Chapter 42 The forty-first wooden stool with scars

There are many people coming and going in Tenmyoji Temple, so there are more stools in the temple, there are dozens of large and small stools. I remember that one day, Brother Quit Smoking brought a friend to the temple to offer incense. The benefactor was tall and fat, so that Brother Quit, who used to feel fat on weekdays, now looked thinner. After offering incense, they looked around in the Buddhist hall.Jie An moved a stool to ask them to sit down, the fat benefactor sat down gently, and heard a "click", one leg of the stool was broken, the fat benefactor was a little embarrassed, Jie An hurriedly found another stool, the result was "click" again "With a sound, the stool broke another leg.

Jie Chen was about to continue looking for a stool, but the fat benefactor stood up embarrassedly and said, little master, you should stop looking, let me stand, I am used to standing. Jie Chen always felt embarrassed to let the benefactor stand, and finally took a lot of effort to move a stone bench from the yard for the fat benefactor to let him sit down successfully. When the fat benefactor left that day, he apologized to Jie Chen several times for this. The two broken stools couldn't just be left alone, so Master Zhiyuan asked Jie An to go to Miao Town to see if they could be repaired, so as not to break the other benefactors and it would be bad.

Jie Ao and I went to Carpenter Zhou's house in Miao Town with a wooden stool.Carpenter Zhou looked at the stools and said, these two stools have been used for a long time, even if they are repaired, they are easy to break after use, so it is better to replace them with two new ones.He pointed to many new stools in the room and said to Jie Chen, take a look at which one you like, and I will give some stools to the masters. Jie Ao and I looked at each other, thinking it was not good to take the donor's stool for nothing. Carpenter Zhou saw our intentions, but insisted on giving them away, so I had to choose among a bunch of stools with Jie Ao.Most of the stools are beautifully made, but there are also a few stools with obvious scars, which were piled up in the corner by Zhou carpenter.Jie Ao and I deliberately picked two stools with big scars.

Carpenter Zhou said that those stools were made of leftover wood, and they were rough, and they were originally intended for him to sit on.He picked two good-looking ones for us. Jie Ao said, anyway, it's just sitting around, there is no difference between good-looking and bad-looking. After hearing what we said, Carpenter Zhou didn't force us anymore. Jie Ao and I took the stool back to the mountain, and Master also felt a little embarrassed to have taken Carpenter Zhou's things. I put the stools in the Buddhist hall, and occasionally a benefactor who noticed would say, where did the masters get the ugly stools.

A few months later, a tour group came to the temple. Among them, two well-dressed urban female patrons were very interested in the two ugly stools when they were wandering around the temple, saying that the pair of stools were not carved. There are natural traces and a kind of rustic beauty. In the end, I discussed with Master Zhiyuan to buy it. Master Zhiyuan said, since you like it so much, you can take it away, no money is needed.The two benefactors happily moved the stool away. The next day, a carpenter in the town sent two exquisite stools, saying that the two female benefactors paid for them and sent them to the temple.

I remember talking about this matter with Jie Ao, I asked Jie Ao, is that stool good-looking? Jieao said, I feel ugly to death. Quit laughing and laughing, in fact, I also think so in my heart. Different people have different standards of beauty, and the ugly stool in the eyes of the townspeople shocked the female benefactors in the city. Most people may feel that they are a featureless stool destined not to be taken seriously. However, we may be wrong, we may all be treasures in the eyes of others, he may pass by in a hurry, or he may see you inadvertently. Everyone should belong to someone who knows how to appreciate you.