At around four o’clock in the morning, Zhao Qin got up, washed up, took a shower and changed into clean clothes.

After finishing it, I used a bamboo basket to carry the incense and the cakes that had been placed on the plate, and walked to the Mazu Temple.

Mazu is the god of the sea, so it was built on the seaside at that time. It was built in the early 1980s and was constantly renovated. Sometimes everyone in the village shared it equally, and sometimes when wealthy businessmen who believed in it came to the village, they would also donate a sum.

Because it was a regular day, many people came to burn incense. Some elderly people came over early in the morning.

When Zhao Qin came, he happened to see Ahe and his grandmother coming out carrying a basket. They said hello, and the old lady asked him to have breakfast at home and then left.

When you walk into the courtyard, there are more than a dozen large incense burners for burning incense, but people in the village usually go into the main hall and only come out to burn a stick of incense in each incense burner after worshiping Mazu.

However, you have to queue up to get in. There are more than a dozen people in front of Zhao Qin. If you go in quickly, you will be out in three to five minutes. If you go slowly, you will have to wait for more than ten minutes.

I don’t know whether it’s because I feel guilty because I’ve done too many bad things, or because I have unsatisfied desires.

Fortunately, there is no sun today, and it is not too hot outside at this time. In front of Zhao Qin is a little old lady, Lao Zhang, who sells braised vegetables. After she entered, there was no movement for ten minutes.

After a few more minutes, Zhao Qin was about to call 120. Then the little old lady came out with an empty basket. She didn’t finish walking to the door, but turned around and muttered a few words.

Finally, Zhao Qin came in. Since he came to worship, of course he was pious.

First, the cakes were placed on the shelf next to the altar. Every family brought them. Naturally, they couldn’t put them all in front of Mazu, so a wooden shelf was built next to them to hold the cakes brought by everyone.

Often after everyone has finished worshiping, Old Zhengtou, the five-guarantee householder who guards the temple in the village, will distribute some pastries to the elderly in the village, leaving the young men alone.

After setting the plate, he knelt down on the futon and kowtowed three times. Then he stood up and took out three sticks of incense. He held the incense in his left hand and lit it on the candle next to him. When the incense head is burning, you cannot blow it with your mouth, or you can hold it in your left hand. The incense moves up and down to extinguish the open fire,

Either extinguish the fire with your right hand, stand up holding the incense, and bow to Mazu God and Buddha holding the incense in both hands.

After the ceremony is completed, hold the incense in your left hand and insert it into the incense burner one by one. Each incense must be upright and not tilted. The gap between incense should not exceed one inch to express the heart.

After doing this, you can kneel on the futon again, bow your hands and start making wishes.

Mazu is the true god of Taoism. Some people who don’t understand it will clasp their hands when they enter the house. This will cause chaos. Treat Mazu in the same way as worshiping Buddha. No matter how good-hearted Mazu is, she can’t help. The two sides are not a system at all.

“Mazu, I don’t dare to ask for money in front of you. You are kind-hearted and keep my family safe. I…”

At this point, for some reason, two half-year-old children ran in from outside and started playing around at the offering table, interrupting his words.

He had no choice but to get up and plan to kick the two children out. This place was also a place where they could fight at will.

“Fuck.” As soon as he stood up, he saw one of the bigger ones actually shaking the table. Some dishes were shaken so hard that they were about to fall off. Looking at the children here, Zhao Qin exclaimed and stepped forward. One step forward,

As a result, as soon as he stepped over and blocked the child with his body, the next moment, the entire shelf fell over and hit him hard.

He was squeezed onto the altar under the statue of Mazu, and he almost lost his breath. This was not the most painful thing. A plate hit his forehead by chance, and it hurt so much that he almost burst into tears.

The two children were frightened and stood there without daring to move. However, people outside heard the sound and came in to take a look. They immediately called for help.

When they started to move the table, Zhao Qin’s consciousness began to blur, and he thought to himself, did Mazu know that he was a reborn monster, or else he had just made a wish to be safe, and then he suffered this disaster?

When he woke up again, Zhao Qin was already lying in the hospital in the town, with Zhao Ping and Xia Rong surrounding the bed.

Zhao Ping muttered from time to time, “Didn’t the doctor say it’s okay? Why aren’t you awake yet?”

“Brother, what’s going on?” Zhao Qin spoke after seeing clearly where he was.

Seeing that he woke up, Zhao Ping and Xia Rong were overjoyed. Zhao Ping quickly asked: “Aqin, what’s wrong with you?”

Xia Rong had already run out to call the doctor. After a while, a doctor in his fifties came in and asked Zhao Qin a few questions, such as where it hurt, whether he was dizzy, whether he wanted to vomit, etc.

Then he asked Zhao Qin to get up carefully and tried to get up and walk a few steps. When he saw this, he said:

“It should be fine. If you are worried, go to the county and take a video. The town does not have such conditions.”

“Need not, I’m fine, I just got hit on the head by a plate. ”

The doctor couldn’t help laughing, “You are sincere, this is the first time I’ve seen someone faint after worshipping Mazu.”

After that, he left. Zhao Qin was about to say something, Ah He rushed in, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Zhao Qin was fine.

“Brother, what happened to you? I just heard about it and ran here.”

“It’s okay, who told you?”

“I just found out when Lao Zhang was beating the kids at home. The one who ran around in the Mazu temple and pushed down the platform was his second son, and the other one was from Lao Yu’s family at the purchasing station.

Now it’s said outside that you helped the Mazu statue to ward off disaster. ”

Zhao Qin thought about it and realized that it was true. If it wasn’t for him, the top of the platform would have hit the statue of Mazu. Thinking of this, he felt a little proud.

Actually, Ah He only said nice things. Some women even said that he did a lot of bad things, and Mazu couldn’t stand it and punished him personally.

“Brother, I’m fine. Let’s go home.”

“Or, let’s go to the county for a check?”

“It’s really fine. Let’s go.”

The town clinic is simple now. Zhao Ping paid the money and left. There were no complicated procedures to go through.

“Let’s call a tricycle.” Zhao Ping suggested. If it wasn’t for Zhao Qin, he would definitely not call a car with his frugal nature.

After getting on the tricycle, he returned home in a short while.

“We’ll eat here at noon. I’ll just cook two dishes to satisfy my hunger. “As soon as she got home, Xia Rong started to get busy.

Zhao Qin also told his eldest brother Ah He in detail about everything that happened in the Mazu temple. When he heard that he was hit for saving the child of the old Yu family, Ah He cursed him directly.

“It’s okay. I was hit for the Mazu statue. It’s not a loss.”

“Yes, yes, Mazu will definitely bless you.” Xia Rong walked to the main hall and happened to hear Zhao Qin’s words, and hurriedly replied.

If Ah Qin was smashed, she would feel guilty, after all, it was her suggestion that Ah Qin go to worship Mazu today.

After dinner, Zhao Ping wanted to go to the mountain to take a look, and Zhao Qin wanted to follow him. Zhao Ping couldn’t resist and had to take him with him.

Thinking that there was something in the small ditch they passed by before, he ran back home to take the bucket and shovel. Ah He asked him what he was going to do, so he naturally followed him.

As a result, just after he got home and got his things, he saw a police car driving past his door.

“Brother, it’s going to the village. “Ah He said with a look of surprise.

“Let’s go over and take a look.”

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