In the early 80s, electric lighting was already used in some villages close to the commune, and for Xiaowangzhuang, a little far from the station, electric lighting was still a bit of a luxury. Every evening, every house lights up the homemade kerosene lamp, and the dim light is three points weaker than the candlelight, and it is even more incomparable with the fluorescent lights of today. It is this kind of light that has become the most powerful lighting tool for Mu Zhen's night reading.

Mu Zhen's family of five lives in a room, and at night they light the homemade kerosene lamp on the table in front of the bed, and the father occupies the middle of the desk, using the light to correct homework or prepare lessons for students, Mu Zhen relies on the advantage of being close to the bed at one end of the table, sitting on the edge of the bed, lying on the table, and reading the "Journey to the West" borrowed from Ma Sanye with relish ,This posture is also the most commonly used posture he usually learns,It's just that the face is no longer a single few textbooks in the school,Naturally, it's more concentrated.,When the field is relaxing,Xiuhua will accompany his grandfather to borrow the light to do some work.,But today,Due to the fatigue of the day,Himself and the two children lay down early to rest.。

In the past, I only read some sporadic stories about Tang Seng learning scriptures from the comic book, and did not write so in such detail, but now the beautiful words in the original book, twists and turns and bizarre stories, deeply attracted Mu Zhen's attention, touched every nerve of him, every situation written in the book, is a wonderland like a fairyland, the peaks turn, the mountains are stacked, the smoke is swirling, the flowers and fruits are fragrant, so that it is fascinating, so that the young Mu Zhen is like a place, such as entering it, reading is as happy as a fish in water. When he was reading the chapter on the three Monkey King brothers stealing ginseng fruit in Wanshou Mountain, Lao Mu raised his wrist and looked at his watch, looked at Mu Zhen and said, "It's past ten o'clock, it's time to go to bed! Read it again tomorrow!"

"Hmm!" Mu Zhen said as he sandwiched a piece of paper between the pages of the book he was reading, and during the day, Lao Mu reminded Mu Zhen to borrow books, first of all, before he could borrow and return them. According to his father's wishes, Mu Zhen wrapped another layer of newspaper in Ma Sanye's foreskin, and never folded the pages to mark every time he closed the book.

At night, the countryside still shows a rare tranquility, and the singing of insects outdoors is like listening to the ears, which makes people sound extremely happy. Mu Zhen, who forgot to appreciate this bel canto when he was concentrating on reading just now, is lying on the bed at the moment, listening to the insects outside the window, and continuing his habit of using his brain, carefully recalling what he saw and learned in the day.

Mu Zhen, who fell into a dream, entered a strange world in a trance, a place he seemed to be familiar with, in the smoke, Sun Xingzhi in the picture album walked towards him.

"Why is the Great Sage here?" asked Mu Zhen.

"I've been here for a long time, I'm fighting the Buddha now, and you've entered my territory. The Great Sage shouted.

"When you enter your territory, you enter your world. I have a few questions for you!"

"There is a problem when we meet, why is it difficult, let's hear it!"

"In Journey to the West, it is said that you are a stone monkey, and you jumped out of the stone, is this true?"

"That's just what is written in the book, in fact, the universe is made of qi condensation, the gas is thick and heavy, and the qi is thin and light, this truth should be understood, so in the past, when the heaven and earth were created, they all came from the qi, and the eyes could see, all of them were qi condensed into gods, and for the visible things, the condensed qi is different, the body is different, the cycle of nature, the birth of pregnancy is also inseparable from the gathering of qi, when I was born from the condensation of different qi, people said that I was jumped out of the cracks in the stone, but the place of condensation is different!"

"So that's how it is, according to this, a person can really pop out of the crack in the stone. The Great Sage is so powerful, what are you doing after learning the scriptures?"

"Since taking the scriptures, he has been named the Buddha of Fighting and Defeating the Buddha, and has been doing nothing, just eating, drinking, studying the Dharma, and from time to time to socialize and exchange things, so far it is just doing some very boring things!"

"Are you doing boring things now as happy as when you were king in Huaguo Mountain?"

"There is no comparison, when I was in Huaguo Mountain, when I was the Monkey King, it can be said that I didn't have to worry about eating and drinking, managing the monkeys and monkeys in Huaguo Mountain, and they were all friends of the same way. ”

"Then when you made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, you wanted to be an official and a half-position in the Heavenly Court, and now that you have become a Buddha, you can be regarded as a big official in the Heavenly Palace, right!

"The past and the present are not as good as the past, when the Heavenly Palace was making a big fuss, just because I didn't know about the Heavenly Palace, and I didn't know what the specific officials were, after all, I haven't been to the Heavenly Palace, and I haven't heard of any busy officials, but I just feel that the Heavenly Palace Hundred Officials naturally manage the world, compared to Huaguoshan as the king, the power is greater, and the more free and easy is right, I didn't expect that later the Jade Emperor only let himself be a small official who raised horses to tease me, not to mention the small power, and was looked down upon, so I couldn't get over this hurdle in my heart, with my skills, to be a respected heavenly official, everywhere to be respected as it should be, how could I stand the fence, so I later proposed to be a Monkey King！”

"Monkey King is indeed good, but it has attracted the dissatisfaction of the Jade Emperor and launched a crusade against you. ”

Originally, Monkey King was just a title, and it didn't have any substantive meaning, but it was such a meaningless title that got me into trouble, and millions of idle heavenly soldiers and generals went up to Huaguo Mountain to ask for me, and made so many monkeys and monkeys sacrificed on the mountain. When the great sage said this, he was also sad, shed a few tears, rubbed his eyes and continued: "The soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, the heavenly soldiers and generals will come to conquer back then, and I have nowhere to do with my own ability, so I just want to make trouble with him, to see what I can do? I didn't think that why I was so unbeaten, and later on the way to learn the scriptures, every time I met a goblin from the heavenly realm, I could beat me, why did I not meet any opponents when I made a big fuss in the heavenly palace? Now that I have been in heaven for a long time, it is not a day to be a Buddha, and I understand that being a Buddha is different from being a monkey king, and contributing to others is only a matter of one or two, and not all of them, otherwise it will lead to a lot of cumbersome things, and I am at a loss! It's like Taishang Laojun originally took alchemy as his business, but he wanted to show off and make an idea to take me, but he never wanted to invite me to smash his alchemy furnace, and he still has a sense of shame when he sees me!" the Great Sage laughed.

"After becoming a Buddha, I understand so many truths, is it still so difficult to be an official?"

"Haha, the way to be an official, nothing is better than that you have the shade of a big tree, not comparable to me, although I have not been to the officialdom, but I am famous, I can give three points of courtesy wherever I go, and now I am a Buddha, with a master and eight precepts, sand monks, The three junior brothers of Bailongma help each other, and everything can be ventilated and reported, avoiding unnecessary trouble, coupled with the mentality that on the way to learn from the scriptures, it is better to practice more than one thing, which makes me understand that many times, if you want to survive well, it is not the ability to rely on, but the treasure and the backstage, like the pig brother, although he is lazy all the time, and he nourishes his mind night and night, but he also eats and drinks without worrying. ”

"What you said, if you figured it out before making a big fuss about it, would you still make trouble?"

"Don't make trouble, don't make trouble, don't make trouble, many things are only understood in the middle of the trouble, so how can there be a reason to turn back? Isn't there an arrow in the world that opens a bow but does not turn back? Only when the bow is opened can we know the truth that the arrow will hurt people. Haha, I didn't expect that you are so young, and you are not comparable to ordinary children, and you will definitely have your own achievements in ......the future!

The hearty laughter of the Great Sage infected Mu Zhen, and he also laughed: "Hehe, hehe, hehe......"

This laughter was so loud that it woke up Lao Mu and Xiuhua.

"Zhen'er wake up, Zhen'er wake up!" old Mu Lian shouted. At the same time, he got up and came to Mu Zhen's bed and pushed him, Mu Zhen seemed to be startled, and woke up from the dream, "What are you laughing at?"

This surprise made Mu Zhen only know a little about the things in the dream, and she couldn't remember many details, but she just felt that the things in the dream were a bit ridiculous.

The next morning, Lao Mu had breakfast and went to school, Xiuhua and Mu Yan went to the field to do farm work, and Mu Zhen was still at home to play with her younger brother. Mu Zhen took the album for Mu Bao to read, and he watched his "Journey to the West" with relish. The plot of the book tightly grabbed Mu Zhen's heart, it was a silent world, the shrill chirping of the trees had been thrown out of the clouds, and the only thing in front of him was vivid words and bizarre artistic conceptions.

"Brother, what about the younger brother you are looking at?" asked Mu Yan, who was going home to cook, tilted her head and looked at Mu Zhen. Mu Zhen didn't answer, Mu Yan walked over and patted her brother's shoulder, and asked again.

"Hmph, I'm looking at the album!" Mu Zhen replied without raising his head.

"Where can I read the album?"

"Hmph!" Mu Zhen raised her head and looked around the courtyard, but she didn't see Mu Bao's figure, and then suddenly remembered that she hadn't glanced at her brother for a long time, "You were still here just now?"

"You ask me where I went, go find it!" Mu Yan tilted her head and looked at her brother, "Let you watch your brother at home, I lost it, see how you explain it to our mother?" Mu Yan frightened.

"Here, where did this kid run, you have to beat him if you find him! Why don't you run away without saying a word?" As he spoke, he closed the book, and he didn't dare to think about the first half of the plot in the book, and shouted loudly in the courtyard: "Mu Bao, Mu Bao, where is it hidden?"

"You can't call it back, look for it!"

"Where to look, know where to look, it's good!"

Mu Yan looked at her brother's anxious look, and said seriously: "My brother went to the ground by himself, fortunately our grandfather ran into it, otherwise I really don't know where to run, you are alone at home to watch him run away!" Mu Yan deliberately said very mysteriously.

Mu Zhen's mind was all devoted to studying, so naturally he didn't take a second look at his brother's affairs, as for his younger brother running out of the yard without permission, how could he know?

At lunchtime, naturally there was a burst of chatter from Xiuhua, Mu Zhen glanced at her younger brother, did not squeak, and silently pulled the rice grains in the bowl.

Just after lunch, Mu Zhen carefully took off the book cover she had added outside "Journey to the West", and while her parents were at home, she trotted to Ma Sanye's house in the village to exchange books. Mu Zhen saw that the door was open, and walked directly into the courtyard. Ma Sanye was taking the small pot on the table and preparing to make tea.

"Have you eaten? ”

"Have you eaten?" Ma Sanye looked at Mu Zhen who was standing at the door a little panting with a smile, and in Ma Sanye's gaze, Mu Zhen felt that Ma Sanye was amiable.

"After reading this book, I want to change the middle one. As he spoke, he took two steps forward, came to Ma Sanye, and handed over the book he was holding.

"Okay!" Ma Sanye said, took the book, sifted the pages of the book, stood up and walked to the inner bed.

"Read so fast, read and swallow dates, and digest it slowly. Ma Sanye said as he pulled out the bookcase from under the bed.

"I haven't done anything these days, I just read books, that's why I read so fast!"

Mu Zhen said and walked up to Ma Sanye, looking at the bookbox pulled out by Ma Sanye, the top of the box was still a cover wrapped in kraft paper, and the words "Journey to the West" were written on the cover with a brush, it seemed that Ma Sanye had already prepared for himself to borrow and return.

Ma Sanye handed the book to Mu Zhen, and said earnestly: "Pay attention to the rational use of your brain, you read so fast, I want to test you!"

Mu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and she was not mentally prepared for Ma Sanye's question test.

Ma Sanye seemed to see Mu Zhen's thoughts, and said slowly: "Reading must be essential, you can't just read wonderful stories, and don't understand the author's thoughts from them! No matter how good a book is, the author has a certain purpose and idea when writing it." ”

Mu Zhen heard what Ma Sanye said, naturally thought of the things in the dream, calmed down a little, and said: "Third grandfather, the Monkey King in this book has just been born, just to get ahead, learn from a teacher, make trouble in the Heavenly Palace, and self-proclaimed Monkey King, all of them broke through the shackles and wanted to become famous in one fell swoop, so they attracted the disaster under the Great Five Elements Mountain. Muscle Touyun and other super skills, but in front of many monsters, they are always either controlled by others, or ask the gods to help destroy the monsters, the basic reason is that those monsters either ask Tang Seng for mercy, or have Pokémon, or have a backer in the sky, even if Sun Wukong has the ability, there is no way to take them!"

When Ma Sanye heard Mu Zhen say these words, he felt that the child in front of him had a unique understanding of the knowledge in the book, even more than the idea of an adult.

"The child understands the truth! You are great!" Ma Sanye praised.

Mu Zhen listened to Ma Sanye's words, was a little embarrassed, and said differently: "I must remember your words, don't swallow dates when reading, and digest it slowly!"

Ma Sanye looked at the serious appearance of the child in front of him, nodded, and said, "Good, good, good!"

"The third grandfather is fine, I'm leaving. When Mu Zhen heard Ma Sanye's affirmation of herself, she was naturally happy, so she took her leave.

"Go!" Ma Sanye waved his hand and advised: "Slow down on the road, don't run so fast!"

"Okay!" Mu Zhen finished speaking, turned around and went out the door, and ran towards the house in a hurry.

As soon as Mu Zhen entered the house with the book, Xiuhua arranged for Mu Zhen: "Take care of your brother in the afternoon, and don't let him run out alone." ”

"Hmm!" Mu Zhen nodded in agreement.

Looking at the back of Xiuhua going out, Mu Zhen turned around and pulled her brother's hand: "You can't run around, follow me to play in the courtyard!"

"What are you playing?" Mu Bao replied by tilting his head to look at Mu Zhen.

"I'll tell you the story of the Monkey King. Mu Zhen said without thinking.

"Okay, I like to listen!" Mu Bao danced with his hands.

Every day, one of the brothers loves to talk, the other is willing to listen, and they cooperate very tacitly, which is really a bit of a joy......