Bai Xiaoyan's matter of setting up a church has come to an end, and it's a worry now.
After she returned home, she enshrined the Immortal Hall in the basement of the clinic. She was a little nervous at first and kept asking me, would this be disrespectful to the Immortal family?
I said no. True respect lies in people's hearts, not on their surface. Don't worry about these details.
She also asked me if I had any requirements regarding the direction and location of the offerings to the immortals.
I said that normally there are requirements, but I never emphasize these, because everyone's actual situation is different, and there is no way to strictly follow the rules.
So, as long as the place is clean, spacious and bright, it will be fine, but there are a few things to note.
In modern residences, since they are all buildings, the temple cannot be next to the bathroom, which is disrespectful, and it cannot have beams on the top, which is unlucky.
From then on, Bai Xiaoyan usually wore a white coat to treat teeth in the clinic. If a fortune teller came to see her, she would take her to the basement and transform into a fortune teller as soon as she took off her white coat.
Come to think of it, this is quite fun.
In a few days, it will be the Double Ninth Festival.
September 9th is a big festival. On that day, I placed offerings and lit incense at home. I was about to sit down and drink tea when a customer came over from Uncle Ma.
Uncle Ma has been semi-retired recently, except for chatting online and listening to the two of them dancing in the square, which means eating, drinking and having sex.
But today's person was introduced by Uncle Ma's old client. Uncle Ma didn't want to deal with him at first, but in the end he accepted it because of his face.
Those who can be called old customers by Uncle Ma are generally not ordinary people. They are all big business bosses. They don't do anything easily, but when they do, they can make tens of thousands.
So Uncle Ma sometimes said to me that the projects I accepted were all unprofitable, or that I pushed out the ones that were profitable.
Look at him again. He doesn't take action easily. Even if he takes action once a month, he can keep me busy for twenty days.
When the client came that day, he looked really majestic. There were two assistants, a man and a woman, behind him. They were all dressed in sleek and sleek clothes. At first glance, he was no ordinary person.
This customer is a social man in his forties, his surname is Wang. Uncle Ma calls him Mr. Wang. It is said that he has a lot of business in his hands. We don’t know what they are for. Anyway, the necklace hanging around his neck is bigger than the number on my fingers. thick.
The man he brought was about forty years old, tall and thin, with a dark complexion and a bumpy face. He looked like a master who was not easy to mess with.
After sitting down and chatting for a while, Mr. Wang pointed at the tall and thin man and said to Uncle Ma: "Brother Ma, thank you for your hard work. My brother's surname is Zhao. He also has a lot of business, but he has not been doing well recently." Shun, look what’s going on, can you clean it up?”
Uncle Ma took advantage of the situation, shouted "Mr. Zhao" and started talking to him.
Then Mr. Zhao said: "Brother Ma, you're welcome. I came today mainly to pay my respects to the true god Ma Ge. I have admired your name for a long time. It's a pleasure to meet you today. Thank you very much."
As they spoke, the two of them chatted a few more useless words, and then gradually got to the main topic.
Mr. Zhao said that his business has been going bad recently. All the deals he got have been lost, many customers have been taken away by competitors, and his employees have been doing all kinds of things, which makes him very irritated.
So Uncle Ma gave him a hexagram, including horoscopes and fleeting calculations. After fiddling with it for a long time, he said that he had a bad luck in the fleeting years, with an evil star in his life, a white tiger at the top, and there was also a Yin spirit at work.
It just so happened that his fortune had been weak in the past two years, so everything went wrong.
Then Uncle Ma told some more about his situation, and they all hit the mark.
This man even claimed that he was, and the expression on his face gradually became respectful. When he looked up and saw the Taishang Laojun offered by Uncle Ma and the Immortal Hall offered by me, he stood up and said he wanted to worship God.
Uncle Ma smiled and said, no problem, you can worship him if you want. I have been worshiping this Supreme Lord for many years, and it is very effective. The fairy hall over there was worshiped by my apprentice. He followed a different path from me and came out of his own way.
I had been silent at first, but when I saw Uncle Ma mentioning me, I smiled and answered.
"I was brought out by Uncle Ma himself. Later, because of fate, I took action, but it was Uncle Ma who taught me many things."
When Uncle Ma mentioned me, I naturally had to answer the question, and I also had to compliment Uncle Ma in his words. This was etiquette.
Mr. Zhao glanced at me twice, nodded with a smile on his face, glanced at my fairy hall, then walked directly around, came to the statue of Taishang Laojun offered by Uncle Ma, and bowed respectfully. I went down and kowtowed several times.
I know in my heart that this person doesn't look down on us who are brave at all. He thinks Uncle Ma is the master.
But it is impossible for Uncle Ma and I to show it. He can worship whomever he wants. Anyway, it is his own business.
But this man was a little strange. He knelt down and wouldn't get up. He was muttering something and kowtowing to the Supreme Lord.
He is really pious. I have never kowtowed to Taishang Laojun like this in the past few years.
This was good, he couldn't get up from his knees, and even while he was chanting, he shed tears.
Seeing this, Uncle Ma bowed his hands to him and said he was compassionate and compassionate, saying that if you are sincere in your heart, you will definitely be blessed by the gods and bless him with wealth.
Mr. Wang also came over and said some nice words, but at this time, I didn't know why, but I suddenly felt a sense of contempt in my heart.
Seeing him sticking his butt out and kowtowing devoutly, I couldn't help but say something.
"Worshipping gods cannot atone for sins. Cultivation is all about daily life. If you are fair and upright, there is no harm in starting the church without worshiping. What's the use of being cunning and cunning in showing your sincerity in the temple?"
This sentence caused trouble. The man turned back instantly and glared at me fiercely.
At that moment, I saw an evil spirit in his eyes.
Uncle Ma also quickly winked at me and told me not to talk too much. After all, these two are rich bosses and cannot be offended.
Mr. Wang glanced at me with an unhappy look on his face, but because of Uncle Ma's face, he still smoothed things over and said, "Brother Ma, your apprentice is quite interesting. Young man, you dare to speak."
This means telling Uncle Ma that your apprentice is talking nonsense here and you should quickly discipline him.
Uncle Ma said to me: "Xiao Fan, we have run out of cigarettes. Go out and get two Zhonghua."
I heard that this sentence had two meanings. One was to send me out and stop talking nonsense here, and the other was to give them two cigarettes as an apology.
In fact, at this time, I already had a feeling in my heart: We can't deal with this matter of Mr. Zhao.
But Uncle Ma spoke, and in front of these people, I had to give him face, so I responded, turned around and walked out.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Mr. Zhao stood up and shouted at me with a gloomy face.
"Little brother, don't leave yet. I'll have a few words with you."
