As the saying goes: good as gold. This shows that this promise could not be permissible. But sometimes, we have now would like to head-hing chaos Kua Haikou, the back of a debt for ourselves. Such as drinking with friends, during which some people find Shier, ask who pays for the next meal? Drink more of that one, if Chengneng, he will probably stammered talked and cried: "I"! The problem is that he could not remember the file the next day the child thing, so the unanimous assessment: "This kid their teeth, like the release pigeons"! Notice, in the Shanghai dialect in this be the heavy of.
Two and a half ago, I let a pigeon, the results have been too late to repent. Was summer, we have organized to Tiantai Mountain tourism, cars circled in the mountains, we talked and laughed. I looked out the window, suddenly found that there is a valley below the reservoir, looking scenery, not feel heart itch, so the next day early morning, leaving the team away, alone, to do a hike in that direction.
A lovely day, sunshine, I have a full walk in the mountains more than two hours, until the edge of the reservoir, already sweating, whole body from top to bottom without a dry place. Reservoir on the bottom of the road, although there is a dirt road leading from the waterfront road, but almost no one truck movements. I found a shade of a tree at the water's edge, the三下五除二stripped of his underwear and jumped naked on the go, Wow, that cool.
Water is flowing down from the hills, very clear, although the surface of the water has been the warmth of the sun, but a little bit deeper on the very cool. Diving into the water with open eyes, I saw palm on the River of children swimming around, not at all fear of people. Floating in the water for the upper reaches of looking ahead, hijacked two mountains, the narrow surface of the water gradually closed gradually narrow, winding, has been hidden deep into the mountains. I was mad for the mountains, the moment to climb up to his clothes, walk up the footpath along the shore, the way the apartment is very happy.
OK for a long time, after one or two villages, and finally to the reservoir at the end of the front was a valley, on both sides of the mountains there are numerous streams down from the jungle, the Pentium to the reservoir being brought together. Under the midday sun, in addition to the water splashed sound, looked around no one with one of silence. Through the valley, field of vision gradually began to open, the present is a basin surrounded by mountains and basins in the smoke curl, barking crowing the basin slope is about green bamboo and tea fields, and then further on is hazy mountains, chronological a natural paradise.
The depths of the basin there is a small village, a dozen of farm structures, are stone base, the ancient stone road with ups and downs hill, looking very vicissitudes. Village 1 covered bridges, there are several women in the bridge sat chatting while their children play inside. The stranger saw me, they all stopped and looked at me curiously. I said hello, then asked the road ahead leads to where, they say can not walk in front, and asked me to turn back, it's still up along the reservoir back to the road. But I feel there will be tracks in front of the mountains, so thank a cry, and still Guzi move forward.
The end of the village, there is a mountain pointing at the top left to tell me that there is a small road leads to where the road, I can always go up, and so flip over a ridge and saw a tree and a house, road I'm almost there. Mount Hope running dead horse, let alone is noon am, Jiaoyangsihuo, finally crossed that Daoling, I have the East West distortion down, and parched by. Looked up, the distance is really a solitary stone, behind the house also has a Hong Kingston as indeed cover a large pine tree. I have come to step 3 asthma front of the house, not standing, suddenly out of an old man welcome, directed at me: "eat mouth tea bar." I have a shiver with fear, thinking: yo! Fairy Well?
Nature is not a god. Old man Heishou, short stature, rickets, cough, but in good spirits. He said he already saw me, and a hot day, climbing again sweating, so pour a cup of Camellia waiting for me up. I took tea drained, hearts are very comfortable. After the pressure of cross-gas to look around, we saw mountains, reservoirs on the foot of the distance, such as the jade among the general set in the Valley. Here the air is fresh, soak into the depths heart and lung, in addition to the occasional distant highway came the sound of a motor vehicle, looked very quiet, so it's a paradise on earth.
Hui Guoshen to thin look, the old man's house a positive side. Side room is a living person's bedroom, inside a table only. Principal room has two-bedroom on the left is a kitchen, a Granny inside busy to see me look around, they smile in my direction. The old man said to his wife. On the right is a hall, but the strange thing is that this office on three sides, no windows, no side wall, the Office of the side walls there are two stone bench, is the wall is empty. Hall stood before the apartment panoramic view. The old man poured another cup of tea, we sat in the hall of the stone bench on the mountain breeze blowing gently on the chat.
Old man surnamed Chen, who lives in suburban roof with three sons and two daughters, have been married, but are not willing to accommodate an old married couple, so only people here, rented a house to live. I asked him rely on life? He said the eldest son will get a point m Gesanchaiwu years, themselves and some kinds of vegetables, mountain village of people passing through here, will send something about financial aid, life is sufficient. The old man to say very frankly, but added a little sour I have heard of the heart. As we speak, Granny suddenly came in carrying his a bowl, bowls, still stuck in a pair of chopsticks. The old man said that at noon, and get something to eat. I saw it was a bowl of noodles, steaming noodles still stood a fried egg.
Although I am not wealthy, but have been lacking from small to large is not to eat less through. But that moment, both in spirit and in substance, I found myself both a beggar. The old man to go, Granny will be interviewed on the stone bench on the side look at me eating, she is chatting with me. Granny more than the old man, then, she sighs and hard, and reprove the daughter-who is not. I asked her why, and the old man living in such a wasteland, she said: "You do not know, the old man gave birth to emphysema, doctor says to see a bad thing. Here the air is good, the old man coughing a lot. In addition, we Here lies a tea stall, it was after Jiusong cup of tea to eat, no money, doing the good things, Buddha bless, and good live longer. " I can not help but nod in response.
Eating noodles, I insisted to pay, the old husband and wife refuses, but finally accept it has. Xie Xie 10000 Granny 1000, and then called me to the Office of the positive wall, his hand touched the wall, told me a big secret. She said: "Do you know? That block Qiang Li a Buddha, you worship a worship, quite the Spirit." I am puzzled, she went on to say: "This wall is empty, inside Buddha." I asked: "What is Buddha?" She said: "Yes goddess Guanyin and the Marshal Chao." I look at laugh out. A Buddhist, a Taoist, where is where ah? She thinks I do not think as far as holding my hand so I knock on the wall, saying: "You listen, the wall is empty, the Buddha on the inside." I see the old man, old man again and again nodded yes. I wonder, asked him why he would be locked up in the Buddha inside, Granny sighed: "foot of the mountain brigade do not agree, saying that engaging in feudalistic superstition, to knock down, we had to assemble together with the wall, facing the wall of worship every day."
I am an atheist, of course, do not worship, but this is the poor and lowly had each other husband and wife so simple kindness, I am not but deeply moved, so, on the wall that promised a promise. I am the old man said: "I see you next year." The old man nodded and said nothing, but while coughing, while send me Sheung. The rugged mountain, I let him stay behind several times, he persisted in his refusal, finally has been sent to my side of the road, looked at me and jumped on a bus. Car dealers for a long time, I can see him waving a distance.
An instant more than two years have passed, if I have forgotten to clean this thing down is also not be entirely fair, in fact, sometimes I still think of the old man's. Miss miss, but go in life's itinerary, I always have my own priorities. This year, even the promise is to queue up, otherwise, we eat? As a result, this year became next year, next year dragged the year after next, although the heart can sometimes smoke a little guilty, but I also do not quite care.
I am doing well in 2003, operator of the bar is a harvest year. To the end of the year I harbored feelings of satisfaction reminded of the old man. Such a long time, and Buddha did not know which would be hidden in the wall of the old couple the present situation. That happened over the weekend have the time, so he decided to go once, the way to climb a mountain, thanks to a year and get points, what kind of ceremony. Claim whatever they like, when I hit the steering wheel, then the wind switches Qing Chi camel to go to the Tiantai Mountain.
A night without words. The next day, I specially got up early to drive up the mountain. Cold days, although the wind is not, but it is very gloomy. Pedestrians scarcity of valley mist slowly rising. To the reservoir a look at, water is almost gone, there are armed police force under construction, and many heavy-duty vehicles coming and going, getting bigger of a project. 1 inquiries, the original is replaced by pumped storage power station reservoir. I threw the car on the road is still the old road along the reservoir to the mountains, almost to the end of the construction noise was inaudible sound. Standing in the valley, we saw mountain dry stone thin vegetation depression, and memory in the summer of that year, the landscape is very different.
Basin is still inside the village, but the covered bridges and stone path had been removed, and in the village are out repair roads, mountain people who gathered at the site on both sides of twos and threes, in order to send workers to do the loud quarrel. I walked through the village, thinking that hundreds of times before, the result was wrong, and had no choice but to come back to find people in the village ask for directions. I said the mountain looking for a small house, which lived an old couple, those people say do not know. Finally a mountain Q: Are you saying that the monastery呀? I wake up, one would think, really, that stone temple Well not that one. I asked him, where two years ago, there lived an old man, surnamed Chen, said: Yes, he is fighting the village of the three last year, Health and lung cancer, Buxing Le, his wife put him to return it, and now late, lamented the .
I have had enough of this stick, half-speak. Think about this old man is also really poor, living in the Buddha side, Every day she burned incense to worship broad kinds of Futian, but in the end, or a cup of loess, disease or Down? Life or Down? I stood there, took a while to stay, the final decision is still on the go a Nazuo stone, as well as Buddha hidden in the walls that block. Rushing hundreds of years, anyway, should also try to make a wish ah.
I am lazy step by step to the side of the house, but the resulting Yileng, I do not know when, hut before the wood-shed turned into incense, the candle shelf still remained unburnt candle head. That look back hall, 4 large red lanterns hanging under the eaves on the one hand side of the wall painted a unicorn on one side and drew one of the Marshal Chao Qian Ma. From left to right is on the wall opened four square-shaped hole, the wall stood a square table, the table for the incense and fruit-eating. My heart pounded in Zhitiao, bypassing the table went up, followed by the hole looked, and sure enough, that which is a mezzanine, mezzanine, there are four-foot-high polychrome the Buddha, the middle two are really is the goddess Guanyin and the Marshal Chao, the two sat in the folder wall, through a square hole, is looking at the wall of the Boundless Sixiaofeixiao manner.
A long time, I sat on a stone bench, looking hall Baiyuncanggou, a sense of hall people have changed. That should be counted on the old couple is in rural southern China, the most typical of ordinary people find it, and an old married couple that has no money, nor influence, children also lack of filial piety, even worship a Buddha during his lifetime to be in hiding, fearful. But they have to struggling for survival of the footer, regardless of the ban, in this barren piece of land as one Buddha, Jingfo, finally enticed touched neighbors, and local, leaving behind such a special temple. Such kindness, fortitude, and the bright character, I think any other nation in the world can not match.
In order to fulfill his promise of two and a half ago, I left, they stood before the wall, their hands reported fist in the face of Guanyin Bodhisattva and Marshal Chao to an oar, the mind silent Chung said: "A mi tuo namo Buddha."
By: saka
