A group of porters came forward with wooden picks and hemp ropes to look at the stone statue they were about to pick up. They discussed where to thread the rope and how to pick it. Some of them even glanced at the young lady of the Song family sitting in the corner of the ancestral hall with their peripheral vision...
They had never seen such a beautiful woman before, and they didn't dare to look at her directly, so they could only glance at her from the corner of their eyes to satisfy their eyes.
Liu Shen, on the other hand, frowned slightly as he looked at the stone statue on the altar...
This so-called Bodhisattva statue was not any Bodhisattva he knew, but for some reason, he felt a little familiar...
It seems that I have seen a statue of the Bodhisattva with such characteristics as "a cross-browed scowl and six arms".
After a little recollection, I also thought of...
In the past two years, I bought some unofficial historical novels to study literacy in my spare time. One of the unofficial historical novels called "Secret Stories of Qian Shi" has a similar description!
It was a storybook about Taizu Daqian. It told the story of Taizu Daqian, who was originally a low-level minion of the Holy Fire Sect, but eventually rose to prominence and liquidated the Holy Fire Sect after founding the Daqian Dynasty.
Among them, the Holy Fire Sect has a statue of a Bodhisattva with angry eyebrows and three eyes and six arms. However, the storybook mentions that the Holy Fire Sect does not believe in Bodhisattvas but Mingzun.
Because it was an unofficial history and a storybook, Liu Shen read it with gusto at the time. In the dialogue book, the story of Daqian Taizu liquidating the Holy Fire Sect Mingzun one by one after establishing the dynasty was somewhat impressive.
I still vaguely remember that the angry-looking person with three eyes and six arms described in the storybook is called the Killing Mingzun, and he is one of the three great Mingzuns of the Holy Fire Sect...
"With angry eyebrows and three eyes and six arms?" '
Liu Shen raised his head and glanced at the Bodhisattva statue. Well, it has angry eyebrows and six arms. The only thing that doesn't match is that the Bodhisattva statue in front of him does not have three eyes.
Maybe...it's just that they look alike...
After all, the unofficial storybook is just a storybook after all, and the Bodhisattva statue is not a statue of Mingzun.
Just when he was lost in thought, Wei Dafu next to him nudged him with his elbow and whispered softly: "Brother Shen, have you noticed that this stone statue is not only one or two thousand kilograms like Bantou Xu said."
"Well...it's more than that..."
Liu Shen came back to his senses and nodded. He seemed to have discovered this. He went out and picked up a stone. He used the hemp rope he brought with him as a measuring tape and began to measure the size of the stone statue.
How thick is the base, what is the diameter, how tall is the overall body, what is the waist circumference, how thick are the arms...
Every time he measured a size, he picked up a stone and carved the corresponding number in white marks on the ground, as if he was calculating something.
Su Huizhong's memory was that he had worked on a construction site, and he knew that a square slab of bluestone weighed about five thousand kilograms, and the stone statue in front of him was also made of bluestone;
Now that I have roughly measured the various dimensions of the stone statue in front of me, I can calculate the weight of the stone statue in front of me with just a few rough calculations...
When Liu Shen calculated that the stone statue weighed approximately 3,200 kilograms, he was also secretly shocked.
'Three thousand two hundred catties' and 'one or two thousand catties'...
This bitch, Captain Xu, really dares to say that!
Pei Xueyan watched a group of porters discussing how to thread the rope and how to choose it. The young man with a decent appearance was holding a hemp rope and seemed to be measuring some size. Then a man squatted in the corner and drew something with a stone. Somewhat curious.
Then he glanced at Team Leader Xu and asked casually: "Where are they?"
"Hey, young lady, you don't know something."
When Captain Xu saw the young lady of the Song family taking the initiative to talk to him, he swallowed dryly and explained: "They are all rough people, and they are discussing how to choose that stone statue conveniently."
Seeing the displeasure on the face of the young lady of the Song family, he thought it was a waste of time and said hurriedly: "Young lady, don't worry, I will let them work right now."
After that, he walked over with another face as if changing his face, and shouted sternly: "Don't waste time, it's just a stone statue, does it need to take such a long time to discuss?"
"..."
All the porters were as silent as a cicada...
Liu Shen's face twitched, and he thought to himself that you had to pretend that this thing was fake. If you don't discuss how to choose these three thousand kilograms of stone statues, you will risk your life...
"It's been discussed, it's been discussed..."
Not long ago, Wei Dafu received an extra two cents of silver beans from Team Leader Xu because he was "happy to have a son." He wished he could sell his life to Team Leader Xu. He hurriedly squinted his face and complimented: "We will start work right away. Don't be angry, Team Leader Xu." , don’t be angry.”
Team Leader Xu glared at him, "Start work quickly!"
"Yes Yes Yes."
When the porters saw this, they didn't dare to delay. They quickly fixed the six-armed Bodhisattva statue with ropes and tied it to the wooden pole to find a stress point.
Liu Shen didn't say much. He worked as a porter at the pier all year round and did manual labor. Eight people could pick up a stone statue weighing about three thousand kilograms. What was difficult was picking it out!
After leaving the ancestral hall, you have to walk out of the city without touching the ground.
The Song family is very close to the outside of the city, only more than a mile away, but if you carry a three thousand kilogram stone statue for more than a mile... I am afraid it will crush someone to death!
Thinking of this, Liu Shen felt as if a stone was weighing on his heart, and he was so anxious.
Liu Shen was strong and strong, so he felt that he was worthy of carrying the three to four hundred kilograms of burden, but this work was done by eight people, and it was not up to him alone...
'I just hope that when I pick out the stone statues later, someone will be able to speak out and save his life...'
Seeing that all the porters had taken off their clothes and squatted down to get ready, he sighed secretly and took off his clothes and put them on his shoulders, then squatted down and put the pole on his shoulders.
Seeing that the eight people in the group were ready, Team Leader Xu showed a somewhat satisfied smile and said, "I'll count to three, two, and one, and let's work hard together."
"three……"
"two……"
"one……"
"rise!!"
As the sound of "rising" fell, the eight porters carrying the wood took a deep breath and straightened up tremblingly!
And the six-armed Bodhisattva stone statue tied up with hemp rope gradually came off the ground.
Perhaps all the porters felt the weight that exceeded their psychological expectations. Some of their faces turned red, their muscles swelled, and the veins on their foreheads bulged.
Captain Xu waved his hand, indicating that he had picked it up and could move forward, and said: "Put it down at the door of the ancestral hall and rest. Once you get out of the door of the ancestral hall, you have to carry it all the way out of the city!"
The eight porters held their breath, but no one responded. They just moved slowly, for fear of losing their strength as soon as they opened their mouths.
It was already a hot day in August, and now they were carrying heavy objects, and the sweat on their bodies was gushing out of their bodies like wringing towels.
And Pei Xueyan, who was sitting in the corner of the ancestral hall, had never seen such a scene before?
Seeing eight strong men with bulging muscles carrying poles with bare arms and sweat on their bodies, her heart trembled for some reason, and she subconsciously clenched her fists.
Her breathing was stagnant, and she seemed to realize that her vision was affected, and her earlobes felt a little hot. She subconsciously turned her cheek and stopped looking...
'This, this, this... can this be seen by people? '
'No wonder they asked me to shun one or two things, immoral, dirty in people's eyes, dirty in people's eyes! '
Pei Xueyan regretted very much why she didn't listen to others' advice to avoid it, but she unexpectedly felt that her heart seemed to be beating a little faster...
She secretly despised her dirty eyes and dirty heart in her heart. After adjusting her mentality, she glanced lightly from the corner of her eye. When she saw the crooked melons and cracked dates, all the porters were grinning. , my hanging heart relaxed...
'When it comes to deeds, there is no heart, and there is no perfect person when it comes to heart. '
'No matter how downcast I am, Pei Xueyan, I will never fall in love with a coolie, and I won't...'
Maybe even Pei Xueyan didn't notice it. When she saw the upright young man gritting his teeth and sweating profusely from the corner of her eye, she couldn't help but linger for a while...
'This young man looks quite pleasing to the eye...'
Once many things are compared, their nature changes. For example, at this moment...
Pei Xueyan is not young, and she had been busy talking about men and women before getting married. She was already prepared to have a warm relationship with her husband and children...
As a result, after marriage, she never experienced the life that a young grandmother should have, so she felt an indescribable sense of gap both physically and mentally...
Now that I was affected by this visual impact, I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but after I came back to my senses, I quickly corrected my wandering mind, and secretly swore in my heart: "Even if I, Pei Xueyan, go to become a monk, beg for food, or jump off the cliff, I will never do it." I won't take a fancy to the porter on the pier...'
