Ning Yu, under the leadership of Xiao Shami, walked to the main hall of the temple, and when he looked up, he saw a huge Buddha statue, smiling at Ning Yu's flowers.

Abbot Yuanhui walked out from behind the Buddha statue, holding three incense sticks in his hand, lit them and inserted them in the huge incense burner, the green smoke curled, which made the smile of the Buddha statue more and more mysterious.

Ning Yu didn't understand what the hell this old monk was doing, and he didn't care about him, just stood there quietly.

Yuan Hui sighed lightly, looked at Ning Yu and said, "Little donor, do you know why the poor monk brought you here?" ”

Ning Yu pretended to be puzzled and said, "Isn't the master going to discuss Zen with the kid?" It's just that the kid is young and weak, so he doesn't have to talk about Zen, just listen to the master's teachings quietly. ”

Yuan Hui smiled and said: "The little donor doesn't have to be modest, the poor monk brings the donor here, which is not only to discuss Zen, but also to ask for help." ”

Ning Yu said with a smile: "The master doesn't want to tease the kid, if he talks about Zen, it's just that, but this request for help makes the kid even more incomprehensible." If there is something difficult about the master, why not look for my grandmother? ”

Yuan Hui shook his head and said, "A few days ago, when the poor monk was praying for the little benefactor, he suddenly entered meditation, the sky was falling, and the sound of Buddha was lingering. In this way, it is the most appropriate to entrust the little son. ”

When Ning Yu heard this, his heart was sudden, this monk seemed to have some way, could he know something? just kept his face silent, and said: "The master prays for the boy, the boy should repay it, and ask the master to make it clear, if the boy can do it, he should do his best." ”

Yuan Hui's face was silent, but his originally oily face showed a bit of sacredness, and said: "The year before last, the mountain flooded more than 1,000 people, and destroyed countless fields. ”

Ning Yu's mind instantly remembered these things that Yuan Hui said, which originally seemed to be very far away from him, but he only remembered some superficially. Listening to it now, I can feel the heaviness in Yuan Hui's words.

Yuan Hui didn't wait for Ning Yu to speak, and said: "Last winter, many people under the mountain couldn't survive, and sold their young sons to the rich families in the prefecture and county, but this girl is easy to sell, and there are many boys left, in desperation, these families sent the boys to my temple, plus some fatherless and motherless orphans, a total of more than 200 people, most of them are eleven, twelve or thirteen years old. Now that the temple has no sustainable property, it is difficult for these children to afford it. ”

Although Ning Yu is young, he also understands why this situation occurs, the older boys can already be sent to be a small servant, or go to the Qinglou to be a turtle slave, and the younger ones may be adopted, so that the rest are not up to the bottom, and it is the time when the appetite is the greatest, as the so-called half-sized child, eat Lao Tzu to death, where can these children be raised by ordinary people?

As for giving it to the government to raise? Yuan Hui and Ning Yu did not mention this section, after all, there are not many such children in the world now, and the local governments are not only unable to raise them, but also have no intention of raising them.

Seeing that Ning Yu's face was slightly heavy, Yuan Hui chanted the Buddha's name and said: "Amitabha, this time to pray for the little son, the poor monk has felt that time is running out, and he should have no worries, so he will return." It's just that I can't let go of this matter in my heart, so I came to disturb the little boy, hoping that the little boy would lend a hand. ”

Ning Yu was not a good person in his previous life, and his heart had already been trained like an iron stone, but at this time, he was a little hesitant in his heart, it didn't hurt to save these more than 200 boys, but how would his family think of him? What will the world think of him?

You must know that in this world, kindness is not a good quality. The old lady and other women and children can spill a little grain and silver, and it is also in the name of Ning Yu's body healing, firstly, to show the goodness of the Ning family, and secondly, to end this relationship, which means that this is the end.

If Ning Yu takes over the livelihood of these more than 200 boys, it is not something that can be solved by one load or two loads of grain, although it is only a drop in the bucket for the Ning family, but this is thrown out for no reason, even if it is a bodhisattva, I am afraid that it will be criticized in the family.

If you don't see the rich in later generations doing charity, they will also find some reasons to gain some fame and fortune, which is also because charity for no reason will not work at all. What's more, in this era, if it is not handled well, it will become the Ning family's invitation to buy people's hearts and plot against them.

Thinking of this section, Ning Yu hesitated, and was about to refuse politely, but the Yuanhui monk didn't know where to take out a black wooden box, and after opening it, it was not gold and silver treasures, but a stack of documents, which were the deeds of those boys.

Yuan Hui sighed: "Little boy, now whether these more than 200 children are dead or alive depends on the son, if the son is merciful, he will take this deed and give them a bite to eat." ”

Ning Yu glanced at Yuan Hui deeply, and said: "The master is a good student today to give a lecture on Zen to the kid, if the kid is hard-hearted, wouldn't he be sorry for the master's good intentions?" But there is no need to worry, the kid still needs to see those children with his own eyes before making plans. ”

Yuan Hui said with a smile: "Little boy, no matter what Zen is, no matter what fate these children have in the future, it is their own life, and there is no need to worry about it." ”

Since this matter, Ning Yu is not in a hurry to go down the mountain, he is cautious, even if he agrees to settle the more than 200 children that Yuan Hui said, it is not a matter of two sentences, at least he needs to meet these children in person before he can consider what to do.

However, before Ning Yu finished observing, he did not mean to tell the old lady about this matter, after all, Ning Yu was also in his thirties in his previous life, and he also knew a thing or two about the world, when reporting to the leader, before throwing the problem to the leader, he first needed to come up with a solution, whether the plan was feasible or not, so that the leader only needed to make a choice of yes or no, without having to worry about it, and naturally left a stable and reliable impression on the leader.

Although in today's Ning family, the old lady is Ning Yu's own grandmother and regards Ning Yu as a treasure, but after all, it is a blood and family connection, and when Ning Yu is treated alone, Ning Yu is still regarded as a child, which is quite unfavorable to Ning Yu's later actions.

With this consideration, Ning Yu entrusted the old lady and Mrs. Ning, thanked the Buddha for his great mercy, and decided to pray for the old lady in the temple for three days, and then go down the mountain after three days.

The old lady was naturally very relieved to hear that her grandson was filial, and originally planned to accompany Ning Yu on the mountain, but considering that she and Mrs. Ning and all the maids were all women and children, staying on the mountain was afraid that it would attract rumors, so she left the housekeeper Zhou Fu and two guards to take care of Ning Yu on the mountain first.

Yuan Hui understood what Ning Yu was thinking, after the old lady went down the mountain, she led Ning Yu to the back of the temple mountain, and two monks carried four large buckets of rice porridge to go together, the housekeeper Zhou Fu and the guards were not worried that the little boy was alone, so they followed together, Yuan Hui did not care, and everyone went to the back of the mountain together.

On the way, Yuan Hui was afraid that Ning Yu would misunderstand, so he explained as he walked: "The more than 200 children were placed in the temple to disturb the purity of the Bodhisattva, so the poor monk took it upon himself to place them in a grass hut behind the mountain, and always sent some porridge and rice every day, and could not teach people to starve to death." ”

Ning Yu said softly: "If it weren't for the heart of the master and the Bodhisattva, these more than 200 children would sooner or later become the road and be eaten by the wild dog. ”

Yuan Hui practiced Buddhism and said softly: "Amitabha, the little boy is a reasonable person. ”