Dominate the ancient academy

Chapter 168 Watering the Marriage Tree

As for the other plum forest, if you want to pick branches, you need to pay incense money. After all, the plum blossoms are from the temple. Some people think that the plum blossoms in the temple are also blessed and spiritual, so they are willing to pick some plum blossoms in the temple and take them back. They think that the plum blossoms in the temple can bless people to safely spend the cold winter, so the plum blossoms in the temple are still very popular.

When Shu Xiaoxiao heard this, she just wanted to shout '666'. With such a business acumen, he deserves the prosperity of the temple and the splendor of its architecture!

As I said, now that I am not short of money, I must pick some spiritual plum blossoms. After picking the plum blossoms, I went to taste the plum blossom cake that Qian Jinbao had been longing for.

The plum blossom cake is golden in color and has an exquisite appearance, just like a blooming plum blossom. It is sweet but not greasy, moderately soft and crispy, and has a long aftertaste. Qian Jinbao praised it highly after eating it.

Paired with it is plum blossom tea, which tastes slightly bitter at first but then develops a light fragrance and sweetness.

Shu Xiaoxiao and Su Shiche agreed that the plum blossom cake was quite good, and the plum blossom tea would be perfect if two portions of honey were added.

After eating, I accompanied Shu Xiaoxiao to find water. Shu Xiaoxiao wanted to water the marriage tree. Although I don’t know why Shu Xiaoxiao was so obsessed with watering the marriage tree, since my friend asked me to do it.

A few people found a well, fetched half a bucket of water after a long time, and went to water the marriage tree with high spirits.

The believers who are still making wishes are curious about why they need to water the marriage tree.

Su Shiche brought up what Shu Xiaoxiao had said to fool him: "There are so many wishes on the marriage tree, who knows which one will be fulfilled first? We watered the marriage tree, and the marriage tree will definitely be impressed by us, and then our wish will definitely be fulfilled first."

The believers around:..........It makes so much sense, why didn’t they think of it?

"Little brother, where did you get the water?" a cute-looking girl came forward and asked.

Qian Jinbao didn't mean to be defensive and said directly: "There is a well in the back yard, but there is only this one bucket. If you want to water the plants, you can wait until we finish watering and use our bucket."

The girl was immediately happy: "Thank you."

After saying that, he waited obediently, ready to take over their wooden barrels.

Except for the little girl, everyone else's eyes have also been fixed on the wooden barrel, ready to make something.

Seeing the situation, Shu Xiaoxiao scooped a bucket of water without delay, told Shenbao to put some ginseng water, and quickly gave up the bucket.

The little girl quickly took over and scooped a bucket of water while muttering something.

The rest of the people lined up consciously. After just a few scoops of water, half a bucket of water was gone. The man next to them automatically took the bucket and went to fetch water.

The young monk next to the marriage tree was stunned for a while, and then he found that the donors under the marriage tree were lined up in a queue for some unknown purpose.

He hesitated for a moment, but out of curiosity he stood up and tiptoed to take a look.

Little novice monk:..........

I must have seen it wrong. I just dozed off and my mind is not clear, so I saw this situation.

The young monk rubbed his eyes and pinched himself. That’s right, he was not dreaming.

The young monk immediately became anxious: "Donor, please be merciful, this tree cannot be watered, it cannot be watered!"

Because he usually works near the marriage tree, he is also responsible for watering the tree. The master had told him before that in winter, the weather is cold and he must not water the tree, as it will easily freeze to death if it freezes.

He was distracted for a moment, so how did these donors remember to water the marriage tree?

The person who was preparing to water the tree looked at the hurried young master and blinked in confusion.

The little monk wanted to cry when he saw the wet tree roots.

Seeing the little monk like this, the young man quickly explained: "Young Master, we just watered it and didn't do anything else."

The young monk explained with a bitter face: "Donor, big trees don't need watering in winter. Ice will... be bad for the tree."

The young man said awkwardly: "Ah,...Is that so?"

Looking at the wet tree roots and the little monk who was about to cry, the young man said embarrassedly: "Then...how about...we roast them over a fire?"

The young monk opened his mouth wide: "Ah.....Using fire...what if the tree catches fire?"

When Shu Xiaoxiao saw this, she realized that her good intentions had led to bad results. She knew that she was watering the plants with ginseng water, but others didn't know that! She had never seen anyone watering plants in winter, but fortunately, she had a remedy.

"Ahem, young master, now that it has been watered, you can just find some fertile soil to fill it up. That's what the trees at my house are like."

"Young master, there is soil there. We can shovel some for you. Come over and fill it." Someone said enthusiastically.

Hearing that there was a way to solve it, the young master stopped crying and said seriously, "Don't bother me, you can continue to do your own thing. I will go find my brother."

After saying that, he trotted away. There was only this one marriage tree in the temple, and he couldn't let these donors mess around with it. He had to call his brother over to see if this method would work, otherwise he had to solve the problem quickly.

Fortunately, the little monk’s senior brother was reliable. He came over to take a look at the situation, dug out the wet soil, and filled it with some fertile soil.

Before leaving, he told the little monk to take good care of the marriage tree and not to let anyone water it.

The young monk nodded cautiously, then moved his stall directly under the marriage tree and guarded the water bucket and the marriage tree, fearing that someone would water the marriage tree when he was not paying attention.

Shu Xiaoxiao left only after seeing that the problem was resolved.

However, they didn't know that this solution was only a temporary one. Somehow, what Su Shiche said spread, and many people believed it. It was still okay in winter, but when the weather was good in spring, summer and autumn, there was an endless stream of people coming to water the marriage tree.

Even if there are people guarding the tree, they will still make a feint to the east and attack in the west, and send the people guarding away to water the marriage tree. They are very persistent.

The monks in the temple were all getting angry. It was wet every day and they were afraid that the trees would be drowned. Even if they watered them, they wouldn't be able to pull the water out.

There is only this one marriage tree in the temple. If it were really gone, it would be a great loss to their temple and would easily shake the piety of believers. The people in the temple haven't slept well for several days.

In the end, the temple had no choice but to have two or three people guarding the marriage tree whenever someone came to the temple, just to prevent anyone from watering the marriage tree. I released three people, you can't send them all away.

Thanks to the strict defense of the academy, the situation was very accurate. In the end, the temple was unable to find the source of the rumor. It could only be blamed on the believers being too persistent in their wishes.

When Shu Xiaoxiao came out of the temple, she was originally planning to help the poor scholar who was selling books and paintings at the door, but unexpectedly, she saw something wrong.