Chapter 6 Reading
At the front of the convoy, in the wide Nanmu Qingyou car, Mrs. Li was half lying in the wide carriage with a hint of tiredness on her face, and Grandma Sun was kneeling respectfully in front of the carriage, and was whispering:
“…… I inquired a lot of people, and the people who could think of it went to inquire, saying that from the beginning of moving to the temple, I would go to the Jizo Temple every morning and evening to worship, rain or shine, and never fell for a day, and I followed the altar to see it last night, although it can't be more simple, but there should be, and the etiquette is also comprehensive. The hall was full of coffins, strange and seeping, it was fine on a sunny day, but it was a rainy day on a cloudy day......"
There was a hint of admiration in Mama Sun's voice,
"It's really not easy for Miss Cousin to stay a day, it can be seen that she is a filial piety."
Old Madam Li listened carefully, nodded slowly and sighed,
"That girl is only six years old, it is extremely rare to be able to do this, it can be seen that her nature is affectionate and benevolent, so it's good."
Mama Sun looked at Mrs. Li with some puzzlement, Mrs. Li thought about it for a while, looked at Mama Sun with sad eyes, and said in a low voice:
"The master of idealism has a noble identity and is a ...... Tired of the world, I actually kept this girl and recited the Heart Sutra for a day, this girl must have something unusual, and there may be any creation in the future, and it is so affectionate and benevolent, the ancient family...... may have a glimmer of hope......"
Old Madam Li's voice was low, almost inaudible, and Grandma Sun's tears welled up, and she hurriedly pressed it back with a handkerchief, and said with a smile:
"Look at what the ancestor said, the eldest young master is so smart, in a few years, our ancient family will not be able to produce a champion again, that is the real scenery!"
Old Madam Li looked out of the window with sad and resentful eyes, and only after a long time did she let out a long sigh, turned her head to look at Grandma Sun, opened her mouth, swallowed the words back to her mouth, and said with a wry smile:
"Although Xiao Er is not stupid, he is compared to his father...... It's not smart, alas, it's good, it's good, Xiao Er is honest by nature, and he can keep it, so it's the best! Hui is extremely vulnerable, stupid is better ......"
Old Madam Li sighed sadly.
The group only stopped for half an hour in a small tea shed at noon, ate some dry food, rested for a while, and then went on the road, so as to arrive at the booked inn early to rest.
When Shen Zheng, the sun was still hanging high on his head, and the Gu family and his party lived in the inn, the inn was not big, Steward Zhou simply chartered the entire inn, and the shopkeeper and the men were busy, settled the vehicles and horses, and boiled large barrels of hot water and sent them in.
The girls and mothers-in-law were busy, waiting for the masters to wash and change their clothes.
At the end of winter, she waited for Li Xiaonuan to take a bath and change into clean clothes, Wei Mama carried Li Xiaonuan to the bed and twisted her hair with a cotton handkerchief.
At the end of winter, he quickly dried his hair, raised his hands to tie his hair in a bun, and said with a smile:
"Mama just rest, and later, I'll wait for the girl to go down to dinner."
Mama Wei looked at the end of winter with grateful eyes, and said with a smile:
"It's hard work at the end of winter, these two days, our girl thanks to you for taking care of you."
At the end of winter, he looked at Mama Wei and said with a bright smile:
"Look at what Mama said, since the ancestor pointed me out to the girl, I am the girl's girl at the end of winter, if I don't care about it, I should fight!"
Mama Wei was stunned, hesitated and was about to speak, Li Xiaonuan pulled Mama Wei's sleeve, raised her arm, and said with a smile:
"Mama look, this dress was rushed out by my sister at the end of winter last night, Mama look at this needle angle, I look as good as Mama did!"
Mama Wei tugged at Li Xiaonuan's placket and sleeves, looked at it carefully, and nodded with a smile,
"This needle angle is quite fine, and the needle and thread of the girl at the end of winter have also been learned five or six."
At the end of winter, she looked at Mama Wei with an unconvinced face, Li Xiaonuan looked at Mama Wei with a smile, put her hand into Mama Wei's sleeve, touched a very small half-used purse, held it in her palm and handed it over,
"This is made by Mama, at the end of winter, sister will see if it looks good."
At the end of winter, he took half a step forward, took the purse, turned it over, looked at it carefully for a while, handed the purse back, bent his knees at Mama Wei, and said with a smile:
"It's rude at the end of winter, Mama's needlework, I'm afraid that the best embroidery girl in the house can't catch up, in the future, please give more guidance to Mama at the end of winter."
Mama Wei took the purse and said with a smile:
"At the end of winter, which needle does the girl like, just say, Mama teaches everything she knows!"
Li Xiaonuan looked at the two with a smile, and while she was talking, there was a few gentle knocks at the door, and a little girl reported in a crisp voice:
"Miss Cousin, the ancestors have passed on dinner."
At the end of winter, he hurriedly half-squatted to put on Li Xiaonuan's shoes, half-helped and half-hugged her out of bed, and said with a smile:
"Mama just go to the backyard to eat, girl, I'm waiting for you here."
Mama Wei hesitated slightly, Li Xiaonuan raised her head to look at her, and said with a smile:
"At the end of winter, my sister mentions everything, and my mother can rest assured."
Mama Wei smiled and nodded, and at the end of winter, she took Li Xiaonuan by the hand, hurriedly walked out of the door, and went downstairs to the lobby.
In the lobby, Mrs. Zhou was watching people set up dinner, saw Li Xiaonuan coming down, beckoned, and called her over, Li Xiaonuan walked to Mrs. Zhou's side with a smile on her face, bent her knees and blessed, please An, Mrs. Zhou stretched out her hand and pulled Li Xiaonuan, looked at her with a smile and was about to speak, there was a sound of light footsteps on the stairs, Mrs. Zhou hurriedly let go of Li Xiaonuan, turned around and looked at the stairs.
Four or five girls were hugging Gu Yunshan and Gu Yunhuan sisters and walking down, and Gu Xiao took Old Madam Li and followed behind.
Li Xiaonuan hurriedly followed Mrs. Zhou, walked to the staircase, bent her knees and greeted Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Li beckoned Li Xiaonuan over, looked up and down with a smile, nodded with satisfaction, turned her head to look at a pretty girl beside her and said:
"Xiao Nuan's clothes and hair buns are good, it can be seen that the end of winter is doing well, I am right to look at her."
The girl said with a smile in her eyes:
"Look at what the ancestor said, when did the ancestor miss someone?!"
Mrs. Li laughed, stretched out her hand to lead Li Xiaonuan, and walked towards the middle of the lobby, while gently asking her, "Are you tired on the road?" "Did you fall asleep for a while?"
In a few words, he had already arrived at the table in the middle of the lobby, Mrs. Li sat in the middle, turned her head to look at Mrs. Zhou, pointed to her left-hand side, and commanded with a smile:
"When you go out, don't pay attention to it so much, you just sit here and eat together, Xiao Er sits here, Xiao Nuan sits next to Xiao Er."
Gu Yunshan and Gu Yunhuan sat next to Mrs. Zhou, the girl-in-law served the meal, everyone ate quietly, the girl-in-law cleaned up, waited for everyone to rinse their mouths, and served tea.
Old Madam Li took two sips of tea, put down the cup, stretched out her hand to caress Gu Xiao's head and face, and said with a smile:
"Xiao Er will follow the master to study later, and she must use more heart to understand the truth in the book thoroughly."
Gu Xiao nodded solemnly,
"Ancestor, rest assured, Xiao Er will study hard."
Li Xiaonuan looked at Gu Xiao with envy in his eyes, book! This is what she has dreamed of for more than half a year! In this world, she didn't know anything about what it was like, the only two books in her and Mama Wei's luggage were thousand-character texts and hundred-family names, and she knew all the words on them, but in the two thin books, there was hardly any useful information!
In this world, books are extremely expensive, she and Mama Wei can't afford a single book, and she hasn't seen any other books in the gospel temple except for a few Sanskrit scriptures in the abbot's room that she can't understand.
Old Madam Li looked at Li Xiaonuan, who was full of longing, and asked with a smile:
"Does Xiao Nuan also want to study with his master?"
Li Xiaonuan was stunned, nodded hurriedly, looked at Gu Xiao hesitantly, shook his head again, thought about it, nodded again, Gu Yunshan laughed,
"Sister Xiao Nuan, do you miss this, or do you miss it?"
Mrs. Zhou and Gu Yunhuan looked at Li Xiaonuan and laughed along, Gu Xiao turned his head, looked at Li Xiaonuan and said seriously:
"Sister Xiao Nuan, the master's teaching is very difficult, you are too young, you must not understand!"
Li Xiaonuan lowered her eyes, did not answer, only raised her head, and looked at Mrs. Li with longing eyes, Mrs. Li looked at Li Xiaonuan carefully, and said with a smile:
"The girl's family reads some books and understands some sage truths, which is also wanted, Xiao Nuan will follow Brother Gu Xiao to listen to the master's lectures, how much can you understand."
Li Xiaonuan's eyes lit up, his face was full of joy and he nodded hurriedly, Gu Xiao looked at Li Xiaonuan who seemed to be glowing with some dazzle.