Zhang Shaofei walked home on the mountain path, thinking that he was going to leave his mother and beloved girl to go out to seek Buddhism, and his heart was very uncomfortable. However, the words of Zhang Daocheng and Zen Master Huiming kept echoing in their ears; In addition, the desire to go north to seek Buddha is like a blazing fire. Burning his heart......

When Zhang Shaofei returned to Taizhen Village, it was already early night.

Zhang Shaofei is a well-known filial son, and when he saw his house, there was a light, which was the light of his mother waiting for his son to return home! Zhang Shaofei couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, and before he entered the house, he shouted loudly: "Auntie, I'm back!" ”

Wang Shaoxiang sat in front of the loom, half-squinting, his whole body was full of kindness, looked at Zhang Shaofei with concern, and asked, "Fei'er, why did you come back so late today?" ”

Zhang Shaofei didn't know how to speak, so he could only smile shyly and avoid his mother's kind gaze.

In order not to let his mother see what was on his mind, Zhang Shaofei deliberately asked: "Auntie, have you eaten?" ”

"If you don't come back, how can A-Niang eat?" Wang Shaoxiang looked at Zhang Shaofei and said.

"Then, I'm going to open the stage!" Zhang Shaofei opened the table as he spoke, went to the pot to pick up the heated food, and handed a bowl of steaming rice to his mother with both hands.

Wang Shaoxiang squinted at his son, his eyes were extremely kind, as if he could dissolve his thousands of knots at any time.

Zhang Shaofei gritted his teeth, mustered up his courage, and told his mother what he had encountered and happened during this period of time.

After Wang Shaoxiang heard this, a sad cloud appeared on his face: "Fei'er, the Zhang family has been down for several generations, and now you have survived this single seedling." A-Niang also hopes that you can pass on the ancestry, continue the bloodline of the Zhang family, and make the cigarettes of Wandai continue. You're going to have to think about it!"

Zhang Shaofei said what Zhang Daocheng said to him before, and then said, "Mother, Shopkeeper Zhang said it well, if you can find the avenue, Pudu Qun Fan, and pull out all living beings from sinking, this is the avenue of life!" I've thought twice about it. For the continuation of the Zhang family's genealogy, if you look at it from the perspective of the avenue of life, it is only a mere category. If I go north to seek the way of Buddhism and practice hard, he will seek the avenue one day, purify the crowd, and pull out all sentient beings from sinking, so that the ancestors will be passed down, and the heirs will be thousands, this is the real Wandai cigarette!"

"This ......" Wang Shaoxiang didn't expect his son to answer like this, his mouth stammered for a long time, and he couldn't speak.

Although she reads the Bible herself, she does not know the meaning of it, and now she is exposed to the reality of her family.

There is a popular saying among the people, called "Thunder in the sky, uncle in the ground." Zhang Shaofei lost his father since he was a child, and the majesty of his uncle is even more prominent.

Wang Shaoxiang knew that Wang Ronggen cherished Zhang Shaofei very much on weekdays, and he would definitely not let him leave home this time, so he said to Zhang Shaofei: "That's it, you went to ask your uncle tomorrow, and Lu Huilan, they agreed to let you go, you go; If they don't agree, you don't have to bother with A-Niang. ”

"Hmm." Zhang Shaofei had no choice but to nod obediently.

The next morning, Wang Shaoxiang was about to leave to accompany Zhang Shaofei back to her parents' home, Taishi Village, and as soon as she came out of the door, she saw Lu Huilan holding a box of things in her hand from a distance, coming towards her house.

As soon as Lu Huilan saw Wang Shaoxiang, she handed the box of things in her hand to Wang Shaoxiang, and said affectionately: "Auntie, my mother asked me to send you some medicinal materials to replenish your body." ”

Lu Huilan is a little unaccustomed to not seeing Zhang Shaofei for a few days, this morning at breakfast, her mother asked Zhang Shaofei why he didn't come to the house these days, is there something happened to his family, told her to finish breakfast, go to his house, and bring some Korean ginseng, cordyceps, deer antler and other medicinal materials sent by several disciples of Lu Xueru last time to visit the patient, to make up for Zhang Shaofei and his mother's body.

Wang Shaoxiang took the medicinal herbs, looked at Lu Huilan, and said politely, "Alan, your mother really has my heart, go back and thank your mother for me." ”

Lu Huilan smiled and said, "Auntie is not welcome. Lu Huilan saw that Wang Shaoxiang and Zhang Shaofei seemed to be going out, and said, "Auntie, you and Brother A Fei are going out?" ”

"Lan Lan, don't you ask, my aunt forgot to say it, you came just in time, my aunt asked you, do you agree with Zhang Shaofei to go to Huangmei Dongchan Temple in Hubei to learn Buddhism?" Wang Shaoxiang told Lu Huilan about Zhang Shaofei's thoughts and the fact that he was going to Taishi Village to ask for his uncle's opinion.

"This ...... This ......" The news came too suddenly, and Lu Huilan didn't know what to say for a while.

Wang Shaoxiang approached Lu Huilan's side, leaned close to her ear, and quietly told Lu Huilan her thoughts.

After hearing this, Lu Huilan said, "I will also go to Taishi Village to see Brother Afei's uncle, I will obey the majority in decimals." ”

Wang Shaoxiang took Zhang Shaofei and Lu Huilan back to his mother's home, Taishi Village, and Zhang Shaofei came to his uncle and told him that he was leaving his hometown and going to Dongchan Temple in Hubei Province to seek Buddhism.

When Wang Ronggen heard Zhang Shaofei say this, he was also nervous in his heart, and hurriedly persuaded: "Zhang Shaofei, escape into the empty door, meditate and practice, it's unspeakably miserable!"

Zhang Shaofei calmly: "What's so terrible about suffering? Didn't you and your mother always teach me, saying, 'Only when you suffer hardship can you become a superior person'?"

Wang Ronggen was suddenly blocked by him, and his mouth snorted: "This ......"

Zhang Shaofei insisted: "I heard people say that Patriarch Bodhidharma has been facing the wall for nine years, as long as I can learn Buddhism and purify all sentient beings, I can endure any hardship." ”

"That being said, it's hard to really do it!" Wang Ronggen shook his head.

Zhang Shaofei pleaded again and again, but Wang Ronggen still did not agree.

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Wang Ronggen saw that it was ineffective to persuade him to persuade him, so he discussed with Wang Shaoxiang and Lu Huilan for a while, and deliberately made a difficult problem to let Zhang Shaofei die of this heart.

Wang Ronggen said to Zhang Shaofei: "You want to go to Hubei Huangmei Dongchan Temple, you can, but we have one condition." ”

Zhang Shaofei asked, "What conditions?" ”

"Come with me." Wang Ronggen took Zhang Shaofei to the entrance of the village, pointed to the boulder standing, and said, "If you can worship this boulder on both sides, you can go!"

Zhang Shaofei asked loudly, "Uncle, is this sentence serious?"

Wang Ronggen also replied loudly: "Seriously!"

Zhang Shaofei raised his voice again: "You won't regret it?"

Wang Ronggen also replied in a louder voice: "I have discussed it with your mother and Lu Huilan, and I will never regret it!"

"Good!" Zhang Shaofei agreed, he believed that sincerity is spirituality.

This boulder, about one zhang high and eight feet wide, has been beaten by wind and rain, mottled and mottled, standing at the entrance of the village.

Zhang Shaofei put incense sticks in front of the boulder, lit a candle, knelt down on his knees, folded his hands, closed his eyes, and prayed softly: "May the Buddha appear in heaven and split the boulder for me." ”

The scorching sun is in the sky, shooting down thousands of scorching tongues of fire. The broad banana leaves at the edge of the village were curled up in the sun, and the dogtail grass that had been in high spirits in the past drooped weakly. Wisps of swaying water vapor floated on the road, and people walked over, one cloud of smoke and dust at a time.