Taoist temple in the mountains

Chapter 606, Local Traditions

Ceremonial temple fairs are usually held on major festivals such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lantern Festival and Spring Festival. There are not many held on Xiangtou Mountain, but a temple fair is held in the next town. It is considered a traditional festival and pays homage to the local century-old trees.

On this day, the night will become extraordinarily lively. All kinds of local traditional delicacies will be put on the street vendors for sale. One of the favorite festivals of local children is comparable to the New Year. The fly in the ointment It's just that the school is not closed on this festival
It's not completely dark yet, the children have already arrived one step ahead, and they are here with the pocket money given by their parents.

Li Yun sighed with emotion, recalling that he was brought to this temple fair by the old man Xuan Daozi, as a child, he came with his relatives.

But now, as an adult with a child, Xiao Suli is bouncing around, exactly the same as when Li Yun first came with the old man Xuan Daozi. The expressions of the vendors in front of them are so fucking real.

It's not night yet, and the sky is only approaching dusk, and there are many vendors waiting here, waiting for the bear children or young couples who come first to consume.

Long steamed buns, fried jelly, fried sweet potato mash, yellow stewed fish, almond tea, spicy soup, spicy peanuts, pot stickers, fried buns, wontons, sweet rice wine, these tastes are mixed with human flavors, Liu Yanli has already Don't beep beep, use the money from selling pearls to happily sweep away the food.

"To pay homage to the local tree god? Are there any tree gods around here?" Han Xiang looked at Li Yun curiously, still blushing a little.
"I don't know if there is a tree god, but it's more like a traditional yearning, no different from an ordinary traditional festival." Li Yun looked at the bustling people around and smiled: "Sometimes it must be like this, everyone Gathering together to play happily, happily entrusting thoughts, no matter how they are all flattered, it is a lively event."

Then Li Yun pointed to an old sycamore tree in the distance that was full of various wishes. , a system completely derived from local folk customs, of course, the non-religious prayer system has something to do with our Taoism, after all, the way of worship and etiquette are our Taoism."

Hanxiang is clear, she has also seen many activities of her own system before, and the purpose is the same, to entrust her own thoughts, and there are many things with names, such as trees, such as toilet brushes, which can all become the main body of sustenance .

The little Su Li on the side didn't care so much, she was just a wave, holding Li Yun and Hanxiang's hands and dangling here, while pitifully reaching out to Li Yun for money.

Li Yun didn't need to remind Brother System, he handed over the money by himself
"Thank you dad."

Little Su Li smacked Li Yun's face, and Li Yun immediately felt that there was a murderous aura visible to the naked eye aimed at him, including male and female compatriots.

That murderous aura represents nothing more than resentment and envy breaking through the sky.
"Your resentment, Pindao will accept it. Hehehe." Li Yun's face did not fluctuate, and he even wanted to laugh a little bit, and he was a little dark about the envious and jealous eyes around him.

Hanxiang used the invisibility technique to hide her sense of presence. Although Xiao Suli weakened some of her sense of presence, the charm of her whole body still attracted others more or less, but it was not a hormonal restlessness, but an inexplicable protection Desire, people just want to protect the little girl in front of them.

"This is one of the survival instincts of fox demons. The so-called [charm] is just a protective instinct after all. No matter what kind of protective desire it is, as long as it can protect itself, it is a good charm. Regardless of gender, even a male fox can Charming men, whoa, I'm a little excited just thinking about it." Bai Chen has a candy figure in his left hand, and a small octopus ball in his right hand with a meat bun in his mouth.

Now Bai Chen has finally experienced what it means to be rich and really be able to do whatever he wants. You can buy things that you only dared to look at before, and you can buy them directly.
"Look, if it's you, this charm will definitely stimulate your hormones belonging to restless youth, who called you a lolita?"

Bai Chen was silenced for 5 minutes.

Li Yun, the dog manager, not only silenced Bai Chen's mouth, but also asked Ya to mute him for 5 minutes in his Xintong chat channel, and he couldn't even chat with Ah Da and Ah Er remotely.

Bai Chen couldn't help changing his expression at this, and looked at Li Yun in shock, as if saying [There is still this kind of operation.], he could still chat with Ah Er and Ah Da when he was silenced before.

"Yes, there is this kind of operation. Do you think I don't know why you are so boring and willing to be banned honestly? Isn't there a chat channel you can use." Li Yun thinks that Bai Chen should just go and cheer him up Bar.

Bai Chen knelt down, and Bai Chen called out GG.

Taking little Su Li and Han Xiang for a walk, Su Li's little face was swollen from eating, but she still couldn't get enough of it, shopping and buying along the way.

Unlike the high-priced snacks in ordinary tourist areas, the snacks here are surprisingly cheap, almost exactly the same as when Li Yun and the old man came N years ago.

These street vendors are not trying to make money, they just want to be lively and happy.

"I haven't participated in such a temple fair after living for so long." Liu Yanli has a big meat bun in her left hand, a big meat bun in her right hand, and a big meat bun in her mouth, which is exactly the same as Bai Chen.

"Because I'm afraid of being exposed, there is still a risk of being exposed in such a crowded environment." Li Yun said with a smile: "Don't worry about it now, you can just relax yourself."

Liu Yanli nodded. In fact, because she was afraid of being exposed, she seldom participated in similar activities. Now she can lose her sense of existence and experience things that she has never experienced before.

Liu Yanli felt very happy——

"thank you."

"you are welcome."

Li Yun responded to Fathead Fish with a smile.

"Forget it, this time I don't care about you slandering me fat head fish." Liu Yanli turned around with a snort, and continued to have a bun in her left hand and a bun in her right.

The fireworks of the temple fair bloomed, colorful flames scattered, and the beauty of the night sky made people lose their minds for a while.

Holding hands, big hands holding small hands, the family is happy.

Soon, Li Yun brought these people to the hundred-year-old sacred tree. The phoenix tree was so towering that it seemed to be 100 years old. The trees were rooted in the ground, and their luxuriance seemed to cover the sky.

According to the process of local folk customs, write your wishes on paper and hang them up.

"As a Taoist priest, it always feels strange to worship a tree."

On the paper, Li Yun wrote his wish, and on the white paper, there was only a question mark on the two words.

【you guess?you guess?Guess what? 】

Yes, Li Yun is just so coquettish, and he will never hide it when no one sees it.

However, suddenly an inexplicable message was transmitted to Li Yun's heart, which was directly inserted into his Xintong's chat channel.

【I can not guess it.】

Li Yun: "."

"Uh..." Li Yun looked at the old sycamore tree in astonishment.

The leaves of the sycamore tree flutter in the wind
It is full of people's wishes.

And the wish of Indus.

"Did someone talk just now?" Liu Yanli said vaguely, "Did the impact of the air cause me to have auditory hallucinations? Didn't Bai Chen be silenced by the dog management?"

Li Yun did not speak, but put his hand on the century-old tree.

The century-old tree can't speak, but someone definitely inserted into his heart channel just now.

"Blessed Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate."

Li Yun stretched out his hand to caress the sycamore wood, and established a weak connection with the god of the Eastern Emperor Bell as a bridge.

Everything has animism, the century-old sycamore tree.
No, definitely more than a hundred years. Li Yun felt that he had misjudged the age of this old tree.

"This tree has lived a long time."

"Yes, the tree has lived a long time."

At this time, the old man beside him who had been cleaning the fallen leaves of the sycamore tree said with a smile: "This old sycamore tree has a history of 500 years."

The old man was wearing a coarse cloth gown, with a kind face cleaning the fallen leaves. This old man Li Yun had seen before, and he was in charge of the cleaning work around here a long time ago. When he came to this temple fair, he would be seen cleaning the fallen leaves of the sycamore tree.

"I always feel that you look familiar."

"Pindao came here once when he was a child. Given how handsome he is, it's only natural for the old man to be familiar with him after seeing him only once." Li Yun said with a smile, almost shameless. written on the face.

Liu Yanli was almost choked to death by Li Yun's words, the bun got stuck in her throat, and she almost died at the age of [-].

Bai Chen had gotten used to it, and looked at Liu Yanli with a [rare, more strange] expression.

"Father is the most handsome!" Su Li said quite naturally.

Li Yun accepted the compliment frankly.

"Haha, the little Taoist can really talk, and it sounds nice, just like the brother who failed to quit gambling before." The old man laughed, and said: "Maybe I met you by chance somewhere, or maybe you were so handsome when you were young. I haven't forgotten."

At this time, the old man looked at the old sycamore tree and said with emotion.

"When this town was still a village, this sycamore tree already existed here."

"Because there are trees, there are village customs. Isn't it a matter of course that they have existed longer than the village?" Li Yun said with a smile: "However, the 500-year-old sycamore is beyond the expectations of the poor. It's that old."

500 years, this age is comparable to Liu Yanli, and she has developed self-awareness, but she is not a demon but is comparable to a demon.

"The hundred-year-old tree is in spring again, and the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming for another year. This old tree can probably last until 1000 years later. A thousand-year-old tree is immortal in Changchun." Li Yun said with a smile.

The old man shook his head, even if it could exist for 1000 years, he would not be able to see it anymore, or at most he would stay with the tree for a few decades and then there would be no more.

The old man wanted to say something, but he was stopped by the person in charge of the temple fair: "Old man Fang, hurry up, the temple fair is about to start, come quickly too."

"Okay, okay, I'll clean up the fallen leaves here and come over here soon." Old man Fang responded to the people over there with a smile, and then continued to sweep the floor. While sweeping the floor, he looked back at Li Yun: "I really I think, where have I seen you?"

The temple fair started as usual, with group worship, temple fair visits, lion and dragon dances, this bastard Bai Chen fled straight away after unblocking his speech, and went to strike up a conversation with a girl who looked alone——

Liu Yanli and Hanxiang walked around with Li Yun and Xiao Suli.

"Father, can I go out to play by myself?" Little Su Li made a request that a child would make.

Li Yun didn't refuse. After all, he had also gone through the child stage and understood Su Li's thoughts, but now he also has the worries of his parents, worrying about her being lost, falling, being trafficked and so on.
But this idea is only fleeting, who dares to kidnap and sell you to death.

Li Yun fastened the little hat on Su Li's head even tighter, and said: "Just be careful not to show your ears, go, we're around here, just call me with his heart when you're tired."

"Daddy is the best!"

Su Li jumped up happily, turned around and left bouncing away. The little princess Su Li walked all the way, being watched all the way, and Li Yun was very proud of her.

"Now let's go and see."

After wandering around, Li Yun came back under the old sycamore tree.

This old tree, which has protected the local area for 500 years and received prayers for 500 years, has its own wishes.
Indus wishes.

"Elephant, elephant, why is your nose so long?" Little Su Li sang the nursery rhyme taught by Liu Yanli all the way, looking at the scene in front of her all the way, dazzled and overwhelmed, she was even more curious when she was not fully adapted to the human body. When you are human, how do you treat everyone when you are human.

All the way to the place where the lion dance was performed, old man Fang was also in the team, serving as a foil for miscellaneous fish. In the end, when he walked too far, old man Fang couldn't keep up, and no one knew he left the team. dripping.

"Little girl? Why are you leaving alone, where are your parents?" Old Man Fang looked at Su Li suspiciously.

"My parents and Auntie Wufei want to enjoy some private space." Xiao Suli said in a daze, like all children, she doesn't like to make others think that she actually loves to play.

"Really, how can parents do this, and leave the child to play by themselves." Old man Fang looked helplessly at Xiao Suli, took out the change from his wallet, and bought her a little sugar figurine.

Su Li was so happy, she likes the sweet taste of Tangren the most.

"Don't eat anything from strangers." Old man Fang looked helplessly at Su Li who was licking her mouth full of flowers.

"Grandpa, you are a good person, little Su Li can see that." Su Li said seriously, with sweetness on her face, the heart of the cute-looking man melted.

Old man Fang felt that he should take it with him before his parents came, and be careful not to be abducted.

"Well, little girl, do you want to hear a story?" Old Man Fang said with a smile. The best way to get along with children is to tell stories.

Little Su Li's eyes sparkled, she was quite curious
(End of this chapter)