Chapter 50 Encounter

"Yes, it happened several decades ago. Beichen was also a fellow traveler back then."

Shi Zelan looked up and saw a nostalgic look in Master Decheng's eyes, and asked curiously: "Uncle, did you have many people traveling with you that time?"

“Yes, there are more than ten people traveling together, and we are all good friends.

Sister Lan, do you want to hear about your father? ”

Shi Zelan shook her head: "I have heard about my father's various outstanding deeds many times in the lecture hall.

Uncle, they are better at telling stories than you. ”

Master Decheng glanced at Shi Zelan and sighed, "But they don't know as much as I do."

"Uncle, you never thought of telling me about my father before.

At this moment, I don't want to listen, but you insist on telling me, what do you want me to do for you? ”

"Pfft." Shanzheng Zhenren laughed: "Girl, you and Xiaoliu should clean up the place tonight."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan nodded at the same time. Shi Xiaoliu said to Master Decheng, "Master, can you see if anyone is coming over?"

"No one's here right now. Your uncle and I are tired, so we'll rest outside for a while. You guys go in and clean up."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan were outside the temple and had already smelled the stench, so they were mentally prepared.

But after they entered Shoushan Temple, the two of them immediately took two steps back. It was so smelly. No wonder Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng were unwilling to get close.

Shi Zelan didn't care too much, she just covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and said to Shi Xiaoliu: "Let's clean the dirt out of the temple first, and then use the Jingchen Jue to clean the environment of the temple.

Why don’t the farmers around here come to the temple to pick up fertilizer? ”

"You also know about farmers picking up fertilizer?"

"Lingyu said that farmers in the mortal world are hardworking and busy all year round.

Picking up fertilizer is the easiest job for them. ”

The two of them endured the nausea and transported the fertilizer from the temple to the side of the mountain, then used the Dust Purification Technique to clean the inside and outside of the temple.

The two men then stood outside the temple, took a breath, and changed into a coarse cloth shirt.

Zhenren Decheng and Zhenren Shanzheng were strolling along the country road, and both of them enjoyed this kind of life.

“Beichen told me that he would come with me next time.

As a result, I don’t know where he is now, but I came here with his senior brother and daughter. ”

Shanzheng Zhenren glanced at him and said: "You used to be a sentimental person."

"You are the one who is sentimental. Why should I, a grown man, be sentimental?

Isn’t it because of you and your disciple that we thought of Beichen?

You and your master are both as cold-hearted and callous as each other. ”

"You want me to hug you and cry now, saying that I miss my junior brother and that I am worried about his safety?"

"No, stay away from me."

"You are not me, so you naturally don't understand my worries.

You are not Sister Lan, and you will not understand her feelings of missing her father. ”

Master Decheng shook his head at Master Shanzheng and said, "I am not that sentimental. It is just that when I return to the old place, I can't help but think of the old people."

"Then we will go to more old places in the future. You won't examine us as master and disciple every time we go to a place, right?"

"I'm not that bored. Maybe we can find the traces of Beichen and his wife during this trip."

"I hope so. Sister Lan still needs her parents now, and she can build a deep relationship with them."

"Shan Zheng, you are smart all your life but you are foolish for just one moment."

"Go away, you're making too much noise."

They walked back, playing and joking, and when they were almost near Shoushan Temple, they stopped.

"Shanzheng, the two children have cleaned the Shoushan Temple so well. Let's stay here for a few days and repair the temple wall."

"Okay, I'll take them to build the courtyard wall with bricks.

If the temple is clean, wandering monks will stay a few more days. ”

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan worked together to prop up the fallen Buddha statue and carefully wiped off the dirty marks on it.

After they finished this, they looked at the clean Shoushan Temple and their faces changed.

"Xiao Liu, we have done it."

"Sister Lan, we went too far."

The two looked at each other and had to accept the fact before them.

Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng walked in, saw the expressions on their faces, and sighed, "We have just discussed and agreed to stay for a few more days.

But our identities have to change again, to become wandering monks, so Lan Jie'er will dress up as a man. ”

Taoist Master Shanzheng waved his hand towards Shi Zelan. She reached out and touched her bald head, then looked down at her monk robe master and saluted with her hands clasped together.

"Donor Xiaoliu is well!"

After seeing this, Master Shanzheng shook his head and said, "Sister Lan, you are too happy and lively. The little monk needs to be quiet."

Shi Xiaoliu stood very straight and said, "Master, Lan Jie'er and I don't know how to recite the scriptures."

"Your master can recite the Medicine Sutra, which is also a good scripture to encourage people to do good."

Zhenren Decheng responded to Shi Xiaoliu's words frankly. He was not a Buddhist, so naturally he had never memorized Buddhist scriptures.

"Master, I can recite the Tao Te Ching."

Shi Zelan said proudly to Master Heshanzheng that she seemed to have no affinity with Buddhism.

Shanzheng Zhenren looked at her and said: "You have cleaned the Shoushan Temple too well. We will stay here and repair the missing wall."

"But it would take the mortals five or six days to repair a courtyard wall."

Zhenren Decheng and Zhenren Shanzheng went to check on the Buddha statue, while Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan huddled together and talked in low voices.

"Xiao Liu, at least now we are sitting under the tree in the temple, the air is much fresher."

Shi Xiaoliu nodded: "Sister Lan, we can learn how to repair the courtyard wall."

Zhenren Decheng and Zhenren Shanzheng wanted to train Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan, so they started by cleaning the foundation of the courtyard wall and let them do the work themselves.

Of course, they were not idle. They went to the foot of the mountain to pick up soil, went to the river to pick up sand, and went into the village to find someone to buy wooden boards for the temple gate.

The four of them were busy during the past two days.

On the third day, an elderly farmer passing by came up to ask Master Decheng: "Master, will you stay in Shoushan Temple in the future?"

"Donor, we have traveled all over the world and came here. We have a connection with Shoushan Temple."

"Does this mean you'll stay?"

Master Decheng and the old man explained that they were going to go somewhere else and would wait for the right person at the Shoushan Temple.

The old man sighed: "You have repaired the temple, but you don't guard it. After a long time, this place will become deserted again."

He shook his head and left. Master Decheng looked at Master Shanzheng and sighed, "It's hard to be a human being.

But what he said makes sense. Master Shanzheng, please tell me when the guardian will come here? ”

Shanzheng Zhenren glanced at him and said: "You already know the answer, so I don't need to calculate it again."

"All right."

They all thought that the old man just came over to say a few words and didn't take it to heart.

An hour later, Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng went to the river, while Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan were making mud bricks.

They saw the old man coming with a group of people. After the two looked at each other, Shi Xiaoliu stepped forward to greet them.