The old man said, "Oh, I see. My family wants to come to worship the Buddha, and the elders are willing to come, and we can't ask for it, so please come in. And he said, "By the way, the elder came all the way, is it alone?"

The elder said, "No, the little monk still has three apprentices. ”

The old man said, "Then why not be by your side?"

The elder said, "My three apprentices are ugly, and I am afraid of frightening the donor. ”

The old man said, "I'm old, I'm not afraid of anything, let them come in together, don't see outside." ”

The elder said, "Thank you very much." "Beckoned the walker and the other three to come.

When the old man saw the walker and the other three, he was not afraid at all, as if he had just seen an ordinary monk, politely greeted them one by one, and beckoned the four of them into the wooden house.

When the four of them entered the wooden house, they found that although it was simple, there was a little boy who seemed to be no more than eight or nine years old. The little boy is innocent, his eyes are clear, his face is white, and he is endearing.

Bajie leaned down, stroked the boy's head and said, "How old is your little doll?"

When the little boy saw Bajie, he did not dodge, but replied, "I am ten years old." ”

The four masters and apprentices were amused to laugh when they saw that the little boy was cute.

Soon after the old man turned around and went to the back kitchen, he brought the good meals one by one and put them in front of everyone.

When Bajie saw the food, he couldn't help but salivate, but he was afraid that the elders would blame, so he didn't dare to reach out and grab it.

The table was soon filled with steamed buns, pastries, rice, rice dumplings, fruit snacks, good tea, etc., but there was not a single meat dish.

The old man said: "The old man knows that you are from the Tang Kingdom. The monks of the Tang Kingdom only ate vegetarian dishes, not meat dishes, so they only made some vegetarian dishes for the elders. ”

The elder said, "The benefactor is right. The monks of our Tang Kingdom originally ate meat, just like the monks of other countries. It was only later that Emperor Wu of Liang of the Southern Dynasty respected the Buddha and ordered the monks to not be allowed to eat meat, but only vegetarian, so it was passed down and passed down to our generation, which has long been a law. ”

The old man said, "You are not allowed to eat meat? ”

The elder said, "Monks are only for cultivation, and they are just trivial things. ”

The old man picked up a cup of tea, and Jing Sanzang said: "I admire the feat of the elder Xitian to learn scriptures, and I know that it is inconvenient for the elder to drink, so I have the right to replace the wine with tea, and I will respect the elder for this cup." ”

At this time, the traveler was a little puzzled: he saw that in the middle of this barren mountain, there was no shop in front of the village and behind the village, and there was such a wooden house at the bottom of the mountain, so he had some doubts; and he saw that the old man was wearing shabby, but he didn't know where to make so many good meals, and he was a little puzzled; he secretly used his fiery eyes to carefully distinguish the old man, and after looking closely, he was taken aback, and saw that the old man was hiding a colorful tiger in his body, and he was staring at the long tiger at this time, and he was not surprised.

At this time, the elder didn't know that the old man was a goblin, so he didn't suspect him, took the tea, and wanted to drink it.

The walker hurriedly stopped the elder and said, "Master, don't drink this cup of tea. ”

The elder wondered, "Why can't you drink it?"

The walker said, "Master, look!" and took the tea from the elder's hand and poured it on the stone beside him. The tea originally looked ordinary, but when it came across the stone, it stirred up a white mist.

When the old man saw it, he was annoyed and embarrassed, and he was speechless for a while.

When Bajie and Sha Seng saw it, they all grinned and said, "It turned out to be poisonous wine!"

The old man couldn't sit still at this time, stood up suddenly, and shouted: "You monk is so ignorant of lifting, I am kind enough to entertain you, but I suspect that I am doing tricks in the tea!"

The walker said, "If your tea is not poisonous, do you dare to drink it yourself?"

The old man argued, "Why don't I dare?" and angrily poured a few cups of tea, drank them one by one, and finally was safe, and said, "How is it?"

The elder said, "Wukong, you are suspicious by nature, and this time you have wronged others. ”

The old man poured another cup of tea, offered it to the walker with both hands, and said, "Do you dare to drink it now?"

The walker took the tea, and when he saw that the tea was dirty, he was unceremonious, and sprinkled the tea on the ground, and immediately started a burst of mist, which was exactly the same as before.

Although the elder looked trembling, he still said, "Wukong, Hugh is rude!"

Bajie said: "Master, don't you understand? That old man obviously drank the non-poisonous tea himself, and he used a trick to conjure up poisonous, give it to us!"

The walker was no longer polite, and while grabbing the elder and protecting him behind him, he took out the golden hoop stick, glared at his eyes and shouted: "What kind of goblin are you, dare to use tricks here to deceive my master and apprentice? Quickly show your true identity!"

Then the hut vanished, and in a puff of smoke it became a large stake, and with it the good meal of the previous table was gone, and it was changed by stones, dead leaves, firewood, and the like.