This was the third time in Li Ye's life that he was seriously injured and needed a long period of rest.
The first time was an inexplicable serious illness in Tianshan Mountain, which made him lie on a bamboo chair for more than a month. It was only with Xiaoqing's care that he recovered.
The second time was when he was seriously injured by Ye Wuya in the creek on the mountain behind the Great Buddha Temple. He also stayed in the Great Buddha Temple for a long time. Even Ye Zhiqiu didn't know about it.
Although this time he was not as seriously injured as Ye Wuya, he had injured his meridians and would need to recuperate.
Nangong Ruyu was very well-behaved. She knew her master's injury was not healed yet, so she didn't bother with him to go to the back mountain. She practiced swordplay with Xiaohua honestly in the yard every day.
In a blink of an eye, it’s the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
There is no shortage of food in the small courtyard. They haven't touched the food that Nangong Xuanyuan sent last time. What Xiaohua bought alone is enough to last for a long time.
After dinner, Li Ye called Wu Xin over, and the two of them made tea in the yard.
When Nangong Ruyu saw her father coming, she took out the specialties she and Xiaohua bought in Qingzhou City, put them on the table, opened a box of pastries, picked out a piece and stuffed it into Wuxin's mouth.
She held his hand and asked, "Is it sweet? Yu'er and Sister Xiaohua bought this in Qingzhou City."
Wu Xin hugged her and smiled: "Of course my Yu'er is the sweetest!"
Nangong Ruyu chuckled upon hearing this. He looked at Li Ye and said, "Master, dad said something wrong!"
Li Ye looked at the two of them and smiled lightly, making tea and washing the cups.
After a moment of silence, he said: "Your father is right, if you want to talk about sweetness...it's naturally Yu'er."
Wu Xin was stunned, looked at him and said: "Uncle Junior, you took Yu'er to Qingzhou this time when you went down the mountain? That is the farthest place in the Western Region..."
"What are you worried about? Didn't she come back well?" Li Ye replied calmly.
"But, she's still very young." In Wu Xin's eyes, she wondered how her daughter could withstand such a long journey.
"If you feel sorry for Yu'er, you should go down the mountain and return to the Nangong family to take care of her yourself, instead of letting me, the master, take her around the world."
Without haste or delay, Li Ye spoke out.
"But am I still practicing in the temple?" Wu Xin was stunned. He didn't expect that Li Ye would tell him at this time that he wanted him to go down the mountain and go home.
"Does it mean that you can't practice Buddhism in this world? Is this how your master taught you? Do you want me to call the abbot brother over to discuss it?"
Li Ye did not let him go and said quietly.
Nangong Ruyu looked at Li Ye with strange eyes. She rarely saw her master look so serious. In the past, Li Ye had taken great care of her and would not blush even when she was angry.
Wuxin seemed to understand Li Ye's thoughts and opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
"Nangong Feiyan has been called back from the Tianshan Sect by your father. You can't expect a woman who is about to get married to fulfill your responsibilities for you. As for Yu'er, when have you ever cared about her?"
"The Bodhisattva is watching them. How can the young master say such words in Prajna Temple?" Wuxin was a little surprised.
"The Bodhisattva can be placed in the main hall of Prajna Temple, or in a room of the Nangong family, or even more so in your heart, my nephew. Do you want me to teach you this principle again?"
This time, Li Ye did not avoid many questions. He wanted to confess his pain to Wu Xin once and for all to strengthen his confidence in going down the mountain.
Wu Xin stared at his bright eyes and asked in surprise: "My uncle is a wise man. Wu Xin has not practiced enough, so he came to Prajna Temple to practice."
"What nonsense are you talking about? You have practiced for three lives and three lives, which is enough. Your responsibility in this life is at the foot of the mountain, not in the Prajna Temple. There is no Buddha here. The Buddha is only in your heart."
This time, Li Ye said everything he could say.
Wu Xin suddenly thought of something, looked up at Li Ye and asked, "Why didn't Junior Uncle tell me this when you first returned to the temple?"
Li Ye responded: "I said that at that time, could you listen?"
"It turns out that my junior uncle was thinking about this when he came back. No wonder you want to accept Yu'er as your apprentice."
Wuxin looked at him and smiled bitterly.
Li Ye shook his head, looked at Nangong Ruyu and said with a smile: "My fate with Yu'er has nothing to do with you. It has nothing to do with your Nangong family."
Wu Xin was startled and looked at Nangong Ruyu in his arms and said, "Could it be that Yu'er and my junior uncle were destined to meet each other in this life?"
Li Ye shook his head and said, "What are you thinking about? Buddhist scriptures are not like Buddhist scriptures, and magic is not like magic. Her grandfather knows this, and maybe he will tell you one day."
Li Yexin said that I am not a little white wolf, and Yu'er is not that little girl.
Our fate is not because of the woman in white? That Song Yu'er who will repay your debt in this life?
But did he dare to tell Wu Xin these words? It would make him even more crazy.
Wuxin guessed what Li Ye meant, frowned and said, "Can you practice cultivation after returning to the world?"
"Of course you can, why don't you go back and ask the abbot, his Dharma is more profound than mine."
Li Ye finally kicked the ball to Ming Hui. He believed that his senior brother would help Wu Xin resolve the tangle in his heart.
After Wuxin hesitated for a moment, he said seriously: "Uncle Master, I want to think about it seriously. After all, I have already walked down the mountain. This temple is not a vegetable market."
"Isn't there a vegetable market in the temple?" Li Ye asked, staring into his eyes.
"Is the temple a vegetable market?" Wu Xin was shocked when he heard this and looked at Li Ye blankly.
Li Ye pointed his hand in the direction of the main hall and said with a smile: "If this Prajna Temple were not a vegetable market, the pilgrims would come and go as they pleased that day. How is it different from the vegetable market?"
"Is there no difference?" Wu Xin said something to Li Ye and said he was confused. After thinking about it carefully, there was indeed no difference. Which pilgrim doesn't come and go when he wants?
For thousands of years, how has the Bodhisattva on the Buddhist altar ever spoken, leaving even one person to come up and burn incense?
"The Buddhist temple is the vegetable market!" Wu muttered softly, but there was a hint of understanding in his heart.
A Buddhist temple is a vegetable market. This was Li Ye's realization after practicing Buddhism for more than ten years. He had never said this to the old monk at the Great Buddha Temple. He had not had time to discuss it with the abbot Minghui, but today he used it to explain Wu Xin.
Not only was Wu Xin startled, but he was also secretly startled.
Xin Dao What happened to me today? Why did she suddenly say these incomprehensible words?
Looking at Wu Xin who was deep in thought, Li Yexin said: Nangong Xuanyuan, this is all I can do.
In the end, whether Wuxin can figure out whether he is willing to go down the mountain and return to the Nangong family is really not up to him. After all, Wuxin is not Yu'er, and Li Ye can't coax him with just one word.
After experiencing three lifetimes of love tribulations, how could Li Ye solve it with just a few words?
Looking at Wuxin's thoughtful look, Nangong Ruyu said: "Master, go to the mountain to pick autumn pears in two days. Yu'er wants to eat the autumn pears you pickled."
Li Ye was stunned, looked at her and said, "Go ahead and pick more and bring them back, and we'll eat them slowly."
Wuxin slowly turned the teacup in his hand, woke up from his daze, looked at Li Ye and smiled: "The wisdom of the young uncle has surpassed that of the abbot, Wuxin has learned a lot today."
Li Fang was slightly startled and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether you are taught or not. The key is that you want to understand some truth. I can't help you with this."
"Let's think about it carefully and consider the issues raised by our junior uncle. Please give me some time..."
Wu Xin finally makes a choice.
"There is no difficulty in finding the right path, only choice." Li Ye looked at him and said calmly.
Suddenly he had the illusion that these words were not addressed to Wu Xin, but to himself.
After returning to the Great Buddha Temple from Tianshan Mountain, haven't I been making choices?
Do you want to go to the Great Buddha Temple? Should you go home first or go to the Great Buddha Temple to meet the master first?
Should we kill all the bandits, shoot their arms or their chests?
Do you want to go to Phoenix Mountain? Should you go to Phoenix Mountain first or Qingcheng first?
Thinking about it, before Wu Xin could reply, he was already deep in thought...
Nangong Ruyu looked at her master in a daze, took Wu Xin's hand and walked out.
"Dad, let's go outside to play for a while. Master went crazy again. He will probably stay there for half an hour before he wakes up."
Nangong Ruyu, who was not surprised after seeing so many things, pulled Wuxin towards the back mountain. She finally pulled Wuxin to walk with her, and her mind naturally went to the back mountain.
There are autumn pears on the mountain. Although you can't eat them right now, you can pick them back and ask the master to pickle them and eat them slowly when it snows.
"Yu'er, does your master often do this?" Wuxin asked.
"It doesn't seem to be that often, right? It just happens occasionally that I'll be in a daze for a while. Sister Xiaohua and I are used to it."
Nangong Ruyu looked at him and smiled.
Nangong Ruyu looked at his thoughtful expression and said with a smile: "Master is stupid. Is daddy the same? Let's go quickly."
Thinking about those autumn pears in the back mountain, she couldn't wait any longer.
Looking at his beloved daughter, Wu Xin replied happily: "Come on, pick more for Yu'er."
Some questions could no longer confuse him. After listening to Li Ye's words and seeing his lovely daughter, he had already made a decision in his heart.
Just like what he said to Li Ye, he still needs time to think carefully before making a decision.
However, the seed Li Ye has been planted in his heart, and even after one winter, it should sprout in spring.
This was Li Ye's explanation to Nangong Xuanyuan.
...
When Li Ye woke up from trance, Wuxin had already left the small courtyard and returned to the Buddhist hall to find Wuyou.
Xiaohua has already prepared dinner and put it on the table.
Nangong Ruyu was guarding a pile of Qiuli and was worried. Li Ye looked at her depressed look and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with Yu'er?"
Nangong Ruyu stuffed half an autumn pear in her hand into Li Ye's mouth and said with a smile, "Master, give it a try."
After saying that, he chuckled and showed a proud smile.
Li Ye took a bite gently, looked at her and pretended to be angry: "Yu'er, are you trying to trick the master? You dare to stuff such an unpalatable pear into the master's mouth."
Nangong Ruyu looked at him and smiled: "Yu'er's mouth is already feeling very uncomfortable, so I thought of letting you, master, experience the taste of Yu'er."
Li Ye was shocked and thought, how old is this girl? She actually said these words to him. Even Xiaohua couldn't say it?
Is it really true that children's words are unbridled?
Holding her in his arms and sitting down next to him, Li Ye smiled and said, "Xiao Hua went to pick pears with Yu'er?
Nangong Ruyu shook her head and said with a smile: "Yu'er grabbed dad and asked him to accompany me. When Yu'er came back, the master was still stupid."
Xiaohua looked at Nangong Ruyu and said with a smile, "Yuer, hurry up and wash your hands. It's time to eat."
Putting Nangong Ruyu down, Li Ye patted her hand and said, "Go and wash your hands and eat more later. I must be exhausted from picking pears today."
After touching her belly, Nangong Ruyu smiled and said, "I'm exhausted and hungry."
After saying that, he ran to the kitchen.
.......
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Ye took a late nap, and when he woke up, Xiaohua had already taken Nangong Ruyu to play in the back mountain.
Li Ye, who pushed out the door, looked up and saw that half the time had passed.
After washing himself, he made a pot of tea and drank two cups.
Staring blankly at the stone wall heading towards an unknown place, with grass growing tenaciously on the stone wall, Li Ye thought about the little white flower he saw at the beginning.
He sighed softly, thinking about what Ming Hui said, thinking that a few months had passed, and the wine brewed in early summer might be ready to be opened and tasted.
He stood up and walked towards the wine jars stacked in the wooden shed.
But I was thinking: I don’t know whether the wine brewed with the master at Xuantianguan is better, or the wine I brewed at Prajna Temple is better.
At this time, he suddenly thought of the jar of wine that Nalan Yu gave him to drink in the Huamanlou in White Jade City.
That jar made me drunk for a day and a night...
