Mama Feng sighed first, and then said: "August 19 is my aunt's ten-year sacrifice day, and in the past, there was a small Buddha hall in our house, and the girls went quietly to put on a stick of incense. When I came here this year, there was naturally no place to worship in the house, so it was better to tell my aunt and grandmother that we would go to the nunnery outside to live for a few days. ”

"Oh!" Yao Yanyu secretly said How did I forget this! Ten years of sacrifice, I finally made up a whole number, as a daughter, to go to the nunnery to copy scriptures, chant and pray for blessings, at least half a month, right?

Early the next morning, Yao Yanyu found an opportunity to meet Yao Fengge and told her thoughts.

Yao Fengge pondered for a long time after hearing this.

Yao Yanyu's mother was originally a distant niece of the old lady of the Yao family, the Song family's mother's family, and as for the niece Yao Fengge, who was separated by several generations of the same clan, she couldn't say clearly, but she only knew that after the Wang family gave birth to her second son Yao Yanyi, the confinement was not very good, and she was sick. The old lady took the lead and brought the Song family into Yao's house with a small sedan chair and made Yao Yuanzhi a concubine.

After the Song family entered the door, they naturally couldn't meddle in the affairs of the house, and only helped the housewife take care of the trivial affairs of the girls and servants in the backyard, and was responsible for taking care of the old lady. But after entering the door, there was no news from the stomach for several years.

Later, Wang suddenly became pregnant again and gave birth to her daughter Yao Fengge, and after giving birth, the doctor said that it was impossible to get pregnant again.

The main room can't have children, and the Yao family wants to give Yao Yuanzhi a concubine if he wants to be prosperous, anyway, the Wang family has two sons-in-law and a daughter-in-law, and his status is already very stable, so he doesn't care about these. Then another concubine, Tian Shi, entered the door.

It is also strange to say that after Tian entered the door, Song became pregnant and gave birth to Yao Yanyu. But after all, it hurts the body to give birth, and then I am also sick, and I often take medicine. Then Yao Yanyu died when she was six years old. The old lady asked someone to bury her, and bought a cemetery to bury her alone.

Therefore, Yao Yanyu will give a stick of incense to the Song family in the small Buddha hall at home every year on the day of the Song family's sacrifice, and the old lady Song will ask someone to send some fresh fruits over, and the Wang family will not say much.

Yao Fengge knew these things very well, so it was difficult for her to refuse Yao Yanyu's proposal. After all, she is the mother of her life, and her identity is not very lowly, and she is still related to the old lady. Even if you don't look at others, you have to look at the old lady's face.

So Yao Fengge pondered for a long time and finally nodded: "Your heart will definitely be grateful to my aunt in the spirit of heaven." But you said that a month was too long to stay in the nunnery. In the future, the weather is getting colder and colder day by day, and if you get cold outside, your body will suffer, and in my opinion, it will be enough to live for 12 days. ”

Yao Yanyu only asked to go out and speak, so she hurriedly agreed: "Yes, I listen to my sister." ”

"Is the nunnery ......" Yao Fengge thought about it from his heart, the general nunnery is definitely not good, Yao Yanyu is now a guest of the Dinghou Mansion, in case something happens, he and the face of the Dinghou Mansion are not good-looking, so he said: "The three miles south of the Dabei Temple in the west of the city is the Cixin Nunnery, this nunnery is the same as the Dabei Temple, the environment is quiet, the houses are many, it is convenient for you to take the girls and mothers-in-law to live, and I also know the host Jingfang Shitai, you go there to chant for your aunt." ”

Yao Yanyu suppressed the joy in her heart and thanked her calmly, Yao Fengge called the two mothers-in-law over again, and ordered the two of them to follow the second girl, and asked Coral to seal forty taels of silver and said that it was for the sesame oil money in the Cixin Nunnery, and asked someone to find four pure face silk and say that they would cut the monk's robes for the masters in the nunnery.

Yao Yanyu went back to Mama Feng packed up all the things she had with her, loaded two big carts full, and got up early the next morning to go to Mrs. Lu's room with this Yao Fengge, no matter what, she always had to say hello to Mrs. Lu when she went out for more than ten days.

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she smiled slightly: "You kid is a kind and benevolent person, so you can go, no better than at home outside, don't be greedy for cold in the morning and evening, pay attention to your body." ”

Yao Yanyu hurriedly got up and agreed, and then saluted Mrs. Lu and came out of the rear, got into the carriage directly outside the hanging flower gate of the inner house, and went to the west of the city.

"Ahh It's finally out! Yao Yanyu sat in the carriage and stretched her arms, took a deep breath, and felt that even the air was much fresher.

"It's only been ten days, and I'm still coming back." Cui Wei chuckled and reminded, "I really don't know what the girl thinks, she likes the days in the mountains and forests so much?" The nunnery is full of vegetarian food, and the girl doesn't know the taste of meat for twelve days, and she doesn't know if she can get used to it? ”

"If you can live with peace of mind, it doesn't matter if you don't eat meat in this life! What's more, with your girl and me, do you want to eat? I'm afraid you'll get tired of eating meat. "Besides, as long as I can come out, I have the ability not to go back, who said it's only twelve days? Yao Yanyu smiled with crooked eyebrows and sly eyes, and judged the second girl Yao in the Hou Mansion with a gentle temperament.

"Isn't it? Girl. Cui Ping's eyes widened, "It's a place to worship the Buddha, even if we just borrow it, we can't open meat on other people's territory, right?" The host will kick us out. ”

"Who said to open meat in the nunnery?" Yao Yanyu chuckled and snorted, "Why are you so pedantic at such a young age? Let's go to the mountains and forests to get game, roast and eat, can the master of the nunnery manage it? ”

"......" Cui Ping glanced at Cui Wei, thinking to herself, didn't the girl say that she went to the nunnery to chant and worship the dead Aunt Song?

Although it is a hermitage, it is larger than a small temple in terms of size. The three halls before and after, the golden body of the Buddha, the golden body of the Bodhisattva, and the golden body of the Arhat in the hall are extremely majestic.

Although Yao Yanyu is a medical student and believes in science, this crossing makes her dare not disrespect the gods. So after entering the door, he first cleaned his hands and paid homage to the Buddha.

After the incense was finished, Yao Fengge asked the two mothers-in-law to donate silver and cloth. Mrs. Jingyun, who was in charge of the belongings of the Cixin Nunnery, asked someone to store the things in the storeroom, and then invited Yao Yanyu to go to the quiet room next to him for tea. Yao Yan's language was clear, and he also offered forty taels of silver with candle fire money.

Cixin Nunnery is a place where the wives and grandmothers of the powerful families in the capital often come to make good connections, so the houses are repaired every year, and the small courtyards are very clean and quiet.

Mrs. Jingyun arranged for Yao Yanyu to arrange a small courtyard in a row of houses on the west side of the main hall, and a cluster of purple bamboos was planted in the courtyard, which was named Bamboo Heart Courtyard. There are more than a dozen houses in the main house and side rooms in the courtyard, which are clean and elegant. The mountain breeze blows, the green bamboo in the courtyard sways, and the end is the dragon chanting thinly, and the phoenix tail is forested.

Mama Feng led people to bring in Yao Yanyu's bedding, clothes, toiletries and other four boxes of things, Cuiwei and Cuiping were busy going in and out, Yao Yanyu drank tea with Jingyun and Jing'an, and they had already cleaned up the house.

On August 19, Mama Feng neatly arranged the tablets of the Song family and the incense burner offerings in the ear room of the small courtyard. Yao Yanyu changed into plain clothes, came over to offer incense and prayed, sat down on the couch next to her, and copied the scriptures for a whole day.

Early in the morning of the 20th, Yao Yanyu still came over here to offer incense, sat quietly for a while, and then asked Cuiwei to bring the prepared haode cloth shirt. Cuiwei glanced back at the two mothers-in-law sent by Yao Fengge in the courtyard, and quietly persuaded: "Girl, why don't you endure it for another day?" ”

Yao Yanyu chuckled: "This house has a back door, let's go out quietly, what are you afraid of?" ”

Cuiwei had to quietly go back to the room to get her clothes, and served Yao Yanyu to change into a plain satin dress, put on a blue-gray coarse cloth dress, and quietly went out through the back door.