Taoist endowment

Chapter 12 Expansion of the Taoist Temple
When the rooster crowed, Master Lu woke up several apprentices who were still asleep.

After a quick wash, the few people left the small courtyard where they stayed and headed for the dining hall in Niujia Village.

In the dining hall, several busy women brought trays of white-faced steamed buns that looked like hills to the table, and several buckets of oily broth were placed beside the table.

At this time, many people had already come to the dining hall. A group of strong men and middle-aged and middle-aged men were eating and drinking with their upper bodies naked, and laughed heartily from time to time.

There are a few naughty children holding big bowls and wandering around the soup pot like thieves, waiting for the women to turn over the fat slices in the pot to eat when they are not paying attention. Once they are caught by the women, their ears will be twisted. Two slaps on the buttocks, and then being forced to eat a few big mouthfuls of vegetables to settle the matter.

From afar, I saw Master Lu's master and apprentices coming, and everyone who was eating greeted loudly. Master Lu smiled, hugged the crowd, and led his four apprentices to sit in a seat specially reserved for them. Eating and drinking at one of the empty tables.

Taking a sip of the delicious broth and feeling the comfort of the hot soup, Master Lu couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, and looked with satisfaction at the four honest disciples beside him who were buried in the food.

Feeling the heartfelt joy of everyone in the dining hall, Master Lu couldn't help but look at that handsome, out-of-the-ordinary but somewhat cunning young temple master again.I have never seen a Taoist temple that can be loved by the people of a place, and the imperial Taoist temple Chengtian Temple outside the capital is not successful either.

Thinking of being deceived by someone he sent with an empty Taoist expansion plan, I couldn't help feeling annoyed again.

However, this Lu master was originally from Cang'er County. When he was young, he traveled all over the country with his master and participated in the construction of many prominent temples and Taoist temples. A master-level character, so he dares to be called a master.

Last year, Master Lu, who was used to the ups and downs of the world and the rise and fall of temples, dismissed a group of servants and disciples, and returned to Cang'er County with his old wife to retire.

On this day, Lu Dajiang, who was sipping fragrant tea and playing with the birds in his own courtyard, suddenly heard a report from his disciples, saying that a deacon surnamed Peng from Xianyun Temple came to visit and wanted to talk about expanding the Taoist temple.

Master Lu thought about it for a while, but he really didn't remember which temple on which mountain the Xianyun Temple was.

While talking with his disciples, there was a burst of refreshing laughter from the courtyard, and then someone said loudly: "Master Lu, please don't rush to refuse!"

Master Lu was surprised, when he looked out the door, he saw a middle-aged Taoist standing in the courtyard at some point.The Taoist looked about thirty years old, tall and thin, with a bookish look on his thin face, and a pair of smiling eyes.

The so-called people who stretch out their hands and don't hit smiling faces, Master Lu traveled all over the world to read countless people, and he knew that this person was extraordinary, so he welcomed Deacon Peng into the hall and served tea.

I didn't want the two of them to talk, the more they chatted, the more speculative they became. Every time that Deacon Peng complimented him, he could touch Master Lu's happiest point in his life. When he was in a good mood, he couldn't bear Deacon Peng's repeated pleas, so he agreed to help Give me some pointers on the expansion map of Guanyu that he brought.

The drawing was slowly opened on the table, Master Lu didn't pay much attention to it at first, but after opening all the drawings, Master Lu couldn't help being surprised after looking closely.

The buildings drawn in that picture are quite different from all kinds of Taoist temples in southern China today. Its architectural style, ingenious layout, and ingenious communication all make Master Lu, who is obsessed with construction, applaud. The means opened his eyes, obviously this picture was created by a famous artist.

After watching it for a long time, Master Lu became more and more delighted as he watched it. He thought that if such a building was handed over to ordinary craftsmen, it would be hard to avoid the hidden charm of the building.So he made a decision immediately, and took over the work of supervising the production, and took it as a final work to live up to what he had learned all his life.

I don't want to come to this Funiu Mountain, and when I saw the famous artist who designed this picture, which he considered to be a famous artist in the industry, Master Lu couldn't help being dumbfounded.

An extremely handsome young Taoist, who was only eighteen or nineteen years old, came to say hello to himself with a pair of playful boys, Shi Shiran, and bluntly said that this picture was made by him. He doesn't know anything about building himself, so he can only ask Master Lu to do it.

After that, with a sly smile, he led the boy to the back mountain.

Thinking of this, Master Lu resentfully took a bite of the white flour steamed bun in his hand. In order to figure out all the important joints of the buildings in the picture, he really worked hard to whiten the last lock of black hair in the past few days. The young temple master never showed up again, so he was not a son of man.

Today is the official ground-breaking day. Thinking that an exquisite Taoist temple that has never been seen in Tiannan Kingdom will be slowly built in his own hands and set a precedent for a generation, Lu Dajiang's heart is rarely excited.

At this time, the threshing ground at the foot of the mountain was full of all kinds of stone and wood. The old village, supported by Chai Erdan, was waving the ebony walking stick in his hand and assigning hundreds of people who had eaten breakfast. Working hard in other villages, his wrinkled face looks rather high-spirited.

They are all local, and the old village is not stingy, they eat and drink the same big white steamed buns with broth, and each person is paid [-] Wen a day. These people only need to be responsible for transporting heavy stone and wood to the mountain But, don't worry about anything else.

As for the construction of the Taoist temple, only people from Niujia Village can participate in it, and no other outsiders are allowed to use it, except of course Master Lu's master and apprentice.This is the old man's insistence. How dare others say no to it.

Watching hundreds of strong men get busy with low brows and eyes, the panting old village was sitting on a bluestone pier with the support of Chai Erdan to rest.

Watching the sun rise, and looking up at the villagers who had breakfast and carried their tools up to the mountainside, the old man couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

He patted the strong back of his grandson who was by his side, and jokingly said: "Damn, after you get married with Da Ya, you have to hurry up and have a baby, and then let the baby worship him in Brother Yun's door." Being an apprentice, thinking about coming to our old Chai's house, he still has this face with Brother Yun!"

Chai Erdan listened to his grandfather's words, and the seven-foot-tall young man blushed in embarrassment, and replied with two words: "Yeah!"

"Grandpa Chai, don't worry, I think Da Ya is a good child. After getting married, as long as the bastard works hard, I will be able to give you a big fat grandson as soon as possible. I will definitely take the child under my family when the time comes. You can rest assured. "

Chen Jingyun dragged his huge wooden boat full of wild animals and turned it out at the foot of the mountain. Behind the wooden boat, Nie Wanniang and Nie Fengming helped push it vigorously, while sticking their heads out and constantly winking at Chai Erdan and making funny faces.

When Laocun saw Chen Jingyun, he immediately laughed happily, but Chai Erdan jumped up in embarrassment, and said: "I went to the mountain to help!" Then he ran away without a trace.

Chen Jingyun chatted with Lao Cunzheng for a while, and said that there was nothing to do yesterday, so he took his two disciples to the deep mountain for a walk, and hunted some meat, just in time to add food to everyone, and then overturned the wooden boat and killed the wild animals in it. Everything is unloaded in the threshing floor.

The old village was not surprised by this, and greeted the village: "Come some meat pickers!" After a while, more than a dozen thick women and a group of children happily came to work.

Seeing this scene, the busy men from other villages were amazed. They thought that the wild animals in the wooden boat would not weigh more than a thousand catties, just look at the deep marks left by the wooden boat.

They all know Brother Jing Yun in Xianyun Temple, and they haven't seen how much flesh he has on his body. How can he be so strong?
They are all simple and honest peasants. They just saw Chen Jingyun's strength, but they never thought that the dozens of beasts in the mountains in the wooden boat could be hunted by ordinary people overnight?
(End of this chapter)