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  That little girl who came in on the chaotic opening day, I can finally see her today. Because of the plague raging outside, after the little girl entered the temple, she was locked up for ten days first. Everyone confirmed that the little girl did not have a disease before releasing her. In the evening, everyone discussed whether to let the girl stay or leave.

  The master had not spoken yet. She said first: Why don't you go and rescue others?

  One senior brother said: Do you think we picked you out from the crowd and rescued you alone? You squeezed in, it was an oversight.

  The little girl said: Why didn't you go and save them?

  Another senior brother said: What's the point of saving anyone? We're all starving to death ourselves.

  I also comforted him by saying: The things in the temple can only be eaten for two more days.

  At that time, I felt that so-called saving people and helping people is just a kind of pastime when one can still keep oneself safe.

  An older martial arts brother said: How should we deal with this little girl?

  Someone suggested releasing him outside the temple. Everyone unanimously opposed it, thinking that this was inhumane and that Shaolin Temple had already made a big show of closing its gates this time. Saving someone only to send them back would be too much. Secondly, the imperial court has been using typical cases to make a point recently, which has been very effective. Shaolin Temple also needs a typical case for future propaganda. The governor didn't say that a typical case is not one representative out of 10,000 people, but rather one person out of 10,000 who is the only one like that.

  The master said: Let her stay in the temple.

  One senior brother also had an opinion: Then how will we take baths and so on?

  The abbot said: Among the nine mountains and ten temples of Zhongyuan, our temple is the largest in scale. The temple is so big, but you are such a small girl, do you have to go all the way to the front of the hall to wash?

  The master said: But after all, for so long, there has never been a girl coming to the temple. It's hard for these disciples to...

  The abbot was a bit anxious and asked the little girl with his head down: Little sister, how old are you?

  The little girl said: I am eight years old.

  The abbot said: Do you know how you were born?

  The little girl said: My mother gave birth to me.

  The abbot asked: "How was he born?"

  Little girl said: I don't know. Mom didn't say.

  The abbot said to everyone: Look at her, she doesn't understand anything, what's inconvenient about that?

  The abbot continued to ask: You see so many people beside you, what's the difference between them and you?

  The little girl said: They have something I don't have.

  The abbot's face sank and he involuntarily let out an "ah". He asked: "What thing?"

  Little girl said: Pearl, the one hanging.

  The abbot didn't dare ask any further, and said to us: "Look, who else is ashamed? Shaolin disciples have been through so much wind and rain, yet they're still afraid of a little girl who doesn't even understand things yet. It's really...

  The temple was left with the little girl. One day later, trouble arose, and the little girl refused to tell everyone her original name. Everyone felt that they couldn't always call her "that woman". At night, the master gathered many people and made two major decisions: first, the temple's food could only last for two days, what to do; second, give this little girl a name.

  Giving the little girl a name shouldn't be considered a big deal in these chaotic times, and it shouldn't even be brought up. However, everyone seems to have a greater interest in this matter. Recently, many people die every day, and the outside world is in a state of desperation, no one has the energy to do anything, so it's better to just entertain oneself.

  The first serious problem was discussed for about five minutes, and the result of the discussion was to save food, so it could be used for four more days. When it can only be used for two more days, they will study again. The second problem was discussed for a full two hours, and the usually united Shaolin monks almost fought in front of the abbot. The situation was very intense. Finally, in this bleak season, in this chaotic era, in this difficult temple, in this sad atmosphere, this little girl, carrying everyone's longing for a better life, was officially named "Xile".

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