Chapter 11: The Hungry Ghost Road
Old man Jiang turned his head, as if he didn't want to face the eyes of the two old men, and said: "It is difficult to replenish such things as essence blood, and it may be possible to raise it well in the future." (You can find this site)"
The two old men only thanked us, and they had to take out the money to thank us, but they were rejected by the old man Jiang, he sighed, and he stopped talking, but I didn't know what he was thinking.
"Sanwa'er, you go back to the mountain first, Huijue and I have something to deal with, and we will probably go back to the mountain in the evening." Walking out of the courtyard of Guo Er's house, Old Man Jiang told me to arrive.
"Master, I can't go?" I actually have a vague feeling that what Old Man Jiang is going to do next may be very interesting, and I really want to go.
"No, not today, let's talk about it after today." Old man Jiang's words were a little inexplicable.
At this time, the crispy meat looked at the old man Jiang with some flattery and said, "Master Jiang, can I live on the mountain tonight?" ”
"Why?" Old man Jiang's gaze at the crispy meat actually didn't mean to explore, but there was a kind of understanding, why is this sentence, as if he was waiting for some answer.
"Well" Crispy Meat scratched the back of his head, and then said with some embarrassment: "Master Jiang, I know that you are not ordinary people, I also saw today's events, if you don't figure out what's going on, I can't sleep, I have seen some of them when I was a child anyway." ”
"You want to wait until we get back in the evening and ask us what's the matter with the Hungry Ghost Worms?" Old man Jiang squinted his eyes, like an old fox.
Crispy Meat revealed his signature 'Han Xiao' again, but he didn't answer.
Old man Jiang and Huijue glanced at each other, and said inexplicably: "It's okay, anyway, you and Sanwa'er have a long fate, go ahead." ”
Crispy Meat cheered, where does it matter what fate is long, fate is short, just urge me to be faster, but I am a little puzzled in my heart, I have to leave here in half a year at most, where will I be in the future, I don't know what to do, and where can I talk about fate with Crispy Meat? Could it be that in the future, I will still have a better relationship with Crispy Meat, and I will get together less and leave more with my family?
But old man Jiang likes to play mysterious, he won't say much to me, after saying this, he and Huijue drifted away, not knowing where to go next.
It was night, a cold waning moon hung in the night sky, and the faint moonlight was reflected on the snow, quiet and poignant.
The bamboo forest is blown by the cold wind of the winter night, emitting a unique rustle, with the sound of the gurgling stream, like an elegy unique to the mountain forest.
Such a night is suitable for lovers to walk in the woods, whispering, but helplessly, in this bamboo forest, there are only 4 big men.
We were sitting around a pot of gurgling mushroom soup, and everyone's faces were heavy except for the crispy meat.
Old man Jiang and old monk Huijue were heavy as soon as they returned to the mountain, and they didn't even say anything since they came back, I was infected by this atmosphere, and then became heavy, I know that things are not simple.
As for the crispy meat, he was originally surprised, but he liked the unique fresh food on the mountain, and as soon as he smelled the umami winter bamboo shoots and mushroom soup, he couldn't help it, and he looked greedy.
The soup was already cooked, the aroma was overflowing, and the crispy meat was diligently filled with a big bowl, and 2 vegetarian dishes were taken, and a large bowl of rice was added to the old monk Huijue: "Master Hui, you are eating." ”
Before Hui Jue moved his chopsticks, Crispy Meat looked at Old Man Jiang and said, "Master Jiang, can this fish be added?" ”
The fish were kept in a small puddle dug by Old Man Jiang and me, and when we caught fish in the pool and stream on weekdays, we threw them into the small puddle, which was also a way to preserve meat.
The fresh fish in this mountain is full of umami, but there is not much fishy smell, at this time it is slice into a piece of thin slices that are almost transparent, full of temptation, no wonder the crispy meat is so anxious.
On weekdays, Old Man Jiang rarely sarcastically said two sentences of gluttony, but today Old Man Jiang only said: "Let it go." ”
I understood his mood, and sighed, as for the crispy meat, I threw a piece of old ginger into it, and when the ginger flavor was burned, I put the fish fillets in one by one, and then put the dipping sauce that had been prepared for dipping the fish and chopped with pickled pepper for each of the three of us to make a small plate.
The fresh soup after putting in the fish is more delicious, but our expression is still heavy, and the crispy meat can't stand it, so we said: "Jiang Ye, Hui Ye, Sanwa'er, it's not that I have a lot of mouths, there is delicious food in front of me, don't waste it, no matter how annoying it is after eating, it's the same, anyway, this annoyance won't get better because you bother for a while, right?" ”
Huijue was originally drinking soup, after hearing this, he looked up and glanced at the crispy meat in surprise, and the old man Jiang couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect you to be so young and have such knowledge, you are an open-minded baby, it's good, persuade the third baby more in the future, this baby is angry, and his heart is actually sensitive." ”
After saying this, he was not bored anymore, lifted the chopsticks and said: "Eat, we will happily finish this meal, and then think about the troubles." ”
The atmosphere finally got better, we happily ate this meal, after eating and cleaning up, Old Man Jiang asked me to make a small charcoal stove, put a pot of water on it, and the four of us gathered around the charcoal stove, and then, I knew that Old Man Jiang would have a lot to say.
However, it was me who broke the silence first.
"Master, what kind of potion did you say my tiger claws were washed with potion?" I asked this question in the afternoon, but unfortunately Old Man Jiang was angry with me at that time and didn't have time to answer me.
"Use the potion boiled with mugwort leaves and cinnabar to cleanse the yin and evil qi on it." Old man Jiang's tone was light.
"Master, tell me what's going on with that hungry ghost worm, I obviously saw a grimace, but I didn't expect a bug to come out at the end." I asked the question I've always wanted to ask, and to be honest, it's been haunting me all afternoon.
"This question, let the old man Huijue talk to you first, in their Buddhist doctrine, there is a hungry ghost Tao, first add the basic knowledge to you." As he spoke, Old Man Jiang brought four teacups, and as he spoke, the mountain spring water was about to boil.
As soon as the hot mountain spring water was brewed, the green tea leaves floated up, and I don't know what good tea leaves my master had hidden, but as soon as the water was brewed, the aroma filled the whole room.
Hui Jue picked up the bowl, took a deep breath, took a sip of tea, and then began to talk about the Hungry Ghost Dao in a standard Beijing accent.
"All living beings are divided into six paths, and the hungry ghost path is one of them, in the world of hungry ghosts, their lives are miserable, can you imagine the taste of being hungry for a hundred years but not being able to eat? They feel this taste all the time, and there are many kinds of hungry ghosts, and I won't go into them all of them here, but the most special thing about hungry ghosts is that hungry ghosts are different from other ghosts, because hungry ghosts have physical bodies. ”
"What do you call a body?" Crispy meat took a sip of tea, and grinned when he was burned, no wonder he, he was not a person who could taste tea, such a way to drink, who would be hot if he didn't burn?
"Ghosts, ethereal, wander the heavens and the earth in the form of spirits, and to have a body means that they have a physical body! This is very related to the moral particularity of hungry ghosts, people's souls will fall into the path of hungry ghosts, but the path of hungry ghosts itself will also multiply. There are ghost mothers among hungry ghosts, and one child is often hundreds of ghosts, some devils are born hungry ghosts, and some devils are human souls who fall into the path of hungry ghosts, attach to them, and become hungry ghosts. Hungry ghosts are miserable, but among them can give birth to ** power, but in that cruel environment, there are too few people who can become ** power. The tomb of the hungry ghost on this rural field, the person who built it, the purpose is suspicious. "Huijue won't say anything about it here.
I listened to the suspense in my heart, a stomach of questions, before I had time to ask, the crispy meat had already rushed ahead: "If you have a body, it is the body of a big insect?" That's disgusting, right? Could it be that the ghost mother is still a big bug. ”
Old man Jiang smiled and said, "The image of a hungry ghost is incarnated by tens of millions, what's so special about appearing in the image of a bug?" Do you know Miao Jiang Gu Technique? Well, you don't know it, there are women who love beauty and control hungry ghosts in a special way to maintain a graceful figure. It's a pity that the world mistakenly thinks it's roundworms or something, which is ridiculous. And no matter what form it takes, it will always take the form of a devil, the image of the relief you see on the door of the tomb of the hungry ghost. ”
Hui Jue added: "The Hungry Ghost Dao was originally in its own hungry ghost world, this is the world of people, and due to special restrictions, they cannot be born and be the image of a devil. But the world is like heaven to them, and the hungry ghosts who are lucky enough to appear in the human world are not willing to go back, but"
"Okay, Huijue, I won't talk about that." Old man Jiang coughed, as if reminding Huijue.
Hui Jue really kept silent.
Crispy Meat and I are both junior high school students, and we know the basic geographical knowledge, speaking of which the earth is a sphere, with several continents and oceans on it, where is this hungry ghost world? Which continent? Which ocean? Let's talk nonsense.
I wanted to ask, and so did the crispy meat, and we asked, but all we got was silence.
I knew that Old Man Jiang didn't want to say it, and he wouldn't say it if he was killed, so I had to ask, "Master, what are you bothering about?" Isn't Guo Er's matter already resolved? By the way, what is essence blood? ”
"Essence blood? Essence blood is the mother of blood, can maintain the blood of the person without hesitation of the focus, the world has enough blood, there are also anemia patients, this is the difference between the essence of blood born more and less, to replenish the essence of blood is too difficult, in addition to precious medicine, but also have to practice every day, practice, where is it so easy for ordinary people to make up? As for what bothering me? Guo Er's matter solved? Old man Jiang's brows furrowed.
Or Monk Huijue simply said directly: "Guo Er dug a hole in the tomb of the hungry ghost!" ”