"Haha, we are really blessed. Brother Li, guess what good things have happened to us?"
As soon as Zhu Tong stepped out of the side hall, Duo Hua ran over, and behind him, Ye Er and three other girls also had happy faces.
What good things can come out of burning incense? Zhu Yun's prospective disciples deliberately flatter a few girls for their own sake.
"Did you win the lottery?" In order not to spoil the fun, the little liar still pretended not to be able to guess.
"No way, the four of us are all fairies descended to earth. I am the Fairy of Hundred Flowers, Sister Mei is the Fairy of Xiangyun, Sister Xiao Xiao is the Fairy of Holding Lamps; Sister Ye'er is the most powerful, she is the Fairy of the Jade God. We just started worshiping the statues,
There were only four items left on the case. Even Master Hongdao was alarmed. He explained it to us personally, hehe, he didn’t ask us for a penny, and he didn’t want it either..."
Duohua chattered about her luck, and Zhu Tong was amused: The monks have so many tricks up their sleeves. Master Hongdao is the fat man. He was just a laid-off official a few months ago, but now his ability to deceive people is also great. If not
As he gets older, it is very possible to become a direct disciple of the Zhu family.
Zhu Tong glanced at the jade fairy statues held in the hands of the four girls and felt wary. Although the material of these four jade carvings was average, the carving work was really the workmanship of Shenshixuan. Especially the jade fairy statue was made from the shenshixuan.
The top grade of Xuan. I looked around and found no trace of the people from Shenshi Xuan.
After the trip to Nanyang, Zhu Tong learned that 70% of the jade Buddha statues in temples across the country came from the Nanyang Jade Buddha Temple market; even in Phoenix City, there were jade shops opened by Nanyang people; however, the appearance of Shen Shixuan's works in Tianwang Temple could not be a coincidence.
to explain.
Is it that Yunu still hasn’t given up on Ye’er?
Huang Hai came over, and snow fell all over his body; Duohua went over to pat him, and said what he just said again, and Xiao Xiao also went over to join in the fun. There were two others with Huang Hai, Cheng Zhenjiang and his beautiful second lieutenant girlfriend. They were
Coming with a tour group, Cheng Zhenjiang said that she no longer wanted to travel with the group and wanted to stay in Phoenix for three days; her girlfriend had no objection.
After a few people exchanged greetings in the snow, Ye'er walked up to Zhu Tong, with a face full of joy: "Li Xiang, people say I am the Jade God Fairy."
"You are more beautiful than a fairy." Zhu Tong brushed the snowflakes off her head lovingly.
Mei Lanting was a sensible person and knew that Tianwang Temple was the Zhumen Dojo. He threw the Xiangyun Fairy statue into his bag and looked at the little liar with a hateful look. He seemed to be very dissatisfied with the title of Xiangyun Fairy.
The crowd became commotion, and a pair of lion dancers jumped into the Tianwang Temple.
A big drum came in first, and two shirtless men danced in front of it in the snow; gongs and cymbals were placed on both sides surrounded by children.
The fake monks of the Tianwang Temple lit up firecrackers and placed a square table in the middle of the courtyard to welcome auspicious lions to the New Year.
The lion's head is the same golden color as elsewhere, and the lion's body is embroidered with blue homespun cloth, sprinkled with money flowers; the lion dancers are hidden underneath, with one person at the front and one at the front.
The hydrangea moves and dodges, and every move vividly expresses the lion's bravery and honesty.
There was chaos in Tianwang Temple for five minutes. The lion dancer threw the hydrangea randomly and the embroidered ball went into the arms of the fat monk Hongdao who was standing next to the main hall.
The pilgrims and tourists all laughed, so the fat man chanted Buddha's name, stuffed a big red envelope into the hydrangea, and threw it back.
The gongs and drums sounded enthusiastically, and the two lions jumped on the table, both knelt down, and walked backwards away from the Tianwang Temple amidst the cheers and applause of the crowd.
At noon, Uncle Chen set up tables and chairs on the bluestone beside the Tuojiang River behind the inn, and eight people took a quiet moment here, enjoying a Phoenix New Year dinner and admiring the static Phoenix City.
There is a thin layer of white on the eaves on both sides of the Tuojiang River, set off with red lanterns and black tiles and green eaves; natural traces, unsophisticated and simple, but with an intoxicating beauty.
It's just that the river breeze made people feel a little cold. A group of ducks were quacking and chasing each other on the river, paying no attention to the people admiring them on the river bank. Of course, they didn't understand what the red blood duck in the middle of the table meant.
Huang Hai and Duohua did not stay in the old city of Fenghuang, but rented two rooms in a hotel in the new city. Duohua's mother, Auntie Die, came to Fenghuang from the mountains early to reunite with her daughter and prospective son-in-law. Huang Hai said that she liked to be clean, so she went up to the mountains early in the morning.
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Cheng Zhenjiang's attitude towards Duohua is very casual. The reason is that Duohua has a good temper and is always smiling. The more reason is that Duohua's origin does not match Huang Hai in his opinion; he is not optimistic about the future of Huang Hai and Duohua.
Zhu Tong was still thinking about what happened in the morning, listening to Cheng Zhenjiang making Duohua sing Miao folk songs, and pouring wine for him with a smile; if Cheng Zhenjiang knew who Duohua's father was, would he dare to be so presumptuous?
There were too many delicacies that girls liked in Phoenix City, so the dinner and wine broke up not long after. During this period, Zhu Tong and Huang Hai's cell phones kept ringing, which greatly affected everyone's interest in eating, so the four girls
Just leave them and go shopping.
Cheng Zhenjiang and his girlfriend also got up to say goodbye. They were going to the new city to arrange accommodation; although the old city was lively, most of the inn rooms were very simple.
"Huang Hai, what are you going to do?" Zhu Tong asked Aunt Die. Duohua just said that Aunt Die would go to Shanghai to live with Duohua next month.
"I asked Auntie Die last night that she wanted to open a flower shop in Shanghai. In one month, I will go back and find a shop to build it. This is all I can do for the time being."
It can be seen that Huang Hai is somewhat resistant to Auntie Die coming to Shanghai.
"Is this good?"
"There's nothing wrong with it. It doesn't cost much to open a flower shop."
Zhu Tong knew that it would not cost much to open a flower shop, and believed that Auntie Die's ability to serve flowers would be a good fit; however, he was thinking about another problem.
"Can your family accept a flower?"
"Take your time." Huang Hai poured himself a glass of wine in distress and drank it.
Huang's mother has been doing a lot of work for Ye'er recently. Although Ye'er never said it, Zhu Tong could see it; even Su Juan was persuaded by Huang's mother, so Ye'er acted like she was already living with Zhu Tong.
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"Li Xiang, my mother said that if Ye'er fails, she will introduce me to another one; she won't accept Duohua. But it doesn't matter. We will get married in a few years after Duohua graduates and works.
Sometimes, if she doesn’t admit it, don’t admit it.”
Is it really that simple? Maybe even Huang Hai is a little unsure now? After all, the difference between the two people is too big.
Zhu Tong's phone rang again. He looked at the number and saw that it was his senior brother Zhu Yun. He said sorry to Huang Hai and walked to the riverside to answer the call.
"Happy New Year, Master." Zhu Yun made a joke on his junior brother with his first sentence. Zhu Tong responded with a smile and asked: "What's going on with the jade in the Tianwang Temple?"
Half an hour ago, Zhu Tong sent a text message to his senior brother. With his current status as a little liar, he cannot have too much contact with the disciples outside the Zhu sect.
"All the jades in our temple are contracted to outsiders. What's wrong? Oh, I understand. The Tianwang Temple is an exception. Three days ago, the company that used to sell jade said that it would change its business. We introduced another company.
A jade dealer in Nanyang. I haven’t gone to see it, but I heard that the stuff from this one is pretty good, better than the previous ones. I’m thinking about whether to hand over all my business to them.”
"Senior brother, they won't take too much business from you."
"How could it be? Who wouldn't do business? We have a lot of temples."
"You don't understand, they are from Shenshixuan."
Zhu Tong knows best who Shen Shixuan came to Phoenix City for. Maybe Jade Girl is also nearby, and they are here for Ye'er, the heir to Jade Girl recommended by Mei Ye.
"Shenshixuan, I said the craftsmanship is so good? Haha, it's for you, right? Junior brother, just now Tianwang Temple received a notice that next month, the local government will pay for the renovation of Tianwang Temple; five hundred thousand. This saves me a lot
Money. Originally, I planned to wait until the end of the year for renovations. This year, the incense sales everywhere are good, and I finally have the money to repair a few big temples. From last night to now, the incense money received from various places has been..."
Zhu Yun proudly talked about the harvests everywhere. Zhu Tong was not without envy for his senior brother's harvest of nearly 10 million. He was more concerned about the things around him. The local government spent money to repair the Tianwang Temple, which should be to please Wang Xiangjie. The three of them
I came to Phoenix City twice in this month, and each time I went to Tianwang Temple...
Zhu Tong hung up the phone, returned to the dining table and said to Huang Hai, "I'll go out for a walk. After you finish eating, go to the room and rest for a while."
Huang Hai, who was already half drunk, responded; the Tujia Shaojiu in Phoenix City has a lot of stamina.
Ten minutes later, Zhu Tong came to Tianwang Temple again; in the afternoon, there were still many tourists in the yard, but there were very few villagers offering incense.
In the side hall, I saw a familiar figure from behind.
"Auntie Die." Zhu Tong walked in and greeted gently.
"Ah, I was shocked." Aunt Die turned around. The confusion in her eyes had not yet dissipated, and she saw Zhu Tongcai smiling reassuringly; "Duohua said you took good care of her, thank you."
Auntie Die was also wearing Miao clothes today, but she didn't have much silverware on her body; what she was looking at was the sandalwood couplet given by Wang Xiangjian in the side hall.
"That's what I should do, Auntie Die, I just want to see you."
"Is it... let me take a look." Aunt Die stretched out her hand and touched Zhu Tong's forehead.
Zhu Tong did not dodge and let his soft fingers touch Yintang point.
"You are so careless. It's been almost a hundred days, and the Butterfly God is still a little god."
Butterfly God retracted his hand and handed over a bamboo tube: "It doesn't matter if you eat more in the future. I will go to Shanghai soon; Butterfly God will never be hungry again."
Zhu Tong took the bamboo tube. In order to bribe the Butterfly God to help him some time ago, there were indeed no butterfly chrysalis around him.
"Auntie Die, what are you doing in Shanghai?"
"Look at Duohua, if Huang Hai dares to bully her, I will make him look good." Aunt Die pretended to be ferocious; Zhu Tong remembered the scene when the two met for the first time and smiled, if she went crazy
Come on, it's really scary.
"Phoenix City, Phoenix Mountain, swim to the mountains to see butterflies; butterflies come in pairs, and my brother and sister look at them crazily..." Zhu Tong softly sang a folk song that Wang Xiangjian once sang, and observed Auntie Butterfly's expression.
She looked at Zhu Tong blankly, her face flushed with excitement, her shoulders trembling as she leaned against the palace door, and her eyes showed deep pain.