I really don't want to be a teacher

Seeing that Lian Ge took it, Chen Luodao took the red envelope right after him.

"I'm really sorry this time, I couldn't entertain Daoist Lian and Daoist Chen well. I hope the two Daoist priests can come to the wedding two days later."

Hearing this, Lian Ge smiled,

"Don't worry, come and ask for a wedding wine."

Beside, Chen Luodao followed closely and nodded.

……

After a while, Old Man Wang and the woman's parents sent Lian Ge and Chen Luodao out of the courtyard, but at Lian Ge's request, they stopped sending them away.

Beside the village road, Lian Ge slightly stamped his feet, looking into the distance,

"Chen Daochang, the old village head's house is in that direction."

"Yes, it's in that direction, how does Master Lian know..." Beside him, Chen Luodao looked in the direction of Lian Ge's line of sight, nodded in response,

"Reverend Lian, did you...see something?"

Hearing the sound, Lian Ge withdrew his gaze without explaining, turned around and walked towards the direction of Yunshan Temple, and at the same time said in a calm tone:

"Chen Daochang, please tell me about this old village chief."

Chapter 91 Mr. Xu

"The old village chief in this village, his surname is Xu, and the villagers generally respect him as the old man. When the old man was young, he was a soldier. It is said that he had been on the battlefield, but he rarely mentioned such things. At that time, I heard my master say..."

On the hillside, Lian Ge and Chen Luodao were chatting while climbing up the winding path.

"The people in the village only know that he was a soldier. He left the village when he was less than 20 years old. When he came back, he was almost forty... In the [-]s, the old man became the village head in this village. Don't It seems that the old man was old at that time, and his thinking was very trendy. In the [-]s, he said that he wanted to develop the tourism industry. At that time, this village was a small mountain village in a mountain depression. Who knew this? At first, no one agreed. Some good things in the village went to the town to report to the old man..."

Listening to Chen Luodao's words, Lian Ge nodded without any change in expression. While continuing to walk towards Yunshan Temple, while continuing to listen to Chen Luodao's narration,

"However, the old man was a soldier after all, how could he give up so easily... A lot of things happened during this process, but in the end, the old man succeeded.

When Master Lian came, did he see the Great Buddha Temple? "

Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded.

"I went around in circles."

"Renren Lian, let alone other things, the building of the Great Buddha Temple is quite grand... But decades ago, the Great Buddha Temple actually had only one main hall, surrounded by barren hills, and those who came to burn incense and worship Buddha were only from the surrounding villages. Those people, those buildings and stone steps are all newly built in the past few decades. And the road in front of the Great Buddha Temple that connects the city and the entrance of the village was also won by the old man during the years when he was the village head. "Chen Luodao said to Lian Ge,

"Although it seems distasteful to rely on the temple to eat, but relying on the flow of people attracted by the Great Buddha Temple, the people in this village rely on selling incense wax paper for money, and some simply open farmhouses on the nearby hills. out of poverty."

"Renren Lian, don't look at the small western-style buildings and small villas everywhere in the village now, but decades ago, it was so poor. According to my master, every March and April, when the moon was barren, the whole village You need to be hungry. It is really not easy for the old man to lead the whole village to develop into what it is now."

Chen Luodao shook his head and said.

Hearing this, Lian Ge slightly stamped his feet, glanced at the village at the foot of the mountain, then nodded slightly,

"Renren Lian, we've arrived at the Taoist temple, let's sit down in the courtyard and talk about it."

Chen Luodao walked to the gate of the Taoist Temple, opened the gate and said to Lian Ge at the same time.

Hearing this, Lian Ge looked away and nodded without saying anything.

……

View of Yunshan Mountain, in the yard,

Lian Ge and Chen Luodao sat down at the stone table again, and the Taoist named Xiaoxuan came out of the kitchen carrying a pot of boiling hot water.

"Xiaoxuan, has anyone been here while Master Lian and I left?"

"Two pilgrims who were going to burn incense at the Great Buddha Temple came to us along the road on the top of the mountain. I have already let them go."

Putting the kettle down on the stone table again, Xiaoxuan replied.

"Since it's all right, then go and play by yourself, don't get in the way here." Chen Luodao picked up the pot of hot water, poured water into the teacup in front of Lian Ge, and waved to the little Xuan Taoist priest.

"Then Dad...Master, the computer in your room..."

"It's only two hours. After playing, go to the main hall to recite scriptures."

"okay……"

Saying that, Taoist Xiaoxuan turned around and slipped away.

"Master Lian laughed." Chen Luodao turned his head and said to Lian Ge.

"It's quite interesting." Lian Ge smiled and shook his head,

Chen Luodao shook his head,

"What's so interesting, this stinky brat is getting skinny every day."

As he spoke, Chen Luodao couldn't help laughing himself.

……

After a while, Chen Luodao's smile faded, and he and Lian Ge talked about business again,

"... Reverend Lian, should we continue talking about the old man?"

"Excuse me, Daoist Chen." Lian Ge nodded.

"What's the trouble..." Chen Luodao waved his hands, then continued what he said before,

"...The development of this village into what it is now is inseparable from the dedication of the old man. According to my master, at the very beginning, the Great Buddha Temple, the village, and the outside were all roads No way, there is only a muddy road that can barely pass people, and if you want to develop, you have to build roads..."

Chen Luodao was reminiscing while talking to Lian Ge.

"But at the very beginning, the place was not as lively as it is now. Naturally, the higher-ups were not willing to allocate funds in the deserted place. They wanted to take the people in the village to repair it by themselves. Few people were willing to waste this kind of 'frivolous effort'. That old man Just go around 'begging' to find funds, and at the same time take a few people to transport stones from the mountains and rivers, and use stones to pave the way..."

As time passed slowly, Chen Luodao detailed what he knew about the old man.

Lian Ge listened to Chen Luodao's narration, but didn't say much, just listened quietly, nodding from time to time.

Finally, after another moment, Chen Luodao's narration came to an end,

"...It's almost like this, so now people in this village respect Mr. Xu very much. Even a few years ago, the old man took off his burden and handed over the affairs of the village to other people, but Mr. Xu It is still the backbone of the villagers and even the surrounding villages."

Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded.

In Chen Luodao's description, he had a basic understanding of Mr. Xu.

……

On the side, Chen Luodao was slightly silent after finishing speaking, then looked at Lian Ge with some hesitation, and asked instead:

"Reverend Lian...did you see something when you were in the village just now?"

Hearing this, Lian Ge paused, glanced at Chen Luodao, nodded slightly,

"I did see something."

After the words fell, Lian Ge didn't continue to explain.

"Renren Lian..." Chen Luodao hesitated, hesitating to speak, but finally asked the guess in his heart,

"Could it be that old man... can't survive this time?"

Hearing this, Lian Ge glanced at Chen Luodao again, then nodded.

With Lian Ge's affirmation, Chen Luodao couldn't help shaking his head and sighing,

"Hey... that old man has worked hard for half his life, he has no children and no daughters, and he hasn't enjoyed much happiness in his life... But it's true, that old man is almost 90 years old..."

As Chen Luodao said, he shook his head again, feeling a bit speechless,

Lian Ge picked up the teacup, raised his head slightly to see the incense smoke lingering and overflowing on the other side of the mountain in the distance, and did not speak.

In an instant, the courtyard became more and more quiet.

a long time,

The quiet environment was broken again by Chen Luodao's voice,

"Reverend Lian... It's not getting too early, if you don't, Reverend Lian can stay in the temple." Chen Luodao suggested, worried that Lian Ge would refuse, and added,

"Didn't Daoist Lian say before that he was going to attend the wedding of Wang Laoer's family in two days? It happens to be able to live in the temple for two days, and he will go there directly in two days, and he should be able to see Mr. Xu by then."

Hearing this, Lian Ge glanced at Chen Luodao, then nodded,

"That's fine, Daoist Chen, then just stop bothering me."

"Don't bother, don't bother..." Chen Luodao became a little excited, "Reverend Lian can live in Xiaoguan, it's because Xiaoguan is flourishing..."

With that said, Chen Luodao stood up and shouted into the room by the courtyard:

"Xiaoxuan... brat, stop playing games, quickly take out the new quilt from the closet, and spread it for Zhenren Lian!"

Seeing this scene, Lian Ge couldn't help but shook his head with a smile.

Chapter 92

The sun rises and the sun sets, and the clouds gather and disperse.

Two days passed in a flash, and the wedding date of Old Man Wang's son was quietly approaching.

For two days, Lian Ge lived in Yunshan Temple,

Same as in other places, in my free time I would call Gu Xiaoying, read books, carry mana training in the first half of the night, sleep and rest in the second half of the night.

Time then passed.

……

It is day, morning.

Yunshan View, the only room.

Lian Ge woke up from sleep, and at the same time as he opened his eyes, his keen hearing caught the sound of approaching footsteps.

"Dong dong!"

"Brother Lian... Boom, I asked you to be called Daoist Lian, and also called Big Brother. Why do you want to call me brother too?"

Listening to the voices of Chen Luodao and Chen Xiaoxuan outside the door, Lian Ge couldn't help but shook his head with a smile,

"Chen Daochang, Xiaoxuan Daochang, please wait a moment..."

While talking, Lian Ge sat up from the bed, put on his clothes, shoes and socks, then got up and walked out the door.

"Master Lian, I interrupted your rest."

Seeing the door open, Chen Luodao bowed to Lian Ge,

"I didn't want to disturb the real person at first, but the old man Wang called to ask Pindao to come over early and help with some things. So I came here to ask, real person Lian, do you think you will go there together now, or wait with the little one later?" Come with Xuan."

Hearing this, Lian Ge slightly shook his head,

"It just so happens that I'm awake too, so let's go there with Daochang Chen."

"That's fine, Master Lian, then..."

"Let's go now." Lian Ge nodded.

With that said, Lian Ge walked out of the yard with Chen Luodao,

"Then master, I'll go there in a while..."

"...Stinky boy, do you have any insight? I asked you to stay just now to wait for Master Lian to be with you. Now you still want to stay here alone. Why, you want to play games secretly again?"

Chen Luodao kicked Chen Xiaoxuan lightly, and cursed.

"Go now, just go now, what are you doing kicking people, as the saying goes, a gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands."

Chen Xiaoxuan who got kicked immediately jumped out of the courtyard gate and ran down the mountain.

"I'm not a gentleman, but a Taoist priest. I can do whatever I want... You bastard, stop for me."

As he spoke, Chen Luodao chased after him.

Seeing this scene, Lian Ge couldn't help smiling, stepped out of the gate of the Taoist temple, closed it, and walked towards the village down the mountain without haste.

……