CHAPTER XLIV

It is useless to say more about the matter at this point, because when she replied to the letter, Su Yan did not mention the matter of Erzhuang's joining the army, but only went through the trivial daily life after leaving Hufeng Village in great detail like a letter.

Now that she knew that she was in a worrying state recently, Su Yan naturally couldn't let herself go on like this anymore, so Liuying was pleasantly surprised to find that after reading the letter, her girl actually walked out of a state where she couldn't do anything.

The person who wrote to her girl is a good person!

She decided to pray to the Buddha every day for the next few days, and may the Buddha bless the person who wrote the letter with peace and success!

***

The days passed by in a flash, Su Yan has lived in the temple for a full month, this month in addition to reading medical books, she also borrowed a lot of scriptures from Master Wen and copied them every day, and took Liuying to go around the mountain in her spare time, and occasionally couldn't bear Liuying's plea and took her to the market under the mountain to play for half a day.

"How is it tofu ...... again?"

Liuying happily took the food box sent by Xiao Shami, opened it, looked at it, her expression suddenly wilted, and she muttered depressedly: "Girl, we have all eaten tofu for five days!" ”

Su Yan and her put the dishes in the food box on the table, and said with a smile: "Aren't you doing it in a different way?" ”

Liuying's chin rested on the edge of the table and said weakly: "Yes, change the pattern, Da Qian'er is shallots tofu, Qian'er is cabbage stewed tofu, yesterday is green vegetable tofu, and today I changed to vermicelli tofu......"

Liuying wailed, "Does the new fire-headed monk in the temple like to eat tofu so much!" ”

Su Yan picked up the bamboo chopsticks, sandwiched a piece of tofu and put it in the Liuying bowl, and said, "Eat it, this new little master's skills are still good." ”

"Uh-huh......" Liuying pouted, picked up the chopsticks and had a little bit of rice.

Even if the craftsmanship is good, you can't see the sky to eat tofu for people!

After fasting, Su Yan looked out the window and said to Liuying, who was still resentful, "Do you want to eat something delicious?" ”

Liuying's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help nodding, "I want to!" I'm going crazy to think about it! ”

Su Yan nodded her forehead and said with a smile: "Find a basket, I'll take you to find something delicious." ”

But all temples are indispensable to plant some lotus, in front of the Tianwang Hall of Foguang Temple, the lotus pond deliberately dug a hundred years ago occupies most of the open space in front of the hall, the white jade carving column is delicate and elegant, and the water ripples ripple with silver light.

Su Yan was not going here, she took Liuying to bypass the Daxiong Treasure Hall and go to the Hidden Scripture Pavilion.

Most of the pilgrims who come to Foguang Temple to incense stop at the Daxiong Treasure Hall, this Tibetan Scripture Pavilion is only the monks in the temple will set foot in, it is that few people know that there is a lotus pond hidden behind the Foguang Temple's Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, Su Yan also discovered this place by chance.

The sky in late autumn is high and far away, the snow-white clouds are scattered like silk, if there is no gathering and scattering, behind the inaccessible scripture pavilion under the blue sky, a small lotus pond is quietly placed, the lotus leaves in the pond are mottled and yellow, and there is no beautiful scenery of the lotus leaves in the middle of summer, but Su Yan didn't care, and approached the lotus pond with the dead branches and fallen leaves all over the ground, and found the wooden bridge hidden under the dry leaves of the pond at a glance.

Liuying cautiously stepped on the wooden bridge, her face full of novelty, "Girl, how did you know that there is a wooden bridge in this pool?" ”

Su Yan pointed to the lotus pod in the pool and said: "When I came a few days ago, there were still many lotus pods, but today there are many less, I think someone picked them, but now this pool is only full of sludge, and the wooden boat must not work, if someone steps into the sludge to pick lotus pods, but it is not right, you see, there is no mud mark in the pool, so I guessed that there should be some mystery in this pool, so I looked for it under the lotus leaf, and sure enough, I found this wooden bridge." ”

Liuying nodded thoughtfully, and said crisply: "The girl is so good!" ”

Su Yan pursed her lips and smiled, leaned over to brush open the lotus leaf, cut off a lotus pod, and handed it to Liuying.

The lotus pod was black and black, wilting into a ball, and Liu Ying took the lotus pod and looked at it with disgust, and muttered: "Why is this lotus pod so ugly!" ”

"Don't look at it ugly, this kind of lotus pod is really sweet! Keep it so that you want to eat it again! Su Yan's hands kept moving.

Liuying was suspicious and followed behind Su Yan, looking at the black lotus canopy in the basket.

Because it was only herself and Liuying, but they just tasted it, Su Yan didn't pick much, and only picked five or six before giving up.

The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the ancient trees around her are towering, Su Yan is not in a hurry to go back, she spreads out the handkerchief and spreads it on the steps by the pool, pulls Liu Ying to sit down, and deftly peels off a lotus canopy, the round and white lotus seeds fall all over the palm, Su Yan picks up one and hands it to Liu Ying's mouth.

Liuying looked at Su Yan, gritted her teeth and took the lotus seeds in her mouth into her mouth, chewed them twice, her eyes were wide open, her eyes were bright, and she was surprised: "It's really delicious!" ”

Su Yan glanced at her, lifted the basket to Liuying's body, relaxed her body and leaned against the white jade carving fence by the pool, squinting her eyes lazily and leisurely looking at the clouds in the sky, and also chewed a lotus seed.

Liuying tasted the sweetness of lotus seeds, and no longer thought that the lotus pod was ugly and black, and peeled off the lotus pod neatly.

The master and servant sat by the pool and ate the lotus canopy, and the breeze blew the fallen leaves, so uncomfortable.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps came from far and near, and Su Yan paused to put lotus seeds in her mouth, and turned her head to look at the source of the sound.

I saw a woman in her early forties wearing a garnet red ten brocade makeup gowns, an indigo flower dress, and a bamboo basket on her arm looking like she was in her early forties.

Su Yan thought for a moment, got up and bowed to the woman, smiled kindly, and then pulled Liuying away.

Su Yan didn't see it, the woman's expression was stunned when she saw her, looking at her back, her eyes showing a little trance.

***

After eating tofu for five or six days in a row, she suddenly ate fragrant and sweet lotus seeds, and Liuying almost immediately fell in love with this taste, not to mention that the lotus seed porridge that Su Yan borrowed from the kitchen in the temple was really soft and glutinous and sweet, which made Liuyingji hang this taste, but Su Yan only picked five or six lotus pods, and the lotus seed porridge was exhausted after boiling once.

Fortunately, after that day, the temple finally changed the ingredients, and it was no longer the way to eat tofu three times a day, and it also made Liuying quiet for two days.

At noon this day, Su Yan woke up from a nap and saw Liuying lying on the table with a sad expression, she came to Liuying with soft satin embroidered shoes and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Seeing that she woke up, Liuying's expression perked, and her eyes looked at her brightly, "Girl, let's go pick lotus flowers again!" ”

also said what happened to her, it turned out that she remembered the lotus seeds again, Su Yan said with a smile: "There are only many lotus pods in the pool, I'm afraid it has been picked up in the past few days, you, don't think about it." ”

She thought for a moment and said, "Or, let's go to the bazaar at the bottom of the mountain tomorrow to see if there are any lotus pods for sale?" ”

Liuying pouted: "The bottom of the mountain is definitely not as delicious as the back of the Scripture Pavilion." He smacked his lips very childishly, as if he was reminiscing about the taste.

"Ahh Suddenly, Liuying seemed to think of something, slapped her face hard, and said with an annoyed expression: "Girl, the maid is gluttonous, you don't have to deal with it, it is already too much to let the girl's daughter cook for the maid before, and now you shouldn't control the girl!" ”

Saying that, she looked panicked and wanted to kneel, Su Yan hurriedly supported her, "I'm not a daughter, and I have never regarded you as a maid, besides, I like your unconcealed temperament, what to say, what to think is on your face, and I won't put it in my heart." ”

Having said that, Liu Ying still reminded herself in her heart that the prince bought her to let her serve the girl, not to let the girl accommodate her! This will never be the case again!

Su Yan thought for a while and said, "After all, there is nothing to do today, let's go to the Scripture Pavilion again?" ”

Liuying waved her hand again and again, "No, no, girl, you don't have to accommodate me, actually...... In fact, lotus seeds are not so delicious. ”

Su Yan, who looked at it with a wrong mouth, couldn't help but smile, pointed to the bamboo basket on the wooden table on the side and said, "I want to eat, you go with me, it's okay!" ”

In the end, Liu Ying still followed Su Yan, but when she arrived at the pool, Su Yan was a little surprised.

When that day came, there were not many lotus beds in the pool, and I thought that the woman would be gone after two days, but today it seems that the woman should come every other day.

Just as she was thinking about it, Su Yan heard a voice behind her, "The girl came to pick lotus pods again?" ”