Chef's Knife

I heard——there is a Yuelao Temple on the outskirts of the city, which seems to be very impressive.

"Hey, Xiao Tao, where did you get this talisman from?"

"Isn't it the temple to the west in the suburbs? It's very spiritual to seek marriage! At this time of the year, people who go to offer incense break the threshold! It was hard for me to get this talisman."

"So hard to find? It must have cost a lot of money, right?"

"No, the monthly money I have saved for several months has been put into it. But it is said to be very effective - before my sister and brother-in-law got married, I went there to invite three sticks of incense. Now the relationship is very good, and the babies are all born. Got the fifth."

"So you're envious, and can't wait to find a good husband, right—hee hee! Shameless!" the maid in blue smiled and covered her face.Being poked at the elbow by the maid in red, she said shamelessly, "I hate it!" The two girls laughed and made a fuss, and the older girl couldn't help scolding when she saw it. "There are no rules for fighting and fighting, it's outrageous!" The maid in Tsing Yi saw the paper talisman on her waist with sharp eyes.

"Ha! My sister is asking for marriage—" The girl couldn't help but blushed when she was punctured, and said falteringly, "Hmph, we're getting married soon, just beg, beg for luck."

"Hahahaha——" Several little maids covered their mouths and laughed together.

Nonsense.

Chu Yuanzhong, who was passing by, listened verbatim from the beginning to the end, and sneered to express his contempt.

Only a fool would be fooled by this kind of small ruined temple where the old man cheats incense money.

hehe.

……

So what the hell am I here for?

Master Chu dragged Boss Luo along the small road in the suburbs expressionlessly.

I was full, so I went out to digest food and take a walk.

He argued with himself.

Stopping by at leisure... just do something good!

He glanced guiltyly at the God of Cooking who seemed to see through everything.

I, I don't believe in Yuelao Temple!I don't believe it at all!

not at all!

So, duplicity is nothing, simply.

Thinking about things in his mind, he didn't pay much attention to the road, and forgot the fact that he had bad eyesight, and almost jumped into passers-by a few times.Luo Sheng had no choice but to hold his wrist tightly and remind him when he was about to bump into someone.

Unfortunately, there are many passers-by up the mountain and the ruggedness is not easy to walk. It is really hard for Master Chu who is blind.

Damn it, when I go back, I will ask the Ministry of Industry to pave the road here and renovate it twenty times!

Later, Luo Sheng didn't pay attention, and saw that Master Chu almost bumped into a pillar, and his posture was very awkward.

"Ahem..." Master Chu coughed dryly twice with a calm expression on his face, and he didn't let go of the hand holding the pillar.With a thoughtful expression, he stroked the column body with his hands, attracting curious eyes from passers-by and Luo Sheng, who saw Master Chu commenting in a deep voice, "The texture of this carved column is natural, and the carving is quite Wei-Jin legacy, huh There is also an inscription inscribed here, which is from the hand of that famous artist..."

"Uncle——" a couple passed by and led a seven or eight-year-old doll with an innocent face, holding a bamboo dragonfly in his hand, and asked in a childlike voice, "You hold a tree with a crooked neck and don't let it go?" Are you going to hang yourself..."

Chu Yuanzhong: "..."

That's embarrassing, right?

Luo Sheng made a gesture of looking up at the sky - can you say you don't know him?

……

What? !Five hundred Wen to enter a temple?Excuse me, is this threshold made of gold?What?You asked me if I want to donate a threshold - I am full to support it!

Is the minimum seven qian silver for incense sticks?Are you burning banknotes?Lord Chu turned into the Roaring Emperor; the Jialuo Chenxiang that I paid tribute to my family has piled up into mountains, do you want to sell it to you?

Merit boxes below 15 taels will not be accepted, bah!Think beautifully!Master Chu sneered, even if I throw money into the moat and hear it, it's not your business!What?If you don't donate, you won't let go—Master Chu almost laughed out of anger. He seriously suspected that he had entered the bandit's den.

He was so angry that he wanted to argue with the old man who had a strong nose when he entered the temple, but when he saw people, he became face-blind again—they were all dressed like Taoist robes, and he couldn't tell who was who. They were all exactly the same, and they didn't even remember who took his money.

In the end Master Chu had no choice but to pull Luo Sheng to burn incense with a dark face.

He has seen what a real scoundrel is, a gang of robbers!

Of course, Chu Yuanzhong would not admit that if he hadn't used the emperor's superstition to win the position, and led those old-fashioned Taoists into the palace, the common people would not have worshiped Taoism for a while; It is only with connivance that this encourages the temple temples to overcharge incense money and other unhealthy tendencies.He even gets a lot of benefits from it every year!

Now when it was his turn to be tricked, he had nothing to do with these bastard Taoist priests, or wouldn't he just slap himself in the face? !

What does it mean to lift a rock and shoot yourself in the foot?This is……

Hmph, when he goes back, he must promulgate a law that all people who burn incense and petition will have to pay the 'incense tax'!

Master Chu, who was kneeling on the futon, thought angrily.

"It's enough for these monks and priests to recite scriptures honestly! What are you doing with all these moths?"

……

"What were you thinking while you were burning incense?"

Hearing Luo Sheng's question, Chu Yuanzhong, who was full of ghosts, didn't even think about it and said badly.

"Of course, of course I hope that next year I can be a high-ranking official and earn more and more gold!"

Where is there anyone who seeks to make a fortune in Yuelao Temple?There is no cure for IQ when I get anxious, but Master Chu's nonsense is that he doesn't even blink an eye.

"Oh, it seems that the wish won't work if you say it, is it up to you?"

"Okay, rely on me." Luo Sheng smiled and nodded.

"Then what wish did you make?" Chu Yuanzhong narrowed his eyes and was a little sleepy, and his voice was also lazily.

"'It won't work if you make a wish'." Luo Sheng typed back a sentence lightly.

"Cut, it's boring." Chu Yuanzhong rolled his eyes.

It happened that the kind of talisman tied with a red thread was being distributed in front of him. The person who distributed the things was a young Taoist priest, and even a young man was smart.I saw men and women coming out in pairs, saying auspicious words while stuffing them.

Come here for a couple.

"To grow old together, to be together for a hundred years."

another couple

"To grow old together, to be united forever."

Here comes another pair.

"To grow old together, early birth is more expensive——"

The little Taoist's words got stuck in his throat, and Chu Yuan Zhong had a cold face, while Luo Sheng had a gentler expression.

Hey, boy, which one of us do you think will have a baby? !

……

"It's all a scam," Chu Yuanzhong pinched the talisman paper in his hand, with a sullen face, "I don't believe this."

Luo Sheng smiled: "I don't believe it either."

Feeling totally cheated!Lord Chu thought depressingly.

"But—" Luo Sheng thought for a while, pointing to the pair of men and women who came out of the temple, "Look at them."

"..." Chu Yuanzhong looked around indifferently, feeling nothing.

"It seems that all the people who are going to be husband and wife will come here to offer incense, right?" The corner of his mouth is dimpled, and his white teeth are exposed in the sun, which dazzles Chu Yuanzhong. It's indescribably good, "It's like a ritual that must be done, as if this will make you happy."

Chu Yuanzhong seemed to understand and didn't seem to understand. In his monotonous world of money and material, there is no romance, and there is no such invisible and intangible word as "happiness".But there is a saying that he understands.

"Who, who will marry you?" Chu Yuanzhong glared at Luo Sheng, and said viciously, "You still owe me a lot of debts, don't even think about running away in this life—"

"...I will accompany you all the way down the mountain." Luo Sheng said.

The mountain road back was still rugged, and Luo Sheng held Chu Yuanzhong's hand and was always worried that he would bump into a person or a tree.

Men and women in pairs around them cast strange or curious gazes at the two men.

Chu Yuanzhong turned his face awkwardly, he was so numb, he thought.

But no one wanted to let go.

Although Chu Yuanzhong's hands are fair, but the veins and knuckles are deformed, there are two deep scars on the palms, extending to the back of the hands; Luo Sheng's hands are rough due to years of handling spoons, and the knuckles of the fingers are stretched. A hard callus.

Two hands; one scarred, the other thickly callused.

The ten fingers are intertwined, but they fit tightly like a mortise and tenon.