Ordinary clear day

Chapter 150
Maybe it was Wanning's "sincerity" that moved the heavens. Although she didn't bump into anyone in the temple, she saw a familiar name on the merit tablet that recorded the names of large-scale fundraisers—Lin Xi, and asked Brother Fang Qing From the news that came, and the indirect information from the monks in the temple to the date of Lin Xi's donation, she deduced that it was Sisi's donation in the name of the guards.At that moment, she suddenly became excited.

There are three monuments of meritorious deeds, which are erected in a very conspicuous position in the temple. They are used as a signboard to donate to the victims of the disaster in the south of the Yangtze River. I don't know who came up with the idea, but it has attracted many people to donate generously.Lin Xi's name was assigned to the second stele according to the size of the donation, probably because he donated more money than other people on the same stele, and the characters were larger than others.After careful consideration, Wanning gritted her teeth and donated all the 200 taels of silver notes that her mother asked her to carry with her, in exchange for engraving a most conspicuous name on the stele.Anyone who comes to the temple can see it.

She now understands that based on the area of ​​Yunju Temple, it is not easy for her to "encounter" someone, not to mention that according to the damn rules of Sanfang, it is impossible for her to go to the temple every day Come on, even if it's really a coincidence to meet Sisi, if the other party is still indifferent to me, it's useless.I haven't seen April Si for a long time, now I should first change the other party's view of me.He seemed to dislike himself for acting frivolously in the past, so he should let him know that he is different now, not only gentle and stable, but also very generous and kind.As long as you have a good impression, it will be easier to have a good impression.

She returned to the other courtyard smugly, but she didn't know that Xiao Liu was overwhelmed by her generosity, and told Shuning about it as an anecdote, and said: "I heard from the maid next to the second girl that she was in the mansion. Housework has always been very tight in terms of money, a few old family members were greedy for more than 100 taels of silver, and she kicked it out without saying a word, I didn't expect to spend money so generously in private."

Shu Ning is full of doubts, she will not believe that Wan Ning is really doing good deeds so easily.But why did she donate such a large sum of money?You know, when monasteries solicit donations, most people only donate a few taels or a few dozen taels, and hundreds of taels are rare. What is she planning?
Within two days, Shu Ning was watching people pick roses in the garden, preparing to dry them into dried flowers, keeping some for her own use, and selling the rest to tea shops. At the same time, she also asked people to clean up the sundries on the lake so that the lotus flowers would not bloom later. It doesn't look good when opened.Wanning came to her specially and asked her to arrange a vehicle to take her to Yunju Temple tomorrow.

Wan Ning put on a smiling face and said: "At first I agreed to ask Aunt Liu to take me there, but Xiao Bao caught a cold last night, Aunt Liu said no. I have been looking forward to it for many days, so I might as well go alone Right? It doesn’t matter if you bring a few more people.”

Shu Ning had a lot of things to do, and the family was short of staff, so she advised her to reschedule.Wanning didn't give up, she didn't know what she said in front of Zhang Bao, Zhang Bao said to his daughter with some headaches: "Your sister has too many tricks, I'm busy here, I don't have time to pay attention to her, my good daughter, feel wronged, accompany me Let her go. Originally, it would be fine to let her go by herself, just ask a few more people to follow, but if she really puts the master's money, those servants will not talk, so you follow closely, lest she do it If something happens, our third room will not look good." Shu Ning had no choice but to agree.

On the second day, Wanning was very calm, and behaved like a lady, the amount of money added was very reasonable, and there was nothing out of the ordinary when listening to the scriptures.Shuning was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but Wanning pulled her to the monument of merit and said, "Just now the monks said that my name has been engraved on it, let's look for it." Judging by her expression, she seemed very excited.

The name was indeed engraved on it, but it was the seven characters "Shuntianfu Tatara Family". Wanning looked at it as if she had eaten a fly, and her face was very ugly.Shu Ning said: "This name is really big, sister's handwriting is really generous." She turned her head to see Wan Ning's expression, then looked at the tablet, and said with some clarity: "Don't sister know that the merit tablet is The rules for engraving names? Men always have their first names and surnames. If it is a woman, it will only be engraved with a certain surname. Carve a name?Wanning wouldn't be stupid, would she?
Wanning pulled the corners of her mouth and forced a smile, feeling even more depressed: With just these few words, who knows who is who?On this tablet alone, there are two or three smaller characters of "Shuntianfu Tatara", and I don't know which relative it is.

While she was depressed, she suddenly heard a monk next to her tell the little novice: "The offerings sent today are wrong, although they are also very expensive, but this time it is a baby girl who died before the full moon. Follow adult rules."

"Then the one returned by Mr. Qian last time can't be used? The paper bundles and incense candles are ready-made." The little novice asked.

"No, no." The monk said, "This benefactor is from Beijing. He has a great background and is very picky. Everything must be new. Go and urge someone to bring it over."

When Wanning heard this, her heart moved, and she was about to call the monk to ask what happened, but she was stopped: "The two female benefactors are well, the poor monk Fahui is polite." Turning her head, she saw a The middle-aged monk, with a round face, smiled very kindly.She hastily returned the salute, turned around to look for the monk just now, but he was nowhere to be seen.

Shu Ning recognized that this was the famous "monk who slaughtered people" nearby, not that he was vicious, but that when he appeared, he would surely "slaughter" people a lot of money, but usually he would not show up easily.This time I came to find them, probably because I saw Wanning being generous and wanted to "kill" her again.She took a half step back and remained silent.

Wanning was full of what she had just heard, she didn't pay much attention to what Fahui said, she just dealt with it casually.Seeing that she was not up to the trick, Na Fahui ordered the little novice monks to prepare a good vegetarian meal for their sisters to enjoy.Shu Ning frowned and was about to refuse, but Wan Ning took the lead to agree.

As soon as Fahui left, Shuning hurriedly said to Wanning: "Second sister is confused, I'm afraid she will have to send a large sum of money after this fast meal, why did my sister agree?" Wanning was not there He waved his hand contently: "I spent so much money before, it's only natural to eat him a vegetarian meal. As long as we bite our tongues, what can he do with us?" After giving the order, Qiaoyun went outside to find brother Fang Qing who was following the car.

During the vegetarian meal, the two sisters abide by the rule of "you don't speak when you eat", and after eating, Wanning said: "It seems that the ones made by Ciyun Temple are better." Shuning thought it was natural.At this moment, Fahui came in, and asked them how they ate well with a smile. The two sisters just played tricks on him and let him talk nonsense, and they didn't promise to add more money.

Fahui soon said excuse me and went out.Seeing Brother Fang Qing waving outside, Qiaoyun whispered such and such in Wanning's ear after going out for a while, and a gleam flashed in Wanning's eyes.

Just as Shuning was feeling strange, Fahui came back.He brought a big box with a lot of gold and silver treasures in it, and said: "The day after tomorrow is the Christmas of the Medicine King Bodhisattva, and the temple will give free medical care and medicine to the believers and people. Because of limited financial resources, I ask all the donors to help. Here They are all the property donated by the benefactors. Some benefactors gave up their belongings because they were inconvenient. The monks in the whole temple were very grateful. Amitabha, God has the virtue of good life. , might as well put some things at will."

Shu Ning looked and saw that besides men's hats and jade pendants, there were quite a lot of women's jewelry in the box, some of which were expensive, and some of which were only used by ordinary people. There was only one emerald and pearl hairpin, which was very Expensive, looks particularly conspicuous.

Seeing her paying attention to the hairpin, Na Fahui said, "This was donated by a lady surnamed Lu a few days ago. This female benefactor is not only talented and beautiful, but also very kind-hearted. The Buddha will surely bless her for a lifetime of safety. Then he introduced two other more expensive jewelry, which were also donated by two "talented and beautiful" ladies, one of whom was the daughter of the local county magistrate.

This monk can really talk!Shu Ning guessed that the emerald and pearl hairpin was probably donated by Miss Lu from the opposite door, remembering that she once wore this hairpin as a guest in her other courtyard.Although Shu Ning didn't think that the Buddha really blessed Miss Nalu, Yunju Temple had a good reputation, and it wasn't a random collection of money. Since it was doing good deeds, there was nothing wrong with giving some money.

She took out the two silver clasps in her pouch and put them on, and added the dozen or so taels of silver she carried with her, but Wanning who was next to her suddenly made a bang and put the pair of jade bracelets into the box. With a flash of eyes, he said, "Amitabha."

Shuning was shocked, the pair of jade bracelets, each of the four sisters had a pair, was made of high-quality Lantian jade, green in color, with a silver ring on it, engraved with their names.This kind of thing cannot be given away at will.

She hurriedly said to Wanning: "Second Sister can donate whatever she wants, but take this bracelet back." Yue He also frowned, and persuaded Wanning a little.Wan Ning said: "Such a good deed should be supported vigorously. This pair of bracelets is the most valuable on my body. If you don't want to give it up, just give it up."

Shu Ning frowned and wanted to persuade her, but Fa Hui said a lot of good things and took the box down herself. She didn't stop her, and when she saw Wan Ning's indifferent expression, she couldn't help but get angry , simply let go.

When they left, even the abbot came to see them off, and Fahui told them with a smile that the next day, the King of Medicine Bodhisattva’s birthday, the temple will hold a big Dharma meeting, and invited famous doctors to donate medicine at the foot of the mountain, which is very lively , if they are interested, they can come and play.Shuning had participated in several Fa conferences earlier, but she was not very interested.Wanning's eyes lit up, she hurriedly responded, and asked when the event would start.

Fahui laughed even deeper, and said: "It's a bit early, it started at [-]:[-] o'clock. Because there were too many people who donated medicine to the doctors in the past few times, and many believers couldn't make it, so this time it was done early this time. It lasted until sunset. However, most of the believers who did not come to see the doctor would come again at Chenshi, and the Sutra meeting starts at Sishi quarter, and the female benefactor can decide the time on her own." Wanning agreed with a smile.

On the way home, Shu Ning asked Wan Ning why she suddenly became interested in the activities of these Buddhist temples, Wan Ning said: "I just found out that these things are actually very interesting, no wonder my eldest sister always came to participate when I lived here last year .The Medicine King Bodhisattva...is a Bodhisattva who manages and cures diseases, right?"

Shu Ning said silently: It is indeed a bodhisattva who manages and cures diseases, not only the diseases of the body, but also the diseases of the heart.

Back in the other courtyard, Shuning was very surprised to find that Mrs. Tong had returned and was talking with Mrs. Liu in the main room.Also present were Xuxu and Dafang's mother Jin.Xu Xu was talking happily at first, but when she saw Wanning, she shut up and quickly went back to her room with the excuse of taking a rest.Mother Jin is here to pick Wanning back to Beijing.According to her, the fifth elder brother came to the house and was disappointed to hear that Wanning was not in Beijing. He went back to the barracks yesterday.

Wanning was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that she had come to Fangshan on the excuse of Fifth Elder Brother, so she said anxiously: "Mother Jin, let me stay a few more days. I have only been here for less than ten days."

But Mother Jin said: "Good girl, there are a lot of things going on at home, and my wife still expects you to take care of her worries. I've had enough fun these few days, so I'd better go back early."

Wanning rolled her eyes and said, "Mother Jin, it's actually like this. Today I went to Yunju Temple to offer incense, and I heard from the monks there that the day after tomorrow is the birthday of the Medicine King Bodhisattva, and there will be a Dharma meeting in the temple. I thought, I should also pray for Ama'er Niang, and the second sister-in-law, isn't her pregnancy unstable? I want to recite the scriptures for her a few more times. I am also filial, so please agree, Mama Jin."

Tong Shi frowned unnoticed, and lowered his head to drink tea.

Xiao Liu said: "So the second girl also wants to go there? Just right, I heard that this time Yunju Temple has invited several famous doctors to sit on the stage. There is a doctor Xu who specializes in treating weak boys. Take us Xiaobao to have a look. Why don't you go together?"

Wanning paused, and reluctantly agreed.Seeing this, Mama Jin had no choice but to let go, but she demanded that she must go back the day after tomorrow. With Wanning's repeated assurances, she pleaded guilty and went out to ask someone to report back to Beijing.

Mrs. Tong took another sip of tea, and then asked her daughter unintentionally: "I heard that last time Yunju Temple gave free medicine to the common people, and it was so late that some people didn't get on the wheel. This time, someone suggested You said you will start early, but I don't know what the specific arrangements are?"

Shuning recalled what the monk Fahui said, and then said one by one.Tong frowned, and sighed: "It's a little early, I'm afraid it will be dawn, right? I heard that someone went to wait at noon last time, but it turned out that it was dark before it was because there were too many people."

Xiao Liu felt a little uneasy when she heard this: "What should I do? It's more than ten miles away, so I have to leave in the middle of the night?"

Tong Shi said: "It's too tiring to leave in the middle of the night, but if you go late, it doesn't matter if you wait for a long time. Sister Liu and Xiaobao are both weak. How can they stand under the sun? I don't want to go. Just invite the doctor to come home and have a look.”

Xiao Liu said: "I also planned to do so, but that Dr. Xu is a foreigner, and he said that he would not receive outpatient consultations except for the platform of Yunju Temple, and he would go back as soon as the matter was over. People went to invite them, didn’t they not invite them?”

Mrs. Tong glanced at Wan Ning, who was listening to them attentively, and said with a smile, "I have an idea. At the foot of Yunju Temple, there is a separate courtyard in the temple, which is specially for female pilgrims. Most of them settled there. I asked someone to take the master’s post, and I went there to book a few clean rooms. You go there one day in advance to spend the night. Anyway, the place where the doctors and medicines are donated is next to you. You can do it as usual in the morning. Get up at the right hour, and there is still plenty of time."

She turned to Wanning and said, "But the second girl doesn't have to go there early, it's not too late to go the next day." Wanning hurriedly said, "Why bother? I might as well stay overnight with Aunt Liu and Brother Xiaobao That's fine, I'm not afraid to spend the night outside." According to what Brother Fang Qing heard, such an arrangement was exactly what she wanted.

But Mrs. Tong was waiting for her words, so she made a decision immediately and ordered someone to take the post to book a room in the other courtyard of Yunju Temple.

After everyone dispersed, Shu Ning asked her mother why she let Wan Ning spend the night outside, and said: "If you are afraid that Aunt Liu and Xiao Bao will wait in line for too long, you can ask someone to help you line up, and they will wait inside. It’s almost their turn to switch to them. Why go a day earlier? There is also the matter of the second sister. We usually strictly control her when she goes out. Now let her spend the night outside. If something happens, the eldest aunt will definitely complain. We are."

Mrs. Tong smiled slightly and said, "Silly boy, your second sister did this on her own, we didn't force her. Also, your Aunt Liu also spent the night in the nunnery. The inn here is full of official women, so nothing will happen. As for the fact that I specially arranged for them to go there, there is another reason." She waved her hand and let her daughter approach her, and then told her the reason in a low voice.

The fourth elder brother is actually coming! ! !
Tong said to the shocked daughter: "I thought he wouldn't come, but the palace issued a decree to point out the daughter of Minister of the Interior Fei Yanggu to him as the official Fujin and get married in September. The news just came. Not two days after the news came out, that Song Gege proposed to go to Yunju Temple to do something for the young Gege who died young. Counting the days, the day after tomorrow happened to be the day when little Gege passed away for a full month. Do you like me? The fourth elder brother asked someone to send me a letter quietly, saying that he might spend the night here, so I had no choice but to agree."

Shu Ning said in a daze: "Couldn't he want to bring Song Gege too? Isn't he afraid of the news leaking?"

Tong smiled: "I don't know about that, but the fourth elder brother will have a sense of proportion. You also know that the second girl has some weird thoughts in her heart. Instead of taking risks, it's better to let her avoid them."

Shu Ning nodded, indeed, if Wan Ning found out that Si Si would sometimes spend the night at their home, she would never have a quiet life in the future, this time she was the one who wanted to spend the night outside, so she couldn't blame the mother and daughter.Shu Ning thought with some bad intentions, if Wan Ning found out that she passed by Si Si afterwards, she would be very depressed, right?

However, she suddenly remembered that Sisi was planning to go to Yunju Temple to do something, and Wanning was about to go to Yunju Temple, did she get a letter in advance?But she soon felt that she was thinking too much. These days Wanning has been trapped in the other courtyard and rarely goes out. There is no news from Beijing. Even she just learned from her mother that April [-]th is coming. However, Wanning had already planned the itinerary for the day after tomorrow when she left Yunju Temple. How could it be that she got the news in advance?
It's better not to think about it, the first task now is to prevent Wanning from finding out that Sisi lives in Fangshan Bieyuan.

Shuning was very enthusiastic about arranging the travel of Wanning and Xiao Liu's mother and son. Everything was arranged properly. To be on the safe side, she even arranged for twelve male and female servants to follow the car, which made Wanning frown , How can I move freely when I think about it?
On April 27th, the afternoon before the Christmas of Medicine King Bodhisattva, two carriages carrying Xiao Liu's mother and son and Wanning drove out of the gate of the other courtyard.

An hour later, there was a knock on the side door of the garden, and Ma San'er, who had been waiting here, welcomed the group of people in. In the afterglow of the setting sun, one could see that the leader was wearing a yellow belt around his waist.

(Happy Mid-Autumn Festival~~~ ^_^ Under the big festival, debt collection seems a bit unhd, but I still want to say: Book friends who owe gambling debts, please pay off the debts quickly~~ The debt repayment building is so slow Which~~~~)
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