She explained directly: "There are two kinds of Buddhists. One is the spiritual believer, who is a more rational person. The other is like Ye Gong who loves dragons but has no Buddha in his heart, but he puts Buddha statues all over his house and pretends to be pious. His purpose is to show it to others and comfort himself at the same time!"

This was the first time I heard this statement.

Fang Zongtang went on to say: "A rational person can worship a Buddha statue worth five yuan, even if it is sold at a small stall. Don't focus on the outside, focus on the inside!"

Men Huigui: Is this a compliment to their family?

Why does this sound so awkward?

Never mind, just consider it as a compliment!

"I thought about it and realized that you are right. Our family is very pious and we have never paid close attention to the eyes of the Buddha statues."

She laughed in her heart, saying, I'm just giving you face, do you really believe it?

This is a Northern Wei Buddha statue, which is very valuable. Even if you have a huge fortune, you will look at this stone statue carefully if you see it.

Your family didn't see that, including you, you are all careless.

"The stone statue is about to open its eyes, which means two things: either the sleeping Buddha is about to open his eyes to wake up, or the reclining Buddha is squinting his eyes to rest."

Men Huigui looked at Fang Zongtang in amazement: "Can you tell so many things from a stone statue?"

She thought to herself: In order to help me carve the lion holding a pearl with spirit, my great-grandfather brought a dog over so that I could see the dog’s expression.

She spent five years carving a huge stone weighing more than 400 kilograms into a palm-sized lion holding a pearl.

She has been looking at dog faces for five years. To put it bluntly, she now knows what a dog is thinking just by looking at it frowning.

Carving a statue of a god is just like carving any other living thing. It requires careful observation and meticulous attention to detail. If she can't even tell a god from a reclining one, she won't have to carve anything in her life!

She gave Men Huigui an answer that he could understand better.

"The more you see and carve, the more you will know."

Men Huigui immediately said, "So this is a reclining Buddha, not a sleeping Buddha?"

She nodded directly and pointed to the other hand that was supporting the head of the statue.

"Look carefully at this finger, it's raised. Do you raise your fingers when you sleep?"

The moment the door returned, I suddenly realized it.

"The other broken arm was lost long ago. Even my family members said it was the Sleeping Buddha. I also kept calling it the Sleeping Buddha, but it turns out I was calling it the wrong name!"

She pointed to the carved arm and asked, "Hold your finger up, any questions?"

Men Huigui hurriedly said seriously: "No problem, that's all."

She went on to say, "The stone is too heavy. Neither resin nor gold wire are suitable. I plan to grind off the broken edge a little more, hollow out the arm, and embed it. This way, it will not damage the stone and will be strong."

After hearing the proposal, Men Huigui also thought it was a good idea, but he still had one thing he was concerned about.

"Will the stone be damaged?"

This is what she is going to talk about next.

"No, for the next job, I will use a carving knife and sandpaper to polish it little by little. In order to avoid the stone from breaking, the speed will be very, very slow."

Men Huigui understood and said cheerfully, "I'm not in a hurry. It won't be a problem if you give it to me in three to five years."

After listening to Three or Five Years, she immediately laughed.

"It's not that exaggerated. It will probably take half a year to a year at most!"

Men Huigui seemed to be afraid that she would rush the progress and even tried to persuade her.

"We believe in Buddhism rationally. We believe in the spirit. Although the Buddha statue is here, the spirit is always in our hearts. There is really no need to be so anxious!"

Fang Zongtang: "..." There are all kinds of people in this world~

What you said is quite good. I was afraid that you would run away without paying me.