The old monk turned around and saluted Lu Xihua, "The old man has seen the donor, why did the donor come?"

Nayi is to pick up the pieces of cloth that others discard, sew it into the coat, so it is cheap with the dung sweep, so it is also called the dung sweep. Lu Xihua looked at the old monk in front of him who was wearing a robe with a hundred and ten patches, which was really shabby. The body was thin and weak, shivering in the cold wind, and his heart was a little unbearable, so he said, "I passed by the river, looking for a barren mountain and flat land to grill fish, and heard the bell of your temple in the mist, so I came to borrow firewood and stoves. ”

The white eyebrows on the old monk's forehead twitched slightly, and he asked in a low voice: "Dare to ask the donor, the river side that the donor said is on the edge of the Yangtze River?"

"Exactly, your monastery is only ten miles away from the river, and you still come to ask me?" Lu Xihua felt that the old monk was really strange.

The old monk Heshi said, "Good, good, everything is fate. Donor, I see you carrying a mandarin fish, the old man is cold, would you like to boil the fish head into a pot of soup and share it with me and others?"

Lu Xihua brought the mandarin fish in his hand to his eyes, although the salmon was fat, but his heart was strange, and asked, "Master, you are a monk, you can also eat fish?"

The old monk smiled, "If the donor can eat it, we can eat it naturally." ”

Lu Xihua wondered, what kind of truth is this? But he didn't say anything, and picked up the fish and prepared to make fish in the backyard.

After walking a few steps, I heard the old monk say from behind, "Donor, there is no firewood in the firewood room in the backyard of this temple, and there is no water in the water tank, and I ask the donor to help fill it." ”

When Lu Xihua heard the words of the old monk, he paused and continued to move forward, thinking in his heart, Lao Tzu still wanted to come to your temple to borrow some firewood, but I didn't expect your temple to hit Lao Tzu with the idea.

Lu Xihua came to the backyard, only to see that there was only a small living room in the backyard with the door open, the inside was empty, and a straw futon on the ground clearly showed the shape of a cross-legged sitting upright, which must be the daily resting place of the old monk.

A lonely firewood room was nearby, and it was even cleaner, with a dead branch or two and a rusty axe on the floor. Next to it is the kitchen, there is no wall door, a cold stove, I don't know how many days there is no fire, only a little embers remain in the stove. The water tank was empty, the rice bowl was covered, and when I opened it, there was only a shallow amount of brown rice, and there were two buckets hanging on a lonely wall, which seemed to be used for drawing water.

Lu Xihua sighed in his heart, it seems that this lonely temple incense is not prosperous, only the old monk is alone, not even a novice who works, he is strong, so help the old monk do something.

At that moment, Lu Xihua hung the mandarin fish high on the beam of the house, and wanted to chop wood empty-handed, but after thinking about it, he was afraid that the old monk would be suspicious, so he picked up the axe and prepared to go out of the mountain gate to find a piece of forest to cut wood for firewood. Passing by the courtyard, I saw the old monk sitting on the ground, smiling and looking at himself, and I was relieved.

The old monk saw Lu Xihua carrying an axe and preparing to go out to chop wood, and said with a smile, "Donor, please also go outside the mountain gate, two miles along the path in front of the temple gate, there is a pine forest, there is dead wood in it, used as firewood, whether it is to cook soup or barbecue, the taste is excellent." ”

Lu Xihua was stunned when he heard this, this old thing, I didn't expect it to be a food, and immediately agreed, "I know!" Walking along the mountain road, he saw the pine forest after a few quick steps. Some of the trunks had withered, so Lu Xihua chose those that withered and prepared to cut them.

If you want to do your work, you must first sharpen your tools, Lu Xihua casually touched the axe, and the rust on the axe turned into powder and fell, but between the iron, there are still some rust patterns, but there is a cold light between the axe blades, which can be regarded as barely usable.

As soon as Lu Xihua fell, the dead wood was broken, and a few axe flowers were turned into neat firewood. Lu Xihua waited for more firewood, so he picked it back, the speed was extremely fast, and the number was also large, the old monk sat in the courtyard and looked at Lu Xihua with a smile, and did not speak.

Lu Xihua silently thought in his heart that he respected the old and loved the young, and did not care about him.

After a while, the firewood room was full, and it was necessary to carry water, Lu Xihua walked out with the burden, and the old monk spoke again, "Donor, please go to the back of the mountain and go up the mountain, there is a blue pool, the water quality is clear, and it can be used for boiling soup." ”

After doing a lot of work, Lu Xihua didn't dislike it, and said, "Okay!" and went out to the mountain.

I don't know why this mountain, the fog between the mountains is big, and I don't know if the sun has come out, it is white, and there are birds around it, which is also a mountain fun. Lu Xihua's steps are also brisk, less than a moment, then heard the sound of clear spring flowing water on the left side of the mountain road, then to the sound of the place to find, walk dozens of steps, then see a number of zhang water pool standing on the edge of the cliff, a clear spring from the mountain and rocks flowed down, poured into the pool, splashed a little splash. The white sand in the pond is paved with the bottom, and one hundred and ten colorful pebbles lie in it, which is very cute.

Lu Xihua put down the bucket and held the pool of water with both hands, although it was winter, it was also a little warm, not cold, and it was extremely sweet when it was drunk in his mouth. Lu Xihua couldn't help but burp, patted his stomach, it was uncomfortable, and his stomach became more and more hungry, and it was really good spring water! At that moment, he used a bucket of water to go back and forth between the temple and the waterhole, and filled the water tank several times, ready to cook fish and make soup.

Lu Xihua came to the old monk again and asked, "Master, can you really drink fish soup?"

The old monk nodded, "There will be four wild monks coming in a while, and I will trouble the donor to give them a bowl." ”

Lu Xihua thought, forget it, five is not much, one is not much, the old monk said so, I will do it.

Nodding at the moment, since there are many monks, I will make a winter melon and fish head soup. Although it is a fish head, Lu Xihua is afraid that they will not be enough. The water vapor in this mountain is heavy, the wind and dew are very cold, and it is easy to get sick, so Lu Xihua directly used the first half of the mandarin fish to make soup, and the second half was roasted and eaten by himself. Afraid that they would get sick, they also deliberately added ginger cubes.

Cut off the mandarin fish, marinate it with a little ginger, salt, and wine to remove the smell, and fry it in the pan, slightly charred on both sides. Dig the winter melon into a ball-shaped shape of about one inch and set aside, boil water in the pot, add the winter melon, fried yellow fish pieces, and some dried shrimp, skim off the foam, change to low heat and cook for about 15 minutes, the soup turns milky white, add salt, sprinkle in wolfberry.

The fish soup was uncovered and the pot was opened, and there was a fragrance in the air, Lu Xihua was about to serve the bowl, when he heard a burst of laughter from the front yard, and a crisp voice shouted, "The great monk is so uncomfortable, he is secretly cooking fish to eat, and he was caught by me!"

Lu Xihua put the bowl with the lid of the pot and came out with a few bowls, only to see that there were four more monks in the front yard at this moment.