Ye Chu didn't know how to comfort the old man, took out a handkerchief, handed it to the old man, the old man took the handkerchief, and said, "Young man, thank you, let you see you smile?"

Ye Chu had an idea and said, "Don't get in the way, old man, I wonder if you can perform a puppet show for the two of us now?"

The old man said, "Now, here?" Ye Chu nodded, and Lin Meng also stopped crying after hearing it, and said, "Old man, will you perform a piece?"

The old man pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, okay, then the little old man will be ugly." ”

The old man took the wooden box from the side, and it turned out that the wooden box was filled with puppets for performance.

The old man opened the box, first took out a three-foot red cloth, then carefully took out the puppet, and wiped the ashes on the puppet with his ragged sleeves, but there was no ash at all.

This puppet looks like a delicate girl, the workmanship is too good, delicate and bright as if it has just been depicted, and the expression is lifelike, which shows how much the old man cherishes it.

Then the old man carried the puppet and performed in front of the three-foot red cloth.

I saw the puppet constantly flying in the hands of the old man, just like a real person, while controlling the puppet, while chanting melodious, looking forward to the god flying, although the painting is sad makeup, but it is beautiful.

After a few minutes, the performance was over, and the old man held the puppet in his arms and calmed down.

Ye Chu and Lin Meng were stunned, and then applauded the old man's exquisite skills, Lin Meng praised: "Grandpa, you really deserve to act all your life, you are so good-looking." ”

The old man also smiled when he heard it, but with a smile and a smile, his face became abnormal, and he said: "All my life, my whole life, I have done such a thing, I have lived like this, and I have trampled myself." ”

Suddenly, the old man suddenly stood up and looked at the puppet angrily for a long time, and Lin Meng also felt that the old man's mood became irritable.

Suddenly, the old man stood up, looked at the puppet angrily and said: "I have been depressed in this life, all because of your mistakes, now the weather is gradually getting colder, and I don't even have money to buy clothes, and now the rain is pouring down, so it is better to burn you and warm your body." ”

When Ye Chu heard this, his expression became nervous, and he wanted to stop the old man.

But without waiting for Ye Chu to react, as soon as the old man's hand was raised, the puppet entered the fire.

The old man then raised his head to the sky and shouted, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh, but suddenly the old man straightened up and fell backwards.

Ye Chu and Lin Meng saw that the old man threw the puppet into the fire, although it was too late to stop it, Ye Chu hurriedly found a branch and picked out the puppet.

But when I saw the old man's body lying backwards, he hurriedly picked up the old man, and after some checking, it turned out that the old man's qi and blood were retrograde, coupled with years of running, overwork, and fainted.

Ye Chu laid the old man flat on the ground and covered the old man with his clothes.

Ye Chu looked at the old man who had fainted, and then at the puppet that was "rescued" from the fire, and sighed.

Fortunately, Ye Chu's eyes were quick, and the puppet was intact except for the clothes on his body that were burned.

I don't know how long time has passed, Ye Chu took care of the old man, and Lin Meng was so tired that he fell asleep leaning on Ye Chu, and his head was unconsciously leaning on Ye Chu's shoulder.

In the blink of an eye, it was dark, and the rain had long since stopped.

I don't know what time it was at night, but the old man woke up from a coma, and the bonfire was extinguished because of the burning of firewood, and there were only sparks in the stars.

The old man looked at the fire, cried again, and said, "It's warm, but I'm really the only one left......

Ye Chu didn't know how to comfort the old man, so he said, "Old man, you are not alone. ”

When the old man heard this, his eyes were stunned, Ye Chu took out the puppet from behind him and said, "Old man, I'm sorry, I'm still a step late, and the puppet's clothes are burned." ”

When the old man saw the puppet in Ye Chu's hand, he snatched it away, held the puppet in his arms, kept wiping the puppet with his cuffs, and tears fell on the puppet one by one, and then smiled happily.

When Ye Chu saw it, the corners of his mouth also rose, and he was happy for the old man from the bottom of his heart, and then went out to pick up some firewood and lit the fire again.

Lin Meng also woke up slowly, rubbed his eyes, looked at the old man, and laughed.

This was the first time Ye Chu saw Lin Meng, a little girl, smiling, and he was a little stunned, because Lin Meng himself was pure and lovely, and his smile was as sweet as a hibiscus out of water.

Although Ye Chu was a little stunned, he didn't stay on Lin Meng too much.

The old man calmed down for a moment, and then carefully put the puppet back in the wooden box.

Then he said to Ye Chu: "Young man, thank you, I'm leaving here, we will definitely meet again if we have a fate." ”

Ye Chu nodded and said, "Old man, I look forward to your next puppet show." ”

The old man nodded and said: "For a lifetime, there will be this one thing, I also figured it out, I live like this, and I blame myself for being unproductive, the path I chose by myself must be completed no matter what, although this road is lonely." After the old man finished speaking, he left with the wooden box.

When Lin Meng saw the old man leaving, he was thoughtful and worried.

Half an hour later, Ye Chuye and Lin Meng left the abandoned house, walked down the mountain, and returned to the temple.

When he arrived at the gate of the temple, Ye Chu saw Lin Songde and Bai Jinyu standing in front of the temple and constantly looking around, as if they were looking for something.

When Lin Meng saw it, he shouted, "Dad, Mom, I'm back." When Lin Songde heard this, he hurriedly looked in Ye Chu's direction.

Bai Jinyu hurriedly ran to Lin Meng's side, spoke incoherently excitedly, and pulled Lin Mengdong to look west.

Lin Songde hurriedly said, "Mr. Ye, I'm in trouble for you. ”

Ye Chu shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's so late, let's go back first." ”

Lin Songde said: "Mr. Ye, I have already asked for a few meditation rooms in the temple, I will rest here for one night today, and I will leave tomorrow, how about it." ”

Generally, there are some empty meditation rooms in the temple for tourists who come to worship the Buddha.

Ye Chu wanted to refuse, but because the clothes on his body were wet, he agreed to stay in the temple for one night.

Several people went to the meditation room under the guidance of a small novice, and told them where to take a bath, saying, "Donor, let's go and bathe first, the change of clothes has been placed in the meditation room, and the food will come later." ”

Ye Chu thanked this little novice and went to bathe, and now the temple has been modernized, and there is a special place for bathing, but there is no place for women to bathe.

Since the meditation room of this temple is separate for men and women, there is a separate bathroom and toilet in the meditation room for the female dependents.

Ye Chu returned to the meditation room after taking a bath, the meal had been placed on the table, and after Ye Chu finished eating, he lay on the bed and rested early.

To be continued......