Fifty miles of road, most of which are official roads, but three hours have arrived, Da Zhuang and Kuroko jumped out of the carriage, looked up to see the temple halfway up the mountain, and couldn't help but open their mouths wide in surprise.

The foot is a long staircase, the top of the staircase, is a full two high gatehouse, paved with green tiles, the eaves of the corridor are warped, the ebony plaque is painted with gold lacquer four big characters "Da Bodhi Temple", the pine gate below is painted into dark red, the wall of the same color on both sides, the place with the size of more than ten acres is circled, looking at it from afar, the eaves inside are stacked, the faint smoke is swirling, from time to time there are people coming in and out from the gate, the monk wearing the gray monk's robe is smiling and sending off the guests.

"This temple is really great!" Da Zhuang came to his senses and exclaimed, his little face flushed with excitement.

Kuroko also shouted, "This staircase is so long, how long does it take to climb?" ”

Wu Yu stepped forward to help his sister's arm and muttered, "This is such a small temple, if they see Huguo Temple, they won't be scared to death." ”

Rui Xue didn't hear clearly, and asked, "What did Brother Yu say?" ”

"No, my sister is leaving."

Rui Xue nodded, turned around and instructed Yun Xiaoliu, "Xiaoliu, you wait here for a while, we met the Zhike monk and asked him to send someone down to carry the tofu, you settle the carriage, come to us." ”

Zhao Fengnian also said, "I can't go back at night, let's stay for one night." ”

Hearing that they want to stay in the temple for one night, everyone is happy, smiling and climbing up the steps, a few children run every day with good physical strength, a moment of kung fu to the top of the steps, Zhao Fengnian helped Ruixue, the feet are not slow, to the front of the gate, the monk has already greeted him, his hands are folded, and he said "Amitabha!" ”

Zhao Fengnian returned the salute with a few people, and said with a smile, "The master is polite, our family is from Yunjia Village, South of Lingfeng City, there is a workshop at home, and we have made a food called tofu, which is extremely vegetarian. ”

There are often pilgrims in the temple, and the monk didn't care much about it, but when he heard the word "tofu", he suddenly raised his head, looked at the Zhao family for a long time, and asked, "This tofu is made of cow beans?" ”

Could it be that the fame of tofu has spread so far? The husband and wife of the Zhao family glanced at each other, they were a little happy, and nodded in response, "Exactly, because there is no meat at all, so our husband and wife came to burn incense, so we took the liberty to send two plates over." ”

The monk also had a happy look on his face, and said with a smile, "Amitabha, thank you for the generosity of the two donors, a few days ago, there was a lay brother in the temple who sent some, and the whole temple was very fond of it, even the presiding abbot was surprised, what a beautiful mind to figure out such a delicious food, I didn't expect to see the two donors today." ”

Zhao Fengnian and Rui Xue hurriedly clasped their hands together and said politely, the monk called two small novices who swept the floor, made them go down the steps to carry tofu, and then personally led a few people from the Zhao family to walk in, Zhao Fengnian said, "It's late, the road is far away, our family can't go back, I don't know if your temple has a guest room, allow us to disturb for one night." ”

"The donor is polite, there are more than a dozen guest houses in our temple, and there are five or six vacant, the little monk is the master to find a quiet place for the donor?"

"Then thank you, Master."

The monk really spoke, went around a few halls, passed through the moon cave door, walked for less than half an hour, and finally came to a small courtyard, pointed to the left and right wings and said, "There are guests on both sides, only three rooms in the main room are empty, just enough for the donor's family to rest." ”

Everyone in the Zhao family thanked them, sent the monk to the guest, Da Zhuang and Heizi tucked their front plackets to fetch water, ran back and said with a smile, "The scholar lives in the wing room on the left, and we heard the sound of reading." ”

Rui Xue threw a handkerchief and asked them to wipe their faces, and said with a smile, "It may be that a scholar whose family is poor and has nowhere to eat and live has come here to study hard." ”

Several children heard this, their faces were a little pity, Rui Xue patted their heads, "It's good to know that there is a family, and it hurts to have a father and mother, so I will study hard in the future." ”

Several children nodded, each washed their faces, and stood aside to gently push and squeeze each other's eyes, how Rui Xue didn't know their careful thoughts, took out some copper coins from her purse, stuffed a handful of each, and said with a smile, "Go out and walk around, don't forget to ask the Buddha for family safety, and give up some sesame oil money." ”

Several children were overjoyed, took the copper coin, saluted and ran out, Rui Xue chased after and shouted, "Brother Yu looked at them and didn't run too far." ”

"Got it." Wu Yu responded from afar, Rui Xue shook her head with a smile, and went out to worship the Buddha after washing up with Zhao Fengnian.

Taoism in this time and space has not yet flourished, it has always been Buddhism to spread the world, from the dignitaries to the common people, all of them believe in reincarnation, and in every major hall, there are people kneeling on the futon and kowtowing silently to pray and pray.

Rui Xue didn't believe in these things in her previous life, after all, she had received many years of atheist education, but after she overturned, her soul respawned in a strange woman in this time and space, which made her heart faintly full of awe of these mysterious things.

So he followed behind Zhao Fengnian, worshiped Guanyin, worshiped the Buddha, tossed his head in a daze, and finally threw two taels of silver sesame oil money into the merit box, and that's it.

It was getting late, the people in the temple were gradually decreasing, and the sound of the evening bell came from nowhere, and the large and small novices everywhere, called the Buddha's name, bowed their heads and converged to the main hall, sat down cross-legged, and began the evening class, a master with a white beard on his chest, sitting in front of everyone to preach the scriptures, his eyebrows were full of compassion, and he had the posture of a master, which provoked Ruixue and Zhao Fengnian to salute respectfully before retreating.

Just as he was about to walk back to the small courtyard, the monk who knew the guest came to find it and said with a smile, "The tofu given by the two donors, the monks in the stove are very happy, but they can't cook, so they begged the little monk to discuss with the donor, can you invite the female donor to teach one or two?" ”

Zhao Fengnian glanced at Rui Xue, and when he saw her nodding slightly, he smiled and said, "The master is polite, the craftsmanship of the inner son is rough, and the masters don't dislike it." ”

The monk was overjoyed, thanked, invited Rui Xue to the back kitchen, about a dozen monks were busy in the stove room, pasting cakes, steaming steamed buns, frying the green vegetables, in full swing, seeing Rui Xue come in, they all stopped, put their hands together and saluted, Rui Xue hurriedly returned the salute, and the monk smiled apologetically, "It is the time of the meal, all the junior brothers have work, it is not good to give the donor a quiet place..."

"The masters are all high-ranking monks, don't take these secular rites too seriously."

The monk hurriedly saluted, "It's the little monk who looks good." ”

Rui Xue smiled faintly, took the apron and tied it, carefully asked how many people in the temple, where the seasoning was, and what ingredients there were, and after thinking for a while, she decided on four things: wild vegetables mixed with tofu, braised tofu bubbles, bamboo shoots and tofu soup and fried tofu cakes.

The monk found two thirteen or fourteen-year-old novices to help her, and by the way, she also learned how to do it.

Rui Xue didn't hide it privately, while doing it, she softly taught them the details, the fine white tofu was held in her hand, cut into half-inch square pieces, put it in an oil pot and fried into a soft and golden tofu bubble, add ginger shreds, green onions, soy sauce and salt, etc., and finally poured cornstarch juice, which looked bright and very appetizing; Blanch the wild vegetables and add small tofu cubes, mix with shredded green onions and bean paste, fresh and salty; The soaked dried bamboo shoots are shredded and boiled with tofu cubes, which are milky white and delicate; Finally, the tofu is mashed into a puree, added with salt, soaked and fried soft mushrooms, shredded radish, etc., mixed into a sticky mud, patted into small cakes, and fried in an oil pan until golden brown.

Rui Xue's subordinates are very good, and the two little novices are also good at doing the work, but most of the time, the four dishes are ready, a large clay pot with a diameter of three feet, two pots of soup, a pot of braised tofu, a pot of tofu mixed with wild vegetables, a pot of fried tofu cakes, and the two plates of tofu are all consumed.

The rest of the monks in the stove room have long been busy with their own work, gathered on the side to watch carefully, swallowing saliva from time to time, making Ruixue funny, in fact, in her previous life, she read a book about Buddhism, it is said that the original intention of the Buddha, the monk abstained from meat, refers to the use of onions, ginger, garlic and other meaty food, but I don't know what went wrong in the transmission of Buddhism, it became a refrain from meat. The same is true of this time and space, but when I think about it, monks are also human beings, and the meat is no longer edible, so if you don't let some seasonings in the vegetarian dishes, wouldn't it cost you your life?

Rui Xue smiled and untied her apron, the monks thanked her, Rui Xue folded her hands, and followed a small novice out of the courtyard, and the Zhike monks left to distribute the meals of the guests, and the rest were the monks and monks in the temple.

Zhao Fengnian was waiting not far from the courtyard of the stove room, and when he saw Ruixue coming out, he immediately greeted her, led her back, and asked, "Are you tired?" ”

Rui Xue shook her head, looked around and saw that the little novice had gone back, so she laughed in a low voice, "I guess our tofu business will be better in the future." ”

"If the temple orders tofu with us, how will the price be calculated?"

"It's normal to have ninety wen and one board, let's set eighty, then ten wen is even if it's abandoned, how about it?"

Zhao Fengnian smiled with appreciation, "It's the best." ”

The couple went back to the courtyard, and soon a little novice came to deliver food, Yun Xiaoliu and the three children were also coming back together, everyone ate and went to bed after dark.

The second day early in the morning of the monks woke up in the bell of the morning guest, after washing, did not wait for breakfast, the monk came again, sure enough to mention the matter of buying tofu, Zhao Fengnian threw out the price that the couple discussed last night, the monk was very satisfied, but it was a little difficult to transport, and finally decided to take Lingfeng City as a transit. Lingyun Pavilion, which is famous for making vegetarian dishes, was opened by the lay disciples of the Great Bodhi Temple, and the Zhao family sent the tofu to it, and then the Lingyun Pavilion was sent to the mountain, and they were only half the way, and they were not far away.

The two discussed the details, Xiao Shami sent breakfast, and the monk accompanied the Zhao family to eat, and then sent them down the mountain.

A few children were very happy to play this trip, and they were not less interested on the way, seeing that Lingfeng City was in front of them, and begged Rui Xue to go into the city to have a look.

Rui Xue was hesitating, and a horse ran far away on the official road in front of her, and the smoke and dust behind the horse rose very far, showing that this person was in a hurry.

Everyone was curious, and the sunspot was sharp-eyed, and suddenly shouted, "Oops, it seems to be my father!" ”

As he spoke, the horse ran closer, and everyone saw that it was Gao Fuquan, so Qi Qi was shocked in his heart, could it be that something happened at home?