MTL - I Was an Abbot in Ancient Times-Chapter 34

"Brother Zhang, what is the solution to this peach blossom evil?"

"Take a gourd ornament and apply cinnabar on the mouth of the gourd. The gourd has built-in coarse salt, which can be dispelled after wearing it for one year. If you replace the coarse salt with wish power, the effect will be faster, and it can be dispelled after wearing it for three months."

After receiving the reply from Taoist Zhang Yanjiu, Lin Zhao asked Buse to go to the foot of the mountain to buy a gourd ornament. He remembered that there was a vendor at the foot of the mountain selling all kinds of gourd beads.

The eldest princess and the princess watched him ask Bu Se to go down the mountain to buy the props for "dispelling peach blossom evil", so they couldn't help but feel a little more hesitant.

Buti saw their hesitation from the sidelines, and hurriedly patted his small chest to reassure, "Our abbot's consecration is very powerful, don't worry."

Seeing that the little monk was pink and cute, and his words and deeds were funny and innocent, the eldest princess and princess felt a sense of intimacy in their hearts.

Delicate-looking children can be found everywhere in aristocratic families, and they usually don't care much about other people's children, but when they see this little monk, they can't help but feel love in their hearts.

Therefore, even though he was very skeptical about the little gourd that was bought and consecrated from the foot of the mountain, he still smiled and did not let the little monk down.

Not tired seeing them laughing, he was also giggling, took out his precious treasure, the wind-blown sugar cake that he had just begged from senior brother Shantong, from his arms, unfolded the veil and handed it to the two of them.

Lin Zhao raised his eyebrows when he saw it. Is this little miser willing to take the initiative to share his food? Could this be the power of blood relationship?

The eldest princess and princess couldn't bear to refuse, so they twisted a small piece.

The wind-blown sugar cake is a thin piece, gently broken, and it is crispy and delicious in the mouth. I thought that this kind of homemade snacks made by rural temples would not taste much better, but it was only after I took a bite that I realized the difference.

Seeing their high spirits, he smiled triumphantly without being tired. The food made by senior brother Shantong is so delicious that it makes people's eyebrows fly.

Now Lin Zhao is very proficient in using the power of will, and within a short while, the little gourd has been fully opened. The eldest princess took a look in her hand, only to find that the outside of the gourd seemed to have been caressed for many years with a layer of translucent oily sheen.

When the little novice gave the gourd to the abbot just now, she took a look, and there was absolutely no such a layer of oil. Realizing this, the eldest princess became solemn, and hung the little gourd around her daughter's waist, making a knot.

"Do you remember what the master said just now? Don't take it off for three months." The eldest princess thought about it and still felt that it was wrong, so she took off the gourd and hung it around her daughter's neck.

Fortunately, the gourd is very small, and it doesn't look awkward when hung on the chest.

Princess Anyi put it in her palm and looked at it, feeling a lot more at ease in her heart, as if there was some magical power protecting her in the dark.

Lin Zhao looked at the top of her head, and the aura in the void that is difficult for ordinary people to see with the naked eye showed. The peach blossoms that were still blood-red just now were washed away by the white mist, and they were swept away to the appearance of tumuli, and turned back to being as normal as others. Little pink peach blossoms.

"That's all."

Thanks again to Master, the princess and her party lived in the temple for a while before leaving.

In a blink of an eye, the day of the temple fair came, and the temple fair was very lively, with everything to eat, drink and play.

Before the villagers watch the shadow puppetry, they will go to the steaming stall to grab a handful of salted peanuts, or go to the stall next door to the two corn sticks.

Elderly old men will go to buy a glass of wine and drinks, sip while watching Monkey King beating the bone spirit three times, and reward this month's hard work, which is called comfort.

If the shadow puppets haven't started yet, then take your noisy children to set a circle or play a game of cricket fighting, lottery and other small gambling activities.

After a small gamble, no matter whether they win or lose, they will leave the field immediately, and there is a monkey show next to them, and the excitement of juggling is waiting for them.

The most eye-catching thing is the big copper coin on the high shelf surrounded by ribbons, and a small clock hangs in the middle of the square hole of the big copper coin. Anyone who can hit the small clock with the copper coin in his hand will have his wish come true. This is "The Bell Rings Zhaofu".

Children's favorites are of course toys, all kinds of weird and interesting animal clay puppets, monkeys, monkey-headed swallows, two-headed tigers and so on.

After my mother offered them to the ancestors, I took them back to my room and carefully placed them on the bedside. In addition, there are masks, drama wooden figures, trolleys, diabolos, fluttering lights, revolving lanterns, sugar figurines and so on.

Villagers who sell their secondary processed agricultural products take advantage of the excitement to go to temple fairs. In order to save money, they usually bring their own dry food. They often break the dry food into small pieces and ask them to help heat it in front of the cooking cake or tea stand.

Vendors are often relatives or familiar faces in the village. Even if they are not, most of them will not refuse to help. Harmony makes money, and being kind to others, everyone tacitly maintains this rare excitement, and no one will cause trouble for a little care.

There are also young men and women who have promised marriage at the temple fair. They walk side by side, laughing and whispering a few words from time to time.

When watching overseas anime in modern times, Lin Zhao always has infinite yearning for the summer festival inside, the blushing faces of the anime hero and heroine under the fireworks, the ambiguous atmosphere when fishing for small goldfish, and the plopping when eating takoyaki My heartbeat... I always forget that there are many such romantic gatherings in my own country.

Fu Yunxiu, the daughter of Zhenbao Pavilion, was in front of a mask stand with her maid and attendants. Because it was too crowded, her maid was rubbed by someone, and hit her in a chain reaction.

When I looked up, I realized that it was Liu Hanwen whom I hadn't seen for a long time.

At the beginning, because of the mentality of half ashamed and half not knowing how to deal with it, I avoided it. Now, after time has passed, she has been able to take care of herself, and she can face it calmly.

Liu Hanwen also saw her, and seemed to realize that she didn't avoid her like in the past, and took the initiative to talk to her.

The lights and shadows illuminate the faces of young men and women. Because of this atmosphere in the colorful lights, they no longer hide their thoughts and friendship. The eyes meet, only each other is left, and all the hustle and bustle around them become a warm blur.

When I think of this temple fair after many years, other things will not become unclear, only the appearance of each other and the feelings at this time are engraved in my mind bit by bit.

Lin Zhao, who was standing not far away, saw this scene and couldn't help "hissing", the love between this young man and woman is really sour.

He walked back to the temple and came to the kitchen in the backyard. On the stove was a bowl of scallion noodles covered in a white porcelain bowl, which was specially reserved for him by Shantong.

There is also a note under the bowl, with a message on it: "Abbot, I know that you are greedy for novelty for a while. No matter how delicious the outside is, you will come back to eat the noodles I made in the end."

"..."

How could the simple and honest AI Shantong say such a thing? He must not be tired of the slick guy who didn't know where he learned the quotations on dealing with scumbags to embarrass him.

Regardless of the mischievous ones, a mouthful of warm scallion oil mixed noodles into the mouth, the aroma is rich, fresh and smooth, and then a chopsticks of crispy and tender green vegetables in soy sauce, um! Really satisfied.

In fact, he is not too greedy for food outside, but just wants to experience the excitement similar to the "Social Opera" written by Mr. Lu Xun.

He misses, misses the description in the text of those teenagers in order not to let the adults find out, each of them steals a little Luo Handou grown in his own field and burns them on the boat to share. ", I miss the appearance when I read this article in class when I was young, and I miss the feeling of being attracted by the country life full of infinite vitality and romantic interest described in it.

After supper, Lin Zhao walked to the courtyard, just in time to meet Bushi who came back from outside.

"Sold out of soap?"

"The inventory is all sold out!" He replied with a smile.

Lin Zhao was not surprised by this answer. Although the cleaning products in this dynasty are much better than those in the previous dynasty, they are still scum compared to soap.

When the previous dynasty was just established, the nobles used mostly rice washing water, and the common people could not even afford rice, so the rice washing water was reserved for the nobles. Until more than two hundred years later, at the end of the former dynasty, there was a son of a nobleman named Sun, who had nothing to do at home, and unintentionally tinkered with bath beans.

The production method of bath beans is not complicated. Just remove the fat from pig pancreas that has been washed with blood, grind it into a paste, add soybean powder, spices, etc., stir well, and dry it naturally before using it.

Nowadays, aristocratic families all use bath beans. Pig pancreas contains digestive enzymes, which have the ability to clean and decontaminate. Soy lecithin contained in soybean powder has the effect of moisturizing and nourishing the skin.

Although Lin Zhao, a modern person, despises it for its poor cleaning effect, and it is still greasy after use. But at this time, pig pancreas is hard to come by, and bean flour powder is very precious, but only the rich or expensive can use it.

So it can be seen from this that when his soap turns out, how many people will frantically fight for it.

For different classes, he set different prices for the soap. The soap with flower petals and gold leaf was sold at a higher price to noble families, while those seemingly simple soaps were sold at a lower price to common people. But in fact, the cleaning effect of the two is not much different.

Now everyone in Kyoto has their own piece of soap, and Lin Zhao has also surrounded the surrounding area, almost every household has it. His Majesty the Emperor even sent additional manpower to sell to various places, especially the rich and prosperous areas in the south of the Yangtze River, which almost swept the whole country. Great progress has been made in terms of sanitation and cleanliness in this dynasty.

For this reason, the emperor also sent a special letter to thank Lin Zhao, saying, "What can I ask for if I love you?" In just a few words, Lin Zhao seemed to see a villain of the emperor crying and wiping his tears, holding his hand and thanking him all the time. screen.

He shook his head and dismissed the associated scene. No matter how downcast the emperor was, he was also the master of the feudal dynasty. He couldn't be too casual. If he revealed something in front of the emperor in the future, it would be unbeautiful.

His Majesty the Emperor, who was far away in the capital, didn't think too much when he wrote the secret letter of thanks. Instead, he felt a lot of guilt towards Lin Zhao.

The dignified emperor wants to reward the ministers who have made great contributions, but he can't reward them openly. In the future, he must give him the best, biggest and most conspicuous treasures.

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