When Li Ye and Agui returned to the academy, their husband was washing vegetables. Li Ye and Agui quickly stepped forward to take the vegetable basket from their husband and hurriedly washed the vegetables and started cooking.
After a while, two dishes and one soup were brought to the table. He picked up the rice bowl and Li Ye was about to ask. Unexpectedly, the gentleman hit Li Ye on the head with chopsticks and said: "You don't talk when you eat and you don't talk when you sleep. Aren't you following the old monk?" Is there any sign of practicing? Start now."
Li Ye wanted to reply, but was hit with chopsticks again.
Agui wanted to laugh but didn't dare. He was about to hold the bowl and laugh at the same time. Unexpectedly, the husband also gave Agui a pair of chopsticks and said: "You are not allowed to leave the table when eating. This is also a spiritual practice. It will be like this from today on."
After speaking, the gentleman handed the bowl to Li Ye and pointed to the bowl containing the soup.
Li Ye quickly took the bowl from his husband, thinking that serving soup to him was also a form of spiritual practice.
The three of them were speechless. After lunch, Agui packed up the dishes and went to wash them.
The master and apprentice returned to the hall and sat down. Li Ye washed his hands, lit incense sticks, and began to boil water to make tea for his husband.
"What did Master Kuchan say today?" The gentleman looked at Li Ye.
Li Ye was picking up the kettle and filling it with water. He thought for a moment and replied, "The master taught me what my appearance is. He accepted him as a disciple and gave him a dharma name: Wuchen."
The gentleman half-closed his eyes, smelled the incense that Li Ye lit, clapped his hands and said: "It is neither born nor destroyed, nor stained nor pure, it is dust-free. It is very good."
"How do you want to practice?"
Li Ye served tea to the teacher, sat down, and replied: "Back to the teacher, the master asked me to come back and carry water, three bowls of water, one bowl on the head, one bowl on each shoulder. When I walk, I don't spill the water. I will go to see him again." ."
The gentleman picked up the tea cup, blew on it, took a sip, put down the cup and said, "The great monk has been practicing profound Buddhism for a long time and has saved countless people. You must practice with him seriously."
Looking at Li Ye's dazed look, he smiled and said: "In that case, there are several black iron bowls in the cabinet in my study. I had someone make some and offered them to the great monks of the Great Buddha Temple. There are also a few , just take it and practice."
Li Ye quickly thanked Mr. Thank you.
The teacher looked at Li Ye who was making tea and sighed with emotion: "It's rare that you have formed a relationship with the old monk of the Great Buddha Temple today. You brought my master's piano and played a song for him to celebrate."
Li Ye was so happy after hearing this that he ran to the piano room to get the piano. Unexpectedly, the teacher took a bamboo stick and slapped Li Ye's leg as he tried to run away, and taught him a lesson: "Walk well, why are you panicking?"
Li Ye's heart tightened. Mr. Xindao also knew how to practice. Why should I ask the old monk to teach me? I honestly went to the piano room to move the xylophone out and set it up on the table.
He turned around and asked Agui to fetch some water to clean his hands.
The gentleman cleaned his hands, sat in front of the piano table, and said to Li Ye: "You have been learning the piano with me for so long, when are you going to play me a piece of music?"
Li Ye had a bitter look on his face and replied: "Sir, since I learned the piano from you, I first learned to make tea, then fetch water, and also learned to walk. I really didn't have many days when I was learning the piano, and I haven't received the true teachings from my husband. Well, I don’t dare to show my embarrassment.”
The teacher looked at Li Ye and was speechless, wondering why he accepted such a disciple.
After sitting quietly for a moment, the gentleman gently stroked the strings with his hands. The sound of the piano flowed out from the strings, passed through the hall, passed through the bamboo forest, floated outside the wall, floated into the street, and the passers-by stopped to listen...
Li Ye also sat quietly in front of the tea table, stopped making tea, and listened carefully to the sound of his teacher's piano, hoping to find some clues and break through the realm of spiritual practice.
Agui didn't know the music, but he moved an orange and sat down in front of the outer room of the hall, listening to the rare sound of heaven.
Li Ye heard the music of Mr. Qin and chanted the six-character mantra in his heart. The burning incense spread in front of the tea table, and a faint Buddha's light spread from behind Li Ye...
The afternoon sun passed through the hall, reflecting on Mr.'s piano and on Li Ye's body. I can't tell which is the Buddha's light and which is the sunshine. Agui couldn't help but open his mouth wide when he saw the young master's appearance.
Li Ye closed his eyes and chanted the scriptures softly, listening to his husband's heavenly voice in his ears. The true energy in his meridians was flowing, but his heart had already flown to the nine heavens, flying to its heart's content.
The bucket is full again.
After the song finished, the gentleman stopped his hand, looked at Li Ye who was still in the process of enlightenment, and thought to himself: How many days has this kid only been building the foundation? Is it going to break through again?
When the incense on the tea table burned out, the Buddha's light on Li Ye disappeared in a flash. For a moment, Li Ye opened his eyes and looked at his husband in a daze.
The gentleman's eyes were full of joy. He looked at Li Ye's silly look and smiled. He said: "It has only been a few days, and you have broken through again? You must know that others are anxious to upgrade and pass the level, but you are practicing too fast. This will not work."
After Li Ye came back to his senses, he looked at his husband and smiled stupidly: "Sir, when I listened to your piano and thought about the scriptures, my mind couldn't contain it and flew up to the sky. The true energy in the meridians couldn't be contained, so it broke. The situation is over.”
The gentleman was speechless and said: "Hurry up and boil the water, we are still waiting for tea." After that, he asked: "Now you are in the second level of foundation building?"
Li Ye added charcoal to the stove and replied: "Yes sir, I am in the second level of heaven now. Do you think I have gathered the third level of Qi?"
The gentleman nodded.
After three courses of tea, Mr. Li Ye was driven out of the hall and ordered to practice practicing by holding the water.
Li Ye dug out several black iron alms bowls from his husband's bookcase, which were used by Buddhists to beg for food. He carried three of them out of the study, and went to the kitchen with Agui to fetch water.
Agui took the iron bowl from Li Ye's hand and said, "Master, I know you can't hold it, so I gave you this iron bowl. You can do whatever you want with your feelings. This saves a lot of porcelain bowls." ."
Li Ye gave Agui a roll of his eyes. Did you say that about the young master?
I poured a bowl of water and put it on my head. After walking a few steps, I found it was too heavy and shook badly, so I poured out half of the water.
Agui smiled again and said, "Master, can't you hold up this bowl of water?"
Li Ye was so angry that he kicked Agui. "Didn't you see that this is made of black iron? The bowl alone weighs several kilograms. Can you try it?"
Agui smiled and didn't answer. He just picked up the other two bowls and filled half of them with water.
Li Ye put an alms bowl on his head and asked Agui to put the other two on his shoulders. He took a breath, calmed his mind, and prepared to walk. Before he had even taken ten steps, the bowl on his right shoulder fell off, and the water in the bowl on his left shoulder sloshed out, making half of his body wet.
Li Ye was so anxious that he simply took off his robe, wearing only a pair of large pants, and asked Agui to add water before leaving.
When the teacher saw Li Ye like this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Don't be distracted, keep your spirits up, walk slower at the beginning, keep your body steady, keep your waist straight, and don't sway."
After listening to his husband's words, Li Ye stabilized his mind, calmly focused on the three bowls, and stepped lightly. This time, after walking twenty steps, the bowl fell off his left shoulder again.
This afternoon, there was a scene in the yard. Agui carried a bucket of water and a ladle, following behind Li Ye, constantly adding water to him.
Just as the gentleman was about to call Li Ye, the bowl on his head also fell off.
Li Ye thought to himself, this Dharmakaya is really difficult to cultivate.
Agui called from behind: "Master, are you tired? Why don't you take a break? My hands are sore."
...
Speaking of which, the young lady from the General's Mansion tried to stop Li Ye at noon, but to no avail. After returning home and finishing her meal, she begged her mother to take her to the academy to ask Mrs. Ye to find out if Li Ye had really become a monk. She couldn't do it cheaply. Got him.
The general listened on the side and was very angry and refused to allow the young lady to act recklessly.
The young lady frowned and made a fuss, saying that she wanted to take a look.
The general's wife was at a loss for what to do, so she came up with a plan and said she would go to the academy to find Ye Zhiqiu to see if he could find a teacher for the young lady. She could teach the young lady poetry and calligraphy, learn martial arts, and also be knowledgeable and rational.
The general thought for a while and thought the same thing. His daughter will get married sooner or later, so it is always good to read more poems and books. Said: "Prepare gifts and ask your master to go to the academy with you."
The little sister jumped up with joy and ran to the backyard to find the master.
Xu Jingyun is around thirty, a well-maintained Taoist, and looks to be in her early twenties. She is younger than the general's wife. She is five feet tall and wears a blue skirt. She is dignified and charming at the same time.
The young lady entered the master's room and said, "Master, my father invites you to come to the academy with me to see if you can find a teacher to study poetry and calligraphy."
The master glanced at the young lady and replied, "You want to know if Li Ye became a monk or not?"
The young lady blushed, held the corners of her clothes with her little hands, and stopped talking.
The master was happy when he saw it, and waved his hand, "Forget it, as a master, I will go with you and meet Mrs. Ye from the academy."
The young lady was secretly happy when she heard this. She took the master's hand and went out of the room to find her mother.
...
Shen Shi's academy welcomed three guests. The young lady, her master Xu Jingyun, and the general's wife arrived in front of the academy in a carriage. His wife Ye Zhiqiu got the notice from the concierge and came out to greet them.
After Ye Zhiqiu presented the gifts to the general's wife and Xu Jingyun, he tightly held onto the young lady in a red skirt. He was so happy that he thought to himself that it would be great if she could become my daughter-in-law.
The servants of the General's Mansion moved the gifts into the academy, and the four of them entered the back hall of the academy, where a servant showed tea to the guests.
Mrs. Ye took the little sister's hand and picked up the apricot blossom cake from the tea table in the flower hall in front of the hall for the little sister to eat. She looked at the general's wife and asked softly: "Madam, I haven't seen you for a long time. Is this your first time back to the academy?"
The general's wife glanced at the young lady, her beautiful cheeks were a little red, and she whispered back: "I hired a martial arts master for Wushuang a few days ago. This is Master Xu Jingyun."
Xu Jingyun nodded to Madam.
The general's wife added: "The general and I made some calculations. Wushuang has practiced martial arts, and he still needs to learn some worldly poetry, literature, and etiquette. I heard that the academic style of the academy is good, so I came over to cause trouble for the master and his wife. I want to find a wife for Wushuang." Teacher, teach her calligraphy and poetry."
Mrs. Ye touched the little sister's head, she was very happy and said that there was no problem.
Xu Jingyun took a sip of tea and asked: "I heard that Li Ye shaved his head and went to the Great Buddha Temple early in the morning to find Lao Shang. Isn't this a good opportunity to learn the piano from Mr. Mo Yu? Why are you thinking about becoming a monk? "
At this point, the general's wife and the young lady blushed. Master Xindao, you are too direct.
Mrs. Ye was happy when she heard this and quickly replied: "Li Ye's bald head was struck by lightning in Mr.'s yard yesterday. His hair and clothes were all burnt, and he looked different. That's why he shaved his head."
When the little sister heard the explosion, she jumped down from Mrs. Ye's lap and was about to speak. At this time, the general's wife said first: "Hey, why is this child so miserable? He was struck by thunder when he was born. How come we were struck by thunder again a few years ago?"
Xu Jingyun was also stunned with a cup of tea.
The young lady looked at Mrs. Ye with red eyes and said, "Madam, I saw that Li Ye was fine at noon. Did he run happily?"
All three people looked at Mrs. Ye.
Putting down the teacup in her hand, Mrs. Ye said, "Agui said that Mr. Li Ye was checked and he is fine."
The three of them exhaled together and let go of their hanging hearts.
Mrs. Ye added: "As for going to the Great Buddha Temple to become a monk, Li Ye didn't say anything when he went out, and I didn't ask. The old Li family is still waiting for him to find a wife to carry on the family line when he grows up. He went to Master Kuchan to seek Dharma. After a while, He will come back and ask him again.”
Xu Jingyun and the general's wife were happy. They looked at the young lady and smiled, thinking that you were so anxious that she was a good person and didn't become a monk.
The young lady's face turned even redder, and she turned around and took the apricot blossom cake to gag her mother and master.
It turned out to be a false alarm.
