The old monk looked Zhang Cambodia, Du Fu and Du Wei up and down, nodded from time to time, and then, looking at the lychee tree with lush branches and green leaves, he told them the origin of this lychee tree:

When Huineng was nine years old, in order to make Huineng have a good environment to study, her mother Li left home and went to Guangzhou, when his father's friend Wenlong Guangzhou Assassin Shi, almost all the villagers came to see him off.

Huineng's uncle naturally came. He brought his little nephew some rare wild lychees that he picked by chance from the mountains, with large fruits, thick flesh, and extraordinarily sweet. Huineng refused to enjoy it alone, so he divided it among all the people. In the end, all he had left was a red lychee. People who have tasted wild lychees have smacked their tongues with endless aftertaste, saying that they have never eaten such a delicious variety. Huineng looked at the last lychee in his hand, thought for a moment, and instead of eating it in his stomach, he wanted to plant it in the yard. Huineng's uncle came to see him off, and he brought some rare wild lychees that he picked from the mountains by chance to his nephew. Huineng refused to enjoy it alone, so he divided it among all the people. In the end, all he had left was a red lychee. People who have tasted wild lychees have smacked their tongues with endless aftertaste, saying that they have never eaten such a delicious variety. Huineng looked at the last lychee in his hand, thought for a moment, and instead of eating it in his stomach, he wanted to plant it in the yard.

Uncle Huineng said: "Silly child, lychees need to be pressed to reproduce, and you can't grow them if you do this." ”

Huineng asked, "Uncle, have you ever planted lychees?" "Nope. I heard the old people say that lychees can't be sown. ”

"You haven't tried it, how can you be sure that lychees won't grow? Besides, since this lychee is very special and delicious, it will definitely grow. ”

Uncle was stunned: This little nephew has very mysterious ideas in his head. He watched Huineng bury the lychee in the soil and said, "Huineng, even if this lychee can sprout, grow into a big tree, and bear fruit, you will have to leave, and you won't be able to eat it." ”

Huineng smiled and said, "I can't eat it, but you all can taste it." ”

A year later, the lychees that Xiaohui could sow really broke through the soil. Since then, Lingnan people know that lychee reproduction, in addition to pressing strips and cuttings, can also be born. The lychee tree planted by the Sixth Patriarch Huineng is 18 meters high, and it takes three adults to hug it. This lychee tree with deep roots and lush leaves has held up a green shade for the villagers. Although the sixth ancestor Huineng left his hometown, it has been fruitful every year, and it has run for future generations......

Since the Sixth Patriarch Huineng became a Buddha, the lychee tree planted in his hometown in his childhood has produced several scars on the lychee core. Like the scab on the head of a monk after he has been ordained. Later, the lychee dried up, but it continued to grow and still grew a Buddha lily next to the dead tree. There are also scars with three or six numbers on the lychee core. Until now, it still grows luxuriantly on the edge of the village where the six ancestors lived.

After the old monk finished telling the origin of this lychee tree, he reverently said: "The holy fruit produced by this lychee tree, if the pilgrims pass under the tree and are fortunate enough to get it, it is really related to the six ancestors." ”

Listening to what the old monk said, Zhang Cambodia, Du Fu and Du Wei showed doubts on their faces.

In order to dispel their doubts, the old monk picked a handful of lychees and gave them to Zhang Khanzhi, Du Fu and Du Wei, while saying: "Please taste the lychees, and then see if the core is printed with scabs like the scabs on the monk's head after being ordained." ”

Zhang Cambodia, Du Fu and Du Wei saw that the old monk was sincere, but he was disrespectful, so they peeled off the lychee and tasted it, only to feel a fragrance into their hearts and spleens, and said in unison: "Sweet and refreshing, good fruit!" ”

When they spit out the lychee kernel from their mouths and took it in their hands, they were surprised - sure enough, as the old monk said, each lychee core was printed with scabs like the scabs on the monk's head after receiving the ordination!