For seven consecutive days, I went back and forth like this. After holding the lamp, I listened to Fayuan's lecture at Jiulin Zen Temple. At night, the Yin God went out to the Zhuangyuan Bridge to preach to Feng Junzi. On the seventh day, Feng Junzi asked me: "Shi Ye, today is the seventh grade of "no gain or no part" and how many words of scripture I heard in one night?"

"Thirteen words: All wise men and saints are different by the law of inaction."

Feng Junzi was a little happy this time, and finally heard satisfactory content. It was like a banquet, he was looking around with chopsticks, and finally found a dish that suited his appetite. He smiled and nodded and said, "I finally said something about the Buddha's words. Shi Ye, my purpose has been told to you. It is not that you want you to worship Buddhism, but that you can understand the way to break the delusion. Buddhism can take the Tao from external Dharma, but for you and me, Buddhism is also an external Dharma. I do this to let you go to external Dharma... This Kumarajiva must have read "Laozi" and even "Wuwei" was put into it when translating Buddhist scriptures!"

"Then when can I break the delusion?"

Feng Junzi: "When you are not afraid of entering into delusions and then exiting delusions, you can break the delusions. Don't worry, I feel it's coming soon!"

Feng Junzi said it was soon, maybe it was really soon. I felt that I was very close to a goal, although I still couldn't explain what this goal was. I listen to the scriptures every night, of course listening to the scriptures is not the only thing I have to do in my life. I have to go to school and go to Shiji Hotel to help. Feng Junzi took Axiu away, and only Sister Ziying was left in the noodle restaurant, and she was busier alone.

The next day was the weekend, and I finally had time during the day. I went to buy rice, noodles, oil, and moved honeycomb coal. In short, I wanted to do all the heavy work that I could do this week, which would make Sister Ziying less tired. Sister Ziying watched me go back and forth with a little heartache, and kept persuading me to rest. Will the real person who has achieved great success in Jindan still care about this? Sister Ziying also joked with me that the 500-year-old fairy is not too busy to come to a restaurant, and I don’t need to help too much.

I was chatting and joking, and it was coming. It was past ten o'clock in the morning. Breakfast was over and lunch was still early. Who would enter the hotel at this time? When I looked up, it was Teacher Liu.

As soon as Sister Ziying saw Teacher Liu, she went up to say hello. The two of them were talking and laughing, as if they were very familiar. This is Sister Ziying's strengths. If she wanted to get close to someone, it was often easy, especially for women. I was a little surprised to see them like old friends. Sister Ziying explained to me: "Ono, you probably don't know yet. When you are not here these days, your Teacher Liu often comes to the hotel to help."

Teacher Liu came to this small restaurant to help? I couldn't believe that this was her job. Teacher Liu's origin was of course not a spoiled girl, but in my eyes she naturally had a noble temperament. If it were in ancient times, I would almost think that she was probably a princess in trouble. In my misunderstanding, she even became a fairy in Guanghan Palace.

Seeing that I looked in disbelief, Teacher Liu whispered: "Shi Ye, you have been taking leave for the past few days and haven't been to evening self-study. I thought Shi Zhixiu was not here, and your hotel was very busy. Later, I visited it in the evening, and you were not here either. It turned out that you had something else to do... It was too busy to take care of this hotel alone, so I came here to help me if I had time... You have done so many things for me, and it's okay for me to do some small things."

These words made me confirm two things: the first thing, she is very familiar with Han Ziying now, and calls her Sister Han in her words. The second thing, she pays attention to me and hopes to do something for me. This is no longer the relationship between the class teacher and the student. She said that I have done so many things for her? Have I done it? I don’t think I have done anything.

But it is hard to say from another perspective. For Teacher Liu, if there is a person who likes her, he will not say it, but she will know. Also, this person was willing to ignore his life for her and did not care about money. What else can he ask for such a woman? This person is me. Is Teacher Liu grateful for his gratitude? But I really don’t need her to repay anything, and in reality I dare not have any inappropriate thoughts. Then there is only so much she can do for me.

Teacher Liu was washing the pot and washing dishes in the kitchen, and Sister Ziying was cleaning in front of me. I became an idle for a while. This made me feel very uneasy, but I didn’t know what to do. I was embarrassed to take the rag from Teacher Liu. After all, she was my class teacher, and I would listen unconsciously. Fortunately, someone soon walked into the store to break the embarrassment. I thought a customer came to the door and hurried out, but when I saw this person, I was surprised. It was Shang Yunfei.

"Shang Yunfei, why are you here with me? Is there anything wrong?"

Shang Yunfei: "I have to ask you for something when I come? I can't eat anymore? I'm here to eat."

The sun was coming out from the west, and the little monk also came to the restaurant. I quickly welcomed him in: "Welcome, no matter whether you are here to eat or beg for alms, you are welcome!"

"I haven't taken the precepts and became a monk, so what's the fate?" Shang Yunfei walked into the door, looked at it and asked, "Where is Feng Junzi, why is he not here? He asked me to come and said he would treat me to lunch at noon."

I said, how could this "Yu Ren" go to the door of Shiji Hotel? It turned out that Feng Junzi was attracted by him. No matter how he came, he would be a guest when he entered the door. He greeted him, "You sit first, you just wait for him here. It will be the same whether he comes or not. If he doesn't come, I will invite you."

"I promised that I would like to invite you, I would like to invite you. Why do you want me to do? I will say I will take advantage of you." Hearing the voice of his words, he knew that Feng Junzi had arrived. Feng Junzi did not come alone, and he also followed Chang Wu and Zhou Song. The three of them seemed to love to get together. Although I had a lot of contact with Feng Junzi, they were all meeting the ghosts in dreams, and there were not many interactions in reality.

As soon as these three people arrived, Shang Yunfei sat at a table. Feng Junzi didn't look at the dish sign, so he waved to Sister Ziying and said, "Boss, order food, are the side dishes I made last time expensive? Is it expensive? Is it the wine that last time?"

"You just need to eat. It's not a good thing to drink at the school gate at noon! Feng Junzi, if you want to drink, go home and drink it yourself. It's not a glorious thing to ask your classmates to come out to drink with the pocket money given by your parents." Teacher Liu heard the voice in front of him, walked out of the kitchen, and wiped his hands on the apron.

When he saw Teacher Liu, the four of them were shocked and stood up and asked the teacher. Feng Junzi waved his hand and said, "No, I didn't want to drink. I just joked with Shi Ye!... I had something to ask Shang Yunfei, so I invited him to have a bowl of wontons. Where did I invite him? I thought of this restaurant in Shi Ye... Teacher Liu, is this considered caring, caring and helping to take care of classmates? The fat water does not flow to outsiders' fields. I'm here to take care of Shi Ye's business. Aren't you here to help?"

Feng Junzi ran the train with his mouth full of mouth. Teacher Liu was already stern, and he couldn't help but make him laugh. Before others could speak, another voice came from outside the door: "Feng Junzi, are you going to treat me? Forget it, keep your pocket money for yourself... I'll treat you today, and everyone is here, and I've agreed." When I looked up, there were three people standing outside the door, one was our classmate Ji Xiaoyu, the other was Zhang Zhi, and the other was the female police officer Qu Ling whom I haven't seen for a long time. The person who spoke was Qu Ling.

What's wrong today? Either no one comes, there are a lot of people who are in the corners and all the ones with corners are here!

Zhang Zhi didn't know why, but when he came over, he quietly pinched Feng Junzi. Feng Junzi grinned in pain, and he didn't dare to scream in front of Teacher Liu. Sister Ziying came forward and said, "Police Officer Qu, it's been a long time since we saw you! Why are you here today?"

Qu Ling replied with a smile: "Sister Ziying, I was transferred from the police station to the municipal bureau. I went to other places for further training some time ago, and I went there for half a year before I came back. Last time I agreed that Zhang Zhi would invite that meal, and it was my turn to invite him next, so I found Xiaoyu and Zhang Zhi as soon as I returned to Wucheng. I came to you... Huh, have you changed the sign?"

Sister Ziying: "It's hard for you to keep thinking about it. As soon as you come back, you will think of treating me. Don't stand, come in and sit in first."

Qu Ling walked in openly and said as she walked: "Sister Ziying, the 'Xiejinwrou Yuwan' you ordered last time really made me feel embarrassed. I have been worried about what dishes to invite you to eat?"

"Xiejinwouyuwan? Have you ever eaten this dish? Who ordered it and who made it?" Teacher Liu asked suddenly in a surprised tone.

Feng Junzi pointed at Sister Ziying: "It was her order, and it was also made by the chefs of Tianxiang Restaurant. We all ate it last time, except for you, Shang Yunfei... Teacher Liu, have you eaten this dish?"

Teacher Liu: "That was a dish from the Mei family in Wucheng a long time ago. I heard from my father, but I have never eaten it before and don't know how it is made." As she said that, she looked at Sister Ziying, with her eyes obviously different, and she was a little impressed.

Sister Ziying smiled and said to Teacher Liu: "If Teacher Liu wants to taste it, I will make one for you one day."

Feng Junzi: "Okay, okay, warmly hope, boss lady, don't keep your word, you must call me then."

While talking, everyone sat down with a stool. Those who didn't know each other introduced each other. In fact, there were not many who didn't know each other. They just introduced Shang Yunfei and Teacher Liu to Officer Qu, and then to Teacher Liu. Zhang Zhi and Shang Yunfei had known each other for a long time. After sitting down, Feng Junzi scratched his head and said, "What should I do? I only have a few dozen yuan in my pocket. I can't afford to buy so many people. Each person has a bowl of wontons."

Zhang Zhi: "Just ask, I'll pay the bill for you." When she spoke, she always held Feng Junzi's arm with one hand. Feng Junzi wanted to dodge a few times, but Zhang Zhi was tightly tied. Teacher Liu saw it and didn't say anything.

Everyone laughed, Qu Ling said, "All people are included. Today I treat you, Feng Junzi, wait for the next time... This time I was studying in another place. When I came back, the locals went up the mountain to hunt and brought some wild game. A little yellow lamb I just got. I remembered to invite you to braised yellow lamb... Let's go to my house."

Sister Ziying: "Your dormitory is probably not big, right? So many people can't sit there. Let's do this, Feng Junzi, go and Officer Qu, and make it here. Everything here is ready-made... Xiaoye, let's close the door today, eat braised lamb together, I'll make it for you... And, Shang Yunfei? Do you eat vegetarian food or not? If you eat vegetarian food, I'll add a few more vegetarian dishes."

Sister Ziying was really thoughtful. She knew that Shang Yunfei was a disciple of Living Buddha, so she asked him specifically whether he was vegetarian. Shang Yunfei shook his head: "Don't ask me, you guys, I have my way of eating..."

Feng Junzi interrupted him: "Why are you asking me to carry the sheep? Can't Shi Ye go?"

Qu Ling: "It's not big, the little yellow sheep is only thirty pounds, I can go it myself."

Chang Wu stood up on his own initiative: "Sister Qu, I'll go with you, I'll carry the sheep over."

Teacher Liu sat beside me and she asked me whisperedly: "Shiye, has Sister Han always been the leader in your hotel? I think everything is up to her, and you don't care at all."

I also replied in a low voice: "Yes, this restaurant is run by Sister Ziying. I don't usually do anything, but this shop and house are mine."

...

This sheep is not big, it is a yellow lamb, with a belt bone of only more than 30 kilograms, but it is enough for ten of us to eat. Feng Junzi said, "Gentleman stays away from the kitchen", and sat far away at the door to drink tea. Shang Yunfei said, "It's a clean thing to see", and also sat with Feng Junzi to drink tea. Chang Wu helped Qu Ling wash and peel in the kitchen. Teacher Liu wanted to help, but was pulled by Sister Ziying, saying that before it was time to open the fire, she didn't need to do these heavy work. Since it was Qu Ling treating her, let Qu Ling do it.

Feng Junzi teased Shang Yunfei: "Someone is killing animals in the kitchen, but you, a Buddhist disciple, are actually sitting here to drink tea."

Shang Yunfei: "What they cut is mutton, not killing sheep."

Feng Junzi: "Sheep are sentient beings, but mutton is not sentient beings?"

Shang Yunfei: "Yes, sheep are one of the sentient beings, and mutton is just a four-fold combination. The one who kills animals is the hunter, not the cook."

Feng Junzi continued to tease him: "If people don't eat mutton, how can hunters kill animals? How can cook?"

Shang Yunfei asked back, "You are the one who wants to eat mutton now, why are you talking to me?"

Feng Junzi: "What you and I have learned is different. What I learned is Zhuangzi's 'no harmless'. People can kill sheep, so it is used to mutton. If you kill it for no reason, that is not supposed to be. So I have to eat this mutton, otherwise it will be harmed without using it."

The two people in our class are bored and are bickering. Teacher Liu probably knows that these two are different from ordinary people, and they are too lazy to care about what they are saying. They are having tea and chatting with Sister Ziying. Zhang Zhi was impatient when he heard this, and walked over and sat directly between them: "What are you two talking about? Are you annoying? You are talking so much that you can't become immortals, and the other can't become Buddhas."

Shang Yunfei got up and dodged and sat at another table. No one could stand the invisible thorn on this branch except Feng Junzi, and even Shang Yunfei had to hide from her. At this time, Qu Ling shouted at the kitchen door: "Sister Ziying, the materials are all ready, how can you make it?"

Sister Ziying made this braised lamb meat, which was much simpler than the Jiejin-wrapped jade balls. She only used a few simple seasonings to put them in clean water, dripped a few drops of old cyanine, then put all the bone-containing lamb into a large casserole, covered it, and simmered it over low heat. Then she took out a plate of garlic and asked everyone to wash their hands and peel the garlic together. She and Qu Ling cut carrots in the kitchen together.

Feng Junzi couldn't help but ask, "How long will this mutton be stewed? I'm hungry!"

Ji Xiaoyu smiled and said, "I think you are greedy, right? Sister Ziying said just now that the smaller the heat, the longer the stewing time, the better. After simmering the oil in the meat into the soup, skim off half of the oil, add her homemade red spicy sauce, put the carrot pieces and garlic in, and stew it together. Don't worry, you have to wait at least two or three hours."

"Hours?" Feng Junzi swallowed and said to me: "Shiye, come with me and enter the kitchen."

"What are you doing? Didn't you say that gentleman stays away from the breeches?"

Feng Junzi: "I'm hungry and can't care about that much."

He pulled me into the kitchen, drove Sister Ziying and Qu Ling out, closed the door and whispered: "Do you still remember the method of refining weapons?"

"The method of refining weapons? Are you talking about using Samadhi True Fire?"

Feng Junzi: "What is Samadhi True Fire! Do you want us to eat charcoal?...I mean this casserole, which is urged by Nanming Lihuo."

"Can it work? Then I'll give it a try."

Feng Junzi: "Forget it, you can't master the heat well, maybe it's a pity that a pot of mutton is better. I'll do it myself... I'll use the magical powers to make a Nanming Lihuo sand pot!"

As he spoke, he grabbed one of my hands and pointed at the mutton stewed casserole with the other hand, muttering something. The fire suddenly disappeared, not because it was extinguished, but because the flame turned colorless. The colorless flame extended upwards with a strange fluctuation, and a thin piece surrounded the casserole, tightly wrapped the casserole in the middle. Unable to feel the heat of the flame, a tempting mutton fragrance suddenly came from the room.

"Okay, the task is done!" As he said that, he let go of his hand, looking satisfied.

The people outside obviously smelled the fragrance, and Qu Ling pushed the door in and looked surprised: "What's going on? It's so fragrant! Is the meat simmered? Why is it so fast?...Sister Ziying, come and see, can you make it?"

Sister Ziying also walked in, looking at her expression and wanted to laugh, but she forced herself to hold back: "Okay, this casserole is really good, but unfortunately I can't buy the same one in the market...Okay, leave the rest to me, go outside to put the table and bowls and chopsticks."

Feng Junzi and I walked outside. Zhang Zhi looked at us and laughed secretly. Shang Yunfei glanced at us disapprovingly and gently curled his lips. There are ten people in the hotel, including Feng Junzi, Shang Yunfei, Zhang Zhi, and Ziying, all of whom are practicing. They know what happened just now. Teacher Liu, Qu Ling, Ji Xiaoyu, Chang Wu, and Zhou Song are ordinary people, just surprised. Interestingly, these ten people are just five men and five women.

The two tables were put together, and they were larger than the ordinary Eight Immortals table. Put down ten pairs of bowls and chopsticks, Teacher Liu helped Sister Ziying boil wine in the kitchen. Someone didn’t drink alcohol, so Qu Ling went out to buy drinks. Originally, she wanted to buy wine, but Sister Ziying told her that there was no wine outside, so she would drink it from the store if she wanted to drink good wine. Of course, the wine was added with the old chrysanthemum of Huangyadan. Sister Ziying bought it for me, and Huangyadan was Feng Junzi.

After about half an hour, Sister Zi Ying's braised lamb was prepared. A large casserole was placed in the center of the table with heat. This fragrance was unique. Other restaurants made such dishes, maybe you just felt that they were fragrant. However, when you brought this dish, it immediately aroused your appetite when you smelled it. You drooled before you even had it.

Sister Ziying also served a few side dishes, which were made with a clean pot and spoon. It was not sticky to a little meaty dish, and it was also prepared for Shang Yunfei. Feng Junzi was not polite at all. He stretched out his chopsticks when the lamb came up, but screamed. Everyone burst into laughter. It turned out that he had burned his mouth. Last time he ate Jiejinwouyuwan and bit his tongue. This time he ate braised lamb and burned his mouth again. Why didn’t he remember?

Feng Junzi sucked his breath and said to Teacher Liu: "I was wrong. I should ask the teacher to stretch out his chopsticks first... Teacher Liu, can you drink some wine today?"

Teacher Liu: "Since it's a weekend, just drink a little, don't drink too much."

Sister Ziying brought three pots of wine and handed it to Feng Junzi a pot: "Feng Junzi, you can drink this pot by yourself. If you drink more and less, you will be this pot. If you drink more, you will be gone. If we drink other things, we won't snatch it with you."

This method of regular supply is indeed effective. Feng Junzi seemed to cherish this pot of wine very much. He poured a cup of wine and savored it slowly. He no longer drank as quickly as last time. Qu Ling also drank wine. It was the first time she drank this kind of wine. She praised it all the time and raised her glasses to toast Teacher Liu and Sister Ziying, which was very generous.

What kind of dish is this? Nanming Lihuo braised lamb? I'm afraid it's rare in the world! It's rich and spicy but not greasy, and it's tender and crispy. Everyone's foreheads were sweating. Shang Yunfei's chopsticks also stretched into the casserole. Feng Junzi joked: "Shang Yunfei, don't you eat vegetarian food? This is braised lamb."

Shang Yunfei: "Look at what I am holding? I am holding carrots!...My master is a living Buddha in Guangjiao Temple, but I am a disciple at home, everything goes with the flow. The monks of Huangjiao eat vegetarian food in Wucheng, and follow the customs of the countryside. I am now. The carrots in the mutton pot are meat-to-vegetarian food. Eating meat-to-vegetarian food at the same time is like fate..."

Feng Junzi: "Then why don't you eat this garlic? This cooked garlic tastes good too?"

Shang Yunfei: "Singer, ginger, garlic, is also meat."

Feng Junzi: "No wonder you don't live longing for youth..."

Zhou Song, who had never spoken, was also sighing while gnawing on the bone-carried lamb chops: "Cassert pot mutton is a dish that ordinary people can eat. Sister Han can cook so well, which is a taste that ordinary people can't eat!"

Chang Wu also said: "The last time the Jiejin Woyu Pill was delicious, but it was too luxurious and troublesome, it was simply a waste of manpower and materials... Don't be upset if I say that! And this pot of mutton is the real deliciousness."

Teacher Liu put down his chopsticks and said to Sister Ziying: "It's really a first-class craft to make the mutton taste like this. By the way, I talked to Shi Ye about opening a restaurant last time. What does Sister Han think? With your skills, you won't be afraid of bad business."

Sister Ziying didn't say anything, but Zhang Zhi inserted it in: "I heard about this, a good thing! ... Shi Ye, don't worry about trouble. It's very simple, don't worry about anything. Our Rongdao Group also has a hotel. The chefs and waiters are ready-made. Just train a batch to transfer it to you... Since the house is also ready-made, it's lack of decoration."

Feng Junzi glanced at Zhang Zhi and said to himself: "Shi Ye has no money in his hands, so he needs funds to open his business."
To be continued...