Chapter 113: The Abbot Master of Qianlong Temple

"Do you want to see our abbot master?" The little monk still maintained a natural and ignorant image with his eyes wide open, looking like he was thirteen or fourteen years old. Qianlong Temple is a small temple near the countryside, and there are hardly any wealthy believers coming here. Farmers around the temple often donate money, donating one copper plate and two copper plates. But few young people like this throw ten silver coins into donation wooden boxes. It is mentioned more than once in Buddhist scriptures that the Buddha explained the scriptures to believers and collected a lot of gold from them. Buddhism is also the only religion that does not involve labor. When it's time to eat, the monks go begging. Buddha loves money, let alone this little monk.

The little monk is a local, and he curses Li Changsheng in the local dialect as a fool in his heart. At the same time, he also prays that the more such fools come, the better, so that their share of the spoils this month will be more abundant.

"Why do you want to see our Abbot Master?" The young monk respectfully clasped his hands and bowed, thanking Li Changsheng for his donation before speaking up and asking. "If you want to shake bamboo skewers and asking questions , I can also answer your questions."

There are complete ways to make money in Chinese temples. Believers need to kneel and kowtow three times to the Buddha statue, and then express their hope for the Buddha to solve the problem.

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For example, if someone wishes for his wife to have a boy, he would say to the Buddha, "Please let my wife have a boy.If my wife gave birth to a boy, I would donate one sheep and five silver coins to the temple."

If his wife had indeed given birth to a son, he believed it was a gift from the Buddha and would immediately donate the promised sheep and silver coins to the temple.

If his wife gave birth to a girl, the monk in the temple would explain that you were not devout enough to the Buddha during your last prayer. After your wife becomes pregnant, come and pray again. How can you make the Buddha feel that you are devout? The more money you donate, the more devout you are！

And after each prayer, it is necessary to donate the prayer fee, and then take off the bamboo tube in front of the Buddha statue. Inside the bamboo tube, there are dozens of flat bamboo strips, each with a poem on it. The monk will make you shake the bamboo tube until a bamboo stick falls out of it. The monk will explain the poetry on the bamboo stick to you. You need to pay the explanation fee. Usually, poetry is ambiguous. The monk will tell you that your wish just now will come true, because Buddha said that as long as you can wake up and take a shower every morning for 49 consecutive days, and can only eat vegetarian food. Buddha will make you have a son.

If this person's wife gave birth to a daughter, the monk would make him remember, did he insist on taking a shower every day? Or do you eat vegetarian food every day? Usually, monks would say, "Oh my goodness！Although you eat vegetarian food every day, it is not allowed to put lard in the vegetables. So this time, the Buddha did not bestow a boy upon you."

So the little monk said, I can explain the poetry on the bamboo sticks for you.Because after explaining, Li Changsheng had to pay the fees.

The young monk's skillful way of accumulating wealth impressed Li Changsheng. "To be honest, I have loved reading Buddhist scriptures since I was young, kowtowing and praying to Buddha statues every day. I heard that the abbot master in this temple is proficient in Buddhist scriptures, so I came specifically to seek his advice," said Li Changsheng. "The three of us have come from afar with sincerity. Could you please introduce me to Master Abbot?"