The four of them were chatting lively. Daoxu ran over from the front hall, happily greeted Manbao and the others, then grabbed the tea in front of Daohe and took a sip.
His whole face wrinkled up in pain, but he didn't care. He put it down and said, "I'm talking so hard that my throat is about to smoke. Senior brother, why are you so leisurely here?"
Dao Hedao: "Master and I talk less."
Daoxu said "cut", and then looked at Manbao and the others happily, "Is the capital fun?"
Man Bao nodded, "Not bad."
Daoxu was filled with envy, "It would be great if I could also go to the capital."
Dao He said: "There is no money in the temple."
Traveling far away costs a lot of money, and not everyone can afford it.
Bai Shan said: "If you want to go, you can set off with us. We have carriages and horses, and we have people to take care of you on the way. But have you thought about where you are going when you get to the capital?"
Daoxu was stunned and said: "I'm just saying, I don't mean to go."
Dao He also refused on his behalf, "When he learns his skills, he can go out. Now even if he wants to go, the masters won't let him."
Speaking of this, Man Bao went to find Qian and gave the wrapped book to Dao He, "This is the book you were looking for earlier. We found it in a bookstore in the capital."
Dao He took it, opened it, looked at it and asked, "How much is it?"
Manbao didn't say he didn't want it, he directly quoted the price, "Twenty-two cents."
Dao He nodded, took the book, got up and went back to the house to get her money.
Daoxu was stunned at the side, "What book is so expensive? It's almost eight dollars a book."
Bai Shandao: "One has an analysis, one has annotations, and one more. This is a manuscript. We found it in a pile of old books. If we buy a printed engraving, an analysis will cost two taels of silver."
So books are expensive, two books can be exchanged for a cow.
Especially for books that are not very popular, because the cost of one edition is too high, the selling price is usually relatively high, while some commonly used books are cheaper.
For example, an engraving only costs nine yuan a copy, but there are various analytical versions, because the translators and annotators are different, and the prices are also different. Some of the translators and annotators are even orphans and collections. They only stay in the libraries of some aristocratic families, and even everyone can read them.
Less than.
The two translations and annotations that Bai Shan and the others found for Daohe are still in circulation in the market, so they are not very expensive. Some single translations and annotations may sell for thousands of taels.
The kind where one book can be exchanged for a house in Beijing.
Dao He gave the money to Man Bao. After seeing it, Dao Xu subconsciously touched his arms and said, "Brother, do you still have money?"
Dao He shook his head, "No more."
He glanced at Daoxu and said, "Don't always use money to buy food. Save some. In the future, even if you want to buy pens and ink, you won't have to reach out and ask for them from the masters."
Daoxu rolled his eyes and looked at Manbao, and said with a smile: "Manbao, have you done anything strange recently? I heard from some wealthy people in the county that you also treated the nobles in the palace, right?
Not true?"
Bai Shan frowned, stood in front of Man Bao and said, "What do you want to do?"
Daohe poured himself a cup of tea and said with a smile: "Don't pay attention to him, he likes to do some weird things now."
Daoxu disagreed and said: "Man Bao and I are perfecting each other. Senior brother and Uncle Shoucai have said that our cultivation of Tao is not only perfecting ourselves, but also perfecting others, and also perfecting all things in the world."
He pointed at Man Bao and said: "People outside think she is the reincarnation of a fairy. It is good for her, their family, and our Taoist temple. This is not only a blessing for others, but also for us, and even more."
A layman outside?"
Man Bao pointed to his nose and asked, "What does this have to do with me?"
"Why is it irrelevant?" Daoxu said quickly: "Don't you know that the popularity of our Taoist temple has become much stronger since the reputation of your fairy reincarnation spread?"
Man Bao nodded, she knew this, but wasn't that all a few years ago?
"Since your biological father's deeds have spread, the popularity of our Taoist temple has become more and more prosperous. It has even spread to neighboring counties. There is also an elder who wants to donate money to donate a statue of Tianzun..."
Manbao and the other three opened their mouths in surprise. Why would rich people believe such words that make them panic?
Bai Shan thought about it carefully. In fact, it was not bad for Manbao to be known as the reincarnation of the fairy. She was accompanied by Uncle Zhou.
After all, it was because of Mrs. Qian that this matter spread.
Bai Shan's eyes wandered and he began to think deeply. It seemed that the people in the Zhou family were not completely unaware of the strange things happening to Man Bao.
He looked up at Daoxu, then at Daohe, and asked with a smile, "You two don't believe that Manbao is the reincarnation of a fairy?"
Daohe and Daoxu:...
Both of them are three years older than Manbao, and they were both picked up from outside and raised by their masters.
Speaking of which, the two of them have known Man Bao longer than Bai Shan. Before she could walk, Qian carried her up to pay homage to Lao Jun. He also asked their master to help him see a doctor, and he also watched her.
Seek the talisman here.
So, who doesn’t know who she is? They grew up together. Who believes that she is the reincarnation of a fairy?
The most important thing is, what do they do?
They themselves are Taoist priests, okay? Even if they are really reincarnated, they are reincarnated. Why does Zhou Man look like a Taoist fairy?
Daoxu was choked and had nothing to say for a while, while Daohe was quiet for a moment, looked at Bai Erlang with a smile, and asked: "Bai Cheng, do you believe that Zhou Man is the reincarnation of a fairy?"
Bai Erlang looked at Man Bao and shook his head in disgust, "I admit that she is smarter than me, but she cannot be a fairy."
He pointed at Bai Shan and said: "If she is a fairy, then wouldn't Bai Shan, who is as smart as her, be a fairy boy? There are many people in the capital who are as smart as them. They are all reincarnations of fairies and fairy boys, gods in heaven.
There are too many reincarnations, right?"
Dao He looked at Bai Shan with a smile, this is how they felt.
Man Bao muttered: "I didn't say I was the reincarnation of a fairy."
Bai Shan said to Daoxu: "Look, if you don't even believe it yourself, how can you make people outside believe that Man Bao is the reincarnation of a fairy? Believe that your Taoist temple has great merits and can take care of the fairy who comes to earth on behalf of Laojun?"
He said: "If you want to make money from this, it's difficult!"
Man Bao threatened him, "Be careful if you end up betraying the gang, you will be beaten."
"It's fine if you get beaten up, but don't bring Man Bao down." Bai Shan said seriously: "If you want people to believe that Man Bao is the reincarnation of the fairy, you must first believe it yourself. If you guard Qing Guanzhu, he will believe in Man Bao."
Bao is the reincarnation of a fairy."
Daoxu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, "I, I just want to make some pocket money."
There are only a few sources of income for Taoist temples, and their temple is even more limited, because the villages in the ten miles and eight villages are very poor. In the past, except for giving some food when people came to worship, most of the time they made some money by performing rituals for others.