Chapter 149: Spiritual Land (1)
During the Spring Festival, according to the customs of southern Fujian, every family will worship in the temple to pray for the whole family to be happy, healthy and prosperous in the coming year.√∟,
Some vendors and flexible minds will take things to the temple to sell when they see money.
As a result, a temporary small market was formed around the lively temples. There are many kinds of things sold in this small market. Some are common in the market, while others are people who use their ancestral skills to make some money while they are busy making. They are not specialized in this industry, so they are not common.
Sometimes I have good luck, and I might be able to eat something I can’t eat normally in such a temporary gathering place and buy rural specialties that are not available on the market.
The town where Caijia Village is located is located is located on the beach. There are a group of sea-going people living by the sea. Most of the sea-going people believe in Mazu, and a Mazu temple is enshrined on a stone mountain near Caijia Village.
In ancient times, the area of Caijia Village was a volcanic area. The lava from the volcanic eruption solidified to form the basalt mountains like diamond-shaped stone pillars. The Mazu Temple was built on half the waist of the basalt mountain. The basalt formed by this volcanic lava is very hard. I don’t know what people thought before, but they actually took out a hole in the mountain to build the temple. I have to say the greatness of faith.
Cai Hongming took his wife, daughter and cousin to wander around the temple.
In the middle of the hall is the majestic Mazu holding a jade gui, with a very solemn Empress, with a wide range of eyes and a wind ear on both sides. There are two palace maids holding fans behind them, and there are thirty-six goddesses waiting to be ordered on the left and right of the hall. The whole hall looks majestic and powerful.
This was not the case here before, it was just a small temple dedicated to Mazu.
Later, when everyone had money, they raised money to re-dig the cave and built such a large temple. The originally rugged road in front also turned into 108 wide steps. Mango trees were planted on both sides, and a square and parking lot in front.
Standing in front of the temple, you can look at the sea and watch the sunrise, so on every holiday, many people come here to play, which makes the incense in Mazu Temple more and more prosperous.
It’s still the Spring Festival now. There are many people who come to the temple to worship, and they are crowded when walking inside.
A strong smell of incense drifted in the hall, and the palace and Mazu's face had long been smoked black. Xiao Chuchu was also sobbing that she burst into tears, and Cai Hongming hurriedly took her out.
This Mazu Temple is very famous in the county, so at this time, not only will believers from all over the countryside come to worship, but people from far away will come to incense. Once there are too many people, there will be business to do. Over time, a small market is formed at the foot of the mountain. Cai Hongming came out of the temple and took his daughter, wife, cousin and cousin to the place.
The Xiaoji people came and went, some were nearby villagers, some were pilgrims, and some were tourists who came to join in the fun.
Shi Wan'er grew up in the northwest and rarely saw the local specialty items here, so when she saw the things with the southern Fujian style in the small collection, she liked them so much that she bought a bunch of them. She said she was going to give away good sisters.
There were too many people, and Xiao Chuchu was blocked and couldn't see anything. She screamed in a hurry.
Cai Hongming hugged her and sat on his shoulder, asked her to hold his neck, and then bought her a colorful kite to play with, making the little guy laugh all the way.
After walking past several stalls selling things, a small stall for the noodles suddenly appeared in front of him. It was said that it was a small stall, but it was really small. It was just an electric car. A wooden stick with straw was inserted into the car. Several noodles were inserted into the straw, including Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Guan Yu, Diao Chan, Yang Guifei and some animals.
When Xiao Chuchu saw those beautiful things, she stopped moving.
Seeing the small stall of the noodles, Cai Hongminger's childhood memories immediately aroused.
He remembered that this man had set up a stall here to make noodle man, and he rode a big bicycle with iron plates behind him for decades. In the past few decades, he has gone from a ignorant child to a father with a daughter, and he has also gone from young to old.
Xiao Chuchu couldn't speak yet, but she sat on Cai Hongming's shoulder and twisted her butt anxiously and screamed.
Cai Hongming didn't know what she was thinking, so he pulled down the colorful rooster inserted into the straw and handed it to her. The little guy looked at the big rooster curiously for a while, then bit it at the chicken's head. Shi Wan'er next to him quickly snatched the colorful rooster made of paste mud from her.
Cai Hongming said to his daughter with a laugh and crying, "Chuchu, this thing cannot be eaten!"
The little guy didn't understand these things. When he saw something snatched, he curled his lips and blinked his eyes and started to cry.
Shi Wan'er quickly returned the things to her, otherwise the little guy would cry endlessly. The most important thing was that he would cry very loudly, like a thunderclap on a sunny day. When someone heard of him, he would think that the couple was human traffickers.
Xiao Chuchu laughed happily when she got the thing.
The child had a gust of wind and showers, and no one knew what she was thinking. But she seemed to know that this thing was not eaten, so she took it in her hand and watched it.
Shi Wan'er felt relieved when she saw that her daughter would not eat the colorful rooster.
The group continued to browse the small market, and then there was a row of snack stalls, including oyster omelettes, oyster noodle noodles, pot edge paste, five-spice, red sausage, spring rolls, fried rice cake, rice cake soup, and powdered rice cake, clear intestine braised noodles, clear soup noodles, sand tea noodles, dry noodles, beef noodles, beef noodles, fish porridge, salted porridge, seafood porridge, beef dumplings, sweet wine dumplings, and freshly released buns, rice dumplings, etc.
After walking for a while, their stomachs were a little empty, so they sat at the stall and ate beef dumplings.
The glutinous rice balls in the beef dumplings are as big as soybeans. The beef is chopped into finely minced powder and melts when eaten. The soup is sprinkled with celery, dried onion and pepper. It tastes delicious and makes people unable to stop.
After Xiao Chuchu had eaten a small dumpling, she wanted to eat it again, so Cai Hongming quickly took her away. Is this little guy still drinking milk? You can't eat too much.
After eating dumplings, I used to sell buns, which were steamed in stock, five pieces in large pieces and two pieces in small pieces. Cai Hongming found that the buns were made of meat and braised eggs, and smelled the buns again, and for a moment, he drooled. He still remembered that the first time his parents took him to the city to eat was this kind of bun. In the past, there was a house next to the old yamen in the city that specialized in selling this kind of buns. Later, the place was demolished. The buns sold were unknown if they changed their careers and there was no trace again.
I didn’t expect to meet here today. It’s a fate.
He had to share the delicious food, so he bought a bunch of buns. Not only did he eat at home, but he also included all the buns from his elder sister-in-law and his elder sister-in-law's house. In the end, he bought all the buns that he had just released. Later, he had to wait for the next cage to buy.
After taking the buns he bought to his cousin, Cai Hongming continued to help his daughter take his wife to the small market.
Chuchu had just eaten dumplings, and after smelling the fragrance, she actually wanted to eat buns. Cai Hongming was afraid that she would choke, so he ate all the fillings inside, and then gave her daughter a little meaty skin. Seeing this, Shi Wan'er next to her rolled her eyes. Is there anyone who is like a father like this?
Then, there are a bunch of stalls selling flowers and pets.
Cai Hongming didn't expect that there were these things sold in the small market, which made it look like a market. He really underestimated the current people's heads.
? These pet sellers are probably guys who do children's business, and they are all very cute hamsters, turtles, rabbits, birds, etc. Xiao Chuchu's eyes shine at first sight. Cai Hongming hurriedly slipped past so that the little guy would not want to buy them again when he saw them.
When I walked over a little, there was a stall selling flowers. There were some blooming flowers and bonsai on the stall.
At this time, the most beautiful flowers must be daffodils and chrysanthemums.
The narcissus on the stall was carved into ornaments of humans or animals, with many varieties. There were also pots of golden crab claw chrysanthemums with extremely beautiful palms next to them. Cai Hongming fell in love with them at a glance.
During the Chinese New Year, I didn’t go out to purchase New Year’s goods because I came back late during the Chinese New Year. Some of them were just the items I brought back from the northwest, as well as some seafood sent by my uncle Lu Qitian, the second uncle and the second aunt bought. There was not even a pot of beautiful flowers at home, so Cai Hongming wanted to buy some to put them on.
So he walked towards the stall.
Suddenly, I felt the jade beads lit up a little. Although they were extremely small, they did.
Generally, jade beads will only shine when they encounter something with spiritual energy. The more spiritual energy it contains, the brighter it emits. This time the movement is a little small, and it seems that there should not be much spiritual energy.
He walked along the sensation of the jade beads and found that what made the jade beads make movement was a pot of round-leaf golden banyan. Such banyan bonsai is generally beautiful with its large roots, and this pot of round-leaf golden banyan is no exception. The huge banyan tree roots are tightly clinging to the ink-black soil in the pot like dragon claws. These soils are what makes the jade beads make movement.
Chapter completed!