All things welcome spring, the end of the year. On New Year's Eve, in Tuyang, the streets and alleys were particularly deserted, most of the stores were closed, and everyone went back to reunite.
But turning to Dawn Square and walking towards Jingui Pedestrian Street is another story. Between the commercial buildings, the eaves and teeth are flying green, and the layers of palace buildings are hidden here, and people come in and out at the gate, which is very lively.
In the past few years, the biggest change in the business district of Liming Square is the Baoyang Temple, a new scenic spot in Jiyang. After the demolition of the old farmers market and the old residential area behind the pedestrian street, the government has divided a large area for expansion and holding. Yangguan.
The old Taoist temple, which used to have two entrances, now covers an area of 70 to 80 acres. The layout is centered on the original temple, and the regulations and styles are highly unified. When you walk to the gate, you will see an ancient plaque on the front, with a letter saying "Hold your hand." Yangguan" three words. Along the central axis, there are Shanmen Hall, Sanqing Hall, Jade Emperor Hall, Lingzu Hall, Sazu Hall, etc. On both sides there are side halls such as Wenchang Emperor Hall, Taiyi Tianzun Hall, as well as teahouses, guest halls, fasting halls, housing , conference rooms, etc., the interior decorative paintings are mostly cranes, gossip, etc.
Today's Baoyang Temple will hold a New Year's Dharma meeting. Local believers will gather, and even more foreign believers will come from afar to participate. Those who can't rush to the temple can also pray online through the official website of Baoyang Temple.
On weekdays, in addition to various Buddhist ceremonies, Baoyang Temple will also hold temple fairs, flower fairs and other activities to attract tourists from all over the world. Due to its increasing popularity in recent years, it has also generated a lot of income for the tourism industry of Jiyang City.
In addition, the teahouse in Baoyang Temple is also very famous. It is also because there is an ancient well in the temple, and the spring water is sweet. Because the landscape here is simple and the ancient style is strong, many citizens and tourists also love to come here to drink a cup of tea.
As soon as some foreign tourists walked into the mountain gate, they saw a few people carrying big incense.
In recent years, high incense has become popular, especially the first stick of incense in this new year. However, the incense carried by these people is really exaggerated - just from the need to "carry" it can be seen to some extent. The length can be about one meter four or five, which is almost half the height of a human being.
Out-of-town tourists couldn't help but ask, "This is your incense?"
The person carrying the incense shook his head, "How come, this is our boss's."
And they are not the same boss.
Out-of-town tourists shouted: "Rich people just know how to play, and this incense is getting thicker every year."
A local citizen next to him slapped the sunflower seeds and said, "Uh, when the new Guanzhu took office last month, it doesn't mean that the incense will be completely canceled from next year, whether it is Gao Xiang or Xiao Xiang, all of them will be canceled. Except for some pujas, all worshiping gods will be cancelled. Change it to a bouquet of incense."
"Huh?? We don't know!"
"Dizzy, dizzy, does it start from the Spring Festival?"
"What if we don't let our incense stick..."
"New Guanzhu?" In fact, tourists from other places don't know much about this. They just visit their relatives in other places to celebrate the New Year and come to burn incense, but they only vaguely know that Baoyang Temple doesn't seem to have a spectator.
"That's right, it's Daoist Wu Liang. He seems to have just received the Taoist certificate and then went through the inauguration procedures. I heard that after the death of the former Guanzhu, the Guanzhu's position has been vacant, and the Guanzhu's nephew takes care of the chores. Now it is officially passed on. Give it to Wu Daochang."
The tourists are confused, "You can become a spectator just after you get your Taoist certificate? Baoyangguan is not competitive so fiercely?"
"Hey, that's not what I said, it mainly depends on ability. Daochang Wu is young and promising."
"Now that I say that, I remembered that the old Guanzhu's nephew also appeared on the news. What is he doing now?"
"This... is probably taking a back seat?"
…
The predecessor in power in Baoyangguan, who was talked about by everyone, was lying in bed at this time, until Shi Changxuan lifted the quilt, "Are you still sleeping late on New Year's Eve?"
"Ah—" Xie Lingya screamed, "Senior brother, I finally retired, I have nothing to do today, let me spend the holidays normally!"
Shi Changxuan picked him up from the bed, "Have a prayer in half an hour, you really won't get up?"
Xie Lingya lay on Shi Changxuan's shoulder and kissed his ear aggrievedly.
Shi Changxuan's ears turned red all of a sudden, he put the boneless Xie Lingya on the table and put a padded coat on him. This cotton-padded coat was made by Shi Changxuan, but it was actually a winter style Taoist robe. It was quilted with dark blue slanted placket, and it looked a little more cute after wearing it.
Xie Lingya just finished washing up and walked out slowly, when he saw an old lady coming over with two crying little boys, and a little girl with a white and tender round face adorned with it not far or near.
Xie Lingya felt bad at first glance, and sure enough, the next moment the old lady said, "Xiao Xie, your sister made our grandsons cry again! Although you can't beat children during the Chinese New Year, you have to discipline them, right?"
Xie Lingya: "…"
Sisi, who is only five years old this year, walked slowly and said in a clear voice, "I'm playing with my brothers."
The old lady saw that she actually took a few steps to the side, and she said with lingering fears: "It's not me, you really have to take care of this child. My grandson said she didn't know where she picked up a snake to play with and used it to scare people."
snake
Only then did Xie Lingya react, and he turned over his hands and body, empty.
As soon as Sisi raised her hand, a snake head emerged from her sleeve, and a snake letter spit out in her palm, "Is it this one?"
"Oh, mother!" The old lady took the child who was crying louder and turned away without looking back, "Xiao Xie, take a look! Look! I'll come again next time!"
Xie Lingya: "..."
There was a strange silence at the scene for three seconds, Sisi had a bad look on her face, didn't dare to call him brother, and rushed to Shi Changxuan to please: "Brother Changxuan..."
Shi Changxuan frowned and said, "Xie Lingsi, put down the good dragon."
"Whatever you put down, I think it's just bad!" Xie Lingya didn't care about the children's science education method, so he picked up a token, and the length was just right for the beater board.
Sisi turned her head and ran, saying as she ran, "I'm going to tell Dad that you hit me!"
Xie Lingya: "Go outside and ask! There are still rumors that I beat our father in the hospital!"
Sisi: "… "
Shi Changxuan: "..."
In recent years, because of coming out of the closet and Sisi's birth, Xie Lingya's relationship with his family has improved a lot, so he will be here during the New Year, and Xie's family will also come to the Taoist Temple to celebrate the New Year together. My younger sister will come here to stay during the winter and summer vacations. When she goes to school, she will come to the city for the quality of teaching.
Xie Lingya likes this little sister very much, but although Sisi is a girl, she is as naughty as when he was a child, as long as she doesn't keep her eyes on her, she can go to heaven.
Seeing that Sisi was running at this moment, and when she jumped forward, she planned to pass through the gap between the railings. Xie Lingya rushed forward and quickly grabbed her braid.
"Oh, oh, it hurts, it hurts!"
Xie Lingya picked up Sisi and confiscated the good dragon, "Stretch out your hand!"
Sisi put her hands behind her back, "I'm just playing with them, why can't I blame me if I can't play, they ask me if I'm afraid of bugs first."
Only then did Xie Lingya know that there was still this one, and he glanced at her, knowing that his sister didn't lie, so he let go of her, "Then you can't just take the snake out, it's not the same level as the bug, look at that. You two are scared... No, you can't play around with bugs!"
Xie Lingya grabbed Sisi and educated him for a long time, then pulled the good dragon off and hung it around his neck, "I have to go to pray, you are only allowed to play in the yard, you know?"
Sisi answered honestly and followed him back.
…
Entering the auditorium of the method meeting, many people greeted Xie Lingya when they saw it.
Because of the expansion of Baoyang Temple, the clinic of Haiguanchao also moved a few years ago, but it is not far away, just two streets away, and it is also getting bigger and bigger. Xie Lingya's current job is to finance his clinic and pharmacy.
After graduation, Shi Changxuan's main business is still religious studies. He and Xie Lingya usually teach them to gather new disciples for Wang Yu. Because Baoyang Temple is famous, many people come every time to recruit new students, and they choose the best among them. After collecting some bones, I bowed to Wang Yuji's door.
As for Fang Zhe, he still follows the sea to watch the tide, but as an amateur, he has been able to do it alone, to show people the feng shui of the house, to break a ghost or something, and to research equipment such as a doorbell to ward off evil spirits and an automatic ghost shooter.
And Guo Xing also officially took over the mantle of Lu Shan Fa. He was a junior in Xie Lingya's class. After graduation, he worked in the company that was first Mr. Zhu's daughter. Because he was not used to it, he came to Baoyang Temple. Baoyang Temple is now so big, and there are some laymen who come to do their daily work. His family only thinks they are working in the Taoist Temple area.
Not to mention Xiao Liang and Zhang Daoting, they were promoted directly to the management team. Xiao Liang officially entered Taoism from Daotong.
It takes one day to pray for blessings, and in the evening, we have to start preparing for the New Year's Eve party.
Although Xie Lingya didn't need to preside over it, because it was Wu Liang's first time to preside over such a large-scale ceremony, he was also watching. In the middle of going to the toilet, I asked where Sisi, a Taoist priest who knew the guests outside, was instructed by Xie Lingya to stare at Dian Sisi before.
Xie Lingya saw that there was a small figure looming behind the flower bed, so he went to the toilet with confidence. Today is Chinese New Year, and there is no need to let the child go to bed so early.
Xie Lingya was in a hurry when suddenly he felt a little strange, and when he lowered his head, it turned out that a toilet ghost came in quietly at some point, squatting at his feet and looking up...
"..." Xie Lingya felt a chill, pulled up his pants, and said in a vicious voice, "What are you doing!"
The toilet ghost lowered his head and said weakly, "Teacher Xie, I was entrusted by the ghost and wanted to ask for mercy."
Xie Lingya said absentmindedly while washing his hands, "I'm begging for mercy, for the New Year's Eve, who is hungry again?"
The toilet ghost shook his head and said, "No, there are a few little ghosts from East Street who came to look for food, and frightened Lingmei for a while. Their eldest brother wanted to make a guilt. I hope Teacher Xie will be merciful and let the ghosts go."
Xie Lingya was stunned, "Damn, scare my sister?"
The toilet ghost also sweated wildly, "You don't know about this??"
"I didn't catch anything!" Xie Lingya thought something wrong and rushed out of the toilet.
When he ran to the edge of the flower bed to see, Sisi was burying a lanky male ghost, shoveling dirt on the male ghost's head with a toy shovel, and muttering: "Catch the big ghost, take the little ghost, dig out a fool Hell, hell..."
Xie Lingya: "..."
Xie Lingya grabbed Sisi's clothes by the back and picked her up, "Miss, can you learn from other children and play with mud?"
Sisi fluttered in the air, "He first tried to scare me!"
The male ghost said hurriedly: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I was really wrong, woo woo woo, please let me go, I will never scare women and children again!"
"You owe it too," Xie Lingya said, looking at the ghost, hating the iron for not being steel, "Scare people choose women and children, what kind of a man are you!"
The male ghost lowered his head in shame.
Xie Lingya dispatched the male ghost to follow Ding Aima to patrol and reformed, and continued to speak earnestly to Sisi: "I gave you the talisman for self-defense, not for you to use ghosts as toys when you are done defending yourself."
"What's the matter?" Shi Changxuan walked over to see the two talking in the corner and asked.
Xie Lingya told him what happened just now, and then said worriedly, "Why is this kid so brave..."
Shi Changxuan hesitated, "..."
…
Half an hour before the New Year's Eve ceremony, Ning Wanlai came with his cousin's family.
Ning Wanlai's cousin is Liu Haixin. After her marriage, she went to accompany him for two years because her husband was studying for a Ph.D., and only recently came back. As soon as Xie Lingya heard about it, he asked Ning Wanlai to invite his cousin to the New Year's Eve.
Ning Wanlai was a little surprised that Teacher Xie seemed to have always cared about his cousin, but he didn't think it was a bad thing, so he invited his cousin and his wife to come together.
More than a year after Liu Haixin gave birth to her eldest son, she was pregnant with her second child, and she would not give birth until half a year. Her husband was holding the eldest son, and the couple and cousin entered Baoyang Temple together.
Some people who knew Ning Wanlai greeted them, and by the way, they also greeted his cousin's family.
The child recognized the birth and began to cry.
"Okay, alright, Dabao doesn't cry." Liu Haixin took the child from her husband to coax her, but Dabao didn't stop crying, and the couple was in a daze.
Liu Haixin has always felt that Dabao may be affected by his own constitution, and it is easy to see some unclean things, so he is usually more sensitive. Good risk this year, Baoyangguan canceled the burning of incense, there is no smoke, and it will not choke children.
It was at this moment that a little girl ran over, raised her face and said, "Why is my aunt and brother crying, please play "Little Leaping Frog" for him!"
Liu Haixin: "Huh?"
The little girl said, "When I was young, my brother gave me little jumping frogs."
As soon as Ning Wanlai saw the child, he sweated, "Sisi. Haixin, this is Teacher Xie's sister Sisi."
When Liu Haixin heard that it was Teacher Xie's sister, she was in awe, "Then this method may be useful, what's the little thing, little jumping frog? Husband, check it out with your phone."
Liu Haixin's husband was investigating, Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan had already come out.
"Cousin." As soon as Xie Lingya saw Liu Haixin, she warmly greeted her and shook hands with the couple.
When Liu Haixin thought that Xie Lingya's sister called her aunt just now, she felt dizzy.
Ning Wanlai teased: "Mr. Xie, our big treasure is crying non-stop, just now Sisi gave an idea, saying that when she was a child, you played "Little Leaping Frog" to coax her, we are going to try it out, are you good at parenting? So authoritative."
Xie Lingya stretched out his hand and responded to Liu Haixin with a questioning look.
Seeing this, Liu Haixin involuntarily sent the big treasure out, subconsciously trusting Xie Lingya.
As soon as Dabao arrived in Xie Lingya's hands, he immediately stopped crying, and even burst into laughter!
Ning Wanlai and Liu Haixin were stunned, they hadn't had time to find out "Little Leaping Frog"!
"Wow!" Sisi pulled him to look, "Why doesn't little brother cry?"
Xie Lingya said triumphantly, "Because of your brother, I'm better than "Little Leaping Frog"!"
Ning Wanlai's eyes were filled with awe for a while, but he didn't expect that Teacher Xie is so versatile, and he is a good player in taking care of children...
Xie Lingya gave Shi Changxuan a look, and Shi Changxuan immediately returned to the room and took out a wooden box. After opening it, there was a small wooden figure lying inside, wearing Liu Haixin's very familiar clothes.
After Shang Lushen and Liu Lingtong were reincarnated, their original bodies became empty shells, which were properly preserved by them.
"Give this to Dabao." Xie Lingya smiled.
Shi Changxuan put the wooden figurine on Dabao, Dabao's little hand held the wooden figurine, took it into his arms, and fell asleep slowly and peacefully.
Liu Haixin remembered seeing this doll on them a few years ago, and the belongings that were carried around. Later, it seemed to be treasured, and she even gave it to her family, "How embarrassing, you like this wooden man very much."
"It's okay, we also like your big treasure." Xie Lingya said.
Liu Haixin looked at Dabao holding the wooden figurine tightly, and couldn't refuse, so she could only say, "Thank you."
Ning Wanlai watched this scene, but something flashed in his mind, and looked at Xie Lingya in surprise, "Could it be..."
"Shh." Xie Lingya winked at him, "Everyone, go into the hall, New Year's Eve is a good day for reunion."
Liu Haixin's husband joked with a smile: "Is this considered a reunion?"
Ning Wanlai had come back to his senses, and said meaningfully: "It's a matter of fact, relatives and friends, heaven and earth, people and gods, how do you know if everyone was family five hundred years ago