Chapter 176 On a rainy day, the Buddha's mother gave ginger soup

"It's such a good weather, why is it suddenly raining!"

"You don't understand that, do you? The Buddha Mother had already watched the celestial phenomena and knew a few days ago that it was going to rain today! ”

"It's weird to say that, since you know it's going to rain, why do you have to preach fifteen, isn't it good to preach another day?"

"Brother, the preaching of the Buddha Mother is our blessing and the blessing of the believers, but who knows if there will be those impostors with ulterior motives in it? It is precisely this kind of weather that is good, and when this heavy rain pours, the real believers and disguised spies can be distinguished. You are also worried that everyone will catch a cold, and the local believers in Wangjiazhuang have already prepared hot ginger soup. Besides, don't you understand the truth that you believe in the Buddha Mother and Mother and will not get sick from all diseases? ”

"Sure enough, it is worthy of the Buddha's mother, those who are not sincere have all left, and those who remain now are the real sincere people. This girl in the sedan chair is rare, and she can still stand up in such a heavy rain. ”

Hearing this voice gradually fade away, Zhang Yue, who was standing beside the small sedan chair with an umbrella and red sleeves, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his heart immediately spoke a little higher of the Buddha's mother. Knowing how to look at the heavens, and knowing how to distinguish believers from impostors through piety, is really quite a bit of a scheming.

This time he was able to come here, but thanks to Lian Sheng's extremely sweet mouth, coupled with a few words in the secret newspaper of Jinyi Wei that he remembered reading before, he was able to successfully enter Wangjiazhuang, but unexpectedly, there were five or six hundred believers here alone.

"Brother Yue."

As soon as this voice entered his ears, Zhang Yue's chaotic thoughts suddenly came back. At this moment, water was still dripping from his wet hair, and in the sedan window was Meng Min. Although it is a seat and a station, although it is a mile and a mile away, they are close to each other, although they are not closer than before. But in this heavy rain, looking at Meng Min's surprised eyes and reddened cheeks, he still felt that his heart was hot.

"Fourth sister, thank you very much."

As soon as they met, they didn't even have time to say anything, Meng Min saw Zhang Yue's extremely wrong expression, and when he leaned in, he saw the gray-clothed people coming from this side. Although I don't understand why Zhang Yue, who doesn't look like a believer at all, is here, and I don't understand why Zhang Yue looks a little sneaky. But she instinctively let him stand in front of her palanquin with an umbrella. Fortunately, Zhang Yue was dressed up extremely inconspicuously this day, and people didn't notice that she had one more person here.

"If you want to thank you, thank you Red Sleeves, if she hadn't seen you, I wouldn't have known you were there. Shouldn't you be doing things in the Ascension Hall at this time, how did you come here? ”

It was still raining heavily, but the chanting sound was still clear to the ears, and the feeling was naturally extremely different. When he said this, Meng Min's face was full of concern. Most Confucian scholars don't believe in ghosts and gods, and she would never think that Zhang Yue would believe in the reincarnation of the Buddha's mother, so her heart was full of doubts and vaguely worried.

Zhang Yue smiled bitterly, thinking that this was also the question he wanted to ask Meng Min. It is important to know that the White Lotus Sect preaches in Sixiang. It is rare to enter the county seat or the state and provincial capital, which is undoubtedly the road of surrounding the city from the countryside. Moreover, compared with the small citizens in the city, the farmers in the countryside face the loess with their backs to the sky all year round. However, it is still difficult to make ends meet, so it is naturally easier to accept those teachings and some radical ideas.

However, Meng Min is not a fool and a foolish woman, what is she doing here?

"I've heard of a sermon here." Zhang Yue could naturally fabricate an excuse to deceive Meng Min in the past, but he only pondered for a moment, and decided to remind him, so he said in a low voice. "Although the chanter on the high platform claims to be the Buddha Mother, as far as I know, they are very likely to be the White Lotus Sect."

After all, Meng Min was from a family of meritorious heroes, and she rarely heard the three words of the White Lotus Sect, but she still knew the joints, and the blood on her face faded. When she thought that she had thought of counting on the Buddha Mother to treat Mrs. Wu's illness, she was full of fear.

Fortunately, he did not provoke anyone into his own home, and if he brought it back. It's okay if nothing happens. If something happens, what will she do to make up for it? But. The sister-in-law Lin mentioned this to the red sleeves, and the red sleeves told herself again that she had asked several times, and even saw the son of the sister-in-law Lin who was alive and kicking after recovery, could it be all fake?

Seeing Meng Min's face red and white, knowing that she was in turmoil at this time, Zhang Yue didn't want to mention this matter more. Because it was cold and rainy, and the wind was blowing very strongly, most of the clothes on his body were already wet, and he couldn't help but shiver at this time, and then he said: "I just knew about these things for a short time, and there is a reason why you want to come here, fourth sister." Later, when this is over, you can go back early, and don't worry your uncle and aunt. ”

Among the incurable diseases in the world today, less than one of the ten diseases that the doctor can cure has not stopped, and the other diseases can only pray to God and worship Buddha or hope for those who claim to have great magical powers. Seeing Zhang Yue looking at herself with clear eyes, she only felt a little astringent in her heart, so she nodded solemnly and said, "I understand, thank you Brother Yue." ”

In addition to the sound of rain in heaven and earth, it is the sound of chanting that nothing can hide. Despite this, the two people inside and outside the sedan car turned a deaf ear to these voices. Although Meng Min was sitting, he didn't get up for a long time, and he suddenly felt numb in his legs and feet. She has always been meticulous, so she also prepared an umbrella in the sedan chair. At this time, she felt depressed because of her turmoil, and she wanted to stand outside for a while, so after a little thought, she lifted the sedan curtain and walked out with an umbrella.

The red sleeves on the side are good at observing words and colors, and when he saw that there were already fine beads of sweat on the young lady's forehead, he knew that it was really not good to be stupid in the sedan chair on this rainy day. Looking left and right at those family members, she saw that everyone was nailed in the rain like nails, and she didn't look left and right, and she flashed into the sedan chair with a roll of her eyes. This is not in the way, and there is no need to continue to rain outside, should it be regarded as the beauty of adults that Miss said?

Zhang Yue saw Meng Min coming out of the sedan chair with her skirt on her face, and she couldn't help but guess why she came this time. Just thinking about it, I only heard an exclamation in my ear, but then I didn't know where a gust of wind came, and it actually lifted the oily umbrella in her hand and crackled a few times. The bamboo skeleton umbrella actually flew with the wind. Seeing that some family members were rushing to pick it up, Meng Min was standing there stunned, he quickly moved the umbrella in his hand and covered most of the umbrella on her head.

Although the umbrella was picked up, it was already dirty and damaged, so the two had to hold the same umbrella. Gradually, the wind became lighter, but the rain was still not small. Even so, it is not easy for this small umbrella to shelter the two of them from the wind and rain. He was half a head taller than Meng Min, condescending, as long as he turned his head to one side, he could count almost every eyelash of hers, and the faint fragrance on that hair drilled into his nose for a while.

He really couldn't, so he could only say nothing: "Fourth sister, is your aunt okay now?" ”

"We arrived in Qingzhou Mansion for a few days. My mother fell ill, and I hired a few doctors to no avail, and I was sick in bed all the time. Just because I heard that the Buddha's mother is good at acupuncture and moxibustion, which is not the usual way of treating people with water, I made an excuse to go to the Buddhist temple and wish to stay for a few days. With red sleeves, they quietly came here, but they didn't expect it to be empty. ”

Meng Min's face was a little gloomy, after all, she didn't have much impression of her biological mother. And Mrs. Wu raised her since she was a child, and this kindness and family affection are all extraordinary. Now seeing that Mrs. Wu has lost weight in less than ten days, and even some doctors say that she can't survive this winter, she serves by the sickbed all day long, watching her grandmother can't eat anything, and she herself doesn't think about tea and dinner, where can others experience the kind of despair that goes deep into the bone marrow?

Zhang Yue didn't expect Mrs. Wu to suddenly fall ill. When he got off the boat that day, he clearly remembered that Mrs. Wu was still in excellent spirits. Who would have thought that something like this would happen in less than ten days? However, he was not a doctor, and he couldn't help much in this, so he could only comfort him in vain, and then the two of them were silent. It wasn't until the voice of the red sleeves sounded in his ears that he came back to his senses.

"The rain has stopped, the rain has stopped!"

Zhang Yue came back to his senses this time and found that the ground was still wet, but the overwhelming rain just now had completely disappeared. As far as the eye could see, there were people soaking wet. However, in his opinion. What posture those good men and women were just now, it seems to be what posture is still at this moment. It's as if it hasn't moved at all. Just when he couldn't suppress the palpitation, he heard Red Sleeves suddenly question again, and then found a woman in sackcloth standing in front of him.

She has no fat powder on her face, but there is a soft brilliance on her face, which makes people trust it spontaneously at first sight. Although it was a cold day, she was only wearing a thin linen coat, and a pair of black cloth shoes with white soles under her feet. At this time, she looked at Zhang Yue and Meng Min, and suddenly smiled slightly.

"There are often children from rich families who come to listen to the lectures, but the only places where they can listen in the rain are girls. The girl can have such a pious heart, if the Buddha mother knew about it, she would definitely be moved in her heart. I wonder if the girl is here to seek medical advice or to pray for the safety of her family? ”

If Zhang Yue hadn't said the three words of the White Lotus Sect just now, such an unexpected surprise would definitely make Meng Min ecstatic, but at this moment, all she had was suspicion. When she was in a dilemma, she suddenly felt someone gently touch her arm, and the infinite fear born from someone's question was suddenly left behind by her.

"My mother is now seriously ill in bed, and she has tried everything to seek medical treatment but to no avail, so I heard that my mother is proficient in acupuncture and can cure all diseases, so I came here to ask if there is a cure for the disease."

"Proficient in acupuncture?" The Maiden woman looked surprised and said in surprise, "Ordinary people come to ask for the blessing of Fu Shui or Moding, how did the girl know that the Buddha Mother is proficient in acupuncture?" ”

This question not only felt strange to Meng Min, but Zhang Yue felt even more strange, and he only hated that he didn't have time to ask Meng Min this question just now. At this moment, he could only slap her hand lightly twice. Sure enough, Meng Min said happily: "It was a sister-in-law Lin in my family who told me about the land. She said that last year, her seven-year-old son had been rescued from danger by his mother's acupuncture technique, so I came sincerely. ”

"Sister-in-law Lin...... Well, there really was such a thing last year......"

The woman just muttered to herself and smiled, "Since the girl was introduced by someone, then I don't need to hide it." Originally, only believers who believe in the Buddha's mother can be carefully treated by the Buddha's mother, but my Buddha's compassion and compassion for sentient beings should not be divided into belief and non-belief in the first place. It's just that people in the world are unpredictable, and in addition to preaching, it is not good for the Buddha mother to walk openly in the world. If the girl really saves her mother's heart, why not send her mother to Fuqing Temple in Anqiu County. ”

Before Meng Min could speak, the woman floated away. Zhang Yue stared at the back, and saw that on the muddy road, her snow-white shoes were only a little blackened by the muddy water, and his face couldn't help but become more and more solemn. Glancing at the high platform where the scriptures were still being recited, he vaguely felt that compared with the reincarnated Buddha mother in full costume, the woman just now seemed to be more like the Buddha mother.

Meng Min's response to the two sentences just now was quite natural, but at this time, his face was a little pale. Especially the other party's posture as if his feet did not touch the ground, which made her feel cold. Even if she was worried about her mother's illness, she was determined not to take the risk at this moment, but she still bit her lip and was a little unwilling.

Not long after the clouds cleared and the rain cleared, the sermon came to an end. Soon, dozens of people came with buckets, and everyone in the threshing floor shared a large bowl. For the heavy rain just drenched, no one complained about it, and they all drank it all with that big bowl of steaming things. Even two honest farmers came to Zhang Yue and the others, handed over coarse porcelain bowls with a smile, and scooped spoonfuls of soup from the bucket.

"This is a special ginger soup made by the Buddha Mother, which is more effective than ordinary ginger soup. See you're all drenched in the rain, beware of the wind chill! Drink it early to warm your stomach, and go back to sleep and you'll be fine! ”

"Thank you for your kindness." Although Zhang Yue really didn't know what was in this ginger soup, he still took it with a smile at this time, and said, "My young lady didn't like ginger since she was a child, and she never rained. My family members can still survive, I see that everyone is shivering from the cold, or I can drink it alone, and the rest should be distributed to others. ”

He threw his head up and drank it down, then returned the porcelain bowl to the two men. Seeing that they nodded with a smile and went elsewhere with the bucket, he turned his head and saw Meng Min staring at him with concern on his face, so he smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just a little trick, I don't dare to drink something I don't understand." ”

Peng Shisan, who was sitting in the crowd, peeked at this scene and couldn't help but laugh in his heart - this exploration can also encounter such a coincidence, this master is really a blessing. But then, his falcon-like eyes fixed on the brown-clad man in the first three rows, and his left hand gently grasped the gadget in the sleeve of his right hand.

If it weren't for this, how would he dare to drink that bowl of ginger soup that he didn't know what kind of trick it was?