mtl008 Chapter 239 Commercialized Temples
Chapter 239 Commercialized Temples
Chapter 239 Commercialized Temples
Look how many worshippers have been coming to our Guanyin Temple to offer incense lately!
Before leaving our Guanyin Temple, worshippers who come to offer incense always conscientiously put a 50-cent coin into the donation box.
Yes, yes, yes! We did take your advice and placed the Guanyin statue (symbol of fertility) in a separate small room. Not only that, we also specially made a small lock to lock this small room.
This small room is only open to those who, in addition to writing blessings, have also given us a large sum of money. That's why our Guanyin Temple has made a lot of money over the years.
Okay! Don't report this to me specifically, because it's all clearly recorded in the ledger you gave me.
Oh, right! Haven't you thought of bringing incense and candles from elsewhere to sell here? Because worshippers who come here to burn incense usually buy incense and candles from other places.
Instead of doing that, we should set up a small shop at the entrance of the Guanyin Temple, which would be used to sell items needed for worshipping the gods.
Ideally, we could build a candle factory around the temple.
Just now, when I passed by the main hall where Guanyin Bodhisattva is enshrined, I saw a young monk using a small shovel to clean the candle wax that had solidified on the table.
At that time, I was thinking about this question: how to reuse these candles that were going to be thrown into the trash.
How about we build a candle factory not far from the Guanyin Temple? I see there's still a vacant lot there, which is a real shame.
If you hadn't mentioned building a candle factory to us, we would have liked to plant more vegetables on that vacant lot.
Wait a minute! Didn't you already use a plot of land in the temple to grow vegetables? Why do you need to cultivate another plot of land to grow vegetables?
That's because the vegetables grown on the land we cleared before were simply not enough to meet the daily vegetable needs of our Guanyin Temple.
Emperor Xia frowned upon hearing what the little monk said.
Because there were only ten young monks and masters living in the Guanyin Temple, they felt that it was a waste of land resources to use half an acre to grow vegetables.
How could so many vegetables be needed when there are only a dozen or so people eating? Now, the little monk standing in front of him is telling him that so many vegetables are not enough to eat.
She couldn't help but start to wonder if the young monk living in the Guanyin Temple might take the vegetables grown in the temple home. She would never have thought of this before.
They treated all monks, whether masters or novice monks, who lived and practiced in temples with utmost respect. That is, until one day, while carrying a black girl, he went to a tavern for drinks and met Master Mo Li.
From that moment on, he stopped being so respectful to the senior monks and junior monks living in the temple. This was because he had seen Master Moli drinking with several powerful and influential figures.
At the time, I was very curious: Hadn't Master Mo Li shaved his head and become a monk for many years? How come he was sitting and drinking with several powerful and influential people?
Moreover, those who have renounced worldly life should abide by Buddhist rules, one of which is that they are not allowed to drink alcohol.
You may have been too busy to visit our Guanyin Temple for a long time. So you may not know about some things that have happened recently.
Since you announced that you would bear all the expenses incurred at the Guanyin Temple, a large number of worshippers have come to our Guanyin Temple every day to offer incense and pray for blessings.
Not only that, they also have lunch here before leaving, so their expenses will be relatively high during this period.
Fortunately, the worshippers who come to our Guanyin Temple to offer incense all spend money to write a blessing for peace and safety before leaving. As a result, we've made a fortune.
Zhu Zhu frowned when she heard Xia Di's methods of making money. She thought it was a very wrong thing for Xia Di to use people's reverence for Bodhisattvas to make money.
She wanted to rush up and stop Emperor Xia immediately, but felt that what she wanted to do was too presumptuous.
Besides, he didn't know that uncle named Xia Di, even if he told him his true thoughts.
Not only will he not adopt the suggestions I made to him, but he might also order his men to drive me out of the Guanyin Temple.
Although it was her first time meeting this uncle named Xia Di, Zhu Zhu didn't know why she disliked him from the bottom of her heart.
It's very likely because he's in cahoots with Master Mo Li, who's been making things difficult for Grandma and the old abbot. That's probably why Zhu Zhu dislikes this uncle named Xia Di.
But what does it matter whether I like this Uncle Xia or not? We just met at this Guanyin Temple, that's all!
Perhaps we will never meet again after today? We might have met before because he is my uncle's future father-in-law.
Just as Zhuzhu was deep in thought, she felt someone pat her shoulder hard.
Zhu Zhu turned around and saw that it was Xia Rong. Xia Rong smiled at Zhu Zhu when she saw that she had finally turned around to look at her.
What are you trying to do standing behind me? I don't think we're that close, are we?
Hehe! Little girl, we've only not seen each other for a little over ten days! How could you have forgotten me so completely?
Just as Zhuzhu was about to say something to Xia Rong, she heard Xia Di, who was sitting inside, speak.
Xia Rong, haven't I always advised you not to say a word to people who are not on the same level as us? Why do you keep going against your father?
When Zhu Zhu heard what Xia Di said to Xia Rong, she couldn't help but feel how oppressive Xia Rong's life must be!
Her father micromanaged everything she did! He even controlled trivial matters like who she talked to. But in Zhuzhu's memory, Xia Rong was a playful person.
Father! Isn't it a little too much to keep me so strictly under your control? If you continue to do this, I might just run away from home one day in a fit of anger, carrying my favorite kitten.
You'll spend the rest of your life with that dark little thing! I can tell you dote on that little guy very much, even bringing him along for solemn occasions like worshipping Buddha.
Haha! My good daughter, you've finally revealed the secret you've kept hidden in your heart for so many years.
No matter how much I spoil Blackie, she's just a cat. How could she possibly replace you in my heart?
Besides, you also know that Blackie's mother is the last thing your mother gave me before she passed away.