Chapter 10: Speaking of Things
"In fact, the name of the Puxiu Temple is not as good as stopping the temple, in the previous dynasty, there were only a few broken temples in the downtown area, as well as more than 20 ancient cypresses, and a blind old monk guarding the incense."
The old shopkeeper said, with a bit of reminiscence.
Xu Maoxiu Fan Jianglin in the house is not a person from the capital, naturally I haven't heard of these things, although Li Dascoo, who was just called, grew up near the capital, but he has been stuffy in the back kitchen, and he knows very little about the gossip and anecdotes in Beijing, not to mention the girl, it is later than Xu Maoxiu and them entered Beijing, and everyone listens very carefully.
“… Later, it was Master Jinghui who traveled here, dedicated to promoting Buddhism, not afraid of hard work, running and shouting, dreaming of sleeping at night, which lasted for 20 years, and turned the scenery of broken bricks and tiles into a magnificent Buddha statue in the hall. The old shopkeeper said. [Note 1]
Although everyone does not believe in Buddhism, the hard work of 20 years is still worthy of everyone's admiration, and everyone in the room nods.
"As for the other rules, I don't understand Buddhism." The old shopkeeper smiled again, "Master Jinghui passed away on March 20, since then Puxiu Temple will hold a great ceremony at this time of year, passed to the present Minghai Zen Master, Minghai Zen Master fried a good Zen tea, the Dharma will be more famous, Zen tea is hard to find." ”
"Tea?" Fan Jianglin couldn't help but interject and asked, "The tea we ate?" ”
"Vegetables, they're all vegetables, do they taste the same?" The old shopkeeper asked with a smile.
Fan Jianglin also laughed.
"Then Shopkeeper Wu, what are you going to do? Are you going to ask for a bowl of tea? Li Dasco also interjected and asked, "There will be customers in the store in a while, if there is nothing to do, I will go..."
The old shopkeeper glared at him.
"There's Miss Banqin here, what are you busy with?" He said. "I don't have anything to do to talk to you about the Dharma?"
Li Dascoo pursed his lips and stopped talking.
"Speaking of Minghai Zen Master's tea." The old shopkeeper continued. "To ask for a bowl of tea. How many people tried their best, and there was once a big barrel merchant who spent thousands of dollars to buy vegetarian food for worship and exchange for a bowl of sencha. ”
"Wanguan?" This time, even the girl glared in surprise, "Just for a bowl of tea?" Is it worth it? ”
The old shopkeeper squinted and smiled.
"Whether a bowl of tea is worth it or not, I don't know the way, I only know the way, this capital is famous. It's worth it. He said.
Xu Maoxiu nodded suddenly.
"So, what you mean by the shopkeeper is that we are also going to offer vegetarian food." He said.
Shopkeeper Wu nodded.
"That's right, we're going to offer vegetarian fasting." He said.
"But, where did we get Wanguan?" Li Dasco couldn't help but say.
"In this world, you don't need money to do everything." The old shopkeeper said, then looked at Xu Maoxiu and smiled, "So you have to bother the owner and the lady to say, see if there is any way to enter the market?" ”
Sometimes there is more to it than money in this world.
And the person who can write such a good word must be very related.
Xu Maoxiu nodded.
"Okay, I see. I'll go talk to my sister. He said.
"But, I think. Our current fame is gone, right? Fan Jianglin said, stretching out his hand and pointing outside.
There were people coming outside, with a bit of noise.
"It's here, it's here, look, look at that plaque..."
There were also people talking loudly in the midst of the hustle and bustle.
"The word will soon spread throughout the city." He couldn't help but laugh.
Is it necessary to go through that kind of thought?
The old shopkeeper raised his head and looked out of the door, stretched out his hand to twist his beard, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"The owner, a good word is a good word." "But we are a restaurant here, and food is the right way." ”
The drizzle in the courtyard is dripping, the rockery is dripping down the bamboo pipes, accumulating and thick one end falls and knocks on the stones on the other side, and the crisp snapping sound is transmitted into the house through the drizzle.
Banqin looked at the corridor in fright, and then pursed her lips and smiled again.
Because Cheng Jianniang lived in, everyone felt that this was home, so they unconsciously carefully arranged, the courtyard was arranged by the maid herself, and the bamboo bamboo was brought, and the spring water could not be drawn in Beijing, but she used it in the courtyard to receive water.
"First of all, my grandfather likes this, and he says, he can listen to Zen sounds." The handmaid laughed.
There is a regular undulating sound in the quiet, which is really similar to the beating of the wooden fish in the temple, and it is really Zen sound.
Banqin smiled again and walked to the door of the house with plastic surgery.
Cheng Jianniang and Xu Maoxiu sat upright in the house.
"Lang Jun, please use tea." Banqin said, kneeling down and pushing the tea.
Cheng Jianniang looked at the tea in front of Xu Maoxiu.
"Tea." "That's good," she said. ”
The water bowl that Banqin picked up was stunned.
The lady also wants tea?
"Yes, I also think that the idea of shopkeeper Wu is good, and the Zen tea party is an opportunity." Xu Maoxiu said.
Cheng Jianniang nodded and stretched out her hand.
Banqin hurriedly handed over the water, watched Cheng Jianniang take a sip of it, and then put her mind at ease and bowed her head and exited.
"Half celery."
As soon as she walked out of the door, she heard the inner mile lady calling, and she subconsciously turned around.
The maidservant who was kneeling behind Cheng Jianniang had already answered.
"Chen Bainiang told me that this is what will?" Cheng Jianniang asked.
Banqin lowered her head and turned around and walked out of the door, the rain was already light, the courtyard was full of spring, fresh, she took a deep breath, and walked along the corridor with a tray with a smile on the corner of her mouth.
"Yes, this is the lady that the eighteenth lady invited the lady to go." The maidservant girl smiled, "Shopkeeper Wu is right, there was indeed such an interesting story at the beginning, the big barrel merchant was prosperous for a long time, and later opened a restaurant, although it is not as good as before, it is not bad in the end." ”
Cheng Jianniang nodded.
"Okay, I know the way, but I don't need to buy any Wanguan vegetarian fasting." "Just keep it at that." ”
"Blindly?" Xu Maoxiu asked.
"Blindly, if you want novelty, it's enough." Cheng Jianniang said, groaning slightly, "Just use it, tofu, kill two birds with one stone." ”
Xu Maoxiu didn't ask again, and responded yes.
"Also, sister, although business has been good recently, it is still not profitable, so I have to take some money." He said again, with a calm expression.
Cheng Jianniang turned her head to look at the maidservant.
"There's not much money these days." The handmaid replied hurriedly.
Xu Maoxiu was a little worried.
"That's not in a hurry, I'll talk about it after this Zen tea party." He hurriedly said and laughed again, "After the Zen tea party, Xu doesn't need to take any more money to make up for it." ”
Cheng Jianniang also smiled.
"Brother don't worry." She said, "You came to ask me for money, I don't know how many people want to thank you." ”
Xu Maoxiu smiled puzzled.
"Half celery." Cheng Jianniang said.
The maidservant was busy waiting for her to command, but Cheng Jianniang paused.
"Call that half-celery." She said.
The maid was stunned, and Xu Maoxiu was also stunned.
Another half-celery? Unknowingly, my sister has collected so many half-celery here?
Hearing the maid's words, Banqin was incredulous, and came in with some trepidation to sit down and give a salute.
"I remember that you helped me find the patient?" Cheng Jianniang asked.
Before...
The lady still remembers the past.
Banqin couldn't help but have red circles in her eyes again.
"Of course, I don't remember, but I remember that you seem to write it in your notebook." Cheng Jianniang said.
"Yes, lady, it was the lady who sent the slave and maid to listen to the gossip and fun on the street every day, and then came back to tell you about the diseases that she heard, and then you said that you would be cured, and I would go and approach the patient's family by pretending to be a coincidence, so as to attract them to you for treatment." Banqin said, although her voice was still a little trembling, but she was not unable to speak.
"Now, you go around the street again and see if anyone talks about me again, what is the talk of more, and then tell me when you come back." Cheng Jianniang said.
Banqin gave an excited salute.
"Yes." She said in a trembling voice, and when she looked up, tears fell on the mat, but this time the tears must have been sweet.
When the rain stopped, the sound of reading in the side hall also stopped.
Outside the door, the two palace maids glanced at each other.
The other pursed his lips and smiled, waved his hand at her, and knelt down to look through the crack in the door.
In the hall, a reclining young man was yawning with his sleeve over his mouth, and a book was thrown on the floor.
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Note 1: This story is taken from the Berlin Temple in Zhaozhou, Hebei Province.
Make up for yesterday's second shift, and ask for a pink ticket by the way. (To be continued......)