When he came to the door, he used some rice grains to form a paste and kneaded it into a ball before handing it to Squirrel. Squirrel hugged it and rode on Lone Wolf's head. Fangzheng held the couplets and drew them at the door. He asked, "How's the height? Is it crooked? "
Squirrel took a good look and exclaimed, "A little to the left, a little to the right corner. Done! That's it! "
Fangzheng took the rice ball and pasted the couplets on the door.
The first line was: Kindness is a Zen matter.
The second line was: Compassion is also a place of worship.
The horizontal line was: Not a monk!
The couplets were someone else's, but the horizontal line was his. His days on the mountain were bitter and lonely. He was still young, so he could not calm down. He also yearned for the life at the foot of the mountain. He wanted to run freely in the mortal world and not be a monk that guarded a temple. Therefore, he added the horizontal line at the end as a form of self-deprecation.
Upon seeing the couplets, Fangzheng finally felt the festive mood of the new year. He chuckled. "It's quite nice."
"Squeak!" At that moment, Squirrel squeaked.
Fangzheng was surprised. "You want couplets too? I don't even know where your house is. How am I to paste couplets for you? "
Squirrel: "Squeak!"
"What? You want to move in? You have even chosen your nest? What? You want to live on the bodhi tree? Uh … There's no tree hole for you to live in, right? Why am I the one making a house for you? Why? "Fangzheng exclaimed unhappily.
However, Fangzheng still took a long flower pot and tied it to the bodhi tree's branch.
Fangzheng did not have a hammer, nails, or wooden planks. There was no way for him to make a beautiful nest for the squirrel. However, since this fellow was going to live in a tree hole, using a pot as a replacement should not be a problem.
However, why did the little guy glare at him when he saw his new home? He did not even look him in the eye. Fangzheng smacked his bald head and suddenly recalled that he had taken the wrong one. It was not a flower pot but his urinal. He had nearly forgotten about it after so many years. Back when he was choosing, he found it familiar and decided to take action.
However, Fangzheng would definitely not say that out loud. If not, the squirrel would definitely leave a few claw marks on his bald head.
However, Fangzheng still gave Squirrel a bigger and prettier flower pot. Only then did the little guy crawl into it in satisfaction. Then, he jumped on Fangzheng's shoulder. If not for Fangzheng's smooth head, he would have probably jumped on it.
For the first time, Fangzheng felt that his bald head had an advantage …
Since the house was ready, it was time to write Spring Festival couplets!
Tearing off two tiny red strips of paper that were the width of a thumb, Fangzheng held a brush and wrote a line of words on the narrow piece of paper. It was still the Dragon Buddha Epithet. The words were grand and filled with Zen.
The first part of the couplet: People like the flourishing age;
The second half of the couplet: Mice foretell a good year;
Horizontal note: There are squirrels at home.
The little guy couldn't understand, but he was still very happy.
When Lone Wolf saw this, he was unhappy and immediately asked for a couplet.
Lone Wolf had come early, so Fangzheng had built a kennel for him using some old wood. Therefore, there was no need for him to go through the trouble of building a kennel for him.
How about I write Spring Festival couplets?
But when Fangzheng searched, he was instantly stumped! Whenever wolves were mentioned on the Internet, they were all cursing wolves. There was nothing nice about them. What was he to do?
Fangzheng shot a glance at the adorable Lone Wolf and chuckled. "Do you recognize these words?"
Lone Wolf shook his head.
Fangzheng snapped his fingers. That would make things easier! He waved his brush …
First line: Lanterns hang in Buddhism;
Second line: Jade dogs guard the courtyard;
Horizontal note: There are no thieves when there are dogs.
After pasting all of them, the final piece of red paper was gone.
Almost at the same time, the brush and ink in his book transformed into a golden beam of light and vanished.
Fangzheng rolled his eyes and thought, "Aren't you in too much of a hurry? Stingy … "
After cursing a little, he felt extremely comfortable. However, just having couplets during the new year wasn't enough. He needed lanterns! But where was he to get lanterns?
An idea came to Fangzheng as he recalled the old monk's ice lantern! Therefore, he ran to the backyard and took out a huge metal bucket. He filled two buckets with water!
The cups were also filled with water and placed in the yard.
A few hours later, the water in the buckets had frozen. Fangzheng knocked on it and found it rather sturdy. It could be used!
Fangzheng carried the huge buckets into the kitchen and placed them by the fire. The huge buckets were roasted in circles, and soon, the connection between the ice and the buckets melted and loosened.
Fangzheng carried the buckets out once again and smashed a hole in the ice above the buckets. He poured out the water that had yet to freeze before placing the buckets upside down on the ground. He gently lifted it up!
When the metal buckets were lifted up, an ice lantern in the shape of a bucket appeared! Unrooted Clean Aqua was extremely clean. After it froze, it did not have any impurities. It was like a crystal and looked extremely beautiful! However, it did not have any edges. If it was polished into the shape of a diamond, Fangzheng estimated that it would not be any worse than a diamond!
Fangzheng opened up a hole in the ice lantern to allow for ventilation. Then, he happily carried the ice lantern out and placed it on the wall of his house. He chose a candle, lit it, and placed it inside the ice lantern. As there was a vent on it, there was no need to worry about it being extinguished due to a lack of oxygen. At the same time, the ice lantern was protected by ice, so there was no need to worry about the wind extinguishing the candle.
Although the candlelight from the candle was not beautiful, when it was reflected by the round bucket of ice crystals, it appeared extremely gorgeous. Occasionally, a gentle breeze would enter, causing the flame to flicker and tremble. The light outside would flicker and tremble as well, making it look like a neon rainbow. It was extremely beautiful!
Indeed, when they saw the ice lantern, the squirrel and Lone Wolf could not hold themselves back. They jumped around, wishing to have an ice lantern that belonged to them.
Fangzheng scolded them in a joking manner, "The two of you want an ice lantern? Sure, get some water yourselves! "
Lone Wolf and Squirrel immediately ran to get water. Not long later, there was an ice lantern made of a tiny cup in front of Squirrel's nest. As for Lone Wolf, there was a huge ice lantern by his door. However, there were no candles in the two ice lanterns. There was no other way about it. Fangzheng did not have many candles, so he could not waste them.
Even so, the wolf and squirrel were overjoyed.
Fangzheng's playful nature stirred. He decided to do the same and make more ice lanterns to place on the mountain. After all, he had nothing better to do!
At that moment, he heard footsteps coming from outside. From the sound of it, there were quite a number of people.
Fangzheng flicked his sleeves and went out to check on the situation. He saw Wang Yougui, Tan Juguo, Yang Ping, Yang Hua, Dog Song, and a group of men and women. They were carrying things on their shoulders and hands up the mountain.
Fangzheng was somewhat taken aback. What was happening?
Turning back time to morning …
"What are all of you doing?" Dog Song put down his broom and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He looked at the long table placed at the entrance of the village and walked over in puzzlement.
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