"Half a year?" Xiao Zheng looked at Li Jing who was eating quietly. His expression was rather surprised.

You know, even if a delicate woman is, she has to eat at least one or two rice for a meal, right? If you use two meals a day for two people, you have to eat four taels a day. That's twelve pounds a month. If you count it as half a year, even if it is three months, it is nearly forty catties of rice. And that's not even counting the cooking oil that is essential for cooking. Counting it like this, every time Li Jing goes down the mountain, don't you want to carry fifty or sixty pounds of daily necessities up the mountain?

Xiao Zheng stuffed a lion's head into his mouth and said vaguely, "Aunt Jing, you are too hard, right?" ”

He didn't believe that Li Jing would ask someone for help. After all, it is a monk, and there is no reason to spend money to hire someone to move it. Moreover, the Tang monks went to the west to learn scriptures, and they were obviously escorted by a group of goblin disciples who were omnipotent in heaven and earth, and they could only ride the poor white dragon horse and sigh on foot to the west. Therefore, in Xiao Zheng's view, monks should not do opportunistic things.

"Out of the way." Li Jingtian smiled lightly, shook his head and said. "Walking is practice, and compared to ascetics, I am far behind in this little lesson."

"The so-called ascetics only appear in movies and novels, in reality, especially now, how can anyone be an ascetic." Xiao Zheng shook his head and said. The admiration for Li Jing arose spontaneously.

Of course, Li Jing's workload Xiao Zheng can also do it, but after all, she is only a middle-aged woman, and it is definitely beyond ordinary people's imagination to be able to hike up the mountain with weights. Coupled with the steep mountain roads, it is a huge challenge for Li Jing. So to some extent, Xiao Zheng believes that Li Jing is not an ordinary person.

"Why not?" Li Jing looked at Ye Yuhua with a smile. Respectfully. "My sister walks 10,000 kilometers every year. It's been 20 years. ”

10,000 km?

Xiao Zheng said at a glance: "On average, you have to walk nearly thirty miles a day?" ”

Li Jing smiled and said, "So, compared to my senior sister, my cultivation is really more than one. ”

"The monks don't care about it, they don't compare, Ah Jing, you're in the picture." Ye Yuhua said with a light smile.

Li Jing bowed her head lightly and nodded, "Senior sister taught me a lesson." ”

With that, she folded her hands and silently recited a heart-clearing mantra before continuing to eat.

Xiao Zheng was eating, and said inquiringly: "Aunt Jing." I see that this mountain road has not been built, and it is difficult to walk, and there may be wild beasts and poisonous snakes in the jungle and mountains. ”

Li Jing shook his head and explained: "Senior Brother Budu walks in the mountains and forests all the year round, even if there are some beasts and poisonous snakes, I am afraid that he will be invited down the mountain." Anyway. ”

Xiao Zheng nodded, that's right. There is a world-famous White Emperor in charge, even if the tiger and the lion, I am afraid that he will not dare to shout in this mountain wilderness. Not to mention some small animals? However, as a monk, Bai Wufeng will not hurt the innocent, and will only politely invite these animals that live in the mountains and forests to go down the mountain.

Xiao Zheng was about to ask again, but Lin Huayin interrupted his side knock: "Aunt Jing has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and even if she faces jackals and beasts, she has her own way to get out." If you want to ask, just be direct, no need to grind and chirp. ”

Xiao Zheng said with a little embarrassment: "I'm not looking for some topics." ”

Speaking of which, from the first time Xiao Zheng saw Li Jing, he could see that this woman had a steady pace, and she was by no means an ordinary monk, plus she lived on the cliffs of this poor mountain and bad water, if the Ye family did not arrange a powerful entourage, how could they rest assured that Ye Yuhua would live alone?

He asked these things in a mess, indeed he was looking for some topics as he said, and he was afraid that he would be cold while eating. But this damn Lao Lin didn't know what he was thinking at all, and instead of cooperating, he poured a scoop of cold water, which was really sad.

After eating most of the dinner, Xiao Zheng took the initiative to provoke the topic and asked: "Mother-in-law, like you usually eat fasting and chanting Buddha, do you have any spare time activities in the evening?" ”

"Play chess." Ye Yuhua smiled.

"Just playing chess?" Xiao Zheng said speechlessly.

"I still have homework in the evenings, and I don't have that much free time." Ye Yuhua explained. "But I've got some interesting little things for you. In addition to not being able to watch TV online, it shouldn't be too boring. ”

It's all boring, but it's not Ye Yuhua who said it. In Xiao Zheng's view, the things that a monk prepares for himself are very limited no matter how interesting they are. So he didn't pay attention to it, and while eating dinner, he magically took out two decks of poker from his pocket, and said with relish: "After dinner, let's play a few pokers, shall we?" If you don't gamble money, it's pure entertainment. ”

Poker?

Lin Huayin was completely stunned.

This is a temple, and the place to eat is less than five meters from the prayer hall. Aren't you afraid that the wish you just made will not be blessed by the Bodhisattva? Aren't you afraid to blaspheme and blame you? Even if Lin Huayin didn't believe in Buddhism, he really didn't dare to imagine that Xiao Zheng would prepare two decks of pokers in advance and take them all the way to the mountain.

Li Jing said a little helplessly: "Monks can't play poker. ”

When Xiao Zheng heard this, he persuaded him: "Monks are also human beings. If the prohibition of alcohol and meat is an iron rule, then what is the precept of poker? I've heard that monks have to abstain from hatred and ignorance, arrogance and rashness, but I haven't heard of monks who want to quit poker. On the contrary, if Aunt Jing can play poker with a calm mind, wouldn't it be another kind of practice? In ancient times, some people said that wine and meat passed through the intestines, and the Buddha left it in his heart. Although this is a bit of a radical brainwashing, but the meaning of it, isn't it in line with the saying that there is a Buddha in the heart, and everything is empty? ”

Li Jing is not stupid, but she has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, although she has followed Ye Yuhua to cultivate herself over the years, she has been more gentle and less sharp than back then. But the kung fu on the lips hasn't grown much. This time he was debated by Xiao Zheng, and he was speechless at the moment, just looking at Ye Yuhua in embarrassment.

"It doesn't matter." Ye Yuhua said with a smile. "Ah Zheng, what do you want to play?"

"How about fighting the landlord?" Xiao Zheng asked excitedly.

"Yes." Ye Yuhua smiled and nodded.

Monks cultivate their bodies and minds, and also abstain from the seven emotions and six desires. Playing chess is enlightenment, and it also divides victory and defeat. Just look at the way in the eyes of the chess player, there is still a victory or defeat. The same is true for poker. For Ye Yuhua, there is no essential difference between the two. It's just that if there is no proposal from Xiao Zheng, she will not take the initiative to play.

The most primitive way to play the landlord is a game of three people. Lin Huayin has little contact with poker, but she understands the basic gameplay of fighting landlords, so at the invitation of Xiao Zheng, she also participated. The third person is Ye Yuhua. Li Jing rushed to clean up the dishes and chopsticks first, and came to watch the game later.

There is no electricity in the temple, but whether it is the side hall or the scripture hall, it is lit with warm red candles. The light is like weaving, illuminating the side hall subtly visible. Xiao Zheng and the three sat around the table, shuffled the cards, and then dealt the cards.

Xiao Zheng prevented everyone from missing some small rules, and while dealing cards, he told all the details of the landlord. Then he picked up the deck of cards that had been dealt, and his eyes lit up when he landed, and the corners of his lips smiled.

"Call the landlord." Xiao Zheng said excitedly.

"Call the landlord." Lin Huayin shouted.

At this time, Xiao Zheng sternly corrected Lin Huayin: "You can't say that you are called a landlord, you should say that you are robbing a landlord!" ”