The playwright school grass is also pestering me today

Shen Yu nodded his head twice, leaned over to the little sun like a dying animal, first roasted his hands and then his almost frozen feet, and then moved closer.

The hot air flowed down his shoulders, and when the cold air was dispelled, he shivered tremendously.

Cool.

Just as Shen Yu closed her eyes to cheer herself up, the door opened again, and the old north wind came in with a buzzing sound, and Shen Yu almost cried from the cold.

Looking up, He Du stood at the door with the monk just now, wearing the same ugly but long and warm quilt.

When He Du looked at him, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled. He quickly walked up to Shen Yu and squatted down, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you here?"

"Come to inspect your work." Shen Yu shrank towards He Du as she said, because the huge quilt could block the old north wind blowing in.

He Du laughed, the dimples on the corners of his mouth slightly: "I didn't say it earlier, it was frozen on the way here, right?"

"Yes." Shen Yu tugged at the sleeves of her cotton-padded jacket depressedly, "This dress is really not good, and it can also block the small wind in the middle of tall buildings."

He Du laughed out loud, and stretched out his hand as if wanting to pat Shen Yu's head, but probably because there was a monk standing behind him, he finally withdrew his hand and stood up: "You wait here for a while, I'll go talk to Master and find you a coat."

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"Is this how Baishui Temple treats the guests? Ask them to help spread the incense stand?" Shen Yu, who finally put on the same ugly but long and warm quilt, complained while spreading the red cloth on the incense stand.

"Baishui Temple is closed to guests today, please come back the day after tomorrow." He Du pulled the red cloth on the other side, and carefully compared whether it was evened out. "You came to find me, so you just want to help?"

Shen Yu stared at him for a while before sighing and said, "It seems to be true."

The venue of the blessing meeting is the open space in front of the main hall of Baishui Temple. There used to be a standing incense burner here, but now there are two long incense stands lined up on both sides of the incense burner. Several monks, together with Shen Yu and He Du, are spreading red cloth, including The stone steps of the temple have been covered with red cloth, which looks beaming.

In the front, the archway inside the temple gate has also been wrapped in red cloth, changing the usual elegant atmosphere. It says "Dongshan · Baishui Temple New Year's Blessing Ceremony", and two monks are stepping on the ladder to paste on the left and right sides of the archway. Spring Festival couplets for the Year of the Rat.

"It's quite lively." Shen Yu said with emotion, the usual Baishui Temple is full of no joy or sorrow, a refined image, this is the first time he has seen this kind of down-to-earth feeling in red and green, it is very fresh, and this He also liked the lively feeling, especially the fact that "he participated in this kind of excitement".

"Tomorrow will be more lively, and all the sacrifices will be put on display. Today is just to make a show." He Du smiled and pointed at the archway, "Tomorrow there will be a corridor built behind here, and there will be a lot of strings hanging on it. Red Lantern."

"Wow." Shen Yu imagined this kind of scene for a while, and his face was full of longing, "Hey, but this archway is very high, hanging lanterns is quite difficult."

"It's not easy." He Du smiled, "When you come tomorrow, you can see my handsome figure dodging around on the ladder."

"Nani?" Shen Yu was startled, "Do you still need to hang the lantern?"

"After all, I am the last martial artist in Baishui Temple, and I am responsible for guarding the temple, guarding the mountain gate, repairing greenhouses in the middle of the night, climbing ladders and hanging lanterns." He Du said with a smile on his face.

"Virtue." Shen Yu gave him a push, "You're still building a shed in the middle of the night, and you're getting into a fight with someone, right?"

"Hey, don't expose it." He Du was amused for a moment, "I have also fought, and I have really repaired the greenhouse, but the repair of the greenhouse did not hurt my arm..."

Because Baishui Temple is the most prosperous temple with a radius of dozens of kilometers, at the beginning of the New Year's Day, apart from the pilgrims from small towns, there will also be devout believers from nearby cities and towns who come to offer incense. Therefore, every New Year, the temple will be carefully decorated to give Pilgrims, a new atmosphere, a good sign.

Shen Yu and He Du worked hard all morning, and finally laid out the red cloth on both sides of the incense worship platform, flattened it, and pressed it down with a paperweight, so as not to be blown away by the mountain wind. At this time, other monks in the temple were busy. Decorate the hall and clean the room.

"Let's go eat." He Du patted Shen Yu on the shoulder and led him to the backyard.

Shen Yu was surprised to find that there were several monks pasting red letters and spring couplets on the wall in the backyard. Although it was not as festive as the main hall, it still looked bright red.

"Isn't there no pilgrims in the backyard?" Shen Yu asked in a low voice, "Why are there so many decorations?"

"Isn't it still a new year if you don't receive pilgrims?" He Du asked back.

Shen Yu was surprised: "The temple still celebrates the New Year? Isn't the Spring Festival a lay festival?"

"Why don't temples celebrate the new year? Monks also have to celebrate secular festivals. This is called Hengshun merit and virtue, to rejoice in all sentient beings. And not only to celebrate, but also to pray for the blessings of believers all over the world, and pray for a safe and smooth year ahead."

He Du paused here, smiled and stretched out his hand to poke Shen Yu's forehead, "Besides, you also think too much about being a monk, everyone is human too, well, during the New Year's festival, you must not only meet, but also eat. During the reunion dinner, those who are about my age will also play cards with cannons."

Shen Yu opened his mouth into an "O" shape in surprise, which was a bit beyond his previous cognition, but this kind of Baishui Temple, which has a strong flavor of the year, sounds extraordinarily warm.

He suddenly thought, maybe He Du, a child who grew up in the temple, had a much happier childhood than him.

As if sensing his intentions, He Du gently tugged on Shen Yu's wrist, but worried that this was a temple, he quickly let go: "Don't think about it, go eat."

The dining hall of Baishui Temple is in the backyard. Because there are many small hotels at the foot of the mountain, there are no guest rooms for laymen to rest in the temple. There are only two lay people in the temple, He Du and Shen Yu, so naturally they eat with the monks.

Eight long tables were set up in the dining hall, and He Du took Shen Yu to sit down on one of the corner tables. Shen Yu saw that the tablemates were almost all young monks of the same age, including the doorkeeper monk just now. When he saw him, the gatekeeper nodded as a greeting.

After the monks were seated, the monk who was in charge of cooking began to bring out various meals. Although it was a vegetarian meal, it was much richer than Shen Yu imagined. Each table had broccoli tofu, mushroom fried potato chips, salt and pepper lotus root, wild rice stem in tomato sauce, Six dishes of roasted eggplant and braised chestnuts, plus a pot of cabbage and tofu vermicelli soup, it seems to be full of color, fragrance and flavor.

All the monks were sitting at the table, Shen Yu could only stare at the dishes, swallowing secretly with greed.

A few minutes later, after the food was served, an old monk with white beard and hair sitting on the east seat got up, said a few words and then proclaimed the Buddha's name. .

Shen Yu, an old monk, had met this old monk before. At that time, he thought that this old monk was the only one in Baishui Temple. Today, he found out that he was the abbot of Baishui Temple.

"That's my master." He Du whispered to Shen Yu with his mouth.

Oh ho!Shen Yu returned a surprised look, are you the lay disciple of the legendary Master Abbot himself?

I don't know if He Du understood the complex meaning of Shen Yu's eyes, anyway, he covered his mouth and laughed silently for a while before he started to grumble.

After dinner, he was busy all afternoon. Near the evening, the layout of the blessing ceremony was finally completed. Shen Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the banners fluttering in the wind, and the joyful red on the ground. Great sense of accomplishment.

"Let's go, I'll take you back." He Du said.

"Wait..." Shen Yu tore off her skirt, and said a little embarrassedly, "I haven't returned this dress yet."

"I'll take you down the mountain, and then I'll bring this dress back, so I can change it here and go back, won't I freeze you into a fool on the way." He Du smiled, "I'll bring this over to pick you up tomorrow morning." .”

"Okay." Shen Yu nodded in confusion, and followed He Du out of the temple gate.

Halfway down the mountain, Shen Yu suddenly realized, isn't it right?

"You just let me put the clothes back on, wouldn't it be okay to wear them again tomorrow?" Shen Yu asked awake like a dream.

He Du was also stunned for a while: "Damn it, it makes sense!"

Shen Yu supported his forehead, but He Du leaned into Shen Yu's ear and smiled and said, "That's fine, so I can see you earlier tomorrow."

After He Du whispered this whisper close to Shen Yu's face, he didn't rush to leave. He gently squeezed Shen Yu's hand, then leaned in front of him, and wanted to kiss him again.

There was no one else on the mountain road, so it was a bit romantic, Shen Yu laughed and scolded "rogue", but did not dodge as usual.

He Du's kiss was nothing more than a light kiss, maybe two seconds, if it took longer, the two's mouths would freeze together.

Shen Yu originally thought that this was just like the two ordinary stealthy kisses before, and it would be fine to continue walking after the kiss, but he didn't expect that after the two separated, He Du stood where he was, and even stretched out his hand to grab him.

Shen Yu suddenly had an ominous premonition. He turned his head cautiously and saw a monk standing less than three meters away from them, staring at them blankly.

There was no strange expression on the monk's face, but Shen Yu still caught a trace of unconcealable surprise in his eyes.

The monk seemed to be in his early forties, and he was carrying things in his left and right hands. Obviously he lived in Baishui Temple.

Judging by He Du's stiff reaction, Shen Yu already guessed that He Du probably knew him, but...after all, he is a monk, so he shouldn't be so nosy.

But at this time, He Du was already respectful, and even called out with some guilty conscience: "Second Master."

The monk nodded in response, but did not speak.

Shen Yu: ...

He Du said before that he has two masters, the master is the abbot of the temple, responsible for preaching, and the second master is an ordinary monk, who takes care of his daily life.

It is true that monks don't mind their own business, but this is the master who watched He Du grow up and preached and taught him.For He Du, he is both a teacher and an elder.

Do you still care about such a relationship?