Chapter 484 Shivering
The monks were very efficient. That afternoon, a Buddhist temple named Wanying Hall settled in the town, opened its door, and attracted people by sending rice. A large number of villagers lined up to receive rice, so that in a short period of time, the name Wanyingtang was resounding throughout Gantian Town.
Since then, taking advantage of the golden period when the town became the center of conversation, the monks from Wanying Hall have built bridges and paved roads in the town, performed many charitable deeds, and deeply imprinted the positive image of charity on everyone. In my heart, the limelight lasted for a while.
Then, Atisha, the leader of the monks, led people to find Director Song and said that they could provide free student aid. As long as Gantian Town could provide a venue, they monks could teach the children to read and write and teach them. Knowledge.
At that time, Director Song had a good impression of these monks. After some negotiation, he quickly contacted the villagers and lent the ancestral hall to the monks to open a school.
As for the issue of students, there is no need to worry. Ever since I heard that the school run by the monks not only does not charge tuition, but also takes care of the students' food and accommodation, the people in the whole town who have children at home are looking forward to the school opening as soon as possible.
"Running a school for free takes time, effort and money. Master, what do you think those monks are trying to do?"
One morning, Ah Chu held a feather duster in his hand and dusted the portrait of the founder. dust, asked doubtfully.
"Maybe it's out of the Buddha's kind thoughts?" Mao Xiaofang subconsciously thought of people in a good light.
At the door of the hall, Qin Yao, who was cleaning the villagers' poison, couldn't help laughing and asked: "Master Mao, I have a question."
"What?" Mao Xiaofang looked up.
“How did these monks get the money?” Qin Yao asked with a smile.
Mao Xiaofang was slightly startled.
Then I thought about it carefully, and the more I thought about it, the more something was wrong.
It is obviously a good deed, but after involving money, why does it look more and more like speculation?
Build bridges and pave roads, create characters, open schools, and gain followers. When the time is right, various donations will naturally come in.
How do they get their money? It cannot be from farming.
This is not to say that all monks do not farm, but that in the current environment, simply farming cannot generate the wealth needed to travel around the world, promote Buddhism, open Buddhist temples, and build schools.
Of course, in addition to farming, there are many ways to obtain wealth, such as doing business. However, the question is, are monks who do business still considered simple monks?
My body is covered with the smell of copper, but I can still devote myself to the Buddha?
"Actually, it's very simple to judge their nature."
While master and apprentice Mao Xiaofang were thinking deeply, Qin Yao smiled slightly and said: "Aren't they going to build a school? Look at what they teach. Just know the knowledge.
If they teach it. If they are knowledgeable about literature, the Four Books and Five Classics, and the principles of life, then they are purely running a school with good intentions and good thoughts.
But what do you think if they instill in a group of children the meaning of Buddhist scriptures? ”
Mao Xiaofang: "..."
"Achu, is the school open?" Mao Xiaofang suddenly asked after a long silence.
"It just opened today, so I brought up this topic." Ah Chu replied.
"After school, find someone to ask what knowledge the children learned in school." Mao Xiaofang ordered.
“Yes, Master.”
That evening.
Ah Chu walked into the rice store opened by Black Rose after he reformed his evil ways, and asked: "Sister Gui, has Xiao Xiami gone to school in the ancestral hall?"
Black Rose walked out from behind the counter and said with a smile: "Yes. Ah, we not only teach knowledge, but also take care of students’ food and accommodation. Who wouldn’t want to take advantage of this?”
“Oh.” Ah Chu nodded and said with a smile: "Isn't school over yet?"
"It's almost half past five." As he said that, a trace of doubt appeared on Black Rose's face: "Why are you asking this?"
"Master asked me to ask." Ah Chu said: "Taoist Master Qin feels that those monks have ulterior motives, and Master wants to ask for proof."
Black Rose's heart thumped, and she quickly asked him to sit down, with a tight expression on her face: "Taoist Master Qin is a capable person, and he never makes unintended consequences. Tell me quickly, what purpose does he suspect those monks have?"
< br>"What Taoist Qin means is that if those monks teach literacy and life principles in the school, then it is good.
But if they are taught Buddhist scriptures in school and memorize Buddhist books, when they grow up, even if they do not become monks, they will become loyal believers in the shrine. ”
Black Rose. : "..."
"Sister Gui, I'm back." While she was absent-minded, Xiao Xiami walked into the rice store with a schoolbag on his back and a smile on his face.
Black Rose woke up from a dream and quickly pulled Xiao Xiami to her side: "Xiaomi, let me ask you, what did you learn in school today?"
"Learned the Heart Sutra." Xiao Xiami said proudly. "I can even memorize it. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, walking in the deep Prajnaparamita for a long time, saw the five aggregates. It’s all in vain, to survive all the hardships..."
"Pa."
After listening to him talking for a long time, Black Rose suddenly slapped him on the head: "Don't. "It hurts, sister Gui," said Xiao Xiami, rubbing her head.
"Stop talking nonsense and tell me your experience today from beginning to end." Black Rose said seriously.
Xiao Xiami didn’t know why, and under the other party’s gaze, he slowly said: “When we entered the school, the literate and illiterate students were divided into one class each.
Literacy recited the Heart Sutra, listened to monks who were illiterate telling stories about the Buddha, and enlightened them with Buddhist scriptures Meng.
Then we use a stone to test our Buddhist connections. Those who can make the stones shine represent those who have Buddhist connections and will be registered separately in a book. It is said that we will focus on cultivating them in the future. Sister Gui, I He is a person with Buddhist connections.”
Black Rose: “…”
She has now confirmed that this is no school, it is clearly a Buddhist temple!
What the hell is having a bond with Buddha? Do you want to train her little shrimps on the path of a monk?
"Sister Gui, what's wrong with you? Your face suddenly looks ugly." Xiao Xiami asked.
Black Rose endured the panic in her heart and asked: "Xia Mi, what is your impression of them?"
Xiao Xiami: "Very good, you can see that they are all a group of people. Very kind people, I will be like them in the future..."
These words instantly stung Black Rose's soul like a steel needle, causing her to subconsciously grab Xiami's arm and said: "Don't go to the ancestral hall to go to school anymore. I will send you to school in the city."
Xiao Xiami. : "???"
Not long after.
Achu rushed back to Fuxi Hall, broke into the main hall, and said loudly: "Master, Master, Taoist Qin really got it right. What those monks established was not a school at all, but a Buddhist school. , all the Buddhist scriptures are instilled in the children. "
In the main room, the two people who were drinking tea put down their tea cups at the same time. Mao Xiaofang frowned and felt a little depressed.
Although there is only one word difference between "school hall" and "Buddhist school hall", they are completely different in nature.
Children are the hope for the future of Gantian Town.
Very few of the current generation of villagers have gone to school. They are ignorant and ignorant, so they can be easily manipulated by others.
The great cause of revitalizing Gantian Town depends entirely on the next generation, namely these children.
If these children are all indoctrinated into Buddhist apprentices, and the smart ones become monks, or even taken to the shrine, what will happen to Gantian Town? Are we going to continue to be ignorant from generation to generation?
"I'm going to find the director!" The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Mao Xiaofang simply stood up and walked away.
"Wait."
Qin Yao pressed the tea cup on the table with his big hand and said suddenly: "Is it useful for you to ask the director? They have not violated any rules or disciplines, and the director can still give orders Is it possible to forcibly close their school?
Even if the director asks about this matter, they can say nothing. They are monks. If they don’t teach Buddhist classics, how can they teach Taoist classics?”
Mao Xiaofang: “… ”
"Aren't they deceiving the public?" Ah Chu quickly found an entry point and said.
Qin Yao: "Can you say that the Buddhist school is not a school? Some villagers have asked before, what is taught in the school?
What's more, from the current perspective of the villagers in Gantian Town, Do they really care about what the children learn in school? Can they learn to read, gain knowledge, and have someone to take care of them? Two meals a day, such a big bargain, no one will really hate it as long as they don't learn to be bad.
Even, if someone with a heart knows about it, Master Mao will. If you stop them from taking advantage of this, they might hate you and scold you, do you believe it?”
Mao Xiaofang: "..."
A Chu: "..."
"But we can't just do nothing, right?" A Chu asked softly after a long time.
Qin Yao: "Have you asked, besides teaching their children Buddhist scriptures, what else do they do to their children?"
Achu thought for a while and said: "By the way, also There are classes, the literate and the illiterate are separated, and a stone is taken out to test whether they have any affinity with Buddha.”
"Stone, what stone?" Mao Xiaofang asked.
A Chu shook his head: "I don't know, I didn't ask in detail."
"Fortunately..." Qin Yao suddenly said.
Master and disciple: "???"
Qin Yao: "The stone the child reported should be a relic. The group of monks used the relic to test whether there is any connection with Buddha. They obviously have ulterior motives. , not simply preaching. If they are simply preaching, it will be a trouble, because you can’t accuse them of being wrong, and they will also think that they are right.”
Mao Xiaofang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He is also a human being, and he also has selfish motives. From the bottom of his heart, he does not want to see Buddhism "harming" Gantian Town.
“What selfish motives can they have?” Ah Chu asked.
Qin Yao took advantage of the situation and looked at him: "Wouldn't it be clear if we let them tell it themselves?"
A Chu: "???"
Are they crazy? Will they explode on their own? !
“Whose house did you go to ask?” Qin Yao asked again.
"Go to Rose Rice Shop."
Qin Yao was stunned and said meaningfully: "You have found a good person."
On Tingfeng It's rain, Hunan, and Black Rose are famous in the "Zombie Taoist" series!
Ah Chu was confused.
In a three-minute conversation, he failed to keep up with Daochang Qin’s thoughts five or six times. This is outrageous.
“What did Black Rose say later?” Qin Yao said.
A Chu: "We just don't let Xiao Xiami go to school in the ancestral hall anymore. By the way, Xiao Xiami also said that he is the kind of person who has a connection with Buddhism and is listed as a key training target."
Qin Yao pondered for a moment and said: " In this case, if Xiami doesn't go tomorrow, someone from the Buddhist school will definitely come to understand the situation. Black Rose's rice shop is on a busy street. You take the opportunity to encourage Black Rose to question the visitors from the Buddhist school and make the matter bigger... ”
This is his grasp of human nature.
If Mao Xiaofang goes to the director and forcibly closes the Buddhist school, it will inevitably arouse public hostility, but the rumors are different. The people in Gantian Town are stupid, but they are not stupid enough. , will definitely take the child back first, so that he can force the Buddhist school to come up with a reasonable explanation.
Except for the excuse of moving out to find a reincarnated soul boy and inherit the shrine, no matter what reason they came up with, they could not satisfy all the parents.
After all, the ignorance of the villagers is not just directed at Mao Xiaofang...
The next day.
Ah Chu came to Rose Rice Shop early in the morning, glanced at Xiao Xiami who was doing homework on the table, smiled and said hello to Black Rose behind the counter: "Sister Rose."
"Why are you here again?" Black Rose asked.
"Taoist Qin figured out that the people in the Buddhist School might not give up, so he ordered me to help." Ah Chu said.
"Why don't they just give up?" Black Rose widened her eyes and said, "I haven't settled the score with them yet!"
Ah Chu secretly laughed in his heart, seemingly casually, but actually intentionally Said: "The main reason is that Chief Qin is afraid that they have ulterior motives. After all, they reveal too much weirdness."
Black Rose snorted and said: "It's okay if they don't come to Xiami today. If they dare to come, I will ask them on behalf of the people in the town what their intentions are!"
As he said, She leaned over and took out a gong from the mezzanine of the counter, and banged it on the counter with a clang.
A Chu: "..."
He finally understood why Taoist Qin had to pronounce the accent when he said Sister Gui was a good person.
“Xiaomi.”
Not long after, a monk wearing monk's robes stepped into the rice shop and waved to the shrimps on the table.
"Teacher Ah Ha." Xiami stood up subconsciously.
At the counter, Black Rose's eyes narrowed and she asked: "Master monk, what are you doing here?"
"Xia Mi didn't go to school today. I came to make a home visit to find out the situation. Ah Cha said.
Black Rose waved her hand: "You can go back. I want to tell you clearly that my Xiami will never go to school in the ancestral hall again."
Ah Cha frowned slightly and said sincerely: "Is there something we didn't do well?"
Black Rose sneered, immediately raised the gong and looked at the other person: "Are you leaving? If not, Don’t blame me for making things difficult for you.”
Ah Cha: "Don't worry, listen to me slowly, Xiami is..."
Black Rose didn't bother to listen to what he said, rushed out of the rice shop, and quickly knocked on the copper The gong attracted a crowd of onlookers in a blink of an eye.
"Folks, do you have any children at home who go to school in the ancestral hall?" Black Rose asked loudly.
"Yes." The uncle said: "Are there any benefits for families who go to school in the ancestral hall?"
Black Rose shook her head and said: "I don't have any benefits here, but there is one bad news. Let me ask you, Do you know that your children learn in school? What?”
“I know, I have learned Buddhist scriptures.”
Black Rose sneered: “Don’t you have anything to say about this?”
Everyone. They looked at each other, not understanding what she meant.
"Confused."
Black Rose shouted: "Please use your brains and think about it. The children in the ancestral hall only teach Buddhism. This is the time when the children receive information from the outside world and thrive. They are getting more and more exposed to Buddhism. What will you do if they all become monks in the future? What will happen to your inheritance? Without blood inheritance, won’t your roots be cut off? Folks, this is making you a loser. !”
The crowd was in an uproar.
A Chu was even more confused.
For some reason, while marveling at Black Rose's combat prowess, he suddenly recalled Taoist Master Qin's half-smiling expression in his mind...
Feeling a little shuddering for no reason.
(End of this chapter)