"Your sister left a message before she died, and she must find me. My daughter told me that she and her mother had been looking for me for 70 years before finally finding me. She is also old now, and she doesn't know how many more years she can support me, and she must take me to live on the other side. ”

"I couldn't refuse her request. But I can't let go of you fat master. The two of us, named brothers, are actually like father and son. If he hadn't saved my life, I wouldn't be alive today. I persuaded him to come with me, but he wouldn't. Tomorrow he will definitely talk to you, you help me persuade him. After the ninth day of September, I will leave with my daughter, and it would be best if he could go with me, if not, there may not be a day to see each other again in this life. The years are unforgiving, your fat master and I are close to running out of oil, and we won't live for a few years!"

Ah Jiu nodded and said, "I know, Master, you go and rest." ”

"Then please, you should rest early. ”

The thin master jumped down from the room, and Ah Jiu looked at his tall and pine-like back, and suddenly understood a lot. No wonder the thin master didn't smile, it turned out that he was from the military, and suddenly he smiled, he was happy for the thin master, he thought that the relatives he had never imagined in his life would be miraculously reunited, is there anything more worthy of joy than this? Laughing and laughing, his tears fell. He didn't know if he would be able to find his mother like this when he was seventy years old, maybe, yes, possible, right?

……

Breakfast was made by Ah Jiu himself, with porridge and side dishes, flower rolls and bean paste buns, and the two masters were very satisfied. After eating, the thin master's daughter said that she would take him to reapply for an ID card and passport, and that he would go to the city, and only the fat master and Ah Jiu were left in the courtyard.

Ah Jiu made a pot of tea, poured a cup for the fat master, and grinned, "How about it." Master, I envy that people have daughters, don't you?"

The fat master didn't think so at all, and said, "What's the use of envy? Everyone has their own fate, besides, stinky boy." Have you ever heard of a Taoist priest marrying a wife, have you ever heard of a monk marrying a wife? Your master and I are a monk, where can I find a wife?"

"Master Thin told me, you used to be a Taoist. ”

"Before?" The fat master shook the bamboo fan in his hand, thought for a while, and said, "It seems that your thin master has told you everything, and this old boy is determined to leave." ”

"Oh, my good master. Ah Jiu leaned forward with a shy face and said, "People didn't say they wouldn't take you." You just go with you, the thin master said, his daughter's family is quite rich, if you are worried that you will cause trouble to others, it's okay, apprentice, I will give you money, I guarantee that you can spend enough, and you can't spend it with knurling. ”

"Spend money on you?" The fat master knocked Ah Jiu with a fan: "There is your senior brother Long Kun." Your master, I will be short of money?"

"Senior Brother Long Kun?" Ah Jiu searched in his head, but he didn't have any impression. "Master, who is Senior Brother Long Kun?"

"His common surname is Wang, he used to be a soldier, and then he did business, and I saw him on TV yesterday. ”

"You mean, that, that ......" Ah Jiu's eyes widened: "Jianlin?"

"That's him. Accident, right?" said the fat master like an old naughty boy: "Do you think your master and I are stupid? I have no children and no daughters, can I not teach a few more apprentices? This apprentice is not filial, I have other apprentices, and I can always use them when I am old." ”

Ah Jiu couldn't help but smile and nodded, and catered to it: "You are always right. You have many apprentices, and each one is more powerful than the other. Let's be serious, do you want to go with the thin master? I advise you to go, you see that there is no one else on this mountain now, if he leaves again, you will be left as an old monk, who do you say can rest assured?"

"What's not to worry about? Your master and I have lived for more than a hundred years, and there are still a few years left?"

"I can't say that, everyone has a time when they are old, I don't know how powerful you were when you were young, it is dangerous when you are old, and you can't do it alone. Ah Jiu thought for a while and said, "Either you can go with me, I'll find you a good place." ”

"You still have a little conscience!" The fat master nodded the tip of Ah Jiu's nose and laughed heartily: "Your fat master must have told you, the two of us are about to run out of oil?"

Ah Jiu nodded, and there was no sadness. According to the age of a normal person, dividing the age of the fat master by two is considered a high life, and no matter how greedy he is, he can't say it. People live for a lifetime, they are born, old, sick and die, and sooner or later there will be such a day, and no one can hide from it. Ah Jiu has been deeply influenced by Buddhism since he was a child, and he has long been able to look down on life and death.

The fat master was even more so, and said, "Actually, your thin master didn't see it, monk I, in fact, it's been a few days." ”

"What?!" Rao is Ah Jiu looked down on life and death, but when he heard such bad news, he still couldn't be calm. He grabbed the fat master's wrist, and his heart suddenly became half cold, and the fat master's pulse was almost gone, intermittently coming and going. He can still speak and live now, completely supported by a strong internal force, in other words, his blood is running completely by internal breath. When the internal breath is exhausted, he will also die, which is the exhaustion of oil.

Ah Jiu suddenly shook his mouth violently, and this time he didn't leave his hand at all, and blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.

"What are you doing!" the fat master stopped drinking and grabbed Ah Jiu's arm to stop him from continuing to beat himself.

Ah Jiu knelt on the ground, tears pouring down: "Master, the apprentice is not filial, and he did it with you yesterday, which consumed your internal breath." ”

"I'm going to try your skills, what does it have to do with you, get up! Finally, let's chat, I want Master to see you like this?"

Ah Jiu tried to hold back his tears, but he still couldn't help it, he couldn't describe how important the fat master was to him. In his heart, he may still be above the parents he has never met. Now that he learned that the fat master was going to die, but he couldn't do anything about it, and even hastened his death, he was extremely sad and depressed in his heart.

"This time on the ninth day of September, in fact, I only called you back. The fat master helped Ah Jiu up, still smiling, as if death, the greatest horror of life, could not have even a little impact on this old man who saw through the world.

"I came back to you just to explain what happened. ”

"Master!" Ah Jiu knelt on the ground again, unable to lift his head.

"Get up. The fat master said again, Ah Jiu slowly raised his head, looked at the fat master, his knees seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and he tried to stand on the paper.

"That's right, this is decent!" the fat master smiled with satisfaction, he noticed that Ah Jiu had stained the Dharma name on the monk's robe, and said, "Apprentice, you still have a lot of resentment about this Dharma name." ”

"No, no!" Ah Jiu hurriedly ripped off the tape and said, "Master, the apprentice likes it, the apprentice likes it." ”

"What do you like, I don't know how many times you've secretly scolded me for being a bald donkey. The fat master smiled and said, "But do you know why the master gave you this name?"

"The apprentice doesn't know. ”

"Fa Cong', 'Jie', this kind of divine beast has a high level of wisdom, understands people's words and knows human nature. Its eyes are wide open, it can distinguish between right and wrong, it can know good and evil, and I hope you will do the same; ”

(To be continued.) )