Chapter 8 The abbot is invited

It was Liu Zhengan and the little fat man who came, the little fat man held a clay figure in each hand, and when he saw the three of A Miao waiting in the pavilion, he excitedly shouted: "The second uncle buys two clay figures..." Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Stinky boy, be honest." It's still very tiring to climb the mountain with a big fat boy on his back, but it's okay before, the stone is willing to lie on his back obediently, but now he sees his mother and sister-in-law, and he is obviously excited, and he keeps leaning back, Liu Zhengan feels a little unbearable, so he slapped the little fat man's buttocks.

"Stone, don't mess with your second uncle!" Juan Niang also found out about her son's dishonesty and immediately put on a straight face.

The little fat man who knew that he had done something bad again said "oh", and immediately wilted, with a grievance on his face, his little face was wrinkled, and he went to the pavilion, calling "Grandma" and "No, no".

His mother looked at him so angry and funny, he didn't think much of him, this little face was wrinkled as if he had just been scolded, it was distressing to see, but how else to say that it was his mother, the little fat man knew how many crooked intestines in his stomach were clear, "You said it yourself, why is my mother unhappy?" ”

Seeing that his trick of pretending to be pitiful didn't work, the little fat man immediately cleaned up his expression, turned into a firm look of admitting his mistake, and said, "I'm not well-behaved, I didn't lie on my stomach properly." As he spoke, he glanced at his mother with his eyes, and saw that she was still angry, and immediately said, "Mom, I won't dare in the future." Second uncle~" went to Liu Zhengan with a look for help.

"Ahem, sister-in-law, how long have you been waiting? What about Uncle Manquan? ”

Juan Niang didn't want to discipline the child outside, Xiao Shi knew that he was wrong, and when he got home, he would tell him well, so he put away the anger on his face and replied: "It didn't take long to wait, it didn't take a quarter of an hour, Uncle Man Quan went up the mountain first, and Aunt A Yuan was still waiting at home." ”

"Oh, so let's go up first?"

"Are you tired? If we are tired, we will rest again, or if we are not tired, we will continue to climb and reach the temple at the end of the hour. Aunt Liu looked at the sweat on her son's forehead and handed him a handkerchief, "Wipe the sweat first." ”

Don't be tired, this little road is nothing, you have to rest enough and keep walking. As he spoke, he wiped his sweat, walked up to Ah Miao again, and quietly handed her a packet of sugar.

Ah Miao understood, taking advantage of Aunt Liu's inattention to take it and put it in her own clothes pocket, at home Aunt Liu did not let Ah Miao eat sugar, saying that eating too much sugar will make her teeth black, and there may be a toothache, of course this Ah Miao knows, it is tooth decay, but you can't let yourself eat any sugar because you may have tooth decay, this ancient sugar ah, are all handmade maltose, because the purification technology is not high, the sugar content is relatively small, this pack of maltose is only a dozen pieces, and they are as big as a fingernail, Mixed with some yellow powder wrapped in oiled paper to keep the maltose from sticking together, how can it not be because of this sugar to grow tooth decay, besides, tooth decay is mainly due to personal hygiene is not good enough, as long as you rinse your mouth after eating sugar, brush your teeth in the morning and evening will not grow.

"Then let's go on, Ah Miao, can you eat it enough?" I heard that Liu Zheng was not tired, so Aunt Liu planned to continue to climb up, but she was worried about Ah Miao, after all, along the way, Ah Miao basically climbed up by herself.

"Mom, I'll crawl by myself, I'll say if I can't walk."

"Then don't be reckless, just tell your mother if you can't walk."

"The stones climb on their own." The little fat man heard that Ah Miao was going to climb up by himself, and as soon as he got on Liu Zhengan's back, he immediately slid down.

"You kid, why did you say your feet hurt when you let you walk by yourself just now?" Liu Zhengan scolded with a smile.

The little fat man ran to Ah Miao's side, took Ah Miao's hand, and said seriously: "The stone can't accompany you." He didn't answer Liu Zhengan's ridicule, but just smiled at Ah Miao's flattery.

In this way, the family talked and laughed and continued to climb up the mountain.

Ah Miao really still overestimated his strength, after all, this body is still a four or five year old child, even if he eats well, he can't compare to adults, from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside pavilion, because the terrain is relatively slow, the stone steps are still relatively wide, but out of the pavilion terrain began to steepen, and the surface of the stone steps has narrowed a lot, at the beginning, Ah Miao still has the heart to count the number of steps, and when the little fat man can't hold on to the 1,452 steps, he asked Liu Zhengan to carry it up, and Ah Miao will be strong if he succeeds, I climbed more than a hundred steps with my hands and feet, but I couldn't hold on, and I was carried by Aunt Liu and Juanniang in turn, of course, I didn't have the strength to do the matter of counting the steps.

Ah Miao's performance along the way Aunt Liu saw it in her eyes, distressed and proud, although her daughter was spoiled by the whole family, she was not squeamish at all, she could endure hardships without shouting tired, and it was amazing that she could do this at a young age. There are also Juan Niang and Liu Zheng'an who have such feelings, of course, in addition to the same emotion as Aunt Liu, Juan Niang also thought that if she gave birth to a daughter in the future, she would have to ask her mother-in-law to help take her, and Ah Miao was taught very well by her mother-in-law; Liu Zhengan thought that this time Ah Miao had suffered a lot, and when he went back, he had to buy some good things to make up for his little sister.

When the group of Miao and his party were too tired to do it, the mountain gate of Tangshan Temple finally appeared, only to see that the walls on both sides of the mountain gate were painted with angry eyes and round King Kong, there was a big plaque in the middle of the pillar, writing "Tangshan Temple" three big characters, the plaque was exposed to the sun and rain on the mountain, although it looked a little old, but there was no damage at all, after the old only added some vicissitudes of life to the plaque, it seemed more quaint.

Go a little inside, it is a big release pond, because it is still winter, the pond surface seems a little calm, there are a few pigeons on the edge of the pool, which are also raised by the master of Tangshan Temple, these pigeons are not afraid of people, sometimes they see people, they will come to beg for food.

The release pond is facing the Tianwang Palace, the Tianwang Hall is located at the forefront of the central axis of the temple, enshrines Maitreya Bodhisattva, Veda and the four heavenly kings, two majestic big lions on the side of the door of the Tianwang Hall stand on both sides, after entering the hall, Maitreya Bodhisattva is bare-chested and exposed, smiling, looking at the pilgrims who enter the hall lovingly; On both sides, there are four heavenly kings who are angry and glaring, namely the king of the country in the east, the king of growth in the south, the king of wide-eyed in the west, and the king of multi-hearing in the north; Behind the hall, Wei Tuo Bodhisattva stood with one hand covering his palm and pressing the pestle, holding a sword in one hand, and holding the sword flat, showing that Tangshan Temple is a jungle in ten directions.

Daxiong Treasure Hall is the center of the whole temple, the main hall is in the middle of the Baoding incense burner stands majestically, the white stone pagoda on both sides is towering, it seems that the hall is solemn and solemn, the main hall enshrines the Buddha Shakyamuni, the left hand of the Buddha statue hangs down, the name "with the wish seal", it means that it can be full of business, the right hand bends its arm and stretches out, the name "Shi fearless seal", which means that it can remove the suffering of all beings, there are two monks next to the Buddha statue, one year old in the left, called "Ka Ye Venerable", a middle-aged man on the right, named "Ananda Venerable", is for the two ancestors. On both sides of the main hall are enshrined sixteen Arhat statues, Ah Miao originally felt strange, how is it not eighteen Arhats, and then went home and asked Liu Xiucai to know that since Li Tang has been sixteen Arhats, Ah Miao thought, eighteen Arhats may have been there later, Tangshan Temple began to build a temple from Li Tang, and there are only sixteen Arhats in the temple It is understandable; Behind the main hall, there are the statues of Manjushri, Fuxian, Guanyin who sit in the south and face north, Manjushri rides a lion, Fuxian rides a six-tusked white elephant, and Guanyin rides a dragon.

Walk further back to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, for the two-storey small building, downstairs is the Dharma Hall, for the temple monks to recite in the morning and evening, upstairs is the real Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, starting from the enlightened master, the abbot of the Tangshan Temple has lived on the second floor of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of Tangshan Temple is different from the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of the general temple, the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of the general temple is placed in the scriptures, and the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of Tangshan Temple, in addition to the scriptures, also stores a large number of medical books, some of these medical books are given by the laymen of the enlightened master, and some are given by pilgrims for so many years, There are also some of them written by the medical monks and nuns of the past dynasties, which are important treasures of Tangshan Temple, and are generally not open to the public.

On both sides of the main hall, there are the halls and buildings where the monks in the temple practice life and see the doctor, such as the bell and drum room, the Wuguan Hall, the deacon's room, the guest hall, the Puzhao Building, etc., the pilgrims who go up the mountain to seek medical treatment generally go to the Puzhao Building, and there are Zhike monks downstairs to receive them. At this time, Ah Miao and his entourage had just walked to the release pond.

"Mom, Tangshan Temple is really beautiful." The little fat man saw the yellow wall standing tall and said to her mother innocently.

When Juan Niang heard her son's words, she raised a finger to her mouth and said "shhhhh ”

The little fat man didn't know what "Shen Yan" meant, so he pulled Ah Miao's hand and asked Ah Miao in a low voice: "No, no, why did my mother murder me again?" ”

Ah Miao looked at Aunt Liu and Sister-in-law Liu's expressions that had obviously become solemn since they entered the temple, and they also became serious, but the little fat man was not afraid of the unknown, and the second brother didn't seem to believe in the blessing of the Bodhisattva, but he had special respect for the master in white who walked in the temple, and later Ah Miao knew that not all monks in Tangshan Temple would see a doctor, in order to show the difference, the monks in Puzhaolou were dressed in white, and the monks in the temple wore dark monks' robes to distinguish them.

Ah Miao turned out to be a staunch atheist, and she didn't believe much in Bodhisattvas, she always felt that this was a non-existent thing, but since she came to this world for some reason, she began to believe it, otherwise how to explain her existence? Moreover, Ah Miao knew that he had been kept by the abbot to recite the scriptures for an afternoon the day before he came, and he also wanted to find an opportunity to meet the abbot and see what the abbot knew about this kind of gratuitous crossing.

"Don't talk nonsense, be careful of the bodhisattva being upset." Thinking of this, Ah Miao also whispered to the little fat man, and thought that the little fat man might have no concept of the Bodhisattva, and said: "You are not obedient, be careful that your sister-in-law goes home to complain to the eldest brother, and then you will not be able to escape if you are beaten." ”

Sure enough, when the little fat man heard that he might be beaten, it was still his father, a spirit, who immediately covered his mouth with his hand and said nothing.

"A'an, you first get a number in Puzhaolou, and your sister-in-law and I will go to the main hall to make a vow to the Bodhisattva first." Aunt Liu prepared the sesame oil candles, took her daughter's hand, and asked Liu Zhengan to go to Puzhaolou to line up first.

"Okay, mother, then I'll go first, you are obedient."

Ah Miao and Xiao Shi were led by their respective mothers, and after seeing Liu Zheng'an go to the direction of Puzhao Building, he also turned around and walked towards the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and just walked to the door, he heard a "Amitabha Buddha".

"Amitabha, little master, is there something wrong?" Aunt Liu clasped her hands together, also recited the Buddha, looked at the seven or eight-year-old little monk in front of her and asked.

"Donor, the abbot invites this little benefactor to speak in the Scripture Pavilion." As he spoke, he glanced at Ah Miao.

"Miao?" Aunt Liu glanced at Ah Miao suspiciously, "How did the abbot know that Ah Miao was here?" ”

"This little monk doesn't know, the abbot only instructed to invite the little donor to speak in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion." The little monk was obviously confused, and he just came to pass on a word.

"That's right, then Ah Miao, you go with this little master." Aunt Liu didn't hesitate at all and let Miao follow the little monk, just like there is no need to worry about it in Tangshan Temple, Aunt Liu squatted down and dressed Ah Miao, and instructed: "Ah Miao, say hello when you see the abbot, don't be naughty, the abbot answers well, you know?" ”

Ah Miao was worried about how to find the abbot, but people came to the door, and it really didn't take any effort to come, so he followed the little monk to the back of the hall in response to Aunt Liu's voice.

Aunt Liu watched Ah Miao walk towards the backyard, and did not withdraw her gaze until she turned a corner and couldn't see anyone.

"Mother, just let Ah Miao follow like this, I don't feel at ease."

"Ah Miao is fine, what will happen to the abbot looking for her, don't worry." After Aunt Liu finished talking to her daughter-in-law, she took the little fat man's hand again and said, "Stone, go to the Bodhisattva with Grandma, and let the Bodhisattva bless our little Stone to grow up healthy and healthy." ”

Juan Niang saw that her mother-in-law was not worried at all, so she had to put it down first, and followed her mother-in-law into the main hall, this time, hoping that the Bodhisattva could bless herself with another daughter.