The proprietress took me up and knocked on the door, the door was unlocked, and it opened as soon as I pushed it, and there was a choking smell inside.

The room was very small, just one, a kang and a table, and I saw Aunt Hong with her back to the door, packing up her clothes. On the table is a posthumous photo of the dog master, in front of which are seven plates and eight bowls, and there are three cigarettes in the incense burner.

I whispered, "Aunt Hong......"

Aunt Hong turned her head to look at me, my heart hurt at this moment, Aunt Hong no longer has the same vigor as before, there are a lot of gray hair on her head, extremely haggard, and her eyelids are drooping, like a sixty-year-old woman.

"Aunt Hong, I'm coming for you." I tried my best to suppress my sadness: "We'll be fine in the future." ”

Aunt Hong looked at me blankly, as if she didn't know me. The proprietress was a little blindsided, looked at me, and then looked at Aunt Hong, doubting whether we knew each other.

I hurriedly said, "Aunt Hong, have you forgotten me, I'm Feng Ziwang." When Mother-in-law Fengyan passed away, I was by her side, and I promised her that if I had the day to stand in the hall, I would invite you and the dog master to ......" Speaking of which, I know that I said the wrong thing, and I shouldn't mention the dog master at this time.

Aunt Hong looked at me, suddenly came over and hammered me with her fist, and cried: "Why did you come, why did you come!" ”

The proprietress wanted to come over to pull her, and I was in my heart and waved my hand to show that it didn't matter.

Let Aunt Hong vent now, she couldn't cry, and picked up the last photo on the table: "You, you, you dead old man, why don't you wait for me, what are you doing when you leave me behind, good days are coming, and you are gone......"

The proprietress is also soft-hearted, and she sheds tears next to her.

When Aunt Hong was tired of crying, she sat on the bed with her posthumous photo, and I said, "Aunt Hong, you go to Shenyang with me, the entrance of the hall is about to stand up, I need your help." You don't have to worry about the salary, and you don't have to worry about food and housing. ”

Aunt Hong didn't seem to hear what I said at all, so she just sat on the bed in a daze.

I asked the proprietress to go back first, after all, people have business, and I can't bear to spend time here. The hostess left me a phone and said that if there is any problem here, I can go to her.

After sending her away, I moved a stool and sat at the door, looking at Aunt Hong, worried, I took out my cigarette and smoked it one by one.

It was getting dark, and the food I bought was already cold, and there were cigarette butts under my feet.

There was no light in the house, and I didn't want to light the light, but the moonlight came in from the window, and there was something dark in the room, only the cigarette butts were bright and dark.

In the dark, Aunt Hong suddenly said, "Xiao Feng, can you help me do something?" ”

"You say." I was relieved that Aunt Hong had finally spoken.

Aunt Hong said: "Can you pay to help me overtake the old man of my family together, I am such a thing that I can't rest assured, as long as you can help me, I will go with you." ”

"That's what I'm supposed to do." I said, "It's my duty." ”

Aunt Hong looked at me in the dark, and although I couldn't see her clearly, I knew that there was a sparkle in her eyes.

I said, "This is the top priority, I will take you into the mountains tomorrow." I know a teacher who is too virtuous, and it would be best for her to do this. ”

"Thank you." Aunt Hong said, holding the last photo, and fell asleep on the bed.

I didn't bother her, cleaned up the house with a broom, then reopened a room in this inn and went to rest as well.

Early the next morning, I went to Aunt Hong's house, and she had woken up and packed all her things. She had several large boxes of clothes that she couldn't carry, so she could only store them here temporarily, and she packed a backpack for other things, mainly with the dog's last photos. The two of us came out of the hotel, I chartered a car, and the destination was Wulong Mountain in Shenyang.

On the way, Aunt Hong told me a lot, the dog master died of a terminal illness, and it was found to be an advanced stage, and when he was dying, he was simply suffering from old sins, and the bad cells were transferred to the bone marrow, and he relied on Zadulendine every day to survive. Aunt Hong and Master Dog have a deep relationship, the two belong to childhood sweethearts, they grew up together with bare butts when they were children, and they have been through ups and downs for many years. The dog master fell into such a situation, Aunt Hong knew that she couldn't save it, but she still resolutely sold her wealth, and tried everything she could, she didn't even have any other luxury, as long as the dog master didn't suffer from it, she could admit it as much as she wanted.

In the end, the dog master was still gone.

Aunt Hong asked me, Xiao Feng, do you tell Auntie, does this world have cause and effect? If there is cause and effect, what did the dog master do wrong to make him be punished like this?!

She couldn't figure it out, she couldn't figure it out since the dog master died. She once went to the hospital and saw those terminally ill patients, none of whom were extremely evil, they were ordinary people, who were timid and afraid of things all their lives, but when they came, they suffered hellish sins, and every second of every day was miserable.

Aunt Hong wanted to ask why.

I shook my head and said I don't know, I'm afraid this question will be left to the senior monk to answer.

When it was approaching evening, when I arrived at Wulong Mountain, I saw that it was going to be late and I was afraid that it would be dangerous to enter the mountain now, and I wanted to stay for a night, but Aunt Hong did not agree, saying that I would enter the mountain earlier, and I wanted to see the master and find out the doubts in my heart.

I took her into the mountains overnight, and when I arrived at the temple, I had already finished my evening class. We met Master Green Snake in the warehouse, Master Green Snake was very happy to see me coming, after greetings, Aunt Hong knelt down, and Master Green Snake hurriedly helped her up.

I said what Aunt Hong asked for, and then said, "Master Green Snake, I will be responsible for the expenses required for excess, and I hope you can personally surpass the Dog Master's soul and ascend to Bliss as soon as possible." ”

Master Green Snake is not polite, and he is kind.

Aunt Hong has seen the world, and can see that Master Green Snake is really a Taoist, so she said that this matter will be handed over to Master Green Snake, she is a hundred relieved, and then raised her own questions: "Master, I want to ask you, my old man has never hurt or harmed others all his life, why can't he die well in the end?" In the last few months, he was tormented by illness, and he was in pain and sin by the old nose. I want to ask you, why is this happening, doesn't Buddhism pay attention to cause and effect? ”

Master Green Snake clasped his hands together and said, "There is indeed cause and effect in this world, and there is a destiny for one drink and one peck, but this cause and effect does not exist in a way that we can understand, it transcends time, space, and reincarnation. ”

"Master, you mean, my old man can have such evil consequences now because I don't know when and where I didn't know when and where I caused the evil cause a long time ago? Maybe it was another life he had five hundred years ago? Aunt Hong was a little dissatisfied with Master Green Snake's statement.

Master Green Snake said lightly: "Heaven has no relatives, we think that what is good is not necessarily good, and what we think is bad is not necessarily bad." What is the evil effect, what is the cause of evil, and what is evil? She waved her hand, motioned for Aunt Hong not to speak, and continued: "Think about it from another angle, your husband's fruit today is not necessarily a result, but a certain cause, so that he can have a better result in the future. ”

I thought about it, the inference that Master Green Snake said is actually quite easy to understand, the dog master has a terminal illness, it may not be his evil effect, maybe it is more like some kind of good cause. I understand it this way, people will always suffer, not only in this life, but all reincarnation accumulates together, the bigger point of sin now, the smaller point that may be suffered in the future, anyway, it is all yours, and you can't run away.

These sins are, to put it bluntly, karma. So since you are alive, you have to find a way to eliminate karma, also for the sake of thinking about it in the future. Not only should we eliminate karma, but we should also not accumulate karma, because the more karma accumulates, the more difficult it will become.

Therefore, there are ascetics in the world, and there is also the concept of spiritual practice, and many people's dreams are that the highest state of life is bliss, free from the existence of karma, and free from care.

I thought a lot about it for a while, do I have to escape the world in order to eliminate karma? In addition to suffering, accumulating good deeds is also a way to eliminate karma......

Master Green Snake and Aunt Hong talked a lot, and Aunt Hong listened attentively, this major change in the family made her have the heart of enlightenment in the pain.

Aunt Hong said to me, "Xiao Feng, I want to stay in the temple and follow Shitai for a while. If I don't get rid of the doubts in my heart, I won't be at ease, I hope you can understand. ”

"Understood." I say.

Master Green Snake said, "I'm always welcome here." ”

Aunt Hong told me that she would help me set up a hall, and when the hall was set up and everything was settled, she would go into the mountain to retreat, follow Master Green Snake to practice Buddhism, and understand the truth of the world.

After chatting, I asked Master Green Snake if Liu Jiajia was there. Master Green Snake smiled and told me that Liu Jiajia had gone to Wutai Mountain, where her senior brother was there, and she could further guide Liu Jiajia.

I was stunned, this girl went farther and farther.

I stayed in the temple for two days, and Master Green Snake held a grand festival for the super dog master and other yin spirits, and many pilgrims and lay people on and off the mountain came to participate, and I had never seen such a lively temple in the temple.

After the puja, Aunt Hong was also relieved and went down the mountain with me to the shop in Shenyang. As soon as I went back, I saw that Blind Li had returned, and he and a few people were setting up a dragon gate in the store.

He was very happy to see me come back, and when he saw Aunt Hong again, the old man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to me, you come to introduce who this lady is.

Aunt Hong solved the aftermath of the dog master, her mental state was much better, she changed into new clothes, and her whole body was neatly cleaned up, she was a very good old lady, but I didn't expect Li Blind to move her heart.