Chapter XVI Interpretation
When I left from Daoist Bay the next day, I took a copy of "Yun Ji Fu Seal", which was a variety of Fu Seal paintings, I happened to see a book box, which was covered with dust, and there was a white note on the outside, on which were written the three words "Liu Qinglu", and there was a handwritten origami book inside, full of boxes, and later I read the contents inside, I knew that this was written by a Taoist priest named Liu Qing, and he was my uncle.
I secretly took out a stack from inside, sandwiched it in the "Cloud Fu Seal", walked to the rice field outside, and told the master that I had gone to Chenwan. The master was basking in the sun on the rice field, and the ringworm forced him to do it every day, so he told me to wait, and then went into his room, took the book to me, and said, "It's okay to look at this more, think more, and comprehend more." ”
I took it and found that it was a copy of the Tao Te Ching, this book is an introductory work of monasticism, I have read it many times before, and the master explained that the essence of Taoism is all in these 5,000 words, and you will slowly comprehend it.
When I arrived at Chen Wan, Chen Sheng was very happy to see me, and asked me to go into the house to accompany Chen Ting, I was reluctant at first, Chen Sheng handed me a bag of candy, saying that Chen Ting came back from a part-time job to buy it for them to eat, let me taste it.
I took the candy and had to go into the house to see Chen Ting.
Chen Ting's room is not big, with a bed in the middle, a desk in the window, and a mirror and some things from her daughter's house, hair flowers and the like.
Chen Ting leaned on the bed, wearing a warm yellow sweatshirt, black velvet pants underneath, and something hanging on her ears, she saw me come in, not as frightened as yesterday, first smiled politely, and then continued to look at the poster on the wall in a daze.
I didn't think anything was wrong, so I found a chair, sat down, and watched "Yun Ji Fu Seal".
After a while, Chen Ting suddenly asked, "Little Taoist, what are you looking at?" ”
I put the book on the table and said, "The Seal of the Cloud Charm, a book of Taoist priests." ”
"Is that good-looking? Interesting? ”
"It's not interesting, but it works."
"It's not interesting, you still watch it with relish." She then sat up, walked up to me, stared at my book for a while, and asked, "You learn the Tao to read these things every day?" ”
I shook my head and looked at her, but found that she was very close to me at this time, and I could smell the fragrance on her body. Her eyebrows are crooked, the bridge of her nose is straight, she bites her lip, and a pair of Danfeng eyes are staring at me. I suddenly felt embarrassed.
She blushed a little when she saw me, and asked with a smile, "Little Taoist, do you listen to the song?" As he spoke, he took out the contents of his ears and stuffed them into my ears, and suddenly I heard a man's singing.
She told me this was called earplugs.
Chen Ting asked me, "Little Taoist, is it good?" ”
"I don't understand, it's just better than the master's singing."
Chen Ting giggled, sat across from me, took my other book, the Tao Te Ching, and flipped through it.
"This is the Tao Te Ching, such a thin book, I thought it was very thick." Chen Ting said in surprise.
"The master said that this book is more than 5,000 words, but it implies all the truths in the world."
"Have you seen it all? Do you understand? ”
"I've seen it a long time ago, and I almost understand it."
"Little Taoist, you are so powerful."
"This isn't great, our Taoist Bay's "Daozang" is amazing, a room full of books."
After listening to this, Chen Ting looked at me suspiciously, and I explained proudly: "This "Tao Te Ching" is to make people be good people, and it has no other effect, and the "Daozang" is full of various methods of cultivation, which can subdue demons and eliminate demons, can feather and ascend to immortals, and even can live forever." ”
Chen Ting listened and said with a smile: "Then you can still live forever, I think I am very satisfied to live peacefully until I am old." ”
While speaking, she flipped through the "Tao Te Ching", read it for a while, and suddenly stopped and asked me: "Little Taoist, this world is unkind, and everything is used as a dog, what does it mean?" As he spoke, he pointed to me.
At that time, the master taught me the "Tao Te Ching", in fact, it was also a half-understanding, the master said that no one can fully understand the "Tao Te Ching", everyone has their own interpretation, he explained this sentence: Heaven and earth are not merciful, everything will follow the way of heaven and die by itself. I actually don't like this explanation, but I think it is: Heaven and earth are not kind, and all living beings are as small as animals.
The meaning of this sentence is: God is not kind, and all beings on earth are only as small as puppies in the eyes of God. If you want it to live, you can live, and if you want her to die, you can die. I explained it to her.
When she heard this, she burst into tears again, whimpering on her lap and crying.
I was embarrassed, she kept crying, and I didn't break it.
Chen Sheng ran in, looked at it, and didn't say anything, just called us to eat.
After eating, Chen Ting suddenly proposed to go out for a walk on the mountain, Chen Sheng was naturally very happy, but I was a little worried, if the demon baby followed, what should I do? For example, suddenly confuse Chen Ting and jump off the cliff, or confuse me and push Chen Ting off the cliff.
But I couldn't refuse, so I said, "Then let's go for a walk in the nearby mountains, don't go too high or too far." ”
There is a mountain near Chenwan, it is not high, there are no trees on it, it grows all thatch, every autumn, there will be people who go up to graze the cattle, and the cattle will eat up the flat piece on the top, and the mountain is like a bald man, so people call that mountain a bald mountain.
In the afternoon, we went to Bald Mountain, which was not high, but it was just enough to see the town not far away, and the whole town was in full view. I suddenly felt that our town was very beautiful, and I used to think that there were no strange peaks and strange scenery in our area, and there were no tourist areas or anything like that.
But when we sat on Bald Mountain, we found that there were green hills all around, and there were two rivers at the foot of the green hills, which merged into one in the center of the town, and the houses in Zhenshan were distributed along the river. And one of the main roads next to the main river, which leads to the county seat, leads to the distance, which is not clear in sight, and the two branch roads, along the river upwards, like the veins of leaves, branch into many paths, and I recognize one of them, which leads to our Song Bay, and the branch road next to the river on the other side, which leads to this place in a zigzag way.
Chen Ting and I sat on the dirt bag of the bald mountain, the bottom is full of thatch, the slope is not very steep, because we are afraid that the cattle will graze in the past, and they will roll down the slope, so the cattle herder naturally formed a boundary, not letting the cattle go down again, so the thatch over there grows very vigorously, and now it is full of thatch, and the wind blows, floating everywhere.
Chen Ting looked into the distance, and I saw that she was holding a radio-like thing in her arms, and she told me that it was called a Walkman, and she could sing when she put a tape. Chen Ting handed me an earbud and motioned for me to put it on, and we heard the singing sound from the earbuds together.
Chen Ting said: "This is my favorite place, because you can see the whole town here, and you can see the mountains stretching into the distance, to the other side of the clouds, you will feel that the world is so big." ”
I asked, "Isn't the outside world big and beautiful?" ”
Chen Ting smiled and said, "The outside world is very big, but it's not as beautiful as here." ”
I think she bluffed me and said: "Don't look at my lack of reading, don't lie to me like this, I used to learn in elementary school, what Guilin landscape is the best in the world, what Jinan's Baotu Spring, are very beautiful." ”
Chen Ting giggled and said, "But when you go outside, you will find that the home is actually the most beautiful." And, here's where I met him. ”
When I heard this, I guessed in my heart that the man was probably our local, but why didn't she say it?
Chen Ting asked me, "Little Taoist, do you say that people have a soul after death?" ”
I smiled: "Of course there is, otherwise the master wouldn't let me accompany you, just for fear that that little dirty thing would hurt you." ”
Chen Ting shook her head and said, "That thing is not dirty, it would have been my child, my flesh and blood." As he spoke, tears fell again.
"If you can't bear it, just be born. If you don't want to live, just fight it, die early and live early. ”
As soon as I finished speaking, I saw Chen Ting turn her head to look at me, but her mouth was full of blood foam.
Could it be that when I say this, I still anger this little dirty thing after all?