August 15th is the Lantern Festival, and it is also a sunny day.
Everyone in Tongqing Temple was also noisy and started getting busy early in the morning.
Nowadays, Tongqing Temple is no longer the wild temple in the mountains with only Pei Wende and Zen Master Lingyou a few years ago, but a Xianghuowang Temple with a reputation that spreads for hundreds of miles.
In addition to the three masters and disciples of Zen Master Lingyou, Pei Wende, and Zhang Chusheng, the entire temple also has many traveling monks and pilgrims who choose to stay here.
Needless to say, wandering monks are a group of people who live in isolation.
It's rare to encounter such a lively day, so I want to liven it up and express my longing for my family and friends.
The same is true for some pilgrims staying at Tongqing Temple.
They dragged their families up the mountain to spend the night, just to compete for the first incense stick in the temple, so naturally they couldn't get up later than others.
“It’s really been a long time since this place was so lively!”
After a rare moment of walking out of his Zen room, Zen Master Lingyou looked at the prosperous Tongqing Temple with a happy smile on his lips.
"If Huiji hadn't left, it might have been even more lively."
With the reputation of Monk Huiji as "Little Sakyamuni", if he were still in Tongqing Temple, such a festival would definitely turn into a large-scale debate conference.
"Yeah! It's really fun."
Zou Qiwu opened the door of his room little by little, and there was only a fence between him and Zen Master Lingyou, and he yawned loudly.
As old friends of Zen Master Lingyou, Zou Qiwu and his daughter have been staying here for half a year.
Although he had long known the reputation of Tongqing Temple in the Weishan area, this was the first time he saw such a lively scene.
"You're living a pretty cool life these days."
"You just eat and sleep all day, aren't you worried that something might go wrong in your business?"
Zen Master Lingyou, who had long disliked his friend's "eating and drinking", widened his eyes and actually made a rare joke.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, are you looking down on me?"
"Don't say half a year, even if I stay here for three to five years, I will still be the head of Qiwu Hang and one of the richest men in Chang'an City when I go back."
They also joked with Zen Master Lingyou, and Zou Qiwu continued after laughing.
"Speaking of which, where are your two apprentices?"
"Isn't he responsible for opening the temple doors on weekdays? Why didn't you see him today?"
Upon hearing Zou Qiwu's question, Zen Master Lingyou just smiled and shook his head.
"Today is a good day for reunion. Naturally, he went down the mountain to accompany his parents."
"In Pei Wende's words, no matter how hard I work, I can't continue to keep him working in the mountains on this day!"
When he said this, Zen Master Lingyou paused slightly.
"Actually, the one who went down the mountain with him was your precious daughter."
"She is different from you. She has long been tired of staying on this mountain and followed my apprentice down the mountain early in the morning."
Hearing this, Zou Qiwu was stunned for a moment, and then asked with a confused look.
"Yue'er also went down the mountain?"
"Didn't she always dislike your apprentice? Why did she follow him down the mountain?"
No one knows his daughter's character better than Zou Qiwu, a father.
To put it nicely, it means being unconventional and daring to do things; to put it unpleasantly, it means being unruly and willful and not listening to dissuasion.
Except for Zou Qiwu in the entire Tongqing Temple, it seemed that only Pei Wende and Xiao Qing could make the girl calm down a little.
"I heard that it was after learning that Chu Sheng learned basic arithmetic in just a few days..."
"So she was a little unconvinced and kept pestering Chu Sheng to know the secret of his learning."
Speaking of this, even the well-informed Zen Master Lingyou couldn't help laughing.
"That girl is still so competitive."
He didn't expect such a reason at all. Zou Qiwu stood dumbly for a long time before answering in a dumbfounded way.
"I really don't know when that girl will calm down. I still hope that she will marry into a good family!"
Zou Qiwu did not object to Yue'er studying and practicing with Pei Wende.
He was just a little worried. His daughter was originally a bit unruly and willful, but now she has learned some skills from Pei Wende and Zhang Chusheng. I really don't know which husband's family can control her in the future?
"Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, so don't worry about such things."
"You see, I don't care about Wende. Isn't he still so outstanding?"
Facing Zen Master Lingyou's unabashed boast, Zou Qiwu could only roll his eyes.
"Wende and Yue'er are not the same thing..."
"If Yue'er can be half as obedient and sensible as Wende, I will live at least ten more years."
The voice paused for a moment, and then Zou Qiwu noticed that not only Zhang Chusheng had come down the mountain, but even Pei Wende and Xiao Qing seemed to have not shown up.
"Where are Wende and Xiaoqing? Where have they gone?"
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"Sister Qing? Are these enough?"
"I'm so tired! I don't want to go down the mountain anymore!"
"Can we take a break? I just want to sleep right now!"
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Lying weakly under a big tree halfway up the mountain, the three civet and cat brothers, who had transformed into human forms, began to complain.
Opposite them, Xiaoqing, who wore a long sword on his waist and tied his hair in a bun, was just calmly counting the goods under the tree, not caring at all about the complaints of the three brothers.
"We have everything together, but the temple will need your help later."
After confirming that there was no shortage of goods, Xiao Qing raised his head and ignored the relieved expressions of the three brothers and continued to give instructions.
"Boss, you can go to the temple later to pick up the pilgrims. Be careful not to mess up."
"Second brother, follow Pei Wende to make porridge later. Remember to be discerning."
"As for you, the third child?"
Xiao Qing couldn't help but narrowed his eyes. He looked at the most talented but also the naughtiest raccoon cat among the three brothers, and finally decided to take it with him in person for the safest reason.
"Just stay with me and be responsible for maintaining law and order in Tongqing Temple."
After saying that, Xiaoqing carried the goods with ease, turned around and walked towards the mountain.
After the three civet and cat brothers lying under the tree looked at each other in disbelief, they had no choice but to stand up again in frustration, and then closely followed Xiao Qing's pace.
"Forget it on weekdays, we have to open a temple to provide porridge during this big festival. The little master has figured out that there is something wrong..."
"Shh, keep your voice down, be careful not to be heard by Sister Qing!"
"We are monsters! Monsters that can eat people! Why do we do this kind of thing of giving porridge to the victims?"
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