Chapter 291 Hu Dabiao said "Amitabha" to the statue
"Get lost! I don't want to! I'll consider having a child when you can quit smoking."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? I'm going to quit smoking this time!"
"Not only do you have to quit smoking, you also have to quit drinking! And you have to prepare three months in advance!"
"Why is it so complicated? Didn't Da Biao quit smoking and drinking? I even planned to have a child after I got pregnant. It's better to be early than late!
Didn’t your aunt tell you to hurry up and get pregnant, or you’ll be too old to move.”
Liang Xiulan raised her hand and twisted his ear: "You only pick the important ones to remember!"
"Anyway, this is my standard. You have to quit smoking and drinking for three months before having a child. This way, the child will be good-looking and smart!"
Jiang Jinzhou gritted his teeth and finally gave her an OK sign, "No problem, whatever you say! I'll be responsible for the labor, and you'll be responsible for the training."
Liang Xiulan suddenly felt inexplicably shy, buried her face in Xiao Wenjing's chest, and laughed non-stop.
Little Wenjing felt itchy and started laughing, her saliva slowly dripping onto Liang Xiulan's face.
Liang Xiulan felt a chill and looked up: "Hey~ You're so disgusting..."
She rubbed her face on Xiao Wenjing's clothes, and after wiping it clean, she caught up with Hu Dabiao and put it in his hand.
She held hands with Jiang Jinzhou and strode towards the Taoist temple not far away.
This Taoist temple is not small, with a front yard, a back yard, and two east and west yards, but it is very dilapidated and not very popular.
And there was only one Taoist priest, sweeping the yard.
He greeted Wuliang Tianzun and continued sweeping with the broom.
Hu Dabiao came in holding the child, looked around, and asked, "Why are you alone in such a big place?"
The other person was sweeping the floor seriously and responded nonchalantly: "Yeah, I'm the only one left."
"Where did all those people go?"
Liang Xiulan patted him, signaling him to shut up, and pointed to the forest of steles on the left. Behind an arched door stood many stone steles.
When she walked in, there was a stone platform and the stone tablet below was clearly visible.
Some of the stone tablets are very large, with many intricate patterns and densely packed small characters on them. They look very old, as if they were left over from ancient times, and there are not many of them.
But in front of the big stone tablet, there were several rows of simple and uniform stone tablets neatly arranged. Liang Xiulan roughly counted them and there were a total of twenty-two.
Those stone tablets do not have any complicated patterns or carvings. They are just simple stones of uniform width and length, and the inscriptions on them are in simplified fonts.
Liang Xiulan immediately saw the three clear characters closest to her: cenotaph...
It clearly records his name, Taoist name, and...died in the war of resistance...
Back then, for the sake of national justice, nine out of ten Taoist temples were empty, and in the end, not even a corpse was brought back. Liang Xiulan felt a pang of sadness in her heart.
Fortunately, this Taoist temple is lucky enough to have preserved a lineage.
Liang Xiulan came out of the Forest of Steles and bowed earnestly to the Taoist priest who was sweeping the floor.
The Taoist priest was surprised for a moment, then quickly put down the broom in his hand and returned the gift.
Because most laymen who come here only perform Buddhist rituals for sightseeing and are not true believers, he is used to it.
So when this group of people came, he didn't take them seriously.
He didn't expect that Liang Xiulan was actually a believer. He felt very relieved and his expression became much more polite.
"I'm sorry for being slow just now."
Liang Xiulan nodded: "No problem, do you sell any incense or candles here?"
"Yes, this way please..."
He extended his hand politely, led the person into the main hall, and took out a handful of incense from the box.
"How much?"
"Two cents."
"Oh, one for each of us."
As Liang Xiulan spoke, she took out fifty yuan from her pocket and stuffed it into the donation box.
The value of this far exceeded that of the incense, so the old Taoist quickly bowed to her and thanked her.
Liang Xiulan lit the incense, looked up, and looked at the dilapidated statue of the Three Pure Ones, feeling a mixture of emotions in her heart.
Make a wish for a peaceful life and everything goes well, and put the incense into the incense burner.
He came to the cushion and performed the formal bowing ceremony, and the Taoist priest returned the greeting.
When it was Jiang Jinzhou's turn, he asked Liang Xiulan hesitantly, "What did you do just now?"
"Why is it different from usual?"
Liang Xiulan explained, "That's the kowtow ceremony. You usually see Buddhist rituals, but in a Taoist temple, you have to practice Taoist rituals. If you don't know how, just light incense and kowtow."
"oh……"
Jiang Jinzhou took the incense, bowed three times, then lit the incense and kowtowed.
Make a wish, may wealth roll in, everything goes well, and may you get married soon.
Although no one has much faith, they still feel a bit of awe in front of the statue.
They all lit incense and kowtowed quietly, making wishes silently in their hearts.
When it was Hu Dabiao's turn, he suddenly said "Amitabha" after lighting the incense!
The Taoist's face changed instantly.
Liang Xiulan quickly slapped him and pushed him out of the main hall.
"Can you please not talk?"
Hu Dabiao: "What's wrong with me?"
"You've violated a taboo!"
Hu Dabiao scratched his head, not knowing where he went wrong.
It was not until Wang Tiedan finished worshipping that he explained to him: "The Taoist temple doesn't talk about Amitabha Buddha. What you are talking about is Buddhism!"
Hu Dabiao finally understood and felt quite embarrassed.
After visiting the main hall, Liang Xiulan went to pay her respects in the Forest of Steles.
She went to the courtyard on the right and walked around. As soon as she entered the archway, she saw a divination barrel on the table next to her. She suddenly wanted to tell fortunes.
She was a person who was reborn, and her destiny had changed. She, a half-baked person, had calculated it several times but still couldn't figure it out. She didn't know if the divination here was effective.
She held the divination bucket and shook it, and shook out a lot, which said the middle-upper hexagram, the nineteenth lot, but there was no specific content written on it.
She looked for the fortune book but couldn't find it, so she asked the Taoist priest, "Excuse me, what does this fortune mean?"
The Taoist priest took the fortune stick and looked at it. "What do you want to ask?"
"I..." She turned around to look at Jiang Jinzhou and said to the Taoist priest, "I want to ask about the rest of my life."
The Taoist priest also glanced at Jiang Jinzhou and pursed his lips: "Please follow me into the house to interpret the divination."
Liang Xiulan nodded, followed him into the house and closed the door.
There was a table in the room, covered with a yellow cloth, on which was placed a fortune-telling book and a few copper coins.
The two sat opposite each other, and the Taoist priest asked her to open her palms.
He looked at Liang Xiulan's palm lines carefully, frowned slightly, then shook the copper coins a few times and scattered them on the table.
After seeing the copper coin hexagram, his brows furrowed even more tightly, and he began to look at her face again.
After a moment, he pushed the copper coin in front of Liang Xiulan: "Come and spread it! Think about what you want in your heart."
Liang Xiulan picked up the copper coins, shook them a few times in her palm, and scattered them on the table.
The Taoist priest pondered seriously for a moment, and suddenly the corners of his mouth twitched a few times. He pursed his lips and smiled.
"I've been a Taoist priest for almost fifty years, and this is the first time I've encountered this kind of divination!"
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