Chapter Ninety-Six: Mom
It's been five days since I helped the people of the clan take care of the aftermath. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The villagers sent me to the entrance of the village, where I saw Zhang Ling'er.
He seemed to have waited for a long time, and when he saw a look of surprise behind me, he opened his mouth, as if he had something to say. But when I saw a lot of people around me, I shut up and shrank aside.
I thought about it, so I walked over in full view of everyone, leaned down and asked, "Are you waiting for me?"
The kid nodded.
"Why?"
The child was silent for a while, then suddenly raised his little face and stared into my eyes and asked, "Can I follow you?"
My heart fluttered and I asked, "Do you know what it means to follow me?"
His eyes were a little dazed.
I straightened up, "I'm a monk, and there are precepts for monks, you can't eat meat, you can't marry a daughter-in-law, and there are many other rules, so you should think about whether you can stand it first." ā
After speaking, I got up and left, and within ten steps, Zhang Ling'er's loud voice came from behind me: "I am willing!"
I paused, smiled, and it seemed that I was not wrong, so I said aloud: "Now that I think about it, then I don't hurry up and keep up!"
"Huh!"
With a crisp, loud and cheerful answer, a string of hurried footsteps followed.
This kid reminded me of myself. How similar our backgrounds are, we also lost our fathers when we were ten years without a mother and lost our father when we were ten years old. But he didn't have my life, he didn't like me, and when my father didn't have it, he was taken care of by the abbot.
If I hadn't been taken up the mountain by the abbot at that time, maybe I would have been like him, a lonely wild child who no one loved and no one loved.
But he was also lucky because he met me. I will not leave this child alone again, I will take care of him and let him live a decent life.
This time I didn't carry him, but took his hand and walked up the mountain without hurry.
Zhang Ling'er didn't wonder why I didn't rush back to the temple, but obediently let me lead me, following step by step, without shouting tired, and didn't ask me why I didn't carry him on my back like when I went down the mountain.
I could clearly see his relaxed face and the corners of his mouth curled up in the afterglow.
"Happy?"
"Hmm!"
He replied loudly and nodded heavily.
"Why do you want to follow me?"
"You're a good guy."
"Are the people in the village bad?"
"Okay, but you're better."
"What's good?"
"You remind me of my mother."
My heart tightened, and my pupils narrowed, "Mom?"
"Yes, Mom. You make me feel different from others, and I know you are genuinely good to me. ā
"Why not Daddy?"
I'm calm on the surface, but inside I'm roaring, I'm a man, a man, a man!
Zhang Linger replied calmly: "I don't know, I just think you are like a mother."
This looks like a very smart and clever child, why can't men and women tell the difference?
I complained in my heart, but Zhang Linger looked at me with a small face, and said mysteriously: "I'll tell you a secret, in fact, I don't remember what my mother looks like, but you make me feel warm in my heart, I remember that having a mother seems to be like this."
Does it feel like having a mother to warm your heart?
He was so happy and knew what it was like to have a mother, and my heartless old lady abandoned me on the first day she gave birth to me. Of course, it may be that I don't have any parents at all, but I'm just a little monster that pops out of a rock.
Although I had hated to think that even if she found her, I would not recognize her, and my mouth was very hard. But only I know how much I want to be cared for by my mother deep down!
For children, mothers are always irreplaceable, right? No one's love can replace a mother's caresses.
Suddenly, my thoughts of my husband swept over me like a flood.
Perhaps, invisibly, like this child, I also regard the abbot as a mother?
Master, I miss you, how can I go back to see you?
I cried out in despair from the bottom of my heart.
"What's wrong with you?"
The child's call woke me up, and I realized that I had been standing there for a long time.
"Oh, nothing, just remembering something."
I prevaricated.
"Abbot, do you have a mother?"
I pursed my lips, not knowing how to answer, and after a while, I said, "No, I jumped out of the rock."
Zhang Ling'er suddenly came to her senses and said excitedly: "I remember pestering my parents when I was a child and asking where I came from. At that time, my mother laughed and said that I jumped out of the rock, and I cried a lot because of it. Only later did they tell me that I was their child, that I was their own. ā
I was speechless.
Zhang Ling'er was unconscious, still excited: "Your parents must have lied to you too, I have experience in this matter!"
I grimaced, stopped and looked at him expressionlessly, saying, "Nobody lied to me, I just jumped out of the rock."
Zhang Ling'er's smile froze on her face, and it took a long time to scratch her head and say suspiciously: "Huh? Did someone really jump out of a rock?"
I said coldly, "Yes."
After saying that, he straightened up and strode forward.
"Abbot, you wait for me, I won't mention this matter in the future, don't be sad!"
I slowed down and let him catch up.
A small hand reached over and was held tightly by me.
I didn't let go this time.
I'm the one who will leave, and sooner or later I'll have to find a way to get out of here and go back to Master. And he belongs here, and sooner or later we will have to separate.
So, I have to train him, nurture him, and give him the ability to survive in this world, not just spoil.
Then, reading words and colors is the most basic survival skill. I don't even know this, so how can I gain a foothold in the temple in the future?
Come to think of it, he's been in this world for three years, and he should still be able to look at people's faces, but he forgets everything when he gets carried away, which is not good.
Just now I would have taught him a lesson.
"Abbot, you're mad at me, aren't you?"
Ling'er was a little out of breath and asked out of breath.
"No, I'm not angry with you, but you have to remember that you can't do things by your own nature, you have to observe more, learn what to say and what not to say; What to ask and what not to ask. Do you understand?"
He was dizzy from me, and with a confused expression, he nodded his head as if he didn't understand, and said, "Got it." ā
I said in my heart, "It's okay, as long as you remember, slowly, you'll understand."
Seeing that his mood was a little heavy, and he wanted to adjust the atmosphere, he smiled and pointed to a big tree ten feet away in front of him, and said to him, "Do you see that big tree?"
He nodded.
"I'll count dozens of them, see if you can get there, okay, let's go!"
Zhang Ling'er didn't expect me to do this, and at first she looked at me with her eyes wide in disbelief, and when she heard it, she hurriedly spread her legs and ran.
I shouted "one, two, three...... according to his speed
When the boy ran to the tree, he shouted "ten", which made him jump up with joy.