The strongest Taoist priest: the beginning is a fairy

Chapter 139, Hungry Ghost Festival
"what is this?"

"liquor."

"What is this?"

"Sprite."

"what about this?"

"Coca Cola."

"Daxian, give me a whole bottle of Sprite."

"to make."

Li Wei took out a bottle of chilled Sprite from the refrigerator, and Bai Shanjun gulped it down, feeling refreshed from head to tail.

A glass of ice falls, happy like a fairy, indicating that there will be another bottle.

The freezer promised by the ninth department was delivered the next day, and it was still a military-grade variety.

Jiang Xing also personally presented a large number of canned cat food.

In this regard, Mr. Bai Shan said—this old man is not bad, he can deal with it.

"Try this green beer?"

"Try." Bai Shanjun took a sip and immediately exploded: "Kouqu, Daxian, why did you make me drink urine?"

Li Wei chuckled and drank it down.

"Daxian, do you drink urine? Tell me earlier, I'll keep it for you"

"You bastard." Li Wei said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "This thing is called wine. Du Kang relieves his worries. It is a thing of intoxication, dream and death. Drink it, and all the troubles of the world will go away, and you won't worry about being drunk for a while."

"But I drink like piss"

"Hahaha, alcohol is in short supply in the human world." Li Wei drank a little beer and poured it down his throat, feeling dry and spicy.

"What?"

"Because the world is so troubled, you need alcoholic beverages to temporarily forget the sorrows in the world."

Li Wei laughed.

"Cut, it's all hypocrisy."

Mr. Baishan disdainfully said: "Human beings only worry about life every day. We, the creatures in the mountains, don't worry about life that much. We just fight until dawn to survive desperately."

How to live until the next day is what the creatures in the mountains should think about and are willing to think about.

Things like life, feelings, and sorrow are not qualifications that beasts can possess.

In Bai Shanjun's view, human beings who have no worries about survival worry about this and that, it is simply too tight.

Then, Bai Shanjun gulped down a big Coke.

"If you want to talk about worry relief, Ice Coke is more worry-free."

For Mr. Baishan, the only way to relieve worries is ice cola!In this human world, is there anything more soothing than ice cola?

Li Wei is really dumbfounded, but what Bai Shanjun said is not unreasonable.

In many cases, the so-called troubles are just mediocrity.

But Li Wei also likes it very much. In the summer, a glass of cold beer and a bowl of peanuts will pass in one night.

At this time, Li Wei not only bought iced drinks in the refrigerator, but also bought some snacks.

Drinks paired with delicious food is also a pleasure.

"Before I knew it, it was July [-]th."

"What happened to July [-]th?"

Living with Li Wei, Bai Shanjun also learned a lot of human knowledge, for example, the month, technology, and some common timekeeping methods, he is very clear.

At this time, Li Wei said like a few treasures.

"The [-]th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Ghost Festival. It is the Ghost Festival in folklore, and it is also the Ghost Festival in our Taoism. Buddhism is also called the Yulan Basin Festival. It is a day for Buddhists and Taoists to forgive ghosts. A sweet day."

The Daoist grand meeting is divided into three times throughout the year (collectively referred to as "Sanyuan"). And October [-]th is the birthday of Sanguan Dadi.The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called "Shangyuan" - the birthday of the heavenly official, and it is mainly a blessing ceremony.July [-] is called "Zhongyuan" - the birthday of the local officials, and it is used to forgive the sins of the dead. (The Zhongyuan ritual is to forgive sins for the souls of the dead, but it can never completely relieve the sins, but only alleviates them. I hope they can rest in peace as soon as possible.) October [-]th is called "Xiayuan" - the birthday of the water official, for those who have faults. People lift bad luck.

The folks believe that the gates of hell are open for a month in July, and all the lonely souls without owners will come out of the underworld to receive the support of the people in the yangworld. Wild ghosts make trouble.

In fact, there is not much difference between the folk practice and the Taoist practice. The Taoist is nothing more than adding a
"It seems that sometimes ghosts and spirits are more active, and that day I especially like drinking water at night"

Mr. Baishan thought about it for a while and felt that there was indeed a theory for this matter. When he was on the mountain at a certain age, he would also feel that there were many and active ghosts.

"First of all, we need some steamed buns and lotus lanterns."

Li Wei was going down to the mountain at this time to buy some valuable candles and steamed buns for the next ritual sacrifice.

After explaining some things, Li Wei went down to the mountain to buy some things and lights and candles for sacrificial rituals for the ceremonies on July [-]th.

After going down the mountain, I happened to pass Mei's tofu shop.

I found that she didn't open the door today. Out of curiosity, I came to the backyard of the store, only to find that she was also kneading steamed buns.

"Are you making steamed buns? Let's prepare for the Hungry Ghost Festival."

"Ah."

Mei's slender hands were stained with water and flour. After all, they were the body of a mountain god, and there was no sweat stain on her forehead.

"I didn't expect you, the mountain god, to prepare steamed buns for sacrifices yourself."

In the past, Mei was the one who received the offerings, but now it has become the one who needs to make the offerings by itself.

"Now I am no longer a mountain god." Mei made the steamed buns, put them on the steamer, and said indifferently: "I always have to accept the status quo and the current way of life."

Li Wei also went to prepare steamed buns and things for worshiping wandering ghosts.

Perhaps in the modern folk, there are already many people who do not celebrate the Ghost Festival. After all, there are not many people who believe in ghosts and gods.

Maybe more people get together through the festival of the Ghost Festival, so that family members who haven't been together for a long time can get together for activities, have a meal or something.

Xiangmen Mountain Village is also more popular than before. Young people from other places came back here and were called back by their elders to celebrate this traditional festival.

In fact, the elders just want the young people to have a reason to go home, nothing more.

Xiangmen Mountain Village showed a long-lost vitality.

Everyone is preparing for the next July [-]th sacrifice, and the children help fold the lotus boat.

Where is the ghost festival? It is clearly a holiday.

Mei who was at the side was also a little surprised when she saw such a happy scene in the village: "It seems that the Ghost Festival now is different from the Ghost Festival we had back then."

"Feel it well, the Hungry Ghost Festival for us modern people is actually quite interesting."

The next day, after preparing the sacrifices, Li Wei also felt the ghostly aura rising.

It turns out that the Ghost Festival will really cause the aura of ghosts to rise.

(End of this chapter)