Chapter 73: The Living Bodhisattva

On the birthday of Guanyin, the scholars and maidens gather in the temple of Guanyin, or offer incense, or Changming lamp oil in front of the Buddha to protect health. Or for the long flag, the cloud "asks for a son and gets a son".

"If you give birth to a child, you should bring the child to bow under the Goddess of Mercy seat and take refuge in your name, so that you can live a long life." After the monks of the Guanyin Temple accepted the offerings of the Su family, they explained.

Su Shi and Sangu agreed again and again, and then walked out.

Only Xiaolan and Xiaoju came out with the Su family today, Aunt Sang had a headache when the wind blew last night, so she stayed at home to rest.

As for Zhang Laosan, he was guarding the carriage at the foot of the mountain and did not follow in.

As soon as she got out of the main hall, the third aunt leaned into Su's ear and whispered: "There is an old nun at the foot of the mountain behind the Guanyin Temple, it is said that she has opened the eyes of heaven, and her appearance is very accurate, and she can see the past life and future life of a person, do you want to take a look?" ”

Su Shi was slightly stunned and asked, "Really accurate?" Have you counted? ”

"I heard what the people in our village said, I didn't calculate it, but I said that it was very accurate." The third aunt leaned into Su's ear and muttered: "My sister-in-law is also a miserable person, so I found this old nun and gave her a way to crack it, and now I don't know how smooth it is." ”

"This, I don't know if it's true or not, why don't you go and take a look?" Su Shi is not for herself, she wants to go and see, if it is really accurate, she will help her daughter take a look.

If you go down the mountain from the front door and then take a detour to the back mountain, it will be a little far, and the third aunt proposed to go down from the back mountain, let a girl go to the foot of the front door mountain, and let Zhang Laosan drive the carriage to the back mountain to pick them up.

The old nun and her two little nuns lived at the foot of the back mountain, and the three thatched huts were neatly and neatly tied.

When Su Shi and the others went, they happened to meet a woman kneeling at the door with her swaddling clothes and crying, and kept begging Mrs. Shi to save her.

The third aunt pulled Su Shi to prevent her from passing, and whispered, "Let's see first, is she so spiritual?" ”

Su Shi also felt this, so he also stood aside and watched the excitement.

The door opened, and a fair-skinned little nun came out, and she said to the woman kneeling: "Master said, her old man can't take care of your family's affairs, please go back and find another way." ”

The woman did not follow, holding the little nun's hand and not letting go, begging for help from her and the child.

Su Shi and Sangu couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, and they couldn't wait to step forward to help say a few good words.

A compassionate voice came from the room: "Alas, since you have come to me, it is also a fate, come in, let me take a look first?" ”

As if afraid that she would lose this opportunity if she took a step too slow, the woman rushed in with the child in her arms. The third aunt and the Su family wanted to go in and have a look, but they were stopped by the little nun and said, "Donor, is there something wrong here?" ”

Su Shi didn't speak, and the third aunt opened her mouth: "I heard that the face here is quite accurate, we want to come and see." ”

The little nun looked at Su Shi and the third aunt expressionlessly, and only said, "Donor, wait a minute!" Then he went into the house and closed the door.

Although I couldn't see it, I could hear the intermittent sound in the room.

The woman cried and said that the child, who was only more than a month old, couldn't stop crying day and night, and there was nothing she could do if she invited Langzhong, seeing that she didn't even have the strength to cry now, she was afraid that it would be more than lucky.

Then, there was no sound inside, and about half an hour later, the woman came out with the child in her arms, and there was a smile on her face, and she kowtowed to the house before leaving, saying that she had met a living Bodhisattva and that her child was saved.

Xiaolan's eyes widened, and she asked the little nun who sent it: "Is this child okay?" ”

"Naturally, it's fine." The little nun didn't practice enough, her face was quite smug, and after glancing at Xiaolan, she looked at the third aunt again: "Is the donor going to see our master?" ”

The third aunt pushed Su Shi: "No, it's not me, it's her, please take a look, she had a hard time in the first half of her life, let's see if it will be smooth in the future." ”

Sangu and Xiaolan were stopped outside, and Su went in alone.

The windows in the house are not big and have not been pushed open, so the light in the house is not good.

The old nun in a dark monk's robe sat on the futon and closed her eyes slightly, a string of Bodhi beads in her hand turned slowly, and incense burned in the incense burner in front of the table.

Su Shi has recently come into contact with some incense, and deliberately glanced at the incense burner, only thinking that this incense had been smelled somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Mrs. Shi opened her eyes and pointed to the futon opposite: "Sit down!" ”

Su Shi was busy following the appearance of the old nun and sat down cross-legged.

"Me"

As soon as Su Shi said a word, he heard Shi Tai say: "You don't need to say it, I already know your intention." ”

There was something strange and mysterious in the dimly lit room, and Su Shi said in surprise: "Huh? How does Mrs. Shi know what I am asking? ”

"You have no husband or son, but only a daughter." Shitai said slowly: "You have no parents, your life is too hard." If it weren't for your daughter's life, she wouldn't have been able to stay. ”

Su Shi only felt a chill soaring from his spine to the top of his head, and his whole body was cold, it turned out that it was all because of his own hard life?

"I look at your face, has your daughter ever suffered a great calamity and almost lost her life?"

"Yes, even after the Spring Festival this year, she just fell into the water, but she didn't drown, but I don't know why she fainted for three days." Su's hands and feet were cold, and he couldn't help but tremble a little.

"That's it, alas!" After Mrs. Shi finished speaking, she closed her eyes and said nothing, but the Bodhi beads in her hand moved faster.

This sigh overwhelmed Su Shi, and his heart instantly rose to his throat: "Mrs. Shi, but what's wrong with my daughter?" ”

"If she wakes up and her temperament changes drastically, then it's really not good."

Su Shi was hit again, but after Qin Xun woke up, his temperament had changed abruptly.

Su Shi's tears instantly overflowed his eyes, and he changed his cross-legged sitting to kneeling, and begged: "Is there a way to crack it?" Whatever the solution, I'd like to give it a try? ”

Even if you lose your life, even if you take refuge in Buddhism from now on, you can eat fasting and chant Buddha for the rest of your life.

After a long time, Shi Taifu opened his eyes again, and the light flashed in the dim room: "Your daughter is also hard-fated, destined to live a life without a father, a husband and no children. After a pause, he said: "I was born ignorant, then confused, then epiphany, and grateful, so I learned to be humble, and then I regained my life, but I didn't dare to give in to my own heart." ”

Su Shi only felt that his brain was buzzing, and the whole person fell to the ground softly, and it took a long time before he reluctantly got up and kowtowed to Shitai: "Ask the Bodhisattva to save my son, and the Bodhisattva to save my son?" ”

"It's not that there is no way to crack it, but this method is a bit difficult."

Su Shi can not even want his life now, what is the difficulty of being afraid? So I cheered up and asked what to do?

"Your daughter owed a debt in her previous life, and this life is like this, unless her loved ones are willing to repay her debts, so that her life can be smooth and successful."

Su Shi's eyes had a light of hope, and he nodded again and again: "I am willing, the Living Bodhisattva said, what should I do?" ”

The corners of the living Bodhisattva Shitai's mouth hooked slightly, and he said the Buddha's name, and said: "You come with your ears, you can't say anything to a third person about this matter, otherwise, you will lose all your achievements." ”