In my days as a farmer

In the outskirts of the distant capital nearly 1000 kilometers away from Xiaojin Village, there is a small temple called Donglin Temple.

Donglin Temple is inconspicuous in the capital where there are many temples.

This temple was originally a small temple built by the family members of a family in the previous dynasty to pray for the men who went to war in the family. Because the temple is small and backed by dense forests, the only believers are nearby villagers, and the incense has not been very prosperous.

Therefore, from the beginning of the first generation of abbots, the monks of the temple have been carrying water in the morning, chanting scriptures in the morning, and farming in the afternoon. Compared with other temples in the same city, life can be said to be very hard.

But misfortune and good fortune depend on it, and because of the special geographical conditions here, this small temple has survived the continuous war and has a history of 200 years.

Uh, a two-hundred-year-old temple may be considered a long history for some cities, but in the ancient capital of Beijing, where buildings often start at five hundred years old, it can only be said to be a low-level cultural relic protection unit.

However, the temple is small, and Donglin Temple is still very popular today. It all started with the first stray dog ​​rescued by the host of Donglin Temple 20 years ago.

At that time, the capital city entered the stage of cracking down on dogs, and the various brigades dispatched together to catch all unlicensed and leash-free dogs.The dogs are kept in pens until their owners come to pick them up, and once the time limit expires, they will be euthanized.

But at the beginning, the government did not expect to catch so many dogs, so it opened an adoption process later, but the person who went to adopt had to pay for the dog certificate on the spot.

The money for a dog certificate can buy several new dogs for the citizens of Beijing at the time, and the round-trip toll must be added, so there are very few respondents.

The original director of Donglin Temple adopted a watchdog in response to the call of the country.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the enclosure, he was shocked by those pairs of desperate eyes. Later, he changed his plan and adopted two stray dogs—of course he wanted to take more dogs away, but he was caught by the regulations The system prevents it.

Since then, he will never forget the sad eyes of the dogs all his life.

Temples, relics, and ruins parks, stray animals can be seen everywhere in these places. The main reason is that there is no natural enemy for them - the urban management brigade, and they can generally be fed by believers and tourists, so stray animals naturally gather more and more.

But the number of cats in these stray animals is far greater than that of dogs, not only because of the higher reproduction rate of cats, but also because of human intervention.

Cats are relatively quiet, and the sight of cats lying on their stomachs lying on the historic site to bask in the sun during the day always makes tourists smile knowingly, and cats do not have the habit of defecating anywhere, so it is easier to manage.

If it is a dog, imagine that when you are playing, you suddenly see a dog who is peeing with its legs up at the corner. Is it possible that you will lose more than half of it?

Of course, the most important thing is that cats generally don't hurt people, but dogs are completely different.

If a tourist is hurt by a small animal in a tourist site, the scenic spot is fully responsible.

No matter how good the stray animals are, it can't stop some low-quality tourists from deliberately teasing or even bullying the small animals so that the animals are forced to defend themselves.Between cats and dogs, the latter is naturally more threatening. Cats can at least climb trees to the house if they are provoked, but dogs can't do anything at all.

Therefore, for the management personnel of the scenic spot, they can tolerate some stray cats as a temporary residence, but they must not tolerate stray dogs coming for a walk. When they see a dog coming, they must drive it away.

But Donglin Temple went the other way. This small temple with only three halls and one hall has successively taken in more than 4000 stray dogs. These dogs are mainly from urban management shelters, and a few are picked up by volunteers. of.

What's worse is that some people, after hearing about the rescue of dogs in their temples, are either unwilling to continue raising dogs, or kidnapped morally, and will deliberately go around to the entrance of the temple and throw the dogs nearby.

Considering the dog's health and breeding density, most of the dogs are waiting to be adopted by kind-hearted people in the nearby base. Only the old, weak and sick puppies are kept in the temple to take care of them nearby.

Sick dogs are basically isolated, and old and young can roam around in the yard.

Therefore, pilgrims here can often see big dogs with withered coats lying in the yard wearing muzzles, and puppies staggering around with monks.

The believers were very happy when they saw the puppies, and occasionally squatted down to tease them, but when they saw the old dogs, everyone couldn't hide their sadness.

These old dogs are rescue dogs that have not been adopted for a long time. Most of them have reached the end of their lives, so they were specially brought to the temple to enjoy the last period of free and leisurely life in their lives.

It won't be long before they will close their eyes forever, and then they will be put into a small ceramic jar, and they will be buried under a maple leaf forest in the back mountain after the monks chant sutras to see them off.

They have been locked up in cages for most of their lives. They have shelters to shelter from the wind and rain, and volunteers who are gentle and comforting, but they have never been given their own homes and a piece of land where they can run freely.

From being so energetic to "parkour" in the cage to walking slowly even without a leash, they are actually luckier than most of their companions.

The dogs are also very content, which can also be seen from the gentle eyes they look at the pilgrims.

Over the past few years, as the slogan of replacing purchase with adoption has gradually been heard, Donglin Temple, which has been engaged in public welfare relief activities for more than ten years, has entered the sight of local netizens.And with the development of self-media, this small temple also occupies a tender corner in the hearts of netizens.

Gradually, residents from the same city began to drive to Donglin Temple, looking for a dog that was a good match for their eyes.Slowly, some netizens will send dog food and medicine regularly, and more tourists and believers who come here to check in and take pictures and play with the dogs.

But as the small temple became more and more famous, it was inevitable that some netizens came out to criticize. The most common question was-where did the temple get the funds to raise so many dogs.

The incense money of the temple belongs to the collective income and is not controlled by the host. Whether the incense money of the temple and the donations of the believers are used to raise these dogs now, and whether the rest of the temple and the believers know about it are all questions.

At the request of many netizens, Donglin Temple later announced a small part of the donations over the years and the use of accounts, and admitted that most of the funds for helping stray dogs in the temple came from an unknown pilgrim.

When the other party transfers money, there will be relatively obvious designations, such as "add a can for the dog" or "give the dog some beef", so the source of funds must be legal.

Some melon-eating netizens calculated that this pilgrim donated nearly 200 million dog food, and he immediately admired this pilgrim named "Jie Xin".

But at the same time, they are also very curious about who this person is. 200 million is not a small amount now, let alone more than ten years ago.

Netizens are curious, but monks are also curious.Someone with good intentions asked the monks about the situation of Jiexin, and the monks said that they did not know, and they had never seen anyone using this name, and the masters of the "Jie" generation in their temple did not pay the precepts. Sim's.

"But we have a dog named Jie Xin." A monk said to the live broadcast camera uncomfortably, "Jie Xin is the descendant of the first two guard dogs in Donglin Temple. , maybe that pilgrim likes Jie Xin very much, so he keeps donating to us."

After all, he bowed slightly towards the camera, said a Buddha's name, and sincerely thanked the pilgrim through the camera.

"Where is the Jiexin dog? We don't seem to have seen it before. It must be very beautiful for the pilgrims to miss for so many years, right?" The girls holding the live broadcast camera exchanged glances with each other and said softly, "If If it's convenient, can we meet it?"

"Jie Xin is indeed very smart. Our host said that it still has wisdom roots, but it may not be convenient to see it." The monk said apologetically, "Jie Xin is too old to move, and his nest is at the side of the monk's house. It’s mostly in the backyard now.”

The backyard is the tourist-stopping area of ​​the temple, and of course it is not easy to take two girls there.

However, this live broadcast is a joint live broadcast of several animal protection associations in Beijing. It is mainly a public welfare activity for dogs to find adopters, so it is not good to disappoint everyone, so the monk said that if everyone is interested, he can do it later. Put the picture of Jie Xingou on Weibo.

The host has rich experience and immediately took over the conversation, "Master, may I ask what is the origin of the name Jie Xin? Does Xin mean hard work?"

"That's not the case. The Buddha has precepts. Xin refers to the five seasonings with a pungent taste, also known as Xiao Huan, so the meaning of Jie Xin is..." The monk explained to the audience while following the process. The live camera moves around the courtyard.This is also a good opportunity to promote Buddhist knowledge. The monks feel a little regretful. Originally, their senior brother Si Bian should be the one to give this explanation, but at this time the senior brother had an epiphany and had to replace him.

If the senior brother came, he would definitely be able to speak better, what a pity.

But if it were him, he would also want this chance of epiphany!

What he didn't know was that Jie Xin Wang, who appeared in their conversation just now, was actually beside them. At this moment, it was stretching its claws forward, watching the bustling crowd passing by with a profound expression.

Hey.

It sighed for a long time, then got up and shook its fur, and walked lightly towards the backyard of this small temple, not like a dog that is getting old at all.

The entrance of a monk's room in the backyard was very lively. There were people in monk's robes, Taoist robes, Buddhist robes, and suits, all kinds of people, just like when it left.

Everyone in Taoist robes held up a few pieces of paper and happily took pictures and made phone calls, while those in monk robes stared at the Taoist robes with an extremely unfriendly expression on their faces.

Several men in suits had headaches on their faces. They shook their heads at the monks while typing on the keyboard and explained: "We have checked everything, and the people who sent the documents are very ordinary, and there is no record of leaving names in any religious places. He should be a non-believer, and now he is farming in a mountain village in the northeast, no, he has never been in touch with any Taoist temple."

"Yes, we are more inclined to be a coincidence. He was also looking for an interpreter in the group at the beginning, and it was Master Sibian who contacted him. We retrieved the chat records. He did not send the manuscript before, and the WeChat group did not go online. It should be Not against the Master."

It seems that this can only be the case. After all, he has also tested it, and the young man should not be taught by a shaman.

Jie Xin Wang Duan sat down, stuck out his tongue and looked at these human races and thought so.

Jiong, wait, what is temptation, aren't you a dog?

In fact, it is really not an ordinary dog. Its real body is a mythical beast named Suan Ni, who is currently running away from home to avoid work.

Suan Ni likes smoke, and the smoke that passes through it can be more pure, so its image has mostly been engraved on the incense burner since ancient times.

As we all know, in ancient times, most of the people who could afford the incense burner and play with incense were the privileged class, so Suan Ni was the most scheming person among the nine brothers.

Compared with the rest of the brothers who made all kinds of noises to hide from the younger brother and the old man, he was much calmer.

He directly turned into a dog, and then hid in Donglin Temple, a small and remote temple.

The temple itself has auspicious aura, and if he restrains himself a little bit, he can cover up most of the aura.

As for the Buddhist scriptures, hey, he has always been fond of Buddhism, and he used to go around listening to the master's lectures.

Why is it a dog...?Cough, in fact, its animal shape is closer to a cat, but there are dogs in this temple itself, and those dogs want to rub it when they see it, which is too troublesome, so he changed his appearance.

Cats and dogs are all right for him.

What?The dignity of a beast?Hehe, those who have this idea have never seen the dog-licking appearance of those divine beasts chasing their wives, right?Among the beasts, there are not so many flowers and flowers around the human race. To find a wife, there are two points: 1. Treat her well, 2. Show off your beauty.

Whoever seeks a mate like the human race still has so many tricks, play hard to get, sadomasochism, love, the courtship period of beasts is so short, if it is as inefficient as human beings, there is no need for cubs.

Cough, far away.

The most important thing is that there is constant incense and smoke in the temple, as well as network air-conditioning and WIFI. The life of a monk is very regular. As long as he grasps the rules, what he usually does is naturally very easy.

Such as code words.

In order to feed the temple and those stray dogs, the former abbot smashed his own coffin into it, and Suan Ni felt a little uncomfortable.

However, most of his mana was sealed by himself, and the remaining strength didn't even open a treasure bag.At that time, he happened to be a master who frequently divided into sections in order to earn manuscript fees, which gave him inspiration.So Suan Ni quietly picked up the pen and paper, and after some hard work, he successfully earned the first pot of gold.

Suan Ni is good at writing historical novels, and has a natural advantage. After all, he has seen most of the protagonists in the novels, so he doesn't have to worry about OOC at all, and writing historical books will supplement his memories.What others write is original, but what he writes is fan memoirs.

Ahem, so he also attracted a group of fans.

By the way, that Xiao Xia is his fan.

Speaking of Xiao Xia, Suan Ni's feelings for him are also very complicated.

When he couldn't sleep late at night, he took out his mobile phone and scratched the water on the screen with his paws, and accidentally saw this young man's decision to go to the countryside, especially for his own dog. This move undoubtedly made a lot of money for Suanni base points.

So when he later saw that this young man was troubled by sewage treatment, he pushed his own business over. Although he ran away from home, as a good brother, Suan Ni still cared about his own business and his younger brother.

Then...he saw his brother's face from another junior's circle of friends.

After a few probing words, he found out most of his brother's situation, so he silently added Xiao Xia's WeChat, and exchanged a few words with Ren Ke politely.

Then there was a dark feeling in his heart.

Sister-in-law-to-be is his fan, hee hee hee hee, cool!

What?Not sister-in-law?His brother's eyes that look at people are not old trees blooming, so he eats the scriptures!

However, the subsequent development was somewhat beyond his expectations.

He has always borrowed the protection of Donglin Temple, and now that something happened to Donglin Temple, he would naturally take action, but the problem is that, like these human races, he didn't find anything strange about it.

Now Buddhism insists that Taoists have meddled in robbing people. This thing that only Taoist elites can write is evidence. Taoism says that we are innocent.

The two sides fought endlessly, and finally found the management bureau. The management bureau then checked Xiaoxia's net worth, and felt that she was quite innocent, not like a Taoist person.

So some people have conspiracy theories, saying that someone is here to sow discord.

Suan Ni touched her chin, reminded of this sentence.

If there is any sect independent of Buddhism and Taoism in the Northeast, it is naturally Shamanism. Of course, everyone calls it more affectionately - Tiao Dashen.

Shamanism belongs to the folk natural sect in the northeast of China, and its history can be traced back to the origin of nomadic peoples.However, since this sect had no written records for a long time, it was passed on by word of mouth. It was not until the Mongols and Jurchens successively entered the Central Plains that Shamanism learned from Taoism and Buddhism began to have written records.

Their iconic instruments are all kinds of huge masks representing the gods. The god they admire is the god of nature. The sky, the earth, the starry sky, mountains and rivers, flames, etc. are all their beliefs. Therefore, with the horseshoes of the nomads, they His beliefs were scattered all over the place and became the enlightenment of many folk sects.

It is said that beliefs such as Zoroastrianism, White Lotus Cult, and One-legged Wutong are all influenced by Shamanism.

↑Of course, these are just speculations, because there are too few written records left in this regard, and the belief activities of the Qing royal family have become the basis for the study of folk beliefs of ethnic minorities.

That's right, in the official eyes, shamanism is no longer considered a formal religion but a folk activity.However, they are very clear that shamanism still has its sphere of influence and influence area, and they are also very clear that shamanism wizards do not want to be eliminated by the times at all, and are still working hard for it.

So if someone wants to make trouble, plus geographical issues, his first reaction is that shamanism.

So, Suan Ni took out his mobile phone, worked hard to cobble together a wish message and sent it over, but what he never expected was that there was an ios and Android space between him and Xiao Xia, the characters he typed hard , people look!No!See!

Forget it, Suan Ni put the phone away, looked at the tightly closed door, and decided to go to Xiaoxia to check the situation, just before it was said that he would go to the team building for the National Day, so he made an excuse to go there early to check the spot.

In fact, he was also the vice president of the Writers Association.

The author has something to say: Suan Ni: I know my brother is here but I won’t say anything, I’ll sell him if it happens.

A few days later

Suan Ni: Brother! !Why don't you say daddy is here! ! !

Xun Yao: Who are you?