Ordinary clear day

Chapter 146
Almost subconsciously, she stepped lightly, dodged behind the pillars, and listened to the words of the two girls.

I could only hear Yanyun say: "You're talking nonsense again, the fourth elder brother is in the capital well, why did he go to Fangshan?" I lived in the temple and listened to the great monks preaching scriptures. I met the fourth elder brother and the guard Lin in the temple. I always heard you say how beautiful they are, and I wanted to take a closer look. Unfortunately, the two girls left soon I just took a look at Brother Si from a distance. But I clearly remember that he was wearing a jade plaque on his waist, the color is exactly the same as this one! Even the tassels are the same!"

Yan Yun snickered and said: "Even if the color is the same, jade is different from jade. The princes naturally bring first-class jade, yours? It's just a green stone." Chunyan was furious, and the two girls quarreled again stand up.

Wanning was already dumbfounded, when she heard Mama Jin coming over to scold the two girls, she hurried back to the room along the way she came.Thinking back to what I heard just now, I can't help but slap myself twice!

Why didn't she think of it? !It is normal to go to temples frequently on April [-]th.She thought he was just reciting scriptures in her own mansion, or visiting Buddhist temples in the capital, why didn't she expect him to go to Buddhist temples around the capital?As for Fangshan, she remembered that Shuning had said when she introduced it to Fangning that it was a place with many Buddhist temples!Since even Fang Ning and Shu Ning would bump into April Four by accident, it is very reasonable for her to "encounter" him in that kind of place!

It turns out... She was so close to the opportunity she dreamed of. If she had followed him to Fangshan, she would have met him a long time ago. Why should she be so troubled like now? !

However, after thinking about it, she calmed down again.There are already many Buddhist temples in the capital, and Fangshan is the same. How do you know which one you went to on April [-]th?She doesn't have the time to go to every temple once, and besides, it's useless if the date is inaccurate.But this kind of thing will never be spread into the Earl's Mansion as gossip, and she can't go outside to inquire about the news now, and even the girls around her are restricted by Nalashi to go out.

She suppressed the excitement in her heart, seriously thought about all available solutions, and finally found a feasible solution.

First, when she greeted her mother, she expressed her condolences for her hard work, and then said something good about her sister-in-law Li's recent hard work, and then tried to see if she could help her a little, so as to share the burden for her mother and sister-in-law.

Nala was a little surprised at first, but thinking that her daughter has been very well-behaved recently, and now she is willing to take the initiative to share the housework, it can be seen that she is really sensible, and she was very relieved, so she called Li and asked her to share some simple housework with her. Wanning, and give more guidance to my sister-in-law.

Mrs. Li pondered for a moment, then handed over two relatively simple management tasks to Wanning, one was the tea set in the bamboo courtyard, and the other was the mold for the dessert room.Seeing that these were trivial matters, Wanning was a little displeased at first, but thinking that this was just the beginning, she patiently thanked her sister-in-law. While taking care of these two tasks, she waited for the opportunity to go out or send someone out.

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Zhang Bao has been troubled recently, but not for himself, but for Mr. Su.

After the scientific examination, Mr. Su won the second-class examination. Although he was the bottom one, he was also a serious Jinshi.Whether it is Zhang Bao or Mr. Su himself, they are more inclined to release the real shortage, but where it is released is very important.

Now Mr. Su no longer lives in the Earl's Mansion.Becoming a Jinshi has a different status, so Zhang Bao bought him a small courtyard near Liulichang early on. The place is not big, but it is enough for the three of them to live in, and then bought another little girl for the Chen family to wait on.The Su family is naturally very grateful.

Zhang Bao was very concerned about the location where Mr. Su released it.However, he is at home now, and Chen Liangben, whom he can rely on, is far away in the south of the Yangtze River. Although there are a few cronies who serve in the official department in Beijing, firstly, Zhang Bao is not familiar with them, and secondly, since Chen Liangben went south, the official department has disappeared Gradually other forces intervened, and his direct descendants could no longer do whatever they wanted as before.

Zhang Bao was a little hesitant, wondering if he should give a gift and ask the adults to point Mr. Su to a large county that is closer to Beijing and easier to manage.

Seeing him like this, Mrs. Tong persuaded him: "You have helped Mr. Su a lot, let's see his own fortune in the future, and don't worry about him anymore."

Zhang Baodao: "I have been an official for several years. Mr. Su has helped me a lot. In order to help me with my official duties, I even missed a scientific examination. I just want to help him out so that he can go smoothly in the future."

Tong said: "You help him set up the family business, let him prepare for the exam at home, pass the exam, and buy a house for him and buy a maid for him. This is enough. If you help too much, it will make others feel uncomfortable and worried. You will control everything in the future." When she saw her husband looking at her in shock, she knew that he must not have thought of this, so she continued: "Besides, since you are at home, don't get along with people in the officialdom. There are too many contacts, gifts and entrustments and so on, and it is not good for your reputation to be spread. Several people under Mr. Chen's subordinates are watched, you better not get too close. "

Zhang Bao never thought of this, but felt that Mr. Su gave him many good ideas, and hoped to repay him. Now after hearing what his wife said, he felt that Mr. Su's visits to the house were less in recent days. It may not be entirely because of his busy schedule. I'm afraid people really have this worry in their hearts.However, after hearing this, he realized that something was wrong: "Why don't you get close to those adults? I'm going to get up in half a year. Is there anything wrong with associating with them?"

Mrs. Tong checked that there was no one around, and then said quietly to him: "My sister-in-law came to see me yesterday, and brought a few words for the family, saying that an imperial envoy had read several copies of Mr. Chen, and the emperor had detained them all. , but depending on the situation, it won’t be long before it will be revealed, and we are told to be careful not to be involved.”

Zhang Bao pondered for a moment, and said: "Since this is the case, it's better to say hello to Lord Chen and the others. Anyway, I have long been regarded as someone from their side."

Tong frowned, and still persuaded softly: "My husband is confused, you are the Emperor's servant, and now Ding You is at home, even if you have some friendship with Mr. Chen, how can you help? Do you think no one greets Mr. Chen and the others? Since even my family knows about it, I'm afraid it's spread out long ago. With Mr. Chen's ability, there must be a clever way to get out. Let's just watch quietly. Don't forget, you will recover in half a year, but Don't let people catch the handle and miss your own future."

Zhang Bao thought it made sense, so he put aside the plan of giving gifts and asking for entrustment, and only read and wrote at home.

In fact, the husband and wife have wronged Mr. Su a bit. The Su family is so busy every day, how can they have the time to visit other houses?
I don't know who found out that the Su family lived in that small courtyard, without the high threshold of a big family. Those so-called relatives and friends who used to follow the trend, knowing that Mr. Su has now won the Jinshi, all of them came to the door, even the Hejian Mansion His distant relatives really sold their house and went to Beijing to seek refuge, which caused Mr. Su a lot of headaches.

That distant relative was said to be of the same clan, but in fact he just met once when he was two years old. Now, relying on his uncle's title, he brought the whole family to stay with him, but he can't think about it.As an official who is waiting for a vacancy, he has to worry about his own reputation, so he can't drive people out forcefully. Uncle" took over.

Fortunately, he has always been a smart man, so he kept an eye out for it, and when he sneered at the "uncle" about the future ownership of the yard, he revealed that it was "loaned" by his former employer to him, and it was not his own property. But if you put it outside, you have to return the yard to the owner.Seeing the disappointed expression of that "uncle", Mr. Su was secretly amused, and then quietly informed his wife and Asong, saying that the yard was borrowed.

After finally being free, he had the opportunity to visit Zhang Bao at the Earl's Mansion and ask him to take care of the small courtyard after he was released.Zhang Bao readily agreed, and also hinted in his speech that he would not find a job for him, and asked him to work hard on his own. In the future, the two families will treat each other as friends, and there is no need to mention such things as the hostess.

Mr. Su is a smart person, of course he understands what Zhang Bao said, and he is grateful.He has been in Guangdong with Zhang Bao for nearly four years, and he has already accumulated thousands of silver. He won a house donated by Zhang Bao, and soon he has an official position.He knew the behavior of Zhang Bao's family, and he had never worried about being restrained at all, but Zhang Bao's brothers and nephews were hard to say. If they really threatened to repay their kindness in the future, he would be very troubled.But what Zhang Bao said now means that he and his future children will not be under the earl's mansion, and naturally there will be less trouble in doing things.

Mr. Su thanked Zhang Bao repeatedly, but Zhang Bao just smiled and said that he would be loyal to the emperor and serve the country in the future, the two of them understood and looked at each other with a smile.

Afterwards, Zhang Bao still lived a leisurely life, returning to Fangshan every few days to take care of the business and waiting for news from Mr. Su.

One day, Mrs. Tong was looking at the account book, and Mrs. Nala came to ask for something.

It turned out that after Sitara became pregnant, her mother was very concerned and often went to various temples in the city to pray for blessings.Tomorrow she plans to go to Baita Temple to offer incense, and would like to invite Fang Ning to go with her.Nala heard from the mother-in-law who sent the letter that it was because their aunt and grandma went with her. Thinking that Fangning is a daughter-in-law who has never been married, she should go, but it is not good to go alone, so she came to beg Tong to let Shu Ning accompanied him for a walk.

Naturally Tong agreed, and after Nala left, she told her daughter about it.Shu Ning was very happy, since she returned to Beijing she rarely went out, now she had the opportunity to go out to relax, and she could also miss Wan Ning for a day, of course it was a good thing.

Early the next morning, Shu Ning got dressed and went to the second gate, and together with Fang Ning, she followed Nala Shi and waited for Mrs. Sitara's big carriage to drive in.

Fang Ning wore a light green cheongsam today, probably because she was about to get married, her long hair was tied up in a single bun on the top of her head, and a braid was still hanging on her chest, only an ivory hairpin was inserted between her hair, and she wore a pair of hairpins on her ears. Wearing a pair of jade pendants, she looks extraordinarily elegant and dignified.

Mrs. Sitara got out of the car to greet Nala, glanced at Fangning Shuning, and said with a smile: "I usually only know that the second girl of your family is a beauty. It turns out that the other girls are also good. Looking at these two, water It looks like a green onion, and it makes people feel happy when they look at it.”

Nala was a little proud of hearing this, and told Fang Ning and Shu Ning a lot of things, and then let them go to the car with Mrs. Sitara, and Chunyan and Suxin squeezed into another car with the maid of Sitara's family car.

On the way, the wife of Sitara's family took Fang Ning's hand and asked many questions, but Fang Ning just lowered her head and answered politely. Shu Ning should be very satisfied with the expression of that wife.After a while, Mrs. Sitara said: "My aunt made an appointment with me in advance, and she will wait at the big archway near Guangji Temple. My nephew will personally drive a car to escort us all the way to Baita Temple."

Fang Ning blushed upon hearing this, and lowered her head even lower.Shu Ning asked: "My wife, why don't we go to Guangji Temple, but go to Baita Temple? I heard that the incense in Guangji Temple is also very prosperous."

Mrs. Xitara smiled and said: "Your child, you can tell that you are a girl from a rich family. You don't go out on weekdays, and you don't know what's going on outside, right? Guangji Temple is currently under construction, and Baita Temple is still quiet."

Just as they were talking, the big memorial archway arrived. Shu Ning only heard Mrs. Sitara and her aunt say a few words across the curtain in the carriage, and recognized that it was Mrs. Shu whom she met in Fangshan last year. It turned out to be Shu Muluv talent is.She once heard from Mrs. Liu that Mrs. Shu's son would sometimes accompany his mother to eat vegetarian food. It seems that Fang Ning has met people more than once. No wonder he would come to propose marriage for the second time, and Fang Ning readily agreed. up.

She glanced at Fang Ning quietly, Fang Ning knew she had guessed it, and her face blushed again.

I don't know whether Mrs. Sitara called her nephew to the car to talk on purpose or not. Seeing Fang Ning bowing her head shyly, she pursed her lips and smiled.

When they arrived at the mountain gate of Baita Temple, everyone got out of the car, and only then did Shuning see the appearance of the future brother-in-law. He was indeed the son of Mrs. Shu whom she met in a hurry that day. According to Mrs. Sitara's address, her name should be Yihai .

Fangning kept her head down, and her manner was very dignified and decent.Na Yihai was also very polite, with a very kind attitude, and rushed forward and back to take care of various affairs for them. When facing Fang Ning, although she was a little embarrassed, she behaved very calmly.

When the group of them entered the temple, there happened to be an old man knocked out of the door, and Yi Hai quickly helped them to avoid bumping into Mrs. Shu Mulu.Yi Hai wasn't angry either, he just told the old man to walk more carefully, and even helped him to support the big burden that had slipped from his shoulders.The old man bowed and thanked him.

Shu Ning watched from the sidelines, thinking that Yi Hai is quite a good person, and Fang Ning should be happy if she marries him.

Yihai entrusted a group of female relatives to the monks in the temple, but was driven away by her mother, saying that she still had something to do.Shu Ning followed the others to burn incense and add sesame oil, and listened to another round of sutras. It was almost noon, and after eating the fast meal in the temple, she asked for a quiet room to rest and talk.After only talking for a while, Mrs. Sitara asked Shuning very winkingly if she could walk around the temple with her.Shu Ning glanced at Fang Ning, and answered with a smile, Fang Ning blushed again.

Shu Ning accompanied his wife to wander around the temple and saw the famous White Pagoda, but that wife was too old and didn't have the energy to walk so much, so she asked for another quiet room to take a nap and let Shu Ning take a nap by herself. time.At first, Shu Ning just wandered around, but couldn't bear Su Xin's instigation, so she slipped into the street through the side door.

It is said to be a street, but in fact there are only a few shops, probably around noon, there are few pedestrians, and even people who do business and set up stalls hide under the trees to chat.Su Xin was attracted by a stall selling sachets and purses, but Shu Ning saw a bookstore nearby, so she left her and went in by herself.

The name of the bookstore is "Boss Shi Bookstore". The storefront is not big, and most of the books sold are Buddhist scriptures, Buddhist stories, or books related to Buddhist temples. There are currently no other customers in the store.The boss, about 50 to [-] years old, was sleeping on the counter, and when he heard Shuning's footsteps, he just raised his eyelids to take a look, and then went back to sleep.

Shuning picked out two collections of Buddhist stories for her mother, and found a travelogue introducing the scenic spots of Buddhist holy places from the bookshelf in the far corner of the store, and flipped through them casually.

Suddenly, a male voice came from behind her: "Miss Shuning, Yin Qi is taking the liberty to ask for something."

Shu Ning was startled, and turned her head to see that it was indeed fifth elder brother.

(Actually... I didn't mean to... really not...)
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