Chapter 68: Man is not wood and stone

She was startled, and quickly put the basin down, and went to the young man's side, and when she saw that he was motionless, she touched his forehead with her hand, and found that there was still heat, and the woman immediately lifted the man up, and his face was pale, and his eyes were closed.

The woman frowned, turned to go home, scooped a scoop of water, put it to the young man's mouth, and poured it down, the man's chapped lips moved quickly under the moisture of the water, and after a moment, her eyes opened, and when she saw the situation in front of her, she couldn't help but be surprised, and then turned around to look around, and felt even more puzzled, and wondered in her heart, where did she come?

He was about to speak, but the woman stopped him, which means nothing more than that you are too weak to talk too much.

Next, he gently lifted him up, carried him into the house, and put him on a bamboo bed to let him rest.

Later, he went to the stove to cook on the fire, and soon, he brought a bowl of hot rice for him to eat.

The young man was already hungry, snatched the rice bowl, and immediately devoured it, and after a while, a bowl of rice was already in his stomach.

Holding the bowl, he looked at the woman, still showing a hungry and thirsty look on her face.

The woman smiled and spoke: "Guest officer, you have been hungry for many days, don't eat too much at one time, don't be in a hurry, it's not too late to eat after a while." ”

The young man couldn't, so he just put down his rice bowl stupidly, took the woman's bowl of water, and drank it.

"This woman is my wife." The Taoist priest said in a deep tone, and at this point, his expression was extremely sad, as if he was about to shake something out of his mind, and shook his head vigorously.

When Mu Ziqi heard this, he couldn't understand it, the monks have no desires and no desires, how can they marry a wife?

Then I pondered, no, monks generally refer to monks, and Taoist priests should be different.

By the way, he remembered visiting a Taoist temple once - because there were so many visits, he forgot which one it was.

The narrator explained the problem to them when he talked about it, and he had this to say:

There are many Taoist schools, and the Qing cultivation school pays attention to purity of heart and few desires in order to become immortals, and takes medicine every day, and will definitely not marry a wife.

There are also Heavenly Master Dao who pay attention to feng shui, yin and yang, divination and fortune telling, etc., and there are not so strict requirements for this aspect.

Generally speaking, those who pay attention to their own cultivation and advocate ethereal do not marry wives. Pay attention to Taoist cultivation, and advocate that people will win the heavens, and do not pay attention to abstinence.

It seems that the Taoist priest's master belongs to the latter.

Xia Zining continued to narrate:

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After I had eaten and drunk, I fell asleep and lay down until the evening.

Like all hungry and thirsty people, I was awakened by hunger, and after a "gurgling" of my stomach, I opened my eyes, and found that there was one more person in the room, who was full of gray hair, but whose face was powdered and in good spirits, and who was no different from a young man in his twenties if he did not look at his hair or listen to his voice.

At that time, I didn't know that this was the Taoist priest who came to the rescue in time and drove the deer to this place, and this was his home, and the woman was his wife.

Madame was just like me, and he picked it up from the road, but it was even more dangerous than what happened to me.

They had wandered from the south, and because of the years of famine in their hometown, and the war, the war and chaos, and the people of the whole village fled, and the road was again attacked and looted by the rebels, and then starved and tired, many of them died on the way, and when they finally came here, there were only five or six people left.

When they came here, they were robbed by bandits, and when they saw the beautiful appearance of their mother, they had evil intentions, and after killing other people, the leader wanted to rob her as the wife of the village.

Just when she was terrified and crying, the master happened to pass by and dispersed the bandits, the master did not want to take her in, seeing that her body was extremely weak, she had not eaten for many days, and she struggled to resist, and was so tired that she fell into a coma.

The master had no choice but to bring her back to the Taoist temple and recuperate for her for more than a month, and the master gradually recovered.

At this point, the master still didn't want to keep her here, when he told his wife that he wanted to send her out of the mountain, his wife "pounced" and knelt down for the master, she told the master, as long as you don't send me out, only here, I will do everything for you to be a cow and a horse.

Because she no longer has a relative in this world, letting her go out is tantamount to letting her go out to die, if that's the case, it's better to kill her here.

The resoluteness of the tone made the master have to leave it behind, the person is not wood and stone, the master is the same, after a long time, they have feelings for each other.

Despite this, the master did not want to marry him for a hundred years, because the age difference between the two was too great, the master and the master were eighteen years old at the time, and the master was already over the age of six, and if they were to marry, it would obviously be unfair to the master and the mother.

This means that the master first proposed that she wanted to be alone and unaccompanied, so she wanted to commit herself to the master, but she was immediately opposed by the master, and he said that he would not agree to anything.

On the one hand, he wants to concentrate on cultivation, and on the other hand, the other party is too young and feels very inappropriate in every aspect.

But the master's mind has been decided, in this life if the master does not marry, she thinks that age should not be an obstacle to their union, rich families, seventy or eighty, are not still taking concubines to welcome relatives, compared to them, the master is still young, plus the body is tough, why not.

Under the repeated demands of the master's wife, the master had no choice but to agree to her request, and the two became husband and wife.

After getting married, the two lived in harmony and beauty, and their lives were very nourishing, if it weren't for my insertion, they would have lived like this in this life forever, and there would be no change.

My arrival shattered their peaceful watery life.

When I entered the Taoist temple, I didn't need to say anything, so the master took me in as his disciple.

At the beginning, he admonished me that there are two kinds of Taoists in the world today:

One is the fairy wind of the bones, which is born in the dust, and the hanging pot helps the world; The other is the pursuit of fame and fortune, self-interest to the detriment of others, and the use of tricks to harm others.

And no matter which one it is, there are basically some special abilities, or mana.

Which one do you want to do?

He asked, looking at me grimly.

What else is this, although I am young, but I understand this truth, if I say that I want to do the latter, then I will be expelled from the mountain gate.

I once thought privately that even if I wanted to be that kind of Taoist, I must not say it clearly in front of the master, because if I did, I would be a fool.

When the master said this, the master happened to pass by, and I saw that her steps couldn't help but slow down, and I could see that she was very attentive to the master's words, but she was more concerned about my answer, and her expression seemed to be a little nervous.

However, when I heard my reply, I saw that her expression was soothed, her steps became lighter again, and there was a subtle smile on her face, and she quietly left.

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The master spared no effort to teach me, not boasting, I was also more intelligent by nature, and within a few years, I learned a lot from the master, so far, I have always had a grateful heart for the master, and I have great respect for him.

However, our lives have quietly undergone some changes, especially my wife, who was originally shy by nature, and she is silent on weekdays, and even has limited words with her master in a day.

And now, for some reason, little by little, she speaks more, and between her words and demeanors, her spirit is much better.

Not only that, but she seemed to be a different person, and when I first entered the Taoist temple, it was extremely rare to hear my master laughing. Then, unconsciously, I found strangely that my wife smiled from time to time for no reason, and smiled very sweetly, sometimes I secretly observed, and was surprised to find that my wife's whole person was much more beautiful than before, she was slender, she walked lightly, and what was even more amazing was that she was now ruddy, radiant, and handsome, she was simply a fairy in the world.

She gets up before dawn every day, cleans up the inside and outside of the Taoist temple, carries water for cooking, washes and cleans the yard.

Because there are some chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, pigs and sheep and other livestock in the Taoist temple, and there are vegetables, fruits, and trees planted behind the mountain.

After doing this, we had to feed the animals, go to the vegetable garden to water and pull weeds, prune and trim the fruit trees, cook for my master and apprentice at noon, noon and evening, and take care of our daily life.

It can be said that she has no idle time all year round.

But despite this, I didn't see that she was tired at all, and every day she was full of energy, full of energy, and full of vitality.

Under her meticulous care, our master and apprentice lived a carefree life.

As we all know, Taoist priests mainly rely on feng shui, practice, and fortune telling to maintain their livelihood, and also accept donations from the world.

Unlike other Taoist priests, our Taoist temple is located in the deep mountains and old forests, basically isolated from the world, so few people patronize it, so the source of life of the Taoist temple cannot rely on the outside world, and everything needs to be done by ourselves to survive.

In the past, the master was alone at this time.

At that time, it could be said that regardless of the age of the world, the mountains were secluded and deep; planting flowers to harvest late honey, planting trees to attract spirit birds; The sunset is cold and the forest is colored, and the wind comes to the empty valley sound; Why did you get this, it has cleansed the hearts of ordinary people.

There is more than leisure, but life is not easy.

With the arrival of my wife, a lot has changed here.

Thanks to her hard work, they not only provided for themselves, but also sometimes helped the occasional people who went into the mountains.

Since then, the three of us have lived in a very harmonious and harmonious life, and in those days, I had no desires, three meals a day, and my mother took care of my daily life, and my master and I only had to concentrate on cultivation.

At the beginning of being accepted as an apprentice, I put on a green preaching robe, inserted a hosta bun, and lived an old-fashioned and pure-hearted life with the green mountains and green waters all day long, accompanied by incense lamps and wooden fish.

Every day, the crisp sound of bangs breaks the tranquility of the mountains. Bangzi knocked a total of five times, three slow, two fast, and the day began.

I thought that the days would go on like this, just like the sun peeking out from the east every day and setting behind the western mountains in the evening, and there would be no more changes.

However, things always develop according to human will, and who would have thought that something like that would happen later?