Leshan ate two pieces of soft, glutinous and sweet sweet-scented osmanthus cake, but he was still not full. He was too embarrassed to ask his sister for more food, so he took a handkerchief and wiped his mouth.
He didn't say anything, but Le Yun could tell. She dug in her sleeves again, took out the cakes wrapped in oil paper and a handkerchief, and asked her brother to continue eating snacks.
Leshan happily turned on the stove and ate two more snacks, which calmed her hungry belly. She nestled in her sister's arms and acted like a good baby.
Leader Li felt sorry for his little brother, and was afraid that he would be exposed to the sun and starve. When he went back, he quickened his pace and ran at a trot, so that he ran back to the town in only about twenty minutes.
Returning to the town, she walked into the complex of Guanyin Temple buildings. As she approached the central building, Le Yun told Head Li that she should first go back to the small courtyard where Mr. Yi lived.
Leader Li and others did not have any objections. They also wanted to suggest that the little girl take Xiao Leshan back to the small courtyard to have something to eat first. The little girl suggested it. How could they not agree with it? They separated from the little girl and walked back to the main courtyard.
Take the main road and go back to the main hall of the compound first.
As a matter of course, Mr. Yi followed the little girl and took a shortcut back to the small courtyard where he lived. He thought that the little girl went back to the small courtyard to let his good disciple eat something to pacify his stomach. Unexpectedly, the little girl handed over his little disciple to him.
After giving it to him, she went back to the room, picked up a box and came out.
"Little girl, what are you doing?" The old man said he didn't understand.
"Your nephews and grandsons are going to kowtow to your little disciple later. You don't want your little disciple to be left with nothing." Le Yun wanted to roll her eyes again.
"There's no need to reward me. You've already given me pills before." Mr. Yi was dumbfounded. Oh my, the little girl isn't holding a box full of reward money, is she?
"The past was the past, and today is today." Le Yun held the big box, passed the old man, and ran away first.
The old man who was still in a daze hugged his young disciple and chased him out the door, catching up with the little girl. He hesitated to speak. He wanted to ask the little girl what gift he had prepared for his young disciple, but he didn't want to.
How dare you open your mouth?
Head Li took all his disciples back to the main courtyard and rearranged the main hall, which was quickly decorated.
There are three chairs in a row in front of the Eight Immortals Table on the side of the hall facing the door. There is a chair facing west on the east side very close to the Eight Immortals Table, and seven chairs are also placed on the west side facing east.
On both sides of the red carpet, about one meter away from the red carpet, there are also two rows of chairs on each side. The chairs face the middle, forming a face-to-face array, leaving space behind the chairs.
After cleaning up, Li Zhang sat in front of the Eight Immortals table, and the two chairs to the east were empty.
Elder Xing and others sat in a row of chairs facing the east, arranged from the inside out according to the size of the row. Elder Xing sat at the seat nearest the Eight Immortals table.
The headmaster and elders took their seats, and all the disciples also took their seats. The second-generation direct disciples sat in the first row of the east seats, and the third-generation direct disciples sat in the first row of the west seats. After that, the fourth and fifth generations sat in the first row.
The elite disciples sit in the second row of seats in the east and west rows. The other disciples, except those who have missions, all stand behind the seats in the east and west rows.
There were disciples guarding the door of the palace. When they saw the little girl carrying a big box entering the courtyard from the side door, two disciples rushed to meet her and helped carry the big box.
Elder Yi held his young disciple in his arms and accompanied the little girl through the vacant courtyard area to the colonnade of the east building, then to the colonnade of the main hall, and then outside the main hall gate before entering the main hall.
In the main hall, except for the first generation Chang Yuan and the leader, all the disciples stood up to greet him.
Mr. Yi led the little girl to the main seat and asked the little girl to take a seat on the east side. Then he walked to the head and sat down, placing his little disciple in the seat on the left hand side.
The people who stood up to greet him sat down again.
The disciples who helped the little girl carry the big box placed the box beside the little girl, and they also retreated to stand among the disciples on the east and west sides.
Immediately afterwards, a disciple brought tea to the elders. Leshan and Miss Le had a cup of tea each, but the other disciples did not.
After drinking a cup of tea, the tea server removed the teacup, entered the hall together with the disciples standing at the door, and stood among the disciples.
Yi Lao got up, picked up his young disciple from the chair, took his hand and went to recognize his senior brothers.
The disciples sitting on the east side all stood up.
Elder Yi took his young disciple's hand and walked to the first person on the east side nearest the Eight Immortals table and introduced: "My dear disciple, this is a certain senior brother of yours, ranked..."
After Shi Hu’s introduction, Le Shan clasped his fists and bent down to salute: “Brother Shi has met Brother Shi!”
Senior brothers are equals, so there is no need to kowtow, only common courtesy.
The senior brother bent down and returned the gift.
After the seniority ceremony, when the junior brother goes to see the next one, the previous senior brother will sit down first.
Mr. Yi led his young disciples and introduced them one by one.
Before Leshan worshiped in the Guanyin Hall, eleven of the forty-nine second-generation direct disciples of the Guanyin Hall had passed away, so Leshan still had thirty-eight senior brothers and sisters.
A dozen of the thirty-eight senior brothers were originally away. Before the apprenticeship ceremony ended last night and in the morning, several senior brothers and sisters hurried back to the sect, but there were still five people who were unable to come back because they were abroad.
The thirty brothers and sisters are equivalent to the number of middle school students in a class. Not to mention remembering names and rankings, even remembering people's faces is a challenging task.
With more than thirty people, it would take thirty minutes for one person to spend one minute, and it took forty minutes to complete the circle.
After taking the young disciple to recognize the person, Mr. Yi waved his hand and made a decisive decision: "You are so young, it is normal for you to be unable to remember you. When you see my junior brother, tell me who you are a few times."
, what’s your ranking? Let’s get familiar with each other first, and when your little junior brother grows up, I’ll be able to identify you.”
"Uncle/Uncle, we understand." All the senior brothers and sisters laughed together. The younger brother is still a cute little dumpling. It is normal not to remember them. If you can remember them once you meet them, that will make people happy.
Shocked.
"This is a good boy." Mr. Yi was extremely satisfied. He held his little disciple's hand with a smile, walked back to the master's nephew and sat down, sitting evenly.
Xiao Leshan met his senior brothers, and then the juniors from the second generation disciples onwards met their elders.
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Among the second-generation disciples, the senior fellow named Han who was at the front of the queue besides the master quickly stood up and placed a prepared tuanfu in front of the younger younger brother. He also stood next to the younger younger brother.
The younger generation must come in order when visiting. The third-generation disciples come first. The first person in the first row sitting on the west side stands up, straightens his clothes, walks upright and kowtows to his junior uncle.
The senior brother standing next to the younger junior brother helped to explain which senior uncle/junior uncle he was a disciple of and where he ranked among the third generation disciples.
Le Yun, who was sitting and watching, silently opened the lid of the box when the person sitting on the west side stood up, opened another box, took out a pill in a self-sealing bag, and took it
He put it on a small silver plate and handed it to Mr. Han who was standing next to his younger brother.
Seeing Miss Le unboxing and getting something, Head Li and everyone knew that the little girl was going to give him a gift, so they all waited to see what it was. When they saw the gift that the little girl took out, they were all shocked.
Mr. Yi's eyes widened: "Little girl, how come I look like a little Jingjing Marrow Cutting Pill?"
"You have a good eye for the Small Cleansing Marrow Pill. The raw materials of the Small Cleansing Pill are too precious. Fortunately, the raw materials of the Small Cleansing Pill are not so harsh. I successfully made two furnaces, which is enough for one person."
It’s a bit shabby when we meet, so it’s a small token of appreciation.” Le Yun handed over the plate calmly, took out another filled elixir, and waited to give it to the next person.
One per person?
The elders were secretly surprised, while Mr. Ant stared: "Oh, little girl, you are so generous, I am shocked."
"Then you first breathe in some air with the smell of the sea to calm down your shock." Le Yun twitched the corner of her mouth and ignored the old man. The old man laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, okay?
The disciples of Guanyin Hall were shocked when they heard that the little girl had prepared a small sutra-cleansing pill for her younger brother as a greeting gift to the younger generation.
Mr. Han took the plate with the elixir and felt the plate was heavy on his hand. He handed the plate to his nephew who raised his head after kowtow, with a smile on his face: "Your junior uncle is rewarded. The elders love you. From now on you will
Brothers of all generations should support each other, respect the elders, love the younger ones, and pass on the sect spirit from generation to generation."
"Thank you, Junior Master!" The disciple who just raised his head heard that Junior Senior Uncle was rewarded with the Xiaojing Marrow-cutting Pill. His heart beat faster with excitement. He knelt down and kowtowed to Junior Junior Uncle again, then stood up and took the pill on the silver plate.
Take the medicine, bow and take three steps back, then turn around and return to your seat.
Leshan doesn't need to do anything, just sit and kowtow.
The first person went down, and the second one went on to greet the young master's uncle. When the young master's uncle handed over the greeting gift, he kowtowed again, stood up, received the elixir, and then left.
Then the third, the fourth...
The third generation disciples lined up and kowtowed one by one.
The third-generation disciples met with the elders first, and arranged in advance for those in charge of the kitchen to quietly leave and go to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
After the third generation of disciples in the sect finished kowtowing, they went away for more than an hour.
When a third-generation disciple pays homage to his junior uncle, he becomes a fourth-generation disciple.
Considering that if they came one by one, and each person had one minute to kowtow, it would have to last until at least half the afternoon. Head Li asked the fourth-generation disciples to come forward in two groups and kowtow to the junior master's uncle collectively.
Get to know each other slowly.
After the fourth generation disciples kowtowed, they received the greeting gift after they left.
Head Li ordered several second-generation disciples to help little girl Le distribute the greeting gifts.
Therefore, it only took half an hour for the fourth generation disciples to kowtow and leave, and for the fifth generation disciples, it only took less than half an hour.
During the assessment period, the sixth generation disciples did not officially enter the sect's genealogy, so the sixth generation disciples did not enter the inner courtyard to meet their elders.
There are more than 600 disciples of the five generations of Guanyin Temple. There are more than 100 people in other provinces or abroad who are unable to return due to business reasons. There are more than 500 people present.
For the juniors who are not present, their portion of the meeting gift will be handed over to their masters to keep it. It will be given to them when they return to their masters, and when they see their junior uncle/granduncle, they can kowtow and salute.
After the juniors kowtowed to the young master who had just returned to the sect, it was past twelve o'clock. Leader Li stopped talking nonsense and took the disciples to accompany little girl Le to the east hall for dinner.
