the greyhound's 'rice ball' that had been following behind the butt was not pulled down.

Eleven people and a dog cut paper together, this is a big job, the moment made the paper-cutting artist who thought it had been over a burst of excitement, picked up the scissors in his hand 'click~click~click' cut up, it took nearly twenty minutes to complete.

When I finally saw the group photo of the paper people, everyone praised the artist's craftsmanship for a while, and for this reason, Chi Shang sincerely took out 200 yuan to reward the other party, and the artist was not happy.

After leaving the paper-cutting artist's place, the group wandered around the labyrinth street until about nine o'clock in the evening before returning to Caobi's house. And with everyone came back with the snacks and toys bought in the afternoon, which were large enough to fill a small car.

An afternoon of traveling together seemed to make the relationship between Miss Kusaobi and the girls much better, and they chatted with each other in the room until late before falling asleep. Therefore, Chi Shang Zhenyi stayed alone in the empty room, but after walking around the street all afternoon today, he was also a little tired, and he slept quite soundly.

Early in the morning of the second day, the husband and wife (one dog) had breakfast at Kusakabe's house, then left and left for Honganji, the next place to visit in Osaka.

Standing in front of the gate and watching his daughter staring at the car that was gradually moving away, Kusakabe Tadashi felt a little helpless in his heart, he knew that his daughter already had the figure of this young family head in her heart. In this regard, he could only sigh helplessly, hoping that his daughter would be able to sober up by herself in the future.

The ten husband and wife in the RV were laughing and laughing, constantly discussing where to go next, and they were so happy on their honeymoon that they even planned to visit the whole of Japan.

Osaka is the most developed commercial city in Japan, and the roads in the city are very good, although they were damaged by bombing during the war. However, as soon as the war ended, the Osaka government completed the restoration. So it took Chi Shang Makai to drive to the outside of Honganji Temple in less than half an hour.

Although there is only one word difference between Honganji Temple and Honnoji Temple, the two are completely different, and it can even be said that the relationship between the two is worse than that between Buddhism and Shintoism.

Honganji Temple is a Pure Land Shin sect of Japanese Buddhism. Honnoji Temple, on the other hand, is a school of Lotus sects. The relationship between these two genres in Japan has not been good since ancient times, and even in modern times, it has not improved much.

Looking at the tall Honganji Temple, Ikesho couldn't help but sigh in his heart at the same time that the monk was really rich enough to build such a luxurious temple in a commercial capital like Osaka. Compared to that, his family's castle is really pediatric.

Although the relationship between Shinto and Buddhism was hostile, there was no lack of etiquette between the two high-level leaders. For the visit of Chi Shang Zhenyi, one of the five Shinto families, with his wife, Honganji Temple paid great attention to it, and not only presided over it to accompany him around the temple.

He even specially found a few mages (mages, another name for Japanese nuns) from the temple to entertain Chi Shang Zhenyi's wives, and the whole process was very enthusiastic.

However, it seems that because of the fact that they are in Osaka, a commercial city, these hostesses have been tainted with the habits of some merchants, and they always like to introduce the special products of the temple when introducing the scenery.

In the face of these enthusiastic monks, Chi Shang Zhenyi and his wives left after enjoying a lunch in it, they were afraid that they would be unable to help but buy things if they stayed any longer, these monks were too good to say.

After leaving Honganji, which has a strong commercial atmosphere, Chi Shang and his wives rushed to the temple of the Four Heavenly Kings at sunset in the afternoon.

Shitennoji is different from Honganji and Honnoji in that the temple is called Shotoku Sect, and the name of this school is in honor of Prince Shotoku.

(Shitennoji is the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan founded in 593 by Prince Shotoku, so it is also the oldest official temple in Japan.) Its status in Japanese Buddhism has always been very important, and the incense is at its peak, and there is an endless stream of people who go to worship every day, and it is the most prosperous temple in Osaka City. ）

As before, when Ji Shang Zhenyi got out of the car with his wives, the guest monk waiting at the gate stepped forward to lead him and bring him into the temple.

Under the guidance of the visiting monks, Chi Shangzhen came to the presiding officer of the Shitennoji Temple, and after the two sides greeted each other, a brief chat ended after a while.

Because of the weather, it happened to be a meal at this time, and after a while, a row of small monks under the leadership of a big monk entered the door with a dozen dishes to deliver the meal.

Looking at the table full of food, Chi Shang Zhenyi felt that his husband and wife and others seemed to have come to eat, and they had just started eating within half an hour of entering the door, and they couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

However, since everyone has sent it over, Chi Shang's true intention will naturally not save face from others, after all, monks also have face.

Facing a table of vegetarian delicacies, Chi Shang Zhenyi and his wife both ate very hilariously, and they all said that they must let Xiajiang's mother and daughter learn when they go home.

After a vegetarian feast, the husband and wife all had a round belly, and then got up and walked around the temple, and the beautiful name was to visit the Shitennoji Temple, in fact, the real reason was to digest food.

The ten husband and wife wandered around the temple, and after a while, they walked to the front of the main hall, where the ten husband and wife saw what the incense was in full bloom.

It was almost eight o'clock in the evening, and the main hall was still full of people offering incense and worshipping, all the believers prayed sincerely, and then respectfully offered their own hearts, the amount of their hearts varied according to their abilities.

Seeing that at least ten people had already dedicated their hearts to the Four Heavenly Kings Temple in just such a moment, Chi Shang Zhenyi couldn't help but be a little curious: "Saya, usually our shrine is closed by your sisters, how about the incense in the shrine? Is it so vigorous?"

Listening to his husband's question, Saya took his eyes off the pilgrims, and said with envy: "Our shrine has just opened, and there are very few people who can really give alms in a day, and the income in the shrine before our trip has just broken five thousand, which is far worse than these four tennoji temples, alas~"

For his shrine's income of only 5,000 a day, Chi Shang really doesn't care too much, for him, it doesn't matter if he doesn't earn a job, but it would be better if he could earn money.

"Little by little, after a long time, there will be more people who will naturally come, and when there are more people, there will naturally be more money, and I believe that you will be able to run the shrine of the Chi Shang family. Chi Shang sincerely encouraged the four Saya sisters with a smile on his face.

"Hey, don't worry, husband, we will definitely grow the Chishangjia Shrine. The four sisters replied in unison.

Minako, Shioko and Xingmei on the side looked at the four sisters, and couldn't help but feel a trace of envy in their hearts, now they are all women of the Chi Shang family, but they are not assigned work on them, which makes them feel that something is missing, it seems that they have to blow the pillow wind more, and strive to let their husband find a job for him, maybe he should act tonight.

Chi Shang really didn't know that his three wives had planned to blow the pillow wind to him tonight, he was now staring at a person in the hall, this person gave him a very strange feeling, every time the other party kowtowed to incense, there would be a faint air flow floating into the other party's body on the Buddha statue.

These air currents and the power of faith are different, and they seem to be a group of unknown qi energy, and this discovery makes Ji Shang Zhenyi extremely curious about this person.

"Step, step, step~"

A steady sound of footsteps slowly came into Chi Shang Zhenyi's ears from far and near, and when he turned his head, he found that the person who came was the presiding officer of the Four Heavenly Kings Temple, the source of water.

"Amitabha, it seems that the head of the Chishang family was attracted by the believer, who was a star-stepping man who hoped to change his destiny with his devotion to my Buddha. The water source presiding officer said kindly.

Hearing the words of the host of the water source, Chi Shang was really stunned, and then searched for a few words in his mind, and immediately recalled some words recorded in his family inheritance.

'The way of destiny is like iron, copper, silver, and gold, all of which are different, some good and some bad. The fate of most people is unpredictable, but there is a kind of person whose fate has been fixed since birth, and there is only an extremely slim chance of having a chance to change his life, and this kind of person is a person who steps on the stars. ’

'Star-stepping people are born with different numbers of stars on their feet, and different stars represent different destinies. Stepping on one star, born with a lonely star, stepping on two stars, no disaster and no disease, stepping on three stars, a prosperous career, stepping on four stars, living a hard life for half a life, stepping on five stars, the life of a moldy star, stepping on six stars, a lifetime of hardship, stepping on seven stars, born to be a soldier, stepping on eight stars, the whole family funeral, stepping on nine stars, blessing life. ’

(To be continued.) )