The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 192 The royal family’s daughter-in-law
As Wang Anshi's eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Xiao took her daughter to live in Banshan Garden, the old residence of the Wang family in Jiangning Mansion, after Wang Yu's death.After her daughter got married, she came to the capital and chose the Huayanni Temple outside the city as her residence.

Huayanni Temple is not in Bianliang City, but is located on the west side of Jinming Pool in the west of the city. The female nuns in the temple are good at embroidery. They neither beg nor ask for alms, but rely on their hands to embroider all kinds of brocades, flowers, heads, faces, clothes and hats. Such things are sold in vain to exchange for daily necessities.

Such nunneries are not uncommon in Bianliang City. It can even be said that these embroidery nuns almost support half of the embroidery industry in Bianliang.

Mrs. Xiao chose to settle here because she took a fancy to the fact that the female nuns in Huayan Temple were self-reliant.

Madam Wang held the child in her arms and rode a carriage with Madam Xiao on the way to Huayan Ni Temple. Looking at Madam Xiao's calm face, Madam Wang felt suspicious and couldn't help but ask: "Cousin, why are you here today?" You were looking for me, but what happened?"

Madam Xiao first shook her head to deny it, then hesitated briefly and nodded again: "Cousin, I did encounter something very special. I just can't talk about it because I can't see my aunt."

Madam Wang was not surprised. Although she was curious about what happened to her cousin, she was calm by nature but she could hold back her emotions and sit quietly in the carriage and deal with it indifferently.

But Madam Xiao couldn't hold her breath, and after a while she couldn't help but ask: "Cousin, aren't you curious about what happened to me?"

While Mrs. Wang patted her sleeping daughter, she said calmly: "I'm curious!"

Madam Xiao immediately shouted: "Since you are curious, why don't you ask me?"

Madam Wang smiled and said: "Why should I ask?! If you want to say something, I will tell you without asking. If you don't want to say it, my asking will be in vain, so why should I ask more!"

Madam Xiao was extremely angry, but she shouted: "You...cousin, please stop provoking me! Even if you really come to ask me, I won't tell you until I see my aunt!"

Madam Wang laughed and said, "Oh! My cousin has a brain this time!"

To be honest, Madam Xiao is not stupid. On the contrary, she is very smart and can be regarded as a talented girl.

But for some reason, every time she met her cousin, she felt as if her brain had been subdued, and her intelligence immediately dropped by several orders of magnitude.

Huayanni Temple is not open to the public on weekdays. Visitors must first explain their purpose of visit. If appropriate, the gatekeeper will open the door.If the excuse is not suitable, it will naturally go back to where it came from.

If Mrs. Xiao comes to visit her aunt on her own, I am afraid that the nun who looks after the door will not only refuse to open the door, but may even teach her a lesson.

What?You asked Mrs. Xiao why she might be taught a lesson?

Of course there is animosity between them.

There is a poem that says it well, "Sleeping on an embroidered bed full of poplar flowers, making wedding clothes for others. When I passed the bamboo courtyard and met a monk and talked to him, I felt the smell of Buddhist Buddhism."

It sounds very noble for a nun to make a living doing embroidery, but it's not that true when it comes to doing it.

Just like we often praise farmers for how glorious and great they are, but if we really ask you to plow farmland with your face turned to the loess and your back to the sky as a farmer, you will definitely scold your mother on the spot.

What is the difference between a nun and a monk under normal circumstances?Apart from gender, there is basically no difference.

The reason why nuns and monks make a living together is never to produce, but to rely on their outstanding eloquence to make money. In a more popular way, it is cheating!cheat! PUA!

For the nuns in the major nunneries in Bianliang City, they can freely enter and leave the back houses of the rich and powerful, make some money by talking, and then eat well and drink hot food, talk and laugh with orders, and come and go without poverty. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to live such a comfortable life?
Who the hell wants to hold a butt hole needle day and night, grinding it back and forth against a piece of rag, and then end up with a sore back and numb hands all night long, and finally sell it, but can’t get two cents in exchange for it? Liter of brown rice.

On days like this, just thinking about it makes me feel angry.

But, in the houses of wealthy families in Bianliang City, there were no places for nuns, because the ownership rights of these places had been taken over by others.

That's right!It’s [Mulan Ji].

In terms of business, there is no competition between [Mulanji] and the nuns. After all, the members of [Mulanji] do not need to make living expenses by fooling people.But when nuns deceive people, they can easily deceive them. This will not only destroy [Mulan Ji]'s recruitment plan, but also easily let [Mulan Ji]'s secrets leak out.

Therefore, the two sides had actual "friendly consultations" on the issue of access rights to the large houses in Bianliang City. In the end, the sword girls of [Mulan Ji] relied on their more professional qualities and experience to allow the big houses in Bianliang City. Some nuns have become embroidery nuns who spend their days "making wedding clothes for others" (of course, this is also due to Chai Rong, Shizong of the later Zhou Dynasty, who destroyed Buddhism and destroyed the temple).

What?You ask what should the remaining nuns who are unwilling to do embroidery work do?
Um!The livelihood skills of female nuns are still very diverse.

But the most classic thing is the Pansi Cave business, the services inside are all good after the monks tried it.

After you go there once, you will definitely want to go a second time.

Of course, there are still very few such unorthodox nunneries. After all, it is the most benign place under the emperor's feet. Once its reputation is ruined, this nunnery will not last long.

[Mulan Ji] did not reveal its true origins of the organization during the "friendly consultation" with the nuns, but some members did, such as Madam Xiao being one of them.

The female nuns in Huayan Temple are also relatively strong-willed beings in the nun world, and there are actually a few who are more capable of fighting. At least Madam Xiao said she didn't have the ability to break into Longtan alone.

Fortunately, Madam Wang was there, so she sent her maid to knock on the temple door, and then explained her purpose of visiting relatives. The nun guarding the door opened the door, and Madam Xiao got out of the car with Madam Wang, but entered. When she arrived at the temple, the middle-aged nun guarding the door gave her a cold look.

Madam Xiao smiled, but she was not afraid of her. She just followed Madam Wang to a small courtyard in the temple.

Entering the small courtyard, I saw a middle-aged woman wearing a green linen robe, sitting on a stone pier doing some embroidery.

When Miss Wang saw the woman, she couldn't help but shed tears, and shouted: "Auntie!..."

The woman suddenly raised her head, but when she saw Mrs. Wang, she stood up in surprise and shouted, "Jinger! How did you get here?" Then she hurriedly approached.

However, Mrs. Wang knelt down with the child in her arms and cried, "Auntie! The child is here to see you! Why are you so thin?!"

Mrs. Xiao, however, also had tears in her eyes, and just smiled and said: "The embroidery has been slow to sell recently. I don't want to sell it at a low price, so I have to pay less interest."

She pointed to the doll in Lady Wang's arms and asked with a smile: "Is this my granddaughter? I embroidered it for her..."

Mother and daughter exchanged heartfelt exchanges for a while and said some thoughtful words, but they never mentioned Madam Xiao next to them.

But Mrs. Xiao couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward and said, "Aunt! I'm here to see you too! Why are you ignoring me?"

Mrs. Xiao smiled and said: "Xiao Xiao'er! You kid has rarely come to see me in recent years. Why do you have time to come here today?"

Madam Xiao pouted and said, "I wanted to come to see my aunt in the past, but I couldn't enter this temple!"

She paused for a moment, then suddenly her expression calmed down and she said in a deep voice: "Aunt, I came to see you this time, but I have something important to discuss with you."

Mrs. Xiao frowned and said: "Xiao Xiao'er, my aunt is very happy that you can come to see me. But if you want to talk about mundane things, I don't have the heart to listen."

Madam Xiao shook her head and said, "What I said has nothing to do with the court."

Then she lowered her voice and said, "It has something to do with the Wang family."

"Wang family?" Mrs. Xiao didn't take it seriously, and just said lightly: "You should go to Jiangning Mansion to talk to the real masters about the Wang family. What do you have to say to an orphan and a widowed mother like me? Xiaoxiao'er, you But you have found the wrong person! Go ahead! Aunt, I just want to end this miserable life peacefully."

(End of this chapter)