Chapter 51 The fiftieth Shi Xiaoqi

During the New Year, Jie An met an old friend, Xiao Mao who left Miao Town a few years ago.I haven't seen him for a few years, Xiaomao is much fatter than before, and his appearance has matured a lot.If it wasn't for his name Jie An, Jie An might have regarded him as an ordinary pilgrim. Jie Chen was a little surprised to see Xiao Mao, because Xiao Mao's parents came from other places and had no relatives in Miao Town. After their family moved out of Miao Town, they never came back. Xiao Mao said that a good classmate of his in the town was about to get married, so he came back to take a look during the vacation.Xiaomao also said that his house in Miao Town was already owned by someone else, and his classmates had many newly married relatives, so he couldn’t live in his classmates’ home, so after much deliberation, he finally decided to live in the temple for a few days.

During those few days, Xiao Mao lived in the temple.Quitting anger and arrogance is also very happy, after all, we have been friends for many years. Xiao Mao has been away from Miao Town for a long time, so this time he didn't stay in the temple all the time, but went to the town to play from time to time. One evening, Xiao Mao came back from the town with a bird cage in his hand.Jie Chen and Jie Ao leaned over to look, and there was a pair of green-haired parrots in the cage, they looked very smart.Xiao Mao said that he wanted to give his friend a special gift, so he chose this pair of parrots specially, hoping to wish his friends a happy marriage for a hundred years.

Jie Chen and Jie Ao think that Xiao Mao's idea is very special and meaningful, and this pair of parrots is also quite beautiful, with gorgeous feathers, beautiful patterns and colors.But Jie Chen suddenly discovered that there were more than two birds in the cage, beside the pair of green-haired parrots, there was a dark mass, and upon closer inspection, it was actually a bird. Apparently Jie Ao also saw the bird, so he asked Xiao Mao curiously: "Why is there a crow here?" Xiao Mao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and answered Jie Ao: "Why is this a crow, it is obviously a parrot."

Jie Chen and Jie Ao felt very surprised, because we have seen parrots many times, and they always look colorful, and we have never seen this kind of black and gray parrot. Jie Chen and Jie Ao asked Xiao Mao about the origin of the birds. Xiao Mao said that after he chose the pair of green-haired parrots in the flower and bird market, he planned to discuss the price with the boss, hoping to get a cheaper price, but the boss was very stubborn and refused to give up any money. , Later, the boss gave Xiao Mao the bird as a gift. Jie Chen and Jie Ao carefully looked at this dark bird, it was not big, it was more than a third smaller than those two green-haired parrots.

Xiao Mao said, this bird has a name, it's called Xiao Qi. Both Jie Chen and Jie Ao felt that although the bird's appearance was ordinary, its name was very nice, and it was catchy, and it also had a Buddhist flavor, but they didn't know why it was called Xiao Qi. The next day, Xiao Mao took the three birds to attend her classmate's wedding.At night, Xiao Mao returned to the temple with the bird cage in his hand, but the bird was gone. Xiao Mao put the birdcage on the table, Jie Chen and Jie Ao only realized at this time that it was because of the darkness that they had misread just now, the pair of green-haired parrots were only missing in the bird cage, and Xiao Qi, the parrot, was still shrinking. in the corner of the cage.

Xiao Mao said that when he was giving gifts, he felt that sending three of them seemed very problematic. Giving a pair means a pair, but giving three seems nondescript. Thinking about what Xiao Mao said, there is some truth to it, the gift is not too much, the key is to have a good meaning. After a few more days, Xiao Mao was going back, Jie Anger and Jie Pride were quite reluctant to part with Xiao Mao.When Xiao Mao left, he handed the parrot Xiaoqi to Jie Chen.Xiao Mao said that the journey back is still quite long, and it is inconvenient to bring a bird, so let Xiao Qi be given to Jie Chen and Jie Pride.

Speaking of which, neither Jie Anger nor Jie Pride has any experience in raising birds.It's just that Xiao Mao said that he has thought about all the acquaintances he knows in the town. They all have pets, either cats or dogs. If they keep a bird at home, this bird is too unsafe. Jie Anger and Jie Ao originally wanted to explain that there are dogs in temples, but they refrained from saying so.After all, what Xiaomao is worried about is that cats and dogs rushing to high places will not be good for birds, and the precepts in the temple, firstly, they do not eat meat, and secondly, from a scientific point of view, it is difficult for precepts to climb to high places, because with its In terms of body shape, if you really want to jump that high, the gravity of the earth is too restrictive for it.In Jie'an's impression, Jie Yan also climbed up on a chair once, but the chair turned over. Since then, Jie Yan has left a psychological shadow, and it is not easy to climb up.

Xiaoqi stayed in the temple like this.When the weather is good, Jie Chen and Jie Ao will put Xiao Qi in the courtyard to bask in the sun, and the pilgrims who come and go will sometimes notice Xiao Qi, everyone always looks at Xiao Qi back and forth, and some people will be angry with Jie Chen He Jieao praised: "This little crow is quite cute." In the beginning, Jie Chen and Jie Ao would try their best to explain to everyone that Xiao Qi is a parrot and not a crow, but the pilgrims changed groups after groups, and everyone's recognition of Xiao Qi as a crow has not changed. Later, Jie Chen and Jie Ao didn't bother to explain Xiao Qi's true identity to the pilgrims.Anyway, Xiaoqi himself can't understand it, so it won't affect his appetite.

For a while, Jie Chen and Jie Ao were very curious about Xiao Qi's name.You know, in the flower and bird market, the birds used for sale usually don't have names, but Xiaoqi has his own name.It doesn't look like Xiao Qi is a rare species, because logically speaking, if it is a rare bird, the owner of the flower and bird market would not give Xiao Qi to Xiao Mao as a gift of buying two and getting one free. Regarding Xiaoqi's name, people in the temple had many guesses, and the best explanation was Jiechen. He said that the owner of the flower and bird market must have foreseen that Xiaoqi would have a destiny with Buddha in the future, so he chose such a Buddha-like name.

When he first heard Jie Chen's explanation, Jie Chen also felt that it made some sense, but after careful consideration, he felt that this explanation was too fantasy, the owner of the flower and bird market is not a god, how could he know where Xiao Qi will be in the future? It was Jie Ao who solved this question. During that time when Jie Ao went to the town, he liked to take Xiao Qi with him. When he passed the flower and bird market, he was suddenly spotted by the boss who sent Xiao Qi to Xiao Mao. Jieao was also surprised at first, the owner of the flower and bird shop handles so many birds all day long, how could he only recognize Xiaoqi?But thinking about it later, it is not impossible, after all, there are not many birds that look so special.

The boss said that in this shop, they usually do not feed the birds themselves, but buy from some professional bird-raising vendors.It is usually to buy more birds at one time, and then sell them slowly until the sales are almost complete, and then buy some more. This is how Xiao Qi was bought by the boss.The boss said, I didn't want to buy it at first, but the bird breeder said that all the birds are sold in packages, and you can't pick them. You have to buy both good-looking birds and bad-looking birds. After the boss bought Xiao Qi back, he kept putting Xiao Qi in the most conspicuous position in the store, but when the same batch of birds were sold out, Xiao Qi was still placed in the most conspicuous position. Then the boss bought another batch of goods, mixed Xiao Qi in it and continued to sell, but when the batch of birds were sold out, Xiao Qi still did not sell. When the boss entered the third batch of birds, a customer noticed Xiao Qi. The customer asked the boss what Xiao Qi’s name was. Drop, so tell the guests, it is called Shuangshuang.The guest was full of praise for the name Shuangshuang, but it was a pity that the family didn't want to raise crows. Although the boss later explained to the guest that Shuangshuang's true identity is a parrot, and the guest was shocked to accept the explanation, but in the end he still didn't have the courage to raise a parrot that looked like a crow at home. In this way, the boss kept adding new birds, and Xiaoqi's name changed from Shuangshuang to Shanshan and Sisi.By the fifth time, the boss was too lazy to give Xiao Qi any overlapping names, so Xiao Qi became Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu. When Xiao Mao came to the boss's flower and bird shop, Xiao Qi had officially changed her name to Xiao Qi, and the meaning of Xiao Qi was naturally not the meaning of having a relationship with the Buddha, but the meaning of selling it seven times without selling it. When Jie Ao introduced the origin of Xiao Qi's name, everyone felt sour. It turned out that Xiao Qi had such a humiliating past!But later, Jieao said, the boss said that before Xiao Mao came, he had always regarded Xiao Qi as a major challenge in his marketing experience. The moment he took over Xiaoqi, the boss felt that the whole sky was shrouded in colorful clouds. But after Xiao Qi left, he realized that selling Xiao Qi was a big mistake.Because in the store before, if a customer was picky about the color of the bird, he could take Xiao Qi and put it next to the picked bird, and the picked bird would immediately look perfect .But after Xiaoqi left, the boss had to spend three or four times more verbal explanations to the guests than before, and the guests were usually not very satisfied with the boss's explanations. Although as a monk, he should have a heart of compassion, but after hearing what happened to the boss later, Jie Chen still had a small sense of revenge in his heart. Now that I think about it, it really shouldn't be. After that, everyone treated Xiao Qi a little better. They always felt that Xiao Qi was a parrot who had suffered a huge trauma. Not long after, Jieao suddenly had a new idea. He thought that since Xiaoqi was a parrot, he should be able to speak in theory, and everyone believed that Xiaoqi had a talent for languages, because every time he was hungry, When urging everyone to feed it, its voice is extremely loud. Jieao searched a lot of methods on the Internet to train parrots to speak, and then took out a book for Xiao Qi to practice.Jie Ao thinks that as a parrot raised in a temple, it is a very cool thing to be able to read a few Buddhist scriptures, and there is still a small wish in Jie Ao's heart - if Xiao Qi can speak, he will be able to speak in one fell swoop. Dispel the rumor that it is a crow and let everyone know that "a bird cannot be judged by its appearance". During that time, Jie Ao always consciously recited scriptures beside Xiao Qi, hoping to create a language learning environment for Xiao Qi.Everyone sometimes passes by Xiao Qi, and they will hear the scriptures that Jie Ao is reciting: "Form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form, form is emptiness, emptiness is form..." But no matter how Jie Ao recites, Xiao Qi always responds without any response. No. Later, Jie Ao felt that maybe he should review his teaching methods. For a bird without any language foundation, if he taught it several hundred words of scriptures, it might be really hard for him. Maybe it was him. The eagerness to seek success made Xiao Qi at a loss, so Jie Ao decided to change the teaching content and changed the original one to "Six-Character Great Ming Mantra".Jie Ao thought, after all, the content of this "Six-Character Da Ming Mantra" is simpler, there are only six characters "Om Mani Padme Hum", such a low-level content, it should not be difficult for a parrot. In order to cooperate with the teaching of Jiexu, Jiechen, Jiechen, Jiedu will also specially say "Om Mani Padme Hum" every time they pass by Xiaoqi. But the result was beyond everyone's expectations, Xiao Qi still didn't say a word, no matter how Jie Ao chanted scriptures again and again, it remained unmoved. The matter of Xiao Qi obviously made Jie Ao feel frustrated, because once during a meal, Jie Ao actually felt that he had already felt the frustration of the owner of the bird shop. In fact, for Xiaoqi, everyone's worries are completely different from those of quitting arrogance.Because everyone found a very bad trend in Xiaoqi. Although Xiaoqi is relatively small, he eats a lot.If you have to make an analogy, it can be said that if its size becomes as big as Jieyan, its appetite will be as big as Jieyan. Everyone has always wondered if there is a substance in the temple that promotes the appetite of animals, or why the appetite of the ring and Xiaoqi raised in the temple are unusual? As for Jie Yan, it is a dog after all, and if it is fatter, it will be fatter. At worst, when running in the yard with Master's socks in its mouth, it stops halfway to catch its breath before running.But Xiaoqi is different. It is a bird. If it develops too much horizontally, whether it can finally fly will cause many question marks in people's minds. As for whether Xiaoqi can speak, this is completely a subsidiary function. Jie Ao spent a lot of thought on Xiao Qi, but Xiao Qi didn't say a word.Gradually, Jieao also accepted this reality.After all, Xiaoqi is not a bird bought at a high price to bear the responsibility of learning to speak. As a gift, no matter how it performs, it is of great value. When Xiao Qi grew up a little bit, Master Zhi Yuan told Jie Ao to let Xiao Qi return to the wild.Although Xiao Qi's arrival made everyone very happy, even though everyone in the temple was very kind to Xiao Qi, this place was not the paradise Xiao Qi yearned for after all.Human beings have no reason to base their joy on the freedom to imprison other beings. Jieao is actually very reluctant to part with Xiaoqi, but he also knows that Master Zhiyuan's words are right, just like the life of a little monk is destined to wander among bells, fallen leaves, and incense candles, Xiaoqi's life should be with his friends Frolicking on the branches of the forest. Jie Ao dismantled Xiaoqi's cage and refitted it into a shelf without a shell.Xiaoqi's environment became a lot more relaxed, and he started flying around in the yard.Only then did everyone notice that Xiaoqi's flying ability is actually not bad.Maybe it is just like what Master said, in fact, we have always only paid attention to our own feelings, just wishful thinking that Xiaoqi likes this kind of life as much as we do, and also wishful thinking that Xiaoqi is as happy as us. Jieao chose the date to send Xiaoqi away during a life-release activity.In fact, before that day, Xiao Qi was also free.Sometimes, Ji Ao also hopes that Xiaoqi will fly away by himself at a time when no one is paying attention, because then there is no need for a farewell.But Xiao Qi never flew away, at most he just jumped on the courtyard wall. Jie Ao said to Master Zhi Yuan: "You see Xiao Qi has not flown away now, why don't we keep Xiao Qi behind." But the master felt that the reason why Xiao Qi didn't leave was that he had never seen the outside world, that he had lived in a cage since he was a child, and had never experienced his own life. On the day Xiaoqi was released, Jie An accompanied Jie Ao.Jie Ao forcefully threw Xiao Qi into the air, watching the fat Xiao Qi mixed with many released birds and flew into the sky together, and then merged into the flock of birds, flying higher and higher, farther and farther, gradually unable to distinguish up. Jie Ao kept staring blankly at the sky until all the birds in the sky were scattered before he came back to his senses.On the way back, Jie Ao lowered his head all the way, Jie Chen thought, this might have something to do with parting with Xiao Qi.After all, from this day on, Xiaoqi has stayed in the forest behind us, and we still have to look forward to find our own lives. Jie Ao had been absent-minded for the past few days, he never mentioned Xiao Qi, but there was a stormy night, Jie Ao was lying on the bed, and suddenly said, "It's raining so heavily, I don't know what happened to Xiao Qi. Only then did Jie An realize that Jie Ao had never let go of Xiao Qi's departure. When I saw Xiao Qi again, it was many days later.That day Jie Ao was cleaning the yard with Jie An when suddenly a familiar voice came from his ear.Jieao was overjoyed, turned around to look for the source of the voice, and was pleasantly surprised to see Xiao Qi standing on the roof. Jie Ao called Xiao Qi's name, but Xiao Qi stood there in a daze, neither flying away nor approaching.Jie Chen doesn't know how long the bird's memory will be, maybe Xiao Qi has long forgotten everyone, and this time he is just passing by. Jieao still does not give up, calling Xiaoqi's name over and over again.Then, Jie An saw Xiao Qi on the roof suddenly spread his wings and flew towards Jie Ao. At that moment, Jie Chen was a little moved, because the outstretched Jie Ao and Xiao Qi in flight formed a moving picture. But Xiao Qi didn't fall into the hands of Jie Ao, but went around a circle, landed on the shelf where it used to be, and then buried himself in eating the millet on the shelf. Jie Chen stretched out his hand to pat Junior Brother Jie Ao, although Junior Brother Jie Ao crossed the touching relationship between human beings and creatures, and was finally defeated by a handful of millet, but Jie Chen believed that when Xiao Qi flew towards the direction of Tianming Temple, there must be something in his heart. Think about quitting arrogance. In the end, Xiao Qi stayed in the temple like this.The masters didn't say anything about letting Xiao Qi leave, but the scope of Xiao Qi's activities has obviously increased, and he will even fly out for a few days and then come back. Regarding the matter of making Xiaoqi talk, Jieao did not give up.Jie Ao said: "Actually, Xiao Qi is very focused on doing things. You can see that he usually eats without raising his head, and is oblivious to everything around him, so I believe it will definitely have the ability to talk." one day." Jieao would occasionally take Xiaoqi for a walk in Miao Town.Once I went to Jieao for a long time, and when I came back, Jieao ran into the temple.Jie Ao's appearance is very suspicious, because Jie Ao usually has a calm personality, such behavior is really rare. When Jie Ao saw everyone, he said in a panic, "Xiao Qi can talk." Hearing the news, everyone was overjoyed, but they didn't understand why Jie Ao didn't look surprised when faced with such exciting news , but a little weird. Jieao put Xiaoqi on the shelf, and everyone was surprised to hear Xiaoqi say: "You fool." Everyone asked Jie Ao why, Jie Ao said with some embarrassment, just now he saw a group of people gathered together in the town, he was a little curious about what everyone was looking at, who knew that there was a dispute between vendors and customers in the market, so he couldn't help but After staying next to her for a while, who knew that Xiao Qi would actually learn this sentence. I don't know if it's because I just learned to talk too excitedly or what happened, Xiao Qi stood on the shelf, repeating the last sentence every little while, and Jie Ao's face became more and more ugly when he heard it. Jie Chen understands Jie Ao's mood very well, after all Jie Ao spent a lot of time teaching Xiao Qi how to speak.As a result, it actually learned a bad word, and no one can stand this situation. Later, Jie Chen heard Jie Zhi asked Jie Ao, was it because Aunt Cai, who was selling vegetables, was arguing with customers? Jie Ao froze for a moment, nodded in agreement. Aunt Cai, who sells vegetables, also knows Jie Chen. In fact, she is not a bad character, but she is very impatient, and she will quarrel with customers almost every day.But Jie Chen thinks that it is not good for Jie Chi to speculate for no reason. Although the conclusion this time is not wrong, but every time he hears something like a quarrel, he preconceived that it must have happened to Aunt Cai, which is still not good. However, Jie Chi explained that he has no prejudice against Aunt Cai at all, he just thinks that Xiao Qi has a Shandong accent, so he thinks of Aunt Cai.If you listen carefully to Xiao Qi's words, Jie Chen feels that there is indeed a bit of an accent. However, Jie Chen still feels that Xiao Qi's words are very unreasonable.After so many days of arrogance teaching, there was no progress at all, why did Aunt Cai let him learn it in a short period of time? Later, Jie Chen found an opportunity to consult Uncle Wu, a bird-training expert in the town.Uncle Wu said, in fact, he also thinks this is an incredible thing.If I have to explain, it may be because Aunt Cai usually has no skills in quarreling. She usually just scolds "You fool", and then repeats and repeats.Therefore, although the time is short, it is a training process for Xiaoqi.After Aunt Cai said "You idiot" hundreds of times in a row, Xiaoqi had an epiphany. Jie Chen doesn't know whether Uncle Wu's explanation is correct, but since then Jie Ao has added a duty, that is, whenever there are pilgrims coming, Jie Ao will take Xiao Qi into the room first, or Xiao Qi It is impolite to talk nonsense in front of pilgrims. But not long after, Xiao Qi got into trouble.That time, a female benefactor from other places came to the temple to relax. The female benefactor was sitting outside to rest, but she heard a shrill cry from inside the room—"You fool". The female benefactor didn't pay much attention at first, but the voice didn't stop there, but called "you fool" one after another. The female benefactor argued with the "people" in the room for a few words, but the "people" in the room still continued to curse.The female benefactor also got angry in the end, and tried to rush into the house and the theory of "people" in the house several times.It's just that the door of the house is locked, and the "people" in the house are unwilling to open the door. Fortunately, after the process of quitting arrogance, I explained it clearly to the benefactor. The female benefactor was very shy when she left. She said that she had some conflicts with her husband, so she hid in the temple to relax.But after having a "quarrel" with Xiaoqi, I have some insights. In fact, most of the conflicts may be caused by misunderstandings. For example, there was a lack of communication between myself and my husband during this quarrel.The female benefactor said that she must have a good communication with her husband when she goes back to try to eliminate the misunderstanding. What happened to Xiaoqi made us regain our confidence in it.Since then, he has gained a lot of confidence in quitting arrogance. He often said: "Facts have proved that Xiao Qi is not what some pilgrims said—it is a parrot with a 'very powerful' appearance and an 'very idol' brain." But in private, quitting arrogance is not easy, he checked a lot of information, hoping to make Xiao Qi forget the dirty words he learned.Later, he got some gains from quitting arrogance. A friend on the Internet told him that the parrot is actually not that smart. If you try to teach it a new word, it is likely to forget what it learned before. But this time, Xiao Qi returned to his former state, no matter what Jie Ao taught him, he would remain indifferent.The benefactor who often came to the temple knew that Xiao Qi could speak, and his opinion of Xiao Qi also changed.Every time everyone sees the training of Xiao Qi, they can't help but come over and say a few words.People often say: "Jieao, you are training parrots again." "Jieao, how is Xiaoqi, is there any new progress?" if." That is to say, but one time after Jie Ao trained Xiao Qi, Jie An suddenly found Jie Ao standing outside the house alone, facing the air, with his mouth open, as if he wanted to scream but dared not make a sound. Jie Chen asked why Jie Ao was like this, and Jie Ao said, "I really want to call someone to vent, but I'm afraid that Xiao Qi will learn it and learn one more sentence to complain about life." As for quitting anger, it is basically to understand the pain of quitting arrogance.After all, Xiaoqi is worthy of being a parrot of Zen Buddhism. Its wisdom fluctuates greatly, and it is not clear when it will comprehend what. Efforts to stop arrogance finally paid off.Almost another month later, Ao Ji ran over excitedly and told us that Xiaoqi could finally say something new. Everyone in the temple is happy for quitting arrogance.Facts have proved that hard work pays off, and nothing is impossible. Jieao deliberately found a time to show it to everyone, but after Xiaoqi stood on the shelf, he didn't say a word again. When everyone was disappointed, Xiaoqi suddenly said: "Jieao." Everyone in the temple was overjoyed, although Xiao Qi didn't say the Buddhist words that Jieao wanted, but now Xiao Qi can finally stand upright in the courtyard to show his talent to the donors. Jie Ao was very proud, he kept gesturing to Xiao Qi to speak, and Xiao Qi cooperated and called Jie Ao's name a few more times. Jieao became more and more proud, and then everyone suddenly heard Xiaoqi say: "You fool." Jieao suddenly felt very embarrassed. It turned out that although Xiao Qi learned new words, he did not forget the old ones.Of course, everyone also thinks this is understandable. After all, teaching a bird to speak is a long way to go. However, Jie Chen also felt that Jie Ao's achievement should not be denied. In fact, the effect of his training Xiaoqi this time is quite great.Because in the past, everyone was always worried that the benefactors would get angry because of Xiaoqi's swearing and misunderstood, so there will be no such worries in the future.Because Xiaoqi usually said two sentences together, the content is "stop being arrogant, you fool".