I really don't want to be a teacher

After a long time, the old monk raised his hands, folded his palms together and read to Lian Ge, then he paused again and asked Lian Ge,

"The benefactor, dare to ask where the Buddha is in the sea of ​​suffering?"

Hearing this, Lian Ge took the bowl of water, took a sip, glanced at the old monk, smiled, turned his gaze back,

"Don't you just sit next to you?"

Hearing this, the old monk couldn't help turning his head to search, and he saw the old lady sitting next to him.

Looking at the old lady, the old monk stopped looking, lowered his head again, glanced at the unfinished half bowl of porridge on the table, and paused.

"... What the benefactor said is very true. For me, the Buddha is by my side... This benefactor is the Buddha."

On the side, the old lady who also turned back heard the words, quickly waved her hand and said,

"Old woman, I am not a Buddha, and I am not worthy of being a Buddha."

"I can afford it, I can afford it..." The old monk raised his head, said something to the old lady, then turned around, clasped his hands and faced Lian Ge,

"The benefactor is very wise. The poor monk is very grateful to the benefactor for his enlightenment."

Glancing at the old monk, he shook his head slightly, Lian Ge didn't say anything more.

……

"Zen Master Jiekong, let's eat first, don't let the food get cold in a while, it was really delayed just now."

At the dining table, the old lady greeted and said,

"Thank you, benefactor." The old monk clasped his hands together and bowed his head.

"Zen Master Jiekong is too polite."

After laughing and saying again, the old lady turned her head again and looked at Lian Ge who was sitting beside her.

"Young man, I'll ask Decheng to serve you a bowl of porridge too, shall we have some together?"

"Thank you then." Lian Ge glanced at the old lady, smiled, and handed out the bowl in his hand.

The middle-aged man on the side heard the sound, stood up, took the bowl,

"Brother, wait a moment..."

As he said that, the middle-aged man was about to walk towards the kitchen, but he turned around and took a step, then stopped again.

"Brother, I see the white mouse on your shoulder...do you want to get some for it too."

The middle-aged man turned around and asked.

Hearing this, Lian Ge glanced at the little white mouse squatting on his shoulders, staring greedily at the food on the table, and smiled,

"Then I will trouble you, brother."

"No trouble, no trouble..." The middle-aged man shook his head, turned and walked into the kitchen.

……

"Chan Master Jiekong, let's eat some vegetables. Just drinking this porridge will always taste bad in your mouth."

At the table, the old monk picked up the bowl with half a bowl of porridge left, and ate with faded chopsticks.

The old lady greeted from the side,

"Thank you, benefactor." The old monk thanked him, but he didn't reach out to pick up the vegetables, but continued to drink the bowl of clear porridge.

"Zen Master Jiekong practiced asceticism and practiced Buddhism, which is really admirable. After so long, he has encountered many things, right?"

The old lady didn't try to persuade her anymore, she just continued talking to the old monk,

"Being not admired by the benefactor, the poor monk was just confused. He left the temple in order to get what he wanted... something happened, but it made the poor monk even more confused."

Hearing this, the old monk paused to drink the porridge, put down his hand, just held the porridge bowl in his hand, replied, paused again, and said.

……

"...Brother, here you are,"

At this moment, the middle-aged man came out of the kitchen again with two bowls of porridge, and handed one of the bowls to Lian Ge with a pair of clean chopsticks.

"Thank you." With a smile, Lian Ge thanked him and took it.

"Brother, you are welcome." The middle-aged man shook his head, then looked at the little white mouse on Lian Ge's shoulder, "Brother, you little white mouse..."

"Just put it anywhere you like." Lian Ge glanced at the little white mouse that had erected its forelimbs on its shoulder, and said with a smile,

"That's it..." The middle-aged man responded, picked up a pair of chopsticks from the table, put two chopsticks of vegetables into the bowl of porridge, and put them on the ground aside.

Immediately afterwards, the little white mouse on Lian Ge's shoulders jumped down to the side of the bowl,

Turned around the bowl, but the little white mouse didn't start eating right away, but turned his head, looked at himself, and then at the porridge and vegetables in the bowl, hesitantly, sniffing Porridge and vegetables in bowls.

"Brother, don't you little white mice like porridge?" The middle-aged man looked at the little white mice around the bowl but didn't eat porridge, and couldn't help asking,

"It's just afraid of hair loss." Lian Ge glanced at the little white mouse, smiled and said,

Hearing this, the middle-aged man was a little puzzled, but he didn't ask again.

After the little white mice walked around the bowl a few times, they also fought against the porridge and vegetables.

……

"Young man, you can sit at the table again, so that you can pick up food."

At the table, the old lady stepped aside and greeted,

The old monk also paused, then moved to the side, making way for a bigger space beside him,

Lian Ge glanced at the old lady and the old monk, stood up with a smile, moved closer to the table, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a stir-fried dish on the chopsticks table, and ate.

"How about it, young man, is it still to your taste?" The old lady asked with a smile,

"Very good." Lian Ge replied with a smile, turned his gaze, and glanced at the old monk sitting beside him,

"Zen Master Jiekong, try it too." Lian Ge turned his gaze back and said,

Hearing this, the old monk paused, as if hesitating,

"Since you have entered the sea of ​​bitterness, how can you just sit on the boat and not taste the sea of ​​bitterness?"

Holding the bowl and eating porridge, Lian Ge said calmly.

Hearing this, the old monk fell silent for a while, picked up his chopsticks, put a chopstick next to a plate of vegetarian dishes near the table, put it into a bowl, and took a bite.

"……taste good……"

After chewing and eating, the old monk said,

"...It's good, it's good, young man, Zen Master Jiekong, eat more food. If the food is cold, it's not enough, old lady, I'll fry some more for you."

The old lady smiled and said,

"Buddhism talks about fate. Old lady, I am also a Buddhist. It is also fate that the young man and Zen Master Jiekong came to us. Don't be too polite, just take it easy."

"Thank you, old man." Lian Ge smiled, ate the porridge, and thanked him.

"Thank you sir."

The old monk prayed together.

……

"...Mom, there is still some fish soup in the pot, let me get you another bowl."

On the side, the middle-aged man who had not sat down again smiled and said to his mother,

"Give it to Yan Huisheng first, you see how tired Yan Hui is from being so tired all day, she should make up for it."

The old lady who turned around smiled and replied,

"Mom, no need, I usually drink a lot. Mom, drink some too. The weather is cold these two days. Mom, drink more soup to warm up your body." The middle-aged woman puffed out her stomach and smiled. Said to the old lady,

"Okay, okay, my son and daughter-in-law love me so much, so mom should drink some too." The old lady smiled and responded,

"Then mom, I'll serve some for you all." The middle-aged man smiled, looked at his mother and his wife, said, took the bowl again, turned and walked into the kitchen.

……

On the side, Lian Ge took a sip of porridge, glanced at the scene, and smiled slightly.

The old monk was holding the porridge bowl, he paused while drinking the porridge, remained silent, his eyes were a little absent-minded.

Chapter 346

"...Zen Master Jiekong, young man, keep eating."

In the main room, the old lady watched her son walk into the kitchen, turned her head back, and greeted him with a smile.

When Lian Ge heard this, he smiled, ate the dish with his chopsticks, and then glanced at the old monk beside him,

The old monk remained silent, looking at the old lady under the incandescent lamp, the middle-aged woman, and the middle-aged man who walked into the kitchen. This family,

……

"Amitabha, the benefactor's daughter-in-law is filial, the family is harmonious, and there will be grandchildren around his knees, and he is already in the paradise on the other side."

After a long time, the old monk clasped his hands together, bowed slightly towards the old lady, and said,

"Zen Master Jiekong is too famous."

Hearing the words, the old lady first said something with a smile, and then turned her gaze to her daughter-in-law and her son who was carefully serving soup in the kitchen, with a smile in her cloudy eyes,

"... Decheng's father left early, relying on the help of these neighbors to bring him up... But my son and daughter-in-law are very filial, and they are very good to me, an old woman. Old woman , I can see them every day. When they are not free, I can cook for them. When eating, the whole family can sit together and talk about the family. I am very happy as an old woman. I don’t know if this is the paradise on the other side that Zen Master Jiekong talked about.” The old lady said with a smile, looking at her son and daughter-in-law.

Hearing this, the old monk recited the Buddha's name again, and fell silent for a while, his eyes a little absent-minded,

"...the Buddha is in the sea of ​​suffering..."

Whispering, the old monk repeated it over and over again.

……

"...Mom, here, this fish soup has been on the stove, and it's still a little hot. Be careful when you hold it."

Holding two bowls of somewhat full fish soup, the middle-aged man moved out of the kitchen with some caution,

As for the old lady, before the middle-aged man reached the table, she stood up and hurriedly reached out to meet him.

"Be careful, it's not burning, right?" the old lady asked, reaching out to take the two bowls of fish soup together,

"Yanhui, don't get up, it's inconvenient to sit up with your belly up, I'll just put it on the table for you."

The old lady turned her head back, said something to her daughter-in-law, carefully put a bowl of fish soup on the daughter-in-law's table,

"Thank you, Mom." The middle-aged woman sat down again and said to the old lady with a smile,

"Thank you, when my mother was born Decheng, I wished I could lie on the bed every day." The old lady smiled and sat down again, "How can you be so sensible like Yanhui, and help clean up the house? At that time, I just want to lie on the bed, and put a bucket next to the bed."

"Isn't this afraid that you will be tired, Mom?" The middle-aged woman sat next to the old lady and said with a smile,

"Why am I tired? I'm so tired. Mom is so weak. It's not enough to take care of you."

The old lady said with a smile, and then she turned her head and looked at her son,

"...By the way, Decheng, I read the weather forecast today. It is estimated that there will be strong winds at sea again in the next two days. If the weather is good tomorrow, turn over the roof and tidy up. Don't blow strong winds then. All the roof tiles were removed."

"Sure, I'll go to the roof tomorrow to have a look..."

……

On the side, Lian Ge was drinking porridge and eating vegetables, looking at the family under the lamp, listening to the voice in his ear,

The old monk also picked up the bowl again, ate the porridge at the bottom of the bowl, and occasionally picked up vegetables with his chopsticks, but only picked up one of the dishes.

……

"...Zen Master Jiekong, young man, let me ask Decheng to serve you a bowl of porridge."

After talking to her son and daughter-in-law, the old lady turned her head back and looked at Lian Ge and the old monk.

"Thank you, but there's no need." Lian Ge put down the bowl, thanked him, glanced at the old lady and said,

"A bowl of porridge is enough for the poor monk." The old monk shook his head and stood up from the stool, "... I don't know, where can I wash the bowls and chopsticks? Can the poor monk wash the bowls and chopsticks?" .”

The old monk looked around, leaned towards the old lady, and asked,