Let's follow the king, little master

The more you cherish the time, the shorter it will be. As time goes by, it is still the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.Every family got together and had a round meal.

Li's father told him about Li Mu's future destiny. For Li Mu, he didn't understand anything except that he would leave his parents and live in a strange place by himself.For a child, this is nothing less than heaven and earth falling apart.

Li Mu, who has been very obedient since he was a child, cried and begged his parents not to abandon him this time, but when he saw his mother crying even more sadly, no matter how uncomfortable Li Mu was, he was afraid of his instinctive filial piety and asked him to comfort his mother first.

Faced with such an obedient child, Li's mother has a thousand and ten thousand reluctance.But the practical problem cannot be put aside, after all, Li Mu accepted his fate.

The next day, the monk who picked up Li Mu came. Father Li and mother Li, who had red and swollen eyes, came into the house respectfully. The monk waved his hands and said to Li Mu, "Let's go."

Li Mu walked up to the bhikkhu, kowtowed three times to his parents, and left with the bhikkhu.

Father Li called Li Mu out last night. Li Mu hugged the stove and sat on a chair in the yard with his father.Father Li smoked the local cigarettes one after another.

"Don't blame dad." Father Li took a puff of cigarette after speaking.

"Father, it's nothing. Aren't you just becoming a monk? You can have enough food and clothing. It's fine. I'll visit my parents often." When Li Mu said this, he didn't know if he was comforting himself or his father.

"You don't understand now, but I'm afraid it may be too late for you to understand. I hope you live well to worship the Buddha, do good deeds, and become a qualified monk in the future. Since the master chose you, it means that you are destined to be with the Buddha. I will bear the mistakes I made myself, as long as you did not make a mistake in this step. Don’t look back when you leave tomorrow, your mother will be burdened if you look back.” Father Li said.

Li Mu couldn't understand his father's words, he didn't nod or speak, but just remembered every word his father said stiffly.

The carriage moved forward quickly, and the scenery outside the window was intermittently reflected in Li Mu's eyes from the fluttering curtains.Holding back the tears, he didn't think too much about the past, nor worried about the future too much, he just wanted to get over the pain now, Li Mu thought in his heart, because it was too uncomfortable, and he was ordered not to miss the past, But I don't know what the future holds.

The carriage stopped in front of the mountain gate, Li Mu got out of the carriage, and followed the monk up the mountain.The more you go up, the more three-dimensional the magnificent building becomes.Li Mu was amazed at the scene in front of him.

The two stood at the bottom of a row of stairs, and the monk took a step, followed by Li Mu who also walked up step by step.When he reached the door, the bhikkhu knocked lightly on the door, and the door opened.After greeting the monk who opened the door, Li Mu was brought in.

It was very big inside, and Li Mu was directly taken to the residence by a novice, and another newcomer lived with him, and the novice talked about the daily routine with them.

"The poor monk's legal name is Xu Yin. The two benefactors changed their clothes. After a while, the poor monk took the two of them to the fasting hall for a meal." Xu Yin said, seeing Li Mu and the two nodded, he left.

The remaining two looked at each other and smiled.

"What's your name?" The other party said first.

"My name is Li Mu, and I am ten years old." Li Mu said.

"Ten years old?" The other party asked in surprise.

"Yes, ten years old, being so short is just because I don't like growing up." Li Mu knew what the other party was surprised by, so he explained first.

"I didn't mean that." The other party said embarrassedly, hiding his embarrassment.

"It's okay, I'm used to it." Li Mu said with a smile, "What's your name?"

"My name is Deng Zeran. I am 12 years old this year." Deng Zeran also said with a smile.

"That's older than me, by the way, do you know what it means to eat fast?" Li Mu asked.

Before Deng Zeran could speak, a voice came from the door:

"To eat vegetarian food is to eat, but it's just a simple meal."

Li Mu and the others looked at the door, and there was a fat boy with a brain about their age standing at the door, wearing the same clothes as the ones on their bed.Li Mu and the two looked at each other, only to see that the man went to one of the bunks and lay down.

"My name is Zhang Xia, I'm 13 years old. I came a few days earlier than you." Zhang Xia said.

The three of them greeted each other again.Only a few days earlier, Zhang Xia talked about the boring life in the temple like his master.What time did he get up, how light the meal was, he still had to gather firewood to light the fire, and he had to listen to scriptures and sermons. For Li Mu, Zhang Xia's words had no effect on him, and it was the same to do anything without being with his family.

The three were taken to the dining hall to eat, and a monk taught them. The three sat down, and the monk knocked on the wooden fish. Voice, you have to eat clean, and you have to wash the dishes yourself after you finish eating.

Although he was unfamiliar, Li Mu still did his best. The dining hall with only four people was quiet and silent. Of course, the naughty Zhang Xia would make some noises and pretended that he hadn't done anything and continued to eat.

From this fasting meal, Li Mu's temple life began.

There was a sound of meditation chanting in the majestic Dharma Hall, and everyone was engrossed in Buddhism. The three pure men on the far side, one closed his eyes, as if he understood it, and the other closed his eyes for a while and opened them for a while. Look around in doubt and then continue to close, there is another person who also closed his eyes seriously, but you only know after a closer look that the person has fallen asleep.

We are talking about the new clean men——Deng Zeran, Li Mu and Zhang Xia. The three got up early and gathered in the main hall, and then went to the Shantang to have a meal. Afterwards, Deng Zeran received the task of cleaning the yard, and Li Mu and Zhang Xia went to Pick up firewood from the back mountain.

Finally able to come out, Zhang Xia stretched his fat arms at the foot of the back mountain, took a breath of fresh air, Li Mu stood behind and smiled.

"Don't laugh, you will be like me in a few days." Zhang Xia said.

"Why do you come here if you don't want to?" Li Mu asked.

"I came here just to take refuge. I accidentally hurt someone, but I won't really be a monk." Zhang Xia said.

Although Zhang Xia has been mischievous since he was a child, he was the only child in his family who was spoiled. Although his family was not rich, he never lacked food and clothing. He just got into a fight with a child his age over a trivial matter and hurt the child. The child, but it is not a big deal to be someone else, but the child he injured happens to have some relatives with the empress of the current dynasty, which can be regarded as relatives of the emperor, so his parents let him come to the temple in order to give him refuge.

"Then what are you going to do?" Li Mu asked curiously.

"Of course, start a business first and then marry a wife and have children."

"Marry a wife and have children?" These four words are far away to Li Mu.

"Yes, I am the only child in our family. I can't let our Zhang family die. I will leave when I can receive the novice ordination in a year, or if I have the opportunity, I will leave and join the army and go to the battlefield." Zhang Xia After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Mu, saw that he hadn't spoken, and said, "Are you planning to become a monk in the future?"

"Me? Probably, I have no other plans, so I'll just do this."

"Haha." Zhang Xia laughed suddenly, "It seems that you will not be a monk safely in the future."

"Why?" Li Mu asked unwillingly, frowning.

"It's just that you haven't encountered anything you can do yet, and it's not your choice to meet a monk." Zhang Xia said with a smile, and ran up the mountain with all his strength after speaking.

Li Mu didn't care where Zhang Xia went, and he did a lot of work collecting firewood at home, so while collecting firewood, he thought about Zhang Xia's words, thinking about what he wanted to do.

As for Li Mu, who came from a farming family, although he was not rich when he was young, he still had enough food and clothing to play around, and his life was very simple. He had enough to eat and drink, respected his parents, and played with his friends, so he never thought about what he wanted to do in the future.

This topic was brought up so suddenly, Li Mu thought to himself, that is, I hope Xiao Qi will be healthy when he is let go, I hope they are safe when Yu Che leaves, and I hope that my family members are all right when I leave. idea.Since he didn't have any, he stopped thinking about it, Li Mu comforted himself, and then picked up the firewood seriously.

In the cold weather, sweating profusely from fatigue, Li Mu picked up firewood by himself, only to hear the whistle of Zhang Xia on the mountain in the distance.Li Mu looked at Zhang Xia, holding a chicken in his hand, and waved at Li Mu.

Li Mu walked up panting. Zhang Xia had already piled up the chickens with stones, and there was a stone-fixed stove next to it, and there was still some dust inside.

"It's true that God sent down some oil and water specially to see that our food is light." Zhang Xia said.

"There is a rule in the temple not to kill."

"I didn't kill it. I died when I saw it. I guess it was frozen to death by the heavy snow a few days ago." Zhang Xia explained.

"But even so, you can't eat meat." Li Mu continued to dissuade.

"Brother, don't talk to me about the rules. If you don't eat the pies that fall from the sky, what's the point of living? Let's come together in the evening." Zhang Xia said.

"Then you can eat by yourself." Li Mu said, then turned and left.

It can be said that he said so, Zhang Xia patted Li Mu on the shoulder in the middle of the night, and woke up Li Mu who was sleeping soundly.Li Mu looked at Zhang Xia with sleepy eyes, and Zhang Xia said softly:

"I said brother, you go with me, no one knows, just the two of us."

"I won't go, and I won't eat either." Li Mu said resolutely, and covered his head with the quilt after speaking.

"It's fine if you don't eat, but you can go with me. It's too dangerous for me to be alone in the middle of the night. Good brother." Zhang Xia said, he was sure that when he got along with Li Mu these days, I already know that Li Mu doesn't like to reject others, especially acquaintances.

Sure enough, Li Mu accompanied Zhang Xia to the back mountain, but if he said he didn't eat Li Mu, he really didn't eat it. Zhang Xia took the chicken and showed it off in front of Li Mu, but Li Mu just roasted his hands, so Zhang Xia simply gave up and was alone. Enjoy it.

It’s just that the good times don’t last long. After all, the two are young. If you say that you may not be able to see the smoke clearly at night, but the fire is very clear. In addition, the discipline of Wude Court is strict, especially guard against stealing. There will be patrols at night, so it’s not surprising. The spark between the two was discovered.But Zhang Xiapang was so fat that he ran faster than anyone else, and quickly disappeared when he heard the sound of people, but Li Mu didn't show any sign of running away, and stood quietly waiting to be caught.In this way, Li Mu, who obviously didn't eat anything, was caught.