Chapter 115: Pepper

What does it mean to be unspeakably expensive? That is to say, her daughter will either marry into the mansion of a high gate or marry a high-ranking official in the future! Her daughter has such a good life, so shouldn't she, as a mother, enjoy happiness with her in the future?

Ye Hexiang Meizizi thought about it farther and farther, this reunion dinner was pleasing to everyone's eyes, and she didn't notice the depression of other people at all.

After the reunion dinner, Ye Hexiang said that she wanted to do needlework, put the chopsticks and went to the room. Zhang Xing and Fu Xianglian cleaned up together. While Zhang Xing was busy, she was talking to Fu Xianglian about Fu Xianglian's return to Zhanghe Town in the second year of junior high school.

This year's annual schedule is not as good as in previous years, the harvest in the field is not satisfactory, the fish in the pond overflow again during the flood season in May, and most of the fry in the pond have run away. So there aren't many fish in the fish pond this year. Wei Minwen is almost used when he gets married. Some of the surplus money from the previous years was handed over to Wei Minwu, and others were held for happy events.

So the Wei family is now an empty shelf, and there is no surplus at all.

Zhang Xing didn't have any money on hand, and when Wei Minwu left, the money on her head was almost used. On the other side of the Li Dahe River in Lijiazhuang, because of the low terrain of Lizhuang Village, Quantang Town, during the flood season in May this year, the fields and houses were flooded a lot. Although Li Dahe's house was not flooded, most of the ground on his hands was flooded. After paying the taxes, it was difficult for Li Dahe's family of three to eat enough.

Zhang Jinbao's land is in Li Dahe's hands, if his family wants to go out to beg for food, Zhang Jinbao's land will not be able to find people for a while. If they are not planted, maybe Li Zhuang Village will hit them again.

Zhang Xing thought about it, and still lent the only money he had on hand to his family to buy grain for the New Year and buy seeds for the New Year next year.

Although the Wei family has no money on hand. But Fu Xianglian can't be allowed to go back empty-handed. Fu Xianglian originally planned to take out some of her dowry and change her hand in exchange for some gifts. Only Wei Minwen should not. Zhang Xing happened to listen to the beginning and the end. I also felt that I couldn't touch Fu Xianglian's dowry. As soon as the three of them were combined, they simply brought some pickled fish and bacon at home with the Fu family. The etiquette is indeed shallow, but Uncle Fu is not ignorant of the situation of the Wei family, and he will not dislike it if he wants to.

Zhang Xing and Fu Xianglian put away the dishes and chopsticks, and took some of the pickled fish and bacon hanging at home and wrapped them up.

Fu Xianglian suddenly asked, "Xing'er, have you ever been to Guangji Temple?"

"Guangji Temple?" Zhang Xing shook his head and said, "Is it Guangji Temple in Tong County?" ”

Tong County is still a little past Yu County, more than a little far from Zhanghe Town. Zhang Xing heard Aunt He say that the most famous thing in Natong County is Guangji Temple, which is about ten miles outside Tongxian County, where incense is the most prosperous. Many women in Zhanghe Town go to worship every year.

Aunt He is also very respectful.

Her eldest daughter Wei Xianger has been married for more than two years, and she has not been pregnant, because she is not less disliked by her in-laws. Aunt He heard about the Bodhisattva Spirit of Guangji Temple, so she took her daughter and ran there once, and it turned out that year.

When Zhang Xing heard this, she felt a chill in her heart, and thought of some allusions that she had heard before-it also said that a housewife was infertile after being married for a few years, and she went to a temple to ask for incense and worship the Buddha, and it didn't take long for her to have it. The temple grew more and more famous. Later, it was revealed. It turned out that the monk of the temple had a ghost. Charm the adulterer with incense. If it happens to be infertile, the man has a problem, won't this incense burn the effect?

It's just that she doesn't dare to tell anyone about it. Wei Xiang'er's son and his father seem to come out of the same mold, and it is not a monk who thinks of coming to this Guangji Ling, but a bodhisattva.

"On the fifteenth, will you go back to Buhe Village with your mother? Let's go to Guangji Temple together, shall we?" Fu Xianglian said

Zhang Xing was stunned, and her eyes subconsciously looked at Fu Xianglian's stomach.

Fu Xianglian's face turned red all of a sudden, and she glanced at Zhang Xing lightly. Said: "Where do you want to go? I want to ask Min Wu for peace." ”

Zhang Xing understood, nodded and said, "Okay." I'll go with you. ”

"Then let's go a day earlier, shall we?" Fu Xianglian said again.

Zhanghe Town is a little far away from Guangji Temple, and Aunt He took Wei Xiang'er to go that time. I set off early in the morning and arrived in the afternoon, and I stayed in the temple for one night and returned the next day.

"Go early, what if there are many pilgrims in the temple and the house is full?" Zhang Xing said.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the time when the incense in the temple is the most prosperous, this Guangji Temple is so famous, maybe the side room for pilgrims to stay is full, and it may be.

Fu Xianglian thought about it and agreed to go early in the morning on the 15th.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Xing took Zhang Jinbao back to Lizhuang Village as usual, and the next day Fu Xianglian and Wei Minwen went to Zhanghe Town. Ye Hexiang asked Zhang Xing to return to Buhe Village together. Zhang Xing did not agree. was so angry that Ye Hexiang couldn't help but scold her again.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month arrived in a blink of an eye, Zhang Xing and Fu Xianglian got up early in the morning, and Wei Minwen drove a carriage to Guangji Temple in Tongxian County. When they arrived, the sun was rising. Guangji Temple is located on the mountainside, although the mountains in the area of Yuxian and Tongxian are not high, but when they climb the mountain, they are still tired and out of breath - it is not difficult to walk on the mountain road, there are too many people.

Zhang Xing couldn't help but regret it, she knew that Lu Dao was like this, they should have set off a day earlier, Guangji Temple may have no place to live, but they can live in Yu County, and then set off from Yu County early in the morning, isn't it early in the morning when they arrive here? You can also live at the foot of the mountain. That's closer.

It's just that they really don't know the truth about Lu Dao, and Aunt He took her youngest daughter Wei Yun'er back to her parents' house.

But it was useless to regret it, so they had to slowly enter the temple with the flow of people.

Wei Minwen saw that it was not early, and they probably couldn't go back, so he said to Zhang Xing Fu Xianglian, he first went to the foot of the mountain to see if there was a place to live, and when he found a place to live, he would come to pick up Zhang Xing Fu Xianglian.

Zhang Xing and Fu Xianglian finally entered the temple, and both of them came to Guangji Temple for the first time, and they didn't know much about the way here. Seeing that there are many temples scattered in the temple, and I don't live in which one is safe, I think it's not easy to come here, so I simply go to each hall, burn more incense, and kowtow more.

This Guangji Temple is indeed very big, Zhang Xing and the others walked seven or eight halls, worshiped more than a dozen Bodhisattvas, and they were all tired. Looking at the palace in front of her, Fu Xianglian said, "Xing'er, let's sit down and go over again." ”

Zhang Xing also felt tired, and the two of them found a quiet place to sit down on the stone pier.

After the day entered the first month, there was another snowfall, but it was not big, and it melted on the second day on the road, and there were only some fields that were inaccessible. Guangji Temple is in the mountains, and there is still some snow on the eaves that has not melted.

And they were all sweating, and they felt very cold after just sitting for a while.

Zhang Xing still felt thirsty, and looked at the courtyard on the other side of the path, and there were women in and out of it. She stood up and said to Fu Xianglian, "Sister-in-law, I'll go over there to ask for a bowl of water." ”

Fu Xianglian also stood up, "I'll go with you, I'm also thirsty." ”

The two men walked into the courtyard holding hands, and there was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl who was collecting her clothes, and when she saw them coming in, she hurriedly shouted, "Hey, hey, why are you trespassing? ”

Zhang Xing and Fu Xianglian looked at each other, it seemed that this was not a place for pilgrims to live.

Zhang Xing said with a smile: "Excuse me, we are pilgrims who enter the incense and want to ask my sister for a bowl of water to drink." ”

The girl has a goose egg face, fair skin, a pair of eyes that are slightly raised, and there is a natural charm between the expectations. She frowned and looked Zhang Xing Fu Xianglian up and down, stretched her neck and shouted, "Little pepper, little pepper." ”

but no one was because of her.

The girl frowned in displeasure and muttered, "Where did you run away again?" As he spoke, he said to Zhang Xing, "Wait a minute." ”

Zhang Xing pulled Fu Xianglian to stand at the door. Fu Xianglian asked, "Why are there female guests living in this temple?"

She didn't know the way, and Zhang Xing didn't know the way. Aunt He brought Wei Xiang'er to live in the temple that time, she said that she lived in the temple, and now she wants to come, Xu is to live in the courtyard of the monks at the foot of the mountain for female guests to stay, and the people who clean up and cook food are all female monks who are dedicated to the Buddha and have not yet been shaved.

"Hey, is there a nunnery near this Guangji?" Zhang Xing asked in a low voice. Since there are female laymen waiting to be shaved, there are nunnery in the vicinity.

Fu Xianglian shook her head, "I haven't heard of it." ”

While the two men were talking, the girl came out with a bowl of water. Zhang Xing and Fu Xianglian drank one after another, thanked them, and happened to have two girls coming in together. The four almost collided head-on.

One of the two girls was a little older, about seventeen or eighteen years old, looked at Zhang Xing Fu Xianglian and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

The girl who brought the water and Zhang Xing and they drank replied, "Oh, they are here to ask for water." ”

Zhang Xing also nodded hurriedly.

The girl was obviously the eldest of the men, and she glanced at the girl who was delivering the water, and avoided her body. Zhang Xing hurriedly pulled Fu Xianglian out of the door.

Fu Xianglian turned around and whispered: "These must be the girls of some big family, look at the style." ”

Zhang Xing hadn't seen any young ladies from big families, and she didn't know what was different about what Fu Xianglian said, so she only smiled and didn't speak again.

Fu Xianglian said again: "Xing'er, have you seen that little girl who just entered the door has been staring at you?" ”

The two girls who entered the door were one older and one younger, the older one was the one who asked them, and the younger one was about eleven or twelve years old, and she was very good-looking, especially the dark eyes.

Zhang Xing glanced at her, only remembering these.

"Really?" Zhang Xing touched his face and said, "Xu thinks I'm born well, look dumb." ”

Fu Xianglian snorted, twisted Zhang Xing and said, "I've never seen anyone more cheeky than you." ”

Zhang Xing dodged and booed, and said in a low voice: "You are not allowed to laugh here." ”

Although Fu Xianglian still wanted to laugh, she also knew that Zhang Xing was reasonable, shook her head, and ignored her anymore.

They returned to the place where they were sitting, and before they could sit down, a monk came over, bowed with their palms together, and said, "Two donors, you can't see here, please forgive me." (To be continued......)