Turning 7 kilometers west of the rolling mountains of Ma'anshan, there is Shiniu Ridge. From a distance, you can see a huge stone on the mountain ridge that resembles an ox. There are also two long slit stones on it, which look like a pair of oxen. The horns pierce the empty blue sky, maybe this is the reason why it is called Shiniuling!
Shiniuling is dotted with old houses with green walls and blue tiles. There are about a hundred households here. It is a mixed village, but most of them are surnamed Zhu. They mainly grow vegetables and rely on wholesale trading for their livelihood.
But a family in the south of the village lives in a new house with red brick walls and red tiles. The male owner of this family is named Zhu Youneng. He is a brick and tile kiln master. He naturally fired the bricks and tiles and built a new house for himself. The hostess's name is Wei Xiaoman. She has pretty features and is usually taciturn. Even when she speaks, she speaks softly.
She was married from Wei Zhuang outside the mountains. Before, her mother Qiu Ying found a fortune teller to tell her fortune. The fortune teller said that Wei Xiaoman could not get married because there might be a bloody disaster after marriage. And she has good luck with the earth network. As the saying goes: Men are afraid of heaven and women are afraid of earth's net. This is no child's play.
After hearing this, Qiu Ying asked anxiously if it could be resolved. The forecaster said that this was destined and difficult to change unless... Qiu Ying quickly took over and asked, unless what? The forecaster pondered for a while and replied that only if she persisted in doing good deeds like Yuan Liaofan in the Ming Dynasty could she change her destiny.
Qiu Ying sighed and said, that would be too difficult. If a girl's family asks her to do good deeds every day, she might not be able to do it. Is there any other way? The forecaster shook his head and left. Qiu Ying stopped him and said, think again and come up with a feasible solution. The forecaster said that you can let your daughter practice Qigong to adjust or eliminate the bad breath in the life code, so that the disaster can be relieved.
However, one thing to remember is that if your daughter cannot persist in doing good deeds, she cannot do even one evil deed. Once she does even one evil deed, even practicing Qigong every day will be in vain.
Qiu Ying also felt that it was inappropriate for his daughter to practice qigong. He asked again, is there any other way? The forecaster smiled and said, yes, yes, your daughter must not be able to do it. Qiu Ying urged him to say it, and he said that only if she escapes into Buddhism and lets go of all her fate can she be relieved of her misfortune and gain great freedom. Qiu Ying was even more troubled: Are you telling me to ask my daughter to become a monk? The forecaster nodded and went out without asking for any reward.
Qiu Ying was very anxious and privately told his daughter the three ways to resolve the disaster that he had asked from the forecaster. Wei Xiaoman said, Mom, I just want to become a monk. I heard that walking 7 kilometers east of Niutoushan is Ma'anshan. There is a temple on the mountain, so I will become a monk there.
Seeing that her daughter was in her 20s, young men from the neighborhood secretly coveted her because of her cute and plump appearance. Every now and then, a matchmaker would be entrusted to come to arrange a marriage. Wei Xiaoman always refused to see her and still told her mother that she wanted to become a monk.
Qiu Ying was too lazy to bother with the matchmaker, so he sent her to the Ma'anshan temple. Unexpectedly, it was not that easy to become a monk. She also needed to take the exam for a monk's or nun's certificate. The temple would not accept her if she could not get a formal and stamped monk's or nun's certificate issued by the religious department.
In this way, Wei Xiaoman, who was very disappointed, had no choice but to go back, and there was nothing she could do to stay with her mother.
An abbot wearing a monk's robe chased him out of the temple and quietly said something to Qiu Ying. She remembered it in her heart. She caught up with the unhappy Wei Xiaoman who was walking in front and said, "According to what the abbot said, you can get married, but... Wei Xiaoman" Man didn't let her mother finish what she said, so she started by saying, "I will never marry in this life."
Wei Xiaoman finally got married, and the kiln master Zhu Youneng became her husband. Zhu Youneng is the kiln owner, and Wei Xiaoman's father, Wei Dali, works in the kiln. At the end of that year, Wei Dali caught a cold and fell ill at home. Zhu Youneng told him to settle the salary for the year. He couldn't get up and didn't go, so he asked his daughter Wei Xiaoman to settle the account.
When Zhu Youneng saw Wei Xiaoman's beauty, he was secretly shocked, Wei Dali, has such a beautiful daughter? He was very happy, gave her father's wages, and even chatted with her, "Why didn't your father come to pay the bill?" Wei Xiaoman lowered his head and replied, "My dad is sick."
From then on, Zhu Youneng was thinking about Wei Dali's daughter. He did not ask a matchmaker to marry him on his behalf. Instead, he asked to go to Wei Dali's home the next day. It was not so much a visit to Wei Dali as a meeting. Meet Wei Xiaoman.
He diligently sent gifts such as fruits, and when he saw Wei Dali lying on the bed, he specially invited a doctor to see him until Wei Dali's illness was cured, and he paid the medical expenses for the Wei family, which made people grateful.
Zhu Youneng was a thoughtful man. When he saw that the tile-roofed house where the Wei family lived was dark and shabby, he sent someone to build three new houses for the Wei family, using bricks and tiles from his own kiln. Wei Dali and his wife were very grateful and wished they could kowtow to him. Qiu Ying also held his hand and said, Master Zhu Kiln, if you help our family like this, even if we work for you in the next life, we will not be able to repay your kindness! You are so kind, can our whole family come to your kiln to help with work for free, okay?
Zhu Youneng looked at Wei Dali and his wife and mustered up the courage to say, "Can I ask you two to be my parents-in-law?" As soon as he heard it, he understood that Zhu Youneng wanted to marry their daughter and become their son-in-law.
Wei Dali immediately stated, “Okay!” Can! I couldn't ask for more. Once we get married, we are a family. Qiu Ying felt uneasy and worried that her daughter would not agree because she had said that she would never marry in this life. At this moment, she said to Zhu Youneng, you go back first, and I have to talk to my daughter so that she can be mentally prepared to accept you psychologically.
As soon as Zhu Youneng left, Wei Xiaoman, who was eavesdropping from the window in the next room, walked up to his parents and shouted angrily, Dad, Mom, I don't agree.
Wei Dali yelled at his daughter, "You have to agree even if you don't agree. Our Wei family owes him so much debt of gratitude that we won't be able to repay it even in the next life. Have you ever thought about it for your parents?" Wei Xiaoman said, I want to become a monk and I will not get married.
Qiu Ying looked at her and sneered, saying, Xiaoman, you don't even have a monk or nun certificate, how can you become a monk? Which temple wants you. I advise you to agree to this marriage.
Wei Xiaoman’s voice was louder, no! Wei Dali said, if you don't agree to the marriage, I will hang myself with a rope. As expected, Wei Dali went into the back room to look for a rope. Wei Xiaoman was frightened and followed him to his father. He knelt down and said with tears in his eyes, Dad, I promise, I promise, don’t seek death. , if you really hang yourself with a rope, I, the daughter, will bear the infamy of forcing my father to death for the rest of my life, and I will feel guilty for the rest of my life... In this way, Wei Xiaoman soon married Zhu Youneng and became the wife of the kiln master. .
When he got married, Qiu Ying gave his daughter a dowry of a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, which was made of sandalwood and was very fragrant. Wei Xiaoman liked it very much. She said, "Mom, this is unprecedented. Since ancient times, it seems that no daughter in the family has given a Bodhisattva statue as a dowry when her daughter got married."
Qiu Ying put his mouth close to her ear and whispered, Xiaoman, the last time I went to Ma'anshan Temple, the abbot told me that as long as you have kind thoughts and follow the example of Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves suffering, you can practice at home. Become a monk. You got married, and I was afraid that you would be in trouble, so I did as the abbot ordered.
