Chapter 24: The Enlightenment of the Old Monk
The night scene of Hong Kong is very beautiful, but it is limited to the riverside, if it is in the alley, it will be smoky at night, and Pi Shaoqing naturally can't take the old monk to that kind of place.
The master and apprentice walked on the bridge by the river, and the old monk looked at the scenery on and off the bridge, and said with emotion: "You can't see such scenery on the mountain." ”
"You can't see the seclusion of the mountains here."
Pi Shaoqing replied with a smile, there is good here here, and there is good on the mountain, just like he came to this shijie.
"Yes, every place has its own unique good, and the key is, what is most important to you."
The old monk looked back at Pi Shaoqing, and Pi Shaoqing felt that the old monk seemed to know what he was thinking, so he always felt that he meant something.
"By the way, have you been practicing diligently lately?"
The old monk didn't talk too much in depth, but changed the topic to study Pi Shaoqing's practice.
"Yes, I developed the habit of going to bed early and getting up early in Shaolin Temple, so I woke up early in the morning, and I had nothing to do but practice, and I would learn from Simao before going to school, and when the interest came, I would also try to do light skills with Simao."
The old monk saw that Pi Shaoqing was talking interestingly, and he also laughed happily.
"You two brothers can integrate martial arts training into their lives, which can be regarded as a great state of mind. Practicing martial arts is the same as being a man, you have to be relaxed and have a way, those senior brothers of yours are too serious and rigid, so up to now, there are not a few decent people, alas. ”
The old monk shook his head, none of the monks in the temple have a more lively personality like Pi Shaoqing, the only one is still a 4-year-old Xiaolong, even Xiaolong, is a little old-fashioned now.
In fact, the old monk didn't want to see them like this, but the monks had no other thoughts, and they were dedicated to the Buddha, so how could they get out of it? Such people, even if they exist, are rare.
"Master, you should look at it a little, the reputation of Shaolin Temple for so many years, there will always be someone to inherit it."
"Times are different, Xiaolong also told you that there are not many young people nowadays who are willing to be monks."
The old monk sighed, then stopped, looked at Pi Shaoqing seriously, and said: "Shaoqing, I see the disappointment in life from your eyes, but there is still hope, I don't know what you have experienced, but I hope you can come out." ”
"Just like you advised me, look away, since you are still full of hope, you should try hard, life will disappoint many people, but it is only for a short time, and it is still yourself who can really save yourself."
The old monk said very earnestly, his words made Pi Shaoqing have a great understanding, Pi Shaoqing was alone before, and his heart had never been said to others, so many things were held back in his heart.
The old monk is a lot old and has a Zen heart, so he can see what he thinks in his heart from Pi Shaoqing's eyes at a glance.
Pi Shaoqing was a good seedling in his opinion, and he didn't want Pi Shaoqing to be bothered by these miscellaneous things, so he spoke out to comfort him.
This is also why he likes Pi Shaoqing, a disciple, if it is someone else, the old monk will only watch from the wall, just like Guanyin, only listen to his voice, not listen to it.
"Master, disciple knows."
Pi Shaoqing held a Buddhist salute and saluted the old monk very respectfully.
Regardless of whether he can get out of the shadow in his heart, the old monk is kind, and he can't be indifferent.
In the final analysis, Pi Shaoqing is also a kind person, although he also knows that good people who are kind will not end well, but the idea of goodness in his heart will not disappear.
You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people, and he can only do this at most.
"Well, let's go, let's go back."
The old man is old, although he has internal strength to protect his body, but after all, his mental head is still not as good as that of a young man, and after walking for a while, he feels a little tired.
"By the way, remember to go see Xiaolong later, let him come back early, don't play too late outside alone."
"Got it, Master. Senior brother is so powerful, no one can hurt him. ”
"He's still a kid, playing so late affects his sleep, what if he doesn't grow taller in the future?"
"Senior brother is a martial arts practitioner, are you still afraid that he won't grow tall?"
Along the way, the old monk and Pi Shaoqing talked about some trivial things, although there were also disciples who were respectful to the master and the master who was strict with the disciples, but more, they were like friends.
After Pi Shaoqing sent the old monk to the hotel where he stayed, the old monk asked him to go back and rest quickly.
"It's already at the hotel, I'll just go back by myself, you can go back quickly, ah."
After speaking, he walked into the hotel tremblingly.
Pi Shaoqing was not hypocritical, so he turned his head and went to the bar to find Xiaopi and Xiaolong.
The bar was still noisy, many young people were either drinking or dancing, and Pi Shaoqing's eyes were sharp, and at a glance he could see the two little bald heads who were about to finish the ice cream, and the two of them stood out in this group of adults.
"Little Pi, senior brother."
Pi Shaoqing walked through the crowd to the bar, sat down next to Xiao Pi, and greeted the two.
"Brother, you're here."
"Amitabha, junior brother, what about Master?"
Xiaolong is a filial child, so when he saw Pi Shaoqing, he immediately asked about the old monk.
"Oh, I've already sent Master back to the hotel, he asked me to tell you, let you go back early, Master said I'm afraid you'll not grow tall, haha."
Xiaolong smiled awkwardly, although he didn't know that Weishenme was going to laugh like this, but Pi Shaoqing laughed so happily, he laughed along.
"If you don't grow tall, you have to drink milk! Little Master, I will give you a carton of milk, you must drink it every day after you go back, so that you can grow taller! ”
Xiaopi patted his chest and said very proudly,
"Thank you very much." Xiaolong also accepted it unceremoniously, so he wouldn't be polite to Xiaopi.
"Eh, what about three mao, four mao? He's still here. ”
At this time, Pearl cleaned up and walked over, and asked suspiciously after finding Pi Shaoqing.
"Brother said that he went to eat delicious food first, Sister Pearl, you take us to find him after work, and then continue to eat delicious food!" Xiaopi hurriedly said first, it was about his little belly, and he was naturally very positive.
"So he's gone to Anne." Pearl muttered a little disappointed, and then regrouped and said to the three of them: "I'll get off work in a while, you wait for me for a while." ”
With that, he turned around and went back to work.
"Why was my sister unhappy just now?" Although Xiaolong is a child, his ability to observe words and emotions is not low.
"Alas, ...... in love"
Xiaopi looked like a person who had come over, which made Pi Shaoqing laugh when he saw it, this little ghost who was only 4 years old really knew a little bit about everything.
"What is love?"
"To fall in love is to fall in love, how can there be so many weishenme, hurry up and eat!"
Xiaopi said to Xiaolong a little impatiently, in fact, he didn't know what it meant to be in love, but he only vaguely knew a little. But wouldn't it be too embarrassing for him to say in front of Xiaolong that he didn't know? It's also thanks to Xiaolong's honesty that he didn't ask more.
Pi Shaoqing smiled and watched the interaction between these two children, this kind of life is really good.
Pi Shaoqing ordered some snacks for the two of them to grind for time, he didn't dare to order ice cream anymore, both of them were children, and now it was night, it would be bad if he ate bad stomach.
The noise of the bar slowly stopped, and it was time to close, and Pearl packed up everything and walked to the three of them and said, "I'm off work, let's go." ”