Chapter 8 Hanshan Temple
At five o'clock, the morning bell rang, and the gate of the imperial capital had just opened.
A gray carriage mixed with the procession out of the city went out of the gate of the imperial capital and ran to the suburbs.
The axles of the carriage collided with the wheels, making a creaking sound.
Gu Cheng leaned against the wall of the carriage, his face pale.
"Miss, miss, are you alright, do you want to drink some water. Yun Xiu said.
"No need. Gu Cheng waved his hand.
As soon as he said a word, he felt a wave of nausea in his stomach and vomited out a lot of dirt.
The little maid Yunxiu hurriedly wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.
Gu Cheng felt much better after vomiting, looked at the dirt all over the ground, and smiled self-deprecatingly.
"Yunxiu, thank you. Gu Cheng looked at Yun Xiu and said.
"No, it's all what I'm supposed to do. Yun Xiu hurriedly waved his hand and said.
"No one should be good to anyone, either because of profit or because of kindness. Gu Cheng looked at Yun Xiu and said.
A little ignorance flashed on the little maid Yunxiu's face, and then said: "Miss is kind, Miss has been filial piety for Mrs. for so long, Miss never beats and scolds slaves and maids, and Miss is good to slaves and maids." ”
Gu Cheng smiled and didn't speak.
She has been filial piety for three years, and the great filial son just took advantage of the situation.
Being able to go to Hanshan Temple this time is not to borrow the momentum of the Shen family.
Open the curtain of the carriage and look out.
The morning light is faint, and you can see a golden wheat field, the wheat stalks are bent by the ears of wheat, and the farmers are busy harvesting the wheat in the field.
The cool summer breeze carried away the turbidity in the car window, and the sound of talking came from the field not far away.
"Mother, there's no water, I'll go back to the house and fetch water for you. A little girl in a peach-pink dress shouted as she ran.
"Wang Erya, you little rabbit cub, you are lazy and don't work again. Just run fast when you go and fetch water, and see when I can drink your water. ”
Following the prestige, I saw a woman dressed in black and blue clothes with one hand on her waist and a sickle in the other, looking at the little girl and laughing and saying.
Looking at the interaction between the girl and her mother, Gu Cheng also sighed in her heart that it was both lucky and unfortunate for her to be reincarnated in the Zhongming Ding Food House in the Dongping Marquis Mansion in the other world.
Fortunately, I really enjoyed the benefits of the feudal system for a few years, and my fingers did not touch the spring water. You don't have to work in the fields like a little girl, and you don't have to run for your livelihood.
Unfortunately, if you are born in this high-ranking family, you have to be careful to deal with the privacy of the backyard and be indifferent to family affection.
But there is nothing like this that can have it both ways.
Thinking like this, I felt that her state of mind became a little more open-minded.
Gu Cheng watched the Imperial Capital disappear, the farmland gradually faded away, and the green hills appeared in front of him.
Hanshan Temple is located in the middle of the Hanshan Mountain, and it is a fairly clean temple.
When the carriage reached the foot of the mountain, a little monk led Gu Cheng and Yunxiu up the mountain.
The little monk led Gu Cheng and the others to meet the presiding officer of the temple.
The host of Hanshan Temple was a kind-looking old man, and he didn't dislike Gu Cheng because he was sent out by the Hou Mansion, and asked Gu Cheng why he was sent out.
Gu Cheng told her how she was framed for her righteousness and bravery, and the host listened to what Gu Cheng said and said to her: "Do you think that they are protecting your brother-in-law without distinguishing between right and wrong? You fell into the water and got wet in front of everyone's eyes, and you were already unclean in their eyes, why don't you abandon you to protect their son?"
Gu Cheng was surprised that this place was so feudal, at what age was he unclean when he fell into the water and was seen by others?
Isn't this the guilt of wearing a short skirt in a previous life?
While carrying the "way of the university, in Mingmingde, in the people, and in the good", he looked at others with ugly eyes, and speculated on others with the greatest malice.
The host looked at Gu Cheng in surprise, and then said: "There is a definite number for every drink and peck, and you don't have to dwell on it." ”
Gu Cheng bowed his head, thanked the host, and said in his heart: "I am just a motherless lady who is not famous, and anyone can pinch me and bully me." I can only shrink back, looking at people's faces, I want to become stronger, so strong that no one dares to despise me and give up on me. ”
The little monk took Gu Cheng and the others to the guest room where they were going to stay, although the guest room was not big, it was clean and spotless, just like the hearts of the people in this temple.
The host has a little love for Gu Cheng and his juniors, and everyone in the temple is also good to Gu Cheng and his peers.
More than two weeks passed in the blink of an eye, and Gu Cheng felt unprecedented relaxation and happiness in being reborn into another world.
Those cautious days in Dongping Houfu seem to be gone, and the mother of Zhongyi Bofu in the middle came once and brought Gu Cheng Miss Jinxiu's belated thanks.
That day, the little monk ran to the guest room and said that a benefactor was looking for Gu Cheng, and Gu Cheng followed the little monk.
I saw a woman in her thirties standing in the courtyard, and the woman said that she was the nurse of the splendid girl of Zhongyi Bofu - Mother Li.
Mother Li said to Gu Cheng: "Miss Jiu, you also know that my young lady and your younger brother Gu Jiang are cousins.
Miss felt that saying in front of so many outsiders that her cousin pushed her into the water had too bad an impact on Cousin Jiang.
said that he fell down, but he didn't expect that Master Gu would believe his cousin's nonsense. The young lady didn't deliberately not explain, it was the lady who didn't let the young lady talk nonsense. ”
Mother Li looked at Gu Cheng's face unchanged and continued: "This is two hundred taels of silver tickets, which is the money saved by Miss and the money for the old slave to be used as jewelry, so it is not much for Miss Nine to change her winter clothes." ”
Gu Cheng laughed in his heart, "Can two hundred taels of silver buy a life?" Besides, if I lack these two hundred taels, I still have more than four thousand taels and no place to spend them." If you have the heart, just help me make one and bring it over.
I'm afraid that my cousin will have a bad reputation, so he will sacrifice me. If I go to Biyun Temple, which my stepmother arranged, I don't know if I can still hear her mother bring these words. I really should have let that Jinxiu stay in the water for a little longer, to see if she still has the life to think about it. ”
Gu Cheng glanced at Mother Li lightly: "Say that you can take this money back, don't say that I blackmailed your young lady's money when the time comes." ”
Mother Li looked embarrassed but still insisted: "Miss Jinxiu said that you may not want it, and you must let the old slave bring it to you." ”
Gu Cheng looked at Mother Li with an expression that if you don't accept it, I can't go back to pay the errand. I didn't want to talk nonsense with her anymore, so I said to her: "I don't dare to ask for your young lady's money, you donated the sesame oil money in the temple." ”
Li's mother got the word and donated the sesame oil money to go back.
There is no time in the mountains, and in the blink of an eye, the weather has cooled, and the leaves in the mountains have also fallen.
In addition to listening to the presiding lecture and walking with the little monks, Gu Cheng and Yunxiu went to the mountain behind the temple to chop (play) firewood (play).