When the spring is beautiful and everything is recovering, there is an uneasy commotion in the vigorous vitality that permeates the spring breeze.

As the sun sets, the setting sun shines on the town at the foot of the mountain, gilding the houses and trees in golden red. The clear water of the river flows from the mountains and meanders through the town to the east. In the canopy boats coming and going on the river, there are rippling with the sweet and sweet songs of the boat lady, and the years are quiet.

The willows on the banks of the river are sprouting, revealing the first clusters of greenery of this spring. A group of children from the water town had just taken off their heavy cotton clothes, put on their newly made floral shirts, and walked across the street on the bank of the willows with a chatter and laughter, carrying a small bamboo box full of the four treasures of the study.

A tiger-headed little chubby dun fell behind the team with half a string of rock sugar gourds in his hand, and chased forward with two short legs in one leap, while gnawing on the sugar gourd, and shouting: "Wait for me, wait for ...... Wait for me!" a gust of wind rushed in front of Lu Ye.

Lu Ye sat cross-legged on the side of the street, the corner of his eyes swept over the sugar gourd string in Xiao Fat Dun's hand, his lips moved, and he lowered his head and continued to use the willow branch in his hand to dip the water in the clay pot to practice calligraphy on the bluestone slab.

"A gentleman is not a weapon".

I wrote it over and over again, until Meng Tong's frolicking voice disappeared at the end of the street, and the willow branch in his hand never stopped.

Suddenly, a big hand stretched out beside him, with clear knots, slender and soft fingertips, and two bronze coins in the open palm.

Lu Ye was stunned, and with that hand, he stuffed the two coins into his hand and said, "Go buy a bunch, Daddy wants to eat it too." ”

Lu Ye held the copper coin, looked at the old man selling rock sugar gourds on the corner of the street, and put the money in his inner pocket in his arms: "I'll save it for you first." ”

Lu Ye's father looks very young, he looks like a very clean scholar, and the long robe on his body is white and can no longer be seen, obviously this single father's secular life is down. He sat cross-legged beside his son, holding a green bamboo pole in his hand.

A banner on the top of the pole is shaking, and the dragon and the phoenix dance write the four big characters of "cloth clothes and gods".

He raised his hand and gently patted the back of Lu Ye's head, and sneered: "Silly boy, Dad is not short of these money." ”

Lu Ye didn't speak, the wicker dipped the water in the clay pot, and wrote four words on the bluestone slab in front of him.

"If there is no desire, it is rigid".

The scholar's eyes were as black as ink, the corners of his mouth couldn't hide the curved arc, and he shook his head and said, "That's not how it is explained. ”

Lu Ye was born very similar to his father, with the same dark eyes and slightly upturned lips, the young man was stubborn at the moment.

"Do you remember the Guangchuan Temple we passed by last year, and there was a monk in the temple whose name was Puxing?"

Lu Ye nodded and said, "Remember, he committed adultery and was imprisoned." ”

"This monk entered the monastery at the age of four and is a disciple of the presiding master. Before the accident, he was a well-known Buddhist monk and a virtuous person in the local area. He has practiced since he was a child, abides by the precepts, and has a good reputation for his good deeds. As a result, he made peace with a female pilgrim on the spur of the moment and committed the great precept. ”

"People are born with desires, but they can't ask for them, and their hearts ripple, and over time they become obsessions. You just wanted to eat rock sugar gourd, but you couldn't bear to buy it. It's not because of no desire, it's just that I feel sorry for money. This desire will not disappear, but will become a knot in your heart, and your heart and mind will not be able to get rid of it. It's like a monk who has lust and just wants to restrain himself with the precepts of the Dharma. Maybe it's okay once or twice, but the demons in the heart will eventually come when they can't resist the temptation to flood. ”

Lu Ye was unconvinced and said: "According to what my father said, it is right for Puxing to give up cultivation and harm the reputation of other female pilgrims?"

"Of course not. ”

"So what's the right thing to do?"

"Do what you want, don't go beyond the rules. The father paused and said, "Well, this is not what I Lu Bo said, but the words of a saint." ”

Lu Ye slowly frowned, took out the money from his pocket and muttered: "It's all confused by you, isn't it just a matter of stringing sugar gourds, why are you a monk and a saint." This Dharma word is also cheap. ”

He put down the wicker and stood up, patted the dust on his buttocks, and walked towards the old man with the sugar gourd.

Lu Bo watched his son's back slowly walk away, and sighed: "Only women and villains are difficult to raise." In order to coax you kid to eat a string of sugar gourds, is it easy for me to be a father? ”

After a while, Lu Ye came back empty-handed.

Finally, a customer came to the stall, it was Grandma Liu from the town.

Grandma Liu was chirping and talking to Lu Bo, but Lu Ye didn't interject, picked up the wicker and sat down on the side to continue to practice calligraphy.

Listening to the two talking, Grandma Liu wanted to write a letter to her son, who was on an errand in the county government. Lu Bokai's conscience price, 100 words and 5 words.

Grandma Liu kept bargaining for a long time, and Lu Bo finally couldn't resist Grandma Liu's spittle, and made a deal for 100 words and 4 cents.

While Lu Bo was writing a letter, Grandma Liu took more than a dozen fried sunflower seeds from her hand, quietly counted them in her heart, and then handed them to Lu Ye and said loudly: "Xiao Yezi, taste it, my daughter-in-law asked someone to bring it back from the city." Authentic old Dexing fried goods, you can't buy them in this town. ”

Lu Ye buried his head in writing and said in a muffled voice: "I don't eat sunflower seeds." ”

He knows Grandma Liu too well, she is a lot old, but she is not a kind and loving person, and she gives her sunflower seeds mostly to show off the authentic fried goods in her hand and her generosity to her neighbors.

"Tsk, I know it's a bad one. Grandma Liu's voice was even louder, "This is Lao Dexing's fried goods, listen to my son who is on an errand in the city: The eldest lady of the county master's family can't eat without eating three catties every day." ”

Lu Ye smiled and said, "Grandma, your son is really promising. ”

Grandma Liu heard Lu Ye praise her son, and a bright smile appeared on her orange-peeled face, like an old hen who had just laid eggs, and giggled: "My son is a prodigy when he is a child, although he doesn't know a few big words, but when it comes to reasoning, he can say that Liu Xiucai, who is teaching, is stunned......"

Lu Ye smiled and didn't answer, but listened to his father on the side: "Grandma, the letter has been written." ”

"Ah, so fast?" Grandma didn't believe it, didn't this fortune teller from a foreign country cut corners and deceived himself into not being able to read?

She took the letter, and saw that the first line of dragons and phoenixes danced like paintings, and she didn't know what it meant, so she asked, "Are all the things I asked you to write?"

Lu Bo said: "Don't worry, nothing will be missed." A total of one hundred and thirty-six words, erase the odds, you just give four cents. ”

Grandma Liu didn't respond, her eyes widened and she counted word by word, and then her old eyes became dizzy, and she said uneasily: "There are really more than a hundred words?"

"Why don't I order it again for you?"

"Okay. Grandma Liu responded in one bite.

Lu Bo secretly smiled bitterly, he used to be the youngest champion in the history of the Great Yue Kingdom, and now he sells words on the street to tell fortunes, and he has to deal with the old woman for a few pennies.

Laugh and laugh, sweep and sweep, now I am a fortune teller who walks the rivers and lakes.

Father seriously helped Grandma Liu to point twice, no more, no less, exactly one hundred and thirty-six words.

"Don't count, don't count, my wife still can't believe you?!" Grandma Liu put away the family letter with a smile, reached out and searched in the cuffs for a long time, but what she found was still the dozen or so fried sunflower seeds of Lao Dexing.

"Ouch, I didn't bring a purse with me when I went out today. It's not a big deal to have four cents, or forget it, they are all acquaintances, everyone looks up and doesn't look down, when the old woman owes you a favor. I still have a lot of old Dexing's sunflower seeds here, so I gave them to Xiaoye as snacks, and I can't teach you to work in vain. ”

Lu Ye heard that she wanted to repay the debt, and couldn't help but raise his head and widen his eyes,

Lu Bo's eyes flashed over his son and shook his head secretly.

"Grandma forgot to bring her purse today, you might as well take credit first, and give it tomorrow. People do not stand without faith, and although the four cents are small, they will eventually be collected. ”

Grandma Liu shrank her hand and said with a forced smile: "It's just a few copper coins, you are a person who has read books, why don't you not let me get along with a lonely old woman." Besides, a letter from home is not an easy thing for you, so why do you have to worry about the old woman's four pennies?"

Lu Ye couldn't help but say: "Isn't your son on an errand in the county seat, when did he become a lonely old woman?"

Grandma Liu was stunned, and suddenly said angrily: "Oh, how can you talk to the old man, there are no rules." I just invited you to eat Lao Dexing's sunflower seeds, you really didn't repay your kindness!"

She stomped her foot and turned to leave.

"Don't go!" Lu Ye jumped up from the ground and grabbed Grandma Liu's arm and shouted, "Give me the money!"

Grandma Liu couldn't get out, and shouted and scolded: "Hurry up, where did the little wild seed come from, someone raised it and no one taught it!"

Lu Ye heard that her mouth was not clean, and the fire in her chest shook off Grandma Liu's arm with one hand, and shouted, "Do you want to be shameless?!"

Grandma Liu was struggling by herself, and when she was unstable for a while, she rolled to the ground, and immediately cried and cried.

The people around came over one after another, and saw that the person lying on the ground was Grandma Liu, who dared to step forward, and only stood aside to watch the excitement.

Grandma Liu let go of her voice more and more, clapped her hands and cried: "Pity me an old woman, no one asks and no one cares when she is bullied." Oh my God, open your eyes......"

Lu Bo took two steps, stretched out his hand and said, "Grandma, I'll help you up." ”

Grandma Liu was unwilling to give up, and wanted to pick up the stubble, but for some reason she was in a trance inexplicably, and was obediently helped up by her father, and took out her purse from her cuff and took out four coins and said: "Mr. Lu, blame the old woman for being confused for a while, you don't remember the villain, don't take it to heart." ”

Lu Bo took Qian Wen and said, "Grandma, it's not early, go back and rest early." ”

"Hey!" Grandma Liu obeyed the truth, put away her purse and turned to leave.

The surrounding spectators were in an uproar, originally thinking that it would be a good show, but who knew that Grandma Liu's combat power had plummeted, and she was willing to bow her head and admit her mistake and pay the money obediently!

Lu Bo smiled lightly, and said to everyone: "Everyone, let's disperse." ”

The spectators scattered in a hurry, and it was as if nothing had happened on the street, except for a few fried sunflower seeds scattered on the ground.