In big cities, some elderly retirees will get up in the middle of the night to queue up to get a guarantee when they hear that there is a free place.
Now here, these old people come to get it, but they have to give themselves a sincere money to offer to the Buddha here, so they still have to spend money.
This may be the belief of these old people.
However, Xiao Chen knows that people in China believe that they are often traded because they have a demand.
Because they encounter things that cannot be solved, because their families encounter some problems, and because they encounter many things that usually don't happen, they ask God to ask Buddha and so on.
In fact, this is an ordinary mortal's own deal with God and so on.
But will it work?
It's not clear.
Looking at so many old people here in the cold wind, even if they are not ill now, they may catch a cold at that time.
However, Xiao Chen won't say, because he knows he doesn't have so much power, and it's no use talking to these old people.
This three fork is the road from the town to the streets of the town, so many people usually pass here.
In this place, there was only a very tall tree and an abandoned Taoist temple here. Occasionally, someone just burned incense and worshipped here.
Unexpectedly, there are so many people now, and the situation seems very different.
Xiao Chen walked in front, and widow Wang followed.
On the road hundreds of meters away, there were two long lines. These people just lined up and didn't speak, and the ground was already covered with all kinds of firecracker paper.
From these firecracker papers, Xiao Chen guessed that this place must have burned a lot of firecrackers.
Near the town, Xiao Chen seems to be relatively poor. Unexpectedly, these people are so willing to spend so much money to burn here.
When Xiao Chen and widow Wang came to the tree, they found that the tree was still there. However, the Taoist temple that had been abandoned behind the tree has now built a new temple.
Judging from the temple, Xiao Chen's discovery is still very new. It may have been built only half a year ago.
However, when Xiao Chen and widow Wang first arrived there, they saw that there were several big red papers pasted outside the temple, on which a lot of things were written.
When Xiao Chen went to see it, he found that it was the temple that donated money.
The top one actually donated more than 100000, then tens of thousands, 10000 or 20000, then thousands, then hundreds, and finally the lowest 200.
It's crowded here. The money adds up to two or three million Chinese yuan.
And how many people are not on the list? Xiao Chen really can't believe it.
when?
The villagers in our town are so rich?
Why do these villagers believe so much in this place?
Is there really fairy water, or is it really responsive?
Xiao Chen wanted to visit the temple, but the monk guarding outside the door wouldn't let him in.
Isn't this a Taoist temple?
How did it suddenly become a temple?
Then there are monks here?
"Sister Wang, how can there be a monk?" Looking at this fat monk, he is not a real monk, but more like those fake monks.
"There are already three monks. Now there are eight monks. However, it sounds like an outsider. "
Monks from other places?
Can foreign monks chant scriptures?
Xiao Chen doesn't think so.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt there was a problem.
"Where is the fairy water?"
"It's in the temple. It's said that it's the water from a well."
Widow Wang whispered.
"How did it become immortal water?"
"Because at the beginning, many people came here to get water and drink, and then went back to find that their original disease disappeared. The monks of the temple found that more and more people wanted the well water, so they didn't let them get water for free as before, but let these people line up to pay their sincerity money to receive immortal water."
"Even so, there are still so many people now."
Xiao Chen remembered that the old man in Xiaojia village who only received dozens of pensions every month would rather spend 50 yuan to get a bottle of colored immortal water back. We can imagine how big the problem is.
"Sister Wang, wait outside. I'll sneak in myself."
"This, will this be disrespectful to the Buddha?" Widow Wang asked worried.
Although she doesn't ask for fairy water now, she is still influenced by this aspect.
"No."
Xiao Chen is upright and does good deeds. How can he disrespect the Buddha?
He was afraid that someone would borrow the name of the Buddha to get black money. Is this disrespect to the Buddha?
There are hundreds of square meters around the temple. Except for the big tree, it is surrounded by high walls. Under normal circumstances, ordinary people can't go in.
Now you can't go in from the door. One has to pay and the other has to queue up.
Xiao Chen doesn't have time to queue up to pay in.
While widow Wang was waiting outside, Xiao Chen came to the back and confirmed that no one was watching. Xiao Chen went in three or two times from outside the high wall.
Inside, I felt very empty.
However, the temples here are different from those in big cities or famous mountains. The scale here is not so large, and there are only three Buddha halls.
Xiao Chen saw the majestic Buddha statue inside, and also saw many men, women and children lining up to burn incense.
These people burn incense and ask for autographs there. They have everything.
Xiao Chen just heard that someone was like this in the daytime. Unexpectedly, it was also like this in the middle of the night. It was really unheard of before.
"Why didn't you come in broad daylight?"
Xiao Chen asked.
"Then why didn't you come in broad daylight?" The man asked back.
"I'm here to see."
"How can we squeeze in so many people in broad daylight?"
Is there more people here than going to the market in a small town?
The number of people in the whole town adds up to tens of thousands. Tens of thousands of people come out to the market, and the town is very small, which is really lively.
But are tens of thousands of people crowded into the temple?
In fact, according to the situation of the temple, it is difficult to squeeze thousands of people.
"In broad daylight, we can't get in at all." Said the old man.
"Old gentleman, if you are sincere, it is the same to worship outside. Why do you want to enter here?" Xiao Chen asked.
Sincerity?
The old man looked at the young man, but the young man was a little different.
"This temple is a wonder, don't you know?"
"Wonders? What spectacle? Isn't it a fairy water that can cure all diseases? "
"This is just one of them. The most magical thing is not here."
Fairy water that can cure all diseases?
Isn't it a wonder?
Is there anything else?