Chapter 3 Second Highway and Smallway

There is a small town called Majia Town near Miao Town where Jie Chen lives, and there is also a temple in the town called Baoguang Temple.Of course, Baoguang Temple is much larger than Tianming Temple where Jiehan is located.Because they are relatively close, there are some walks between the two temples on weekdays. In the past few years, Miao Town has opened buses to Majia Town, but a few years ago, people in the town could only walk or ride bicycles if they wanted to go to Majia Town. There are two roads to Majia Town, one of which is rugged and narrow, although it is not easy to walk, but the distance is relatively short; the other road is wider, but because it has to bypass the mountain road, the distance is relatively far.

Generally speaking, when Jie Chen and Jie Ao go out alone, they will choose the small road, because it can save time, but if they go with the master, they will probably choose the wide and easy road. Among the several masters in Jiechen, the one with the most beautiful handwriting is Master Zhihui. The old masters in Baoguang Temple love Master Zhihui's calligraphy very much, and they always ask Master Zhihui for calligraphy when they meet.Later, Master Zhihui copied some scriptures and handed them to Jie Chen in his spare time, and asked Jie Chen to send them to the masters of Baoguang Temple when he was free.

When delivering scriptures, Jie Chen called Junior Brother Jie Ao.Originally, given the weight of the scriptures, there was no need for two people to deliver them, but Jie Chen knew Junior Brother Jie Ao best, he liked to have fun on weekdays, and he would definitely be happy to go out if he had the opportunity. The day before going down the mountain was fine, but just as we walked out of the town, it began to rain. Afraid of getting Master's scriptures wet, Jie Chen and Jie Ao hid in a small shop in Miao Town to avoid the rain. The rain came suddenly and went quickly.After the rain stopped, Junior Brother Jie Ao said: "The rain might fall again later, let's take a small road to Majia Town, we can save some time."

Jie An felt that Jie Ao's words made sense, so he and Jie Ao walked on the path together, but after walking for a while, Jie An discovered a problem.Because the path after the rain was particularly muddy, it was more inconvenient to walk than usual, but halfway through, they didn't want to go back. After all, it would take a lot of time to go back to the main road, so the two could only struggle to continue walking. This journey was very difficult, although Jie Chen and Jie Ao both chose clean places to walk, but when they finished the whole road, their shoes were already covered with muddy water.

Seeing Jie Chen's embarrassed look, Jie Ao said: "I knew it would be like this, so I didn't take the path just now, the speed was a little faster, and the shoes turned out to be so dirty." Jie Chen joked: "If God gave Jie Chen another chance, I would have told you just now, take the big road." Jie Ao said: "If you want to say that just now, I must agree." We successfully delivered the scriptures to the master of Baoguang Temple, and because we were worried that it would be too late to go back, we didn't delay there, but went back directly. But this time we learned our lesson and decided to go back by the main road.Jie Chen felt that, no matter what, the road is flat, and there must not be many places where water accumulates. Going back from here, it will definitely not be as dirty as before.

The way back was indeed much cleaner, Jie Chen was rejoicing that he had made the right choice this time, when suddenly a fast car drove across the road.When passing by us, the tires of the car were pressed into a small ditch on the side of the road, and the water in the small ditch splashed out, splashing muddy water all over us.The driver of the car didn't notice it either, and drove over directly. We stood on the side of the road, looking at each other's dirty clothes, and couldn't help laughing. Jie Ao said: "It seems that walking on the road is not smooth, originally only a pair of shoes were dirty, but now the whole body is dirty."

In fact, not long ago, Jie An felt that it was a pity to choose the small road and give up the main road, but when he finally walked on the main road and was splashed with mud, he discovered that choosing the small road at the beginning may not have been a mistake. Decide. In fact, this is the case with many things in life. After we have made a decision, we often say to ourselves, if I had chosen another way, the result of things would be much better than it is now. However, there are no absolutes in the world. Most of the time, our regrets are meaningless, because walking in the cycle of fate, none of our steps is absolutely wrong.