Liuli then quieted down. She didn't rush to leave and stayed quietly with him.
In silence, Shi Chan was lost in thought. The matter of those hundreds of demon spirits weighed heavily on his heart, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
While the righteous disciples and ordinary people outside are suffering greatly from the demonic calamity, Shi Chan is hiding here enjoying peace and tranquility.
He recalled the faces of Zen Master Daming and Shi Ning, and the gray-robed monk he had seen in the Bodhi Forest through a trance of memories. He said that if he, Shi Chan, could obtain the Brahma-enlightened prayer wheel, he would use it to help all living beings safely overcome the tribulations.
However, he failed to keep his promise made while in the illusion of memory.
If he were to hide here and never emerge again, ignoring the demonic calamities outside, then what would be the point of his painstaking cultivation, and what would be the point of his vying for divine artifacts? He possesses two divine artifacts, the Seven Treasures Kasaya and the Brahma Prayer Wheel, yet he avoids the world, wouldn't that be burying the divine artifacts?
But, glass...
The wrinkles between Shi Chan's brows deepened, his heart filled with pain and turmoil, making it difficult for him to find peace.
“Liuli…” After a long silence, Shi Chan couldn’t help but speak, saying in a low voice, “Today, when I was working with some young people in town, I overheard them talking about things outside. They said…”
“Shi Chan!” Liu Li suddenly interrupted him, her voice turning cold as she said indifferently, “I don’t want to hear about what’s going on outside. Those things are none of our business.”
Shi Chan fell silent again. After a long while, he replied in a low voice, "Okay."
As darkness fell, Shi Chan opened his eyes and sat up straight. He turned to look at Liu Li, his gaze gentle, and said with a smile, "Liu Li, we should go home for dinner, otherwise the mayor's wife will come to call us again."
Liuli turned to look at him, and seeing no abnormality on his face, her heart quietly settled. She smiled and nodded, stood up to stretch her stiff body, and said with a smile, "Let's go home for dinner."
Shi Chan then stood up, picked up the futon where Liuli had been sitting and put it back in the Buddha Hall. After coming out, he took Liuli's small hand and walked with her towards the temple gate.
By then, the setting sun had completely disappeared. The two figures, one tall and one short, held hands and gradually disappeared into the dark street after leaving the temple gate, leaving only a series of indistinct laughter and chatter.
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Days passed by like this. Outside of Magpie Bridge Town, demonic flames raged, but within Magpie Bridge Town, peace and tranquility prevailed.
Liuli and Shichan lived more and more like ordinary people in Queqiao Town. After having breakfast at the town mayor's house in the morning, Shichan would go to work on building the wooden building, while Liuli would go to the Holy Monk Temple to guard the Buddha statue of Monk Jiawu and the Bodhi fruit that had not yet sprouted.
It was late April, the beginning of summer. Queqiao Town is located on the northwestern border of the Central Plains, and the climate was not yet too hot.
A little over a month would have been nothing more than a blink of an eye for Liuli in the past, but in this Magpie Bridge Town, it was a long and beautiful time of sunrise and sunset.
She loved life here. There was no hatred, no deceit, no backstabbing and exhaustion. All she saw were simple, warm faces and gentle, smiling monks.
She doesn't think about anything all day long. The only things that require her attention are deciding which clothes and shoes to dress Shichan in the next day, and washing his dirty clothes and shoes as soon as possible, because he doesn't have many clothes and does hard work every day, so his clothes get dirty very quickly.
Also, they need to learn how to clean and cook from the mayor's wife as soon as possible, because the wooden house at Shi Chan's place will be completed soon. Once it's finished, they will have to move there and can no longer freeload at the mayor's house.
After watering the Bodhi tree, she had some free time, so she went to learn how to spin, weave, and sew clothes from the women in town, so she could make some clothes for herself and Shichan. Oh, and she also wanted to learn how to embroider, so she could embroider a purse for Shichan.
...
Her daily worries were nothing more than the trivial matters that wives in ordinary couples had to take care of.
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