During the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, Master Yuanqiu, the abbot of Feiyun Temple in Quzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang, was compassionate and compassionate, set up a sad field courtyard next to the temple, and spent a lot of silver every year to support the beggars and widows.
The monks' living standards declined, and they were dissatisfied, saying that the abbot put the beggar on top of their heads, did not recognize him as the abbot, and took advantage of Master Yuanqiu's illness to throw him at the gate of the Beitian Temple, saying that he often took care of the beggars, and asked the beggars to take care of him as well.
The beggars in the Sad Field Courtyard shouted around Yuanqiu, saying that the weather was cold, why didn't they buy cotton clothes? Could it be that Feiyun Temple's so-called poverty alleviation is just shouting slogans to buy people's hearts?
"Deceptive thieves!"
"Sushi!"
A large crowd gathered around him, drinking and scolding.
Yuanqiu was so sick that her eyes were dizzy and weak, and she wanted to explain, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she was overwhelmed by the noise of the crowd.
A little beggar of seven or eight years old suddenly knocked on the broken bowl and shouted, "Don't make any noise! The abbot is sick. ”
The other beggars didn't listen to him at all, but quarreled even more.
"What if you're sick? If you're sick, you don't need to buy us cotton clothes? Since he took us in, he should take care of everything for us, or do something about the sad field! ”
"Yes, yes, just to earn fame, I heard that the Beitian Courtyard on the side of Dongshan Temple not only has food and accommodation, but also gives cotton clothes and cotton shoes."
The little beggar sneered: "Dongshan Temple is so good, why don't you hurry up?" ”
The other beggars looked at him, and then at Yuanqiu, whose face was ugly, and left one after another. Dongshan Temple naturally doesn't go, I heard that it's one thing, small dried fish can also become big whales, if you run to Dongshan Temple and find that it is not like that at all, they will lose a lot.
The little beggar picked up Yuanqiu, helped him into the firewood room, covered him with straw, scooped half a bowl of water from his broken bowl, and fed him to drink.
Yuanqiu was kicked out by the monks, and the water and rice did not stick to his teeth for a long time, and he had already smoked in his throat, so he drank water with his hand, and said, "Is there anything else?" ”
The little beggar ran to the water tank next to the kitchen to scoop water, and Uncle Chen, who was in charge of the kitchen, waved his hand and told him to hurry up and stop making trouble.
The little beggar said that the abbot was sick and wanted to drink water.
Uncle Chen also heard from others just now that the abbot was coming, and he still pushed him away: "Hey, he is the abbot, and he eats and drinks spicy food all day long, and he needs you to take care of it?" The temple has its own good medicine and good soup, you are really free, chop wood for me! ”
Another lame beggar came over slowly and said, "What abbot, he was expelled from Feiyun Temple, just like us." ”
In his heart, the abbot is the abbot, he is a kind person, he has saved his own life and his grandmother's life, raised his grandson for two years, at the beginning of the year his grandmother died, he also helped buy a coffin to send, and also did the ritual excess, now the abbot is sick and needs his own care.
He ran to the well, fetched a bucket of water, and carried it directly back to the firewood house.
Who knew that Yuanqiu originally had typhoid fever and weak stomach, so he suddenly drank raw and cold water, vomited and diarrhea for a while, and was dying.
The little beggar Ah Shui went to ask others to help hire a doctor, and others said that he had the money to drink early, so what doctor to invite.
Ah Shui was helpless, so he ran away and ran into the Feiyun Temple next to the Beitian Temple, saying that the abbot was seriously ill and begged the monks to give some medicine or help hire a doctor.
He kowtowed as he spoke, for fear of delaying the abbot's life.
The other monks didn't want to deal with him and pushed him away.
was making a fuss, and suddenly someone shouted: "Buddhism is pure, noisy and shouting, what kind of system!" ”
Ah Shui looked up and saw that a large group of servants and maids were walking over with a jeweled old lady, and he crawled to the old lady's feet, saying help.
It turns out that the old lady is the old lady of the prefect's family, and has been doing good deeds in Dongshan Temple before, and I heard that the Beitian Courtyard of Feiyun Temple is also impressive, so I came to take a look, who knew that I just entered the mountain gate of Feiyun Temple, and I saw a farce.
The old lady has always been merciful, and when she heard that the monks of Feiyun Temple had kicked out the abbot Master Yuanqiu, she was furious and asked the servants to tie them up and send them to the palace.
The monks hurriedly defended, saying that everyone was just angry for a while, and wanted to teach the abbot a lesson, so that he could see the true face of the beggars in the Beitian Temple, and did not really want the abbot's life, and did not dare to ask for his life.
"Foolish thing! He is sick until the darkness of the day, what is the difference between you and asking for his life? ”
The old lady sent someone to find the doctor, and personally went to the Beitian Courtyard to see Master Yuanqiu.
The doctor has excellent medical skills and saved half of Master Yuanqiu's life in time.
When the old lady saw Ah Shui's kindness, she was not as cold as others, so she praised it and said it several times in front of her son.
When the prefect heard the news, he specially summoned him to go over, and when he asked, he learned that Ah Shui's surname was He, who was born in a large family, and fled to this place because of the flood in his hometown, and was separated from other family members, so he had to rely on a grandmother for his life, and after his grandmother died, he continued to live in the courtyard of Beitian.
The prefect specially sent someone to look for him and found Ah Shui's home.
His father died in the flood, and his uncle looked for him for two years but could not find him, thinking that he was no longer alive, and when he heard that he was still in the world, he immediately cried, saying that the eldest brother had this little blood left, and the sister-in-law cried day and night for him, and her eyes were going to cry blind.
Uncle Ah Shui was very grateful, and immediately rushed to Quzhou Mansion to pick up people, and rewarded Master Yuanqiu and the prefect's family heavily.
Ah Shui said goodbye to Master Yuanqiu and the Zhixian family, returned to his hometown, entered the school, studied hard, and ten years later he went to Quzhou to thank his benefactors.
The prefect has already been promoted and left Quzhou, and Master Yuanqiu of Feiyun Temple has also passed away for five years.
Ah Shui went to his grave to worship. The wind rises and falls, and it is another year of autumn cold, he thinks of the compassionate smiling face of Master Yuanqiu, if it weren't for Master Yuanqiu, he would have turned into dirt, how could it be like the scenery of today's protégé?
He couldn't hold back his tears.
The monks of Feiyun Temple who accompanied him to worship comforted him, and the fate came and went, like floating clouds gathering and scattering, and there was no need to be too sentimental.
Ah Shui looked at the monk next to him and heard the laughter of children coming from the Beitian Courtyard next to him.
Master Yuanqiu is gone, and the monks of Feiyun Temple have still taken good care of the beggars and widows in the Beitian Courtyard over the years.
A six- or seven-year-old child ran out laughing and accidentally bumped into Ah Shui.
The guards were shocked, and the children trembled with fear.
Ah Shui waved his hand, signaling them to calm down, touched the child's head himself, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, I also came out of the Beitian Courtyard of Feiyun Temple." ”