With this in mind, Fangzheng, who had planned on going down the mountain to welcome them, decisively gave up the thought.
After exchanging pleasantries with the visitors, he pushed Red Boy forward. "This is This Penniless Monk's disciple, Jingxin. Patrons, feel free to look for him if you need anything. This Penniless Monk suddenly had an epiphany and will continue meditating. Farewell. "
With that said, Fangzheng hurriedly left.
Fangzheng originally believed that he would be reprimanded for neglecting the few of them.
But …
"Aiyah, as expected of a master. He's always thinking of meditating."
"Yeah, he's nothing like other monasteries. The young monk doesn't read the Buddhist scriptures all day and just hangs around outside receiving visitors. How is that like a monk?"
"That's right, that's right …"
When Fangzheng heard that, tears immediately streamed down his cheeks. He suddenly had the urge to turn around and have a good chat with the visitors. However, the moment he thought of their enthusiasm, he couldn't take it anymore. Time to leave!
With Fangzheng gone, Red Boy was immediately surrounded. However, everyone's enthusiasm for Red Boy was limited to how adorable the child was. It didn't seem like they were treating Fangzheng with zeal …
Fangzheng was puzzled as well. He had been popular for a period of time in the past. Many people had come to the mountain to take photos with him. Monkey had also been popular back then, but he had never seen such passionate visitors.
After some thought, it was likely due to the recent bombardment from Central TV News and the media.
Fangzheng hurriedly took out his cell phone and looked at the recent major news websites. There was no news about him. After searching on the website, he found his story in the Ganfanpen's unsolved mysteries series. Although it was written about him saving people, the main storyline was about Elder Wang, Sun Caifeng, and company. Even Bao Yuluo was given more words than him. Clearly, beauties had special privileges …
"That shouldn't be the case. If it's just this, there's no need for the county's leaders to come, right? There's also no need for these visitors to look at me as though I'm Tripiṭaka, right? "Fangzheng mumbled.
Fangzheng began narrowing down his search range and looked at Black Mountain City's news. He was stunned!
Almost all the major news sections in Black Mountain City were about him!
And the editor of the first article in Black Mountain City's largest news outlet was none other than Jing Yan!
Upon seeing this, Fangzheng was enlightened. However, he only mentioned him briefly and didn't introduce him in depth.
However, it could be said that Jing Yan had put in a lot of effort into this matter. She led a group of people to brag for him. Furthermore, she described the situation in Ganfanpen in a more realistic manner. Fangzheng no longer played it down, but from a first-person's point of view. He had saved everyone like a savior descending from the heavens. After reading it, Fangzheng even idolized himself a little. Was he that handsome back then?
Although there were some parts that weren't written because he didn't mention them, he was still wise, powerful, handsome, and invincible. Fangzheng guessed that this was the key. He was famous in Black Mountain City, so the leaders of the county came to take a look and express their concern. That was all, there wasn't much meaning behind it.
After figuring out everything, Fangzheng was relieved. He drank Frost Bamboo tea and read the scriptures in peace in the backyard.
Fangzheng relaxed, but someone was going crazy! They were the village chief Wang Yougui, the village secretary Tan Juguo, and the accountant Yang Ping!
"Why are there so many people? Didn't they say that there were only three cars? Why are there so many people before the cars are here? "Wang Yougui looked at the dense crowd in front of him, unsure if he should laugh or cry. Originally, when he received the news from the county and the city's tourism company, he felt that there were too many people. His village probably couldn't handle them all. However, it was still possible to barely handle it.
But he didn't expect that there would be so many unexpected people.
At that moment, from the front to the back of One Finger Village, even the cornfield outside the village, the villagers hurriedly brandished their hoes and dug out all the corn roots. Then, they flattened it and used it as a parking spot. Even so, it still wasn't enough! Therefore, Dog Song and company could only continue dealing with the fields outside to fight for more temporary parking spots. This was the best solution they could come up with.
Compared to Dog Song and company's exhaustion, Wang Yougui, Tan Juguo, Yang Ping, Yang Hua, Chen Jin, and the other villagers were going crazy! There were just too many people! There were outsiders everywhere in the village. Although they didn't lose any chickens or ducks, it was enough to keep them busy enough to ask questions and come to take a look.
It was especially so for Wang Yougui. He led Sun Qiancheng and a few villagers to stand guard at the entrance of One Finger Village. It wasn't to collect fees, but …
"Village Chief, everyone is here to see One Finger Monastery and Fangzheng. Is it alright for us to block the path up the mountain?" asked Lame Ma.
"Let's leave it at that for now. The mountain path is narrow. With so many people going up, who can stand it if something were to happen? Besides, how big is One Finger Monastery? With so many people charging up, they can probably flatten One Finger Monastery! "Wang Yougui said worriedly, but he still wore a smile.
He had always set developing One Finger Village as his life goal, but he had lived for more than four decades without accomplishing anything. At most, he had made the villagers' lives better with each passing year, but they were still poor. Never in his dreams did he expect that just as he was about to despair, Fangzheng would appear out of nowhere. In a year, he had caused One Finger Village to undergo an earth-shattering change. Although they might not be considered wealthy, they had become a well-off village. However, he had never imagined that One Finger Village would be so popular! Looking at the group of people in front of him, he felt that they were money that could run!
However, Wang Yougui knew very well that to earn money, he had to ensure the quality of service and safety. More importantly, he had to protect all the resources he had. He absolutely couldn't flatten the resources for a short period of time. Protecting the safety of the tourists and the original ecology of Mt. One Finger and One Finger Monastery became the most important thing on his mind.
When he shared his thoughts with Tan Juguo, Tan Juguo immediately agreed. Only then did they block the mountain path.
At the same time, he arranged for the villagers to bring the tourists to line up. Lame Ma's apprentices even made a temporary fence with Frost Bamboo …
Seeing the fence erected and the villagers blocking the path up the mountain, many people were infuriated.
"Indeed, a remote village produces unruly people! Seeing that we are going up Mt. One Finger, they came to collect toll fees at the last minute! "someone grumbled.
"Isn't that too much? I checked before coming. This isn't a tourist area that can be entered and exited as one pleases. How can they block the way? "
"That's right! That's right! It's said that One Finger Monastery has an accomplished monk. Why are the villagers at the foot of the mountain so overboard? "
"This is what they call the King of Hell being easy to deal with. These villagers are too greedy."
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