Chapter 527: Operation Red Sea XV
With each breath of epic smoke that passed through the lungs, the tricycle driver's body would involuntarily tremble a little. Jiang Yunfeng in the back compartment was also shocked when he saw it, after all, the betel nut and cigarette mana were boundless, for fear that he would give up and ascend to immortality.
All the way, the old driver drove the three jumpers out of the posture of the sports car, and the three of them were sent to the vicinity of the foot of Mandalay Mountain without slowing down after cornering, and then there was a Buddhist holy place in Myanmar, and motor vehicles could not enter.
Jiang Yunfeng, whose legs were still a little weak after settling the fare, followed Erina Nagi and Fu Hua into the ancient city north of Mandalay, and the surrounding buildings are too strong Burmese ethnic color, and it is said that this is the capital of the first feudal dynasty in Myanmar.
I had planned to find a small shop to buy some drinking water and snacks to replenish my energy when I was tired from climbing Mandalay Mountain, but when the majestic evening drum and morning bell rang, the residents of the old city hurried towards the center of the city with baskets made of bamboo strips, and many of them even abandoned their businesses and shops. Jiang Yunfeng stopped a young lady who looked very kind, and just wanted to ask what was going on.
The young lady was also holding a bamboo basket with a lid, and being stopped by Jiang Yunfeng made her feel very unhappy, but she didn't say anything evil but bowed her head slightly to apologize, and walked quickly past Jiang Yunfeng. Merging into the reverent-looking crowd, it seemed as if they were on their way to an important ceremony.
Once unsuccessful, Jiang Yunfeng wanted to stop the next one and ask again. Erina Nagikiri stopped him, and the three of them followed the procession, until at last the crowd gathered in a large temple grounds, where the people lined up in two long lines in an orderly manner, uncovering the lids of their bamboo baskets, which contained steaming white rice and vegetables, and some brought crates of biscuits, sweets, and milk.
Among these crowds, Jiang Yunfeng and the others also found a lot of foreign tourists, who set up their camera equipment and looked forward to what would happen next. The sound of the bells floating in the temple came to an abrupt end, and the eyes of everyone present were fixed on the quiet depths of the temple. It seems that the mystery is about to be revealed, Jiang Yunfeng subconsciously took out his mobile phone to check the time, the time displayed on the mobile phone is 11:30 Beijing time, but the domestic time is one and a half hours faster than Myanmar, which means that it is now ten o'clock in the morning local time.
Two teams of barefoot monks dressed in red cloth robes slowly walked through the depths of the monastery with dervishs in their hands. They looked silently surprised by the footage of the tourists around them, and the monks were of different ages and thousands of people, and the procession was long and slow. As they pass by, each almsgiver takes a small lump of rice and side dishes from his bamboo basket or a packet of biscuits, sweets and milk and puts it into the monk's arms.
From beginning to end, the monks never looked down to see what food was in their bowls, and they asked for whatever the giver gave, and they did not give or stop, and some of the foreign tourists who took pictures would also take out the small food they brought with them and give them to the monks. After the team left, the people and tourists also packed up the empty bamboo baskets and camera equipment, some scattered, and some followed the monks directly into the temple, such a grand scene made Jiang Yunfeng and the three of them not know what happened just now.
An older abbot noticed the three shocked young men and beckoned to them kindly. Seeing this, Jiang Yunfeng pointed to his nose, and the older abbot smiled and nodded.
"What's wrong with the master calling us?" Jiang Yunfeng spoke broken English that he couldn't even understand himself.
The abbot's kind smile did not change, and his fluent English struck him to the ground, and he squatted on the ground and drew circles with his fingers, secretly saddened that he could not even compare to an old man.
The abbot master probably meant to ask them if they had eaten it, and Jiang Yunfeng's broken English didn't make up enough words for a long time. Erina Nagi couldn't stand it anymore, so she pushed Jiang Yunfeng, who was still racking her brains to piece together words, and replied truthfully, "When I first arrived, I found that people had gathered here, and the restaurants and shops in the city had also closed down, and no place to eat for lunch was chosen for the time being." ”
The abbot master came to his senses and said with a look of self-reproach, "It's my sin to not let the three of you have lunch in time, so let's do it, the three of you, please follow me into the meal." ”
"Miss, what did the master mean just now?" Jiang Yunfeng leaned over to Erina Nagi and asked in a low voice.
Erina Nagikiri glanced at him and replied in disgust, "I won't tell you." ”
Jiang Yunfeng had no choice but to ask Fu Hua for help.
Fu Hua also shook his head helplessly and said, "Let you usually play less games and study more, you don't listen, now you know it's wrong, right?!" The master meant to invite us to dinner. ”
"That's a good feeling! I just took a cursory look at it, and there were a lot of delicious things. Jiang Yunfeng clapped his hands happily, why not invite someone to eat, so he followed the footsteps of the abbot master to a very large restaurant.
Most of the monks who had received the alms had eaten quietly here, and the abbot master motioned for Jiang Yunfeng and the three of them to sit down at an empty low table. Jiang Yunfeng, who was looking forward to the feast with joy, saw the abbot master take three stainless steel discs, hugged his own dervishe, divided the food inside into four parts, and used the stainless steel discs to hold three points and personally delivered them to the three of them.
This......
Jiang Yunfeng was dumbfounded, when he was doing his homework before, he learned that Southeast Asia all believed in Southern Buddhism, and the monks strictly adhered to the precept of 'not eating at noon'. The abbot divided his own food among the three men, which meant that he had to spend the whole day hungry.
"That, Master, I think you're mistaken, that's not what we meant...."Jiang Yunfeng pushed the plate towards the abbot master, hoping that he would take back the food.
"You don't have to excuse yourself, it's also a kind of practice for me." The master abbot knew what he was about to say, and was the first to stop it, and then slowly enjoyed the rest of the food with the dervishes.
Jiang Yunfeng picked up the spoon and hesitated for a long time, and finally ate all the food on the plate, and quickly ended the most tangled meal in his life so far.