The story takes place in a parallel world...
In autumn in the north, the sky is high and crisp, white clouds are blooming, birds are flying south, and the breeze is blowing the golden leaves. It is such a beautiful autumn!
However, some people don't think so.
In the southwest corner of Gulin Province, there is a mountain that is an extension of the Changbai Mountains, called Tongtian Mountains. There is a single-horned mountain in the Tongtian Mountains, called Yizhi Mountain. The mountain is not high, but you can see Tianchi from a distance, but unfortunately you can't see the water. There is a temple on the mountain called Yizhi Temple! There are only two entrances to the temple. The front is the temple, and the back is the Zen room, which is also where the monks live... Ahem, to be precise, it is where the young novice monk Fangzheng lives, because he is the only one in the entire temple.
Just yesterday, Zen Master Yizhi of Yizhi Temple went to the west. The small temple, which was already dilapidated and had almost lost its incense, now looks even more desolate.
There is a bodhi tree in the courtyard of the temple. It was brought all the way from the south by a rich man who had great ambitions. The bodhi tree was planted, but the rich man died. The original plan to expand the temple fell through, and there was no further progress.
Although the bodhi tree was planted, the climate in the north was cold and it froze to death that year. Now there are only dry trunks left. Fang Zheng thought more than once that after a few more years, he can chop them down for firewood...
At this moment, Fang Zheng stood under the bodhi tree, holding an official document in his hand, his eyes full of sadness, looking up to the sky, and proclaimed a Buddha's name: "Amitabha, I am really in trouble, I just want to return to secular life. ! At this time, why do you give me such a broken document? Do I have to be the abbot of this broken temple just because of this broken document? This broken temple has no money and no one. There is not even any incense, except for drinking in the wind. Wind, rain, drinking rain, and green wind and rain pipes are full, but I really can’t see any benefits!
Sigh... I just want to be an ordinary person peacefully, get married, have children, and then go to the grave. Is it so difficult? There was an old monk who found it difficult to raise me, so I endured it. Now that the old monks are gone, I still want to die in this ruined temple? NO! Absolutely not! "
After saying that, Fang Zheng balled up the document and threw it into the tree hole.
Then go back to the room, pick up the luggage roll, and get ready to leave!
However, when he reached the gate of Yizhi Temple, he stopped and looked back at the shabby sign of Yizhi Temple. He couldn't help but think of the old monk Yizhi Zen Master who had raised him since childhood. The reason why Yizhi Zen Master is called Yizhi Zen Master is because he only has one finger. What can one finger do? Most people are afraid that they can't do anything, but Zen Master Yizhi was able to open a field and grow vegetables by himself, and then relied on the money from alms and selling vegetables to send Fang Zheng to school, and successfully completed high school.
At this door, Fang Zheng was sent down the mountain to study by Zen Master Yizhi.
It was also at this door that every time Fang Zheng came back, he would see Zen Master Yizhi standing at the door waiting for him.
It's just that year after year, day after day, Fang Zheng is getting taller and taller, but Zen Master Yi Zhi is getting shorter and shorter, his hunchback is getting worse and worse, and rheumatism has come to his door, but Fang Zheng has never seen Yi Zhi. The Zen Master was in pain, but he always smiled. In his words: Watching Fang Zheng grow up healthily day by day, he will be happy and satisfied once he has a successor in the temple.
Listening to these words, Fang Zheng felt sour every time and said in his heart: This monk is not like the master at all! Aren’t masters supposed to speak Zen words and make people think
Unfortunately, high school tuition was too expensive, and Zen Master Yizhi was gradually failing and unable to support Fang Zheng in continuing his studies. So Fang Zheng returned to the mountain to accompany Zen Master Yizhi. It's a pity that Yizhi Zen Master has not allowed him to go to the ground. He only allows him to read Buddhist scriptures and study Buddhist Dharma. Master Yizhi does all the cooking, fetching water and so on.
Fast forward three years, and Zen Master Yizhi is gone.
Fang Zheng has also been out of high school for three years. His peers are probably about to enter their senior year, but he is still stuck in this place. For this, Fang Zheng was full of resentment. He told Zen Master Yizhi more than once that he would go down the mountain to find a job and live a normal life, and did not want to suffer anymore.
But every time he saw Zen Master Yizhi's painful expression, Fang Zheng couldn't bear to say any more.
Fang Zheng always felt that he was Monkey Sun, and Zen Master Yizhi was a tight curse that was placed on his head so that he could never be free. But when Zen Master Yizhi really left, he suddenly realized that he was wrong! The Yizhi Zen Master is not a curse, but his dearest person! It's father, it's mother, it's everything!
So he cried. He knelt in front of Zen Master Yi Zhi's grave and cried for a day. After returning to the mountain, he cried for seven days!
I was really sad for the first six days, and hungry for the next day...
Fortunately, on the seventh day, government workers came, delivered rice and noodles, and then left this piece of paper, which directly promoted Fang Zheng from novice to abbot! Although the temple is not under the control of the government, and promotion is not under the control of the government, such a piece of paper is of some use. At least Fangzheng can legitimately become a man with a house and land from now on.
However, Fang Zheng does not intend to continue to be a monk. He just wants to return to secular life, marry a wife and have children, and live a peaceful and happy life! He doesn't want to be poor anymore!
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng turned around, looked at the Guanyin who was sending his children in the Buddhist hall, and roared: "Why? Why do we have to suffer poverty when we worship you? I don't serve you anymore! I quit! Let's go!"
"Ding!" At this moment, a crisp sound sounded in Fang Zheng's mind. Fang Zheng was startled and shouted, "Who?"
"Congratulations, host, for meeting the conditions for opening the Buddha system and successfully owning a temple. From now on, you will enjoy the protection of the heavens and the blessings of all realms."
"What the hell?" Fang Zheng just thought someone was playing a prank. He looked around, but there was no one!
I rummaged through my body and found only one mobile phone. It was a Nokia from many years ago. I could make and receive calls and crack walnuts. There were only two music options. If there was a network, I could barely open some small applications, but it was very laggy. … There used to be network cables provided by the government on the mountain, but later they fell into disrepair and were broken. Without the Internet, such a thing obviously cannot speak at such a high level!
The rest have nothing to do with modernization, let alone make a sound.
"Ding! Answer the host, I am the Buddha system, and you are the person chosen by the Buddha."
"System? Buddha system?" Fang Zheng suddenly realized something and shouted: "Golden Finger?"
"That's understandable."
"Then what can you bring me?" Fang Zheng asked, and then said with a wry smile: "Come on, stop talking, I'm going down the mountain to become a secular person, why should I be a Buddha..."
"Prosperity and wealth, woman!"
"I think I'd better think about it. In fact, I still have wisdom. At least Father Yi Zhi said so." Fang Zheng immediately changed his words.
"Not even provided!" the system said slowly.
"I'm QNMLGB, are you kidding me? Stop playing and go down the mountain!" Fang Zheng picked up his luggage and was about to leave.
The system's voice sounded again: "But I can help you become the host and master respected by thousands of people in the world, and turn the Yizhi Temple into the largest temple in the world!"
(End of chapter)