Chapter 15 The Buddha Gate Opens to the South
"The third child, wait for us, look at this kid, he jumped up and down just after his body recovered, there is really nothing to do with him" Zhang Sumei wiped the fine sweat on her forehead as she walked, looked ahead and shouted with some worry.
It was Wang An's family, who rested all night, and when they got up early in the morning, the family went straight to "Cangshan". The mountain road was difficult to travel in the past, but now after the government's vigorous development of tourism, the asphalt road has long been repaired for the scenic peaks like "Cangshan", so they drove to the foot of the mountain, bought a ticket at the ticket office, and got off the bus and began to climb the stone stairs leading to the "mountain temple". It is naturally a good thing to be able to develop this poor and remote place, but this ticket is really not cheap, sixty yuan per person, and one hundred and eighty yuan for their family.
Wang An, who was full of excitement, took the lead in climbing in front, he didn't care about the ticket, he saw that the width of the stone staircase in front of him was only about two meters, and then looking up, the narrow place was only enough for one person to pass, zigzag like a giant dragon wrapped around the "Cangshan".
"Cangshan" is not very high, the altitude is only 15600 meters, but even so, people with good physical strength have to climb for more than three hours to reach the top of the mountain. The green pine trees dance gently in the mountain breeze, as if welcoming tourists from afar, and from time to time a few unknown birds are frightened, and "pu fan" and "pu fan" fly into the sky.
Wang An, who had practiced all night, not only did not feel tired at this time, but his mental and physical strength were more vigorous than ordinary people, and he climbed to the middle of the stone ladder after a while.
If it weren't for the parents who pulled down the old man, it is estimated that they would have climbed to the top of the mountain long ago. After a night of cultivation last night, Wang An finally gradually stabilized the operation of the true yuan force in the body, and he was about to get up after finishing his work early in the morning, but he found that his body was all covered with slimy things, this sticky thing was gray-brown, and he smelled it with his nose and smelled a sour smell, thinking that it should be the impurities discharged from the body during cultivation, he had already known about it in the exercises, but he didn't make much fuss, and sneaked into the bathroom while his parents hadn't gotten up yet, and took a bath in a happy mood.
After only one night of cultivation, his physical strength and mental strength were so much stronger than before, which made Wang An very happy. Now he can even sense the flow of aura around him, especially on this "Cangshan", the concentration of aura is far more dense than when he was at home, and he realized that the intensity of the original aura is determined according to the environment, if he cultivates in the environment in this "Cangshan", his cultivation will definitely be twice as fast as that at home.
No wonder the legendary "immortals" are willing to hide in the deep mountains and old forests to cultivate, it turns out that this is the case! But I'm still a student, so I can't just throw away my studies now! If his parents knew that they wouldn't be mad, Wang An, who hesitated for a while, smiled bitterly and shook his head, he couldn't do anything about this kind of contradictory thing for a while.
After Wang Jianguo and his wife caught up with Wang An, the family happily climbed to the top of the mountain, and after a little half a day's effort, they came to the front of the "Mountain Temple" temple. At this moment it is summer, the tourists who come to climb the mountain to play and burn incense are much less than the usual peak season, only to see the dark red temple door wide open, there is a square plaque above the temple door, which reads "Dajue Temple" three golden big characters, but also looks atmospheric abnormal. The sporadic pilgrims enter and exit the temple gate, but it also seems quiet. On both sides of the temple gate are two stone lions, about three meters high, carved vividly, and on both sides are rows of pine trees.
Wang An's family stepped into the temple gate, only to see a sentry box on the right side, an old lady with a red wrap on her arm, with the word charge written on it, was sitting inside, holding a pu fan in her hand and fanning the wind on her body, the pu fan was shaken by her "squeak"! It seems like it's going to fall apart in the next second.
Raising his eyes and glancing at Wang An's family who walked in, "Are the three of you together?" "It may be that the weather is hot, and the old lady is a little lazy in her conversation.
"Yes, auntie, how much is it" Seeing the other party's attitude, Wang Jianguo was not much annoyed! He asked with a smile. He knew that those who could sit here and charge were all related to the local area, and if he had a stiff relationship with this kind of person, he would definitely not be able to "repay his wish" today.
"Yes!" The old lady nodded, it seemed that the other party's attitude made her very satisfied, and she learned the appearance of a "virtuous monk", but the "Parkinson's" style fan shaking posture was a little "funny" no matter how you looked at it. "One hundred and twenty yuan per person, and a total of three hundred and sixty yuan for three people." After saying that, he sat there and waited to collect the money.
"Auntie! We didn't bring so much cash when we went out, can I ask WeChat payment" Wang Jianguo didn't know if it was true or deliberate, so he spared his head and said.
"Hey, hey!" The old lady smiled in a duck-like voice, and after two soft "pops", two plastic-wrapped images of payment codes were casually slapped on the table. "This temple can not only WeChat payment, Alipay is no problem, if you want to swipe the card, we also provide a counterpoint discount, what do you think?"
"Uh......!" Wang Jianguo's family was petrified in an instant! "I'll still pay on WeChat!" Wang Jianguo wiped the sweat from his forehead. With the "ding dong" sound next to the old lady, "WeChat has arrived at 360 yuan, please pay attention to check!" Wang An's family walked towards the monastery.
"Hey!" Zhang Sumei shook her head, "No wonder few people in our village come here to burn incense, this Buddha hasn't seen it yet, and the five hundred and forty yuan is gone." "And the old lady just now, what kind of attitude!
"This is called maximizing benefits, the government invests in development, and the local government maintains operations, it must be to recover the cost, how can there be a free lunch in the world, but this consumption is indeed a bit high, the average person really can't afford to toss, five hundred and forty yuan is enough for a person's food expenses for a month. In rural areas, almost a family has enough food to pay. Wang Jianguo looked at the old lady in the distance and said softly, "Just this old lady who charges, who is the head of this village, the water here is deep!" ”
"It doesn't matter! Anyway, we are making a wish to the third child today, and we are happy to spend some money, who has the kung fu to run here. Zhang Sumei said suddenly.
Speaking, the family came to the main hall from the temple gate, only to see the hall "cigarette smoke", a Buddha statue in the middle of the whole body "golden light", a big belly is particularly conspicuous, a smiling face looks very "naïve and cute".
"Amitabha!" A bald monk in his thirties walked over, "This monk Huiyuan, do you want to offer incense or make a vow?" Hui Yuan asked with his hands folded and bowed.