What should I do if I get entangled by my apprentice

Lingxi Temple is located on a hill on the outskirts of Yucheng.They got up at dawn and took the first bus of the day.

There are not many vehicles on the road, and the road that has just been sprinkled with water is like a small river flowing between tall buildings.The roads are smooth, and there are few passengers getting on and off the bus. It would have taken more than two hours to travel during peak hours, but now it takes more than an hour to get there.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a small bus that takes people to the gate of the temple. When the aunt who follows the car sees someone getting off the bus, she greets them with a smile on her face and asks if she wants to go up the mountain.

Xia Chen waved to his aunt to indicate that they would not take the car, and then led Gan Yue up the mountain along the stone steps.

Thin poplars are planted on both sides of the stone steps, and further away are patches of pines and cypresses.

The morning sun has not yet dried the night dew, and the breath is filled with cool moisture.The body and mind become comfortable because of being washed by these moistures.

The two ignored the eyes of other people on the stone steps, and walked up the mountain side by side and holding hands with smiles on their faces.

Grabbing Gan Yue's hand and kneading it, occasionally bumping his shoulders slightly, and moving his head closer when chatting, these seem to be normal intimate actions, Xia Chen didn't dare to do this in front of everyone when he was in Yancheng.

A woman passed by with a bamboo basket on her arm, shouting: "Corn, tea eggs and mineral water."

Gan Yue stopped the woman and bought two stalks of corn.

The two were gnawing corn and walking up the mountain when suddenly something came out of the forest.

"Hmm!" Gan Yue's grip on Xia Chen's hand suddenly tightened, the two stood still, and saw a wild cat with yellow and white flowers chasing a little squirrel, circled around them twice and then ran up the steps Turn back again.

The wild cat chased the little squirrel up and down the steps, always keeping a fist distance away, as if it could hook the poor little thing with a stretch of its claws.

The eyes of the two followed them closely, both sweating for the little squirrel.Gan Yue even felt that he could see the fear in the little squirrel's eyes.

After running a few laps on the steps, the little squirrel jumped onto a poplar not far from them, and the wild cat followed closely behind, still maintaining that distance.Just as he was about to climb to the top of the tree, the little squirrel suddenly turned and ran down the tree.

The wild cat was obviously much clumsy in descending the tree, and the distance was opened in an instant, and the little squirrel slipped down from the tree like lightning and got into the woods.

Xia Chen could feel the people beside him let out a sigh of relief, and the two continued to walk up while biting the corn.

"What do you think, is the cat faster or the squirrel?" Gan Yue asked.

Xia Chen didn't have time to think, "Of course it's a cat."

"Then why didn't it catch the little squirrel?"

"Because squirrels are better at climbing trees, if they are on the ground, the cat will definitely catch the squirrel."

Gan Yue stared at Xia Chen with a pair of big eyes, and his tone was unquestionable: "It's Squirrel Kuai."

"Yes, squirrel." Xia Chen reached out to wipe off the corn kernels stuck to his brother's face.

After walking for another 10 minutes, the two of them saw the bright yellow courtyard wall and the vermilion gate.

Just as he finally finished walking the steps and was standing in front of the temple gate, Gan Yue suddenly said, "We can't go through the main gate."

"Why?" Xia Chen asked in surprise.

Gan Yue said seriously: "It's easy for couples to break up when they enter the temple and walk through the main entrance."

Hearing this, Xia Chen almost laughed out loud: "Where did you hear this?"

"I saw it on the Internet! It's better to believe it than to believe it. Let's go." Gan Yue pushed Xia Chen around the gate to find a side door.

The corners of Xia Chen's mouth could not be suppressed. His brother was so cautious because of the strong relationship between the two.

Although Lingxi Temple is not the largest temple in Yucheng, it occupies a large area. It took them 5 minutes to find a side entrance.

Entering a large side hall, there are over a hundred golden statues of arhats in the side hall. Every time Gan Yue passes by one, he puts his hands together and bows three times. Xia Chen follows behind him, watching the shapes and facial expressions of those arhats by the way. .

After leaving the side hall, there is a large pool. In the center of the pool, there is a stone turtle protruding from the water. The stone turtle has its neck up and its mouth open.Gan Yue saw someone throwing a coin into the stone turtle's mouth, and saw a sign hanging beside the pool saying "throw a coin into the turtle's mouth, and good things will happen", so he wanted to throw it too.

Today's young people like to pay with their mobile phones. Not to mention coins, they don't even bring cash. Not surprisingly, the two of them couldn't even find half a coin on them.

Seeing that Gan Yue was a little disappointed, Xia Chen asked him to wait by the pool, ran to the gate of the temple and stood there, and exchanged a total of more than 30 coins from several tourists who had just arrived at a high price.

Gan Yue just tossed one by one into the stone turtle's mouth, either it would not go in, or it would pop out even if he threw it right. Seeing that the coins became less and less, and only single digits were left, Gan Yue said to Xia Chen He said: "If you don't want to leave the rest, you can come!"

Xia Chen tossed one coin and took one from Gan Yue's hand, until the last coin was left, and still none of them lay safely in the stone turtle's mouth.

The last coin was cast by Gan Yue. Seeing the last coin sank to the bottom of the pool after bumping against the turtle's nose, Gan Yue said dejectedly, "Nothing good will happen to me."

Xia Chen quickly covered Gan Yue's mouth, "It's because nothing good happened today, but it will happen after today."

Only then did Gan Yue become happy.

There is a big tripod in front of the main hall, which is used for people who come to worship Buddha to burn incense. Gan Yue bought three sticks of incense that are as thick as an arm and half the height of a person, and inserted them after three prostrations.

There are three huge Buddha statues enshrined in the Daxiong Hall, which are three different statues of Sakyamuni Buddha.Gan Yue knelt on the futon, closed his eyes, made a wish, and kowtowed.

Xia Chen was amused by his serious look, and asked as soon as he came out of the main hall, "What wish did you just make?"

"I promised a lot!" Gan Yue said, "I can't say it, it won't work if I say it."

"How can there be such a saying, let's listen to it! It won't be ineffective." Xia Chen didn't even believe in Buddha, so how could he believe these sayings, at this moment he just wanted to satisfy his curiosity.

"I'm only talking about us!" Gan Yue couldn't bear his brother's coquettish offensive, and finally said, "I hope we can make a lot of money, and I hope we can live to be a hundred years old without illness or disaster." Paused Suddenly, he glanced at Xia Chen and said with some embarrassment: "I hope we will stay together forever."

His heart trembled suddenly, Xia Chen held his brother's shoulder, "I want to kiss you."

"Ah? Here?" Gan Yue stared and exclaimed, "This is blasphemy."

"Then let's go out first." Xia Chen took Gan Yue's hand and ran out of the temple.

They went out through the side door and saw a dirt road extending into the forest. They wondered if it was stepped on by the monks in the temple when they were chopping firewood.

After walking along the dirt road for a while, there was no way, Xia Chen still dragged Gan Yue to continue walking into the forest.

The weeds and dead branches creaked under his feet, Xia Chen suddenly turned around, hugged him, and kissed him affectionately.

There is no one inhabited here, only some clear and melodious bird calls, as if singing for their love.