Chapter 7 Stealing
At noon, the little nun sent a lunch. After the master and apprentice used it, Huijin returned to the next meditation room to meditate and recite scriptures. Song Ruoxi carefully read the "Boenix Rule" in hopes that he could memorize it as soon as possible, learn it, and then go home to be a rice worm. However, the more he read it, the more he felt that being a lady in ancient times was a chore. He should smile without showing his teeth, behave steadily, dress properly, and behave without wind. He should be proficient in poetry and books, speak elegantly, and speak without bad words... After getting married, he should obey and behave as a god, treat his husband as the heaven, be gentle and considerate; he should take care of his husband and children, be filial to his parents-in-law, be courteous to his sister-in-law, and be...
From my parents' home to my in-laws' home, from head to toe, from talking to walking, from dealing with people to dealing with things, we have set standards and detailed terms. It is not difficult to memorize these terms, but it has to be done according to the terms. Song Ruoxi had no confidence and sighed, seeing that it was getting late, he threw the booklet next to him and took a shower and went to bed.
The next day, Song Ruoxi, who was awakened by the bell, did not stay in bed. She got up early to get dressed and wash, and went to Jingxuan to find Jian'er.
Jian'er happened to go out and saw Song Ruoxi. She smiled and greeted her, "Jingchen, you are here."
"Jian'er, what happened yesterday?" Song Ruoxi asked with concern.
"I told my master the matter and admitted my mistake to him. The master took me to Yongkang Villa to apologize. Master Chen accepted my apology and also pleaded with me to the master. The master did not punish me, but asked me to recite the Heart Sutra once." Jian'er escaped and was in a happy mood.
"That's good." Song Ruoxi smiled, "Let's go to the vegetarian hall for breakfast."
"After breakfast, we go to the back mountain."
Song Ruoxi looked at the fallen leaves on the roadside and said, "I'm afraid there are no apricots to pick in the back mountain."
"It's not about picking apricots, but about simmering taro."
"Is there taro on the mountain?" Song Ruoxi swallowed his saliva. Although lunch vegetarian food was better than early vegetarian food, it was insufficient and he could not eat enough.
"I planted it." Jian'er shook her head and was proud.
"Greedy girl." Song Ruoxi cursed with a smile.
Jian'er glanced at her and said, "It's not greedy, it's smart."
The two went to the vegetarian hall, but Huijin, Jueming, and the three brothers and sisters of Chen did not appear. Yesterday, they came to the vegetarian hall to use vegetarian to let the nuns in the nuns know that there were some of them. Today, the vegetarian hall was sent to the Zen room for them.
After dinner, Jian'er gave Song Ruoxi a wink. The two of them used the excuse to go back to the Zen room, avoided the nuns, and sneaked out of the temple to the back mountain. Jian'er took Song Ruoxi to find the place where she grows taro, lifted the wide monk's robe, took off the cloth bag containing tools from her waist, took out a small hoe from the inside and handed it to Song Ruoxi, and then a small shovel from it, "Jingchen, be careful when digging, don't dig the skin, as the taro juice will itch when you get it."
"Okay." Song Ruoxi was careful when digging.
One person dug two fists-sized taro, Jian'er found branches and dry weeds everywhere, dug a hole with a hoe, stuffed branches and weeds into the hole, and lit them with flint. Jian'er did it with one hand, Song Ruoxi couldn't help, so she got up to wash her hands. The stream water was cold and her white and tender little hands were frozen red. She washed the soil on her hands and got up to leave. Seeing a group of fish swimming, she subconsciously swallowed her saliva. When she came to this time and space, she hadn't eaten meat for a long time. I missed braised pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, white chopped chicken, crispy duck, pickled fish...
There was no way to get the meat, chickens, and ducks, but there were ready-made fish. Song Ruoxi turned around and quickly returned to Jian'er, "Jian'er, let's cook sauerkraut fish tomorrow."
"Eat fish?" Jian'er's eyes widened in shock, "Jingchen, fish are meaty and cannot be eaten."
Song Ruoxi asked, "Jian'er, are you a nun?"
"I'm not a nun!" Jian'er screamed.
Song Ruoxi raised his eyebrows and showed a sly smile in his eyes, "I am not a real nun, so what's the problem with us eating meat?"
"But..." Jian'er hesitated, "What if the master and the others know?"
"If you don't say it, I won't say it, how could they know?" Song Ruoxi raised his lips and smiled badly.
Jian'er thought about it and nodded, "Then we will cook fish tomorrow."
"Tomorrow we will find a way to get a pot, bowl, spoon and chopstick from the kitchen, and get some salt, pickled cabbage, green onion, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, cook a pot of pickled cabbage and fish soup, and eat it with taro. It must be delicious!" Song Ruoxi said so much that even his saliva was almost flowing out.
"These things are wrapped around me, but how do you catch fish?"
Song Ruoxi thought for a moment and said, "I'll make a fishnet net."
"Okay." The matter of eating pickled fish soup tomorrow was settled. Jian'er saw that the fire in the cave was about to go out. The inside wall of the cave was burning red and steaming. She hurriedly threw the taro in, smashed the hole with a hoe, and covered the collapsed hole with a few more shovels of dry land. "Wait a little longer, and you can eat it."
After waiting for about two incense sticks, Jian'er took out the soil and hadn't seen taro yet, a fragrance plunged into her nose, making people salivate. Song Ruoxi also picked up a small shovel to help. The two of them worked together to completely peel off the soil. They didn't care about the hotness, so they took one of them and broke it apart. The flesh was white. They took a bite, soft, sticky, fragrant, glutinous, sweet, so delicious!
After eating taro, they packed up and the two returned to the temple with laughter.
After lunch, Song Ruoxi and Jian'er were busy.
Song Ruoxi went to the Zizhu Forest to find the suitable bamboo for making rods, and then searched through boxes and cabinets to find the plain satin pleated skirt she wore when she came to the temple, making a simple fishing net. Jian'er tiptoed into the kitchen, and while no one was paying attention, she stole pots, bowls, spoons, chopsticks, pickles, vegetables, ginger, etc. and hid it out, and then pretended to be fine and went back to the Zen room.
Now everything is ready, just waiting for the fish to cook tomorrow.
The rigorous and self-disciplined life in the temple remains unchanged. Every day, they do the same thing at the same time. Even if Song Ruoxi was anxious to eat fish, he had to go to the vegetarian hall to eat morning vegetarian. After using it, Song Ruoxi and Jian'er left the vegetarian hall, first went to the Zen room to get the fishing net, then went to the place where Jian'er hid things to bring the pots, bowls and tools, and still went out through the back door.
Chapter completed!