69novels Chapter 326
Chapter 326
"Well, what's so impressive about that? I heard from Lin Heping that if you want to worship at the main table, you have to donate more money."
"I can worship at the main table now, and I don't have to donate more money. Why should I bother?"
Shen Fei smiled and opened the bamboo basket for burning incense, and took out the offerings he prepared from the basket.
The offerings he prepared were very simple, two oranges, two apples, two pears, two pieces of sugar cane, and a handful of dates.
A total of five kinds of fruits, five fruits.
After the five fruits, there are three animals, namely, cooked pork, chicken, and dried squid.
If it is more solemn, six vegetarian dishes must be prepared, but Shen Fei did not prepare them today. After all, it is not a big festival. It is just a relatively ordinary monthly worship of Mazu. These are enough.
"You kid, you make so much money, but you only prepare these things?" Li Chunsheng was a little surprised to see that what Shen Fei prepared was similar to what he prepared.
In his mind, Shen Fei had made so much money recently, so he should have a big celebration when worshipping Mazu.
Why did he only bring so few things? There was not much difference between him and ordinary fishermen like them.
Shen Fei smiled and said, "Sincerity is the key, the amount of things is not important."
"What you said makes sense, young man. The key to worshipping gods is sincerity!" Another old man next to him said with a smile.
After the old man finished speaking, another old woman looked over at Shen Fei and saw that there was a conch in Shen Fei's bamboo basket.
The old woman said, "There is also a conch, bring it up to worship, why put it in the bamboo basket?"
Conch symbolizes auspiciousness here, and there is no problem in using it to worship Mazu, and it can even receive some incense and increase blessings.
"My conch is still alive, can it also be worshipped?" Shen Fei asked in confusion.
He didn't know much about worshipping Mazu. When he was young, it was basically his parents who worshipped. Later, he was deceived to go to Southeast Asia and didn't have much contact with it.
"Sure, we worship the same way." Li Chunsheng replied.
Hearing this, Shen Fei nodded, took out the conch that Xiaoliu gave him, and placed it on the altar with the offerings.
He didn't plan to bring this conch with him. He was just studying conchs with Xiaoliu yesterday. As he was looking at them, he didn't pay much attention and put it in the bamboo basket.
The process of worship is relatively simple.
The first step is of course to place the offerings, the second step is to light incense and worship, the third step is to burn paper, the fourth step is to worship again, and then collect things and go home.
Some people will also silently recite the things that need to be blessed when worshiping.
Shen Fei has little experience and doesn't know how to recite. After burning incense and burning paper, he is ready to pack up and go back.
Seeing that Shen Fei had only been here for a few minutes and was about to pack up and go back, the old men and women present didn't say much.
In their opinion, it was already very good for a young man like Shen Fei to come and worship, and it didn't matter whether he was fast or not.
Shen Fei packed up his things and walked out. Just as he walked out of the Mazu Temple, bang!
A bicycle hit him directly from the side, causing Shen Fei to shake all over. The bamboo basket in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.
The five fruits, three animals, and conch in the bamboo basket all fell out and rolled to the ground.
"Ouch, why did someone suddenly come out?!"
The bicycle also fell over, and Wang Renping, who fell to the ground, held his old waist and looked uncomfortable.
Shen Fei shook his hands and said speechlessly, "Wang Renping, what do you want to do? You don't have eyes when riding a bicycle, right?!"
"Ah? It's you, Shen Fei." Wang Renping was stunned. He didn't expect that he had hit Shen Fei.
He explained awkwardly, "I came to the Mazu Temple to arrange the venue in advance. I stepped too fast and didn't notice you. Sorry."
He held his waist and stood up.
Seeing Shen Fei standing still, Wang Renping knew that he was in the wrong. He squatted down and picked up everything that fell out of Shen Fei's bamboo basket and put it back into the bamboo basket.
When Wang Renping picked up the conch, he found out sadly that the conch hit a stone when it fell out and broke! There were also a few pieces of conch shell missing.
He cursed in his heart that the garbage was so fragile, and Wang Renping said to Shen Fei:
"Sorry, I broke your conch."
He was about to put the conch back into the bamboo basket and return it to Shen Fei.
Just when Wang Renping was about to put the conch into the bamboo basket, he was suddenly surprised to find that there was a yellow-orange bead in the conch!
It looks beautiful!
‘Fuck, there are beads in this conch!’
Wang Renping was so shocked that his hands stopped moving.
Shen Fei stood by and frowned at him.
Xiao Liu had just given him a gift yesterday, but Wang Renping took it away today.Wang Renping was hit by the old man, and Shen Fei was in a very bad mood at the moment.
"What are you still hesitating about? The conch is broken, you have to find the shell for me, right?"
He was thinking in his heart, can I buy glue to glue the shell of this conch back?
Normal conches are actually quite hard, so brittle, it is indeed rare to break it after a fall.
After being urged by Shen Fei, Wang Renping came back to his senses and said:
"This... Shen Fei, how about I pay for this conch for you. What do you think of 10 yuan?"
"No, you quickly find all the shells of my conch for me." Shen Fei said a little irritably.
Let alone ten yuan, he would not sell the gift that Xiaoliu gave him for a thousand yuan.
At this moment, he was thinking about going back to put together the conch that Xiaoliu gave him.
Seeing that Shen Fei did not agree, Wang Renping said with a headache: "Thirty, I will sell this conch to you for thirty."
"Even if you offer me three hundred, I will not sell it. Damn, you old man, you hit me with your bike and broke my conch, and now you are bargaining with me here, what the hell do you want to do?!"
Shen Fei was so annoyed that he started to curse directly, and his voice was also raised a lot.
He was already very annoyed, and this old man kept bargaining with him, which made him even more annoyed.
He didn't need the ten or thirty yuan.
Li Chunsheng and others in the Mazu Temple just noticed that Shen Fei was hit by Wang Renping. It was nothing wrong. Now they heard Shen Fei shouting, and everyone was a little curious. They came out together and gathered around to watch the fun.
"What's wrong? Why are you arguing?"
"Shen Fei, Renping is old. He accidentally hit someone while riding his bike. It wasn't intentional. Calm down first. Let's talk it over."
"Did anything get broken? This bamboo basket is fine. It just got a little dirt on it. It's okay."
"Oh, the conch was broken. There are a lot of these things on the beach. They are not valuable. There's no need to get angry."
"..."
Li Chunsheng and other old men and women basically advised them to keep peace.
At this time, Wang Renping also thought of a way. He held the conch in his hand and said:
"Since you don't want to sell it, then let me find a conch that is similar to yours and intact and give it back to you."
"Give it to you!" Shen Fei stretched out his hand.
This old man kept holding the conch and refused to let go. This kind of thing that can be picked up on the beach, he just offered ten or thirty yuan to buy it. Shen Fei felt very suspicious.
Hearing this, Wang Renping said, "Wait a minute, I'll go find you a new conch."
As he said this, he wanted to take the conch and leave first.
Seeing this, Shen Fei took two steps to him and reached out to grab his arm, "I say, bring the conch to me!"
"......"