Chapter 1718
Leshan ate two pieces of soft, glutinous and sweet osmanthus cake. He was still not full, and he was too embarrassed to ask his sister for food, so he took a handkerchief and wiped his mouth.
He didn't say anything, but Le Yun could tell. She dug in her sleeves again and took out the cakes wrapped in oil paper and a handkerchief, and asked her brother to continue eating snacks.
Leshan happily turned on the stove and ate two more snacks, which calmed her hungry belly. She nestled in her sister's arms and acted like a good baby.
Head Li felt sorry for his little brother, and was afraid that he would be exposed to the sun or starve. When he went back, he quickened his pace and ran at a trot, so that he ran back to the town in only about twenty minutes.
Returning to the town, she walked into the complex of Guanyin Hall buildings. As she approached the central building, Le Yun told Head Li that she should first go back to the small courtyard where Mr. Yi lived.
Leader Li and others had no objections. They also wanted to suggest that the little girl take Xiao Leshan back to the small courtyard to have something to eat. The little girl suggested it. How could they disagree? They separated from the little girl and walked back to the main courtyard. Take the main road and go back to the main hall of the compound first.
As a matter of course, Mr. Yi followed the little girl and took a shortcut back to the small courtyard where he lived. He thought that the little girl went back to the small courtyard to let his good disciple eat something to fill his stomach. Who knew that the little girl handed over his little disciple to him? Giving it to him, she went back to the room, picked up a box and came out.
"Little girl, what are you doing?" The old man said he didn't understand.
"Your nephews and grandsons are going to kowtow to your little disciple later. You don't want your little disciple to be left with nothing." Le Yun wanted to roll her eyes again.
"There's no need to reward me. You've already given me the elixir before." Mr. Yi was stunned. Oh, the little girl isn't holding a box full of reward money, is she?
"The past was the past, and today is today." Le Yun held the big box, passed the old man, and ran away first.
The old man, who was still in a daze, hugged his young disciple and chased out the door, catching up with the little girl. He hesitated to speak. He wanted to ask the little girl what gift he had prepared for his young disciple, but he didn't want to How dare you open your mouth.
Head Li took the disciples back to the main courtyard and rearranged the main hall, which was quickly decorated.
There are three chairs in a row in front of the Eight Immortals Table on the side of the hall facing the door. There is a chair facing west on the east side very close to the Eight Immortals Table, and seven chairs are also placed on the west side facing east.
There are also two rows of chairs on both sides of the red carpet about one meter away from the red carpet. The chairs face the middle, forming a face-to-face array, leaving space behind the chairs.
After cleaning up, Li Zhang sat in front of the Eight Immortals table. The two chairs to the east were empty.
Elder Xing and others sat in a row of chairs facing the east, arranged from the inside out according to the size of the row. Elder Xing sat at the seat nearest the Eight Immortals table.
The headmaster and elders took their seats, and all the disciples also took their seats. The second-generation direct disciples sat in the first row of the east seats, and the third-generation direct disciples sat in the first row of the west seats. After that, the fourth and fifth generations The elite disciples sit in the second row of seats in the east and west rows. The other disciples, except those who have missions, stand behind the two rows of seats in the east and west.
There were disciples guarding outside the palace gate. When they saw the little girl carrying a big box entering the courtyard from the side door, two disciples rushed up to meet her and helped carry the big box.
Elder Yi held his young disciple in his arms and accompanied the little girl through the vacant courtyard area to the colonnade of the east building, then to the colonnade of the main hall, and then outside the main hall gate before entering the main hall.
In the hall, except for the first generation Chang Yuan and the leader, all the disciples stood up to greet him.
Mr. Yi led the little girl to the main seat and asked her to take a seat on the east side. Then he walked to the head and sat down, placing his little disciple in the seat on the left hand side.
The people who stood up to greet him sat down again.
The disciples who helped the little girl carry the big box placed the box beside the little girl, and they also retreated to stand among the disciples on the east and west sides.
Immediately afterwards, a disciple brought tea, one cup for each of the elders, Leshan and Miss Le, but not for the other disciples.
After drinking a cup of tea, the tea serving disciple removed the teacup, entered the hall together with the disciples standing at the door, and stood among the disciples.
Yi Lao got up, picked up his young disciple from the chair, and took his hand to recognize his senior brothers.
The disciples sitting on the east side all stood up.
Elder Yi took his young disciple's hand and walked to the first person on the east side who was nearest the Eight Immortals table and introduced: "Good disciple, this is a certain senior brother of yours, ranked..." After
Shi Hu's introduction, Leshan clasped his fists , bent down and saluted: "Brother Shi has met Brother Shi!"
Senior brothers are equals, so they don't need to kowtow, they only salute to their peers.
The senior brother bent down and returned the greeting.
After the seniority ceremony, when the junior brother goes to see the next one, the previous senior brother will sit down first.
Mr. Yi led his young disciples and introduced them one by one.
Before Leshan worshiped in Guanyin Hall, eleven of the forty-nine second-generation direct disciples of Guanyin Hall had passed away, so Leshan still had thirty-eight senior brothers and sisters.
A dozen of the thirty-eight senior brothers were originally away. Before the apprenticeship ceremony ended last night and in the morning, several senior brothers and sisters hurried back to the sect, but there were still five people who could not come back because they were abroad.
The thirty brothers and sisters are equivalent to the number of middle school students in a class. Not to mention remembering names and rankings, even remembering people's faces is a challenging task.
There were more than thirty people, and if one person spent one minute, it would take thirty minutes. It took forty minutes to complete the circle.
After taking his young disciple to recognize the person, Mr. Yi waved his hand and made a decisive decision: "You, my junior brother, are so young, it is normal for you not to remember you. When you see my junior brother, tell me who you are a few times." , where is the ranking? Let’s get familiar with each other first. When you, the junior brother, grow up, I can identify you.” “
Master/Uncle, we understand.” All the senior brothers and sisters laughed together, the junior brother is still a They are cute little dumplings. It is normal not to remember them. It would be shocking if you could remember them after seeing them once.
"This is a good boy." Mr. Yi was extremely satisfied. He held his little disciple's hand with a smile, walked back to the master's nephew and sat down, sitting calmly.
Xiao Leshan met his senior brother, and then the juniors from the second generation disciples onwards met their elders.
When juniors meet their elders, they have to kowtow.
Among the second-generation disciples, the senior fellow named Han who was ranked first besides the master stood up quickly and placed a prepared tuanfu in front of the younger younger brother. He also stood next to the younger younger brother.
The younger generation have to come in order, with the third-generation disciples coming first. The first person in the first row sitting on the west side stands up, straightens his clothes, walks upright and kowtows to his junior uncle.
The senior brother standing next to the younger junior brother helped explain which senior uncle/sister-uncle disciple he was and where he ranked among the third-generation disciples.
Le Yun, who was sitting and watching, silently opened the lid of the box when the person sitting on the west side stood up, opened another box, took out a pill in a ziplock bag, and took it out. He put it on a small silver plate and handed it to Mr. Han who was standing next to his younger brother.
Seeing Miss Le unboxing and getting something, Head Li and everyone knew that the little girl was going to give her a gift, so they all waited to see what it was. When they saw the gift that the little girl took out, they were all shocked.
Mr. Yi's eyes widened: "Little girl, how come I look like the Little Meridian Cleansing and Marrow Pill?" "
You have good eyesight, it's the Little Meridian Cleansing and Marrow Pill. The raw materials of the Menstrual Cleansing and Marrow Pill are too precious. , Fortunately, the raw materials of the Xiaoxi Jing Marrow Pill are not so harsh. I successfully made two furnaces, which is enough for one person. It was a bit shabby when we met, but it was a little bit of appreciation." Le Yun calmly handed over the plate, He took out another packed elixir and waited to give it to the next person.
One per person?
The elders were secretly surprised, and the old man glared: "Oh, little girl, you are so generous, I am frightened." "
Then first you breathe some air with the smell of the sea to calm down the shock." Le Yun twitched. The old man smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, okay?
Hearing that the little girl prepared a small sutra-cleansing pill for her brother as a meeting gift for the younger generation, the disciples of Guanyin Hall were all shocked. .
Mr. Han took the plate with the elixir and felt the plate was heavy on his hand. He handed the plate to his nephew who raised his head after kowtow, with a smile on his face: "Your junior uncle is rewarded. Elders love you. From now on, you will be rewarded." Brothers of all generations should support each other, respect the elders, love the younger ones, and pass on the sect spirit from generation to generation."
"Thank you, Junior Master!" The disciple who just raised his head heard that Junior Senior Uncle was rewarded with the Xiaojing Marrow-cutting Pill. His heart beat faster with excitement. He knelt down and kowtowed to Junior Junior Uncle again, then stood up and took the pill on the silver plate. Medicine, bowed and took three steps back, then turned around and returned to his seat.
Leshan doesn't have to do anything, just sit and kowtow.
The first person went down, and the second one went on to greet the young master's uncle. When the young master's uncle handed over the greeting gift, he kowtowed again, stood up, received the elixir, and then left.
Then the third, fourth...
third-generation disciples filed in, and one after another they came forward to kowtow.
The third-generation disciples met the elders first, and arranged in advance for those in charge of the kitchen to quietly leave and go to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
After the third generation of disciples in the sect finished kowtowing, they went away for more than an hour.
When a third-generation disciple pays homage to his junior uncle, he becomes a fourth-generation disciple.
Considering that if they came one by one, and each person had one minute to kowtow, it would have to last until at least half the afternoon. Head Li asked the fourth-generation disciples to come forward in two groups and kowtow to the junior master's uncle collectively. Get to know each other slowly.
After the fourth generation disciples kowtowed, they received the greeting gift when they left.
Head Li ordered several second-generation disciples to help little girl Le distribute the greeting gifts.
Therefore, it only took half an hour for the fourth-generation disciples to kowtow and leave, and for the fifth-generation disciples, it only took less than half an hour.
During the assessment period, the sixth generation disciples did not officially enter the sect's genealogy, so the sixth generation disciples did not enter the inner courtyard to meet their elders.
There are more than 600 disciples of the fifth generation of Guanyin Temple. There are more than 100 people in other provinces or abroad who are unable to return due to business reasons. There are more than 500 people present.
For the juniors who are not present, their portion of the meeting gift will be handed over to their disciples to keep it. It will be given to them when they return to their disciples, and they will just kowtow and salute when they see their junior uncle/granduncle.
After the juniors kowtowed to the young master who had just returned to the sect, it was past twelve o'clock. Head Li stopped talking nonsense and took the disciples to accompany little girl Le to the east hall for dinner.
May Day is here, friends, please move more and work hard to stay healthy~
(End of this chapter)