Raising a wife? The mistress of the Hou family divorced and remarried her younger uncle

Chapter 301 Children
Su Qingwan chuckled, not rejecting Lu Jing's request for a child. Since she intended to be a respectful and loving husband and wife with Lu Jing, having a child was inevitable; she would just let nature take its course.

After leaving the temple, the two donated money for incense. The scenery at Hanshui Temple was beautiful. After praying, she and Lu Jing went to the back mountain for a vegetarian meal. Newlyweds, they didn't bother Li Yue, Qingyun, and the others, who went off to explore on their own. Hanshui Temple was relatively safe. Qingyun wasn't very familiar with the capital, so Li Yue volunteered to take her sightseeing. Qingyun, having known her for so long, liked her straightforwardness. The two ignored Lu Jing and Su Qingwan and went into the mountains to pick wild fruits and hunt.

Su Qingwan has a strong palate, and the vegetarian food was bland and not very palatable, but she is very open-minded and knows that she has just prayed to Buddha and must be sincere and eat vegetarian food.

"Do you really believe in Buddhism?" Su Qingwan asked. She always felt that she knew Lu Jing very well, but sometimes she felt that she didn't. She really didn't think Lu Jing was a Buddhist.

“I don’t believe it!” Lu Jing chuckled. “After I joined the Embroidered Uniform Guard, I committed many killings. For a while, I was plagued by nightmares and often came to Hanshui Temple to listen to the abbot’s sermons. Even if you don’t believe in Buddhism, listening to the abbot’s sermons can purify your mind and help you let go of your obsessions. But I just couldn’t find it very effective. I was very tired and bored. I forced myself to pretend to be very interested and came to listen to his sermons for several months in a row. I was very sincere. However, he saw through me and kicked me out. He said that I had no affinity with Buddha and that I was always disturbing Buddha’s peace. Buddha would be angry if he saw me like that.”

Su Qingwan chuckled, finding it amusing; she hadn't expected Lu Jing to have such a backstory. "Did you scold him?"

"No."

"Then you and the abbot must have a grudge. Abbots in temples don't like people who aren't sincere. Why didn't he kick you out when you came? Why did he let you stay for a vegetarian meal, and the meal was quite lavish?" Su Qingwan had just secretly glanced at the other worshippers, and they were also eating vegetarian meals, but none of them were as lavish as Lu Jing's.

Lu Jing said, "I donated money for incense oil."

Su Qingwan chuckled and raised an eyebrow, "No wonder, money can solve everything."

The monks all gave in.

The scenery on this mountain is excellent. Even if you're not here to worship Buddha, it's a good place to relax. Lu Jing asked, "What did you pray for when you worship Buddha?"

Lu Jing knew that the people in Huainan were very devout Buddhists, perhaps it was a local custom. Even if Su Qingwan didn't believe, she still preserved the tradition. She was better at pretending than Lu Jing. Lu Jing didn't know if she really didn't believe or was just pretending.

Su Qingwan propped her head up and joked, "Since you said you wanted a child, I'll want a child."

"Are you really trying to have a child?"

Su Qingwan nodded, noticing a hint of excitement in Lu Jing's eyes. He rarely showed such emotion and seemed quite happy. However, he then added, "Actually, I was just joking. Having a child... isn't urgent."

"Why?" Su Qingwan asked, puzzled. She and Lu Jing were not young anymore. In Dawan, they were considered to have married relatively late. People their age were probably already parents of several children.

The third generation of the Lu family has no offspring yet, so Lu Feng dared to get married. If he had a son or daughter, they would be the eldest grandson of the third generation of the Lu family. Their scholarly family still attaches great importance to inheritance. Su Qingwan originally thought that Lu Jing also attached great importance to it, so on the first day of their marriage, he brought her to Hanshui Temple to pray for a child.

“We’re newlyweds, and I think… we can spend a few years just with each other. If we have children, your focus will definitely shift to the children.”