Chapter 46: The Temple Fair (Part II)
Therefore, the ancients paid attention to the time of the New Year's Festival, and allowed the daughters of the family who were not out of the boudoir to go out for a walk.
The heart of comparison is formed with each other, and when you go out, you don't wear makeup as if you are a head shorter, Zhao Xiuqin is thinking about this now.
Fang Tian smiled helplessly, turned around and went back to the room to dress up.
When she came out a moment later, she was already wearing makeup.
She deliberately picked out the best fabric skirt from her wardrobe and changed it, it was a goose yellow skirt, the robe and skirt were embroidered with delicate ornaments, Fang Tian liked this dress the most, in order to match this dress, she even turned out the jewelry in the makeup box and brought a delicate hairpin.
When she stepped into her living room, not only Zhao Xiuqin's eyes lit up, but even Lin Xiao's eyes, who didn't know much about her, lit up, and she kept circling around Fang Tian: "Sister, you are so good-looking!" ”
Zhao Xiuqin was also very satisfied, she wanted to rub it on her girl's head as usual, but accidentally broke someone's hairpin, endured it, and said with a smile: "This is my daughter, she really looks better than anyone else when she dresses up, and when she goes out, I don't know how many sons and brothers will be fascinated." ”
Fang Tian couldn't help but smile and didn't speak.
Originally, Zhao Xiuqin rented an ox cart and wanted to go to the town, but seeing her daughter dressed up so well, she would definitely be able to charm many sons when she went to the town.
gritted his teeth and rented a carriage instead, after all, renting a car costs a small amount of money, and accidentally delaying his daughter's marriage, this matter is a big deal.
So the three of them rode the carriage to the town, and the road was bumpy, and it was very uncomfortable, but fortunately the speed of the carriage was much faster than that of the ox cart, and the sin of this bump did not last long.
Zhao Xiuqin jumped out of the carriage first, and then beckoned Fang Tian and Lin Xiao to get out of the carriage.
The temple that a group of people want to visit is called the nameless temple, it is said that this temple is the place where a monk who has traveled for many years has passed away, the temple is built for the year of the rooster, because I don't know the name of the monk, the temple has no name, and the plaque hanging on the gate is wordless.
The dark doors of the temple were wide open, and many of them pilgrims came and went, forming two opposite streams of people.
Zhao Xiuqin saw that the tourists were weaving, and said with a smile: "You see these pilgrims coming and going, I really didn't lie to you." Normally, this temple is very deserted, and even the pilgrims who come and go are not half of today's number, they all heard that the lotus blossom is undefeated, so they came to pay respects. ”
Fang Tian nodded, his eyes fell on the crowd of people, and somehow, he remembered a saying: "Temporarily hugging Buddha's feet." ”
Lin Xiao didn't believe in gods and Buddhas, of course, he didn't have any respect, and when he heard the words, he laughed directly: "Sister said it well." ”
Although Zhao Xiuqin is not a devout believer, she also has a lot of respect for the Buddha, so instead of laughing, she frowned slightly: "Buddhism is important, don't talk nonsense, even if this is the truth." ”
Fang Tian knew that he was speechless, so he raised his hand and gently patted his mouth twice: "It's me who is too rude." ”
Zhao Xiuqin sighed and said: "What you said is also reasonable, some time ago, when the news didn't get out, the temple was very deserted all day long, and even several times I came to burn incense and worship the Buddha temporarily, and there were only me and the monks in the temple in the huge temple. ”
Zhao Xiuqin paused, raised her hand and made a silent gesture: "It's just that now we are not in our own home, we are on the territory of someone else's house, it doesn't matter what you say at home, no one can control you when the door is closed, but now that we are in front of other people's temples, it is rude to say this after all." ”
And if you are not careful, you may even cause a big disaster to your family.
Fang Tian repeatedly promised that he would never make similar mistakes again, Zhao Xiuqin was satisfied, and took her and Lin Xiao to the mountain temple, Fang walked to the front of the mountain gate, and suddenly a little monk wearing a gray monk's robe stopped them.
"If you want to go into the mountain to hug the Buddha, you need five taels of silver for one person," the little monk paused, looked down at Lin Xiao beside Fang Tian, and said, "The little donor can be free." ”
Just like the scenic spot has to charge expensive tickets, Fang Tian raised his eyes and stared at the temple, and couldn't help but smile.
Zhao Xiuqin almost lost her breath when she heard this: "What, it costs five taels of silver to enter the temple to worship incense!?" ”
This roar frightened the little monk to take two steps back, and said timidly: "Don't be angry, this is the rule set by the abbot of the temple, saying that there are many tourists who occasionally damage the temples of the temple, and charge some money to subsidize the cost of maintenance." ”
It sounds quite reasonable, Zhao Xiuqin gritted her teeth, but her heart hurt very much, five taels of silver is too expensive, even if they press the price a little lower, she will not be so painful.
Fang Tian knew what her silence was, and persuaded: "Although Ah Xiao can be free, but what about the two of us, forget it, usually my mother comes to the temple to pray many times, presumably the Buddha has heard it, if you don't go in today, if you want to come to my Buddha's mercy, you will definitely not blame." ”
Zhao Xiuqin was very insistent that she had to go into that temple to offer incense.
"I feel sorry for money," Fang Tian smiled and said, "Mother, you and Ah Xiao go in together, just help me worship the gods and Buddhas by the way, I'll wait for you outside." ”
Zhao Xiuqin wanted to say something more, but heard Fang Tian open her mouth again: "Anyway, I'm not a believer in Buddhism, so it doesn't matter if I worship or not." There are a lot of stalls on the street near this temple, and I thought it was interesting and I wanted to visit it. ”
Zhao Xiuqin didn't persuade again, told Fang Tian two or three words, and then walked in the direction of the temple with Lin Xiao.
Whether in his past life or in this life, Fang Tian has only gone out to shop a handful of times, not to mention such a lively thing as visiting a temple fair.
When Zhao Xiuqin took Lin Xiao's hand and gradually walked towards the temple, she only felt relieved, and then walked around like a girl who had never seen the world.
Probably because this year's temple fair is more grand than in previous years, there are many more vendors on the street than usual.
All kinds of stalls are in full bloom, and people are dazzled to stroll.
Fang Tian was also fascinated by the strange objects on those stalls, and couldn't take his eyes off them.
These small objects on their stalls, if they are completely preserved to a thousand years later, they will be valuable treasures in modern times, Fang Tian thought, and he couldn't help but laugh.
The brisk steps were like a gust of wind blowing, and attracted a lot of eyes from the crowd, and she walked through the crowd with a smile on her face, light and cheerful like a butterfly, she didn't notice at all, there was a faint gaze in the shadows, staring at herself, like a shadow.
After wandering around the dazzling streets for a while, Fang Tian felt a little hungry, so he found a small noodle stall on the side of the street.
The stall was not big, or because it was not a meal at the time, and there were not many people on the stall, after the stall owner brought the noodles ordered by Fang Tian, he turned his head to talk to the owner of the stall next door.
Next door is a small blanket selling all kinds of Buddhist beads, and the stall owner is a middle-aged man in his forties, who carefully carves a piece of wood in his hand when there are no customers on the stall, and talks to the noodle stall owner with a smile.
The noodle stall owner was obviously a talker, even if the stall owner next door only responded to him twice from time to time, he didn't even care, and talked to himself with great interest.
"This year's temple fair is the most lively temple fair I have ever seen in my life, I heard those old people in our village say that the lotus flowers in the temple have bloomed undefeated times, since the temple was built, there are only three times, the first two are hundreds of years ago, the third time is our time today, we are all blessed people."
The owner of the stall next door agreed softly and did not speak.
The owner of the noodle stall still looked happy: "I heard that people outside said that this undefeated thing was a vision from heaven, so many people outside came to our small broken place, thinking of seeing with their own eyes what that vision was!" ”
As the noodle stall owner spoke, he suddenly lowered his voice, fortunately Fang Tian was relatively close to them, so he could hear what they were saying.
"I heard that even the lady in the capital is here, that is, the lady we all know, a few days ago she went to a relative's house in a neighboring town, and halfway heard that the white lotus flowers in the temple are undefeated, so she specially changed her itinerary and wanted to come here to have a look!"
Fang Tian didn't hear clearly which lady the noodle stall owner was talking about, and halfway through him, a customer said that he wanted to settle the bill, so he closed his mouth and went to pay the bill.
Fang Tian was curious, and he was afraid that the delay would be too long, so Zhao Xiuqin and Lin Xiao would be worried, so he hurriedly checked out the bill and walked outside.
Passing by the small stall selling Buddhist beads next door, or the wind caused by the swing of the sleeves, or the instability of the string of Buddhist beads, when Fang Tian passed by the small stall, a string of Buddhist beads fell to the ground.
Originally, it wasn't a big deal, Fang Tian was a little far away from the Buddha bead, so he didn't plan to help pick it up, so he turned his head and wanted to leave.
The stall owner behind her suddenly stopped her.
Fang Tian was taken aback, thinking that he hadn't sprayed that string of Buddha beads at all, so he couldn't take the responsibility for this matter on himself, right? In ancient times, there was also a profession that made a living by touching porcelain?
The more Fang Tian thought about it, the more apprehensive he felt, and he looked at it, but he didn't see the meaning of blame on the stall owner's leather face.
The stall owner was a thin man with a somewhat pale face, who at first glance looked like a weak scholar, holding a piece of wood in his hand and carving, which had already taken shape, as if he were a Buddha.
"Girl, I have inconvenient legs and feet, can you please help me pick up the Buddha beads?"
Fang Tian stared down, saw that the trouser legs that were falling were empty, he was stunned, and nodded.
The owner of the noodle stall next to him also noticed the situation here, and said with a smile: "Girl, as the saying goes, there is a fate to meet thousands of miles away, you pass by, a string of Buddhist beads on the stall will fall, obviously this is related to you, I want to go with you, do you want to consider buying a string of Buddhist beads to go back?" Look at our small business, how difficult it is to come out and set up a stall in the autumn wind, are you right? ”
When the young man with inconvenient legs and feet heard this, his pale face showed an angry look: "Brother, don't talk nonsense, carefully scare other girls." ”
"It's okay, I think your Buddhist beads are good-looking, I also want to buy two strings back, I don't believe in Buddhism, but my mother believes that if I buy two strings of Buddhist beads and send her back, she will definitely be happy."
Fang Tian said, lowered his head and began to carefully select the Buddhist beads on the stall, and finally picked out two strings of sandalwood round Buddha beads and handed them to the sick young man: "I think these two strings are the most beautiful." ”
The owner of the noodle stall next to him had just finished settling the accounts for the guests and glanced over here.
He seemed to be very familiar with this sick young man, and when he saw this, he smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth: "Girl has a good eye, these two strings of sandalwood Buddhist beads are the best in the stall, I-"
The sick young man glared at him, and he quickly silenced himself and did not dare to speak again.