Chapter 358 Temple Fair Monthly Pass)(1/2)
They were still wondering, but over there Fang Zhigang jumped off the carriage and ran over to ask someone.
After a while, he ran back and said: "I asked, wasn't our Dragon Temple built on April 15th? Last year, the county magistrate discussed with us and decided that every April 15th to 18th will be dedicated to the dragon."
Temple fair, today happens to be April 16th..."
Everyone who had gotten out of the car looked at each other.
The new Huayang County Magistrate was really good at getting things done. He knew that the Magistrate and the Third Prince valued Dragon Temple very much, so he secretly fawned over him in order to leave a good impression on his superiors.
As expected of an official, he is very clever.
Because there were too many people, donkey carts and horse-drawn carriages couldn't get through, and this was the only way into the village. They couldn't go to Coiling Snake Mountain and circle back to the village.
In that case, the horse-drawn carriage and the donkey-cart would not be equally difficult to pass.
After some discussion, they first stored the two vehicles in a special area for storing livestock vehicles outside the market.
To be honest, the county magistrate was very thoughtful.
Back then, because of Coiling Snake Mountain, this area was all open space. Even with Fangjia Village and Dragon Temple, no one dared to come and settle here.
This facilitated the county magistrate's planning. He made full use of the open space on both sides and made the land flat for people to set up stalls. He also set aside a special piece of land to build a livestock shed.
Of course, it is a relatively simple shed, made of wood and bamboo, with a thatched roof.
There were also several stone troughs built into the shed specifically for storage by those who drove cars from long distances.
It's not free storage. After all, you need someone to take care of it for you, feed it with fodder, and clean up the feces.
It only costs two copper plates to store it for a day, which is not expensive, at least much cheaper than at Qisongling.
They first put everything in the car into the storage bag before putting the car there.
They wanted to put the car into the storage bag and then take Nao Nao and the horses back.
But there was no way, there were people everywhere and people were coming and going on the road, so they couldn't find a place to put the car away first.
If that were the case, it would be even more troublesome for others to see it.
Pangpang also let him stay in the car for a while. There were so many people, and if he got out of the car rashly, he might cause panic.
They didn't go back to the village. They squeezed through the crowd and ran into the Dragon Temple to see if their family members were there to help.
Since it is a temple fair, it is definitely necessary to go inside the Dragon Temple to pay homage, so the number of people in the Dragon Temple is no less than the people outside, and they even queue up to offer incense.
One group goes in first, and after the incense has been burned, another group can enter.
Some of the unscrupulous ones didn't even kneel on the futon, but just found a spot to kneel down, bowed, put the incense in the incense burner and came out.
The most crowded place is the holy water well in the backyard.
There were four queues waiting to receive holy water. People who came consciously brought containers, some with water bags, some with pottery bowls, and some with bamboo tubes.
There was no other way. If the temple usually provided some bamboo tubes for them to bring back well water, there were too many people today, so they had to bring their own.
As a result, several stalls have developed outside, selling pottery bowls, cups, and even bamboo tubes.
It really boosted a business.
Jiayin and others went directly around the queue, where a few aunts were helping people fill the bottles with water.
There are people from Fang's Li family, people from Fang Youzhi's family, and aunts from Fang Youfu's family, all here to help.
There are a few aunties behind here helping to fetch water from the well.
The holy water at the Dragon Temple is free of charge. As long as you come and worship the Dragon God devoutly, you can receive a portion of the holy water.
As for whether to pay for incense or not, it's up to you.
However, the incense in the Dragon Temple costs money, so it cannot always be provided for free.
There is a merit box in front of the temple. Usually, many people will throw copper plates or even silver into it. If some people want to donate large amounts of silver or banknotes, they have to talk to the people behind the Dragon Temple.
Already.
Large donations will be engraved on the merit tablet on the facade of the temple, and part of the silver will be used to repair the temple and some expenses in the temple.
Most of it will be used for charity, and if there are disaster-stricken places around, it will be used for disaster relief.
Therefore, both ordinary people and the government are very convinced of the Dragon Temple.
In addition, the Dragon God is very effective, and the amount of donated money is increasing every year.
Because the weather has been good in recent years, especially around Nanyue County, there are basically no places affected by disasters.
Longshen Temple discussed with the magistrates of Huayang County and other neighboring counties, and used the money to build Salesian churches in each county to take in homeless elderly people and young children.
Let them have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and have food and drink so that they will not go hungry.
After that, the reputation of the Dragon Temple became even better. During that time, Jiayin discovered that the amount of meritorious golden light in the Boundary Breaking Pearl was rising steadily.
Even the atmosphere in the temple here has changed. Even the statues of Xiao Ling and others are shining with gold, which is much shinier than the Dragon Temple in Nanyue County.
To be honest, there must be some differences between the same temple in the hands of different managers.
Anyway, as long as you are not doing bad things or making money in the name of the temple, Jiayin will not care.
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Several aunts, especially Fang Zhigang and Fang Zhixin's mother, were very happy to see the good news, but they were busy with work at hand, so they asked them to rest in the house first and talk to them later.
When the aunt nearby saw this, she replaced Fang Zhigang's and Fang Zhixin's mothers and asked them to have a sweet kiss.
As soon as the two were replaced, I held their hands and exchanged greetings with tears in my eyes for a while.
Jiayin and Fang Zhiyuan were a little disappointed when they saw that Mrs. Li was not here. After asking, they found out that Mrs. Li was pregnant and resting at home. They did not dare to let her come over. With so many people, it would be troublesome if they were crowded.
Jiayin and Fang Zhiyuan were both stunned, they are pregnant!
You must know that Jiayin has been giving Li a lot of nourishing food in the past few years. She drank a lot of spiritual water and even soaked a lot of food in spiritual water for her to eat, just to improve her physical condition.
There was no news after that, and I thought it was a problem with Li's constitution.
There were many women nearby who were unable to conceive due to their weak bodies, but they became pregnant after drinking the diluted spiritual water.
It turns out that I am pregnant now, which is such an unexpected surprise.
It was a coincidence that Jiayin had been in constant contact with Xiao Ling and the others before, and basically knew what was going on at home. I went back and forth in the past two months, thinking that I would be back soon, so I didn't ask Xiao Ling.
Xiao Ling rarely contacted her unless there was something urgent, so she missed this good news.
After hearing this, the two of them couldn't stay any longer and wanted to go home quickly, so they said hello to everyone and went home.
Fang Zhiwen, Fang Zhiwu, and Fang Zhiqiang are also planning to return to the village first. They want to take Yang Huiyun and Liu Yuer and their daughter back to meet their families, and find the village chief to settle Liu Yuer and Liu Dazhuang.
Their parents are not here. There are already many people in the Dragon Temple. If all the villagers are here, it will be even more difficult to accommodate them.
They finally squeezed out of the temple, squeezed through the crowd outside, and walked forward for a while before the crowd finally stopped.
The temple fair is on a side road in front of the Dragon Temple. There is no one when you turn into the village.
In addition, there are crop fields on both sides, so those people will not come in and trample the crops.
A group of people hurried to the village. As soon as they entered the village, they saw several old ladies sitting in the open space chatting, including Old Mrs. Yang.
Fang Zhiyuan and Jiayin quickly stepped forward and called: "Grandma, we are back!"
Mrs. Yang's eyes narrowed when she saw them. She stood up and held their hands, "Oh! Zhiyuan and Jiayin are back! It's been a hard journey? Look at these little faces.
Lost weight..."
Grandma Fang Liu looked back and didn't see Fang Zhigang. They asked Fang Zhiwen, "Zhiwen, where is my Zhigang? Why didn't he come back together?"
Fang Zhiwen hurriedly replied: "Grandma Six, Zhigang and Zhixin are at the Dragon Temple with Aunt Li."
Grandma Fang Liu nodded and smiled when she heard this. Her daughter-in-law was there to help. It must have been her grandson who saw his mother kissing her there.
Looking at Yang Huiyun and Liu Yuer behind Fang Zhiwen and Fang Zhiwu, they asked: "Is this the future wife of Zhiqiang and Zhiwu? She looks really iconic!"
Afterwards, I exchanged a few words with Liu Dazhuang.
After that, Fang Zhiwu and Fang Zhiqiang took them back to their homes.
Grandma Fang Liu couldn't sit still anymore. She hadn't seen her grandson for a year, so she was thinking too hard. She quickly stood up, patted the dust on her clothes and walked out, "I'll go to the temple to see it too. It's very lively outside today."
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Grandma Fang San didn't see her grandson, so she dusted herself off and followed Grandma Fang Liu out, "Sixth brother and sister, wait for me, I'll go with you."
Seeing the two old ladies trotting out, Old Mrs. Yang shook her head in a funny way, and pulled Jiayin and Fang Zhiyuan towards home.
As he walked, he whispered, "Your mother is resting at home. She has been a little uncomfortable these past two days."
Mrs. Li's pregnancy was a bit difficult. When she was pregnant with Zhiyuan, she often stayed in bed to raise the fetus. In addition, she was injured during the birth. Now she finally got pregnant again, and she was vomiting every day.
I vomited whatever I ate, and I lost a lot of weight.
Jiayin and Zhiyuan were secretly anxious after hearing this, and quickly accelerated their pace home.
As soon as the three of them entered the yard, they saw Xiaoling and Yinglaoer playing in the yard. The two guys didn't know what they were dividing, but they saw Xiaoling talking to each other.
The sound was not loud, presumably because he was afraid of disturbing Mr. Li who was resting in the room.
When the two birds saw the good news, their eyes lit up and they flew over one after another.
To be continued...