Chapter 7: Woman, woman
Let's go, Ergou, I'll take you to see the woman for the master today! Master's interest is also inexplicably good.
The master took the little two dogs down the mountain.
The second dog really walked out of the stone mountain for the first time, and he was very excited. Novelty to everything outside.
Master, why did you suddenly show me a woman?
Ergou, when you wander the rivers and lakes in the future, there will definitely be women by your side. This is to give you insight in advance. If you don't even know what a woman is, it's easy to suffer. Master walked as he spoke.
Alas, think about it, it's a pity that you haven't seen a woman look like after all these years. Master sighed.
Ergou was puzzled. Master, why is it easy for me to suffer from women's losses when I wander the rivers and lakes?
Master knows that Ergou really knows too little about women, so he can only tell Ergou that one day, you will understand.
At the bottom of the mountain is the mud village. No matter how small the village is, there are women in the village.
Walking to the foot of the mountain, before entering the village, the master and the second dog saw a woman with laundry by the stream.
The Master pointed to the women who were holding mallets and beating their clothes, and asked Ergou, do you see them? Those people who are different from us are called women.
Ergou looked at those people, except for the hair, they all had one nose and two eyes, there was no difference.
Master, it's no different. Except that the hair is longer than ours, there is no difference to be seen. Ergou asked if it was Master. Ergou thinks it's too ordinary, not so mysterious. Very disappointed.
The master asked again, do you think they are good-looking, or are they good-looking for the teacher?
Ergou looked at it again, and he was really clear-eyed, more than a little better than the master and the abbot.
Master, why are they all better looking than us? Ergou asked.
Because they're women.
Oh, the second dog has some understanding. Women are better looking than we are, and they have hair. It's so good, a woman is such a good thing. Ergou was very envious in his heart.
Master asked Ergou, is the woman good?
Ergou nodded, okay.
But in the future, when you walk the rivers and lakes by yourself, you must remember one thing, a woman who walks the rivers and lakes must not provoke a woman. It's very dangerous, and it's the most dangerous thing on the rivers and lakes, the more you think it's a good-looking woman, the more you can't provoke, the more good-looking a woman is, the more dangerous, remember, remember. The master said to Ergou earnestly.
Why? Ergou took Master's words to heart, but he also had doubts in his heart.
Don't ask so much why, just remember what I said.
Oh, Master, I see. I made a note of it. Ergou nodded vigorously.
Ergou, the woman also watched it. Let's go up the mountain, shall we?
Sure enough, what the master said was not wrong at all, go down the mountain to see the women, just take a look, and go back to the mountain after reading it.
When I returned to the monastery, Ergou was very excited to see the abbot, and loudly told the abbot what he had seen and heard today.
Oh, yes? The abbot smiled and said, That's good, what do you think of women?
The woman is nice. Ergou replied seriously.
The abbot laughed, if you go to the rivers and lakes in the future, would it be good to find a woman to accompany you? The abbot asked Ergou after laughing.
Not good.
Why?
Master said that the women on the rivers and lakes are terrible. I can't provoke, I'm good alone, I don't want women, I don't want women. Thinking of Master's words, Xiao Ergou hurriedly waved his hand.
But isn't it nice to have a woman who takes care of you and helps you with your laundry and cooking?
Ergou thought about it carefully, and then asked the abbot very seriously, Uncle Abbot, have you ever had a woman?
The abbot suddenly looked at Ergou with wide eyes, and his face was incredible.
The abbot's face returned to calm, turned his head, looked at the junior brother with an indescribable expression, and asked, "Mentally weak, what else did you say to Ergou today?" How can you ask such a question at a young age, or about women. Sin, sin.
Master's face is loveless, senior brother, I swear to the Buddha that I really didn't tell Ergou any nonsense today.
The abbot waved his sleeve robe, and that's it, Amitabha.
Forget it, don't mention women's affairs, whether you can find a woman in the future depends on your own creation. The abbot touched the little bald head of the second dog.
Senior brother, from today onwards, don't shave Ergou's hair, let Ergou grow his hair. After all, walking the rivers and lakes with a bald head is very eye-catching, so it's better to be low-key. The abbot said this to the master.
The master paused for a moment, came back to his senses, and then remembered to answer the abbot's words, yes, senior brother, just do what you instruct.
Rest and go, both of you.
After speaking, the abbot walked back to the meditation room. Leaving the master, there is also a dazed Ergou.
Ergou finally got the hair he had always wanted, Ergou was very happy, he had the protection of hair in that winter, and Ergou finally felt uncomfortable that his brain was no longer cold.
But this hair was finally shaved off, and the next year, Ergou shaved off the hair he had been thinking about by himself.
The master was puzzled, and the abbot was even more puzzled, but he felt a pity.
The reason for the second dog is really simple, it is too hot in summer, and it is cooler without hair.
Ergou said to his abbot and master, in the future, I will still go bald.
Of course, that's all for later.
From that day on, the master and the abbot began to talk more about the rivers and lakes.
The abbot said to Ergou that Ergou will go down the mountain to the rivers and lakes in the future, and you must learn to drink.
Ergou asked the abbot puzzled, Uncle Abbot, aren't our Buddhist disciples not allowed to drink?
The abbot said, that's different, it's different when you enter the rivers and lakes. You must drink alcohol when you go to the rivers and lakes, and the stronger the wine, the better. You also have to learn to eat meat, eat meat in large gulps, and drink wine in large bowls.
Ergou would never have imagined that the abbot would encourage him to break the ring.
Uncle Abbot, I haven't eaten meat, is the meat delicious?
The abbot glared at the two dogs, no interest, of course the meat is delicious, roast chicken, roast duck, stewed goose, roast fish, pig's trotters, sauce beef, all very delicious, and then a pot of wine...
The abbot said with a look of intoxication, as if the dishes he had spoken of were placed in front of him.
Ergou agreed, but such a question popped up in his head.
Uncle Abbot, how do you know that the meat is delicious? Have you ever eaten it? Ergou turned the words in his head.
At this time, the master's gavel knocked on the head of the second dog at a very timely time, the master taught the second dog, what do you care about so much, you can just listen to what the abbot and senior brother say, listen more and ask less, and we will not harm you.
The dog touched the little bald head that was knocked out, and asked again, Uncle Abbot, you are both wine and meat, can you become a monk who became a monk halfway through?
Master's gavel is here again, and this time it's obviously a little stronger.
The abbot laughed, it doesn't matter, I also listened to what others said, and I'll tell you about it, you just go and try it.
Later, Ergou knew that what the abbot said was not false at all, the meat was really delicious and tasted very fragrant. Ergou didn't understand at the time, why the monk couldn't eat such a delicious thing, it was really a pity. Ergou even had the urge to pack up those delicious meats and take them back to the small monastery for the abbot and the master to taste.
In the end, Ergou endured.
Ergou understands that he is different from the abbot and the master, there are no taboos in the rivers and lakes by himself, the abbot and the master are still monks, and they still have to eat fasting and chant Buddha. Wandering the rivers and lakes by himself, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, the carriages and horses are very slow, and he can no longer easily go back to the small temple.
The abbot said to Ergou again, Ergou, when you go down the mountain, go find your own woman...
The second dog was shocked and blurted out and shouted, is this okay?
The master slapped me over, making a fuss and startling me, the abbot is the biggest in the temple, and what the abbot says makes sense, you just listen...
The second dog touched his head, and his voice was like a mosquito, woman, woman...