Amid everyone's chatter, Li Ye and his husband entered the study.
Mu Mu took Xiaoqing and Xiaobai to go shopping, Ye Zhiqiu carried Li Xiaoxue back to the house to sleep, and the master was basking in the sun in front of the hall with a book in his hands.
Agui picked up some mushrooms and went to the general's mansion. Li Hongxiu and Ye Zhiqiu went into the house together. She wanted to work with Ye Zhi to arrange the invitations.
Sitting in the study, Li Ye looked at his husband, frowned slightly and said, "Don't you like silence, sir? Why did you bring my parents and so many people in?"
The husband stood up, lit a stick of incense, and said with a smile: "How long can I and I live here? I want to take advantage of these days here to give more guidance to your parents' practice, and to Agui. From now on, this place will be handed over to They take care of it. We don’t come here often, leaving two yards to waste.”
Li Ye nodded and laughed at himself: "Sir, before I went down the mountain, I ate the inner elixir of the black-horned python and broke through to the Nascent Soul. The senior ape on the mountain said, break through the state first, and then face the next thing when you go down the mountain. ."
"It's natural for them to think so. It's all for your own good. It's just that you will have to practice the path of suffering in the next five or even ten years. Are you ready to endure hardships?" The gentleman put the lit agarwood in the On the incense burner.
"My Formless Dharma Body has been cultivated to the fifth level. I am invulnerable. Isn't it just chopping wood, carrying water, sweeping the floor and cooking? What kind of hardship can I endure?" Li Ye said with a bitter smile.
"Master Kuchan and I naturally know this. The suffering mentioned here is the world's misunderstanding of you, indifference and superciliousness towards others, so that the two little girls who have made a relationship with you will misunderstand you and leave you. , what are you going to do at this time?"
The husband looked at him quietly, unwilling to put any pressure on him.
Li Ye looked up at his husband and replied softly: "If there is any misunderstanding because of this, I am willing to bear it alone."
"Are you telling them that you took pills to suppress your state? You need to practice Buddhism to regain your original state? Can they understand when you say these words?" The gentleman shook his head gently.
Li Ye was stunned, thinking that he really hadn't thought about this matter. If the two young ladies really came to find him, he didn't know how to face it at the moment.
"Everything in the world is cruel. Can you face everything calmly? Let's take this as an example: If Dongfang Yu'er's mother comes to attend the wedding between me and your wife, and she sees what you look like now, she will What should you do if you think you are worthy of being her daughter and no longer acknowledge your previous commitment?”
The gentleman poured him a cup of tea, looked into his eyes and said.
"Perhaps Mrs. Lin from the General's Mansion will come to our place tonight. If she sees that you have no cultivation and your face is gray, even if she doesn't say it to your face, she will think about how you are worthy of her golden elixir when she returns. The proud daughter of heaven?"
After saying these words, Mr. Sitting down, he looked at Li Ye quietly and stopped talking.
Li Ye raised his head and looked at the bright sunshine outside the window. He did not answer his husband's words, but silently took the purple bamboo hat from the space ring and handed it to his husband.
The gentleman was startled, took the bamboo hat, looked at Li Ye in confusion, and said, "Isn't this the bamboo hat made from purple bamboo on Tianshan Mountain?"
"Sir, take a closer look. I have been weaving this bamboo hat for more than half a year. When I was weaving this bamboo hat, my face and body were already scorched black when the Jindan was moved. Later, when I was doing the Nascent Soul Tribulation, my face and body were burnt black. It’s gotten a lot lighter.”
Li Ye thought of the moment when his whole body turned gray after being struck by lightning, as if that was the most uncomfortable moment in his life.
"When I was making this bamboo hat, I had already thought about the many misunderstandings and censures I would face after coming down the mountain. Didn't you teach me that heaven will assign great responsibilities to people here? Didn't you all remember this allusion?"
Li Ye looked at the bamboo hat in his husband's hand and said softly, as if he was telling someone else's story and had nothing to do with him.
The gentleman nodded in agreement. He gently held the bamboo hat in his hand, looked at it again and again, and then turned it over to take a closer look.
Looking at it again, I couldn't help being shocked. I stood up together, because at this time, I saw a faint Buddha's light appearing on the thin purple bamboo strips. Each piece of purple bamboo strips was densely carved with inscriptions. Scripture...
After standing there for a long time, the husband sat down heavily and murmured: "No wonder, it turns out that you had already thought about the way to go when you were making this purple bamboo hat. It seems that the old monk Kuchan and I have I’ve all underestimated you.”
Li Ye smiled bitterly and said: "Disciple, this is about finding joy in suffering, and there is nothing you can do about it. You can't wipe your neck on Tianshan Mountain just because your face and body are blackened. There are parents, Mu Mu, and sir at the foot of the mountain."
The husband nodded with a smile and said, "That's great if you think so!"
"Didn't my husband always teach me before: What I gain is my luck, and what I lose is my life? I won't explain my affairs to anyone, and sir, don't speak for me. Just come, I know how to be numb. If you can't bear these things, how can you face five or even ten years of practicing the path of suffering?"
Thinking about the words of the old monk of the Great Buddha Temple, Li Ye said quietly.
The teacher touched the purple bamboo hat and looked at it again and again, and said softly: "This is your biggest gain in Tianshan Mountain. What nonsense realm, what kind of golden elixir Yuanying, those teachers can easily help you get it."
When Li Ye heard this, he also grinned, thinking that his husband understood him.
"No one can help you if you only cultivate in this state of mind. No wonder the old ape on the mountain was able to learn the Tao and enter the Tao in one day with your help. As your husband, I am very happy and proud!"
The husband looked at the young man in front of him and felt very excited.
Seeing his husband's excitement, Li Ye finally felt a little proud in his heart and felt that no matter how much hardship he endured on the mountain, it was all worth it.
He smiled and said, "Actually, I was very confused when I was practicing on Tianshan Mountain. I couldn't even find the direction and purpose of practice. I just kept it in my heart. It wasn't until I talked with the old monk at the Great Buddha Temple last night that I understood many things that I had been thinking about before. Confused about the truth, no longer struggle with the purpose of your own practice.”
The gentleman nodded and returned the bamboo hat in his hand to Li Ye.
He said softly: "Buddhism pays attention to listening, thinking, and practice. Before you went up the mountain, you had heard the Taoism at the Great Buddha Temple. Later, you continued to think about it during the two years of practice in Tianshan. Now you have really started to practice Buddhism. Old monk Kuchan and I are very optimistic about your future practice on the path of Buddhism!"
Li Ye lowered his head and murmured: "The disciple's cultivation today is all due to the teacher's teachings and the old monk's instructions. It does not depend on the disciple's ability."
The husband waved his hand and said, "You go out and do your own business. I also want to calm down and think about the many things we will do in the future."
Li Ye put down his tea cup, kowtowed to his husband, and walked out of the study quietly.
...
Agui, who had returned from the General's Mansion, sat in front of the hall and watched Li Ye come out. He stood up and said, "Master, Mrs. Lin from the General's Mansion said she would come over for dinner in the evening and asked you to wait for her at home."
Li Ye nodded, looked at him and said, "Is everything going to be okay? Come with me and go out."
"It's okay, I'll go with you." After finishing speaking, Agui looked at Li Ye and walked out together.
"Go to the little fat man's medicine pavilion and leave some herbs to him for processing." Li Ye said to Agui as he got on the carriage.
Agui, who was driving the carriage, smiled and replied: "The boss now is Hu Ge's father Hu Qingshan. The little fat man's father is only in charge of the restaurant business now."
"It doesn't matter, as long as someone is here."
The horse whip sounded and the wheels rumbled as they headed towards the Medicine Pavilion on East Street.
...
The two of them arrived in front of the medicine pavilion in less than a quarter of an hour. Agui stopped the carriage. Li Ye jumped out, looked at him and said, "Just wait outside for a while. It will be fine in a while."
Agui whispered: "Master, take your time, don't go back in a hurry."
Li Ye nodded, looked up at the archway of the Medicine Pavilion, and walked inside.
While he was talking, Hu Qingshan walked out with his head lowered, and the two of them bumped into each other.
"Ouch, how can you see the road... Li Ye, when did you come back? Come in and sit down." Hu Qingshan saw clearly that it was Li Ye and immediately grabbed him.
Li Ye smiled and said, "Uncle Hu, I came back today and came to ask you about a little thing."
"You have something to do with me? How can I, a businessman, help you?" Hu Qingshan shook his head.
"If you find a quiet place, you can't just stand here and talk, right?" Li Ye said with a smile.
"Let's go upstairs and talk in detail." After saying this, Hu Qingshan pulled Li Ye towards the second floor.
The two came to Hu Qingshan's room on the second floor. Li Ye stood on the large table and slowly took most of the cordyceps from the space ring. He piled them on the table and it became a small mountain in a moment. He also took some of the herbs collected on Tianshan Mountain and piled them on the floor, and then looked at Hu Qingshan quietly.
Hu Qingshan was stunned when he took out the cordyceps from Li Ye. When the cordyceps piled up on the table, he was speechless in shock and looked straight at Li Ye.
Li Ye smiled, pulled up a stool and sat down, and said calmly: "You watch the herbs on the ground for sale, and you set the price. Leave some of the cordyceps on the table for my aunt and uncle to replenish their bodies. It will also be of great help to your practice." . Everything else was sold and exchanged for gold coins.”
"I'm afraid there are about 2,000 cordyceps, right? They are worth a lot of gold coins. I'm afraid I won't be able to sell them all at once." Hu Qingshan came back to his senses and looked at Li Ye and said.
"I'm not in a hurry because of time. You can sell it slowly. I haven't counted the quantity. Hu Ge is my brother. Don't I still believe you? You keep some for your own use. Don't sell them all. This will be a big deal in the future." Without it, I wouldn’t be able to run to Tianshan Mountain every day.”
"Okay, I'll go back and count the quantity and give you money while selling. The matter of Hu Ge and Xiao Ju has caused trouble for you and your husband. Uncle Tian will invite you to Boss Tang's for dinner someday."
Hu Qingshan looked at him with a look of fondness on his face.
"There's no need to eat. I really don't have time. I have to go to the Great Buddha Temple to practice. Uncle, you have business to do and you can't neglect your practice. If you need anything, tell me and my husband and I will find a way for you."
Li Ye thought that he would not be able to spend a few days with his parents at home. After his husband's wedding, he would have to go to the temple to practice.
"I thank you on behalf of Xiaoju's mother. After eating the python meat you brought from the mountain, our realms have improved a lot. We will pay attention to our practice in the future, don't worry."
Hu Qingshan was grateful to Li Ye, and his voice was a little excited when he spoke.
"That's good. If you have anything to do, come see me in Zizhuyuan. I'll go back first." After saying that, Li Ye stood up, held hands with Hu Qingshan, and walked downstairs.
Hu Qingshan followed behind and whispered: "Would you like to give you some gold coins first today?"
"No, I still have some. Besides, I want to go to the temple to practice. What will I do with the gold coins?"
Li Ye waved his hand and walked downstairs.
"Then come sit in the room when you have time, and ask your aunt to cook you two delicious dishes." Hu Qingshan sent Li Ye out of the building.
Li Ye waved goodbye to Hu Qingshan and turned around to get on the carriage that Agui drove over.
"Master, where are we going next?" Agui asked while waving his riding whip.
"Jin Yi Fang." Li Ye said, looking down at the wrinkled clothes on his body.
