The next day, I went out for breakfast early in the morning, because the breakfast here at home is very distinctive, especially the time-honored soup dumplings, which are absolutely unique, and they can't make the same taste in the neighboring county, let alone other places. The recipe is a secret, and the people we eat naturally don't know, it is said that the boss used chicken, fish, pork skin and these soups all night long, and the taste is extremely delicious.

I bought two buns and was about to leave, when suddenly someone came from behind me and gave me a tap on my right shoulder, I turned my head to look behind the right, and there was no one. I know, who is teasing me, I turned around, and my eyes saw the man behind me now. It was none other than Xu Long, who was looking at me with a smirk.

When I saw him, I was also pleasantly surprised, and I asked him, "Huh? You're back, huh? ”

He nodded: "Don't say a word when the will you come back, sneak out in the morning to buy buns to eat."

"I just came back yesterday, what's the matter, I miss your uncle?"

I was going to buy it back and eat it, so we found an empty table, asked for two bowls of soy milk, and sat down to eat and talk.

It turned out that he had been back for a long time, looking for a job in a local private trade, and came back after defending his essay, waiting at home to go to work, idle and bored every day, wandering around the city.

Xu Long said: "Su Xiaodong and Han Shi are also at home. We'll miss you for a few meals. ”

I said, "Let's go, after eating, I'll call everyone out, and I'll have a meal at noon."

"That's a must, but if you come back in the end, the third master and a grandson, you have to have a treat."

I raised my arm and pretended to whip him, but he avoided it, and said with a smile in his mouth, "How can you still learn to beat your master?"

When we had finished eating, we went to the two guys' house together with the skin, and we both called out.

The four of us, it can be said, not only have a good relationship, but also have a deep fate, we have been studying in the same school since we were children, and we are not far away from the class, so we always mix together after class.

The four of us went to a restaurant where we almost went from snacks to a big restaurant for a simple meal, because we had to go out in the afternoon, so we didn't eat much, and we would drink again in the evening.

During the meal, I learned that they had all found jobs one by one, and they were all employed in their hometowns, Su Xiaodong learned to arrest people, so he graduated and entered the yamen, which is quite similar to the big waist, and Han Shi got the sea, according to him, he had to stay at sea for a month or two, but the income for a trip was considerable. These two days have not yet reached the time of reporting, so they are idle at home.

After eating, we went to the opera garden to listen to the play, and in the afternoon they took me to the newly opened teahouse to drink afternoon tea and play cards, and there are so many places to play in a small place, but as long as you are with these old guys, even if you stare at each other together, you will not be bored.

At dinner, we also went to a food stall opened by an old acquaintance, and ordered a table of dishes, but the boss said that we couldn't eat it, so let us stop ordering. I drank and told them the story of my golden stone, and they were dumbfounded, and then the boss listened to it after he was busy with the dishes.

They all advised me to come back to work early, so that the four of us could still mix together.

At night, they tossed until more than ten o'clock before they went home. In a drunken trance, I feel that life is quite like this.

When I woke up the next day, it was already noon, and although I had eaten a lot last night, my stomach was still rumbling with hunger. I smelled the wine, took a shower, and went out to find something to eat.

Yesterday with those three guys, I just talked and didn't take a closer look at the changes in my hometown.

After lunch, I wanted to go to the ancient Song Dynasty temple that we are famous for here, and my mother would take me to burn incense every year before I went to school, but then I became lazy, so she went by herself. I think I have learned some knowledge of ancient architecture in the school, and I should go over and take a look again to see if there are any characteristics of Song Dynasty architecture.

I spent a lot of money to buy a ticket and entered the door, it was the statue of the Four Heavenly Kings, when I was a child, I was really scared by the appearance of these four and didn't dare to sleep, but now I don't feel anything. In fact, people who look fierce and evil are not necessarily bad people, but on the contrary, they may be extremely righteous people.

I know that if you go further inside, it should be the golden body of Rulai, and all kinds of Arhat statues and so on. But just as I stepped into the hall, I almost bumped into an old monk who was walking out, but fortunately I reacted quickly and stopped the car. I saw that he was looking at me with a smile on his face. To be honest, it's embarrassing, at this age, it looks like the abbot in this temple, if I hit someone, I don't know what to do today. I was a little overwhelmed, but luckily I gave him a namaste.

He was very happy and asked me, "Young man, are you coming alone?" ”

I said, "Yes." ”

He smiled even brighter and said, "Come with me." As he spoke, he walked in the direction of the monk's room on the side. It's usually "tourists stopping" over there, and I think since he beckoned me over, let's go, see if he is old, maybe he wants me to help?

The old monk took me into a meditation room, he turned on the light, in addition to the three walls of the door on the three walls of the mural appeared, I looked at it a little, I knew that this is the story of the Buddha's birth, I still remember one or two of what was said in the Buddhist gold and stone class, which belongs to the content I am interested in. The third pair should be, the story of Shakyamuni Buddha's birth, the nine-colored deer king Bunsen and the sacrificial tiger Bunsheng. The story of Shakyamuni Buddha's life tells the story of Shakyamuni from birth to death; The nine-colored deer king was born as a nine-colored deer who saved people but was betrayed by the villain, but later the king punished the villain and let the nine-colored deer go; And sacrificing himself to feed the tiger Bunsheng is the story of a little prince who committed suicide to feed the tiger in order to prevent the tigress and seven tiger cubs from starving to death.

The old monk probably didn't know that I understood these three paintings, so he took me to see them one by one and explained them to me. I just don't understand, firstly, I don't want to live up to the kindness of others, and secondly, this mural is also very exquisite, although it is not the handwriting of the ancients at first glance, but the idea is also very ingenious.

After I visited it, the old monk suddenly asked me, "Young man, do you say, is the first painting the origin?" I was stunned by this question, but after thinking about it, I nodded: "Shakyamuni was born to relieve the suffering of sentient beings, to create Buddhism, which should be the origin of Buddha nature. ”

"Okay, so tell me, what's the second one?"

I thought about it, the story of the nine-colored deer, a good deer has a good reward, and the villain has a bad retribution, so I replied: "The second is karma." ”

He nodded with satisfaction: "Tell me what the third picture is?"

Sacrificing one's life to feed the tiger is naturally a kind of great compassion for all sentient beings. I replied, "The third is to purify all sentient beings. ”

The old monk smiled with satisfaction. He said to me, "Good and good, young man, I think you are very Buddhaly, although you are not a member of my sect now, but I hope that you can also pay attention to your cultivation, stick to your heart, and believe in karma in the world." Also, remember that all living beings are suffering, and I hope that you will always think about all living beings. ”

After listening to this, I only felt that my heart suddenly understood, and I seemed to have an understanding, focusing on cultivation, how to have the same tone as Ma Daoren. I saluted again, and he smiled and waved his hand, meaning I could go.

Instead of continuing to explore the rest of the temple, I turned around and went home.

On the way home, I was thinking about his words, did he just mean to be a good person? Let me think about all living beings, I'm a graduate of the academy, and I don't have such ability. Although it sounds strange, it gives me an inexplicable sense of inspiration, strange.

There are still more than two months left before I go to Province X, and I wanted to go to work, but my mother told me to hurry up and have fun, and I won't have such a quiet time in the future.

I thought about it too, so I went to the academy every day to read books, looking for things about Province X, the ancient city of LL, and LBP, and I wanted to know more about that mysterious place.

During this period, I exchanged several letters with Da Yuanzi, and when he went back, as he said, he went to work directly, and asked his parents to find a job for Li Ruomei, and now he is ready to get married. I must listen to Xin'er recently, and invite me to be the best man when I get married.

Even the most nonsense, a colleague from my mother came to my house to ask me to help identify cultural relics. I took the porcelain jar and looked at it for a long time, but I couldn't say that I wouldn't because of my mother's face, so I held it for a long time and said, "It's true." The colleague seemed to be instantly relieved and overjoyed.

When she left, I said to my mother: "Don't look for me for this kind of thing in the future, the field gold and stone I learned are not the appraisal of learning, I will only dig." ”

My mother also looked helpless: "I pushed it for you, but I didn't push it off." It's okay, next time I have one, I'll say you're going to work. ”

Time passed quickly, my friends went to work one by one, and it was time for me to leave. On the last weekend, I called them to get together together, Han Shi had already gone to sea some time ago, and only Xu Long and Su Xiaodong could come, but that day Su Xiaodong was on duty and came to the restaurant wearing yamen clothes, which jumped the boss. Because he was still on patrol, we didn't even drink alcohol, but we still bragged and had a good time.

The night before I left, I was packing my bags and suddenly wanted to ask my mother about my father. Because at that time, Ma Daoren asked a few words, which reminded me of this matter that I had almost forgotten for many years, and the more I thought about it, the stronger it became. When I came back from the winter vacation for the New Year, I was still holding back, this time maybe because I was about to go to work, or maybe because I experienced a life-and-death crisis in his mausoleum at that time, but there was always such a question in my heart, I want to ask to understand.