Chapter 60: Incense
Shen Ruohua listened to Mama Xia's reply and smiled: "If she wants to wait, let her wait." www.biquge.info"Xue Wenhao has been entangled by Aunt Lian and Aunt Gui for the past two days, and he didn't even go out of the door.
She walked to the window and looked at the cloudy sky outside, it seemed that it was about to snow again, and she didn't know how long the delicate and weak Qi Niangzi could wait.
As she expected, Qi Niangzi who was waiting in the alley outside the Hou Mansion was so cold that she couldn't stand still, she stood on tiptoe and stretched her neck to look, there were a lot of people coming in and out of the side door, but there was no Xue Xing, and the side door was even more closed, and there was no movement at all. After standing for half an hour, a little snow had already fallen in the sky, and a little bit of snow particles seeped into her fresh and colorful dress, melting into a cloud of water vapor, freezing her body to the point that her body was wooden, and even the neatly combed bun on her head was knotted and stuck to her scalp, so she was not embarrassed.
She was aggrieved and sad, so she had to lower her head and turn around and walk towards the mouth of the alley. Obviously, she promised affectionately before, saying that she would take her to the mansion in the next two days, and said that she would make tea and discuss poetry with her, why did she turn her head and forget to clean it, but she couldn't even deliver the words when she came to the Hou Mansion, and Xue Xing couldn't even see the shadow, what happened to this? Could it be that Xue Sanye doesn't want to see her anymore?
As soon as this thought came out, Qi Niangzi's heart suddenly skipped a beat, her eyes were red, she didn't care about wiping the snow on her face, she was full of fear, she was so easy to look forward to having such a noble and talented person look at her differently, seeing that she was one step away from the rich Hou Mansion, how could she be blocked out of the door like this, how could she not be willing!
Thinking that if Xue Sanye really lost interest in her, she would have to go back to the Qi family in Yongyang Lane, wash clothes and sew to supplement the family in that noisy and crowded small mansion, and wait for Mrs. Qi to find her a shabby official and eunuch who is the right person to marry, and she will be deducted and searched for a lifetime, she is unspeakably uncomfortable! No, she can't see that she is going to live a good life, but she is kicked out, she has to think of a way to keep it all!
The weather has not yet cleared, but Shen Ruohua has already instructed people to prepare the carriage, and she wants to go to Lingquan Temple to offer incense. When she went out of the side door with Qingmei carrying a basket containing offerings, she happened to see Mrs. Xue taking Mama Chang into the carriage, and the girl was also carrying a basket with incense and offerings in her hands, and she was also going to offer incense.
Shen Ruohua smiled and stepped forward to greet Mrs. Xue: "Old lady is well, is this going to Mingguang Temple to offer incense?" ”
Old Madam Xue felt a pain in her chest when she saw her, ignored her, and helped Peony's hand to get into the carriage, Mama Chang squeezed out a smile and said to Shen Ruohua: "It's not fifteen, the old lady is going to Mingguang Temple to worship incense, where is the third lady going?" She circled around Shen Ruohua and Qingmei, and naturally saw the basket in Qingmei's hand.
Shen Ruohua glanced at the slightly swaying curtain in the carriage, Old Madam Xue was afraid that she was still listening in the carriage, otherwise she would not let Mama Chang greet her, she smiled and said: "It's also a coincidence, I also want to go to Shangxiang, just to Lingquan Temple, otherwise I can accompany the old lady to talk along the way to relieve boredom." ”
The corners of Mama Chang's mouth twitched slightly, and she struggled to maintain that smile, but she secretly slandered in her heart, and now no one in the Hou Mansion knew that the last thing the old lady wanted to see was the third lady, who had been so angry that she had a headache several times, where did she still want her to accompany her to talk. She couldn't say it, so she had to say, "That's really not a coincidence." ”
Old Madam Xue's cold voice came from the carriage: "Why don't you leave quickly, you can afford to blame the Bodhisattva?" Mama Chang got into the carriage busily.
Shen Ruohua retreated to the side with a smile, smiled and watched Mrs. Xue's carriage go out of the alley, and then took Qingmei into his carriage and went to Lingquan Temple in the south of the city.
In Mrs. Xue's carriage, Mama Chang gently pressed her temples for Mrs. Xue, who had an ugly face, and said in a low voice: "Old lady, the third lady is going to Lingquan Temple, don't you also want to ask for a son?" ”
Old Madam Xue sneered: "She has figured it out now, seeing that the aunt in the yard has a body, she is anxious to give birth to a son for the third child, but she doesn't want to think about what she has done before!" I still want to stay in the Hou Mansion and live a good life! ”
Mama Chang catered to: "It's not! But what should I do now? Is that just it? ”
Old Madam Xue frowned: "I have my own way to clean her up!" "But when I thought of Shen's illness, it was like hitting an evil spirit, not only was it no longer at the mercy of others, but also more and more scheming, I couldn't get rid of her a few times, and I couldn't come clearly, which was really nerve-wracking!
Lingquan Temple and Mingguang Temple are two ancient temples in Kyoto, but Mingguang Temple is more prestigious, and the incense is more vigorous, but Lingquan Temple is because of the worship of the Goddess of Mercy is extremely effective, most of the people who come to the incense are women, and most of them are asking for children. Shen Ruohua got out of the carriage, took Qingmei and a few mothers-in-law, and followed the women who entered the incense into the mountain gate.
Different from other temples, the most vigorous incense of Lingquan Temple is not the Daxiong Treasure Palace, but the Guanyin Palace, the temple ** enshrines a gilded bronze statue of Guanyin that is several zhang high, holding a net bottle of willow, the law is dignified and compassionate, and the pilgrims who come to the incense are devoutly worshiped under the bronze statue. Shen Ruohua also bowed to the bronze statue with incense, and sent the offerings he brought to the novice, and donated ten taels of sesame oil money, and then took the green plum out of the Guanyin Palace.
"Lady, are you going back?" Qingmei saw Shen Ruohua standing by the lotus pond in front of the hall and didn't leave, and asked.
Shen Ruohua shook his head: "Wait." Her eyes kept stopping in front of the Guanyin Temple, where pilgrims came and went, and it was very lively.
Among the women who pious into the incense and begging for children, a young woman with a big belly who walked carefully with a big belly and a girl was very attention-grabbing, she was dressed in simple clothes, but she could see that the clothes were good, her appearance was delicate, and her high bulging belly looked like she was almost full-term, but she also brought the girl to the incense in person, and even when she entered the Guanyin Temple, she had to help the girl to step in carefully.
Shen Ruohua watched her enter the Guanyin Hall all the way, frowned slightly, and walked over with Qingmei, she came for this woman this time.
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