Chapter 67

In a blink of an eye, it is the eighth day of the fourth month, the Buddha Bathing Festival.

For Buddhists, this is a very important festival. From the fact that Mrs. Five has embroidered so many Buddha statues, we can know that Mrs. Five believes in Buddhism. And although the fifth master said that he had painted Guanyin, he didn't really believe it.

At this time in previous years, the fifth wife went alone to attend the * meeting of Meishan Temple, and this year, the fifth master naturally refused to let the fifth wife be alone. It's just that the fifth wife went to the temple to worship the Buddha sincerely, and the fifth master took this as a good opportunity to travel with his wife. And the purpose is different, the highlights are naturally different, the fifth wife thinks that the monks in the temple are all eminent monks; The fifth master thinks that this Meishan Temple is a temple with few broken scenery, and he has seen the big one since he was a child, and he has long been gone. So the old man set his sights on the famous Jade Buddha Temple hundreds of miles away.

The fifth master has always been resolute, and he made up his mind here, and immediately sent someone to set up a courtyard in the Jade Buddha Temple. When the next person came back and reported that he had arrived at the yard and hired a boat, the fifth wife found out about this and was immediately startled. You know, the Jade Buddha Temple is more than 130 miles away from Meishan Town, it is smooth sailing, and you get on the boat in the morning, and you can only get to the Jade Buddha Temple after a while.

The fifth wife said uneasily: "There's no need to run so far, Meishan Temple will do." ”

The fifth master said, "How can this be the same? The Jade Buddha Temple is dedicated to the Buddha's bone relics. If you want to worship the Buddha, of course, you have to go there to be more sincere. Besides, you've been married to me for more than ten years, and I haven't taken you out once, just as Youchun. ”

When Mrs. Fifth heard this, she suddenly thought of the grievances she had suffered over the past ten years, and she couldn't hold back her tears for a while, so she flowed down like this. What the fifth master was most afraid of was the tears of the fifth wife, and he was at a loss for a while, and he was low and small for a while, so he finally persuaded the fifth wife.

Let's talk about the fifth master, although Shanniang's brothers and sisters are all his own blood and blood, but he can only think of himself as a father when he sees his son and daughter, and when he can't see it, he doesn't have that consciousness at all. Therefore, when he arranged to visit the Jade Buddha Temple, he didn't count the three little cubs in the family at all. The fifth wife is different from the fifth master, the fifth master doesn't care about the thoughts and opinions of the world, and the fifth wife has always been a well-behaved housewife. Although none of the three of them were born to her, the fifth wife has a little more consciousness of being a parent than the fifth master, and always feels that leaving the child at home, and the two of them going out to play alone are a thing that will make people look good, so they refuse to say anything. There was no way, so the fifth master had to reluctantly bring Shanniang and them.

Hou Rui and Hou Jue, even if the master doesn't take them to play, as long as they can skip class for a day, it is already a very happy thing, not to mention that the master actually agreed to take them, and the brothers were so happy that they couldn't find the north.

Shanniang was shaken for a moment and couldn't make up her mind. She wanted to go to the Jade Buddha Temple, but also wanted to stay at home to see the excitement of her seventh sister - she always remembered that Qi Niang had said that during the Buddha Bathing Festival, there would be people in the house of the second assistant in Beijing - the woman's natural gossip curiosity made her want to see with her own eyes what kind of reaction her seventh sister would have when she saw that person. However, this time the family was going to go on a blind date quietly, thinking that she might not be able to see the excitement if she wanted to, so thinking about it, she stopped the idea of watching the excitement.

As for Yuan Changqing, Shanniang really couldn't see anything special about her seventh sister to him. Speaking of which, among the girls of the Hou family, there are probably only fourteen pairs of Yuan Changqing who are a little sincere. Recently, Yuan Changqing followed Mr. to Houshan Township, and he hadn't seen him in Meishan Academy for a few days. Most of the girls in the Hou family who are chasing him are the same as Shanniang, and they don't pay much attention to his absence, only fourteen, and they will ask from time to time, "When will Cousin Yuan come back".

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Because the old man wanted to help his wife grab the incense on the eighth day of the new year, he decided to set off on the seventh day of the new year, and then stayed in the Jade Buddha Temple for two nights and came back on the ninth day of the new year.

Shanniang's embroidery building is next to the Luomei River, so early in the morning of the seventh day of the fourth month, she was still combing her hair, and she saw in the mirror of the dresser that a mast had slid through her window.

Wufu immediately stuffed the tray in his hand into Lu'an's hand, leaned on the windowsill and looked out for a while. I saw a rather imposing flat-headed boat, slowly approaching the small pier at the back door. Wufu was suddenly excited, and turned back to Shanniang and the others and reported, "It must be that ship." It looks so big! ”

Shanniang raised her eyes and glanced at Wufu from the mirror, deliberately teasing her: "I suddenly don't want to go." It's so far away, and you have to take a boat again, in case you get seasick again......"

Wufu was anxious when he heard this, turned around and ran over and said, "The girl is stupid, isn't she?!" That's not going to Meishan Temple, that's Jade Buddha Temple! It's so far away, how many times in a lifetime can I go! ”

Sanhe, who was carrying ornaments in the tray held by Lu'an, listened to it, slapped it on Wufu's brain door with his hand, and shouted: "What nonsense?!" ”

Wufu realized that she had slipped her mouth, and was busy slapping her on the mouth, and then squatted in front of Shanniang flatteringly, beating her legs and saying: "Girl, look, let's Meishan Temple, it's good, but in the end it's a little smaller, and there is no Buddha's relics, so it is far inferior to the Jade Buddha Temple in terms of aura." We're going to worship the Buddha, of course, we have to go to the realm with aura, right? ”

Shan Niang held back a smile and glanced at her, deliberately fiddling with the jewelry on the dresser, and said disapprerovitically: "The Buddha said that all living beings are equal, that is, Meishan Temple does not have that relic, and everyone's heart to the Buddha is the same." ”

Wufu suddenly had a bitter face, and puffed out his cheeks and thought hard about his words.

Shanniang looked at Sanhe through the mirror. Xiao Liu'an on the side couldn't help it at first, and laughed out loud. The two of them couldn't help it for a moment, and all three of them laughed. Only then did Wufu know that he had been fooled, so he jumped up, stomped his feet and said, "You guys are bullying me again!" There's no good guy in this house anymore, so they bully me as an honest man! ”

"Oops, you're honest?!"

Shanniang stretched out her hand to twist her bun face, and was just about to say a few more words to her, when she suddenly heard Mother Li talking to someone downstairs.

Lu'an put down the tray and went out to take a look, then came back and said, "Mother Fang is here, saying that the master is urging her." ”

It is said that the fifth master was originally a frightening temper, but now seeing that the ship came earlier than expected, he urged everyone to move faster. He personally went to Mrs. Fifth to urge Mrs. Five.

When the fifth master arrived at the courtyard of the fifth wife, the fifth lady was also combing her hair. If it was before, the fifth master urged him so much, and the fifth wife would have messed up a long time ago, but now the fifth wife has finally adapted to the fifth master's quick temper, only glanced at the fifth master in the mirror, and said in a soft voice: "Or, the master will take the first step?" ”

The fifth master immediately wilted, and said with a dry smile: "Don't worry, don't worry." With that, he sat aside and watched Mrs. Fifth take care of herself.

When Shanniang came in to greet his wife, she saw the fifth old man sitting there with his legs crossed, and he also gave the fifth wife ideas from time to time, "This hairpin is not good, and that earring is more suitable." "I'm not in a hurry at all.

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It's been a long time since Shan Niang has been on a boat...... Ah, no, actually, she had never been on a boat at this time. Hou Rui and Hou Jue didn't do it either. So as soon as the three of them got on the boat, they inspected the whole boat.

The ship that Uncle Gui found was quite new, and even the aroma of wood had not yet dissipated. The hull is also wide, with three compartments divided into front, middle and rear compartments with a floor cover. The sides of the hull are all covered with sash window lattices. It was the most comfortable April day, and all the windows were wide open, so that the scenery on both sides of the Luomei River could be seen.

After looking at the front and back of the boat, Shanniang sat down by the window. That Hou Jue and Hou Rui seemed to be unable to sit still, and there was a mess on the boat again, until the fifth master helped the fifth wife to get on the boat, and the two slipped to Shanniang's side and sat down obediently.

The fifth wife rarely went out, and rarely took a boat, so the fifth master took the fifth wife around without concession.

The three children looked at each other and grimaced. Hou Rui picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a cup of tea, and after drinking it all with pride, he pointed to the window and said, "One day, I will go to the boat." ”

"Running boats?" Hou Jue didn't understand this word, so he asked, "Does my brother want to be a fisherman?" ”

"What a fisherman!" Hou Rui pursed his lips with disdain, "What kind of boat is a fisherman!" One day, I'm going to go out to sea to see! I'm going to follow the boat to the edge of the sky and see if the boat will fall out of the sky......"

Shanniang was surprised. She never imagined that her gangster brother would have such ambitions.

"I'm going to go to the West to have a look," Hou Rui became more and more excited, flashing his eyes and said, "I'm going to see those red-haired and green-eyed fans to see if they really only eat raw meat......

Before he finished his rhetoric, he received an iron sand slap from the fifth master in the back of his head.

"Nonsense!" The fifth old man raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "Is the family freezing you or starving you?" Forcing you to go to the West?! Do you know who those people who go to the West and the South Seas? How many lives were filled in the sea?! You just see that those people have made a fortune, and you don't want to think about it, all that wealth is exchanged for human lives! ”

Hou Rui suddenly lowered his eyes and stopped squeaking. Although he didn't squeak anymore, the wooden face clearly showed his inner dissatisfaction and hurt.

This look suddenly made Shanniang's chest feel tight. She stood up and said to the fifth master, "The master misunderstood what my brother meant. My brother didn't want to go to sea to get rich, he just wanted to see a different world. Besides, my brother just said one of his thoughts, that is, the old man ......" She bit her lip, relieved herself, looked at the fifth old man and said: "Even the old man has had a lot of unrealistic ideas at my brother's age. "-Obviously, he also came over at that time, why don't you know how to understand Hou Rui now?!

The fifth master was stunned.

At this time, the fifth lady also came over, but she bypassed the fifth master, pulled Hou Rui aside, pressed his shoulder, let him sit by the window, and comforted him softly: "Even the woman in my inner house has heard that going to sea is a matter of death, and your father is just worried that you will be in danger." ”

Hou Rui raised his eyes to look at Mrs. Five, and lowered his head in silence.

The fifth lady turned around, ordered the maid to bring Hou Rui some refreshments, then went over and gently pulled the sleeve of the fifth master, and entered the rear cabin with the fifth master one after the other.

Although the relationship between the fifth master and the fifth wife looks much better than before, Shanniang is a worrying life, and she always feels not at ease, so after thinking about it, she quietly followed.

Through the low hanging bamboo curtain, she heard the fifth lady talking softly to the fifth master. The fifth wife said: "I wanted to say it a long time ago, doesn't the master think that you are too harsh on Rui'er?" Rui'er is certainly a little playful, but the master should also see his good side, and don't always scold the child. If you do that, you will only scold the child farther and farther away from you, even if you have something in your heart, you don't dare to say it to the master......"

"Just like you did?" The fifth old man said.

"You...... Master! The fifth lady snorted at the fifth master.

The fifth master sighed and said, "I know." Next time, you can help me pay attention, if I make this old mistake again, you ......"

"Sir, it's not a problem, it's just that he's a little impatient." The fifth lady stopped the fifth master's words and said, "At this point, in fact, Rui'er is very similar to the master. ”

"It's good if you don't dislike me......"

Well, when I heard this, I didn't see the fifth master holding the fifth lady's shoulder, and Shanniang also knew that the following words were not suitable for her A girl to eavesdrop, so she turned around and walked away.

Back in the front cabin, she learned the words of the fifth wife, reached out and poked her brother's head, and said, "If you don't make trouble, the master won't always remember your mistakes." ”

Hou Rui turned his head away from her hand, but he didn't erect a thorn like a hedgehog like before.