"Master, I was not thoughtful enough about what happened today. Please don't take it to heart!" Xu Jianguo said.
"Go away, what's so inconsiderate of you? What's the matter? I give some New Year's money to the children, and I have to ask you for it?" said the old Taoist priest unhappily.
Xu Jianguo said: "That's not what I meant..."
The old Taoist waved his hand and continued, "Tsk, how can I not know who you are? I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but the little money I have on me was given to me by my master. Before the great monks of Taoism and Buddhism were going to come to Wuwei Temple, my master gave me some money and asked me to use it to buy some food from local villagers outside Mihun Pond. But before I could get out, those people came. Later, I returned the money to my master, but he didn't want it and kept it with me." The old Taoist Xuanjue said.
"Anyway, today's matter was also my fault for not thinking things through. I'll ask Du Yu to send you some money later, and you can keep it with you." Xu Jianguo said.
"Forget it, I'm a monk, and asking for money is useless to me!" The old Taoist priest refused.
"Please don't refuse. I will take you back to Qingyun Temple in a while. If you think the environment there is good, you can stay for a while. You always need to keep some money with you." Xu Jianguo said.
"Okay, Taoist Master, thank you first!" The old Taoist thought about it and felt that what Xu Jianguo said made sense, so he did not refuse.
"Well, you are Funiu's uncle, and I am Funiu's brother. It's not too much to call you uncle. She is still young now, so just think of it as me being filial to her!" Xu Jianguo said with a smile.
"Oh, my little nephew, it's worth it to have a brother like you in this life!" said the old Taoist priest with emotion.
Xu Jianguo just smiled and shook his head without saying anything.
After sending the old Taoist priest back to the Taoist temple, Xu Jianguo returned to the courtyard, found Du Yu, and took out a hundred yuan and some national food coupons from the drawer of the supermarket cash register. He did not take all the big black coins, but took some in cents, dimes, and pieces, both in small and large amounts, so that it would be easier for the old Taoist priest to spend them in the future.
After putting the money and food coupons into the envelope, Xu Jianguo asked Du Yu to deliver it to the old Taoist priest. He ran to the bathroom to take a shower, and then took Wen Sitian and the three girls home.
After leading the three girls back to the west room and watching them lie down, Xu Jianguo went to the yard to add some coal to the fire wall hole. Then he returned to his own room, took off his clothes, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep with his arms around Wen Sitian.
At six o'clock the next morning, Xu Jianguo woke up from his sleep, got up quietly, put on his clothes, tucked in the quilt for Wen Sitian, and then went to the yard to exercise.
After morning exercise, Xu Jianguo picked up the broom in the corner and swept the firecracker debris, fireworks paper, cigarette butts and incense sticks scattered on the ground last night into a pile. Then he put them into a sack, carried it outside and threw it into the trash can.
After washing his hands, Xu Jianguo went to the kitchen again, took out nine incense sticks, lit them, and inserted them into an incense burner on a wooden shelf next to the windowsill. Behind the incense burner were three tablets with the names of Xu Maotian, Ge Ruzhen and Luo Jing written on them respectively.
Xu Maotian and Ge Ruzhen are the names of Xu Jianguo's parents in this life, and Luo Jing is the name of Wen Sitian's mother. These three small tablets were carved by Xu Jianguo during his break time when he was busy drawing in the space before the Chinese New Year.
When people in the north celebrate the New Year, they pay attention to inviting gods on the 30th and sending off gods on the 3rd (some places also have the custom of sending off gods on the 2nd). The gods here usually refer to their deceased relatives, and inviting gods means inviting them to their homes during the New Year to accept incense and offerings to express their longing.
These three tablets were given to Du Yu by Xu Jianguo before she left yesterday morning. Later, she found Fu Bo from the space, and the two of them built a bracket on the wall of the corridor and placed the tablets on it.
During the Chinese New Year last year, Xu Jianguo also enshrined the tablets of his parents at his home in Sandaliang Village, but he and Wen Sitian were not married at that time, so he did not pay homage to her mother.
After Xu Jianguo left yesterday morning, Wen Sitian got up and went to the bathroom. She immediately saw the tablet on the wall and tears started to flow down her face.
Later, when she was burning incense, she silently told her mother and mother-in-law in her heart that she was very glad that she could marry Xu Jianguo in this life, and asked her two mothers to rest assured that the couple were living a good life.
Of course, Xu Jianguo didn't know all these things. It was just that after he got home last night, Wen Sitian took his hand to burn incense. When the couple looked at each other, he felt a touch of gratitude and peace of mind in his wife's eyes.
After burning incense for his parents and mother-in-law, Xu Jianguo went to wash up. When he came out of the bathroom, he found that Wen Sitian had already gotten up. She was sitting on the sofa, staring at the yard in a daze. A ray of morning sunlight shone on her face, giving people a warm and lazy feeling.
"Are you up?" Xu Jianguo asked with a smile while wiping his face with a towel.
"Yeah!" Wen Sitian nodded, looking like he hadn't woken up yet.
Xu Jianguo put the towel back in the bathroom and hung it up, then came to the living room, sat on the sofa, hugged her in his arms, and said, "Why don't you sleep a little longer? I'll take the three girls to pay New Year's greetings to the commander and auntie later!"
"No, how will people look at your wife like this?" Wen Sitian shook his head.
"Haha, okay then, you sit here and I'll help you wash up this morning!" Xu Jianguo said with a smile.
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