Chapter 101: Marriage

Lingtai Temple is built on Lingtai Mountain in the southern suburbs of Qingyang County, and the mountain road is paved with bluestone steps, extending all the way to the mountainside temple. The pen "fun" pavilion www.biquge.info mountain temple is simple, not big, and it is not as magnificent as the Hanshan Temple of Suzhou Mansion, but it is more quaint and Zen. In the early morning, there was fog in the mountains, the carriage traveled to the foot of the mountain, and had to find a spacious place to stop, and the people of Lanfu dismounted, and those who got off the carriage got off, leaving a few people to take care of the carriage, and the rest of the people went all the way along the bluestone steps to the mountain. It is difficult for the wives and girls to make a trip to the house, although they have to walk by themselves, but they are still fresh. Walking all the way, the slightly cold wind in the mountains stirred the light veil hanging from the hat, and in the early morning of winter, I didn't smell the birds and flowers, but I could smell the unique clarity of the mountains.

Walking to the temple, although the hour is still early, but because it is the relationship of the Dharma Treasure Festival, there are many believers in the temple. The eldest lady first led a group of juniors to the Daxiong Treasure Hall to worship the Bodhisattva, donated some sesame oil money, and gave a few words of advice, and then allowed the juniors to go shopping on their own. The juniors have long been impatient to worship the Buddha and burn incense, although they still retired politely, but their hearts are already very happy. The eldest lady and the fourth lady were politely invited by the monk to rest in the meditation room prepared for the guests in the temple because of the rich sesame oil money.

There is an ancient acacia tree in Lingtai Temple, it is said that it has been more than 200 years, the branches are thick and need to be hugged by two people, and its branches are dragons, and they don't know when they started, they are said to be marriage trees. It is said that whoever is seeking marriage takes a red rope and ties it to the branches of this tree, and if he can sincerely and silently recite the name of his sweetheart, it will be effective.

After the juniors walked around alone, because of Lan Xi's young age, they promised in front of Lan Xiang again, and immediately encouraged their brothers and sisters to tie a red rope under the marriage tree. Lan Bo and Lan Hao, without exception, scoffed at this mother-in-law's things, but Lan Juan was blushing and twisting, and the corners of Lan Xi's eyes twitched. Fortunately, the gentlemen of the Lan Mansion probably also saw the careful thinking of their sisters, and found a reason to go elsewhere. Lan Juan and Lan Xiang let go a little, and they went to get the red rope and came to the marriage tree.

Although it is said that it is more effective to sincerely recite the name of their sweetheart, they are all women of the family, and they often have to wait until the time of the marriage to know which family they have finally decided, and who the future husband's surname is, which is naturally unknown now, but this does not prevent them from praying for the sincerity of the marriage tree to give them a good marriage.

Lan Xi stood under the marriage tree that had hung countless red ropes over the years, watching those red ropes sway gently in the mountain wind, gracefully fluttering, but he was very helpless. Look at Lan Juan, Lan Xiang, and Lan Xiang, all of whom hold the red rope in their hands, fold their hands, close their eyes and pray sincerely, and the back is blushing, and they stand on tiptoe with anticipation, just want to tie the red rope higher, as if in this way, they can get more blessings from the marriage tree.

"Fifth sister, don't you have to make a wish?" Lan Ying, one of the little radish heads, tilted her head to look at Lan Xi, who was stunned, and reminded kindly.

Lan Xi looked at the red rope in his hand, and the two points became ten points helplessly. She was only nine years old, and because she proposed it, she was stuffed with such a red rope. She really wanted to say, sisters, my sister has been married, and now I don't look forward to marrying at all, can I not worship this marriage tree? A few earnest glances from all sides told her that no. Lan Xi sighed, he really lifted a stone to shoot himself in the foot! Fortunately, since she has no expectations for marriage, it doesn't matter what she means.

"Fifth sister, are you out of reach?" Lan Qin, the second of the little robbs, looked at her with a look of sympathy of "you are so pitiful".

Lan Xi intuitively sneered at her sister's words, but raised her eyes just to aim at the height of the branches, silently estimated her height that was still in the title of dwarf winter melon, and then silently recalled that the few were already a head taller than her or even more, and the second, third, and fourth sisters still had to raise their toes to tie the red rope, so Lan Xi was full of resentment, and had to be silent.

Lan Xi, once he decides what he wants to do, he won't back down easily. Now that she understands the flaw of her height, she actively looks for a solution. Her eyes wandered around for a moment, and then, frozen somewhere on the ground beneath her feet, she smiled, and said, "Isn't it just a red rope?" How hard can it be?

Seeing that Lan Xi tied a stone to one end of the red rope, Lan Ba Girl, one of the crow's mouths, said that she was a little unreliable, "Fifth sister, are you okay with this?" ”

"That's right! Don't smash people! "The second lady of the crow's mouth, Lan Jiu, is also very good at mending knives.

The corners of Lan Wu's forehead twitched twice, and she looked around, except for a few of them, there was no one else around, smashing people? It's really possible to smash the ghost. With a snort, she raised her arm and waved it vigorously, and the red rope with a stone tied to one end of her hand flew up towards the leafy branches of the canopy.

Seeing that the red rope had passed through a few branches, and suddenly stopped, Lan Xi said in his heart, "It's done!" ”

Over there, Lan Ying and Lan Qin had already clapped their hands and jumped, "Hang up!" Hung up! The fifth sister's red rope is hung higher than the other sisters, and the fifth sister is really powerful. ”

When the words fell, Lan Xi's pride was not on his face, and he was very happy and sad. The red rope could hold up for a moment, and I don't know if the stone tied to one end was too heavy, and it actually slid down. And that's not the worst thing, the worst thing is that there is a man standing under the tree at some point.

Some distance away, and just a quick glance. Because of the angle of Lanxi Station, I could only vaguely see that it seemed to be a young man of Lan Xun's age, clear and straight, wearing dark clothes, and was half-looking up at the thousands of red ropes swaying in the wind on the marriage tree. Lan Xi saw it, but his face changed, it's over! This time it's really smashing the ghost....... no! Smashing people! At that moment, I didn't know what kind of mentality was at work, and without thinking about it, Lan Xi turned around, squatted down, buried his head between his knees, and made a gesture of covering his ears and stealing the bell.

Lan Ying and Lan Qin were also so frightened that their little faces turned white, and they all said "ah". I watched as the stone fell and slammed it down on the man's head.

Lan Ying thought to herself, is she really a crow's mouth, a good spirit and a bad spirit? It's okay now, but it's really smashing people.

Lan Qin frowned and recalled that the stone that his sister tied was not small, and it was smashed on the head, so don't smash it out of anything, right? Even if you don't smash a blood hole, I'm afraid it will hurt so much, right?

But in fact, there are always turning points in people's lives.

"Huh?"

"Wow!"