Chapter 100: The Wind and Rain (1)
September 19 Guanyin's birthday is a big day.
It is said that after the Guanyin monk accomplished all his undertakings in the world, he broke away from the mortal womb on this day and began to purify the lives of sentient beings. Therefore, every day in the folk, in order to bless their children to grow up safely and get the blessing of the gods, they will go to the Guanyin Temple on purpose, so that the children can deed Guanyin as the godmother, in order to pray to her for blessings.
Zhu Jiasu came to see the matter of worshiping the Buddha and praying for blessings, especially the old lady who was fasting for Brother Ming's vegetarian diet recently, so she proposed to lead the female dependents and children of the family to go to the Guanyin Temple in the west of the city on this day to pray for blessings.
Because she was going to travel today, Shen Yuechen got up early to dress up, put on an elegant and decent new dress, her long hair was curled into a lily bun, and she wore a white jade inlaid beaded jade hairpin, which looked more plain than usual.
Several other aunts were also ready, among them, Aunt Qin's dress was the most gorgeous and bright, and she seemed to have forgotten that the destination of this trip was Guanyin Temple. However, in addition to her, Aunt Cao, Aunt Sun, Aunt Wang and Aunt Liu are all plain and well-dressed.
As soon as Qin Taoxi saw the pretending to be delicate Sun, the expression on his face instantly became gloomy.
By Sun's side, there were maids on the left and right, and Xia's mother followed her step by step, never forgetting to tell her to be careful under her feet and watch the road carefully.
Shen Yuechen noticed that Qin Taoxi looked at Sun with cold eyes, without saying a word, her eyes were cold, guessing that she was probably resentful in her heart.
Recently, because of Sun's pregnancy, Qin Taoxi seems to have restrained a little, except for occasionally sending someone to the kitchen to complain about the shabby food, he has not shown any abnormalities, but has been much more peaceful than before. Every time I come to say goodbye, my attitude is always lukewarm, and I don't see anything wrong.
However, Shen Yuechen knew that the Qin clan was not the kind of person who kept to herself, but she still hoped that she could continue to stop. After all, there are so many things going on at the moment, there is really no way to distract her.
Today is to go to the Guanyin Temple to pray for blessings, Brother Ming and Sister Ying will also go together, both of them and children are going out for the first time, so they naturally have to prepare extra carefully.
Since Brother Ming was born, he has been weak and rarely taken out of the warm pavilion. Today, for the first time since the full moon, he was carried out. Although Zhu Ying has a good body, she is too young and a little girl, so naturally she has no chance to go out.
Brother Ming giggled as soon as he saw Shen Yuechen, and seemed to be in a good mood.
Shen Yuechen hurriedly took him from the nurse's arms and gently touched him with his forehead, like a real mother and son. Shen Yuechen likes Brother Ming from the bottom of her heart, not only because they are the same "outsiders", but also because she can see a deep sense of dependence in his eyes.
On this trip, there were dozens of people up and down, and all of them were women. If everyone wants to sit in a sedan chair, I am afraid that the house will not be able to dispatch it for a while, so the porter specially prepared six emerald carriages, all of which are made of the finest wood, with exquisite design and gorgeous decoration. The carriage is very spacious, with soft cushions, pillows at the back, and a sandalwood table in the middle, on which are placed tea sets and fruit plates, various kinds of snacks, and even a small chessboard for people to relieve boredom.
The outside of the carriage was newly painted, and a string of red and delicate strings were tied to the four corners, which looked joyful and extravagant.
Because there were too many people accompanying them, except for the personal grandmother and the big girl beside the master, the rest of the girls had to walk with the car against the sun.
The Zhu family waited for the car to go straight to the Guanyin Temple in the west of the city. Because it happened to be in time to visit the temple fair and catch the day of the market, as soon as I entered the main road, there were more pedestrians on the street all of a sudden.
Through the thin gauze curtain, you can vaguely see the busy traffic outside, a lively and prosperous scene.
The mother-in-law and maid who accompanied her outside, in order to prevent those passers-by from running around with the master's car, hurriedly raised her hand and threw copper coins one by one. Passers-by were busy huddled together to collect money, and soon, an empty lane was made in the middle of the road.
The sedan chair of the Zhu family accompanied the mighty all the way to the Guanyin Temple, and unconsciously, the hour had passed.
Because it is September 19, the front of the Guanyin Temple is already full of pilgrims, and the smoke is filled.
The Zhu family sent someone to come over early in the morning to take care of it, and at this time, the temple door was wide open, and the nuns in the temple were lined up in two rows, standing with their palms together, waiting to greet each other.
The old lady sat in the car all the way, and she was tired, so she only went into the main hall to worship, and then went to the back meditation room to rest for a while. Li Shi went in with her, waited left and right, and only handed over the matter of praying for the Buddha to Shen Yuechen alone.
In the words of the old lady, she is a person who has been associated with Buddha since she was a child, her mind is pure, and she is used to doing Buddhist things, so it is naturally the safest to leave it to her.
Shen Yuechen saw that the elders were blindly lazy, and although she was helpless in her heart, she could only nod her head. One person led the ladies in those rooms to worship the Buddha again, burn incense, get up and get up, kneel and kneel.
She was used to doing such things before, and it was not difficult to persevere, but she took pity on the others behind her, and after a toss, her face and body were all sweaty.
Sun was pregnant, so she should not be tired, so she only bowed slightly, and then sweated.
Shen Yuechen looked at her with a bad face, and hurriedly asked Xia's mother to take her down to rest, but who knows, Sun refused, so he had to bow a few more times in front of the gods, begging him to bless the child in his womb to be safe.
Seeing this, Shen Yuechen complained in her heart that she was stupid and didn't know the severity, but she still had to persuade her: "My sister's body is important, go down to rest first, and then come out to worship again." As the saying goes, sincerity is spirituality, as long as my sister has a sincere heart, isn't it the same wherever she goes to worship Buddha? ”
Sun Wenpei was persuaded by her, and the Qin family immediately took advantage of the fact that he was unwell, so he went down to hide from himself.
They can be lazy, but Shen Yuechen can't steal it, and instructed Chun Ming to send the Buddhist scriptures copied in advance to the master in the temple one by one, and ask them to make merit in front of the ever-bright lamp enshrined in front of the Buddha.
The master in the temple presented the strings of blessed prayer beads on a tray and asked Shen Yuechen to look at them one by one.
Shen Yuechen just looked at it carefully, then motioned to the maid to take it, and then asked Chun Ming to hand over the one hundred taels of sesame oil money that had been prepared.
The master took the silver ticket, folded his hands, and replied in an extraordinarily low voice: "Amitabha, good, good." ”
After tossing like this for more than an hour, Shen Yuechen's legs were so tired that he couldn't stand anymore.
Chun Ming and Cuixin hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and went into the back meditation room to rest together.
The meditation room is very clean, there is tea and water and smoked sandalwood, and it looks elegant and chic.
Shen Yuechen sat on the couch by the window, Chun Ming took off her embroidered shoes for her, gently pressed her legs and feet, and said softly: "Miss has to rest for a while." ”
Shen Yuechen was also really tired, her eyes closed, and she didn't even bother to say a word.
Seeing that she looked tired, Chun Ming couldn't help frowning and said, "What kind of blessing is this?" Let you only ask for the blessings of this big family, and the Bodhisattva will feel sorry for you when he sees it. ”
When Shen Yuechen heard this, she smiled slightly, only opened her eyes to look at her, and said with a smile: "I haven't shouted tired yet, you should hold the grievances for me first." This family is young and old, counting me as the youngest, and I should have come to worship. ”
Chunming also knew this, but she felt sorry for her and said: "The slave maid is just distressed Miss, she worries about it at home and abroad all day long, and everyone is tired and thin." ”
Shen Yuechen said lightly: "Since you are so worried, go back to the god and beg her, and beg her to let me grow a few more taels of meat." ”
When Chun Ming heard this, he sneered, and only said: "The slave and maid don't ask for this, the slave and maid only ask for the kindness of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and I love Miss a lot, so that you can give birth to a little young master for the Zhu family as soon as possible." ”
Shen Yuechen listened, her eyebrows moved slightly, she closed her eyes again, and didn't speak again. After a while, a teacup was handed to her mouth, and Cui Xin was beside her, and said cautiously: "Miss drink tea." ”
Shen Yuechen took a sip of her hand, the warm tea crossed her throat, and her body was relieved, and she closed her eyes and crooked for a while.
After another half an hour, the maid said that the old lady and the ladies had rested and were ready to go to the main hall to worship the Buddha again.
Shen Yuechen hurriedly cheered up and went over to accompany her, inevitably being tired again.
After the old lady bowed a few times, she stood up with Shen Yuechen's hand, patted her hand, and said with a smile to everyone: "With the blessing of the Bodhisattva, from now on, the heirs of our Zhu family will definitely be able to prosper." ”
When everyone heard this, everyone smiled and nodded, but behind the scenes, they had their own thoughts and plans.
Sun Wenpei looked even more satisfied, stretched out his hand to stroke his lower abdomen, his eyebrows and eyes were happy, his mind was sketching his bright future, thinking that she would have a child in the future, the old lady was happy, the eldest lady was also happy, and the whole family was happy...... She was thinking about it alone, but she didn't know how many pairs of eyes around her were staring at her belly, thinking about the child in her womb......
The night was dark, and after a busy day, Shen Yuechen finally returned to his house to rest.
The old lady knew that she was working hard today, so she was spared two days of morning and dusk and let her have a good rest.
After dinner, Shen Yuechen was talking to Wu's mother on the couch, but she heard the wind outside the window.
Chun Ming, who was waiting in the house, hurriedly got up to close the window, looked up, only to find that the sky had changed, and hurriedly frowned: "The sun is still shining during the day, why is it windy?" ”
Shen Yuechen got up and walked to the window, only to see that the sky was dark and dreary, like a piece of black flannel that was about to be pressed down. Suddenly, a flash of lightning hurriedly swept by, followed by thunder, which shook people's hearts in a panic.
Shen Yuechen's eyebrows frowned, only to feel that the weather had become strange, and the rain was even more menacing, which caught people off guard and made them feel uneasy.