The most bullish Taoist temple in history

Chapter 53, No Quiet, No Peace
The thick brush and ink left traces of strokes on the stone.

Painting landscape paintings on stones.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

"Painting." Ye Shan looked calmly and looked at the three of them with a smile: "Would you like to appreciate the painting of the little monk?"

Several people looked at the painting. The mountains and rivers looked similar in shape and full of charm. It didn't look like it was done by an 18-year-old boy.

The young monk splashing ink in the snow is full of artistic conception.

Ye Manman, on the other hand, had a complicated face and murmured, "When did you learn to draw?"

"I started learning very early. Let me think about when I was 12 years old. When I saw an old beggar on the street, drawing landscape paintings with chalk on the ground." Ye Shan recalled the past with a look on his face. The middle is reminiscence and regret: "He is my teacher."

"That... the dirty beggar who was beaten away by Dad taught you how to draw?" Ye Manman remembered something.

"He is not a dirty beggar, he is my teacher, the first teacher in my life." Ye Shan corrected with a calm face, and then looked at Ye Manman: "At that time, I invited him to be a guest, and I told you , he is my teacher, but what is the result? Especially father”

Ye Manman really couldn't believe that the beggar was his younger brother's teacher. At that time, he thought he was abducted, so he said, "You blame your father for beating your teacher? My father is very worried about you, thinking it was someone who abducted and trafficked you." It seems that he cares about you."

Ye Shan just returned to the temple, holding three cups and a pot of tea.

"Let's drink tea"

Warm tea is the perfect drink on this cold day.

Li Yu and Gu Taisan started drinking, but Ye Manman didn't drink, but said: "Do you know, Dad misses you very much and wants you to go home. Do you want to think about it?"

I don't know how his family is, but Li Yu can tell that Ye Manman cares about this younger brother very much.

But Ye Shan's expression did not fluctuate, and he still had that peaceful smile.

"The monastery is the home of the monk."

"You are enough! How long are you going to be self-willed! Do you know that your behavior of abandoning your family is too much! Are all monks like this? Worry!" Ye Manman's temper began to flare up.

Ye Shan just shook his head, picked up the brush, stained with ink, and began to draw pictures on the stone.

Concentrate, be serious, and have no distractions. Even though there are three people around, one of them is still chattering, but he is still painting seriously.

"Honestly speaking, it's quite powerful. It seems that his teacher is not in vain. But this monk temple is quite good, and it allows you to draw. I thought it was boring to eat fast and chant Buddha every day." Gu Taisan said I don't understand it, but it looks great.

Li Yu looked at the painting as a bystander, and finally smiled.

"You're not drawing."

"Oh?" Ye Shan, who was originally calm, turned around.

"You are here, looking for inner peace, painting is just your way of seeking peace, meditation, meditation, silence." Li Yu said solemnly: "Other monks, including you, are all looking for tranquility , The way they seek tranquility is the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng, and the way you seek tranquility is to paint this landscape ink painting. In essence, you and them are both in [eat fast and chant Buddha]. This is what makes Jingchan Temple different. .”

Ye Shan finally noticed the Taoist priest and stood up with an understanding expression.

Neither Gu Taisan nor Ye Manman had seen this expression before.

"Amitabha Buddha. The abbot has been seeking tranquility for a lifetime, and he also wants us to understand the true meaning of tranquility. The so-called tranquility means tranquility, and seeking our own tranquility. No matter what method, as long as it does not harm others, the abbot allows us to do it. Not only Painters, some cook, fetch water, sit in meditation, in fact, there are only a few people meditating in temples." Ye Shan smiled: "In my life, I am most grateful to two people, one is the teacher and the other is the abbot. It is a pity that the teacher passed away shortly after being beaten into the hospital by his father, so I only took his painting to seek my own tranquility."

Ye Shan came in front of Ye Manman, and finally there was a wave in his calm eyes.

"You said, father misses me, so you came, but you are talking nonsense, he only cares about face, I'm afraid he won't mention me now at home, let alone miss me, an [unfilial son] In fact, the situation at that time was that my father originally only wanted to drive the teacher out of the house, but after learning that the teacher was teaching me to draw, he was furious. He not only beat him, but also asked some people in society to beat the teacher. , let the teacher be admitted to the hospital, and died in the hospital not long after. He had no medical expenses, and he was not afraid of death. People don't get punished much."

"Why have you never heard why your father did this?" Ye Manman said in disbelief.

Gu Taisan next to him didn't believe it either. Is that the elegant father-in-law who is always holding a book like this?

"Everything is inferior, only reading is high. This is the inheritance of [Scholarly Family]'s father. The truth he believes in is that reading is the only truth and the only way out. When I was 10 years old, I had already arranged daily tutoring courses. Full, I want to hope that my son will become a dragon, but never know that this son has no talent for learning, he only likes to draw and draw. After learning that his son has no talent, his father believes that quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes, which makes the full tutoring courses that were originally arranged. It’s even more full.” Ye Shan said expressionlessly: “At that time, I was only exposed to drawing when I was studying mathematics. When I was writing a math problem and making a draft, I would draw two strokes with a pencil and then erase it, for fear of being discovered later. He still found out, and would check my drafts every day. If there was a trace of painting, he would enforce the family law and beat me with a whip. Later, when he knew about the teacher, he stubbornly believed that I would become […] Fall] because of the teacher"

"Reading can make my father peaceful, but it can't make me peaceful. The only thing that can make me peaceful is the landscape painting on this wall. I can miss my teacher and my own peace. So, don't come here in the future, the monk belongs here , belong to this backyard, belong to this painting”

Hayama smiled slightly and continued to draw.

This time, Ye Manman did not disturb Ye Shan's painting.

The skillful pen and ink bloom on the stone, the beautiful landscape and the beautiful painting.

At the same time, on the top of the signature, I also wrote my name.

——Quiet.

(End of this chapter)