"Wow, this peach smells so good!"

The monkey stood between the branches of the peach tree, broke off a peach branch, put it to its nose and sniffed it, looking intoxicated.

On the peach branch hung two huge peaches, red and puffy, puffy, and covered with white fluff.

The monkey carefully plucked the peaches and wrapped them around his waist with a tigerskin apron.

There were already a lot of peaches in the apron, which was full, revealing the little monkey's red buttocks.

The monkey held his bib in both hands and staggered down the mountain.

Suddenly, he saw a lot of long and pointed red fruits hanging in the bushes next to him, which looked delicate and delicious, which aroused the appetite of the little monkey and reminded him of the little red banana.

He stopped and held the peach in the apron with his left hand, picked a red fruit with his free right hand, put it in his mouth and took a bite, and suddenly jumped up, it turned out to be a chili pepper, so hot that he grinned his teeth, his face was red, and he jumped and jumped on the spot, but he didn't notice that the peaches wrapped in the apron fell to the ground, and he rolled out a long way.

The little monkey hurried after him and picked them up one by one. Two peaches were rotten, and he had to throw them away. Wipe the rest clean with an apron, then wrap it around again, and carefully walk down the mountain.

This time, he didn't squint, and he didn't look at the flowers and plants next to him again.

But out of nowhere, a butterfly flew in front of his eyes, and it always flew and circled and circled.

The little monkey wanted to reach out and catch it, but he was afraid that the peach would fall to the ground, so he blew and tried to drive the butterfly away.

The butterfly fluttered, but it didn't leave, but with the breath he blew, it flew more dexterously.

The little monkey was anxious, so he used his mouth to bite, but he couldn't bite anything, and every time it was a little bit worse.

He simply opened his mouth and waited there, wanting to wait for the butterfly to come closer, and then bite down. But the butterfly seemed to know what he was thinking, and sometimes it landed on the top of his head, sometimes on his shoulder, sometimes on the peach in his bib, and it just didn't fly to his mouth.

The monkey was in a hurry, so he slapped his hands and snapped, slapping the butterfly to death. When I opened my palm, I saw nothing in my hand.

He went to look for the butterfly again, and found that the butterfly had already flown to the distant flowers, and the peach in his pocket was rolling down the hillside.

The little monkey hurriedly chased after them again, picking up the peaches one by one. A few more rotten, I was so distressed that I couldn't do it, but I had no choice but to throw it away, wipe the good ones clean and put them away, and continue to walk down the mountain.

This time he swore that he would never let go of his hands again.

There is a small stream in the mountains, and there is a big rock on the west side, and on the stone sits a man, wearing a yellow T-shirt and a baseball cap, looking thin and weak on the back.

A pair of high-topped shoes lay beside the stones, and the man was barefoot, swinging in the stream.

The little monkey took the peach in both hands, climbed up the stone with great difficulty, came to the man, and said:

"Ancestor, ancestor, the peaches have been picked."

So he took out the peaches that were left one by one and put them on the stones.

The ancestor who wore a baseball cap took one casually, looked at it and said, "This peach has lost all its hair." ”

The little monkey said, "Don't you wipe off your hair when you eat peaches?" ”

Lao Zu said: "Erasing it yourself is not the same as someone else's getting rid of it." If you can shed this body hair yourself, then you can be a human being. But if you're plucked out, you're not even a monkey. ”

The little monkey seemed to understand: "What's so good about being a man?" ”

"Nothing good." Old Ancestor said, "That is, it is a little more advanced than you monkey." People can keep monkeys as pets, but monkeys can't keep people as pets. People can cultivate to become immortals, and they can go anywhere in heaven and earth. Monkeys can only become demons when they cultivate. ”

"If you become a demon, do you have to go anywhere?"

"No, if you become a demon, you can't go anywhere. If you're a monkey, you'll be free in the mountains. If you have cultivated to become a demon, you have to be careful even if you live in the mountains. ”

"Why is that?"

"Because this world is a human world, and the gods in the sky are also made by men."

"But Ancestor, if you cultivate, don't you also become an immortal, a Buddha, and you can go anywhere in the heavens and on the earth?"

"I'm different. I went anywhere in heaven and on earth, and it was with the stick in my hand. I go everywhere I go to the earth today because I'm no longer a monkey. ”

"Why aren't you a monkey?"

"I have been struck by lightning, burned by fire, slashed by fairy swords, and crushed by mountains...... It is only a catastrophe for a person to become an immortal, but I have gone through countless tribulations, and in the end I just mixed the name of an immortal Buddha. ”

"Then Ancestor, are you an immortal or a Buddha now?"

"It's an immortal or a Buddha, it's not an immortal or a Buddha, it's me and not me, it's not me and I have no self."

The little monkey scratched his ears and cheeks when he heard this: "Then how can I become like the ancestor?" Will you also be struck by lightning, burned by fire, beheaded by fairy swords, and crushed by mountains? ”

The ancestor said: "Don't learn from me, I am no longer me." If you have the opportunity to be yourself, you don't want to be an immortal, and you don't want to be a Buddha. ”

The monkey said, "Then I will be the same as the ancestor back then, to be a Monkey King!" ”

"Hahahaha...... "Old Ancestor looked up to the sky and laughed, "If there is no sky, what kind of sky is it!" If you can't realize the saint, where will the great saint come from! ”

The more the little monkey listened, the more confused he became: "Ancestor, I still don't understand. ”

Old Ancestor said: "Of course you don't understand it now, but when you should understand, you will naturally understand." Any idea why I brought you out? ”

The little monkey shook his head: "I don't know." ”

Lao Zu said: "Monkeys have never lacked cleverness, especially the monkeys in Huaguo Mountain, they do not lack courage or skills, but they lack understanding and fortune." ”

The little monkey said, "I can't even understand the words of the ancestor, where does the understanding come from?" We say that of all the little monkeys, I am the stupidest! ”

"You guys know what a fart!" The ancestor said, "In the future, you don't have to listen to your family, just listen to me." ”

The little monkey nodded ignorantly.

Of course, he knew that he should listen to the ancestor, the ancestor was the king of Huaguo Mountain, the Monkey King, and the Buddha who fought to defeat the Buddha.

But the ancestor said that he was no longer a monkey, nor an immortal, nor a Buddha, so what was the ancestor?

The little monkey is confused again!

The ancestor got up from the stone and shook his feet gently, and there was no water left on his feet.

The little monkey lay behind him and secretly lifted the trousers of his cropped pants to see if there was any leg hair on the legs of the ancestor. He had heard that even if a monkey learned the art of change, the hair on his legs would not change.

But the ancestor's legs were bare, and there was no leg hair.

As soon as the ancestor lifted his foot, the clever little monkey hurriedly moved the high-top skateboard shoes from the side and put a set on the ancestor's feet.

The ancestor put on his shoes, jumped lightly from the rocks, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and walked towards the roadless mountain road.

With a whoosh, the little monkey jumped onto the shoulders of the ancestor, turned the brim of the baseball cap on the ancestor's head backwards, turned it to the back of his head, and asked, "Ancestor, where are we going, and how far is it going?" ”

The ancestor said, "It's not far away. There is a mountain in front of here, called the Flame Mountain, after the Flame Mountain, you will enter the country of sacrifice, pass through the Thorn Ridge, and enter the territory of Zhu Zi, but there is a small Lei Yin Temple on this road, it is best not to be seen by the monks there, so you have to take a little detour, pass through the country of this bowl, and then re-enter the country of Zhu Zi. After entering Zhu Ziguo, all the way to the west, you will arrive at the capital of Zhu Ziguo called Nalan City, and then all the way to the west, you will arrive at a place called Honggu County, where there is a very big mountain, called Pansiling. There is a Pansi Cave on Pansi Ridge, and there is also a Huanghua Temple. ”

The little monkey said, "How do I hear it is still far away!" ”

The ancestor said: "It's not far, it's not far at all, it's not far compared to the road I used to travel west. But I'm going to visit an old friend in Jilei Mountain, and the rest of the way is up to you. ”

"Huh? Shall I go by myself? The little monkey was taken aback.

"What, are you scared?"

"Don't be afraid."

"Then go ahead."

"But what am I going to do?"

"I want you to give a gift on behalf of Huaguoshan."

"But I didn't bring a gift?"

"You're the gift."

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