On the fifteenth day of the new year, burn incense and worship the Buddha. When the four olds were broken, some small nunnery and small ancestral halls in the countryside were destroyed, and at that time, believers also drew a line with the Bodhisattva. In the countryside, even funerals have been changed to memorial services.

But after ten years of catastrophe, these customs have slowly recovered in the countryside, which shows that these old rules and customs still have strong vitality.

When the living conditions were a little better and there was more free time, those who had drawn a line with the Bodhisattva began to take refuge in our Buddha again. Light incense and recite the scriptures at home every day. On the fifteenth day of the new year, he went out to burn incense. It is not enough to go to an ancestral hall and a nunnery, you have to go one by one, and there is a tendency to go through all the famous temples in the world.

Although the mountain temple is a little dilapidated, it is also a temple. What's more, after Laiwang lived in this temple for a period of time, he was transferred, which shows that this mountain temple is still effective. Naturally, there are believers who look at this broken mountain temple. Usually save food and borrow, save a few money, sell some building materials, drag them to the mountain temple together, and repair the mountain temple. It's a pity that the mountain temple is really badly damaged, especially the statue of the god, which has almost turned into a lump of mud.

Zhao Shengcai's mother-in-law, Hu Xiulan, is a very devout Buddhist. The pilgrims in Yidu Water Village were basically developed by her. No, a large group of women in the village gathered at Zhao Shengcai's house.

Zhao Shengcai was not very happy.

"I'm also a cadre, and your superstitious activities have a bad impact on me." Zhao Shengcai pulled his mother-in-law aside.

"What's wrong? If it weren't for me burning incense and worshiping the Buddha every day, and the Bodhisattva blessed, would you be able to be the village party secretary? Hu Xiulan felt that her credit was quite large.

"But, mother-in-law, can't you take them somewhere else for a meeting? You see if you put it in our house, if you let the leaders of the town listen to it, it will have a bad impact on me. It was nothing short of murderous for my political life. Zhao Shengcai said.

"You are a big village party secretary, and you are still in political life. If I don't burn incense and worship the Buddha, without the blessing of the Bodhisattva, you don't talk about political life, and you won't even have your life. Hu Xiulan said.

"Then you say, can you change to another place for a meeting?" Zhao Shengcai asked.

"No, you can't. What else can you do? Hu Xiulan said,

"I, of course, can't. I'll go and prepare food for you. Seeing that Hu Xiulan's face changed greatly, Zhao Shengcai was shocked and immediately made a huge concession.

When Zhao Yulong saw Zhao Shengcai coming out of the hall, he immediately asked, "Dad, how did you discuss it with your mother?" ”

"Discussion is consultation. But after thinking about it, I still think that your mother's religion should be respected. Although there are two party members in our family, the party members must put the opinions of the masses first! Zhao Shengcai easily found a grandiose excuse, and he admired himself a little that he was simply a genius.

"I knew it." Zhao Yulong said disdainfully, he naturally understood what was going on.

"Stinky boy, you still don't believe me?" Zhao Shengcai said with a little bit of a thief.

"I believe it! It's strange that I believe it! Zhao Yulong said.

Zhao Yulong wants to run for village director at the end of the year, and if he can succeed, Zhao Shengcai's family will have a branch secretary and a director. If Hu Xiulan doesn't burn incense, she can also work as a director and part-time secretary of the Women's Federation. Basically, you can completely control the entire political arena of Yidu Water.

But Zhao Yulong recently got the news that some party members in the village are in tandem, preparing to compare Zhao Shengcai's palace, and are ready to let Lai Wanglai serve as the village director of Yidushui Village. At that time, Zhao Yulong's dream will not only not be realized, but will be directly submerged by the tide of revolution and life across the water.

"Dad. I've told you many times that this is a critical time for our family. You have to get mom to make concessions. Because it's not just about whether or not I can become the most important member of the Yidushui Village Committee. It's just that there is a question of whether your position as the branch secretary can be kept now. Zhao Yulong said.

"You don't understand that. Your mom is actually purposeful too. The power of their group of pilgrims cannot be ignored either. If they vote for us in the future under the influence of your mother, won't we get a lot of votes? Zhao Shengcai said.

"Today, I have gathered everyone here to discuss the repair of the mountain temple. In the present form, almost every village has its own temple, and the Bodhisattva is worshipped directly in the temple in the village on the fifteenth day of the first month of every month. There are many benefits in this way, first, it is relatively close, and we can not limit it to the first and fifteenth days of each month. Second, if the temple of a place is prosperous, the place will also be blessed by the Bodhisattva. Our mountain temple is leaning on the mountain, and it works very well. Laiwang has only lived in the mountain temple for a long time, and he was transferred immediately. Now, it seems to you that there is no one to compare to Wang's luck. But now, the immediate problem is that the mountain temple is badly damaged. The Dharma Body of the Mountain God Bodhisattva was also severely damaged. These must be repaired. It takes a lot of money to repair, and it can only be raised by us faithful disciples. Hu Xiulan said.

"Laiwang has gained so much benefit in the mountain temple, this money should be Laiwang Lailai." Zhao Sande's mother-in-law Cao Feiyan said.

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. Although Laiwang has lived in a mountain temple, he is not a Buddhist. He may not be willing to pay for the renovation of the mountain temple. Hu Xiulan said.

"Yes, you can also let Laiwang pay. Let's think about it, he just lived in the mountain temple for a while, and he got such a blessing, if he was asked to donate the repair money, then wouldn't he get more blessings? Aunt Osmanthus said.

When everyone thought about it, they immediately gave up the idea of letting Laiwang pay for the repair of the mountain temple. People who believe in Buddhism, when they go out to burn incense, they are reluctant to buy even buckets of instant noodles in the car. But when I went to the temple and donated money, it was indeed extremely generous.

"So be it. I'll take the lead, and my family will donate a thousand dollars. Hu Xiulan said.

"My family also donated 200 yuan." Cao Feiyan said.

For a time, the voices of pledges came one after another. It didn't take long for him to receive thousands of dollars. There are still some shortcomings. Hu Xiulan frowned slightly.

In order to repair the mountain temple, the most important thing is to re-carve the statue of the mountain temple. It's not something you can afford for a few thousand dollars.

I don't know how Hu Xiulan finally solved this big problem. Just when Laiwang was leading Zhao Wanxing and others to plant crops on the farm, a tractor loaded with various building materials drove up. Drove directly to the large flat in front of the mountain temple and stopped.

Laiwang heard the noise of the tractor outside, and hurriedly went out to take a look, but saw that all the people who came were from Zhaojiatun, and they were unloading building materials there.

Lai Wang walked out and asked Hu Xiulan, who was moving the map, "Aunt Xiulan, what are you doing here?" Are you going to tear down the mountain temple and repair the temple? ”

"Where can I demolish the temple? We're going to renovate the mountain temple. I heard that your farm is doing well now, huh? Hu Xiulan said.

"It's ok. Then you are busy, if there is anything you need help with, just say. We're busy planting crops right now. Laiwang said.

"That's fine. We don't have much to do here. The main thing is to mend the seams. Those who came were all pilgrims who believed in Buddhism in our tunli. In the future, everyone's worship on the fifteenth day of the new year can be placed in the mountain temple. Hu Xiulan said.

"It's okay, I can have a lively time here." Laiwang said.

It's easy to get things done with money. Although the mountain temple was seriously damaged, it didn't take long for it to become a state of mind after some restoration. In particular, the newly invited Bodhisattva is the highlight of the mountain temple.

On the first day of the fifth month, the new temple was opened. It is said that a high monk was invited from a large temple. When the new Buddha statue and Buddha painting are completed to be placed in the Buddha hall and Buddha hall, it is necessary to respectfully invite all the monks and great virtues to hold a grand meeting in accordance with certain Buddhist ritual requirements, open the eyes of the Buddha, and make the Buddha statue or law object of clay sculpture and wood carving have the "power of the Buddha's surname" through chanting and praying.

Laiwang also went over to see, the monk was quite tall, and Laiwang couldn't see where the others were high.

But I saw the monk holding a pen and staining it with ink, climbing up the small elevated platform and dotting his eyes on the eyes of the Buddha carving.

Then the monk sat at a table on the side and recited the scriptures. One by one, the pilgrims took turns offering incense to the Bodhisattva.

Strangely, the smoke from the incense soared, and then turned around in the air and flew directly towards the residence of Laiwang's farm. Fortunately, ordinary people can't see what happens after the smoke from sandalwood flies off the roof. The monk didn't feel anything wrong.

Naturally, Noble will not miss such a lively scene. It likes to stand on the highest point very much. After coming to the mountain temple, it looked east and west and found that the position above the head of the Bodhisattva was the highest. So it immediately climbed over the Bodhisattva's head with difficulty.

People who believe in Buddhism can't be impulsive, let alone eat meat, and they can't kill when they burn incense.

Noble was seen from the beginning, but no one did anything about it.

Laifu walked around the mountain temple, and he didn't understand the meaning of this group of people worshipping a wooden man.

If Rife had been walking around the house like this in normal times, he would have been kicked out by someone else. But this one is a good man and a woman, and he is also polite to Laifu. When Rifle walked out the door, someone even made a way for it.

Laiwang didn't have much interest in these, looked at it, and didn't learn from others to pay tribute to a pillar of incense, so he went back to the farm.

There are still only wild boars and elk on the farms. There has also been no change in the quantity. However, it is surprising that these wild boars can stay honestly on the barren mountains like elk. (To be continued.) )