This resulted in only three buildings in the courtyard.

They are the worship hall directly in front of the gate and located in the center of the courtyard.

The social affairs office on the right.

And, the shrine maiden’s residence on the left.

The so-called worship hall is a building specially used for worship.

Larger shrines also have coin halls, which are specially used for throwing incense coins.

Normally, all shrines have a main hall. It is located directly behind the coin hall and the worship hall. It is also at the deepest part of the courtyard.

In the main hall, the gods are enshrined, such as tablets, tablets, tokens and other things that symbolize the gods. Unlike temples, shrines only rarely have statues of gods.

Only clergy are allowed to enter this temple, and tourists are strictly prohibited from entering or opening the door to peek. That is a very disrespectful behavior.

Small shrines usually combine the worship hall and the main shrine into one, and use the main shrine directly.

But Hatsuyuki Shrine is very special.

It does not have a main hall, but it has a worship hall.

The end of the courtyard opposite the gate was originally supposed to be the location of the main hall. But here, there is only the Sakura God tree.

Yoshiyuki guessed that this was because the Sakura God Hatsuyuki's true form was this giant tree, and Hatsuyuki Shrine did not enshrine other gods, so there was no need to set up a main shrine to accommodate the god's body.

The Sakura Goddess tree, like the worship hall and the shrine maiden's home, is surrounded by a mahogany fence called "Tamagaki".

That is to isolate the residence of the gods from the secular world and ensure the purity of the divine realm.

As priests who serve the gods, witches are naturally allowed to live in the residence of the gods.

Looking specifically at Hatsuyuki Shrine, Sakurayuki Chiai even lives beside the Sakura God day and night. Everything she does at home is watched tenderly by Hatsuyuki.

Thinking of this, Yi Xing also felt warm in his heart.

Sakurayuki Chiai must be a good child with a pure heart.

If it were people like him and Erina, they would probably be disliked by Hatsuyuki very quickly - as mikos, they actually indulge in messy things every day!

God may be too ashamed to look at it.

The three of them walked to the front of the worship hall.

Now that you are here, of course you still have to pay homage to the Sakura God.

He looked around and found no notices specifically reminding him of the precautions. This meant that the worship method here was no different from other shrines.

First, bow gently towards the front of the hall.

Then, ring the bell that is used for blessings and hung with a rope in front of the temple to let Lord Sakura know that you are here.

Then, throw incense money into the merit box.

Most people throw five yen more because it is already very auspicious.

But in order to support the operation of Hatsuki Shrine, Yoshiyuki opened his wallet, looked at it, picked out three 500 yen coins, and handed the remaining two to Hime-chan and Erina.

Xiaoji didn't have any money, he knew.

As for the eldest lady, she probably doesn't have any money of such small denominations, just a stack of 10,000-yuan bills and bank cards.

He must remember to remind Erina to bring more coins with small denominations when she goes to school, otherwise she will cause trouble to the canteen and canteen staff.

There was no need to put the coins in one by one, so the three of them put their money in almost at the same time.

After this, it is the formal worship ceremony.

There is a formula for the process of worshiping the temple, which is "two salutes, two claps, and one bow".

That means bowing twice, clapping twice, and praying with your hands together.

The difference from going to the temple to pray is that there is no need to clap your hands in the temple. You can just put your hands together and pray.

Yoshiyuki didn't know what wishes the eldest lady and Xiao Ji had made.

But what he promised was very simple - he just hoped that such happy days could last forever.

As long as this was the case, he would have nothing else to ask for.

Of course, he also made a rather shameful wish with a little embarrassment, hoping that Sakuragami-sama would not blame him and would consider helping him realize it if he had the spare capacity.

That is, I hope to be trampled and humiliated by the little feet of the eldest lady every day.

If so, then he is really living in the kingdom of heaven.

Of course, after mentioning this wish, Yi Xing still felt a little regretful.

After all, if Master Chuxue feels it is too disgusting, it would be terrible if his wish is not fulfilled.

Fortunately, Sakura God Hatsuyuki is said to be very gentle and kind.

Then even if the wish doesn't come true, at least it won't curse him.

Yoshiyuki was thinking about these things uneasily. After finishing the worship ceremony, he bowed slightly to express his gratitude according to the custom, and then left the worship hall.

He looked up at the canopy of the Sakura Tree, which was covered with pink cherry blossoms as if it were covering the sky. He took a deep breath and felt the sweet, soothing fragrance of the sober flowers.

Cherry blossoms fall from time to time.

One of them swayed lightly and fell towards Yoshiyuki's eyes.

He stretched out his hand to block it, and in the next moment, he saw Xiaoji raising her head as if eating snow, letting the cherry blossoms naturally fall into her mouth. Then she lowered her head and chewed it.

The eldest lady, on the other hand, flashed from the side and appeared in front of him with a smile, just blocking his view of Xiao Ji.

"Hmph~ Servant Tan, did you make a wish?"

"No way!" Yi Xing calmed down and lied without changing his face: "It's just a common wish."

"Oh~ Really? It's just ordinary astringency! Tell me about it!"

"My wish doesn't work when I say it! And even when I say it, it doesn't work!"

Since Yoshiyuki hadn't seen Chiai Sakurayuki yet, Yoshiyuki decided to take a walk around the shrine and approached the shrine to see what was on sale here.

The first thing I saw was the sign tube.

The price for asking for a signature here is very cheap, 100 yen per time. But you can only ask for a signature once a day. If you ask for a signature a second time, you are not sincere and will not be allowed.

After putting the money into the merit box, you pull out a folded white paper sign, and when you open it again, you can see the signature written in black.

There are five types of fortunes: great good fortune, medium good fortune, small good fortune, bad fortune and great misfortune.

It will also contain some analysis of your fortune and suggestions on what you should pay attention to.

On a wall near the social office, there are many strings hanging with a large number of knotted paper tags tied to them.

Those lots are all bad or very bad.

Because if you draw such a bad lottery, according to custom, you can take it away as a reminder, or you can leave it in the shrine and tie it in a place specially used for tying the lottery. I hope the gods will protect you from bad luck. There is no extra charge.

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If the shrine you visit has no place to tie the lotus, you can also take it to another shrine to tie it. It is also possible to keep it for a period of time and then do this. However, it should be noted that if you choose to take the lotus to other shrines to resolve disasters, you will need to

Then say hello to the god enshrined in that shrine to attract his or their attention.

The so-called "He" is the third person specifically used for God, regardless of gender. It is very suitable to use it when you don't know what god you are praying for, or do not understand His gender.

No matter what, if you get a good lottery, there is no reason to stay here and you will be taken away.
Chapter completed!