Chapter 96: Being Disliked
For a moment, Xu Boan's eyes changed.
We came to the familiar Earth Temple of the Mountain God in Hongya Village again.
However, the person who appears from the perspective of the statue and in front of the incense table is not Yan Shouyi.
Xu Boan was slightly surprised, but not too surprised.
After all, this temple where the mountain god and the land coexist is here. Anyone who wants to come in and worship can just come in. There are no restrictions at all.
Even if you come here to take shelter from the wind and rain, relax, entertain, sleep and chat, that is your freedom.
After all, this kind of small temple does not have any temple guardians such as abbot, abbot, and temple blessing.
Only the voluntariness of the surrounding villagers maintains daily cleanliness.
Xu Boan looked at the new stranger disapprovingly.
To say that he is a pilgrim is somewhat inappropriate.
Because although the person in front of me was wearing incense, he was not kneeling on the futon on the ground at this moment.
Instead, he was sitting quite free and easy on the incense table, with one leg hanging down and one leg crossed, and he was nibbling the fruit on the tribute plate on the incense table.
This posture, this attitude, this behavior, this is treating this place as a temporary home.
The main theme is to do whatever you want and be at home all over the world!
When Xu Boan saw this, he already understood.
This new guy is most likely hungry, so he came to the Mountain God Earth Temple to eat and drink!
Good guy, I haven’t slept since the autumn wind hit the temple!
If it hadn’t happened that there was incense on the incense table, he probably wouldn’t have bothered to bring incense to worship.
He will not be summoned here by chance.
Thinking of this, Xu Bo'an's thoughts were racing for a while.
If I appear here a few times, if word of this spreads, a large number of people will come to burn incense and pray.
If this temple becomes popular, I will have to be summoned day and night!
This is a bit disrespectful of labor laws.
And just in case something trivial and boring like today happens again.
Let alone a half-assed fake god like myself, I am afraid that even a real god would be upset.
No, too much incense is not a good thing.
You have to keep a low profile.
In addition, Xu Boan has also discovered that the incense here seems to be a simple consumable.
Not to mention that the incense is consumed very quickly, and it cannot bring the incense power to oneself.
This was a loss-making business, and I relied on curiosity to persevere throughout the process.
After all, after looking at the small part of the world inside the bonsai, Xu Bo'an will also daydream about the places outside the current sight of the bonsai world.
For example, cities, busy streets, ordinary people, and mighty generals.
I heard that there are some storytellers in Da Jing Dynasty. I wonder if there is a music studio or other places where I can listen to music.
Xu Bo'an also thought about the kind of small life of "having nothing to do today, just listening to music on the hook".
Xu Boan was thinking happily when he heard the ragged man muttering dissatisfiedly.
“Alas, this place is really not as good as the city. It doesn’t even have any meat or desserts.”
Xu Boan was speechless when he heard this.
Hey, let me go, it’s good if you have a stutter, and you picked it up.
You still have the nerve to think that my tribute fruit is not delicious!
I don’t even dislike you! You actually dislike me!
The man's clothes were ragged, and although his hair was dark and thick, it exuded a shiny, greasy feel.
This is how long I haven’t washed my hair or taken a shower.
If I still have a sense of smell, I'm afraid I'll have to sneeze several times.
However, the way this man dressed made Xu Boan even more certain that he just came in looking for tributes to eat with nothing to do.
After all, ordinary people who have a stutter and can fill their stomachs will not be so sloppy.
Sure enough, the next moment, the man finished the last bite of the pulp, wiped his mouth, and said with regret: "It's a pity, there is no hard food, I won't be full! Let's find another place. Go!”
As he spoke, he put the remaining fruit cores into his pocket without throwing them away, which was quite polite and civilized.
Already here, Xu Boan was bored anyway, so he had the idea of joking.
“Who in the audience dares to steal the tribute of this immortal and eat it!”
The man's expression froze, and then he quickly jumped down from the incense table, shaking his head left and right and looking around.
"Who is hiding in the dark? Come out and don't pretend to be a ghost!"
As he spoke, the man pinched his hand and wiped it on the robe on his chest. When he took it out again, he pointed at it with two fingers. There was actually a talisman paper with yellow paper and red traces sandwiched between them!
Xu Bo'an was stunned for a moment and looked at the talisman in this man's hand with confusion.
Nani?
What are you doing?
Even if you take out a Desert Eagle, I won’t be so surprised.
Why are you... coming up with this ghost painting thing?
Isn’t this bonsai an ordinary world where I have my own way?
What do you want to do with this talisman?
Is it possible that there is also a plot involving Gao Wu and Xianxia?
Xu Bo'an swallowed a mouthful of saliva secreted by surprise, and bravely thought.
Good guy, who is afraid of whom!
My true body is not among them anyway.
The worst thing is, if you are really capable, I won’t provoke you.
Thinking of this, Xu Bo'an cleared his throat and said majestically: "You bastard, you eat my food in this god's territory, and you dare to scream at me. Do you know what will happen if you violate the power of this god? End!"
As soon as Xu Boan finished speaking, he saw the man with a stern face waving the yellow talisman paper in his hand and chanting plausibly. "Where are the monsters running rampant here? The illustrious divine talisman protects my side; the demons and monsters are three feet away from me!"
Xu Bo'an's body was so frightened that he trembled and became vigilant. Looking at the changes here, just waiting for anything strange to escape immediately.
One, two, three...
Uncle Xu waited quietly for a few seconds, but when nothing unusual happened, he was sure that the guy in front of him was probably playing some tricks.
Xu Boan then said forcefully: "Hmph, how dare you show off in front of this immortal god?"
When the man heard the voice coming, he waved his arms again. , the talisman paper in his hand fluttered again.
"Look at my magic talisman, summon the heavenly generals, wind, fire and thunder, obey my orders, show your power, and kill the ominous evil!"
Xu Bo'an couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.
I don’t know if this guy is obsessed with studying this thing, or if he was deceived.
This is exactly the rhythm of a great dance master!
That’s all, don’t scare him anymore.
Since you are an ordinary person passing by unintentionally, it would be bad if you are scared to have a heart attack again.
Only with good intentions can you feel at ease.
Xu Bo'an put on a kind voice and said: "That's all, although you are naughty, you don't have any bad intentions. I will spare you this time today. Remember, if you don't do anything wrong in your life, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night."
Seeing that Xu Boan's tone was calm, the man's timidity weakened a bit. He smiled and said, "Thank you for your teachings, Grandpa Immortal. I've written it down. I'm really ashamed of what happened just now. I'm so ashamed! I'm sorry!" I'm really hungry, so I made this move, which offended you, Grandpa Mountain God. Thank you for your generosity, Grandpa Mountain God. I won't disturb Grandpa God's rest. Goodbye, Grandpa Mountain God!"
After saying that, the man slowly backed away with his hands, accidentally bumped into the screen, then turned around and ran away.
When he turned around, Xu Boan still heard the man muttering.
“What a useless thing, I was deceived by that old guy!”
“Fortunately, I met a god. If I met monsters, I won’t do anything. Not even the swallowed dregs are left!”
The next moment, he saw the talisman being tossed aside and falling to the ground.
This is somewhat inconsistent with his good habit of not throwing garbage anywhere. He seems to be really angry.
As Xu Boan watched the man leave with a smile, the incense in the incense burner was about to burn out.
Xu Boan felt that fatigue coming over him again.
Come on, it was a waste of time!
No, we have already come, so we can’t come in vain.
When the thought came to him, Xu Boyan reached out and grabbed the talisman paper casually.
After leaving the temple, the rough yellow paper appeared in Xu Boan's hands.
The talisman paper quickly grew in size under Xu Bo'an's will, and stopped when it reached half the size of the M-size paper.
It is about the size of half of Xu Boan's hand, but it is only half of it separated vertically.
On the slender talisman paper, there are strange red lines drawn with a relatively beautiful visual effect.
This line is seamless and seems to be drawn in one stroke. There is no beginning or end of the line, no right angle.
It really looks like that!
Xu Boan was looking at the contents on the talisman when there was a knock on the bedroom door.
"Bo'an, are you asleep?"
Hearing his mother's voice, Xu Bo'an put away the talisman, walked over and opened the door.
“I’m not asleep, Mom, what’s the matter?” As he spoke, Xu Boan called his mother in.
Tang Rongzhi walked in and sat beside the bed, patted the edge of the bed and motioned for Xu Boan to sit down, and said: "There is actually something I want to discuss with you when I come here this time, but you haven't been here for the past two days. I'm busy, there's no chance. There were outsiders here just now, so it's hard to talk about it. Your dad and I are leaving after the wedding tomorrow, and it will be too late if we don't talk about it."
Xu Bo'an said with a smile. : "Mom, do you want to be so serious? It doesn't matter, you can tell me, even if you ask me to find a job for relatives again this time, I will agree, okay!"
In fact, Xu Bo'an is not willing to find jobs for relatives. The reason why he is looking for a job is not that he is unwilling to help others and support his relatives.
I’m really afraid of being hurt, I can’t afford to be hurt!
Xu Bo'an has been promoted at the construction site over the years, and there are quite a few relatives from all walks of life who come to him for work.
Xu Bo'an was very willing to take care of his relatives at first, arranging jobs for them as much as possible, and even specially arranged for people to teach them skills for the sake of career development.
Because based on his previous abilities, the job he was introduced to was nothing more than a technician or document clerk on the project.
For ordinary people, this is already pretty good.
But later, Xu Boan discovered that these relatives were not looking for jobs to simply support their families, but welfare jobs where they could make less money and earn more, preferably with some status.
But as we all know, there are almost no good jobs in this kind of construction company.
Even if there were, with Xu Boan's previous qualifications, it would not be his turn to arrange high-end jobs for his relatives, like pie-in-the-sky jobs.
So, in the end, Xu Boan not only failed to get the gratitude of his relatives, but also gained an unsatisfactory reputation among his relatives.
So until now, Xu Boan no longer dares to be a bad person. Tang Rongzhi, who previously helped relatives pull strings, also blamed herself and regretted it for a long time.
Only when he saw his mother Tang Rongzhi had a cautious expression on her face and was worried that her mother would encounter something stressful, Xu Boan teased her like this, trying to make her mother relax.
Unexpectedly, Tang Rongzhi shook his head and said softly: "That's right, your grandma and grandpa's village is going to be demolished, and I heard that a high-speed rail is going to be built!
According to the compensation notice above, the old house your grandfather left me, plus the few acres of land, the total compensation is more than 13 million yuan!
The second type! The solution is to move to a new building in the city! Your dad and I are thinking about discussing it with you to see if we want a house or money.”
Um? Xu Bo'an's eyes widened immediately.
Hey guys, why do I feel like I have changed since I got this bonsai?
Let’s not talk about anything else. This wealth fortune is extraordinary. It is as prosperous as a volcano erupting.
Xu Boan was just about to continue chatting with his mother, when suddenly, the feeling of calling came again.
Xu Boan glanced at his watch, it was exactly zero o'clock.
Xu Boan understood that this time Yan Shui should be here.
Thanks to all the book friends for voting, my dear, this is the first time I have seen someone vote twenty to twenty! Happy New Year to everyone in advance! As soon as possible, you will be as prosperous as the protagonist and write your own happy and grudges. Thank you thank you thank you again.
(End of this chapter)