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Listening to the chanting that he didn't understand at all, until Heng Su finished chanting, Chi Heng picked up the drill and knocked open the cracks in the stone one by one.

The impact of stone and iron is extremely crisp in the quiet night.

Heng Su closed his eyes, meditated for a while, and finally opened his eyes: "Chi Heng, the poor monk is gone!"

He said three sentences in a row before Chi Heng heard it. He raised his face, looked at Heng Su and nodded, then buried himself in the stone and continued drilling.He has great strength and concentrated mind. He doesn't know when Heng Su left. It's summer in May, and the night is cool in the mountains and forests. Since he dug the road, there have been no birdsong no matter day or night.

In Chi Heng's ears, there was only the sound of rocks cracking.

He has no joy or worries, concentrates on it, squats when he is not tired, and sits when he is very tired, regardless of his unkempt hair and face.

The bottom of the hand will never stop.

Because as soon as he stopped, his heart would be barren like a wilderness, and it would be unbearably barren.He doesn't look at the sky, neither day nor night. When he looks at the vast sky, his heart is empty, he can't grasp the edge, and he feels as uncomfortable as drowning.

Chi Heng is also afraid of being idle, chopping firewood and repairing temples, these are not enough to fill the ever-present desolation.

This kind of desolation reminded him of past events that he shouldn't have thought about.

The pain of the past.

A month ago, Hengjie said that Qingzhu Mountain is very steep, the elderly, women and children cannot climb up, and even a man like him may slide down the mountain if he is not careful, if there is a stone road, it would be great.

Stone roads can take a long time to repair.

So Chi Heng started digging the road.

This choice is right, Chi Heng will finally no longer feel desolate in silence and desolate in idleness.His tiger's mouth was broken and scarred, and the scar was broken again, over and over again, and finally a dark callus formed.Not only the tiger's mouth, but both hands have become rough.

He once looked up at the stone Buddha of Qingzhu Temple. The face of the stone Buddha is round, and the folds of his clothes are as smooth as ripples.

Chi Heng couldn't imagine how the monk who used to be a craftsman cut the stone into a perfect circle with one knife.Stone chiseling is much simpler than stone carving, no skill is required, no need to think about it, just aim the chisel at the crack of the stone, and then smash it down with a hammer.

He cannot be distracted.

Because he hit the hammer with great force, and if he was distracted, he would hit the hand holding the chisel.For example, one time, a bird flew by, and the sound was reverberating. Chi Heng raised his head, and accidentally hit his hand. Fortunately, he reacted quickly at the time, and moved away when he hit the nail. Even so, the nail was still half black.

He doesn't understand the scriptures of Heng Su, such as the nirvana of all living beings, such as nothing is holy, and something is ordinary.

But Heng Su's voice, as well as the scriptures themselves, calmed the mind.

At that time, it was about midnight, and Chi Heng felt tired.He lay down on the spot, originally intending to close his eyes for a while, but unexpectedly, this sleep lasted for a whole night.

In deep sleep, he felt someone gently patted his shoulder: "Brother! Wake up!"

When Chi Heng woke up, he saw an old man in front of him.

Look again, the sun is shining.

The old man's wrinkles are all dark black, and his fingers are also lined with deep lines. It is hard work only after years of hard work. The old man said with a smile: "Brother, building roads for the Buddha has immeasurable merit."

Chi Heng was dumbfounded.

"When I was young, I also cultivated a lot of stone Buddhas and stone roads. It is simple and easy, but it is more difficult to say that it can be cultivated for one month, one year, or three years. Who can cultivate for a lifetime?" The old man stood up with a cane, "To There are stone roads, so the old man can come a few more times."

Trembling right now.

Chi Heng was very puzzled, how did he come up, so he said: "This road is not easy to walk, I will carry you down."

The old man laughed: "The old man will go first. It will take an hour, and he will have to rest when he reaches the stone knife edge. Then I will trouble you to recite it again."

Always have to memorize, where the memorization is not the memorization.Chi Heng didn't hesitate much, and directly put the old man on his back. The old man is very thin, but his frame is not light, so Chi Heng carries a lot of weight on his back.He didn't stop all the way, back to the stone knife in one breath.

The edge of the stone knife was originally a whole stone, but at some point, it split in two. If one wants to cross it, one has to jump over it - the other places are steeper and impossible to cross.Young people are fine, but old people cannot leap over as light as a swallow.

Chi Heng not only carried him to the stone knife, but also carried him all the way down.

Along the way, the old man is grateful to Dade.

There is no one on the mountain, but when you reach the foot of the mountain, there are more people, and it is also lively.Chi Heng put the old man down and walked back silently.The old man grabbed him and tried every means to keep him, but he still left without looking back.The hustle and bustle of the world made him feel dizzy, and even saw a lot of people together, his head would twitch and hurt.

Chi Heng fled and returned to the stone road.

Pick up the chisel and hammer, and hit it hard.Hearing the ear-piercing sound of the stone cracking, the tingling pain on the face hit by the bouncing pebbles, and the chiseled steps, these made him extremely relieved.

Hengsu usually comes once in the morning and once in the evening.

What comes today is Hengjie.

There is also little Lizi, who hides behind Heng Jie and peeks at Chi Heng.Heng Jie said carelessly: "Chi Heng, Heng Su went to do business today. Where are you from? Why were you rescued by Heng Su? Cough, benefactor, the weather is gloomy today. Go back to the temple earlier, the road is half a hour away Can it be done?"

Chi Heng quickly picked up the rice and shook his head.

Seeing that Chi Heng was silent all the time, Heng Jie assumed that he was out of his mind and didn't care. He shook out a net with a flick of his hand: "Fish is fat in May, the poor monk is going to catch fish, you can come and help."

Qingzhu Temple is not only vegetarian, Chi Heng saw that Heng Jie had eaten fish many times.The abbot didn't stop him, and even Heng Su ate a little, but they all tasted a little, and most of them were wiped out by Heng Jie.Xiao Lizi is free-spirited and likes fish head soup the most.

Chi Heng didn't ask.

But Hengjie himself picked it out first, Qingzhu Temple can’t help but eat meat, the eminent monk who repaired the stone Buddha and built Qingzhu Temple loved to eat fish and meat, wine and meat passed through the intestines, the Buddha kept it in his heart, and he built such a big stone Buddha Later, Qingzhu Temple couldn't help eating meat, but it didn't eat in front of pilgrims.The abbot also ate it when he was young, but he stopped eating it when he was old.

Hengjie's fishing net is not small, and Hengjie only catches fish in one place.

He is born fat, so he cannot be caught in the water, and he can only wait for the fish to be caught by himself, but the water is fast and the fish is fat, and the fish will struggle when caught, and some will escape after a few struggles.It is good to catch three or two in half a day.

Chi Heng looked at it and knew that the fishing net was useless, so he dismantled a quarter of it with his hands, and made another circle with soft branches.

"Can such a small one be caught?"

Chi Heng didn't make a sound, just dug in the wetland by the river, did not know what he did, found a place rich in aquatic plants, and put the fishing net into the river.Chi Heng and Heng Jie sat at one end each, and Xiao Lizi sat in the middle, looking at them curiously.

The sunlight slanted quickly against the shadow of the tree.

Seeing the light of the water moving, Chi Heng quickly lifted it up, the water was shining, a fish in the net jumped high, but it was not as fast as Chi Heng's hand, and it left the water in an instant, the fish didn't jump, Chi Heng caught it and put it on the bamboo. bucket.

Constantly stare sideways.

Not long after, Chi Heng's bucket was already full of fish. Little Lizi was so happy that he was afraid of Chi Heng before, but now he tried his best to restrain his fear and leaned against Chi Heng. : "Move, move!"

With this shout, all the fish ran away.

Chi Heng looked at the empty fishing net, then at the little chestnut.Xiao Lizi immediately shrank her neck, looked at Chi Heng in trepidation, and immediately ran back to Heng Jie to hide behind him.Heng Jie said: "Run away, benevolent and benevolent, the little fish still has to be released."

Chi Heng didn't say anything.

After a while, the bucket here was full, and there was only one small fish at Hengjie.Chi Heng collected the net and handed the bucket to Heng Jie.Heng Jie happily caught it, and fished it a few times in the bucket. All the fish in the bucket were extremely fat, and the smallest one was much bigger than Heng Jie's.Heng Jie scooped up all the smaller fish in the bucket and released them, leaving the five fattest fish.

Little Lizi said helplessly, "Elder brother, why did you let him go?"

"Little fish, don't eat."

"Then why did we eat a plate of smaller young fish last time? It's so short!" Little Lizi gesticulated with her short fingers with a puffy round face, and retorted in confusion.

Heng Jie is still cheerful: "This time is enough."

Little Lizi was not reconciled: "We can make cured fish and eat it slowly. We can eat it every day, every day, every day."

Heng Jie waved his hand: "You are still young and don't understand. There are a lot of things. After you finish eating now, you will have nothing to eat. Don't be greedy. Once you become greedy, you will be sad. Late Heng donates to the Lord, and the poor monk returns first." In the temple."

Heng Jie held the fish bucket in one hand and Xiao Lizi in the other, and Xiao Lizi held the fishing net in his hand.

The two walked up the stone steps slowly.Little Lizi has short legs, and it takes a lot of effort to take a step. He reached Heng Jie's hand and stepped forward step by step. From a distance, he heard Little Lizi ask Heng Jie why this benefactor is so good at catching fish.One big and one small, they quickly disappeared into the forest.

In the evening, Xiao Lizi brought the steamed fish.

Then he ran away quickly.

The [-]th moon was full again, and Heng Su came back by the moonlight, and sat down beside the stone steps to rest.Seeing that he was in a mess, his clothes were torn, and there were bloodstains on his legs, Chi Heng asked, "Why are you hurt?"

When he opened his mouth, Heng Su was startled.

"When I went up the mountain just now, I didn't see the road clearly and slipped down. Fortunately, I was caught by a stone. It's not a big problem." Heng Su said while opening the left food box. As expected, it was twice the amount, and half of it was eaten. Half intact.

Heng Su took out his chopsticks and brought out a plate, seeing that it was fish, he smiled.

Heng Su tasted two chopsticks, and said in surprise: "The taste of this fish is like the abbot's cooking. It's a sin." He buried his head and finished eating the fish and wild vegetables, with a normal expression, just like ordinary people.

Chi Heng still buried his head in digging the road.

Heng prime counted: "You are chiseling faster and faster, and there are more than usual today."

Chi Heng is getting more and more proficient, let the fire burn quickly on one side, chop wood or grind or dig roads on the other side, without delay.He only chiseled stones and had no other distractions, so he was naturally fast.The two were speechless, Heng Su began to recite sutras again, Chi Heng stopped, put down the chisel, walked to the river, and stood in the water.

Heng Su's heart tightened, fearing that he would be overwhelmed, so he followed behind him.

Unexpectedly, Chi Heng took out his net and started catching fish, Heng Su was relieved and continued to chant sutras.Strange to say, he didn't startle the fish when he recited scriptures, Chi Heng came up after catching five, grabbed a few straw ropes and tied them to the gills of the fish, and handed them to Heng Su hanging upside down.

After that, every evening, after dinner, Chi Heng would go to the river to catch fish, and Heng Su would chant sutras by the river.

Qingzhu Temple has never broken a fish again.

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