Chapter 9
The kids were well behaved the whole time. In the morning, Lu Xiaoguo shouted until his throat was hoarse and failed to control the noisy Tai Chi class. Zhou Du said casually, "Don't disturb your driver brother," and the noise was instantly suppressed. The kids were still chattering, but they all communicated in a low voice.
Occasionally, when the kid was so engrossed in the conversation that he suddenly raised his voice, he was shushed by the other kids, who imitated Zhou Du and said, "Don't disturb the driver while he's driving."
The school bus first takes the Tai Chi class back.
At the foot of the Hucheng Peak, there stood a row of Taoist priests waiting to pick up their children.
The young Taoists got off the bus one by one and ran towards their parents. One of them, a little boy, pulled another little boy, ran up to his parents, said something, and was then given a slap in the face.
"Brother! Tang Wan doesn't believe you can fart 500 times in three minutes! Show him now!"
"You little bastard! What do you think I am?" The young Taoist priest was so angry that he beat him up.
The little boy named Tang Wan laughed heartlessly on the side: "I told you you were bragging! King of bragging, lululululululu!"
"Sugar balls!" A young female Taoist priest had just come down the mountain and saw the child making trouble, so she rushed over angrily.
Tang Wan ran away: "Senior Sister! Why are you here to pick me up!"
The female Taoist priest grabbed her junior fellow apprentice by the collar and went to apologize.
The two adults, each carrying a few bags from their own children, exchanged greetings politely.
The quiet foot of the Hucheng Peak suddenly became lively, and the birds resting in the woods on both sides flew out with a whoosh.
Zhou Du and Xiao Zhixuan's master chatted for a while, and finally the white-bearded old man waved his hand and said, "There are still children from Chengyun Mountain who need to be sent back. I won't keep you for tea or dinner. Come over when you have time in the future."
Zhou Du nodded and said goodbye, then returned to the car.
Only the school bus carrying children from the Lotus Class was quieter, with the students sitting there in a dignified and upright manner.
To get from Hucheng Peak to Chengyun Mountain, you have to drive through a small town. In the ancient town, homestays and restaurants can be seen everywhere, and the population is not small. At mealtime, they are all open, and small stalls are everywhere.
Li Yang drove slowly down a street when the man suddenly spoke up and asked him to stop.
The school bus stopped, and the man reached out of the window with his slender hand, beckoned the vendor selling candied haws on the roadside, and generously bought all of them. The vendor took the money and passed the goods and the shelf in through the window.
Zhou Du held a straw stick with candied haws on it and asked the children in the Lotus Class, "Do you want to eat some?"
The cubs have big, bright eyes and little bald heads.
"Then talk. Say whatever you want to say. It will be boring if it's too quiet."
……Neuropathy.
Li Yang couldn't help but ask: "What did you force them to do?"
Isn't he boring?
However, even the most introverted and calm child has a childlike nature and is not really taciturn.
The little monks glanced at their neighbors innocently and started chatting with each other's shiny little heads.
At Chengyun Mountain, an old monk with a kind face came to pick up the children. The children stood quietly behind the old monk, each holding a string of bright red sugar-coated fruits in his hand.
They whispered:
“Mine is strawberry.”
"Mine is orange."
"Mine looks like a mango." One of them looked at it carefully.
"I only like to eat original hawthorn."
The young disciples were muttering to themselves.
The old monk smiled kindly, "Zhou Yuan, long time no see. Why don't you go up the mountain with me for a simple meal?"
"It's been a while since I had the vegetarian meal at Ciguang Temple." Zhou Du said with a smile, "But the driver of our park is still here——"
The old monk interrupted slowly, "Don't be polite, Zhou Yuan. Just come up. The school bus driver has made contributions to Buddhism and Taoism, but there have been so many people coming and going in the past few years, and Chengyun Mountain and Hucheng Peak have not thanked any of them properly. Today, I will..."
Before he could finish his words, a handsome young man rushed out of the orange school bus, holding a cell phone and heading in a certain direction.
The kids called him, and Li Yang realized that he hadn't finished work yet. He turned around and walked back as if nothing had happened under the curious gazes of the little monks.
Zhou Du called him, "This is Master Jingkong from Ciyun Temple. He invited us to go up the mountain for a vegetarian meal. Do you want to go?"
Li Yang was eager to stay and said, "I'll park the car."
Li Yang went to move the car. Master Jingkong smiled at Zhou Du and said, "It's different from the previous school bus drivers."
In the past, the drivers who picked up and dropped off children were all tall and strong, but this one looks like a child.
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The three of them and a group of young monks walked on the wide and long stone steps of Chengyun Mountain.
When the kids knew that the head teacher and the driver were going to visit Ciyu Temple, they were very envious of the kids in Ciyu Temple, and asked Zhou Du and Li Yang to go to their temple for dinner next time.
The candied haws were strung on bamboo sticks, which made it unsafe to eat on the road, and it was also difficult to throw away the cores, so the kids held them all the way. Starting from the middle of the mountain, every time a temple appeared, two or three kids left the team and went home. The elderly monks who were sweeping outside the temples put down their work to welcome the children.
The closer they got to the top of the mountain, the smaller the group of cubs became. In the end, there were only two little monks from Ciyu Temple left, and Li Yang held one in each hand.
He always walked in a hurry, but the cubs who had been practicing since childhood were also fast, and the two of them left the director and the master several meters behind.
We soon arrived at Ciyu Temple. Above our heads was a sea of warm golden clouds at dusk, and below us was a small town with lights just starting to come on.
Li Yang helped them peel the paper covering the candied haws, while the two children watched eagerly.
"Give."
A young monk took it and licked it carefully. When Li Yang peeled his companion's candied haws, the two children smiled and ate it together bite by bite.
Master Jingkong originally wanted to invite them to have dinner in the Chan room.
The Chan Room was the master's single office, similar to a private room, so that he could drink tea after dinner. Zhou Du refused and ate in the dining hall.
The dining hall is located in a pavilion, with lush green forests outside the windows. The monks sitting there eating eat little in silence.
There were only two vegetarian dishes and a bowl of rice in front of Master Jingkong and Zhou Du, but the one prepared for Li Yang was very rich, with various imitation meat dishes made from vegetarian food.
"You're welcome. I just don't know if it suits Master Xiao Li's taste." Master Jingkong said gently.
Then they watched Li Yang finish six bowls of rice in one breath.
The wooden bowl was clean, without a single grain of rice left, which was consistent with the Buddhist philosophy of not wasting a single drop of food.
The young monks on both sides were dumbfounded. Master Jingkong laughed dryly and said to Zhou Du: "It seems that Master Xiao Li likes the vegetarian food in our temple."
Zhou Du also had a faint smile on his lips, "I'm sorry to make you laugh. The child is still growing and can't starve."
Li Yang finished the last bowl of kelp and tofu soup, put down his chopsticks, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and thanked the Buddha, then opened his eyes and said to Zhou Du, "I'm going to go out for a walk to help digest the food."
Zhou Du nodded, "Don't go too far."
Li Yang touched the little bald heads on both sides and left the cafeteria.
He walked out of Ciyu Temple, following the scent all the way to the woods behind the mountain of Chengyun, and caught a fugitive ghost from the underworld.
"Yang Yongde was granted leave to return to the living world to visit his relatives during the Ghost Festival this year, but he has not returned yet after the holiday—"
The little ghost was powerless to resist, and cried out in his hands: "What Yang, what De! I am not! You must have recognized the wrong ghost!"
An old cell phone was pressed against his face, and he saw its picture clearly on the wanted poster of the underworld. Then he realized that the black-haired young man was a ghost.
"You are under arrest for illegally staying on earth." Li Yang was about to open the passage.
"Wait! Wait, wait! Sir, I have my reasons! My old mother is sick, but my ungrateful elder brother doesn't care about her. I am worried!"
"What can you do if you stay in the human world?" Li Yang narrowed his eyes, "Do you want to harm your elder brother?"
He made a note of this, “An aggravated crime.” More points.
"No! I just followed him around, causing some minor accidents and nightmares. Lord Yincha, you know that ghosts like us have to queue up and draw lots to send dreams in the underworld, so there is no time for my big brother to wake up!"
Really? Li Yang didn't know. It wasn't mentioned in the temporary worker training. Only those above the level of formal employees were exposed to the internal rules and regulations of the underworld.
"And I had been planning to turn myself in in two days. Last night in my dream, my eldest brother promised to take our mother to the hospital for treatment. I was afraid that he would go back on his word, so I wanted to observe him for two more days." The little ghost sobbed as he recounted the sadness he had felt during his time in the world of the living.
It has wanted to go back for a long time! Being a lonely ghost is not that easy. If there is no incense in the world, it will be hungry. In the past, the paper money burned by the family was transferred to the underworld card, and the underworld card can only be used in the underworld. It has been hungry for almost half a month. I heard from other wanted ghosts that Chengyun Mountain will perform a ritual to help the lonely ghosts around this afternoon. Before the lonely ghosts are saved, they must eat enough incense before they are willing to go on the road. These fugitive ghosts can go and get some.
Then it followed the main group. There were veterans among the wanted ghosts who taught them to try the lingering fragrance when the ritual was almost over, so as not to be overtaken by others. Although the lingering fragrance was very light, it was enough to satisfy their hunger for a while.
It is quite greedy. Most of the other wanted ghosts have left, but it is still chasing after that little bit of incense, floating around, and then it will be caught and executed.
Li Yang: A gang committed the crime. This month's performance has been settled.
No wonder he saw three wanted ghosts at the foot of the mountain. He was wondering how they dared to come in and out in groups when there were so many temples here.
It turned out that they were having a big pot meal.
The little ghost cried bitterly: "My Lord, can you help me beg for mercy from those down there? I won't dare to do it again!"
The sky was dark blue, indicating that night was approaching. The black-haired young man lowered his eyes slightly, his face filled with bright colors.
"What's the use of begging for mercy?"
"You can have a chance to make amends, do you want it?"
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