Shakyamuni said, "Whoever you meet, he is the one who should appear in your life." The meeting is all predestined, and everything is arranged by heaven. ”

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Yuan Shu often has such a dream.

In the dream, there is a bamboo forest, a temple and a girl.

This girl often knelt in front of the main hall, prayed with incense, and prayed sincerely.

Ten years is like a day.

It hasn't changed.

......

Suddenly, there was a rush of bells.

Yuan Shu opened his eyes suddenly, and it was the same dream again.

She stroked her forehead, reached for her phone, and picked it up.

"Hey..."

Yuan Shu, who was woken up, still had his eyes closed, and his tone was not friendly.

After a long time, a male voice rang on the other end of the phone.

"It's me..."

It is He Shanlin, Yuan Shu's ex-boyfriend.

"What's the matter?"

“...... Yuan Shu, we... Let's break up! ”

Yuan Shu opened his eyes, was stunned, and said yes calmly and indifferently, and agreed.

He Shanlin didn't seem to expect her to be so decisive in agreeing, and was stunned before responding: "...... So be it, goodbye. ”

The phone was quickly hung up, leaving only a blind tone -

No big noise, no big fuss, no third party.

This two-year relationship ended peacefully.

The two of them were college classmates and decided to date when they graduated.

After graduating from university, Yuan Shu stayed in Shanghai and settled down.

And He Shanlin did not accept the fast-paced life in the big city and chose to return to his hometown.

In two years of different places, the number of times they have met each other can be counted on one hand.

What couples can do, they hardly do. It's just a matter of watching a few movies and eating a few times.

Yuan Shu's best friend Jiang Yunshu often laughed at her and said: "You are not in love at all, you are socializing in daily life, and you are wasting your youth." ”

Now it seems that there is nothing wrong with what Jiang Yunshu said, she is indeed wasting her youth.

Now, it's all over.

Yuan Shu was not as sad as he imagined, but felt relieved.

She lifted the covers and went to the sink. The phone was on the phone, and the amplification was turned on and placed on the shelf.

"You... I've said it all, you and him are not suitable. His kind of person, one has no money, two has no ideals, three has no ambitions, and four is not self-motivated... I don't know what you liked about him in the first place! Jiang Yunshu said angrily.

Yuan Shu smiled and picked up the water glass.

Oh, yes! What did she want from him in the first place?

"How are you now? Do you need me to ask for leave and have two drinks with you? Jiang Yunshu complained and complained, but she was still worried about her.

Yuan Shu put the toothbrush in place, picked up a towel and wiped his face, and said slowly: "No, and I don't drink." ”

"Are you really okay?" Jiang Yunshu asked.

Yuan Shu hung up the towel in his hand, picked up his mobile phone and came to the living room, "Teacher Jiang, how can you say that it is also two years of youth. It's a lie to say it's okay, but it's not sad either. I just feel that my heart is empty. ”

"Your heart has always been empty, but not just now." Jiang Yunshu's words changed: "Is that dream still with you?" ”

Yuan Shu hummed and nodded slightly.

"Hey... What the hell do you think you're going to see? Or do you say that the woman in your dream is wronged and wants to find you to avenge her grievances? Or, you owe her money in your last life, and she is looking for you to pay it back in this life..."

“...... I don't care about you! What a mess! Yuan Shu came to the kitchen and poured himself a glass of milk, "I won't tell you, you hurry back to class, I'll hang up." ”

"Huh... Ms. Yuan Shu, I can sneak out to answer your phone calls when I give classes to students, you have such an attitude? ”

"Then do you need me to knock one for you?"

"Okay."

“...... I don't care about you! Hung up! ”

"Okay, let's do this first, you remember to call me if you have something, I'll go to you immediately." Jiang Yunshu still didn't feel at ease and admonished.

Yuan Shu smiled faintly: "Got it, Teacher Jiang." ”

*

The weather in Shanghai during this period was gloomy and gloomy. People don't want to do anything, they just want to stay at home.

Yuan Shu, who is single again, has not changed much in his life.

I go to and from work every day, and occasionally video chat with Jiang Yunshu.

On Friday night, Yuan Shu was packing his things. She pulled a backpack out of the closet and stuffed two sets of clothes into it.

On the mobile phone screen on the table was Jiang Yunshu, and they were making video calls again.

"Where are you going to pack your things?" Jiang Yunshu was eating Malatang, which looked quite fragrant.

"Huai'an." Yuan Shu took a thin coat from the wardrobe and stuffed it into his backpack.

Jiang Yunshu asked puzzledly: "It's only two days on the weekend, what are you going back for?" ”

"I took a leave of absence from my employer, and with two weekends, I had four days."

"Okay, it's okay to go back, you can go and see your uncle and aunt, and grandpa."

"Hmm."

said yes, but Yuan Shu didn't want to go home this time, she just wanted to go out to relax and relax.

Huai'an is the place where I was born and raised, and I chose this place just because I am familiar with it and I won't get lost.

......

In June and July, Jiangnan coincides with the rainy season, and it rains all day long.

The rainy Jiangnan is like a painting of ink and blue, which is beautiful.

Today is a rare good weather.

Walk through the bamboo forest, walk through the creek, and walk along the bluestone slab all the way to the end.

There is a thousand-year-old temple called Green Bamboo Temple.

Yuan Shu stood outside the main hall, his lips lightly opened: "Green Bamboo Temple... Junbiqiao, green bamboo..."

She lowered her eyes and looked at the three or two pilgrims below.

Three incense sticks, kowtow on the futon, extraordinarily pious.

She never seemed to believe in Buddhism.

It seems like this...

Yuan Shu turned around, and there was a monk standing behind him.

No, the abbot of the monastery to be exact.

Yuan Shu looked around, and there were only two people around, her and the abbot.

She stepped forward and bowed her head, "Master." ”

The abbot folded his hands and leaned forward slightly, "Old man Huikong, I've seen the girl." ”

Yuan Shu was a little flattered, and he did the same, and said with his hands folded: "Yuan Shu has seen Master Huikong." ”

Master Huikong smiled slightly.

This is not the first time this scene has happened.

In that life, Master Huikong saw Yuan Shu for the first time, and it was the same conversation, and the score was exactly the same.

It's just that Yuan Shu doesn't remember.

Suddenly, there were several muffled thunders in the sky.

It's raining again.

This rain came unexpectedly.

The people under the open air all hid under the temple.

Yuan Shu doesn't like rainy days, and is even very afraid of thunderstorms. I've been like this since I was a child, and I can't say why.

She patted the water droplets on her body and complained, "This rain is really not happening at the right time. ”

Master Huikong looked up at the sky, but said, "This rain is just right. ”

It's getting dark.

The rain had no intention of stopping.

Yuan Shu couldn't help but feel anxious.

Master Huikong has been by her side, quietly listening to this Jiangnan rain.

Long...

Master Huikong spoke: "If Miss Yuan doesn't dislike the simplicity of the temple, you can stay in the temple first, and then leave after the rain stops." ”

Yuan Shu saw that the rain had not subsided, and he was afraid that it would be the next night. I don't know if God wants to trap her here, intentionally or unintentionally.

That's fine.

Yuan Shu had no choice but to respond and decided to stay overnight in the temple.

Walk through the Buddha hall and come to the side room, which is where she will stay tonight.

The room is simply furnished, with a bed, a wooden desk, and a small mirror.

There is a kettle and an old-fashioned enamel basin on the table, and a wooden bucket for soaking feet under the table.

These are very old at a glance.

The whole room was spotlessly clean and the windows were very comfortable.

Yuan Shu put down his backpack and pushed open the wooden window in front of the desk.

The rain outside the window was dripping.

The rainwater slid down the eaves and gradually joined into a curtain of beads.

The little monk knocked on the door, brought her a pot of hot water, and took the empty pot on the table.

Yuan Shu chased out, "Hello, I want to ask if there is anything to eat here?" ”

The little monk was stunned.

Yuan Shu added: "I can pay." ”

The little monk made a one-handed salute, leaning forward slightly, "There are still fasting dishes in the temple, if the donor does not dislike it, the little monk will go and bring it." ”

Yuan Shu expressed her gratitude, she hadn't eaten for a day, she was very hungry, as long as she had something to eat.

Soon, the little monk brought the food of Zhai.

Although it was coarse tea and light rice, Yuan Shu ate extremely happily.

After eating.

Yuan Shu took the computer and sat at the desk.

She stared through the windowsill and stared at the rain for a moment.

Several work emails popped up in the lower right corner of the computer, disturbing Yuan Shu's thoughts.

She glanced at it, it was all inconsequential work, closed the computer, and chose to ignore it for now.

At night, the temple is quiet and solemn with only monks chanting sutras.

The rain stopped, and the clouds cleared. The sky seemed to have been washed over, and it was blue to the naked eye.

It's incredible.

The bright moonlight gradually appeared.

Master Huikong stood outside the main hall, staring at the crescent moon hanging in the sky, "The moon is like the beginning, and the people are the same?" ”

Master Huikong turned around and looked at the side room, the lights had long since been extinguished, and the people had already fallen asleep.

"Miss Yuan, you're still here..."

*

The sky was slightly bright, and Yuan Shu was woken up by the sound of the morning bell in the temple.

The bell was low and did not go away for a long time.

It's strange that she didn't have a dream all night last night, and she slept exceptionally peacefully.

When she woke up to the sound of the morning bell, her body and mind seemed to be greatly soothed.

Seriously, she's kind of in love with it.

It's not escapism, it's not negativity, it's just a temporary escape from the original life.

After lying on the bed for a while, Yuan Shu got up to freshen up.

After a while, it started raining outside again.

Yuan Shu returned to the house with the enamel basin, and she half-covered the wooden window.

Yanyu Jiangnan, Yanyu, Jiangnan.

Had breakfast.

Yuan Shu saw that the rain was not heavy, so he borrowed an umbrella from the little monk and wandered around the temple alone.

The temple is not very large, and it is hard to imagine that it is thousands of years old.

Different from Qixia Temple and Tongtai Temple, it is rarely visited here and is particularly secluded.

This place is similar to the place in her dreams, especially the bamboo forest outside the temple.

However, it seems that something is different.

Yuan Shu went around and found a towering ancient tree in the temple. The branches of the ancient trees are lush and vibrant. He stopped to look at it with great interest, and reached out to gently caress the trunk of the tree.

She wondered what kind of tree it was, and who had planted it here...

"Girl..." Master Huikong appeared behind her at some point.

Yuan Shu bowed, "Master Huikong, what kind of tree is this?" ”

"Bodhi."

"So this is the Bodhi tree." Yuan Shu reached out and touched the trunk of the tree again, and said silently: "One flower and one world, one leaf and one Bodhi." ”

"In fact, there are Bodhi trees in many places, but everyone treats it as a marriage tree, and it is full of red ropes."

Yuan Shu nodded, and asked again, "Who planted this?" ”

Master Huikong's eyes were dim, and he said lightly after a long time: "Poor man." ”

"Poor man?"

"Isn't it pitiful that he will not die well for half of his life?"

What does this mean exactly? Yuan Shu was puzzled.

Master Huikong walked to the Bodhi tree, also stroked the trunk, and said unhurriedly: "Tomorrow, this Bodhi tree will be 140 years old." Some people should come..."

Somebody?

Yuan Shu frowned, why couldn't he understand Master Huikong's words more and more.

Puzzled, she asked, "Who is it?" ”

"In life, people are destined to meet again."

“......”

"Amitabha!" Master Huikong turned around and asked, "The girl's surname is Yuan, and the ancestor is the Yuan family of Chenjun?" ”

When Yuan Shu heard this, he paused, nodded and said yes.

Chenjun Yuan, an ancient famous family, one of the family valves. With loyalty and filial piety, poems, books and famous paintings, he left his name in the world.

In today's society, few people will trace these things anymore. No one had ever asked Yuan Shu such a question, and Master Huikong was the first, and she was a little surprised.

Master Huikong's eyes sank, "Lao Wei once knew a girl, and she was also the Yuan clan of Chenjun. ”

Yuan Shu was a little surprised, and sighed: "Is she also here to travel?" ”

Huikong shook his head, "No, that was a long, long time ago. She is here to pray for the blessing of the person she misses, and it has not changed for ten years. ”

Yuan Shu and Master Huikong stood together under the Bodhi tree.

After a long time, Yuan Shu slowly spoke: "Master Huikong..."

"Miss Yuan, what's the matter?"

"I have something I want to ask the master."

"Girl, please speak."

"Ever since I was a child, I often had a dream about a girl kneeling in front of the main hall every day, as if she were praying for someone. But no matter how much I called her, she couldn't seem to hear me, and she couldn't see her clearly..."

This dream had haunted Yuan Shu for a long time, and she was desperate to find some answers, even if it was just a little bit.

"Amitabha!" Master Huikong looked at her, "That's the obsession in your heart, Miss Yuan. ”

Yuan Shu frowned, for more than 20 years, she has not experienced any winds and waves, how can she be obsessed.

Although she didn't understand, she still asked, "Then what can I do to let go of my obsession?" ”

"A thousand years of obsession, how to let go..."

“......” Yuan Shu didn't care.

This is just a dream, and it is a bit fantasy and absurd to say that it has been a thousand years.

......

The rain is getting heavier and heavier.

In the Buddha hall, the little monk is kneeling on the futon and knocking on the wooden fish.

Seeing Master Huikong coming, the little monk got up and saluted.

"Master."

"Go and clean up the West Zen room, and then tidy up the house in the back."

"Master, is anyone coming?"

"An old man."

The little monk didn't ask too many questions, and went after answering.