Chapter 67: A Lonely Heart
When I was eating breakfast, I was dazed and sleepy, as if I hadn't woken up, and I ate the steamed bun fritters with sauerkraut and white porridge on the table without a bite. Huineng, who became a Buddha, lowered his head and drank the white rice porridge in the bowl in small sips, the fried fritters in lard Huineng categorically did not dare to touch it, and the bun was also filled with meat, and he did not dare to speak. Zhou Yu stared at Huineng with alert eyes.
After breakfast, Huineng said a little bothered and left as if fleeing, for fear that if he stayed any longer, he would be swallowed by Zhou Yu's angry gaze. The confusion that had not yet woken up continued to turn back and fall asleep. I woke up near noon.
The sun in autumn will not be very fierce even at noon, and the temperature is getting cooler day by day. After washing your face with warm water, you will leave the tiredness behind you and eat some cold porridge to fill your stomach.
After a night of tossing, the originally green courtyard became extremely depressed. "Brother, I said that the monk is not useful, you see, the plants in the yard are all dead. Zhou Yu was very angry. It is believed that Huineng has blasphemed the gods, so that the disaster will cause the plants in the yard to die to warn him.
The courtyard is a bit desolate, and you need to buy some bonsai to decorate the courtyard. I happened to know that there was a bonsai store with good bonsai, so I took time to buy some in the afternoon. Confused: "It's not like winter is coming, it's normal for plants to wither." In the afternoon, let's take a moment to go to Huangguang Temple to burn incense, tsk, a generation of monks were called thieves by you, and it is estimated that Master Huineng will not have the face to come to the door again in the future. ”
Zhou Yu's face changed as soon as he heard that he was going to Huangguang Temple again, put down the female red in his hand, got up and walked to the kitchen. "Why are you going?" asked Confused.
"It's almost noon, and you don't have a fire to cook, and then you're going to starve again. Zhou Yu didn't look back.
"What are you eating?"
"Boiled water for rice. ”......
In the afternoon, Zhou Yu reluctantly followed to Huangguang Temple, and the reception was a confused little novice, who was about the same age as Zhou Yu and had clear eyebrows. Confused and wickedly guessed about the life of the little novice in the temple. Xiao Shami took the two to Huineng's meditation room.
"The heart has no evil thoughts, and nature is inviolable. Fool the donor, purify your heart. Hui Neng said in the meditation room.
Confused, he took Zhou Yu's hand and walked into the room, and saw that the furnishings in the room were simple and elegant, there was no furniture made of precious wood, and there was no wonderful pen of a famous saint. In the room, a couplet is placed "the avenue returns to nature, the law is born like coming", a pair of landscapes and danqing, calligraphy is vigorous and powerful, the landscape is ethereal and smart, and it is a first-class masterpiece. The payment is written with a fly's head and a small Kai Hui Neng book. I can't see that the old monk is still a calligraphy expert. This makes the confusion that thought that the monk would only chant and meditate looked at him differently.
"I can't see that the master is still a person with a lot of interest in life, but this couplet of yours is much worse than the realm in the wing. Confused for a while.
Hui Neng told Xiao Shami to bring some fine snacks and desserts. Place it on the table. Xiao Zhouyu unceremoniously grabbed a piece of dim sum and stuffed it into his mouth, vowing to get back all the food that Hui Neng ate at home. The old monk was embarrassed when he saw Zhou Yu's appearance, and he smiled proudly on the side: "You can take care of the child's family." ”
"I don't know what the donor is doing when he comes to our temple?"
Confused: "Zhou Yu, don't eat, come and say sorry to the elder, I mistook you for being a thief in the morning." ”
Zhou Yu walked up to Huineng angrily and said, "Master, I'm sorry, the next time you come to live at my house, notify me in advance." Otherwise, it will not be good to treat you as a thief again. ”
The corners of Huineng's mouth twitched, and he felt very uncomfortable. A dignified presiding officer of Huangguang Temple was mistaken for a thief. How embarrassing are you to make him. It is worth being a child's talk. "Don't get in the way, it's the poor monk who is rude. ”
I also discussed some questions about Buddhism with the monk Huineng, and then I took Zhou Yu to say goodbye to Huineng and walked out of Huangguang Temple and went straight to the bonsai shop, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, and there was less and less bright smile on the face, and more of an expressionless hurry. When I came to the bonsai shop, I picked two medium-sized indoor bonsai and paid for them, and then took Zhou Yu home.
"Brother, what about the courtyard?" Zhou Yu asked.
Holding the bonsai in a daze, he said: "It's almost winter, you can't plant anything, and I'll wait for the spring next year." ”
"It's better to plant something, it's a pity to waste it. Buy some rapeseed and go home, okay brother. Zhou Yu begged.
looked at Zhou Yu in surprise and said, "You still grow vegetables?"
Zhou Yu said: "Sometimes I follow my mother to the ground, and I know how to do it. Hearing this, he had no choice but to take Zhou Yu to buy some rapeseed and come back to plant.
The two returned home laughing, holding the bonsai in a daze, unable to see the road ahead, and one accidentally knocked a fat man to the ground. Sprinkled him with mud. It's good that the bonsai is gone, and it's a fat man.
"Dude, it's okay. Confused hurriedly stepped forward to help the fat man up.
"You let the bonsai smash it and try it, it's okay for you to have the final say. The fat man shouted.
Confused and helpless, the profession of touching porcelain is not divided into space, geography, and there are such people everywhere. "Dude, why don't I take you to the infirmary. Confused.
When the fat man heard that he was going to the hospital, he said: "Go and go, I'm afraid you won't succeed." After getting up, he bent on his feet and prepared to go to the hospital. Seeing that the confusion was an unfamiliar face, he wondered in his heart: "The outsiders from there, if they don't cheat him, how can they be worthy of my nickname of goose plucking." ”
Zhou Yu was confused and said, "Brother, he is a porcelain toucher." ”
Shrugged in confusion and said, "No way, let's hit people." ”
"Brother, did you bring enough money? I paid just now. ”
With a confused "ah", he pulled the fat man and said, "Dude, you go to the hospital and wait for me first, and I'll go home and get some money back." ”
"Okay, you dare to leave after hitting someone. Friends from the township, you come to judge the reasoning, this person hit me and I want to leave. As soon as the fat man shouted like this, the people who watched the excitement gathered around and pointed fingers and said something.
"Brother, I didn't say I wanted to run away, I just said that I would go home and get the silver, otherwise, you and I went to my house to get the silver, and we will go to the doctor again, do you think this will be done?"
The fat man said proudly: "It's pretty much the same." ”
Parting the crowd, Zhou Yu led the way in front, chatting with the fat man in a daze.
"Brother's surname?"
The fat man said: "Chen Zihong's ears are Dongchen, the words of writing, Jiang Niaohong." What's your name, you're a foreigner everywhere you look. ”
"Chen Zihong, good name. My name is Confused, and I am indeed a foreigner, and I can see that you are very open in this area. There are a few ruthless characters on the street corner. Confused.
Chen Zihong was shocked in his heart, could it be that he couldn't find out if he was a leper, so he said calmly: "I don't know who it is." All the way to the Mazui Hutong on West Street, Chen Zihong couldn't hold back anymore and said: "You can't be a foreigner who lives in a haunted house?"
Confused, he said: "I just moved in, and I also bought a new house. But the house is not haunted. Don't talk nonsense in front of children. ”
Chen Zihong waved his hand again and again: "Don't want it, don't want it." Frightened, he fled with his head in his arms.
Shrugged in a daze and opened the door for some reason, Zhou Yu's face became very bad, it should be said that he had not had a good time since he left Huangguang Temple. After returning to the room, the quilt was taken directly to the confused room, and a person kept tinkering in the room.
In the evening, I slowly came out and happily lit a fire to cook. Curious, confused, I walked into my room and saw that my face was green. Zhou Yu spread the quilt on his bed, and it seemed that he was preparing to make a bed for a long time. I feel that the situation is much more serious, and I should educate her well when I finish eating.
Dinner was sumptuous, with three dishes and one soup. Confused, he picked up the chopsticks and said while eating: "Yu'er, you have grown up, you have to learn to live independently." Can't rely on me like a child. ”
Zhou Yu pulled rice into his mouth vigorously, lowered his head and did not speak. Confused, he also felt that he had said too much, so he changed his words: "There are some things about a ten-year-old girl that I really can't say. Your mother must have told you that men and women don't kiss each other. There are no ghosts in the house, and some ghosts are also tempered by high monks. ”
After eating a bowl of rice, Zhou Yu put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said with red eyes: "I'm full." ”
"Nonsense, you usually eat three or four bowls of rice at a meal. ”
"Childe, you dislike Zhou Yu for eating too much, I'll eat less. The weather is also getting cooler, and I can also warm your bed. I don't dare to live alone in an empty room. I eat less, do more, and don't give you a look. You just let me sleep next to you, and if it doesn't work, I'll lay on the floor. Zhou Yu said aggrievedly.
Confused, he put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, pulled Zhou Yu over and said, "Tell me honestly, what happened to you and you were afraid of living alone?"
Zhou Yu could no longer control his emotions, and cried bitterly: "I feel unreal when I sleep alone every day, for fear that this is a dream and I will wake up suddenly." At night, I often dreamed that my terrible stepfather would viciously drag me to Yihong Courtyard. I'm even more afraid of dreaming of my mother's desperate look before she dies, I'm really scared. I'm only relieved to be with you. Really, confused brother, please let me sleep with you. Anyway, I'll be your person from now on. ”
Confused, he pulled Zhou Yu into his arms, patted Zhou Yu's immature shoulder, and said, "You are my sister, not my maid." "In my own cognitive world, as long as the children of poor families are fed and drunk well, and their appetites are satisfied, everything will be fine. But it still underestimates the fragility of human nature, and the emptiness of the spiritual world cannot be compensated for by material things. Only by giving enough care and love can we finally get out of the shadow of life.
At night, the stars were bright, and he took Zhou Yu to watch the stars in the courtyard in a daze, pointing to the Big Dipper in the sky and saying: "Do you see the seven brightest stars in the north? ”
Zhou Yu lay in his confused arms and said, "Brother, you know a lot. Zhou Yu didn't understand anything, he had heard some stories from the women in the town when he was in Maple Leaf Town before. Brother, can you tell me some stories?"
Looking at the starry sky, he pointed to the shining stars on both sides of the Milky Way and said: "Those two are the Cowherd Star and the Vega Star, according to legend, the Weaver Girl is the daughter of the Queen Mother, she is ingenious, good at weaving, and can weave colorful clouds with a pair of dexterous hands." Once upon a time there was an orphan named Cowherd, and although he was hardworking, he had always lived a poor life. Later, under the guidance of the old cow, the Cowherd took away the clothes of the Weaver Girl who was bathing in the lake, and the Weaver Girl also loved the Cowherd, and the two became husband and wife. Since then, she has lived a happy life, and soon gave birth to two children, a boy and a girl. The gods in the sky are not allowed to fall in love, and when the Jade Emperor found out, he was furious and sent heavenly soldiers to capture the Weaver Girl back to the Heavenly Palace. With the help of the old cow, the cowherd carried his children in a basket and chased them to the sky. When the Jade Emperor saw the Cowherd chasing after him, he used his mana to draw a big river between the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, which was the Milky Way. The surging Milky Way mercilessly separated the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on both banks, and they could only cry and look at each other across the river. Later, when the Jade Emperor saw them crying very sadly, he was moved by compassion and ordered the magpie to send a message to let them meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh month of July. Every year on the evening of July 7, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on the bridge made of magpies and pour out their hearts. Legend has it that that night, in the dead of night, the whispers of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl could be heard under the grape trellises, and if it rained from the sky, it would be their sad tears.
Zhou Yu, who was lying on his confused legs, said dreamily: "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, they must be very happy." “