"I've always had a question, even though this temple fair is very lively, why do everyone have to come to the temple. Isn't there anything else?' , On the ox cart, Li Chen asked Fan Dao.

Lifan was so anxious that he grabbed the new clothes, this is the new winter clothes made by Wukong and Li Chen to the town to find a tailor before the winter, and the monks in the whole temple have two, including Li Chen.

There is no problem with the new winter coat, the problem is in the winter coat, and Lifan also wears a sheepskin jacket. Is it worn backwards? No, because according to the habits of the Tang Dynasty, it is not like modern people who wear leather jackets, they just wear leather jackets, and they have to add a piece of clothing outside, called a jacket.

Actually, in the long run, the jacket shouldn't be so thick. This thick winter coat is worn directly by many monks as a winter coat. It's just that Li Chen bought a leather jacket for Fan at the beginning, and he didn't think about it at all, this one couldn't be worn like this, so he had to wear the leather jacket into the winter coat.

After all, he has been cultivating in the temple for a long time, and he still knows that he will not be able to do anything, so he will be so sad, and he didn't hear it at all

Li Chen asked again.

"Thirteen Lang, it's really not good to let you break the bank like this." , Fan Fan answered the question, because he was uncomfortable, he didn't hear what Li Chen asked. "It's nothing, sheepskin jackets aren't very expensive." , Li Chen didn't mind. Because sheepskin jackets were relatively common in the Tang Dynasty, because people in the Tang Dynasty ate a lot of sheep, and unlike Westerners, they had to use sheepskin to record things, so naturally there were many sheepskin jackets to buy.

"Look at you, your clothes are all twisted by you." , because Fan twisted uncomfortably, but because Fan would grow his body, he made a slightly bigger winter coat and leather jacket, and it was a little wrong when he twisted it.

"Here's this for you, take it yourself, don't spend it indiscriminately. But don't be reluctant to spend it.'" Li Chen didn't care and helped him straighten out his leather jacket.

"What? Thirteen Lang, my mother is much better, you don't need to borrow my money." , Li Fan was about to refuse, and Li Chen directly stuffed the money into Fan's hand. "The little ones have it, just take it."

"It's for you, for the New Year." "But..." "Won't your mother give you New Year's money?" "No, I haven't heard of any New Year's money." , Fan said blankly.

"No New Year's money? Suppress the money, suppress the money? Neither.'" , didn't the Tang Dynasty people have the custom of giving their children New Year's money? , Li Chen tilted his head and thought, "A-Niang gave me a silver ornament for the Chinese New Year before, saying that she could bless me, but she didn't give me any money for the New Year." "That's it." , Li Chen couldn't help but wave his hand, it turned out that there was still it, but the commodity economy in the Tang Dynasty was not so developed, and it was not popular to give money, "Just take it as that and take it yourself."

During the Tang Dynasty, it was not popular to give any New Year's money, some of the more spoiled children were parents, elders, and Hui gave some special gold, silver, copper coins, or some precious metal jewelry, or some precious cloth and silk satin.

In the real sense of the New Year's money, it will not be until after the Song Dynasty and China's commodity economy has entered a period of comprehensive development that the commission will replace the above-mentioned things. Although children can also take out those things to exchange for their favorite items, they are not as objective as money after all.

"Wait a minute, let's go to town and find something to eat first, and stay in the same wine shop as before." , The ox cart is grunting forward, Li Chen drove the cow, followed the people a few times, Li Chen also learned to drive the cattle, in fact, it is not difficult, the cow is actually quite tame.

"Okay, okay, I want to eat...," Fan was so excited that he ordered several snacks, it seems that the last time Li Chen invited him to eat snacks, it made Fan very unforgettable, no wonder, those monks in the Xiangji Kitchen of Changshou Temple, the Lord came out to get something, just to be able to eat, and there are not many patterns, of course, it is not as good as the wine shop that others operate.

Li Chen was also trying to eat something, the temple was very lively a few days ago, and he also ate several dim sum dishes that he had never eaten before, which made Li Chen's gluttony hook again.

"Wait, let's go to the medicine shop first, buy something, and then visit Lingtang." , This trip down the mountain, Li Chen also took Fan home to visit his mother, Fan's house is near the town.

Some people may say that it would be good to just go to his house and live. It can be, first of all, the Fan family is actually quite far away, originally lived in the town, but what kind of virtue Fan Dad has, everyone knows, and later gambled that even the house was sold, and as a result, Fan Niang could only go to a farmhouse far away from the town to live.

Far from one problem, another problem, if you don't want to, the problem is still in Fan's best father. Before Fan's mother, she used the money from the last sale of the family's field to buy a degree and a ring, and sent Fan to become a monk. Lifan's father went to the Longevity Temple to make trouble, and he had to take Fanfan back.

Or to put it simply, at least the longevity temple can't return the money for the degree and the precept. Fortunately, the abbot of Changshou Temple, Zen Master Hui Lone, did not agree to this unreasonable request, and intimidated a few words, so that Father Fan did not dare to continue to mess around, so he did not let Fan return to the vulgar. This is also thanks to those sayings that speak of hell and retribution deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Li Chen had a feeling that the rulers in history did not give Buddhism for nothing. How so? These monks spontaneously had to travel around and preach. Of course, it is to propagate its own religion and let Buddhism penetrate into the hearts of the people.

It is true that being a monk does not have to pay taxes, but also does not have to serve labor, and you say how much the court loses.

However, look at the good side. The Buddhist scriptures and teachings all advocate retribution, retribution, and future lives. You have to be patient, and all the hardships you have suffered in this life are all caused by the sins of your previous life. And then if you want to have a good life, you have to do good things in this life.

Do a good job in this life, and seek a good life in the next life, otherwise you will be reborn in the Western Elysium and get rid of the suffering of reincarnation. Otherwise, it will warn you that if you do something bad, you will go to hell, or you will become a pig or a dog.

This has a very positive effect on the ruler's rule. In this life, you are persecuted by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, or if you have a bad disaster, it is because your life is not good, and you have committed evil in your previous life. Therefore, you want to cultivate this life diligently in the next life.

How good and convenient it is for the ruler, isn't it? Anyway, you just obey it, pay taxes obediently, obediently work for the sake of labor, just like a certain Crucifixion, believers are sheep, you don't have to be, and then you will be continuously exploited by those nobles, priests, and you can't resist.

Far away, in short, Li Chen and Lifan, the two of them got an ox cart, and they approached Cangfang Town like this, and then went around in a circle and walked to the edge of Cangfang Town.

Li Chen got out of the ox cart and led the ox to a dilapidated farmhouse. This farmhouse was built by a rich peasant in order to take care of the farmland, and it occupies a large area, and it is now borrowed by the Fan family.

said it was borrowed, but in fact, it was the couple. Li Chen led the cow to the door, and then shouted, "Excuse me, is anyone there?" "Who?" The door opened with a dumb sound, and a young woman peered out of the door.

Li Chen saw Fan Damunan for the first time, and I have to say that this woman is really good-looking, with fair skin, picturesque eyebrows, and a temperament, even if she is wearing coarse cloth clothes, she is still a beauty, and Li Chen is almost stunned.

"Mother~." "Child~", ignoring Li Chen in a daze, the women in the door opened and ran out. , Lifan also pushed open the simple courtyard door and rushed inside.

The mother and son had a touching meeting, Li Chen remembered his mother, and his nose was a little sour, (as for it?) I just met last month, wipe, there is dust. In winter, there is still snow on the ground, and it is better to have dust.

In order to avoid the dust, Li Chen looked up at the sky and saw a strange thing, "Isn't this a carp streamer?"

Carp streaming, probably many people are familiar with this. Japanese literary works with Japanese characteristics occasionally appear in this kind of thing, with Japanese characteristics.

During the New Year, hang a long flag similar to a carp and let him flutter in the wind. Li Chen remembered that it seemed to be used to pray for men to grow up safely. However, Li Chen didn't expect that there was such a thing in the Tang Dynasty, and he thought that Fan A-Niang had erected it, hoping that Fan could grow up safely.

"It's getting late, we should go." , The two stayed here for half an hour, and Li Chen planned to take Fan away, but if he didn't go, he couldn't go.

They took advantage of the gambler, and then visited the relative's house during the Chinese New Year, and only dared to come over in the name of New Year's greetings. Otherwise, in normal times, Li Chen was really afraid that the gambler would sell Fan, so they could stay for a limited time.

In addition, Li Chen also plans to find a place to eat. They set out from the temple early in the morning, but they had half a day's journey, and it was noon when they arrived. Hungry growl. What? It's good to eat at home, do you think that rotten gambler can still have any surplus food at home?

I can't say no, but there isn't much at all, how many can there be? The Fan family relied on Fan Niang to help people sew and earn some living expenses. It's to help people look at the fields and make a little money.

If the family lives in other people's houses, it is impossible to live in vain, so they will help others take care of the fields by the way, receive less food every month, and skip the intensity of the day.

So, don't eat it either. Li Chen was originally a big-bellied man, and Lifan was also growing his body, half the size of the child, and eating Lao Tzu to death. After staying for a while, he took the market with him.

Today, they came all the way to sell some delicious food. The two foodies are ready to come and see the lights today, and they are ready to have a delicious meal.

Look at the lanterns, that's right, the Tang Dynasty also had lantern festivals, the fourteenth to sixteenth of the New Year, the ancient Chinese customs, the lantern festival, this is what makes Li Chen look forward to this entertainment for a long time.

However, there is always an accident, Li Chen originally took Fan to forage outside, and Fan Niang prepared some food, let Li Chen stay, and left after lunch.