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"Everything has been settled, what do you need? I'll prepare it." The teacher shook the front of the monk's robe, as it was covered with dust when she moved the things just now.

The monastery's hut is on the east side of the backyard, while the huts for believers or pilgrims are on the west side of the yard. Usually, few people use it, so it has been vacant for a long time, and it is hard to clean up.

The little nuns were still busy cleaning the doors and windows, putting the tables and chairs back in place, adding several layers of quilts to the bed under the order of the teacher, and preparing electric blankets and electric heaters.

Seeing that the teacher cares so much about this benefactor Li, others take it for granted that this is a rare pilgrim who spends a lot of money, so they are naturally attentive.

"Thank you, that's enough." Li Yanxin looked at the newly decorated room, feeling indescribable feeling in his heart, saying that a friend in adversity finds the truth. At a critical moment, his most trusted friend betrayed him. The nun is now the one who helps him the most.

"You're welcome. After converting to the Dharma, you will be my lay disciple." The teacher never thought that she would be able to accept an apprentice now, but she is still young and has little research on Buddhism. , can't compare with the earnest teachings of my master back then.

Right now, it is just a way to get Li Yanxin to take refuge in desperation. If Li Yanxin is wronged and returned to her city in the future, the time in this monastery must be regarded as a coincidence, and it will not be long. Will forget it, thinking of this, the teacher actually feels a little bit disappointed, as for why, she can't say clearly.

As soon as he moved into this strange room, Li Yanxin observed the surrounding environment curiously. Looking from the window, he could see the thick and big tree in the middle of the backyard. It was winter at this time, and there were no dry branches left A leaf stood there bare.

"The tree in the middle of the yard must be quite old, right?" Li Yanxin asked aloud.

"Well, it should have a history of hundreds of years, but it is said that it is a thousand-year-old ginkgo tree."

As for the history of this temple and this tree, no one can tell clearly. According to Master, the scriptures that record the history of the temple have long been destroyed in the fire of war. What we can hear now is just word of mouth. The history is probably innumerable.

"Thousands of years?!" Li Yanxin also opened her eyes wide in shock. She thought that this small temple in the deep mountain was only repaired in the past few decades. She did not expect to have such a history. , probably what the nun said is true.

"Go and see?" The teacher smiled and raised her hand to lead the way.

"En." Li Yanxin was walking beside the mistress, and couldn't help but look sideways at her, only to see that the mistress was holding a bead in her hand, and she was walking in a calm and unhurried pace.

Sensing the eyes of the people around her, the teacher also turned her head to look at her, and smiled faintly, "What are you looking at, benefactor?" As she said that, she turned her head to look at the other side, thinking that Li Yanxin was looking at something in the distance thing.

"Ah, that house over there looks quite historic, what is it for?" Li Yanxin casually pointed to a window.

The teacher looked at the place Li Yanxin was pointing at, hesitated for a moment, then slowly turned her head and said slowly, "Then...it's the back window of the hut, don't you recognize it, benefactor?"

"..." Li Yanxin choked on a word in his throat, it seemed that he shouldn't have said so much, it was really embarrassing.

"It's windy in the mountains, so the benefactor should fasten his skirts tighter. I'll make you a bowl of ginger water later." The teacher said with concern, and changed the topic in a timely manner.

Hearing this, Li Yanxin raised her hand and tightened her collar. She was wearing the teacher's blue-gray cotton robe, which still carried the faint scent of sandalwood, "I'm fine, don't bother."

While the two were talking, they arrived under the ginkgo tree in the middle of the backyard. Just now, they didn't notice it from a distance, but after getting closer, they realized that the trunk was as thick as four or five people. , but even in winter, it can still block most of the sun.

"Autumn is the most beautiful time every year. The golden leaves cover the whole yard. It looks like a carpet from a distance. It is very beautiful." The teacher looked up at the crown of the tree, and it seemed that she had returned to the appearance of last autumn. On the sleeve, she really, really likes it here.

Li Yanxin looked at the teacher who squinted her eyes and looked up at the sky under the sun. Although she had lived in this mountain all the time, she didn't know what kind of skin care products she used. When the light was on the side, her supple skin seemed to be shining through. Sure enough, the skin of southern women is born like this?

There is a healthy pink in the white skin, Li Yanxin reached out and touched it unconsciously, "Master, what do you usually put on?"

The teacher was startled by Li Yanxin's actions at first, and only recovered after hearing her words, "Don't wipe anything."

The heartbeat is still very fast. This female benefactor really likes to get close to others, either by touching their ears or their faces. Probably the northerners are so bold and unrestrained, just like Ximen, they hug each other at every turn. The wife has gradually gotten used to it. .

Li Yan raised his eyebrows. Is this nun really beautiful? It's really enviable.

At this time, the two of them were standing opposite each other under the tree, the sun was shining, Li Yanxin was slightly taller than the teacher, and he was stroking the teacher's cheek with one hand. This scene happened to be seen by the little nuns passing by, and they all hid Behind the pillars of the corridor, peeking curiously.

"Master and Li benefactor seem to have a good relationship."

"Isn't the teacher very nice to us?"

"It's different, look at the eyes of the two of them." Several little nuns gossiped about each other.

Even though the voice was lowered in the quiet monastery, it still reached the ears of the two of them. Li Yanxin quickly withdrew her hand and coughed lightly in embarrassment. lost them.

"Amitabha, you are laughing at the benefactor." The teacher clasped his hands together and said the Buddha's name.

Li Yanxin also clasped his hands together and said with a smile, "How come, it's just a few jokes." Turning his head, he pointed to the stone statue standing on the other side of the ginkgo tree, and changed the subject, "Is this carved a Buddha statue?"

Under the tree, on the shady side, there is still a little snow on the nearly two-meter-high Sitting Buddha stone sculpture, and the gray stone is extremely ordinary, and the carving does not look exquisite, but rather rough.

Even so, standing under the tree in front of the Buddha and looking up, there is still a feeling that you are about to be influenced. Although the carving style is a bit rough, but just a few simple knives, the sitting Buddha is bent down. The beautiful eyes carved are very vivid, as if they are sympathizing with the world, making people willing to kneel down and repent of their sins.

"I heard from Master that there was an earthquake one year, and a huge rock rolled down from the mountain and just stopped under this tree. Everyone was trying to move it away. But Master thinks this is fate, and this stubborn rock also has thoughts. I want to pay homage to the Buddha one day, so I left it, and from then on, the master will chisel it for a while every day."

Every time my wife thinks of Master, she still feels a little sad. After all, in her heart, Master is not only teaching Buddhism, but also exists like a teacher and a mother.

"Does your master want to transform a stone?" Li Yanxin looked at the stone carving curiously, and gently touched the carving traces with his hands.

"I thought so too at the beginning, but Master has always insisted, the wind, frost, rain and snow have never stopped, until a few years ago when I was not in good health, I still had to chisel it occasionally.

You have never met my master, she is the most devout person I have ever met, so she left a relic after she passed away. "Reminiscent of how master carved in front of this Buddha statue, I couldn't help worshiping it again.

Li Yanxin listened quietly to the teacher talking about her master, with admiration and longing in her eyes, the sun shone on her, as if her whole body was shining, making people unable to move their eyes away.

Her every frown and smile are soft, quiet like a slowly blooming lotus flower, unassuming, but deeply imprinting that moment in people's hearts, slowly fermenting, in fact, the teacher is that kind Very attractive person, coupled with a gentle temperament, the more I look at it, the more I like it.

The teacher was still looking at the Buddha statue seriously, and didn't notice Li Yanxin's burning gaze at the moment, probably Li Yanxin herself didn't perceive it, just listening to the teacher continued, "I originally wanted to fulfill the master's wish, but I The level is limited, so I'm afraid of ruining the master's hard work, so let's wait for someone with predestined relationship to complete it."

"No, it's already in the best state. Every cut has been thought through carefully. This is the highest state of simplifying. It summarizes the most complicated Buddhist teachings with the fewest strokes." Li Yanxin brushed off the shoulder of the stone carving with his fingers. A smear of residual snow piled up, and he said with emotion, "To cross people, cross the heart first, to repent before thinking about past mistakes, if you want to influence sentient beings, you must first let yourself be moved, so your master can be so focused."

The teacher was obviously amazed by Li Yanxin's words. She didn't expect that besides being beautiful, she was also very smart. "Your understanding is also very good."

"Hehe, probably in this place of pure cultivation, without the troubles of the secular world, you can naturally calm down. In fact, this mountain is really good. Although the outside world is more interesting and there are many temptations, all the glory will still come true after all. Disperse. The so-called equality of all beings means that everyone will die one day, and no one can hide it. As for ordinary people, they have no time to think about these things. Fearing the future and spending a lifetime in ignorance is not as meaningful as becoming a monk to practice."

In the past few days in Duxin Temple, Li Yan would think about life when he calmed down. He was busy with various things in the past, and finally had time to stop and reflect on the past, and he felt a sense of enlightenment.

"The form is not important, whether you are a monk or a layman, as long as you treat the world kindly with a grateful heart, it is a kind of practice, and you don't have to stick to the form." Some were afraid that she would have the idea of ​​fleeing into Buddhism, and always felt that it would be a pity for such a smart and beautiful woman to be out of the world. As for why it was a pity, the teacher hadn't thought about it at this time.

"You seem to be very afraid that I will become a monk." Li Yanxin looked at the serious teacher with a funny face, "Don't worry, I won't hinder your practice~" Li Yanxin poked the teacher lightly with his fingertips jaw.

"Amitabha..." The mistress who was molested in front of Ximen and could still say a few words, faced Li Yanxin, but couldn't speak for a while, her face was hot, it must have been in the sun for too long.

Seeing the teacher folded her hands and lowered her head slightly, she looked so cute. She turned her head and looked at the tall ginkgo tree, "It's so beautiful here, it would be great if I could take a picture of it." It's just a picture of a shy look.

"Oh, I really bought a camera last year, but I don't know how to play with it. It's been kept in the cabinet. If you like Li benefactor, you can use it to take pictures." In fact, the teacher is not very interested in photography. She prefers to feel the scenery when she is on the scene, and to see it with her heart, not just with her eyes.

Although the photos are beautiful, they are careless, unable to make the viewer feel the temperature of the sun, the breeze on the cheeks, the fragrance of the buds on the trees, the chirping of insects and birds, and the people passing by. You can only experience it when you stand there, surrounded by the landscape.

So no matter how many beautiful pictures you have seen, it is not as real as stepping in a bokeh scene yourself, and the same is true for life. After seeing so many truths of life, it is not as real as experiencing a moment of happiness by yourself.

Li Yanxin watched the teacher run back to the hermitage with her monk's robe in her hands, and after a while, she ran back with a package in her arms. The hot air she exhaled was rising in the cold air, and her cheeks were reddish due to exercise. For some reason, Li Yanxin was here. Under the blue sky and broad daylight, there was an urge to kiss her.

As soon as this idea came to her head, Li Yanxin was frightened. Although she usually laughed, played and hugged and was intimate with her good friends, she had never felt this kind of desire and impulse. . .He even wanted to kiss a nun. . .

Li Yanxin suddenly raised her head and looked at the sky in fear, but fortunately there were only a few thin clouds, otherwise she was really afraid that her dirty thoughts would attract thunder from the sky, it was really blasphemy.