"He Ye, there is one thing I have been stuffy in my heart, I don't want to ask and I don't dare to ask, but now I think it's better to ask...... I didn't want to give up my love back then, but I also wanted to save my stepmother, so I took the money to speculate in futures, but I lost a mess, and I had the experience of seeking death later, you said, did I do something wrong? If I had used the money to treat my stepmother, she might still be alive. Now that I think about it, I was so stupid and I'm sorry for her......"

Shi De couldn't go on, and tears welled up in his eyes.

He Ye patted Shi De's shoulder, comforted Shi De and said: "Don't blame yourself too much, there are no assumptions in life, everything that happens is a fixed number that should happen." Your stepmother is very kind, but human nature has a complicated side, maybe one day you know the truth about your stepmother's identity and what she regards you as your own, you may not be so guilty. Also, your stepmother was terminally ill back then, and it doesn't make sense to treat her or not, the only thing you're sorry for her is that you weren't by her side when she left. ”

Shi De heard something: "He Ye, could it be that her stepmother has done something bad?" ”

He Ye shook his head lightly: "I'm not an immortal, how can I know the Dao?" But from the fact that she did not have a good death, it can probably be inferred that she must have done something wrong. ”

If anyone dared to say that his stepmother was not good in the past, Shi De would definitely fight with him, not even He Ye, but now he gradually understands many rules of heaven and earth and the laws of life, and knows that there is no love and hate for no reason in the world, and there is no person who should not die alone and die miserably.

And the truth is often cruel.

"It's time to eat." Xia Hua and Yue Qingying lingered among the fruit trees next to them, playing for a long time, and seeing that the conversation between He Ye and Shi De was coming to an end, she came over with interest, "He Ye, Shi De, what do you want to eat at night?" I don't think I'll go to a bowl of fragrant food, I'll eat it every day, and I'm annoyed, why don't you let me and Qingying go down to the kitchen and cook a hearty dinner for you, how about it? ”

He Ye smiled: "I usually don't eat at night, you young people, feel free." ”

"Actually, I don't eat much at night, it is said that if I don't eat dinner for dinner, hunger will cure all diseases, isn't it He Ye?" Xia Hua didn't say this in order to echo He Ye, but she did not eat much at night, and it was exactly what He Ye said that not cultivating the Tao was already in the Dao, "But for the sake of Shi De and Qingying, let's make an exception tonight." ”

"For me and Kiyokage?" Shi De smiled and broke Xia Hua's careful thoughts, "You are here to show your hand in front of He Ye, right?" Is it to show your versatility in the hall and kitchen? ”

"Cut, even if I can go up to the hall and down to the kitchen, what's the matter with you? You're not my thing, I'm good, I just need someone I like to appreciate it. Xia Hua attacked Shi De duplicitously, and while speaking eloquently, she also glanced at He Ye, preventing He Ye from revealing her little secret to Shi De.

He Ye smiled knowingly.

Shi Decai was too lazy to argue with Xia Hua, and raised his hand to surrender: "Okay, I surrender, I surrender, now I solemnly invite Chairman Xia and Yue to cook." ”

Yue Qingying was slightly embarrassed: "I'm really not very good at cooking, what can I do?" ”

"Burn a baked cake and choke to death." Xia Hua said just do it, rolled up her sleeves, exposed her white and tender arms, and put on a posture that was ready to do a big job, "Shancheng's local specialty Lao Rongtou brand baked cake is Shide's favorite, although I don't know how to burn a cake, but it's no problem to burn a flatbread, how about dinner, it's flatbread, pickles and millet porridge?" ”

It turns out that this is what Xia Hua said about a sumptuous dinner? Shi was speechless, so he had to wave his hand and said: "Okay, okay, you are in charge, you are in charge, that is, drink boiled water for dinner, I have no problem, as long as you have no problem." ”

"What kind of, am I the one who made you drink plain water?" Xia Hua glanced at Shi De very dissatisfied, "If you want to drink, you will also be allowed to drink the pot water." ”

Okay, Shi De turned around and left, ignoring Xia Hua's attack on him, he went back to the house to read.

The night gradually enveloped Fang Waiju.

There are three main rooms, a kitchen, and a guest room. After Shi De arrived, he shared two of the three main rooms with He Ye, and the other was the living room. Only when Shi De and He Ye were there, Fang Waiju was very quiet, and now that there are more summer flowers and moon shadows, it is much more lively, and it also adds a lot of vitality.

After reading the book for a while, Shi De stretched his waist and came outside, seeing that the twilight was already dark. The kitchen is brightly lit, and the busy figures of Xia Hua and Yue Qingying are full of shadows under the lights, which has a sense of warmth.

He Ye couldn't stay idle, picked up a hoe and loosened the soil for the fruit trees, applied fertilizer, and then watered them. It can be seen that He Ye is working on the surface, but in fact, he is relaxing and thinking about the major issues of how to go next.

Sometimes, proper labor does help to think, but Shi De is now unable to reach the realm of He Ye's free retraction, he came to He Ye's side, stretched out his hand to pick a pear, and said: "He Ye, there are thirteen laws of life, what are the other three?" ”

He Ye set up a hoe and wiped the sweat on his head: "The last three are, the principle of loving yourself, the principle of forgiveness and the principle of responsibility. ”

"It's time to eat...... Xia Hua called out loudly, which interrupted Shi De's thought of pondering the three principles.

"Let's go, let's eat." He Ye put down the hoe and smiled.

The night of Fang Waiju has never been as lively as today, with four people gathered around the dinner table, laughing and laughing. Although Xia Hua's craftsmanship is really flattering, the baked flatbread is either mushy or not ripe, but fortunately, He Ye does not pick Shi and does not say that Yue Qingying will not comment, and the last thing is a happy ending.

After the meal, as soon as Xia Hua and Yue Qingying left, Fang Waiju returned to its original desertion and tranquility.

Early the next morning, Shi got up before dawn and played Tai Chi in the courtyard, and then he accompanied He Ye to Fuyang Park. Although He Ye said that he had asked him to leave Fang Waiju as little as possible recently, it did not mean that he could not leave for a moment, not to mention that he should have no worries when he walked with He Ye.

What is the purpose of going to Fuyang Park, He Ye didn't say, and Shi De didn't ask.

Although it is late autumn, Fuyang Park is still full of people, the enthusiasm of the old people to exercise their bodies is higher than the enthusiasm of young people to work, Shi De sighed, saw a bunch of old ladies dancing square dances in a uniform manner, thinking that maybe one day the square dance of old Chinese ladies will rush out of the country to the world.

He Ye went straight to the Fuyang River, stood on the bank and looked down at the flowing Fuyang River, and said to Shi De: "From now on, on the first and fifteenth days of the Lunar New Year every month, you will go to the Fuyang River once to release your life. ”

"What are the first and fifteenth days of the first month?" Last time, he gave the merit of release to Li Sanjiang's mother, and Li Sanjiang's mother quickly turned the corner. Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and releasing life is also a good walk with the sky.

"The first and fifteenth days of the Lunar New Year are fasting days. Ramadan release, the greatest merit. He Ye turned around and said, "There are ten days in a month that are fasting days, based on the lunar calendar, the first day, the eighth day of the first month, the fourteenth, the fifteenth, the eighteenth, the twenty-third, the twenty-fourth, the twenty-eighth, the twenty-ninth, and the thirtieth day. ”

Shi De nodded and wrote down: "The last time I was released was to save Li Sanjiang's mother, what is the purpose of the release now?" ”

"Among all the remaining sins, killing karma is the heaviest. Among all the merits, do not kill the first...... Liberation is to cultivate your compassion. Bi You said a very good sentence, the heart is selfless and the world is wide, you can have a chance of winning by being a man, and Du Qingxun competes, only by strength, even if I join forces with Bi Wentian, the chances of winning are not great, if you want to win, you have to find another way. He Ye walked towards the pine forest, and as he walked, he explained to Shi De, "Since ancient times, evil has not prevailed over good, but where does righteousness come from?" From mercy. Where does compassion come from? From not killing and releasing life. ”

In the middle of the pine forest, there is a dirt hill with a tower on the soil. Shi De followed He Ye all the way up the mountain and came to the bottom of the tower. Under the tower, there are a few charlatans who set up stalls to tell fortunes, and there are also a few beggars in rags.

"In addition to releasing life, you also have to go to the nursing home regularly to help the lonely elderly, and for beggars, as long as you see them, you have to give alms. Remember, it's giving, not charity. The psychology of giving will reduce your merit countless times. As He Ye spoke, he reached out and took out ten yuan and put it in front of a beggar closest to him.

Shi De did the same, took out a few dozen yuan, and put one for each beggar. He is convinced of the law of generosity, which is the principle of the balance between heaven and earth, and that what you give away, whether it is money or material things, whether it is happiness or trouble, will be rewarded to you exponentially.

If the purpose of releasing life is to cultivate compassion, what is the purpose of generosity? Is it to make money?

He Ye guessed Shi De's doubts, and said with a smile: "Charity, if it is just to make money, it is too superficial, there are many things that money can't buy, life, happiness, and family affection are all outside the power of money." The purpose of giving is to cultivate your equanimity. Compassion is to let you look at the world with a compassionate attitude, and equanimity is to let you walk the world with an equal mindset. According to the law of attraction, if you are compassionate, you will be surrounded by a group of compassionate people, and then you will live in a humble and stable environment. If you are equal, the friends you meet will also be people who are calm and not domineering. Compassion keeps you from encountering great evildoers, and you don't encounter misfortunes. Equality, you don't discriminate against beggars, no one discriminates against you......"