Time passed inadvertently between Li Ye's fingers, amidst Mu Mu's noise, and the scent of tea between Mr. and Bai Susu.
After Mumu celebrated her fourth birthday, on the morning of the fifth day after the beginning of spring, she faced the most reluctant and difficult day in her life.
After breakfast, Bai Susu carefully wiped off the soup stains on Mumu's face and washed her hands.
Then he gently took her hand and walked into the cave.
Li Ye was a little confused and looked at his husband without speaking.
The husband quietly boiled water, warmed pots, washed tea and cups.
Then he poured tea into a cup for each of them, took it up, blew on it gently, and took a shallow sip.
Looking at Li Ye who looked confused, the gentleman said slowly: "Mumu will be separated from her master today. She is going to the top of the mountain to survive her nine tribulations. This is a dangerous thing. I am going to accompany her. She, Mumu will teach you everything from now on."
"You have to take her to live and practice well. I will be away for at least a month, and at most two or three months. If I don't come back by then, you can go down the mountain and wait for me in the city, or you can continue to live on the mountain. There is still a lot of dried meat in the cave, enough for you to eat until autumn."
Li Ye was stunned. He knew Bai Susu was leaving, but he didn't expect it to be so soon and unexpectedly.
The teacher put down the teacup and continued: "You must practice the training progress that I arranged with you carefully. At the same time, you must urge Mumu to practice with you. This will also alleviate her pain of separation."
"If you stay in the mountains to practice, you can go anywhere, but remember not to provoke those spiritual beasts. If you don't provoke them, they will not provoke humans. After all, the purpose of their cultivation is to transform. Being a human being has further consequences.”
Li Ye nodded and replied: "Sir, don't worry, there are many small animals in the mountains. In summer, there will be wild fruits, mushrooms and wild vegetables. Mu Mu and I have no problem feeding ourselves."
The husband looked at the sky outside the house. There was no more snow in the sky after the beginning of spring. The tenacious winter jasmine had escaped the spring cold, and there were buds swaying gently on the branches.
The sun-facing branches of the early green toon trees are also blooming with new green, desperately absorbing the breath of early spring.
"In a few days, maybe Hongxiu will come up the mountain tomorrow. She can't see me, which is also a troublesome thing. Then you have to persuade her not to come to the top of the mountain. Firstly, she can't help when she comes, and secondly, she has to let her go I’m distracted.”
Li Ye understood his husband's painstaking efforts and carefully drank the tea in the cup. He thought that he would not be able to drink the tea brewed by his husband for some days, and he cherished this early spring morning in his heart.
The two masters were watching a pot of tea, relatively speechless on this early spring morning.
The charcoal in the furnace is burning quietly, just like the moth flying into the flame, trying to prove that he has been there.
The sun shines on the mountain streams, roof eaves, and treetops, and the sound of melted ice and snow dripping down the ice...
When Mr. De boiled the tea in the pot to the fourth level, Bai Susu carried Mumu out of the cave and entered the house.
The husband poured hot water into the cups of the master and the master to warm them, and then added steaming tea.
Mu Mu's eyes were red from crying, and she hugged Bai Susu's neck and refused to let go. Bai Susu sat opposite her husband, patted Mu Mu's back gently, and comforted her softly.
The husband saw it but was helpless. He didn't know how to face Mu Mu at this moment.
Li Ye picked up the tea that Mr. Bai poured for Mu Mu, walked behind Bai Susu, held Mu Mu's little hand with one hand and said: "Sister, come and drink the tea made by Mr. Bai. Mr. Bai is accompanying you, brother is here." I'll stay with you here, your sister Hongxiu will be here tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, she can also stay with you."
Mu Mu, whose eyes were red from crying, was really thirsty. She drank up the tea in Li Ye's cup one sip after another, and then hugged Bai Susu tightly.
Bai Susu's heart was filled with knots, thinking of what words to use to comfort Mu Mu in her arms. Although the two were master and apprentice, their love was closer than that of mother and daughter. Mu Mu had no memory of her mother after she was born, and came to Bai Susu's side less than half a year old. Although she called Bai Susu her master, in fact, in her heart, her master was her mother.
Now she has to be separated from her mother, and she doesn't know when and where she will be reunited. Her little heart can't bear it, and she can't leave her master behind, so she can only cry non-stop.
Parting is born, don’t be sad because parting is born.
After a long while, Bai Susu said softly: "Mumu, don't cry. You and your brother will live a good life in this world, practice seriously, and strive to reach the master's level earlier. Then you can come to the master together."
"Master will find a place for you first, and you will have a place to live when you come, okay? In the future, your husband will continue to accompany you. With his ability, it will not be difficult to find the master anywhere."
The teacher nodded when he heard this, looked at Mu Mu in Bai Susu's arms and said, "Your master is right. You and Ye'er are going to go there to practice and live in the end. Your master just took a step first. This There’s nothing we can do about it.”
Bai Susu picked up the tea cup on the table. She also knew that this might be the last tea in this world. She drank it gently, one sip at a time, and drank up the cup of tea seriously.
The husband glanced at the sky and said softly: "Ye'er, you and Mu Mu stay in the house. Master Bai and I will leave first. There is chaos on the mountain. Remember not to let Mu Mu leave your sight alone in the future."
Bai Susu took out a silk scarf to wipe Mumu's tears, then took out a wooden comb, gently untied Mumu's braid, and combed it for her again.
While saying to Li Ye: "Ye'er, come here and take a closer look. I will leave the task of braiding Mumu's hair to you in the future."
Li Ye stood behind Bai Susu, staring carefully, not missing every detail.
However, at this moment, his eyes were as red as Mu Mu's, with crystal tears about to fall.
After spending a moment, Bai Susu braided Mumu's braid and tied two New Year's bows with a silk scarf at the end of the braid.
He sighed softly, put away the silk scarf and comb, stood up with Mumu in his arms, and walked out of the house.
The husband also stood up and patted Li Ye's shoulder gently. He had already explained what he wanted to say, and silence was better than sound at this moment.
The group of people walked out of the house and walked out of the woods.
After getting out of the woods, the husband took Mu Mu down from Bai Susu's arms, took her little hand to the roadside, whispered instructions in her ear, pointed to the woods and the hut, and made gestures from time to time. What, Mumu should follow suit.
Another quarter of an hour passed, and after Mu Mu nodded with her husband, the husband took Mu Mu's little hand and walked to Li Ye's side.
He said with a serious face: "Ye'er, no matter what storms come in the years to come, you have to promise me that Mumu will not be wronged and that you will not leave her. Can you do it?"
Li Ye nodded heavily. This was the first time he saw his husband talking to him in such a serious tone.
"Don't worry, sir, Mu Mu will be my life from now on, and I will never let her get hurt." After saying that, she took Mu Mu's little hand, lowered her body, and carried Mu Mu on her back. She was afraid that Mu Mu would hold her. Bai Susu wouldn't let her go.
Mr. Bai Susu nodded with satisfaction. Li Ye, who had serious feelings, was naturally relieved.
The husband no longer looked at the two of them, waved his hand, and flew towards the mountain road of Tianshan Mountain in large strides. At this moment, the husband just wanted to leave early, so he naturally let go of his kung fu, instead of walking step by step as usual.
Bai Susu came over, hugged Mu Mu, kissed her gently on her face, turned her head, and ran away following her husband's back.
In a moment, the two people disappeared from the mountain road.
Until this moment, Mu Mu, who was on Li Ye's back, finally burst into tears. Her heartbreaking cry echoed in the empty mountains, just like the bloody cuckoo...
Mu Mu, who had just celebrated her fourth birthday, experienced separation from her closest relatives for the first time.
Parting is born, don’t be sad because parting is born.
Li Ye sighed softly, gently held Mu Mu on his back with his hands, turned around, and walked towards the woods.
Step by step, walk back slowly, whispering softly...
The forest flowers withered their spring reds, too hastily,
Helplessly, the cold rain comes in the morning and the wind comes in the evening.
Rouge tears, stay drunk together,
When will it be heavy?
Since life grows and hates water, it will grow east...
She repeated this process many times, and when she carried Mu Mu into the house, Mu Mu had already cried herself to sleep, lying on his back silently, snoring softly... .
Li Ye was stunned. He didn't expect Mu Mu to fall asleep. He thought to himself, at least he didn't have to coax Mu Mu, who couldn't be coaxed at the moment.
He gently placed Mumu on the recliner, pulled Yepi over and covered her carefully, took out his own handkerchief, and carefully wiped away the tears on her face.
Thinking that from today onwards, I will take on the responsibilities of Bai Susu as a master and a mother, I unconsciously felt a little heavier. Looking at the strong spring outside the house, I hesitated...
He also thought about whether Li Hongxiu at the bottom of the mountain was walking up the mountain at the moment, and he didn't know how to persuade her not to go to her husband. At this moment, he was also a little nervous.
Distraught, he took an incense stick from the wooden stand and lit it on the stove. He took a futon and placed it under the eaves outside the house. He sat down in the lotus position, with his five hearts facing the sky, holding a flower in his right hand, and started chanting scriptures in his mouth.
The old master monk once said: All the troubles in the world are just a matter of drinking tea and meditating. Of course, meditating means reciting sutras. There are many worries in the world, but if you look for Buddhism, you will eventually find a place to go.
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In the past long kalpas, with such compassion, I made vows like the sands of the Ganges to reach all sentient beings. In the future life, if there are men or women who do not do good, do evil, or even do not believe in cause and effect... they will be like emperors for hundreds of thousands of kalpas, able to remember the origin and end of fate and cause and effect.
As the scriptures were chanted softly, a faint Buddha light surrounded his body, wrapping his thin body. The golden light became thicker and thicker, spreading around the wooden house and wrapping towards Mu Mu in the house.
After a while, Mumu, who was sleeping, was surrounded by Buddha's light, like a pair of mother's hands, gently stroking her body.
Freedom should be found in Buddhism.
