Feng Yin sat in the sedan chair and listened to Li Ji's voice floating from outside the sedan chair.

The story of the Snow Maiden took place a long time ago, perhaps hundreds of years ago, or a thousand years ago, so long that no one knows the exact date. The people of the town have just passed down the story from generation to generation, and it has been passed down to this day.

Legend has it that there was the first heavy snow in Shawu Town, and the heavy snow fell all night and day, and it stopped at dusk on the second day, and the whole town was covered with snow, not to mention how beautiful it was.

There is nothing to do after the snow, the people in the town are hiding at home and reluctant to go out, but there is a girl who particularly likes the world after the snow, so she went out to step on the snow on the morning of the second day when the snow stopped.

The sound of this silver bell-like laughter spread farther and farther through the lonely town, and soon it spread from the ground to the heavens, where it was heard by a lonely fairy in the heavenly realm.

In the heavenly realm, the rules are strict, everyone is respectful and self-disciplined, and the gods have never heard such a joyful laughter, so they went down to the earth to find this laughter for a while. I followed the sound all the way, and finally found the owner of the voice, the girl, under a ginkgo tree.

The girl was dressed in white and draped in a white cloak, almost blending in with the snow. When the fairy came, the girl was tiptoeing to hang a red concentric knot on the branch of a small ginkgo tree, and the fairy was curious, so she walked behind the girl and asked, "What are you doing here?"

The plain voice startled the girl, and she hurriedly shrank her neck and turned her head to see who it was.

The girl turned around and saw the same fairy dressed in white. The fairy did not move, and stood there looking at the girl with gentle eyes.

The girl looked at it carefully, and saw that this man was dignified and had an extraordinary temperament, not like a bad person, and he didn't make any moves, so she replied: "I am hanging a concentric knot, praying to heaven that I can find the person who is old with the white head." ”

The fairy smiled and continued to ask, "Then why do you want to hang on this tree?"

The girl was a little shy, looked at the fairy with crooked eyebrows, and explained happily: "This is a ginkgo tree, and it can live up to a thousand years, and I hope that my marriage will be as long as its lifespan." ”

"Marriage?" The fairy smiled a little, what is marriage, he really doesn't seem to know, probably the heavenly realm only understands that Yue Lao.

That day, the girl and the fairy had seen every snowy scene in Sand House Town, and the girl's silver bell-like laughter had been spreading throughout the town.

After that the girl lived at the edge of the town, and the gods often came to visit her.

Later, I don't know how long it was. The girl gave birth to a child on another snowy day, and since then the fairy has lived in the town of Shawu and never left.

After a long time, the people of Shawu Town saw a large group of heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals descending from the sky in white heavenly horses, and respectfully took the girl and the fairy family to the sky, and since then the girl and the fairy family have never returned to Shawu Town, and live a happy life of immortality in the heavenly realm.

Since then, the story of the girl and the fairy has been passed down as a good story, but the people in the town do not know the girl's name, nor do they know the fairy's honorific name, because the girl met the fairy in the snow, so everyone called her 'Snow Girl'. ”

And the small ginkgo tree she hung a concentric knot to pray for marriage has also grown into a towering tree, and it has also become the "moon tree" in the town. As long as the local girls are of marriage age, they will come to the tree early after the snow stops in the first heavy snow of the lunar month every year, and follow the example of the "Snow Maiden" to hang a concentric knot on the branch to pray for a good marriage.

After Li Ji finished speaking, he said with a smile: "This "Snow Girl" is really a good fortune in the world, although not every woman can become a husband and wife with the gods, but I always hope that the luck of the Snow Girl will find a wishful husband!"

It turned out to be a marriage story, no wonder there are women all along the way.

Feng Yin didn't have much interest in courting marriage, but he had an inexplicable liking for the Snow Girl.

Is it because you also like to travel after the snow? Or do you wonder why the Snow Maiden is so happy? Do happy people also like the white and silent world?

As if she had met a confidant thousands of years ago, Feng Yin suddenly wanted to see the ginkgo tree she had made a wish on, and how beautiful the snow scene she had seen was.

So he pushed the sedan curtain open, trying to stretch out his head and go out in the direction of the crowd to see if he could see the big tree.

Li Ji was startled when she saw Feng Yin sticking her head out, for fear of being seen in her eyes. Today, there are a lot of ladies from large families who come and go on the streets, and it is not easy to clean up if you accidentally scare any timid ones.

Feeling busy using his body to block the position of the sedan curtain, Li Ji stretched out his hand and pushed Feng Yin's head in, and said as he pushed: "Miss, the tree is still far away from here, you can't see anything, you go back to the pride and sit honestly, don't freeze anymore." ”

Li Ji was a little anxious, and his voice was inevitably louder, and when the uncle heard the voice, he thought something was wrong, so he reined in his horse and turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Ji is a straight-hearted person, and when he heard the master's question, he immediately replied: "It's okay master, the young lady just wants to see ......"

Before Li Ji's words could be finished, he was hurriedly cut off by Feng Yin, "I just want to see how long it will take to arrive, nothing else." ”

Li Ji was stunned for a moment when he saw Feng Yin say this, and could only smile and nod, "Yes, it's been a long time." ”

The uncle thought that Feng Yin was hungry, and said with a smile: "It's soon, it's just a turn out of town, don't worry." ”

Feng Yin replied yes and carefully closed the sedan curtain.

The uncle flicked the reins, rode on his horse, glanced up in the direction the girls were going, and then turned his face away from him.

Feng Yin didn't dare to stick his head out again, if he got into any trouble, it was the uncle who was unlucky. It's better to sit honestly in the sedan chair, it's just a tree, and it's still a marriage tree, which shouldn't be what you should care about.

But I can't help but feel a little regretful, Feng Yin's mood is a little low, neither speak nor look out, just sit quietly in the sedan chair with his head down, and buckle the stove with his fingernails.

Li Ji noticed Feng Yin's depression and wanted to coax her, so he took the initiative to cause the conversation: "Our eldest lady is not small, it stands to reason that I have to hang a token today to ask for a good marriage." ”

As soon as the words came out, he thought of Feng Yin's eyes, and hurriedly slapped his mouth, saying that these are not blocking the young lady, and besides, his master has not spoken, where is his turn to be the master!

So he immediately changed his words and said: "But then again, Miss, your appearance and family background are among the best in our northwest, how can you still worry about not finding Ruyi Langjun, I'm afraid that there are too many people who ask for relatives at that time, and there are too many people in the ginkgo tree today, and it is very noisy, so let's not go." ”

Feng Yin knew that Li Ji was kind, and couldn't bear to brush off his kindness, and said that he didn't want to ask for any marriage, so he chimed in: "As the saying goes, it's better to ask for others than for yourself, I didn't believe in this originally, it's the same whether I go or not." ”

Li Ji was relieved and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, Miss is right, that's it." ”

The wind groaned "um", and he didn't speak anymore, just sat quietly in the sedan chair, hoping to get to Longyan Temple sooner.

However, after taking a nap with his eyes closed in the sedan chair, Longyan Temple has already arrived.

Longyan Temple is outside the town, close to the dense forest of the back mountain, there is only this building within a radius of a few kilometers, it is quite a bit of a fading out of the red dust, it is precisely because of the remoteness, so there are few pilgrims, and there is no one if they are not in the New Year's Festival, but it is convenient for the wind to enter and exit here.

As soon as Feng Yin got off the sedan chair, he saw the banyan tree in front of the temple gate, this tree was tall and stout and very straight, and the one he planted couldn't compare with it at all.

In the summer, the flowers of this tree are the reddest and most beautiful in the town, but in this cold winter its branches are bare, and they are no different from the one of their own.

The uncle handed the horse to Li Ji and asked him to be tied to the stable behind the temple, and then ordered: "You go back, you don't have to come to pick up the young lady tonight, I will take her back with me." ”

Li Ji received the order and took the sedan chair drivers to carry the sedan chair away, but Feng Yin had some questions: "Why don't you use them to pick it up?"

Uncle smiled mysteriously, "You'll know when the time comes." ”

After that, he took Feng Yin's hand and pushed the temple door, and said with a big laugh in his mouth: "Master Wuyan, old friend Xue Hou is visiting, why don't you come out to greet you." ”

Master Wuyan heard the voice and strode out of the main hall, and replied: "Come on, come on, don't you know where the temple door opens, and what else do you need to greet!"

After saying that, the two looked at each other and laughed, and the wordless master came out to greet him a few steps, and said, "I thought the snow was slippery and you wouldn't be here today." ”

Uncle turned his head to look at Feng Yin, and said with a smile: "Feng Yin is worried about your meal, how can you do it if you don't come." ”

Master Wuyan looked at Feng Yin, the expression on his face was quite pleased, and he pointed to the room and said, "The food is ready early, hurry up and go into the house, don't freeze the little girl." ”

When they entered the house, the two little masters, Yiqing and Yijing, had already put everyone's food in their respective places. The two little masters just look about the same age as Feng Yin, but they can chop wood and cook rice, and they are very quick in everything, which is not comparable to Feng Yin, the eldest lady of the boudoir.

Feng Yin consciously took off his cloak, and then folded his hands and formally saluted Master Wuyan and the two little masters.

The two little masters returned the salute seriously, but the wordless master grinned and waved his hand: "The girl is still so regular, she finally got out of the house, so she can be at ease." ”

After that, he waved his hand at Feng Yin and Uncle Xiao, and said, "After driving for so long, let's eat first." ”

Uncle has always known the temper of Master Wuyan, and he is no longer polite, he is generous to the table, Feng Yin also relaxed and sat down, and focused his eyes on the meal.

At this time, there was still steaming heat above the meal, and the wind was warm and appetizing when he looked at it, especially when he saw his favorite sour and hot potato shreds, his saliva was about to flow out, and he took a big bite and sent it to his mouth, the taste was fragrant and sour and spicy, and it was very refreshing, and the more he ate, the more he couldn't help but want to eat more, and finally restrained himself from stopping his chopsticks and praised the wordless master: "Master, this sour and spicy taste is getting heavier and heavier." ”

Master Wordless and Uncle laughed together, and the master looked quite happy on his face, and said, "I knew you would like it, so I prepared it every time." ”

Yiqing Little Master looked at the wind and said with a smile: "You taste that mushroom soup, it's the first time I've made it." We picked the mushrooms together in the mountains for three summers, and I dried some of them until now. ”

Feng Yin nodded and immediately took a sip of the soup, tasted the taste, and praised: "Well, it's delicious, the soup is fragrant but not greasy, and the mushrooms are also smooth and tender, as if they were just picked, once you know your craftsmanship, you're about to catch up with Master Wuyan." ”

Yiqing smiled when he heard it, and he was very satisfied with Feng Yin's evaluation.

Uncle also interjected with a smile at this time, and praised: "I still like this stone-ground tofu the most, which not only removes the fishy bitter taste of the beans, but also is soft and tender, and I can't find a second copy in our Shawu Town." ”

Master Wuyan nodded: "Yijing is very good at everything, and the naturally ground tofu is also the best." ”

Yijing didn't smile like Yiqing when he heard the master's praise, but just said to the wordless master with a calm face: "Master is too famous, it's just to make tofu." ”

Yiqing smiled at the wind and whispered: "The junior brother always looks like this with a pure heart and few desires, not like the master's apprentice, but like the ancestor master." ”

Feng Yin was also happy to see Yijing's expressionless face, and imagined that his beard was even more funny, so he hurriedly lowered his head and pretended to drink soup to hide the smile on his face.

Feng Yin was still a little surprised when he first ate the so-called "fast rice" here, although they are all simple vegetarian food, but how can there be no other taboos? After following her mother-in-law to read Buddhism for a long time, she still knows some basic common sense, and Buddhists do not eat garlic, green onions, green onions, orchid onions, and Xingqu in addition to wine and meat.

According to the Lengyan Sutra, these five kinds of bitterness, the cooked eater is promiscuous, the raw eater increases, the ten heavenly people hate its filth, the salty are far away, but the hungry ghosts lick their lips and kiss, often live with the ghost and the fortune is sold daily; the powerful demon king is now the Buddha as his saying, breaking the forbidden precepts, praising the obscenity and anger, making people die as the devil's dependents, and fall into the endless hell forever, so those who seek Bodhi should cut off the five kinds of bitter vegetables in the world.

My mother-in-law is a vegetarian five days a month, and every time she is a vegetarian, she does not touch these five hardships.

Therefore, when Master Wuyan's fasting wind was not in line with the teachings at a glance, and he couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart, the master laughed a few times and said: "The rules and precepts are to make the disciples calm their minds and practice better without desires, but whether I eat or not will not affect my cultivation, so it will be fine." My heart is to the Buddha, even if I don't eat wine and meat, I don't have to be so taboo!"

Feng Yin thought his theory was very interesting, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, so he was no longer confused. Just thinking about this kind of thing, you must not let your mother-in-law know, otherwise you will scold the wordless master for despising the Buddha.

After eating, my whole body warmed up, and the wind looked out the window, and the sun finally came out from behind the clouds.