The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 37
Puzhao Temple is the family temple of the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion, and its regulations are not very large. Usually, it does not receive incense from outside, and it is all enshrined in the mansion.In addition to the three main halls that enshrine the golden statue of Tathagata Buddha, there are also bell towers and drum towers, as well as Zen rooms and courtyards where the nuns live in daily life.

The three largest main rooms in the backyard are where the abbot of the temple, Master Huineng, lives.At this time, what came out of the meditation room was not the sound of wooden fish that made people feel calm after hearing it, but the angry shout of an old man.

"How many times have I told you that during Madam Hou's funeral, I want you to be careful and don't make it public. Why don't you listen? If the old lady hadn't sent someone to say it yesterday, today's Jing If the girl came here like this, then our Marquis of Wu'an Mansion will lose all face."

There was a little servant girl kneeling on the ground, who was listening to the corner outside Zhao Jing's meditation room just now, and Mama Sun was sitting in the hall, looking at the other two standing in the hall with anger on her face.One is the presiding master Huineng, and the other is the daughter-in-law of Zhao Yongfa, the steward of the temple, and the mother of Sun Mama's eldest daughter-in-law.

"Yesterday, it was too late when the old lady sent people over, and there was no one to borrow at that time, so I had to borrow them early this morning. Don't worry, my relatives, there are two nunneries in the past ten miles, and they can always be borrowed." Thirty little nuns." Zhao Yongfa said as he poured tea for Mama Sun with a smile on his face.

This family temple can collect a lot of money a year, if not for the presence of Mama Sun, where would she find such a beautiful job?

"Where's the little nun? Why is there no one? Miss Jing is going to check in a while, where can I turn into a living person and come out to her?" Mother Sun didn't even pick up the tea, she kept pounding on the table, and swept over with a knife eye, frightened Zhao Yongfa's hands trembled, and he almost hit the teacup.

It turned out that this temple reported to the Hou's Mansion that it enshrined 36 little nuns, and each of them paid 18 yuan for food and expenses a month, a total of 36 taels of silver a month.Because Mrs. Xu seldom came to the family temple, they thought of a way of deception and reduced the [-] nuns to [-]. On this item alone, they can save nine taels of silver a month .Also, Mrs. Hou died recently, and it is inevitable that the Puzhao Temple will welcome guests when the funeral is held, so Zhao Yongfa made another report, saying that he wanted to increase the number of people. A sum of money was taken from Zhao Jing's hand.

They originally thought that they would be greedy for money, and wait for Madam Hou's funeral for two days, then go to the nearest nunnery or temple to borrow three or fifty people, and just fool around with this matter. Who knows that Zhao Jing is a careful person, but Before the day came, I took Zhang's mother to check it out.

"Grandma Sun, don't worry, that Aunt Jing is asleep, I'm afraid I won't look into this matter until after lunch, and the little nuns will arrive by then." The little maid kneeling on the ground is Zhao Yongfa's granddaughter , Seeing my grandma being scolded, it is inevitable to chime in.Mama Sun glared at her as soon as she raised her eyelids, and said fiercely: "If the nuns haven't come by the time, I'll shave your head and turn you into a sister-in-law!"

The little girl was timid, how could she stand up to such a fright, she burst into tears immediately.Just at this time, the curtain outside flashed, and a little nun hurried in and said, "Here, come, the borrowed little nun has arrived, and she is coming in through the back door!"

After hearing this, Mama Sun's face became a little better, and she said to Zhao Yongfa's family: "Go and see the little nun with the teacher, and I will go ahead to have a look. You may not be able to hide it from the old fox like Mama Zhang."

Zhang's mother came out of Zhao Jing's room, and she was indeed worried. Although she thought that these people should be cured, but if something happened, it would always lose the face of the Marquis of Wu'an.Master Hou was born and died outside, and it was very easy to support the Hou Mansion again. He couldn't wait for him to return to the capital and worry about these dirty things at home.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world. She also knows a little about the fact that Puzhao Temple falsely reported the number of young nuns, but the old lady didn't know, and she didn't bother to go back to the old lady. The wife made things right, but when the time came, she would be dressed in black again.

It's just that Zhao Jing is here today, and she works in the palace, so I don't know if she will notice the trick here.

Mama Zhang burned two sticks of incense in the main hall, and when she came to the backyard, Mama Sun was coming out of the meditation room, and when she saw Mama Zhang coming by herself, she forced a smile on her face.

The two of them have been rivals for many years in the Hou's mansion. With the friendship between Mama Sun and Mrs. Xu, Mama Sun has always trampled Mama Zhang under her feet.

(End of this chapter)