Section 4 Poor People, Poor Monks

At the beginning of the day, the sun shines on the snow and reflects a dazzling white light. The whole world is illuminated, not only the corners where the sun can't shine, but even the darkness in the heart feels a glimmer of light. Yun Ye felt as if he had a mental illness, he laughed when others laughed, and when others cried, he cried when he looked at the situation, and he always felt that he could only react after watching others react in various ways, just like a second fool. The little girl can't climb on her back, it doesn't matter, she carries it on her back, and the little girl doesn't weigh a few pounds, but it makes the other little girls unhappy, and they all pout, but they were slapped by the old lady and honest, and obediently got into the carriage.

Yun Ye's exclusive carriage built cheaply in Longyou was sent back to his house by his subordinates last night, and was made a masterpiece by the carpenter at home, the axle made of 100 steel, four thin steel sheets with elasticity riveted on it, a pair of copper tiles holding the axle to rotate freely, the wheels made of ancient rattan are light and reduce bumps, and the carriage is paved with something I don't know what it is, soft and light, I heard the military master who sent it say that the Hou Ye took this carriage all the way back to Chang'an from Longyou, and the road has not been broken for more than 2,000 miles. Manchang'an has more rich and luxurious carriages than this carriage, but there are few more comfortable than this one. After seeking Yun Ye's consent, the housekeeper's aunt used it as a carriage for the head of the Yun family, and sent a highly skilled coachman to take care of the car.

The old lady took the little girl and sat in this carriage dragged by two horses, and the Hou Fuyi stipulated that the head of the family must sit in the carriage with two horses. Yun Ye stepped on the mare that had been for him to ride, and followed the carriage, Liu Jinbao and Zhuang San stopped in front of the road, four male servants held flags, four maids carried incense burners, and eight guards on one side slaughtered towards the Temple of Mercy and Grace.

In fact, the Great Ci'en Temple is not far away, just south of Chang'an City, and you will arrive at the Ci'en Temple by going around five miles through Zhuque Street. At this time, the Temple of Mercy and Grace is far from the grandeur of the legend, he only arrived in the twenty-second year of Zhenguan by Li Er's decree to expand, and by Li Zhi renovated, plus the monk Xuanzang built the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which made him one of the four major translation places, and the Dharma-only knowledge sect of Buddhism was born here.

The area around the temple is a slum area, and the dilapidated walls have been mottled by the erosion of time, and the loess is exposed, all hollow by sparrows. At this time, behind the small holes in the walls, a pair of eyes looked at the Yun family's luxurious convoy in amazement, and whispered comments on which family had come to this filthy place.

The newly dressed fang official opened the door early, and the dust on the inner street was cleared, and several elderly people bowed down to stand aside.

The old lady couldn't sit still any longer, and pulled the big girl and the little girl down from the carriage, and when the old men saw the old lady, they hurried a few steps forward, and then retreated under the reprimand of the official. Obviously, the old lady was familiar with these old men when she was poor, and now that she is rich, the fang officials think that these poor old men come forward to talk about the same as before, which insults the Yun family's official body.

"Brother Liu, Brother He, Daquan, why doesn't Renzhu know the old girl?" The old lady didn't care about using the old title, her face was full of smiles, and she reached out to pull an old man with a white beard: "If Brother Liu hadn't carried the big girl over the wall of the workshop overnight to seek medical advice for her, this girl would have been lost a long time ago, how could she be divided now?" "The big girl and the little girl have long been holding the old man's legs, grandpa, and grandpa keeps screaming. Liu Laohan rubbed his hands on his legs a few times, and carefully picked up the two little girls, his eyes were red, and he couldn't speak with a trembling mouth. The eldest girl took out a packet of beef jerky and picked up a piece of old man's mouth: "This is what my brother brought to the eldest girl from Longyou, but it is delicious, the eldest girl has always kept it for grandpa, is it delicious?" ”

The old man's tears flowed down at once, and he tried hard to chew the dry and hard beef jerky with his toothless mouth, nodding his head again and again. …,

Yun Ye had seen this kind of scene and knew that once the floodgates of affection were opened, the distance of identity would be gone. Sure enough, the women hiding in the house went out one after another, chattering around the old lady, the old lady was full of red light, and kept pulling Yun Ye around, this show off two sentences, that show off twice, and fully satisfy vanity in the envious and awe-inspiring eyes of the neighbors.

Yun Ye dusted off his sleeves and respectfully gave a formal salute to the neighbors, but the old men didn't even dare to say it. Yun Ye said: "The poor and lowly friends see the truth, the Yun family is full of hardships, women and children are all high neighbors, Yun Ye will not dare to forget it for the rest of his life, and it is difficult to repay you for your kindness today, and I hope to smile and accept it." ”

The servants in the back pulled several carts of gifts, and the old lady naturally knew what the poor family needed when she was poor, several carts of linen rolls, a hundred loads of grain, six fat pigs, and even charcoal, salt, and wine that were rarely used by the poor family. Yun Ye rewarded the fang official with a tael of silver, he was really impatient to fill his body with copper coins, and the happy fang official couldn't see his teeth. Since it is a reward, of course, the government has to get rid of it, and even semi-official people like Fang officials have to get rid of it. Give it to a few elderly people led by the group and distribute it. A few little girls were surrounded by children, although their clothes were shabby, but they were happy, and it turned out that the big girls and little girls were distributing snacks to the children. Looking at the way they held the dim sum and let their father and mother taste it, Yun Ye was full of sadness.

Reluctantly bid farewell to the neighborhoods and continued to march towards the Temple of Mercy and Grace, in the final analysis, the current Yun family is no longer suitable for mingling with the poor. It's not that the Yun family is raising their own value, but the class is different, and the strictness of etiquette is not something that Yun Ye, a newcomer, can break.

The Temple of Mercy and Grace is in front, the dilapidated temple, the poor monks, standing outside the temple gate in the cold weather, waiting, the old lady told the coachman to speed up, afraid of freezing several masters.

Monks generally call themselves poor monks, you see this master is poor, a gray monk's robe is put on his body, his bald head is frozen blue on a cold day, followed by several monks, really thin and tall, his clothes are covered with patches, and his hands are folded to salute the Three Jewels. When Yun Ye helped the old lady get out of the carriage and stepped forward to salute, a sentence of Amitabha Buddha could not be said completely. After the old woman and the elder finished the ceremony, the elder led the way, and the whole family entered the Temple of Mercy and Grace.

The Daxiong Treasure Hall is not big, no more than two feet high, and the aggrieved Buddha has to rub his head against the roof, and the gold paint on his body is mottled as if he has a skin disease. Such a dilapidated temple, there are only five monks, no more than one hall, no more than three Buddhas, and it covers an area of only ten acres, no matter how Yun Ye can't connect him with the Great Ci'en Temple in the future, Xuanzang went to India and got a huge reward. Not to mention the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which became a landmark in Xi'an in the future, is not comparable to this Temple of Mercy and Grace.

The old lady offered tribute, and Yun Ye seemed to see the monks drooling, and faintly heard the rumbling sound of his stomach. God, such a temple also makes the old lady reverence like a god? Deceive people, you also have some capital, do not see the temple of the future, the Buddha spirit does not care first, enter the door to pay the road money or you will not see the Buddha, those so-called monks treat the Buddha as a monkey in the zoo, buy tickets to visit, people can not have a trace of respect, the most disrespectful Buddha in the world is those so-called monks.

Fortunately, these monks are still dedicated, insisting on the whole vow repayment process, the old lady knelt on the futon reverently, chanting words in her mouth, lest a trace of disrespect would provoke the blame of the Buddha. Not only the old lady, but also those relatives who have been sinned are also extremely religious, bathing, changing, dressing up before coming, each with a big peach on their heads, and only after asking did they know that this is the most popular Hu Ren hairstyle this year. Try to dress yourself up so that the Buddha can see you well, and you will have a lot of good luck. Eight children, big and small, learn to recite Amitabha Buddha with their eyes closed like adults, and their pious appearance makes people feel pity. …,

Anyway, Yun Ye sighed, knelt in front of the Buddha statue and thanked the Buddha for giving him such a relative, and the lost God gave him back, he did not treat himself badly, this worship is not to worship these clay sculptures and wood carvings, but to bow down to the magic of fate and the warmth of the family.

Sure enough, there is an unchanged process from ancient times to the present, that is, to give money, a box full of copper coins, ten horses of linen, twenty pairs of monk shoes, twenty sets of monk's robes, fifty stone of grain, as well as incense and candles, and countless vegetable oils. The old monk Gujing Wubo's face appeared with excitement, and it is estimated that he was cheering, this winter is better.

The old lady has a heart, her grandchildren are surrounded by her, smiling like Maitreya Buddha, and her spirit is very refreshed, so it will not be a problem to live like this for another twenty years.

The horse was handed over to the servant, the old lady was handed over to the maid to take care of, the elders didn't like to show their heads on the street, and the grandchildren didn't have these concerns, and the eldest girl occupied the position on Yun Ye's neck early, and happily grimaced at the sisters. Zhuang San stopped, and Liu Jinbao's guardian was a group of chattering women, and took a step to open the way to the West Market.

It's not that Yun Ye has never seen a wide road, but he has never seen such a wide road, which is one hundred and fifty meters wide and ten miles long. At this time, if there is a World Cup, what venue will be rotated, and all of them will be put on Suzaku Street to start together. At first, I thought that such a mighty crowd of people and horses as myself was eye-catching enough, but I didn't expect that when the cars and horses were clustered, and between the clothes and hair, the unknown woman smiled, almost making Yun Ye fall down, and the woman saw that Yun Ye was stupid and looked like a dirt bun, so she covered her mouth and chuckled. The eldest girl blindfolded her brother to prevent him from being bewitched by the vixen, and bared her teeth at the woman, who smiled even more happily.

It's a pity that Zhang Yimou was wrong, there was no woman in palace clothes who showed half of the Ru room, only a bloated woman wrapped like a panda.

Yun Ye sincerely hopes that these women in summer will not be wrapped as tightly as in winter, Lao Tzu finally arrived in the Tang Dynasty, how about you give some benefits!