The monkey was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Master, although your reasons don't make sense, I like it." ”

These thieves struggled one by one, knelt in a row, kowtowed, and swore that they would change their past mistakes and become new people, as long as the mage was merciful and let them live, they were willing to do whatever they wanted.

Venerable Sanzang said, "Are you all willing to take refuge in my Buddha?"

These thieves kowtow like pounding garlic!

"Master, they don't want to take refuge in my Buddha, they are afraid of death. At the end of the day, they are afraid of our evil, not our good. The monkey grinned.

Master Sanzang said: "Wukong, these people are handed over to you, then Niu Er should also arrive home, let's go back quickly." ”

"Okay!" said the monkey laughed. Stretching out his hand, all the thieves kneeling in a row were tied up firmly, and with a move of the monkey's hand, he shrunk all these thieves to the size of his thumb and put them in his brocade pocket.

But he said that the old man, the old woman and the young daughter-in-law were afraid to fall asleep, and they all had firewood knives and flat poles in their hands, and the unfilial son of Niu Er suddenly went home. After the third watch, the second cow has not returned. All three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and were about to fall asleep in a daze, when there was a knock at the door.

The old woman and the old husband got up first and told the daughter-in-law to hide first. The daughter-in-law also got up early, lifted the quilt, opened the pit, and below was a pit that had been dug a long time ago. The daughter-in-law jumped in, and the two old men re-laid the kang shop, spread the quilt again, cleaned up the traces, and dragged the flat shoulder out with a firewood knife in their trembling hands.

"Who?" asked the old man nervously.

"I, father, Niu Er. Niu Erwen's amiable voice was not as fierce as before.

"Niu Er, this is no longer your home, we don't know you, let's go!" said the old man with a hard heart.

"Father, I know it's wrong, I hope the two elders can forgive me, I've got rid of those strongmen, this time I'm here to do my filial piety. I hope my parents can give me a chance to be a new person. ”

The old man and the old woman looked at each other when they heard this!

The old woman said: "Niu Er, you want to make money to open the door, don't think about it!"

Niu Eryao knelt down in front of the gate: "Mother, I came back alone this time, I don't believe you, I am alone outside." ”

The old woman and the old man really approached the door slowly, and when they heard it, there was the sound of Niu Er outside.

"Mother, if I were the same as Niu Er before, I would have kicked the door open a long time ago, didn't I? Niu Er's voice was full of crying.

The old woman heard Niu Er crying miserably, and said to the old man: "Old man, open the door, the child knows that it is wrong." ”

The old man hesitated for a while, motioned to his wife to light the oil lamp, he slowly moved the top doorpost, pulled out the latch, opened the door, and his son Niu Er knelt in front of the door, the light shone, and his face was full of tears.

"Son, do you really know it's wrong?" the old man's hand hung down.

"Father, I really know it's wrong. Niu Er knelt down and walked in the door, hugged his parents, and begged for their forgiveness.

The father-in-law and his wife felt sour in their hearts, and the old tears were rampant, and the family of three hugged each other and cried bitterly.

With a creak, the door of the guest's room opened, and Master Sanzang and the monkey poked their heads out. Master Sanzang said, "Uncle, why are you crying? Who is this strong man?"

When Niu Er saw the smiling faces of Master Sanzang and the monkey, he was so frightened that his face changed drastically.

The old woman hurriedly comforted her son: "Don't be afraid, child, this is the Great Master of Sanzang, a high monk from the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and the great sage next to him is his disciple." This great sage is the divine monkey pressed down by the Two Realms Mountain. The day before yesterday, he was rescued by Master Sanzang, so he came out of the mountain of the Two Realms, got out of the sea of suffering, took refuge in Buddhism, followed Master Sanzang to the West Heaven to learn scriptures, passed by us, and stayed here for one night. ”

Master Sanzang clasped his hands together: "Cow donor, the poor monk is polite." ”

Niu Er hurriedly returned the salute, respectful, trembling, and called himself a holy monk!

The old man said happily: "My son, what you usually hate the most is the monk, and I am afraid that you will get angry when you see the mage, kill the mage, and cause trouble." I can't imagine that you really changed your past mistakes and saluted my Buddha, I am very happy!"

Master Sanzang smiled and said, "Uncle, it was your Buddha's heart that moved the Bodhisattva, and let the lost children know their way back, congratulations!"

The monkey also jumped out and said, "Old man, I see that your child is burly and powerful, and his face is kind, and the young man has gone the wrong way in a moment of confusion, as long as he is willing to change his ways, we should give him a chance." Now that the family is reunited, it is a great joy, and in the future, the family will eat the Buddha well, live in peace and harmony. ”

The husband and his wife hurriedly thanked the great sage for his wishes!

Niu Er also hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to the monkey and Master Sanzang, saying that he was grateful to the holy monk for his guidance and teaching. He was humble in attitude, respectful to the Buddha, humble in language, and greeted his parents with warmth, so happy that the tears of the two old men kept flowing.

Niu Er said: "Father, mother, what about my wife? Is it because I didn't make it, she left my family and remarried someone else?"

The father-in-law and his wife hurriedly said: "Child, your wife is a good person in the world, since you left home to become a strongman, she was going to go back to her parents' house to remarry, but seeing that my two old people have no one to take care of, I can't bear it, so I have been staying in my house and taking care of us as my own parents." Everything in the family, without her, we don't know how to raise this old bone. ”

Niu Er knelt down and cried: "Mother, father, I know it's wrong, from now on, this family will be supported by me, and I will take care of you two elders." My wife, she wants to hate me, she wants to leave, I am willing to write a letter of divorce to give her freedom, if she is still willing to stay, I will turn into a cow and a horse in this life to repay her deep kindness. ”

The words made the two old men full of relief and excited.

The monkey smiled: "Old man, old woman, don't always cry for the two of you, it's a great thing for the prodigal son to turn back, it's almost dawn, and my master and I should also go on the road." ”

Master Sanzang said: "Uncle, grandmother, thank you for your overnight stay and fasting, the sky is slightly bright, we have to hurry up and hurry, so we will say goodbye." ”

The old man and his wife, as well as Niu Er, all pulled Sanzang and the monkey and insisted that they stay and have breakfast before leaving, Sanzang and the monkey did not obey, and the three had to give up, so after sending Sanzang and the monkey on the road, the family of three came back happily.

Niu Er said: "Mother, my wife is hiding somewhere at home, please call her back, so I can apologize to her and ask for her forgiveness." ”

So, a family of three walked into the daughter-in-law's bedroom, the two old men lifted the quilt, lifted the kang board, and smiled, while the young daughter-in-law squatted in the round hole under the kang, with a shocked expression, and a pair of bony eyes stared at Niu Er in fear, deeply guarded.