Chapter 155 Are you a stamp collector?
Upon hearing the noise, Jiang Peng immediately spoke up with a wary expression!
Tu Yao stepped forward voluntarily.
"It's me."
When Jiang Peng saw that it was her, he was stunned for a moment, then continued to light the incense, and then turned around with a kind smile on his face again.
"Young lady, it's you! Weren't you with the old lady?"
Tu Yao put away her phone and casually said, "Just passing by. Are you burning incense? I'll burn some too."
He hung the blanket on the outside railing and walked in.
Jiang Peng: ?
Then you see the girl actually pick up the incense stick as if she knew it all too well, light one, hesitate for a moment, and look completely bewildered at the row of statues.
He turned his head and asked seriously, "Which one should I worship?"
"Never mind, I'll just pray anywhere."
Seeing that she was about to start bowing haphazardly, Jiang Peng frowned and immediately stopped her!
"Young girl, you must have reverence for God!"
After saying that, he took the incense from her hand, lit it again, and bowed respectfully.
The middle-aged man, who was usually kind and gentle, frowned at Tu Yao for the first time, as if he couldn't stand her showing the slightest disrespect to these gods and Buddhas.
"Alright, I've done the prayers for you. You can go now!"
Tu Yao blinked and looked at him, "But I have a question to ask..."
Jiang Peng, still frowning and afraid she would take more, first removed all the incense from the table: "What's the problem?"
Tu Yao pointed to a row of statues opposite her and asked, "Why do you worship so many statues?"
"Isn't it inconvenient to carry a deity statue around when you go out?"
Jiang Peng, "...No way!"
Tu Yao shrugged: "Okay, if you say no, then no."
"There's another question. Mr. Cormier said you're a Buddhist, but..."
She pointed to each of the row of statues that were clearly not from the same faction.
"I just searched it up. This one is Dipankara Buddha, which is Buddhist. This row of Yama Kings is Taoist. This one seems to be called Nemesis, which is from ancient Greece..."
Tu Yao humbly asked, "You don't just believe in Buddhism; you believe in so many things. Are you collecting stamps?"
Jiang Peng's face instantly darkened.
Before he could speak, Tu Yao looked puzzled again, "And if you line them up and have them all bow to each other, won't you get confused? What if one burns an extra incense stick and the other burns one less?"
"What if they get angry because they're petty? Will they stop protecting you?"
Jiang Peng's face darkened further.
Tu Yao seemed oblivious and continued, "And also, are you sure the gods in Greek mythology also liked the incense offerings here?"
She said earnestly, "Even if they like it, they're separated by oceans and the distance is so far. What if they can't receive it? Wouldn't your prayers have been in vain?"
Jiang Peng's expression was already on the verge of breaking down.
Tu Yao: "And one more thing..."
"alright!"
Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Peng immediately interrupted, completely shedding his kind and gentle facade, and glaring at her angrily for the first time!
"Speaking recklessly! What nonsense are you spouting in front of the idol!"
She kept saying she wouldn't bless him, and that his efforts were in vain. Every word this girl uttered was like a stab to his heart!
Tu Yao shrank back, as if she was frightened by him.
She pouted and said, "...Fine, I won't tell you then. I was just asking casually, why are you being so fierce!"
She immediately took the initiative: "Aren't you afraid they'll blame you for standing in front of the idols!"
Jiang Peng: ...
Jiang Peng glanced at the person opposite him subconsciously. The next second, he took a deep breath and actually managed to calm the anger that had surfaced on his face.
Calmly ask, "...What else would you like to ask?"
Tu Yao casually sized him up: "Dilthanda Buddha, Yama, Nemesis..."
"These all seem to be gods and Buddhas who govern cause and effect and retribution."
"At your age and in your position, shouldn't you be seeking health, longevity, fame, and fortune? Why are you concerned about karma and retribution?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Peng's expression, which had just calmed down, froze again!
Although he concealed it quickly, Tu Yao did not miss the fleeting fear in his eyes.
She continued, "Is there really such a thing as karma in this world?"
Jiang Peng turned to tidy up the incense ash on the table and said gently, "I believe it, of course I think it exists."
“There are other statues of deities at home, but this is the batch I brought this time.”
"You can't just worship these things."
Tu Yao stared at him for a while, then looked away: "...Oh, okay, then you can continue bowing. I'm going to deliver the blanket to the Grand Madam."
After saying that, she turned and left, but after a few steps, she turned back and gave a friendly reminder.
"Oh, right, you just lit my incense stick for Nemesis. Remember to relight one for the other idols as well."
"If the distribution is uneven, what if people get really angry?"
Jiang Peng: ...
As soon as the person left, Jiang Peng closed his eyes... He was still young after all, inexperienced, knew nothing, and dared to say anything!
The next second, as if recalling a terrifying scene, he quickly lit a few more incense sticks and bowed to them one by one.
A few minutes later, he came out again, his usual kind and gentle expression back.
...
Tu Yao emerged from around the corner, carrying a blanket, and looked thoughtfully at his retreating figure.
This doesn't feel like faith; it feels more like fear...
I started practicing Buddhism more than ten years ago...
Cause and effect, karma...
Tu Yao temporarily put all of this out of her mind, lowered her head, sniffed the blanket in her arms to make sure it wasn't tainted with a strong smell, and quickly ran up to the third floor.
People were already entering the auction hall one after another. After exchanging pleasantries, they prepared to meet Madam Jiang.
Tu Yao covered Madam Jiang's legs with the blanket.
"It will be a little hot, but please bear with it, it will be over soon."
As he spoke, he inadvertently touched the hand she was using to cover her abdomen.
His movements froze instantly.
Tu Yao instinctively grabbed the old lady's hand. Unlike usual, her withered wrist was ice cold!
She immediately looked up and saw that the old lady was pale and her forehead was covered in fine cold sweat, but she still forced a smile and shook her head at her.
"you……"
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