The phone rang three or four times, much to Nishino's annoyance.

"If you don't call early, if you don't call late, just call at this time! Who? Xiye frowned, took out his mobile phone and saw that it was Yan Ling's number, and he quickly clicked the answer button.

"Secretary Yan, hello." Nishino deliberately stretched the word "good" long.

"Old classmate, if you call me like this, I'll be outside. I'm now in the airport lounge in S City, and the flight departs an hour later and arrives at Baiyun Airport around 9 p.m. Yan Ling said.

Nishino (a hint of surprise): Oh, do you want me to pick you up at the airport?

Yan Ling (waving his hand): No, I'll call you again after the plane lands.

Nishino (confused): What are the good things about coming to Nanyue this time? Training or Inspection?

Yan Ling (paused): Out of tolerance...... We'll talk about it again when we meet.

Nishino (nodding): I'm not free at this moment, so I'll contact you later.

Yan Ling: Okay, you can go about your business.

Nishino: I was contacted in a timely manner, goodbye.

hung up the phone, smiled and grabbed Nishino's arm again: "Whose phone is it?" ”

"Yan Ling's, I don't know what he came to Nanyue to do this time, he said he wanted to meet me." Nishino answered.

"Oh, it's your classmate who is the secretary of the municipal party committee, right?"

"That's right. He came from afar, and we had to do our best to be landlords. ”

"It's too troublesome to entertain government officials, so it's better to put it in Huatian Hotel."

"That's fine. The secretary of the municipal party committee is usually accompanied by someone on a business trip, so ah, there are at least four or five of them. ”

"Wouldn't it? How many people travel together on a business trip, and pay for eating, drinking, and Lazar at public expense? ”

"Probably so, it's their internal affair, and we'll just entertain the guests."

"Then how long are they going to stay in Nanyue?"

"I didn't ask."

"You, you always do things without going through your brain, if Yan Ling is one, it won't be a problem for him to live in my house for as long as he wants. If there are too many people, it is not convenient for us. ”

"Our home is not a government reception office, at most it is OK to invite them to eat and drink, and there is no need to mobilize the crowd. As for living...... If you want the hotel to give them a 20% discount. Nishino said with a smile.

"That's pretty much it. Let's go and have a look at the boutique street. The smile was much more relaxed.

"The boutique street must be very lively at night." Nishino put his arm around Xiaoxiao's shoulders and walked forward.

"Wow, that's cute." Xiaoxiao stood in front of the window, looking at a teddy bear of more than 1.7 meters inside.

"Do you like it?"

"Hmm."

"Then let's go in and have a look." Nishino took a smiling hand and entered the boutique.

As soon as he entered the store, Nishino saw a monk with gold-rimmed glasses, with a bare head and six black dots on the top of his head.

Nishino looked at the monk again, and couldn't help but exclaim, isn't that Master Huiwu? He didn't immediately go up and bow to Master Huiwu, because Master Hui Wu was busy.

The master was in his fifties, and his eyesight was not good, so he only cared about selling his Buddha statues and Buddhist beads to the shopkeeper, but he didn't notice that the two of Nishino had come in.

Xiaoxiao pulled the corner of Nishino's clothes and asked, "Husband, do all monks have black spots on the top of their heads?" ”

"That's not called a black spot, it's called a scar. The monk's ring scar is like a status symbol, representing their rank. Nishino smiled.

"Do monks also have three, six, nine and so on?" Laughing puzzled.

"Yes. After a few months of freshman training, the freshly shaved monk takes a simple quiz. If they pass the test, the old monks in the temple will use incense sticks to help them light the first ring scar of their monkhood, which is called 'pure heart'. ”

"Oh, is it that every time you pass a test level, you get an extra ring scar?"

"Well, in the next year or two, if the little monks behave well, such as no longer drooling when watching the lock code channel, or no longer looking left and right when writing the Diamond Sutra silently, they will be eligible for the second ring scar - Lefu."

"How many black dots can you get at most?"

"Generally speaking, only monks who are successful in their studies will receive six ordination scars in the next few years. Further up, only those respected hosts and others will have more scars. Therefore, the number of ordination scars on the top of the head represents the results of the monk's practice. The abbots of important temples such as Shaolin Temple, Halal Temple, and Longfa Hall may be high-ranking monks or special-grade monks with eight or nine ordination scars. ”

"Is there a monk with ten black spots?"

"This tenth scar is not something that ordinary monks can have, except for the Bodhidharma Patriarch and the Six Patriarchs Zen Master, there are no more than five god-level monks with more than ten scars, and the highest level is twelve ring scars, that is, Bodhisattva vows."

"Husband, as far as I know, modern monks don't have a ring scar on the top of their heads, what's going on?"

"When the monks light the scar, if they don't do it well, it will cause visual damage to the ordained person, and this damage is irreversible, and generally the head of the person who has the scar will be swollen on the same day. In 1983, the Buddhist Association of China abolished the tradition of burning scars since the Yuan Dynasty, and it has been more than 20 years now. ”

"And what does it mean to be scarred?"

"Burn incense with your body, burn yourself with your expression, and illuminate others. Remind yourself that to remember the teachings of the Dharma is to sacrifice oneself as a human being. ”

"But I saw some monks coming and going in many brightly lit entertainment places, which is unreasonable."

"Times are changing, and so are the monastic precepts. Monk is no longer a religion, but a profession. ”

When Nishino said this, Master Huiwu was already standing behind him, his palms folded: "Amitabha, why did the donor say this?" ”

"Master, is the disciple wrong?" Nishino turned around and gave Master Huiwu a Buddha salute, "Amitabha." ”

"How can you say that you are not wrong?" The master does not give up.

"Is the ring scar on the master's head painted?" Nishino avoided answering.

"It's hot."

"Impossible."

"I don't believe you're touching it, it's like a fake."

Nishino stretched out his hand and touched the top of Master Huiwu's head a few times, and sure enough, it was a real scar, which was very strange: "Didn't you cancel the tradition of Tang ring scars?" ”

"According to the principle of voluntariness, the poor monk has taken refuge in Buddhism for more than ten years, and the idea of returning to the vulgar has been broken, so he has devoted himself to practice, so he invited the senior monk to give him a precept scar."

"Today, the master has traveled here, what does it mean to sell Buddha beads and Buddha statues?"

"Monks don't speak. Poor monks come here to give Buddhism and promote Buddhism, so that those small things cost and do not make money. ”

"The disciple is ashamed to have misunderstood the master."

"The donor is good and evil", the poor monk will send you a few words. ”

"Please."

"Don't dry your money, it's like paper in the hospital. Don't bask your work, when it falls, countless people will do it better than you. Don't dry your room, you go, that's someone else's nest. Don't dry your car, you leave, the car keys are in someone else's hands! ”

"Master, I'm very low-key, I didn't bask in anything, I just came out to bask in the sun."

"Master, I'll do the rest too-" Xiaoxiao spoke, "The only thing you can show off is your health, when everyone else is gone, you can still bask in the sun, drink tea, and enjoy a healthy life." Please be kind to yourself, because the parts of the body are not well matched, and the price is expensive and not in stock, so health is priceless! ”

Master Huiwu was stunned: "May I ask who the female benefactor is?" ”

"It doesn't matter who I am. Ten years ago, do you remember what the master said at the Baiyun Monastery? ”

"I remember. Nishino and Cai Lina, both of my students, went to the Zen monastery to ask about Buddhism, and the poor monk had predicted that the two of them would meet there again in ten years......"

"Master, don't mention Cai Lina, the deceased is gone, let her rest in peace." Nishino motioned for the master to stop.

"Donor, Cai Lina has not yet entered the ground, where can she rest in peace?" Master Huiwu pinched a Buddha bead and said, "If the poor monks are still praying for them in the Baiyun Zen Temple, there will be no yin and yang separation." Sin, sin. Two donors, do it and cherish it. Poor Dao took his leave. ”

……

Xiaoxiao doesn't believe that any prayer can keep people safe, if she can, she would rather burn high incense to the Buddha at home every day, in order to protect the wild field of the West every time to get a big order, and being secretly calculated can turn evil into good fortune.

Linna's dying entrustment, the expectant eyes, and the smile that have always been remembered in my heart, "Love someone...... Be brave enough to love ......".

Linna's body is still in the freezer of the funeral home, and Aunt Jiang Bichun has to go to that cold place to see her daughter every death day, and talk to Linna alone through the glass for an hour, of course, Linna can't hear it.

Xiye mentioned it several times to the people of the Jiang family, and asked to send Linna's body back to S City and be buried in that maple forest, with He Yan. Jiang's mother was reluctant, and politely declined on the grounds that Linna had not passed through the door. Middle-aged widow and old age widow are too big a blow to Jiang's mother.

After all, Linna is the daughter of the Cai family and did not officially marry into the Yao family's compound. Xiye couldn't hold on anymore, and he didn't want to hurt Jiang's mother's heart again.

"Sister Linna's body has been frozen, and Li Abian is also dead, so it's time to make a decision." Xiaoxiao said suddenly.

Nishino didn't speak, he was silent for a long time before he said lightly: "Why don't I want to...... When the maple leaves are red this autumn, send her back to her homeland. ”

"Okay." Long Xiaoxiao returned to the street, she was no longer in the mood to go shopping, and Master Huiwu's words made her sullen.

Nishino smiled and entered a toy store again, and the piles of toys were in front of him. Nishino walked up to a tall teddy bear and said to the waiter, "This, wrap up......"

"Husband, do you really want to buy it?" Xiaoxiao hesitated, "It's so expensive." ”

"Of course." Nishino smiled and said, "You get what you pay for, it's worth the money." ”

"It's too big, just buy a cuddle bear." I was so moved by my smile, and I had an unintentional "so cute", and I saw that it was "Ma Daha"-like Nishino actually remembered it.

"Hehe, you're quite a treasure trouver." Nishino's smile grew, "Hugging a bear is not as tall and powerful as a teddy bear, handsome ......"

Watching the waiter put the oversized teddy bear in the bag, Xiaoxiao seemed to feel that she was back to her youthful age, and she was so obsessed with teddy bears.

After paying, Nishino held a teddy bear about the same height as himself in one hand, smiled with the other, and walked on the boutique street, turning back 100%!