Chapter 9: The Way to and the Way Home

"Little Taoist, you see the sunset is so beautiful~. The little civet held his round little face with both hands, squatted on the ground and quietly watched the sunset on the horizon. The little Taoist priest Qiu also squatted next to the small bamboo box of the civet and quietly looked at the round-faced little girl.

"Well, it's beautiful. ”

"Shhh~ Don't speak. Quietly watching. ”

A little Taoist priest, a little girl in white clothes and a round face, squatted quietly on the side of the road until the sun set.

Grunt~

Xiao Chang touched his shriveled stomach, turned his head to look at Qiu Ye and said, "Little Taoist, I'm hungry." Let's go get some food. ”

Qiu also nodded and said, "You wait here, I'll go to the forest to catch some hares." As he spoke, he stood up and walked deeper into the woods.

"No, I'll eat it myself. The little civet smiled happily, looked at the ground around him with big eyes, scanned back and forth, and finally locked on the direction. The round-faced girl stomped her foot hard in the direction of the lock, and with a bang, a huge groundhog bounced out of the dirt and fell heavily to the ground.

The fat groundhog grinned as it was smashed, and kept trying to rub its buttocks with its two small short hands, but could not reach it.

"It's so fat, it's enough to eat several meals. The little civet looked at the big groundhog in front of him, like a kitten that saw his favorite fish, and his eyes were hot.

The groundhog was immediately afraid to move by the eyes of the little civet, and a pair of small black bean-like eyes were dripping and turning. For a long time, he showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, two big teeth were propped up, and the two little short hands hugged each other and kept shaking at the little civet.

"Raccoon, this groundhog has opened its mind, let's let it go. I'll go get you some fat hare. ”

The little civet smiled playfully at the fat marmot. "Little fat man, it's okay not to eat, you have to redeem yourself with things. ”

The fat groundhog understood the conversation between Qiu Ye and the little civet, first made a gesture at Qiu Ye, and then began to make a non-stop gesture at the little civet, meaning that he went home to get something to redeem himself.

The little civet was so happy to see it that with a wave of his big hand, he let the fat marmot go. I didn't forget to say to the fat groundhog who was desperately escaping: "If you dare to run away and not come back, I will copy your lair, catch all the groundhogs in this radius of hundreds of miles, and roast them and eat them." ”

The fat groundhog who was desperately escaping the ground listened to the words of the little civet, his buttocks tightened, and he dug up the soil even more desperately.

"Raccoon dogs... ”

"I'm kidding him, who's going to eat a marmot? Why are you so stupid! Little Taoist! You believe everything others say. The little civet smiled brightly at Qiu Ye and stuck out his tongue.

After a while, the fat marmot returned to the little civet with a large pile of things. Qiu also looked at the food and all kinds of items that were on a small mountain, and couldn't help crying and laughing, this little guy shouldn't have moved all his family in order to survive.

"I didn't think you were quite rich, a fat little man!" said the little civet as he ate the wild fruit brought by the fat marmot, and picked among the items brought by the marmot. The fat groundhog butt twisted and twisted behind the little fox, respectful, and tried his best to please and flatter.

The little civet picked out some small objects that looked pleasing and threw them into the small bamboo box. Then he smiled maliciously and stared at the fat groundhog. The groundhog was stared at all over his body, but he didn't dare to escape, so he stood straight in front of the little civet, waiting for the fate.

The little civet cats touched the fur of the marmot with their hands, and the fat marmot was very comfortable to touch, squinting its eyes and making a purring sound. "Little fat man, your hair feels good. Send it to me. The groundhog who was being touched comfortably was startled, if it weren't for the fact that his legs were too short and he was too fat, he would have jumped up in fright just now. The fat marmot's head immediately shook like a rattle.

Then, the fat groundhog with a body of bright hair just now became a pink hairless groundhog. There really isn't a single hair left. The hairless fat marmot may not be used to the feeling of hairlessness, and the two small short hands that have nowhere to place will cover their faces, their chests, and their buttocks, which they can't reach.

The little fox took out a book with "Three Caves" written on the cover from the bamboo box and threw it to the hairless marmot, who took the book and was overjoyed when he held it in his hand.

After giving the hairless marmot book, the little fox beckoned to the woods by the roadside and shouted, "There are so many delicious things here, come here." ”

Then I saw two small bald heads poking out from behind a big tree, which were the two little monks Junbao and Tianbao.

The two little monks retracted their heads again, and the two of them muttered behind the tree for a long time, and finally came out and came to Qiu Ye and Xiao Chang Raccoon. The hairless marmot stood beside the little civet, and the two little short hands crossed their waists and straightened their hairless chest, which made the little civet's dog legs.

"Little demon, come back to the two Zen temples with me to be punished, I can spare your life. Tianbao put his hands on his waist and said to the little civet with a little lack of confidence. When the hairless marmot heard the words of the little demon, he thought that Tianbao was saying that he was going to take him to the temple, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly hid behind the little fox with his head in his arms, only revealing a pink and hairless fat butt that was shivering outside.

"Tianbao, it's useless for her to go with us, we can't go back to the temple. Junbao whispered beside him with his head down. "Besides, we can't beat her. ”

"But we have to save Master. Tianbao's eyes were red and he cried.

"Master trapped himself in Tallinn of his own free will. Master wouldn't let us save him. Junbao said, his eyes red and he cried.

Qiu Ye and Xiao Chang and the other two little monks cried enough, so they asked the reason.

Qiu Ye let out a long sigh and made a deep Taoist salute in the direction of the two Zen temples on Mount Emei: "Master Jueyuan's merits are immeasurable. ”

"When I find Yuzi, I'll go and save your master. The civet touched Junbao's little bald head and said.

Tianbao was overjoyed, "Really?"

Junbao hesitated: "Then what do you do?"

Xiao Chang frowned and thought about it, and then there was a dazzling brightness between his eyebrows and eyes, and he said very firmly: "They can't beat Yuzi." ”

"So what do you do next?"

"We're going to the Great Compassion Temple to eat vegetarian food for Master. ”

"We're going back to Taiping Mountain. Then we'll drop by. ”

"Is this fruit edible?"

"This one is not delicious, that one is delicious. ”

"Which one?"

"That's it, eh, why are you so stupid. ”

"Then you're not a monk anymore?"

"Well, we now have common names. ”

"What's your common name?"

"Zhang Tianbao, Zhang Junbao. ”

"Why is your surname Zhang?"

"My master's surname was Zhang before he became a monk. ”

"What's this?"

"Groundhogs?"

"Why is there no hair?"

On this night, the little Taoist priest and the round-faced little girl met again with Junbao and Tianbao, who were no longer monks, by the woods of Mianzhu Guandao.

One is the way to go,

One is the way home,

Indeed, the way to go and the way back are the same.