Chapter 36 The thirty-fifth Chinese New Year and gambling

Every year after the Spring Festival, Tenmyoji Temple will be very lively, because many donors will come to the temple to offer incense and make wishes for career development and family health this year. But this year is different, those donors who called to come to the temple to burn the New Year's incense sticks were all rejected by Master Zhiyuan. Because the snow was falling heavily, the mountain road was very difficult to walk.The master said that you can make a wish at any time. At this time, there is no need to take risks to come to the temple. On New Year's Eve, there were bursts of firecrackers in Miao Town under the mountain.Standing outside the gate of the temple, looking at the fireworks blooming in the distance, Jiechen knows that the smiles full of joy and expectation under the fireworks are the most beautiful things in this season.

This year has been quiet and peaceful. The snow stopped for a few days, and it was the fifth day in a blink of an eye. On this day, some pilgrims came up the mountain one after another. Most of them were familiar, including the donor Qu who made the movie. Jiechen and Jie Chi both like Donor Qu very much, because Donor Qu travels all over the world on weekdays and has a lot of knowledge, and every time he comes, he will say a lot of new things. Benefactor Qu sat outside the door of the Buddhist hall and chatted happily with us. While chatting, Benefactor Qu suddenly said, I have often gone to temples in recent years, and my colleagues said that I have become more and more like a Buddha.

Jie Chi who was sitting next to him answered Benefactor Qu, and I think so too. Benefactor Qu was overjoyed and hurriedly boasted that Jie Chi was knowledgeable. Jie Chi suddenly turned his head, pointed to Maitreya Buddha in the Buddhist hall and said, Look, the stomach is getting more and more like it. Everyone laughed together, embarrassing Benefactor Qu, and wanted to settle the score with Jie Chi, but Jie Chi had already gone far away. After a while, it was the turn of Donor Qu to offer incense. Donor Qu knelt in front of the Buddha statue and made a wish, muttering words in his mouth. Unlike other donors who made wishes in a low voice, Donor Qu spoke very loudly. He said a lot of wishes, and then asked the Buddha to bless this For one year, everything went well with family and friends. Donor Qu paused for a moment, and then added that Lao Liu could bless him a little less.

Jie Chen was not the only one who heard Benefactor Qu's strange wish. Everyone felt a little strange who this old Liu was, and they didn't know why Donor Qu disliked him so much. While eating, Master Zhi Yuan suddenly asked Benefactor Qu, who is Old Liu? Benefactor Qu replied in a daze, "Old Liu is a colleague of mine. He is actually a good person, but he always likes to fight against me and often gets into fights with him." Master Zhiyuan smiled and said nothing. In the afternoon, the people who came to worship the Buddha gradually left, and because of the long journey, Benefactor Qu stayed and did not leave in a hurry.

Master Zhiyuan suddenly walked up to Donor Qu and asked, Donor Qu, do you want to gamble together? Benefactor Qu looked at Master Zhiyuan in surprise, looked around the room full of gods and Buddhas in the Buddhist hall, and replied in a low voice, this is not very good. Master Zhiyuan smiled and said, there is nothing wrong with that. Then, Master Zhiyuan took out a one-dollar coin and said, let's guess heads or tails. Benefactor Qu said with a smile, it turned out to be this kind of coin guessing, I misunderstood, and I was still thinking that I was too embarrassed to win money from the masters.After speaking, I couldn't help laughing.

Master Zhiyuan put the coin on the table and twirled it quickly, and then pressed it with his hand to ask Master Qu to guess the pros and cons.Benefactor Qu hesitated for a moment and said, it must be positive. Master Zhiyuan asked other people, and everyone guessed, and then Master Zhiyuan said, "I also think it is heads", and then he removed his hand from the coin, and it was indeed heads. After guessing 5 times in a row, and Donor Qu got the correct answer 3 times, Master Zhiyuan chose the same answer as Donor Qu every time. Master Zhiyuan put the coins away and said to Donor Qu: "We guessed the coins just now, and I always supported Donor Qu's idea, but I also didn't guess all the right ones. If that old benefactor Liu was here, even if he If you object to Benefactor Qu’s words every time, then he might be right twice.”

Master said that we are always embarrassed by other people's opposing opinions, and always feel that other people's opinions are worthless, but we must know that we are often wrong.