1455. Praying for rain (3)
The believers who prayed to the Two Saints outside the village were undevoted, and the people in the yard were in trouble. Before, everyone was very active in fighting for the position. After kneeling down, they stopped doing serious business. Most of them were praying for themselves and their families.
Ao Muyang was strolling through the crowd in difficulty. After entering the open space in the yard, he said dissatisfiedly: "People nowadays love to take advantage of small gains."
Yang Shuyong asked casually: "What's wrong?"
Ao Muyang said, "Didn't you hear these people praying for anything? It's such a mess. We invited the Dragon Prince out to have a serious business. We asked him to preside over the rain. Everyone, take this opportunity to go through the back door and make a small plan in front of the Dragon Prince."
Yang Shuyong laughed and said, "Is this okay? It's just an event."
Hearing him say this, Ao Muyang looked at him suspiciously: "I think something is wrong with what you said. Have you also asked yourself for your own good?"
"Absolutely, Lao Ao, you are wronged like this."
"That's what I've asked my wife and children, right? You have to tell the truth when guarding the Dragon Prince."
Yang Shuyong said angrily: "It's a good thing to grab a rabbit."
At this time, the wooden door in the main hall of the temple was pushed open, and several shirtless men with red belts appeared with a statue of the Dragon Prince.
The statue of the god was placed in the middle of the yard. Ao Wenchang sighed and walked up with a red post and read it to the door: "The Buddha's Kingdom of Haitian, the Buddha's power is boundless, bless all living beings, Guanyin of the South China Sea, compassionately help the danger..."
In the main hall, the Bodhisattva's colored sculpture sat firmly opposite her. Her expression was gentle and her face was smiling, as if she was indeed listening to the prayers of the believers.
After reading this post, Ao Wenchang turned to read to the Dragon Prince exposed to the sun: "The East China Sea Water Palace, the Dragon Pond God, the Dragon King's God's power, the responsibility of running clouds and rain, and the responsibility of serving water and managing water..."
Compared to the divine posts read to the Bodhisattva, this divine post read to the Dragon King is more text and longer.
Ao Wenchang read a lot of things and finally recited: "I have not leaped through the sky and lie lonely, and the clear water flows over the sea and the mountainside.
Although I have been in Tibet for many days, I have stirred up wind and thunder for a while.
If the mind changes, how can we be burned without intention?
The divine trace is for the people, and I wish the fragrance of the cart will go up to the sky!"
A seven-character poem reads up and down, and Ao Mudong, who is behind, applauds and cheers: "Okay!"
Old Ao turned around and kicked him: "Damn it, what do you think you are watching Peking Opera? Just be so stupid, be quiet."
Ao Mudong smiled and said, "The scholar read this poem well."
According to the rules, after reading the magical post, the next step is to expose the Dragon Prince to the sun for three days.
But this time, praying for rain is not really a matter of expecting to come. Ao Muyang is coping with the anxiety of the villagers, while Lu Zhichao is conducting such an activity to cooperate with the traditional revival of the fisherman he initiated.
Therefore, it is not enough to expose the sun for three days. The time interval is too long to reduce the interest of everyone, especially tourists. So they discussed in advance and changed the sun for three days to expose the sun for three hours.
After lifting the statue out in the morning, they will continue the process that afternoon.
Because many tourists come to visit this rain prayer event, they will take photos with the Dragon Prince's statue. Ao Muyang is worried that someone will damage the statue, so he personally takes people to stay in the temple and stare.
The weather is very hot, and the temple is burning incense and paper, and there are high walls surrounding it, so it is naturally even hotter.
Yang Shuyong was tall and strong in the fire. At noon, he couldn't stand it anymore and sweat dripped down: "Old Ao, watch here, I'll go out to find an air-conditioned room to rest."
Ao Muyang frowned and said, "What are you going to take a break? We haven't worked yet, so we are tired?"
Yang Shuyong cried out: "If you really want your buddy to work, your buddy will say nothing, but this is a fire pit boiling eagle. I can't stand it. I'm almost roasted into jerky meat."
Ao Muyang pointed to the statue outside and said, "What's the hot here? Look at the Dragon Prince outside, that's how hot it is."
Speaking of this, Ao Mudong, who was waving a palm-leaf fan, smiled: "Longtou, this Dragon Prince's work is not easy to do. We must ensure that the people go out to sea and ensure that the weather is good in all villages and villages, otherwise we will be pulled out to punish corporal punishment, haha."
Ao Muyang said: "In the adult world, what kind of work is easy to do?"
"Yes, let's talk about the Dragon Prince being the god of rain. He is his duty to carry clouds and rain, and to control water. If he can't do his part well, we have to give him some color, otherwise why is so much incense usually supplied to him?" Ao Wenchang said.
Ao Mudong asked, "The foreigners always say that God blesses. If their lives are not going well, will they also pull God out and punish them for corporal punishment?"
Ao Wenchang smiled and said, "This kind of thing is rare. There are different national conditions, different customs, and different beliefs and environments..."
Seeing that he made a long speech, Yang Shuyong could not bear it anymore: "If you like to chat, just talk. I can't do it anymore. I'll pay homage to you."
Shortly after Yang Shuyong left, Ao Muyang's Mercedes-Benz G stopped at the entrance of the temple.
Lu Zhizi got out of the car and put on a pair of sunglasses. She waved her hand and someone took off a thermos from the trunk of the car.
Seeing this scene, Ao Mudong wiped his sweat hard and said, "I made it, Longtou, have you messed with Teacher Lu recently? I'll send us hot water, Teacher Lu is going to force us to death."
Ao Muyang said, "Talking nonsense."
Lu Zhizi also brought two kettles into the main hall and said with a smile: "Is it hot today? Come on, I have prepared iced herbal tea for you, so hurry up and drink a bowl of it."
When the thermos is opened, white air is coming out, but what is coming out is not hot air, but cold air.
When she heard that she brought iced herbal tea, the group in the hall was overjoyed and quickly came to drink herbal tea with paper cups.
Ao Muyang drank two glasses in a row, and the cold and slightly sweet herbal tea entered his stomach, which finally made him feel more comfortable.
The weather was too hot, and everyone was not in the mood to eat at noon, so they made a bowl of sea jelly and added minced garlic to it, and they started to make it.
The three hours ended in six hours, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, the weather was a little cooler, and the rain prayer activity began to get to the point.
Ao Wenchang continued to recite to the divine post. This time the post was "The Gods and People Leave the Pond to Pray for Rain". He wiped his sweat and read: "The people are also tired, Mo Su will stop the manuscript; the sky follows the wish to be rainy rain. He respectfully jumps to the violin Ridge and lays the dragon abyss. Sprinkle the clear dust, solemn the flower curtain and wears the ground; ascends the clouds and qi, and turns the water to fill the fields. Whenever I have life, I dare to forget the great gift..."
"What are you thinking about?" Yang Shuyong asked.
Ao Muyang glanced at him sideways and said, "No culture."
How could he know what he was thinking about?
Yang Shuyong smiled awkwardly: "What are you thinking about?"
Ao Muyang said disdainfully: "It's so uneducated!"
Chapter completed!