Chapter 130 The Mortal World and the Immortal Path
Aunt Liu lost her husband in her early years and has an eleven-year-old daughter in the family. Now she raised her daughter single-handedly and studied in a private school in Sanxi Village.
The sun was very strong today, so Aunt Liu took out the corn from the warehouse and dried it on the roadside.
In her words, the main source of income for her family is corn. Businessmen from the city will come here to harvest corn three or four days a month.
In the afternoon, Aunt Liu would go to work in the fields, and Ning Ruoxi would follow her to help.
But Aunt Liu was reluctant to let Ning Ruoxi come to help, for fear of tiring Ning Ruoxi.
Ning Ruoxi looked like the daughter of a wealthy family, and Aunt Liu didn't think Ning Ruoxi could do such rough work.
In the evening, Aunt Liu's daughter came back from private school, and Aunt Liu happily cooked dinner.
"Sister, my name is Qinghe, what's your name?" Qinghe looked very happy to see the new eldest sister in the family.
"My name is Ning Ruoxi."
"Sister, are you going to live in my house?"
"Yes."
"Great! Now I have someone to play with!" Qing He clapped his hands and looked at Ning Ruoxi with eyes.
Aunt Liu came out of the kitchen and said to Qinghe: "I know how to play every day!"
The words contained blame, but the look on Aunt Liu's face was very doting.
Qinghe made a face at Aunt Liu, then took out a book from a linen backpack and sat under the candle.
With the weak candlelight, Qinghe could barely read the words on the book.
The book is densely filled with words, but from the outside, the book looks very new.
"This little girl cherishes her books very much!" Lin Shuang praised. There are many words in the book, which means that the little girl has written a lot. Very few people can use a book frequently without it looking old. .
"Is this the daily life of a mortal?" Ning Ruoxi looked at the busy Aunt Liu and Qinghe under the candlelight.
There is no intrigue in the world of immortality. There is no need to worry about the so-called cultivation resources every day, and there is no need to worry about dangers that may break out at any time.
They just live plainly and hard.
That night, Ning Ruoxi didn't sleep. She used her spiritual consciousness to listen to the evening conversations of most of the villagers in Sanxi Village.
Some are just chatting about daily life and yearning for a better life.
Their desire is not difficult, what they want is simple: enough food, warm clothing, and a family reunion.
These are the happiness of the moment...
A monk's life rarely stops to watch like a mortal. A few years pass in a snap of the fingers, and some monks spend hundreds of years in seclusion.
A hundred years is enough for a generation of mortals to change batch after batch.
"The life of a monk is like a fleeting glance, and rarely live each day as thoroughly as a mortal. The Mahayana period allows monks to look back at their life and see how they have lived..."
"The more important point is to see through the world of mortals, prepare for the road to immortality in the future, and make a real break with the mortal world!"
Lin Shuang was completely shocked after hearing what Ning Ruoxi said. Breaking through from the combined stage to the Mahayana stage does not necessarily require entering the mortal world for enlightenment.
Returning to nature is just a method that Lin Shuang summed up, which can better help Ning Ruoxi understand the difference between the mortal world and the immortal path.
The mortal world and the immortal road, two roads, two lives, two endings.
After understanding all this, you can enter the Mahayana.
Of course, another reason why Lin Shuang let Ning Ruoxi go into the mortal world was because he didn't want Ning Ruoxi's humanity to be annihilated. Perhaps Ning Ruoxi's humanity has been annihilated, but Lin Shuang also wants to make Ning Ruoxi understand the sufferings of the world. This is a world bred by divinity under the law of heaven.
"I understand..." Ning Ruoxi's eyes became clearer and clearer. Even though she understood the mortal world and the path to immortality, she didn't want to leave.
She understands Lin Shuang's good intentions, so she will follow Lin Shuang's ideas and experience a mortal life...
Ning Ruoxi has no love and cannot devote herself to experiencing the life of a mortal. She can only see it from a third party's perspective.
…….
On this day, Grandma Zhang also fulfilled her promise to Qingquan as a matchmaker.
Qingquan followed Granny Zhang to the neighboring village of Dajiang Village and met the girl.
The girl's beauty is considered to be seven points, and her appearance is worthy of Qingquan, but the girl is not ready to get married.
No girl can be mentally prepared to marry a stranger she has only met once.
However, the matchmaker only helps Qingquan and the girl to set up a line. How the two of them will get along in the future depends on how they get along.
Qingquan's character and self-cultivation are very good, which is a natural characteristic of the Qingluan people.
The girl is quite satisfied with Qingquan, but she just wants to develop slowly and wait until the relationship between the two becomes familiar before discussing marriage.
Qingquan was not in a hurry. He spent the whole afternoon with the girl. Although the girl's family was poor, she also knew etiquette.
The two took the first step and made friends.
After returning to Sanxi Village, Qingquan was very happy and invited Ning Ruoxi to his home for a drink and dinner.
Ning Ruoxi left as she had nothing to do.
Qingquan hummed a little tune and lit a fire in the kitchen to cook with skillful movements. He had become accustomed to the life of a mortal.
Putting aside cultivation, although the days are trivial, I still enjoy them.
"Ning Ruoxi, Granny Zhang and I went to Dajiang Village today to meet the girl. The girl should be quite satisfied with me. We plan to start as friends first."
Ning Ruoxi could not sympathize with Qingquan's happiness and could only nod dryly.
Once, Ning Ruoxi thought that she and Li Yunyun could be on good terms forever, but for a hundred years, Li Yunyun threatened her for a man.
If you ask Ning Ruoxi what a friend is, Ning Ruoxi will definitely not be able to answer.
"I wish you success."
Qingquan poured a glass of wine for Ning Ruoxi and said, "I'll lend you some good words."
"But you mortals here have to pay a betrothal gift when they get married. What do you think I should prepare?"
"Aren't you going to look at it again? Let's start as friends. What if we feel that they are not suitable for each other during the process of becoming friends?" Ning Ruoxi said. Of course, this was what Lin Shuang wanted Ning Ruoxi to say.
"Or maybe in the meantime, you met a woman you like more."
Qingquan raised his eyebrows and nodded, "That seems to be the truth, yes, I can't be anxious."
"Fortunately, you are here, otherwise I wouldn't know all this. Getting married is a big deal, so don't rush it."
Perhaps it was the age when love first emerged, and the girl was even more proactive than Qingquan.
The distance between Dajiang Village and Sanxi Village is not far, it takes about two-quarters of an hour to walk.
The girl took the initiative to come to Qingquan's house to arrange a play date with Qingquan. Qingquan accepted a job that day and could not spare time to accompany the girl to play. The girl was not upset and made an agreement with Qingquan to play together next time when he was free.
The girl is a teacher in Dajiang Village, and she usually teaches children how to read and write.
When Qingquan went to find her, the girl was busy teaching her children. After going back and forth, they still had no time to play together.