Chapter 39: Puyun Temple
Puyun Temple is a small temple, with only seven or eight houses, a stone wall one person high, and a dilapidated but sturdy wooden door standing quietly. Situ Nanyun pushed the wooden door, and the door opened with a "squeak", although he was surprised that the wooden door was not locked, but he was more happy in his heart, and he came in without any effort. The ancient wooden door was very heavy, and it took her great effort to close it, put on the deadbolt, and walked in. Facing the door is a lobby with a Buddha statue in it, a reception room and a study room on the right side of the lobby, and two side rooms and a stove room, a clean room and a miscellaneous room on the left.
A thatched hut was built on the open space outside the study, and Situ Nanyun pushed the door in, and saw that the simple bed made of wooden shelves inside ran from the east end to the west end, which could sleep about a dozen people, so he thought that this should be the place where Zen Master Puyun provided accommodation for the poor.
She cleaned it up, stretched out her limbs and lay down, she had been running for a long time, and her spirit was highly stressed, she was too tired and sleepy at this time.
Early the next morning, Situ Nanyun woke up to the sound of chirping birds. She jumped to her feet, walked out of the hut, and took a closer look at the temple.
The temple is about 100 years old, and there is a layer of moss marks of different shades on the stone pillars and granite thresholds in front of the lobby door, and the doors and beams are no longer visible in their original colors, but they reveal a solemn and simple luster. The whole temple was quiet and peaceful, and the room was very clean, without a trace of cobwebs and dust, and she was secretly amazed.
The temple is built on a mountainside, nestled in the midst of lush trees, surrounded on three sides by mountains and below is a small clear and shimmering river. The sun rises over the mountains, dyeing the fog around the mountains a soft pale purple crimson. The mountain breeze blew gently, and the fog dispersed and then closed again.
Situ Nanyun enjoyed the beautiful scenery around the temple, and then walked along the small stone road with cheerful steps to the small river. There are green aquatic plants floating on the river, and after the aquatic plants are opened, the light yellow river sand and pebbles inside are exposed, and the swimming fish are in groups, and the small black bodies flicker left and right, drilling small ripples in the water.
Sitting on the grass by the river, she quietly watched the fish busy foraging, and felt that this life was very comfortable. It was a place she had dreamed of in that world, beautiful, quiet, undisturbed, and in the company of nature. What a good thing it would be if she didn't have to run away and live here quietly for a while, she thought to herself.
There are several vegetable patches along the river, where seasonal vegetables such as peas, eggplants, cucumbers, corn, sweet potatoes and ginger and garlic are grown. The vegetables grow excellently and the leaves are green and shiny. It's the middle of July, and it's time for the cucumbers to fall, but it's the height of the season, with green and tender gherkins hanging from the green vines.
Situ Nanyun was like a treasure, walked into the vegetable field, and looked at the vegetable garden curiously. She found that the cucumber, which was a little smaller than the modern cucumber, had no thorns, and was as smooth as a baby's skin; The eggplant bar is not big, it is delicate to the touch, and it is also very tight, not as fluffy and fat as the modern one; Peas and garlic were also a yard smaller than modern ones. She picked a cucumber and tasted it, it was sweet and refreshing, and the taste was even better than the cucumbers grown in her vegetable field when she was a child.
After eating the "big meal", Situ Nanyun lay on the grass and basked in the sun for a while, watching the reeds by the river grow well, so she sat up and began to weave mats, which happened to come in handy when she slept at night. When she was a child, she had seen the old people in the village chatting while they were idle, weaving reed mats, so she learned it by ear. This kind of mat has a soft texture and is more comfortable to spread on the bed than a bamboo mat.
Situ Nanyun sat until the sun moved westward and the mat was woven, and then he called it a day and went home, picking some ingredients for cooking at night. It was dark early in the mountains, and after eating, Situ Nanyun spread the reed mat woven during the day on the bed, smelled the faint smell of reeds and fell asleep.
The next day, when Situ Nanyun got up, it was already three poles in the morning, and she slept too comfortably last night. She came to the well outside the stove room on the east side to freshen up, the clear and bright well water, with a sweet smell, patted on the face is very comfortable, and drank a well water, "It's so sweet." ”
A white arm was dyed pink in the sunlight, and the water droplets on it glowed with a lovely glow, and she flicked the water droplets on it. Thinking of the words in the novel that describe women's good skin, such as ice muscle and jade bones, skin like clotted fat, white and flawless, blowing bombs can be broken, etc., she always feels that with exaggerated ingredients, how can human skin be so good! But after coming to this world, she saw Situ Nanzhu and the skin on her body, and she believed that this was indeed the case, not half false, even like Lin Yuelan, even if they practiced martial arts all year round, their skin was very good, as smooth as porcelain jade.
"Although it is related to the genetics of their parents, the world's high-quality water source should be indebted. As the saying goes, one side of the water and soil raises the other side, and this is the truth. She summed it up in her mind.
After eating breakfast, Situ Nanyun walked into the mountains and forests. The reason why I wanted to go to the mountains to play was because in the morning, when a monkey with a tuft of white hair on his forehead threw a pecan shell into her bowl, causing her to spoil the precious bowl of porridge.
After entering the mountains and forests, Situ Nanyun found that there were so many small animals in the mountains, she had never seen so many small animals jumping around in the mountains in her previous life, and the interesting thing was that these small animals were not afraid of her at all. Hares fluttered through the weeds beside her feet, squirrels squeaked up and down the trees, and monkeys swung in groups of three or five from branch to branch. She was puzzled that these "natives" had turned a blind eye to her, a newcomer who had rushed in.
As she was wondering, a pecan shell struck her on the door of the head, and she looked in the direction where the pecan shell had been thrown, and saw the monkey with a tuft of white fur on its head sitting on a branch and grinning at her. She was really annoyed, and she was bullied by a monkey again and again, and at this time, the monkey took her as a sick cat, so she crossed her waist aggressively, "It turns out that you were the one who played a prank in the morning, right?" ”
The monkey hissed when he heard this, and opened his teeth and claws at her, showing no weakness.
Situ Nanyun was actually not really angry at first, at most she scared and scared it. Now, this monkey is so arrogant that she challenges her authority, she has to take it.
Of course, Situ Nanyun won't fight with that monkey, and there is no problem in dealing with a monkey, but a group of monkeys are here, and it is inevitable that they will not share the same hatred, and she doesn't want to make herself embarrassed and run away. She grasped a tuft of white hair and liked to eat pecans, and decided to pick a tree full of pecans to be angry, so she turned around in the mountains and forests to find pecan trees.
The hard work paid off, and sure enough, she really found one, which was full of pecans with exploding bark, revealing the black husks inside, and a layer fell on the ground. Somehow, she didn't even find those monkeys who had always had a keen sense of smell, but she picked up a big bargain, and she was happy in her heart. Regretting that if the ripe pecans of this tree had not been discovered by her, they would have fallen by themselves, and no one cared about them, so she hurriedly picked up the pecans that had fallen from the ground, and carried them in the placket of her clothes, and in a few minutes they were full, and hurried back happily.