The sun sets in the west, and the sky is full of colorful clouds.

The small courtyard of the farmhouse is in front of them, because of the goal, the fire monkey and the other four people walked faster, everyone wanted to find a place to stay tonight, and it was best to have delicious meals, everyone was already hungry at this time.

From a distance, the small farmhouse found that it had a wide yard, four or five thatched huts, two miscellaneous houses, and a livestock shed.

Although the yard is simple, it is very neat, the farm tools in front of the miscellaneous houses are neatly arranged, even the livestock shed is not smelly, and a few cows and sheep are shaking their heads and tails, eating fresh forage.

It can be seen that this farmer's family is a good family, which may be the reason for their affluent life.

The fire monkey and others came to the gate of the courtyard and knocked on the firewood. When the peasant family heard the noise, a man came out, and saw that he was more than fifty years old, with a strong figure, dark skin, and a long linen robe, looking clean and hearty, honest and kind.

As soon as he came out, he saw that it was three bald monks and a delicate little girl, although he felt a little strange in his heart, he still smiled honestly and asked, "A few masters, where did you come from?"

The fire monkey folded his hands and replied with a smile: "This Uncle Nong, we are from Qingshan Temple not far away, because the weather is a little late, it is inconvenient to travel at night, so I also ask Uncle Nong to give a roof to the eaves, and we will leave tomorrow morning." ”

At this time, a simple and kind aunt came out of the hut, and when she saw the fire monkeys, she understood what was going on.

She seems to have entertained some guests who asked for accommodation, and her personality was open-minded, while smiling and shouting "Hello masters", greeting her, while complaining about Uncle Nong's negligence, and the farmer husband and wife let the fire monkey and others into the courtyard together.

The eldest aunt smiled and said to the fire monkey: "A few masters, we only have two thatched huts in this rural place, or our children went to Qingping Town to seek work, and it happened to be empty today, so they were cleaned up." Although it was a little inconvenient, the cleaning was quite clean, and I wronged a few masters. ”

The fire monkey said: "Don't dare, don't dare, monks are everywhere for their homes, it's enough to have a tile to cover their bodies, thank you uncle and aunt, a good heart will have good results, Amitabha." ”

Yifeng and the others also saluted.

"I'm tired of walking, let's go in and rest!"

Then the uncle and aunt let them enter the hut separately, only to see that the furnishings inside were simple, but ordinary beds and tables, but clean and simple. Xiugu was alone in one room, and the three of them were squeezed into one room, but several people felt comfortable and very useful.

After cleaning up, the fire monkey stood there and smiled, and then said to Shuli and Yifeng: "I just came over, and I saw that the small river at the door is very clear, and it has been a long time to go, and it is inconvenient to take a bath here in the uncle and aunt, so we might as well go to the river to take a bath!"

Xiugu didn't know where it came from: "I'm going too, I'm going too!"

The fire monkey and the others were stunned, and Shuli said, "Senior sister can't go." ”

Xiu Gu was unconvinced: "Why? You can all go, why leave me behind? I and Yifeng often go to the back mountain stream to catch fish, isn't it the same? No, you can't ignore me, I want to go!"

The fire monkey thought for a while, and said helplessly: "Okay, then let's not take off our clothes, and simply go to the river to scrub it." ”

What else did Shuli say, the fire monkey shook his head to show that it was okay, and said: "Leaving the temple on the first day today, the little junior sister is not used to the outside life, and she doesn't know much about etiquette such as avoidance, so I don't take her with me, I'm afraid that she will miss Qingshan Temple and want to be sad." We came back with a simple scrub and it was fine. ”

When Xiu Gu heard this, she cheered "oh", pulled up the wind and ran to the river not far away. The fire monkey greeted the farmer couple with a smile, and followed closely with Shuli.

There is a small bay on the side of the creek that goes south from the farmer, the shore is lined with green trees, and the small river bay is simply paved with stone steps, presumably where the farmer washes his clothes every day.

Looking back at the farmhouse from here, the houses can be seen clearly, but the figures are subtle.

When a few people came here, they saw that the river was clear, knee-deep, and small fish could be seen swimming around. At this time, the sunset has not yet set, the green grass on the shore is dyed golden, and the river surface has a large orange red floating on the water, the water is rippling, the golden light is like scales, it is beautiful, everything is so quiet and warm.

The fire monkey said: "Hurry up and scrub, the sun is about to set, and it is even more inconvenient when it is dark." ”

So the fire monkey and the others took off the monk's robe outside, and asked Xiugu to wait on the grass under a big tree by the river.

Suddenly, there was a "poof", Yifeng fell into the water all of a sudden, splashing a large splash, it turned out that Xiugu was too lazy to help them look at the clothes, she was here to play, I don't know when she ran behind Yifeng, pushed him down, and stood on the shore laughing and trembling.

Ichifeng struggled twice in the water and stood up, but was still shocked. The fire monkey and Shuli were also startled, and looked at the smiling Xiugu helplessly.

Yifeng reacted, picked up the water in the river and splashed it on the shore Xiugu, Xiugu screamed in fright, and hurriedly hid behind the two senior brothers, but Xiugu didn't splash it, and the two of them were drenched in water.

The fire monkey and Shuli looked at each other helplessly. The fire monkey said: "There is also a rare opportunity to come out in the temple, the river is shallow, it looks cute, let's go down and play." The fire monkey took off his shoes and socks and walked into the shallow river.

Shuli ignored him and stood by the river to scrub by himself.

In the river, Yifeng and the fire monkey played away, while splashing water on the Xiugu on the bank, generally splashing water on each other, causing Xiugu on the bank of the river to scream again and again.

Shuli also stood up, used his spiritual power, walked from the river to the middle of the river, stood not far from the fire monkey wind, and took in the warm red sunset, green bank, golden waves, and frolicking pictures in his eyes, and smiled slightly.

This occasional good time is the best baptism of their recent gloomy and sad experience.

On this day, they went down the mountain, and at this moment they walked out of the haze to harvest this heart-warming beauty, but after this day, they will go to the world with an unfading childlike innocence.

"What are you doing there Fourth Senior Brother in a daze?" Yifeng asked strangely as he looked at Shuli standing on the surface of the river.

The fire monkey rolled his eyes: "Hmph, pretend! Yifeng, watch me splash him!" Saying that, the two of them held water together and splashed it on Shuli, causing Shuli to flee in embarrassment. The two of them laughed, and the Xiu Gu on the shore also laughed again and again, echoing each other, and the laughter was sprinkled in the river waves.

Suddenly, Shuli froze and stared intently at the river.

"Wait a minute, Second Senior Brother, the situation is a little wrong!" Shuli's face suddenly became solemn.

The fire monkey and Yifeng froze, and also looked at the river, a pungent fishy smell came, and occasionally a hint of red drifted through, which was even more strange red in the setting sun. The faces of the two of them were instantly ugly, this color and taste were all too familiar to them, it was blood!

The fire monkey quickly jumped out of the water, stepped on the river, and ran to the shore, beckoning Shuli and Yifeng to follow.

A sense of foreboding came to my heart, and I didn't dare to slack off and ran to the shore. The three of them ran to the shore together, and Xiu Gu also saw that the situation was wrong, so she packed up her clothes as early as the shore, and several people ran to the farm yard in front of them.

Running to the farmhouse not far away, I saw that the farmhouse courtyard was quiet and peaceful just now, but at this moment it was full of people, noisy, the pungent smell of blood became stronger and stronger, and several people sped up, used spiritual power, and rushed into the hospital.

The courtyard was in chaos, a group of strong men stood in a circle, surrounded by groups, fire monkeys and others opened the crowd, and the men in the courtyard glared angrily.

Yifeng's brows furrowed, and he saw that in the middle of the yard, the farmer's livestock fell to the ground, blood all over the ground, a cow was smashed in the head, a stone with blood stains was thrown aside, several goats were stabbed to death with knives, their stomachs were swollen, and there were chicken feathers, and the farmer's uncle and aunt changed their generosity and heartiness just now, and they were very weak and paralyzed in a pool of blood, with red eyes and tears.

Before Yifeng and the others could react, at this time, several strong men came from a distance, and the black-faced stubble man led by him shouted loudly as soon as he arrived at the gate of the courtyard: "Second brother, I'm back, these sheep have been slaughtered and washed by the river, and you can eat roasted lamb legs tonight, hahaha." ”

The fire monkey frowned, and carefully walked to the side of the uncle and aunt, Yifeng and Xiugu helped them up, and the fire monkey asked softly, "Uncle, aunt, what's going on?"

Before the uncle and aunt could open their mouths, the black-faced man who came back saw Shuli and said nonsense: "Hey, where did this Buddhist master come from? When we came, didn't we say that the masters didn't come?"

At this time, the person called "Second Brother" led by the strong man in the circle walked out, with his hands behind his back, tall and tall, although his posture was a little rampant, his eyes were staring at them, but he still smiled without smiling, and asked respectfully: "Where are these masters from?" They are the monks of Qingping Temple, and we are here to collect rent on the orders of the masters of Qingping Temple, and we also ask the masters to make it convenient. ”

The fire monkey's face was cold, and he replied, "We are just passing monks. ”

The black-faced man who was standing outside the courtyard and was blocked by Shuli suddenly said: "Oh, it's not the masters of Qingping Temple, then whatever bird he is, get out of the way, your axe god axe uncle is not a vegetarian!"

As he spoke, he rolled up his cuffs and shook his arms to come over and pull the book ceremony.