"What, Brother Shen, why are you looking at me with such eyes?" Maybe the contempt in my eyes was too obvious, Wang Mutian immediately found out what I meant, "Let's say it first, I haven't stolen tribute or anything in the temple, even if I was just a contractor before, we haven't done that kind of thing, let alone what you want to eat now." ”

"Perhaps, it's because you ate something you shouldn't eat, isn't there a paragraph in the biography of Jigong, saying that the prince of the Dragon Palace drank too much and became a big fish, and let the people slaughter and eat it, which caused the Dragon King to be angry, have you ever been late for dinner at home or anything strange?" I pressed on.

"This, I don't know, Lilith has always been in charge of the meals at home." Wang Mutian said that he was here early, and suddenly paused, "Lilith's problem is more serious than mine, you say, could it be that Lilith is the problem?" ”

"Li Lisi? It's a strange name. Old Man Feng interjected, "Is this Miss Li your wife?" If it's convenient, can you take the old man to see this Miss Li? ”

Plum...... Girl......

On the way, I explained to Mr. Feng that Lilith was not surnamed Li, but a foreign girl, and Mr. Feng was stunned for a long time before turning his head and asking Wang Mutian very seriously: "Are you fed?" ”

This old man...... Where did the Immortal Wind Dao Bone go at the beginning, and he actually asked such an old and uncultivated word, Lilith is only seventeen years old now, of course he is well fed, but in a few years...... Well, I'm not a serious person.

The car drove to the Mingxin Zen Temple, and we first met the abbot before going to the room where Lilith was. Lilith was in much better condition than before, she didn't wear such a thick down jacket anymore, after all, she didn't have those handprints full of yin qi on her body, and she didn't feel so cold anymore, it is said that last night, the four monks surrounded her mattress and read the scriptures to her all night.

Seeing us return, Lilith immediately screamed and threw herself into Wang Mutian's arms, and in the days of fear, it was indeed not a happy thing to be without relatives.

"Lilith, good, it's okay, Lilith, did you come across anything strange while cooking at home?" Wang Mutian hugged Lilith and asked while gently patting her back and soothing her.

"Strange stuff? No, the things we eat are all very ordinary, how can there be strange things. Lilith replied in a still slightly stiff Chinese.

"So, is there anything you haven't eaten before, but you've eaten recently, a few days before something strange happened to your family?" I continued.

"No, we eat what we usually eat, although I work hard to learn, but there are only a dozen Chinese dishes I can fry, and there is nothing I haven't seen before." Speaking of this, Lilith suddenly paused, "Does candy count?" ”

"Candy?" Old Man Feng and I glanced at each other at the same time, "What kind of candy?" ”

"It's a white, round candy with a lot of holes like a yuba on the inside, and a candy that looks about the shape of an orange on the outside."

"Sugar melon!" "Hemp Candy!" As Lilith finished describing the candy, I spoke it in unison with Noguchi, the old man of the wind. But I kind of understand where the problem is.

"What's wrong? Brother Shen, Old Man Feng, is there anything wrong with Hemp Candy? It was the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and when I went home, I bought it for Lilith from the market, I didn't buy it in previous years, but I bought it on the way this year, is the problem in this little hemp candy? Wang Mutian's eyes widened.

"It's still uncertain, this Miss Li, uh, no, Miss Lilith, can you tell us more about what happened between the time you got the hemp candy and the time you ate it?" Old Man Feng asked.

"Well, in fact, there is nothing strange about it, my dear bought it back for me to eat, I took it to the kitchen, found a bowl and put it up, because I was afraid of getting my hands dirty, and inserted a pair of chopsticks in the bowl, and then just the gas stove boiled water, I put the bowl on the stove, first went to fill the water, and after filling the water, I was tired of being with my dear for a while, and then I remembered that the candy was still in the kitchen, so I went to take it out and eat it, it didn't feel very sweet, but it tasted very good, crispy and crispy. I also fed the dear one mouth-to-mouth. Lilith's cheeks were slightly red, as if she was reminiscing about the taste of hemp candy, and the old man and I covered our faces helplessly.

This is a naked race to eat with the gods. "You, you, Brother Wang, what do you want me to say about you." I'm speechless, no wonder he's black and golden.

"What's wrong? Isn't it just a little hemp candy? Wang Mutian looked at me inexplicably.

"Twenty-three sugar melons are sticky, the king of the stove is in heaven, and the world is young. You don't know what that means, don't you? That is to say, on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, it is the day when the Lord of the Stove reports to the Heavenly Court what the family has done in a year, so that the Heavenly Court is used as a day for the assessment of the people in the world, and the hemp candy is offered to the Lord of the Stove, so that the Lord of the Stove has a sweet mouth and says more good things, and the so-called short mouth of eating people is such a reason. I covered my face and sighed, while secretly rejoicing, this is fortunately not to provoke the three clear and four royal, Nuwa Niangniang like the great gods, otherwise I and the old man Feng would not be able to eat and walk around.

"However, there aren't many people sacrificing stoves now, don't everyone eat hemp candy as a snack for the occasion? Why did I encounter such a thing? Wang Mutian's face was full of incomprehension.

"That's because this young lady doesn't do things the right way, young man." Old Man Feng said, took out a string of five copper coins with red rope from his bag, and handed them to Lilith, "Miss Lilith, this is called the Five Emperor Money, you put it away, it may be helpful to you." ”

After Lilith thanked and took the Five Emperors money, Old Man Feng turned his head to Wang Mutian, but his face became serious. "Your wife is a foreigner and doesn't understand Chinese etiquette and customs, so you should teach her more, otherwise it will be easy for you to get into trouble. She put the hemp sugar bowl on the stove, which is equivalent to starting to sacrifice the stove, especially when she also inserts chopsticks in the bowl, and inserts chopsticks in the bowl, which means that the gods and ghosts are invited to come and enjoy it. And the biggest thing that shouldn't be is that she took down the hemp candy and ate it herself before the Lord of the Stove went to heaven. It's nothing if you don't worship originally, but you take it away and eat it yourself halfway through the offering, isn't this playing with the king of the stove? The king of the stove is in the sky, it's strange that he can say good things to you! Zao Jun is equivalent to the attendant officer in the world on the side of the immortals, the dead are judged by King Qin Guang, and the living are judged by Zao Jun, which angers Zao Jun, do you still want to be better? ”

"Well, that's ...... Is it so serious? Wang Mutian stammered, not knowing what to say. That, old man Feng, is there any way to help me resolve it, even if I inadvertently offend the stove king, this, this trouble is too big, it's just a bowl of hemp candy, because this will cost the lives of the two of us, isn't it a bit too much? It doesn't matter if I die alone, it's Lilith, I don't want her to have an accident. Wang Mutian's eyes were full of tenderness when he looked at Lilith.

"Ahem, you're telling the truth?" Old Man Feng also saw how much Wang Mutian cared about Lilith.

"Well, really, if I have to die, then let me die and let Lilith live well." Wang Mutian did not hesitate, which made me admire it very much.

"Good! Just say this to you, old man, I will help you, I hope that when my granddaughter has such a day, there will be a man who can stand up like this and is willing to die for her. Old Man Feng slapped his thigh, as if he was moved by Wang Mutian, "However, you must promise me that when your company undertakes real estate projects in the future, you will not be allowed to engage in any forced demolition, nor can you not give proper compensation to the dead workers, otherwise, even if I save you this time, next time, you may not be able to escape." ”

I figured out that it was the matter of the stove here, we still placed Lilith in the Mingxin Zen Temple, took care of the old abbot, and then the business community purchased a batch of application items, which are the more common incense candle ingots, and also found a hemp sugar workshop and asked someone to make us a pot of the freshest hemp sugar. In addition, the old man also asked Wang Mutian to find someone to prepare a sand table and a T-shaped wooden frame.

When we returned to Wang Mutian's villa, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. The old man instructed us to clean up the things in the kitchen, put the sand table in, and then reluctantly set up an altar in the kitchen. It's also a shame that Wang Mutian is a local tyrant, and the kitchen is relatively large, otherwise there can only be one altar and sand table, and it will hurt.

"Shen Hao, you also eat yin and yang rice, wait a minute, I invited Zao Jun, you are responsible for talking to Zao Jun, don't say what you shouldn't say, say more New Year's greetings, promise Zao Jun some more benefits, beg him to open the net, you know?" Old Man Feng commanded me.

"Well, I understand, old man, shall we begin?" I nodded, negotiating this matter, in fact, Wang Mutian may be better than me.

The old man, nodded, put a bag of sesame candy into the bowl, and then forcibly inserted the three sticks of incense into the top sesame candy, and inserted another pair of chopsticks into the bowl, and then put the hemp sugar bowl on the stove.

"Please nine heavens, Si Ming Zaojun, the head of the family, the god of the five rituals, the words are in the Beidou; Investigate good and evil things in the east kitchen, bless and forgive sins, transfer evil and turn good fortune, calm the town of yin and yang, and bless the family; Disasters will be destroyed, and blessings will increase; Responsive to requests, incomprehensible; Great compassion and great wishes, great saints and great mercy; Nine Heavens East Kitchen, Commander Stove King, Yuan Emperor Dingguo, Guardian Tianzun; Dingfu Stove Jun, the heavens say good things, the lower world keeps peace, and the urgency is like a law. Chi! With the old man's edict out, the three incense sticks inserted on the hemp candy burned violently!