Chapter 118: Zhaohua Temple
When Zhuang Ruolan got the news, her face was displeased, and she waved her hand to let the mother-in-law who came to report the news go back.
Caiyi was a little weird: "This even the house is bullying." "It's obviously said that it's a person, and now it's a person, what's the matter.
Ruolan sighed slightly: "Yueyao is really not easy, and fortunately she is a smart person who can cope with it, otherwise she would really have to swallow the bones." "It's always involuntary to send people under the fence. Children without fathers and mothers have a hard time.
Caiyi couldn't figure it out: "Why do you have to follow your cousin to the mountain?" Young lady, did you say that it was instructed by Mrs. Lianjia? The cousin girl has no father and no mother, why is the eldest lady of the family doing this? "It is said that the eldest lady of Lianfu is a philanthropist, but now it seems that this philanthropic person is just a hypocrisy.
Ruolan shook her head, "I also wonder why the eldest lady did such a desperate thing, even Yueyao had to send someone to monitor the Buddha when she went to the mountain to eat fasting." Is there something scheming about this kid? "What is the eldest lady of the family trying to plot against Yueyao, even Yueyao has to send someone by her side when she goes out. Mo Shi stared at Yue Yao like this, just for the past grievances really didn't make sense.
Ruolan had a flash of inspiration, and remembered that Lian Dongbo had served as a salt patrol in Jiangnan, and that position was one of the best in the world, and he was not a henchman of the Son of Heaven who was not competent. Could it be that Yue Yao has a large amount of money in her hands, if it is really as she thinks, it is normal for Mo to focus on Yue Yao.
People die for wealth, and birds die for food. I think that there were many people in the Guogong Mansion who beat her idea, and even used some unpopular methods, in addition to being for her high-ranking father, half of it was also for her generous dowry. Fortunately, my grandmother really loved her, and when she saw that she was unwilling and didn't force it, she didn't really marry into the Guogong Mansion.
Caiyi was a little strange: "Even if you are trying to make money, even the eldest lady of the mansion should not tarnish the reputation of the cousin!" "For Caiyun, who has experienced a hundred battles, there is a good chance that Lian Fu can spread those rumors is the laissez-faire of his family. It's strange to tarnish your reputation for the sake of money.
Ruolan smiled: "Do you think that the cousin girl has such a large amount of money in her hands and will be willing to give it to Mrs. Lianfu?" If he was defenseless, he was naturally coaxed by the eldest lady of the Lian family to hand over the money, but this child was very guarded, how could the eldest lady of the Lian family get her wish. As for fame, this is also the child's stupid trick. "She has seen Yueyao twice, this child is of high character and doesn't care much about money. But such a person has a habit of cleanliness, you don't want anything, she is willing to give it to you; If you want to calculate her and use her, she would rather lose her money than give you a son. Even if the eldest lady of the mansion really has such a plan, she will definitely not get a penny.
Caiyi shook her head: "The cousin girl is very smart, not the kind that can make people easily calculate." It's just that it's a little immature in the end. "I've been in contact twice with this kid who is very smart and can learn everything, where is such a person easy to bluff. It's not inferior to its own girls, but there is no smart person to teach by the side. Her master had a seasoned housekeeper mother by her side, and she only had a draw with Bao. Yue Yao didn't have any help in Lianfu.
Ruolan nodded her head: "The cousin girl is pampered, in such a situation, both parents have gone and have not collapsed, and it is very rare to be able to take on the responsibility of raising her younger brother." If no one teaches, the means are naturally immature, and they will slowly be mellow. "No one is born sleek and resourceful, they are all trained step by step.
Due to the full moon, the departure time was an hour later than scheduled. Yueying only brought two close-fitting maids this time, Cai Lan and Cai Qing, and did not bring her mother.
After Yueying got into the carriage, she whispered to Yueyao, who had a calm face: "Third sister, I know I'm embarrassed for you, but I really can't let it go." My grandmother has given me dreams, and if I don't go, I will be restless for the rest of my life. ”
Yueyao is really tired, at this point, there is no need to say such things to her again, is it all on the carriage Will she still regret it now: "Since it is my grandmother's dream, how can I stop it." No matter what Yueying said, she wouldn't believe it, whether she was dreaming or being threatened, she didn't have the time to tell her too much.
Yueying saw that Yueyao didn't seem to want to talk to her deeply, her face was indifferent, and she was also very aggrieved in her heart. She really dreamed that her grandmother asked her to go with Yueyao, otherwise she wouldn't go.
Hua Bud muttered in her heart, this eldest lady deliberately let the eldest girl ride in a carriage with her own girl to make people uncomfortable.
When the carriage came to the market, Yueyao lifted the curtain and looked out, and then said to the flower bud: "Go outside and buy high points and vegetables." ”
The flower buds went down to buy a bunch of cabbage. Of course, they are all vegetarian dishes, I didn't buy meat, and I bought a lot of pastries and snacks.
Yue Yao took a blue and white porcelain bowl from the food box and selected a few pastries to put in the porcelain bowl. Then let the buds wrap up the rest and prepare to take them to the mountains to eat.
Yueying watched Yueyao's movements: "The third sister likes to eat these things very much. ”
Yue Yao smiled: "It's okay." ”
At noon, the coachman saw a spring beside the road, so he stopped in the shade next to it, and everyone began to have lunch.
All the people brought were dry food, and they had to eat it if they had water, otherwise it would be easy to choke. Yue Yao instructed Hua Bud to bring out the vegetables she had bought before for everyone to use.
Everyone nibbles on the hard nest steamed buns, and they still enjoy the vegetables. Everyone praised the three girls for their generosity.
Yueying looked at the side of the noodles and praised Yueyao, her eyes were complicated, she felt that the third sister was better than her.
Yueyao's lunch had been prepared for a long time. I ordered the cook last night. Originally, I was going to eat with the two Yahuan and my mother, but now I took it out and used it with Yueying.
Yueying blushed a little, she didn't bring anything but clothes and some daily necessities. I didn't even think about having to eat at noon. In the past, Mo's went to the mountains with him, and Mo's took care of everything properly, but now he knows that there are so many things to do when he goes out.
The two finished their meal, and the rest of the meal was a few rings. But what was supposed to be a meal for four people has now become seven people, which is enough.
Hao's mother didn't eat with them, but took a nest to eat. The flower buds had long anticipated this situation, so they ate quickly. Qiaolan was okay, she didn't have buds so impatient, and in the end, the four maids were not full.
Yue Yao glanced at the two maid rings, and Cai Qing looked more docile, but Cai Lan's eyes were too lively. But it's not her own maid ring, and Yueyao doesn't have the heart to care about these things.
Halfway through, the flower bud touched her stomach, and she was hungry. Yue Yao smiled and said, "When you're hungry, use pastries to pad your stomach." ”
Hua Bud now understands why her master wants her to buy pastries, and the emotional girl has expected that they will not have enough to eat.
Yueying obviously thought of this problem too, and her face turned a little red.
Yueyao thought that walking on the mountain road would be more bumpy, but she didn't expect that after walking for a while, Lu was still very smooth, and it was not bumpy at all.
Yueyao lifted the curtain and looked outside, the road was flat. Yue Yao smiled and said that she was stupid. Zhaohua Temple is a royal temple, the nobles of the palace often have to go to Zhaohua Temple to worship the Buddha, if the road is bumpy to the nobles who can not afford it. It is normal for the road to be good, but it is not normal for the road to be bad.
This can't blame Yueyao for her shallow knowledge, in her previous life, she only went to Hualin Temple to offer incense, and never went to Zhaohua Temple. The threshold of Zhaohua Temple is relatively high, and the cost of incense to Zhaohua Temple is several times that of going to Hualin Temple.
The steward said to Yueyao and Yueying, "Girl, get out of the car." ”
Yue Yao got out of the carriage, and when they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they did not get off the carriage at the entrance of the main hall. Yueyao looked up, ** the mountains are undulating, and the mountains and rivers are beautiful.
The location of Zhaohua Temple is very good, sitting in the north and facing south against the Jewel Peak, surrounded by nine tall peaks in the shape of a horseshoe, as if under the support of nine giant dragons.
Zhaohua Temple also has a long history, which can be traced back to the Jin Dynasty from the annals and later carried forward in the Tang Dynasty. It has gone through several dynasties of expansion and innovation. Therefore, Zhaohua Temple is very large, with four hectares of land inside the temple and 20 hectares outside the temple, plus the surrounding forests and mountain farms, the total area is more than 100 hectares.
The whole Zhaohua Temple is a central axis running through the middle, the left and right sides are basically symmetrical, so that the whole building appears to be regular, strict, the main and secondary are clear, and the level is clear. Its architectural forms include halls, halls, pavilions, Zhai, Xuan, pavilions, floors, altars, etc., which are diverse.
Yue Yao was not a distinguished guest, and did not enter the main hall, but entered the temple directly through the side door. A little novice waited at the entrance, and saw Yueyao and his party verify their identities and lead them the way.
There is a short road from the entrance to the small courtyard, there is no carriage and sedan chair to sit in the temple, in order to show respect for the Buddha and the Bodhisattva, you have to walk on foot, no matter how far you have to walk.
Yueyao has walked a long way in Lianfumei and Japan, and practiced five poultry operas every day, and her health is very good. Even if the mountain road is rugged and the road is full of sand and gravel, she can bear it. But the moon did not make it, and the soft embroidered shoes stepped on the large and small stones, which was very painful.
Yueyao didn't care about Yueying, who was in pain, and she enjoyed the scenery as she walked. The whole temple building of Zhaohua Temple is cleverly laid out according to the topography, scattered, and more famous flowers are dotted in the meantime, and the environment is extremely beautiful. Even if you don't enter the temple, you can see the ancient trees rushing into the sky from the temple. According to historical data, Zhaohua Temple stupas are lined up, and the halls are majestic. When you have the opportunity, Yueyao is sure to visit this ancient temple.
Yue Yao couldn't help but smile when she looked at the beautiful environment, it was really worth it to ask her uncle to come to Zhaohua Temple this time.
Yueying touched her sore legs, and her legs were about to break if she walked any further. At this time, looking at Yueyao, who was not red and out of breath, she was only ashamed, not to mention anything else, she couldn't compare to walking. There is no way, Yueying can only let Cai Lan and Cai Qing come over to help. It's a pity that Cai Lan and Cai Qing are tired of walking by themselves, and then helping Yueying, walking is better than that of a snail.
After walking for a while, Yueying couldn't help but ask, "Little Master, how long will it take to arrive?" "She really couldn't hold on anymore, and her leg broke if she walked again.
Xiao Shami knew that women were very delicate, and he felt normal when he saw Yueying. Little Shami said good-naturedly, "It's coming soon." "Actually, if you go fast, you can get there in a quarter and a half minutes. In this situation, it may not be possible to reach it in three moments.
After Xiao Shami, she glanced at Yue Yao, she didn't slow down after walking so far, and her face was not red or panting, this girl was really rare.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, she finally arrived before Moonrise ran out of patience and was about to faint.
Yue Yao looked at the door number written on the twelfth, and couldn't help but shake her head, even the Guogong Mansion was lined up to the twelfth, and there were many dignitaries and nobles in the capital!
The small courtyard is made of blue bricks and tiles, very quaint colors, and the walls are still a little old. Yue Yao knew that these courtyards had a history of more than thirty years. Without the approval of the temple, the temple cannot be moved, and at most it will be renovated, and it will be renovated without destroying the existing structure, which is very troublesome.
The people followed the little novice into the courtyard.
The yard is very small, only one-fifth the size of the courtyard of Lanxi Courtyard, and a large Bodhi tree is planted in the yard, and a carved stone table and chair is placed under the Bodhi tree, and nothing else. But the yard was clean, and there was not a single leaf on the ground.
The temple is mostly planted with Bodhi, and Yueyao doesn't think it's rare. And the courtyard is the same as what Yueyao knew before, with two main rooms and four wings.
Yueyao doesn't plan to live in the main house, even if people from the Guogong Mansion rarely come to live in the main house, Yueyao said to Yueying: "Eldest sister, you live on the left, I live on the right!" "There is a saying that the left is the second to the right, and Yueyao, as a younger sister, naturally wants to live on the right.
Yueying didn't refuse, and took the two maids into the house. The house was very clean and could be said to be spotless. But Yueying was stunned when she looked at the layout of the room.
The bed was very small, much smaller than the bed that Yueying slept in Lianfu, and the bed was covered with straw mats. Anyway, you have to spread cotton wool! There was a small wardrobe next to the bed, and in the middle of the room was a sour wood table, on which were placed oil lamps and teacups, and there were two chairs beside them, all of which looked very old.
Yueying felt that the things in the house were too basic. This is completely different from going to the house in Hualinsi: this is a royal temple, how can it be so bitter.
Yueying didn't know that the place where she went to Hualin Temple to rest was temporary, and the arrangement was naturally better. The small courtyard here was originally intended to be repaired by people, but what happened in the previous dynasty, where would the Guogong Mansion be luxuriously arranged.
Cai Lan is also dumbfounded, there is nothing, thousands of times worse than where she lives. Cai Qing frowned and said, "The temple is a place for Qing cultivation, and the layout is natural and simple. ”
Picking blue pouts.
Yue Yao looked at this simple house, and felt a sense of familiarity that she had not seen for a long time. In fact, this is not bad, there is nothing else in the real Qing Xiu place room except the bed and the table and chairs for copying Buddhist scriptures. Well, there are also futons for chanting. Now it is very nice to have a bed, a table and a wardrobe.
Mother Hao looked at the simple room, turned her head to look at Yue Yao, and saw Yue Yao's indifferent expression, and felt a little strange in her heart at the moment. The third girl is too calm, this calmness seems to have gone through ups and downs. Thinking of this, Hao's mother didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Hua Bud was dumbfounded when she looked at this simple house: "Girl, how do you put these books and grooming things?" "No bookcases, no dressers, nothing. I don't know where to put the things I brought.
Yue Yao smiled and said, "Go and move the table in the next room and put the dresser on that table." She asked the table to practice writing and copying scriptures, and they didn't need the buds, so they could just move them over and use them as dressers.
When Hua Bud heard this, she called Qiao Lan to the next room and moved the table. Fortunately, the two rooms are relatively spacious, and they are connected to each other, and they can be separated by the door.
Yueyao placed the original table in the room under the window, and the table that had been moved in was placed next to the bed, against the wall.
Hao's mother saw the room outside from the inner house, and said to Yueyao: "Girl, this yard is clean and clean, it should be two days before someone came to clean it." "The cleaning is very serious, otherwise it wouldn't be so clean.
Yueyao chuckled: "It should be someone from the Guogong Mansion who came to clean it." "There are so many people in the Guogong Mansion, and it is not difficult to send a few servants to clean up, but it saves them a lot of trouble."
Hua Bud was very worried when she saw it: "It's okay now, when the housekeeper sends the things, where will the winter clothes be put when the time comes." This wardrobe is so small, where can I fit so many clothes. ”
Yue Yao smiled lightly: "If you can't put it down, put it on the bed, isn't the bed big?" ”
Hua Bud listened to Yueyao's words, and then looked at the bed that slept two people reluctantly, speechless, this bed is also called big, and I don't know what is going on with the girl's eyes.
Hua Bud thought that the other two rooms were also theirs, and if there was no big girl to put a lever horizontally, there would be no place to worry about things. The big girl is really in a hurry to annoy people. However, after reading the lesson last time, Hua Bud only slandered one or two in his heart.
Yueyao asked Hao's mother, "Is that little novice gone?" If he didn't leave, Mom invited him in, and I asked him something. ”
The little novice is not very old, about seven or eight years old. Looking at him, he thought of Tingzheng, both of them were about the same age.
The little novice was very disciplined, and asked after facing the Yueyao Amitabha, "What does this girl ask the little monk about?" ”
Yue Yao looked at this serious little novice and felt very cute: "Little Master, monks should call women female benefactors, not girls. ”
Little Shami didn't expect to be teased by a little girl, and his face turned red at the moment. The little novice folded his hands again and asked, "Amitabha, may I ask the female benefactor what to ask the little monk?" ”
Xiao Shami's appearance provoked the flower buds and Qiao Lan on one side couldn't help laughing. This little monk is quite funny.
Seeing that Xiao Shami had some brains, Yue Yao asked with a smile, "I want to ask you what time you have morning class?" "Yueyao used to do morning classes at six o'clock in the morning.
The little novice replied: "Back to the female benefactor, it starts at two o'clock in the morning and ends at the end of the morning. "The morning class is to get up in the morning to read the scriptures, and it is usually led by the monks.
Yue Yao chuckled, "Can I do morning class with you?" ”
It was obviously the first time that Xiao Shami had encountered such a thing, so he lowered his head and thought carefully for a moment before shaking his head, "I don't know, I have to ask Master before I can answer you." "If a monk doesn't speak, if he doesn't know, he doesn't know, and he can't deceive people.
Yueyao knew the rules and didn't embarrass Xiao Shami: "Then you go and ask your master, if you can, I want to do morning classes with you; If it doesn't work, I want to go to the Scripture Pavilion to borrow the scriptures and copy them. Please also ask the little master to help me relay it. ”
Xiao Shami was very surprised: "Okay, I'll ask Master when I go back." ”
When he went out, the flower bud stuffed two mud date cakes for the little novice, and the little novice said no. In the past, there were also people who gave rewards, but they were all gold and silver, and not only were the things confiscated, but they were also reprimanded by the master, so he didn't accept these things anymore.
Hua Bud smiled: "This is the snack that our girl bought on the road, it is delicious." I saw the little novice shaking his head and saying with a smile: "Don't worry, this is vegetarian, and you won't break the precepts if you eat it." ”
Xiao Shami listened to the vegetarian sound, and then he took it awkwardly. When no one was around, I secretly took a bite, it was very fragrant, soft and sweet, and the rest of the piece was stuffed into my sleeve and walked away.
Yueying was tired enough, and sat down to rest for a while before relieving herself.
At this time, Park of Lianfu moved from Jiangxi to the courtyard. There are a lot of things, not only futons, but also pots and pans, rice noodle oil, salt and vinegar, etc., but there are not many rice noodles, oil, salt and vinegar, and I only brought a few days' portions.
Hao's mother instructed everyone to take the firewood and put it away. Wait for the things to be put away according to Hao's mother's request. Hao's mother finished counting and talked to Yueyao for a long time.
Yue Yao made a list, this list was something other than daily use: "These things will be sent when you come back again." ”
The buds were all placed in the two rooms, and then looked at the opposite room: "Why are you silent, what are you doing?" "Yueying is the master, it should have a good rest, but Cai Qing and Cai Lan are also nested in the house and can't come out to help, and the buds are a little strange.
It's okay to tidy up your house, but you shouldn't come over to help with cleaning up the kitchen or anything. Of course, there will be no need for a list, but Qiaolan is worried that Cai Lan and Cai Qing will not do anything in the future, and if they want to do it, it will be troublesome. It is natural to serve the girl, but she is not willing to serve Cai Lan and Cai Qing.
Qiao Lan is worried about this, also because she knows more about Cai Lan. is very good-mouthed, and his ability to sow discord is not small, but he is not a diligent person who can endure hardships.