Childhood Sweethearts of a Family: The Delicate Girl

Chapter 17

Zhu Bicong brought Qi Yingyu back to the Hou Mansion from the palace, and Qi Mingsheng and Qi Haoran had also returned to the mansion.Qi Haoran took away his younger sister Qi Yingyu, and Zhu Bicong and her husband Qi Mingcheng had room to talk.

She shared Concubine Hui's words with Qi Mingcheng, which meant that her husband had a certainty in his mind.Hearing Zhu Bicong's words, Qi Mingcheng's reaction was no different from hers, he just said, "My daughter's marriage can't be decided by others."

These words should have been a little arrogant, after all, who is the distinguished mother of the country, Her Royal Highness the Empress.It's just that it feels natural for this courageous Hou Qi Mingcheng to say this.

Zhu Bicong pursed his lips to suppress a smile, and joked, "Then I'll leave this matter to my husband." Qi Mingcheng gave her a doting look, changed the subject, and asked about other things.

The Long'en Temple on the outskirts of the capital is quite effective. Mrs. Lin followed her mother to believe in Buddhism. When she was in the capital in previous years, she would go to the temple to offer incense after the New Year's Eve.After leaving for many years and returning to the capital, this habit has also picked up again.

Needless to say, visiting relatives and friends after the New Year's Eve is very busy. When Mrs. Lin, her three sons and her youngest daughter go to Long'en Temple to offer incense, it is already the ninth day of the Lunar New Year.

After all, the Lantern Festival hadn't come out at this time, and the enthusiasm for the New Year's Eve was still going on. In addition, the Long'en Temple was already full of incense, so there were quite a lot of people who came to the temple to offer incense.

While people were coming and going, Lin Xuan, Lin Yi, and Lin Ye, together with the maidservant, protected Mrs. Lin and Lin Yuan in the middle, and went to the temple.

Lin Yuan actually didn't like the smell of burning incense in the temple very much, it was pungent.But because she knew in her heart that her mother wanted to come here to seek safety for her family, although she was small, she knew how to endure no complaints from anyone.

After I followed my mother to worship the Buddha in the treasure hall, because I had sent servants to say hello, after they had offered incense, a young monk came over and led Mrs. Lin and Lin Yuan to the wing room behind the temple. Listen to the eminent monks talking about Zen.

This eminent monk is an old man in his sixties, with a gray beard that reaches to his chest.He is very thin, wearing a loose yellow monk robe, which gives people a sense of immortality, but his bald head is radiant.

He smiled and looked very kind, without giving people a sense of distance.In the past, Mrs. Lin thought that Lin Yuan was too young and there were too many people in the temple, so she never brought her here. Therefore, seeing Lin Yuan, the legendary eminent monk for the first time, was very novel.

The eminent monk was talking to Mrs. Lin who was sitting in the front row, while Lin Yuan and her brothers sat cross-legged on the row of bright yellow futons behind her mother.

Because she didn't think the eminent monk was too scary, Lin Yuan boldly took a sneak peek at it curiously, then took another look, still not satisfied, and took another look.She moved frequently below, with big bright eyes, it was hard not to attract the attention of the person opposite.

Mrs. Lin was listening to the eminent monk seriously and sitting in front, so she didn't notice the little daughter's movements.At this moment, the eminent monk who was sitting across from her stopped talking suddenly, and looked at the person behind her with a smile, then turned her head slightly and then glanced back.

The three sons don't need to say much, they are all sensible people, so they wouldn't make a fuss at this time, causing the eminent monk to stop talking.

Mrs. Lin knew that Lin Yuan would not do anything out of the ordinary, and saw that the eminent monk was not angry, so she quickly smiled and said, "My daughter is still young, and everything is new to me. When I first met an eminent monk, I couldn't help being curious. "

The eminent monk didn't take it seriously, stretched out his hand to gently stroke his beard, and said with a smile, "little dolls are the most lively and active, so it's boring to just sit here. The scenery in the backyard of the temple is really good, Miss Lin is everywhere I'm afraid it's much more interesting to walk around than to be here."

Listening to the eminent monk's words, Lin Yuan finally understood the phrase "walk around", which meant that she was allowed not to sit here.

Compared with the boring Buddhist scriptures and Zen words, Yu Linyuan said that the outside must make her more interested.It seemed that she could be allowed to play outside, Lin Yuan cheered up even more, smiled and frowned, and talked to the eminent monk without any timidity, and first praised him, "You are really amazing!"

The eminent monk looked at her with a smile, but she was unhurried, with no trace of flattery on her face and continued, "You can clearly understand what is in my heart. It is really amazing! You can understand people's hearts! Master is worthy of being Master, you are really unique!"

Mrs. Lin originally smiled and listened to Lin Yuan's words, but she couldn't help but be full of questions at the end.What I said earlier is good, but what's the matter with being unique?

Lin Yuan sat between the elder brother and the second elder brother. Mrs. Lin didn't know what was going on, but they knew it.

Eldest brother Lin Xuan hurriedly turned his head and said to his sister in a low voice, "Sister, the word unique should not be used here, it should be extraordinary. Extraordinary refers to people or things that are outstanding, while unique refers to having a unique style. Describe calligraphy and works."

After Lin Yuan listened carefully to what her elder brother said, she realized that she had used the wrong word, and her little face was flushed red with embarrassment.She laughed so guilty that she felt that she was being flattered, and said embarrassingly, "It's embarrassing in front of the master! The master must be extraordinary, so it's not unique." The more she said, the more embarrassing she became, the less Emboldened.

The master in her mouth was overjoyed, and she turned to Madam Lin and said, "Lingqianjin is cute and cute, she is outstanding, even more extraordinary than the old monk."

Lin Yuan could hear the master's teasing, and her face was as red as the morning glow, and she barely covered her face to avoid seeing people.Before that, Mrs. Lin opened her mouth and said, "Since Sister Yuan is bored sitting here, let's go for a walk outside and come back later."

Hearing mother's words, Xiao Linyuan, who had been pardoned, slid up from the futon and disappeared just now, looking embarrassed.The eldest brother Lin Xuan and the second brother Lin Ye stretched out their hands to smooth the clothes on her body.

She thanked her two elder brothers before going out, standing aside without any embarrassment, just smiled and said to Mrs. Lin and Master, "I'm really embarrassed, so I have to hide outside for a while, wait later Come back with the cheek to meet Mother and Grandmaster." He glanced at his three older brothers and added, "There are still brothers."

Mrs. Lin saw her naughty face, but she just smiled and said, "Go." She ordered the maid to follow carefully and take care of her.

Because the backyard of this temple is not accessible to ordinary people, and there are many monks in the temple, you can rest assured that there are trustworthy maids and women following along.

Lin Yuan said goodbye to the eminent monk, her mother and three older brothers, and went out to play.Although the three of Lin Xuan were not very interested in things like Buddhist scriptures, they still had the patience to accompany their mother. They were not envious of Lin Yuan being able to go out and play, but they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts...you are so young... it is good.

Lin Yuan, who came out of the wing room, suddenly became happy. She just ran out when she saw two acquaintances from a distance.Before she could walk over, two acquaintances also saw her.

Qi Yingyu didn't expect to meet Lin Yuan here, so she couldn't help being a little bit pleasantly surprised.When Lin Yuan came this way, she went up to meet her. When the two met, they were both grinning.

"Little Ayuan, what a coincidence."

"Sister Yu, what a coincidence."

Qi Haoran walked slowly behind Qi Yingyu, and Lin Yuan greeted Qi Yingyu before greeting him.Qi Haoran nodded, seeing that it was freezing cold, and Lin Yuan didn't even have a hand stove, so she ordered her servants to fetch a hand stove.

It wasn't that the maid who followed Lin Yuan didn't work hard enough, it was that Lin Yuan ran away in no time, and they were in a hurry to catch up, so they had to ask the little maid to get the hand stove and catch up later.

Therefore, the servant who received Qi Haoran's order here just came over with the hand stove, and the little maid of the Lin family over there also brought the hand stove to find Lin Yuan and the others.

Qi Haoran saw that someone from the Lin family had already brought the hand stove over, so he didn't take the hand stove brought by the servant, and only let the servant hold it for the time being.

The mother-in-law sent by Mrs. Lin to follow Lin Yuan was not only loyal but also very winking. Lin Yuan didn't notice this for the time being. She thanked Qi Haoran with a salute, then put the hand stove into Lin Yuan's hand and coaxed her to hold it it is good.

"Little Ayuan, there is a spring over there, and there are fresh whitebait in the water, which is so beautiful. I was going to go there with my brother, and I happened to bump into you, let's go together?"

Hearing that there were interesting and novel things, Lin Yuan naturally wanted to join in the fun, and immediately agreed.So, the three of them went to the spring together.

Along the way, Lin Yuan and Qi Yingyu chatted like two little sparrows.Qi Haoran followed behind and listened to their unnutritious conversation, his left ear went in and his right ear went out, just for fun.

When Lin Yuan and Qi Yingyu confide their embarrassing stories, Qi Haoran, who was eavesdropping behind, couldn't help curling his lips.However, for some reason, at this moment Lin Yuan suddenly turned her head, and Qi Haoran, who had just raised the corners of his mouth in the fuss, quickly turned serious again, and looked at Lin Yuan with an innocent look of "what's the matter?"

Lin Yuan just showed a smiling face, then turned her head and continued to be a little sparrow with Qi Yingyu.

I feel that I am not eavesdropping... But just now, I felt like I was caught... Feeling helpless, Qi Haoran touched his nose and shook his head again.

The spring was not very far away, but a few people walked slowly, and Qi Yingyu and Lin Yuan both had small arms and legs, and they finally walked for a quarter of an hour before they arrived nearby.

When he was about to arrive at the place, Qi Yingyu happened to be unwell and wanted to change clothes.She was thinking about the whitebait in her heart, and she had to see it, but she could only go back and forth.

Lin Yuan originally said to go with her, but Qi Yingyu thought that they had walked for so long, and it would be inappropriate for someone to accompany them to walk again.

Qi Haoran wanted to accompany Qi Yingyu, but it was not appropriate to leave Lin Yuan alone.Therefore, the only way to leave for the time being is for the maids and women to embrace Qi Yingyu.

Lin Yuan and Qi Haoran walked to the spring, the water had never frozen, and the silver fish in the water seemed to be transparent, swimming freely and contentedly.Lin Yuan stared at the water with wide eyes, couldn't help but marvel, and wanted to share her feelings with others.

She frowned and turned to look at Qi Haoran, and said with emotion, "Brother Qi, it's so pretty!" Qi Haoran was a little older than Lin Yuan, so he didn't find it so novel, but nodded in agreement with her words.

Qi Haoran's approval made Lin Yuan smile more and more, she seemed to think of something, and then said to Qi Haoran, "Sister Yu told me that you are good to her! You are also a good brother!" She He pondered for a while, thought for a while, and said with a smile, "It's commendable, it's commendable!"

In this way, Qi Haoran remembered that later when Qi Yingyu celebrated his birthday, Lin Yuan took the opportunity to tell him that a brother should love and love his younger sister, and should not scold or scold his sister. .The reason was that at that time, Qi Yingyu didn't eat well, and he was a little reprimanded for such a thing.

She is obviously still very immature, but she pretends to be old-fashioned, which makes people laugh.Seeing her expression of "you are very good" now, Qi Haoran rarely thought of teasing her, and asked her, "Can I be praised for doing this? Can I be praised?"

Lin Yuan raised her head, glanced at Qi Haoran, and said with a smile, "Unique! Extraordinary!"

Qi Haoran: "...." Am I so perfunctory?

(End of this chapter)