Everyone in the Guanyin Hall started the apprenticeship ceremony in the early morning, and no one had breakfast. At noon, it was like combining breakfast and lunch into one, and everyone ate more during the meal.
There was pineapple rice at noon, and Leshan also ate half a bowl of rice more than usual. After he finished eating, he sat and waited. When everyone had finished eating, he threw himself into his sister's arms and acted coquettishly.
The child who knew how to act cute kissed her sister until she drooled all over her face, blinked her eyes like stars and asked: "Sister, are we still going to catch shells?"
"Leshan, do you want to go?" Leyun hugged her cute little brother and reached out from the back of his neck to feel if his clothes were wet with sweat.
"I want to." He was a chubby little dumpling with shining eyes.
"Well, let's go then. You can't do strenuous exercise just after eating. Wait for about half an hour before setting off. You'll have to change clothes at your teacher's place."
"Understood." Leshan happily buried her little face in her sister's neck.
Leader Li also remembered that he had promised to accompany his junior brother to find shells yesterday, and ordered that the disciples who had no business that day be free to arrange their time in the afternoon.
Free arrangements, of course, means that those who live in the town can go home to reunite with their families, and those who are not home for the time being can do things they are interested in.
The disciples had already discussed with their families in advance that they would spend the Mid-Autumn Festival at the sect that year, and they would not go home. When they could move around freely, they would rush back to their residences, collect the elixirs first, and then change them.
Clothes and things needed to go to the beach.
Mr. Yi, who was smiling so hard that he couldn't even find his whereabouts, walked eastward across the courtyard with Senior Brother Xing, two junior brothers, several junior nephews and the little girl. Once they were separated, he hurried back to the small courtyard to change into casual clothes.
Classmate Le Xiao took his younger brother back to the small courtyard where Mr. Yi lived. He first helped his younger brother change into swimming trunks suitable for swimming, then put on a loose casual shirt, then helped him wash his face and reapplied medicine to his forehead.
After applying medicine once to Xiao Leshan's forehead, the redness and swelling were almost gone.
Leshan, who had been tidied up, took the clothes he had just taken off and went to the small courtyard between the east wing and the south room. He took a large washbasin from the eastmost room of the south room and went there by himself.
Take water from the faucet to wash clothes.
Le Yun packed up her younger brother and left him alone. She then helped her younger brother pack a set of clean clothes and put them in a backpack for later use. If his younger brother got his clothes wet while playing or took a bath at the beach in the evening, he would also have clean clothes to wear.
After putting the necessary things into her backpack, she changed into a loose men's robe, took off all the jewelry on her head, and braided her hair into a braid.
Get yourself ready before doing the laundry.
I didn't do much work, the clothes were not dirty, just stained with sweat. I washed them once with vegetable juice and washed them twice with clean water. Once done, I hung them on the clothes drying rack and everything was fine.
The siblings finished washing their clothes and then returned to the guest room. Le Yun taught her younger brother two poems. It was almost time. Together with Mr. Yi, who had come to kidnap people for fun, they went to meet Head Li and others.
Leader Li and his fellow disciples all changed into loose training clothes suitable for going to sea, and also prepared other items. Each of them packed a small backpack, some carried it themselves, and some had their disciples and grandchildren help carry their luggage.
Master Xing and others were all dressed in martial arts uniforms, and all the young and old looked happy.
When they saw Xiao Leshan, the uncles, uncles, and brothers rushed to hug him, and they were very happy to grab him.
A group of people walked out of the building complex. A group of disciples had been waiting outside for a long time. They also drove a truck with many items on it.
A team marched to the bay. The third, fourth, and fifth generation disciples carried their belongings and set up sun umbrellas on the beach. They spread cloth on the sand, placed fruits, and set up a large tent for offerings.
People change clothes, and then set up the barbecue grill and seasoning items.
Li Zhao took two lifebuoys, one large and one small, from his nephews and placed them near the water. He and his fellow apprentices took off their training clothes and wore swimsuits underneath, waiting to accompany their younger apprentices to swim.
Mr. Yi and others waited for the disciples to pack up their belongings. They also took off their coats and all wore swimsuits. Then they helped little Leshan take off his clothes, brought him to a place near the water, put a lifebuoy on the little guy, and carried him into the shallow sea to teach him how to swim.
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There were a lot of good swimmers queuing up to teach their younger brother how to swim. Little Le did not join in the fun, but carried a camera to help take pictures.
The third generation, fourth generation and fifth generation disciples knew that they had no part in teaching their great uncle how to swim, so they first looked for shells, caught fish, caught some seafood, and then returned to the beach to process it first and then barbecue it.
Under the guidance of his master and fellow students, Leshan learned very quickly. He fluttered in the sea for a while, and within twenty minutes he threw away the lifebuoy and swam on his own. After practicing for an hour, he became as nimble as a small fish.
A group of uncles, uncles and brothers, who were full of sense of accomplishment, were more excited than winning the lottery. They scrambled to put the little guy on their backs and swam deep together.
The disciples of the Guanyin Temple interacted with the sea, and all of them were white stripes in the waves. They swam far and wide, caught fish and found shells, and after finding some seafood, they returned to the shore for barbecue.
Little Le's classmate didn't even go into the water, and didn't even take off his outer robe. He just took pictures on the beach, lay under a parasol, ate fruit, and ate barbecue when the barbecue was ready.
Mr. Yi, his brothers and nephews gathered around the little baby. After swimming, they ate grilled seafood to satisfy their appetites and then went to play in the sea.
Leshan is like a free fish, playing and having fun.
Mid-autumn is the tidal season. Near dusk, the sea breeze becomes slightly stronger, the waves become larger and larger, and the sea water becomes more and more turbid.
Mr. Yi and others also finished swimming, took a bath in the freshwater river that flows into the sea, changed clothes, packed up their belongings and returned to town.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival that day, there was a sacrificial activity before dinner in Guanyin Hall. The disciples of Guanyin Hall returned to their sect and performed their duties in an orderly manner.
When the sun sets, various activities in the Guanyin Hall are in full swing. The gods of heaven and earth are worshiped in the main hall. The disciples are all present and worship together. Then the ancestors are worshiped. All the disciples of the sect hold the ceremony and offer incense.
After the sacrificial ceremony, the Mid-Autumn Festival feast begins.
Leshan had completed the apprenticeship ceremony, so during the dinner, Leyun did not indulge her younger brother and asked him to sit at the same table with his younger senior brother according to the sect's rules.
Li Zhao happily took his junior brother away, but after the banquet started, the senior brothers and sisters at the same table scrambled to pick up food and hand juice to the little boy. If he hadn't sat right next to the junior brother, he would have been treated like a fool.
The air is gone.
The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet at Guanyin Hall has a total of thirty-six dishes, eighteen delicacies excluding seafood, and eighteen seafood dishes, divided into four rounds, with nine dishes in each round.
The room was as bright as day, the wine and food were fragrant, and the guests of honor at the dinner were enjoying themselves.
After the dinner, Mr. Li invited Miss Le to the garden.
The flowers blooming in the garden in autumn are gorgeous and fragrant.
The disciples of Guanyin Hall spread paper on a piece of grass and piled piles of fruits and fruit wine. Everyone sat on the ground, chatting and drinking.
When the moon emerges from the clouds like a big girl, then burn incense and worship the moon.
After worshiping the moon, the disciples presented the Mid-Autumn moon cakes and pastries sent by Miss Le, and everyone enjoyed the moon in a lively manner, eating moon cakes and drinking osmanthus wine.
Everyone in the Guanyin Hall knows that the little girl has visited the Guanyin Hall this time and doesn’t know when she will come again. They hope that the little girl will feel at home in the Guanyin Hall and will do their best to treat her.
After admiring the moon until eleven o'clock in the evening, everyone dispersed after being exhausted.
The next day, God was kind to me, and it was a sunny day again.
Head Li took a group of people and invited little girl Le to take a boat out to sea to an undeveloped small island after breakfast.
Li Zhao and his senior brothers took the younger ones to swim and look for shells at the beach. Some of them were fishing on the sea surface, while Mr. Le changed into canvas clothes and went into the mountains on the island by himself.
Leshan not only had a great time following his senior brothers and uncles, but also witnessed how to fish, learned to identify shellfish and fish, and also learned a lot of new ocean knowledge.
Mr. Yi and others originally wanted to take Xiao Leshan out to sea on October 3. However, God's calculations failed. The weather changed that night, and a storm came on the 3rd.
Qiongdao is also divided into a rainy season and a less rainy season. The rainy season is from May to October every year, and the little rainy season is from November 2011 to April of the following year.
Qiongdao in October is already a rainy season, with heavy rains or typhoons often occurring, so it is not surprising that the weather suddenly changes.
The sea breeze was very strong, and there were heavy rains, showers, and sizzling rain all the time. No one could leave the house.
There was a storm, so Le Xiaoxiao stayed in the Guanyin Hall, processed the medicinal materials brought back the day before, marinated the seafood, and then grilled the seafood with Mr. Yi and others, enjoying themselves.
In the middle of the afternoon, the little Loli put on her raincoat, held her brother in her arms, and braved the strong wind and rain to go to the bay, so that her brother could see the stormy seascape up close.
In the bay near the sea, the wind is stronger, blowing many coconut trees almost to the ground, the sea water has become turbid, the waves are turbid, and when they rush to the shore, they roll up waves several meters high.
The waves cracked the shore, which was thrilling.
Sometimes, the waves wash up fish and shrimps on the beach. Those fish and shrimps that are not swept away by the waves struggle on the sand. Some random objects that have wandered nearby from other places are also washed ashore, leaving the beach in a mess.
For the first time, Leshan witnessed the horrific scenes brought about by the power of nature. He was stunned and terrified.
The waves crashed onto the shore, the wind howled, and the rain poured down. Little Le Xiao's classmate stood as steady as a mountain in the storm, protecting his younger brother well.
She took her brother to stay at the beach for a full hour, letting him feel the majesty and powerful destructive power of natural forces, and letting him understand how insignificant human beings are before the forces of nature, and that he must learn to revere and respect nature.
Mr. Yi, Mr. Li and others planned to wait for the storm to pass, and then accompany Little Miss Le to another undeveloped island to play and catch fish. Unfortunately, God did not give him face, and the storm continued until the 4th.
On October 5, the storm that ravaged Qiongdao for two days finally subsided, and clear skies did not appear until mid-afternoon.
Miss Le will set off back to E North on the evening of the 5th. Guanyin Hall has been busy since noon, with various items being sent to Miss Le's helicopter one after another.
In the evening, Guanyin Hall held another dinner to entertain little girl Le.
After the banquet, there was another tea and fruit banquet.
Everyone in the Guanyin Hall drank with the little girl Leshan until about 11 o'clock in the evening. They reluctantly sent the little girl and Leshan off to the square to board the plane for their return flight.
