After dinner, a few men stayed in the private room to play cards, while Sisi and the other women went to the front hall to worship the Bodhisattva, incense and draw lots to make wishes. Originally, Sisi didn't really believe in these things, but having experienced rebirth herself, she figured the whole reincarnation concept might actually hold some weight.
Rong Zishan didn't go because her daughter was sleeping, and naturally, Rong Ziqi didn't want to go either. However, Mo Liu went along. Although he was a Christian, he wanted to see the statues of the Eighteen Arhats in the main hall, which were handed down from the Tang Dynasty and were very famous.
Sisi and the other three women devoutly burned incense and prayed to Buddha. Sisi even donated 1000 yuan. If she didn't mind the money fattening up the monks in the temple, she would have donated even more.
