Chapter 15 Fourteenth wish from many years ago

Almost five years ago, the town where Jie Chen lived had a popular wish-making activity for a period of time. Of course, the time was not too long, only about half a year, and the cause was related to an old tree. Speaking of which, Maoshan, where Jie Chen lives, has done a good job in environmental protection. For many years, few people cut down the mountains, so many of the trees here are old. Not far from Tianming Temple, it is convenient There is a tree that is not young. Older trees are naturally taller, and the branches and leaves of that old tree are even more lush.Suddenly one day, a benefactor from other places said that the shape of this tree looks like a Bodhisattva, and with the branches and leaves, it is simply a thousand-armed Avalokitesvara.

When the out-of-town benefactor said these words, Jiechen was by his side.To be honest, Jie Chen had seen that tree many times before, and he didn’t think it looked like Guanyin at all. Even after the out-of-town benefactor pointed out the characteristics of the tree, Jie Chen looked left and right, but still felt that this statement was far-fetched. Although Jie Chen doesn't feel like it, quite a few of the benefactors who live at the foot of the mountain agree with this statement. In addition, not far from the old tree, there are young monks like Tianming Temple and Jie Chen, so the benefactors They all said that this old tree has a lot of connection with Buddha, and it is a tree with spirituality.

Later, the wishing activities in the town began.Donors come to the old tree to make wishes one after another. The method is also very simple, just like the costume movies we usually watch. The wishers write their wishes on a note, put the note in a small red silk bag, and wrap it in a silk bag. Tie it up and throw it on the old tree. It was so lively for nearly half a year, and then it gradually became deserted. It is said that three benefactors in a row came to make wishes to have sons, and they all gave birth to daughters, and the benefactor who made the most wishes gave birth to twin daughters. They have questioned the effect of wishing.

It has been several years since this wish was made. At that time, everyone thought it was just an opportunity for the townspeople to have fun. As for the effect, it should not be taken seriously.Later, Junior Brother Jie Ao said, in fact, not all those who came to make wishes did not fulfill their wishes. For example, Chen Shizhu, who lives in the east of the town, has lived a good life in recent years. The family of this benefactor Chen is really unfortunate. His father suffered from a chronic disease many years ago, and it has not been cured completely. As a result, his father cannot work, and the burden of life for the whole family falls on his mother.Benefactor Chen's father's illnesses often recurred, and the annual medical expenses were not small amounts. It was far from enough to rely solely on his mother's income. In the end, Benefactor Chen dropped out of school and went to work before finishing high school.

Benefactor Chen said that compared with big cities, there is a gap in people's income in small places, but the medical expenses are similar.Therefore, the financial situation of his family has not been good. Although the economic conditions are not good, Chen benefactor has always been in a good mental state.At least on the surface, others don't feel his difficulties at all, and every time he sees Jie Chen, he still greets him cheerfully.When Jie Chen was in the town, he would sometimes see Chen benefactor. Chen benefactor was always wearing those pale clothes from washing, and he felt busy.

The turning point came four years ago, when Mr. Chen borrowed some money and started a small business online with his friends.Maybe Chen Benefactor himself has the shrewdness and talent of a businessman, plus good luck, so the business is unexpectedly good.However, within a year, Chen benefactor made some achievements, and later developed his business from online to offline, and opened a physical store. The development prospects of the small town are limited. Soon after, Chen benefactor went to other places, but the attention of the townspeople remained unchanged. Every once in a while, Jie Chen would hear new news about Chen benefactor, and every time there would be shocking news. It is said that the business is developing extremely fast.

After that, Jie Chen didn't meet Chen benefactor again, the reason was naturally that Chen benefactor was too busy with business and rarely had the chance to return to the small town. Some time ago, Jie An met Chen Benefactor, he was a little fatter than before, and he looked a lot more mature.Donor Chen said that he came to the temple to fulfill his vows, and hoped that his life would be better in the future. It is Junior Brother Jie Ao who talks a lot with Chen Benefactor, because Junior Brother Jie Ao is much more curious about the outside world than Jie Ao.Although the content of the chat between Chen benefactor and Junior Brother Jie Ao often makes Jie Chen feel that it is in the cloud, but Jie Chen can generally hear that he is talking about Chen benefactor's future career development.Junior Brother Jie Ao later told Jie Chen that the benefactor Chen may be even busier in the future, and his ambition is greater than everyone expected before.

During the few days when Chen benefactor was in the small town, when Jie Chen was looking for things, he suddenly found a small box that had been pressed under the box. That small box also had a history.Several years ago, the donors threw many small silk bags on the wishing tree, but the wind in the mountain was very strong, and sometimes the small silk bags hanging on the tree fell off as soon as the donors left.Sometimes when Jie Chen sees them, he thinks it is not good to let them scatter on the ground, so he will pick them up and put them in a small box. After the wave of wishing has passed, the small box is almost full, and then the box is put in the box.

When Jie Chen opened the box, he happened to see Chen Benefactor's small cloth bag.Although it has been a long time, but because there has been no wind and rain, the name of Chen Benefactor is still clearly visible on the cloth bag. Jie An felt that this cloth bag might be meaningful to Chen benefactor, so he asked Jie Ao to bring it to Chen benefactor when he went down the mountain. When Jie Ao went back to the temple that day, he told Jie Chen that benefactor Chen was very surprised and pleasantly surprised when he saw the little cloth bag.Jie Ao said that the wish that Chen benefactor made back then was very simple. He hoped that he could take good care of his family, let them have enough food and live a better life.

Jie Ao said that Chen benefactor looked at the cloth bag and pondered for a long time afterwards.He said that he may have to change his previous plans. In the future, he will slow down his life pace and stop blindly pursuing career development at the expense of spending time with his family. Jie Chen suddenly thought, in fact, Chen's benefactor's wish had been fulfilled a long time ago, he already had enough ability to take care of his family, but the previous him did not really do it. Maybe we are getting farther and farther away from our original dream, often not because the dream is out of reach, but because we refuse to stop when we approach the dream, but continue to walk in the direction we came, just passing by like this, Then forget it, until one day I suddenly remembered that I was so close to it, so close, but I couldn't go back.