Sad autumn

Feet, not quite like a painter, but like a beautiful snake that a painter would carefully paint.Tuchun was wearing a t-shirt and jeans, but it was a pity that Li Lanxiu did not respect her teacher, and rolled her eyes very wrongly, otherwise Tuchun would have been overwhelmed by her white eyes.Entering the gate of the exhibition hall, Li Lanxiu immediately found her old classmate—the protagonist of this exhibition, contemporary pioneering young artist He Cendu.Li Lanxiu dragged Tuchun over to exchange greetings.The art exhibition is called "Life Is Not Here", and not only paintings are on display, but also some installations and handmade jewelry.Tuchun glanced at it, and saw a copper-colored pot, which was placed on a one-meter-high platform, and four beams of spotlights shone on it, shining brightly.

Tu Chun rubbed his eyes, Li Lanxiu introduced He Cendu to him, and said in a melodious tone: "Contemporary artist, pioneer young teacher He Cendu He."

Tuchun suppressed a smile, and shook hands with He Cendu: "Hello, hello."

He Cendu's hands were quite soft, with warm palms, and he looked at Tuchun with a smile, his gaze was stronger than the light.Tuchun said, "I came with Xiuxiu."

Li Lanxiu pinched Tuchun from behind.Tuchun laughed: "I heard that you are old classmates."

He Cendu said: "Yes, I have been a classmate with Mr. Li Lanxiu, a contemporary young artist who is not sure about it, for four years."

Li Lanxiu said: "It's a contemporary youth, Mr. Li, a painter without a spectrum. The closer the description is to the essence, the closer it is to a noun. Mr. He dozed off in Chinese class, right?"

He Cendu bowed to her and lost to her.Li Lanxiu's eyes turned around the venue, wondering: "Why are there only a few people today? Didn't we agree to gather some old classmates together? It's rare for you to come to Suzhou, right?"

He Cendu pointed to the row of large lime characters hanging in the air at the door, and said, "Life is not here."

Li Lanxiu stuck out her tongue, suddenly she was not in the mood to be polite, and she swung away with Tuchun on her arm.She couldn't get used to wearing high heels, so she whispered to Tuchun after walking a few steps: "No, let's withdraw, we can't bear it."

Tuchun said: "It's come, it's tortured, don't waste it."

Li Lanxiu was a little sluggish at first, but after hearing Tuchun's words, she smiled, raised her spirits, let go of him, and walked towards a group of well-dressed men and women.

Tuchun lacks the ability to appreciate paintings and pots, and when he looked at the price of handmade jewelry in the glass counter, a string of bamboo bracelets, priced at [-], scared him so much that he went to the patio outside to find a place Sitting and killing time.The courtyard was dark, with two rattan chairs and a rattan sofa, all illuminated by the light from a floor-to-ceiling window in the room. After sitting down, Tuchun was about to light a cigarette when he saw a man and a woman strolling through the room with their shoulders crossed. After coming out, Tuchun dragged the chair and moved a little farther. The pair of mandarin ducks sat down on the sofa. The woman's legs were pressed together and she pulled the hem of the short skirt. The man suddenly stood up and shook hands with Tuchun. Said: "You came with Li Lanxiu, right?"

Tuchun was stunned, took out the cigarette he was biting in his mouth, and stretched out his hand: "Do you know her?"

The man smiled all over his face, and the woman cleared her throat and said, "I just saw a man asking Xiao Li for his phone number!"

Tuchun sat back and stuffed the cigarette back, "Oh." He said, but didn't answer any more.Both men and women were also silent, Tuchun wiped the lighter, and babbled several times, but failed to ignite. The woman got annoyed for some reason, twisted her waist and hurriedly got up, speaking Suzhou dialect: "What a guy! Let's go, let's go! "(Really, let's go let's go.)

Tuchun hurriedly put away the lighter, and said apologetically, "Excuse me, excuse me, I'll treat it as a delicious cigarette." (Sorry, sorry, I thought you could smoke outside.)

Both the man and the woman ignored him and went back into the exhibition hall one after the other.When Tuchun scratched his ears and hesitated while holding a cigarette, there was a burst of laughter in the darkest and darkest corner of the courtyard. Tuchun followed the sound, and there seemed to be a person sitting in the corner close to the wall. , It looks like a man, sitting on the ground, I don't know how long he has been sitting, his whole body is black.

The man laughed enough, lit a cigarette, and a cluster of flames lit up. Tuchun saw the man's lip ring, green scalp, crawling over his Adam's apple, tattoos on the back of his hand, a string of gold earrings on his ears, and a star in his eyes. Light.

The man also lit a cigarette for Tuchun and called him over.

"Eat." The man said, speaking Suzhou dialect, with a smile in his words, "It's delicious outside." (You can smoke outside.)

Tuchun went to pick up the cigarettes. On the other side, He Cendu ran out of the house in a hurry, shouting: "Haohao! You are here!! I have been looking for you for a long time! What are you doing hiding here?" In front of Tuchun.

Tuchun was confused, pointing to himself: "Are you looking for me?"

Second Monk He Cen Duzhang couldn't figure it out: "What do I want you for?"

"Didn't you call..." Tuchun thought, He Cendu didn't come looking for him, he must have come looking for that man.At this moment, the man grabbed Tuchun's arm and stood up with strength. He Cendu pulled the man away, and kept saying, "What are you doing squatting there? Don't you want to see Boss Wang? It's been a long time since you arrived. ..."

The man looked back at Tuchun, the light was not enough, the man's face was bright and sometimes dark, his eyes were both good and evil, he shrugged his shoulders, turned his mouth towards Tuchun, and got into the room.He wore a black jacket, black trousers, black half boots, and his hair was cut too short.He even has tattoos on the back of his neck.

Tuchun scratched the center of his eyebrows and took a mouthful of the cigarette the man gave him. It was too spicy and exciting.Tuchun coughed, waited for a rest, and took a second bite.

As the exhibition was about to close, Li Lanxiu came out to share her achievements with Tuchun. She wanted four phone numbers, and there were three "youth" and two "artists" in her WeChat friends.

Tu Chun couldn't compare to her, he spread out his palm, and there was only a business card in his hand, which was printed on it: The show's organizer, An Hao.

Li Lanxiu couldn't stop laughing: "I just said that you have failed so many blind dates, there must be something fundamentally wrong, you should be a man!"

Tuchun said, "When did you say that?" He shook his head, "Go and eat something."

They found a barbecue restaurant nearby to eat barbecue. Li Lanxiu ordered a dozen beers and became drunk after drinking two and a half bottles. Only eyes look at Tuchun.Her eyes were foggy and white.

Tuchun said, "I'll take you back."

Li Lanxiu lowered her head, shook her head, and stretched her legs to the aisle, like two white fish sausages, her throat made gurgling sounds from time to time.Tuchun took off his coat and put it on her lap, and asked for the bill. He returned all the unopened beer, put on Li Lanxiu's coat, and helped her out.The two stood together at the entrance of the barbecue spot, waiting for the bus. Li Lanxiu was leaning against Tuchun, trembling, staggering, and unable to stand still. Tuchun kept grabbing her arm, inevitably reminding her: "Be careful."

Li Lanxiu raised her neck, pursed her mouth and kissed Tuchun.Tuchun wiped his face and said, "Why don't you take off your high heels, and remember to wash your feet before going to bed when you go back."

Hearing this, Li Lanxiu pushed Tuchun away, stomping her feet and poking her hands, looking a little annoyed, and said angrily, "Are you gay? Why are you embarrassed by your two girlfriends? You are still religious." ah??"

Tu Chun motioned her to keep her voice down, as there were residential buildings all around her, and Li Lanxiu's high decibels really disturbed the people.Li Lanxiu ignored him, kicked off her high heels, stared straight at her, yelled and yelled, Tuchun couldn't hear what she was shouting, wanted to stop her, wanted to cover her mouth, but his hand just touched Li Lanxiu's mouth , Li Lanxiu vomited.Tuchun stayed where he was, with sticky vomit all over his fingers.Li Lanxiu sat down on the ground, howled, hiccupped while crying, and continued to vomit.

Tuchun had no choice but to go back to the barbecue shop to wash his hands, ordered a cup of warm tea, went back to the side of the road and patted Li Lanxiu's back, calmed down, wiped his tears, face, and liquid foundation.

Tuchun said: "Okay, okay." He recalled, "The last time I met someone who exploded the land and cried, and then he jumped off the building directly. Don't be too hard on it."

Li Lanxiu sprayed bile from her nostrils, her face and chest were in a mess, but her articulate words became extremely clear. She held her forehead to look at Tuchun, and said firmly, "Don't go on blind dates, you're gay!"

Tuchun fed her water, Li Lanxiu stared at him: "Are you trying to cheat the marriage?"

"You drank too much." Tuchun said.

Li Lanxiu nodded heavily: "I drank too much."

"I'll take you back."

Li Lanxiu nodded: "Well, you send me back, hey, how did you and your two girlfriends know each other?"

Tuchun said: "The one in high school was introduced by a friend, and the one in college, she wrote a love letter to me...it's very retro."

"If someone introduces you, if someone writes a love letter to you, you will be an awkward friend. Is there a foundation of love, can you develop feelings? Do you understand what love is?" Li Lanxiu twitched Tuchun's arm, it didn't hurt or itch , She went on to say, "Going to get the certificate after a month of blind date, do you really think I'm on fire? I think it's because of the real estate certificate and car keys that got my soul lost! There's something wrong!"

Tu Chun picked up Li Lanxiu's high-heeled shoes, put them in his arms, and wanted to pull her up, saying: "It's almost enough."

Li Lanxiu wiped his face, mouth, and cleavage: "It's almost the same. If he is Takeshi Kaneshiro, I will hang him at the door of his house, and he is not!"

The taxi called by Tuchun arrived, he picked up Li Lanxiu, stuffed it into the car, and followed to get up, but Li Lanxiu refused, closed the door, and pointed at Tuchun.Tuchun put his ear close, Li Lanxiu said: "You don't want to go on a blind date, let me introduce someone to you, our Academy of Fine Arts...the Academy of Fine Arts..."

She had a sour belch, Tuchun covered her face and hurriedly dodged, and slapped on the car door: "Master! Let's go!"

When the car started, Li Lanxiu poked his head out of the car, waved to Tuchun with a playful smile, whistled, and blew kisses randomly: "Remember to call that An Hao!!"

Tu Chun touched his pocket, he put An Hao's business card in his coat pocket, and Li Lanxiu wore his coat away.The taxi has already driven away.

Back home, late at night, in a dream.Tuchun met Di Qiu, and Di Qiu handed Tuchun a business card, handwritten, which read: Contemporary Missing Youth, Di Qiu.

Tuchun said, "No."

So, the six words changed back and forth, swapping positions.Those six words become ten Latin letters, which can be put together and combined randomly, but they are always wrong, always inaccurate, and imprecise.

Not a word, not a word, can approach Di Qiu's essence.

In the morning, before dawn, Tuchun woke up, jasmine also rose, hot candied lotus root, hand grabbing cakes, busy in front of the table and behind the stove, but Tuchun didn't have time to eat, he just received Gu Yun Wechat, she has arrived in their community, and is waiting for him downstairs.Tuchun drank a glass of water in a hurry, grabbed a banana and was about to leave. Jasmine called him several times but failed to stop. She grabbed a spatula and a shopping bag and ran after Tuchun.The two were chatting in the stairwell, and Jasmine prepared a bag of biscuits and plums, and Tuchun had to take everything with her.

Tuchun carried this pile of snacks into Gu Yun's car, and looked at the rearview mirror outside the car, the disheveled Jasmine sneaked halfway out from the entrance of the corridor, Tuchun met her eyes, She hurriedly stood up, straightened her messy hair, and waved to him, her mouth seemed to say: "Goodbye, goodbye."

Seeing this, Gu Yun waved to Jasmine: "Goodbye, Auntie."

Now Jasmine became a happy flower, the car drove out of the community, Tuchun turned around, and could still see Jasmine looking around downstairs.Tu Chun flipped through the snack bag and asked Gu Yun, "Have you had breakfast yet?"

Gu Yun said: "Eat it, you can eat it."

Much of the bag was dry food, Tuchun didn’t touch it, just ate bananas, and said, “Let’s eat bananas, don’t eat them all over your car.” He dug out a carton of milk, and said, “It’s too bad to eat. Quite early." (You eat quite early.)

Gu Yun said: "I got up at four o'clock." (I got up at four o'clock.)

Tuchun was surprised, Gu Yun looked at him and said, "Morning class."

Tuchun was even more surprised, and couldn't help but look at Gu Yun for a while. She was braided into a yellow braid and tied behind her head with a silver hairpin. She looked like a complete set of linen clothes, loose and plain, hanging around her neck He wears a string of beads and wears a bracelet carved with nuclei.The first amulet dangled under the rearview mirror of the car.Tuchun didn't make a sound. After sucking the milk, he lowered his head to pick and choose in the snack bag. He saw a piece of chocolate wrapping paper in the corner, and stretched out his hand to grab it. The chocolate was hidden deep. Come out with a box of condoms.Tuchun was quick-witted, and quickly buried the box back. Thinking about it for a moment, he couldn't laugh or cry.

"What's the matter? What are you laughing at? You don't believe me when I say it's morning class?" Gu Yun asked, her tone light.

Tuchun said: "Well, yes, how can I talk about it..." (No, no, how should I say it...)

He scraped the tip of his nose, pinched his earlobe, and found the condom again, showed it to Gu Yun, and said to her: "Ms. Zhao Lang, I hurried out, and Mother Ni followed me. Ang, do you want me to bring some?" What to eat on the road, I just looked through it..." (I hurried out in the morning, my mother came out, insisting that I take these things to eat on the road, I just looked through...)

Tuchun hesitated to speak, Gu Yun took a glance, understood, and said with a smile: "Your mother is really cute."

Tuchun put the condom back in the bag and said, "She's just too busy, she has nothing else to do."

"Is she retired?"

"No, she hasn't been to work all day." Tu Chun pulled a few packets of biscuits to cover the box of condoms, and said.

"Blessed."

"I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing." Tuchun said, propping his chin, saw a pack of chicken feet with pickled peppers in the bag, and asked, "Are you usually a vegetarian?"

Gu Yun said: "Didn't I eat with you last time? You don't even remember? I don't eat fish too hard." Gu Yun always had a faint smile on his face when he spoke, Looking quite happy, she said, "You don't have to find something to say."

Tuchun hurriedly made amends: "No, no... I'm a pig's brain, alas, a pig's brain."

Gu Yun still smiled slightly, and said: "In the house, Xianglai Guangfu has an old house. I will check one or two houses in a month to take care of something. I will stay on the side of the road for two nights. In the temple, I will cook vegetarian dishes." It’s pretty good, cleans the stomach.” (My family has an old house in Guangfu, I go there once or twice a month to tidy up things, and stay for two days by the way, the vegetarian food in the temple is very good, cleans the stomach intestinal.)

Tuchun said: "People usually live in Guangmengbai?" (Is there no one living here?)

Gu Yun said: "Tsk, the old house, it's so long-winded, ah, Mengbai people live there, if you want to maintain it, you have to fill out the form and apply, and it will be approved in a few months." She also said: "There is a study room. I have some books and so on, I have time to take care of them, if I find some antiques, call the TV station, and En Duo comes, I think the application will be approved quickly." (Old house, dilapidated It’s rotten, and no one wants to live in it. If you want to maintain it, you have to fill in forms and apply. It hasn’t been approved for several months.) (There is a study room with some books in it. I will organize it when I have time. If Find some antiques and call the TV station. Once they come, the application will probably be approved quickly.)

Tu Chun smiled and said nothing, opened a bag of small tomatoes and put them between the two seats, Gu Yun ate one from time to time, Tu Chun pulled out a tissue to wipe her hands.

When they arrived in Guangfu Town, Gu Yun parked the car near the old house and gave Tuchun a pair of gloves and a mask.Gu Yun said: "I'm thinking about pulling you to do something, right?" (You didn't expect to pull you to organize things together, did you?)

Tu Chun said: "Ge Ni, let's talk about it first. If you find something, what's the trouble?"

"If you find it, of course it's considered a shame!" Gu Yun chuckled softly, "But it's okay, the country has to accept it, and I have a way." (Of course what you find is yours!) (However, the country has to accept it. Take it away, I can't help it.)

Talking and laughing, the two of them came to the old house. The gate of the old house was in the alley.Gu Yun opened the door, and Tu Chun followed in. The entrance was a courtyard, and when you looked around, it was full of flowers and plants, the pomegranate tree was green out of the wall, and a whole piece of banana leaf was slapped on the glass window, stretching your shiny body to your heart's content. Some gemstone flowers, morning glories, and impatiens kept in plastic foam boxes are also running their own bustle, filling the courtyard to the brim.

Passing through the patio is the living room, and there is also a lock on the door of the living room. Gu Yun unlocked it, caressing the door frame, and said slightly sadly: "The tide is sticky, it's like a yellow plum sky, alas..." (Wet answer Yes, it's Huangmeitian, alas...)

Without going on, she went in and opened several windows facing south and north in the living room, some light came in, but the room was still dark, the plantains in the patio almost completely blocked the sunlight from the south, and The north-facing window is facing a new six-story public house, blocking a lot of sunlight.

There is no furniture in the living room, and there are no desks or bookcases in the study, only four stacks of wooden boxes. However, the light in the study is more abundant than the living room outside. The wooden box on the height was moved to the ground.

She opened the box and looked at Tuchun with a smile: "Now I know why I asked you to come with me?"

Tuchun looked around, dragged a wooden box over, and said, "Sit down, sit down and take care of yourself."

The two sat down side by side, and Gu Yun pointed to the two lonely wooden boxes nearby, and said, "It's refreshing to have two boxes, and I'll turn around for books, dry them in the sun, collect them, and leave the rest. Order something, so I can donate it with the grid, but I have to wave it away when I am in the temple, I really don’t need the grid.” (These two boxes have been sorted, and I will take the books inside, dry them in the sun, and tidy them up. , the rest, donate what can be used to the temple, and throw away what is really not needed.)

As she spoke, she took out a bundle of magazines from the opened wooden box.Tuchun looked in, and there were two other bundles of magazines in the box, as well as many glassware, ceramic dishes, and a few red cloth bags on the bottom. Small patio.

Gu Yun said: "It's in English." (It's all in English.)

Tuchun touched the three bundles of English magazines. Looking at the date of publication, they were all old issues decades ago, and they were well preserved. Turning over a few pages at random, the pages are still very new.They also found many packages of desiccant and mothballs in the box.

Tuchun said: "It's easy to dismantle it and sell it page by page. This is the case in some second-hand goods markets abroad."

"Ah, someone bought it? Why did you buy it?"

"Isn't retro popular now? The advertisements in the past are quite interesting. They can be used as decorative posters and hung crookedly on the wall."

Gu Yun didn't make a sound, moved away the tea saucer, carefully took out a red cloth bag, carefully placed it on his knee, and gently opened it.Dust billowed, Tu Chun avoided it, some dust got into his eyes, itching, but Gu Yun stared intently at the red cloth bag, inside the red cloth was a wooden box, she opened the wooden box, and gasped Take a breath.

Inside the wooden box are Fushou characters with Diancui craftsmanship.

Gu Yun said in a low voice, "It looks like something in the face."

She stopped ringing, closed the wooden box, wrapped it in red cloth again, and put it back in the box, obviously depressed.

Tuchun made a joke: "Gee, I have to hand it in..." (Then should I hand it in...)

Gu Yun wiped the porcelain plates, candlesticks, and silver spoons with a rag, and said, "Old landlord, Ge Chenguang, Amen, what is Ge Bai Xiangge, listening to the opera...

"In the previous stage, a man came to Ni's room and was given a key by his father, which was a key.

"People have already left, before they left, it was so early to stay here. My father had a problem in [-] and left, so I was kind enough to be a monk. I shaved my head and became a monk." (Old Times) , there was nothing interesting at that time, just listen to the opera) (A while ago, a man came to our house and gave Dad a key, which is the key here. He has passed away, and it was a long time before he passed away I don’t live here anymore, my grandfather died of illness in [-], so he doesn’t live here anymore, he shaved his head and became a monk.)

Gu Yun raised his head and looked at Tuchun: "He's a man who is about the same age as Papa Ni, and he is adopted." (The man is about the same age as Papa, and he adopted him.)

Tuchun didn't know what to say, and he didn't know what to say. He just helped to clean the dishes and cups, and stacked and put things together to make a set.The two packed up until noon, and they were hungry, so they went directly to Guangfu Temple.

Gu Jun is probably a frequent visitor, and before entering the gate of the temple, a monk came to greet her when he saw her, and took them to Yunshui Building to put their luggage. Gu Yun and Tuchun lived next door. , a lot of laymen came, and there are only these two rooms left.”

Gu Yun and Tu Chun said: "Usually male and female benefactors come to live here, neither lay Buddhists nor monks, they all live in two floors."

Tuchun said: "It's good to be pure-minded and help practice."

Gu Yun smiled, said goodbye to the monk, and went to the Zhaitang with Tuchun.There were very few monks in the dining hall, and Gu Yun came to explain again: "When sitting in summer, some people simply skip lunch."

Vegetarian food is very rich, cold Malan head, fried corn with pine nuts, mushroom oil gluten, you can get steamed buns or rice, and there is also a bowl of water shield soup.

After the meal, Gu Yun took Tuchun to the meditation hall, and as expected, all the monks in the temple gathered here, and there were also many people dressed as ordinary people, probably lay Buddhists practicing Zen.When they arrived, just after one incense stick was finished, all the people in the hall got up and ran to burn incense one after another. Gu Yun found a seat for Tuchun, and the monks walking clockwise or counterclockwise around the Buddha statue in the center of the meditation hall all disappeared after a while. Stopped, everyone went back to everyone, the Yinpan sounded, and another round of incense sitting began.It was the first time for Tuchun to enter the meditation hall. He looked around and saw that everyone was sitting in lotus position, with their eyes closed and their minds closed.Gu Yun's posture was standard, so Tuchun imitated her, bent his knees, and turned his feet to the sky, but after a while, his calf became numb, so he had to secretly change to a normal cross-legged posture. After sitting like this for half an hour, Tuchun's knees At first he couldn't bear it, and when he was running for incense, he walked around the Buddha statue a few times, and when he looked for Gu Yun, she hadn't gotten up yet, and she was sitting firmly.Tuchun strolled outside the meditation hall.

There is a camphor tree in the temple, and there are also some plum trees. The plum blossoms have long since withered, and there is only incense burning among the yellow walls and black tiles, and only green shadows.Tuchun casually found a quiet place to sit down, took out the printed copy of the "Avatamsaka Sutra" that he had shunted from the room earlier, and began to read.

Occasionally, pilgrims and monks passed by, all in a hurry, and then a monk came, with a scent of green plums on his body, he stood beside Tuchun and did not leave.Tuchun raised his eyes to look at him. The bhikkhu was full of furrows and had a very friendly face. He smiled and invited Tuchun to drink tea in his room.

Tuchun asked him: "Master, I see that other people are sitting in the meditation hall, don't you sit?"

The bhikkhu shook his head and said, "Thousands of methods, don't be too persistent."

Tuchun followed him and entered the bhikkhu's room. He moved two chairs, set up a tea table, made tea, and sat at the door with Tuchun to drink tea. He brought out a bowl of candied green plums.The monk didn't say anything, Tuchun didn't make a sound, he read the scriptures quietly, after a while, he closed the book and drank tea quietly.Biluochun soaked in two cups is sweet and bitter.

The monk asked Tuchun, "Why didn't you read it?"

Tuchun said: "Young people like to watch movies. The movie starts when it starts, and the credits are broadcast after the show. It is a long list. It takes perseverance and patience to watch it. The first volume of this book broadcasts the credits. Watch, it’s really a headache to watch.”

The bhikkhu laughed, showing several missing teeth, and said, "Buddhist wisdom lies in the human heart, and everyone can become a Buddha. Thinking about it this way, this credit list is not too much."

Tuchun picked a green plum, bit it, frowned sweetly, and asked, "What's the benefit of becoming a Buddha?"

The bhikkhu also eats green plums. He doesn't have many teeth, but he bites things very vigorously. A green plum is gnawed in a blink of an eye, leaving a pit and no flesh left. The bhikkhu said leisurely, "It's not good."

Tuchun realized: "If there is no benefit, you should cultivate, if it is beneficial, you should cultivate."

The bhikkhu rubbed his fingers in the tea, drank the tea, and said, "All dharmas have neither birth nor death, nor come nor go."

Tuchun picked up the "Avatamsaka Sutra" again and asked, "Is this the words in this scripture?"

The bhikkhu was silent.Tuchun asked again: "I heard that the Buddha is against worship, but I see that there is still a Buddha statue in the meditation hall. What is the reason?"

"Occasionally, I need a little help. One thought for ten thousand years is not suitable for everyone. Seeing the Buddha, my heart will naturally be pure."

"Then why do you close your eyes and don't look at it when you meditate?"

"The Buddha is in front of you, even if you close your eyes, it's still there. You'll know it's there."

Tuchun said: "It's there when you close your eyes, and it's also there when you open your eyes. No wonder there is a saying that when wine and meat pass through the intestines, the Buddha keeps it in his heart."

"Start from nothing."

"And what does that mean?"

"We often say resignation, what kind of fate is it? One kind of fate is that when the fate comes, it will come, and when the fate is gone, it will be gone. An unchanging fate." The monk said, stood up, took something out of the closet, and brought it to Tuchun.When Tuchun saw it, it was a nuclear carving as big as a fingernail, and it could be opened, and there was a Buddha sitting inside, without appearance or appearance.

Tuchun said: "When I was young, I ate crabs. My mother said that there was Fahai living in this crab. When I asked where it was, she tore open the crab's stomach, pointed to it, and said, here, here. This one is similar to that Fahai. picture."

The monk picked another green plum and gnawed on it, which looked like a squirrel. Tuchun soaked the leftover sweet plum into tea, and a few leaves from the cypress tree outside were blown off by the wind. Tuchun rubbed his knees, got up and walked past the monk, and returned Arrived at the meditation hall.

He didn't learn from others this time, just stood up.He looked at the simple and small stone Buddha statue in the center of the meditation hall, with an unclear face, and closed his eyes.

In one thought, the Buddha appeared in the bodhi field.

Another thought.

The Dharma sound is extinct, the precious tree withers, the petals of the lotus blossoms fly away, the precious pearls and heavenly nets are like foam in an imaginary sea, and thousands of forms are wiped out in ashes.

There is only one Buddha in the world, neither far nor near from him, with flowing water and robes, wonderful eyes shining, decorated with wreaths, and wearing heavenly clothes, as if he is teaching the Dharma.

His Buddhahood has become the appearance of Di Qiu.

He came to save him.

Tuchun and Gu Yun lived until Monday, they woke up early in the Qing Dynasty, and both of them had to go back to work in Suzhou, and went to the Zhaitang before dawn.There are morning classes in the temple, the Zhaitang has already opened, and there are many monks coming and going.Tuchun looked around while eating vegetarian noodles, lowered his voice and said to Gu Yun: "You have been in the meditation hall for the past few days, and I haven't been able to talk to you. I don't want to disturb you. There was an old master who gave me something. He also invited me to drink tea, I met him the day I first came, but I haven’t seen him since, and now I’m leaving, I want to say goodbye to him.”

Gu Yun was curious: "What master? What did you give you?"

Tuchun took out the core sculpture given to him by the old monk.Gu Yun pinched the nuclear carving, looked up, down, left, and right several times, and asked Tuchun: "What does the master look like?"

Tuchun gestured and said: "Neither tall nor short, thin, wearing a gray robe, with a lot of wrinkles on his face, probably in his 80s, he looks polite and in good spirits."

After hearing this, Gu Yun patted Tuchun's arm: "Wait a minute, I'll go and ask the abbot for you."

Tuchun held her back and said, "Let's forget it. They're going to stay in summer, so don't bother them. I'll leave him a thank you letter."

Gu Yun said: "Leave a thank you letter? You are quite 80s." She chuckled softly and said, "I am also curious, I come here often, I have no impression of the old master you mentioned, the older one in the temple Master is not what you said."

Tuchun also let her go, and he also became curious.The abbot of Guangfu Temple is a middle-aged man with a full sky and plump lips. After learning about the cause and effect, he thought for a while and took the curious couple to his office.

On the way, the abbot had nothing to say, so Tuchun bowed to Gu Yun and asked in a low voice, "What's the point of going to the office?" (What are you doing in the office?)

Gu Yun spread her hands: "I don't know, I will meet the teacher in the office, right?" (I don't know, the teacher is in the office, right?)

Tuchun said: "Oh, Huifu is a monk? Ge Ri Paida I see that Xiangji in the temple and En Lingfen went to the meditation hall." (Could it be a monk? I saw that he was the only one in the temple who didn't go to the meditation hall that day.)

"Shangge and Shangge clothes?" Gu Yun asked. (dressed as a monk?)

Tuchun nodded, touched the back of his head, and his voice became softer, close to a whisper, and said to Gu Yun, "Could it be a fake monk?" (Could it be a fake monk?)

Without waiting for Gu Yun's answer, the abbot turned his head, clasped his hands together, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and recited: "Amitabha."

Tuchun stopped guessing randomly, and silently returned the gift without saying a word.

There are only sparrows singing and Lin Tao playing alternately.

Entering the abbot's office, the abbot turned on the light, pointed to a photo on the wall, and asked, "Is the old master you are talking about the one in the cassock in the photo?"

Tuchun leaned in front of the A4-sized photo, which recorded the grand occasion of a certain water and land dojo. There was only one monk in cassock, with a wrinkled face and a pleasant face. It was indeed the monk Tuchun met that day.Look at the text introduction below.

The abbot of Shanyuan.

Gu Yun was taken aback: "Ah, is that the former abbot of Shanyuan? He passed away a long time ago."

Tuchun's hair was numb and he was stunned, but the abbot laughed loudly, and told Tuchun and Gu Yun to wait here for a while, and he would come whenever he went.Tuchun shook his cold hands and feet, sat down, and Gu Yun went to look at the photo again, and said in a low voice with admiration: "It seems that you have the roots of wisdom, and you are still destined."

Tuchun panicked, clutching the carving in silence.Gu Yun comforted him: "This is not a ghost."

After she finished speaking, she immediately performed Namaste, Tu Chun couldn't settle down, and hurriedly asked Gu Yun: "Is it a good thing or..."

"Of course it's a good thing!"

Tuchun said: "I don't understand anything. It's not good for me to hold such a spiritual thing." He spread his palm and studied the core carving carefully again. The hollow patterns on the core carving are like branches. , like a cage, the sitting Buddha in the core carving is still difficult to figure out any face.

Gu Yun said from the side: "It's like this. If you know too much, it's easy to be too persistent, and you can't see it through. Just follow the fate."

Tuchun looked at her, and Gu Yun said: "But if you can really follow the fate, the number of people who practice Buddhism and Zen may be less than half. People still have something to seek. Cultivating Buddhism is to achieve the right result, to accumulate blessings for the next life, and to seek the present." After birth and death, it is still too difficult to go to the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss and practice Zen in order to achieve perfect integration.”

Gu Yun closed her eyes and put her palms together, meditating on Amitabha Buddha.

The abbot came back at this time, he had a round wooden box in his hand, he brought the box in front of Tuchun, but Tuchun smelled a strange fragrance, he raised his eyes to look at the abbot.

The abbot said: "It contains a relic of Master Shanyuan, and others are stored elsewhere. This is the largest one."

After saying that, he opened the wooden box, Tuchun took a look, and became more and more frightened. He pulled Gu Yun's clothes, and Gu Yun was also stunned. The relic of Master Shanyuan lying on the flannelette was the same size and shape. Tuchun's nuclear carving is exactly the same.It's just that the relic is transparent and crystal-like.

Gu Yun quickly chanted Amitabha Buddha in Tuchun's ear, Tuchun's eyebrows jumped suddenly, the abbot was very civilized, he patted Tuchun on the shoulder, and his voice was like a bell: "Haha! Young man, go buy a lottery ticket!"

Tuchun laughed, and suddenly felt at ease. He wanted to return the nuclear carving to the abbot and keep it in the temple.The abbot refused, and said: "Since it is a gift for you, then you can take it."

Gu Yun also persuaded: "The master sent you off by appearing, so you can accept it."

Tuchun also remembered something, and said, "Master also invited me to eat green plums in syrup."

The abbot clapped his hands and smiled, "That must be him, Shan