Text Chapter 2 First entry into the Peach Blossom Cave
On this day, the stone children and the monkeys were playing on the mountain, and suddenly a sharp-eyed monkey shouted, "Look, there are a few monkeys there"
Everyone looked in the direction of the monkey's finger and saw a few monkeys coming down the mountain. So everyone was ready for battle, and the monkeys thought that some monkeys wanted to invade the territory.
However, when the monkeys came up, they found that they had no intention of invading. The one who came was led by an old monkey. The old monkey stepped forward to greet everyone in monkey language and said, "Don't worry, everyone, we are not grabbing territory, we heard that you have a stone child here, so come and have a look." β
So the monkeys let their guard down and asked, "Where did you come from, and which one are you from?"
The old monkey replied: "We are from the Peach Blossom Cave, and our leader heard that a stone child came and wanted to meet him, so he specially sent me to invite."
When the monkeys heard that they were from the Peach Blossom Cave, they were all respectful, and they led the old monkey to see the stone child. Originally, this peach blossom cave is the essence of Mount Tai, the peach blossom hole is located in the hinterland of Mount Tai, is the location of the dragon vein of Mount Tai, where the flowers bloom all year round, the climate is pleasant, there are fields and water, the scenery is beautiful, and there are rare treasures "fairy fruit peach" that are abundant there, so there has been been the cave house by the monkey king of Mount Tai.
The old monkey saw the stone child, so he led him down the mountain and went straight to the peach blossom cave. The monkeys were reluctant to send them all the way down the mountain.
Not long after, the stone child came to the peach blossom cave, but see that this place is really extraordinary, only to see that this place is located in the middle of the mountain, the distance is the mountain arch guard, the near is the strange rocks, the cave is condescending to see the mountain small, it is a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In front of the Peach Blossom Cave is a heavenly pool, called Peach Blossom Pond, and the water of the pond is as clear as washing. Outside the Peach Blossom Pond is a peach forest that stretches as far as the eye can see, and the peach trees are full of large bright peaches. The scenery here is really picturesque and beautiful, you can see the falling flowers everywhere, and you can smell the birds and flowers from time to time.
The old monkey led the stone child to continue walking towards the cave, and it didn't take long to come to the outside of the cave, only to see the little monkey with a guard hurriedly go in to report.
At this time, there was a voice from inside the cave: "Please enter the cave". So surrounded by the guard monkeys, the stone children and the old monkeys entered the cave.
I saw that this was a very large cave, and the cave was bright and bright. There are many colorful pennants hanging on the roof of the cave, a big red carpet is spread on the ground, and the cave is also full of colorful and different kinds of exotic flowers and fruits, a festive costume. At the innermost point, near the cave wall, there is a throne covered with tiger skin cushions, and the seats are empty. In front of the throne was a table with offerings on it. On the lower left side of the seat sits an old monkey wearing a hat and a brocade robe, and there are two steps under the throne, and in front of the steps is a spacious hall with a row of seats on the left and right of the hall, on which monkeys of different physiques sit in a regular manner.
The old monkey with the hat saw the stone child and his party coming, so he walked down the steps and stepped forward to meet the stone child.
Shi Zi carefully observed the old monkey, only to see that the old monkey held his head high, his instrument was extraordinary, and his eyes were bright; the old monkey had a ruddy complexion and a rich body, and the whole looked no longer like an ape, but already a person.
Shi Zi was observing, at this time a subordinate brought a plate of peaches and said: "Please monkey to taste longevity peach", it turns out that today is the birthday of the monkey.
The monkey took a step forward, held the stone child's hand tightly and said, "I've been looking forward to this day for a long time, and today I finally waited for you to come."
It turned out that this monkey was the left and right of Sun Wukong when he made trouble in the sky, because he was fortunate enough to eat the peaches that Sun Wukong stole from Pan Tao Garden, so he has lived until now. Back then, Sun Wukong had two think tanks under him, namely Zuo Fu and Right Bi, and this monkey was Zuo Fu back then. As for Youbi, he has passed away, and he also ate the peach stolen by Sun Wukong back then, but Youbi was young and vigorous back then, and he didn't know anything about the world, and he only threw away the peach after only two bites when he ate the peach, so he only lived to be 800 years old.
The monkey pulled the stone child into his seat and said to everyone, "I think back then, my lord Sun Dasheng once said, 'This heaven and earth are pregnant with all things, the world is reincarnated, and there will be another monkey king in 1,800 years', and now, it is exactly 1,800 years since Sun Dasheng said this, it seems that the words of the great sage have finally come true, and I have finally waited for this day."
The monkey then said: "Coincidentally, we welcomed the descendants of the great sage today, and it just so happened that today is my birthday, this is really providence, I have lived for 1,860 years." So all the monkeys congratulated the monkeys.
The stone child finally understood why the cave was so festive.
In the evening, a feast was held in the cave, and everyone wished the old birthday star good fortune such as the East China Sea Shoubi Nanshan, and all the monkeys enjoyed the joy of the festival.
The festive and lively day has finally passed, and the stone child has been treated like never before.
The stone child stayed in the peach blossom cave, this monkey has been assisting the Monkey King for many years, is a knowledgeable person, who has seen the world; under the arrangement of the monkey, the stone child learned the etiquette of literacy and hyphenation, poetry and calligraphy; and also arranged for the big monkeys with strong martial arts to teach the stone child the martial arts of knives, guns, sticks and other fists and feet; most importantly, the stone child also learned the human language.
The stone child grew up here day by day, and as the stone child grew up, the body hair on his body gradually degenerated, although he still had long body hair on his body, but it had decreased a lot compared to when he was born. The contours of his face are also more human-like. Walking, behavior, and other aspects are not much different from people. He gradually grew taller, as if he had become a teenager.
The stone child grew up vigorously in the cave, and since he was still young, the major events in the cave were still presided over by the monkey minister. The monkey phase and the monkey elders just trained him as a successor. Among the knowledge that the monkey arranged to teach him, his favorite was to learn fist and foot martial arts such as knives, guns, sticks, etc. After these years of study, his martial arts have greatly improved, at first he still had no opponent among his peers of the same age, and later after a period of study and painstaking study, he can no longer find an opponent among all the monkeys in the Peach Blossom Cave. Even the monkey masters who taught him martial arts were defeated by him in the competition.
Shi Zi learned about the Monkey King here, in the Peach Blossom Cave he can often hear the old monkeys tell the Monkey King to make trouble in the sky, subduing demons and subduing demons all kinds of stories, he admired the Monkey King five bodies to the ground, vowed to be like him, to be a big hero who stands up to the sky. He thought that he and the Monkey King were from the same background, so he decided to name himself Sun Xiaokong.
After Shi Zi told the monkey minister about this decision, the monkey laughed happily after hearing it, and said: "This decision is so right, you should have been called this name, you are born of heaven and earth like the great sage, you should have done something great like your ancestors." So Shi Zi officially changed his name to Sun Xiaokong. In his heart, he identified Sun Wukong as his grandfather.
One day, Sun Xiaokong found the monkey and asked, "Father, I want to find my grandfather Sun Wukong, can you tell me where he is?"
The monkey laughed when he heard this, and said: "Child, you can't find your grandfather, he has lived in seclusion since he retired from the West Heaven, and you can't see him."
Sun Xiaokong couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but he was still unwilling, and asked, "It's hard that I'm his grandson, and he doesn't see me?"
The monkey replied, "I won't see him, he has been concentrating on cultivating Buddha since he was named the Buddha of Fighting Victory, and he will never see anyone again."
"Then do you know where his old man is living in seclusion now?" Sun Xiaokong asked again.
"I really don't know this, he hasn't been back since he became a Buddha," the monkey replied.
"You're his left assistant, haven't you seen him yet?"
"I really haven't seen it."
"Why does he want to live in seclusion?" Sun Xiaokong asked.
"He has experienced too much on the way to learn the scriptures, and he has seen through the good, good, evil, and deceit in this world, and he is no longer willing to pay attention to us laymen," the monkey replied.
"Have you ever gone to his old man's house?"
"We and a group of monkeys went to Huaguo Mountain Water Curtain Cave and other places to search, but we didn't find it, it seems that his old man has a resolute attitude of seclusion, and he really doesn't want to see the world again!"
Sun Xiaokong was very disappointed, he had hoped to find his grandfather and let him teach him the martial arts of seventy-two changes, but it seemed that it was about to come to naught.
Sun Xiaokong thought for a while, and then said, "Is it so difficult that my grandfather will never come out in the future?"
This question stumped the monkey Xiang, he scratched his scalp and thought for a long time and didn't dare to give Xiaokong a positive answer, so he said vaguely; This, maybe when mankind suffers a catastrophe in the future, his old man may not care about it!"
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