C31 Autumn Lotus Prayer

In the tiny monastery of Tea Village, the sound of the bell rang again every morning. It was clear and crisp. It was a long ending that echoed in Qiuhe's mind for a long time.

The house of Qiu He's family was only a few dozen steps away from the small monastery. She opened her eyes on the small bamboo bed. The lingering sound of the bell lingered in her ears. This sound had been going on for several days. If one listened carefully, they could still vaguely hear it. Someone was reciting softly.

After the closing festival, didn't the Small Buddha Temple close?

The Small Buddha Temple had been quiet for a long time.

The Buddhist culture of Dai Village had returned? Who was chanting?

A ray of morning light rose from the small window of Qiuhe room. The light was slightly brighter, and it was green. Qiuhe rested her head on her arm and stared blankly. Her eyes were looking at Shanti outside the window, but her heart was drifting elsewhere.

In the narrow room, other than the sound of the bell, Everything was silent. The entire village was still sleeping. For the past few days, the young girl, Autumn Lotus, had always woken up very early. She deeply experienced her peaceful life. Deep in thought of her value in this world. Every time she laid on the bed like this, She could not feel herself breathing. She felt as if her soul was floating above her head. She felt as if she was examining her body. Sometimes, it was also another kind of uncomfortable feeling where her body kept falling, with no end in sight.

Her feeling was very bad. No matter what, she couldn't be happy.

She began to imagine the Buddha in the small monastery. People had evil intentions in their hearts, and they had to confess to the Buddha to atone for their sins. They had a wish, and they had to pray for the Bodhisattva to show his spirit and achieve their goals. She had no Buddha in her heart, and she did not know what it meant to be pious. However, at this moment, Qiuhe suddenly wanted to place a golden light on her heart.

It was already bright outside. It was still very dark inside the small house. Qiuhe had long gotten used to the darkness. There were no lights in the house. But she was very good at working in the dark. There were many things that she did well in the dark, and they were done in an orderly manner. She put on her shoes. She took out a string of incense sticks from the corner and headed towards the small monastery.

"If you can bless that Grandpa's condition is no longer serious, please bless that Granny can always whisper into my ear. It doesn't matter if you annoy me or scold me. Qiuhe will burn a Buddhist incense for you every day. Qiu He will come and pray every day. No matter if it's raining, Or the wind. Spring, autumn, winter, summer. The autumn lotus would come. I'll use the money I exchanged for the mountain picking mushrooms to exchange for Buddha incense. "

"Grandpa can't get off the bed, but he's not confused. He could understand the look in Qiuhe's eyes. He understood the expression of Qiuhe. He knew the love that Qiuhe had for his grandfather. Grandma was already old, so she was always worried about the situation in the tea field. Actually, I was also worried. Because that was the only thing that our family could rely on. Our family only has tea fields left. But Qiuhe doesn't have many requests. Let's just let our life continue like this. If it's bitter, then it's bitter. We must not make any mistakes. During this period of time, I've been very worried. I'm worried that something bad might happen to our family. "

"You also have to protect Qiuhe. She's still young! And. . . Protect Ah Liang. I saw him walking away from the village on a small path. I haven't seen him in the past few days. "

Qiuhe piously clasped her hands together and bowed towards the monastery's open door. The ringing of the bell and the chanting became clearer. She held a thin Buddhist incense between her fingers as she muttered to herself. She inserted the Buddhist incense stick into the incense burner outside the small monastery. She tilted her head and looked at the door for a while, unwilling to leave for a long time.

She was curious about what the small monastery looked like. She had never gone in before. She could only sense the serenity and solemnity of the monastery from the outside. She wanted to go in and learn the Buddhist culture of the Dai clan. Unfortunately, she was a girl and could not become a monk.

Qiu He tilted her head and thought about it. The small monastery had been closed ever since the closing festival. The incense ash in the incense burner was drenched by the rain. It gradually dissipated and the interior was clean. Only one incense stick of Buddha incense that she lit was still falling into ashes. She could feel that. . . She could feel how lonely the monastery was when it was quiet. And the monastery where people burned incense and recited. It was becoming more beautiful. She liked to hear the crisp sound of the bell chimes.

The small monastery opened its doors again a few days ago. To be precise, it was the second day after the meeting between Elder Zhai and Tao Huizhen.

Elder Zhai's youngest son had been a monk for three years and had renounced asceticism. Now, he was a man from the Dai village who was in his fifties. After a long conversation with his father throughout the night, he decided to continue the incense offerings of the small monastery.

The monastery was a Dai culture. Part of it. It could not be abandoned. The monastery did not have any eminent monks to preach the scriptures. The village elder's youngest son would preach the scriptures himself. No one in the monastery would listen to the good words of Buddha. The village elder's youngest son would recite the scriptures himself. He would ring the bell. He swept the courtyard alone and gave a toast.

All of his perseverance and persistence came from the night that the village elder had chatted with him for a long time.

He remembered that his old father had mentioned Tao Huizhen like this: Teacher Tao is an outstanding young man. As a compulsory education, She was a part of the modern Han culture. There was no rejection of traditional culture. No rejection of the culture of the people. It also indicated that the two did not conflict. She also said that the country supported protecting the intangible cultural heritage. Those who contributed to this type of heritage, are worthy of respect.

Of course, the village elder liked it the most. It was Tao Huizhen who said sincerely at that time, "Only by learning other cultures will you understand how to protect traditional cultures better, right?" This question made the village elder reminisce. He was very grateful to Tao Huizhen for saying that. Tao Huizhen was a good young man who would stand on the opposite side and speak.

Qiu He bent her knees and sat by the side of the road in front of the small monastery. This morning, she had nothing to do. In this autumn, she was already 14 years old. She looked like a big girl. Her face might still be young and tender, but there were traces of time on her expression. She was not like most children with childishness, but had a pair of deep eyes that could meet the eyes of adults.

When interacting with her, it would not make people feel like she was a child. She was still a little child. Suddenly, it would give people the illusion that her child's body contained an adult's soul.

There was a scratch on her cheek under her left eye. It was the second time she went to the depths of the Great Tea Mountain to see the green peacock.

Her right index finger had not fully recovered. That was the wound from catching a big fish in the stream.

Qiu He looked up at the sky of Dai Village. Gao Yuan's cloud made her feel dizzy for a moment. That kind of dizziness was quite strange, to be able to temporarily forget a lot of things. She narrowed her eyes. From the crown of a tree in front of the monastery's entrance, she looked at the ray of dawn behind it. Light and shadow intersected. It produced a strange and variegated Dandal effect. Qiuhe felt that this was a gift from nature to enjoy. However, she quickly revealed a sorrowful expression.