Farmer's Manor Fish and Rice Fragrance

Chapter 74: The Beautiful Monk (1)
The little monk looked at her puzzled, "No. My master only accepts me as an apprentice."

"Just the two of you?"

"There are other novice monks like me."

"They're all kids?"

"Well, almost, we were sent here by our family since we were young."

Qian Xi felt a little pity, the people here were poor, otherwise so many children would not have been sent to become monks.

"Well, that...do you have someone called Ningshi here?" Although she felt that the question was very abrupt, she decided to ask it frankly, so she could rest assured.

"No." The little monk replied impatiently.This woman talks a lot.

After getting an affirmative answer, Qianxi breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed her steps.

Sure enough, as the little monk said, the inside is quite small, with a square garden of about ten meters, red walls and red tiles, and murals with Buddha statues painted on both sides of the front door.Although small, it has a Buddhist atmosphere.

"You wait here, I will report to Master."

"By the way, tell your master, I'm hungry." Qianxi replied with a smile.

The little monk snorted at her, and ran quickly to the lobby of the monastery.

Qianxi looked around at this time, the small courtyard was very clean, and occasionally two young monks passing by with tools quietly looked back at her. A woman suddenly entered the temple, and she might be regarded as a monster.Qianxi thought, whenever a little monk looked at her, she would smile back charmingly, which immediately scared the little monk and ran away in a panic.

"Hehe..." Qianxi covered her mouth and smiled lowly, feeling much more cheerful.

Soon, the little monk came out, looked at her a little strangely, pouted his mouth, and said reluctantly: "Master asked me to take you to the backyard first, and bring you food."

Qianxi raised her eyebrows, "Sure enough, he is a merciful master."

"Be serious!" The little monk's face straightened, resembling Shi Xiaolong when he was a child.

Qianxi held back her laughter, and immediately said solemnly, "Thank you to the living Bodhisattva who is so merciful and merciful."

The little monk nodded in satisfaction, and led Qianxi towards the backyard with serious steps.

It turns out that the backyard is the place to grow vegetables. Qianxi saw that there are many kinds of lush vegetables here, and there are young monks watering and managing them. They are thriving.

The little monk led her to a bungalow at the end, opened the door, and said, "Master said, you are a woman, and it is inconvenient to stay in the monastery, but it is late today, and going down the mountain will be dangerous, so I ask you to stay here for a while." It's late, you go in first, I'll deliver the food later."

Qianxi proudly raised her eyebrows at him, provocatively, "Look, I told you not to bring me here, but you didn't. This time, I lost money."

The little monk pouted angrily, and finally flung his sleeves and left helplessly.

Qianxi entered the house and looked around. Although the house is very simple, it still has the characteristics of a monastery. It is very clean and nice, and it is a place where you can shelter.

After a while, the little monk brought the meal, her face was still pouting, Qianxi couldn't tease him anymore, so she softened her voice and asked, "Thank you, little master, by the way, what's your name?"

The little monk glanced at her and saw that she was serious, so he replied, "Sang Qiu."

"Then I'll call you Sang Qiu from now on?"

Sang Qiu stared, "Do you still want the future? Humph, my master only said to keep you for one night!"

Qianxi curled her lips and muttered, "I still think I like this place, a bunch of stinky kids."

"You..." Sang Qiu held his breath, as if considering that he was in the monastery, he restrained himself a lot, so he just flicked his sleeves and left.

Qianxi started to eat voraciously, she was used to the simple food, and there was an indescribable medicinal smell in the food, which was very pleasant to her mouth.

Soon, the food on the table was cleaned up like wind and clouds, Qianxi wiped her mouth in satisfaction, and suddenly realized a truth, alas, love is empty, and happiness is only when you have a full stomach.

When she walked out of the house, she decided to take a stroll because it was close to the vegetable garden. Before she could get to the front, she saw Sang Qiu appearing from nowhere, and said in a panic, "Don't come near! If the woman touches the vegetables, we won't be able to eat them." .”

Qianxi opened her eyes wide in surprise, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Cut, nerves."

Sang Qiu grabbed her arm, "Go, my master is calling you." As he spoke, he glanced at her gloatingly.

Qianxi pursed her lips, and then thought of the reason why she came here, too, how can she explain it when she sees the old monk later?
Sang Qiu aggressively pulled her to the front yard and walked into the biggest main hall.As soon as you enter the main hall of the temple, you can feel the strong religious atmosphere. The room is quite large, and there are huge eye-catching paintings on the walls inside. The golden Buddha in various postures sits in it, mighty, serious, and sacred.

Qianxi straightened her body unconsciously, showed respect to the Buddha, and walked forward step by step. In front of the main hall was a large altar with incense altars and other objects. The most conspicuous one, of course, was standing in the middle A huge living Buddha statue.

Qianxi couldn't help clasping her hands together, solemnly knelt down on the futon, kowtowed, and said in a low voice: "My little girl accidentally violated a certain master's holy place, I hope the Buddha will forgive me."

Sang Qiu also knelt aside and kowtowed first, then stood up, turned her head and whispered to Qianxi, "Here, come with me."

Qianxi followed him and turned around, and Sang Qiu had already walked to the right. Qianxi looked up while walking, and saw a man with closed eyes chanting sutras sitting on a throne in front of a huge Buddhist painting.

She originally thought that Sang Qiu's master was a kind-hearted old monk with high morals, but she didn't expect that the master he talked about was just a fair-skinned young man.

He looks 21 or [-] years old, his eyebrows are like distant mountains, his skin is like snow, his facial features are clear and light, upright and delicate, he sits there motionless, with a refined temperament, too quiet as if he has been isolated from the world, if it is not because of The lips moved slightly while chanting, not as deep as a real person at all, just like an ink painting.

His figure is slightly thin, and he is wrapped in a large dark red cassock. This is the first time Qianxi has seen a person who can wear red with a sense of tranquility, which is not inferior to the purity of Shengxue in white clothes.On his young but serious face, there is a sense of majesty and compassion of youth and maturity, as if a golden halo can be emitted from the whole body, which can save all sentient beings.

"Master." Sang Qiu was obedient and cautious when facing the master, and even Qianxi had a sense of admiration for the people above him, so he didn't dare to look up at him.

There was a moment of silence in the air, the young master slowly opened his eyes, his thin eyelashes against the candlelight looked like cicada feathers, Qianxi accidentally raised her head, and suddenly met his eyes, as if she was in the fairy world forever. It has become a natural deep pool, clear, pure, sacred, exuding an indifferent but gentle light.

Qianxi had a wishful thinking for a moment, if she could stay with such a person in her next life, then all troubles and troubles would disappear without a trace, and she would really be able to purify her mind and become a Buddha instantly.

(End of this chapter)