It was the height of summer, the weather was sweltering, and there was not a hint of wind.

On the small Buddha shrine, there is a Goddess of Mercy carved from white jade, and in front of it is a purple sand incense burner with two ears and three legs carved with fine lines, and three light smoke of sandalwood are inserted in the furnace, and the air is filled with the unique delicate fragrance of sandalwood, which makes people clear their hearts and minds and eliminate distracting thoughts.

As the saying goes, the mind is calm and naturally cool.

Shen Yuechen folded her hands and knelt on the futon with a straight posture, engrossed in reciting the scriptures silently, not caring about the stuffiness in the room and the monotonous and harsh cicadas outside the window.

Her eyebrows and eyes are quite delicate, her body is thin and delicate, she wears a moon-white shirt, the wide cuffs are slightly rolled up, revealing the slender arms inside, her hair is waist-high, and the combed lines are not messy, soft and proper.

The courtyard where she lives is not large, and an old locust tree with sparse branches and leaves is planted in the center of the courtyard, and there is a narrow deep well next to it. Directly south of the courtyard are three side by side with gray walls and blue tiles, because the doors and windows are directly facing the scorching sun, and a lot of heat has accumulated and the ventilation is poor, so in the summer, the house is always very boring.

However, if you compare it with the previous Jingyue Nunnery, the conditions here are much better.

There are not many furnishings in the house, the household utensils are all dark style, it looks like there is a kind of old simplicity, especially the purple purlin wood carving book case placed by the window, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the case are readily available, there are several volumes of Buddhist scriptures on the flat base, and there are two thick stacks of copied scriptures, all of which are the best Huixuan, and the handwriting on the paper is beautiful and powerful, and it is very atmospheric. In the east room of the bedroom, there is only a red date wood shelf bed, hung with a green gauze tent, and the quilt on it is folded with sharp edges.

Five days later, it was the death day of Shen Yuechen's biological mother Lin, and those scriptures were all for her to be sent to Baita Temple for merit.

However, that day was the death day of the Lin family and Shen Yuechen's birthday.

Shen Yuechen was born with a difficult birth, and it took Lin six hours to give birth to her, but unfortunately, the child's face died before she could see it clearly.

When she first came to this world, she killed her mother, and in addition, she was covered in blood when she was born, and she didn't cry or make trouble with her eyes open, which made the whole family even more shocked, and thought that she was some kind of demon reincarnation, and was almost drowned in the bathtub by her own hands under the anger of her father Shen Zhiyun.

Shen Yuechen, who is immortal, is naturally not a demon, those seemingly unusual appearances are just because there is a soul from the future world hidden in her body. A sudden traffic accident made her soul unexpectedly travel to this different time and space, from the beginning of the panic and absurdity to the current calm and indifferent, the baptism of the years, let her learn to be grateful to God and the Buddha's mercy, but also learned to go with the flow, accept reality.

The Great Zhou Dynasty was originally a strange dynasty that she had never heard of in her previous life, and now, she was already familiar with everything here.

Mother Wu hurriedly walked into the yard, her face was covered with sweat, and the clothes on her back were also soaked with sweat, revealing a large oval sweat stain.

Walking from here to the main courtyard, at most, it only takes a cup of tea, and walking along the shady corridor on the road can go early and return early, but on the contrary, the person in the account room deliberately procrastinated, so that she waited for a long time under the poisonous sun before she got this month's monthly silver.

Mother Wu was so angry that she couldn't do it, but she still gritted her teeth secretly and endured her anger. After taking care of the young lady for so many years, she knew that her situation in the Shen family was difficult, and she didn't want to make her feel sad and embarrassed because of such a trivial matter.

Almost everyone in the Shen Mansion knows that Shen Yuechen, who now lives in the South Side Courtyard, is the most unfavored and the most powerful and faceless eldest lady in the family. Although she is the eldest daughter, she was born with a mother, and was snubbed and disliked by the lord since she was a child, and was sent out of the house to be fostered in a nunnery in a remote mountain just three days after she was born, and this residence is more than ten years, until last year, when the officialdom of the big lord was promoted, and after being the prefect of Laizhou from the fifth grade, he was remembered by the old lady and took back to the old house in Texas and went on the family tree.

The reason why the old lady suddenly took Shen Yuechen back was not because she felt sorry for her, but more because she wanted to save face for the Shen family. No matter what, she is the eldest daughter of the Shen family after all. The daughter of the dignified prefect has been fostered in a nunnery, and if it is spread out to people outside, I am afraid it will hurt the face of the Shen family and his son.

People who work hard in officialdom value reputation the most. Seeing that his son's official position is getting bigger and bigger, and his connections are getting wider and wider, he can't let outsiders gossip behind his back for the sake of his children's affairs.

After the death of Yuan's wife Lin, Shen Zhiyun quickly remarried, and now he lives in Laizhou with his wife Yao and the rest of his aunts and children, and will only come back to live during the New Year's holidays. In this old mansion in Texas, only the old lady and the second master Shen Zhijian are left to live in one room, which is extremely deserted.

The area of the Shen family's old house is not small, and there are many rooms, but the old lady still placed Shen Yuechen in the south courtyard located in the corner, saying that she was worried that her eight characters were not good, and if she lived too close, she would collide with herself.

Mother Wu stood under the eaves, raised her hand to wipe the beads of sweat on her face, and looked at Shen Yuechen quietly. She sat there on her knees, her shoulders and back straight, her expression gentle, and her body naturally exuded a calm and elegant temperament, not pretentious, as if she was born like this.

Looking at it, Mother Wu's heart suddenly felt a little sour. I think that if Mrs. is still alive now, the young lady will not have to live so hard, and she will definitely be able to follow the old man to Laizhou to enjoy a good life like several other young ladies.

Wu's mother sighed for a while, couldn't help but sigh softly, turned around and entered her room. As soon as she entered the door, a little maid with a double hair and a coarse cloth green coat couldn't wait to greet her, "Mom is back." After speaking, he carefully observed Wu's mother's face, saw her frowning slightly, and knew that she must have been angry over there, so she hurriedly soaked a handkerchief to wipe her sweat, and poured a cup of tea and sent it over.

Mother Wu took the handkerchief and wiped her face, took another sip of tea, and then looked at the maid and said, "Cuixin, I brought back the moon silver, you go outside in the afternoon to buy a good fish for the young lady to replenish her body." ”

Hearing this, Cui Xin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and agreed crisply.

Wu's mother took another sip of tea, then changed her clothes and went to the small kitchen to prepare lunch. Cui Xin also followed, and took out a bowl of sour plum soup from the jar that was held with well water and sent it to Shen Yuechen's house.

The bamboo curtain sounded, and Cui Xin walked in with a tray, "Miss, there is still a period of time before lunch, you can have a bowl of sour plum soup to appetize first." After speaking, he put the tray on the round table on the side, and then stepped forward to pick up Shen Yuechen. Mother Wu had already brought back the monthly silver, saying that she was going to cook fish for the young lady to eat at night. ”

Shen Yuechen silently finished reading the last paragraph of the scripture before she stood up with Cuixin's arm, and couldn't help but smile slightly when she saw her childish happy face.

After returning to the Shen family, the old lady saw that there was only one old mother by her side to serve, so she sent someone to her yard intermittently sent a lot of maids, most of them were some high-eyed and low-handed, thinking that she was a young lady who was not favored, and she did not have an aunt who was generous and half-hearted, so none of them could stay long.

Shen Yuechen and Mother Wu have been dependent on each other for many years, and they are not pampered people, so it doesn't matter if there is one more person around to serve or one less person to serve, but because of the old lady's kindness, she finally left one.

Cuixin's original name was Chunya, and she was originally bought from the countryside with five catties of white flour by Renyazi, because she was too young and short, she looked like a sick thin monkey, which was very unpleasant.

However, Shen Yuechen still chose her at first sight, firstly, because she took a fancy to her young age and was pure and good-natured. The second is because I think she is really pitiful, and I don't want her to fold her life in the hands of those black-hearted people at a young age.

Although Cuixin is young, she also knows that she knows how to repay her kindness, and after she came in, she served Shen Yuechen wholeheartedly, and she was diligent with her hands and feet, but she didn't make any big mistakes.

Shen Yuechen came to the table and sat down, savoring the sour plum soup, only to feel that it was sweet and sour, slightly cool, very delicious.

Cui Xin looked at her quiet and satisfied smile, the corners of her mouth curled slightly, turned around and extinguished the red sandalwood in the incense burner, and then took out the incense ash inside to clean up.

After a while, when the aroma in the room was almost gone, Wu's mother cautiously came in with a large tray. On the tray is a bowl of assorted somen noodles and a few light and delicious side dishes, which are tender and verdant in color, and appetizing.

Cui Xin washed her hands again, hurriedly followed up, and raised her hand to bring out the dishes in the tray one by one and put them in front of Shen Yuechen.

Shen Yuechen had just drunk the sour plum soup, and he had a good appetite, so he picked up the chopsticks and was about to start, when he suddenly heard a soft sound from the courtyard door outside, looked up and glanced at the door, only to see Mama Li, the housekeeper next to the old lady, leading two maids dressed in red and green to walk in.

Wu's mother hurriedly pulled Cui Xin out, Shen Yuechen also put down her chopsticks, and Shi Shiran stood up.

At this time, the people in the old lady's room will come over, there must be something important.

Mother Wu smiled earnestly in front of her, Cuixin lowered her eyelids and followed, only to hear her smile and say, "Mama is here, please come to the house." ”

This Mama Li was the old lady's dowry maid back then, and has been highly used for many years, and now, although she is over fifty years old, she is still quick and shrewd. Her back was straight, her dress was simple, her figure did not look strong, but she did not look thin, her eyes were dark and bright, and she looked very energetic.

Cui Xin bowed to her like Mother Wu, hurriedly turned around and raised the curtain, and respectfully let Mama Li into the house.

As soon as Mama Li raised her feet and entered the door, she made a gesture to squat down to say goodbye, but at the moment when her body bent down, Shen Yuechen quickly reached out to help her, and said softly: "Mama, don't be polite to me." Why did you come here in person on such a hot day? ”

Mama Li was just for show, and she didn't want to really salute, so she stood up again, raised her eyes and glanced at the table next to her, and then said with a slight smile: "It seems that the old slave came just in time, and the girl seems to be preparing to eat." ”

Shen Yuechen nodded, only to hear her continue: "The second lady of the Zhu family came to visit the door today, and the old lady said that you would like to come over for lunch, please ask the eldest lady to quickly change her clothes and go with the old slave." ”