Chapter 9: The Wrong Bird

When He Linwan went back, everyone in the He family had already gone to the main hall dedicated to Guanyin, and only the Wei family was waiting for He Linwan with Xiaohuzi.

Seeing that He Linwan was back, Wei didn't say anything, and walked slowly in the direction of Guanyin Hall with a pair of children, looking not in a hurry.

When they walked to the front of the Guanyin Palace, Mrs. He Jiatai and the family had already knelt on the futon under the offering table, and He Linwan was about to cross the threshold, but was pulled by Wei. He Linwan glanced back at Wei, Wei shook his head lightly at He Linwan, and then looked at the people of the He family within the threshold with a calm face and kowtowed reverently. He Linwan also stood there without moving.

When Mrs. He was helped to get up, the younger generations of the He family who knelt behind her also got up one after another, and the monk invited the ladies of the He family to listen to the abbot's lecture, and when Mrs. Tai came out, she couldn't help frowning when she saw Wei holding Xiaohuzi standing at the door, and then turned her head to talk to the monk and walked in front of them.

The second lady Qin paused when she passed by Wei's side, and said with a smile: "Why did you come here at this time? Hurry up and take the children to the incense, and after the incense is finished, come to the Dharma Hall, where Master Yuanfang will preside over a Dharma meeting." ”

Wei responded with a smile, and then led Xiaohuzi and He Linwan into the hall.

The fourth wife, Yu Shi, walked at the end and didn't come out yet, and collided with Wei Shi who entered the door.

Yu glanced at Wei, swept towards Xiaohuzi's gaze with some disgust, she turned her head and whispered, "It's not too unlucky." The voice was soft, but it was loud enough for Weiss to hear.

He Linwan saw that Wei's face suddenly turned pale, but there was no expression on his face.

Yu took out a handkerchief and waved it as if to drive away something, and then stepped out of the threshold with her graceful steps, at this moment-

"Ahh

"Ouchβ€”"

Yu, who had just stepped out of the Guanyin Temple, fell to the ground for some reason, and the maid who was walking half a step behind her wanted to reach out to pull, but she herself stumbled and did not stand firm, but instead of holding Yu, she fell heavily on Yu's body, causing Yu to scream.

There are a lot of pilgrims who come to the temple to burn incense today, and when they hear the movement, they all look this way, although most of them maintain their demeanor and just talk in small voices, but some people can't help but laugh out loud.

He Linwan looked down at the little tiger who was secretly retracting his feet, and then at the excessively long skirt of the Yu family, and pulled the expressionless little cub back as if nothing happened, and followed behind Wei.

Yu was very annoyed and angry when he was helped up by the maid, and slapped the maid with his backhand: "What are you doing if you can't stand on your own and step on me?"

The maid covered her face very aggrieved and cried: "No...... The slave and maid have no ......"

Yu glanced at Wei, who was putting incense in the hall, and scolded fiercely: "Bad luck." Then he walked away with the people at a brisk pace.

After the incense was finished, the Yu family did not go to the Dharma Hall, but took the two sisters and brothers of He Lin back to the guest house for their female dependents to rest.

He Linwan asked Chunxiao what was going on, and Chunxiao hesitated for a moment before saying: "What else can there be, the maid of the fourth wife said to Mrs. Tai's maid that our sixth young master can't speak because of heavenly punishment, and he is guilty in front of the Buddha, which is unlucky, and it happened to be heard by Mama Li." Mrs. excused herself to wait for you to come back and did not go with Mrs. Tai. ”

He Linwan frowned, thinking that this Yu family was really a woman with a long tongue, and she dared to say anything in the pure place of Buddhism.

Not long after He Linwan returned to the guest house, Yuan Xiang's maid came over and said that Yuan Xiang asked her to go to the release pool.

He Linwan said hello to Wei, but Wei didn't stop him, but just asked Mama Li to take some silver for Chunxiao and let them buy fish and birds to release.

There are people in the temple who specialize in catching fish and birds and selling them in the temple, and they are generally concentrated near the release pond. He Linwan took his maid out of the guest house and walked in the direction of the release pond.

At this time, there have been a lot of pilgrims in the Baoan Temple, but after all, it is a pure place of Buddhism, and there are very few people who make loud noises, but when they walked near the Tianwang Palace, they suddenly saw a middle-aged woman standing under a camphor tree with a big bird cage in her hand and shouting.

A maid named Mint behind He Linwan pointed over there and said, "Big girl, look, there are birds over there, aren't we going to the release pond? Why don't we buy her birds? There must be a lot of people in the release pond today, so it's better to buy them here." ”

Chunxiao thought for a while and said: "Buddhism pays attention to a fateful method, and the creatures encountered on the way may be really stronger than those sold near the release pool, and it is also ......fate when you meet them."

He Linwan glanced at the middle-aged woman and saw that she was dressed as a peasant woman who lived nearby. But this is not the place to buy things after all, and while they looked at the woman, the two little monks hurriedly walked up to the middle-aged woman, as if to persuade her not to disturb the pilgrims, and the woman finally reluctantly left.

Chunxiao shook her head and sighed: "It seems that fate is still not enough." ”

He Linwan smiled and didn't care.

But they didn't expect that when they turned a corner, the woman with a bird cage appeared in front of them again, and while walking briskly, she looked back, and almost bumped into He Linwan, but was quickly blocked by Chunxiao's eyes.

The woman turned her head to look at He Linwan and his party, "ouch", and hurriedly apologized with a smile: "Noble girl, please forgive me, I was hiding from those nosy little monks, but I didn't expect to almost bump into you." ”

Chunxiao was happy when she saw the bird cage in her hand, and said to He Linwan: "Big girl, look, fate is here again." ”

The woman's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said flatteringly: "The noble girl is going to the release pond? ”

He Linwan glanced at the woman, and then at the big bird cage in her hand, there were about seven or eight birds in the bird cage, and the varieties were starling, cuckoo, thrush, and some common ones.

He Linwan bent down slightly, took out a handkerchief to wrap his index finger and teased the thrush standing by the cage.

When everyone saw her behaving like this, they only thought that she was disgusted with those birds and did not take it seriously.

He Linwan's fingers rubbed against the beak of the thrush, then lowered his eyes slightly and looked at his fingers, and was silent thoughtfully for a moment, and suddenly smiled at the woman: "These birds don't seem to have any spirits. ”

A layer of fine sweat appeared on the woman's forehead, and when she heard this, she wiped her head and face with her sleeve, and said with a smile: "I've been hungry all morning, and it's hot this day. ”

He Linwan smiled, pondered for a moment and said to Chunxiao: "Since that's the case, let's buy it." ”

When the woman heard this, she was overjoyed and thanked her repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, you must be rewarded for your kindness." ”

After receiving the silver money from Chunxiao's hand, the woman ran away with a smoke, and her legs and feet were very dexterous.

Chunxiao looked at the bird cage for a while, frowned, and said, "Girl, don't you say that I don't think it is a little wilting to look at these birds at this time, it can't be sick, right?"

He Linwan was stunned when he heard this, and said slowly: "It's not sick, but it's just that someone has drugged it." ”

"What!" Chunxiao was startled, and the bird cage in his hand almost fell off.