Chapter 57 Tongyang Temple (Revised)
Chapter 58 Tongyang Temple (revised)
This century-old temple is not as big as you might imagine. The apricot-red temple door is full of historical traces, and there are two golden door knockers embedded on the vermilion temple door. A plaque hangs above the door with three large characters "Tongyang Temple" inscribed on it.
The small doors on both sides are fully open, making it convenient for tourists to enter the temple. Mr. Fang was the first to enter the temple. There were few monks in the temple. Except for a monk who was cleaning the temple, everyone could only faintly hear the sound of wooden fish knocking and monks chanting. There is a small wooden table on the left side of the Buddhist hall, on which are placed free incense and candles and merit boxes.
It was Fang Qing's first time to burn incense in the temple. She followed her mother's footsteps closely, lit incense and offered it, then knelt down and prayed.
In fact, Fang Qing didn't know what she wanted, nor did she know what she should pray for. But when she came to this temple, facing the majestic Buddha statue in the hall, and hearing the sound of wooden fish knocking in her ears, her heart miraculously calmed down.
Fang Qing didn't know whether the Buddha could really resolve her doubts, but at this moment she sincerely hoped that if there really were gods in the world, they would bless her family with safety and health. As for her own future path, she believed in herself more.
I don't know when an old man came to sit next to me. He was wearing an ordinary monk's robe and lit a lamp under the Buddha statue.
"Girl, is there something you don't understand?" The kind voice made Fang Qing turn her head, and she immediately saw the old man who was also sitting next to her.
"Thank you, old man. I don't seem to have any confusion." Fang Qing replied politely.
The old man smiled, his thin face was full of smiles. He touched his beard and shook his head, "You can't see clearly when you are in it. Girl, whether you believe it or not, you have to let it go before you can pick it up. Amitabha..."
The old man bowed to Buddha, then slowly stood up and left.
Fang Qing didn't understand what the old man meant until a gust of wind blew and a cool breeze hit her face. Then she realized that she had cried without knowing when...
After burning incense, Fang Qing felt relaxed, and his mother also felt that the temple was a magical place, and coming here would make people relax. When they turned around and were about to leave, his mother saw the merit box on the side, and she took out more than ten yuan and threw it in solemnly. Fang Qing saw several sachets on the yellow wooden table at the door.
At this time, a fat monk with a round head came over. Seeing Fang Qing looking at the sachets, he smiled and explained, "My dear donor, these are amulets blessed by the abbot of this temple. Wear them to ward off evil and bring good fortune. If you like them, you can take a few back."
Although Fang Qing felt that the amulets in the temple might not be as effective as the monks said, buying some and carrying them with him was also a psychological comfort. Although these amulets were small, they were not cheap. While Fang Qing was hesitating, Fang's mother actually bought seven or eight of them. Fang Qing immediately felt that the monk opposite him was smiling even more.
After getting down the mountain, Fang Qing was holding the seven or eight amulets in his hands, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. In the past, his mother would haggle with others for a long time before buying vegetables, but he didn't expect that her mother would be so generous in the temple.
But my mother believed that this thing could bless peace, so it was worth buying even if it cost dozens of dollars, not to mention a dozen. She also told Fang Qing to follow the fat monk's instructions when he returned home, and wear the amulet inside his underwear after bathing and fasting.
They went to the temple to burn incense in the morning, and at noon the family of four had lunch at a farm house at the foot of the mountain. Fang's father heard that there was a small antique market in Tai County, so he took the family of four there for a look.
After strolling around the antique market for a long time, Fang's father bought a copper incense burner and an emerald green bracelet for Fang's mother. Although Fang Qing didn't understand, he felt that his father must have been fooled. The color was at most jadeite, but Fang Sheng said it was jasper. The family couldn't stop him, so Fang's father paid for it.
The eldest brother was not interested in these things and followed his family in boredom. Suddenly, he saw a jade pendant and thought it would look great on his sister. The boss squatted on the ground and ate his food without even looking up. He told Fang Ming that the thing was not valuable and that if he wanted it, he could take it for 20 yuan.
Fang Qing came over and saw the pendant and liked it very much, so he immediately paid for it. The pendant was oval in shape, like an unfull moon, and it didn't look like real jade, but it was warm to the touch, and Fang Qing liked it more and more, so he put it together with the amulet.
The family spent a day strolling around Taishan County. After returning to the hotel, they took a hot bath and went to bed quickly.
Fang Qing held the amulet and jade pendant in his hands and gradually fell asleep.
At night, everything was quiet. Fang Qing held the jade pendant in his hand and slept uneasily. The soft moonlight outside the window hit the jade pendant, and the refracted light just hit Fang Qing's eyebrows.
As the moonlight passed, its light disappeared, and Fang Qing's slightly frown gradually relaxed.
At this moment, Fang Qing found himself lying in a dim room, with his hands and feet tied to the bed.
The doctor and nurse came forward to check on her condition and confirmed that the medicine had taken effect and she had completely calmed down, so they breathed a sigh of relief. Then a strange man walked in, asked everyone to leave, approached her with disgust, and said something in her ear.
Fang Qing, who had been as quiet as a corpse just now, suddenly struggled violently. However, due to the long-term torture of drugs, she could no longer utter complete sentences. She could only stare at the man with strange eyes, looking viciously and cursing incoherently.
"Why did you want to harm my father? He has no grudge against you. If it was because of me, you could just go after me. Why did you go after him? Why did you go after them?"
The man beside the bed smiled sinisterly, "Why? Because your family shouldn't have been here in the first place."
Feng Qing wanted to continue talking, but he found that the drug he had just injected into himself had caused his body to react violently. His tongue was so stiff that he couldn't make any sound, and he could only roar like a mute!
Fang Qing was madly trying to rush at the man for revenge, but his limbs were tied to the bed, and he was waiting for someone to pronounce his verdict like a commodity to be slaughtered.
The unwillingness in her heart made her go crazy. She originally thought that it was because of her that the whole family was broken up, but it turned out that there were other reasons.
Fang Qing had a ferocious face and kept roaring at the man, swearing a poisonous oath in his heart, "One day, I will definitely seek revenge on you, and you will all die miserably."
But the man looked at her as if she were a joke, and then casually told the doctor and nurse outside the door, "Don't take good care of her in the future, just treat her like a dog. I want to watch her live miserably."
The man walked away laughing, leaving Fang Qing struggling in pain on the hospital bed. But no one cared about her. She was like a puddle of struggling mud, trapped forever in this dark corner.
The moonlight fell again, and Fang Qing on the bed woke up suddenly, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
(End of this chapter)
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