Chapter 36: Worship the Bodhisattva
Liu Man'er felt that this was really a person who relied on clothes, if she wore it as tattered as last time, these people would definitely ignore her, fortunately, today the three of them are wearing new clothes, although they are all ordinary fabrics, but at least neat.
No wonder, every time he went out to catch the market, Fang would always tell himself to clean up.
It seems that it still makes sense.
After buying fragrant pancreas, Liu Man'er went to the bookstore last time to buy a small brush, maybe it was Liu Man'er who impressed them last time, this time this person actually knew her, after all, Liu Man'er introduced a job: copying books!
Liu Man'er originally didn't want to agree, if she copied the book, wouldn't it be exposed, but she thought of Ye Feng at home, so she agreed again.
The young man's handwriting is quite neat, just right, the family has no money to buy him extra books, he copied books like this, not only read the book, but also practiced calligraphy, and was able to make money, why not do it?
The shopkeeper originally wanted Liu Man'er to pay a deposit, but Liu Man'er said that her family was poor, probably because Liu Man'er performed well last time, but the shopkeeper also trusted Liu Man'er, so he agreed to Liu Man'er and agreed to return the book ten days later.
Liu Man'er nodded in agreement, and took the paper and books from the shop.
The first time they cooperated, the price that the shopkeeper gave to Liu Man'er was not high, and after copying a book of about 100 pages, it was only 20 yuan, but the selling price of such a book was at least 50 yuan.
The price of some books is higher, so the reader is expensive, and reading is also very expensive, except for some scholarly families, few people can be admitted to Xiucai, one of the reasons is that poor children cannot afford to buy books.
Generally, they rarely sell books, and when they have a good book, they pass it on to their classmates, or copy another book themselves.
Liu Man'er didn't have any books at home, since Ye Feng read, except for the enlightenment books that he asked to buy in the school, the remaining books in the family were all copied by Ye Feng through his master's books.
This time she accidentally got such a good opportunity, Liu Man'er was overjoyed, put the book in her arms, Liu Man'er went to the town, found the salt official to buy salt and went back.
Originally, she was going to buy some meat and rice noodles, but because she was afraid of staining the paper on her hands, she didn't buy any of them, anyway, if she had money, it would be good to let Ye Yuan come over and buy them when the time came.
I'm also a woman anyway, so I'd better leave these heavy tasks to their men.
Along the way, the three of them got what they wanted, although they didn't buy food this time, but along the way, they were still very happy, and it can be said that they went home happily.
In the evening, when Ye Feng came home, Liu Man'er told Ye Feng about it, and Ye Feng was also very happy and readily agreed.
Normally, he would not come back until he had to read in the school for a while, but now that Liu Man'er had given him this job, he decided to come back early in the future.
Liu Man'er saw his happy look, so she admonished: "Feng'er, the reason why my sister-in-law asked you to copy books is not because she wants you to make money for your family, but because there are too many benefits of copying books. ”
Liu Man'er said in an orderly manner, "First, copying books and practicing calligraphy, and second, it can also increase your knowledge." After all, we don't have the money to buy too many books, so I suggest that when you copy books, don't think that you are making money, but think that you are doing research, and I hope you can copy two copies within ten days, one for the store and one for our own house, so that slowly, we will have more books. ”
"Well, sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll work hard." Ye Feng nodded, holding the book with some love.
Liu Man'er smiled slightly when she saw him like this, nodded at him, and went back to the room to copy the book.
This Liu Fusheng also followed behind him.
After Ye Feng left, Liu Man'er asked about the Fang family's temple fair, "Mother, do you know that there is a Guanyin Temple near here?" ”
"Of course I do." As soon as Fang heard Liu Man'er say this, he said, "Have you forgotten? My mother has taken you to the temple fair before. ”
"Is there one?" Liu Man'er didn't remember it a little, and when she thought about it in her mind, she couldn't think of the so-called temple fair.
"Of course, I also took you to burn incense in front of the Bodhisattva." Fang Shi showed a smile on his face, suddenly patted his head, and said: "Oops, I almost forgot, the day after tomorrow is Guanyin Niangniang's birthday, Niangniang is not strange, Niangniang is not strange." ”
As he spoke, Fang folded his hands together and made a gesture in front of the void air.
Liu Man'er saw it and said, "Mother, don't make a fuss here now, or let's go to the Guanyin Temple tomorrow to worship." ”
"Tomorrow?" Fang looked at Liu Man'er a little strangely.
"yes, just tomorrow." Liu Man'er smiled slightly, "When it comes to Guanyin Niangniang's birthday, there must be a lot of people, let's go in advance, and we can also prove our sincerity." ”
"Well, you kid, that makes sense." When Fang heard Liu Man'er say this, he nodded and said, "Okay then, I'll take you to worship the Buddha tomorrow." ”
"Okay, anyway, there is nothing to do tomorrow, let's go around as a family, and it will be regarded as a spring." Liu Man'er said: "Fusheng and Xiaohe must have been stuffy at home." ”
When Fang heard Liu Man'er say this, he naturally had nothing to refute, so he said, "What you say is what it is." ”
Ye He, who was sitting on the side, heard Fang Shi say this, and a happy smile appeared on his face, on weekdays, she usually plays the role of a housekeeper, and when she goes out to play, she doesn't have her share.
Early the next morning, Fang's steamed buns in the kitchen, let everyone take them to eat on the road, and packed up some valuable incense, and then led the family out of the house, but Ye Feng and Ye Qing wanted to study, so naturally they couldn't take them there.
Along the way, the sky is blue, the green grass is long, the seedlings in the ground have also grown tender green buds, the breeze is blowing, it is the lukewarm weather, the family is talking and laughing, the mood is very good.
Liu Man'er was holding Ye Tianchen in her hands, Ye Yuan was holding Liu Fusheng and Ye He, Fang was walking in front, and occasionally met people, she greeted her warmly.
"Yo, where is this Aunt Ye?" A woman who knew each other came up to greet her warmly.
"Go to the Guanyin Temple to offer incense." Fang would explain to everyone with a smile.
"Is this your son and daughter-in-law?" The woman opened her mouth to ask again, then turned her head to look at the child in Liu Man'er's hand, and said, "Yo, you have grandchildren in the blink of an eye, boy and girl?" ”
"Boy." Fang replied.
"No wonder, I saw that your daughter-in-law has become a mother, and it is really different, it seems to be a little smarter." The woman set her eyes on Liu Man'er again.
Liu Man'er nodded at her and smiled slightly.
The woman also looked at her kindly, and praised the Fang clan for being blessed, and then she staggered by.
Along the way, I often met such people, all of whom were from several villages next door, and everyone often worked together, and most of them knew Fang's family.
However, Liu Man'er didn't know anyone, she could only listen to what others said about her, and then smile at them.
The road Fang took was not the one leading to the town, but a small road, passing through several villages, no wonder so many people greeted her along the way.
However, it is also fast to take this road, and it is about four miles to the Guanyin Temple.
At this moment, there are already a lot of people in front of the Guanyin Temple, many monks are preparing for the next temple fair, and some laymen are also helping to arrange the venue.
It's not yet the day after tomorrow, but it already looks very good, and you can imagine how lively it will be when the real ceremony begins.
After the incense, the everlasting lamp was lit again, and out of the hall, Liu Man'er secretly asked, "Mother, when the day of the temple fair, will there be many people here?" ”
"Of course." Fang Shi said with some pride, "When the time comes, not to mention these ten miles and eight incense, many people in the county will also rush here." ”
"Oh." Liu Man'er nodded and asked again, "Is it because the temple here is very effective?" ”
"Of course it worked." A smile appeared on Fang's face, "Last year, I said that I would bless the safety of my family, bless the safe return of my distant son, and bless God to open your wisdom roots, you see this year, my wishes have not all been fulfilled." ”
Belch......
Liu Man'er had nothing to say.
It's just that she saw that this temple seemed to be quite large-scale, and in this poor and remote area, it was indeed a little extraordinary, so she asked again, "Mother, does this Guanyin Temple have any origins?" I think this temple is quite grand, when was it built? ”
"I don't know when it was built, I just heard that there was a county lord who lived here, so this Guanyin Temple is bigger than other places."
Fang Shi said here, his face was also proud, "Maybe it's because of this reason, on the other hand, this Guanyin Temple is also effective, so every year when the practice is held, there will be a lot of people rushing here, and when it is at that time, it will be lively." ”
"Oh, then I'll come back then." Liu Man'er looked at the radiant look on Fang's face, and she was also quite yearning.
In her previous life, she was not interested in these temple fairs at all, but now that she wants to come and see them, it is quite good.
"Well, yes, you can bring Xiaohe and them to go shopping when the time comes." Fang Shi nodded, but he also agreed, "Although this temple fair will be held once a year, but if it is as grand as this one, it will only happen once every three years, and it will definitely be very lively at that time." ”
"Every three years? Mother, how do you know so much? Liu Man'er didn't understand this.
"Yes, this kind of small festival will be held every year, but there will not be many people, like this kind of big festival once every three years, when the monks and girls from other temples will also come, everyone gathers together, incense is around, looking at it from afar, it is really like a fairy resort, but it is very lively."
Speaking of that temple fair, Fang's face was full of yearning.