Zen Master Sutong stroked his long and white beard, and looked at it with a smile without saying a word.

Grandpa Xu looked at Zen Master Sutong's meaningful appearance, and asked anxiously, "Senior brother?!" ”

"The Buddha said that you can't say, since you already have the answer in your heart, you don't need to ask for cause and effect!" Zen Master Sutong still didn't answer Grandpa Xu's words.

Grandpa Xu didn't force it when he heard this, he felt that what Zen Master Sutong said was right.

With good luck, it is already extremely difficult to find luck in the world, so why should he be obsessed with the matter of dragon qi anymore.

Grandpa Xu and Zen Master Sutong chatted about the situation under the mountain while drinking tea.

While enjoying the fire to keep warm, he also burned a handful of peanuts, and each person divided a few.

The tea brewed by Zen Master Sutong uses wild tea leaves in the mountains, the leaves of the tea leaves are thick, the soup is yellow and red, and the taste is mellow and sweet.

Zen tea is served with crunchy roasted rice cake slices and hot peanuts.

After the little monk Deqing added tea to everyone twice, he said that he was going to cook lunch, and he went with him to eat the meal.

There is a large half pot of yellow-white soybean milk in the pot, which is thought to be cooked and drained in advance.

Deqing went out from the back door of the stove room, went to the vegetable field behind the house, and pulled a few radishes and greens back.

Then, as if playing a trick, he pulled out a few handfuls of mung bean sprouts from the broken clay jar in the corner, which looked very fresh and tender.

In such a cold weather, if you want to sprout bean sprouts, you need to change the hot water frequently, and it takes a lot of effort to make the bean sprouts so tender and full.

Watching Deqing wash and chop vegetables quickly, more neatly than ordinary housewives, it seems that he has learned the work of holding the stove for a long time.

Wait for a few vegetarian dishes to be served, fried bean sprouts, fried shredded radish, fried greens, bean curd, and the staple food is cornmeal steamed buns steamed on top of the bean curd.

As soon as the meal was set up, someone came to visit Zen Master Sutong, not pilgrims, but two Taoists wearing Taoist robes.

Looking at the attitude of Zen Master Sutong to the two Taoist priests, you know that it should be an old friend who has known each other for a long time.

Master Sutong introduced two Taoists to Grandpa Xu and Duan Huan, who were Taoist priests before Yangpingguan, known as the head of the Kongming Dao and the head of the Kongjing Dao, and now they also live on Jiufeng Mountain to escape the world.

Duan Huan stood up with Grandpa Xu to say hello, and the Kong Ming Daoist stared at Duan Huan for a long time and said:

"Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, this little Taoist friend, it seems that he has an old relationship with my Daomen!"

It's all fun and nervous, could it be that these people from Buddhism have such powerful eyes? Know the past life and cut off the next life at every turn?

If you want to say that there is an old relationship between Huanhuan and Taoism, this is not wrong.

The carp bead in her previous life was indeed given by a Taoist priest, and Grandpa Yu said that he gave it to him as a Taoist priest.

And strictly speaking, the mountain gods also belong to the Taoist immortals, not to the Buddhist Bodhisattvas.

"Dao Chief's mercy!" Huanhuan folded his hands and returned the salute.

Daoist Kong Ming took off the gossip jade pendant hanging around his neck and handed it to Duan Huan, saying that it was a meeting gift for Duan Huan.

This gossip jade pendant looks like it has been a long time ago, and the jade material and carving of the jade pendant are of the highest quality.

Not to mention the things that the Taoist family carries with them, they will not be shown easily, which is something that cannot be asked for by spending money and begging for decades.

Such a meeting gift, Wan Huan felt that it was too precious, she was embarrassed to accept it, and looked at Grandpa Xu a little helplessly.

Grandpa Xu said: "Since the Taoist chief said that he has a fate with you, you can take it!" ”

"Thank you, Daoist Kongming!" Huan Huan took the jade pendant with both hands and carefully put it into the satchel.

It's better to meet by chance, just in time to eat, and the emphasis on cultivation is a free and easy nature.

The two Taoist leaders were not polite, took the dishes and chopsticks handed over by Deqing and started eating.

Vegetarian dishes are vegan, and there is very little oil and salt in the dishes.

The fasting of the Buddhist family also includes ginger, garlic, onions, etc., and the taste of the food is naturally very light after eating smelly spices, without spices and less oil and salt.

Huanhuan is a person who has no meat and no joy, and the dishes with clear soup and little water are indeed not to her taste.

However, Deqing's bean curd dipped with chopped pepper and tempeh is very good, and eating bean curd with this dipping water is full of flavor.

relied on bean curd and dipping water, so that the people who were originally indifferent to the steamed bread were happy, and they all ate two corn steamed buns.

After eating and drinking, listening to Zen Master Sutong and Zen Master Kongming talk about Buddhism and Taoism and Zen language is also an extremely satisfying enjoyment.

Seeing that the sky was dark, Grandpa Xu hurriedly said goodbye with all his joy, but he was afraid that it would snow for a while, and the steep mountain road would be difficult to walk, and he would be trapped halfway through.

Duan Huan and Grandpa Xu hurried down the mountain, and when they were halfway there, Duan Huan found that they were followed by a lynx.

When I looked closely, it turned out to be the stupid little lynx that was eating and drinking at their house, rolling around and refusing to follow the female lynx.

Originally, the lynx had grown up and changed, and Duan Huan couldn't recognize it, mainly because the scar on its nose was too obvious.

That scar was when it was playing with Xiao Jin when it was a child, and Xiao Jin accidentally scratched his nose.

At that time, its fleshy little nose and scalp were bloody and bloody, and it was only after applying a lot of medicinal powder to it that it stopped the bleeding.

When the lynx saw Duan Huan stop, he ran over and rubbed his trouser leg affectionately.

"It's ...... The little bobcat that used to be at home? Grandpa Xu asked a little uncertainly.

Wan Huan rubbed the lynx's head a few times with his hand, smoothed its hair, and the lynx purred in enjoyment.

"Yes, Zuzu, you see it still has a scar on its nose that Xiao Jin scratched!"

"I didn't expect the bobcat to have such a good memory?" Grandpa Xu said in surprise: "After so many years, you have also changed a lot, right?" It's still recognizable! ”

"I guess its nose is more bright," Duan Huan patted the lynx on the head, "Go back to the mountains, don't be reckless and get close to people, be careful of being caught and make you into a meat dish!" ”

The lynx seemed to understand what she was saying, and spun around twice in place, whimpering in her throat.

Duan Huan pointed to the mountain, and waved his hand at the lynx, and it looked at Duan Huan's movements several times before he understood.

Rushing into the bushes on the side of the mountain, the lynx disappeared after a rustling sound.

As soon as I arrived at the foot of the mountain, it snowed, and the leather boots of Duan Huan couldn't get wet, but Grandpa Xu's cotton shoes suffered and were soaked in snow after a while.

After walking for a few minutes, a carriage came, and the middle-aged man who was driving the car happened to be from the next village, he knew Grandpa Xu, so he warmly invited his grandparents and grandchildren to take his car, and the grandparents and grandchildren got into the car.

When he arrived at the entrance of the village, Grandpa Xu gave the middle-aged man car money, but he didn't ask for it, so he took out a small bag of candy from his shoulder bag and handed it to him, asking him to take it back for the children at home.

The middle-aged man hurriedly excused himself, "Old man Xu, this can't be helped!" It's a precious thing! ”

"With such a heavy snowfall, you have made such a long detour, our ancestors and grandchildren will not be able to go, my doll is a solid eye, if you don't take her in, you will definitely not be able to sleep at night!" Grandpa Xu pushed the candy into his arms.

The middle-aged man accepted it embarrassedly, "Then I'll accept it cheekily, thank you, Mr. Xu!" ”

"What is there to thank for this, if you want to thank you, it has to be our ancestors and grandchildren to thank you, hurry up and go back, it looks like it's going to be dark!" Grandpa Xu said with a smile.

Seeing the carriage leave, Grandpa Xu and Duan Huan slowly walked back.