Chapter 13: Squirrels
Early the next morning, Li Ziping still went to the entrance of the village and set up a stall to tell fortunes. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Yesterday, in addition to Lao Mai's soul, there were eight or nine people who came to him to tell fortunes and interpret dreams, and they also earned a lot of money at the end of the day. At that time, the daily expenses of ordinary people and villagers were only four cents, and the sugar gourd skewers that children ate were all five cents a string.
Li Ziping came quite early today, and came to the entrance of the village at dawn, and there were few people who went out to work at this time. I saw that after Li Ziping set up the props needed for fortune telling, he sat down and closed his eyes again.
In less than a quarter of an hour, a young man came, sat down in front of Yang Li Ziping, and asked, "Are you here to tell fortunes for others?" ”
Li Ziping opened his eyes and looked at him, and said, "Yes." ”
The young man looked at him and didn't look like a person from the village.
The young man nodded and said, "Then you can help me count one!" ”
Li Ziping listened, but smiled, narrowed his eyes, looked at the young man, and said, "The question you want to ask is worth at least two yuan." ”
"Why don't you grab it? So expensive. The young man was taken aback.
Li Ziping shrugged his shoulders and said, "If I have the ability to rob it, what are I still sitting here for?" ”
The young man made up his mind and said, "Do you know what I'm going to ask?" ”
At this time, the weather was still gray, there were very few people on the street, and no one seemed to notice the young man and Li Ziping.
Li Ziping thought about it, nodded as well, and said, "Of course I know." ”
"Oh?" The young man was a little surprised, and said, "Could it be that you still know who I am?" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ziping laughed out loud and said, "I came here early in the morning, just waiting for you." ”
"Are you waiting for me?"
Li Ziping nodded and said, "How is it?" Are you even counted? Hurry up and take out the money, don't fool me with the dark coin, I still have to support my family! ”
When the young man heard this, he pursed his lips and said, "Who in the whole village doesn't know that you are a lonely family and still support your family, and you are not hungry when you are a person who feeds your whole family." After speaking, he reluctantly took out two dollars and put them on the table.
Li Ziping smiled "haha", took the money in his hand and looked at it, and after confirming that it was not a dark coin, he put it away and said, "You ask!" ”
Who is this young man? Others don't know, but Li Ziping knows that this young man is a squirrel who has practiced for three hundred years in the mountains and forests on the outskirts of the village. Yesterday, the squirrel went out to look for food, and saw Li Ziping setting up a stall to tell fortunes for a soul, knowing that Li Ziping was not an ordinary person, so he thought that he would turn into a human form today and come to Li Ziping to calculate a hexagram and ask about his practice, but he didn't expect Li Ziping to calculate this morning last night. In this way, this young man was even more sure of Li Ziping's cultivation in his heart.
Since ancient times, mountain spirits and ghosts have practiced not as good as humans, who are the primates of all things, and are stronger than other animals in terms of understanding and ability. Some spirits can only transform into human form after practicing for two or three hundred years, and only after practicing for seven or eight hundred years can they have the ability to soar through the clouds and fog and call the wind and rain, and it is possible to attain the Tao after practicing for one or two thousand years. Human beings are different, if they concentrate on studying Qimen metaphysical Taoism, they can become small in five to ten years, and they will become masters in twenty or thirty years. For example, a person who learns the Tao, with a spell in hand, the ghosts and gods have to obey the order, and the bull head and horse face have to take a detour, but if one day they lose their lives, if they can't become immortals, and fall into the hands of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, they will waste the ability to reach the sky before their death.
The young man said: "I was originally a squirrel in the mountains and forests, because I realized the method of cultivation by chance, and now I have practiced for more than 300 years before I can transform into a human form for several hours, but my practice is also blocked, and I don't know how to be good, so I want to listen to your explanation, please give me advice." As soon as the young man spoke, he stood up and made a gesture.
Li Ziping hurriedly said: "Don't dare to teach, it's okay to point out a clear path for you." ”
The young man said, "Sir, you say." ”
At this time, the young man was respectful, and there was no trace of doubt in his heart as he had just been.
Li Ziping said: "What I learned is not Taoism, but the art of life, I am doing it when I open the mountain and opening the road, I am doing it by looking for tombs, I am doing it by touching the bones and seeing the appearance, I am doing it by warding off evil spirits and interpreting dreams, but I can't practice it, but I know that if the mountain spirits and ghosts want to stabilize the foundation and one day attain the Tao, you must not do evil and suck the souls of others to help the Tao, what you need to do now is to find a temple or people, either listen to the scriptures and become enlightened, or enlighten mortals in the name of the great immortals, and wait until the merits of the Futu are completed, and they will naturally attain the Tao." ”
The young man listened, thoughtful.
Li Ziping saw that the young man didn't seem to understand, and then said: "Human cultivation, those who have attained the Tao need to cut off three insects, for foolishness, greed, and hatred, and mountain spirits and ghosts do not need it, what you are short of is only the yin virtue of the previous life, and the lack of yin virtue in your previous life has led to the reduction of birds and beasts today, and now you have cultivated the Tao, if you want to achieve the Tao, you need to accumulate virtue and do good, make up for the yin virtue of the previous life, as long as the blessing is received, you can attain the Tao." ”
As soon as Li Ziping said this, the young man immediately understood, was overjoyed, and hurriedly stood up again, made a gesture, and said, "Thank you, Mr. for mentioning it." ”
Li Ziping smiled "haha", hurriedly supported the young man, and said, "You go!" I know that there is a temple in that town, where the incense is flourishing, and the common people go to pray for blessings, and you can stay in that temple, and you can listen to the Buddhist scriptures at night, and listen to the sufferings of the good men and women during the day, and help them a lot. ”
"I see, even so, I won't bother Mr. anymore, I'll go first." The young man said.
"Go ahead."
I saw that the young man had left the village, and his feet were like flying, and after a while, he disappeared.
At this time, the sky has completely whitened, and many villagers have begun to go out to work, and the busy day is about to start again.
The breeze blows, and it feels a little cool.
It's a really nice day, it's not cold, it's not hot.
Li Ziping sat down and couldn't help but smile, he couldn't imagine that he had invisibly led people to goodness, but he had done a good deed. Thinking about it, he suddenly frowned, and hurriedly took out the two dollars from his pocket.
When I looked closely, sure enough, the money in my pocket turned into a leaf.
"I ...... Go to his grandmother's, Zhang Shanglin, a Taoist family, has a good saying, all mountain spirits and ghosts, whether they meet first, whether they are good or bad, and then talk about merit and demerits, this is really the truth. Li Ziping scolded.
The young man who looked amiable and harmless to humans and animals just now didn't expect to be a liar.