Chapter 19: Incense
Yesterday I forgot to put it in the backgroundโฎ(โฏโฝโฐ)โญ
Tomorrow it's still 12:30.
Ask for a ticket!! โโ
Early in the morning of the second day, He prepared the carriage, asked the kitchen to prepare all kinds of vegetarian snacks, and dialed the family to escort him all the way and send Chu Weilin out.
The Chu family is enshrined in the Fayu Temple, the main peak of Xuanming Mountain in the suburbs, Chu Weilin went to this temple today, Baolian and Dong Que and her in a car, and Bao Hibiscus and Lu's mother sat in the back car.
The carriage drove slowly, Chu Weilin closed her eyes and rested, and it was not until she went up the mountain that she opened the corner of the curtain and glanced out.
A little further on, I heard that it was the place where the Jiang family and the Sun family had an accident that year.
Thinking of this, Chu Weilin only felt that her heart was stuffy, she looked at the trees that were retreating one by one, and only slowly lowered the curtain until that section of the road was left far behind.
The carriage traveled all the way to the halfway up the mountain, and then up the mountain road was rugged, and the sedan chair could only be changed.
Lu's mother arranged the sedan chair, waited for Chu Weilin to put on her hat and get out of the car, helped her to get on the sedan chair, and walked for three quarters of an hour, which was the mountain gate of Tianning Temple.
The sedan chair stopped outside the mountain gate, and Baolian picked Lu's mother out of the sedan chair and looked around.
Mother Lu gently knocked her waist twice, frowned, and said, "Why are there so many people today." โ
Dong Que pursed her lips and came over to discuss with Lu's mother: "I originally wanted to tidy it up here, since there are many people, Mom, why don't you ask the girl to go first and rest for a while?" โ
"That's what I thought too."
Mother Lu bowed her head, walked to Chu Weilin's sedan chair, leaned down and said the situation.
Chu Weilin opened the curtain slightly, and saw that there were many people standing outside the curtain set up at the mountain gate to receive the female dependents, and he couldn't finish cleaning up for a while, and he didn't know which female family came up the mountain, so he said, "Let's go first and then go back." โ
Fayu Temple has a lot of Zen rooms for pilgrims to rest, and Baolian took care of it and welcomed Chu Weilin in.
The little novice who led the way looked like he was five or six years old, and he was serious.
"Little master, are there many pilgrims today?" Hibiscus asked him with a smile.
When the little novice heard this, he suddenly stopped and turned his head: "The little monk forgot to say it." Female donor, there are many guests today, especially the West Courtyard where they live are distinguished guests. โ
Baolian chuckled, and when she saw Mother Lu glaring at her, she quickly calmed down again.
Chu Weilin bent the corners of her lips, no wonder Baolian smiled, this little novice will be young next year, and he wants to look like an old monk, and he only speaks halfway.
The group entered the wing room, Baolian waited for Chu Weilin to change her clothes and clean her face, and Bao Hibiscus prepared tea.
Chu Weilin took a sip of fragrant tea and instructed Baolian, "Isn't the West Courtyard next door to us?" Go and inquire which lady it is. โ
When you go out alone, you have to think about everything yourself.
If the people living in the west courtyard are in-laws or acquaintances, as a junior, Chu Weilin has no choice but to go over to say hello; If you don't know it, you can figure it out so as not to accidentally collide.
Dong Que went to the main hall to do some work, Chu Weilin casually took a book from the shelf and looked through it, and it didn't take long for Baolian to come back.
"Girl, in the west courtyard are the wife, grandmother and girl of the family of Master Shangshu Du of the Ministry of Rites."
Chu Weilin listened, answered casually, and continued to read the book, and when she finished reading the page and turned the next page, she suddenly felt a bad premonition in her heart, and suddenly raised her head and asked, "Du Shangshu's house?" Which grandma? โ
Baolian was taken aback by Chu Weilin, and replied with her hand: "It's the eldest lady who came with ** milk and four girls." โ
Chu Weilin frowned, put the book on the table, and became irritable.
The ** milk on Du Shangshu's house is Chang Yuyun's sister Chang Yuxin, and Chu Weilin also said a few words to her at the birthday banquet of Chang Lao Ancestor last month.
Although the Du family and the Chu family are not in-laws, they don't move around much, but Chu Weilin wants to call Chang Yuxin "cousin".
With the rigor of the Du family, if you live in the Zen room here, you should know that it is the girl of the Chu family, if Chu Weilin doesn't go over to say hello, then she doesn't know the etiquette, so Mrs. Zhang knows, she will definitely be unhappy, maybe she will use the topic to play again, and embarrass Chu Lunyu.
"Baolian, go and see the West Courtyard, if it's convenient, I'll go over and say hello now." Chu Weilin commanded slowly.
Baolian was stunned and didn't react for a while, but Mother Du, who was resting on the side, heard it and suddenly said, "It's the right to go, it's the right to go." โ
Baolian also understood at this time, hurriedly went over to ask, and came back: "Mrs. Du asked the girl to come over." After that, he straightened Chu Weilin's clothes and went to the west courtyard together.
Outside the west courtyard, there were two stout mothers-in-law.
Pauline smiled and said, "Two mothers, our girl came to say hello." โ
The mother-in-law seemed to have received the orders from inside, and when she heard the words, she took a few steps back and invited Chu Weilin in.
There were seven or eight maids standing in the courtyard inside, with a kind appearance, and they greeted Chu Weilin one after another.
The maid guarding the door had bright apricot eyes, and said with a smile: "Miss Chu, please hurry up inside." โ
Chu Weilin thanked him with a smile and walked into the house.
Although it is a Zen room, Fayu Temple often has official eunuchs and even royal relatives and daughters to worship the Buddha and incense, and the interior and exterior are not only clean, but also elegant.
Chu Weilin hurriedly glanced at it, there was an incense burner on the table, sandalwood was lit, and the corner Bogu shelf was not empty, in addition to books, there were also a few gadgets, which seemed to be brought from the house, thinking of the number of maids waiting in the yard, the Du family was going to live here for about three or five days.
His eyes fell on the house of the master who was sitting upright.
Sitting in the center is the eldest lady of the Du family, dressed in a cyan Hangzhou silk placket, wearing a square blank jade collar button, and a string of white jade Buddha beads in her hand, which is neither gold and silver cheesy, nor **.
Mrs. Du's first place is Chang Yuxin.
Chang Yuxin and Chang Yuyun are siblings, and they have a good appearance, that is, the Buddhism is simple to dress up, and it also has its own refined taste.
"Wei Lin has seen Mrs. Du and Cousin Xin." Chu Weilin stepped forward and greeted her.
Mrs. Du smiled and glanced at the maid on the side, who helped Chu Weilin to get up, and only after taking a closer look at Chu Weilin's appearance did she say to Chang Yuxin, "Second brother and daughter-in-law, you cousin, I will see you for the first time." โ
Chang Yuxin asked Chu Weilin to sit down beside him and introduced: "Mother, this is the niece of my fifth uncle's mother, she often came to Chang's house when she was a child, and she has not seen her since she moved around less over the years." โ
Mrs. Du frowned and recalled, and then said: "Blame me, the ancestors of the in-laws had uncomfortable legs and feet on the day of their birthday, and they didn't go to the door. After that, Mrs. Du laughed first, and asked Chu Weilin kindly, "Sister came alone today to worship incense?" โ
Chu Weilin responded: "Big lady, I came alone, Weilin is young, ignorant, and inconsiderate, please forgive me." โ
"You child, since you are your own family, why should you be polite." Seeing that Chu Weilin was about to salute again, Mrs. Du quickly stopped, and said to the maid, "Go and see the girl, if the scriptures are copied, please come over." โ
The maid was stunned for a moment, and then lowered her eyes again.
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