Chapter 16: Burning Incense (2)
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As soon as Xia Ruixi's things were packed, Mrs. Fourth Aunt really brought a group of rough and powerful mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law of the Wu family. When Mrs. Fourth Aunt saw Xia Ruixi's dress, she frowned: "What kind of dress are you?" Did you go to a poetry meeting, or did you go to a banquet? ”
Xia Ruixi felt that there was nothing wrong with the clothes on his body, which was very consistent with his identity and status, neither too dazzling nor despised.
Mrs. Fourth Aunt said: "The skirt is so long, and you still wear soft-soled shoes?" And rubbed such a thick powder and rouge, and wore so much jewelry? All went to change. Pointing to Wan'er and Chun'er, he said, "Go and find a shorter and simpler skirt for your young lady, and change into a pair of hard-soled shoes that are easy to walk." took all the jewelry she was wearing, leaving only a silver hairpin, and then washed the fat powder off her face. Act fast, it's getting late. ”
Xia Ruixi has always rubbed the rouge and powder very thinly, and she was very uncomfortable with the arrogance and exaggerated description of the fourth aunt's wife, but she didn't want to worry about Master Xia, and she didn't want to make everyone unhappy, so she endured it with a smile.
Xia Ruibei came over dressed up and said reluctantly: "Auntie, do I want to change too?" ”
The fourth aunt glanced at her: "You; If you change it, it doesn't matter if you don't want to change it. ”
Xia Ruibei took a look at it, Mrs. Gu was dressed gorgeously, only better than herself, and it was not inferior to her, so it can be seen that you don't have to dress very simple when you go up the mountain to worship the Buddha. Seeing that Xia Ruixi had already washed his face, and only inserted a silver hairpin and came out with a plain and simple dress, no different from a decent girl, he made up his mind not to change his makeup, for fear that he would lose his value.
Mrs. asked Xia Ruixi to turn around again and said that her skirt was long, and asked her to tie it up with a needle and thread, and Xia Ruixi did as she said. After a long time of chaos, the fourth aunt and wife were satisfied with Xia Ruixi's dress, and then announced their departure, and the group went to the famous Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple outside the capital.
When the horse reached the bottom of the hill, it stopped. Xia Ruixi quietly peeked out. I saw a verdant mountain. Patches of pink clouds and snow-white gables can be seen faintly on the mountain. The mountain is not desolate. It's still lively. There is an inn shop. There is a restaurant. They are all for pilgrims. It can be seen that the incense of this Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple is at its peak.
As soon as the car stopped. Someone stepped forward and shouted, "Deposit the horse." A small sedan chair is provided. Fair price. Guaranteed to be the most comfortable, cleanest and smoothest. "It turned out that the mountain road was rugged and narrow, and the car could only go down the mountain. When they arrived, they had to send their chariots and horses. Transfer to a special sedan up the mountain.
Another inn pulled the second child over and made noise around the carriage and horses: "Do you guest officials stay in the hotel?" What's new. The temple is not open for a few days. A few days ago, the guests in the temple were all driven down the mountain. Guests can stay in the shop first and then go up the mountain early in the morning. ”
If the temple does not entertain guests, it does not entertain other guests. It doesn't represent the Xia family. A housekeeper of the Xia family said, "Thank you!" We don't live. ”
Xiao Er said: "Xiaodi didn't lie to you. If you don't believe me, ask for it. The shops are full. Only the small shop has a room. If it's late, it's gone. It's too late to regret it. ”
The housekeeper said, "We just want to live and go home to live!" ”
"Kindness was treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, and it was driven down the mountain again, but don't blame me for not telling you." Xiao Er muttered a few words in a low voice and walked away with a crooked grin.
Xia Ruibei saw all this from the car, and said proudly: "Hmph, stupid, the temple is driving people for us, and we still have to go to the hotel?" I don't know who my father is looking for, such a big deal, so majestic. ”
Xia Ruixi was a little weak-hearted, but she was afraid that she would be known to be special, and she was the one who did the tricks, which would cause public anger and be thrown at her with rotten eggs.
A mother-in-law of the Wu family came over and saluted and said, "Miss Cousin, my wife asks you to get off the carriage and store the carriage." ”
When everyone got out of the car, the chariot and horse riders came and led the coachman to drive the carriage away, and at the same time carried three small sedan chairs, which were much narrower than ordinary sedan chairs, just to facilitate walking on the narrow and rugged mountain road.
Xia Ruixi took it for granted that she was definitely going to take a sedan chair up the mountain, she couldn't help but hesitate when she saw the rugged mountain road, she was already a little dizzy, wouldn't she be even more dizzy on such a rugged road?
It turns out that she was too worried, and Mrs. Sigu only needed two small sedan chairs, one for herself and the other for Xia Ruibei, but Xia Ruixi didn't. The fourth aunt said in her original words: "Although we have entrusted someone to find a relationship, the means are a little dishonorable, but you must be pious in your heart, and you must have no side, if you are tired, you can rest for a while, drink saliva, no matter where you go, even if you climb, you must also rely on yourself to go up." ”
No wonder Mrs. Sigu insisted that she dress up like this, it turned out to be convenient for her to walk. Xia Ruibei originally wanted to show her piety, but she looked at her delicate and beautiful soft-soled shoes, as well as the embroidered silk skirt that dragged the floor, and looked at the white sun in the sky, and got into the sedan chair without saying a word. She didn't believe it, and went up in a sedan chair to ask for a signature, and that heaven's will would suddenly change.
Xia Ruixi looked at the white sun and the rugged mountain road, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, see you
When the opportunity came, she hurriedly took out an umbrella from her burden to cover Xia Ruixi's long time ago, and anyone who wanted to go to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple to offer incense must hike up the mountain to appear sincere, so she specially prepared this umbrella, hoping to make a turnaround.
Before Xia Ruixi could laugh, the fourth aunt asked Wan'er to take the umbrella and said sternly: "The road is gone, are you still afraid of this little bit of daylight?" If you get tanned, it will be white after a few days, and you can't bear this bit of hardship, is it worth the amount of effort your father has put into you? ”
This is all on the line, what else can Xia Ruixi say?
Xia Ruibei was afraid that she would retreat, and she would miss the big event of the incense on the top and the transfer of the whole family, so she hurriedly said: "Second sister, just bear with it, right?" Rest when you can't walk, I'll wait for you. ”
Xia Ruixi answered, cheered up and walked forward. So, the fourth aunt and Xia Ruibei's sedan chair headed Xia Ruixi and a few girls in the center, and a few stout and powerful family members followed behind and carried large and small boxes and cages to press the formation, which looked a little funny and interesting.
In fact, although Xia Ruixi is rugged when he doesn't walk, he can breathe in the fresh air and enjoy the surrounding spring light and the legendary beauty of "the world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom", which is a mountain climbing exercise that is beneficial to physical and mental health. It's just that after a long time, no matter how beautiful the spring light is, it can't stop the scorching sunshine and the tiredness of this pampered body.
The fourth aunt and Xia Ruibei's sedan chair couldn't wait for Xia Ruixi, so they went to the front early, and the most bitter thing was that the family members who followed Xia Ruixi could obviously go fast, but they couldn't go fast, so they could only follow this delicate young lady slowly, which felt no less than being tortured.
Before he was halfway through, Xia Ruixi's cheeks were already reddened by the sun, and his clothes were soaked with sweat, although the girls carried herbal tea with them, but they didn't dare to drink too much water because it was inconvenient to go to the toilet, so they were thirsty and tired for a while, and they walked more and more slowly. Xia Ruixi sincerely envied the fourth aunt and Xia Ruibei in the sedan chair, and began to look around where there was a place to rest.
When everyone was in pain, the fourth aunt and wife finally had great mercy and asked people to come and send a message and send a message, there was a grass pavilion in front of them, and they were waiting for Xia Ruixi's family to rest there for a while. Wan'er gasped: "Miss is tired, the slave maid will go and talk to Mrs. Gu to rest for a while, right?" ”
Xia Xi shook his head, he couldn't blame Mrs. Sigu for being ruthless and willing to let everyone rest for a while, just because she was tired of walking, she couldn't rest more, the more she rested, the more tired she was, and the more tired she was, the more she didn't want to go. She still understands this truth.
Xia Ruixi's buttocks were just next to the stone pier in the grass pavilion, and when she gasped, she shouted to Chun'er to help her look at her face, and the place where the sweat flowed hurt badly. Chun'er took a closer look and exclaimed, "Ah, it's so red." "When I reached out and touched it, it was hot and hot, but I was afraid that it was sunburned. Mrs. Fourth Aunt said lightly: "Can't help it? When I get to the mountain and wash my face, I will give you the ointment so that it won't hurt. ”
Xia Ruixi was afraid that the fourth wife would think she was squeamish, so she hurriedly said: "I can bear it, I can bear it." But I couldn't help but rub my feet secretly, and my pampered body was still not as hard as it was in my previous life.
The fourth aunt stood up: "If you can bear it, you will go on the road, right?" You go too slowly, and if you go late, you are afraid that you will not be able to find the person in charge. ”
Xia Ruixi endured the pain and stood up. The soles of my feet hurt so much that I was afraid that they were already blistering, so I said, "Auntie, I'm only afraid that my feet are blistering, so I'll pick up the bubbles and then leave, is it okay?" ”
Probably because the temple does not entertain guests, the mountain road is very quiet, basically no pedestrians, the fourth aunt Mrs. wanted to agree, but look around, only to see the end of the mountain road, from the direction of the temple a few young men, that look is also for this grass pavilion to rest. So he changed his mind: "It's inconvenient here." Let people see your feet, what kind of body will it become? Bear with me. ”
Xia Ruixi didn't pay attention, but Xia Ruibei saw clearly who the person who came there, and wanted to sit down for a while to say hello to people, so she said: "Auntie, my second sister hasn't walked such a long way since she was born, let her rest for a while." ”
Mrs. Fourth Aunt wrinkled her eyebrows: "She hasn't traveled so far since she was born?" Let her go now! What is she here for? Are you here to enjoy the blessings? ”
When Xia Ruibei heard this, Mrs. Fourth Aunt was very angry, and she usually didn't like Mrs. Fourth Aunt, so she retorted: "Although my second sister is not here to enjoy happiness, you are too harsh on her, what will happen if you let her rest for a while?" ”
Xia Ruixi only thought that Xia Ruibei was really sorry for her and the fourth aunt's wife, so she hurriedly grabbed her and said with a smile: "Auntie, Beibei just feels sorry for me." Let's go? He whispered again: "Beibei, I can bear it." ”
Mrs. Fourth Aunt sneered: "Your father handed over your two sisters to me, and I won't allow you to come nonsense!" Hee-hee, if you don't want to go, you have to leave for me! He pointed at Xia Ruibei again: "As for you, it's up to you whether you love it or not!" If you don't want to go, I'll send someone to send you down the mountain immediately, anyway, you're just going to play, and if you want to go, you have to listen to me.
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Xia Ruixi's eyes widened when she saw Xia Ruibei's unconvinced, and she hurriedly persuaded in a low voice: "Tomorrow, you don't want to go to Shangxiang to ask for a signature?" You're halfway up the mountain, don't give up halfway. ”
Xia Ruibei gritted her teeth with a gloomy face and turned to walk towards the sedan chair, and at this time the young men were already approaching. Xia Ruibei changed her smile and said in surprise: "Hey, isn't that Fourth Brother Ou?" Fourth Brother Ou, why did you come here? ”
Xia Ruixi raised his head when he heard the voice, only to see several men walking towards him, the three people in front of him were bowing their heads and talking, and who was the Ou Sishao in the middle who was not the one with his eyes above the top? She didn't know anyone else next to him, but why did the tall, contoured young man stare at her with such hateful eyes? The other was even more rude, and looked at her with a smile and a smile
Xia Ruixi couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Ou Sishao stopped where he was and saluted from afar: "Hello two sisters." ”
Xia Ruixi looked at Ou Sishao and remembered that he had been disliked by others, and he couldn't help but think about not returning the courtesy, and he was afraid that people would laugh at him for being stingy, so he slowly blessed himself and hid behind the fourth aunt's wife and didn't speak. Xia Ruibei also returned the salute and said with a smile: "Fourth Brother Ou, are you also here to burn incense?" ”
Before Ou Sishao could answer, Mrs. Sigu's face was already as black as iron, and she glared at Xia Ruibei fiercely, so frightened that Xia Ruibei shrank her neck, bowed her head and didn't dare to say anything. Seeing that she was honest, the fourth aunt asked majestically and dignifiedly: "But the fourth son of the second master of the second master of Xijing Ou?" After confirming, he recognized his nephew in a few words.
Ou Sishao didn't know Mrs. Si Aunt, but seeing that her appearance was quite similar to Master Xia, he guessed that it was probably the aunt of the two Xia Ruixi sisters, and they greeted her politely and thoughtfully. During this time, he was polite and humble, and his eyes only looked at Mrs. Sigu and did not glance at the young woman for a long time, and Mrs. Sigu nodded secretly.
Wan'er quietly bit her ear with Xia Xi: "Miss, did you see the son standing next to Ou Sishao?" It's the one who is tall, with different eyebrows and eyes, and the one who wears a jujube robe, and he's the one who hurts you with a ball of snow. ”
When Xia Ruixi heard this, he was angry from his heart, "The stinky boy has not yet counted the account of his aunt and grandmother, and now he dares to look at me with such eyes?" It's really looking for death. I couldn't help but glare at the boy viciously.
The eyes of the two met viciously, thinking that they would smash this hateful boy into a pig's head in order to take revenge; One is driven down from the temple, can't burn the incense, the old hatred is not over and adds a new hatred, looking at the woman in front of him how to look at how it is hateful, I can't wait to go up to her ten times and eight times, and teach her a good lesson to relieve the hatred.
After the fourth young man and the fourth aunt's wife finished greeting, they politely said goodbye and left. Ah Ke was driven crazy by Xia Ruixi's provocative gaze, refused to leave, and glared at Xia Ruixi: "I also came up on two legs, why did she occupy the temple alone?" Why can you burn this incense? Rich is amazing, huh? Can you buy the powerful to do whatever they want if you have money? Wait for me to go down the mountain and say, let everyone know that these monks collect money, and the Buddhism is not pure, full of copper smell! ”
The fourth wife's face twitched, she couldn't help but be mad, pretending that her family was not the one who bought off the monks in the temple, and said to Ou Sishao with a forced smile: "Nephew, what's going on?" Who is this little boy? ”
"I'm sorry Mrs. Wu, my cousin originally wanted to burn this incense, so he came all the way to Beijing, and stayed in the temple a few days ago to wait. Who knew that he was driven out by the monks in the temple this morning, saying that the temple was going to receive distinguished guests, not ordinary guests. He was a little irritable in his heart, and he didn't do anything more when he was young, so he talked nonsense, misunderstood his wife and two sisters, and asked a few of them to forgive him. Ou Sishao was also uncomfortable in his heart, and the words he said sounded nothing special to him, but after thinking about it carefully, it made everyone in the Xia family blush and speechless.
Ou Sishao scolded Ah Ke in a low voice, Ah Ke finally held back his anger, and when he looked up, he saw Xia Ruixi's provocative gaze, as if to say: "You are nothing more than that, coward!" There's a kind of you. I couldn't help but rush to the mountain in anger for a while, "The master just won't leave tonight, see if these stinky monks dare to eat the master!" Is it okay to use money and power to bully the strong? ”
"Ke, have you forgotten what I told you earlier?" Ou Sishao grabbed Ah Ke tightly and glanced at Xia Ruixi deeply, as if to warn her not to stimulate Ah Ke anymore. Xia Ruixi didn't want to make some other trouble at this time, and besides, the matter of burning incense was also a bit of a loss for his own family, so he lowered his head.
Seeing that this matter is about to end, who knows that Xia Ruibei can't get used to it and can't listen to it anymore: "This world is like this, you have the ability to entrust people?" I have no money and no ability, but I came to find the bad luck of a few of our women, I really have never seen a man like you. If I were you, I'd be ashamed to death. ”
Xia Ruibei's words were regarded as stabbing the hornet's nest, Ah Ke screamed, clenched his fists, and raised his red eyes: "What did you say?!" ”
The chill shining in her eyes made Xia Ruibei tremble, and she stammered, "What are you fierce?" Am I wrong? Fourth Brother Ou, your cousin is so unreasonable, you don't care? ”
The white-washed young man next to Ou Sishao smiled and arched his hand to Xia Ruibei: "This young lady is right, even if she is a bodhisattva, she also wants to eat and ask for incense." Just look at whether you have money or not, Miss is a very rich person at a glance, so she naturally goes to the Bodhisattva, like me and others who have no money and no power, it is best to find a corner and die of shame. ”
Xia Ruibei rolled her eyes: "Who are you?" I didn't talk to you, who made you talk? ”
The young man smiled strangely: "The rich and powerful young lady asks, and the poor don't dare not answer." In Xia Mufei, he is the one who should die of poverty and shame. ”
"Fourth Brother Ou, this friend of yours is so rude!" Xia Ruibei stomped her feet, hating this man who was smiling so weirdly. Xia Ruixi heard the word "Mu Fei", and unconsciously looked at him a few more times, this Mu Fei was dressed in brown cloth and washed white, his figure was medium, his appearance was only average, and he looked lazy, but his temperament was very good, and there was always such a chic and free taste between his hands and feet, and he belonged to a temperament-type man. Is this the guy who designed the barbecue table? Could he be a fellow traveler? Xia Ruixi thought to himself: "It would be nice if I had a chance to test him." ”
Mu Fei saw Xia Ruixi looking at him, and squeezed his eyes at her, Xia Ruixi blushed, hurriedly put aside his eyes, and pretended not to see anything.