Chapter 67 The sixty-sixth sound of water that cannot be found

That morning, I was a little surprised to hear someone knocking on the door of the temple, because although it was very early in the summer morning, there were still very few people who came so early. Jie An was about to open the door, but found that Jie Chen standing by the door had already passed by, so Jie An turned back and walked towards the Buddhist hall, and heard a "squeak" sound from the temple gate, followed by Jie Chen With a sound of "ah", Jie Chen hurriedly turned his head to look, thinking that Jie Chen had been hit by someone.This kind of accident happened once, the last time Jie Chen went to open the door, a tall and fat benefactor came in, he didn't notice the short Jie Chen, in the end Jie Chen was hit by the benefactor's stomach, fortunately, The donor's belly was soft, so Jiechen was not hurt.

Jie Chen looked up, but did not see Jie Chen fell to the ground.The two benefactors who came in from outside the temple, one of whom Jie Chen knew, was a young benefactor from Miao Town, and he didn’t come to Tianming Temple often, while the other benefactor had never seen him before, and he was dressed very strangely. The eyes were covered with thick gauze, which looked a bit scary, probably because of this, Jie Chen was frightened just now. Jie Chen hurriedly invited the two benefactors into the house. The benefactor from Miao Town told us that his friend had recently undergone eye surgery, and it would take a few days before the bandages could be removed, so he specially brought this friend here. Live in the mountains for a few days and relax.

After the two benefactors sat down, the benefactor with the bandages asked Jiean, the one who opened the door just now was a young monk, was he frightened by me? Jiechen was a little hesitant, because the Buddha taught everyone not to lie, so Jiechen had no choice but to answer the benefactor, yes. The benefactor looked a little troubled, and he asked again, do I look scary? Quit anger had to answer, yes. The donor's expression became much more painful.He then asked Jiean, here's... Jie An hastily changed the subject of the donor, although it was impolite to do so, but if the donor continued to ask, Jie An would only increase his pain if he answered truthfully like this.

It is correct not to lie, but such an answer is equivalent to sprinkling salt on the donor's wound, which is not very good, let alone sprinkling it one after another like this. Jie Chen briefly introduced the style of Maoshan to the benefactor. There was a smile on the face of the benefactor. He said that he actually heard a lot of natural sounds along the way and could feel the scenery here. Jie Chen led the almsgiver into the incense room not far from the temple. In those days, the almsgiver lived here all the time, because his eyes were inconvenient, and he didn't move around. He often leaned on a small chair in the yard by himself.

Sometimes when passing by the incense room, Jie Chen was worried that the benefactor felt lonely, so he sat down and chatted with the benefactor, but the benefactor didn’t seem to be lonely, and he felt in a good mood when talking and laughing, always smiling. A few days later, the benefactor's friend took him down the mountain. His friend said that the benefactor's eye injury was almost healed, and he was going to be taken back to the hospital to remove the bandages. After the donor went down the mountain, he never came back.Half a month later, Jie An received an email from the benefactor. The benefactor said in the letter that his eyes had been unbandaged, and he liked the environment of Maoshan very much these days. Although he couldn’t see anything, he was enjoying the coolness every day. The mountain breeze, the sound of bells, cicadas and frogs, as well as the non-stop sound of running water in the stream can be heard from time to time.

Jie Chen couldn't help but be thankful that the benefactor's injury has improved, and also very happy that he likes the scenery of Maoshan, but Jie Chen finds it a bit strange, because the main water sources of Maoshan are concentrated behind the mountain, and the streams in front of the mountain are some distance away from Tianming Temple. There is absolutely no sound of running water. I kept this question in my mind for several days without a reasonable explanation, and a few days later, Jie An suddenly saw Jie Ao coming in from the temple gate with wet monk robes, so he asked him what was wrong?

Jie Ao said that a toilet in the incense room was broken and was dripping all the time, and he went to fix it just now. Jiechen listened casually.After a long time, Jie An, who was standing in the courtyard, suddenly realized that the sound of water that the benefactor heard was not the sound of running water in a stream, but the sound of dripping water from a broken toilet. It seems that there is still a big difference between the things imagined by simply closing the eyes and the real situation.