Chapter 23: Apparitions
Zhou Huaiyu knew that Yan's belief in Buddhism, but she didn't know that Yan's not only believed, it had almost reached the point of superstition!
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When she was pregnant with her second child, one day she suddenly dreamed that her man and son suddenly left home to fight, and she was crying sadly, when a bald monk with a big belly passed by the door and told her not to worry.
After waking up from the dream, the Yan clan saw that it was now a peaceful and prosperous era, not to mention that Huaizhou, where they lived, had been rich for hundreds of years, gathering almost the entire southern rich merchants, and the war would not come here.
But unexpectedly, in the middle of the night two years later, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly broke into their village. Because in the dead of night, the cries of the first few families of the victims spread throughout the village in a blink of an eye.
Yan somehow suddenly remembered the dream she had two years ago, and before she could come back to her senses, she saw that her man had already picked up a hoe and went out. She sat down in the courtyard and tried to call him, but her voice was hoarse and she couldn't make a sound.
The fighting lasted for a short time, and then stopped, although the fire at the head of the village was still not extinguished, but no one was heard crying again, thinking that there should be no danger.
The door creaked open, and a bloody man entered, Yan swears, she even heard the sound of blood dripping down her clothes, and as soon as her eyes went dark, she passed out.
When she woke up again, she only saw a pair of sons at the head of her bed, and her own man was nowhere to be seen. She hurried to her feet, and as soon as she reached the door, she stopped.
In the courtyard, in front of her own man, who was kneeling with his back to her, stood two strangers, the younger one of them stood on the side, with his eyes, nose and mouth, how could he be so good-looking!
He suddenly turned his head and glanced at her. Yan only felt that his body was crisp, and he immediately stood unsteadily, leaning against the door frame.
But the man only glanced at her, then turned and walked out of the courtyard.
Yan was full of reluctance, so he had to look at it from afar, hoping that he would look back again.
The other big man in the courtyard was much more ordinary, he had a dark face, and said to his man: "We are leaving at noon today, if you want to follow, you must go to the village before noon to report." The eldest husband protects the family and defends the country, and his ambitions are in all directions. The general also saw that you were very brave when you killed the enemy last night, so you don't want to live up to the general's wishes!"
The man of his own family only got up from the ground at this time, turned around and saw that she was awake, and said, "I have something to say to you." ”
In a few words, he made it clear, which meant that he was going to join the army, and let her take care of her two sons at home, waiting for him to return from the war.
Yan remembered the dream again, and the man who made her tremble just now by looking at her, and she nodded.
That's nearly ten years.
If it weren't for the things he occasionally asked someone to bring home, she would almost have thought that her man had died outside.
But fortunately, when she arrived, when her man stepped into the house, he was already followed by several soldiers, and opened his mouth to say that she should pack up her things and enter Beijing with the whole family.
Yan was stupid immediately, he didn't have time to catch up with his own man, he cleaned up a lot of pots and pans, and finally his own man was angry when he came back, only picked up some changes of clothes, wrapped a package, and pulled her into the car.
She was distressed to death, but immediately, fifty taels of white and fat silver fell into her arms, as well as her own man with a smile on the car.
Yan seems to feel that he should be like the one sung in the play, his husband will return to his hometown with honor, and he will be rich and glorious from then on.
Since then, she has been extremely fond of Buddhism.
Since her husband left, although she would also go to the temple to worship during the New Year's holidays, she was all trying to have peace of mind, but from this moment on, she decided that in the future, no matter what she does, she must first listen to the meaning of the Buddha!
After so many years, the Buddha never gave her a dream again, who expected, today finally appeared again.
Yan didn't have the slightest doubt, why? Because even if Zhou Huaiyu was just the daughter of a merchant, she was her Yan family's own granddaughter.
She really has a relationship with the Buddha!
Yan seemed to be looking at his granddaughter for the first time.
At this time, Zhou Huaiyu was also crying, and looked at Yan without missing a trace.
On the inverted triangular eyes, the thin eyebrows are painted in thick black, the cheekbones are protruding, and the face is unnaturally red, as if the rouge has been applied too much.
A strange face, as if the old bacon had been forcibly ironed by an iron, had clearly been devastated by wind and frost, shriveled and withered, and was smeared with a layer of bright oil, ripped out the folds, and pretended to be fresh.
Zhou Huaiyu howled again and looked away.
"Shut up!" Yan said coldly.
Zhou Huaiyu obediently closed his mouth.
"What you said is true?"
Zhou Huaiyu's eyebrows moved. Yan didn't immediately scold her for being so troublesome, but asked if her words were true, it seems that she doesn't care about what she said.
Suddenly, Zhou Huaiyu had three points of confidence in his plan.
"Grandmother, what Yu'er said is true!"
"Hmph, eldest sister, don't you deliberately deceive your grandmother with these vain, do you dare to swear?" Zhou Yunru, who was standing behind, suddenly spoke out with disdain on her face.
She didn't believe in these things the most, because she begged the Buddha thousands of times, so that she could get millions of fortunes overnight, but could the Buddha have a manifestation?
Zhou Huaiyu immediately said, "I swear!" and raised three fingers.
I swear that if I panic, I will immediately lose as much weight as Zhou Yunru!
Seeing Zhou Huaiyu swearing, everyone's faces changed slightly, and even Zhou Yunru's face showed sneer, after all, Zhou Huaiyu swore an oath, is there any fake?
It's just that no one knows that the oath that Zhou Huaiyu made in his heart was not the oath they thought it was at all.
Yan Shi also believed it completely at this time, and immediately said: "You go back first, and I will ask someone to call you over at the evening, and you can tell me in detail." With that, he turned and went into the house.
When she turned around, Zhou Huaiyu saw Zhou Hanzhu look at her, that look, with scrutiny, her eyes were cold.
Zhou Huaiyu was shocked in his heart, and intuitively felt that his fifth sister was not a good stubble.
Her gaze swept over the other girls, who were also looking at her with mockery and contempt. This is especially true of the one in the Dingguo Mansion.
A group of people entered the house, and an older maid came and asked her to leave.
As soon as Zhou Huaiyu turned around, she saw Su Shi who came in a hurry, and a group of people behind her, and Zhang's mother was also among them.
Su swept his eyes and found that the maids and servants of all sizes in the courtyard were standing under the porch, and when they saw her coming, they hurriedly turned around and entered the house.
Su Shi looked at Zhou Huaiyu with a cruel look in his eyes: "Yu'er, why are you so disobedient, come to disturb the old lady's tranquility, and don't leave with your mother quickly." As she spoke, Mother Zhang and another sturdy woman behind her walked towards Zhou Huaiyu.