Scumbag Chapter 185 The Real Young Master Doesn’t Care For The Crematorium Trope (7)

If Mingting knew what Team Leader Qian was thinking, he’d be so wronged.

What scheme would he have? He’d already reached Guiyi Temple! Of course he was going to shamelessly cling to the place and become a little monk!

"Master, look at this child… at such a young age, he insisted on becoming a novice monk. "

Mingkong sighed helplessly, pointing at Mingting.

Mingting had found Guiyi Temple and claimed to be an orphan who wanted to become a novice monk. However, Mingkong didn’t believe it for a second… After all, what kind of parents would abandon such a beautiful child?

As a result, Mingting didn’t argue. He just helped out in the kitchen, even though he was shorter than the stove, gathering firewood and feeding the flames.

He also ate with everyone else, never being picky, behaving so well it was almost too perfect.

Abbot Hongde beckoned Mingting over.

He was the head of Guiyi Temple, a kind-faced elderly man with white eyebrows that drooped past the corners of his eyes and a few age spots on his cheeks.

"Child, you have nowhere to go, so you want to stay at Guiyi Temple?"

"Yes, Abbot." Mingting answered respectfully.

"Very well." Abbot Hongde smiled and patted the little boy’s head, "You may stay!"

At first, Mingting had thought becoming a monk would be easy. But after arriving at Guiyi Temple, he learned that minors were forbidden from religious practice, as national law stated one had to be at least 18 to ordain as a monk.

So, if he wanted to be a monk, he’d have to wait another 14 years.

Fortunately, Abbot Hongde, who had saved the life of the Supporting Male Character in the original timeline, was a very kind man.

Guiyi Temple had taken in five orphans, all older than Mingting. They had shaved heads and wore uniform robes, serving as little novice monks in the temple.

Since Mingting was the youngest, he became the little brother among the group of novices.

All their names were given by Abbot Hongde, starting with the character ‘Ming’. Mingting was lucky enough to still be called ‘Mingting’.

Aside from Abbot Hongde, there are six other monks in the temple.

Guiyi Temple is a very small temple, and it is located on a mountain. Due of its remote location, very few worshippers came.

Since Mingting is the youngest and is still in the period of growth, no one woke him for the morning prayers at 4 AM.

The older novice monks would attend the morning prayers, while the novice monks under 8 years old can sleep until they wake up naturally in the morning.

When Mingting arrived, it was summer. By September, the older novices would pack their bags and head off to school.

There was an elementary and middle school at the foot of the mountain. They went to school in the morning, ate lunch in the cafeteria, and in the afternoon, a senior monk would pick them up and bring them back.

"Wait, you still have to go to school?"

Watching them pack their things, Mingting was shocked.

He thought little novice monks just stayed in the temple chanting sutras and meditating!

"Of course we kids have to go to school! Later, we’ll take the high school and college entrance exams. We can also take the college entrance examination and go to university or even Buddhist college."

Mingjue, who was about to start fifth grade, had a very gentle temperament. He was the one who took care of Mingting at Guiyi Temple.

"If you don’t like studying, you can also learn a skill after graduating from middle school. In short, everything depends on ourselves!"

Mingjue chattered on, telling Mingting many things.

For example, one senior brother had once scored well on the college entrance exam and got into a top university. Now, he is a teacher and would occasionally return to Guiyi Temple to visit the abbot.

Another senior brother had no affinity for Buddhism and later became a carpenter, living a good life.

After sharing that he wanted to be a sailor in the future, Mingjue asked: "Little junior brother, what do you want to do in the future?"

"Me? I just want to be a monk!"

Mingting said seriously.

Seeing his little junior brother’s naive face, Mingjue reached out and rubbed his bald head: "Hmm, being a monk is good too. Our Mingting will definitely become a great, great monk in the future!"

What Mingting didn’t know was that Abbot Hongde was currently struggling with the issue of his household registration.

Now that policies had tightened, temples could no longer casually adopt orphans.

Children abandoned at temples couldn’t have their household registration attached to the temples as before. The proper procedure was to first report to the police, then send them to an orphanage.

Otherwise, without a registered residence, Mingting wouldn’t be able to attend school when he turned seven.

However, Abbot Hongde's worries were soon resolved.

The old couple who raised the Supporting Male Character in the original timeline came to Guiyi Temple to worship Buddha. And when they saw Mingting, they liked him very much.

After obtaining his and Abbot Hongde’s consent, the old couple adopted Mingting.

When registering his household residency, Mingting took the grandfather’s surname, Xiang, and his name on the household registration book was Xiang Mingting, which made him very happy.

Grandpa Xiang and Grandma Xiang once had a son who died in a car accident in his twenties. He was not married when he died, so he didn’t leave behind any children.

The couple originally thought that this was how they would live their lives, supporting each other with their spouses until old age, but they didn't expect to meet Mingting in their later years.

The two elders believed it was fate and cherished this grandson of theirs dearly.

However, even though Mingting’s household registration was under the Xiang family, he still spent more than half his time at Guiyi Temple.

At first, Grandpa Xiang wanted to send Mingting to kindergarten, but the boy refused, saying he preferred listening to the monks chant sutras in the temple.

They had assumed that since Mingting was so young, he wouldn’t be able to sit still, but to their surprise, he adapted perfectly to life at Guiyi Temple.

Back in his past life in the Cultivation World, Mingting had lived among the monks of the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect for over twenty years.

Monastic life held no tedium for him… it was already second nature.

To Mingting, staying at Guiyi Temple was no different from being at home.

The monks at Guiyi Temple had cultivated a vegetable garden in the backyard, and planted various small green vegetables like peppers, tomatoes and pumpkins...

Aside from staples like rice, flour, and oil, they were largely self-sufficient.

Mingting often followed the monks and his senior brothers, helping with watering, picking off pests, and keeping himself happily busy.