Sunlight shines through the dense canopy, casting swaying spots of light onto the ground. Under a large hazel tree with pimpled bark, two monkeys with brown fur put their long hands into the small wooden box and shouted "whoa, whoa."

When the two monkeys saw Huineng with a small hoe in his hand and a bamboo basket on his back, they thought he was a hunter who had come to kill them, and they cried out in fear, trying to struggle to escape but could not pull their hands out of the wooden box. On the light red face, the pair of round eyes were full of tears, looking at Hui Neng, with horror inside and pleading inside.

"What's going on?" Huineng came to the big hazel tree not far from the monkey, stopped and observed carefully for a while, and then realized: "These two monkeys have been caught by the trap laid by the hunters. ”

It turned out that there were many monkeys in the dense forest of Tianlu Mountain, and the hunters in the mountain knew that the monkeys loved to steal fruits, so they dug a small hole in the small wooden box, and the size of the hole was just enough for the monkey's hand to reach into. Inside the wooden crate are the monkeys' favorite fruits. The greedy monkey smells Traine, and when he comes to the wooden box, when he finds fruit in the small hole, he will reach into the hole and steal it. It's easy for their empty hands to go straight into the hole, but the hand holding the fruit has taken the shape of a fist, and it's hard to retract it again. Monkeys are smart for a lifetime, but they are also ignorant in the face of greed. They don't want to let go of the fruit in their hands, so the harder they pull out, the tighter the hole gets into their hands and they can't break free. Mountain hunters often set up such traps to catch monkeys.

After Huineng observed this method of "catching monkeys", his compassion suddenly rose, and when he saw the frightened state of the two monkeys who were trapped in the trap and couldn't extricate themselves, he stepped forward gently, showed a smile on his face, made gestures, and calmly said to the monkeys: "Don't panic, I won't harm you." ”

Although the two monkeys couldn't understand what people were saying, they were very intelligent creatures, and from Huineng's friendly expression, they knew that this person had no malicious intentions, and their hands were stuck in the wooden box and couldn't pull them out, so they couldn't pull out their legs and run away, so they had to let it go.

Huineng pinched her chin and stared intently at the small wooden box and the trapped monkey, how could she free them? Oh Qing, having an idea in his heart, took the small hoe and slammed it down towards the top of the small wooden box, and with a "pop", the small wooden box was smashed open. Seeing that the monkey's hand was still greedily clutching a banana, he smiled and said, "You glutton, no wonder you are doing it to yourself." Then he pulled the monkey's hand holding the banana away, and then slowly dragged its hand out of the hole.

Again and again, Huineng smashed two small wooden boxes and rescued the two monkeys.

Huineng stretched out his hand and pointed to the depths of the dense forest, and said to the two monkeys: "You guys, you are harmed by greed, you should pay attention in the future!" Let's go. ”

Strange to say, the two monkeys did not leave immediately, but stepped forward and pulled Huineng's trousers in a friendly manner, this time the "whoop, whoa" cry was no longer frightened, but expressed their joy and gratitude.

Huineng squatted down, gently stroked their fur, and read the information that they wanted to make friends with him from the monkey's eyes, so he said kindly: "You two, I'll give you a name, your name is Ah Zuo, your name is Ah Right, okay?" ”

The two monkeys seemed to understand Huineng's words and nodded.

Hui Nengyang pointed in the direction of Wenyang Tianzhai and said, "Let's go, I'll live there, and you will come to play with me when you have time in the future." ”

"Whoa, whoa!" The two monkeys comprehended Huineng's meaning, shouted happily, and fought a few somersaults, then waved at Huineng, turned around, jumped, and fled into the depths of the dense forest.

Huineng looked at the small wooden box that he had smashed, smiled, took the small hoe, picked up the bamboo basket, and went up the mountain.

Huineng drilled into the bushes, went down deep streams, went up the hillside, entered the grass, climbed high and low, sweated on his back, and his cheeks and hands were scarred by thorns.

From noon to dusk, Huineng's legs were almost broken.

The setting sun leaves a veined afterglow, dyeing the forest golden.

The crimson sunset spreads all over the sky. The homing finch swirls around the tree.

Huineng picked a basket full of mountain herbs and returned to Wenyang Tianzhai and stepped into the gate of the courtyard.

Liang Diqing was repairing the rotten wooden box, turned his head when he heard the sound, and complained: "Ah Neng, you returned with a full load today, and I am miserable." ”

Huineng didn't know why: "What's so miserable?" ”

Liang Diqing was angry, pointed to the rotten wooden box and said, "The wooden box I placed on the side of the hazel forest to catch monkeys has been smashed. Hmph, if I knew who was doing the sabotage, I would break his foot bones. ”

Seeing that Liang Diqing was angry, Huineng laughed and stretched out his right foot: "Uncle Diqing, you can break my foot bones first." ”

Liang Diqing was stunned, pondered, and pointed at Huineng: "Ah, you are the one who smashed the wooden box?!" ”

"Hmm," Huineng nodded.

Liang Diqing: "Ahem, my wooden box is used to catch monkeys, why did you smash it?" ”

Huineng said frankly: "When I went up the mountain, I saw two monkeys in the hazel forest reaching into the wooden box you had installed, but they would not pull out their hands, and they screamed miserably, which was so pitiful. I had to smash the crates and let them go. ”

"I see." Huineng in front of him is his life-saving benefactor, compared to what are those two wooden boxes? How could Liang Diqing blame him at this time?!

At this time, two figures jumped in like a whirlwind outside.

It was the two monkeys who came in, they picked a few ripe wild fruits in the mountains, they were reluctant to eat, looking for the figure of the benefactor Huineng everywhere, came to Wenyang Tianzhai, wandered for a long time, and saw Huineng picking medicine and came back into the yard. They waited outside the courtyard for a long time, and when they didn't see Hui Neng come back, they couldn't help but run in.

Huineng put down the bamboo back basket, squatted down and stroked them gently: "Ah Zuo, Ah Right, are you all okay?" ”

"Whoa, whoa!" The two monkeys screamed and nodded, and each reached out to hand a ripe fuchsia wild fruit to Huineng.

Huineng took the wild fruit, handed it to his nose, smelled it, a burst of natural aroma rushed in, took a bite of the wild fruit, a stream of sweet juice flowed down from the mouth, the teeth and cheeks were fragrant, sweet and refreshing, and praised: "Yo, so fragrant, so sweet!" ”

Liang Diqing pointed to the two monkeys and asked Huineng, "Are they the monkeys you rescued by smashing my wooden box?" ”

"Yes." Huineng nodded, "Kindness can dissolve everything." You see, although they don't understand human language, they know how to repay the favor! ”

Lee: "The spirituality of monkeys is very high. ”

Liang Diqing: "Yo, you still named them?" ”

Huineng made a serious introduction: "Yes! This big one is called Ah Zuo, and this smaller one is called Ah Right. ”

Liang Yulian laughed: "Brother Aneng, the names you gave them are both strange and distinctive. ”

Liang Chibin covered his stomach with a smile: "There are left and right, this name is easy to remember." Good, good! ”

"As long as you are friendly to them, this spiritual animal will be friendly to you too." Huineng handed another wild fruit to Liang Diqing and said jokingly, "Come, Uncle Diqing, eat this sweet wild fruit to dissipate your anger, they are making compensation for your rotten wooden box." ”

Liang Diqing took the wild fruit, took a bite, and quipped: "This wild fruit is really sweet, this is the price of my two wooden boxes." ”

Liang Yulian smiled: "Daddy, Brother Aneng smashed two wooden boxes in my house, but let us have two more friends in the mountains." Worth! Worth! ”

Liang Chibin took over the conversation and said to Liang Diqing: "Brother Aneng came up the mountain this time to save both you and these monkeys, as if he was a Bodhisattva who came down to save the world." ”

"How can I be qualified to be a savior bodhisattva," Hui Neng waved his hand, "as long as we have a good heart, we can communicate with the hearts and minds of living beings in the world." ”

Liang Yulian saw the scene in front of her and was convinced: "Brother Aneng is reasonable/"

Li Shi said: "Neng'er has always been so kind-hearted. ”

Seeing these two monkeys so funny and obedient, Liang Diqing blushed, touched his head and laughed.

The sunset on the western mountain gradually turned dark red, and the sunset sank down the mountain, and the twilight was dark all around.

Huineng waved his hand at the two monkeys: "It's getting dark, go back." ”

Seeing that everyone had no ill will towards them, the two monkeys happily turned three somersaults in a row in front of them before leaving.