"Since what?"
Seeing that he hesitated to speak, Jiang Wan and the others were puzzled.
Especially since the dining hall was so empty, there weren't even a few people eating at all.
"I heard from the senior brothers that since Master picked up many children and brought them back to raise, our temple has become increasingly strapped."
After Yayoi finished speaking, she immediately waved her hand and explained, "I'm not saying that Master is not good at raising children. I was also picked up by Master.
It was the villagers at the foot of the mountain. Since they left their first child at the back door of the temple, the master was kind-hearted and took the child back to raise him.
Over time, those people who could not afford to raise children or gave birth to girls would throw them into our temple, and Master would not refuse anyone who came. "
Yayoi looked angry when he mentioned the villagers. Although he was also thrown here, he still could not forgive his parents for abandoning them.
"It turns out that we have misunderstood Abbot Mingde. He is still a kind man."
Mrs. Song murmured, making Song Jiuli and others feel even more ashamed.
"Abbot Mingde is really kind, I admire him."
"..."
"Sorry, no offense was intended."
Song Jiuyuan apologized for what he just said. Mingde did deserve his respect.
Yayoi waved her hands in embarrassment, "You guys didn't understand the situation before, and misunderstandings are common. Abbot Master never cares about these rumors."
“What about the children who grew up in your temple?”
Jiang Wan was a little curious. Abbot Mingde looked to be in his sixties or seventies at least. The first child he picked up must have grown up.
Hearing this, Yayoi became even more sad, "Some of the men stayed in the temple to become monks, but some were sent down the mountain by their masters. The abbot and master said that they were still in the mortal world.
As for the women, most of them returned to normal life, but the few who quit the world of mortal life were sent to a nunnery not far away by the abbot and master.
The senior brothers all know that it is difficult in the temple, and they went out to beg for alms when they grew up. "
There is not much incense in the temple. If it weren't for the senior brothers, they wouldn't even be able to afford food.
Seeing the wrinkles on Yayoi's little face, Jiang Wan couldn't help but joke, "Then you must be extremely intelligent."
"How did the female donor know?"
Yayoi's eyes suddenly widened and she looked at Jiang Wan in shock. The master said that he had a lot of wisdom, so he shaved his hair in advance.
"I figured it out."
Jiang Wan's mysterious expression made everyone laugh.
Yayoi was a little confused and didn't understand what they were laughing at. She was about to speak when she saw Mingde not far away.
The distance was a bit far, and he didn't hear what everyone said clearly. He just walked over and smiled gently.
"How are the donors eating?"
"Ah, not bad, not bad."
Song Jiuchi sat down quickly, drank the wild vegetable soup in front of him, and smiled at Mingde, but he didn't even taste it.
Song Jiuli also quickly followed suit, and everyone no longer disliked the shabby breakfast.
Jiang Wan quietly pulled Song Jiuyuan's sleeve and whispered: "Song Jiuyuan, let's donate some food and incense money."
There are so many things in her space, there is no shortage of them at all.
"Okay, it's up to you."
Song Jiuyuan's heart moved. Wanwan was so kind, and he had to support her.
The two of them also sat down and finished their share of the vegetarian meal. Mingde smiled and said:
"Lao Na has asked the disciples in the mountain to deliver the medicine to the bottom of the mountain. Kong Wu will be able to drink the medicine soon."
Mingde regretted that he didn't have enough money, so he could only grab four doses of medicine first, and the rest could not be bought until he received their room fee.
"Very good, you can't stop it after you get the medicine."
Jiang Wan nodded, as long as she followed the instructions, Kong Wu would definitely get better sooner.
After hearing this, Mingde didn't accompany him either. He wanted to take his disciples to do morning lessons.
Jiang Wan and Song Jiuyuan looked at each other and did not stay. However, after returning to the guest room, Jiang Wan asked Qingshan to take out their food.
He also asked Qiuniang and Lvshui to steam a lot of steamed buns. When no one was paying attention, Jiang Wan secretly released some food from the space.
When they were ready, Ren Bang and the others were about to set off, and he found Jiang Wan and Song Jiuyuan.
"Chen Ce and his wife have difficulty moving, and I believe that the prince and princess will not let them run away.
Therefore, he wanted to ask the prince and princess to take them away for a few days, and then wait for his wife to feel better before returning to the team. "
He was in a hurry and didn't have time to wait too long.
After coming last night, he heard that Mrs. Chen had suffered another hemorrhage, which was really scary.
Furthermore, that family had a close relationship with the prince and princess, and he was willing to sell them a favor.
"Okay, Brother Ren, you can go without worries, just leave them to me."
Jiang Wan was very satisfied with this. If Mrs. Chen's body continued to rush like before, she would collapse sooner or later.
Ren Bang was naturally relieved about them, gave Abbot Mingde room money, and led the large army to leave.
Before leaving, Jiang Wan asked Qiu Niang to give them a sack of steamed buns. Ming De next to her was in pain.
His eyes fell on the steaming steamer, and his Adam's apple rolled slightly, indicating that he was hungry.
The only remaining vegetarian food in their temple was given to them. If I had known...
"Abbot Mingde."
Jiang Wan said with a smile: "We have steamed a lot of steamed buns, please ask the children in the temple and the young master to come and eat."
"What?!"
Master Mingde did not expect Jiang Wan to say this, and his eyes turned slightly red when he was moved.
"I would like to thank all the donors on behalf of the children. You are good people and the Buddha will bless you."
"You are Welcome."
Song Jiuyuan knew that Jiang Wan didn't know how to answer, so he took it upon himself to call the stunned Yayoi next to him.
"Yayoi, go call someone."
Yayoi subconsciously looked at Master Mingde, until Mingde nodded slightly, he excitedly ran away with his calves.
Qi Chu also got up at this time, looking at the food in the yard, she was a little confused.
"Why did you get so much food today?"
She stretched out, causing Song Jiuchi to retort, "Of course it's for eating, you can really sleep.
It's already three o'clock in the morning before you get up. "
"Does it have anything to do with you?"
Qi Chu snorted. She had a very good sleep this night. She felt that her body had recovered from the cold in the past few days.
Jiang Wan smiled and explained for her, "Qi Chu is going to part ways with us today.
She wanted to go home to spend the New Year with her family, so I didn’t call her and asked her to get enough sleep before she could go on the road. "
Hearing this, Song Jiuzhi opened his mouth in surprise, obviously not expecting Qi Chu to leave suddenly.
Mrs. Song, on the other hand, agreed very much. She held Qi Chu's hand lovingly.
"Chu Chu has considered everything carefully. Your parents will definitely hope that you can accompany them during this wonderful Chinese New Year."
"Well, I'll leave after breakfast."
Qi Chu was very optimistic. He ate some steamed buns and went to pack his luggage.
Looking at her back, Song Jiuchi couldn't help but mutter, "Liar!"
"Second brother, don't you like Chu Chu the most? Are you not happy that she left?"
Song Jiuli teased with a smile, causing Song Jiuchi to glare at her fiercely.
"Song Jiuli, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute!"
"puff……"
Song Jiuli tried her best to hold back her smile. Not only her, but also everyone else couldn't laugh or cry, and they kept suppressing laughter.
