The next day was cloudy, and the two of them slept until almost noon before getting up, and planned to go for a walk after lunch.
"Grandpa, do you want to go for a walk?" Lu Rong asked the rich man sitting in the yard.
The rich man looked up at the sky: "It seems to be raining, are you still going out?"
"Well, I haven't been back for a long time, I want to go shopping."
The rich man said: "You go shopping, I won't go, take an umbrella, so as not to rain later."
"Um."
Along the small river not far from the house all the way up, it really started to rain after a while, and the temperature dropped suddenly. The rain was not heavy, fine and misty, carrying the cold water vapor from the river surface, the two of them held umbrellas and walked slowly on the river embankment.
"It would be great if we hadn't been out of touch for so many years." Lu Rong leaned his head on Shen Jize's shoulder, "I swim in this small river every summer and summer vacation, and my grandfather sits on the stone by the river. I always think, What is brother doing now? It would be nice if brother was with me... "
Shen Jize held an umbrella in one hand, and held Lu Rong in the other, silently, only imagining that scene in his heart.
When I was in elementary school, I asked Lu Rong to write down those who bullied him in a small notebook, and to vent his anger on him during the holidays. To attend his middle school graduation ceremony, see him sitting among his classmates for a photo, showing a restrained and shy smile. The high school made suggestions when he chose to apply for the school, and he did not miss every major event in his life.
If that was the case, he would be able to grow up with that little boy, watching his figure slowly grow taller, his immature face showing the outline of a teenager, and he would not be missing so many years in his life.
Lu Rong watched the small circles of the river surface dripped by the rain, with a bit of sadness in his eyes. At this time, Shen Jize suddenly handed him the umbrella in his hand: "Take it."
As soon as Lu Rong took the umbrella, Shen Jize stripped off all his clothes, leaving only a pair of black underwear, revealing his strong and smooth muscles. Then, under his dumbfounded gaze, he plopped into the river.
The river surface splashed and then fell, Shen Jize's wet head popped out, stroked the water from his face, and smiled handsomely at Lu Rong on the bank.
"Furry, my brother will swim with you." He wiped back the wet hair on his forehead, although his face was smiling, his tone was serious, "This summer, my brother swam in this river with you."
A gust of wind blew, and the rain slanted and scattered onto Lu Rong's arms under the short sleeves, bringing a bit of coldness. He wanted Shen Jize to come up quickly, saying that it was still raining and the river was too cold, but looking at his shining eyes, he still didn't open his mouth after all, just stared at the people in the river and pursed his lips and smiled.
A few seconds later, he put Shen Jize's clothes under a big rock, blocked the rain with an umbrella, stripped himself down to a pair of underwear, and trotted down the river.
"Ah!" The moment the cold river flooded his body, he screamed and almost turned into a deer on the spot.
Shen Jize hurriedly said: "Go up, go up quickly, the water is too cold."
Fortunately, it was very cold at the moment when he entered the water. After swimming back and forth in the river twice, he didn't feel much. Suddenly dived into the water, then sneaked back, grabbed Shen Jize's calf and pulled it down. Shen Jize turned his head and plunged into the water to catch him, and the two started a water fight.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and someone passed by the river embankment with an umbrella, holding two arms with goosebumps from the cold, looking at the two people in the middle of the river who were still frolicking despite the wind and rain, they couldn't help shivering, tsk tsk these things Young people are really angry.
The summer rain came and went quickly, and by the time the two of them went ashore, the rain had stopped and the wind had stopped, and the sun had peeked out from between the clouds.
"Fluffy, I want to visit the temple where we got married." Shen Jize put on trousers on his bare legs and smiled.
Lu Rong also giggled: "Let's go, have a look."
Although Longquan Village is gone, that area has been built into a scenic spot. Although there are not many tourists, there are still small buses going up the mountain in the town. After Shen Jize put on his sunglasses and hat, the two arrived at the bus station on the street, saw a small bus was about to leave, and sat in it.
The Panshan Road, which only accommodated one car in the past, has been widened into a two-lane road, and the road surface has been repaired very smooth. Lu Rong sat next to Shen Jize, his arms under the short sleeves were tightly pressed against each other.
The skin of both of them is smooth after swimming, the temperature is slightly lower, and it is very comfortable to stick to. Lu Rong rested his head on Shen Jize's shoulder, closed his eyes comfortably, and gently rubbed a finger on the inside of Shen Jize's arm, feeling the satin-like touch.
Shen Jize held his fingers, and said in a low voice, "Tricky, right? Little pervert."
Lu Rong didn't open his eyes, but pursed his lips to reveal two faint dimples.
The passenger car was parked in the parking lot next to the nursing center, and the two got out of the car. Shen Jize looked at the renovated nursing building not far away, pointed to a window on the second floor and asked, "Do you remember?"
Lu Rong knew that he was talking about entering the illusion of the construction site when he was a child, so he understood: "Of course I remember."
Shen Jize patted him on the shoulder and shook his head as if sighing: "You have turned over the candles, and you will never see those ghosts in the illusion again."
Lu Rong asked strangely: "Do you still miss them?"
"It's not really a nostalgia." Shen Jize smacked his lips, "It's just that sometimes the pressure of filming is too much, and I want to go in and beat them up after falling asleep to relieve the pressure."
The two stared at the window and talked in a low voice. Not far away, a person in a bathrobe in a nursing center kept looking at them with vigilant eyes. When Shen Jize looked back, he walked towards the security guard again.
"Hurry up, hurry up, he thinks we are a bad guy, and he is going to find security." Lu Rong saw that the situation was not good, and pulled Shen Jize away from the parking lot.
The two ran hand in hand like a gust of wind, and quickly ran out of the nursing center until the people behind them could no longer be seen, then slowed down panting and headed towards Longquan Village.
The former fields have become lush forests, and a farm has been built on the site of the village. Shen Jize stood at the entrance of the village for a while, took Lu Rong who was silent, and said in a low voice, "Let's go up the mountain to the temple."
Climbing up the stone steps of the back mountain, you will soon see the courtyard on the mountainside and the green old trees at the gate, which are no different from ten years ago.
But when the two entered, they found that the inside was completely different. The tile-roofed houses that Master Hong himself lived in have been renovated, with blue bricks and red tiles, carved wooden windows, and they still look a bit antique. The temples on the left for the Three Gods and Yuelao are even more majestic. The raised cornices and the large columns in front of the corridor add a bit of solemnity to the courtyard.
"Amitabha..." A voice came from behind them, and the two of them looked back, only to see a fat monk in a brown robe walking over with lowered eyebrows.
He was dressed in a neat monk robe, with a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, and he had the posture of a monk who was hidden in the mountains and forests. If it wasn't for the wrinkles on the face and the bigger belly, both of them would hardly have recognized that this person was Master Hong.
"The two benefactors have traveled a long way, but they came from a long way? Let's go to the side hall to rest for a while with a cup of coarse tea."
Although it looked like a dialogue in an ancient costume drama, the Mandarin was very standard. Lu Rong and Shen Jize looked at each other with surprise on their faces.
The two of them didn't make a sound, and Master Hong didn't ask any further questions. He just twirled the string of beads in his hands, still lowering his brows and keeping his eyes down, his face calm.
"Uh, Master Hong, don't you raise chickens now?" Lu Rong finally broke the silence.
The chicken coop at the corner of the yard before was gone, and there was a small pond in that place, with a few plump carp swimming in it.
Master Hong frowned, and finally raised his eyes for the first time to look at the person opposite him. He quickly glanced at the faces of the two of them, making sure that they didn't know each other, his eyes continued to slide down, and passed over the luxury logo on their clothes and pants.
"The poor monk bought chickens that were about to be slaughtered from farmers, and then released them all." Master Hong still had a smile on his face, exuding Buddha's light all over his body, "Meeting, that is fate, and also The good fortune of that chicken. The benefactor, look at this release pond, the fish in it were also bought from fishermen by the poor monk, and they have lived here for several years, and they have a lot of Buddha's breath."
Lu Rong:? ?
Don't act like I didn't see you sitting next to the disaster relief tent eating chicken legs and braised pork.
Shen Jize laughed, turned his head to look at the temple behind him, and asked, "Master Hong, are the statues of the three gods and Yuelao still there? Have you come to the black gemstone eyeball?"
Master Hong was startled, and looked at the two blankly, as if searching for memories. After a while, he slapped his thigh: "It's actually you two! Those two children who came to worship God!"
"As expected, he is a master, so I can remember all of this." Shen Jize said with a smile.
"Then why don't you remember? Over the years, there have been many dolls worshiping gods, but you two are the only ones who worship Yuelao."
Master Hong instantly stopped speaking Mandarin and began to use dialect.
"Oh, I should have said it earlier. I thought it was a foreign visitor. It was so hot that I was in a hurry to wrap up my monk's robe." Master Hong began to take off his monk's robe, revealing the little white coat underneath.
"Master, what you said just now was really good. We were all taken aback for a while." Lu Rong laughed and said, "Putonghua is even more standard than our teachers in small towns."
"It's enough to watch more TV series, especially martial arts movies. Basically, there are abbots from Shaolin Temple in them." Master Hong turned and walked to those rooms. "Go to the house to drink some water and walk around."
The two did not refuse, and followed behind Master Hong.
After entering the door, Master Hong served two cups of herbal tea respectively, and said, "You two dolls have grown so big, if you don't say anything, I will definitely not recognize them. Oh, time flies so fast."
When Lu Rong took the tea, he smiled and said: "I remember you, you are the grandson of the rich man, you let my chicken run away before, and let me chase the chicken all over the ground."
Lu Rong smiled and apologized not very sincerely, and Master Hong didn't mind, and said, "Did you two come back from part-time jobs? Looking at this fake brand name, I almost thought I was a boss from out of town, and I was feeling happy." .”
"I work part-time, but he is my boss." Lu Rong motioned to Shen Jize beside him.
Shen Jize still wore his sunglasses and peaked cap, and sat on the sofa without saying a word.
"It sounds pretty good. Are you opening a restaurant outside or what? Many people in the town open restaurants after going out, and they all make some money." Master Hong said.
Lu Rong didn't answer his question, but only looked at the room and said, "Master, you are the one who made money, it seems that this house has been completely renovated."
"This is thanks to the scenic spot. There are more tourists, and the incense will flourish. By the way, are you two here to worship the gods? There are more gods invited now. You have everything you want to worship, God of Wealth, Master Cihang, there is a small room over there, where Jesus is enshrined."
After talking about what he thought of, he began to laugh: "It was so interesting when you were young, you actually went to pay homage to the moon, hahaha... and you are still praying there to get married, and the two big kids worshiped the sky and the earth and then worshiped the high hall... Hahahahahahaha..."
The more he talked, the happier he was, and when he laughed enough, he realized that Lu Rong and Shen Jize didn't laugh with him, they just kept looking at him with their original expressions, then stood up and wiped the water stains from the corners of their eyes, and said embarrassingly, "Let's go, take you The two of you are going to worship the gods, which one are you going to worship?"
"Pray to Yuelao, fulfill your wish." Shen Jize said flatly.
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In the newly renovated main hall, the statues of the gods are no longer the vague muddy images of the past, but with clear facial features and brightly colored paint.
Lu Rong and Shen Jize knelt on the futon in front of the Yuelao statue, held up incense sticks and kowtowed three times. After inserting the incense, Shen Jize took out a red string from the bamboo basket in front of him, picked up Lu Rong's left hand, and tied one around that white wrist.
The bamboo basket contains red strings, incense candles, gold ingots and so on. It is a 199-yuan moon worship package bought from Master Hong.
After tying the red string, Shen Jize didn't let go. He held Lu Rong's wrist, seeing that fair skin contrasted by the gorgeous red string, it was so charming, he couldn't help but feel flustered, and leaned over to kiss him.
There was a bang at the door.
The two looked up and saw that Master Hong was holding the door frame and standing upright in embarrassment. He hesitated and said: "My feet slipped, that, Yuelao is still very effective, hehehe, still very effective, hehehe..."
Shen Jize had already taken off his sunglasses and peaked cap, and turned his head to smile at him when he heard the words: "Actually, seriously, we can be together thanks to Master."
Master Hong looked a little dazed, and said: "No, no, if there is any, don't be too polite, serve the people."
Shen Jize stood up with a smile and pulled Lu Rong up. Instead of going out immediately, the two walked to the side to look at the other three statues.
The first two statues have been newly painted with bright red and green colors, and their facial features have also been reshaped. There are still two blobs of red on their cheeks, giving them an auspicious and festive look. Lu Rong looked at it for a while, but couldn't feel that it had anything to do with his ancestors. He really couldn't mobilize his solemn and solemn nostalgia, so he turned to look at Shen Jize.
"The statues are all imaginary." Shen Jize squeezed his shoulder.
Lu Rong's eyes fell on the third one, and suddenly he felt something was wrong. This one is dressed in a red robe and a black hat, holding a big gold ingot in his hand. The painting style is obviously different.
Master Hong seemed to see his doubts, and explained: "Before that god enjoyed the incense in the temple, he has returned to the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss. Because the seat of the god is vacant, he invited the God of Wealth from the side hall next to him here. .”
Shen Jize squinted his eyes, and said with a smile: "Master Hong, we are old acquaintances too, so there is no need to say these words."
Master Hong paused for a moment, and said: "One day I suddenly collapsed, so broken that I couldn't even get it together."
Shen Jize and Lu Rong looked at each other and asked, "When did it happen?"
"Just a few months ago." Master Hong stroked his bald head, "It's strange to say, I often check that clay figurine, except for the missing eyes, there is not even a crack on the body, and I don't know what happened, but it suddenly collapsed. "
"It's good to be broken, it's good to be broken, maybe he's not fit to stay in the temple to receive incense, that's why he's broken." Shen Jize turned his head to look at the two remaining statues, and suddenly had a guess in his heart.
"Amitabha..." Master Hong clasped his hands together, "Before the seat of the gods and Buddhas, the benefactor must not speak without words."
"What about the collapsed statue? Take me to see it." Shen Jize said.
"It's in the backyard."
"Let's go and have a look in the backyard."
Master Hong opened his mouth with an embarrassed look on his face, "The gods have returned to the western sky, so the broken mud doesn't have the divinity..." Seeing the playfulness in Shen Jize's eyes, he choked up, swallowed those newly made up words, and simply said the truth: " The mud is quite sticky, so I used it to paste on the pigsty in the backyard, just to fix the wall.”
Lu Rong and Shen Jize bowed respectfully in front of the two god statues, and lit the arm-thick incense sticks in the set meal for worshiping the three gods.
"My ancestor, the ancestor of Uncle Bai's family, Zhuzhao has been resolved by me and Uncle Bai, don't worry." Lu Rong said silently in his heart: "Please also bless grandpa and elder brother, as well as Uncle Bai, brother Tu Uncle, they are in good health... "
After the prostration was over, the two went out and stood in the yard, and Shen Jize took out his wallet to pay.
"Just scan the QR code, you two are acquaintances, get 30% off." Master Hong took out his phone and revealed the payment code.
Shen Jize lowered his head to scan the QR code, and said, "When I go back, I will find someone to repair your temple and reshape the golden bodies of the two gods."
Master Hong was so surprised that he almost lost his grip on the phone: "This is, this is, you said you want to reshape..."
"Yes, but you don't need to transfer the funds to you. I will send someone in person." After paying for the Yuelao package and the Sanshen package, Shen Jize turned off his phone with a smile.
"Okay, okay, okay."
The two of them were about to go down the mountain, Master Hong tried to persuade them to stay: "Let's go after eating, just have dinner here, look at the fish in the release pond, they are fat and tender, and they are the most fragrant when they are braised."
Lu Rong declined, saying that grandpa was still waiting at home, so Master Hong packed a basket of peanuts and eggs, insisting that Lu Rong bring it to Cai Ye. When they were parting on the stone steps, he suddenly called out to their backs: "I seem to have seen you on TV, are you... are you..."
Lu Rong turned around and interrupted loudly: "I am not an actor, and my brother has never acted in a local love story, nor is he a diving or basketball player."
"I know, I didn't meet you, I saw your brother on TV!" Master Hong said.
At this moment, Shen Jize also turned around. Although there was no expression on his face, he lifted his chin slightly, revealing a vague restraint, and a sense of relief that he was finally recognized.
"Today's news at noon, the provincial leaders went to visit those restaurants in other places, and the chef in one of the restaurants is very good-looking, that's right! It's your brother!" Master Hong slapped his forehead and said excitedly.
Shen Jize turned his head back indifferently and walked down the mountain. The veins on the back of his hands were bulging, and the legs of the sunglasses he was holding were almost broken.