You cultivate immortality, I cultivate merit

Chapter 51 Brilliance
"Little monk, where is your master?"

"What's the matter with you?"

"Little monk, we are here to help. You obviously don't know how to repair the wall."

Three strong men stepped forward and kicked a courtyard wall. The originally good courtyard wall suddenly collapsed.

The three middle-aged men were stunned. They looked down at their legs, and someone immediately shouted: "Which one of you tried your best to suck the breast?"

"I didn't, Lao Liu, Lao Qi, are you trying too hard?"

"Stop arguing. This courtyard wall is not good to begin with. If the three of you kicked it together, it would naturally collapse."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan looked at the two remaining courtyard walls and felt that they could not be saved.

Sure enough, the people who came with them all walked towards the two courtyard walls, and then the two courtyard walls were covered as they wished.

When Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng came over, they saw such a scene and sighed: "Sure enough, it is Shoushan Temple that retains people."

The old man came forward to discuss with Master Decheng: "Master monk, before you came here, this place had a strong smell, and we didn't dare to go near this place.

Yesterday, we felt that there was no strange smell in this area, so I plucked up the courage to come here. Since you want to repair the courtyard wall, let's come over and do the work together. "

The old man looked at the excavated foundation, stretched out his hand and pointed: "The foundation is a little shallow. There are many of us, so we can dig deeper and build the courtyard wall stronger."

"Donor, what you said makes sense. I need more guidance from you on how to build the courtyard wall.

It's just that we don't have much income from alms, so we can only build one courtyard wall first, and then build the other three walls later. "

The old man didn't say anything, but only asked the people who came with him to dig the foundation quickly. He said to Master Decheng: "Let's repair it first and then talk about the future.

If we help repair the walls of Shoushan Temple, can you stay in the temple a little longer? "

Master Decheng sighed and said, "Donor, don't worry. As long as Shoushan Temple is repaired, the big temple near you will arrange for people to take care of it, and maybe send a highly respected monk to be the abbot."

The old man did not force Master Decheng, but praised Master Decheng for his magnanimity, and he would become famous all over the world in the future.

Master Shanzheng and his two children followed the crowd to dig the foundation. Everyone quickly became close to the three of them, thinking that they were great monks who devoted themselves to Buddha.

Master Shanzheng listened to everyone's discussion with a dull expression, and Shi Xiaoliu occasionally replied with a sentence or two, which was about going up and down the mountain.

After Shi Xiaoliu said that he and his master would treat people with minor illnesses on the road, Shi Zelan didn't need to speak at all.

It was getting dark. Before the old man left with a group of people, he invited the four people from Decheng to visit his home.

Master Decheng declined the old man's kindness, saying that he was used to this kind of life.

The old man turned around and left. Master Decheng lit a fire and set the firewood high. The four of them sat beside the firewood, listening to the sound of the firewood burning.

"Xiao Liu, Lan'er, do you think all the people here today are good people?"

Master Decheng suddenly asked Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan.

"Master, I think they are just a group of brave people."

After Shi Xiaoliu finished speaking, he turned to look at Shi Zelan. She immediately answered: "They came here specifically to test who we are."

Master Decheng looked at Master Shanzheng: "What do you think?"

"Let's see if they come tomorrow. I'll go down the mountain for a walk."

After Master Shanzheng finished speaking, he left. Master Decheng looked at his figure and thought deeply.

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan took out the dry food and started eating it at the same time. They exchanged little glances while eating.

After Master Shanzheng came back, he said to Master Decheng: "Tomorrow, Lan'er and I will go for a walk around the area." Master Decheng nodded: "The four of us are going to separate two people to beg for alms."

Master Shanzheng looked at him and said, "If this situation continues to develop and no one comes, we probably won't be able to leave for a while.

Those who are destined will not come so early, but those who are not destined can come early.

Let's go and see if we can find the great monk who preaches here. "

After Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan slept, Master Decheng looked at Master Shanzheng and sighed: "I haven't left the sect for many years, and I have made many mistakes.

You have just returned to the sect not long ago, why didn't you remind me? "

Master Shanzheng looked at him: "I have never stayed here before, and fifty years have passed since the turmoil. I thought this place was stable."

"If it were really stable, Shouzan Temple wouldn't be in such a ridiculous situation."

"Senior brother, I think the situation at Shoushan Temple is probably the result of someone with a good heart."

"It's up to them to make a fuss. If they dig out the money buried in the ground, that's their chance. The local government will handle it."

"The old man must have heard something about it. Now they are talking about building the wall together. Later, they may cause trouble in the temple lobby."

"Let it go, we can't control it too much."

On the second day, when it was dark, Shi Zelan set off with Shan Zheng.

"Master, are we leaving so early?"

"Leave early, otherwise you will meet people who are here to do something."

Shi Zelan happily followed Master Shan Zheng. Although she still walked around with her bald head, she had left the temple after all.

"Master, let's go to the market."

Master Shanzheng looked at her bald head and said with a smile: "If you don't go today, I will go to the market in the nearby town tomorrow."

"Master, where are we going?"

"The Guanghua Temple in Zhangjia Town is very famous."

"Oh." Shi Zelan looked indifferent.

Master Shanzheng looked at her, shook his head and chuckled: "Famous mountains and temples are very attractive to scholars in the secular world."

"Master, a little girl like me has no chance to study in the mortal world."

Master Shan Zheng and Shi Zelan walked and walked until noon when they saw the intersection at the foot of Guanghua Temple.

The young monk who was welcoming the guests was about to turn around and enter the temple. When he saw Master Shanzheng and Shi Zelan, he immediately saluted: "Two masters, please come."

Master Shanzheng and Shi Zelan returned the gift. Master Shanzheng smiled and said to the young monk: "Little master, our masters and disciples have traveled far and wide. After coming here, we heard about the solemn reputation of Guanghua Temple, so we came here to pay homage."

The young monk was probably used to hearing such compliments, so he said calmly: "Two masters, please, it is dinner time, and the two masters need to go to the back hall to eat vegetarian food."

Shan Zheng lowered his head and saw the excitement in Shi Zelan's eyes, nodded and said, "Yes."

The two of them went to worship the Buddha first and offered two portions of money for incense.

After seeing them, the young monk's attitude towards them improved a little. When he invited them to the back hall, he said: "Brother Mingxin cooked the vegetarian meal today. If we go late, we may not be able to share it."

Master Shanzheng and Shi Zelan followed the young monk and accelerated their pace. When the three of them arrived, they saw that the back hall was full of people.

(End of this chapter)