Zhang Lan thought for a while and said to Zhang Shangen: "Master Shangen, take these things and go to the side next to you to offer incense and kowtow to the Bodhisattva. When Xiaofeng is discharged from the hospital, bring Xiaofeng over to call the Bodhisattva." Take a look, and if you want to do it then, do it again. Now you don’t have to do it all the time, just burn some incense and you’ll win.”

Zhang Shangen planned to make another wish-fulfillment, saying that the wish he made yesterday was to let his grandson survive the danger safely. Zhang Lan felt that this was not necessary. It was a good thing that his condition had stabilized. It was not wrong to fulfill the wish he made last night to the Bodhisattva now. For things like safety, it's not too late to come over after Zhang Youfeng is discharged from the hospital.

And if you still want, you can just do it yourself. Zhang Lan helped out last night. Zhang Youfeng was in the intensive care unit of the hospital. It's mostly because of the doctor's superb medical skills or Zhang Youfeng's luck.

As for the blessing of Bodhisattva, it depends on each person’s understanding. Zhang Lan's current view is that if the person involved can come in person, he believes that Bodhisattva will bless him.

If it was just someone in the family praying for him, Zhang Lan had not discovered that he had such an ability.

As for whether it is true, Zhang Lan has not seen it with her own eyes, so it is difficult to say for sure.

Zhang Lan carried the things Zhang Shangen brought to the nearby yard and placed them on the altar table for him. There is no need to accept this gift. It doesn't matter if Zhang Shangen wants to keep or take Zhang Lan away later.

In Qingshan Village, someone asked Zhang Lan this question at that time. Zhang Lan thought at first what was going on and why she wanted to ask him if she wanted to take it back, so she just took it away.

It was only after the person who called Zhang Lan explained that Zhang Lan learned that in most cases the offerings in front of the Buddha are not allowed to be taken back, because it is discussed in the Buddhist scriptures that all incense tables should be placed in all halls of the temple. Incense, flowers, fruits, food and other items are offered to the Buddha. Without the permission of the deacon monks (temple master, hall master, incense lamp, etc.), all the offerings are not allowed to be taken back without permission.

In other words, if you want to ask for an offering, you should report it to the deacon monk.

All offerings are for the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. They are at the disposal of the deacons in the Sangha and are not allowed to be removed without permission.

After hearing the explanation, Zhang Lan said directly, take whatever you want, it's not easy. And there was no one here at that time. Just ordinary fruits, bananas, etc., what you didn’t take away could be divided up after being replaced. You should take away other milk drinks and the like if you can.

No matter how cheap it is, a gift only costs dozens of yuan. There are always people who care about this matter. Not every family who comes to offer incense is rich and doesn't care about anything.

In fact, in Zhang Lan's view, those who come over can just offer incense, and there is no need to pay tribute in front of the Buddha. One belief is better than any other.

Zhang Lan said that when worshipers to the Bodhisattva bring some offerings, they will take them away after the offerings have been made and the incense candles have been burned.

Some of the things they bring will be kept, but generally the families are not wealthy and the things they bring are in boxes and pieces, so they will choose to take them away after offering incense.

After Zhang Jialin and Zhang Hu started to stop the incident, Zhang Lan also planned to stop them at the entrance of the courtyard and let the people who came to worship the Bodhisattva take three incense sticks and put them on each other. The rest was completely unnecessary.

Then I gave it up after thinking about it. I wasn't at home often, so there was no need to be too dictating about some things, and not everyone was willing to listen to him.

It may seem that setting up a rule is to save money for people who come to worship the Bodhisattva, but the local customs are here. If Zhang Lan is always at home, it is hard for others to say what he wants to do.

But he won't be at home for long a year, so he should talk less about some things.     When there is a benefit, everyone feels that he should have a hand in it.

Ever since Zhang Lan let Zhang Hu and Zhang Jialin make the decision in the yard next to him, people in the family group could be seen complaining from time to time, and some people also found Zhang Lan's parents to talk about it.

After the Bodhisattva's miraculous effect, many people came to offer incense every day. During a solar term or something, the vehicles in the village were blocked directly on the edge of the provincial road.

After Zhang Jialin took charge of this stall, if there was a traffic jam, he would arrange for people to help evacuate the traffic. There is also this year’s plan for the open space next to it. It is planned to be connected with the village temple that was renovated two years ago to create a unified plan.

The details haven't been decided yet. When Zhang Lan heard Zhang Jialin's explanation, he knew that there were interests involved. The old homesteads and vacant farmland in the originally planned village were all waiting for an explanation from the town.

So much so that before the detailed plan has been finalized, the news has already spread in the village.

The town's development aims to make a steady stream of money by capitalizing on the Bodhisattva's efficacious reputation. This matter will not reach the city level in a short time, that is, demolition compensation, and the town is also considering what to do about this matter.

However, the road construction mentioned by Zhang Jialin is easy to handle. The funds for road construction can be directly allocated from the post-disaster reconstruction projects in previous years. There are also state subsidies for various Mangzhong roads, so it is easy to squeeze in.

At noon, Zhang Jialin and Zhang Hu came over to Zhang Lan with snacks and drinks, and talked about things in the yard next to them.

The plan of the two of them was to take advantage of Zhang Lan being at home these days to say everything they needed to say, so that Zhang Lan would have an idea.

Zhang Jialin said it very straightforwardly. If Zhang Lan hadn't suddenly performed a blessing ceremony for people, he probably wouldn't have come to see Zhang Lan with Zhang Hu, because what needed to be said had already been said, and he would have done the rest. It can be done by just two people with Zhang Hu.

But now Zhang Lan holds three rituals a day, not to mention the morning ritual of praying for children and heirs, which can be done by people everywhere. Both the afternoon ritual and the evening ritual for Zhang Shangen were noticed by those who were interested.

This feels different to people, and it is different from Zhang Lan treating people. In the past two years, Zhang Lan has been treating patients more often than not giving advice on where to go and where to look. Usually it is easy not to give people acupuncture treatment.

People are forgetful. Zhang Lan is often not at home. At most, when others know that a doctor with good medical skills has come back and comes to see you, there is nothing special about the rest.

Because you can't bring more benefits to other people, on the surface it seems that many people are in awe of you at most. You are rich and have good medical skills. If you can't afford to offend, you can hide away.

As for other people in the town, they generally don’t think Zhang Lan deserves more attention than others. It’s true that he has money and medical skills. He can just come to you when he sees a doctor. If you are terminally ill, you will still die. For the rest, I will go to the hospital. Can be treated in the same way.

But after the Bodhisattva's efficacious reputation spread and Zhang Lan performed blessing rituals for people, the feeling became completely different. People who originally planned to develop this area also hesitated because there were some things that they could no longer avoid Zhang Lan. (End of chapter)

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