When Uncle Ma said this, Ma Yunfeng and I were both surprised, but no one dared to interrupt.
Because I know that Uncle Ma loves Taoist Zixu wholeheartedly. Any decision he makes is made from the bottom of his heart and will not be changed.
Seeing that Uncle Ma wanted to stay, Taoist Master Zixu furrowed his brows and said, "That won't work. You are old and life in the temple is too hard. Besides, you still have your own things to do. Why stay?"
Uncle Ma said: "I'm not convinced by what you said. How come I'm old? That old Taoist priest who is over eighty years old can persist, so I'm afraid of suffering? Besides, I have shit to do, and I have a day now." The free Five Backbones and Six Beasts just happened to stay with you to build the temple and stretch my old arms and legs."
I looked at it and shook my head silently and sighed, thinking to myself, Uncle Ma, Uncle Ma, even though you are shrewd in your life, you also have your own weaknesses.
Ma Yunfeng reacted quickly, rolled his eyes and said: "Master wants to stay, then I will stay too. As the saying goes, if the master has something to do, the disciple will do his job. I will work for my master. Master Zixu, don't work too hard, just do your best." Recuperate and leave these things to us young people!"
Hey hey hey hey hey hey...
This Ma Yunfeng, as expected of you, has a quick mind and a quick tongue. In fact, I also thought of this, but before I could say anything, he got there first.
I thought to myself, what should I do? Let him take away the good words first, and if I follow him again, it would be just following the trend, which is meaningless.
So I rolled my eyes, and then said: "Okay, little junior brother, just stay on the mountain, build the temple well, and take good care of Master. Let's work separately. I will go home and work to make money, and then hand it over to Master. You just focus on it." Just build the temple!”
When Ma Yunfeng heard what I said, he glanced at me twice. I could see the subtext in his eyes. He probably wanted to tell me: "Okay, Wu Xiaofan. His brain works very fast and he is not lagging behind at all."
I also glanced at him and thought to myself, do you think you are the one who cheated? Brother Fan, did I get this for nothing?
Sure enough, Uncle Ma's face became happy when he heard what we said. He nodded repeatedly and praised us as good babies.
But Taoist Master Zixu still disagreed, saying that she didn't want to drag us down. Uncle Ma said, why are you being polite? What does it mean to be a drag? I have been dragged down by you my whole life. Don't you know? !
As soon as he said this, Taoist Master Zixu's face turned slightly red, and then he thought about it and said that if you want to stay, there is no place for you to live here, and there are not enough houses.
Uncle Ma said that doesn't matter. It's hot now, so I can build a hut outside.
Taoist Master Zixu said that there is nothing delicious in the mountains. You must think carefully about being a vegetarian every day.
Uncle Ma said that would be no problem. As you get older, eat some vegetarian food to maintain your health!
Taoist Master Zixu said that the work of building a temple is very hard and tiring. Most people cannot do this work. At your age, you have to think carefully.
Uncle Ma said it was a trivial matter, but my apprentice said he would stay and work for me!
At this time, the expression on Ma Yunfeng's face was a bit exciting.
I guess the flattery he said just now was because he knew that Taoist Zixu would not let Uncle Ma stay, just to make Uncle Ma happy.
But now looking at Uncle Ma's attitude, everyone wants to stay, and Taoist Master Zixu seems to be agreeing...
So, in this case, Ma Yunfeng would have to fulfill his promise just now, stay and work, and build the temple here every day.
However, Ma Yunfeng is worthy of being a character. He quickly regained his composure, then patted his chest and said, "That's right. Give me whatever hard work you have to do. I'm young and strong. I can bear it. Master, you and Zixu The Taoist priest only needs to use his mouth."
Uncle Ma glared at him: "That's nonsense, what are you talking about? What are you talking about?"
Ma Yunfeng quickly explained: "Ah, what I said is that you can just use your mouth to command..."
Uncle Ma touched his chin: "Oh, you are talking about command..."
Taoist Master Zixu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and continued: "Okay, okay, let me ask you again, do you really want to stay? I can tell you that this temple construction is not a day or two, it requires long-term persistence."
Uncle Ma grinned and said: "This matter of building the temple is nothing more than a question of whether you have money or not. If you have money, you will go fast, but if you don't have money, you will go slow. Although I don't have much savings now, it should be enough to build the temple. Besides, Even if it's not enough, I still have a car at home and a store..."
Zhang Wenwen pursed his lips and smiled and said: "Taoist Master Ma, there is no need to sell the car or the house. Besides, my master will not agree. She doesn't want to involve everyone with her own affairs, so she has been refusing to let me tell you."
Taoist Master Zixu glanced at her: "You kid, you must tell us what happened this time, otherwise your Uncle Ma and the others won't come."
Uncle Ma immediately waved his hand: "No, don't blame the child. It was only when I asked the senior brothers in the temple about you that I found out that you came here. I am also bringing my disciples here to wander around and take a look. If you happen to encounter such a great meritorious deed, I definitely can’t let it go!”
The words became clearer and clearer as the words continued, and Taoist Master Zixu's words became looser. It should be acquiescence that Uncle Ma was staying.
So I looked at Ma Yunfeng with sympathetic eyes. He was shrinking his neck like a wilted rooster, full of worries.
But at this time, Zhang Wenwen also looked at me, as if he had something to say in his eyes.
My heart trembled, and I secretly pinched my thigh.
I'm so stupid, why didn't I think of it, if I stayed to build the temple, would I be able to be with Wenwen every day?
Thinking of this, I opened my mouth and wanted to tell Uncle Ma, otherwise I would stay and build the temple...
As a result, Uncle Ma glanced at me and said first: "By the way, Xiaofan, Xiaoma and I stayed here to build the temple. You also have a very important task. You have to raise money for us. This temple doesn't look big, but with money There are too many places, not to mention the high mountains and long roads here, and it is difficult to transport many materials, so the cost is even higher. If the money I have is not enough, you have to help me more. But this Do it voluntarily, building a temple is a great merit, it is all done by your own heart and aspiration, Master will not force you."
This sentence stopped me, excluded me from the ranks of building temples, and asked me to go back down the mountain to make money.
And Uncle Ma is right. The cost of repairing this temple is high. A large part of it is due to transportation problems. I'm afraid the transportation fee is more expensive than the material cost.
For me, building a temple is of course a great merit, but this merit is actually divided into two types, one is called yang virtue and the other is called yin virtue.
Now that Uncle Ma and Zixu Dao have reunited after a long separation, they probably have a lot to say, so I will take this opportunity to tell you about this merit.
