The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 400 Tanabata【Continued】

In the back alley of Zijin Street.

Compared with when Jiao Shun came last time, the unnamed small temple under the Miaoyu Pan has a lot more smoke and fire, a new hearth was built in the southwest corner, a few beds were added in the side hall, and even the altar and futon in the main hall All replaced with new ones.

Although most of the materials are very rough, and the fine furnishings of the past are no longer seen, it seems to be a living at home anyway.

Miaoyu pawned two large woolen clothes in exchange for it. I have to say that her family background is really very rich. She was cheated twice before and after, and she can still ensure that she has no worries about food and clothing—but it is only for her food and clothing. It's nothing to worry about, and it's still a thousand miles away from meeting basic needs.

Tanabata this afternoon.

Miaoyu, who barely took a nap for a while, got up from the side hall bed with a haggard face. Although she still held her head up and straight, her expression was no longer lofty and arrogant, but only the final stubbornness full of confusion.

After a brief grooming, she opened the door and walked out of the side hall, and saw two maids cleaning up the pots and stoves under the west wall, and the little nun Jingyi stood at the entrance of the main hall with her hips akimbo, cursing something eloquently.

Miaoyu stepped forward and gave her a sideways glance, and after Jingyi died down, she walked into the main hall without stopping, and sat down cross-legged on the only futon.

Jingyi walked in right behind her, complaining nonchalantly: "The tribute that was placed in the morning is gone again. I obviously used a bowl to keep it at noon, but they insisted that it was stolen by a mouse. According to me It is clear that they are shouting "stop thief!"

Miaoyu is also inclined to Jingyi's judgment, but has no intention of pursuing it.

Firstly, I have "tasted" the sufferings of the world these days, and I am too tired to pay attention to these trifles; secondly, I know that my recent actions have made people feel resentful, and it is normal to be alienated from morality——Those two servants these days Her lips were worn out, and she was so focused on getting her back to her hometown in Suzhou that she couldn't do it without writing a letter to ask her parents for help.

But Miaoyu still bit her to death and refused to write to her family.

When she followed her master to the north, she insisted on going her own way. Later, in order to stay in the capital, she even sent a heartfelt letter of Liugen Qingqing, not asking the world of mortals. Now how can she have the face to ask her family for help?
However, this stubborn persistence has actually gradually begun to loosen.

Miaoyu's gaze slid unconsciously to the bottom of the altar, and saw a centipede wandering leisurely on the finely cracked wall, its long tentacles trembling uncontrollably.

Because of her lack of money, she stopped using the incense she usually used, and she didn't even dare to buy more insect repellent camphor, so she could barely set up a line of defense around the bed.

As for the inside of the main hall...

Anyway, every time she does her homework these days, she will be surrounded by all kinds of reptiles - in fact, she doesn't look in the corner deliberately, and it's not so obvious, but Miaoyu just can't control her gaze.

No matter how many times she saw it, she still felt chills down her spine, as if the densely packed insect feet were not climbing the wall, but stepping on her back.

So much so that when she chanted sutras every day, what she felt was no longer pure and innocent, but creepy.

When she closed her eyes at night, those rustling movements would cause her to play these images repeatedly in her mind, making it difficult for her to fall asleep all night.

She has survived until now and has not completely collapsed, all because it is still the turn of summer and autumn, and she only needs to put the wooden barrel outside for an hour or two, and she can take a bath at any time to relieve her physical and mental fatigue.

But the weather won't stay this warm forever.

When the weather turns cold after autumn, even this last sliver of comfort will be gone from her—unless she can pull everyone together to stop eating and drinking, and squeeze out money to pay for the water heating.

Further back...

Even if she doesn't eat or drink, she can't afford charcoal anymore.

Thinking of this, Miaoyu's resistance to writing a letter to ask for help from her family has subconsciously weakened a lot.

At the same time, Jingyi was still complaining nonstop, from the high price of goods in the capital to the obedience of the two servants, there was nothing she didn't complain about.

If it was in the past, Miaoyu would have driven Jingyi out long ago for the sake of clean ears.

But now...

After driving Jingyi away, is she going to be alone with those snakes, insects, rats and ants?

As the saying goes, the lesser of two evils, compared with those infiltrating things, Jingyi's nagging can be said to be harmless to humans and animals.

In this way, Miaoyu sat in front of the Buddha statue for more than an hour. During this period, she didn't even know what scriptures and Buddhas she was chanting, but her physical and mental fatigue continued to increase.

Is this the cleansing that I want? !
Miaoyu asked herself, but she felt extremely bored, and even had the urge to tear off her patchwork clothes and point at the Bodhisattva and yell at him.

"Amitabha, sin, sin."

However, years of religious life made her quickly dismiss this idea. After confessing her sins twice, she got up and ordered: "Let them take the water to the side hall."

She had already said that she was tired, and Jingyi, who was dozing off, subconsciously responded, got up and was about to go out, when she suddenly remembered something, turned her head and said to Miaoyu: "I have been washing in the side hall for about ten times these days, now The side hall is very damp, if this continues, I'm afraid I'll get eczema."

Miaoyu smiled helplessly and tiredly: "Where can you be if you're not in the side hall? You can't show your body in front of the Bodhisattva, right?"

So can't you wash it twice?

Jingyi pouted helplessly, but in the end she still didn't say anything, and went outside to supervise the two servants, and sent the well water that had been dried to the side hall.

How could Miaoyu not know what she was going to say?
But helplessly, although she is not made of water like Aunt Xue, she always feels that the small temple is dirty everywhere, and there are filth stains on her body all the time, so that she feels uncomfortable if she doesn't wash it four or five times a day.

When she was about to leave the palace gate, Miaoyu couldn't help turning her head to look at the Buddha statue in the middle. In the past, whenever she looked at the Buddha statue, she would always see the wonderful gates of the Western Heaven Buddha Kingdom in her mind, but now...

All she had in her mind was the struggle in front of her eyes!

Had I known this earlier, would I have spoken rudely to the Ningguo Mansion back then?

When she first moved to this small temple, the answer in her heart was still very positive, and she even had the ambition of "one sack of food, one ladle of drink, in the back alleys, people are unbearable, and they will never change their joy when they go back".

But in the past three days, just three short days, when she asked this question again, she no longer had the initial firmness, and even began to favor the most contemptuous and disdainful choice she had ever made.

Hey~
Miaoyu sighed heavily, then walked out of the main hall with her chest up and her head raised.

When she got to the side hall and saw the tub that had been prepared in the middle, Miaoyu's mood finally improved a little - until now, only when she was taking a bath could she temporarily put aside all the disturbances.

But just as she was taking off her patchwork clothes, she heard a man's cry of 'Ouch' from outside the window.

"Who?!"

Miaoyu was shocked, and hurriedly wrapped her clothes again.

And Jingyi hurriedly opened the window to look around, but only vaguely saw a figure walking around the back of the house.

"Who is it?"

At this moment, Miaoyu leaned towards the window in shame and anger.

Jingyi gritted her teeth and said: "It seems to be a man, go around to the back - he can't run away, I'll go over and have a look!"

Seeing her rushing out in a hurry, Miaoyu stayed in the room and dressed carefully.

Unexpectedly, after a while, Jingyi replied angrily: "Senior sister, that person jumped the wall and fled to the east neighbor. I think it must be someone else, or the villager who lives next door!"

A middle-aged couple living next door, Miaoyu had seen them from a distance before, they looked honest and honest, she didn't think he would do such a nasty act secretly!
Just when she was angry, she heard Jingyi add: "I see many men's footprints behind the house, I'm afraid it may not be the first time he has come back!"

"what?!"

Now Miaoyu completely collapsed. She thought that bathing was her last piece of pure land, but she didn't expect that this piece of pure land had already been polluted by others!
She only felt that her eyes were darkened, and she almost fell to the ground.

Jingyi hurriedly stretched out her hand to support her, and said indignantly: "Don't worry, girl, I'll go over and get him right away, and let his wife know who he really is!"

"I, I will go too!"

Miaoyu clenched her silver teeth and said resolutely, "Let's go to him to discuss it together!"

Originally, she didn't bother arguing with these lower Liba people, but now that she's emotionally broken, she needs a channel to vent.

Jingyi insisted that she had two servants to help her, and she was not afraid of being disadvantaged by the crowd, so she also helped Miaoyu to go out, and specially asked the two servants to hold sticks, and then aggressively found the east neighbor. .

Arriving at the east neighbor's door, Jingyi wanted to knock on the door, but found that the courtyard door was wide open, and asked suspiciously, "Why is the door open? Could it be that he just ran away?"

With that said, he simply stepped into it.

Miaoyu led the two maids and hurriedly followed, but as soon as they entered the yard, they heard the commotion in the main room: "I didn't lie to you, did I? That little nun is really beautiful, it's a pity, it's a pity, if it wasn't If the third child is bad, we brothers will be able to feast our eyes!"

Someone else called Qu and said, "How can you blame me? It was clearly the second elder brother who pushed hard from behind, and I accidentally fell down!"

Immediately afterwards, someone ridiculed: "Can't blame the third brother, he put all his strength on the middle leg, and the other two legs are weak?"

Immediately there was a burst of laughter, and there were at least five or six people listening to the sound.

Who are these people?

What about the middle-aged couple?
Jingyi turned her head and met Miaoyu's eyes, both master and servant were a little puzzled.

After all, the two maids knew more about these market affairs, and when they saw that the momentum was wrong, they immediately pulled them away, but it was too late.

"Hey, the little nun is here!"

I don't know who was in the room with a sharp-eyed shout, and then the door opened, and seven or eight disheveled idlers jumped out from inside, all of them swept Miaoyu's body with bright eyes.

Jingyi, who was at the front, took two steps back subconsciously, and asked sternly, "You, what do you want to do?! Who are you?!"

"Who else can he be? Of course he is a good person!"

The leader of the middle-aged idler stretched his hands into his arms to tickle, and said with a playful smile: "I just sold this small courtyard yesterday, and I was warming the pot with my brothers. I didn't want the little lady to come to the door. This Isn’t it a coincidence? It’s said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, come, come, come in and have a few drinks with your brothers to get close, and we’ll have to deal with each other in the future.”

"Bah~ Who wants to be with you..."

Jingyi spat with a red face, but when she was about to yell and scold, she was stopped by the servant woman next to her, and she whispered, "Grandma, please calm down, at least you can wait until you get out before you yell."

As soon as the maid reminded her, Jingyi realized that there were two idle men silently surrounding her from the left and right, intending to cut off the way.

She panicked immediately, and looked to Miaoyu for help.

But Miaoyu was more flustered than she was, the fault was not covered by the wide patchwork gown, I'm afraid everyone could see that she was trembling.

It's no wonder, when has she seen this battle?

Although I was blocked by those rascals to 'collect debts' before, but after all, it was in public, even if some words were disrespectful, I didn't dare to mess around.

But now...

What really happened in this quiet alley, I'm afraid no one will know!

She wished she could take the road and run away immediately, but after meeting Jingyi's eyes asking for help, she couldn't let go of her usual airs, so she bit the bullet and sneered: "What a bunch of shameless people, do they think that the emperor's feet can accommodate them?" Can't you be presumptuous?!"

As she said that, she turned her head and said, "Let's go, let's report to the county government!"

Jingyi agreed, and the four of them turned their heads and were about to leave.

But how could the idle man in the lead let them go so easily?

Immediately, he stopped drinking and said: "What official report?! I treat you guys with wine because I think highly of you. If you are shameless, it will be another story!"

At the same time, two outflanking idlers immediately rushed to the gate of the courtyard, closed the gate tightly, and raised their arms and shouted: "Yes! Why are we shameless? If you can't explain clearly, don't even think about going out of this gate today." Son!"

"hey-hey……"

Another idler laughed and said, "It doesn't matter if the little mouth on the top can't speak clearly, brothers like to hear it..."

"Indecent and shameless!"

Jingyi scolded angrily, and the two servants also scolded loudly.

Miaoyu was protected in the middle, but her heart gradually became cold. She was afraid of being disturbed before, so she deliberately chose this quiet place. Who knows that she is in such a predicament now, but she is called "no every day, no no" spirit!

And those idle men bluffed a bit, seeing that the women had no other reaction except shouting and shouting, and gradually became more courageous.

So while flirting with obscenities, the encirclement was gradually reduced.

Seeing this, Miaoyu was completely disheartened, and thought to herself, could it be that she was a noble man for half her life, but she was really going to be ruined by these shameless beasts? !

touch~
At this moment, the courtyard door that had just been closed by the idlers was suddenly kicked open from the outside, and then a majestic figure stepped in and shouted: "Who dares to moles a good woman here?! "

But the person who came here was wearing a sixth-rank official uniform and had a fierce Chinese face, but it wasn't Jiao Shun who had just left Xue's house, who else could it be?

(End of this chapter)