Chapter 22: Buddhism and Taoism as One Family

  Why does Xiaoyao want to learn these things? In fact, it's not that he's bored or thinks he hasn't learned enough. He even went out of his way to find such a niche skill.

  The reason is simple and has been said before, it's because of his boss. His boss needs to understand these things, so he has to go learn a bit.

  Alright, I'll go check who your boss is and why they want you to learn this.

  To be honest, Big Sister thought that this matter should have passed, at least temporarily come to an end, but what left her speechless and powerless was——

  “……”

  That day, Big Miss saw Xiao Yao again. This time he wasn't a Taoist boy, but a little monk, mixed in with a group of monks.

  This is something Mo family does every year, making people pray for blessings for themselves!!

  What's this all about again?

  The big sister did not interrupt the prayer ceremony this time, nor did she pull Xiao Yao, but after the event, she caught him and asked him what was going on.

  Xiaoyao's response was still about the same as before, he would go to mix it up a bit every year, not only to earn some extra money, but also to discuss Buddhist insights with high-ranking monks.

  The reason for coming into contact with Buddhism is the same as Taoism, which is to see if there are any solutions to fate between the two. Buddhism and Taoism do not distinguish between families, except that practitioners of the two will be clear about their own cultivation, ordinary people will not have this distinction.

  Like Mo Jia, both families will invite, so to speak, Xiang Yao is also for the boss, and both families will find a way.

  "Your Buddhist music sounds great, looks like you're very proficient in this area!" After casually asking a few more questions, the young lady didn't have much interest in continuing to ask, because the results were all about the same.

  "It's nothing special, I still have some understanding of music." Xiangyang replied.

  "Is your bald head real or fake?" The young lady looked at the sleek and shiny head, she was quite puzzled about this.

  "Really? I shaved it off yesterday!!" Xiao Yao replied.

  "......, you really shaved your head for this?" the young lady asked in surprise. Generally speaking, it's rare for people in this world to shave their heads completely, unless they're monks.

  Unless it's a bald person, you rarely see this hairstyle on the street.

  "What's the big deal, I'm a man, it's just like changing a hairstyle, being bald is actually quite handsome." Xiao Yao said nonchalantly, he thought being bald was quite cool and had a lot of killer appeal.

  “……”

  The big sister shook her head weakly: "You really don't care about anything, what are you doing it for?"

  "For the boss and also for making some extra money on the side, this kind of thing is very profitable!!" Xīao Yǎo whispered back.

  "First cover up your bald head, otherwise others will think you're a baldy."

  "It's nothing, being bald is just being bald, but it seems like it's a bit cold, I'll still wear a hat!!" Xiao Yao smiled and casually took out a small leather cap, covering his shiny head.

  If it weren't winter, Xiao Yao would definitely be too lazy to wear a hat, how cool would that be!!

  "Look at you, have you shaved a few times? Have you been a monk for several years?" The young lady asked, judging from the carefree hat, it must not be recently prepared and has been modified many times.

  Xiaoyao is still growing now, and in the past few years, he has changed his hat size every year. It seems that this fake monk has done it many times before.

  "Hmm, every year we can get ten taels of silver, and the old master has always been very generous with these." Xiangyao nodded and said.

  "Yes, Grandfather has always been very particular about these things and will not treat them unfairly!" The young lady nodded and said, "Sometimes, I think Grandfather is too particular, it's even said that he's done some things that make people feel uncomfortable."

  "Uncomfortable things..." Xīao Yáng's heart secretly thought, it's uncomfortable because it goes against the norms of human relationships and shouldn't have happened due to such a thing.

  "Hmm, I'm not too clear either, just heard people say so!" The young lady shook her head and said.

  "...Go check it out and you'll know, maybe this is a good thing too!" Xiao Yao said calmly.

  "Then I'll go check it out! Hmm, Xiao Yao, you're a bit strange, usually you don't seem to care about anything except for work, how come this time you have the leisure to do this?" The young lady said with some surprise.

  "You'll find out if you look, I'm leaving first, the kitchen is waiting for me to wash and chop vegetables." Xiao Yao said, then flashed away, leaving behind a puzzled young lady.

  At this time, the big sister had not yet connected things together, until later she understood!

  ……

  A few days later, the young lady was summoned by her father, Mr. Mo, who looked very serious and made her think that she had done something wrong again to upset him.

  But as for this, the big sister seems not to be nervous at all, because it's not her first time, although she doesn't know what today is about, such a situation has happened many times before, even if it was the first time she wouldn't care much, let alone now.

  "Shao Yu..." said the old man of the Mo family in a deep voice, his expression very serious.

  "Father, if you have anything to scold me for, please hurry up and do it. I still need to go out later and drink some wine." Mo Yu's elder sister said sincerely.

  "What nonsense, you're a young lady from a good family, always drinking and causing trouble outside, what kind of behavior is that?" After hearing Mo Yu's words, Master Mo forgot what he was supposed to say and habitually scolded her first.

  The young lady of the Mo family seemed to let out a sigh of relief after hearing this, patted her chest and said: "Oh, so father wanted to talk about this today. I thought it was something serious!!"

  After finishing speaking, she turned around and left. For this matter, she thought it was okay to drag on and wait until there's time to come back and listen to Father's scolding.

  "Come back!!" Old Man Mo shouted angrily.

  "Father, I'll come to listen to your scolding tomorrow, I'm going to drink now." The young lady replied with a bitter face, strongly requesting a postponement of the scolding.

  "You're such a stubborn girl! I, your old man, didn't want to discuss this with you. Now I'm too tired to say anything to you. I have other things to talk to you about!!" Mr. Mo said with a headache, he had no idea how to educate his daughter anymore, nor did he know who she took after or who she learned from, and why she had such a personality.

  "Ah, didn't you say that? What was it? I haven't done anything recently either, just got into a fight with the Bai family and..." The young lady muttered to herself, mentioning some of her recent misdeeds.

  "...Old Master Mo was a bit helpless now. He didn't know about these things. If he did, he would have yelled at the young lady long ago."

  Forget it, let's put these things aside for now and talk about something more important. This daughter looks like she can't be saved anymore.

  "We'll settle these matters later. Now, I'm asking you, what have you been rumormongering about lately? Some things can't be spoken of casually." Mo Jia's master sighed and began to get to the point.

  "What's going on? Oh, I get it now! It was because of this!!" The young lady understood that her father had been so serious lately because she had been inquiring about something.

  She was a bit puzzled, what she had heard didn't seem like a big deal, so why was her father being so tense and serious?

  There must be something wrong with this, definitely!!

  From what she had heard before, the big sister knew that there was a problem in between, because when she asked around before, no one would answer her, as if they were all deliberately avoiding this question, at that time, she understood that this matter was very problematic.

  Now she feels that this matter may not be as simple as she imagined, and even her own father is so serious about it, which explains everything.

  "Father, must you also shy away from this matter?"

  "Yes! This is the gag order issued by your grandfather, anyone from the Mo family cannot discuss this matter, but you are inquiring about it so openly and brazenly. If someone with ill intentions wants to harm you, then your future will be ruined." said the Mo family elder.

  "What's going on?" The young lady became more and more curious, what kind of thing was so serious.

  "This matter, we can discuss it between us father and daughter, but you know not to spread it out. Although I don't know what reason you want to know, this matter, you also have the right to know, and you're already grown up." Mr. Mo said calmly.

  As a father, it's essential to let the kids know what they should know, understand what they should understand, and do what they should do!! Overprotection and over-concealment will only have the opposite effect!

  The young lady didn't say a word, because the more it was like this, the more people felt the severity of the situation.

  "As for your grandfather, you should also understand that he is a person who attaches great importance to Feng Shui and fortune-telling!" Mr. Mo said this while looking at the older sister, seemingly waiting for her reaction, or perhaps it was just a habitual pause.

  "Uh-huh, I know!" The young lady nodded, she didn't think of anything else, just nodding in response.

  "He would always consult the diviner before doing anything big or making any decisions, and it wasn't just that. When every member of the Mo family was born, they would have their fate calculated, name chosen, and upbringing decided based on this." The old master of the Mo family continued to say.

  "People with good fate will get his attention, and if they can benefit Mohism, they will receive his focused cultivation! It's a bit sad to say that the people born in Mohism over the past few decades have had their fate arranged for them from the moment they were born..."

  The old man of the Mo family paused again and sighed: "Perhaps this is also a kind of fate!"