my weird life

Chapter 529 Kitchen God Temple (12)

The sun rises from the hills.

Surrounded by verdant trees is a big Zhuangzi built with blue bricks.

At the main entrance of the classical manor, there is a plaque hanging on the forehead, with the words "Zaojunzhuang" written on it.

Tourists come and go at the gate of the manor.

Among them, many local villagers in simple clothes can be seen, carrying vegetables and food, and even carrying a few chickens and ducks to the 'Zaojunzhuang'.

"What are they going to do with their food and vegetables in tourist attractions?"

Yun Nishang followed Su Wu and asked curiously.

Su Wu didn't know the answer either.
He stopped in front of the stone tablet on the side of Zhuangzi's gate.

The stele records the date of the construction of Zaojunzhuang, the date of expansion, and the date when it was damaged by war and rebuilt by later generations. In Zaojunzhuang, the main body of Zaojun Temple and the temple in front of the temple A stone tablet has been preserved from beginning to end.

After seeing the record that 'the stele in front of Zaojun Temple has been preserved until now', Su Wu breathed a sigh of relief quietly.

A local villager passed by the two of them, and happened to hear Yun Nishang's words, so he replied with a smile, "We bring some vegetables and food to the village every month.
This is not only a tourist attraction, but also an activity center and canteen for the elderly.

Pay some food and vegetables here every month, and you can eat here for a month. Sometimes young people don’t want to cook, but they can also have a few meals here. The taste is good. You can buy tickets to go to the cafeteria later try it! "

"Thank you." Yun Nishang thanked the villagers who took the initiative to explain.

A smile appeared on Su Wu's face.

He looked at the Zhuangzi surrounded by blue bricks in front of him,

It feels quite strange here.

——After all, many years have passed, and most of the traces that I lived here with my juniors and younger sisters have been erased by the years, and what I see now was built by later generations.

But the main body of Zaojunzhuang, the Zaojun Temple, is still there.
Is it still the way you remember it?

In Zaojun Temple,

Is Master still there?
Su Wu traveled all the way from Longhu Mountain to Linyang without stopping.

When we arrived in Linyang, it was already midnight.

At that time, he asked Yun Nishang to communicate with the management staff of Zaojunzhuang. After learning that Zhuangzi was not open at night, he came here before rushing to open Zaojunzhuang today, just to get along with this Zaozhuang as soon as possible. See'.

however,
This is near Zaojun Village,
In a few steps you can step over the threshold,

Su Wu hesitated for a moment.

Actually a little 'near the hometown'.

"Let's go, why don't you go?" Yun Nishang saw that Su Wu carefully looked at the details of the gatehouse of Zaojunzhuang, stood in front of the gate, but hesitated for a long time, and never took a step, she couldn't help feeling strange, and asked aloud said a word.

People around him also looked curiously at him, seeing him froze and hesitated.

Several young girls walked past Su Wu, and said something to each other. The girls all laughed, and someone took the opportunity to turn their heads to look at Su Wu who was on the side of the door.

Su Wu looked back at Yun Nishang,
After calming down all the emotions in his heart, he restrained the expression on his face, raised his legs and stepped across the threshold.

into the manor,
There are traces of commercialized tourist attractions everywhere.

The outline of the original kitchen has disappeared.

As the flow of people moved forward, Su Wu saw many places.

After crossing the first step,
He finally saw the 'Kaowang Temple' built on the top of the hill.

That temple is also quite different from the image of the 'Kaowang Temple' in his memory, but it has not changed much on the whole. Compared with the temple in Su Wu's memory, the current Kitchen King Temple looks better. 'Old' a lot.

touching the scene,

For a time,

Various images of the past flashed back in Su Wu's mind.

There was a breeze blowing over the hills, and the flowers and trees planted on the square in front of the temple shook off their snow-colored petals.

Vaguely, Su Wu seemed to hear someone whispering a poem, walking past him: "In the past, the snow was like flowers, but now the flowers are like snow."

He turned his head to look for the figure of the bard,
But I saw many tourists passing by me with curious eyes.

There is no one who recites poetry.

In front of the 'Zaojun Temple',

Some security officials patrolled back and forth with guns in hand.

They were obviously temporarily dispatched here, and tourists who wanted to enter the Zaojun Temple would be persuaded to leave.

Except for the main building of Zaojun Temple, other areas of Zaojunzhuang will not be affected and can be visited normally.

Those police officers were obviously mobilized by Su Wu through the platform.

He looked at the Zaojun Temple on the stone steps at the end of the square, and walked towards the police officers. As he approached, Yun Nishang showed his ID to them before he did.

The police officers immediately made way for Su Wu.

Watching him go up the steps,

Walk into the Zaojun Temple.

The statue of 'Master' is on the altar, laughing loudly, indescribably open-minded and hearty.

Su Wu looked at the statue of 'Master' in the spacious temple, and there were many unspeakable emotions overflowing in his chest. He opened his mouth, but without making a sound, his hands turned towards 'Zao Jun' to form a 'heart lamp mark'. '

"The torch lasts forever." Su Wu finally read a sentence in a low voice.

The manager of Zaojunzhuang stood by the door holding a wooden box. When he saw Su Wu walking in, he wanted to hand the wooden box in his hand to Su Wu.

Yun Nishang stopped him at this moment,
Signal him to wait.

The manager of Zaojunzhuang didn't know why, but he stayed where he was and waited.

He saw Su Wu's hands forming a complicated handprint,

After reciting in a low voice,

A blazing fire suddenly rose from behind the clay statue, the Kitchen God Statue!

When the manager of Zao Junzhuang was stunned, those flames suddenly erupted, over the top of Zao Jun's head, and drowned Su Wu who had formed the "Heart Lamp Seal"!

The moment Su Wu was surrounded by blazing flames,

Su Wu immediately understood that these flames are all the "firewood" collected by the "Kitchen King" for hundreds of years!
For hundreds of years,

The instinct of the 'Master' has been silently collecting the firewood accumulated by all living beings, and kept all the firewood, just to pass it on to Su Wu today!
in bright light,
Su Wu stared at Master's hearty and laughing face.

A cloud of emotion lodged in his throat.

He didn't know how to make a sound!

In fact, the master is a relatively eccentric cook, but Su Wu couldn't blame the master for his eccentricity.

It's all because the object of Master's partiality is Su Wu.

His old man handed over the bronze seal of the stove team and the qualifications of the stove master to Su Wu early, and strictly ordered other disciples not to snatch it. He often taught Su Wu alone many things that other disciples could not learn...

Wisps of firewood poured into the apertures of Su Wu's eyes, ears, mouth and nose, and wisps of flames as thick as silk swayed from his pores.

Many flames gathered behind Su Wu,

Vaguely gathered into a human form.

The brilliant flame finally returned to Su Wu's body, and now, in the Zaojun Temple, except for the residual heat left by the flame, there was no trace of a firewood.

The person in charge of Zaojunzhuang saw that the raging flames gushing from the statue of Zaojun engulfed Su Wu,

I thought that the young man would be burned to nothing by the fire!
But he didn't expect the other party's body to absorb those fires!

Absorb all the flames, leaving nothing behind!
How is this going?

Is he hallucinating?Or is there something wrong with this young man with a lot of background?

The person in charge of Zaojunzhuang had countless question marks circling in his head. With Yun Nishang's consent, he walked up to Su Wu with the wooden box in his hand, and handed the wooden box to Su Wu. His face was full of desire to inquire, but he could only hold back , Talking about other things: "This wooden box contains some records after the establishment of Zaojun Temple.

Because many simplified characters appeared in that booklet, experts believe that the booklet in the wooden box may have been forged later.

But since we took over the ownerless Zaojunzhuang, we found this booklet on the roof of the beam.

Hey……

For a while I couldn't tell if it was true or not.
But since you want to see it, let me show you. "

"Thank you."

Su Wu took the wooden box.

After the person in charge of Zaojunzhuang handed over the wooden box, he didn't leave directly. He sized up Su Wuzhou and couldn't help but ask, "Can I ask you a question?"

"Yes." Su Wu nodded and said, "Anyway, after you walk out of the temple gate, you will forget everything you saw in the temple just now."

Why would I forget everything I saw in the temple?
A thought flashed through the mind of the person in charge of Zaojunzhuang.

He didn't fully believe the second half of Su Wu's words, and turned to Su Wu and asked, "I just wanted to ask you, the statue of the Kitchen God was on fire just now, did you see it?

Those flames, I saw burnt to you,
This, what's going on here, is there something wrong with my brain? "

"You're out of your mind.

Those flames are indeed real.

They were all ended by me in the end. "Su Wu seriously answered the question of the person in charge of Zaojunzhuang, and when the other person was still in a daze, he continued: "Okay, you can go out first. "

"well."

The person in charge of Zaojunzhuang subconsciously agreed,

At the same time, he stepped out of the temple gate.

The moment he walked out of the temple gate, he had a new question and wanted to ask Su Wu to answer it.

however,
When his feet crossed the threshold,
All kinds of questions, even the source of the questions, were gently erased from his mind.

He looked back at Su Wu who opened the wooden box in the temple, scratched his head, turned and walked down the steps in front of the temple.

Su Wu opened the wooden box,

I saw the booklet that had many stains and seemed to have been burned by flames.

He opened the first page of the booklet,
I saw a line of crooked handwriting.

Among the several traditional characters, there are also some simplified characters that only exist in modern times.

"The 28th of the twelfth lunar month.

No. 19 days when the senior brother left.

Senior Sister Qingmiao's health finally got better. On the day the senior brother left, after she got the news, she suddenly fell ill...

These days, I have been taking care of Senior Sister Qing Miao and many things built by Zhuangzi. It seems that I have no time to think about Senior Sister.

Just now I suddenly remembered,

Why do you still feel uncomfortable? "

"The 29th of the twelfth lunar month.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the Zhuangzi distributed some dried meat to each of the villagers who helped. Today at noon, the kitchen team got together and had a good meal.

Everyone ate quickly and no one spoke.

Xiuxiu suddenly burst into tears while holding the bowl.

Everyone cried.

brother,

Why are you doing this?
where are you going?Why can't you tell us in advance?

Brother, Senior Sister Qingmiao misses you very much, Junior Brother misses you very much, Xiuxiu misses you very much. "

"Thirty of the twelfth lunar month..."

"First day..."

"Sixth day.

Seeing that the senior brother would not come back again, the old Taoist priest was very angry. Today he asked us to ask for a preserved chicken for rations, and left by himself.I am really sorry for the old Taoist priest, he has helped us a lot, and the senior brother also promised to help him, but the senior brother broke his promise in the end.

Calculating the time, it seems that it was only a month before we met and separated from our senior brother.

Only one month...

It seems like a lifetime has passed.

If only I could live in that month forever. "

(End of this chapter)