"Boom......" The vermilion giant door opened another crack!

The stone monkey's eyes widened suddenly, his gaze full of anticipation.

It was the round-faced girl again, she poked her head out of the crack in the door and looked at the stone monkey, and after half a sound, she stepped out of the threshold, dressed up and walked to the stone monkey, and squatted down.

"Not leaving?"

"When will Master see me?" the stone monkey asked.

"Master won't see you, you better go. ”

"Why doesn't the master see me?"

The girl bit her lip, half a sound, and said, "Why didn't the master accept it, I don't know." It's just that the master has never driven away the seekers, but this time he won't accept you, I'm afraid that no matter how long you kneel, you won't be able to enter. ”

The girl looked at the stone monkey with a little unbearable.

"If I seek the Dao, I will go. If you can't ask for it, you'd rather die at this door. ”

"Then you just wait to die at this door!

In the middle of the ring, the girl turned back again, holding the water and vegetables in her hands.

"Did the master let you send it?" the stone monkey hurriedly picked up the jar and drank all the water inside.

"I don't want you to die here, stain the eaves, and send it on your own initiative. Maybe I'll be scolded by my master when I go back!"

Unable to care about it so much, the stone monkey devoured it.

The girl sat next to the stone monkey, looked at the stone monkey's hands and feet, smiled helplessly, and asked, "Why are you doing this?"

The stone monkey didn't say a word, just continued to stuff the food into his mouth.

"When you're done eating, you'll go back?"

Hearing the sound, the stone monkey immediately stopped, put away the uneaten food, and put it back on the tray.

"Gotta gotcha, I'm not going to chase you!" the girl quickly shook her head and waved her hand.

The stone monkey gobbled it up again.

"Hey...... Is the last injury still painful?" asked the girl, looking at the stone monkey's scarred hand.

The stone monkey shook his head.

"It's good if it doesn't hurt...... Actually, it's the first time I've driven people out, and it's hard to control. However, you are really stubborn. ”

The stone monkey stuffed the last apple into his mouth, chewed it casually, and swallowed it.

"Ah......" let out a satisfied sigh, wiped his mouth, and looked at the girl: "Your surname?"

The girl had a strange pair of sky-blue pupils, as clear as the water of a lake, which was amazing.

"Call me Wind Chimes. What's your name?"

"Stone monkeys. ”

"Stone monkeys, why are they called stone monkeys?"

"I jumped out of the rock. ”

"Jumping out of the stones?" the wind chimes opened their mouths wide: "The world is really big!"

"Hmm. Stone monkeys in Huaguo Mountain. The book says that I was conceived by absorbing the aura of heaven and earth. ”

"The book says, "Isn't it in the book, how did you get here?"

"Journey to the West. The stone monkey said.

"Journey to the West? ”

"It's not surprising. It tells the story of a monk who took a monkey, a pig, a river demon, and a dragon to the west to find the Buddha to get the scriptures and books about a thousand years later. I'm the monkey inside. ”

"A thousand years from now? It's not just the title of the book, it's the story...... Do you have any other names?"

"Not now, if the old man inside is willing to open the door, there is. He will give me a new name, Monkey King. He would say, 'You are like a monkey, your surname is Sun, and there is a way to break the stubbornness and need Wukong, so call it Sun Wukong.'" ’”

In the depths of the Taoist temple, Patriarch Subodhi, who was meditating cross-legged, moved his ears, and the tea that had just been eaten was sprayed all over the ground.

"Uh, that's a lot like the tone of the master, and that's what the book says?" sighed the wind chime.

"Of course. The stone monkey nodded heavily: "It was originally said by the dead old man." ”

"You monkey is funny. Wind Chimes covered her mouth and laughed.

Looking at the tea trails in the place, Su Bodhi was silent for a while, and then slowly sighed: "This monkey is broad-minded, but it's a pity that ......."

Day after day, it's a spring and autumn in the blink of an eye.

Su Bodhi did not mention the matter of accepting stone monkeys as disciples, but only meditated, preached, and practiced every day.

The wind chimes send water and food to the stone monkeys every day, and Su Bodhi does not ask a word about this.

And the stone monkey is still kneeling at the door, no matter the wind and rain, the snow is pouring down, and he has never moved a step. Fortunately, the body is extremely strong, and if it is changed, I am afraid that few people will be able to hold it.

One day, while Subodhi was meditating in the attic, the wind chime came to the seat and kowtowed, "Master, the disciple has something to say." ”

"If you have something to say, you can talk about it. ”

"The Master has always taught us that those who cultivate the Tao should give back to heaven and earth if they benefit from heaven and earth. If you see someone who is humbly seeking the way, let him give him all his might. Now that the monkey head has been kneeling outside the mountain gate for a whole spring and autumn, the sincerity can be seen, why doesn't the master accept it?"

Su Bodhi was silent for a long time, stroked his long beard, and said regretfully: "The stone monkey was originally conceived by heaven and earth, beyond the six realms and five constants, and the ten categories of heaven and earth, the number of non-days can be counted. Coupled with ten years of training, he is now tenacious, either he does not cultivate, or if he cultivates, he will be successful. ”

The wind chimes heard it in a fog, and said, "I don't understand." Since the master knows that his cultivation will be successful, why don't he accept it?"

Su Bodhi smiled helplessly, looked up to the sky and sighed: "This monkey has a high heart, if he has supernatural powers, I am afraid that there will be no peace between heaven and earth." ”

The wind chimes bowed deeply and said no more.

Day after day again.

There is an endless stream of disciples entering and leaving the Taoist temple, some of them have newly gone to the mountain to apprentice, some have left after completing their studies, and more of them have been mediocre for decades without success, and finally have to return in disgrace.

The stone monkey still knelt like a statue.

"This monkey is as stubborn as a stone, the master said that he would not accept it, and he would not leave. ”

"I heard he just jumped out of the rock, hahahaha. ”

"What about the birth of heaven and earth? The master does not accept it, it must be because there are no immortal bones!"

"A wild monkey also wants to become an immortal, it's really whimsical!"

"Shizun is really, it's good to accept any errand for chopping wood, the kitchen is short of people. ”

Hearing this, all the disciples laughed one after another, and the eyes of the stone monkey gradually became more mocking.

They whispered, but the stone monkey was unmoved, only closed himself up, and looked at the red door all the time.

After the wind chimes delivered food every day, they inevitably chatted with the stone monkeys.

"Why are you so determined to cultivate immortals?" asked the wind chime, holding her cheeks.

"You don't want to cultivate immortals?"

"I think, but the master said that the true meaning of cultivating immortals is the Ming Dao. People's happiness depends on the width of their hearts, even if they become gods in the sky, they will not have any more...... Sometimes I think, since cultivating immortals can't be happier, then why do you still want to cultivate immortals?" Wind Chime stared at the grass on the ground, a little confused, and after a long time, he turned his face and asked, "What about you, why do you want to cultivate immortals?"

The stone monkey put down the fruit in his hand, was silent for a while, and asked, "Have you been chased by a tiger?"

The wind chime shook his head.

"My heart is jumping out of my chest. I knew it really wanted to eat me, like eating a pheasant or a rabbit, and I saw it as just a lump of meat, a lunch, or dinner. ”

The wind chimes were silent.

"Later, I killed it. In this life and this life, I don't want to cook other people's Chinese food anymore. If anyone dares to covet me, whether he is a god, a human, or a Buddha, I will kill him!

The stone monkey clenched his fists, looked up at the flowing clouds in the sky, and said slowly: "Later, I went to sea, and I was very tired and bitter. My only friend died on the road, humans want to eat me, monsters want to chase me, and immortals won't take me...... Just because I'm just a monkey. ”

"I gritted my teeth and came all the way, but there was no way, so I split a road. No matter what, you can't stop. Don't make someone else's food again. Don't be an ordinary monkey. ”

"Don't be, a monkey! I'm going to ......," the stone monkey's voice stopped in amazement, staring at the fruit, and fell into a trance.

Silence, long silence.

This feeling makes the wind chime a little breathless, she is still too young to understand the concept of "killing", does not know how to persistently struggle, and does not understand what the stone monkey has experienced along the way.

The bright sunlight shines through the clouds and shines on the stone monkeys.

The expression is full of persistence, and there is a kind of overwhelming hardship.

The stone monkey lowered his head and nibbled on the fruit, muttering, "I want to live, live better." So I'm going to eat more so I can last longer...... Hold on until, the door opens. As long as the door is opened, it will be fine. ”

"You're amazing. The wind chimes suddenly felt a sad feeling.

The stone monkey outside the door, his heart, is stronger than anyone imagined.

Ten years of suffering did not dispel his thoughts, but made him stronger.

Live persistently and live better!