When Wen Yi led everyone into Xuanhe Hall, every household in Guzhuang had already held the lights. Uncle Qian, the porter, greeted Wen Yi into the door diligently, and whispered that someone had come to visit Mrs. Lu in the past few days.

Wen Yi listened casually, and when she heard that the host of Qinglian Nunnery brought a nun from other places to talk about the Buddha, she couldn't help but pause: "Do you know the master's number?" ”

Uncle Qian's face was embarrassed, how did he know about this kind of thing? Aunt Qian, who was following him, hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Back to Miss, listen to what the owner of the nunnery said, it is called Ruzhen." ”

Wen Yi was silent. Ruzhen Shi, who was her master in her previous life, was originally a traveling nun, and when she passed through Pingyang, she defected because the master worshiped by the master of Guzhuang Qinglian Nunnery and his ancestor were in the same place. The owner of Qinglian Nunnery is from the Gu family, except for knocking on the scriptures and chanting Buddha every day, and occasionally visiting the door, there is nothing to do. If the true master is proficient in Buddhism and well-informed, Gu Zhuang's female relatives like to invite her to talk about Buddha, but in fact, it is just to relieve boredom. After a few years like this, the true master himself felt bored, so he took his leave and left. It was at this time that Wen Yi cut her hair and left home.

Nearly four years after being reborn, Wen Yi occasionally thought about the past, and felt as if she had a nightmare, and the pouring (coming) of the true master seemed to remind her of something. She thought for a moment, didn't say anything, and continued to walk inside.

After entering the second gate, Uncle Qian didn't keep up anymore, but Aunt Qian accompanied Wen Yi all the way in, and whispered something about which family's wife came to the door with the child to greet the old lady, which family's grandmother honored the old lady, or who asked the old lady for something. Wen Yi frowned all the way after listening to it, and interrupted her without waiting for her to finish: "Could it be that my grandmother has been annoyed every day these days when I have been gone?" You're not tired, are you? ”

Aunt Qian was interrupted before she finished speaking, and she couldn't take a breath, and she gasped twice before she said: "The old lady is fine, I heard that when the weather is good, she walks around the yard every day, eats and sleeps well!" That's what the old lady in the house said! Can't be wrong! “

Wen Yi smiled: "Aunt Qian is very clear about the affairs of the inner courtyard. Aunt Qian smiled and said, "Isn't this concerned about the old lady and the young lady...... The young couple are worried about the old lady's body, and burn incense to the Bodhisattva at home every day, praying for the Bodhisattva to bless the old lady and the young lady with good life and health! ”

Wen Yi didn't say anything, and continued to walk forward, and was about to turn into the backyard where her grandmother lived to ask her old man for peace, but stopped in front of the door, frowning and staring at the pillar under the porch: "What's going on?!" ”

Aunt Qian stepped forward to take a look, but Dong Lai took the first step to stand in her head, glanced at the pillar, and said: "This was only repainted last autumn, and now the paint surface is cracked, it must be the original project to cut corners!" Otherwise, the lacquer worker is not attentive and does not paint well! ”

Wen Yi grimaced, sneering in his heart, planning to ask the housekeeper to bring the person in charge for questioning tomorrow. was about to turn around, but Aunt Qian suddenly squeezed up, and said with a shy smile: "Miss, the little one remembers clearly, it was Zhou Fugui who led this last year!" He was originally the brother of Zhang's wife, who worked as an errand in the long house, managing several craftsmen who repaired the house, and did carpentry work, but he didn't know how to paint work, but he took this job with a package ticket. ”

Aunt Zhang's brother? Wen Yi frowned again, and said lightly: "Got it, you go down." So he walked inside, and the girls quickly followed.

Aunt Qian wanted to say something more to the committee, but Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Guo stood in front of the door expressionlessly, and with a sweep of her eyes, she shrank her head and withdrew in a daze.

Back at the gatehouse, Aunt Qian scolded unwillingly: "But I'm just a minion, and I'm not more noble than me, what kind of shelf!" ”

Uncle Qian picked out the oil lamp, glanced back at her, and scolded, "What did you say in front of Miss just now?!" I told you to be calmer a long time ago, but you didn't listen! We're the concierges, what are you going to do with the second gate?! Now even the old lady's yard can't be broken?! What a sight it becomes! There is a little bit of eye-catching! ”

Aunt Qian said disapprenously: "Guarding the gatehouse, we won't be able to get out in our lives!" Isn't that Zhang Dean also an errand boy? His wife is doing chores in the kitchen, she is greasy, and she is not as good as me in terms of identity! What about now?! He actually became the chief steward! is still in charge of such a big Zhuangzi! Every time his wife comes back, she knows to show off in front of me how decent she is outside! Where are you worse than Zhang De'an?! The old lady and the young lady often reward you, saying that you can do it, he can be in charge, why can't you?! ”

Uncle Qian scoffed: "Have a little bit of eyes!" Lao Zhang's family has been from the sixth room for several generations, and the old lady and young lady are not confused, how can they not use him, but promote me to come from behind? ! We're not young anymore, you don't know how to be a person, and you're not less excluded in the long house! Now thanks to the blessing of the second wife, we are invested in the sixth room, the monthly money is a lot, the owner is also kind, I know that I am sympathetic, the population in the house is small, there is not so much leisure, as long as I have a share of the land, we will retire here. Don't daydream and get me in trouble! ”

Aunt Qian was unwilling, and was still thinking about when to find an opportunity to deliver a message to the young lady again, even if she couldn't grab the position of steward, she would have to make Aunt Zhang lose face. Uncle Qian noticed that his wife's face was different, and slapped the table impatiently: "Okay, okay!" If you don't want to live in peace, go and live at your son's house!" I'm here on an errand, but I'm not here to cause trouble! If you want to be so tired that I can't even stay in the sixth room, don't blame me for ignoring the relationship between husband and wife! There is a little bit of eye-catching! ”

Not to mention how Uncle Qian and Aunt Qian quarreled in the gatehouse, Wen Yi went to the backyard and asked her grandmother to say goodbye first. Mrs. Lu was listening to the girl reading Shi Xianshu, and when she saw Wen Yi coming, she hurriedly said, "Are you hungry?" Mama Xu came to talk about it, how did she meet someone from his family? Mama Zhao, who was sitting on the footrest, also got up and said, "The meal is already ready, will Miss eat it?" Seeing Wen Yi nodding, she hurriedly went out to urge food.

After Wen Yi had a belated dinner, Mama Zhao sent hot tea again: "Drink less, it's late, be careful that you can't sleep when you turn around!" Wen Yi responded with a smile and pushed her out: "Good grandma, I'll talk to my grandmother for a while and then go back to the house, you can rest." Mama Zhao left with a smile. Wen Yi went back to her grandmother and sat down: "It's cold at night, grandmother has to remember to add more clothes." ”

Mrs. Lu said, "I know it in my heart." When you entered, I was looking at the day, and I had something to discuss with you. He turned around and asked the girl to take the Shi Xian book, and flipped it to Wen Yi: "This year's Qingming Festival is on the sixteenth, your mother's sacrifice day is exactly on the fifteenth, and the two days before the Qingming Festival is the Cold Food Festival, according to the rules, there is no fire." I thought about asking the kitchen to make more durable cold food and pastries while there was nothing important at home now, so as not to be busy in those days, what do you think? ”

Wen Yi smiled: "Grandmother is thoughtful, just do what you want." ”

Old Madam Lu nodded: "Speaking of which, the day is coming soon, this year's jujube Feiyan (note: a swallow-shaped pasta) has not been made yet, and the sacrifices have not been prepared, so let Lao Zhong and his subordinates start preparing tomorrow, so as to save trouble and what will go wrong." ”

"Then let someone pass the word to Steward Zhong." Wen Yi turned her head and smiled at the girl who was holding Shi Xianshu, "Don't bother the two masters, and you have to work hard for Sister Heather to go." ”

Shi Nan smiled lightly and gave a salute: "The slave and the maid dare not be, and the slave and the maid obey the order." And he withdrew.

Wen Yi looked at her back and sighed: "Sure enough, it is the person that grandmother fancies, Steward Zhong and Shi Nan's father and daughter are the most stable, no matter what time it is, they have good rules at all." ”

Old Madam Lu smiled faintly and said: "It's because I know that their family is stable, so when I dismissed the house slaves, I left their family and let them take care of Zhuangzi." In those years, they were honest and errands, and they never took any advantage from the master's family in private, and they deserved to be old people for several lifetimes, loyal and reliable! Now that the house is in the hands of Zhong Maolin, I am even more relieved to keep his daughter by my side. ”

Wen Yi nodded, and asked her grandmother if she had a good appetite these days, whether she ate well, whether she slept steadily at night, whether she wore warm clothes, whether she had cough symptoms, whether she took tonic medicine on time, etc. Old Madam Lu smiled bitterly and said, "Your tone is the same as that girl in Shi Nan!" Now even a few other girls have learned from her, and it annoys me all day long! Feel relieved! My old woman is fine! I haven't had a single illness since the beginning of spring this year! That is, I had two coughs in the autumn and winter last year, and I was fine with a few doses of medicine. Nowadays, every time I encounter a sunny day, after taking a nap, I take a few laps in the courtyard outside, and my heart is very useful. ”

Wen Yi said with a smile: "It's good for grandmother to be used in her heart, but these things are all repeatedly instructed by Dr. Xiao, it was cold before, and my granddaughter didn't dare to let my grandmother go out of the house to be cold, but now that the spring flowers are blooming, you can't take precautions when you walk outside, bask in the sun more, move your muscles and bones, and your body will be better!" ”

Old Madam Lu sighed helplessly, and asked again, "How are you doing outside these days?" Although you ask someone to send a letter back every three or four days, you only report good news and not bad news, I don't know if you are well fed, warmly dressed, or tired, and I don't want to ask the Nie family! ”

Wen Yi got up and sat next to her, hugged her arm and said, "My granddaughter is okay, if you don't believe it, just ask them about Dong Kui!" If the granddaughter really encounters something unpleasant, she will naturally tell her grandmother! ”

"Okay, okay." Mrs. Lu patted her granddaughter, and the grandparents and grandchildren got close for a while, and Wen Yi said again: "There is nothing big in the village, just according to what the granddaughter discussed with her grandmother before, if the farmers on the village encounter difficulties, they will help them more and let them survive this year safely." There is no need to count the silver or anything, but the granddaughter is thinking, is it not how about donating sesame oil to the temple on the Buddha's birthday next month, and instead of administering medicine? Discuss it with a few pharmacies in Pingyang City, which is also a matter of virtue! ”

Old Madam Lu nodded: "This is a good thing, you can do it, and when it is over, call Zhong Maolin to discuss." Xiao Lao, do you want people to ask too? He knows more about this, and if he comes forward, it will be cheaper than us. ”

Wen Yi knew that her grandmother was worried that Liufang's flamboyant behavior would attract the attention of the people in the clan, and when the time came, others might think that Liufang was very rich, and she stammered to please her, so she responded with a smile, paused, and said casually: "Old Doctor Xiao's two apprentices have left recently, and he probably lacks people there." ”

"You ask people to ask, and if they need to, send two children from home to learn. In the several houses of our family, there are children who have not been on errands, even if they just learn to recognize medicinal materials, it is a rare opportunity. Mrs. Lu didn't pay much attention, Xiao Yi's apprentice was just a person carrying a medicine box behind her when the old doctor came to see her, at most she muttered in her heart: Today's children are not patient enough, and they have only been married for a few years? Master hadn't learned half of his medical skills before he left.

Wen Yi felt a little disappointed in her heart, but there was no trace on her face, she talked to her grandmother for a while, and then waited for her old man to go to bed to rest, and then went back to the room.

The two girls who stayed at home, Qiuguo and Xiuzhu, greeted her happily, and chattered about what happened at home while waiting for her to freshen up. Dong Lyho was about to come up to wait, but was also pushed out of the door by Qiu Guo: "Good sister, you go and rest, tell us to move too, don't you see that Zisu has already returned to the house?" We're going to look for you when we go back, and we can't come back empty-handed! "Tomallow went helplessly. Wen Yi didn't raise her eyelids, but asked, "Where did Ziying go?" ”

Xiuzhu pursed her lips and smiled: "Sister Ziying is in her own room, when Zisu came back, she brought her a few kinds of wedding jewelry prepared by her mother's family, Qiuguo made a few jokes, she is ashamed now!" ”

Zi Ying has already decided to be married, the man is a merchant in Guzhuang, opened a tavern, the only son is twenty years old this year, he can't study, and he is helping the family take care of business, listening to the housekeeper Zhong Maolin said, he is a diligent and reliable offspring, and he is also energetic. Zi Ying's parents have seen it in person, and they are very satisfied, and they said that they will send their daughter to marry next month. Mrs. Lu remembered that Ziying had been very thoughtful in waiting for her granddaughter in the past few years, so she sent a message, asking her to leave the pavilion from Xuanhe Hall and prepare a dowry for her in person. Purple Sakura's parents were overjoyed and felt that it was very decent.

Wen Yi listened to Xiuzhu's words and smiled: "In that case, don't call her." Let's talk about it tomorrow. I'm tired, so make the bed. ”

Xiuzhu answered, Qiuguo came up to take the clothes down, and suddenly a bunch of tonka incense fell out of the sleeve of a dress, she was about to pick it up, Wen Yi had already seen it, and hurriedly stopped her: "That's my thing, you take the clothes down." Qiu Guo was puzzled, answered, saluted and withdrew, Wen Yi saw that there was no one else in front of him, so he picked up the tonka bouquet, blushed slightly, and said a small "puff", and was afraid that Xiuzhu would see it inside, so he hurriedly turned around and put the tonka into his sleeve.

After a while, Xiuzhu made the bed, Wen Yi sent everyone out, and only then did she take out the bouquet of tonka incense, looked at it in a daze, and suddenly felt scared, and suddenly threw the bouquet away.

Qiuguo listened to the sound outside and asked, "What do you have to say?" ”

Wen Yi hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay!" You don't have to come in! He looked at the bouquet of tonka again, bit his lip, walked over and picked it up, turned around and locked it in Jing Xi's small drawer, and put the key in his purse, before he sighed and went to bed to rest.

(whispering: Ask for a pink ticket...... ）