(Every wanderer in a foreign land cannot help himself)
Like this, half a month has passed. Lan Feng gradually got used to being in the Su Family Courtyard, having Wan Xi as his company every day, and he gradually got over the grief of his parents' death.
On this day, Lanfeng and Wanxi were playing in the backyard after dinner, but unexpectedly Master Su came.
"Daddy!" Wan Xi stepped forward and hugged Mr. Su, and Lan Feng also said a salute when she saw this.
Mr. Su smiled and said to them: "The servants came yesterday to report that the remodeled Fish Basket Guanyin statue is almost completed. Why don't you two children come with me to take a look today?"
Wan Xi was naturally overjoyed when she heard that she was going out. He took Lan Feng's hand and said, "Brother Lan Feng, we haven't gone out to play for a long time. Can we go and have a look with dad later?"
Lan Feng didn't want to go there, after all, it was the place where he was sad, but looking at Wan Xi's red smiling face, he still couldn't refuse.
He nodded, stepped forward and said to Mr. Su: "Uncle Su, I want to buy some incense and candles as a memorial to my parents. I hope you will allow me."
Master Su didn't expect that Lan Feng, a child at such a young age, still knew how to be filial, so he said, "You are a good boy. We can buy some on the way there later."
"Thank you, Uncle Su." Lan Feng thanked him.
The group packed up properly and headed out the door. Since it was just after noon and the sun was shining brightly, Mr. Su and Mrs. Su had people prepare a sedan chair. But Lanfeng and Wanxi didn't want to sit in the sedan, so Liu Huan and several servants looked after them.
They arrived at Lao Jin's Futang. Lanfeng ran in and saw Lao Jin dozing off behind the case again, so he shouted: "Uncle Jin!"
Old Jin was dozing off when he was suddenly shouted out, and he was so frightened that his neck twisted.
"Hiss... Ouch" Lao Jin rubbed his neck and said, "Who is it, so loud..."
He rubbed his eyes: "Oh, it's Lan Feng...Lan..." At this point, he suddenly showed a horrified expression, and quickly took out a small copper coin sword from the bottom of the case and pointed it at Lan Feng.
"You... don't come here. Are you a human or a ghost?" It turned out that he learned that the fishing village was destroyed and no one survived. But at this moment, he saw Lan Feng standing in front of him perfectly, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
Liu Huan stepped forward and took down Lao Jin's copper coin sword and said, "You old magician, aren't you usually very arrogant? This is a ghost, so be afraid!"
Wan Xi sneered at the side, and Lan Feng also laughed and said: "Uncle Jin, I survived by luck and am now living in the Su family compound. I came here today to buy some incense and candles to pay homage to my parents."
After hearing this, Lao Jin breathed a sigh of relief. He took the incense stick from the shelf on the left and handed it to Lan Feng and said, "You are really lucky. Those two monsters didn't kill you. It's just that your parents are gone. , my condolences and my condolences..."
"Two monsters?" Lan Feng asked, "But I only saw one carp-like monster?"
Lao Jin waved his hand: "I heard from others that there is another one. His whole body is on fire and he has three hands! It's terrible."
Lan Feng was murmuring in his heart, but he was unconscious at the time and didn't know what happened. Thanks to Lao Jin, the group set out on the road again.
Not long after, the group came to the Fish Basket Guanyin Statue, which was about to be completed. I saw that the surrounding area had been paved with marble, a bronze incense burner stood in front, and four auspicious cloud pillars were erected on all sides and hung with red silk. One of the statues, a ten-foot-tall fish basket statue of Guanyin, is missing only its head.
There are so many villagers here. Today is the last day for Guanyin to stand up. The craftsmen set up a ladder and carried the Guanyin head up. After a lot of effort, they finally mounted the Guanyin head on the body.
When the villagers saw the Guanyin statue restored, they all applauded. Four businessmen, Su, Zhao, Wang and Li, went up to offer incense to Guanyin, and then a group of villagers also paid homage one by one.
But when Lan Feng saw the Guanyin statue, he was unwilling to pay homage. He remembered that his mother had always told him before she died that Guanyin Bodhisattva would bless them, but in the end, Guanyin did not come to save them.
"Come, Lan Feng and Wan Xi, go kowtow to the Fish Basket Guanyin." Mr. Su called the two children over.
Wan Xi ran over first and knelt in front of the Guanyin statue. Seeing that Lan Feng was still reluctant to come over, she said, "Brother Lan Feng, come quickly~"
Lan Feng frowned and walked over reluctantly...
When he walked to the Guanyin statue and was about to kneel down, he looked up and saw the fish basket Guanyin staring at him against the sun!
"It's okay kid, Guanyin Bodhisattva will bless us..."
"Really?"
His mother's words before she died that day came back to his mind one by one...
Suddenly, Lan Feng's head buzzed as if it was about to explode, and he knelt on the ground in pain.
"Brother Lanfeng!" Wan Xi stood up and ran towards Lanfeng, but was stopped by Master Su.
At this moment, Lan Feng's eyes widened, and another tyrannical anger spread out from his body. Everyone exclaimed, and someone in the crowd shouted: "It's him!! That three-armed fire demon that day was him!!"
When everyone heard the sound, they immediately took a few steps back, and the discussion became louder among the crowd. Lan Feng was breathing heavily at this time. Fortunately, the sapphire beads on his neck funneled a stream of clear water into Lan Feng's body, suppressing the evil fire again.
When Master Su saw that Lan Feng had calmed down, he sent someone up to help Lan Feng.
"Brother Su, what's going on?!" Zhao Shang asked.
Mr. Su shook his head and said: "Everyone, please be quiet. This child is the only one who survived in that fishing village. How could he be a monster?"
"He is a monster!"
"Yes! Otherwise, if all the adults are dead, why can this child survive?"
The villagers were reluctant to give in. After all, the anger just now was obvious to everyone. If this person believes in one thing, how can he change it easily? What's more, the massacre of this fishing village is a supernatural thing, but if someone can take the blame, it will naturally eliminate their worries...
Mr. Su shouted sternly: "Everyone, this child's parents died in the hands of that monster. It is inappropriate to say that he is a monster! I will find out about this matter and I will definitely give an explanation to all the fellow villagers!"
"No!! What if he turns into a monster again!"
"Yes, he was in a fishing village before, but now he is in a county or city. If he loses control one day, what will the people in this county and city do?"
"Even if he is not the fire monster, he must be another monster if he had the strange behavior just now. Otherwise, wouldn't he still be a god?!"
There were more and more people condemning him, and later on, some people even said that they wanted to kill Lan Feng to avoid future troubles. Lan Feng and the Su family also had a hard time arguing with each other. Although the Su family is a wealthy businessman, it is not an official family after all, so how can the promises made be recognized.
In desperation, Mr. Su had no choice but to say: "Since he is still a child, I will wait for two days to send him away. Why hurt his life? In front of this Guanyin Bodhisattva, do you still want to see blood?" ?!”
After everyone listened to Guanyin Bodhisattva, their anger gradually calmed down. The group of people broke up unhappy, and Mr. Su felt depressed, so he simply resigned from the three businessmen, Zhao Wang and Li, and left angrily.
Back in the Su family compound, Mr. Su had just made a pot of tea and was sitting in the main hall worrying about Lan Feng. Unexpectedly, Wan Xi ran up to him and shouted: "Dad! Why do you want to send brother Lan Feng away again?" , His parents are both gone, where do you want him to go!"
"That's enough!" Mr. Su suddenly lost his temper, "Do you think I want to send him away?! Didn't you see the evil fire in his body today! With so many people watching, what do you want dad to do!"
When Wan Xi heard Mr. Su yelling at her, she was stunned for a moment, and then cried "Wow": "Dad, you are so cruel to me..."
When Mr. Su saw his precious daughter crying, he immediately softened his heart. He picked up Wan Xi and sighed, "My dear daughter, I know that boy is not a bad person, but there are too many strange things that happened to him. Didn't you hear that?" Are there people clamoring to kill your brother Lanfeng today? Dad can protect him for a while, but he cannot protect him for a lifetime. Can you bear to see him die? "
"No, I don't want brother Lanfeng to die..." Wan Xi said with tears in her eyes.
Mr. Su patted Wan Xi and put her on the ground and said, "Okay, look at you, your face is wet with tears. Go and ask your sister Liu Huan to wash you up!"
Wan Xi wiped the tears on her face and walked out with a dissatisfied look on her face.
"Come out..." Mr. Su sat on the chair and took a sip of tea.
Lan Feng walked out from behind a beam. It turned out that he had been listening here just now, but he didn't dare to come out when he saw Mr. Su lose his temper.
"Uncle Su, Lanfeng has caused trouble for you. I'm going to pack my luggage right now..." Lanfeng said.
Mr. Su put down his tea bowl and said, "There's no rush,"
He stood up and walked to Lan Feng and said: "Lan Feng, Uncle Su is just a businessman. A businessman must know how to weigh the pros and cons at any time, so that he can make money, do you understand?"
Lan Feng lowered his head and said, "Lan Feng understands that I have been criticized by the villagers for my behavior today. If I stay here any longer, I will cause trouble to Uncle Su."
Mr. Su smiled and patted Lan Feng on the shoulder: "But Uncle Su is also a successful businessman. Do you understand what I mean?"
Lan Feng raised his head and looked at Master Su with a kind smile on his face and shook his head.
"The most important thing for a businessman is to make profits, but the more important thing is to pay attention to the word 'faith'. If a person has no faith, he will not be established." Mr. Su said, "I don't care if you are a human or a monster, I only know that you will be invited to Come to Fairy Tong to save Wan Xi, I told you that I will do my best to help you if you are in trouble, this is my promise to you."
Lanfeng felt grateful. Except for his parents, he had never been so worried about by anyone.
Mr. Su added: "I have a place to settle you, but it's far away from here. It's just right to avoid these villagers. If you go out by yourself at this time, I'm afraid it'll be in bad luck. Are you willing to go?"
Lan Feng thought to himself that it was okay, since he had nothing now anyway, and the villagers here were very prejudiced against him, so he might as well go further away and leave this sad place.
He nodded in agreement. Seeing him nodding, Mr. Su smiled and said: "Good boy, I just saw that it was the Buddhist beads on your neck that calmed you down. It seems that you are also destined to be Buddha. When I was young, I was doing business abroad and I once funded that Jinshan Temple, make good friends with their abbot at that time, and I will send you a letter to ask him to become a lay disciple with you, so that when you become an adult, you will no longer have to accept the strict rules of Buddhism."
Lan Feng thanked him. He didn't expect that Master Su would be so careful and even think about what he would do many years later.
"Okay, you go pack your things and get some rest tonight. I'll ask someone to escort you out in a few days."
It's late at night and people are quiet, but there are summer insects chirping tirelessly among the orchid stones and secluded grass in the Su family's courtyard. Lanfeng lay in bed unable to sleep. Tonight was a full moon night and it was supposed to be a day to reunite with his family. But it happened that he had suffered such a misfortune, and he remembered that the villagers were aggressive towards him during the day, and he felt a burst of sadness well up in his eyes and wet his eyes...
When duckweed enters the water, which courtyard does it flow to? Lan Feng was originally innocent and carefree at this age, but now he had no roots to rely on. He stared at the night sky in confusion.
Three days later, the sky that had just cleared up began to rain again.
Early in the morning, Lan Feng packed up his bags and walked out of the Su family compound. The two elders of the Su family and Wan Xi held an umbrella and walked with him to the post house outside the city. Along the way, Wan Xi held Lan Feng's hand with red eyes. In front of the window of the house nearby, scattered red dust blown down on a rainy night. Rain and mist filled the buildings. Lanfeng stopped and looked at the bank of the Tongtian River. Looking at the place that had been with him for ten years, he felt mixed feelings in his heart.
When they arrived at the inn, they saw the carriage waiting there. Master Su stepped forward to explain to the coachman.
Wan Xi said to Lan Feng with red eyes: "Brother Lan Feng, we say goodbye this time. I don't know when we will see each other again. You have to put that sachet away. If I see you, I won't fail to recognize you." Already..."
Lan Feng pinched Wan Xi's little face with his hand and said: "Don't worry, sister Wan Xi, I will definitely keep the sachet. Don't be sad. I will come back to you when I grow up in a few years. At that time No one dares to bully me anymore!"
At this time, Mr. Su also made a clear explanation. He waved Lan Feng over and took a few more coins and put them in Lan Feng's luggage.
"Good boy, this is Uncle Wang." Mr. Su pointed at the coachman, and then said to Lan Feng, "You can be considered half of my son. I have already given Uncle Wang the expenses on the road. You can keep the silver for yourself." Keep it for later use. We are going to a high mountain and a long river. When you get to Jinshan Temple, remember to send a letter to report that you are safe..."
Mr. Su has no children, only a daughter, Wan Xi. Before leaving, seeing that Lan Feng had to travel far away alone at such a young age, he couldn't help but feel sympathy for him and regard him as his own.
Lanfeng bid farewell to the two elders of the Su family and said goodbye to Wan Xi before reluctantly getting into the carriage.
Mr. Su picked up Wan Xi and watched the carriage drive away. "Brother Lanfeng!! Don't forget me!" Wan Xi finally cried...
"Drive!" shouted the coachman as he drove his horse, and the carriage drifted away in the rain. Lan Feng was holding the potpourri sachet in his arms in the car and was crying.
So many happy faces, all gathered together to have fun. How many sad tears are caused by the pain of separation. But people, even if they are separated for decades, they will still travel across thousands of mountains and cross thousands of rivers just for the moment of meeting again.
This is crazy...
There are many things in the world that cannot be understood when you grow up. If you don't experience it, even if you spend a hundred years, you won't know the ups and downs of it.
After so many years, the mountains are high and the rivers are far away. What kind of stories are waiting for Lan Feng in Jinshan Temple thousands of miles away?
