Chapter 11: The Strange Old Monk
Xiao San watched Lilac kneeling on the ground praying for blessings from the side, and couldn't help but ask curiously. "Girl, look at you seriously, what wishes have you made?"
Lilac smiled and sly-eyed. "It's all said to be a wish, but if you say it, it won't work." After speaking, he seemed to think of something again, and suddenly said angrily: "Also, you should call me sister, what a girl, you little hairy head!"
Xiao San saw that Lilac was unhappy, so he smiled and said, "Yes, yes, sister."
Seeing Lilac walking in front of him, Xiao San had to follow closely but not, in summer, lotus flowers would bloom all over the pond, one by one, leaving the green lotus leaves as the background.
When the two of them reached the edge of the pond, Lilac stopped, looked at the snow-covered pond, and lost her mind for a moment. When they got along with Xia Chunqiu in the last life, the two often came here for a walk, and Lilac at that time really identified Xia Chunqiu, but he didn't expect that man's character would be so bad, and he really wasted his youth.
"It's strange that I blame myself for being blind and recognizing the wrong person." Lilac thought silently in her heart.
Xiao San found that something was not quite right with Lilac from the moment he entered the temple, and he always felt that there were some things in her eyes that he couldn't understand, but it always made people feel sad. Since the day Xiao San fainted in the snow, Lilac rescued him, he has regarded Lilac as a very important person in his heart, so when he sees Lilac's sad appearance, he will also feel a trace of inexplicable sadness in his heart.
By the small pond covered in silver, snowflakes fluttered one after another, and both of them stood with their own thoughts, but one looked at the scenery and the other at the people. At this time, the small wooden door on the west side of the pond opened, and an old monk with white eyebrows wearing monk's clothes walked out. It's just empty eyes, an emptiness. ”
When Lilac heard the old monk's profound words, she turned around and saluted like an old monk.
She also felt a little strange at this time, in her memory, there didn't seem to be such an old monk in the temple in her previous life.
"Hello master, dare to ask why the master is saying this?" Lilac pressed the question in her heart and asked.
Xiao San had been looking at Lilac and was fascinated, but he didn't pay attention to what the old monk said, and when he heard Lilac's question, he also looked at the white-eyed old monk curiously.
"The flowers bloom and fall, the snow melts, little girl, you should be at peace with what you encounter, why bother with the dust."
Lilac seemed to understand, and said with a little loss: "The master knows about rebirth, if there is really a thing of rebirth in this world, does the master believe it?" ”
"Everything in the world, reincarnation and rebirth have their own laws and meanings, what is belief, what is unbelief, self-confidence is real, self-doubt is empty."
Lilac suddenly realized, thanked the old monk, turned to look at Xiao San, and signaled that he could go home. Although Lilac still had some doubts in her heart at this time, she did not continue to investigate.
The two left the pond one after the other, the old monk stood by the pond, looked up at the flying snowflakes, sighed, the girl and the boy just now, one seemed to look at the past, the other seemed to look at this life, the road was bumpy.
For the old monks, there are only two kinds of people in time, people in the red dust and people in the red dust, and naturally, the age of the lilac is also ignored by the old monk unconsciously.
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"Eh, girl, what were you talking to the old monk just now, the snow is falling, the snow is melting, I am confused." Xiao San quickly caught up with Lilac, who was walking in front.
"Of course you don't understand a little kid." Lilac replied indifferently with a smile.
Xiao San felt very puzzled, obviously the two of them were of the same age, why Lilac always kissed adults when she spoke.
Ding Xiang and Xiao San quickly rushed to the door of the house, but they saw Sister Mei looking around near Ding Xiang's house, and slowly ran towards the courtyard of Ding Xiang's house, not knowing what they were doing.
"It's definitely not going to be a good thing."
Lilac thought to herself.
So, put his index finger to his mouth and turned around to signal Xiao San, and the two quietly followed Sister Mei into the courtyard.
After entering the courtyard, Sister Mei walked towards the drying rack, on which was the cloak that Lilac wore when she and Li went to Ding Er's house to ask Ding Er for help last time.
"This Sister Mei is really dead."
Since the last time she went to Ding Er's house to get her cloak dirty, Lilac knew that Sister Mei coveted her clothes, but Li was also quick to let her succeed at that time. I didn't expect her to plan to steal it, it's really shameless. Xiao San and Ding Xiang hid in the small firewood room next to the courtyard. The firewood room was full of firewood, and the space itself was not large, and the two of them had to look out from the door, so they could only press the floor tighter. Because the door is not very big, the heads of the two are almost attached to each other.
After all, Lilac is a person who has lived a lifetime, and he doesn't care much about these intimate contacts, and the other party is still a child. But Xiao San is different, how to say that this should be the first time he has been so close to a girl, he can't help but have hot cheeks, and he is still a little apprehensive in his heart.
"Click......" Because he was too close, Xiao San was a little uncomfortable, and subconsciously stepped back a little, but he didn't expect to step on the firewood behind him.
Lilac glanced at Sister Mei in the courtyard outside the door, and found that she didn't notice it, so she whispered to remind Xiao San to be careful.
Xiao San continued to stand behind the door with Lilac to observe Sister Mei's actions, seeing that Sister Mei was tiptoeing to take away Lilac's cloak from the drying rack, Xiao San was about to go out to stop him, but was stopped by Lilac.
Lilac pulled the knocker, turned her head and whispered to Xiao San, "Don't panic, leave it to me to deal with it."
Lilac carefully pulled away the firewood room and quietly went around to the location of the main house, which happened to be on the back of Sister Mei.
Lilac pretended to have just come out of the house, and said happily to the yard: "There is no heavy snow today, and I don't know what animals should wake up again." After speaking, he turned his eyes to look at Sister Mei's position.
"Ah, cousin, what are you doing standing in my yard, why do you keep staring at my cloak?"
Sister Mei's hand that had just reached out in the air was suddenly frightened by the sudden sound of Lilac, and she was so weak that she couldn't speak for a while.
Lilac was secretly happy in her heart, but she still acted as if nothing happened, and continued: "Sister Mei, are you helping me check whether the place where my cloak soiled last time has been cleaned?"
"Yes, I'm just going to help you see if it's clean, it's a pity if such a beautiful cloak gets dirty." Seeing that Lilac gave her a step down, Sister Mei still hurriedly agreed.