A donkey cart, the donkey was very thin, the carriage was very rough, the wheels of the car were difficult to walk on the loess road, the axles made an unpleasant creaking sound, almost creaking all the way.

In this way, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, I don't know how many days I rushed, and finally saw a tower in the distance on this day.

"Could it be the legendary Tower of Forgetfulness?" The donkey cart was dilapidated, and the curtain was not even hung, and Qiao's mother sat on a wooden bench in the carriage, hugging Fu'er in her arms while looking along the way. When she finally saw a tower, she was overjoyed, and the excitement on her face was indescribable.

The coachman also looked up at the distance, and his thick black face showed a trace of tiredness, "Sister-in-law, you have to give me processing money, this way to stop and stop, keep inquiring, it took a lot of time, and turned a lot of detours, and it has long exceeded the originally agreed distance." You see that my axle is about to break, and my donkey is tired. You said that all the old and young in my family left behind and ran out to earn your money, and now our Lingzhou Mansion is in chaos, how much risk do I have to take when I go out this time!"

Qiao's mother immediately interrupted him: "Okay, okay, just add it to you!" As long as you can see our little grandmother, don't say just add a few wages, as long as she is happy, maybe you will be rewarded with a tael of silver." I heard that she made a lot of money along the way, and the accompanying Uncle Zhong, the coachman and a few little girls all took advantage of it!"

The coachman couldn't help laughing: "Along the way, I heard you talking about your little grandmother, your little grandmother, what kind of person is she, how capable is she, is it the lady from a high-ranking family? Or the daughter of an official eunuch? Or the lady who was rewarded by the imperial court?"

Qiao's mother pouted, "It's nothing." She doesn't care about these vain things, she is real, as long as we poor people are in difficulty, she will definitely help, and she doesn't need any reward - my Fu'er is what she saved, if it weren't for her, where would our mother and son still have the life to live in this world. ”

The coachman still couldn't understand it, but he had seen the ugly child in the arms of the woman who hired him for the donkey cart, and it was so ugly that it made people feel frightened when they met it for the first time.

Qiao's mother still didn't believe the driver's tone, she didn't bother to explain to him, the good of the little grandmother can only be understood by those who have personally received her help.

Now that the target was at hand, the rest of the journey became easy, and the donkey cart purred and ran away, and it didn't take much effort to reach the foot of the Mother's Tower.

A courtyard, a door, encloses the White Pagoda in it.

Qiao's mother knocked on the door.

After a long time, the door slowly opened, and a veiled face poked out of the door, "Who are you looking for?"

"Our little grandmother, dumb aunt, Liu Wan-"

"Mama Qiao?" exclaimed the veiled girl, and at the same time lifted the veil and grabbed Mama Qiao's hand tightly with both hands.

Qiao's mother was also very excited: "It's you? Why are you here? By the way, yes, look at my memory, didn't you all go together when I went out? Fourth Aunt is so good? How is the little grandmother? I can be regarded as looking for you!"

The noise at the door came into the house, and the fourth aunt heard Lan Sui's cry of joy and knew that it was the old man who came, so she slowly walked out.

Qiao's mother was first surprised, and what came in front of her was a middle-aged nun with a bare head, wearing a gray robe, and holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hand.

Qiao's mother looked at the nun for a long time, and exclaimed, "Fourth aunt, what are you?"

The fourth aunt on the opposite side had a low voice: "Amitabha Buddha - poor nuns are hardworking, I don't know what the third aunt is too fourth aunt, there is only hard work here." ”

Qiao's mother couldn't help but burst into tears in her eyes, and she couldn't help crying for a sudden upheaval-the fourth aunt was a fairy-like figure in the eyes of the subordinates of Liufu, and a lowly servant woman like Qiao's mother rarely saw one in three hundred and sixty-five days a year. I can't imagine that she has lost her hair and become a nun here, and she is still dressed like this, how can people not feel sad?

Lan Sui hurriedly covered her face with a veil, and folded her hands together as she learned to work hard, "Mother Qiao, our master and servant have long been monks. There is no room for you to stay here, so please go. ”

Qiao's mother was anxious: "I came to find the little grandmother, something big happened in the house, the eldest lady's child had a miscarriage, the eldest lady was grief-stricken, saying that the third aunt had secretly harmed her child, and she couldn't tolerate the child in the third aunt's belly, and now the third aunt is too dangerous, she secretly sent me out to find the little grandmother and ask for help." Miss Lan Rui said, the old man has no time to take care of this matter, and only when the little grandmother goes back to the third aunt and the mother and son can they live. ”

Upon hearing this, Lan Sui's face changed.

But the fourth aunt didn't seem to be moved at all, and her face was still very cold: "The person you are looking for has already left here, and it is said that you will pass through Liangzhou, Lingyi, and then return to Lingzhou." As for where we are now, we monks don't care about your worldly affairs. Donor, please go back, don't disturb our cultivation. After finishing speaking, he actually motioned to Lan Sui to close the door.

When Qiao's mother looked at this posture, she remembered the bumps and hardships she had experienced along the way, and she was frightened, she couldn't imagine that she had finally run here, and the person she was looking for was not there, and she suddenly had no idea, even if she went back to the house now, the eldest lady would definitely not be able to let her mother and son go. I couldn't help but hug Fu'er and cry.

But the bitter fourth aunt really no longer had the slightest mercy, and with a bang, the door slammed shut.

Qiao's mother looked at the cold door, her heart was desperate, and her eyes were black for a while.

The driver knew what was going on at a glance, jumped into the car himself, and was about to leave. As for the processing money, he didn't mention it, but he had already got his due share.

Qiao's mother chased after her and moved to the side of the car, "Please take us back again - I will add money, and the salary for going back will be increased by another hundred yuan." I'll give it to you right away—" said as he unwrapped his baggage and really pulled out the money.

The coachman picked up the unfortunate mother and son again, squeaked all the way back along the road they had come.

Behind her, inside the wooden door, Lan Sui actually didn't leave, she kept secretly looking outside through the crack in the door, she was deeply uneasy, and looked at Zhang's tentatively: "Master, it's not easy for Qiao's mother - this mountain is high and the water is far away-"

Zhang's face finally faded away from the coldness that he pretended, and sighed: "If you don't drive it away neatly, her mother-in-law doesn't know how much time it will take--I have already told her the route of the dumb aunt, and Qiao's mother should chase along the road, only in this way can there be a glimmer of hope-as for whether the third aunt's mother and son have the possibility of survival, I can only ask the Buddha to bless it-"

It turned out that the fourth aunt was too cold-mouthed and not cold-hearted, but she was still soft-hearted, Lan Sui couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the master and apprentice went back to continue meditating and chanting.

The donkey cart walked out of Shanmaozi, and on the street of Liangyan, the coachman looked at a fork in the road and hesitated, "Go back to Lingzhou along the same road?"

Qiao's mother looked resolute: "No, go to Liangzhou Mansion! If I don't find her, what's the use of me going back? My mother and son don't have the courage to go back." ”

The donkey cart turned a corner and rushed in the direction of Liangzhou.