Chapter 12 Invitations
Two monks wearing monk's robes got out of the car and went straight to the Daxiong Treasure Hall, Jingye frowned after seeing it, but still greeted him, folded his hands and bowed slightly.
"Amitabha, what are the two senior brothers doing here?"
One of the monks also folded his hands and bowed back, saying, "Amitabha, may I ask if the abbot of your temple is not there, we are from Baiyun Temple, and there are some things to discuss with the abbot." ”
Jingye was stunned, he had heard of this Baiyun Temple, it was one of the best temples in this 100-mile radius, there were dozens of monks, the scale of the temple was even more outrageous, and the pilgrims who usually used to incense were endless, and it was the signature temple of this scenic spot.
"It turned out to be the senior brother of Baiyun Temple! The master has traveled down the mountain, and I am afraid that I will not be able to come back for a while, and what will I tell me, there are only two of our masters and apprentices in this Qingshan Temple. ”
Jingye thought to himself, my master hasn't come back for so long, eighty percent of them have an accident, and the affairs of the abbot are still decided by themselves.
When the two monks heard this, they looked up and down at Jingye and said, "Okay, it's okay to tell you, two months later, my Baiyun Temple will hold a large-scale puja, and invite the monks in each temple to watch the ceremony, if the abbot of your temple comes back, please give him this invitation." ”
After speaking, he took out an invitation card from his pocket and handed it to Jingye.
Jingye took the invitation and put it away, and said, "Okay, I will definitely give it to the master when he comes back." ”
"There is one more thing, we checked when we came, this Qingshan Temple has not joined my Buddhist Association yet, this time I went to the ceremony to go through the formalities together, remember to bring 5,000 yuan of entrance fees when you go, and pay 5,000 yuan of membership fees every year after joining."
One of the monks seemed to remember something, and spoke again.
"What? Joining a Buddhist Association? Do you also have an entrance fee? When Jingye heard this, he immediately frowned, and his heart was a little unhappy.
"Can I not join? My Qingshan Temple is a small temple, and the annual cost of 5,000 yuan is unbearable. ”
If you open your mouth directly, you have to refuse.
"What! Not joining? You need to know how important it is to join a Buddhist association! As long as you join, our association will do publicity for your Qingshan Temple, so that more pilgrims will come to you. ”
One of the monks saw that Jingye said this, and said with a glare.
Another monk also immediately interjected, "You don't look at your location here, it's so remote, even the road hasn't been repaired, where will anyone come, if we give you this small temple to publicize, it is possible to increase some popularity, so that you can earn more incense money!" ”
When Jingye heard this, the mind cultivated by eating fasting and reciting Buddha in these days disappeared without a trace, and he glared at his eyes and scolded, "You fake monks, I don't know what you do all day!" Have so many scriptures been read in vain? Get out of here! I don't welcome you two in this Qingshan Temple! ”
After that, he picked up the broom in the corner of the wall and waved it at the feet of the two monks as if he were sweeping the floor.
"Hey! You little monk, don't be ignorant, I see the face of our abbot who sent you an invitation to Qingshan Temple, so I invited your temple to join the club, and you are shameless! Hum! Let's go. ”
After that, the two monks walked out of Qingshan Temple one after the other.
Jingye looked at the backs of the two, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, it is really unfortunate for Buddhism to have such a monk.
The two monks got into the car, and Jingye deliberately used the magic technique to observe for a while, and sure enough, at this time, the two were discussing in the car to go back and talk about it in front of the abbot.
"Cut! Too lazy to pay attention to you! ”
Jingye calmed down and went back to accompany Hu Haishan and a few others.
Hu Haishan saw the scene just now, and he was also unhappy with the behavior of the two monks of Baiyun Temple, they were simply scum of Buddhism.
"Do you want me to investigate their details and teach them a lesson?"
Hu Haishan gritted his teeth and said, Jingye is the benefactor of their family, and now he can't stand it anymore after suffering from such anger.
Unexpectedly, Jingye smiled faintly and shook his head.
"Forget it, it's just a trivial matter, don't worry about it, the monks have to be compassionate, how can they take revenge on them!"
After saying that, he pretended to twist the Buddha beads in his hand, in fact, he had already scolded the two monks in his heart, if it weren't for the other party's strength, he would have opened it just now, and the Baiyun Temple can be regarded as the largest temple in this Shangyi County.
When Hu Haishan heard this, he was immediately in awe, it turned out that the master of pure karma had such a compassionate heart, and he must be a person with profound Buddhism.
At this time, the three masters also completed the construction budget of the Manjushri Hall and gave two implementation plans. In the end, Hu Haishan decided to use the most expensive one, and the entire hall was made of solid wood mortise and tenon structure, which was estimated to cost 300,000 yuan in rough calculations.
This shocked the pure karma all of a sudden, it was a full 300,000! He had never seen so much money in his life.
After making a plan, Hu Haishan and the four of them drove away, and Jingye deliberately sent everyone out of the mountain gate.
After a few people left, Jingye immediately closed the mountain gate and hurriedly went down the mountain, but he promised Hu Haishan to invite a statue of Manjushri Bodhisattva home two days later, how can he prepare the statue of Bodhisattva first.
After walking for more than an hour, I came across a tractor that went to the town, and after discussing with the driver, I took a ride to the town. Jingye first bought a mobile phone card, and after getting on the mobile phone, Jingye finally stepped down, this old Nokia can really be used to make calls, or his little incense money is not enough to spend.
Finding out the business card, Jingye dialed the phone number named Li Tao, and the last time he went to buy incense, he seemed to see something like a Bodhisattva statue in his store.
"Hey! Li Tao? ”
"I am, who are you?"
"It's me, the monk of Qingshan Temple who owes you money!"
"Oh, it's you, what's the matter with me?"
"I'm at the door of the Sunshine Vegetable Market, you can come and pick me up, there's something wrong."
"Huh? Pick you up? Well, who told you to owe me money! Wait a minute! ”
After a while, Jingye hung up the phone and waited in place, and after a while, Li Tao came over on a small electric donkey.
"Pure industry master, right, get in the car, what's the matter in the store."
Li Tao rubbed the dust on the back seat of the little electric donkey with his hand and said.
Jingye sat down directly and was pulled to the small store by Li Tao.
These days, Li Tao's store has a lot of new goods, and the position of the goods has also been adjusted.
In the future, he will ask Li Tao if he has any ready-made products, if not, it will be a little troublesome, and the day after tomorrow will be the day to promise Hu Haishan.
"Yes, I have stock here at any time, don't look at me in my twenties, my family has opened this shop since the Qing Dynasty, and it has been the fourth generation to me, and I am familiar with the supply channels or something before the age of ten."
Speaking of this, Li Tao is proud, but in fact, in this town, there is no better industry than Li Tao's family, and even other towns often come to his house to buy things.
"Come with me, little master, I'll take you to the storeroom to choose."
As he spoke, Li Tao led Jingye towards a small alley next to the store.
After pushing open an iron door, the mountains of goods in the warehouse are simply dazzling the eyes of pure karma, from incense bracelets to Buddha statues, and even some funeral paper people, paper horses, white cloth and white flags.
After some searching, he finally found the desired Bodhisattva statue on the shelves inside. The two packed a dozen statues together, and Li Tao drove the farm truck to send Jingye back.
"Drive slowly on the way back!"
After Jingye moved the statue to the Daxiong Treasure Palace, he sent Li Tao out of the mountain gate, and took out a small notebook to write down the number on the first page, preparing to settle it together before the year.
"Alas! This trip is estimated to be lost again! ”
Forty miles of mountain road, Li Tao drove for two hours, and spent dozens of yuan on oil alone, in total, not only did he not make any money this time, but he also took a tank of oil.
"You can't care about the momentary gains and losses, the business will still grow in the future! There's always a time to make money! ”
Li Tao comforted himself on the way back.