In the first half of autumn, the plants in the Great Buddha Temple begin to turn yellow, and the dead branches and leaves on the walls of the courtyard are falling more and faster.

In Li Ye's eyes, it always seemed not happy enough, and the scenery on both sides of the mountain road carrying water in Zhuhou Mountain became increasingly desolate.

After more than ten days of practice, he was able to carry water much faster in the back mountain. However, the steward of the restaurant told him that it was getting colder in autumn and the water in the restaurant was much less. From now on, he would only need to carry four cylinders of water.

Just stream water.

Li Ye nodded, thinking that his uncle and senior brother were compassionate and allowed him to sleep more and copy the scriptures.

In the meantime, Mu Mu came with Xiao Qing and brought him some rice oil, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and two bags of tea.

Mu Mu brought him a few boxes of apricot blossom cakes, which made Li Ye very happy. He thought that he would not need to cook porridge again if he was hungry at night.

Mu Mu saw that there was still an empty room, frowned and said, "How about Xiaoqing and I move here and stay with my brother for a while?"

Li Ye, who was swallowing the apricot cake, was startled, waved his hands and said: "Stop it, stop it, I have to get up before dawn to practice, and I can only rest after sunset. What does it mean for you to come here? Do you want me to tell the master about the loneliness of practice?

, want your sister to come over and accompany you?"

Mu Mu sat on the bed, swung her legs, looked at him with disgust and said, "If you are shy, Xiaoqing and I will go find the old monk Grandpa. He likes me and Xiaoqing very much."

"No way, I'm so tired during the day, and I have to copy scriptures for my uncle at night, how can I have time to play with you? I'll go back in a while. I'll have to go to the Tiangyao Pavilion to sweep the floor after I have a rest." Li Ye ignored Mu.

Mu sat on the edge of the bed, lay down on it, and pretended to close her eyes.

Xiao Qing opened her mouth and said: "Li Ye, you didn't sweep the floor in my husband's yard, so why did you come to the Great Buddha Temple to sweep the floor? Didn't you come here to practice Buddhism?"

Mu Mu nodded "Yeah" from the side and turned back to look at Li Ye who was lying behind her.

Li Ye, with his eyes closed, sighed softly and said weakly: "There are forty-eight thousand methods for practicing Buddhism. Which of them can you secular people understand?"

Mu Mu glared at him and shouted, "I don't understand."

"If you don't understand, please go back and ask your husband. I'm tired and want to take a nap. You know, I'll get up before dawn, and you two will still be asleep by then." Li Ye said with a smile.

Xiaoqing looked at Li Ye's tired face, gently pulled Mumu's sleeves and said: "Mumu, let's go back. If you don't understand, ask the teacher and let him sleep for a while. We will take Xiaobai with us another day.

come over."

Mu Mu pushed Li Ye angrily and pouted, "After coming back from Tianshan Mountain, my brother doesn't even hurt Mu Mu anymore."

Li Ye opened his eyes, glared at her and said, "Besides, I don't love you. I'll let my mother watch you practice the piano for two hours every day."

Mu Mu was so frightened that she stuck out her tongue, jumped out of bed, pulled Xiao Qing out, and said harshly: "Mu Mu will roast a fat chicken and bring it here next time. I won't let my brother eat it."

Li Ye waved his hand and said, "Go back and watch Xiaobai write carefully. That guy is also a lazy guy." After that, he closed his eyes.

Xiaoqing pulled Mumu out and said as he walked: "It seems that what Mr. said is true. Li Ye came to the Great Buddha Temple to endure hardships."

Mu Mu frowned and said: "You have to ask your husband carefully when you go back. My brother has suffered hard for two years on Tianshan Mountain.

Go to the Great Buddha Temple to carry water and sweep the floor."

Xiaoqing then said: "Yeah, let's talk about it when we get back."

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It was almost time for the two of them to return to Zizhuyuan. Ye Zhiqiu hugged Li Xiaoxue who woke up and fed Qiuli sugar water.

Looking at Mu Mu and Xiao Qing, he said with a smile: "You guys came back just in time. The autumn pear syrup was boiled a little too much today. Each of you can take a bowl."

Mu Mu washed her hands in the basin outside the hall, stepped forward and touched Li Xiaoxue's face and said: "I'm not in the mood today, I can't eat!"

Ye Zhiqiu was startled.

The gentleman sitting in front of the hall reading a book was stunned.

This was the first time they heard Mu Mu say such words.

Xiao Qing looked at her husband and Ye Zhiqiu, smiled and said, "Mu Mu is angry with the old monk in the Great Buddha Temple, and she is also angry with Li Ye."

The gentleman frowned and said, "How do you say that?"

Ye Zhiqiu pulled Mumu over and was about to ask her.

Mu Mu looked at her husband and said: "My brother suffered two years on the Tianshan Mountains. When he came back, he went to carry water and sweep the floor in the Buddhist temple. I heard he also chopped firewood! He didn't have to do these things at home. Why?

Go to the Great Buddha Temple and suffer."

"Brother said that there are 48,000 methods for practicing Buddhism. He said that Xiaoqing and I didn't understand and wanted to come back and ask the teacher."

When Ye Zhiqiu heard this, she was stunned. She only knew that Li Ye went to the Great Buddha Temple to practice Buddhism, but she did not know that her son was going to endure hardships.

The husband frowned slightly and said: "It seems that you and Xiaoqing have been living too comfortably these years. Do you want me to quit all the servants in the house? From now on, we can carry water, chop firewood, sweep the floor, and cook."

Are you three little guys doing all the cooking?"

"Ye'er herself didn't complain, why are you making noises behind me? If you don't understand Buddhism, you should practice it. Isn't there the Ksitigarbha Sutra in Ye'er's room? Have any of the three of you read it?"

"His path was his own choice, not that the old monks from the Great Buddha Temple and I chose it for him. You can live a daily life without worries about food and clothing in the city, so you should always have a grateful heart."

When Mu Mu heard this, she stuck out her tongue and hid behind Ye Zhiqiu.

"It seems that you haven't cultivated your mind enough in the past two years. Just reading and writing is far from enough."

The gentleman looked at the two of them and said.

"Think about it, think about it seriously, think about the day Li Ye met you in Tianshan, and when has he ever been lazy? What hardships he endured in Tianshan, which one was forced by others? You guys

What you see in your eyes is just what Ye'er wants you to see, but it is not necessarily true."

"Practice well, practice seriously. Don't just use your eyes to see things around you, learn to see with your heart! I have said so much today, and if I don't understand it in the future, I will go to the Great Buddha Temple to practice with Ye'er."

"Let you all have a taste of what it means to hear the drums in the evening and the bells in the morning, to hear the chickens dancing, and to sweep the floor and sweep away the heart!"

After saying that, the gentleman stood up and left, holding the book in his hand and walked into his study.

Li Hongxiu, who heard the commotion in front of the hall, ran out and asked carelessly: "What happened? It's so noisy outside?"

Mu Mu curled her lips and said nothing.

Xiaoqing said with red eyes: "It seems that we said the wrong thing and made Mr. angry."

Ye Zhiqiu took out a silk scarf to wipe Li Xiaoxue's mouth and sighed softly.

He looked at Li Hongxiu and said, "Sir, he is angry because of Ye'er's practice. We all wrongly blamed him."

Li Hongxiu sat at the table, took a sip from her husband's teacup, and couldn't help laughing.

He said casually: "I wonder what happened? It turns out it was because of that guy. You are worried about it in vain. He is now invulnerable. Even if he suffers some hardships, it is just to temper his body."

"Sister, I'm not talking about you. Although you are already a master at the Golden Core realm, why don't you try cutting yourself with a knife? Xiaoqing, your realm is similar to mine. Do you dare me to cut you with a knife? Mu Mu, you

Needless to say, little brat."

After saying that, he looked at the others with disgust, pointed to the sugar water in the pot and said, "Xiaoqing, give me a bowl."

Mu Mu quickly came up, protected the bowl and said, "I came first."

Ye Zhiqiu pulled Mu Mu and said with a smile: "We have everything, what do we want to rob as a family? Isn't it a shame?"

Xiao Qing pursed her lips and smiled. She carefully filled three bowls and placed them on the table. She picked up one bowl and took a sip.

Ye Zhiqiu let out a long sigh and said: "We are all concerned about this, and we all want to have a happier night."

"My husband has said that you can take him back except during holidays and festivals. Don't disturb his practice on weekdays. If something happens, the Great Buddha Temple will bring a message back."

Li Hongxiu picked up the sugar water, took a sip and said, "It's so sweet."

Xiaobai walked out, rubbing his eyes, squinting and saying, "Master, what do you mean by sweet?"

Li Hongxiu was stunned, patted his butt, and cursed: "You lazy little pig, you only know how to sleep. Have you copied a thousand-character essay today?"

Xiaobai was shocked after hearing this. He ran behind Xiaoqing in fright, patted his chest and said, "Master, can you not be scary?"

Xiaoqing handed him half of the sugar water she drank: "I drank half of it, do you want it?"

"Of course, why don't you drink it?" Xiaobai confidently took the sugar water handed over by Xiaoqing.

Li Hongxiu pointed at him helplessly, shook her head and said: "You are a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water. I really don't understand how Li Ye taught you on Tianshan Mountain."

Li Xiaoxue clapped her little hands and imitated the cry: "Pig...pig..."

Ye Zhiqiu glared at Li Hongxiu and said with a smile: "You have to scold me, but don't lead Xiaoxue into trouble."

Xiaobai drank all the sugar water in the bowl, wiped his mouth, looked at Li Hongxiu and laughed.

He said: "Master, you don't know, how did my brother teach me in the mountains? In addition to his own practice, he copied scriptures. The only thing he cared about me was cooking, washing dishes, and sweeping the floor. I stayed with him for a year, but I was never hungry.

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Xiaobai thought to himself that he couldn't control me even if he wanted to. I would still be a little white wolf then, how could he discipline me?

Li Hongxiu sighed softly and said with a smile: "Think about Li Ye's hard life. He finally went to Tianshan Mountain to practice, but he didn't expect to feed a greedy piglet and pick up a greedy sister."

Ye Zhiqiu laughed out loud, held up Li Hongxiu and said with a smile: "Sister, you are a married woman, and you know how to keep your mouth shut."

Mu Mu put down the finished bowl, jumped in front of Li Hongxiu, stretched out her hand and said, "Give me five gold coins."

Li Hongxiu was startled and glared at her: "Little money fan, when did I owe you money?"

Mu Mu looked at her reluctantly and said, "Just tell me whether you will give it or not. Don't regret it if you don't."

Li Hongxiu glanced at Xiaoqing, who turned away and lowered her body to tease Li Xiaoxue.

Li Hongxiu thought for a moment and said, "I don't have it with me right now. I owe it to you now. I'll pick it up at the restaurant tomorrow and then give it to you."

Mu Mu nodded, looked at Ye Zhiqiu and said, "Mom, please come and bear witness. The master wife owes me five gold coins." After speaking, she clenched her fists and walked to Li Hongxiu pretending to be mysterious.

He took her hand and said, "Remember to give it to me tomorrow." After saying that, he gently let go of her little hand.

Li Hongxiu felt a hard object being stuffed into her hand by Mu Mu. After taking a closer look, she couldn't help but open her mouth wide and looked at Mu Mu and said, "Where did this come from?"

I saw a shining ruby ​​lying quietly in the palm of my hand.

Ye Zhiqiu was also very shocked and stared at Mu Mu along with Li Hongxiu.

Mu Mu pouted and said, "Remember you owe Mu Mu five gold coins."

Li Hongxiu nodded.

"This is what my brother gave to Mu Mu. He said that there were too many people on the day of Master's wedding and he forgot to give Master's wedding gift. Let Mu Mu give it to you today on his behalf. Please be satisfied!"

Mu Mu patted her chest and said, "You all have to be nice to me. All my brother's things belong to Mu Mu."

Li Hongxiu put the ruby ​​in her palm to look at it carefully in the sun, and murmured: "This guy is really surprising!"

Ye Zhiqiu glared at her and said, "Are you satisfied now? I am her mother, and I don't have the treatment you receive from being a mistress."

Li Hongxiu put away the ruby, looked at Ye Zhiqiu, and blushed.

She said softly: "Sister, don't be angry. One day when that guy comes back, I'll ask for one for you and see if he gives it to you. That Tianshan Snow Lotus is much more valuable than this gem, and he didn't give it to me either."

Ye Zhiqiu smiled. "How can I argue with my son about this? Don't take it seriously."

Li Hongxiu looked at Mu Mu who was carrying Li Xiaoxue to play in the garden and shouted: "Mu Mu, come here, I want to check what's in your bracelet."

Mu Mu hugged Li Xiaoxue and turned around, made a face, stuck out her little tongue, and said: "What's Mu Mu's is of course Mu Mu's. Remember you owe me five gold coins."

Xiaoqing picked up the pot of boiling sugar water and pulled Xiaobai towards the kitchen. She was also afraid that Li Hongxiu would come to check her things.
Chapter completed!