Chapter 54 The road taken in the fifty-third decade

There are two roads from Tianming Temple to Miao Town, one of which is a regular mountain road, made of many bluestone slabs, not too wide, but most of the road is flat, as long as there is no heavy rain, the road is still easy to walk.This mountain road must have been built for some years, because Master Zhiheng said that this mountain road already existed when he was young. When the benefactors go to Maoshan to play, most of them will take this road.There is something strange about the mountain road, that is, in many places, the mountain road is not a straight line, but twists and turns, taking a big bend before reaching the top of the mountain.Jie Chen has also been to several nearby mountains, and those mountains often build roads that circle, but most of the detours will be built in steep places. In this way, the road becomes easier to walk.The road in Maoshan is different, because there is no steep place in the whole mountain, and there is no need to build it in this way, so these curved roads always make people feel that they came for no reason.

Apart from this formal mountain road, there is also a trail in the mountain, the pioneer of this road is none other than Junior Brother Jie Ao. I remember that when Jie An first came to the temple, sometimes he went down the mountain with Jie Ao, but Jie Ao never took the mountain road, he liked to rush down the mountain while shouting from the hillside.Maoshan is not steep, so there is no danger in rushing down the mountain like this, but the clothes of Jieao are often scratched by the dwarf trees and dead branches by the roadside.Jie Ao was afraid of being blamed by the masters. Whenever the clothes were torn, he would secretly hide in the room to mend them. Occasionally, accidents happened. Once Jie Ao mended the clothes and threw the needle on the bed, but he was stabbed at night when he was sleeping. butt.

Despite paying some price, a small road gradually appeared on the hillside where there was no road before.In the beginning, the only people who walked the small road were guarding against arrogance and anger, and then there were more shouting guards against ignorance and dust, and then behind us there were more guards against bouncing around. Gradually, some benefactors who knew Maoshan would choose this road when going up the mountain, and more and more people walked. A few days ago, a benefactor Li who had been away from Miao Town for more than five years suddenly returned to the town.Benefactor Li has already settled in other places, and this time he just came back to stay for a few days to nostalgia. He came to Tianming Temple that day and sat in the Buddhist hall to chat with us.Li benefactor is very eloquent, and he told us some of his experiences in other places, so that we monks who have never traveled far can listen with great interest.

Benefactor Li suddenly said that Miao Town is still too closed. Living in other places, the city changes rapidly, and many new buildings will come out every short period of time.And Miao Town, where he left for five years, has hardly changed. The houses and the scenery are still the same. It used to be much wider. Calculating the time, it has been ten years since this path came out, and ten years ago, there was still a meadow. We sometimes feel that there is no way to go. In fact, we might as well try to take our own steps. Maybe under your feet, there will be a wide path every day in the place where there is no way.

One day, when we look back, we may find that those who have left no footprints are those who have been walking on the broad road.