1983: From Land Sharing to Household Ownership

After worshiping the God of Wealth, Wang Qiang and his sister withdrew, and continued walking slowly. After a while, he turned into a nearby wing-style temple, and continued to offer incense to worship various gods.

In the martial arts temple, there are some small and medium-sized gods and Buddhas who have been well-known since ancient times, and there is no such kind of gods with great reputation and high status.

The immortal with the highest status is the God of War Erlang.

There are also a group of Bodhisattvas and Arhats in myths and legends such as Guanyin Bodhisattva.

In a room-style temple, Wang Qiang and the others went to offer incense and worship without missing a single one.

It was nearly four o'clock in the afternoon when all the gods, big and small, were offered incense and worshipped.

One can imagine how many gods from all walks of life are enshrined in this martial arts temple.

The statue of Martial Saint at the back is a large statue, about one zhang and two in height, wearing a battle robe, holding a green dragon and a moon sword, his face is red, not angry but powerful.

This withered statue was so lifelike that Wang Qiang even felt an invisible murderous aura that spread throughout the entire tall temple.

There are also two smaller statues of Martial Saints, which are usually enshrined in the side hall next to them and are not open to the public.

Only during a small tour in three years and a big tour in five years, when the people of the tea city invited one of the small statues of the Martial Saint for large-scale travel activities, can they see one of the side halls, which is about the size of ordinary people. A large statue of Martial Saint.

In Wang Qiang's memory of later generations, there are only two life-size statues left.

Fortunately, it was the official in charge whose whole family died soon after selling the statue, and only sold one of them.

Otherwise, the grandest festival in Tea City since ancient times: the birthday of Wu Sheng Guan Gong, on the 12th day of the fifth lunar month, the large-scale folk activities that go out and inspect the entire county will be destroyed.

A small tour every three years, a big tour every five years.

Wu Sheng Guan Gong was invited by the people of the tea city to visit the whole city on the day of his birthday.

This large-scale, warmly celebrated folk event in the whole city has been passed on intact into the 21st century after the various festivals and folk celebrations in the future have mostly disappeared, and the liveliness has never been reduced by half.

In the tea city of the 21st century, only on the day when Wu's Christmas Day toured the whole city, can people feel the spectacle of the 1980s crowded and in full swing.

On the birthday of Wu Sheng Guan Gong, the statue was invited out by the people, and on the day of the grand event that toured the entire county, there was another very magical thing:

No matter how the heavy rain fell on the previous day, when Wu Sheng went on a tour, it was always a bright and sunny day without exception.

For hundreds of years, there has never been an exception.

This situation is really amazing.

The largest crowd of people came to worship here. Brother and sister Wang Qiang lined up for more than 20 minutes before it was their turn to come forward and burn paper and incense to worship.

Wang Qiang and the four little girls were very devout when they worshipped. In their mouths, their sisters were still whispering their wishes...

By the time everyone returned to the gate of the Wu Temple, it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon.

Yes, I couldn't make it to the Confucian Temple to burn incense and worship today, so I watched the fun by the way.

Wang Qiang knew that this kind of incense offering should be done in the early hours of the first and fifteenth days of every month.

At that time, there were basically few people in the two large temples, and the entire worship operation could end successfully in half an hour at most.

These two large temples never close their doors on the first and fifteenth days of every month, all day long.

Dabai, the three big dogs, saw the owner and they came out, and hurriedly ran over from the vicinity.

When they gather together, how can outsiders dare to provoke them?

So they were lying under a nearby tree to enjoy the shade, and nothing happened.

"It's getting late, let's go home first."

Wang Qiang said to his sisters and the others, "Next year will be the grand festival of Wu Sheng Guan Gong's five-year parade. At that time, our family will come to two temples to burn morning incense at twelve o'clock in the morning on the twelfth day of the fifth lunar month. ."

"When the time comes, we will watch the fun at this Wenwu Temple and have a good time from morning to night."

I have to walk home later, so now is not the right time to continue to go to the Confucian Temple to worship incense, watch the fun and play.

"Okay, brother, let's go home early."

"Well, everyone in the family has come out. It's better to go back early."

"Next year's tea city grand festival, Wu Sheng Guan Gong is on a tour, we must come and see."...

A few little girls, although a little unfinished, also knew that it was time to go home.

On the streets now, there are people walking back from the county seat, and the number of people is sparse.

Presumably at this time, some people had already left the county seat ahead of schedule and returned to the four directions.

Because in this era, most of the hundreds of thousands of people who came to watch the lively in the city were walking on two feet.

In this way, they must start their return journey at four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

Therefore, on the street now, the crowds are a lot sparser, which is also a normal situation.

Wang Qiang and his sister first opened the kettles they carried with them, and drank a few sips of Wang Qiang's top-quality Qingshen tea, which had been added to the spiritual liquid. After recovering all the energy in their bodies, they started walking home along the main street full of energy and light footsteps. .

The crowd on the main street, although a little sparser, is still a lot.

Therefore, the speed of everyone's progress is not fast.

The crowded situation, from the main road in front of the Wenwu Temple, turned back to the Cross Street, and appeared again.

Fortunately, Wang Qiang and the four girls had experience, and quickly formed the formation they entered the city in the morning.

The four girls were in front, Wang Qiang and the three mutant dogs, guarding them at the back, began to walk back slowly along with the crowd.

When he reached the central square, Wang Qiang took a special look and found that Aunt Lin's stall had disappeared.

Presumably they sold out everything and went home early.

This is inevitable.

There are so many people today. Although the weather is not sultry, the temperature at noon is still around 30 degrees. Herbal tea, popsicles, and soft drinks are sold well, that's for sure.

Even if Aunt Lin and the others have prepared a lot of these things, they are not enough to sell.

In this era, every time such a grand festival, it is the time when the humble hawkers like them make a lot of money.

The speed of the crowd walking back was faster than when they came in the morning.

After about half an hour, everyone has returned to the head of the Chajiang Bridge.

The crossroads here are places where people want to divide.

The people who strode away turned into three torrents, rushing towards the three directions, and soon became loose.

"Brother, our two large construction sites seem to be very quiet, and nothing bad has been found."

"That's good! The big fence that my brother ordered urgently to build is still very effective. This is to prevent problems before they happen."

"I saw Zhang De, the security captain! He was watching the fun in front of the gate! He was still chatting and laughing with a dozen or so security guards!"...

Arriving here, Wang Qiang and his sister immediately turned their attention to their two large construction sites.

Now, after a round of construction, the two large construction sites are located on two diagonally opposite sides of this intersection, facing each other across the intersection.

Therefore, when everyone looked up, the general situation of the two large construction sites was fully revealed.

Seeing today's unprecedented grand occasion, it did not affect their large construction site. Wang Qiang and his sister, they all let out a long breath.

With Zhang De and the others who just came to see him after discovering him, he waved and said hello from a distance. Wang Qiang walked towards the Chajiang Bridge with four little girls and three big dogs, and began to return. Family.