The Buddha said: One drink and one peck are all predetermined. It's all about cause and effect. Even if you become a Buddha, it's because you planted the cause of becoming a Buddha.
The men and women farming felt sorry for Li Ye who was running on the road.
Li Ye felt sorry for the men and women who worked on men's land.
Standing on the official road holding the gold coins given by Li Ye, the man and woman were filled with joy and gratitude.
Li Ye had already started running slowly. The pancakes in his arms were still warm, and his heart was also happy. In the words of the old monk, he finally saw and gained the true love in the world.
At this moment, he was happy.
As he was running in the spring breeze, thinking that his husband and sister were waiting for him in front of him, he couldn't help but speed up the frequency of each step he took.
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This time he did not slow down, but spent half an hour rushing, and finally saw a carriage parked at the station in front of him.
The husband found a small table from somewhere, with five small stools placed beside it. Even the uncle who drove the bus was sitting around the table, holding a cup of steaming tea in his hand.
Li Hongxiu looked at Li Ye, whom Li loved, and smiled strangely.
Mu Mu stood up and made a face, ran over and jumped on his back, smiling: "Brother, sir, you are a quarter of an hour late. If you don't come, we won't wait for you."
Li Ye put down Mu Mu and walked slowly to the side of his husband. He chuckled and said, "There was something on the road, so I was delayed for a while."
After saying that, he took out the tortilla wrapped in cloth from his arms, carefully placed it on the table, and then opened it gently.
"Have a try. This was given to me by my aunt who was farming on the roadside when I was passing by Wang Village." After saying that, he took out a piece, tore half of it and handed it to Mu Mu, and handed the remaining half to Li Hongxiu.
Mu Mu grabbed it, giggled and stuffed it into her mouth.
Li Hongxiu smiled and said, "You can do it, little guy. You can eat and drink in the fields on the roadside while you are running." After that, he tore a small piece and put it in his mouth.
"It's so delicious! I've never eaten anything so delicious." Mu Mu said while eating.
The husband looked up at Li Ye, tore half of the remaining pancake and gave it to the driver, and ate half of it himself.
Li Ye sat down next to Mu Mu, poured himself a cup of tea, and slowly told his husband what happened on the road.
After hearing this, the husband nodded and said with a faint smile: "You did a good job. That's why I asked you to come down and run away by yourself. If you were sitting in a carriage, how could you have these opportunities and insights?"
After speaking, he glanced at Li Hongxiu.
Li Hongxiu's eyes turned white, he took out his silk scarf, carefully wiped the corners of his mouth, and then wiped it for Mu Mu.
Mu Mu sighed, touched her belly, and shouted: "It's delicious, but it's just too little."
The husband smiled and said: "This is to let you realize how difficult it is for farmers to farm, and it is not enough to eat in a restaurant."
Li Ye smiled and said nothing, then stretched out his hand to straighten the messy hair on Mu Mu's forehead.
Li Hongxiu raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "For the sake of pancakes, I'll let you go today."
The uncle who was driving the cart stood up and said with a smile: "The young master is not bad, he can understand the hard work of the farmers."
The gentleman nodded.
Li Ye put down the tea cup, stood up, stretched, looked at the gentleman opposite, and said, "Sir, this is the first time I have run so far and I am a little tired. I don't have to run anymore today, right?"
The gentleman smiled and said: "No need for today, we will continue tomorrow."
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At midnight the next day, the five masters and apprentices finished their breakfast and then headed towards Sifang City.
There are sporadic spring rains floating in the sky today, as if the Dragon King has not collected enough incense and is unwillingly spreading his resentment in the world.
Li Ye sat on the edge of the carriage next to the driver, turned his head and looked at the curtain, and asked quietly: "Sir, it's raining today, is it still going on?"
"It's raining today, do you still want to eat?" The gentleman's voice came from the carriage.
Mu Mu covered her mouth and looked at Li Ye with a smile.
Li Ye looked at her and smiled and said, "Sister, do you want to come down and give it a try?"
When Mu Mu heard this, she shook her head heavily and closed the car curtain with a wave of her hand. "Mumu is still young and can't go down!"
Li Ye was startled, then smiled and jumped out of the carriage.
The uncle who was driving the cart waved the whip in his hand and ran out in the blink of an eye with the sound of wheels rattling.
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He took out the bamboo hat and put it on his head, sighed softly, put his foot down hard, followed the direction of the carriage, and started a new day's journey.
At this time, the spring rain is no longer a bit of coldness, but has begun to linger and drift without reason.
There is no need to hold an umbrella, just like deliberately trying to get in trouble with Li Ye on the road, not wanting him to have clean clothes.
Pedestrians on the road, drivers on carriages on the official road, many people's eyes fell on Li Ye, wondering why the little monk wearing a bamboo hat was raining in the sky, and they didn't know how to stop and take a rest. .
Time passes gradually.
Li Ye was running the five-level technique of "Shadowless Dharmakaya" on his body, and his body was naturally impervious to water. The speed of his feet was neither urgent nor slow. He thought to himself that it was raining today and he would not pass by. The farmer who was working on the land asked him to drink some heat. water.
It was raining and foggy all over the sky, and both sides of the official road were shrouded in thick fog. It was difficult to distinguish the sky from the earth, let alone the men and women working hard in the farmland.
Li Ye ran in the rain and fog, but he thought about the old monk's teachings: No matter it is sunny or stormy, it is always good weather. If you must say that the weather is bad, it is just a difference in everyone's heart.
As he ran in the rain, he whispered softly:
There are hundreds of flowers in spring and a moon in autumn,
There is cool breeze in summer and snow in winter.
If you have nothing to worry about,
It is a good time in the world.
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I ran in the rain without a timer, and I didn’t know how many miles I had run. I was sweating and my head was steaming. Li Ye slowed down and began to look at the scenery on the roadside.
The further you walk towards Sifang City, the more you can feel the breath of spring. He thought that maybe Fengyun City was next to Tianshan Mountain, so it would be a little later every spring.
On the edge of the official road in front, next to an ancient apricot tree, there was a simple bamboo shed with a tea stall in front.
A wife, Bo, was bending over to light a fire. A little girl of about four years old stood passing by, holding a flower basket in her hand and looking at Li Ye who was approaching with a pair of big black eyes.
After thinking for a while, he stretched out his little hand and called out crisply: "Brother, would you like to come in and have a cup of hot tea?"
Li Ye looked at the little girl standing under the bamboo shed, wearing a black skirt and two braids on her head, but he thought of Mu Mu's appearance on Tianshan Mountain.
Although he had a kettle in his air ring today, he still stopped when he saw the little girl and walked into the bamboo shed with a smile.
He sat down next to a simply put together table, took off the bamboo hat on his head, and put it down against the stool.
"Little sister, what are you doing here?" Li Ye pulled the little girl to sit down next to him.
"I'm selling flowers! Grandma is selling tea. Brother, let's have a bowl of hot tea too!" The little girl held Li Ye's hand and said with a squinting smile.
Li Ye said to the old woman sitting beside him, "Old woman, please give me a bowl of hot tea. Thank you."
"Little sister, what's your name? Where are your parents? Are you and grandma the only ones here?"
Looking at the little girl in front of him, Li Ye asked softly.
"My name is Xiaolian. Where are my father and mother plowing the fields behind? Brother, do you think this wreath I made looks good?" After speaking, the little girl took out a string of apricot flower petals from the flower basket and hung it. On Li Ye's neck.
The old woman carried a big iron pot and poured a bowl of tea for Li Ye. Her face was covered with thick yellow tea stalks, and she said with a smile: "We don't have any good tea in the countryside. The young master will just drink a bowl to cool off the cold." "
Li Ye picked up the bowl and drank it slowly, smelling the faint fragrance of apricot blossoms, and said with a smile: "Thank you so much, old lady. Do you have any business selling tea here on this rainy day?"
The old woman looked up at the rain and mist outside the bamboo shed, frowned tightly, and said: "On a rainy day, the guests don't want to get off their horses and have a rest. There is no other way, just sell one bowl for one bowl. Young master, you are a monk, there is no need." Pay me and I’ll buy you a drink.”
Li Ye held the little girl's hand. Her hands were red from the cold, and her face was also red.
I couldn't help but feel sad, thinking that if Mu Mu and Li Xiaoxue were like this, I would definitely be heartbroken!
"Little sister, the wreath you made looks beautiful. I bought everything in your basket. I also have a younger sister and older sister. I will give them to them later."
After speaking, he took out two silver coins and put them in the little girl's hand.
The little girl was stunned, then returned one to Li Ye, and said with a smile: "Brother, you gave too much, I only sell a bunch of five copper coins!"
Li Ye smiled, gave the other one to her, and said with a smile: "Little sister, this other one is tea money, keep it for you."
"Brother, you are such a good person! Where are you going?" the little girl looked at him and asked.
Looking up at the rain and fog in the sky, Li Ye said softly: "Me, I want to practice somewhere far away."
"How far is far? Is it further than Sifang City?" In the little girl's heart, Sifang City is the farthest place in her heart.
"It's much further away than Sifang City!" Li Ye held the bowl and took a sip of tea.
"Then will you come back?" The little girl looked at him and continued to ask.
"I will definitely come back, and my home will be in Fengyun City. When I come back, I will come to you to buy flowers!" Li Ye took her little hand and said softly.
The little girl smiled and said: "Okay, when brother comes back, Xiaolian will treat you to tea!"
Li Ye looked at her and smiled.
He took out three boxes of apricot cakes from the space ring and placed them on the table. He opened one box, took out a piece from it, put it in the little girl's mouth, and said softly: "This is the apricot cake I brought from Fengyun City." Flower cake, is it delicious?"
The little girl took the cake given to her by Li Ye, put it in her mouth and ate it slowly, with a happy smile on her face.
"Thank you, brother, this is the best pastry I have ever eaten." The little girl's eyes narrowed like a crescent moon.
Li Ye picked up the bowl, took a sip of hot tea, looked at the old woman, and said with a smile: "Old woman, you can try a piece, and the rest will be taken home for my little sister to eat." After that, he picked up a piece and handed it to the old woman.
The old woman took the apricot blossom cake, put it in her mouth and tasted it slowly, murmuring: "This is the taste. I haven't eaten apricot blossom cake like this in twenty years."
"Young master, you have already given me a lot of money, and you have also given me these many cakes, and we have nothing to repay!"
Li Ye pulled the little girl and said with a smile: "I also have two younger sisters at home. Looking at Xiaolian, I think of my own younger sisters. Just accept them."
The old woman nodded, gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the corner of her clothes, and murmured: "Young master, you are a good person."
Li Ye took out a clean silk scarf from the empty ring, wiped the cakes from the corners of the little girl's mouth, then put the silk scarf in her hand, and said with a smile: "Xiaolian, this handkerchief is for you, and you will eat later." Remember to wipe your mouth, okay?”
Xiaolian nodded, hugged Li Ye, kissed his forehead gently, and said with a smile: "Thank you, brother. Xiaolian will remember brother in the future."
Li Ye touched her head, looked at the old woman, and said with a smile: "Old woman, I have to go on my way, so I'll leave first. Take care of yourself." After that, he put Xiaolian on the stool, pointed to the flower basket and said: " Xiaolian, please give this flower basket to your brother as well, okay?"
Xiaolian reached out and handed the flower basket on the table to Li Ye, and said sadly: "Xiaolian has nothing good for brother, only this flower basket. Brother, you can remember Xiaolian!"
Li Yejiang took the flower basket, stretched out his hand to put the bamboo hat on his head, stood up and walked out of the bamboo shed, waved to Xiaolian and said: "Later, ask your mother to send you to school, remember!"
After saying that, he turned around and ran into the boundless spring rain.
The old woman looked at Li Ye walking away and murmured: "We farm just enough to eat, how can we have the money to send Xiaolian to study!"
Xiaolian looked at her back that had melted into the spring rain and could not see the shadow. She turned her head and looked at the old woman and said, "Grandma, I want to go to school!"
After saying that, he held three boxes of apricot cakes and said, "I'll call mother to come over and eat cakes!"
"Ding ding ding!" There was a soft sound, and ten gold coins fell on the table.
Xiaolian stared at the gold coins on the table, looked up at the old woman and said, "Grandma, what kind of money is this? Xiaolian has never seen it before."
The old woman looked at the gold coins on the table, stretched out her trembling hands, tears fell on her clothes, and murmured: "Xiao Lian, you have really met a noble person. With these gold coins, let alone study, you can even Change your life.”
The old man carefully counted the gold coins that fell on the table, and there were exactly twenty gold coins. It is equivalent to their income from farming for 20 years.
Xiaolian looked up at the vast official road. The spring rain was misty and full of vitality.
Xiaolian pinched the silk scarf in her hand and murmured: "Grandma, I forgot to ask my brother what his name is."
