Chapter 192 The Daily Life of Umibozu In Weilian Ancient Temple, bronze bells rang and Buddhist chants echoed. In the pickle jar behind the side hall, under two water lilies, in a small nest made of several pebbles. The sea lord waved his tail and slowly crawled out of the nest. It has become accustomed to waking up when the early morning bells ring. After leaving his home, he first walked around the small pickle jar ten times. This is its wake-up exercise, and it is also a morning exercise. If you stay still for a long time, you will easily gain weight. It has now lost its magical powers and can no longer control the subtle changes in its body. If it gains weight, it really does gain weight. Who says you can lose weight by eating vegetarian food for a long time? If you have the guts, stand up and in front of it and watch it splash water on your face. I have been a vegetarian for a month and didn't eat any meat, but I still gained weight, didn't I? Liars, humans are all liars.
They are not only good at deceiving others, but also very good at deceiving themselves. Umibozu swam his body, and after swimming in the water, he swam out of the water, his head emerging from the water, and the small lantern in front of his forehead almost hanging above the water. The sky outside the pickle jar was still dark and had not yet completely brightened. As September approaches, at the same time in the early morning, the sky is no longer as bright as in the summer, but dark. Especially on cloudy days with wind and rain, the whole sky becomes dark and shrinks into a ball, like a big lid blocking the pickle jar's access to the outside sky. Speaking of this, it said that when Master Liansheng comes back, it will report to him the dereliction of duty of the young monk Ruyi. When it rained, even if it was a heavy downpour, the little monk Ruyi did not cover the water jar with a lid, leaving himself to be ravaged by the rain and unable to sleep peacefully. Fish should also have the right to fish. They humans themselves are very good at playing around. They have created so many kinds of power and divided the human race into different small groups. They also despise and are hostile to each other. I don't understand. They are clearly creatures with two arms, two legs and a head on their shoulders. Why is there so much hostility? Maybe it's just to have a full meal and have nothing to do. Forget it, things in the human world are too complicated and troublesome, and it doesn't want to get involved. Of course, if they are willing to set up an Umibozu Protection Association, it wouldn't mind attending and speaking as a representative. His body floated on the water, his head looking up at the world outside. The darkness gradually faded away with the coming of dawn. Light and hope were born from that big sun. For some reason, it now finds the big sun in the sky more and more pleasing to the eye.
From the temple next door, the sound of the little monk Ruyi chanting gradually came. His strength is okay, but his voice is average and his magical powers are not that great, far inferior to the chanting of Master Liansheng. Umibozu made some comments, turned over, lay on his back with his belly facing upwards, closed his eyes, listened to the chanting, and took a short nap. At first, it was not used to the sound of scriptures, always feeling that it was too noisy, and every time it wanted to cover the mouth of the little monk Ruyi. Later, as I listened more, I felt it was okay and not too bad, so I just let the sound of the scriptures go in and out of my ears. Now, it has long been accustomed to the sound of scriptures and has even memorized many classic Buddhist scriptures. It does not think that it has been tamed by the Buddhist scriptures, it has simply learned to compromise with the unchangeable environment before it. This is normal. Appropriate compromise can make you live more comfortably. Once it has the chance, it will return to the sea, stir up waves again and become the overlord of the sea! It turns out that Umibozu has never been a good person. “Why do the sutras sound shorter and shorter now?” As soon as the sutra reading ended, Umibozu woke up from his short sleep. It was clearly the same few passages of Buddhist scriptures, but it felt as if the time had become shorter, as if the sound of the scriptures had disappeared in a flash. Being able to shorten this period of time should be a good thing for it. What will be for breakfast today? Gong pear, apple, strawberry, grape, cantaloupe... If you just throw two apples at me like yesterday, I won't accept it. When they offered food, did they ever consider the size of an anglerfish's mouth? God knows how painful it was for me to bite into those two apples. If it didn't want the apple to block its view of the water, it would not have swallowed it. I must have Gong pears today! The Gong pear must also be carefully divided into four parts and the core inside must be removed. You can't feed yourself apples and water plants for three days in a row, right? Can that thing fill your stomach? Can't fill you up! Also, I definitely won’t eat watermelon this time! The watermelon soaked in water was too icy and cold. It only ate a few bites last time and its stomach felt bloated for several days. As for grapes, they are a bit too sweet. It is not suitable to eat such sweet food early in the morning. Humans have learned to eat less high-sugar foods, but it is immoral to force ourselves to drink more sugar. This needs to be severely condemned! As for cherries, they are better. They are not as sweet as grapes, and their size fits my mouth perfectly. But that little monk Ruyi was too stingy and only gave himself food once a week on average. It must be severely condemned! When he heard footsteps approaching, Haifangzhu quickly turned over on his stomach, slipped into a small stone nest and hid himself.
thump. It's the sound of food falling into the water. Umibozu really wanted to protest against this. Shouldn't food be handled with care? Treating your food like this really annoys the fish. Thump, thump. There were three more sounds of food falling into the water today than yesterday, so the variety should be quite rich. Even though the water surface was already full of food, Umibozu still stayed in his nest and did not come out. It has no intention of eating in front of humans. That is what those useless koi fish that only know how to please humans like to do. Humph, those stupid koi fish without backbone and arrogance, like the reincarnation of starving ghosts. When humans just sprinkle some fish food on the water, they rush out one after another, fearing that they will not be able to grab the food. It's so embarrassing! Let the entire fish world be ashamed of their behavior. After waiting for the footsteps near the pickle jar to fade away, Kaifangzhu came out of his nest. I looked up and saw that today's breakfast was quite rich. There are two tribute pears in total, the cores are carefully removed and divided into eight petals, with five red cherries on the edges. Seeing that the little monk Ruyi was so concerned today, it was too lazy to bother with him about the little things in the past. It wiggled its tail, floated to the surface, and began to feast on the fish. Gong pear is still the most delicious. Other fruits just don’t have the same taste that makes it feel at ease. After eating and drinking, Umibozu pulled two water lilies to use as parasols, hid under them, and stared in a daze at the sparkling water surface under the sunlight. Every time at this time, it always thinks of its life on the sea. That kind of free life was really comfortable. Unfortunately, it is now trapped in this small water tank. It heard from the young monk Ruyi that he was planning to build a lotus pond recently. It’s not that it rejects living in a water tank, it’s just that the lotus pond is a wider world for it. The time spent in a daze always passes quickly. It was past 12 o'clock, and the little monk Ruyi, who was responsible for offering food to me, had not arrived yet. Umibozu was a little angry, and crawled out from under the water lily and floated on the water surface. After listening carefully for a while, it seemed that there was a problem in the main hall again. I heard that a Buddhist girl was born from a bright lamp, but this Buddhist girl had a rather violent and irritable personality. It had no objection to the birth of the Buddhist girl. This Buddhist girl would come to make trouble every once in a while, and she liked to come during meal times. It's not a good idea to always prevent yourself from enjoying your meals properly. It makes it want to splash water on its face to make it clean.
About half an hour later, the little monk Ruyi brought today's lunch. An orange cut in half and a whole apple. "..." This is just a small amount of food, used to feed the fish! I would never accept such a lunch! Umibozu was a little angry. This was obviously a perfunctory and careless response. Humph, in that case, I won’t indulge it. It will really go on a hunger strike for lunch! At dusk, when Ruyi came to feed Haifangzhu, he saw the food still floating on the water and looked a little dazed. This time is really strange. Is this the first time that Umibozu didn’t have lunch? Is it because the food you prepare does not suit its appetite? This shouldn't be the case. I fed it this way before and it always ate everything without leaving any. Ruyi thought about it for a long time and finally figured it out. It was probably because the breakfast he prepared was too sumptuous, which caused Haifangzhu to eat too much and not eat a single bite for lunch. Next time I prepare breakfast, it can’t be as sumptuous as today. The daily breakfast portion of Umibozu should be reduced and not excessive. As the footsteps outside the pickle jar faded away, Umibozu never heard the sound of food splashing into the water. Could it be that the little monk Ruyi has learned to handle food with care? Umibozu came out and took a look. Oh my god, it’s still the same food from lunch, no new food at all. This is really too much bullying of fish! Umibozu was very annoyed. He stared at the apples and oranges floating on the water and gradually fell into deep thought. Eat or not? It’s really a dilemma. (End of this chapter)