You cultivate immortality, I cultivate merit

Chapter 50 Encounter

"Yes, it happened decades ago. Beichen was also traveling with us back then."

Shi Zelan raised his eyes and saw a nostalgic look flashing in the eyes of Master Decheng, and asked curiously: "Uncle, were there many people traveling with you that time?"

"Yes, there are more than ten people traveling together, and everyone is a good friend.

Sister Lan, do you want to hear about your father? "

Shi Zelan shook his head: "I have heard people tell you many times in the lecture hall about my father's outstanding deeds.

Uncle, they can tell better stories than you. "

Master Decheng glanced at Shi Zelan and sighed: "But they don't know as much as I do."

"Uncle, you have never thought of telling me about my father before.

At this moment, I don’t want to hear it, but you want to tell me, what do you want me to do for you? "

"Pfft." Master Shanzheng smiled: "Girl, you and Xiaoliu should clean up your place tonight."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan nodded at the same time. Shi Xiaoliu said to Master Decheng: "Master, look around and see if anyone is coming?"

"There will be no one around for a while. Your uncle and I are tired. We will rest outside for a while. You can go in and clean up."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan were outside the temple. They had already smelled the smell and were mentally prepared.

But after they entered Shoushan Temple, the two of them immediately took two steps back. It was so smelly. No wonder Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng were unwilling to get close.

Shi Zelan didn't care too much, and directly covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and said to Shi Xiaoliu: "Let's clean the dirty things out of the temple first, and then use the dust purifier to clean the environment in the temple.

Why don’t the farmers around here come to the temple to collect fertilizer? "

"Do you still know about farmers picking up fertilizer?"

"Ling Yu said it, saying that farmers in the secular world are diligent and busy all year round.

Collecting fertilizer is the lightest job for them. "

The two of them endured their nausea, transported the fertilizer from the temple to the mountainside, and then used the dust-purifying technique to clean up the inside and outside of the temple.

The two of them stood outside the temple and exhaled, then changed into a pair of coarse clothes.

Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng were walking on the country road, and both of them enjoyed this kind of life.

"Beichen told me back then that he would come with me next time.

As a result, I don’t know where he is now, but I came here with his senior brother and my daughter. "

Master Shanzheng looked at him and said, "You were not sentimental before."

"You are the one who is sentimental. What do I, a grown man, have to be sentimental about?

Isn't it because of you, master and disciple, that you think of Beichen?
You are as cold-hearted as master and disciple. "

"You want me to hold you and cry bitterly now, saying that I miss my little junior brother and that I'm worried about his safety?"

"No, stay away from me."

“You are not me, so naturally you won’t understand my worries.

You are not Sister Lan, and you will not understand her feelings of missing her father. "

Master Decheng shook his head at Master Shanzheng: "I don't have such a love for children. It's just that when I go to the old place, I can't help but think of the people from the old days."

"Then we will go to more old places in the future. You won't have to inspect our master and apprentice every time we go, right?"

"I'm not that bored. Maybe we can find traces of Beichen and his wife during this trip."

"I hope so. Sister Lan still needs her parents now and can still build a deep relationship with them."

"Shan Zheng, you are smart all your life but confused for a while."

"Stay away, you are too noisy."

They walked back, noisily, and almost stopped near Shouzan Temple.

"Shan Zheng, the two children have cleaned the Shoushan Temple very well. We will stay here for a few days and repair the walls of the temple." "Okay, I will take them to build the brick walls.

If the temple is clean, visiting monks will stay for a few more days. "

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan worked together to lift the leaning Buddha statue and carefully wiped off the stains on the statue.

After they finished this, they looked at the clean Shouzanji Temple and their expressions changed.

"Xiao Liu, we have done it."

"Sister Lan, we did a great job."

The two looked at each other and had to accept the facts before them.

Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng walked in, saw the expressions on their faces, and sighed: "We have just agreed to stay a few more days.

It's just that our identities have to change again, into those of monk You Fang. Sister Lan will disguise herself as a man. "

Master Shan Zheng brushed his hand towards Shi Zelan, and she reached out to touch her bald head. Then she looked down at her master of monk robes, clasped her hands together and saluted.

"Donor Xiaoliu is well!"

Master Shan Zheng shook his head after seeing this: "Sister Lan, you are too cheerful and lively. The young monk must keep quiet."

Shi Xiaoliu stood very upright: "Master, neither Sister Lan nor I know how to recite scriptures."

"Your master, I can recite the Medicine Sutra, which is also a good sutra to encourage people to do good."

Master Decheng replied frankly to Shi Xiaoliu's words. He was not a Buddhist, so naturally he had never memorized Buddhist scriptures.

"Master, I can recite the Tao Te Ching."

Shi Zelan proudly told Heshan Zhengzhen that she seemed to be a person who had no connection with Buddhism.

Master Shanzheng looked at her: "You have cleaned the Shoushan Temple too well. We will stay here and repair the missing walls."

"But people in the mortal world cannot repair a courtyard wall without five or six days of effort."

Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng went to check out the Buddha statues, while Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan stood next to each other and talked in a low voice.

"Xiao Liu, at least now we are sitting under the tree in the temple, and the air is much fresher."

Shi Xiaoliu nodded: "Sister Lan, we just want to learn about the monastery wall."

Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng were determined to train Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan, starting from cleaning the foundation of the courtyard wall and letting them do things by themselves.

Of course, they were not idle. They went to the foot of the mountain to pick up dirt, and to the river to pick up sand. They also went into the village and found someone to buy wooden boards to make temple doors.

The four of them were busy in the past two days.

On the third day, an elderly farmer passing by came over and asked Master Decheng: "Master, will you stay at Shoushan Temple in the future?"

"Donor, we have traveled far and wide, and when we come here, we are destined to be connected with Shoushan Temple."

"Does this mean you will stay?"

Master Decheng explained to the old man that they were going somewhere else, and they had to wait for the destined person at Shoushan Temple.

The old man sighed: "You have built the temple, but if you don't keep it, over time, this place will be deserted again."

He shook his head and left. Master Decheng looked at Master Shanzheng and sighed: "It's difficult to be a human being.

But what he said makes sense. Master Shanzheng, please tell me, when will the guardian come here? "

Master Shanzheng looked at him and said, "You already know it in your mind, so I don't have to calculate it again."

"alright."

They all thought that the old man just came to say a few words, and they didn't take it seriously.

An hour later, Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng went to the river, where Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan were making mud bricks.

They saw the old man coming with a group of people. After the two looked at each other, Shi Xiaoliu stepped forward to greet them.

(End of this chapter)