Chapter 140: Boredom
Xie Pu's decision was opposed by the women of the family.
Both Wen and Aunt Dajin thought that Jinghai Temple was too far away, and if they wanted to go there to see things, they had to go to the town under the Lion Rock a day in advance to find an inn to settle in, and it would take three days to go back and forth. If they want to go to the temple on the Buddha's birthday, there are several temples to choose from inside and outside Jinling City.
Even if they don't go to Mrs. Xie's residenceβah no, it's Cheng'en Temple, which they have visited countless times in the past, they can also go to Banshan Temple in the east of the city, Bao'en Temple and Xitian Temple in the south of the city, Qingliang Temple in the west of the city, or Jiming Temple in the north of the city.
Why do you have to go so far to Lion Rock?
Xie Pu was speechless by a wife and a concubine. Xie Mulin had to tell the Wen family everything Xiao Rui said that day, and persuaded her to agree with Xie Pu to go to Jinghai Temple to have a look.
Wen agreed, but suggested that only Xie Pu should be allowed to go with his subordinates alone: "Our woman's family has a few children, just go to Cheng'en Temple nearby." As long as you are sincere, you can put incense on any temple and pray for the blessing of the Buddha, it is the same. If we go to Jinghai Temple with the master, we are afraid that we will not be physically exhausted, but we will drag down the master and miss the master's business. β
Xie Pu looked at Wen gently, and sighed: "You, you always think about me. β
Wen smiled and shook Xie Pu's hand: "Master, I am your wife, I don't think about you, who do I think about?" β
Xie Mulin lowered his head and refused to eat dog food, feeling a little disappointed in his heart. It seems that she can't accompany Xie Pu to Jinghai Temple, so she can only wait until Cheap Daddy comes back from there, and then tell her what opportunities there are in that place.
I hope Xie Pu won't sell it again this time, and he won't tell the truth.
Xie Pu took Zhao Fengnian, Ma Lu Yao, and two young and strong men to accompany him, and set off for Lion Rock on the seventh day of the fourth lunar month. Wen took the others to live at home, living in a step-by-step manner, and on the eighth day of the new year, he went to Cheng'en Temple to offer incense and pray for blessings.
In addition to Xie Jinzhi not showing any different colors, the juniors from Xie Mulin to Xie Hanzhi are all not interested in the trip to Cheng'en Temple. There is no other reason, just because before they go to Cheng'en Temple, they have to go to Mrs. Xie to say goodbye. And after coming out of Cheng'en Temple, I had to accompany Mrs. Xie to have dinner again.
used to live with Mrs. Xie, everyone was used to her work, and she lost her temper, but they could tolerate it. Now that they were finally separated from her, after a few days of clean days, everyone found that life could be so happy and worthy of everyone's cherishment, but the tolerance for Mrs. Xie's temper was reduced a lot.
It is easy to go from simplicity to luxury, and it is difficult to enter simplicity from luxury. This could not be more true.
Everyone stubbornly listened to Mrs. Xie's scolding and pickiness for half an hour, accompanied her to lunch, and served her to take a nap. When she fell asleep, everyone was able to get out of the house, and they all went out to get into the car and return to their homes.
Xie Yingfen and Xie Hanzhi, the two youngest, lay wilted in Aunt Dajin's arms, and didn't want to say a word.
Aunt Dajin waved a handkerchief, and for a while, she chased mosquitoes for the two children, and she usually had no expression on her face with a smile on her face, obviously in a bad mood.
Today, Wanqin failed to go out with Xie Pu because of Xie Pu's grounding order, and the responsibility of taking care of the two little ones fell on Aunt Dajin. Aunt Dajin is not familiar with the two children, and there have been a lot of small mistakes in the middle of the day, which was a harmless trivial matter, but she was grabbed by Mrs. Xie and scolded, how could she be happy?
When she thought of such an old lady, her own daughter was still in a hurry to wait and please every day, and Aunt Dajin was restless. She really doesn't understand, why does Xie Yingrong live such a life? She had just persuaded her daughter to leave Mrs. Xie behind her back, but Xie Yingrong thought she was long-winded and in the way, which made her even more sad.
Outside the carriage, Xie Huizhi sat on the wheel, chatting listlessly with Qingbai, who was in charge of driving the car, and occasionally chatting with Aunt Da Jin and Erxiao in the carriage to make it funny. But the two little ones were not energetic, and Aunt Da Jin was not in the mood, so Xie Huizhi could only shut up boringly.
He remembered Xie Yingrong's words and deeds towards Aunt Dajin that he had just seen, and he was even more annoyed in his heart.
In another carriage, Wen was comforting his daughter Xie Mulin: "The old lady just doesn't want her children and grandchildren to be too far away from her, knowing that the old man is determined to send us back to her hometown, she is reluctant to give up, and her temper will be bigger." If you brothers and sisters have heard her words, don't take them to heart. β
Xie Mulin sneered: "I should tell you what to say." My brother and I don't care what the old lady scolds, it's because you have been trembling, thinking that you have made a mistake and can't stand the old lady, so you will repeatedly back down in front of her. Mother shouldn't think so. The old lady could have not left her children and grandchildren, but she refused to return to her hometown no matter what, can we blame us for not crying and shouting that we had to stay in the capital to accompany her? Daddy had already clearly explained the reason why she had to leave Beijing that day, but she still refused to agree, who could blame her?
Now my father is relieved and agrees to let the old lady stay, and when she wants to leave in the future, if she still refuses to go back to her hometown, she can also go to Songjiang. The old lady has everything she wants, what is there not to satisfy? It's still endless scolding! We kindly came to accompany her, are we looking for scolding?! β
Wen wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he could only sigh and sigh.
Xie Jinzhi saw that his mother and sister were going to quarrel over Mrs. Xie's affairs, so he quickly started a round: "Forget it, it is inevitable that the old lady is in a bad mood." Just now I asked Mama He how the old lady is doing recently, and Mama He said that the old lady is fine, but she has been going to Cheng'en Temple three times in a row recently, and she has not asked for a good sign, so she is not happy. β
Wen perked up a little: "I see. I just don't know what the old lady is asking for? If there are bad signs, it is better to be vigilant and vigilant. β
Xie Mulin had a different idea: "It's only been a few days? The old lady actually went to Cheng'en Temple to ask for three times, is it too frequent? I always trouble the Buddha, but I am afraid that the Buddha will also feel impatient. β
Wen hurriedly recited a sentence of Buddha and scolded his daughter: "Don't talk nonsense! How can the Buddha be impatient? The old lady is only worried about her children and grandchildren, so she will go to the Buddha to be more attentive. β
Anyway, Wen would not say a bad word about Mrs. Xie. Xie Mulin rolled his eyes in his heart and turned his head away.
Xie Jinzhi couldn't help but laugh and continued: "I heard Mama He say that the old lady actually doesn't want to go to Cheng'en Temple, whether it is to meet a monk who is familiar with the temple or an official family member who she knew before, it is very embarrassing. It seems that many people ask the old lady about her father and the Cao family, which makes the old lady very worried.
But the third sister always persuaded her to go to the temple to relax, talk to the masters, if she could meet a few compatible officials and relatives as friends, and often come and go, she would not be too lonely on weekdays. The old lady thought that the third sister's words were reasonable, so she often went to the temple, but unfortunately it backfired, so she was upset. β
Mrs. Xie used to rely on the identity of the Cao family's in-laws, as long as she didn't meet any noble princes and nobles, she usually met whoever she met, she was the one who was touted. But now it's not what it used to be, everyone in the capital knows that the Xie family is now only a fourth-grade official eunuch, and they have a grudge against the Cao family, who is willing to hold Mrs. Xie again? Even the monks in Cheng'en Temple treated her with less enthusiasm than before. Those who are still willing to hold her are just small families that she doesn't look down on.
It's no wonder that Mrs. Xie is in a bad mood and has a bad temper.
It's just that Xie Mulin can't figure it out, what the hell is Xie Yingrong doing? Let Mrs. Xie go and make new friends? What kind of sand sculpture operation is this?!
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