I really don't want to be a teacher

"Zen Master Jiekong, let me come. I'll wash it for you in the backyard." The old lady stood up and said,

"I have already received the porridge from the benefactor, so I really dare not bother the benefactor anymore... half a bowl of water is enough." The old monk shook his head and said,

"Then... there is a faucet in the kitchen in the backyard, and it's right there, Zen Master Jiekong, please help yourself." The old lady came out from the table and said to the old monk, pointing to the location at the same time,

"Thank you, benefactor." Putting his hands together again, he bowed towards the old lady, and the old monk took the bowl and walked into the kitchen.

……

"...Zen Master Jiekong, young man, it's already getting late. Apart from our village, there will be no one left until more than ten miles away. Why don't you just rest at my old lady's place for a night before leaving."

The old lady stood up and looked out the window, looked at the darkening night, turned her head, and said to Lian Ge and the old monk,

"Yeah, it's not convenient to travel this evening, the roads are not easy to walk, and there are few cars. Just stay with us for one night and leave tomorrow."

The middle-aged man also said out loud,

"Then thank you, old man." Looking at the old lady, Lian Ge responded with a slight smile.

On the side, around the porridge bowl, after eating the porridge and vegetables, the little white mouse with a chubby belly jumped onto Lian Ge's shoulder again,

"You're welcome, the visitor is a guest." The old lady smiled and shook her head, then turned her head and said to the old monk who was washing dishes in the kitchen,

"Then Master Jiekong, stay here too?"

In the kitchen, the old monk was cleaning the dishes little by little with a small amount of water on. Hearing this, he turned his head and shook his head.

"This is really too disturbing. The poor monk has a stinky skin and can sleep anywhere. He really dare not disturb the benefactor again."

"Don't bother, don't bother..." the old lady said with a smile, "Master Jiekong's Dharma is profound, and my wife just wants to talk to Zen Master Jiekong again, so that Zen Master Jiekong can explain the Buddha's teachings to my old lady. would disturb..."

The old monk washed the dishes and chopsticks, turned off the tap, hesitated, looked at the old lady's family, and then at Lian Ge,

"Thank you, Lord, for your mercy."

Putting his hands together, the old monk bowed to the old lady,

"You're welcome, you're welcome," the old lady was a little happy, "Then I'll go and clean up the house for Zen Master Jiekong and the young man."

Seeing Lian Ge and Jie Kong, the old lady said something and got ready to get busy.

"Mom, let me do it," the middle-aged man stood up and said,

"You can continue to eat with Yanhui, as long as mom comes."

The old lady said with a smile, then walked away to the side, just moved away a few steps, stopped her feet again, looked at the old monk,

"...Zen Master Jiekong, would you like me to boil a pot of hot water for you so that you can wash up and sleep more comfortably at night?"

Hearing this, the old monk lowered his head to look at the dust on his body,

"Thank you sir."

……

"... Zen Master Jiekong, no one has lived in this house for a long time, so I simply tidied it up and changed the bed to a clean quilt. I hope Zen Master Jiekong will not dislike you."

After taking a shower and putting on the same faded monk's clothing with traces of stitching in the luggage, the old monk seemed to be no different from before.

Leading the way, the old lady led Lian Ge and the old monk to the door of the two bedrooms.

"The poor monk is grateful to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain." The old monk shook his head and said,

"Zen Master Jiekong, you should rest early...Young man, your room is this one."

"Thank you."

Chapter 347 It Rained Last Night

"That young man, you should go to bed earlier, if you need to shout anything..."

The old lady led the way to another room next to her, greeted her a few more times, then closed the door and left the room.

In the house, it became quiet.

"Squeak, squeak..."

The little white mouse squatted on Lian Ge's shoulders, stood its forelimbs, turned its head, and barked twice.

Glancing at the little white mouse, Lian Ge smiled slightly,

Turning his gaze, he looked at the half-open window in the room,

Through the window, in the night outside the house, a slanting moon hangs obliquely, half hidden in the clouds,

Under the night, the lights of every house in the village are still on.

The lights in the houses pass through the doors and windows, embellishing the village under the night, replacing the stars obscured by the clouds.

The sea breeze with some water vapor blows from a distance from time to time, passing through the house through the gap by the window.

"Go to sleep."

Withdrawing his gaze, Lian Ge sat cross-legged on the side of the bed, turned off the light with a wave of his hand, transferred the magic power in his body, and began to practice.

The little white mouse on the shoulder also jumped off Lian Ge's shoulder, curled up beside him, and lay down on his stomach.

……

In the house, it became more and more quiet.

Outside the window, the lights of every household in the village were gradually turned off.

The night was getting darker, and the sea breeze blowing into the house through the window was getting stronger, and above the night, a slanting moon hanging obliquely was gradually covered by the clouds.

……

"Da da……"

"Chirp..."

The rainwater accumulated on the eaves drips down the eaves into the wet yard,

From time to time, the breeze with water vapor passes through the gap by the window and lingers in the house.

The rising sun shines on the ground, and the water on the windows sways the sun into the house.

Birds looking for food after the rain fly over the village from time to time, making a few calls,

Lian Ge, who woke up from his sleep, sat up from the bed, stood up,

Looking out the window, Lian Ge smiled slightly,

"Squeak, squeak..."

The little white mouse curled up on the side also sprang up, jumped onto Lian Ge's shoulder again, squatted, stood upright on its front legs, turned its head, and looked out of the window,

"Dong dong..."

"Brother, are you awake? We have made some porridge at home, do you want to get up and eat?"

The knock on the door replaced the footsteps, and the voice replaced the knock on the door outside the house,

Turning around and moving away, Lian Ge walked towards the door, stretched out his hand and opened the door,

"...Brother, we have made some porridge at home, let's have some together. It's cold today, so eating something will warm you up."

Outside the house was the middle-aged man, smiling, and said to Lian Ge,

"Thank you then." Lian Ge glanced at the middle-aged man, smiled, and walked out of the room.

"You are welcome."

The middle-aged man said with a smile, then moved a few steps to the next room, knocked on the room where the old monk lived next door,

"...Zen Master Jiekong, we have some clear porridge at home, would you like to get up and eat some?"

Shouted into the room, the middle-aged man waited,

Immediately afterwards, the door of the room opened from the inside, and the old monk appeared behind the door,

He was still wearing the faded monk's robe that he had put on last night, with some traces of mending, and he was still holding a yellowed scripture book in his hand, but the corners were not curled very much.

"Zen Master Jiekong, are you in the morning class? Didn't disturb you?" The middle-aged man looked at the old monk holding the scriptures in his hand, and couldn't help asking,

Hearing this, the old monk shook his head, "Just read this scripture."

"Then, Zen Master Jiekong, do you think we want to eat something together? The porridge is already cooked and it is vegetarian, so we put some vegetables in it."

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

"Chan Master Jiekong, you are being polite. Then you should serve it in your own bowl, Zen Master Jiekong, or..."

The middle-aged man smiled and asked again,

"Trouble the benefactor..."

The old monk paused, turned around, put the scriptures in his hand back into the bag, and took out the pair of bowls and chopsticks from the bag,

"...Zen Master Jiekong, little brother, you two sit at the table in the main room for a while, and I'll go and serve the porridge right away."

The middle-aged man took the bowl with a smile, turned around and said something to Lian Ge and the old monk, then walked through the hall and towards the kitchen.

……

"...Zen Master Jiekong, young man, get up."

Lian Ge and the old monk sat down at the dining table,

Glancing at the old monk, Lian Ge looked away and didn't say much.

The old monk looked out of the open main room door, a little lost.

On the side, in the kitchen, the old lady came out with two dishes, and greeted with a smile,

"Here is a dish of fried vegetarian dishes, which will be empty for a while, Zen Master. You can eat some with porridge. I don't know if you are used to eating it, young man, so I also fried a dish of bacon."

While talking, the old lady put the two dishes that were still steaming hot on the table,

"Excuse me." Lian Ge smiled and thanked him.

"Thank you for the benefactor." The old monk folded his hands together and said slightly to the old lady,

"You're welcome, you're welcome." The old lady responded with a smile, and asked again,

"Zen Master Jiekong, young man, did you get used to living last night? Did you rest well?"

"Very good." Lian Ge smiled and replied,

The old monk was silent for a while, and then said, "I'm used to it. It's just that the poor monk is confused, and he tosses and turns at night."

"Zen Master Jiekong will finish his meal in a while, and then go back to the house to rest for a while." The old lady said something concerned, then raised her head, looked out through the open door of the main room,

"It just happened that it rained heavily last night, and the road was still wet, so it was not easy to walk."

"Don't dare to bother the benefactor anymore. The poor monk doesn't feel sleepy either." The old monk shook his head,

"Then..." The old lady paused for a moment before she nodded.

"Speaking of it, Zen Master Jiekong is really profound in Buddhism. I said the night before yesterday that there would be strong winds and heavy rain recently, and that the roof would be overturned. As a result, there was a wind last night, and it rained all night. stop."

The old lady raised her head, looked outside the open main room door, and said with a smile,

"I went out this morning to take a look. Along the road, the roofs of every house seemed to have been lifted off, and the fishing nets hanging in the yard were all entangled. Hey, it's just our house. The tiles have not fallen off, and the yard is clean, as if it just rained a little last night, but the yard and the roof are a little wet." The old lady said with a smile on her face.

Hearing this, Lian Ge smiled slightly and didn't say much.

The old monk paused, then shook his head,

"...What the benefactor said is not my credit. The Buddhist teachings of the poor monk are superficial, and there is no such wonderful method."

While talking, the old monk turned his head and looked at Lian Ge,

"It's not you, Zen Master Jiekong, but it's also because of Zen Master Jiekong, and this young man is a nobleman. Otherwise, as usual, with such a strong wind, if the roof hadn't been cleaned up in advance, the tiles on the roof would have died a long time ago." It just fell."

The old lady said with a smile.

Hearing this, the old monk shook his head again, and then looked at Lian Ge who was sitting beside him.

Lian Ge glanced at the old monk and the old lady, smiled slightly, and didn't say much.

……

"……I'm coming."