It was night, still cold in spring, and the mountain wind was howling. Li Dalang couldn't sleep at night, and he was quite uneasy about the contrast between his second brother's words and deeds. After the last day, I got up at night.

The couple's room was not connected to the main house, and was independent of the east end of the courtyard. Li Dalang braved the cold and pushed open the wooden door in the middle. First, listen carefully to the movements in the room of the second brother on the left. There was no sound inside, and there was a knock on the door of the mother's room on the right.

At this time, the moon was past midday, and Mrs. Zheng still hadn't gone to bed. Under the oil lamp at the bedside, he was sewing cloth robes for his eldest son, who had returned home.

"Come in! The mother put down the needle and thread in her hand and smiled lovingly at her eldest son, who pushed the door in.

As soon as Li Dalang entered the door, he hurriedly said: "Mother, what's wrong with Changji? You said something to him before dinner, and he put down the scroll. This is contrary to my father's teachings!"

Mrs. Zheng sighed: "Changji can write at the age of seven, and can write at the age of eight. Since childhood, he has been famous and negative. As everyone knows, wisdom will hurt. An old monk's unintentional words can make him vomit blood. Even if you escape this catastrophe, you will not be able to end well for a long time. For the heart of a mother, I don't want any glory and wealth, I hope you are all safe. In the evening, he trained his mother with Confucian principles. Let him take his life as the first priority, and his knowledge and career as the second. It is to free him from obsession. Your father camped all his life, so much so that he died in a foreign land. I don't want him to follow in your father's footsteps. Hope you understand too. ”

Li Dalang gave a salute to his mother and said ashamedly: "It's all Dalang's incompetence that makes his mother and second brother suffer." If Changji is like this, what will I see in the future to see my father under Jiuquan. ”

Mrs. Zheng said kindly: "You are also a good child, and you have been smart and studious since you were a child. In order to support his family, he gave up his education. My mother is very satisfied with you, don't be ashamed. Besides, Changji will not stop there. You don't see the way he woke up with a clear eye. Maybe I walked through the ghost gate and saw everything. This is a fortunate thing for our Li family. You should be happy. ”

The two of them were talking intimate words when they heard the sound of the courtyard door opening.

The two of them were surprised who was visiting in the middle of the night, when they heard Li He say aloud in the courtyard: "Mother, eldest brother, I went to the mountains to hunt two roe deer and came back." ”

When will he hunt?

Mrs. Zheng and Li Dalang's mother and son were busy putting on their clothes and going out.

Under the cold moonlight, Li Hezheng walked forward with two fat dead roe deer with his bare hands. The sister-in-law Dou Shi also got up hurriedly when she heard the sound, and the family sighed around the two roe deer on the ground.

It turned out that Li He saw that his family members were all dish-faced, and secretly thought about what to do. So in the dead of night, the old lady didn't notice. Stepping on the moonlight, I quietly left the village and went to the West Mountain.

As soon as Li He went up to the mountain road, he was in a hurry. Throw itself into the forest like a falcon. The night wind puffed up his green robe, like a ride in the wind, flowing gracelessly. Li He, who has such a miraculous skill, is still not satisfied when he falls into the forest.

In a trance, he is omnipotent, but now he only has this ability. When will you be able to soar through the clouds and drive the fog, and go to the blue spring under the nine heavens. Do you have to wait for me to be a good person in the world before the immortal magic can come back? In the dense forest, Li He was silent for a long time.

To be a good person in the world, you must first take care of your family!

Li He thought about it together, and he booed and howled. Suddenly there was a commotion in the woods. The birds fluttered, and the beasts ran wildly. The originally quiet mountains and forests became lively in an instant.

Li He jumped onto a tall pine tree and leaned down to look down. Among the scattered birds and beasts, two black roe deer running side by side were unusually fat.

Immediately, he kicked the branch with a hard foot. The body was in the air, and he leaned over like lightning and threw himself at the fleeing roe deer. Grabbing one with both hands, he grabbed the roe deer by the neck. Press the roe deer to the ground at once. As soon as Li He's body hit the ground, he used force in his hands and easily pinched the roe deer to death.

In an instant, the two roe deer didn't even scream and died at Li He's feet.

After the hunting stopped, calm returned to the forest for a while. At this time, the moonlight in the forest is dappled, and the mountain wind carries the treetops with a rattling sound. A shadow silently loomed over Li He, who was fiddling with the roe deer.

Li He suddenly felt that the yin qi was coming, and the brilliance on his body skyrocketed. Push the shadows back a few feet. Seeing that the shadow refused to recede, there was still the intention of committing it again. Immediately, his eyes gathered, and two rays of light burst out from his eyes, instantly dispersing the shadows.

"Dirty things, stay away from me." Be careful to let your soul wander. ”

The shadow quickly gathered into a mass and fled quickly into the depths of the forest. Calm returned to the forest, except for the sound of heaven.

Li He, who had already harvested, did not stay in the forest any longer. Carrying the roe deer and hurrying home. When I pushed the door, I saw that the oil lamp in the old lady's house was still on, and the figure of the eldest brother was also reflected on the window paper. Immediately called out.

The Li family originally had a few acres of thin fields, and relied on Da Lang to go out as a merchant during the slack season, and buy some oil and salt in exchange for some change. The smell of meat is rare. These two black roe deer add up to a hundred catties, but they are enough for the family to eat for a while. The whole family happily circled around the roe deer, not knowing what to do.

It was Li He who asked his sister-in-law to take the kitchen knife. Do it yourself, peel and remove the belly. After a while, the two black roe deer were peeled off.

"Changji, what did you use to catch these two roe deer?"

Li Dalang was very puzzled, his younger brother didn't bring a knife, and he didn't use a bow and arrow. And the two roe deer have no scars around them, could it be that they were picked up?

Li He took the roe deer's fur and hung it on the pear tree, and said with a smile: "It's not easy? I run faster than it and have more strength than it." What's the point of catching a roe deer? Even tigers and bears are no problem. ”

Li He ignored the eldest brother and sister-in-law who were already stunned, and smiled at the old lady sitting at the door: "Mother, these two furs are dry, can you make a mattress for your old man?"

"My son is pure filial piety, and he has received it for his mother's heart. Let's let your eldest brother take it and change it for some oil and salt!"

Mrs. Zheng was always very calm, and she was not as surprised as the eldest son and his wife.

The sister-in-law scooped water from the water tank to wash Li He's hands, and pickled the peeled meat one by one, or hung it on a beam to dry.

Li He said to his family: "Since the gentleman has a family, he starts from the degree of living. Changji will not let you live a hard life in the future. In the future, all the expenses of the family will be taken care of by me. ”

In order to concoct two roe deer, the family did not go to bed until the moontop forest. This night, Li He got a copy of the Xinglin Sutra in a dream. As soon as the familiar scroll unfolded, it penetrated into my mind. It seems to be tens of thousands of years.

Is it a reward for my behavior last night? Li He, who got up in the morning, was secretly happy, and strengthened his determination to let his family live a good life.

After getting the Xinglin Bible, Li He immediately became familiar with all kinds of diseases in the world, all kinds of herbs and medicinal stones. After breakfast, Li He took out a basket from home and a small hoe.

Li Dalang said curiously: "What are you looking for these?"

"I want to go to the mountains to collect medicine in case I need it. ”

Li He packed his bags and was about to go out, when he saw Wang Erniu in the village and a group of villagers, knocking on the chai door. After Li He opened the door, the villagers were so shocked that they fell in front of the door.

They all screamed, "Oh my god, aren't you dead?"

Li He pointed to the rising sun in the east, and said with a smile: "The sky is bright, and the shadow of the sun is clear." Where do you say ghosts?"

How could it be possible to meet a ghost in broad daylight? Wang Erniu, who was not frightened, hurriedly pulled up the mother-in-law next to him.

Qi said: "When my sister-in-law visited your house yesterday, she obviously saw that you had already choked your breath. Is it fake death?"

They just saw that the Li family had not moved at all so far, so they gathered the villagers to come to help. Unexpectedly, he was scared half to death by Li Erlang's great transformation into a living person. Everyone wiped the cold sweat from the corners of their heads, and their hearts palpitated.

Li He smiled at the villagers: "Thank you for the care of the villagers, Erlang was indeed in danger yesterday." After spitting out a mouthful of blood, he was lightly touched. After a while, I was relieved, and I thought that Sister-in-law Wang didn't see me wake up and went back. Let all the folks be frightened, it's all Erlang's. He said that he gave up his hand.

All the villagers understood the reason, and they all said "lucky".

Li He politely invited everyone to enter the door, and the villagers were suddenly a little flattered. You must know that although the Li family is poor, it is an authentic scholarly family. It's not for them peasants to come and go. Although there are occasional door-to-door visits on weekdays, they are also respected. Although the Li family is not arrogant, the sense of class difference still makes the Li family a little alienated in the village. Like today's Corporal Li Heneng Lixian, it is indeed rare to invite sincerely.

In a disrespectful manner, the villagers poured into the door. Say hello to Mrs. Zheng and congratulate Li Dalang.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Li family, who pay attention to etiquette, are also polite, and are busy giving the villagers Zhang Luo tea. Everyone excused themselves again. For a while, the courtyard was very lively.

Mrs. Zheng was grateful for everyone's help, and instructed her daughter-in-law to divide some of the roe deer meat that Erlang had hunted last night as a return gift and distribute it to the villagers. Just as he was in a hurry, he heard a Buddha horn at the door.

"Amitabha, the old man came to visit Changji early in the morning, but unexpectedly, he witnessed the scene of cutting meat and eating it. Good, good, people's hearts are not ancient, how can they be restrained? ”

At the door stood an old monk with a white beard and a pale yellow robe, and two small novices standing on the side. The old monk was looking at everyone with a sad face, and his eyes were full of condemnation.

Li He laughed loudly and took a step forward.

He arched his hand and said: "Xiaosheng Li He has seen Zen Master Jingyuan. People take food as the sky, and cereals, fish, meat, vegetables and vegetables are all things that are satisfying. Cutting meat and eating is really simple and nostalgic, why not say it anciently. How many pilgrims go to Lin Shan Temple to worship incense, but how many of them don't eat meat?

Zen Master Jingyuan was speechless, took a step back, and looked at Li He a few times. I couldn't help but secretly wonder.

A few days ago, in Lingshan Temple, because of the sentence "The chicken is still powerless, why should the world be Kuang". Li Xiucai, who was so angry that he vomited blood and fell to the ground. When he was carried back, his face was pale and he was dying. It is expected that even if he does not die because of this, he will be sick in bed. In the spirit of compassion for the people of Jishidu, the Buddhists came to visit.

Unexpectedly, I saw him standing in front of him with a jade face and a refreshed face. What's even more surprising is that his eyes are clear enough to see the bottom of people's hearts, and there is nothing to hide.

Sure enough, Li He smiled and said, "The master is coming to see me today, is he dead?" Or he wants to recite a transcendent scripture for Xiaosheng to show the compassion of Buddhism. ”