Shen Tianshu and Shen Yunhui stayed with Baoer in the room for a day.
Although the child was lethargic, fortunately he could eat some food. I was just worried that he would wake up again at night or have a fever.
Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Mrs. Shen has to rush to burn incense at midnight. Shen Tianshu feels that he may not have much time to sleep tonight.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but yawn.
Seeing this, Shen Yunhui said, "Sister, you've stayed up all night, and you have to burn incense tonight. Why don't you sleep for a while? I'll take care of you!"
Shen Tianshu looked at the sky outside, then reached out to touch Bao'er's forehead and little hands, and felt that it wouldn't be a problem for him to sleep for a while.
"Then you watch more. You're not afraid of anything else. I'm just afraid that he'll start to have a fever again after dark." Shen Tianshu rubbed his eyes sleepily, "I won't go back. I'll just sleep here for a while. If anything happens, If something goes wrong, just call me."
Fortunately, Bao'er was quite up to par and had always been well-behaved and didn't cry, allowing Shen Tianshu to sleep until midnight.
"Sister, wake up and go back and change your clothes. It's time for us to burn incense."
Shen Tianshu opened his eyes reluctantly.
I don’t know when it became popular to burn incense in temples.
In the beginning, they just grabbed the first incense on the first day of the first lunar month every year. It is said that the first person to put the incense in the incense burner in the temple on the first day of the new year will receive special blessings from the Bodhisattva and be able to have good luck for the whole year. .
As a result, every year on New Year's Day, the slightly famous temples are basically overcrowded.
And there is no shortage of rich and powerful people everywhere. As time goes by, if you want to burn incense, it depends on who donates more money.
It’s something that happens once a year, so don’t you have to squeeze your brains out to grab it!
Later, maybe I felt that this was not the solution, so it gradually evolved into burning incense on the first day of every month and on some festivals.
As a result, although there are still people rushing to burn the first incense on the first day of the first lunar month, it is not as intense as before.
So what Mrs. Shen wants to burn this time is the first incense on the first day of October.
At this time, she had changed her clothes and was sitting in the meditation room waiting.
After Shen Tianshu changed his clothes and came over, he realized that this time when he went to burn incense, he not only had to push Mr. Shen, who had inconvenient legs and feet, but also asked the wet nurse to hold Bao Er.
"Grandma, Bao'er just suffered a fright last night and hasn't recovered yet. Is there anything wrong with taking him to burn incense and worship Buddha now?"
Shen Tianshu spoke tactfully, but his heart was about to burst into flames.
If such a small child is held in a strange place surrounded by incense, he will easily get frightened even if he is not sick, not to mention that he is not very comfortable in the first place!
Mrs. Shen glanced at her and said, "It's because Bao'er was frightened that I took him to worship in front of the Buddha and collect his soul.
"It's too late for Bodhisattva to protect him, so how can he scare him?"
Shen Tianshu wanted to say something more, but he felt Shen Yunhui tugging at the hem of his clothes. Finally, he swallowed his words and did not continue to argue with Mrs. Shen.
The Shen family was ready, and it was almost time. The temple sent a monk to lead the way and lead the Shen family to the main hall.
The main hall is brightly lit, with three Buddha statues several people tall standing solemnly, surrounded by thousands of sea lanterns in front of the Buddha.
Everyone entering the hall involuntarily slowed down their steps and even wanted to hold their breath.
He was afraid that he would disturb the tranquility in front of the Buddha.
The Shen family consciously divided into three rows and stood in front of their respective futons.
Old Mrs. Shen naturally stood at the front, followed by Mr. Shen and Mrs. Dong, and finally Shen Tianshu, Shen Yunhui and Baoer who was held by the wet nurse.
Mrs. Shen took the incense from the monk's hand, held it respectfully to her forehead, recited silently in her mouth, then stepped forward and inserted the incense into the incense burner.
Except for Mr. Shen and Bao'er who were unable to do it on their own and needed help from others, the rest of the Shen family also respectfully offered incense like Mrs. Shen.
Then someone knelt on the futon, put their hands together, and looked respectfully at the Buddha statue.
Then he bowed down and bowed.
After prostrating nine times in a row, the monk came over and took everyone to a side hall and asked them to sit down.
As soon as we sat down, the sound of knocking wooden fish and chanting sutras could be heard in the house.
Shen Tianshu and Shen Yunhui were unprepared and were both slightly startled, not to mention Baoer who had just been frightened yesterday and had not yet recovered.
This was the time for him to go to sleep. Fortunately, he was coaxed to sleep two hours longer than usual during the day, so although he was a little lackluster at this time, he had not started to feel sleepy yet.
But all of a sudden, Bao'er was so frightened that he shivered, and then started crying at the top of his lungs.
The wet nurse immediately panicked. What should she do if she cried at this time? She didn't even need to raise her head to feel the glare that Mrs. Shen was looking at her.
Shen Tianshu immediately stood up and came forward, took Bao'er from the wet nurse's arms and said, "Grandma, the incense has been applied. If there is nothing else, my granddaughter will take Bao'er back first. The child is still young and the environment here is unfamiliar. He stayed scared."
Mrs. Shen said solemnly: "As long as you are not afraid of Buddha's blame, then you can go back."
"Grandma, the Buddha is based on compassion, always happy, gives alms as a matter of opportunity, shows respect through humble conduct, and will not offend others casually."
Mrs. Shen's face was frozen, and she was about to reprimand, but was shocked by Shen Tianshu's gaze.
She took a deep breath and lowered her voice: "Is this your attitude towards your elders? You have to be here, at this time, to find happiness, right?
Shen Tianshu looked into Mrs. Shen's eyes and said softly, "My granddaughter didn't mean that. She just felt that after all, there are so many people in this world who have made big mistakes, and even the Buddha did not blame them.
"And I'm just a sister who cares about my younger brother, so why am I guilty?"
Old Mrs. Shen was pushed back by her words, and with the help of Grandma Liu, she managed to stabilize herself without falling.
At this time, Bao'er cried even harder and kept pushing into Shen Tianshu's arms.
Shen Tianshu ignored Old Mrs. Shen, hugged Bao'er, saluted the monk beside him, apologized, then turned around and left.
Old Mrs. Shen raised her finger and pointed at her back, leaning on Nanny Liu and gasping for breath. She was so angry that she couldn't speak.
Shen Yunhui looked at Mrs. Shen, and then at the eldest sister who was holding Bao'er and turning around to leave. Although she envied her courage, her buttocks seemed to be stuck to the futon and couldn't move.
Mr. Shen saw everything in his eyes and frowned deeply.
"This child Tianshu is too much, how can she be so disobedient to her mother!
"Her parents are both extremely filial people, how come she gave birth to such a rebellious person?"
He thought for a long time and finally summed it up: "It must be the fault of Mrs. Xu's poisonous woman for raising the child like this.
"If my younger siblings were still alive, they would definitely not have raised their children like this!"
