"Half a year?" Xiao Zheng looked at Li Jing who was dining quietly in shock. The expression was quite surprised.
You know, no matter how delicate a woman is, she still has to eat at least one or two rice per meal, right? Assuming two people have two meals a day, they would eat four taels a day. That’s twelve pounds a month. If you take half a year off, even if it's three months, that's nearly forty kilograms of rice. This does not include the cooking oil necessary for cooking. After all, Li Jing doesn't have to carry fifty or sixty kilograms of daily necessities up the mountain every time she goes down the mountain
Xiao Zheng stuffed a lion's head into his mouth and said vaguely: "Aunt Jing, is this too hard for you?"
He didn't believe that Li Jing would ask for help. After all, he was a monk, so there was no reason to pay someone to move it. Furthermore, the eminent monks of the Tang Dynasty went to the West to obtain scriptures. They were obviously escorted by a group of goblin disciples who were omnipotent in heaven and earth, but they could only ride on a poor white dragon horse and walk westward with three sighs at a time. Therefore, in Xiao Zheng's opinion, monks should not do opportunistic things.
"It's okay." Li Jingtian smiled lightly and shook her head. "Walking means practicing. Compared with ascetics, my skills are far behind."
"The so-called ascetics only appear in movies and novels. In reality, especially now, how can anyone still be an ascetic." Xiao Zheng shook his head and said. Admiration for Li Jing arose spontaneously.
Of course, Li Jing's workload can be done by Xiao Zheng, but she is only a middle-aged woman after all, and it is definitely beyond ordinary people's imagination to be able to carry heavy loads on foot. Coupled with the steep mountain road, it is a huge challenge for Li Jing. So to a certain extent, Xiao Zheng believed that Li Jing was not an ordinary person.
"Why not?" Li Jing looked at Ye Yuhua with a smile. Respect the road. "Senior sister walks 10,000 kilometers every year. It has been twenty years."
Ten thousand kilometers
Xiao Zheng said: "On average, you have to travel nearly thirty miles every day?"
Li Jing smiled and said: "So, compared with my senior sister, I really have more than enough practice."
"Monks don't care about comparisons. Ah Jing, you've got it right." Ye Yuhua said with a slight smile.
Li Jing nodded gently, nodded and said, "Senior sister taught me a lesson."
After that, she clasped her hands together and silently recited a heart-purifying mantra before continuing to eat.
While eating, Xiao Zhengze asked inquiringly: "Aunt Jing. I see that this mountain road has not been built, and is steep and difficult to navigate. There may be wild beasts and poisonous snakes in the jungles and mountains. Is it dangerous for you to go up and down the mountain like this?"
Li Jing shook her head and explained: "Senior Brother Budu has been walking in the mountains and forests all year round. Even if there are some wild beasts and poisonous snakes, he will probably invite him down the mountain. It doesn't matter."
Xiao Zheng nodded, that's true. With the world-famous Bai Emperor sitting in charge, even ferocious tigers and lions might not dare to scream in this mountain wilderness. What about some small animals? However, as a monk, Bai Wuxia would not harm innocent people, and would only politely ask these animals that lived in the mountains and forests to go down the mountain.
Xiao Zheng wanted to ask again, but Lin Huayin interrupted his insinuation: "Aunt Jing has been practicing martial arts since she was a child. Even when faced with jackals and wild beasts, she has her own way to escape. If you want to ask, just be direct. There is no need to whine. .”
Xiao Zheng said with a slight embarrassment: "I'm looking for some topics."
Speaking of which, from the first time Xiao Zheng saw Li Jing, he could tell that this woman had a steady pace and was definitely not an ordinary monk. In addition, living on the cliffs of such poor mountains and harsh waters, if the Ye family did not arrange a powerful entourage, how could it be possible? Are you comfortable letting Ye Yuhua live alone
He asked these random questions, and he was indeed looking for some topics as he said, and he was afraid that he would be left in the dark after eating. But this damn old Lin didn't know what he was thinking at all. Instead of cooperating, he poured cold water on him, which was really sad.
After most of the dinner, Xiao Zheng took the initiative to stir up the topic and asked: "Mother-in-law, as you usually eat fast and chant Buddha, do you have any spare time activities in the evening?"
"Play chess." Ye Yuhua said with a smile.
"Just playing chess?" Xiao Zheng said speechlessly.
"I still have homework in the evening, and I don't have that much free time." Ye Yuhua explained. "But I have prepared some interesting gadgets for you. Apart from not being able to watch TV online, it shouldn't be too boring."
It's not Ye Yuhua's fault that everything is boring. In Xiao Zheng's view, the things a monk prepares for himself are limited, no matter how interesting they are. So he didn't take it to heart. While eating dinner, he magically took out two decks of poker from his pocket and said with relish: "After dinner later, let's play some poker? No gambling, just pure It’s entertainment.”
poker
Lin Huayin was completely confused.
This is a temple, and the dining area is less than five meters away from the sutra hall. Aren't you afraid that the wish you just made will not be blessed by Bodhisattva? Aren't you afraid of blasphemy and having someone blame you? Even if Lin Huayin didn't believe in Buddhism, he really couldn't imagine that Xiao Zheng would prepare two decks of cards in advance and take them all the way to the mountain.
Li Jing said helplessly: "Monks can't play poker."
Xiao Zheng persuaded after hearing this: "Monks are also human beings. If prohibiting alcohol and meat is an iron rule, then what kind of precepts is poker? I have heard that monks have to abstain from anger, ignorance, arrogance and impetuosity, but I have never heard of monks. You also need to quit playing poker. On the contrary, Aunt Jing, if you can play poker with calm mind, isn’t it also another kind of spiritual practice? In ancient times, some people said that when meat and wine pass through the intestines, they will remain in the heart of the Buddha. Although this statement is a bit extreme and brainwashing, the meaning behind it is , doesn’t it correspond to the saying that if there is a Buddha in the heart, all things are empty?”
Li Jing is not stupid, but she has been practicing martial arts and abandoning literature since she was a child. Although she has cultivated her character with Ye Yuhua over the years, she has become more gentle and less sharp than before. But his verbal skills haven't improved much. Being debated by Xiao Zheng this time, he was speechless and just looked at Ye Yuhua in embarrassment.
"It doesn't matter." Ye Yuhua said with a smile. "Azheng, what do you want to play?"
"How about Landlord Battle?" Xiao Zheng asked excitedly.
"Okay." Ye Yuhua smiled and nodded.
Monks cultivate their body and mind and abstain from emotions and desires. Playing chess is enlightenment, and it also determines victory and defeat. As long as the chess player has a clear vision, there will still be a winner or loser. The same goes for poker. For Ye Yuhua, there is no essential difference between the two. It's just that she wouldn't have taken the initiative to play without Xiao Zheng's suggestion.
The most original way of playing Landlords is a three-person game. Lin Huayin had little contact with poker, but she knew the basic gameplay of Landlord, so at Xiao Zheng's invitation, she also participated. The third person is Ye Yuhua. Li Jing went to clean up the dishes first and came back to watch the battle later.
The temple does not have electricity, but both the side hall and the sutra hall are lit with warm red candles. The lights are like a fabric, illuminating the side hall in a subtle way. Xiao Zheng and the others sat around the table, shuffled the cards, and then dealt them.
Xiao Zheng prevented everyone from missing some small rules and told all the details of the Landlord Fight while dealing the cards. Then he picked up the dealt deck of cards, his eyes suddenly lit up and his lips smiled.
"Call the landlord." Xiao Zheng said excitedly.
"Call the landlord." Lin Huayin shouted after him.
At this time, Xiao Zheng sternly corrected Lin Huayin: "You can't say calling the landlord, you should say robbing the landlord!"