Kuang Hua pestered Mai Yuan and shouted, Mom, I'm hungry.

Kuang Hong and Kuang Shan also looked at Mai Yuan with wide eyes, and shouted in unison, Mom, I'm hungry too.

Mai Yuan said that after a while, my father will buy rice and go home.

Kuang Hong said in a loud voice, Mom, you said "wait a while" twice, but you didn't see your father reply.

Kuang Shan and Kuang Hua were so hungry that their eyes were black, and they were about to shout. Mai Yuan picked up a charcoal bar, squatted down and drew a bag of rice ears on a large bluestone slab in the hall. She also told a story about rice, which the children listened to with relish, as if they had forgotten that they were hungry and stopped shouting.

The content of the story told by Mai Yuan is: According to legend, in ancient times, an island was surrounded by the sea, and a god who planted rice tied a bag of rice ears to the back of a sacred dog he raised, and instructed it to swim across the sea to the vast land on the opposite bank, and gave the rice ears on his back as seeds to the people on the land to plant.

Before he swam back to the island, he commanded all the mortal dogs, saying that the rice planted should be eaten, and that you should be dogs, and only eat dung. So far, dogs in the mortal world eat dung, and they eat it deliciously. On the contrary, human beings eat rice from rice as their staple food.

When Mai Yuan said this, she amplified her voice a little excitedly, Kuang Hong, Kuang Shan, Kuang Hua, you are all human beings, and it is natural to eat rice.

After listening to the story, Kuang Hua shouted again, Mom, I want to eat rice.

Mai Yuan looked out of the house in the twilight, her eyes full of hope - if her husband came back from selling rice in a pot and boiled it, the children would be able to eat a big meal!

Suddenly, a figure appeared in the distance, carrying a large vat on her shoulder, and Mai Yuan recognized it as his husband and the father of the children as soon as she fell into her eyes, but she felt very uncomfortable.

Kwong Guangbu got closer and closer, and when he arrived at the front of the house, he removed the water tank on his shoulder, looking sluggish.

Mai Yuan asked, why didn't you sell the water tank?

Kuang Guangbu said in frustration, I put the water tank in Zhonghupu Street near the door of Wu Xiaoda's pharmacy to sell, at first no one cared, and then a few customers came to see, and finally a customer wanted to buy, the price was almost negotiated, but Wu Xiaoda's son Wu Daode was too immoral, he stood at the door of the pharmacy and saw it, so he came over and broke it, saying that there was a crack in the bottom of my water tank. The customer happened to be in front of him, and as soon as he heard this nonsense, he turned around and left, so the water tank could not be sold, so I had to carry it back.

The three children knew that there was no hope of eating rice, so they all came out of the house and cried around Kuang Guangbu, shouting, Dad, I am hungry and want to eat rice......

Kuang Guangbu was in a hurry, and he didn't enter the door, pushed the child who surrounded him open, turned around and left, the night was hazy, his figure became more and more blurred, and gradually disappeared.

On that day, Qian Wanguan, who came out of the grocery store on West Street, walked in front, chanting the Buddha's name in his mouth, and passers-by could hear it. Hu Youyuan and Fu Chunlan, who were following him, were also silently chanting the Buddha, although they couldn't hear the sound, but their mouths were squirming slightly.

When he arrived at the door of the old house of the Fu family on West Street, a bundle of sandalwood in Hu Youyuan's hand had not yet been taken out and lit, when he smelled a strange fragrance that smelled better than sandalwood.

Fu Chunlan shouted a little excitedly, Hey, do you smell it? What a scent it smells like.

Hu Youyuan stood in front of the door, stretched out his hand and touched the back of his head, thinking for a long time without speaking.

Qian Wanguan said that this fragrance seems to be the fragrance of lotus flowers, but it smells better than ordinary lotus flowers. I remembered that it was definitely the Buddha and Bodhisattva who had come here on the lotus throne to receive Grandma Fu to the Pure Land. Wow!

Qian Wanguan pushed open the hidden door and walked straight towards the firewood room, with Hu Youyuan and Fu Chunlan following behind; When I arrived at the firewood room, I saw Fu's mother sitting on a futon, facing a Buddha statue on the Buddhist shrine, as if she did not move, as if she had become a Buddha statue. She didn't notice that Qian Wanguan was leading her granddaughter and grandson-in-law to come.

The fragrance of lotus flowers in the firewood room is stronger.

At this time, Hu Yiyuan lightly untied the bundle of sandalwood, took out one by one and lit it, and inserted the green smoke into the incense burner in front of the Buddha shrine.

Fu Mu found out that they were coming and was about to speak. Hu Youyuan and Fu Chunlan opened their mouths first and shouted in unison, Hello grandma!

Fu Chunlan looked at Qian Wanguan and said, Uncle Qian, my grandmother, meditate here, how do you say that she is going to die at noon today?

Qian Wanguan replied, Amitabha! Disciple Qian did not speak.

Mother Fu said, Chunlan, what your Uncle Qian said is true, I just wait for you to come, and I will die after a little explanation.

Hu Youyuan and Fu Chunlandi said in unison, grandma, what do you have to say, we will do it when we are the next generation.

Mother Fu looked at them with kind eyes, looked at them and muttered: Youyuan, Chunlan, and Wanguan, you all heard, I will talk about three things:

First, don't touch me within 12 hours after I die.

Second, arrange my funeral, don't let go of the whip, let me go in peace!

Third, the funeral is simple, don't invite guests, even if you have a treat, you can only be vegetarian, and you must not eat meat. Remember?

Qian Wanguan, Hu Youyuan, and Fu Chunlan scrambled to answer, remembering.

As soon as the words fell, she looked at Fu Mu again, and she turned her head again to face the Buddha statue. After a few moments, she was motionless. Suddenly, Qian Wanguan, who was silently chanting Buddha, opened his mouth and said, "Grandma has died."

At this time, a burst of Buddhist music sounded on the roof of the Fu family, which was pleasant to the ear. Hu Youyuan and Fu Chunlan didn't listen carefully, looking at Fu's mother sitting on the futon with a serene expression, there seemed to be a smile between her lips, and her granddaughter and son-in-law, who wanted to cry, didn't cry anymore, but clasped her hands together like Qian Wanguan, knelt on the ground, facing the Buddha statue, and chanted the Buddha name loudly.

Qian Wanguan suddenly paused, Hu Youyuan and Fu Chunlan also paused, turned their faces to see that Qian Wanguan was bowing to the Buddha statue.

After a while, Qian Wanguan also sat on a futon and appeared to meditate.

Qian Wanguan clasped his hands together and chanted in a deep voice, Amitabha! Qian was originally a heinous sinner, who occasionally heard the Dharma, eliminated evil obstacles, devoted himself to goodness, and practiced with precepts. Taking care of Grandma Fu for many years, I have completed my mission today, and I will also be reborn in the Pure Land, thank you for my Buddha's mercy and salvation!

Fu Chunlan asked in surprise, Uncle Qian, do you want to go to the Pure Land?

Qian Wanguan said, yes, Uncle Qian was a wife in the past, and in the blink of an eye, the lotus pond will meet people. Uncle Qian only has one sentence to explain, after I leave, the funeral will be handled as simple and frugal as your grandmother. Amitabha!

Seeing that Qian Wanguan was no longer moving, his eyelids were slightly closed, as peaceful as sleeping. Hu Youyuan suddenly exclaimed, Chunlan, look-

Fu Chunlan looked at it, Grandma Fu and Qian Wanguan each bloomed a huge lotus, one was red and the other was yellow, delicate and fragrant, and magnificent.

At this moment, the Buddha music burst into the sky, resounding from the rooftop.

Many residents of West Street are clustered outside the old house of the Fu family and look forward, only to see the legendary Amitabha Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the Great Trend Bodhisattva really appear in the sky on the lotus platform, they waved their hands kindly, Fu Mu and Qian Wanguan both got on the spaceship-like lotus platform, and frequently greeted and said goodbye to the people who looked up at them below.

Suddenly, Fu Chunlan and Hu Youyuan, who came out of the house, took the lead in reciting the Buddha's name, and everyone followed the recitation, and for a while, the sound of the Buddha's horn on the ground and the Buddha's music in the sky were connected, showing an incomparably special landscape!