Cutting 1719

Chapter 3 On Zen Regardless of Mind

Under the leadership of the little novice, Ning Yu walked to the main hall of the temple, looked up and saw a huge Buddha statue, holding flowers and smiling at Ning Yu.

Abbot Yuan Hui came out from behind the Buddha statue, holding three sticks of incense in his hands, lit them and inserted them into the huge incense burner, the green smoke curled up, making the Buddha statue's smile even more mysterious.

Ning Yu didn't understand what the old monk was doing, so he ignored him and just stood there quietly.

Yuan Hui sighed softly, looked at Ning Yu and said, "Little benefactor, do you know why the poor monk led you here?"

Ning Yu pretended to be puzzled, and said: "Isn't the master going to discuss Zen with the boy? It's just that the boy is young and has little virtue, so there is no need to discuss Zen, just listen to the master's teaching quietly."

Yuan Hui smiled and said: "The little benefactor does not need to be humble. The poor monk invites the benefactor here to discuss Zen and ask for help."

Ning Yu said with a smile: "Master, don't tease the kid. If you talk about Zen, it's fine, but this pleading for help is even more incomprehensible to the kid. If the master has any embarrassment, why didn't you find my grandmother?"

Yuan Hui shook his head and said: "A few days ago, when the poor monk was praying for the little benefactor, he broke into meditation, the sky was full of hype, and the Buddha's voice was lingering. He knew that the young master had an extraordinary background and would become a great event in the future. So I entrusted the matter to the young master. , but it is the most appropriate.”

Hearing this, Ning Yu's heart skipped a beat. This monk seems to have some knowledge, does he know something?But with a calm expression on his face, he said: "The master prayed for the boy, and the boy should repay it. Please tell the master clearly that if the boy can do it, he will do his best."

Yuan Hui's face was silent, but his oily face looked a bit sacred, and said: "The flood below the mountain last year drowned more than a thousand people and destroyed countless fields. Then last year when the floods eased a bit, there was hail again, which made things worse. The people in the nearby prefectures have already gone to three stops after ten stops."

Ning Yu's mind instantly remembered the things Yuan Hui said, which seemed to be far away from him, but he only remembered them superficially.Listening to it now, one can feel the heaviness in Yuan Hui's words.

Yuan Hui didn't wait for Ning Yu to speak, and said: "Last winter, many people in the mountains couldn't survive, so they sold their youngest sons to rich families in prefectures and counties. It's just that girls are easy to sell, and there are many boys left. , these people sent boys to my temple, plus some orphans without father and mother, there are more than [-] people in total, most of them are eleven, two or three years old. Now the temple property is unsustainable , these children can no longer be afforded by the temple.”

Although Ning Yu is young, he also understands why this happens. Older boys can already be sent to be servants, or go to brothels as tortoise slaves. Younger boys may be adopted, so that As for the rest of them, they are all at the same level, and it is the time when the appetite is the biggest. As the so-called half-sized children eat to death, how can ordinary people feed these children?

As for sending it to the government for support?Neither Yuan Hui nor Ning Yu mentioned this section. After all, there are so many children like this in the whole world, and the local governments are not only unable to raise them, but also have no intention of raising them.

Seeing that Ning Yu's face was slightly heavy, Yuan Hui recited the Buddha's name and said: "Amitabha, praying for the young master this time, the poor monk has deeply felt that time is running out, and he should have nothing to worry about, so he returned here. It's just I can't let go of this matter in my heart, so I came here to bother the young master, hoping that the young master will lend a helping hand."

Ning Yu was not a kind person in his previous life, his heart had already been cultivated like a stone, but now he felt a little hesitant in his heart. It would be fine to save these 200 boys, but what would his family think of him?What will the world think of him?

You must know that in this world, kindness is by no means a good quality.The old lady and other women and children can sprinkle some food, grain and silver money, and it is also in the name of Ning Yu's recovery, to show the kindness of the Ning family, and to end this fate, which means it ends here.

If Ning Yu took over the livelihood of these more than 200 boys, it would not be able to solve the problem with one load or two loads of grain. I'm afraid it will be criticized in the family.

Don't you see that the rich in later generations will find some excuses to do charity and get some fame and fortune. This is also because charity without any reason will not work at all.What's more, in this era, if it is not handled properly, it will become the Ning family's invitation to buy people's hearts and plot evil.

Thinking of this episode, Ning Yu hesitated, waiting to politely refuse, but this monk Yuan Hui took out a black wooden box from nowhere, and after opening it, it was not gold and silver treasures, but stacks of treasures. The documents are exactly the physical deeds of those boys.

Yuan Hui sighed: "Young master, the life or death of these 200-odd children is entirely up to you. If you are merciful, you can take this deed and give them a bite to eat."

Ning Yu took a deep look at Yuan Hui, and said, "Master is a good student today to explain Zen to the boy. If the boy has a heart of stone, wouldn't he be sorry for the master's hard work? But there is no need to worry about the body, the boy still needs to pay attention." Make plans after seeing those children with your own eyes."

Yuan Hui smiled and said: "Young master, no matter what the mind is when talking about Zen, no matter what kind of fate these children are in the future, it is their own fate, so you don't need to worry too much."

With this matter in mind, Ning Yu is not in a hurry to go down the mountain. He is cautious. Even if he agrees to resettle the two hundred children that Yuan Hui said, it is not a matter of saying a few words, at least he needs to see them in person. These children are the ones to consider what to do.

However, before Ning Yu finished observing, he didn't intend to report the matter to the old lady. After all, Ning Yu was also in her thirties in her previous life, and she knew a thing or two about the world. When reporting to the leader, before throwing the problem to the leader, First of all, I need to come up with a solution, no matter whether the solution is feasible or not, so that the leader only needs to make a choice of yes or no, without having to worry about it, and it will naturally leave a stable and reliable impression on the leader.

Although in today's Ning family, the old lady is Ning Yu's pro-grandmother, and she regards Ning Yu as her sweetheart, but after all, it is a blood relationship. When she looks at Ning Yu alone, she still regards Ning Yu as a child. It is quite unfavorable for Ning Yu to act in the future.

With these considerations in mind, Ning Yu asked the old lady and Mrs. Ning to thank the Buddha for his great mercy, and decided to pray for the old lady in the temple for three days, and then go down the mountain after three days.

The old lady was very pleased to hear that her grandson was filial, and originally planned to accompany Ning Yu on the mountain, but she only considered that she, Mrs. Ning, and all the maidservants were women and children, and staying on the mountain might attract rumors, so she left the housekeeper behind Zhou Fu and two guards first took care of Ning Yu on the mountain.

Yuan Hui understood what Ning Yu was thinking. After the old lady went down the mountain, she led Ning Yu to the back of the temple mountain. Two monks went with them carrying four large buckets of rice porridge. The housekeeper Zhou Fu and the guards were worried about the young master Alone, they followed up together, Yuan Hui didn't take it seriously, and they all went to the back of the mountain together.

On the way, Yuan Hui was afraid that Ning Yu would misunderstand, so she explained as she walked: "The more than two hundred children who were placed in the temple might disturb the purity of the Bodhisattva, so the poor monk took it upon himself to place them in the thatched cottage behind the mountain. We will always send some porridge and rice every day, so we can’t teach people to starve to death.”

Ning Yu said softly: "If it weren't for the kindness of Master Bodhisattva, these two hundred children would sooner or later become roadsiders and be eaten by wild dogs. Now they live in straw huts and live with porridge and rice every day. It is difficult for Master. .”

Yuan Hui practiced the principles of Buddhism, and said softly: "Amitabha, the young master is indeed a man of understanding."

(End of this chapter)