Manbao generously paid four engraving points and had two books engraved.
I plan to give this to Daohe along with this next time I come to deliver medical books.
The five of them talked endlessly together. When Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Xiao Qian took Da Ya out, they mentioned that there was also a Taoist temple in the capital called Xuandu Temple, and there was a particularly beautiful peach grove inside.
The Feng family members also paid homage to Master Tianzun and asked about the signatures, so they greeted Manbao and were about to go home.
Manbao and the others went to pay homage to the master of Shouqing Temple, and then reluctantly said goodbye to the two of them.
The master of Shouqing Temple personally took Manbao outside the temple, patted her on the head in front of the guests who came to offer incense and worship, and then said with a smile: "Little layman Zhou will come here more often in the future."
Man Bao nodded, "I will come and guard the temple master when I have time. Temple master, take care."
Master Shouqing Temple nodded with a smile, watched them leave, and then led the two disciples back to the backyard.
Daoxu watched the whole scene, and when he got to the backyard, he couldn't help but ask him quietly, "Master, do you really believe that Zhou Ba is the reincarnation of a fairy?"
Master Shouqing glanced at him and said, "It's not true belief, it's true."
He touched his beard and looked up at the sky and said: "Among the people I have seen in my life, no child has such blessings and wisdom as her. Who else has such good fortune except fairies?"
Daoxu was stunned, and even Daohe couldn't help but raise his head and ask, "Master, are you telling the truth?"
Temple Master Shouqing nodded solemnly, "Of course it's true. Why did I lie to you, Master?"
Seeing the two people looking stunned, he shook his head and said: "You guys are still too ignorant. When you succeed in your studies and meet more people, you will know that Zhou Man has hidden golden merits."
, there are no great benevolent people, so they can only be immortals. It’s a pity that we, mortal bodies, can’t peep into it..."
After saying that, he shook his head with regret and went to the garden behind.
Dao and Daoxu were restrained, and they began to think seriously.
Daoxu said: "I don't remember you well. Do you still remember what Master said when Aunt Qian came to our temple to pay homage to Laojun with Manbao in her arms when you were a child?"
Dao He thought about it carefully, "Master seems to have said that this child is blessed. If he raises it well, he will definitely be well raised. Then he also gave Aunt Qian a lot of medicinal materials."
The two of them suddenly realized that Master had noticed that Zhou Man was different at that time?
The leader of Shouqing Temple picked up his clothes and tied them around his waist, and chose a vegetable patch that looked pretty good to pick vegetables. Shouzhen was watering the vegetable garden. It was not far from the backyard, so he naturally heard Shouching and the two
What the boy said.
He couldn't help but whispered: "Senior brother, it's okay for you to lie to people outside, why are you still lying to Dao and Daoxu?"
Shouqing looked a little embarrassed, lowered his voice and defended: "Who said I lied to them? Zhou Man is indeed blessed, and her name is also very good. Fate and name are both helpful, so she will definitely achieve great success in the future..."
"Then she is not the reincarnation of a fairy..."
"Oh, junior brother, why are you so honest? Since Master Qian said she is, then she is." Shouqing said: "It is convenient for others and for yourself. This kind of thing does not harm the interests of others, so why not do it?"
"I mean you shouldn't lie to Dao and Daoxu together."
Shouqing waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "It's okay. They are still young now. When they grow up and meet more people and experience more things, they will naturally understand."
At that time, it didn't matter whether Zhou Man was the reincarnation of a fairy or not.
Shouqing smiled and narrowed his eyes. After picking the vegetables, he stood up and looked at the small vegetable garden. He shook his head and said, "This vegetable is not grown well. Junior brother, you have to work harder and harder."
Shoushi: "...it's winter, it's good if I can grow vegetable leaves. There are so many requirements. If you have the ability, you can grow them."
Shouqing walked away with the vegetables in his arms and said, "Let's have vegetable porridge for lunch and some scrambled eggs for dinner. Three lay people sent eggs today, and the Qian family sent the most."
Zhou Lang drove the bullock cart over, and Mrs. Qian and others got on the cart. Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Lu hugged the child and talked to their mother-in-law, then took the child back to their parents' home first, and then went back in the afternoon.
Seeing that the market in Dali Village was still noisy, Manbao was not in a hurry to go home. He went shopping with Bai Shanbai Erlang first, and then lay outside the courtyard wall of a family to watch the commotion.
This family was selling cattle, or cows, and there were many people watching the commotion at their house.
The courtyard wall of his house is very low. People like Bai Shan and others can lean on the wall and look in. The teenagers who had occupied a vantage point saw Bai Shan and the others, took a look at the clothes they were wearing, and then stepped aside.
He gave way and made a gap, just enough for the three of them to lie down and look inside.
Daji followed them, looking helpless.
There was a fierce bargaining inside the courtyard wall. If the three of them hadn't understood what they were saying, just by looking at their watches and their voices, they would have almost thought they were going to fight.
The seller shouted: "Do you know whether this is a cow or a cow with calves? If you take it back and raise it in a few months, you will have an extra calf. You will pay four taels of silver. Who are you kidding?"
The buyer also had a reasonable argument, "It looks like she hasn't been pregnant for a long time, and she still has to wait. She's about to start farming. She can't do heavy work while she's pregnant with a calf, and I still have to take care of her."
The cow’s calf is also risky, what if it dies or the calf it gives birth to dies?”
"Even if the mother and the child are safe, the cow can't work for a while, let alone the calf. It will take at least a year and a half. If I buy a cow and bring it back, it won't be able to work for a year. What's the matter?
You have to serve me in vain, but you still want five taels of silver, do you think it’s possible?”
"I have two cows, do you understand? You can't go out and buy two cows for seven taels of silver?"
"If you buy it for seven taels, you can do a lot of work. You still have to wait for a year and a half. I still have to bear the risk. If you have to pay five taels, I might as well buy a bullock."
A bullock only lasts three and a half years."
"No, it's impossible. Go to the cattle and horse market in the county and ask, can you still buy a bullock in twos and a half?" The seller said: "Since November, the bullocks in the county have not been born.
Four taels."
Bai Erlang was puzzled, "Even if the price increases, it won't rise so fast, right?"
Bai Shan frowned, "Because Magistrate Yang left?"
The young man on the side said: "Isn't it just because Magistrate Yang left? After Master Yang left, the price of food in the city increased by two cents, but the grain merchants who came to our village to collect food actually lowered the price.
Pressed down."
He glanced at Man Bao and said, "Are you Zhou Man from Qili Village?"
Man Bao nodded blankly, "Do you recognize me?"
"I recognize your fourth brother. Your eyes and eyebrows are similar to your fourth brother's. Why, your father still wants to buy the Jia family's cow?"
Man Bao suddenly realized, "This cow is the one my father wants to buy?"
"No, your father had a quarrel with the Jia brothers last time, and in the end they failed to buy it. Your father was only willing to pay four taels of silver, and refused to pay more than that."
Man Bao looked at the cows in the yard, nodded and said: "Five taels of silver is indeed not worth it. Four taels of silver is enough, otherwise it is better to go to the county town to buy it."
Anyway, they already have a bullock, so they don't have to worry about the cow not being able to get pregnant, so there's no need to buy a cow with a calf.