Xianggui

Chapter 222 Lingguang Temple

Last time they sat on the first deck.

This time it was on two decks.

Now Ding Xiang is a little dizzy and has some mental disorders.Walking on the plank, holding Grandpa's hand tightly, his small body is also tightly attached to Grandpa.

They lived in a small cabin on the second deck, with two small couches on the left and right, and Ling'er made a floor bunk in the middle at night.

Although it is extremely small, it is still relatively private.

Ding Zhuang stuck his head out of the small window, waved to Ding Shan and said, "Come back."

At two quarters of the hour, the ship set sail.

Before setting sail, it is not the whistle of the previous life, but three gongs.

Canals are not endless like seas.

Today's weather is very good, the wind is sunny, the sun is red, and the blue waves are trembling slightly like silk.

The big boat moved steadily and smoothly, and the scenery on both sides of the strait could be seen, and Ding Xiang's previous fear gradually disappeared.

Seeing Ding Xiang's little head looking out of the window, Ding Zhuang said, "What are you looking at, eating cherries."

Ling'er has already placed peanuts, snacks, and cherries on the small table between the small couches.

Seeing the red cherries, Ding Xiang remembered a sentence from her previous life: Liu Guang is easy to throw people away, when the cherries are red, the plantains are green.

At the beginning, I felt that time passed too slowly, but in a flash I was already seven and a half years old.

Grandpa is getting old, father and mother have stepped into middle age from the prime of life, the older brother who doesn’t care about what he says and does has become more serious, the second brother who has a runny nose has gone to the exam, and the third brother who only knows how to eat cakes has grown into a tall man. As a young man, the Ding family turned from a well-to-do family into a wealthy family...

Years passed by, flowers faded and flowers bloomed. The seven years that passed by in a flash took away the wind and rain of the past and changed them.

Then think of the stones, dead trees, small purple gourds, and honey fragrance under the Jitou Peak... In the face of time, they are not eternal.

Ding Xiang took a cherry and put it in her mouth, and then took another and stuffed it into Ding Zhuang's mouth.

Cherries are rare and expensive. I am willing to buy some when I have money in the past two years. I buy them for cloves.

Sailing during the day and docking at night for supplies.Ding Xiang and the others will go to the shore to have something to eat at night, and then return to the boat to rest.

Ding Xiang knew that there must be people arranged by Zhu Qian on board to protect them.

The weather has been fine these days, and the big ship arrived in Henghe County on the evening of April [-]th.

He rented a donkey cart and went into the county town, where he stayed in an inn.

At the beginning of the next day, I rented a mule cart to Shizhou Prefecture.

At the end of Youshi, the setting sun was like blood, and they finally arrived at the city gate of Shizhou Prefecture.

After walking into the city for more than three quarters of an hour, I came to the third house in an alley.

Ling'er stepped forward and knocked on the door.

The door opened, and it was Nanny Chai next to Mrs. Zhu.

She smiled and said, "The old shopkeeper and sister are here, please come in."

Seeing a familiar face, Ding Xiang was also happy, "Mother Chai."

A girl, two servants, and a middle-aged couple greeted them.

I also know the girl, she is the second-class girl next to Mrs. Zhu, and her name is Huang Ying.

Two tall men were supposed to be their guards.A middle-aged couple in their forties, Uncle Zhang is the gatekeeper, and Aunt Zhang is the cook.

This is a two-entry house. It is not big, but it is quieter.

They were directly invited into the upper room.

The furnishings in the house are not luxurious, but exquisite, clean and spotless.

After washing hands and face, the food is already on the table.

After a tiring journey, Ding Xiang ate a few mouthfuls and then went to take a bath and rest, while Ding Zhuang continued to drink.I couldn't get enough of it, so I called Uncle Zhang over to drink with me.Aunt Chai personally served Lilac to bathe.

Ding Xiang asked about Mrs. Zhu's situation.

Chai Momo smiled and said, "Madam is in much better health. There are still a few slices of ginseng left that I don't want to eat. She said that she should use it at a critical time. She misses my sister very much and wants to go to the countryside to see her. The master said wait... The young master is not engaged yet, Madam is in a hurry, but the young master is not at all anxious..."

When I came to Westinghouse, everything on the bed was made of money silk and Song brocade from Jiangnan.

Chai Momo laughed again, "The madam asked the old slave to bring these things. She said that my sister is delicate, and I can't be wronged even if I live outside."

The next day, Zhang Bo was driving, Ding Zhuang and Ding Xiang went shopping in the street for a day, had dinner in a restaurant, and bought some things for Ding Lilai and his family.He also went to two study rooms and bought two math books for Ding Lilai.

In the evening, Ding Xiang hurriedly drew three pictures.

Tao Weng said "several pictures", and Ding Xiang felt that "three" was the minimum value of "several", so he drew three pictures.

The next day, I went to the street for another day. Before going home, Ding Xiang bought a lot of jujubes, glutinous rice flour, rock sugar, and sesame seeds.

There are rock sugar and sesame seeds in the house, not many.

Ding Zhuang wondered, "Why does Xiangxiang buy so many dates? The dates here are not as good as our Jiaodong dates."

Ding Xiang said, "I'm going to make glutinous rice dates and send some to Master Mingyuan tomorrow."

Ding Zhuang said with a smile, "Children think of it as soon as they think about it. Mingyuan is a master, so how could he ask for your jujube?"

Dingxiang Nuonuo said, "It's his loss if he doesn't want it, and we have no loss."

When she got home, she called Aunt Chai and Aunt Zhang into the kitchen and asked them to do this.

This kind of vegetarian dish is delicious and easy to make, and the ingredients are simple. The key is that it does not exist in this era.

First make glutinous rice jujube.Remove the jujube core, cut the dates aside, stuff them into a section of glutinous rice sticks, put an appropriate amount of rock sugar in the pot and cook until sugary, add water, put the dates in and boil for a quarter of an hour, drain the water and sprinkle with cooked sesame seeds.

Then make snowball glutinous rice dates, fry the dates stuffed with glutinous rice strips, and hang a layer of sugar awards, which are sweeter and crisper.

After cooking, both Nanny Chai and Aunt Zhang said it was delicious.

Ding Xiang smiled and said, "Mammy will make it for my aunt when I go home, she must like it."

Chai Momo smiled and said, "It's no wonder that my master and wife love my sister, she is filial."

On the fifteenth day of the fourth month, Ding Zhuang and Ding Xiang took Ling'er, Nanny Chai, two small pots of glutinous rice dates and Xueqiu glutinous rice dates, and were driven by Uncle Zhang to Zilong Mountain in the suburbs.

Not only the two guards followed from afar, but there were also people protecting them.

Zhu Qian took great pains to protect Lilac.

After more than half an hour, we arrived at Zilong Mountain.

Guangling Temple is located at the foot of Zilong Mountain.At this time, at the beginning of the hour, many vendors selling things gathered outside the mountain gate, and there were also a lot of pilgrims.

Master Mingyuan taught Zen here, not to mention the locals, many foreigners who got the news rushed over.

Today is the last day of Master Mingjue's Zen lecture, and there are not as many people as yesterday and the day before yesterday.

Entering the temple, the fragrance is lingering.

Ding Xiang and Ding Zhuang first went to the main hall to burn incense and worship the Buddha, not only praying to the Buddha and Bodhisattva to bless Ding Zhao for his meritorious service, Ding Liren High School, but also to the Buddha and Bodhisattva to bless Zhu Qian and others to reveal the true face of the Su family as soon as possible and rehabilitate the Dong family.

Finally donated 200 taels of sesame oil money.

According to Ding Zhuang's original intention, he had to burn a stick of incense and donate 500 taels of silver.But what Zhu Qian meant was not to attract too much attention and act in a low-key manner.

In the past few days, all pilgrims who donate more than 100 taels of silver will not only have their names written on the merit book, but will also be invited by the welcoming monk to go to the Dharma hall to listen to Master Mingyuan's Zen lectures.

They donated 200 taels, so both of them went.

Aunt Chai and Ling'er, carrying food boxes, went to the corridor to sit and wait.

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