I didn't intend to be a Fairy

The Taoist washes elm money in the kitchen.

He is very patient and has plenty of time, so every piece has to be washed clean, and after washing, he spreads it out in the dustpan.

Cat is outside playing with her new toy.

She would use her paws to flick the cloth ball, and it seemed that it was just a slight flick, but the cloth ball flew out immediately, and she hurried to catch up with it, or stopped it halfway with the other paw. Playing very seriously, but also indulging in this simple joy, unable to extricate himself.

The Taoist would occasionally look up at her.

The small building is not big, and the stove room and the main room are next to each other. When washing vegetables, you can see her by leaning back a little through the door of the stove.

Song You seems to have seen his childhood——

In the few years when I first arrived at the Taoist temple, I was still very young, and the master often messed around in the kitchen, flustered, and had to look at myself from time to time, fearing that the child who had been picked up for a few years would be raised to death, and I often Take a small bench, sit on the threshold outside, and watch the wind outside blowing across the mountains in a trance.

Of course, this scene did not last long.

When Song You grew up a bit, he really couldn't bear the old Taoist's ability to live, so he slowly took over the life power of the Taoist temple and became the younger one to take care of the old one.

An ordinary life often makes people addicted.

Often I didn't feel anything at the time, just thought it was an extremely ordinary day. After I left, I often remembered it inexplicably, even like fermentation. The longer I left, the more I missed it.

When I came back to my senses, it was still the cat playing.

It's really a place of peace of mind.

Song You smiled and continued cleaning.

It took a while to remind Sanhuamao: "Miss Sanhua, don't be tired, you have to catch mice at night."

"Mistress Sanhua is not tired."

"Today is the last family. After catching them, we will have a day off tomorrow. Let's go to Tianhai Temple the day after tomorrow, okay?"

"Is it the last one?"

Sanhuamao stopped what she was doing when she heard this, and turned her head to stare in the direction of the stove house.

"yes."

Song You thought for a while before continuing: "Miss Sanhua has been catching mice for almost two months, and the houses that caused rats in that street have been cleaned up by Mistress Sanhua...Anyway, the previous family returned the rats. Before the arrest was over, someone from the next family came over and made an appointment, but this family has finished arresting today, and no one from the next family has come to find them yet."

"Is no one looking for Empress Sanhua to catch mice?"

When the sound sounded, Song You realized that Sanhuamao had arrived at the door of the stove house, squatting upright, staring at him with his head up, and the cloth ball was placed beside her.

I don't know what she is thinking.

"It's just that the mice on that street in the east city have been caught, and there must be someone else who will come to Mistress Sanhua for help." Song You thought for a while before saying, paused, and then said, "What's more, everyone in this city They all need Mistress Sanhua to help them catch mice, but some are in a hurry and some are not so urgent. Some people don’t have money, so they can’t bring money to Mistress Sanhua.”

"No money?"

"Yes, they are poor."

"Very poor~"

"It's just that there is no money." Song You paused, "So if there are still people who come to ask Mistress Sanhua to help catch mice, the money may not be so much. Or there are still some people who really want to ask Sanhua in their hearts. Mistress Sanhua needs Mistress Sanhua's ability to help catch mice, but if she doesn't have money, she won't come looking for them, and can only endure the torture of mice."

"Then do we have enough money to spend?"

"Enough."

"Then Empress Sanhua doesn't need money."

"Then they will definitely be very grateful to Mistress Sanhua."

"!"

When Sanhuamao heard this, he was very happy again.

"So after the catch today, regardless of whether anyone comes to see us later, Mistress Sanhua will have a day off tomorrow. Let's go to Tianhai Temple the day after tomorrow, okay?" Song You asked again.

"Tianhai Temple~"

"A temple, someone else's temple."

"What are you doing there?"

"Go around."

"Empress Sanhua will follow you."

"Miss Sanhua, let's go play."

"Haven't you cooked it yet?"

"Soon."

"oh!"

The three-flowered cat picked up the cloth ball next to it, turned its head and ran out again, as fast as a bolt of lightning.

With a smile on the corner of Song You's mouth, he continued with what he was doing.

Wash the elm money, put one part in a basin to eat raw, one part is wrapped in flour and steamed, one part is made into yuqian dumplings, and the other part is made into batter and fried into pancakes. Spend a little more time to make life more taste.

Then he asked the cat to go to the next door and ask the neighbors to come.

...

Tianhai Temple was first built in the previous dynasty. It was originally built on the edge of the city, but in this dynasty, the capital was expanded once, and the edge of the city was also expanded to a farther place. The location of Tianhai Temple is from the edge of Changjing. Came to the bustling place. At that time, many trees were planted in the temple, and now they have become hundreds of years old, making the whole temple lush and full of vitality.

The Taoist came side by side with the cat.

Before reaching the gate of the temple, there are already countless pilgrims coming and going, and countless traders smelling the business opportunities. They set up stalls on the street outside the gate of the temple to sell goods, and these goods have attracted more people to come to Tianhai Temple or Strolling on this street attracts more vendors, and the cycle goes back and forth, just like a temple fair, forming an extremely lively street.

The feeling of cleanliness created by the flourishing vegetation is gone.

Stepping into the gate of the temple, you will see a stone pagoda and a big tree, casting a whole piece of shade, and there are many people sitting on the ground, leaning against the stone pagoda, hiding from the sun.

In addition to the efficacious incense and the large number of people who have attained the Tao, Tianhai Temple is most famous for this pagoda.

Although this pagoda is in Tianhai Temple, it was also funded and built by Tianhai Temple, but it is not a pagoda for incense or sacrifices, but a pagoda of cherishing characters, which is used to burn paper with written characters.

People think that words are sacred and noble. As long as a piece of paper has words written on it, it cannot be desecrated at will. Tower, used to burn paper. Tianhai Temple was originally a place of Qing practice, and monks in the temple often needed to copy scriptures, so a pagoda of saving characters was built in the temple to burn paper.

But at this time it is no longer used to burn paper.

Because I don’t know when and what month, a seed of a tree fell on the top of the tower, and then took root and sprouted. It forcibly took root on the top of the tower several feet above the ground, and gradually grew and prospered. Now it has become a tree on the top of the tower. of a lush tree. People are amazed by this scene and the tenacity of the tree, so they don't burn fire in this tower, so that it can grow in peace. Occasionally, some people even offer incense to it and pray for blessings, and many literati come here to visit and write poems for it.

Tianhai Temple said that it was because the Buddha had the virtue of good life. The pagoda was in the temple and was blessed by the Buddha, so the tree was able to thrive.

I don't know if it's true or not.

In short, when Song You stopped in front of it and looked up, he was also surprised.

This tower is by no means a small tower, it is at least as high as a three-story building, and this tree is by no means a small tree, but has luxuriant branches. The tree just took root on the top of the pagoda, straight and not crooked at all, but no tree roots can be seen on the whole bluestone pagoda, as if this big tree grew in the air several feet above the ground, making people see You will inevitably wonder how it survived and how it grew to such a large size.

"It's a miracle..."

Song You couldn't help sighing.

It was a blessing to meet him.

Then he lowered his head and glanced at the cat beside him.

The cat looked up at him too.

Compared to two years ago when she visited Tai'an Temple with her in Yidu, now she is much calmer. Although she is still habitually looking left and right, full of vigilance, she is no longer timid.

The incense was burning in the cauldron, and the smoke was like clouds. She just glanced at it, but turned her head to look at the big tree growing on the top of the tower and the bird's nest on the tree.

"Let's go."

Song You took a step forward, and Maoer hurriedly followed.

Strolling along the way, offering a few sticks of incense to the Buddha, not only looking at the door couplets, but also seeing the people who came to worship the Buddha.

Like the Yidu Tai'an Temple, some people come to relieve their worries, some come to seek fame and fortune, some come to predict good and bad luck, some come to atone for their sins, and some only come to tell the Buddha their thoughts.

All thoughts are in a few wisps of cigarettes.

The Taoist walks slowly, looks slowly, and does not forget to have a fast meal in the temple after shopping.

A Taoist priest visiting a Buddhist temple is unavoidably novel, and even the monks in the monastery can’t help but look at him twice, but the Taoist always ignores these gazes, and occasionally someone talks to him, and the Taoist only responds with a few gentle words , and continued to wander around the monastery.

After spending half a day, it was considered fruitful and satisfying. When Song You was about to leave, he walked under the tower and the tree in the courtyard, and suddenly felt something.

Can't help but turn around to see——

A wall separates the inner courtyard from the outer courtyard. The wooden door is closed tightly. There is an earth trough beside the courtyard wall. It is bare, but there is a layer of bamboo leaves. It seems that bamboo was originally planted.

A middle-aged Taoist was standing outside the gate of the inner courtyard, who seemed to have just come out of the inner courtyard. The middle-aged Taoist was accompanied by two monks, both very old, who seemed to be seeing him off. Seeing him stop, one of them looked at him, and the other followed his gaze to Song You, and then asked him in a low voice, but met an acquaintance .

The middle-aged Taoist smiled and waved his hands, saying that he didn't know him, but he kept looking at Song You.

A young Taoist, a bay red horse, and a three-flowered cat.

Although there are no bay red horses, there are three-colored cats.

The middle-aged Taoist saluted Song Youyuan.

Song You also saluted him back, looking thoughtfully.

Then he saw the middle-aged Taoist walking towards him, he was a lame man, walking with a limp, and two old monks followed behind him, respectfully and politely, a group of three came to him soon.

"Luming Mountain Fengtian Temple, Chang Yuanzi." The middle-aged Taoist gave another salute, "I have seen fellow Taoists in Fulong Temple."

"It turned out to be the national teacher." Song You also bowed back, already guessing, and it was not surprising that the other party recognized him, "Yinyang Mountain Fulong Temple, Song You, I have seen the Taoist priest and the two masters."

Although the two monks didn't know who Song You was, they hurriedly saluted.

"I have a destiny with fellow daoist." The national teacher saluted again, and his words were very calm, "Some time ago, I thought that fellow daoist might have arrived in Changjing, and I wanted to figure out where fellow daoist lived, but unexpectedly I couldn't do so. Let’s look for the residence of the Taoist friend, and pay a visit after a while, so as not to disturb the fellow Taoist’s Qingxiu travel, but unexpectedly, I came to Tianhai Temple today to drink tea with the abbot, and when I was about to go back, I ran into the Taoist friend.”

"That's really destined."

"This is pure fate." The national teacher smiled, and paused, "I don't know why you came to Tianhai Temple?"

"I heard that the incense in Tianhai Temple is very effective, and it is unique in Changjing. I am here to offer two sticks of incense and pay a visit."

"Do fellow daoists still need divine apparitions?"

"Always come and see."

"Since I met fellow daoist, if you don't dislike it, why don't you go for a while?"

"How dare you dislike it."

"You two masters, there is no need to send more." The national teacher said to the two monks, and then he looked at Song You, facing the gate of the temple, and stretched out his hand, "Please."

"please."

The two Taoists stepped out of the temple together, followed by Sanhuamao, leaving the two old monks looking at each other.

Many pilgrims seemed to find it strange and interesting. Not only did Taoists come to the Buddhist temple to burn incense, but there were two of them, accompanied by eminent monks from the temple. However, some people who served as officials in Changjing vaguely discerned from the limping figure of the middle-aged Taoist and the respectful attitude of the eminent monks in the temple that he was the national teacher of the current dynasty, so they were even more surprised.