Meng Linger sat on the sofa, the weather forecast on the TV was broadcast by the news network, her mother was in the kitchen, and her father was in front of her, with his back to her, muttering reverently. The smell of burning incense was all over the room, and smoke was wafting from the ceiling.

"Dad!" Meng Ling'er slammed the drink bottle on the coffee table and said sharply, "Can you stop reading it!" ”

Meng Dewei turned a deaf ear, but Meng's mother quickly came out of the kitchen and pulled Meng Ling'er to the kitchen, "Don't worry about your father, be careful that he beats you!" ”

Meng Ling'er leaned on the refrigerator and muttered, "He still dares to hit someone!?" Mom, why don't you care? ”

Mother Meng brushed the dishes with her back to her, her voice helpless and indifferent, "Why didn't you care?" As soon as he talked about him, he said that he didn't smoke, drink, or play cards, so he believed in Buddhism, and he was not a messy sect, a serious foreign Buddha statue, and it was good to worship him. ”

Meng Linger also said this when she quarreled with other people in the dormitory.

"There's a fart bonus!" Meng Ling'er said viciously, "I'll throw that Buddha statue tomorrow!" ”

When Mother Meng heard this, she immediately turned around and warned her: "Don't mess around! Your dad is going to be angry! ”

Meng Ling'er didn't believe that a Buddha statue bought for a few hundred yuan could make her father angry with her. Meng's mother looked at her expression and knew what she was thinking, in fact, Meng's mother was also suspicious about this, and it was usually not easy to tell her neighbors and colleagues, and her relatives also hid it, but now that her daughter is back, she can just tell her.

"Your dad said that the Buddha is very spiritual." Meng's mother said.

"Really? How spiritual? Meng Linger pouted, she also felt this Buddha spirit when she was in school, but now when she heard her mother, she didn't believe it at all, thinking of what happened when she was in school, she felt that it was far-fetched in order to worship Buddha and burn incense in the dormitory. When things are put on oneself, they will believe it, listen to what others say, and how it sounds like a fake.

Of course, Meng's mother didn't believe it, she said in a bland tone of embarrassment that she saw others making stupid mistakes and he didn't wake up: "He said that he worshipped that Buddha, and there was a stock before it fell, and he escaped, and now he is the only one who knows him who ran away in time and made money." ”

Meng Dewei said this in Meng's mother's ear dozens of times. The first time she listened to it, she thought, "That's really lucky!" ”。

The second time she heard it, she felt that the matter of stock trading put a lot of pressure on Meng Dewei, and it was true that since he started trading stocks, he had never made money.

The third time, the fourth time, she began to think that he was verbose. Seeing him worship the Buddha devoutly, she felt a little pity and sympathy for him.

Until he began to ask the Buddha to bless his stock to rise, the stock he bought should not fall, he would not miss the incense three times in the morning and evening, and he would come back on time to burn incense when he went to work and had a meeting.

But when she tried to talk to Meng Dewei about it, she was met with a strong backlash.

His reaction surprised her, she thought it was a very simple matter, just say it, he will reflect on it again, and stop worshipping the Buddha. At that time, he was so angry, his face was red and his neck was thick, and he shouted to her in a loud voice: "How can you say that? I'm for, I'm here for this family! For the good of this family! ”

"Okay, okay, don't say it, don't say it." Mother Meng immediately surrendered.

She felt that his reaction was wrong, so a few days later, she picked a good atmosphere and gently brought up the topic again, and she wanted to know if he had believed in Buddhism since then. If you want to believe, why should you believe in foreign Buddhas?

Because her opening remarks were good, Meng Dewei was not angry this time, and he also wanted to convince her. He said he didn't believe in Buddhism, and he still doesn't believe in it. "I worship it because it is spiritual. Didn't you know about the stock last time! I still have four stocks in my hand......"

Mother Meng heard him recite the Stock Sutra again, so she had to dispel the idea of persuading him.

Before Meng Ling'er came back, she still wanted to have her daughter watching by her side, maybe he wouldn't dare to be so excessive. Unexpectedly, Meng Dewei didn't care about Meng Ling'er at all.

Meng Ling'er: "What does Dad mean?" ”

Mother Meng glanced at her and said helplessly: "He said that he didn't believe it, he just wanted to make another money." ”

Meng Dewei was also very aggrieved, he knew that his wife and daughter were against him worshipping Buddha, but he didn't worship outside, what happened to worshipping in his own home? He didn't go out to say, he wasn't proselytized, he wouldn't skip medicine, he wouldn't spend money on offerings, he wouldn't do it, he put on a few sticks of incense every day, begged for a blessing, and made some money from stocks, wouldn't it be great?

Meng Ling'er sat in front of him, like a prisoner on trial, "Then you mean that if you make money from stocks, you won't worship?" ”

Meng Dewei affirmed: "Yes! I now have four stocks in my hands......"

Meng Ling'er didn't want to listen to the stock scriptures, so she interrupted him and said, "Then there is always a time limit, right?" If these four stocks only rose after ten years, aren't you asking for ten years of incense at home? "Ten years! Can this one still be lived?

Meng Dewei smiled: "Ten years, then I won't worship it for a long time!" ”

Meng Linger returned to school on Monday in a very bad mood. When I saw the other girls in the dormitory, I felt even more ashamed. This time, she stood from the perspective of a bystander, and she could understand what it was like to see the people around her suddenly worship the Buddha and burn incense: an embarrassment with a capital letter! They will also doubt the intelligence of the other party.

So, it's no wonder that the other people in the dormitory were so opposed at the time.

But this kind of thing can't be confessed, so she began to go out early and return late, trying to avoid the girls in the dormitory.

Meng Linger visited the door in each bedroom, and in each dormitory, she could see Buddhist items such as Buddha cards and Buddha heads similar to Buddha statues, and the rosary was even worse.

But in the dormitory on this floor, there is a bedroom that is exceptionally "clean".

It was Qin Qing's bedroom.

"Why don't you have anything in your bedroom?" Meng Linger asked curiously.

Qin Qing and the others all knew what she meant, Sun Mingming pointed to the prayer card hanging on the bag, "Isn't it?" ”

Meng Linger stepped forward to take a look, and saw that it was a small wooden plaque engraved with "Entering and Exiting Peace", "Examination Shun Lì" and "Family Happiness", very similar to the kind wholesale in major scenic spots, and it was not a batch with other dormitories.

"Not like that. Didn't you buy the things at the Thai customs exhibition some time ago? ”

"I bought it." Si Yuhan and the three of them all took out the combs and mirrors they bought, as well as the big sachets hanging on the bed.

Meng Ling'er saw that it was all this kind of thing, and the woodcarved dog that Qin Qing bought was also an ordinary ornament, she sighed, envious and strange, "You don't believe it in the bedroom, do you?" ”

Si Yuhan, Sun Mingming, and Ke Fei all quietly glanced at Qin Qing.

It's not that I don't believe it, but I believe it too much.

Meng Ling'er really wanted to talk about it, Si Yuhan and she were not in the same department, so she didn't have to scruple to speak, so she told everything about her family and her bedroom.

"Now that my dad is like this, my mom and I can't control him." Meng Ling'er lay on Si Yuhan's table, "I made too much trouble in the bedroom before, and now I'm embarrassed to talk to them." ”

What does Ke Fei think this is?

"You go and apologize, it's just time to tell your friends about your family."

"I'm afraid of being laughed ......at by them," Meng Ling'er said, looking up and saying to Qin Qing and them vigilantly, "You can't say it!" ”

Qin Qing shook his head amusedly: "Where to say?" I don't know anyone in your dormitory. ”

Sun Mingming and Ke Fei also promised not to say anything.

Meng Ling'er finished pouring the black mud and saw that it was almost half past nine, everyone should wash up and go to bed.

After she left, Sun Mingming closed the door, and the remaining three immediately came to Qin Qing and asked her in a whisper, "What do you think is the matter with Meng Ling'er and her father?" ”

Qin Qing has also read some materials these days, done some research, and talked with Senior Brother Xu, and both of them believe that this is just the Buddha statue at the Thai customs exhibition collecting wishes.

"That's it? That's it? Ke Fei couldn't help but whisper, "It can make people's wishes come true!" ”

Qin Qing saw that the remaining two people were also nervous, and immediately comforted everyone: "It's impossible for everything you want to come true." Let's put it this way, the more people who make a wish, the thinner the wish power will be, because the ability of the Buddha statue itself is limited. 1,000 portions of water for 10,000 people, and only 10 per person gets 1/10. Now there are more people who make a wish than 10,000 people, and whether there are 1,000 copies of the Buddha statue's ability is still two words. ”

She discussed with Senior Brother Xu for several days, and even deliberately looked for information to ask Professor Shi. Of course, Professor Shi didn't believe it, so he could only give them some material support, and Professor Shi thought that there was "a certain amount of truth" in the concept of "dilution of willingness" put forward by Senior Brother Xu.

Ke Fei suddenly realized, covered his chest and said, "I'm scared to death!" ”

Sun Mingming had a whim, "Then if I make a wish that no one in the world will make, is it possible to succeed?" ”

Si Yuhan looked at her curiously: "What wish do you want to make?" ”

Sun Mingming looked up and thought about it, whether she was ten years old overnight or two hundred pounds, she seemed to be stupid, but she couldn't think of a wish that ran counter to the wishes of the people of the world - even if she came up with it, why would she have to get along with herself?!

She lowered her head and said in frustration, "Forget it." “

Si Yuhan asked Qin Qing: "Then wouldn't Meng Ling'er and her father be in danger like this?" "You can make your wishes come true if you ask for anything, even if it's only one-tenth of the power, it's amazing, no matter how you think about it, it's not so simple.

Qin Qing thought for a moment and said, "As long as he doesn't make a wish that he can't fulfill." ”

The stocks are green again, and Meng Dewei's four stocks are still red, that is, they have risen very, very little. But although it is small, it is a rare stock that is still rising in the market.

Meng Dewei did not sue his wife, he actually raised funds through guò, and now he holds not 2,000 shares, but 2 million shares. If you lose money, you will go bankrupt.

At one o'clock at noon that day, he hurried home, Meng's mother was not at home, and she sometimes didn't come back at noon when she was busy with work, so she ate at the unit.

Meng Dewei rushed into the door, threw the key on the table, didn't bother to go to the kitchen to cook for himself, first ran to the Buddha statue, grabbed three bundles of incense and lit them, □□ the huge incense burner in front of the Buddha statue, and then worshiped reverently.

After saying the words, he suddenly blessed his soul, and finally added: "If it works, I will kneel and bow to your hall to reshape your golden body!" ”

If you really make money, it is also trivial to take the whole family on a trip to Thailand.

The statue of the Buddha shrouded in smoke was silent, and under the lowered curtain of eyes was a look of indifference.