Lucky not to forget

Chapter 47

Shen Xing and Master Na Kongwen went to the high pavilion to play chess for more than an hour. After fighting for a long time, there was no winner. Master Kongwen was nearly eighty, and his energy was not good. In the end, he had to draw with the chess, slapping his neck and saying , "After all, age is not forgiving, so let's stop here today."
Shen Xing cupped his hands and said with a smile, "The abbot's chess skills are getting better and better, and Shen Xing can barely play chess and win a tie. Next time, I will definitely come to ask for advice."
Master Kongwen said, "Young brother is the young man to be feared, Lao Na has already tried his best, if he continues to play this chess, he will definitely lose, Lao Na is just asking for a coincidence."
Supported by Shen Xing, the two chatted and laughed all the way down the high pavilion, Master Kong Wen said again, "How is your grandfather? I won't see you for a while, I think I forgot my old friend."
Shen Xing said, "Grandfather has become obsessed with fighting crickets recently, every day I have to go to the insect market with Grandfather of the Houfu, and I don't even go to the teahouse, and I told me to ask the abbot."
Master Kongwen said, "Now my brother is promising, and your father is also comforted there. Although I am an outsider, seeing you grow up year by year, I am very happy for you."
Be cautious, and then said, "This time I am accompanying my sister to pick up my uncle and aunt. I was in a hurry. I wanted to give my father a few days of reincarnation. I will come again after two days. , then I will bother Master.”
Master Kongwen said, "It doesn't matter, I will arrange it myself when the time comes, and you can just come and offer incense."
Shen Xing thanked her, then said hesitantly, "Master is best at reading faces, what do you think of my sister Chun Jun's face?"
Master Kongwen said with a deep smile, "This girl is born with such a good appearance, she is loved by the old lady at the top, and is protected by her brothers at the bottom. In the future, she will be able to find a good husband. Naturally, she is very rich and rich." of."
Shen Xing obviously twitched, and asked tentatively, "According to Master, where is her marriage?"
Master Kongwen waved his hands and said, "Don't say it, don't say it, sometimes marriage is there, if not sometimes you can't force it, but I see that my brother's good things are coming, but there is a girl he likes at home? Now let it go Guan'er, it can be said that he is proud of the spring breeze, and Lao Na Shao will not be able to follow the ceremony."
Shen Xing and tithe bowed, "Master, Shen Xing has something on his mind, but he doesn't know where it will end up. Let's see. I've been out for a while, don't worry about my sister being alone in the wing room, so I'll go now .”
Farewell to Master Kongwen, hurried to the back room, also anxious in my heart, regretting that I should not leave her there, so that nothing happens.Quicken her pace, and when she arrived at the wing room, she saw that she was in good shape, holding a copy of the "Diamond Sutra" and was studying, she breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down and said, "I'm sorry, I just met the abbot, and playing chess with him was delayed. Is there nothing after I leave?"
Wu Wang shook his head and said, "Nothing, everything is fine."
Shen Xing said again, "Yuhua hasn't come back yet?"
Wu Wang hummed, without moving his eyes from the book, he said calmly, "It's rare for her to go back, I'm sick again, it's okay to stay a little longer."
Shen Xing said, "Let's go through the Buddhist hall, it's almost there now."
Wu Wang closed his script and said, "Hey." Then quietly tucked up the forbidden steps, followed Shen Xing to the Buddhist hall, lit a stick of incense, kowtowed to each other with Shen Xing, and the monks finished their scriptures. , Wuwang took the green cloth bag prepared in advance and put the two memorial tablets in place. When he looked up, he saw Yuhua running in, and panting slightly, "Fortunately, I didn't miss the time. If I go back late, what should I say if the old lady asks?" !"
Wuwang raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you afraid of? The time is just right, but the old lady blamed me for being late. Isn't there a big brother? Just put your mind at ease."
Yuhua took a look at Shen Xing, blushed suddenly, and said angrily, "The girl just talks, what's the fun with the uncle! I am the girl's slave, so there is no reason for the uncle to protect me."
Wuwang covered his mouth and laughed, "Second brother, look at her, I only mentioned to big brother, she looks like a cooked shrimp, isn't it a guilty conscience!"
Shen Xing also laughed, and saluted at the table, respectfully moved up the aunt's seat, but hoped to correct the color, blessed to move up the father's seat, and said softly, "My lord, Chun'er will pick you up." back home."
The boy named Qianqiu had already driven the carriage and waited at the gate of the mountain. He took the horse that Shen Xing was riding on behind the carriage, moved a bench and waited for the three of them to get into the carriage. run away.
When we arrived at Xie Mansion, it was just dark, and the main entrance was already full of family servants in plain clothes. The eldest wife hurriedly ordered people to light up the lights to clear the way, and the group of people went to the Yinhook courtyard in a mighty manner. The second wife had been waiting outside the courtyard, and Leading to the Small Buddha Hall, Xie Jin's spirit seat was placed under the shrine, Wu cried and said, "Let them be together with brothers, sisters and Uncle Lang, so we can take care of them."
Then candles were lit and incense was burned, servants from all over the place kowtowed and prostrated, no matter the truth or falsehood, the room was filled with the sound of crying.
Mrs. Lu wiped Wu Wang's tears, patted her on the back and said, "Good boy, cry hard enough, now that your parents are home, they will get a lot of offerings from the three sticks of incense for the next day." So, don't be sad, the grandfather and the old lady are going to come too, let's persuade them, they are so old, they can't get angry, they are afraid of hurting their gods and going back to suffer."
The girl brought a cornucopia of lotus flowers, and took high money, sutras, and substitutes and burned them together. After everyone saluted and gradually dispersed, Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Lu brought a few uncles and aunts and said some words of persuasion and went back. Now, Grandma Yan was not seen in the crowd, she thought her "sickness" hadn't healed yet, and she was still raising her in the yard, Liu'er and Cuiping came to take Yuhua's place as attendants, so it was hoped that they would stuff Yujue into Liu'er in private. In Er'er's hand, Liu'er didn't say a word even though he had doubts, so he put it away properly, and knelt with her for a while before the coffin before helping her girl up.
Shen Xing said, "I'm tired today, let's go back and have a rest earlier, I still have some sibyl ring incense that I got last year, I will send someone to send it later." Then he said to Cuiping, "Give it to the girl. Warm soup to get rid of tiredness, and prepare some food pads, it is useless today, carefully hurt the stomach."
Cuiping smiled and said yes, Mrs. Wu on the side was very bluffed, looked at Shen Xing in a daze, was stunned for a long time and couldn't say a word, still bowed to Shen Xing, "Madam, rest too, son, go back to Chunfeng Pavilion gone."
Wu said in a panic, "Brother Xing, the collar pendant and seven things I ordered for you last month have been delivered, you come to my room to pick them up."
Seeing his mother's strange expression, Shen Xing nodded and followed.Mrs. Wu pulled him into the room, sent all the maids outside, and said in a low voice, "What happened today?"
Shen Xing recalled for a while and said, nothing happened, why did the wife ask such a question? "
Wu groaned angrily and flipped the Buddhist beads in his hand, "I'm just asking you! What's the matter with you and Mr. Chun? It's understandable for my brother to feel sorry for my sister, but you've been here for a while, and it's both fragrant and warm. I usually see you as a person who knows the importance, why are you so confused now? You and Chun Jun are not close after all, and you know it in your heart, let me tell you what is good about you! stop."
Shen Xing's stubbornness also came up, and he gambled, "I have never treated Chun'er as an outsider, so why pay attention to those gossips!"
"If you weren't raised by me, it's up to you!" Wu said angrily, "I know you sisters are good. When you were young, you were close and it didn't matter if you ate and slept at the same time. At the age of marriage, no matter how many gossips will be caused, it is better to distance yourself, it is for you and Chunjun."
Shen Xing murmured hesitantly, wanting to talk to his mother but was afraid that she would not agree, which would add more twists and turns. He thought it would be safe to find the old lady, but also thought about how his mother had worked so hard to bring him up all these years, and his son's marriage hadn't happened yet. Go through her order, don't you want to die of disappointment!Just as he was hesitating, Wu sized him up sideways and said, "Brother, my son is Mo Ruomu, I know what you're thinking right now."
Shen Xing was overjoyed, pulled his mother's sleeve and said, "Then what does mother mean?"
Wu pulled out her sleeves coldly, turned around and sat down and said, "Let me ask you, what are you studying hard all these years for? Do you want to have a better future? If you are willing to be a small general judge for the rest of your life, then I will Then let you go, and you don't need to take revenge on your father, just pretend that he never raised your son."
Shen Xing's expression became silent when he heard this, he slumped down in his chair, and murmured, "I really like her, I've liked her since the day she landed, I beg mother to pity her son, let the old lady give Chun'er a promise. Without me, I can still be promoted without relying on nepotism, mother will believe me this time."
Wu said, "Is that what Mr. Chun meant? Have you two said that?"
Shen Xing shook his head and said, "This is what I mean by myself, I haven't told her about it."
Wu secretly called Amitabha, thankfully this kid has a solid mind, otherwise things would be difficult.With a little rejoicing, he said, "I advise you to put it away as soon as possible. It's not that I like Chun Jun. It's a pity that your uncle and aunt left early. It's that reason. There's no way, not only me, but the old lady also thinks so, and she was talking about her marriage yesterday!"
Shen Xing was surprised, "Is this true? Why did she start talking about marriage when she was still in Xiaoli?"

Mrs. Wu said, "It's not that I'm one of them. They say they can wait. It's brother Lu from your aunt's grandma's family who just came back from Jiangxi. Let's make a decision now and wait until next year."
Shen Xing didn't believe it at all, he just said, "Brother Lu is a younger brother, isn't there Sixth Uncle Yao above him, how sooner or later will he be obedient to him? He is a bastard again, the old lady will never agree."
Mrs. Wu pulled her face and said, "What do you think! After all, Mr. Chun's family is ruined, and there is no one in the clan to help him. It would be great if he could find such relatives. It's better than marrying a widower or being a concubine."

Shen Xing felt anxious, turned around and said, "I'll ask the old lady."
Mrs. Wu hurriedly drank and stood, beat him twice and said, "You are becoming more and more useless, and you don't care about your face. What kind of things are you going to ask the old lady? Can you stop my sister from getting married? I count it as a white raise." I have been with you for 20 years, you go, after you go, don't come to recognize me as a mother."
Shen Xing stood by the door with hands hanging down and had no idea, only felt that the sweaty man was in a trance, now that the old lady's way is dead, and his mother looks like this, what else can he say, these 15 days are wasted Nian's heart ended up like this, thinking that she was about to cry. Seeing how soft-hearted he was, Mrs. Wu said kindly, "Well, I'll ask the old lady tomorrow. If it doesn't work out, Then I'll beg the old lady to let you keep her in the room, okay?"
Shen Xing blushed when he heard it, and gritted his teeth, "Mom, are you going to spoil her or me? If you can't give her a name, I don't have the face to ask for her! Don't say it before it's too late, I don't have to tell someone to slap you." !” Saying that, he rushed out without hesitation.
Wu's heart ached like a knife, and it was hard to tell him to lie, so he had to let him go, recruited the girl in, and told the second master's servant to watch carefully, and there was no other way.

(End of this chapter)