Chapter 7 The Land Behind the Monastery
When it was dark, Su San and Luo Yin came to the outside of Linglong Temple. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although this Linglong Temple is said to be on the outskirts of the city, because the incense is prosperous, there are many people coming and going, and the nearby hawkers gather, especially on the fifteenth day of the first month, it is particularly lively, and there is a faint appearance of forming a temple fair
The two were talking about the case along the way, and Su San suddenly smelled a familiar fragrance.
It was the smell of coriander, dried shrimp, sesame oil, and lard suddenly poured over the hot soup. She looked around and saw a wonton stall near a grove of trees.
The red flames licked the bottom of the pot, and the hazy water vapor rippled like a movie theater curtain.
"I'm hungry."
Su San learned his lesson and did not go directly to the wonton stand, but set his eyes on Luo Yin.
"You want to eat ravioli, right?" Luo Yin smiled.
Su San was particularly surprised: "You...... Did you see that too? ”
"It's such a big mess, and I'm not short-sighted."
Luo Yin smiled and came to Su San to sit down on the wonton stall bench.
"Two bowls of small ravioli." Su San shouted happily.
She looked back and saw that the stall owner was a young girl, but she was hidden in the shadows of the trees, and she couldn't see her face clearly. The tall paulownia tree in the north, although it has lost its leaves, the ridged branches are like the umbrella bones of a giant umbrella, supporting the last dignity in winter.
This is a forest behind the temple, and through the cracks in the branches of the surrounding trees, you can see a large area of land inside.
"This is the land of Linglong Temple, right?" When the girl brought the wontons, Su San asked.
"Yes, this land is not small, it is all planted by the monks themselves, and there is a house in the field, which is lived by the monks who watch the land in summer." The girl replied with a smile. Only then did Su San see her face clearly, a white round face, facial features that seemed to be painted, thin eyebrows and thin eyes, and the corners of her mouth were always shouting and laughing, like ...... It's like the characters in Yang Liuqing's paintings that I see on the street today.
Su San wondered in her heart, but the fragrance of the wontons made her index fingers move, and her attention was immediately attracted. There is also a tablespoon of shrimp roe added to the wonton soup here, the soup is so fresh that it makes people swallow their tongues, where can Su San still care to see what the stall owner looks like.
"There's a house in that field?"
Luo Yin finished eating the wonton first, stood up and looked into the ground through the branches of the trees with his hands behind his back.
"Well, the girl said that the monk who watched the land in the summer lived."
Su San took the time to agree, and took another big sip of soup, the warm soup went down his throat, and the pores all over his body sang comfortably.
On a cold winter evening, being able to drink a bowl of hot soup on the fire is simply the most comfortable thing in the world.
"There's still a few mounds of dirt in the field."
Luo Yin pointed to that and said.
Seeing that Su San had also finished eating, the girl at the wonton stall smiled.
"At first glance, the two of them seem to be in the city and don't know what is going on in the countryside."
The girl said, "Seeing that you have finished eating, I dare to say that those piles are farmhouse fertilizer, and the fertilizer that has been saved for the winter will be used in the spring." It's all the same in this field. ”
Hearing this, Luo Yin carefully recalled what he saw on the road, and it seemed that this was really the case.
So he nodded and said, "I see, there are so many rules in this kind of place." ”
"Girl, the monks in this temple will also take care of your business, right?"
Su San wanted to ask for some news from the girl.
"Well, a few deacons will come if they have money, but the deacons and monks in this temple are not all rich, there is a wise monk who is very poor, he is in charge of this large area, he has no less hardship and no less effort, but he has no money, and he has never come out to eat. It's really the same rice raising a hundred kinds of people, a monk in a monastery, and it's still like this. ”
Su San looked at Luo Yin and asked in a low voice, "Is this because Wisdom is not in the same stream as Zhiyuan?" ”
"Maybe it's pretending? People don't bother to come to a small stall to eat, maybe they eat and drink in a high-end restaurant in Tianjin. Luo Yin patted her on the shoulder, "You, what you see and hear is what you see with your own eyes, and it may not be true." I haven't understood this for so long. ”
After the two of them paid and walked into the monastery, a small novice rushed in: "Donor, Master asked me to take you to the guest room. ”
According to the rules of the temple, it is not possible to stay with female guests, but this time it was the old abbot who threatened him, and Linglong Temple had to break the rules.
Su San saw that the little novice was smiling, it was the one from the Daxiong Treasure Hall in the morning, and asked, "It seems that we have a fate with you, little master." ”
"The donor just call me Daoguang."
The little novice led them through the vicinity of the monk's house, and crossed a bamboo forest to a courtyard.
There is also a small courtyard on the opposite side of this courtyard. Because it was dark, the plaque on it was also inadvertently looked at carefully, and it was vaguely a static word.
And Su San, the sign hanging in the small courtyard where they came in reads Zhaiyuan.
"We live in the fast, it doesn't affect you, does it?"
Su San knew that this was where people ate.
"No, this retreat has actually been useless for several years. We usually eat in another hall, which was specially repaired for those distinguished guests, and later Uncle Wisdom said that all beings are equal, and it is not good to do so, so it has been sealed. In the afternoon, Uncle Shi asked people to install two beds here, and he was wronged by the donor. ”
Kosa bridled ten.
"What's that across the other side?"
"That's Jingxin Garden, it turned out to be a rich family to worship their ancestors, oh, it's the Hua family in the city. Usually no one goes, the Hua family will come here to worship on the fifteenth day of the new year. ”
"I heard before that the female guest who came here to ask for a child will stay in the monastery for ten days, where do you stay?"
"Amitabha, how can female guests live in our temple, they are actually living in a hotel outside the temple, which is false, Amitabha."
The little novice chanted the Buddha's name repeatedly.
Su San breathed a sigh of relief, she thought, if this temple is blatantly staying with female dependents, I don't believe that no one can't see the catty in it, if it lives outside the temple, it is right, and it can always hide people's eyes.
The bed was placed on the first floor of the temple, and the tables and chairs were moved away and two wooden beds were placed, which were the same as the monastery beds seen today. There was also a brazier in the house, the charcoal was red, and the room was very warm, and it seemed that the temple was prepared quite carefully despite its reluctance. I saw the little novice smile and take out a handful of chestnuts from his sleeve, bury them in the fire casually, and said, "Thank you for the donor's reward, there is nothing to do at night, the female donor can peel chestnuts and eat them." ”
"Thank you, for your thoughtfulness."
Sending off the little novice, Su San looked at the bed and then at Luo Yin, with a difficult face.
Luo Yin took off his coat and put it on the dining table on the side, lay down on the bed and said, "I'm tired of running this day." ”
Su San sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Luo Yin on the opposite side lying comfortably, with his long legs stretched out, not knowing what to do?
Spending the night in the same room with a man, even though it was two beds, was still embarrassing.
Luo Yin lay down and stretched, and when he saw Su San still sitting there wrapped in a coat, he looked up and asked, "Aren't you tired?" ”
Su San didn't say anything.
Luo Yin stood up, walked to the brazier, and used fire tongs to pull the chestnuts inside.
"Do you want to wait for the chestnuts to ripen? I think it's okay, this thing is not easy to digest, there is still a lot of charcoal in this brazier, it can be slowly burned until tomorrow, it is better to get up tomorrow morning and eat it, gluttonous cat. ”
"You're a cat hungry." Su San muttered dissatisfiedly, "Are these monks really annoying that they don't know the difference between men and women?" ”
Only then did Luo Yin understand what it was for. couldn't help laughing: "Who is to blame, we talked to others to ask for children, and people naturally thought that we were husband and wife." ”
When he saw Su San's face flushed, he comforted him and said, "Okay, anyway, I'm lying on the bed next to you, and with me lying on the bed next to you, you can see it as soon as you open your eyes, it's beautiful and delicious, and you don't have to eat tomorrow morning." ”
"It's because you are disgusting that you can't eat it, it's really a princess."
That's all there is to it. The two of them lay side by side in their own beds, and could see the faint red in the brazier by the door.
"Open the window, huh? Be careful of getting into the gas. ”
Su San said.
"It's on, don't worry."
It was indeed a tiring day, and I got up at 4 o'clock in the morning to go to the ghost market, and after lying down, I was tired, and both of them quickly fell asleep.
Luo Yin didn't know how he woke up.
He only felt flustered and short of breath, and his whole body was weak, and he wanted to shout but couldn't shout.
Oops? Is this poisoned? It was dark, and I couldn't see the person on the other side clearly, only the red light of the brazier by the door flickered, and it was burning. (To be continued.) )