Chapter 102: The First Snow

Xun Qingran and Grandma Qi San entered Miaoyin's meditation room. Second Grandma Qi had stopped talking to Miaoyin and asked Xun Qingran and Third Grandma Qi to sit down.

The meditation room is divided into two rooms, only Grandma Qi, Dong'er and Miaoyin Shitai in the inner room, but there are many girls and daughters-in-law standing densely under the outside, only listening to the summons, passing hot hand towels, hot tea and other things. Xun Qing glanced at it when she came in, and there was a slightly outstanding, daughter-in-law in her twenties, who seemed to be familiar, she thought about it for a while, and remembered that it was the daughter-in-law of the Yan family.

The Tong family heard the news, saying that after the Xing Laoshi family left, the little family's family was also sold, and the entire courtyard belonged to the Yan family.

“…… Both of them got a good errand, and they got the whole yard, and the little guy, I don't know how many things they have saved over the years, and they haven't found any of them, but I think the Yan family has collected them in advance. Tsk, she's not afraid of retribution. ”

When the Tong family said this at that time, her words were condemning, but her eyes and tone were obviously envy, jealousy and hatred.

Dong'er took the hot tea and handed it to Xun Qingran, Xun Qingran took it in her hand, and was about to speak, when a little girl came in outside.

"A few grandmothers, the fourth master is here."

Xun Qing was taken aback, Qi You said that he couldn't come on an errand, why did he come again at this time.

Second Grandma Qi giggled: "The fourth master originally said that there was an errand and couldn't be separated." I'm afraid that I'm thinking about my younger siblings, and I don't know how to finish my errand in a hurry, so I rushed over to accompany my younger siblings. ”

Grandma Qi San didn't say anything, she turned her face away but pursed her lips, and muttered something in her mouth, "The new daughter-in-law, you have to be prosperous for three or five months, and you will ...... in the future." ”

"It's the fourth master of the house who is here! A few grandmothers atone for their sins, my Buddha is merciful, all beings are equal, and there should be no taboos between men and women. It's just that all the women who come to the clean room behind here are women, this ......" Master Miaoyin laughed with him and said with some embarrassment.

Miao Yin This is a euphemism that the clean room meditation room behind her nunnery does not entertain male pilgrims.

Xun Qingran hurriedly put down the teacup and stood up.

"I know that you have big rules here, and our fourth master is here to pick up his daughter-in-law." Second Grandma Qi said, stood up again, and instructed Xun Qingran: "I must accompany you to ask for a son." I won't go and join in the fun, you go and worship the Bodhisattva, and when you want to go back, just send someone to me. ”

Xun Qingran came out of the meditation room, and as soon as he walked out of the moon gate, he saw Qi You wearing a dark blue dark gold python pattern, with a sword at his waist, followed by three men who were also equipped with swords, and were striding over. Wangcai's family trotted all the way behind him. There were two nuns guarding the door outside the moon gate, both with their heads bowed and their faces red, as if they wanted to stop but did not dare to step forward.

Xun Qingran hurriedly walked down the steps and stepped forward.

"You...... How did it come? ”

Qi You's eyes swept over Xun Qingran's face, and he glanced around again.

"I'm done with my errand, I'm coming back and passing by here, and I'll come in and have a look." Qi Yu said.

"Poof!" Someone burst out laughing.

Xun Qingran followed the voice and looked over, Qi You was followed by three people, two of whom Xun Qingran recognized, it was the little skullcap and licorice. Another man, who was about the same size as Qi You, was wearing the official uniform of a second-grade imperial guard, with a smile on his face. It must have been him who was laughing.

When the man saw Xun Qingran looking at him, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted.

"In the next Tang Younian, meet my sister-in-law."

"Virtuous brother doesn't have to be polite."

Xun Qingran hurriedly turned sideways and blessed a blessing. She had already heard that there was a good friend of Qi You living in the front yard of Qi Mansion, who was Tang Younian. This Tang Younian and Qi You worshiped under the same master's door, and later took the martial arts championship together, and became the imperial guard together. He and Qi You are good friends, and they have no home in the capital, so Qi You arranged for him to live in Qi Mansion.

"Why aren't you with the two sisters-in-law?" Qi Yu asked.

"The clean room in this nunnery only entertains female pilgrims, and the second and third sisters-in-law are talking to Mrs. Shi in the meditation room, and I will come out to pick you up."

"It's just you, and you can see other acquaintances?"

Xun Qingran shook his head, "Let's go to worship Guanyin first, and then let this nunnery print the scriptures for the old lady and wife, so that we listened to the scriptures in the clean room in the backyard, and we didn't meet any acquaintances." ”

Qi Yu sighed, "It's not too early, let's go back." ”

"Ziqian, I heard that Guanyin here is extremely effective. Since you're here, didn't you say you were going to worship with your sister-in-law? Tang Younian said on the side.

"The fourth master and the fourth grandmother go to worship together, and they will definitely be able to get their wish." Master Miao Yin sent an old nun over.

Qi You stood there, hesitated slightly, looked down at Xun Qingran, and met Xun Qingran with a pair of watery eyes, looking at him expectantly.

"That'...... All right. Qi You nodded.

The old nun led the way in front, Qi You and Xun Qingran walked side by side to the Guanyin Temple, Malt and Aster followed closely behind, and Tang Younian also brought two small servants to follow behind.

When the two arrived at the main hall, there were really many pilgrims who came to burn incense. And there was a pious one who came down the steps of the main hall, and took a few steps, and went straight into the temple.

Tang Younian brought two small servants forward to drive away the pilgrims. He and Qi You were both wearing the clothes of the imperial guards, and they had already seen the sharp eyes, so they dodged to the side.

Xun Qingran hurriedly stopped, pointed to those pilgrims and said, "Don't drive people away." These are all sincere children, many of them are still from outside the city, dozens of miles, and they have to walk back and forth a day, just to kowtow to the head here. Let's say goodbye with them. ”

Tang Younian stopped and turned his head to look at Qi You.

Qi You nodded, and Tang Younian led people back again. Xun Qingran and Qi You walked into the main hall, some people had already avoided in a hurry, and some people stared at the two people with the courage and curiosity, but they were glared at by Qi You, and they hurriedly lowered their heads and avoided it.

After the worship of a young couple in front of them, Xun Qingran and Qi You stood in front of the Buddha statue, Xun Qingran took the incense and lit it, handed it to Qi You Three Pillars, and took the Three Pillars himself. Qi You took the incense, Xun Qingran saw that he refused to kneel, so he didn't kneel, but only bowed to the Buddha statue three times with incense. Qi You also bowed, and the two of them inserted the incense into the incense burner, and then came out of the main hall.

Snowflakes fell outside, like goose feathers. This is the first snow of winter, Xun Qingran stretched out his hand, took a piece, and watched the snowflakes melt into water in his hands. The north wind blew tighter, Xun Qingran shuddered, and felt a warmth behind her, and it was Qi Yu who untied the big coat and draped it on her body.

Xun Qingran felt a warmth in her heart, turned around and faced Qi You, and asked softly, "Will we be able to have children soon?" ”

Qi Yu didn't speak, and stretched out his hand to dye Xun Qing tightly. It's just that he has too much strength and is not used to doing this, Xun Qingran complained in his heart, is this trying to strangle me? Look at the people, Xun Qingran drifted his eyes to the right.

There was a young couple standing by the railing outside the hall, and the man with a bright smile was very gentle in arranging the woman's cloak. The movement was as gentle as a feather brushing its face.

Qi You's eyes also drifted over, and he immediately withdrew it.

"It's time to go back." Qi You spoke, and the strength under his hands did not decrease.

Xun Qingran obediently withdrew his eyes, and Qi You's hands were lightened. The two walked down the steps of the main hall, and Xun Qingran secretly glanced at the little couple again, feeling that the relationship between the two must be very good.

"Watch the road carefully." Qi Yu said.

Xun Qingran hurriedly turned his head and found that there was a warning in Qi You's eyes. Well, she admitted, the man was not good-looking, and he smiled silly. But if Qi Youken treats her like that, he must be handsome.

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Outside the Guanyin Nunnery, at the mouth of Zhoujia Lane, the fortune teller was closing the stall, and the vendor who bought food also picked up the camel burden and went elsewhere, and the husband and wife who sold the velvet thread were still standing there, staring at the people who came and went in the pavilion.

"Big brother, you've been standing for a long time, and you have no business, so let's change places." The fortune teller spoke.

The man was startled, "Sir, aren't you blind?" ”

"Phew, how can a blind man walk, I still have one eye is good. You always stare at what the pavilion is doing, if you want to go over, a penny and a bowl of hot soup, frozen for a long time, take your daughter-in-law to warm up. ”

As he spoke, two people came out of the pavilion, one of them leaned on the other's shoulder, his footsteps were a little floating, and the two of them got out of the pavilion and entered Zhoujia Lane.

"What kind of world, the old man is like a girl." The fortune teller stared at the backs of the two of them, and rolled his remaining good eye, "What's so good about the south wind, it's really a world wind." With that, he took the stall and left.

"That, it's really like a girl......" The couple who sold the velvet thread looked at each other.

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Outside the gate of Guanyin Nunnery, Xun Qingran took malt and aster to sit in the carriage. As soon as the malt got into the carriage, he wanted to go down.

"Grandma, the maid wants to ......"

Xun Qingran looked over with the malt's gaze and saw that there was a stall selling sugar against the wall outside the nunnery, selling very ordinary maltose. This kind of sugar is not very sweet, and it tastes sticky to your teeth. Generally, during the New Year, adults and children should eat a little, and they should also offer this kind of sugar to the king of the stove. Malt is very worthy of her name, she is not a sweet tooth, but she has a soft spot for maltose.

The carriage of Grandma Qi Er and Grandma Qi San has been started, and the flow of people outside the nunnery is mixed. Xun Qingran didn't want the malt to get out of the car, so he beckoned to the skullcap.

Skullcap followed behind Qi You, and was about to get on the horse, when he saw Xun Qingran waving, he hurriedly ran over.

"What does Grandma command?"

Xun Qingran asked Malt to hand over the money to Skullcap, and pointed to the stall selling sugar, "Buy some of everything." ”

Skullcap happily agreed, and after a while, he came back with a few packets of sugar balls.

"Grandma, sugar for you."

This little guy is very neat, but he buys too much sugar. Xun Qingran smiled, and when she looked up, she saw Qi You and Tang Younian riding on horses, looking over at her.

Xun Qingran lowered her head, and Skullcap was grinning and holding a large bag of sugar balls and handing them to the car. The corners of Xun Qing's mouth couldn't help twitching, Qi You wouldn't think that this candy was what she was going to buy and eat.

The malt had already taken the sugar, handed back a packet to the skullcap, and said crisply: "Grandma rewarded you." ”

Very well, this is more solid.

Xun Qingran reluctantly sat back in the car.

Outside the carriage, Tang Younian sat on a horse, his back trembling with laughter. Qi You's face was still as usual, but the curvature of the corners of his mouth was very suspicious.

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