Chapter 42: Temple Prayer
After a few more days, the Lu family stayed as usual and came to Tangli Garden to ask for peace, pretending that nothing had happened, although the old lady did not pretend to them, the two of them could also say something flattering and obedient with a cheeky face.
Old Madam Bai gradually lost her anger, thinking that they finally knew how powerful they were, so she learned to be obedient and came to show her goodwill, and gradually her face softened a lot towards them.
It just so happened that everyone was there on this day, and even Bai Shizu, who had always been busy with official business, was rarely idle, and gathered in Tangli Garden, the old lady smiled, and she hadn't been together with the family for a long time.
Bai Gaoxuan and Bai Yunxi talked vigorously and held the old lady, which made her even more happy.
"Mother, Xi'er and Xuan'er are becoming more and more sensible now, knowing that Chenghuan is on his knees, making you happy, and I like it as a father!" Bai Shizu deliberately said this, wanting to make Old Lady Bai more merciful to the three of Lu's mother and son.
Old Madam Bai nodded and said, "Well, if it can be like this all the time, it would be great!"
Bai Muchen looked at Bai Gaoxuan and Bai Yunxi with envy, and then glanced at Bai Shizu, as if he desperately wanted Bai Shizu's attention, but from beginning to end, Bai Shizu only had Bai Gaoxuan and Bai Yunxi in his eyes.
"Grandmother, Xuan'er likes to eat grandmother's sour jujube cake the most, it's delicious!" Bai Gaoxuan swallowed another piece of sour jujube cake, and ate it with a small mouth.
Old Madam Bai looked at it and smiled: "You little gluttonous cat, eat slowly, where can anyone rob you?" If you like it, let someone wrap it up and bring some back later!"
Bai Gaoxuan said happily: "Thank you grandmother, grandmother loves Xuan'er the most, and Xuan'er also likes grandmother the most!"
The innocent fairy tale made Mrs. Bai laugh so much that she couldn't see her eyes for her teeth, and she liked this little grandson from the bottom of her heart.
Bai Muhibiscus looked at his younger brother, and then at Bai Gaoxuan, and felt a slight pain in his heart, although her younger brother was smart, he was not good at disguising himself, he was too straightforward, not like Bai Gaoxuan and Bai Yunxi.
She secretly patted Bai Muchen on the shoulder and smiled comfortingly at him, Bai Muchen's heart warmed, and suddenly the feeling of being ignored by his father was much better.
Bai Mujin nodded with a smile, then took Bai Muchen's hand, and said to Old Madam Bai with a smile: "Grandmother, Brother Chen'er has been out of luck recently, and he endorsed the book the day before yesterday, and he was praised by the master and rewarded him with a book of poems!"
When Mrs. Bai heard this, her face was happy, in the past, Bai Muchen was silent, and she didn't understand the rules, she naturally didn't like it in her heart, but these days, Bai Muchen has made her more and more impressed.
Old Madam Bai nodded happily and praised: "Well, Chen'er is really a good one, come to grandmother's side and tell me how the master praised you that day!"
Bai Muchen happily glanced at Bai Mujian, hurriedly ran to Mrs. Bai's side, and said obediently: "Grandmother, that's all trivial, it's not worth mentioning, Chen'er studies hard, and one day in the future he will take the top prize in the exam, and pay homage to the marquis, that is the real glory!"
"And, I'm really uninformed, I think that I can be named a marquis and worship the prime minister in the exam, it's really a fool's dream, hum!" Bai Gaoxuan was unhappy, he had always been unaccustomed to Bai Muchen's appearance, how good he was at reading?
Bai Muchen glanced at Old Madam Bai aggrievedly, lowered his head slightly, and stopped talking, Old Madam Bai was suddenly angry with Bai Gaoxuan, glared at him, and said: "Who allows you to have no rules in this class? Brother Chen is your eldest brother, he is good at studying, and he will have meritorious service in the future in the society, who said that you can't be a marquis and worship the prime minister? You fool with no eyes, you know to eat, drink and have fun, if the Bai family expects you, it is a fool's dream!"
Bai Muhibiscus looked at Bai Gaoxuan's stupid look of wanting to cry or not, and laughed in her heart, what a fool, Old Madam Bai was bent on letting the Bai family go further, who dared to say that her thoughts were foolish dreams, wouldn't that be a slap in the face?
Bai Gaoxuan clicked the golden beans and said with a flat mouth: "Grandmother, you murder me, you love me the most, how can you murder me! Xuan'er doesn't like grandmother anymore......"
After finishing speaking, he ran down and threw himself into Lu's arms for comfort, and when Lu and Bai Shizu heard this, they all shouted in their hearts.
Sure enough, Old Madam Bai's face became ugly, looking at Bai Gaoxuan's eyes were about to freeze, and she snorted coldly: "It's really my good grandson, I really love you in vain, what kind of person teaches what kind of child, what kind of person is out of the house, it's out of the house, and it's not bad for my Bai family!"
Lu was furious when he heard that Old Madam Bai was making a fuss about her background again, but he glanced at Bai Shizu with a grievance, and then said: "Mother, Xuan'er is still young and ignorant, don't be like him, if you are angry, you just sprinkle it on your daughter-in-law!"
It's okay not to say it, but when she said it, Old Madam Bai became even more angry, glared at her angrily and said, "What are you talking about, saying that I deliberately want to embarrass you?"
"Old lady, daughter-in-law doesn't mean this, don't get me wrong, the concubine knows that something happened a few days ago that made you unhappy with me, and the daughter-in-law is not an ignorant person, the elders are not happy, how can the junior be happy?
Lu's face was flattering, and he couldn't see that she was still holding back a fire just now, such a well-behaved and virtuous style made Bai Shizu feel moved when he saw it, his mother made it difficult for her like this, she could still swallow her anger and please her in every possible way, and she was really the woman he liked.
Old Madam Bai was slightly puzzled, this was not like the style of the Lu family, but when she heard her say this, she also felt that it made sense, so she exposed the anger just now, and said, "Okay, it's up to you, in a few days it will be the first day of the new year, and it is a good day to pray for blessings!"
"It's good that the old lady agrees, the daughter-in-law will definitely take care of it properly, and this time she will not disappoint the old lady!" Lu replied with a happy face.
Old Madam Bai nodded, and didn't speak again to make it difficult for her, in the end, her son was also there, and she was too shameless, so I was afraid that her son would be disgusted again.
Bai Muhibiscus frowned secretly, when did the Lu family become so virtuous and virtuous? She actually offered to pray for the old lady, she didn't know how much she hated the old lady in her heart, I'm afraid there was something wrong with this, right?
Thinking of Lu's low-key behavior these days, she had a faint uneasiness in her heart, but she couldn't grasp the point, she lowered her head and took a sip of tea, and said in her heart, maybe she was suspicious, maybe she really wanted to please Mrs. Bai.
Because Xiangguo Temple is outside the city and the road is far away, so on the 30th day, Mrs. Bai took a family of children and escorted to Xiangguo Temple by the family, planning to stay in the temple for one night, and incense on the second day.
Early in the morning, Mrs. Bai took Bai Hibiscus and Mu Xinping in a car, and Lu took Bai Yunxi in another car, talking and laughing along the way, and arrived at Xiangguo Temple after noon.
Xiangguo Temple is a temple dedicated to receiving the Buddha of these noble families, and there is a courtyard for pilgrims to live in, so it can be lived in smoothly without the slightest toss.
Everyone has a room for each person, and it is quiet without interfering with each other. The mandarin duck and the magpie helped Bai Hibiscus take care of the house, and put the utensils they brought, and Mama Rui carefully checked the situation in the room, and after there was nothing wrong, she let Bai Hibiscus live with peace of mind.
The old lady sent a message to say that they were resting in the yard, and there was no need to ask for peace, and she happened to be happy and quiet, and after some fasting, Bai Yunxi ran over excitedly and insisted on pulling her to the bamboo forest in the backyard to see the scenery.
Seeing that she was behaving like this, Bai Mujin had already figured it out in her heart, so she glanced at the mandarin duck, and then said, "Since my sister is so interested, then I will accompany you!"
Bai Yunxi pretended to be obedient and said: "Sister, I know that you are the best, you don't know, this Xiangguo Temple is beautiful behind, I promise you like it too!"
Bai Mujin smiled and said, "In that case, then I really want to see how beautiful the scenery there is!"
The mandarin duck just wanted to open her mouth to stop it, the second young lady's attitude is too affectionate today, there must be a demon when something goes wrong, she doesn't worry about what kind of bamboo forest the second miss will follow.
Bai Mujin glanced at her, and she stopped what came to her mouth, but she pulled the magpie and Mama Rui together uneasily, for fear that Bai Yunxi would deceive and hurt the eldest lady.
Bai Yunxi glanced at them secretly, and a subtle smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, which suddenly turned into an innocent smile, holding Bai Hibiscus's hand, extremely kind and cute.
Along the way, Bai Yunxi said good things to coax Bai Hibiscus, as if he liked and was close to this sister, but in Bai Hibiscus's eyes, he felt very funny.
I don't know what kind of good show Lu has prepared for herself, if she doesn't go, won't she live up to her calculations, just want to make herself suffer, I'm afraid it's not so easy.
The scenery of the bamboo forest is really good, the cool breeze is blowing, the bamboo fragrance is faint, it is refreshing, and the white hibiscus takes a deep breath and feels the gift of nature.
"Sister, let's go inside, the scenery over there is even more beautiful than here!" Bai Yunxi said, seemingly unwilling to stop there.
Bai Mujin frowned slightly, and was embarrassed: "This is not good, we are already far away from the temple, we have gone too far, if something goes wrong, it will not be good!"
Bai Yunxi was secretly annoyed by Bai Muhibiscus's caution, but he was unwilling to give up, and persuaded even harder: "What are you afraid of, this is Xiangguo Temple, how can there be bad people, besides, we are all five or six people together, why is my sister so timid?"
Bai Mu Hibiscus thought for a while before saying, "Okay, walk a little longer, this is indeed a rare and good place!"
Bai Yunxi was happy in her heart, and happily pulled Bai Hibiscus to continue walking, and said in her heart, I don't know what kind of show her mother has prepared to wait for Bai Hibiscus, but unfortunately her mother told her to leave quickly after bringing people here, otherwise she really wants to stay and watch the play.