But no one exposed this reality. The person in the opposite cabin was slightly sorry, and shouted to answer, "We have waited for you for a long time, thinking that it will take time for you to go out of the palace, and you have to go home again, and you may not be able to make it in time. There are too many people, and there is a free boat, so we will wait for you on the boat first."
The two boats slowly merged together, because the boat was not very big, and the boatmen also slowed down, shaking the oars one after another, even if they collided, they were not afraid.
They charge by the hour, and they are in no hurry to urge the distinguished guests to leave, wishing they could stay on board all day.
The two sides smoothly faced each other in the boat across the lake. There were not only Qiao Tao and several students from the Taixue on the boat, but also Peng Zhiru and Lu Xiaofo, who were all students from the same batch of Enyin who entered the Imperial College.
Bai Shan didn't expect to meet the two of them here, so he asked curiously, "Did you make an appointment to play together?"
Peng Zhiru smiled and said: "Yes, next month is the ghost month, we want to light an ever-burning lantern for the ancestors in Huguo Temple, but we don't know the procedure, so we thought about going out for a lake tour today, and stopped by Huguo Temple to inquire. "
In fact, it was asking the price. After all, next month is the ghost month. Not only do you need to make an appointment in advance to light the ever-burning lanterns, but the price has also increased. Life in the capital is too difficult, and they have to plan for it.
Man Bao couldn't help but look at Bai Shan, and asked, "How about the ever-burning lantern at Huguo Temple?"
"I heard it's good," Ren Ke rarely said, "After all, it is a national temple. Even the emperor and empress trust the Huguo Temple."
Man Bao thought for a moment about the attitude of the emperor worshiping Buddha. It was not a believer at all, it was just a prayer of a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
So she instantly moved the Huguo Temple to the back, and it was behind the Xuandu Temple.
Bai Shan was more straightforward, and turned to Man Bao, "Do you think they would like to light the ever-burning lantern or do something?"
This is for Man Bao to ask Uncle Zhou.
He felt that he was really too witty, and he didn't have any worries about Qiao Tao and the others. He could just ask Man Bao what kind of people the ancestors liked.
He felt that his father and Uncle Zhou should be considered confidants, so if Uncle Zhou liked it, his father should also like it.
Man Bao was silent for a while, and could only bite the bullet and ask Ke Ke in his heart, "Do you think my father would like to do things, or would he like to light the ever-burning lamp?"
Koko: ...
If its host was not still the main system's attention target, it would definitely not be able to help but retort.
As a system, it cannot have subjective knowledge, so it was silent for a while, seeing that Manbao seemed to be waiting for it to answer, it said: "According to the host's previous preferences, your father may like to do things."
This answer made Man Bao silent for a while, and then she said to Bai Shan without changing her face: "They might like to go to the Taoist temple."
Bai Shan nodded, "Then let's go to Xuandu Temple to do something."
After hearing this, Ren Ke was curious, "Is the ceremony of Xuandu Temple done well?"
Bai Shan said very pertinently: "Last year, our two families did it in Xuandu Temple, and it felt pretty good."
Ren Ke hesitated, "Then let's go to Xuandu temple to ask?"
They don't believe in Buddhism, of course, they don't believe in it, they just want to have something to sustenance, maybe the ancestors can receive their wishes
Therefore, they believe deep down that whether it is a long-burning lamp or a ritual, what the ancestors can receive is just a matter of how much.
And this amount depends on the Taoism and sincerity of the monks and priests.
Because of this, they are easily persuaded.
Not to mention the young Ren Ke, even the older Peng Zhiru and Lu Xiaofo hesitated, and then said, "Why don't you ask both sides?"
Anyway, there is still one month before next month, and if you choose to do things in half a month, then there is still one and a half months.
Bai Shan didn't plan to waste this time, "You go to Huguo Temple, we go to Xuandu Temple. Last time we went to Xuandu Temple to practice things, didn't we exchange name cards with the above-mentioned Daoist Zhixing?"
Man Bao nodded.
Peng Zhiru said: "Then ask more carefully, and we will ask you later."
Xuandu Temple is not close, they don't want to make this extra trip.
After everyone is loyal, they all entered the Imperial College in the same batch, and they still have a common stand and language. They think this kind of thing can be done together.
Bai Shan and Man Bao also had no objection.
After discussing the important matters, Peng Zhiru's eyes fell on the lotus pods in their hands, and he asked with a smile, "Why did you still buy the lotus pods?"
Then reach out to them.
There was more than half of the uneaten food left in Bai Shan's hand, he was reluctant to part with it, so he turned to look at Bai Erlang.
There was only one left in Bai Erlang's hand, and he peeled off two more. He didn't want to give up, and turned his head to look at Liu Huan and Yin He. Thinking that there was only one of them, he skipped them and looked at Man Bao.
One of the three in Man Bao's hand had already been peeled off. She hesitated for a moment, then reached out and picked out the smaller one and handed it over.
Peng Zhiru reached out to take it and passed it to his friends. Everyone peeled it off one by one and asked, "Where did you buy it? It's quite sweet."
Man Bao pointed to the bank and said, "There are many."
A group of scholars really didn't pay attention to the things on the shore, and they were a little bit regretful.
After eating the lotus seeds, Peng Zhiru and Lu Xiaofo were still a little unsatisfied, so they said, "Why don't we go ashore and buy some lotus pods?"
The boatman immediately said: "My lord, we know whose lotus pods are better, shall we roll the boat over?"
Lu Xiaofo nodded, glanced at the sun that was about to rise in the sky and said: "Shake it over, we'll get on the boat later, and go up to Huguo Temple after the end of the day."
The sun is too big at the moment.
Man Bao and the others came to Huguo Temple today to eat lotus pods and swim in the lake, so they naturally went with them, and it was almost time for lunch, so they could stop by to buy some food and eat it on the boat.
The restaurants and restaurants nearby are very good at doing business, knowing that there are many noble people on the lake at the moment, so they not only cooperated with the boatmen to recommend meals, but also specially sent their own guys to the lake to announce the menu loudly while walking along the shore.
Man Bao and his boat just landed on one side of the bank, and before they had time to look at the lotus plants on the bank, they heard everyone shouting from a distance, "Stewed chicken with fresh mushrooms, roasted leg of lamb, roasted steamed chicken..."
When Man Bao heard it, he immediately waved to the guy and shouted, "Fresh mushroom stewed chicken!"
The guy heard it with sharp ears, and immediately turned his head to look at the sound, ran to this side, stood on the bank with a smile and bowed and asked, "Do you want to eat chicken stewed with fresh mushrooms?"
Man Bao asked, "Where do you get your fresh mushrooms?"
"It's all picked from the mountains," said the man, "this is the last wave of wild mushrooms. It's hot these days, and the mushrooms should stop growing after a while. The lady is so discerning, so I won't eat them right now." For fresh mushrooms, we will have to wait until next year to eat them again."
Man Bao turned to look at his friends and asked, "Are you eating?"
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang nodded immediately, then stared at Liu Huan and Yin Or.
Yin or can't eat meat very much, while Liu Huan wants to eat roasted leg of lamb, but seeing them staring at them with piercing eyes, he can only reluctantly nod, "Okay."