"The third uncle must have something in his heart." Shen Rouning comforted.

Shen Roubing nodded, thinking that she actually talked about marriage with a cousin who was only more than ten years old, and after coming back to her senses, she was extremely embarrassed, and immediately changed the topic, and asked with some curiosity: "How did the fourth aunt know about Lanruo Temple?" ”

"My mother is from Beijing." Shen Rouning pursed her lips and squinted her eyes, and said, "Father is now bent on being able to be named on the gold list and go to see his Lord Taishan in a beautiful way!" ”

"Ahh That's ......" Shen Roubing said enviously: "The relationship between the fourth uncle and the fourth aunt is really good. ”

But the fourth aunt is too ......

Shen Roubing suddenly remembered that Mrs. Shen Si didn't treat her husband and daughter very well, and the words "the relationship is really good" sounded a little harsh, she turned her head, and said, "That Ning'er, what clothes are you going to wear to go out?" I've heard that it's colder in the mountains, so you have to bring your coat and ......."

The two sisters talked about traveling.

When Shen Rouning came back from Shen Roubing, she happened to meet Mrs. Shen San who was walking with her little daughter in her arms, pointing to the honeysuckle flowers on the side of the road and smiling and saying to the little baby. The child, who was less than 100 days old, was tightly wrapped and held in his arms, and his face could not be seen.

"Third aunt...... Shen Rouning stepped forward to salute, glanced at the baby curiously, and said with a smile: "The baby looks so good...... It's really rare to look more like the third uncle. The third aunt is really blessed. ”

The baby is less than 100 days old and has not yet been named.

Mrs. Shen San smiled, stretched out her hand and gently poked the little baby's face, and said, "Her brothers and sisters are not very similar to your third uncle...... This little girl, isn't she just taking advantage of her life and winning her father's favor? ”

"Your third uncle has never hugged Qing'er and them...... Now as soon as I come back, I always hug this little girl for a while, and I haven't seen such a love for my daughter. ”

"Ah, the third uncle would really hold such a young child?" Shen Rouning's eyes widened, revealing surprise.

"It's not ......"

Mrs. Shen San's smile was not clear, and she said a lot of things to Shen Rouning. asked Shen Rouning what to do with Shen Roubing, asked about the preparations for going to Shangxiang, and also mentioned Chen Houji, and asked about the situation at that time. After seeing that Shen Rouning was a little ignorant, she didn't get to the bottom of it.

"Is Miss worried that the third lady will be bad for the eldest girl?"

Back in the west chamber of the Linshui Courtyard, Bi Dong and Xi Yan muttered. She was standing not far from Shen Rouning, her voice was not really lowered, and when she was talking to Xiyan, she looked back at Shen Rouning from time to time...... Where is she asking Xi Yan, this is simply from Shen Rouning's mouth to hear the answer.

Shen Rouning shook her head secretly, put down the book, and said, "Bi Dong, what do you want to ask in the future, you don't have to beat around the bush like this." "It's rare that she knows that she didn't speak until she returned to her own place, and she didn't talk outside anymore, which is also very good.

"Ahh Bi Dong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then immediately smiled at him, and after leaning towards Shen Rouning, he hunched his waist flatteringly, like an obedient little milk dog.

Shen Rou couldn't help laughing, pointed to her nose, and asked Bi Dong, "How can you have such thoughts?" Am I so obvious? ”

"Miss, this is going to be a school maid!" Bi Dong's excited big eyes flickered, and he hurriedly said: "Look, don't everyone say that there are few good stepmothers?" The third lady has children and daughters of her own, what if she is not as kind as she seems? Miss will be worried, isn't it normal to be rare? ”

A look of "come and praise me".

Shen Rou smiled and shook her head, "You think too much." But Ren Bidong was praying for a wink, and he didn't plan to explain it to her.

Bi Dong's little face fell, and she looked at Shen Rouning with a sad expression. Xiyan couldn't see her like this, so she laughed and scolded and dragged her away, and dragged her to the corner of the porch outside.

Shen Rou listened to their voices intermittently, shook her head with a smile, and refocused on the book.

After a few days of getting along, Shen Rouning was able to conclude that Shen San's wife, Niu, was definitely an extremely shrewd person. Moreover, it is not stingy. Such a woman can clearly divide the gains and losses, and she also sees the big picture. If there is no major conflict, she will always treat others very well, and she will never do stupid things that "harm others and not benefit herself", just for a little trivial matter, or a little unhappy in her heart.

In other words, people like the Shen family are not nobles-

The lord has a title, which is an important and important interest at the top, and those who inherit the title and those who do not inherit the title, whether it is status or wealth, it is definitely a world of different treatment, who can fight for who does not want to fight; But a scholar like the Shen family, whether he has a career or not, whether he can get ahead, it all depends on his ability to study and take the imperial examination, and the third room is not a big house, and the significance of this "elder" is almost negligible......

In this way, as long as Mrs. Shen San is not that confused, she will not play any unsavory tricks on Shen Duanyu and Shen Roubing, who are already adults. There is no enmity between the two, so why bother? To live under one roof for many years......

Therefore, Shen Rouning was actually not worried about Mrs. Shen San. She asked about that incident and chatted with Mrs. Shen San for a long time, just to confirm her heart about Mrs. Shen San's personality and behavior, etc., and to make a judgment on the general direction.

And these are obviously not necessary to be explained by the same maid. Again, it is not suitable to explain it from the mouth of a ten-year-old girl who has just entered the city from the country.

Shen Rouning opened the "Taizu Benji" that had been turned over countless times on the table, and calmed down.

Lanruo Temple is located halfway up the mountain on the east side of Zhongshan Mountain, and it is also an ancient temple. Look at that, at least there is a hundred years of history, among which the temple is forested, there are dozens of halls, dedicated to the Buddha and Bodhisattva and Arhat King Kong, and there are many meditation rooms, the scale is quite small.

It's just that it seems that the courtyard is a little deserted, and in the huge place, there are not many monks receiving along the way, and there are even fewer pilgrims, which seems quite deserted and quiet.

The stone steps are covered with moss.

The monks were dressed plainly, and when they saw Shen's group, they were not eager, and when Mrs. Shen gave a large amount of sesame oil money, the presiding master just recited a sentence of "Amitabha", and there were no more nice words, which inevitably made people feel a little disappointed.

I gave up a sum of silver, to be honest, I can still hear a sound when I throw it into the water, and I can't exchange it for a few nice words if I give it to the Buddha? Isn't it just for a few nice words that people have come to offer incense, and their hearts are happy?

It's no wonder that there are no pilgrims here, and there is no fame in the capital.

Shen Rouning just muttered in her heart, but Shen Rouqing complained after living in the meditation room, and said, "The great monks here are really difficult to get along with!" Let's come to incense, and they will lead people to the Buddha with a stiff face and give the pillar incense to the pillar, and it's over! It's boring! ”

"Next time, let's see who's coming!" Shen Rouqing said.

"Be careful, the Bodhisattva hears it!" Mrs. Shen San smiled and said to Mrs. Shen Si, "I think it's very good here." Unlike some temples before, those who are not afraid of the Buddha's blame, those who know the guest monks, look like the shopkeeper in front of the restaurant, full of good-looking but untruthful, just to make people happy and pay a lot of money......"

"And the master here really has the spirit of pure asceticism and seeking the Tao of Buddhism."

Mrs. Shen asked Mrs. Shen Si, "Did the fourth brother and sister say that this is the case?" ”