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When Lu Yun came to a temple outside Chiang Mai, he really became a monk.

Lu Xuezheng and Su Jiadong accompanied him, and by the way, asked a few words to the acquainted monk in the temple.The great monk is Chinese, he became a monk when he was young, and he has lived in the temple for decades.The word monk is pronounced like "Long Po" in Thai, and his name is Lin, so others call him Long Po Lin.

Monasteries do not have strict requirements for the qualifications of monks. Of course, it is okay to become a monk for a short period of time, and it is also possible to stay for a long time, but you must not mess around and abide by the precepts and rules.Long Polin has a good temper, and had a good chat with Lu Xuezheng. He learned that Lu Yun was trapped by love and couldn't even survive his days, so he was very considerate of his inner pain.

The three stayed in the temple overnight, and the next morning, it was the ceremony of cutting their hair and shaving their heads.This is a small temple, and Long Polin knew that Lu Yun did not really worship the Buddha, so he omitted many red tapes.Lu Yun sat shirtless on the stool, waiting for his father to come and cut off his first strand of hair; Lu Xuezheng knew it was just a ceremony, but when he picked up the scissors, he felt sad for a while, worried that his son would be careless. Epiphany, will really escape from the world.

After cutting off a large lock of short hair, Lu Xuezheng handed the scissors to Su Jiadong.As Lu Yun's good partner, Su Jiadong also walked over with tears in his eyes, took a few strands of hair and cut them off.In the end, Long Polin personally shaved Lu Yun's head, and with a flash of the razor, he also shaved off the other's two eyebrows.

Lu Yun didn't care and didn't move, his heart was empty, and he felt that something was wrong and uncomfortable.As Su Jiadong watched this, he was very sad, and felt that Lu Yun, who had lost his eyebrows, looked very strange, not like the young master in his impression.

Lu Yun cleaned up all the stubble, then changed into white clothes, and walked to a hall ahead to take the exam.The examiner was still Long Polin, and he asked Lu Yun to memorize a passage of scriptures. Lu Yun usually came to Thailand and was deeply influenced by religious culture, so he immediately memorized a passage stumbled.Naturally, Long Polin would not embarrass him, so he has passed the exam.

Lu Yun changed into a yellow monk robe this time, and then went to accept the teachings of his parents.Lu Xuezheng sat on the ground in front of him, a little speechless, and scratched his head in embarrassment, he looked at his son dumbfounded, but still had nothing to say.

In the end, it was Lu Yunyun who retorted with a solemn expression: "Dad, it's okay to keep cats, but big cats give birth to kittens, so there is no end to it, so after you go back, you should castrate them. Actually, my brother doesn't like it at all." Kitty, just hold back and don't say anything."

Lu Xuezheng nodded and replied, "Okay, I understand."

Lu Yun turned to Su Jiadong again: "Don't cry, listen to the English broadcast more after you get home, it's better to know a little bit than not at all."

Su Jiadong sniffed and nodded, "Well, I see."

Lu Yun sighed: "Let's go."

Lu Xuezheng and Su Jiadong were dejected, and they left together.

From then on, Lu Yun lived in the temple and became an unorthodox monk.Every morning at five o'clock, he would get up and chant scriptures with the monks. Because Thai was very bad, it was just a count, and Luang Po Ling didn't care about him.Whispering to himself until more than six o'clock, he carried a huge iron pot and followed his two senior brothers to the street to beg for alms.

Walking barefoot through the streets and alleys, because he has temporarily become an outsider, his heart is relatively peaceful, as if he is already dead, and now he is just reviving the corpse, so let's take a look again.Some roads are very familiar, he and Xiao Hei have traveled hundreds of times, but Xiao Hei is gone, so he is just a lonely ghost, revisiting his old place.

In Thailand, the status of monks is very high, and the three people in Lu Yun's group also behaved dignifiedly, so the alms was very smooth, and the three people's iron pot was soon full.After leisurely returning to the temple, the monks mixed the food they got together and each took a portion for breakfast.Lu Yun was not used to this way of eating at first, but after eating it absent-mindedly for a few days, it didn't matter.

Lu Yunyun doesn't care about food or clothes now, and he doesn't even have eyebrows. He really feels a little more relaxed.The rule in the temple is not to eat after noon, he is young and strong, it is the time when he loves to be hungry, and his stomach is often empty and sad in the afternoon.Long Polin didn't care about him and let him wander, so he found some fruits to satisfy his hunger.

Lu Yun became more and more in a daze.

He discarded logic, stopped thinking, and would rather spend a long time looking at the sky, trees, and flowers.Standing barefoot on the side of the road, he saw a drop of dew slide down the green grass.The small stones hurt the soles of his feet. He walked forward step by step, and the feeling of each step was extremely clear.

The drivers who come and go are very willing to give such a gentle monk a ride and send him all the way to the city.Sometimes Lu Yun walked alone to the door of his old house with Xiao Hei - this house had been rented out to a new family, and two children were playing in the courtyard.The kitchen window was still open, and a young woman was standing in front of the stove, boiling something steaming.

Lu Yun passed by the gate of the courtyard, walked over, and walked over again.He thinks that this world is probably really as described in religions, and everything has a cause and a relationship.But what kind of cause did the two of them have in the previous life to form such a short and painful bond in this life?

Lu Yun comforted himself not to worry, he knew that he would let it go eventually, sooner or later.And before letting go, he lived in the temple half-fed and not hungry, chanting scriptures, and walking, which was not bad.

Three months later, Jin Xiaofeng sent someone to Chiang Mai to pick Lu Yun home.The man went alone, returned alone, and said to Jin Xiaofeng: "The little boss won't come back."

Jin Xiaofeng was a little surprised: "How does he look now?"

"Thin, but healthy."

Another three months passed, and it was almost September.Jin Xiaofeng sent someone to pick him up again, but that person still went and returned alone: ​​"The little boss still refuses to come back?"

Jin Xiaofeng was very surprised: "What is he doing in the temple now?"

"He's helping an old monk build a house."

That night, when Su Jiadong heard the news, he began to pack his bags secretly, wanting to find it himself.

Long Polin will build a simple house on the open space behind the temple to serve as a storage room.Lu Yunyun didn't have much attainment in Buddhism, but he was tall and physically strong, so he volunteered to work at this time.In addition to the few monks headed by him, there were also several good men and women who came to help.Among them is a pair of siblings, the elder sister is sixteen or seventeen years old, named Nong Lan; the younger brother is six or seven years old, named Lunwei.The two siblings are lively and pretty, and they come to work enthusiastically; among them, Nong Lan can be responsible for cooking, while Lun Wei runs around and can't do much.

Lu Yunyun likes to tease Lunwei, because Lunwei has big clear eyes and a small pointed chin, which reminds him of Xiao Hei.

Lun Wei soon became close to Lu Yun, sticking to his side like a small plaster, which almost prevented him from doing things well.Lu Yun didn't bother him at all. During his break, he would take Lun Wei on a long walk to the market, where he would buy some snacks for Lun Wei.

This afternoon, the house will soon be finished.Nong Lan squatted aside and peeled lychees for the monks. Lu Yunyun and a few senior brothers sweated profusely for a long time, and finally installed the doors and windows.The monks were about to wash their hands and eat lychees, but Nong Lan found that Lunwei was missing.

She got up and looked around to call, but there was no answer at all.She thought that Lunwei had gone to play in the woods, and she didn't care, but after two hours, it was getting late, and Lunwei still disappeared without a trace.

She was afraid, so she ran home to check, but there was no sign of her younger brother; when she went back to the temple to take another look, the temple was still the same.Seeing this, Lu Yun took the initiative to help her find it.After asking Long Polin for leave, he and Nong Lan left the temple with a big flashlight and went to the nearby forest first.