Chapter 156: The Nunnery Stays
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On the fifth day after the celebration banquet of the Yan family, Yan Tonghua took the Hong family to leave Beijing to take up a post in Tai'an County, and Yan Tonghua was full of gratitude to the family and his mother. There are not a few people in Beijing who raise waste and kill concubines, but his mother treats him as kindly as his parents, but she also lets him read and learn words.
This time, he was released as an official, and his family gave him 3,000 pieces of silver, and his grandmother privately gave Hong's 500 taels of silver for socializing. Before going out, Yan Tonghua and Hong went to Chunhui Hall to kowtow to Mrs. Yan, "Grandmother, your grandson is going to travel far away, please take care of your health, and wait for your grandson to come back, and then take care of your knees." โ
Old Madam Yan looked at her grown grandson and said with a smile: "I will take good care of you, you should also be good outside, get up quickly, don't kneel." "As long as it is a child with a conscience, what about the concubine, it can still be used if it is cultivated.
Mrs. Yan also specially instructed Yan Tonghua, "Don't learn from your father, you must clean yourself outside, and your reputation will be better." โ
"My grandson understands." Yan Tonghua is very restrained in terms of women, and before marrying a wife, the second wife of Yan asked him if he wanted to arrange a roommate, but he refused. Mrs. Yan was able to ask what he meant, instead of arranging people directly, which was one of the reasons why Yan Tonghua was grateful to his mother-in-law.
In the evening of this day, Yan Erye's pregnant girl was full of pregnancy in October, labor pains began, and after two hours, she gave birth to a daughter, and the Yan family had an extra fifteenth miss, and the second Mrs. Yan named her Yan Li.
There are two sons-in-law, one concubine, and four concubines in the second room, which is the most heirs in the Yan family.
Mrs. Yan called Second Master Yan to the study, and Second Mrs. Yan came to tell Old Mrs. Yan, "Two nurses have been arranged for Xiao Fifteen, and the people who serve them have also been added." โ
Mrs. Yan looked at the second daughter-in-law with complicated eyes, she knew that this daughter-in-law was virtuous, otherwise the eldest son would not still be in the belly, so she would give the second child a concubine, and she would also accept a good concubine, fortunately, the woman died of illness three years after giving birth to Yan Tonghua, otherwise, the second room is only afraid that it will be even more chaotic than the previous third room.
"It's just a girl in the room, even if you give birth to a child, don't exalt her too much, so as not to give birth to unnecessary thoughts." Mrs. Yan knocked on Mrs. Yan's second wife, saving her from being a virtuous daughter-in-law, and being virtuous.
Old Madam Yan really doesn't understand what Mrs. Yan is so virtuous to do? Can this virtuous be eaten? Or can it be worn as clothing? Mrs. Yan's concubine room was arranged by Mrs. Yan's mother, and Mrs. Yan was forced to accept it, but she was actually very uncomfortable, so after she became a mother-in-law, she did not arrange a concubine room and a room girl for any of her sons.
"My daughter-in-law knows." Mrs. Yan Er originally wanted to change a small yard for people, but now she still doesn't move.
There is another daughter in the second room, and the third wife's stomach has not moved, Mrs. Yan can't help but be a little worried, and decided to go to the Miaoshan Nunnery outside the city, and ask the Buddha to give one to the third wife, Lin'er, in order to express her piety, she also decided to go to live there for a few days and listen to the lecture of the master of Miaoshan Nunnery.
Mrs. Yan was going to live in Miaoshan'an for a few days, and Mrs. Yan immediately arranged for someone to go to Miaoshan'an to do something. Yan Hagi wrote a short note and asked people to send it to Fu Zhixing; After the marriage passed the bright road, the two exchanged tokens, and there was no sneaking. However, on the short note, Yan Hao still made a secret note, Fu Zhixing has so many rotten peach blossoms, what if someone pretends to use her name to ask Fu Zhixing out? This is called precaution.
Knowing that Mrs. Yan was going to live in Miaoshan Nunnery, Yan Erye, Yan Sanye, Yan Fourth Master and Yan Fifth Master each instructed their wives, "Mother is old and frail, you must take care of her food, clothing and daily life." โ
The four of Mrs. Yan said that they would definitely take care of Mrs. Yan.
On May 16, except for Mrs. Yan, who stayed behind to look after the house, Ma stayed behind to take care of the three children, and everyone else followed. The other ladies of the Yan family traveled in full gear, and Yan Tongfang and Yan Tongming took on the responsibility after the brothers joined the office, and they had to escort the ladies of the family to Miaoshan Nunnery.
"Grandmother, slow down." Yan Hao was helping Mrs. Yan to get into the carriage, when she saw Fu Zhixing riding over, "Cousin Fu." โ
"Xiaoxiao." Fu Zhixing turned over and dismounted.
"You're coming here to see me off?" Yan Hao asked with a smile.
Fu Zhixing bowed, "But I can only send you to the city gate." "He's very busy, this time it's empty, or squeezed out.
"It's good to send it to the city gate, wait for me to come back." Yan Hagi smiled crookedly.
"I'll wait for you to come back." Fu Zhixing said solemnly.
"Wait for me!" Yan Hagi looked reluctant, as if she was going to go thousands of miles away and not return for several years.
Fu Zhixing nodded cooperatively, "I'll wait for you." โ
When the county lord of Nanping saw this scene, he couldn't cry or laugh, and Mrs. Yan Wu smiled: "Fu Gongzi is very good to Xiaoxiao." โ
"He has a good temperament, so he will be so dependent on Xiaoxiao." The corners of Nanping's lips were slightly raised, and she was happy to see Fu Zhixing doting on her daughter so much.
The corners of Mrs. Yan's mouth twitched, Fu Gongzi's temperament is good? Yes, the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and those are all advantages.
Mrs. Yan took Yan Hao, Yan Hong, and Yan Jing into the first carriage, the second Mrs. Yan, the third Mrs. Yan, the county lord of Nanping, and Mrs. Yan Wu took the second car, the Yan Fen sisters got into the third car, and the maid and mother-in-law took the fourth and fifth carriages respectively.
Fu Zhixing, Yan Tongfang and Yan Tongming turned over and got on their horses, "Let's go." โ
This dynasty believes in Buddhism, so there are many temples in the capital, and the most famous temples, except for the washing stone hermitage, the others are outside the city, and the believers are full of incense. Although the reputation of Master Lichen of Miaoshan Nunnery is not as good as that of Zen Master Wensong, there are many believers, and he was invited by the queen to the palace to give lectures.
Myozen-an covers an area of 100 acres, and the surrounding hundreds of acres belong to the temple field, and the land rent collected is enough to maintain the daily expenses of Myozen-an. Myozen-an enshrines the goddess of mercy, and it is quite effective to ask for a child. Therefore, the biggest income of Miaoshan Nunnery is not the field rent, but the incense silver offered by the ladies of the noble family in the city.
When they arrived at the gate of the city, Yan Hagi and Fu Zhixing said goodbye with tears, watching Fu Zhixing lead the horse and stand in place to see him, Yan Hagi waved his hand again, until the figure was blurred, he turned around and sat down, sighing.
"Reluctantly? Then you tell Wu Blame to go with you? Old Madam Yan teased her.
"Cousin Fu is very busy." Yan Hagi leaned next to Mrs. Yan, "Xiaoxiao is very understanding. โ
"My good girl, I have you by my grandmother's side, and my grandmother is very happy every day." Mrs. Yan hugged her granddaughter, happy.
As soon as the carriage left the city, the lord of Rushun received the news; With so many people in the Yan family traveling, they can't afford to keep a low profile if they want to, not to mention that the county lord of Rushun also sent people to keep an eye on the Yan family. The lord of Rushun County called his henchmen and made some arrangements.
In midsummer May, when you climb the stairs, the air is filled with the fragrance of plants and trees, and when you enter Myozen-an, you will be greeted by the rich sandalwood incense. The middle-aged nun who greeted the guests stepped forward with a smile and saluted with her palms: "The poor nun is pure, I have seen all the donors." โ
"Master Pure is too polite." Mrs. Yan and the others returned the salute with a smile.
This Pure Master is specially responsible for receiving the ladies and daughters of distinguished guests, accompanying the Yan family to offer incense, and everyone kneels on the futon, closes their eyes, and prays together. After the Yan family worshiped the Bodhisattva, Master Jing Ming sent the Yan family to a quiet courtyard where the donors lived. There were twenty or thirty people in the Yan family's line, so they asked for two adjacent courtyards.
The monks paid attention to the noon, and when the Yan family rested in the courtyard for a while, a little nun came over and invited them to the dining hall to eat vegetarian food. Each person has a log tray with a plate of fried vegetables, a plate of stewed tofu with shallots, a plate of fried bean sprouts, and a bowl of loofah soup.
"It's so light." Yan Jing muttered quietly.
"This is a nunnery, do you still want to eat meat?" Yan Hong slanted at her and said.
Yan Jing held her face, "I'll be hungry and thin, and it won't look good if I'm thin." โ
Yan Hao looked at her disc face, "You have enough money, just a few days, you can't lose weight if you're hungry." Hurry up and eat, it's past noon, but I don't even have anything to eat. โ
"Sister Twelve, did you bring pastries?" Yan Jing asked.
"Shh Yan Hagi put a finger on his lips.
Yan Jing stuck out her tongue, didn't ask any more questions, picked up the chopsticks and ate. Vegetarian dishes look light, but when you eat them, they are very delicious. Yan Jing's eyes lit up, "This dish is delicious." โ
Mrs. Yan also said: "The cooking skills of this master who does vegetarian food in Miaoshan Nunnery are good, no worse than those in Guangji Temple, and such simple ingredients can be made into such delicious food." โ
"Stewed tofu with shallots, no beany smell, salty and palatable, exceptionally tender, really delicious." The lord of Nanping County is very picky, and he can praise this stewed tofu with shallots, which shows how delicious this dish is.
"If the vegetarian dishes were so delicious, I wouldn't be worried about eating meat." Yan Jingba smacked her lips and said.
"The chef at home doesn't have this skill, so you'd better continue to eat meat." Yan Hong said with a smile.
Yan Jing sighed similarly, "Then I can only be wronged." โ
Everyone was in for a smile.
After eating the vegetarian fast, the Yan family went back to the courtyard to take a nap. โ
Master Lichen is not easy to see, this is still Mrs. Yan's appointment in advance. When they arrived at the meditation hall, the Yan family walked in. In the meditation hall, sandalwood curls, and Master Lichen sat on a cross-legged futon, wearing gray monk's robes, and his appearance was plain. At first glance, it looks like an old ordinary nun. However, if you look closely, your bearing is calm and calm, her eyes are peaceful and kind, and she seems to be full of compassion.
However, Yan Hagi felt that she was not compassionate at all, at least not sympathetic to her; There were no tables and chairs in the meditation hall, only two futons, one was sitting with Master Lichen, the other was sitting with Mrs. Yan, and the others were ...... Hehe, I stood and listened to Master Chen's lecture.
โโฆโฆ The Buddha taught us in the Hundred Karma Sutra that all good and evil karma will not ripen on the four earth, water, fire, and wind, but will only ripen on the five aggregates, the twelve, and the eighteen worlds...... The law of karma is like this: even a small amount of good karma can cause great happiness. Even a small amount of negative karma can cause great suffering...... If we do not repent of all the negative karma we have created in the past, we will eventually feel the consequences of this life and the next life, and even after thousands of eons, and it will never disappear before it matures......
Yan Hagi looked at the sky blankly, what is this talking about, she doesn't understand!
If you don't understand, forget it, her feet are still numb, Yan Hagi quietly moved her feet, she felt that no one should pay attention to such a subtle movement, but she didn't expect Master Chen to pause, and his eyes swept over.
Yan Hagi hurriedly made a pious look of eyes and nose and nose, in fact, the Yan family is not a devout believer, they are all the kind of people who ask for the Bodhisattva when there is something, worship the Buddha, when there is nothing to do, the Bodhisattva is the Bodhisattva, they are them. Everyone listened to it in pain, but they didn't show it on their faces, and they put on a reasonable look of the master's words.
Yan Hagi shuddered at the thought of having to go through such "devastation" for the next six days, how could she convince her grandmother not to let her suffer this torture? She is not the only one who has the same idea, Yan Hong and Yan Jing are also the same. The older ones have a calm personality and have the attitude that even if they don't believe in Buddhism, it doesn't hurt to listen.
โโฆโฆ There is no way for good or evil, but people call themselves. The retribution of good and evil follows like a shadow...... "Master Lichen is still lecturing, but Yan Hagi has already wandered out of the world."
An hour later, Master Lichen ended this causal discussion, and the Yan family left the meditation hall and returned to the small courtyard where they were temporarily staying.
Seeing that the three granddaughters looked happy to have escaped, Old Madam Yan smiled dumbly, "Ming'er doesn't want to listen to the master's lectures?" โ
The three little girls nodded like garlic and looked at Mrs. Yan expectantly, hoping that she would allow them not to listen.
"If you don't want to listen, you won't listen, but in the hermitage, you are not allowed to walk around." Old Madam Yan herself couldn't listen to it, but for the sake of the heir of the third room, she had to insist, not to mention that this was still her decision, and she couldn't retreat.
"Thank you, grandmother." The three of Yan Hagi were overjoyed, and their grandmother was so understanding, they didn't need to think about it, and they were spared the sin.
In the evening, Yan Hagi took out the shortbread to divide, she brought a total of six packs, the reason why she didn't bring other pastries is that although the mountain is cooler than the mountain, but it is also summer, and she is afraid of breaking it if she brings others. Yan Hagi gave each of the two sisters a piece of shortbread, "Hungry, right?" โ
"The front chest is pressed against the back." Yan Jing said pitifully, no matter how delicious the vegetarian food at noon is, there is not much oil.
Yan Hagi took two more pieces before wrapping them again, "Licorice, you take it to the old lady." โ
Licorice took the order, and after a while, she came back empty-handed, "The old lady left two pieces, the county lord left two pieces, and the rest was given to the second wife." โ
"Okay, this half is yours, hurry up and eat it." Yan Hagi only ate half of it, and she has never been very fond of shortbread.
"The slave is not hungry, Miss should give it to the others." Licorice endured it so that he didn't swallow.
"Eat, they've all eaten the wheat." Yan Hagi shoved the shortbread into her hand.
"Thank you, miss." Licorice then poured a glass of water and went to the side to eat shortbread.
With some food in their stomachs, they didn't feel hungry, and the maidservants waited for their respective ladies to wash up and go to bed.
After finishing the evening class, the nuns also fell asleep peacefully, but on this lonely night, a few dark shadows climbed over the wall of Myozen-an and went straight to the quiet courtyard where the benefactors lived.
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I have a cold and cough, and my voice is not good, so don't listen to it.