I fell through the tunnel and brought my family to live a good life

After everything was packed up, the family sat back at the table. Hunter Xu told his father everything about what happened that day and what the monk said when he came to borrow water. Old man Xu was terrified. He didn't expect that such a thing would happen just a few days after he left home. He almost couldn't see his precious granddaughter again.

"His father, I was thinking that when you come back, the whole family will go to the temple to burn incense for the Buddha. Congwen and Cong'an happen to have a day off at school tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so we can all go together, okay?"

How could Old Man Xu not agree to his wife's proposal, so he decided that the whole family would go to the temple to burn incense early the next morning.

Lying in bed at night, Xu Congyi tossed and turned. She had many questions to ask the monk, such as why the two grandmothers looked exactly the same, why she came here, and if she would return to the modern era after coming here... Thinking about these questions, Xu Congyi gradually fell asleep.

At the first crow of the rooster in the morning, Li Dahua got up to cook. It was the familiar recipe, the familiar wild vegetable porridge and yesterday's leftover pancakes. Xu Congyi was given millet porridge with eggs. Xu Congyi had told her mother and grandmother several times that she was well now and could eat the same meals as her family, but her mother and grandmother always told her to wait a few more days. She couldn't resist her family and knew that this was their love for her. Refusing would hurt their feelings, so she would eat everything clean every time.

After breakfast, Hunter Xu went out to rent a bullock cart, because he didn't know when he would be back, so it was more convenient to rent a car instead of hiring one. Old Man Xu and his mother were packing up their things in the house, and the 15 taels of silver were returned intact by Hunter Xu and his wife. Old Man Xu planned to take all of it with him and donate it all to the temple after burning incense.

When Hunter Xu came back with the ox cart, the whole family was already lined up at the gate. Hunter Xu was in charge of driving the cart, and the others sat in the back. The temple was neither close nor far. If it were modern times, it would only take half an hour to drive there, but sitting in the ox cart might take an hour.

The weather is pretty good today. It is relatively cool in the early autumn morning. The ox cart rented by Hunter Xu was from Danniu, who also thoughtfully built a simple roof on it to provide shade and protection from rain. This is why the Xu family likes to ride in Danniu's ox cart.

As they chatted and laughed, they soon arrived at the temple. Hunter Xu was going to park the oxcart at the foot of the mountain. This temple was quite famous, and many nobles came to burn incense. Therefore, a special open space for parking was opened at the foot of the mountain. You can have your own driver look after the car, or you can pay a few coins to ask the monks in charge to help look after it, which is very similar to modern paid parking lots. However, the difference is that here if you have your own driver to look after the car, there is no charge.

There were many people coming to burn incense today, and there were many horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts parked on the open space. After much difficulty, they found an empty space to park. The Xu family paid the money and walked up the mountain.

After arriving at the temple and buying some incense sticks, the Xu family members knelt down respectfully in front of the Buddha statue. Xu Congyi had never been to a temple to burn incense in modern times, so she followed Li Dahua's example and lit a stick of incense in the same way.

After leaving the Buddhist temple, Xu Congyi kept looking left and right. Hunter Xu noticed that his daughter was acting strange and asked Xu Congyi what he was looking for.

"I want to find the monk who said that to my father. I have some questions I want him to answer."

As soon as Xu Cong finished speaking, the monk came in front of her.

"Young donor, please spare me a moment to talk."

The two of them had just stood still, and before Xu Congyi could open her mouth to ask questions, the monk seemed to see through her heart.

"Young donor, they are your family. Don't worry. Who dies first and who is born next is all destiny."

Xu Cong opened his mouth, but before he could respond, the monk turned and left.

Seeing Xu Congyi standing there in a daze, the Xu family hurriedly stepped forward to ask what the monk had said to her. Xu Congyi casually said that the monk told her that she was not destined to die, and that was all. The Xu family breathed a sigh of relief, and Xu's mother took her granddaughter's hand and took her to donate money for incense.

When the Xu family was donating money, they were stopped by the abbot standing nearby, who refused to let Old Man Xu put the money into the box.

"Donor, please give according to your ability and don't be greedy."

This time it was Old Man Xu's turn to be shocked. The fifteen taels of silver were wrapped in red cloth, and it was impossible to tell how much money was in it from the appearance. Old Man Xu wanted to play it safe.

"Master, there is only one tael of silver here, please let me donate it."

"Donor, you know how much money you have. If you were extremely wealthy, I would not stop you."

Mother Xu and Old Man Xu looked at each other and said.

"Old man, since the master said so, let's donate less."

Seeing that his wife was also persuading him, Old Man Xu had no choice but to obey. He took out five taels of silver from the red cloth bag and prepared to put it in. However, the abbot stopped him again. This went on for several times until Old Man Xu put in one tael of silver. The abbot stopped stopping him.

Seeing this scene, Xu Congyi, who was standing by, was very moved. Nowadays, it is common for temples to refuse incense from outsiders and people have to buy expensive incense from the temple. People often joke that Buddha does not save the poor. But here, there is no scorn for the poor and love for the rich, and they will even advise you to donate less.

After burning incense and donating money, the Xu family felt relieved and happily went down the mountain to take the bus back home.