Chapter 1175: That Winter
"Exactly. The enlightened master slowly walked to the front of several acacia trees in the courtyard, and told the past in detail: "It was the winter of more than 20 years ago, a heavy snow in the capital covered the knees, the weather was cold, and there were few pedestrians......
Ye Fan's expression was shocked, he recalled the time when he recovered the Buddha's bone relics, a conversation between Enlightenment and Moying, that charity was the cause of the mother and daughter and the master's acquaintance with good karma, what was it that made Enlightenment remember these two people clearly?
There are alms in the monasteries every year, and there must be a lot of people who receive alms every time, not thousands, but hundreds, from these identical faces, we can remember that the mother and daughter, what must have happened to make the enlightened master engraved in his heart.
"At that time, many people were still struggling in poverty, and there were also many foreigners in the capital, who could not eat enough and did not have warm clothes, and lined up in a queue of several hundred meters for a bowl of porridge......" The master of enlightenment looked up to the sky and sighed, his thin old face was full of compassion, "In this team, there are many old people and children, but those two donors are the most unusual. ”
"What's unusual?" Ye Fan couldn't help but ask for details.
The master glanced at him and said slowly, "That female benefactor is very well dressed...... Glamorous, even in the capital at that time, the poor monks had never seen any lady and lady with her outfit, but it was a pity...... The lady's face was somehow disfigured, and the little benefactor, who was also dressed decently, looked delicate, and looked like they were from a rich and noble family, and these two appeared at the soup kitchen, not only the poor monk took a few more looks, but everyone present all looked sideways......"
Hearing this, Ye Fan's heart moved slightly, and he thought of something.
"And then, Master. Catherine was also fascinated by the listen, and couldn't help but interject.
The Master of Enlightenment continued to recall, I don't know if he was dazzled, Ye Fan seemed to see his face twitch, and instantly returned to normal.
"At that time, these two came relatively late, and they were at the back of the line, and when it was their turn, there was only the last spoonful of porridge at the bottom of the pot, and there were hundreds of people behind them who did not take the turn......"
When the Master of Enlightenment said this, he was telling someone else's story, and his voice was flat and he couldn't hear any fluctuations, but in this plain story, there seemed to be some indescribable emotion, quietly hidden in it.
Speaking of this, the master still didn't deliberately accentuate his tone, but Ye Fan felt an unusual panic and nervousness, as if a gust of cold wind was blowing through his backbone, making people's hearts tremble.
The female donor held the porridge and led the little donor to leave, looking like she was trying to find a sheltered place for the child to eat porridge. The Master of Enlightenment suddenly paused, as if something in his throat was muffling his voice.
"And then, did they eat it?" asked Catherine anxiously, and when she was halfway through the story, you stopped telling it, can people not be in a hurry?
The master turned his head, stared at her deeply with deep vicissitudes of life, and after a while, he spit out three words in a deep voice: "I have eaten." ”
"That's good, they're not hungry, are they?" Catherine breathed a sigh of relief, as if she saw a happy ending to the story.
But hearing this result, Ye Fan's heart trembled for no reason, and with his current state of mind and cultivation, he actually shuddered for these three words.
The master of enlightenment turned his back and gave them a rickety back, ten years passed in a flash, and Ye Fan realized that the master was even older than ten years ago.
The female benefactor held the porridge in one hand and led the little donor in the other, walking towards the road, at this time, the soup porridge had ended, and those who did not receive it could only starve, and more than 100 people ...... Among the more than 100 people, I don't know who started it, suddenly many people pointed at the mother and daughter, insulted them, and surrounded the two of them......"
Ye Fan's face changed, and sure enough, things were far from that simple!
"Why are you scolding them?" Catherine couldn't figure out what kind of ability so many people were bullying two women?
"They thought that the mother and daughter had robbed them of their gruel, that they were well-dressed, that they must be rich people, and that they should not have taken this bowl of porridge. Some even asked the female benefactor to take out the money to buy buns for everyone to satisfy their hunger, and if they had no money, they took off their clothes and pawned them......"
"It's a pack of jackals!" Catherine was furious, she thought it was a beautiful story, but she never thought that in the end, what was exposed was a despicable human nature, ignorant, savage, and bullying the weak!
"The female benefactor, she was surrounded in a circle, but she made a choice that moved me and other monks......" The Master of Enlightenment turned his back and closed his eyelids, and after many years, thinking of that scene at that time, his mind was still very excited, and he couldn't keep calm.
Ye Fan stared at the master's back, his thoughts fluctuated constantly, what did Mo Ying's mother do at that time? What could make enlightenment also shocked, it was by no means an ordinary move......
The master waved his hand weakly, opened his eyes, and there was already a look of admiration in his eyes, and he picked up the words just now: "That female benefactor, she held the bowl in her arms, freed one hand, and took out a knife!"
"Yes, fight with those villains!" Catherine was already indignant, and women were so ruthless that even she was afraid of herself, and she couldn't be bullied if she died.
Jue Wu shook his head slightly, "She didn't, she cut off the flesh on her arm and threw it to those people! She said that this bowl of porridge was for her daughter, they hadn't eaten for two days, if you had to grab the bowl in her hand, just eat her!"
Boom! Catherine was like a thunderbolt from a sunny day, and she was stunned for a moment, and two lines of tears flowed down her eyes.
She never thought that this would be the result......
Ye Fan's face was pale, and his breathing became heavy.
Enlightenment said it easily, but he knew how tragic the scene was!
A woman who has no power to tie the chicken, in order to protect a bowl of porridge for her daughter, does not hesitate to feed wolves, this feat is probably only comparable to the Buddha who cut meat and fed eagles in Buddhist scriptures.
"The selfless and fearless behavior of the female benefactor awakened people's conscience, and the crowd finally dispersed, and the little benefactor cried and fainted in the arms of his mother......" The enlightened master sighed a few times, walked to the front, reached out and touched one of the acacia trees, and said softly: "The poor monk and several junior disciples couldn't bear it, so they let them go to the temple to recuperate, a few days later, the female benefactor said goodbye, but there were a few more acacia plants in this courtyard, and the poor monk guessed that this must have been planted by her own hands, so as to talk about the feelings of the temple." That's a ...... A man of great virtue and righteousness, the poor monk is not as good as ......"
The breeze blew, and the courtyard resounded with a rustling sound, which was the swaying of the leaves of the acacia trees, and a few rays of light and shadow sprinkled through the cracks in the treetops, shining on the three solemn, serene faces.
"It seems that the female benefactor is indeed a person who values love and righteousness...... Ye Fan broke the silence, "But her man, I'm afraid it's not a good thing, since ancient times, amorous has always been ruthlessly annoyed, and that negative man doesn't know if he has been retributed." ”
From the mouth of Mo Ying back then, Ye Fan knew that her mother had died that winter, such a great mother, but she couldn't spend the rest of her life peacefully, all of this should be blamed on her irresponsible man!
The Enlightenment Master didn't say anything more, the monks shouldn't make any comments on the affairs of men and women, and after a pause, he remembered the matter: "Master Ye, what are you doing here?"
"Oh, I wanted to ask you if you know the whereabouts of Ink Shadow. Ye Fan explained his intentions: "I have something to do with her." ”
"You mean the little benefactor...... Over the years, she has been here twice. The enlightened master said: "The poor monk heard that she has donated several repairs to the temple, but she has never come to the Lingguang Temple, and the donor wants to find her, and the poor monk may not be able to help here." ”
"Forget it, I'll figure it out again. Unable to ask about the result, Ye Fan felt unhappy and didn't want to stay any longer, so he waved to the Master of Enlightenment and said goodbye: "Don't bother, Catherine, let's go." ”