It is said that there is a child named Chen Wanquan in Jinling, who lost his father and mother at the age of five or six, and his brother and sister-in-law sold him to the rich Lin family as a slave and worked in an antique shop. Over time, he has practiced the ability to identify antique calligraphy and paintings, because he has no long things, so there is no decent person willing to kiss him, he still has some vision, and the idle girl can't look down on it. At the age of thirty, the owner promoted him to be the third shopkeeper of the shop. After another year, Lin Mansion opened grace and gave him a third-class girl, Xue, and ordered the two to marry.

This Xue family was originally in the second room of the house specializing in needlework, because she was born quite colorful, and she had a competitive heart, she was jealous of a lot of big girls, trampled under her feet, and only let her do some trivial affairs such as watering flowers and showers, and married someone casually at the age of twenty. This Xue family also accepted his fate smoothly, and since he followed Chen Wanquan, he has been wholeheartedly operating his livelihood, although his life is not rich, he has no worries about food and clothing. A year later, Xue was pregnant, and suddenly dreamed of thousands of orchids blooming together, shining golden light. After waking up from the dream, she went to find the fortune-teller Ma Xiangu to fulfill her dream, and the fairy aunt asserted that she would give birth to a noble daughter, and that the husband and wife would definitely get the help of their daughter in the future. The Xue family was overjoyed and gave a lot of rewards.

When Chen Wanquan heard that the Xue family had given Ma Xiangu more than a dozen dollars, he couldn't help but feel pain, and sneered: "What a noble daughter, you and I are both slaves of the Lin family, this baby is a child of the family, and she has been used as a cow and a horse for a lifetime, how expensive can it be?" Stupid, stupid, you're being cheated. ”

Xue Shi was unconvinced: "How do you know that the child I gave birth to should be a slave for others for the rest of his life?" If you don't say some depressing words, if you give birth to a noble son and a noble girl, won't you have a light on your face? ”

Chen Wanquan said: "Yes, yes, I will wait for you to give birth to a noble girl, it is best to be so expensive that you become an official old lady, go out and take a big carriage, like the wives in the house, wear gold and silver, eat and drink spicy, and there are eight girls waiting when you go out, then there is green smoke on the grave of our old Chen family!" After saying that, he dropped the curtain and went out.

Xue was convinced of the words of fortune-telling, and in his spare time, he made some clothes for children and raised his body wholeheartedly. A few months later, Guo gave birth to a daughter, and because of Xue's dream, she took the name Xianglan. Chen Wanquan wanted a son, and he couldn't help but be disappointed, but when he saw that Xiao Xianglan's jade was exquisite, his heart gradually became happy.

It's just that this girl was born weak and sickly, and she was sick before the full moon, and she will be well recuperated, and she was infected with wind and cold, vomiting and diarrhea, and her breath was dying. The Xue family was anxious, and hurriedly went to ask Ma Xiangu. That Ma Xiangu asked Xue to take the copper coin and shake it, looked at the hexagram and said: "You need to go to the southeast to be happy, and you have to be rescued by nobles." ”

Xue wiped his tears and only walked to the southeast, and after a while, he saw a Jingyue Nunnery in front of him, and Xue knelt in front of the Bodhisattva and kowtowed and made a wish, crying for half an hour. Suddenly, a kind old nun came and asked her why she was crying. Xue Shi explained the reason, and the old nun thought for a while, and then asked about Xianglan's symptoms, so he took a pen and paper and wrote a prescription and asked him to go home and decoction. If Xue Shi got the treasure, he went to the medicine hall to grab the medicine for Xianglan to take, not long after a bowl of medicine was poured, Xianglan actually woke up, Xue tried to feed some milk, Xianglan ate a few bites, and then fell asleep again.

Since then, the little pandan has been like a day, Xue was overjoyed, prepared fruit cakes and sesame oil candle money, and took Xianglan to Jingyue Nunnery to thank the benefactor, at this time I knew that the old nun was the great virtue master in the nunnery, Dingyi Shitai. Master Dingyi looked at Xianglan for a moment, asked her eight characters again, touched Xianglan's head and said: "This child is destined for me, it is better to be my named disciple, and bless her to grow up safely in Buddhism." "Xue's heard that there should be no such thing.

For as long as she can remember, Xianglan has been chanting and practicing with the nuns in the Jingyue Nunnery. Dingyi Shi Taiji liked her simplicity and loveliness, named her "Zen Jing", taught her to read the scriptures, personally taught her the Dharma, in addition to the Buddhist scriptures, and taught her the four books and five classics and poetry and songs. Xianglan is smart and hardworking, and has great perseverance, which is even very happy with Master Dingyi. Dingyi Shitai was originally the daughter of an official eunuch, because her father's upright temperament offended the courtiers, the family road fell, and she became a nun in order to avoid disaster. After the unjust case was rehabilitated, Master Dingyi felt that the red dust was not as quiet as Buddhism, refused the will of his family, and did not want to return to the vulgar. Xianglan pestered her to ask some tricky questions, but Master Dingyi was not too annoying, answered patiently, and taught carefully. Therefore, after a few years of hard work, Xianglan turned out to be well-versed in history and writing, and her writing was wonderful, and she was quite hilly in her chest, especially when she painted a good hand, which was often praised by everyone.

As the days passed, Xue's later gave birth to three more children, all of which died without supporting them for two or three years, so the couple only had one daughter, Xianglan, and they loved it like a treasure. In a blink of an eye, Xianglan was fourteen years old, and Mrs. Dingyi chose an auspicious day and ordered Xianglan to jump over the wall and return to the vulgar. Xianglan and Dingyi Shi are too affectionate to their ancestors and grandchildren, and they are reluctant to give up, and Dingyi Shi Tai said: "You have a loyal temperament, but you have a strong temper, and you need to cultivate yourself more and more in the future." Individuals have personal cause and effect, you have a fate to the dust, you can no longer stay in the Buddha's gate, in the future, you come back to send me to the end. Xianglan said with tears in her eyes, "I will come back to visit Master often." Master Dingyi smiled too much and said nothing, and only saluted to let her go.

After Xianglan returned home, the town had nothing to do, and Xue intended to let her play with the girls of the same age in the street, Xianglan went twice, and came back and said: "It's not my class, it's not fun to get together." He helped Xue do some housework at home, and in his spare time, he only read books and copied scriptures, and did needlework to subsidize the family.

On this day, Xianglan was sitting on the big kang near the window embroidering, when she suddenly heard a commotion in the yard, and said in a sharp voice: "Who stole your clothes?" Slanderers are not afraid of rotten sores in the throat, I bah! ”

"I saw with my own eyes that you took my pandan clothes, I washed them and dried them in the courtyard, you went into the kitchen, and when you came out, you carried the clothes in your arms and went into the house!" The person who spoke was clearly Xue's, Xianglan looked out of the window, and saw her mother and Aunt Lu standing in the courtyard with big eyes and staring at each other, and a few children at the gate of the courtyard probed their brains.

Aunt Lu's family is also a slave of the Lin Mansion, and they live in the same courtyard as Xianglan's family, and they have no contact with each other on weekdays. The Lu family loves to take advantage of small advantages, and often steals the Chen family's things, from clothes, basins, bacon, to firewood, onions and garlic.

"Put your mother's fart, my aunt and grandmother can't look down on your rotten clothes, how rich and noble our aunt and grandmother are in the house, and the silk and satin are all wiped on the buttocks! The little prostitute who wants money and wants to be blind wants to lie to us! "Aunt Lu is used to shrews scolding the street, with all kinds of tricks, and she is born black and strong, standing in the courtyard with her hands on her waist, quite a husband and wife are not open, and they dare to spray out of any pickled and rotten smell.

Xue Shi didn't scold, and was so angry that he trembled: "You clearly took my family's clothes, the muslin I tore a few days ago, and made a new seasonal jacket, and embroidered patterns on the cuffs." There is a god three feet above your head, and you will not be punished! ”

Second Aunt Lu spat on Xue's face: "If there is retribution, you should also repay a prostitute like you!" I hooked up with the gentlemen in the house, a fan-like obscene billet, and was kicked out by the wives and grandmothers, no skin, no face, no shame, and I didn't find a person to hang myself, but made a trap to slander your aunt and grandmother! I don't know how high the sky is and how thick it is, so it's easy to bully me? Let our aunt and grandmother call the shots! ”

These words made the Xue family wronged, ashamed and angry, and pointed at Aunt Lu's second aunt: "You, you ......" choked up and couldn't speak. Xianglan saw that Aunt Lu was bullying her mother like this, she was furious, threw away her needle and thread, put on her shoes and was about to run out, but was dragged by Chen Wanquan and said: "My little aunt and grandmother, there is a lot of noise outside, what kind of mess are you going to follow!" ”

Xianglan struggled: "My mother was bullied and suffered such a big humiliation, how could I not go over!" ”

Chen Wanquan glared: "You stop and stop!" The eldest daughter of the Lu family is the first uncle in the house, and after giving birth to a brother and sister, she raised her aunt, and she is half a master. Your mother's opinion, her hair is long and her knowledge is short, she is a bastard, and you follow the bastard? As he was talking, there was an "ouch" sound, and it turned out that the Xue family was knocked down by Aunt Lu.

Xianglan laughed angrily and said: "My daughter-in-law was beaten and scolded as a 'prostitute', but she didn't come out, but she didn't use this step of the field, you took out a point or two of the majesty that my mother put at home, and our family will not be so angry today!" After speaking, he pushed Chen Wanquan away and ran out.

Aunt Lu Erzi deceived Chen Wanquan and didn't dare to make trouble, and deliberately suppressed Xue's family, and because Second Uncle Lu praised "Chen's lady was born to be Peugeot", she wanted to peek at Xue's bath and was caught by her, but now she hates her toothache when she thinks about it, grabbing Xue's hair, scolding "slut" and "powder" in her mouth, everyone in the street knows that Lu Er's aunt is a famous shrew, and she doesn't dare to reach out to help, so she only persuades each other on the side.

Xianglan saw that her mother's sideburns were scattered, and her face was pressed and beaten by Aunt Lu's second aunt with tears on her face, she became more and more annoyed, and quietly slipped to the gate of the courtyard along the root of the wall, picked up the latch and rushed up, shouting in her mouth: "Bastard mother-in-law, you dare to beat my mother!" A hard call was on the back of Aunt Lu.