The strongest chef in the three worlds

Chapter 539

The Ksitigarbha Temple Fair is an annual event in Jihua.

Early in the morning, everyone followed the old lady to the temple fair.

After arriving at the scene, they realized that the place was already crowded with people.

Those who came to participate in this grand event, besides devout believers like the old lady, there were also some young men and women who came to join in the fun.

Especially those who come to Jihua to travel, no matter whether they believe in ghosts or gods, they will come to join in the fun.

After all, it's all here, and you can't miss this kind of lively event.

On the periphery of the temple fair, there are sacrificial supplies such as incense wax paper money everywhere. Of course, various local snacks are also indispensable, and there are also some stalls selling so-called consecrated magic tools.

The entire temple fair site was full of people.

The road leading to the Dizang Temple is even more crowded.

"Do you know which Bodhisattvas are enshrined here?"

On the way to the Ksitigarbha Temple, the old lady asked everyone with a smile.

The old lady seems to be in a good mood today. Even with the unwelcome person Chen Yan following her, she didn't put on a face. rock.

Listening to the old lady's question, Yan Baoer suddenly burst out laughing and said, "Grandma, why do you still come to test us on such a simple question? Since it is the Ksitigarbha Temple, the one enshrined must be Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!"

Not only Yan Baoer thinks so, but everyone else thinks so too.

Ksitigarbha Temple!
Ksitigarbha Temple Fair!

Whether it is the publicity here or the name of this temple, they all use Ksitigarbha as a gimmick, and the one enshrined must be Ksitigarbha!
"Haha, I knew you would definitely say that!"

The old lady laughed happily, "Let me tell you, although the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is enshrined in this Ksitigarbha Temple, most people can't see the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, so they can only worship other Bodhisattvas, such as the Five-Fang Bodhisattva. Ghost Emperor, Ten Palaces of Yama and the like.”

"Ah?" Everyone was shocked and looked at the old lady in surprise.

This is holding a temple fair of Ksitigarbha Dharma, and not allowing people who come to worship Ksitigarbha, isn’t this intentionally creating trouble for people?
Yan Bao'er tilted her head and asked curiously: "Why don't everyone pay homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva? They use Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva as a gimmick for publicity, but in the end they don't allow people to worship Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Isn't that a lie?"

"Smelly girl, don't talk nonsense!"

The old lady's expression changed, and she quickly covered Yan Bao'er's mouth.

After glaring at Yan Baoer with a straight face, the old lady explained: "I heard people say that only those who are destined to worship Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. This should be the reason why the Buddha saves those who are destined!"

The corner of Song Liyue's mouth twitched, but she couldn't help but feel a little funny in her heart.

Isn't this typical hunger marketing?
Now even this temple fair has started to engage in hunger marketing?
People are like this, the more you can't get something, the more you want to get it.

The more rare it is to pay homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the more people will be attracted.

Others also smiled wryly.

We can all see this hunger marketing routine.

It is estimated that only a devout believer like the old lady would believe it, right?
Although everyone knew it clearly, no one said it, not even Song Zhengming and his wife.

A group of people protected the old lady and finally came to the Ksitigarbha Temple.

The temple was full of pilgrims who came to offer incense and pray for blessings. Some were devout and some were perfunctory. People of all kinds gathered together, and it was very lively.

As the old lady said, there is no Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the main hall.

The five ghost emperors lined up one after the other.

The ten halls of Hades are located on both sides of the main hall.

Several ordinary monks wearing khaki robes work together to maintain order in the temple and lead the pilgrims who come to offer incense.

An old monk in a red cassock sat cross-legged on a futon, and two young monks stood on the left and right.

The old monk had kind eyebrows and kind eyes. He put his hands together and closed his eyes while reciting scriptures.

Even though the temple was noisy, the old monk didn't care, as if the noise in the temple had nothing to do with him.

The old lady led the crowd to burn incense to the gods in the temple one by one, and prayed to these gods after they were done, nothing more than to bless the health of the family and the prosperity of the Song family's business.

Because of Chen Yan's relationship, Song Liyue and Yan Baoer now firmly believe in ghosts and gods.

Although he was dissatisfied with the hunger marketing routine in the temple, he still looked devout when offering incense.

On the other hand, Song Zhengming and his wife had to be more perfunctory, basically just going through the motions.

If it wasn't for the old lady's request, they wouldn't have come to this boring temple fair!

After some worship, more than half an hour has passed.

During this period, many people asked the old monk sitting cross-legged.

But the vast majority of people were stopped by two young monks before they approached.

Occasionally, a few people could make the old monk open his eyes and say a few words, but many of them were stopped by the old monk with the sentence "no fate".

Only a few people can get the permission of the old monk, and the monks in the temple will take them to pay homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Chen Yan deliberately paid attention to it. Since they came in, the number of people who can pay homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva can be counted on one hand.

The old lady stood up with the support of Song Liyue and Yan Bao'er, and said to Song Zhengming behind her, "Go and ask the presiding master, if we can have the honor to pay homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva."

"Okay, I'll go ask."

Song Zhengming nodded and walked straight to the old monk.

Just as he was about to get closer, the old monk shook his head gently.

Seeing the old monk's actions, the two young monks stepped forward to stop Song Zhengming at the same time.

"Benefactor, please go back!"

The little novice put his palms together and politely declined Song Zhengming.

"I know!"

Song Zhengming glanced at the two young novice monks with disdain, took out his wallet, and took out a thick pile of cash from it.

Roughly estimated, that wad of banknotes was at least two or three thousand yuan.

Song Zhengming took the banknotes and showed them off in front of the two young novice monks, then he stuffed the pile of banknotes into the merit box next to him, and then turned around and asked the old monk who was sitting with his eyes closed: "Now can we go Have you paid homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?"

The old monk didn't even open his eyes, just shook his head slightly.

Seeing the old monk's actions, the two young monks tried to dissuade him again, "Donor, you must be a destined person, please come back!"

"Don't tell me what the fuck is a predestined person!"

Song Zhengming's anger rose in an instant, and he glared at the two young monks angrily, "I donated so much merit, you still don't let us pay homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva? Don't you just want money? Okay, I will give it to you again." That's it!"

As he said that, Song Zhengming directly took out all the remaining cash in his wallet, and put all the money into the merit box. Turning around, he looked at the old monk arrogantly, "Let's go to the head office now!"

The old monk let out a soft sigh, closed his eyes again and shook his head.

"Grass!"

Before the two young monks tried to dissuade him again, Song Zhengming yelled angrily, "Damn, I donated so much merit, you still don't let us pay homage to Ksitigarbha, are you kidding me? If you don’t want people to worship, don’t hold such a temple fair! I’ve also told you, today, we have to pay homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!”

(End of this chapter)