Chapter 206: Bittersweet Years (1)
It was getting late, and Li didn't see Hui Neng come back at home, so he was a little worried, standing outside the door, looking around......
Finally, Li saw a familiar figure not far away, and staggered over.
"Ah, yes!" Li Shi was startled and hurriedly stepped forward, "Neng'er, why are you covered in scars, is something wrong?" ”
Huineng didn't want to tell his mother, but he came back so late and was scarred, so he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to tell his mother what had happened.
When Li Shi heard this, he was in great pain, and he hugged Huineng in his arms, and burst into tears: "Neng'er, it's all A-Niang's incompetence, which has made you suffer so much, if your A-dad is knowledgeable, he won't be at ease under Jiuquan." Neng'er, you quickly follow your mother into the house, and your mother will immediately burn incense and ask Guanyin Bodhisattva to bless you with scars and don't hurt and heal as soon as possible. ”
Over the years, Li has simply regarded Guanyin Bodhisattva as Huineng's protective umbrella, and for Huineng's happiness and peace, she has not begged Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Hui Neng saw that his mother was sad and sad, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Auntie, don't be sad, I'm fine, although the child was beaten and suffered a little flesh and skin, but I saved a life, the old beggar is old and frail, and he will die if he is beaten again. Auntie, don't be sad......"
"Neng'er, you...... You're really...... A-Niang doesn't object to you doing good deeds, but how can you do a ...... A person who has never known each other desperately protects each other, suffers, suffers...... Such a big sin? Li said with a choked up.
Huineng comforted: "A-Niang, who can not save death in life?" If I watched the old beggar being beaten and not come to my rescue, and I watched him being beaten to death, I would be disturbed and miserable, and it would be even more unbearable than the flesh and skin. Auntie, this matter has passed, don't be sad, didn't that unknown child save me today? ”
"Alas! Neng'er, you are too kind, you must know that the child saved you because he has kung fu, how can he be like you, he will not be stunned to save people, and he doesn't care about his own life or death. Don't do this stupid thing in the future, don't let your mother worry about you anymore. Come into the house and sit down, my mother will bring you food, you haven't eaten for a day, you're hungry, you wait. After Li finished speaking, he went into the kitchen and brought out the food and put it on the table.
Huineng hadn't eaten for a day, he was hungry and outdated, and the pain was unbearable, so he had lost his appetite for a long time, but he was afraid that his mother would be sad and sad, so he had to force himself to eat some reluctantly.
After eating, Li saw that Huineng was seriously injured, so Huineng rested early, and then she went to the Buddha hall set up at home to burn incense and worship the Buddha, asking for mercy from the Buddha and Bodhisattva and blessing Huineng to recover soon.
This Mid-Autumn Festival, it should have been Huineng and his mother, and then made an appointment with Xiaolan, gathered together to admire the moon and eat moon cakes, and spent a warm and happy time together......
Fortunately, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Xiaolan and her father Li Xueru asked Xiaolan to send a box of mooncakes to Li's mother and son for the Mid-Autumn Festival......
This has finally added a little joy to this year's Mid-Autumn Festival.
On the fifth night after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Huineng removed the herbal plaster on his body, and saw that the wound had been swollen and stasis, and there was no pain, and there was no need to apply any more medicine, as if he had recovered.
After dinner, Huineng took a woodcutter and sharpened it on the whetstone outside the door.
Li was weaving cloth when he heard the sound of sharpening knives, so he stopped what he was doing, walked out of the door, and said, "Neng'er, why are you sharpening knives?" ”
Huineng said while sharpening his knife; "Auntie, my injuries have healed, I want to go to fetch firewood early tomorrow morning."
Huineng wanted to go up the mountain to fetch firewood again, and said with a wry smile: "Neng'er, there is a saying in this saying, 'it takes a hundred days to hurt the tendons', during these days, you had better wash your hands with hot water every day, so as to clear the tendons and invigorate the blood, so that it is easy to grow strength." ”
When Huineng heard this, he stopped the firewood knife he was grinding, was a little anxious, and said, "A-Niang, if you rest for so long, the rice jar at home will already be facing the sky, how can there be rice to cook and eat!" ”
"There is no endless road, my mother has already thought about it, and after a while, you will take the cloth woven by A-Niang and take one of them to the integrated polder market to sell, won't you have money to buy rice?"
Huineng heard Xiaolan say this, "oh", and felt that it was also a way. But when I think about it, this is the brainchild of A-Niang for many years, and I sold it......
Seeing Hui Neng squatting on the whetstone and pondering, Li Shi said, "Originally, these cloth mothers were going to wait for you and Xiaolan to get married before selling them, and use these cloth money to handle your marriage." ”
It turned out that since the last time Li was cooking breakfast in the kitchen and talking with Huineng about the marriage of the male and female marriages, he had been silently planning to earn money for the marriage of Huineng.
When Huineng heard this, he only felt his blood surging and his throat choked, and at this time, he really felt the greatness of his mother's love.
What else can I say, Huineng at this time, a thousand words can't express the kindness of his mother's hard work for more than ten years, A-Niang is at this age, and she is heartbroken for her marriage.
"Hmm." Huineng nodded to his mother filial piety, and as soon as he stood up, he felt that the old wound on his leg was still a little painful, and he knew that what his mother said "It takes 100 days for the injured tendon to heal" is not unreasonable.
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In addition, although Huineng has not fully recovered from his injuries and has not yet been able to go up the mountain to collect firewood, at home, he sometimes digs out the four books and five classics left by his father from the bookcase to read; Sometimes I took a book and went to the creek at the edge of the village and sat in the shade of the canopy-like longan tree. When I was tired, I looked at the small river, thinking about the new river and the big river in a daze, thinking about the magnificent scene of the new river breaking through the barriers of the mountains and mountains, and going to meet the big river......
Thinking, thinking, and naturally thinking of the sweets and sorrows of life, it is also the heart that is separated, the heart is experienced, and the heart is determined.
People who are wealthy can certainly enjoy the delicacy of big fish and meat; However, the whole grain of vegetable root also has a unique fragrance, and the key is the experience of the heart. Enjoy leisure, you can taste the breeze and bright moon; And in the deep mountains to collect firewood, while tired, you can also appreciate the singing of small birds and the fragrance of wild flowers. The key to all of this is the transformation of the heart......
In this autumn season of recuperation, Huineng thought a lot, a lot, and seemed to have gained a lot.
On this day, after Huineng finished reading the book at home, Li stopped the loom and said to him: "Neng'er, take advantage of the good weather these days, you can go to the nearby fields or mountains to pick some raw herbs such as 'White Flower Snake Tongue Grass' and 'Tianqi' and come back, there are not many raw herbs at home." ”
"Well, okay, A-Niang, I'll go" Huineng put down the book, picked up the bamboo basket and the small hoe, and went out.
The autumn sun shines on the fields at the junction of Xialu and Houliang villages, and everything looks vibrant.
Unconsciously, in the face of the great autumn light, Huineng thought to himself: How nice it would be to be able to play with Chen Mushui, Li Zhiwen and Ergou and a few of their childhood friends for a while......
Don't say it, there is a saying that "heaven obeys the wishes of man". This Hui Neng just had a whim, no, Li Zhiwen and Shui Lian were driving their big buffalo towards him.
Li Zhiwen is a big family surnamed Li in the village, with a lot of wealth, his father Li Tianyou married his wife Wang, and gave birth to four girls and a boy, Li Zhiwen is the fourth, seventeen years old, and Huineng in the same year; Shuilian's father, Zhang Dazhi, and his mother's relatives, died soon after giving birth to Shuilian. Zhang Dazhi later continued the string, the mother of the water lotus, Shen, gave birth to four males in a row, Zhang Dazhi can be regarded as a rich cane family in the village, with fields, land and cattle; Ergou is one year younger than Shuilian, the poorest in the family, he was born before the month, his father Liang Caiqing wanted to go up the mountain to hunt a few pheasants to make up for his daughter-in-law's body, but who knew that he would never return...... Ergou's mother, a widow with an orphan, raised Ergou with hard work.
"Brother Aneng, what are you doing alone in the field?" Ergou saw Huineng from a distance and shouted loudly.
Huineng heard the shouting, looked up, and saw that Li Zhiwen and Shuilian were each leading a big buffalo, followed by a second dog, as if they were going to herd cattle.
"I'm picking herbs on the ridges!" Huineng responded loudly.
Li Zhiwen and the others said in unison: "Brother Aneng, the weather is good today, let's go to the mountains to graze cattle and collect medicine." ”
Huineng said happily: "Okay! ”
Chen Mushui, Li Zhiwen and Shuilian have often played together since they were children, and the two dogs always like to play with them. Whenever they have fun, they always like to bully Ergou, calling him a fart and a nerd. The two dogs don't care, they always laugh silly and follow them.
After passing the Tiandong in Xialu Village, we came to the river beach in Houliang Village.
When the big buffalo saw the green grass on the riverbank, he lowered his head and ate it in a big gulp.
Hui Neng saw that the banks of the river were still full of yellow rape flowers, and he thought about things and people, and once again remembered the scene when he met Xiaolan here......
"The village flower of Houliang Village is here." Li Zhiwen took Shuilian's hand, looked at Huineng, who lowered his head and pondered, and said softly.
"Brother A-Neng, look, Sister Alan is here, call her over to play?" The crisp sound of the water lotus echoed on both sides of the river.
"Brother A-Neng, go and call it!" The second dog barked vigorously.
Huineng was shouted at by a few of them and woke up from his contemplation......
Before Hui could say anything, Li Xiaolan had already walked in front of them with light steps.
"Brother Aneng, are your injuries healed?" As soon as Li Xiaolan saw Huineng, she asked with concern.
Huineng patted his chest and said, "Okay." But my aunt said that I can't do heavy work yet, and it will take 100 days for the injured tendons to heal completely. ”
Li Xiaolan blinked and asked; "Brother A-Neng, then why are you coming out today?"
"Come out and pick some herbs and go back. As soon as they came to the edge of the field, they saw them grazing cattle. Hui Neng looked at Li Zhiwen and the others, and then said, "Sister Alan, I didn't expect to see you here!" ”
"It's called where you don't meet in life!" Li Zhiwen said in a crepe.