On Xiaoqing's fifth day on the mountain, Li Ye's illness finally improved, his face was as rosy as before, and he could go to the ground to cook porridge and tea.

In the past five days, apart from lying on a bamboo chair to rest, Li Ye read three volumes of "Hua Dharma Sutra" to a few people. Xiaoqing had heard of Li Ye's "Ksitigarbha Sutra", but during these five days, Li Ye read

Scripture, but she had never heard of it.

After listening to it for five days, she was very happy. For all practicing beings in the world, everyone likes to listen to the Dharma. Only Mu Mu always falls asleep when listening to the sutra.

Looking at Lao Yuan, Lao Lang and Xiao Qing, Li Ye said with a smile: "You don't have to worry. When I recover, I will spend two hours every day copying scriptures and leave a copy for you all."

"I will try to have these two sutras carved and written for you before I leave Tianshan Mountain, so that those who come after me will have the opportunity to practice Buddhism."

Xiaoqing looked at the setting sun and the rising moon, and murmured: "When I came here, I heard from my wife that today seems to be the Mid-Autumn Festival. You have meat rice and we have barbecue!"

"I haven't eaten your barbecued meat for a long time. I'll have one tonight and I'll go down the mountain to accompany Mumu tomorrow."

The old ape and the old ape looked at each other. They had no concept of Mid-Autumn Festival, but having barbecue was their favorite thing.

The old wolf smiled and said: "The little gentleman has not fully recovered, so let's eat meat rice. The two hares we caught in the morning are just right for roasting."

Xiaobai, who was lying next to Xiaoqing, roared a few times to express his agreement. He hadn't eaten barbecue for a long time.

Li Ye took out the spices and handed them to Xiaoqing, telling her to marinate the meat first and then wait for the fire to light before grilling.

The old ape stood up, moved a pile of pine wood from outside the shed, and lit a fire in front of the pile of stones. After the pine wood was completely burned, he could grill the hare.

Xiaoqing put the iron pot on the stove. She wanted to cook the meat rice for Li Ye first, and then roast the meat.

The Mid-Autumn Festival night on Tianshan Mountain was just like last year, except that the husband, Mu Mu and Li Hongxiu were not there, and Xiaoqing was by Li Ye's side.

There are also cicadas in the mountains. They are crawling on any tree all over the mountain, and they are chirping incessantly, as if they are trying to make the leaves of the Tianshan Mountain red and the water of the hanging river cold.

Xiao Qing took a jar of wine and put it on the table, looked at Li Ye and said, "You and your husband drank all the fruit wine you made last year. This is the most famous knife-burning dish in the city. You two seniors should try it."

Li Ye stood up, walked to the stove, took down the cooked pilaf, put the marinated hare meat on the rack, and added two pieces of pine wood to the fire. In his words: meat roasted with pine wood.

, the most delicious.

Xiaoqing served him a bowl of meat rice and placed it on the table.

Li Ye gently turned the hare on the shelf, burning the pine charcoal fire.

The rabbit meat was roasted until it was fragrant and sizzling. Listening to the burning sound of the oil dripping in the fire, Xiaobai stood still around Li Ye's feet, waiting for Li Ye to stuff him a rabbit leg.

Xiao Qing poured three cups out of the wine vat and put them on the table. He said softly: "Seniors, you two have a drink first and the meat will be roasted later."

The old ape sat down on the edge of the table, picked up a glass of wine, and said to the old wolf: "Come on, let's celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in this world. It's not easy to drink the fine wine that the little girl brought from the mountains."

Old Wolf pulled up a stool, sat on it, and picked up the wine glass on the table.

Looking at the moon that had climbed into the sky, he said: "I never thought that we would be able to drink the beauty of the world during the last Mid-Autumn Festival when we are about to leave here. It is not in vain for us to practice on Tianshan Mountain."

Xiaoqing raised the wine glass and took a sip. "Li Ye, eat the meat rice first. It won't taste good when it's cold."

Li Ye returned to the table carrying a roasted rabbit. Looking at Xiaobai who was drooling, he tore off a hind leg and gave it to it. He said with a smile: "You can't be promising? Just like this, people will laugh at you when you go down the mountain in the future.

of."

Take out the knife, carefully cut the rabbit meat into small pieces, put it on a bamboo plate and put it on the table.

The old ape drank all the wine in the glass, stretched out his hand to take out a piece of barbecue and ate it. Looking at Xiao Bai who ran to the side holding the meat leg and gnawing on it, he laughed happily and said with a smile: "I'm still young, I'll take my time slowly in the future."

teach."

Li Ye picked up the bowl on the table, picked up the chopsticks, slowly ate the meat rice one bite at a time, and picked some mushrooms to eat. As long as he started eating, he would not make a sound easily.

Xiaoqing had a drink with the two old men and then blushed and dared not drink anymore. She estimated that she would be drunk to death if she drank again. This was no better than the fruit wine made by her husband.

She ran to the stove and turned the rabbit meat that was being roasted. She stared at Li Ye with round eyes, wondering why she forgot to bring the guqin from the mountain, otherwise she could let this guy play a song.

A little drunk, she walked to the table, picked a piece of delicate front leg meat, put it in her mouth and chewed it slowly.

After three drinks, the old ape and the old wolf began to shake their heads, feeling a little dizzy.

The old wolf tore off a large piece of meat, then tore half of it into pieces and handed it to Xiao Bai beside him.

He looked at Xiao Qing and said, "Little girl, I wonder if the world you live in has a moon, so it can't celebrate festivals like the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Xiaoqing thought for a while, turned her head and looked at Old Wolf and said: "Of course there is a moon, but it depends on everyone's preferences during the Mid-Autumn Festival. My wife wants to celebrate it."

The old ape nodded, took a sip of wine, and murmured: "If there is a moon, it means that it is still the same starry sky, but the sky is higher here, right?"

Xiaoqing looked at the old ape who was about to get drunk. He took the wine jar and put it in the tic-tac-toe wooden frame under the table. He smiled and said, "Senior, you can't get drunk. It's very uncomfortable. As for what it's like there."

, I can’t say, anyway, you will all go there soon.”

"When you get there, you will naturally understand. It's just that the competition among practitioners seems to be more cruel than here."

Looking at Li Ye who put down his bowl after eating, he thought for a while and then said: "You have been sick for a long time and haven't been able to practice your sword carefully. Will it delay your practice?"

Li Ye didn't expect Xiaoqing to ask himself this, so he lowered his head and thought seriously for a long time.

Looking at Xiaoqing, he said: "When I was practicing with the old monk at the Great Buddhist Temple at the foot of the mountain, he once told me: Sometimes chanting sutras is more important than practicing kung fu. If the sutras recited are smooth, the kung fu practiced will naturally be smooth. Meditate, chant sutras, and chop firewood.

Drinking tea is a method of spiritual practice."

"The two seniors have already understood these principles. I thought you already understood it, so I didn't tell you. It seems that you are not very clear yet. I will take advantage of tonight to tell you the story told by the old monk again."

A traveler once asked an old monk: "What did you do before you attained the Tao?"

The old monk said: "Chopping wood and carrying water for cooking."

The traveler asked: "What about after attaining the Tao?"

The old monk said: "Chopping wood and carrying water for cooking."

The traveler asked again: "Then what does it mean to attain the Dao?"

The old monk replied: "Before I got it, when I chopped firewood, I thought about carrying water, and when I carried water, I thought about cooking. After I got it, I chopped wood, I chopped wood, I carried water, I carried water, and I cooked, I cooked."

Before enlightenment, he chopped wood, carried water and had tea.

After enlightenment, he chopped wood, carried water and had tea.

Old Zhu and Old Wolf had never heard of this story, and Xiao Bai had never heard of it either. They pricked up their ears and listened to the story told by Li Ye. The two old men looked at each other and smiled knowingly. It turns out that this is the principle of spiritual practice.

Xiao Bai still didn't understand. He raised his head and looked at Li Ye and yelled twice, saying that it was too difficult to understand.

Xiao Qing lowered her head and thought seriously about the story Li Ye told. After a while, she opened her big eyes and looked at Li Ye and said, "It turns out that after talking for a long time, you were laughing at me for talking while eating.

,Yes or no?"

Li Ye was stunned when he heard what Xiao Qing said. He looked at Xiao Qing and said, "I once taught Mu Mu what my husband taught me. I was speechless while eating and sleeping. In fact, it also meant practicing."

"It's just that later on, I thought I couldn't ask you the same way I asked Mu Mu, so I didn't say anything." Li Ye said with a serious face.

This time it was the turn of the two old guys to blush. They were cultivating on Tianshan Mountain and did not understand the rules of the world.

At that moment, the shed suddenly became quiet, no one dared to speak anymore, even Xiaobai, who was chewing meat, lowered his head.

Li Ye looked at the embarrassed old ape and old wolf and said with a smile: "Two seniors, don't be embarrassed. The old master monk later said that there is no fixed law, as long as you understand the principles of practice."

"Just like two seniors who have both entered Taoism and are about to enter Taoism, you will understand these principles as soon as I explain them. It's just that the cultivation environment is different, so the requirements for oneself are different."

"The Dharma I practice is relatively strict, and I have to do more. The two seniors should not be obsessed with it and make it difficult for themselves in future practice. The teacher said that sometimes in practice, what you practice is your own mind, and your mind will be smoother than

Nothing matters."

The two old guys were relieved and sighed.

The old ape looked at Li Ye and said: "Thanks to the little gentleman for teaching me again tonight, we have benefited a lot. Xiaobai doesn't understand it now. As long as he hears it now, he will understand it better when he grows up."

Lao Lang looked at Li Ye and said, "Buddha's teachings are indeed boundless and profound. How can one attain enlightenment by listening to two volumes of scriptures? I will have to ask Mr. Xiao for more advice in the future."

Li Ye smiled and said: "My old master monk said that human power is ultimately limited, and he will never be able to practice the boundless Dharma in his lifetime. He doesn't know how old he is now, but he has to get up early every day to go to the temple to chant sutras.

This is also the meaning of his practice."

After saying this, Li Ye felt a little tired, so he stood up, walked to the bamboo chair and lay down.

Looking at the bright moon outside the shed, he said softly: "My husband once told me: If you use your heart to discover the beauty around you, the beauty will find you."

"If you work hard to respect others, you will also get respect from others; if you work hard to help others, you will also get help from others. Life is like an echo, what you send out is what it gets back."

"I was just like Xiaobai when I heard it before. I didn't quite understand it. I just kept it in my heart. If I think about it carefully tonight, it could be that this is the truth."

Xiaobai, who was lying on the ground, had his ears pricked up. When he heard Li Ye talking about himself, he couldn't help but feel a little happy.

He raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky, roaring a few times to express his joy.

"I know you don't understand now. As long as you listen carefully now, you will understand one day." Li Ye looked at Xiaobai and smiled.

Xiao Qing walked to the stove, brought the roasted rabbit meat and put it on the table, looking at Li Ye in a daze.

After thinking for a while, he patted his little head and said with a smile: "I was anxious when I saw you were sick, and I forgot to mention some things. My husband has returned to the city. He asked me to tell you to practice here with peace of mind. What?

When you want to go back, he will come to pick you up."

"Sir, he said that Master Mumu made too much noise when he was going through the tribulation, which affected him. He and he were kicked out by the rules of this world. He stayed with us for a few days and thought a lot before he came back."

Xiao Qing cut a piece of meat, handed it to Xiao Bai who was lying on the ground, looked at Li Ye and said.

Li Ye, who was lying on the bamboo chair, felt much better after hearing the news.

He opened his slightly closed eyes. "It'll be great if you come back, sir. I don't have to rush back to the city. I can rest assured and practice quietly here. I'll wait until I have some ideas about my realm and swordsmanship before I think about going back."

matter."

"As soon as Sir comes back, my parents and Mu Mu's cultivation will not be a problem. The happiest person should be the Red Sleeve Host, she has seen through everything."

Li Ye laughed and said, "If I weren't sick, I would really like to have a drink to celebrate."

Xiao Qing said with a smile: "You are right. When I came to the academy on the day my husband came back, Sister Hongxiu was crying and laughing. She looked even crazier than Mu Mu."

Li Ye looked at the two old men in a daze and said with a smile: "My husband is a strange man. He will come here to see me and let you know him. You will have to ask him for advice on many things you need to do to overcome the tribulation in the future."

"My Mu Mu's master, Bai Susu, also practiced on Tianshan Mountain. I wonder if the two seniors have met her? She was accompanied by my husband, and she completed the Nine Movements and left through the void."

The old ape and the old wolf were stunned, and blurted out at the same time: "Is that the woman flying around wearing a white dress?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "It seems that you have already met. It just so happens that when my husband comes over one day, you can ask him for advice."

The old ape nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that everything is a good fate! I didn't expect that the acquaintance with the young gentleman would lead to so many fates. Didn't she also bring a little girl with her?"

When Xiaoqing heard this, she smiled and said: "That is my young lady, Li Ye's sister named Mu Mu. She has now gone down to Tianshan Mountain and is studying poetry and calligraphy with the master and his wife at Li Ye's house."

Li Ye closed his eyes and murmured: "This year's Mid-Autumn Festival in the academy will definitely be more lively than last year. My husband and the host of Hongxiu must go to my house. The little fat man's family will also come, and Mu Mu will have someone to play with her.

Already."

The moon over Tianshan Mountain is still as bright as last year, shining warmly on everyone.

The water in the river was gurgling, and a breeze blew from the river, blowing away the smell of alcohol all over the place, leaving only the unique fragrance of Tianshan Mountain.

Li Ye, with his eyes closed, softly recited the poem from last year:

When will the bright moon come? Ask the blue sky with my wine. I don’t know what year it is in the palace in the sky. I want to ride the wind back, but I am afraid that the towers and jade buildings will be too cold at high places. I dance to clear the shadows, how can I be in the world...

Before I finished reading the words, I fell into a dream.

To dream back to the family and friends he misses, and to dream back to the young lady thousands of miles away.

The old ape and the old wolf looked at each other, stood up, each cleaned up the mess in front of them, said goodbye to Xiao Qing, walked out of a wooden shed gently, and went back to their respective caves.

Xiaoqing took the bamboo basket woven by Li Ye, covered the uneaten rabbit meat, carried the iron pot and a basket of bowls, called Xiaobai on the ground, and went with her to the river outside the forest to wash

Pot, wash dishes, wash and dress up.

Li Ye was murmuring softly in his dream, and tears fell from the corners of his eyes. He didn't know whether they were happy or sad.
Chapter completed!