Chapter 63: The Lantern Festival Begins
When I returned to Liaozhai, it was already dark, and Liaozhai was closed, this kind of good opportunity to make money should be overtime, but Su Bai directly denied it, combining work and rest, working when it is time to work, and playing when it is time to play, of course, this kind of festival is to go out and have fun with the people.
It's dark now, but the lights on the street are as bright as day! Looking around, a song and dance is leveling, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty can already see a little precursor now. The noisy shouting of the street and the frolic of children are even more modern. The fat girl deliberately put on new clothes, a big red flower, it looks like the big Fuwa in the painting, Wang Fatzi also put on makeup, it is still the kind of dress that scares people to death, followed by four strong runners, Su Bai took Wang Xiaobao, and a group of eight people went out of the chat.
There are various styles of lanterns everywhere on the street, lotus, rabbits, ingots and other shapes, there is this small note below, the above is the lantern riddle, as long as you guess correctly, this lamp is yours, several people are fun-loving age, talking and laughing along the way, Su Bai felt that he was such an idiot for the first time, many of Wang Fugui's lantern riddles, Su Bai didn't know what to say at all, the accumulation was still too shallow!
Originally, it was good to install X together, but let you install it alone! Su Bai is very depressed, as the protagonist, why is the painting style a little wrong? Could it be that the author is menopause? Several lantern riddles in a row, Su Bai didn't make a move, just said: "It's good if you're happy", full of mastery style, Wang Fatzi They didn't think that Su Bai didn't know the answer, who would have thought that a person known as Xiaowen Quxing would not even be able to guess a simple lantern riddle?
"Wow! Brother Ugly Cow, look, it's a Guanyin lamp! A few people were guessing the lantern riddles, and suddenly the fat girl screamed, the little fat hand pulled Su Bai's sleeve and pointed in one direction and yelled, Su Bai looked in the direction she pointed, sure enough! More than a dozen strong slaves carrying a lantern, no, it may not be appropriate to describe it with a lamp, the lamp is about three meters high, and the width can also be one meter, it is the shape of a Guanyin Bodhisattva, holding a treasure vase in one hand, a fine willow in the other, the treasure solemnly sits on the lotus platform, the flower platform nine products, and for a time countless good men and women knelt and bowed! Even the fat man knelt aside, full of admiration! The fat girl, the little girl, was lying on the ground with five bodies on the ground, muttering that she didn't know what she was talking about, she should be making a wish, and for a while, the street was quiet.
Looking around, there were all people kneeling on the ground and worshipping, and Su Bai, who was standing, seemed very abrupt, but it didn't matter, no one looked at him anyway, they were all busy worshipping the Buddha.
"Hey, you little doll, everyone else is worshipping the Buddha, why don't you worship?" Su Bai was studying the lantern riddle, a man's voice sounded in his ears, and when he looked back, he was a very handsome middle-aged man, with slightly collapsed eye sockets, his body was very strong, wearing a dress that seemed to be a foreign suit, and he didn't know what style it was, followed by a servant with a rickety back, bent over, and couldn't see what his face looked like.
Su Bai saw that this should be talking along, because except for the two of them on this street, he was left to worship the Buddha.
"Why should I worship the Buddha?" Su Bai asked rhetorically, this person doesn't seem to be an ordinary person, either a rich or noble family, so idle? Go to the street without looking at the lights and go to play with the little boy? Although I am quite likable!
Let him ask such a rhetorical question, Li Shimin was a little stunned, the audience didn't guess wrong, the one who asked Su Bai was our Heavenly Khan, His Majesty Li Er!
"Everyone is worshipping the Buddha and praying for good weather next year, don't you want the wind and rain to be good next year?" Li Shimin asked with a smile, Su Bai gave him a disdainful look and said: "If worshipping the Buddha can solve the problem of wind and rain, then there will not be so many natural and man-made disasters from ancient times to the present!" Since it's useless, what am I worshipping it for? Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Since you don't want the wind and rain to be smooth, then why don't you ask the Buddha for blessing and give you a full slam of wealth and a prosperous business?" ”。
Su Bai looked this person up and down twice, his eyesight is not simple, he is just nine years old this year, he can see that he is in business, he can't be underestimated! Su Bai arched his hand and said: "The kid's business is prosperous because of his own hands, not the incense in front of the Buddha!" ”。 Li Shimin laughed, and felt more and more that this kid was interesting, everyone else was worshipping the Buddha, but he was the only one who refused to worship, and he could say so many ways, which was interesting and interesting.
"If you don't ask for good weather or money, then you can ask for an official, maybe the Buddha blesses you, and you can be a big official?" Li Shimin laughed, his voice was very loud, and several people who knelt on the ground to worship the Buddha couldn't help but look over.
Su Bai pouted and said: "Then it is even more unrealistic, if you can become an official by seeking Buddha, wouldn't the soldiers of my Datang who have been fighting blood, sweat and hard work so far, be able to disarm and return to the field!" Go back and burn incense and worship Buddha every day! Li Shimin smiled even happier this time, reached out and patted Su Bai's shoulder twice and said, "According to what you say, worshipping the Buddha is useless at all?" ”
Su Bai shook his head and said, "You can't say that", Li Shimin sighed, and asked with some doubts: "According to what you just said, don't ask for anything, because he won't give you anything, so what's the use of worshipping the Buddha?" Su Bai said with a smile: "Most of the worship of the Buddha is to seek peace of mind, and his use is to give your soul a harbor to rest." For example, if the husband goes out to fight as a soldier, and the wife's mother worships the Buddha at home and asks the Bodhisattva to bless her husband's safety, is it useful? Of course, it's useless, the enemy won't let down the steel knife that slashed at your neck just because your wife worships the Buddha! But if the wife and mother don't do anything, they will be even more frightened in their hearts, and over time they can even lose their hearts and go crazy, and it will be different with sustenance. They will think that as long as they are religious! Your own son or husband can come back! ”。
Li Shimin nodded, he understood, but he didn't understand too much, Su Bai didn't care, he didn't know what he was talking about, he was willing to ask, he was idle and idle, so he could be amused casually.
The Guanyin lantern finally passed, and the people who knelt on the ground also stood up, but the eyes of the people around Su Bai were always a little weird when they looked at him, and Su Bai reacted at this time, did he mean that he was a little infidel. Li Shimin looked at the number of pedestrians, and said with a smile: "Haha, the little doll's point of view is very interesting, see you soon", and turned around and left with Wang Xi after speaking.
Wang Fatzi felt that the atmosphere around him was a little embarrassing, and hurriedly pulled Su Bai Fat Niu and left.
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"Wang Xi, this doll is Wang Chouniu!" Li Shimin asked while looking at the lanterns, Wang Xi's hoarse voice came from behind him: "Back to the master's words, exactly", Li Shimin smiled and said: "It's a little interesting, a person as big as him has no reverence for ghosts and gods, but it's rare, Wang Xi will bring him to Chengfu in a while, there are some things I want to ask him face-to-face" "Yes" Wang Xi agreed, and followed Li Shimin respectfully, like his shadow.
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"Ugly cow, do you know that person just now?" Wang Fatzi led the two of them to run a long distance before stopping, gasping and asking, Su Bai shook his head and said that he didn't know, Wang Fatzi said: "You have to say less about those words before, our brothers don't see outside, you tell me it's okay, if you meet a Buddhist like my mother, I'm afraid I will have to reason with you, and then it will be very troublesome." Su Bai smiled: "I just wasn't bored, I just teased and coughed with him, I don't have to take it to heart."
Wang Fatzi was relieved, pointed to the corner of the street and said: "Let's go, I'm in for a treat, that family's Hu cakes are very authentic, and with his family's flavored mutton, it's amazing!" "Needless to say, Su Bai is a foodie, not to mention a fat girl, how do you grow these meats if you don't like to eat, as for Wang Xiaobao, that is a complete carnivore! As soon as you say that you want to eat meat, what flowers don't have lanterns, you have to wait until you fill your stomach, the world is big, and the meal is the biggest!
Hu cake is actually naan, similar to a big baked cake, after baking, it naturally emits bursts of wheat fragrance, and then with the hot mutton that has just been boiled, my mother~ Datang still has a lot of delicious food. The stall is set up by the husband and wife, both of whom are Hu people, their hair color is a little gray and blue, which is obviously different from the Tang people, wearing a Datang costume and speaking a Datang dialect that is more fluent than Su Bai.
The four of them were particularly bored and had a game to see who ate more! Su Bai died under two Hu Biscuits, the fat girl already said that she couldn't eat one Hu Biscuit, Wang Fat Man ate two and a half and gave up, only Wang Xiaobao, one person ate five Hu Biscuits, and there was still some unfinished! After paying the money and continuing to look at the lights, there are so many snacks on the street, how can you give up the whole forest for two cakes? They're still young!
After a big turn, Su Bai didn't guess a lantern riddle correctly, and he didn't go up if he wasn't sure, the result was that a street came down, and the fat girl was holding a rabbit-shaped lantern in her hands, only Su Bai's hands were empty, yes, even Wang Xiaobao had one! Su Bai's figure, that guy is a cold mess!
"Ugly cow, although these lantern riddles are too simple for you, but the most important thing to watch lantern riddles is an atmosphere, the most important thing is to participate, you disdain to guess the lantern riddles makes us very embarrassed!" Wang Fatzi looked at Su Bai's empty hand and said with a headache. Su Bai coughed lightly and said, "Wouldn't it be nice to have fun, anyway, I don't have any interest in lantern riddles."
"No! Hey, this restaurant says that as long as you answer the question correctly, you can eat for free? This is good, this is good, didn't you dislike the simplicity of those riddles before? Since this store dares to play this kind of sign, the topic must not be simple, hahaha, it's time for you to go out."
Su Bai looked at the sky at a forty-five degree angle.
"God will kill me!"