Suddenly, his eyes turned and he saw Ruan Shu sitting next to Fu Lingyuan, Lu Shaocong seemed to have an idea in an instant, and asked, "Sister-in-law Yuan's afternoon time should not have any special arrangements, right?" ”

The object of questioning was Ruan Shu, but he mainly paid attention to Fu Lingyuan's expression.

When Fu Lingyuan heard this, he also looked at Ruan Shu and asked her opinion: "Why don't you accompany your aunt in the afternoon?" ”

He didn't mean it by all, but by extension. Ruan Shu looked at his dark eyes, and said with a light smile: "I just don't know what to do in the afternoon, but now there are activities." ”

She turned to look at Yu Lan: "Mrs. Lu, take me up the mountain in the afternoon and find me something to do." It is rare to come to the Reclining Buddha Temple, and you must climb the ladder to exercise and enjoy the scenery. ”

Between the words, it was very natural to turn the original needs of Yu Lan into her own needs. is not to accompany Yu Lan, but to hope that Yu Lan will take her. gave Yu Lan enough face.

"Mom, then let Sister-in-law Yuan be your companion." Lu Shaocong confirmed with Yu Lan.

Yu Lan did not shirk, and nodded with a smile.

Seeing this, Lu Shaocong was as happy as if he had just solved a major matter, and gave Ruan Shu a big salute after the meal: "Thank you, sister-in-law~"

Ruan Shuke couldn't stand it, and hurriedly said, "I said, I just don't have anything to do in the afternoon." ”

Lu Shaocong smiled: "Anyway, with my sister-in-law accompanying my mother, I am relieved." ”

It can be seen that he really cares for Yu Lan, his mother, and what Yu Lan did when he came to Reclining Buddha Temple this time was all for Lu Shaocong. This mother and son have a good relationship. Ruan Shu quietly judged, his face remained smiling, and he still insisted that he was the one who was helped: "I hope I won't cause trouble to Mrs. Lu." ”

Fu Lingyuan grabbed her waist at this time: "Please ask Mrs. Fu in the afternoon." ”

"The third brother is too polite. Mrs. Helu was originally a family. Ruan Shu smiled lightly.

Lu Shaocong agreed: "Sister-in-law Yuan is right, it was originally a family~"

Fu Lingyuan smiled idly, turned sideways, combed her sideburns, and finally held her face, and gently dropped a kiss on her forehead: "I will come back as soon as possible after finishing our work with Shaocong." ”

"Hmm." Ruan Shu nodded and advised, "Pay attention to safety." ”

After that, she turned her head to look at Lu Shaocong, and also advised: "Shaocong also pay attention to safety." ”

All the intimacy between the two was in front of Lu Shaocong, Ruan Shu knew that Fu Lingyuan was deliberate, not only cooperated, but also played a little on his own, expressing the care that should be given as a "sister-in-law".

Lu Shaocong made goosebumps and said with a smile: "Brother A Yuan and Sister-in-law Yuan's relationship is crooked every day, it really makes me red-eyed, and I want to get married a little." 'Wife and children hot kang head', if there is an empathetic and considerate wife like Sister-in-law Yuan, I will also be like Brother Yuan, and my heart is like an arrow. ”

When Wang Xueqin walked out, she happened to hear this sentence, and immediately laughed: "Yo, can you hear Shaocong say that he wants to get married?" It's really the sun coming out in the west. The Buddha who dared to worship was immediately realized? Then hurry up and marry Miss Lan home~ Sister, do you say? ”

In the last sentence, she turned to Yu Lan, who came out with her.

Ruan Shu keenly noticed that the corners of Yu Lan's mouth were pinched down very lightly, I don't know if she was unhappy with Wang Xueqin's marriage with Lu Shaocong, or unhappy that Wang Xueqin mentioned Lan Qin.

She didn't answer, but reminded Lu Shaocong and Fu Lingyuan: "You two go." ”

Fu Lingyuan raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and glanced at Lu Shaocong silently.

Lu Shaocong nodded to Yu Lan: "Okay, Mom." ”

Fu Lingyuan squeezed Ruan Shu's hand with a smile on his lips, and then left the courtyard where the restaurant was located with Lu Shaocong, not knowing where to go.

After seeing their backs, he retracted his gaze, and saw Yu Lan waving his hand to Wang Xueqin: "Okay, you guys should also go back to the house, don't you mean that your back hurts?" ”

"The eldest sister and Miss Ruan had a good afternoon." Wang Xueqin no longer politely excused herself, and walked away with her three daughters twisting her waist.

There was no one else for a while, only her and Yu Lan were left, Ruan Shu was alone with her for the first time, and after a little consideration, he asked, "What time is the appointment between Mrs. Lu and the master?" Are we going to leave right away? I just had lunch, so why don't Mrs. Lu rest for a while. ”

Yu Lan asked rhetorically, "Does Miss Ruan need to rest a little longer?" ”

This means that he is obviously going to leave immediately. Ruan Shu smiled and shook his head: "I didn't do anything in the morning, I just wandered around the temple, and I have rested enough." ”

Yu Lan looked at her from head to toe slightly, faintly showing a hint of satisfaction, and said, "Then let's go." ”

Ruan Shu looked down at her clothes - the luggage was packed by Fu Lingyuan, and she was packed with two sets of casual clothes that were easy to move around, and she was wearing one of them today, and the shoes were also sneakers with non-slip soles that he had prepared.

Curling her lips slightly, she pursed her lips - she hadn't bought herself any more clothes since she was with him, but she didn't worry about wearing them.

*

In the true sense of the word, Nanshan is actually just a hill, and the overall mountain is not dangerous, and most of the buildings of the Reclining Buddha Temple are concentrated on the side of the gentle slope, so the stairs paved are not steep.

All the way up, every other way, you can come across a Buddha hall.

Ruan Shu vaguely remembered that the atlas that Fu Lingyuan looked at last night was marked like this, as if he had to climb a total of 1,688 steps to reach the top of the mountain, and there were thirteen Buddha halls on both sides of the whole road.

Yu Lan, like many devout believers, would stop whenever he encountered a Buddhist temple on the way, turn into it, offer incense, bow down, and make great bows. The rest of the landscape left for tourists is skipped.

Ruan Shu was just an accompaniment, so she just walked with Yu Lan, followed Yu Lan, and when Yu Lan worshipped the Buddha in the hall, she just took the opportunity to rest.

Going up the mountain with the two of them was actually a servant brought by Jiusi and Yu Lan.

The servant's physical strength was obviously not very good, and he also carried incense, candles, wax and other Buddha worship supplies in his hand, and almost fainted when he was less than a third of the way.

Yu Lan simply didn't let her continue to follow, and Ruan Shu took the initiative to let Jiusi take over the work of the servant, and the three of them continued to move forward.

In this way, I walked all the way to worship the Buddha, and when I reached the top of the mountain, it was three hours later.

Although Ruan Shu pays attention to exercise on weekdays and his physical strength is already very good, after climbing the 1688 steps, his legs are still a little weak and unstable.

At the top of the mountain is the Thousand Buddha Hall, Yu Lan was accompanied by Jiusi into the hall to perform the final bow, and Ruan Shu stayed outside to rest in the viewing pavilion.

When I walked the stairs, I didn't meet a few people, but when I came to the top of the mountain, there were many tourists, all of whom came up by cable car from the other side.

The temperature at four or five o'clock in the afternoon is no longer as hot as at noon, and the cool breeze of spring is very good for people who have just climbed the mountain and sweated. Ruan Shu sat in the pavilion, leaning sideways on the fence with his arms propped up, browsing the scenery.

The mountains and forests are dense, and the long stairs can be seen, but the Buddha halls encountered along the way are almost hidden, and you can only peek through the cracks in some forests to the corners of the rolled up eaves.

At the end of the staircase, where they came up, the main body of Wat Pho. The field of vision is clear, with the Daxiong Treasure Hall as the central axis, the two sides are symmetrical, there are many courtyards distributed, the figures like black spots are moving, and the incense is still vigorous.

Beyond Wat Pho, there is a winding highway over Nanshan.

Ruan Shu looked at the sea that circled beyond Nanshan for a moment, retracted his gaze, moved slightly, and moved to the direction of Lingxiao Pavilion, where the sightseeing cable car was located.

The cable car soars over the forest, and the carriages on the two lines of the uphill and the downhill are staggered and moving slowly.

The line of sight moved down the mountain, and I casually caught a glimpse of several holiday villas scattered in the forest halfway up the mountainside.

Ruan Shu couldn't help but breathe, quickly turned around, curled his fingers into fists, and lightly hit his forehead, dispelling several old images that flashed through his mind.

In that area, there is not only one villa of the Lin family, after the government divided the area, each household was directly donated to the Reclining Buddha Temple. After so many years, she thought that after the Wat Pho took over, it should be to expand the temple there, or rebuild the dormitory. Now it seems that it is not used?

"Mr. Ruan?"

Jiusi's voice pulled back her thoughts, Ruan Shu took a deep breath, put down her hand, and looked up with her usual expression, but saw that she was the only one.

"Where's Mrs. Lu?"

"Mrs. Lu is still talking to the master in the Buddha Hall."

"Oh......" Ruan Shu nodded lightly, and then asked, after worshipping the Buddha?"

"Hmm. Now I'm preparing for a moment to light the lantern. ”

Ruan Shu sat for another two seconds and got up: "Go into the Buddha hall and have a look." ”

Otherwise, the pestle is outside, and her gaze has nowhere to rest.

This Thousand Buddha Hall on the top of the mountain is the most historical precipitation among all the halls of the Reclining Buddha Temple.

The bucket arch is majestic, the eaves are far-reaching, and the pillar base is exquisite. Forty Arhat statues are stored in the hall, and the sculpture is beautiful. Tourists are frustrated by the fact that photography is not allowed inside the main hall.

Ruan Shu was led into the side hall by Jiusi, and Yu Lan was indeed talking to a master as Jiusi said.

Unexpectedly, this master was none other than the long-bearded monk she and Fu Lingyuan met under the marriage tree in the morning.

The long-bearded monk clearly remembered her, smiling and bowing his head to her.

Ruan Shu hurriedly bowed slightly politely.

The long-bearded monk continued the conversation with Yu Lan: "The lantern you need has been baptized by the Dharma for 7749 days, Mrs. Lu, please come with me first." ”

"Thank you, Master." Yu Lan saluted, following in the footsteps of the long-bearded monk.

Ruan Shu and Jiu Si followed them, leaving the side hall and heading to one of the side halls.

As soon as you enter, you will be greeted by candlelight lights all over the hall.

Unlike the Buddha lamps that are electrified in ordinary people's homes, all the candlesticks here are also covered with lampshades, but the ones burning in the lampshades are indeed the most primitive kind of oil lamps.

Ruan Shu glanced around at first glance and estimated that there were more than a hundred.

Ever-bright lamp, "continue to burn with the lamp, burn the lamp endlessly". Many temples offer pilgrims the service of lanterns. Offerings to the deceased, mainly for the purpose of transcending their past lives; There are also offerings for living relatives, each with different purposes, but the same point of the same end, all have the meaning of taking the homonym of "long life" of "long lamp".

The length of the offering is at the discretion of the pilgrim.

The object of Yu Lan's lamp is naturally Lu Shaocong.

It is to let Lu Shaocong meditate, and it is to provide a lantern for Lu Shaocong. Yu Lan was heartbroken about her only son.

The long-bearded monk led Yu Lan to prepare for the ceremony of inviting the lamp.

Ruan Shu didn't dare to offend at will, so he just waited on the sidelines, looking at the lamp area that was closer to him at this time with interest.

There are three other monks on duty in the hall, who are refueling several of the lamps.

Each lamp was clearly carefully cared for, the area was strictly divided, and the lamp shelf was succinctly marked with the requirements of the lantern, or the name and date of birth of the person to whom it was offered.

When he accidentally found a name exactly like his own, Ruan Shu was stunned.