Chapter Thirty-Six: Together at the Shrine Again
"No, just looking."
"Well, I thought I was looking for something?"
Yu Hirasawa leaned over, tilted his head to look at the end of the corridor, and then stood up straight and smiled.
"Is there anything the Minister is looking for me?" Su Sheng smiled slightly.
Now Su Shang can already be sure that Senior Sister Ayako is no longer in the old sect, although she is curious about where she went, but there is no way.
"I just want to go to the shrine with you."
Yu Hirasawa smiled and stuck out his little tongue, looking very cute.
"Because didn't everyone settle a lot of things today? I don't have to be like the other day, so I thought about going to the shrine with Natsume-san. ”
"Yes, what a blessing, Minister."
Su Sheng glanced back at the activity room of the Light Sound Department and walked down the stairs.
"What, it's not because some deputy minister is irresponsible."
"Yes, I'm sorry Minister for you."
"Hmph, it's good to know."
"Minister, do you still practice conversation with a notebook?"
"Please don't bring up such embarrassing things!"
Su Sheng picked up his shoulder bag and smiled lazily at Hirasawa: "But I don't feel embarrassed." ”
This man is not only lazy! It's still hateful! Why are such people liked by so many girls!
Yu Hirasawa puffed out his cheeks and looked angry.
Maybe it's because he has had more contact with Su Shang, and when he talks to Su Shang, Yu Hirasawa no longer has the embarrassment and apprehension when he met at the shrine for the first time.
"Minister, it's cute that you're angry." When Su Shang walked past Hirasawa You, he touched Hirasawa Yu's head.
"Well, really! Don't just touch your head! ”
"Minister, I'm sorry, I still have to do the work of the squad leader, and I will throw these things to you." Su Shang whispered in Hirasawa's ear.
"Knowing this, give me all those things." Yu Hirasawa's voice is thin.
"Not in the future, I will let myself stay in the opera club and let Kujo-senpai be your thing."
"Hmm."
……
Perhaps because today is the fifteenth day of the year, even at this time, there are many more people visiting Inari Shrine than in the past.
The tunnel of Senbon torii is not very crowded, but there are many pedestrians.
"yes, I forgot that today is fifteen."
Yu Hirasawa saw the people coming down from Mt. Inari with a look of sudden realization.
Su Sheng was stunned and didn't reflect for a while.
"Sure enough, it was arranged by Lord Inari, and if I didn't come to the shrine today, I would be very annoyed."
Listening, Yu Hirazawa's words, Su Sheng gradually remembered.
I remember last night, I heard Tu Yu say, 'It's fifteen again, we're going to be busy again, and so on' I didn't think much about it at the time, and I thought it was some things from the divine envoy, so I didn't think much about it.
Now that I think about it, I think about why.
In Buddhism, on the fifteenth day of the new year, believers in Buddhism have to fast, chant sutras, and worship the Buddha. Then it began to spread among the people.
The Buddhist scriptures say, "Of all offerings, Dharma offerings come first." "The so-called Dharma offering is the teaching in the Buddhist scriptures, which is to be recited as the Dharma is held and recited, and to transform oneself into oneself and to give speeches to others.
That is, in daily life and dealing with others: "Do not do all evil, and do all good." ”
It is precisely because of this that in China's traditional customs, on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar calendar, the masses have the custom of going to the temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha and pray for blessings.
In order to enable believers in the Ten Directions to plant blessed fields, obtain Dharma benefits, and do righteous and righteous deeds, so as to fulfill their wishes, the correct method of burning incense and praying for blessings is briefly introduced to everyone to pray for the benefit of the Dharma.
Naturally, Buddhism in Japan has this as well.
Over time, this Buddhist custom also infected other people.
And with the passage of time, people have developed a habit and believe that the fifteenth day of the new year is the best day to worship God.
As a result, on the fifteenth day of the new year in Japan, there are more worshippers at shrines than in Suriz, especially those such as Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine and Asakusa Shrine.
……
Just as Su Shang thought, there were many people who came to worship. It's more than a few times more than usual. And the shrine maidens didn't go back, and they were still busy all over the shrine.
"Sure enough, there are a lot of people."
When Yu Hirasawa saw the long line before the prayer, he did not feel a sense of loss, but felt very excited.
"Natsume-san, let's go to the Tesui House first."
Maybe it's a special day today, and even next to the Tesuzu House, there is a shrine maiden standing on the side with a smile.
It's troublesome.
Su Sheng rubbed his head and saw that even here in the hand water house, there were so many people queuing, and he suddenly had a headache.
The so-called Temizusha is a building built around Tesui, and Tesui, also known as Mitarai, is a place for worshippers to wash their hands and gargle in the shrine temple. Hand water has a similar feeling to the "holy water" of the West, so only the handwashing areas of Japanese shrines and temples are called Mitarai.
"Wouldn't it be nice to go straight to the shrine like you do on a regular day?"
But as soon as he said this, Su Sheng saw Ping Zeyu glaring at him.
"Isn't it true that Natsume-san, you don't usually wash your hands when you visit the shrine?"
"Hmm."
Yu Hirasawa's eyes narrowed slightly, looking a little angry.
"That's not going to work! It's very disrespectful to Inari God-sama. ”
Su Shang's lazy expression looked helpless.
If he remembers correctly, it seems that Yu Hirasawa did not perform the hand wash every time he came to the shrine, and sometimes he did not even give money for incense.
But in this case, Su Sheng can't say it.
After a long time, they finally got in line.
After the hand wash, you will be in the middle of a long line of prayers.
……
'My lord, I hope our family is happy and healthy. ’
'The gods pray that I will revive my factory. ’
'My grandmother is hospitalized and prays to the gods to make her recover. ’
'O gods, the seeds have been planted in the ground, so please bless you with a good harvest in the fall. ’
…….
Aspirations like that.
Because of the boredom of queuing, Su Sheng began to listen to the wishes of the prayers.
Businessmen who pray for business, parents who pray for the safety of their children, lovers who love their lovers, students who are studying, and farmers who have a good harvest in the fall.
Although the wishes are ordinary and plain, it is probably the so-called life.
……
Finally, I don't know how long it took, but it was finally Su Sheng and Yu Hirasawa's turn.
Yu Hirasawa directly skipped the step of throwing incense money into the cash box, and after gently ringing the bell, he bowed twice, clapped his hands twice, and bowed again.
Close your fingers and start praying.
Looking at Ping Ze You, Su Sheng smiled slightly and threw the five hundred yuan coin into the cash box.
After all, there are more people now, and there are witches next to them, so Su Sheng has to make a show.
"Lord Inari, I'm very happy to have made friends these days, and because of the opera club I mentioned to you before, I didn't come to visit you, please don't blame me, and there is the competition I told you about the club recruitment day nine days later, please bless us with victory, I don't think Natsume-san is willing to go to the drama club, so I pray that you will fulfill my wish."
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