Bailong Temple, located midway between Baihe Town and Yunyang City, may not be the largest temple in Youzhou, but it is undoubtedly the most exquisite. The temple boasts magnificent halls, beautiful scenery, and is particularly renowned for its vegetarian cuisine.
Because it is only an hour's drive from Yunyang City, the first city in Youzhou, there are many wealthy families coming and going to Bailong Temple on weekdays, especially on major Buddhist days, when there are countless pilgrims.
Fortunately, today is not a big day like Buddha's Birthday. Even so, when the Ren family's carriage arrived at the gate of Bailong Temple, they still saw many carriages coming and going.
Ren Yaoqi had been to Bailong Temple once or twice, but that was in his previous life.
After getting off the carriage, the eldest wife and her daughter-in-law, Zhao, walked in front, talking in low voices, while the younger generations followed behind them.
Ren Yaoyu complained to her brothers, "Wasn't it just my brothers and sisters before? Why are my aunt and sister-in-law here too?"
Ren Yijian was talking to Ren Yihong and ignored her, leaving her feeling frustrated. However, Ren Yaoyu didn't dare to settle accounts with her brother, as she had been asking him for help quite a bit recently.
Not far from the entrance to Bailong Temple, on the white approach path in the center of the square, lies a single-arch bridge running north-south. The bridge is approximately 30 to 40 feet long, about 10 feet wide, and about 10 feet deep. However, there is no water beneath the bridge; instead, a golden river channel is formed from blue bricks. A round coin with a square hole hangs in each of the archways on the east and west sides of the bridge.
Ren Yaoqi and his group were walking past the white stone railing on the right side of the bridge hole, less than two meters away from the bridge. Ren Yijian hurriedly said to the woman following behind him, "Hurry up and give the young master a few coins." At the same time, he boasted to Ren Yihong, "Every time I pass by here, my target never fails."
It turns out that the coin-shaped bell in the bridge hole is used for pilgrims to ring. If you stand outside the railing and throw copper coins into the bell, if you can hear a "ding" sound, you will get good luck.
The children loved this game the most and often refused to leave until they heard the bell ring. Ren Yaoqi had played it before, but he had never won.
There were already some people gathered on the railings, and from time to time one could hear a "ding" sound and cheers.
The eldest wife turned around and said to Ren Yijian, who was eager to try, "Brother Jian, let's go in and burn some incense to the Buddha first, and then you can have fun in Bailong Temple."
Ren Yijian looked at the kind-looking eldest wife and reluctantly took back the two coins in his hand.
The eldest wife turned around and talked to the eldest young lady's wife as they walked.
The eldest wife was a Buddhist and had always been devout in her worship, so the younger generations of the Ren family followed her obediently. Even Ren Yaoyu, whose mother was not around, behaved much more obediently in front of the eldest wife.
Although the eldest wife was always kind to the elders of the Ren family, she had been in charge for a long time and had a certain authority. Therefore, the younger generations behaved well in front of her and did not dare to act presumptuously.
After following the eldest wife to the temple and burning incense, she instructed the others, "Your eldest sister-in-law and I are going to draw divination sticks. You can walk around the temple and come back when it's time for dinner. Just remember to stay with others, especially your sisters. Jinyuan, Yaohua, you two are older and more composed, so you should take on more responsibilities and look after your younger sisters."
Everyone agreed, and Ren Yijian immediately pulled Ren Yihong away. He also asked Yun Wenfang and Qiu Yun, "Cousins, do you want to go with us?"
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