The Big Landlord

At Wang Ben's home, Linglong was listening attentively to Feicui's lecture in the main room. When she saw Wang Ben, Zhan Wu, Zijian, and Xiaohui entering the room while talking, she temporarily stopped studying and jumped off the bench to run around. He came over, narrowed his eyes and threw himself into Wang Ben's arms, calling sweetly: "Brother Benzi!"

"Little Linglong, come and give Brother Xiaohui a hug!" Xiaohui leaned down, stretched out his arms and legs and said with a smile. Before the accident, Xiaohui and Linglong had met once or twice, but they had no interaction.

Linglong timidly looked at the two limbs without hands, frowned and hid behind Wang Ben, stretched out her head and stared at Xiaohui strangely.

Xiaohui smiled helplessly, sighed and laughed at himself: "Hey, even children don't like it without hands."

"It has nothing to do with hands. This girl was raised by Benzi. No one is allowed to hold her except Benzi and Cui'er, not even the aunts in the village." Zhan Wu helped to relieve the situation.

Zijian glanced at Feicui on the side, stared at Wang Ben and smiled mischievously, "Tell me the truth, are you raising a child as a bride?"

This kid always wanted to make some gossip news for Wang Ben in front of Feicui. Ba had to leave no room for it and monopolize the opportunity. Wang Ben didn't want to discuss this matter with them, so he frowned and changed the topic angrily, "Don't talk about this. It’s useless, think about how to plot against Hu Xianniang.”

"Take a knife and threaten directly, return the stolen money, and don't engage in feudal superstition everywhere in the future," Zhan Wu said angrily, waving his powerful fist.

"I think we should expose it in public and let them embarrass themselves," Zijian adjusted his glasses and said, without giving a specific plan for a long time.

Xiaohui stood aside silently without expressing any opinion. He has always listened to everyone, and he has been like this since he was a child.

After discussing for a long time, there was no good idea. Wang Ben finally said: "Go to the temple to have a look first, and then do some on-the-spot investigation."

On the lush Daqing Mountain, there are towering trees. The dense branches and leaves cover the land and block the sun, giving it a cold feeling. The ground is covered with thick dead leaves, which are soft when stepped on. Every now and then, there are two or three stone caves that can accommodate several people, with stone beds inside. The terrain of Daqing Mountain is steep, and they used to be bandits' dens. These stone caves are the sentries of bandits.

After walking along the mountain road for 40 minutes, we arrived at the mountainside. There was a temple in front of us. On the temple door were written the words Diling Temple. The temple was not big. There was a small courtyard in front, a hall directly in front of it, and a side hall. There are several Bodhisattvas in each, and behind the hall is a small backyard for Hu Xianniang and several like-minded fairy goddesses to live.

Carrying their dissatisfaction with Hu Xianniang, they swaggered into the temple and blatantly grabbed the offerings from the incense table. Zhan Wu got a banana, Zijian got an orange, and Wang Ben got an apple. They had been coming here since they were children. Steal, anyway, I have never been blessed with a stomachache.

He wiped the apple on his clothes, took a bite without any hesitation, and then handed it to Xiaohui, asking him to take a big bite too.

Hearing the sound, Hu Xianniang and another fairy in the temple came out of the backyard. Wang Ben calmly put the chipped apple in his hand back into the fruit plate without changing his expression. At first glance, Everything is as good as new.

"Why are you guys here again?" Hu Xianniang seemed to still be upset, her face sank and she said angrily.

"Yes, we are afraid of offending the gods, so we came here to donate some incense money," Wang Ben said seriously without caring. He took two steps forward to the merit box and took out a stack of folded money, all of which were one hundred. He dipped his fingers on his lips and counted them one by one slowly.

Ganqing met a big pilgrim and donated a lot. Hu Xianniang said with a bright smile: "That's right, the gods will definitely bless you."

Wang Ben ignored her and continued to count the money slowly. Every time she counted the money, Hu Xianniang's heart skipped a beat, and her face was filled with excitement. It seemed that she was going to make a fortune today.

The pile of money counted for more than ten seconds until it reached the center. Wang Ben took out two one-cent bills and threw them boldly into the merit box.

"Hahaha!" Zhan Wu, Zijian, and Xiaohui looked up to the sky and laughed.

"You're so bad, you're tempting people," Zhan Wu said while holding his stomach and pointing at Wang Ben, not forgetting to look at Hu Xianniang with a smile. This woman's face turned green with anger, and it was difficult to get angry. Donate too much It is up to others to decide how much to donate, but the amount of voluntary donation is clearly written on the merit box.

Seeing that Hu Xianniang was about to turn around and go back to the backyard, Zijian stopped laughing and asked seriously: "I heard that you have a spring in the backyard. Drinking it will not cause sores. Can we go and drink two bowls?"

"A bowl of two cents!" Hu Xianniang said angrily.

Zijian came to Wang Ben's side and without even saying hello, he pulled out ten dollars from the stack of money, handed it to Hu Xianniang boldly, and said loudly: "This is all for you, no need to look for it."

This time she was finally not fooled. After taking the money, Hu Xianniang smiled again, bowed her hands with one hand and whispered softly: "Please follow me."

"You go about your business, we can go alone," Zijian waved his hand and said, indicating that Hu Xianniang didn't need to follow.

"Excuse me, guys," Hu Xianniang said with a friendly attitude and went about her own business after saying hello.

Bypassing the Bodhisattva in the front hall, passing through the small courtyard dam in the backyard, and entering a backing hut, the spring is here.

"Ding dong!"

Drops of spring water dripped down, falling into the stone jar below, making circles of water ripples, and the sound was clear and loud. I have to say that the mountain spring water halfway up the mountain is really good. I scooped up half a gourd and took a sip. It was refreshing and cool. It has a slight sweetness, which is better if you drink it in summer.

This mountain spring water is actually the daily drinking water of several immortal ladies in the temple. This hut is also their kitchen. The purpose of Zijian coming here is not to drink water. As soon as he entered the house, he went directly to the cutting board. He took out a small bag of pork cubes from his pocket and wondered where to pour it.

No wonder he had to ask Hu Xianniang to follow him, and when he was at home, this kid even went to the kitchen house. It turned out that he was cooking pork, intending to use this to make Hu Xianniang and others break the precept. Wang Ben suddenly realized, and hurriedly stopped him, "Hey, don't be like this. Do it!”

"They are just half-way to become monks and set up their own business. What kind of Buddhists are they? Don't they believe in gods? I want to see if they eat it and what will happen after eating it?" Zijian chuckled and said nothing. Ignoring Wang Ben's obstruction, he continued to wander around the house.

"You are so vicious, but I support you!" Zhan Wu said with a smile. He was good at fighting, but he couldn't compete with these little tricks.

Wang Ben no longer objected, looked around the room, pointed at the eggplant slices in the bamboo basket and suggested: "Just put it in there, and I'm sure you won't notice it."

Zijian poured the meat pellets in as he was told, regardless of whether he washed his hands or not, he made peace casually, smiled evilly, and left quickly after Wang Ben and others.

After leaving the temple gate, they went straight to the mountain behind and found a place where they could see the hut. The four of them stayed behind quietly, preparing to wait until noon to peek at Hu Xianniang and others' reactions when they ate pork.