Rose Manor

The next morning, Shen Jianian dragged his aching body up to Tanfu Temple for the third time.

She didn't see the abbot in the temple, so she took a tour around the temple, followed her memory through the stone paths in the bamboo forest, and found the courtyard where the abbot lived.

Unlike last time, this time the courtyard door was wide open.

Shen Jia Nian did not go in and stood outside.

The abbot fetched water from the well in the yard. He tied a rope to the handle of the iron bucket and threw it into the well. After a while, he picked up a bucket of water and poured it into a large bucket. He carried it to the vegetable field and used a wooden ladle to Scoop it up and water the green vegetables and melon seedlings in the ground.

Shen Jianian waited quietly for a moment. When the abbot held his waist and took a breath, she raised her hand and knocked on the door: "Abbott, I have something to ask you."

The abbot had seen her a long time ago and had been pretending not to notice and going about his own business.

"Abbott Master."

"Abbott Master."

"Abbott Master."

Without permission, Shen Jianian did not step in. He waited outside and shouted from time to time to let the abbot know that he was still there.

The abbot finished watering several vegetable plots and took the empty bucket to the wellhead. He saw Shen Jia Nian still standing outside the door.

The door eaves cast a shadow, but she did not try to hide comfortably in the shade. She stood in the sun.The weather has been nice recently, the sun is so bright, and the bright light is almost blinding.

The abbot sighed, there are many crazy men and resentful women in this world.

"Come in." The abbot turned around and walked to the corridor.

There is a low wooden table and two futons on the corridor. On the table are a teapot, four upside-down teacups, a thread-bound Buddhist scripture and a lottery tube.

Shen Jia Nian was startled for a moment, thinking that she heard wrongly. Seeing the abbot looking at her and waving his hand, joy flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly crossed the threshold and entered.

Cross the courtyard and come to the abbot.

She did not say any nice words, but directly stated her purpose: "Abbott Master, I am here for the gentleman the day before yesterday. You said that his life will be in danger in the future. Is there any way to solve it?"

The abbot did not answer her question, but pushed the lotus tube in front of her: "I will tell you a fortune."

Shen Jia Nian didn't know what it meant, but she didn't ask any questions. She knelt down, knelt on the futon with her right knee, and held the lottery tube in both hands and shook it about ten times.

A bamboo stick fell out and landed on the wooden table with a crisp sound.

The abbot picked up the bamboo stick and looked at it silently for a while.

Shen Jianian looked at the abbot's kind face, unable to see his emotions, and couldn't help but feel nervous. He couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

The abbot put the bamboo stick back and remained silent for a long time.

Shen Jia Nian felt increasingly unsure and felt like there was something stuck in his throat.

The abbot didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but seeing that the female donor was really persistent and couldn't bear her to return disappointed, he picked up the Buddhist scripture on the table and gave it to her: "Take this and copy it calmly for seven days."

Shen Jianian held the Buddhist scriptures in both hands, as if he had found a treasure, but he was still a little unsure: "Can this be cracked?"

The abbot did not reveal more, pointed to the door and said, "Go back."

Shen Jia Nian was a little confused. Even though she was confused, she understood that she had disturbed others enough. She stopped talking and stood up obediently. When she was about to leave, she turned to the abbot and asked: "I wonder if there are any services in the temple?" A wing for pilgrims?”

There is no place more peaceful than a temple.

Upon hearing this, the abbot understood what she meant, and gave a kind smile. Just like the elders in the family looking at the younger ones, he still pointed outside: "Go and ask the young novice outside."

Shen Jia Nian bowed to him, said excuse me, turned around and left the courtyard.

She found a novice monk and asked, and he found that they could indeed provide a private room, but it was not free and required payment of rent.

Shen Jianian can understand, after all, the temple also needs expenses, and it is not charity.

She readily paid the rent and a week's food expenses, and was led to a quiet courtyard by the little novice monk, who allowed her to choose a wing of her choice to stay in.

Shen Jianian walked around and finally selected a wing room on the east side. He opened the door and went inside. In the morning, sunlight came in through the window, and he could see the fine dust floating in the air.The facilities are simple but not crude. The wooden bed is next to the window with clean bedding placed on it. The wooden table is very close to the bed and can barely be used as a bedside table. There is also a wardrobe.

The bathroom is outside and is shared by all the rooms in the courtyard.

No one is currently occupying the other rooms, so there is no inconvenience.Shen Jia Nian is not a person who can't endure hardships. She just wants to find a place to retreat from the world to calm down and think about some things. This place is very good.

After confirming that she lived here, she called the driver at the foot of the mountain and asked him to go back to Yunding Palace to pick up something for her and deliver it to her.

Then he called Cheng Jin and asked her to go to her room to pack a week's worth of clothes and daily necessities, put them in her suitcase, and wait for the driver to pick them up.

When Cheng Jin learned that she was going to stay at Tanfu Temple for a week, she didn't think much about it. She just thought that she liked the scenery there, just like tourists who like to stay in distinctive B&Bs.

After arranging these, Shen Jia Nian sat down and copied the Buddhist scriptures.

At noon, a young novice came to give her fast food.Green vegetables, tofu, and fresh bamboo shoots dug out from the back mountain. All the dishes have a light taste, without any pungent seasonings, but the taste is not unpleasant.

Shen Jianian had lunch, took a short break, sat down at the wooden table, picked up a brush and dipped it in ink to continue copying Buddhist scriptures.

The abbot did not say how many times she would copy it, but she wanted to write as many times as possible.

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At around nine o'clock in the evening, Shen Jia Nian finished washing and lay on the bed.

Cheng Jin was still careful. Considering that there were forests and mountains around Tanfu Temple, the temperature at night would be much lower than in the city. In addition to a change of clothes and daily necessities, he also prepared a thick quilt for the driver to bring over and cover him with. warm.

Shen Jianian turned over and faced the window, resting his cheek on the palm of his hand. He could hear the rustling of leaves and insects in his ears, and he could also admire the moon through the window pane.

I don't know if it's her imagination, but the sky seen from here seems to be extremely dark, and the stars and moon are also extremely bright.

Normally, unfamiliar places would make people feel scared, but Shen Jia Nian felt inexplicably calm.

The cell phone beside the pillow suddenly rang, breaking the peaceful atmosphere.

Before looking at the phone, she guessed it was Fu Jichen. When she picked it up, she was not surprised to see his name on the screen.

Shen Jianian curled up his lips and answered the phone.

"You shouldn't have slept so early, right?" Fu Jichen asked.

Switzerland is six hours behind China, and it is still daytime there.Shen Jia Nian thought of this and asked him: "Aren't you busy? Give me a call when you have time."

"I'm not busy all the time. I still have time to call you." Fu Jichen's voice was gentle and smiling.

What he said was "the time to call you", not "the time to call you". The two have different meanings. It seemed to be telling her that as long as it was her, he could take time out, and others did not have this treatment.

Shen Jia Nian's heart was poured with honey, and it felt sweet.

After being quiet for a while, Shen Jianian asked him again: "It's about three o'clock in the afternoon over there, have you had lunch?"

"Yeah, I ate. I had lunch around 01:30."

"What to eat?"

Fu Jichen said with a smile: "Beef, pasta, black coffee, and a piece of bread with cheese and ham. You should like it, but I don't like it, so I didn't touch it."

After saying that, Fu Jichen asked her what she had eaten.

Shen Jia Nian seemed to have forgotten, lying on his back on the bed, recalling the fast meal that night, and said: "Broccoli, mushroom slices, radish balls and vegetable soup."

Fu Jichen: "Do you eat so lightly?"

Shen Jianian just hummed without any extra explanation.

The two chatted for a while, and someone called Fu Jichen over there ended the call.

For a week, there were calls basically every day, ranging from three to five minutes to half an hour. Until Fu Jichen got on the return flight, he didn't even know that Shen Jia Nian lived in Tanfu Temple.

He thought that Shen Jia Nian would not have to go to Yan Qiusheng's place this week and would stay at home reading and practicing the piano. However, when he returned to the Yunding Palace Villa, he thought that when he opened the door, he would see the person he thought about day and night. Who knows? She is not at home.

Cheng Jin told him that Shen Jia Nian went to Tanfu Temple a week ago and has not returned yet.

The sofa wasn't even hot yet, so Fu Jichen got up and went out.

Qu Mo was about to get off work when he suddenly received an order from his boss to go to Tanfu Temple.For the first time, he doubted his boss's order: "Now?"

Fu Jichen pinched his eyebrows and uttered two words: "Now."