Chapter 80: Nameless Taoist Temple

When Li Chunhua heard that Su Rouer was going to the Taoist temple to burn incense and worship gods, she also became interested.

"...I'll go and ask the gods to bless my fourth sister Donghua and find a decent and reliable son-in-law."

This is what Li Chunhua explained to Mrs. Wei.

In fact, she had something else she wanted to ask the gods for help, but she was too embarrassed to say it in front of Mrs. Wei.

Li Chunhua also thought about asking the gods to give her a chance so that she could give birth to a caring little girl.

Li Chunhua originally thought that having two little boys at home was enough. She was not young anymore and had not been pregnant for many years. She thought she was no longer lucky enough to have children.

But these days, she saw that her second brother's wife Bai Xiaofeng was pregnant again, and Xingxing was so cute, so she also wanted to have another daughter.

However, Li Chunhua felt that she was old enough and it was not convenient for her to tell Mrs. Wei about her thoughts.

Fortunately, Mrs. Wei was not the kind of mother-in-law who treated her daughter-in-law harshly. She said straightforwardly, "You are all exhausted from the summer harvest these days, and it's time to take a rest... If you want to go to the Taoist temple to worship, then go ahead."

Li Chunhua was extremely happy and ran to tell Su Rouer that she wanted to go to the temple with her to burn incense and pray to the gods.

Su Rouer thought of all the care Li Chunhua had shown her before, and after a little hesitation, she agreed without refusing.

Bai Xiaofeng wanted to go, but she was pregnant. The Taoist temple was in the mountains and it was a long and steep road to get there. Both Mrs. Wei and Yu Erhu were worried. Bai Xiaofeng had no choice but to give up.

But on the day when Li Chunhua and Su Rouer took Ju Ge'er and Xing Xing to the Taoist temple to burn incense and pray, she found Li Chunhua, held her hand, and said, "Sister-in-law, I dreamed of many butterflies flying around me these past two days. I heard from the old people in the village that this means I will give birth to a daughter. But I'm still worried. When the time comes, you can help me burn some incense and pray to the gods to bless me to give birth to a daughter as I wish."

Li Chunhua agreed immediately.

Anyway, she also wanted the gods to bless her with a daughter and a wife for her second brother, which shouldn't be a big problem.

When Bai Xiaofeng saw that Li Chunhua agreed, she was delighted and took out ten cents from her small cloth bag.

"Sister-in-law, you burn incense and pray to God for me, I can't let you pay for the incense." Bai Xiaofeng forced the money into Li Chunhua's hand.

Li Chunhua knew that there was a saying that the money for burning incense could not be paid by other people, otherwise the gods would receive the incense but the cause and effect would not be fulfilled.

She took the money generously.

Su Rouer watched from the side without saying a word.

The two adults took their two children to the Taoist temple which was said to be very effective.

This mountain road is indeed not easy to walk on. Some places are too narrow. Adults are not as flexible and easy to walk as children.

Ju Ge'er and Xing Xing passed this dangerous mountain road easily.

It was Li Chunhua and Su Rouer who supported each other and managed to get through this journey with all the bumps and bruises.

The two adults and two children walked for almost half a morning before they arrived at the gate of the Taoist temple deep in the mountains.

Xingxing looked up.

In her eyes, this Taoist temple was built so majestically, with a sense of mystery that she could not quite understand.

There is no signboard at the Taoist temple. Once you enter the temple, you will see a small and exquisite courtyard.

There is a small pond in the yard.

There is a large rock with a pleasant surface beside the pond.

Judging from how slippery it is, it must be because someone often sits on the big rock and feeds the fish in the pond.

On the other side of the pond is a very tall tung tree.

It is midsummer now, and the tung tree is still in bloom, but the flowers are sparsely blooming. Occasionally, a few flowers fall and land on the surface of the pond, causing tiny ripples. Soon, several fish will swim over with their tails wagging, biting the petals of the tung flowers.

Xing Xing opened her mouth slightly, looking a little dazed.

Brother Ju was naughty. He picked up a small stone from the side and threw it into the pond.

The fish that were eating the tung flowers were frightened and scattered.

Xing Xing looked at Ju Ge'er helplessly.

Ju Ge'er was a little proud: "Don't look at it, don't you feel uncomfortable with the sun?"

As he spoke, he pulled Xingxing toward the main hall in front where the statue of the founder was enshrined.

Xing Xing let Ju Ge'er pull her along. She only whispered, "Ju Ge'er, what if you hit a small fish?"

Ju Ge'er became more and more proud: "That's perfect, right? Let's roast it!"

It even sounds like they're ready to go.

Xing Xing was stunned: "But...but these are fish raised by someone in the Taoist temple. We can't do this..."

She was a little worried, "Ju Ge'er, you can't be such a bad person."

Ju Ge'er tapped Xing Xing's little head and said, "Is it not okay for me to just say it casually? And didn't it hit the object?"

The two little guys were arguing with each other as they followed Li Chunhua and Su Rouer into the hall.

However, it was very strange that they didn't see a single Taoist priest in the main hall of this Taoist temple - in fact, since they entered this nameless Taoist temple, neither Li Chunhua, Su Rouer, nor Ju Ge'er and Xingxing had seen any Taoist priest of this temple.

There are a few ordinary incense sticks placed on the incense table in front of the statue of the ancestor.

The incense sticks in the incense burner were all burned out, and a lot of incense ashes fell down and landed in the incense burner.

There were candles burning next to the loose incense sticks, making it look like they were there for pilgrims to burn their own incense.

But Li Chunhua and Su Rouer didn't dare to burn the incense themselves.

"Is anyone there?" Li Chunhua's loud voice echoed throughout the Taoist temple.

However, no one responded.

"Is anyone there?" Li Chunhua went to the side hall to look for him. "Master? Is Master there?"

The side hall was small and empty.

Li Chunhua was a little puzzled.

She couldn't help but turn around and ask Su Rouer: "This Taoist temple doesn't look like there are many people... Who told you that this Taoist temple is very effective?"

Su Rouer was stunned for a moment, then murmured, "It was my eldest sister-in-law from my mother's family... When I was in the county town before, I heard her mention it. She said that she once passed by here to avoid the rain, and she casually burned some incense and prayed for her father's health to get better... Later, her father's health really got better."

When Li Chunhua heard that it was so effective, she didn't dare to complain and just waited patiently.

Brother Ju is young and can't sit still, so he soon wanted to go out and play.

After so many things happened to Ju Ge'er in the past, how could Su Rou'er dare to let Ju Ge'er go out and play alone?

Even though Ju Ge'er repeatedly assured him that he would play in front of the yard, Su Rou'er was still a little worried.

"I brought you here this time to tell the gods about your situation." Su Rouer coaxed her son, "What does it matter if you leave? ... So, you stay here, and when we're done, I'll take you to the county to buy some snacks, okay?"

Only then did Brother Ju stop.

Xingxing was still thinking about the little fish in her pond.

At this moment, another tung flower fell, and Xingxing wanted to go and see the little fish in the pond eating the flower.

"Aunt..." Xingxing shook Li Chunhua's sleeve and whispered, "Xingxing, can you go to the pond to look at the fish?"