Chapter 25: Go Away(1/2)
(Every wanderer in a foreign land cannot help himself)
Like this, half a month passed. Lan Feng gradually got used to being in the Su family compound, with Wan Xi accompanying him every day, and he gradually came out of the grief of his parents' death.
On this day, Lan Feng and Wan Xi were playing in the backyard after dinner, when unexpectedly Master Su came.
"Daddy!" Wan Xi stepped forward and hugged Mr. Su, and Lan Feng also said a salute when she saw this.
Mr. Su smiled and said to them: "Yesterday, my servant came to report that the remodeled Fish Basket Guanyin statue is almost completed. Why don't you two children come with me to take a look today?"
Wan Xi was naturally overjoyed when she heard that she was going out. He took Lan Feng's hand and said, "Brother Lan Feng, we haven't gone out to play for a long time. How about we go and see it with dad later?"
Lan Feng didn't want to go there, after all, it was the place where he was sad, but looking at Wan Xi's red smiling face, he still couldn't refuse.
He nodded, stepped forward and said to Mr. Su: "Uncle Su, I want to buy some incense and candles as a memorial to my parents. I hope you will allow me."
Mr. Su didn't expect that Lan Feng, a child at such a young age, still knew how to be filial, so he said, "You are a good boy. We can buy some on the way there later."
"Thank you, Uncle Su." Lan Feng thanked him.
The group of people packed up and went out. Since it was just after noon and the sun was shining brightly, Mr. Su and Mrs. Su had a sedan prepared. However, Lan Feng and Wan Xi did not want to sit in the sedan, so Liu Huan and a few others
The servants are watching over you.
They arrived at Lao Jin's blessing hall. Lan Feng ran in and saw Lao Jin dozing off behind the case again, so he shouted: "Uncle Jin!"
Old Jin was dozing off when he was suddenly shouted at, and he was so frightened that his neck twisted.
"Hiss... Ouch" Lao Jin rubbed his neck and said, "Who is it, so loud..."
He rubbed his eyes: "Oh, it's Lan Feng...Lan..." At this point, he suddenly showed a horrified expression, and quickly took out a small copper coin sword from the bottom of the case and pointed it at Lan Feng.
"You... don't come here. Are you a human or a ghost?" It turned out that he learned that the fishing village was destroyed and no one survived. But at this moment, he saw Lan Feng standing in front of him perfectly, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
Liu Huan stepped forward and took down Lao Jin's copper coin sword and said, "You old magician, aren't you usually very arrogant? This is a ghost, so be afraid!"
Wan Xi sneered at the side, and Lan Feng also laughed and said: "Uncle Jin, I was lucky enough to survive, and now I am temporarily living in the Su family compound. I came here today to buy some incense and candles to pay homage to my parents."
After hearing this, Lao Jin breathed a sigh of relief. He took the incense candle from the shelf on the left and handed it to Lan Feng: "You are really lucky. Those two monsters didn't kill you. It's just that your parents are gone.
, my condolences and my condolences..."
"Two monsters?" Lan Feng asked, "But I only saw a carp-like monster?"
Lao Jin waved his hand: "I heard from others that there is another one. His whole body is on fire and he has three hands! It's too scary."
Lan Feng murmured in his heart, but he was unconscious at the time and didn't know what happened. After thanking Lao Jin, the group went on the road again.
Not long after, the group came to the Fish Basket Guanyin Statue, which was about to be completed. They saw that the surrounding area had been paved with marble, a bronze incense burner stood in front, and four auspicious cloud pillars were erected on all sides and hung with red silk. One of them was ten feet high.
The only thing missing from the Fish Basket Guanyin statue is its head.
There are so many villagers here, and today is the day when Guanyin will finally erect her head. The craftsmen set up a ladder and carried the statue of Guanyin up. After a lot of effort, they finally mounted the statue on the body.
When the villagers saw the restoration of the Guanyin statue, they all clapped and applauded. Four businessmen, Su, Zhao, Wang and Li, went up and offered incense to Guanyin, and then all the villagers also paid homage one by one.
But when Lan Feng saw the Guanyin statue, he was unwilling to pay homage. He remembered that his mother had always told him before her death that Guanyin Bodhisattva would bless them, but in the end, Guanyin did not come to save them.
"Come on, Lan Feng and Wan Xi, go kowtow to the Fish Basket Guanyin." Mr. Su called the two children over.
Wan Xi ran over first and knelt in front of the Guanyin statue. Seeing that Lan Feng was still reluctant to come over, she said: "Brother Lan Feng, come quickly~"
Lan Feng frowned and walked over reluctantly...
When he walked to the Guanyin statue and was about to kneel down, he looked up and saw the fish basket Guanyin staring at him against the sun!
"It's okay kid, Guanyin Bodhisattva will bless us..."
"Really?"
His mother's words before she died that day came to his mind again.
in my mind...
Suddenly, Lan Feng's head buzzed as if it was about to explode, and he knelt on the ground in pain.
"Brother Lanfeng!" Wan Xi stood up and ran towards Lanfeng, but was stopped by Master Su.
At this moment, Lan Feng's eyes widened, and a tyrannical aura of fire spread around him. Everyone exclaimed, and someone in the crowd shouted: "It's him! That three-handed fire guy that day
He is the demon!!"
Everyone immediately took a few steps back after hearing the sound, and the chatter among the crowd was also loud. Lanfeng was breathing heavily at this time. Fortunately, the sapphire beads on his neck collected a stream of clear water into Lanfeng's body, and then the evil fire was released again.
Suppress it.
When Master Su saw that Lan Feng had calmed down, he sent someone up to help Lan Feng.
"Brother Su, what's going on?!" Zhao Shang asked.
Mr. Su shook his head and said: "Everyone, please be quiet. This child is the only one who survived in that fishing village. How could he be a monster?"
"He is a monster!"
"Yes! Otherwise, if all the adults were dead, why would this child survive?"
The villagers refused to give up. After all, the anger just now was obvious to everyone. If this person believed in one thing, how could he change it easily? What's more, the massacre of this fishing village was a matter of gods and ghosts, but if someone could take the blame
Naturally, it can also eliminate their worries...
Mr. Su shouted sternly: "Everyone, this child's parents died in the hands of that monster. It is inappropriate to say that he is a monster! I will find out about this matter and I will definitely give an explanation to all the fellow villagers!"
"No!! What if he turns into a monster again!"
"Yes, he was in a fishing village before, but now he is in a county or city. If he loses control one day, what will the people in this county and city do?"
"Even if he is not the fire monster, he must be another monster if he behaved strangely just now. Otherwise, wouldn't he still be a god?!"
There were more and more people condemning the incident. Later, some people even said that they wanted to kill Lan Feng to avoid future troubles. Lan Feng and the Su family also had a hard time arguing with each other. Although the Su family was a wealthy businessman, it was not an official family after all.
, how can the promises made be recognized.
In desperation, Mr. Su had no choice but to say: "Since he is still a child, I will wait for two days to send him away. Why hurt his life? In front of this Guanyin Bodhisattva, do you still want to see blood?"
?!"
After everyone listened to Guanyin Bodhisattva, their anger gradually calmed down. The group of people broke up unhappy. Mr. Su felt depressed, so he simply resigned from the three businessmen, King Zhao and Li, and left in anger.
Back in the Su family courtyard, Mr. Su had just made a pot of tea and was sitting in the main hall worrying about Lan Feng. Unexpectedly, Wan Xi ran up to him and shouted: "Dad! Why do you want to send brother Lan Feng away again?"
, his parents are gone, where do you want him to go!"
"That's enough!" Mr. Su suddenly lost his temper, "Do you think I want to send him away?! Didn't you see the evil fire in his body today? With so many people watching, what do you want dad to do!"
When Wan Xi heard Mr. Su yelling at her, she was stunned for a moment, then cried "Wow": "Dad, you are so cruel to me..."
When Mr. Su saw his precious daughter crying, he immediately softened his heart. He picked up Wan Xi and sighed, "My dear daughter, I know that boy is not a bad person, but there are too many strange things that happened to him. Didn't you hear that?"
Are there people clamoring to kill your brother Lanfeng today? Dad can protect him for a while, but he cannot protect him for a lifetime. Can you bear to see him die? "
"No, I don't want brother Lanfeng to die..." Wan Xi said with tears in her eyes.
Mr. Su patted Wan Xi and put her on the ground and said, "Okay, look at you, your face is wet with tears. Go and ask your sister Liu Huan to wash you up!"
Wan Xi wiped the tears on her face and walked out with a dissatisfied look on her face.
"Come out..." Mr. Su sat on the chair and took a sip of tea.
Lan Feng walked out from behind a beam. It turned out that he had been listening here just now, but he didn't dare to come out because he saw Mr. Su lose his temper.
"Uncle Su, Lan Feng has caused trouble for you. I'm going to pack my luggage right now..." Lan Feng said.
Mr. Su put down his tea bowl and said, "No hurry,"
He stood up and walked to Lan Feng and said: "Lan Feng, Uncle Su is just a businessman. A businessman must know how to weigh the pros and cons at any time, so that he can make money, do you understand?"
Lan Feng lowered his head and said, "Lan Feng understands that I have been criticized by the villagers for my behavior today. If I stay here any longer, I will cause trouble to Uncle Su."
Mr. Su smiled and patted Lan Feng on the shoulder: "But Uncle Su is also a successful businessman. Do you understand what I mean?"
Lan Feng raised his head and looked at Mr. Su with a kind smile on his face and shook his head.
"The most important thing for a businessman is to make a profit, but the more important thing is to pay attention to the word 'faith'. If a person has no faith, he will not be established." Mr. Su said, "I don't care if you are a human or a monster, I only know that you will be invited that day."
Come to Fairy Tong and save Wan Xi. I told you that I will do my best to help you if you are in trouble. This is my promise to you."
Lanfeng was grateful in his heart. Apart from his own parents, he had never been cared for like this by anyone.
Mr. Su added: "I have a place to settle you, but it's far away from here. It's just right to avoid these villagers. If you go out by yourself at this time, I'm afraid you'll be in bad luck. Are you willing to go?"
Lan Feng thought to himself that it was okay, since he had nothing now anyway, and the villagers here were very prejudiced against him, so he might as well go further and leave this sad place.
He nodded in agreement. Seeing him nodding, Mr. Su smiled and said: "Good boy, I just saw that it was the Buddhist beads on your neck that calmed you down. It seems that you are also destined to be Buddha. When I was young, I was doing business abroad and I once funded that
Jinshan Temple, make good friends with their abbot at that time, and I will write a letter to him and ask him to become a lay disciple with you, so that when you become an adult, you will no longer have to accept the strict rules of Buddhism."
Lan Feng thanked him. He didn't expect Mr. Su to be so attentive and even think about things that would happen many years later.
"Okay, you go pack your things and have a good rest tonight. I'll ask someone to escort you out in a few days."
It was a quiet night, but there were summer insects chirping tirelessly among the orchid stones and grass in the Su family's courtyard. Lanfeng lay in bed unable to sleep. Tonight was a full moon night, and it was supposed to be a day to reunite with his family. But this happened to him.
Unexpectedly, he thought of the villagers being aggressive towards him during the day, and he felt a burst of sadness well up in his eyes and wet his eyes...
When the duckweed enters the water, which courtyard does it flow to? Lan Feng was originally an innocent and carefree age, but now he has no reliable roots. Looking at the night sky, he was stunned.
To be continued...