Glory all the way

Chapter 90 Old Site
The life in the countryside is much less prosperous and lively than in the capital city. For the elderly like Old Master Bai and Mrs. Bai, it is naturally a joy, but for a girl of Bai Yingluo's age, it is a bit boring.

But because it is very close to Luoniang's home of the Bai family in the previous life, and because of Du Xuan, Bai Yingluo is full of endless expectations for her daily life, and she has no intention of going back to Jing'an Hou Mansion at all. Old Mr. Bai and Mrs. Bai saw her, but thought she was in a peaceful state of mind, and felt more and more satisfied with her.

After the beginning of spring, the weather gradually warmed up. In a few days, the heavy winter clothes were replaced one by one, and became spring clothes with bright colors.

During the period, Jing'an Hou Bai Shizhong and the Xue family once sent capable stewards from the mansion to greet the old master Bai and the old lady Bai. Seeing that the two old men were in good health, their complexions were even more rosy. They stayed for a day, and hurried back the next day. Returned.

As for the old lady of the Bai family, when she learned that Jia's labor was around April 25, she also ordered the steward to go back and answer, and asked Xue to arrange someone to pick them up around April [-] and return to the Hou's Mansion in the capital.

Calculated in this way, it would take less than a month to live such a peaceful and quiet life in the village.

It's been more than half a month since I came here, and I only saw Du Xuan twice, one of which was just seeing a figure from the back, and the two of them only spoke a few words, Bai Yingluo felt a little anxious in her heart.

But men and women are different after all, no matter how anxious Bai Yingluo is, there is still a girl's reserve in the end, every time she leaves the garden, she still maintains the demure demeanor of the daughter of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and she is as carefree with the children as she was on that day Playing games carelessly can only become a beautiful scene in memory.

Qingming is approaching, old master Bai and old lady Bai are discussing to go to the small mountain temple to burn a stick of incense.

On the right day, just after dawn, the three of them got up and went out.

Climbing up to the top of the mountain step by step along the stone steps, the old master Bai and the old lady Bai were both breathing unsteadily, while Bai Yingluo looked very gratifying with her blushing face.

The old lady Bai looked back, and said with some relief: "Sister Luo insisted on going for a walk every day for the past six months, and it really has some effect. Now her body is much better than before."

Compared to living with medicine pots in the past, Bai Yingluo's body is indeed much stronger now.

Bai Yingluo snuggled up to her with a smile, and affectionately helped her grandmother up the steps, "Yes, thanks to the good doctor my grandmother invited Luo'er last time. Old doctor Du said that medicine is three-part poison, and taking medicine alone can't cure the root cause. , it’s better to focus on yourself and exercise more. In addition, you have to get up early every day to go to the palace to accompany the sixth princess to read, so you have also developed the habit of waking up in the morning, and you have really benefited a lot in the past six months."

"Since this is the case, we should continue to persevere. Only by persevering can we achieve great things."

Listening aside, Old Master Bai interjected.

Bai Yingluo nodded obediently.

As soon as he spoke, he had already arrived at the gate of Xiaoshan Temple. The presiding abbot waited respectfully at the gate with a few disciples.

The last time I met Bai Xiu here, Bai Yingluo became more solemn towards the small mountain temple in her heart, and when she kowtowed to the Bodhisattva in the main hall, she was also full of piety.

Thinking that it was Ching Ming Festival, maybe Bai Xiu would also come up to the mountain to burn incense. After coming out of the main hall, Bai Yingluo sat at the stone table under the green pine in the yard and waited. After finishing the scriptures, Bai Yingluo did not see Bai Xiu in the crowd.

Although I feel a little lost in my heart, I can imagine that people come to worship the Bodhisattva and ask for the blessing of the gods when everything goes wrong and they are unable to save themselves, and Baixiu's failure to come shows that her life is going smoothly, thinking so , Bai Yingluo felt relieved.

As usual, they used vegetarian food at the Xiaoshan Temple, and the grandparents and grandchildren led the descendants down the mountain.

The way back is not going in the direction of the garden.

Seeing from the side of the wind-blown car curtain that she was going in a strange but familiar direction, Bai Yingluo looked at the old lady Bai with puzzled eyes and said, "Grandmother, are we not going back to the garden?"

Patting Bai Yingluo's shoulder reassuringly, the old lady Bai smiled and said, "Today is Qingming Festival, and Baijia Village has a ceremony to pay homage to the ancestors. Although they are not of the same clan, your grandfather thought they had the same surname. Maybe they belonged to the same family 500 years ago. So I wanted to go and see."

When it came to such a solemn matter as worship, Bai Yingluo didn't ask any more questions, and instead talked to Old Madam Bai about something else.

After a stick of incense, the carriage stopped.

After getting off the carriage, Bai Yingluo suddenly understood why there was a sense of familiarity in her heart just now.

The path under his feet is clearly the path in front of the small courtyard of the Bai family in his previous life.

The path is about ten feet wide and can only accommodate a carriage, but because it is the most central location of Baijiazhuang, although it is not a wide enough path, it is straight and clean.

In order to show the solemnity of worship, the carriage stopped at the entrance of the village, Old Master Bai got out of the carriage, turned around and helped Old Madam Bai, and Bai Yingluo followed closely behind.

After walking a few steps, Bai Yingluo's gaze was attracted by the closed small house on the side of the street.

That small courtyard was where Luo Niang and his family lived in the previous life. Now, both Bai Xiu and Bai Ling are married, and the two elders of the Bai family accompanied their son to the capital to study. This house is just vacant. down.

Even so, through the mottled courtyard walls, Bai Yingluo could imagine that the courtyard must be clean and tidy, with a sense of tranquility and peace everywhere.

Along the way, within a few steps, a well-known elder from the Bai family village came out to welcome him. Presumably, he already knew the identities of Old Master Bai and Old Lady Bai.

As the group walked forward, the elder respectfully introduced the situation in the village. While listening, Bai Yingluo looked back at the houses on both sides, recalling who lived in the yard.

At the end of the village is Du Xuan's school. Listening to the sound of reading aloud from inside, and imagining Du Xuan teaching the children to recite poems with a serious face, Bai Yingluo's eyes were full of joy.

After walking forward for a while, we arrived at Bai's ancestral hall.

The quaint courtyard walls and mottled plaques are just a gate, and Bai Yingluo is completely unaware of the layout inside. Even in her previous life, she had no chance to enter here.

This time, too.

"Old man, old lady, according to Bai's family rules, women are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall. Therefore, Miss Your Mansion, you are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall. I hope the old man and old lady will forgive me."

The elder who led the group to the ancestral hall explained apologetically.

Do as the Romans do, such a rule, the old man Bai and the old lady Bai can naturally understand, they nodded kindly.

The old lady Bai turned around to tell Bai Yingluo what to do, and the elder turned to tell a middle-aged man behind him, and after a while, a woman with a kind face followed.

"Old man, old lady, this is the daughter-in-law of the head of the Bai family village. She is the kindest person. Why don't you let the young lady follow the Bai family sister-in-law to sit in the house?"

The elder looked at Bai Yingluo cautiously, then looked at Old Master Bai and Old Lady Bai and asked.

"That being the case, it will be troublesome."

Old Mrs. Bai was always informal, so she glanced at Mrs. Bai and nodded her head in agreement. Behind her, Bai Yingluo gave blessings to the plump sister-in-law of the Bai family, "Thank you, Mrs. Bai."

"Oh, you can't make it, you can't make it..."

Bai Yingluo's full-body demeanor, one can tell at a glance that she is a lady from the noble family in the capital. The country people can only catch a glimpse in front of those brocade jewelry shops during gatherings, but now she is standing in front of her eyes and salutes herself. I couldn't stand it and avoided it sideways.

After watching her grandparents follow the elder and the head of the Bai family village into the gate of the ancestral hall, Bai Yingluo turned her head and smiled sweetly at Aunt Bai, "Aunt Bai, let's go."

The affinity between the words, as if the two are already familiar with each other.

For Bai Yingluo, the kind and kind aunt of the Bai family cannot be forgotten.

The aunt of the Bai family gave birth to three sons one after another, while the mother of the Bai family Luo had three golden flowers, so the aunt of the Bai family was eager for her daughter. When they met, the aunt of the Bai family couldn't stop boasting, and even snatched candied haws from a few boys to coax Luoniang.

Later, when the children grew up, they often played together. The women sat under the trees at the entrance of the village, mending clothes with the soles of their shoes, and they often joked.

The aunt of the Bai family was always joking with Luo Niang's mother, saying that when her third boy grew up, she would ask a middle-aged man to go to the Bai family to propose a marriage, and betroth Luo Niang to her third boy, and the two families would increase their marriage. .

Scenes of the past echoed in my ears, listening to what Aunt Bai's words were softly whispering in my ears, although Bai Yingluo didn't hear anything clearly, the gentle smile on her face never disappeared.

"Miss, look, I will take you around the village, or you should go to my house and have a drink of tea and rest for a while."

Briefly talked about the ceremony to be held in the ancestral hall, saying that it would take an hour or two to play, Aunt Bai carefully looked at Bai Yingluo and asked.

"Auntie, all the adult males in the village are in the ancestral hall now, right?"

Looking around, Bai Yingluo asked.

"Isn't it? On the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, the patriarchs and the others would go into the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors of the Bai clan, let alone the Ching Ming Festival. Now, let alone adults, it is The half-grown boys were all snatched in."

Aunt Bai's aunt was annoyed softly, but she had a proud expression on her face.

You know, there are three sons in her family who are standing in the ancestral hall at the moment, and the sons are all striving, and the future will only get better and better. How can Aunt Bai not be proud?

"That being the case, let me wander around the village by myself. After a while, I will go to my aunt's house to find you, okay?"

Bai Yingluo asked.

After hesitating for a while, thinking that the villagers in the village are usually kind to others, and there is nothing wrong with it, Aunt Bai nodded in relief. After all, there is a banquet at home, and there are many things for her to worry about. It was a bit of a waste of time.

Seeing Bai Yingluo walking forward, Aunt Bai took a few glances before turning back and walking towards her home.

As for Bai Yingluo, she went straight to the small courtyard of the Bai family at the entrance of the village.

(End of this chapter)