Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 24
The old monk also saluted her back, and said lightly: "I am doing my homework, please follow the old monk to the side room and wait for a while."

"Thank you, Master." Shen Yuechen followed along with Wu Ma Cuixin, and the little monk named Jie Chen happily followed behind them, as if he was very happy.

The old monk led them into a simple and clean study room, and then ordered Jie An to go out to make tea, and after a few words, he left the room.

Mama Wu asked the man to move out all the things in the basket, then gave him a bunch of copper coins and told him to go down the mountain.

After a while, the little monk Jie'an came in with a tray, on which were three thick tea bowls and an old white porcelain blue and white teapot.

Seeing that he was young, Cui Xin took a few steps forward, took the tray from him, and said, "Thank you, little master."

After hearing this, Jie Chen smiled again, scratched his little bald head and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome."

Wu Ma liked children the most. Seeing his smart face, she took out a few copper coins from her purse, handed them to him and said, "Thank you for your hard work, little master, let's buy candy."

Jie Chen backed away a little embarrassed, Wu Ma moved quickly, stuffed it into his hand, and then patted his little bald head lovingly.

Jie Chen's face flushed, and he immediately turned around and ran out with the copper coins in his hands, but before he had run a few steps, he turned back suddenly and hurriedly saluted Wu's mother: "Thank you, benefactor."

Wu Ma laughed amusedly by him, looked at Shen Yuechen, and said, "This kid is quite sensible."

As soon as she finished speaking, there were several low coughing sounds from outside the house, and a hoarse male voice sounded immediately: "Stop anger, where are you going again?"

"Understood Master, I'm going down the mountain to buy candy."

"Well, let's go. Cough cough cough..."

Shen Yuechen got up when he heard the sound, and walked slowly to the door, only to see a thin middle-aged monk walking towards this side, his complexion was very ugly, his cheeks were sunken, and he was coughing all the time more than.

"Understanding Master." Shen Yuechen called out softly, really unable to connect this haggard and sickly face in front of her with the smiling master she had seen when she was a child.

I haven't seen him for a few years, and he is much older... Liao Ran raised his head and glanced at her, just in time to meet Shen Yuechen's pair of jet-black jade-like eyes, the light flickered slightly, and then he smiled faintly: "It's Yuechen. "

Hearing him calling his name, Shen Yuechen suddenly had reddened eyes for some reason, and hurriedly went up to him and said, "Master, are you sick? Is there something wrong with your body?"

Liao Ran shook his head slightly, followed her into the room, and when he saw Wu Ma was there, he put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, I haven't seen you for a few years, how is the old mother?"

Wu Ma didn't expect him to become like this, she was slightly taken aback, and nodded hurriedly: "Everything is fine, I have a master to worry about."

Shen Yuechen personally supported him to sit down, Wu Ma turned her head to look at Cui Xin, and said, "Cui Xin, follow me to the Buddha Hall to burn scriptures for Madam."

Cuixin is young, some things are inconvenient to know, Wu Ma deliberately sent her away so that Miss could have a good talk with Master Liaoran.

Liao Ran took a closer look at Shen Yuechen, and felt that she had really grown up, but her eyes had not changed, they were still so clear and penetrating.

Shen Yuechen sat on the opposite side, muttering slightly: "Master, I want to take that box today."

Before Shen's family took her back from Jingyue Temple, Shen Yuechen exchanged all his savings over the years into bank notes and kept them in a small box.Because she didn't know what would happen when she returned to Shen's house, Shen Yuechen didn't dare to take the silver bill with her, so she entrusted the master in the nunnery to keep it for her. Later, when she learned that the master was in Ciyun Temple, she entrusted someone else Sent here.

Liaoran looked into her eyes, as if he could guess what was on her mind, and then asked, "Is your family treating you well?"

Shen Yuechen's eyes flickered, she nodded slightly and said: "Well, they have treated me very well." After a pause, he continued: "However, I still think it's time for me to leave."

Hearing the words clearly, a look of surprise flashed clearly in Zhanjiong's eyes, and then he looked at Shen Yuechen carefully for a long while, as if he felt that there was something troublesome in her heart, and sighed in a rather tone of voice: "Do you still remember you?" What did the master say before he died?"

Shen Yuechen didn't expect him to mention this suddenly, and lowered his head slightly, with a strong bitterness in his eyes, he murmured: "I remember."

Before the master died, he kept murmuring a word in his mouth: "Go home...go home..."

She was proud all her life, and in order to defy the marriage contract made by her family, she did not hesitate to shave her hair and become a nun.

Although she has lived a lifetime, Shen Yuechen still has to respect her master from the bottom of her heart. After all, as a woman who really grew up in ancient times, she dared to stand up and fight against the feudal ethics and family alone. , is absolutely rare.

When she was in Jingyue Nunnery, the master seldom mentioned her own affairs to others, but after she became seriously ill, she seemed to become sentimental all of a sudden, and she also talked a lot about the past.

A person who was once so strong, who was once so daring, at the last moment of his life, what he wanted most was to return to the home that had driven her to nowhere.

Shen Yuechen can feel the sadness and reluctance in the master's heart. After more than ten years of hard practice, he only got a weak and haggard body. He has no relatives, no reasons, no one to rely on... It is very clear that Shen Yuechen is very clear about his master Jingyun. How much he cared and missed her. The reason why he mentioned her was not to make her sad, but to hope that she would think about it before making a decision.

Looking at her clearly, he continued: "I'll give you the box, it was originally yours." After saying this, he suddenly felt tightness in his chest, his breath was not smooth, and he coughed non-stop. He quickly poured tea for her, then patted him on the back lightly, and said with concern: "You cough so badly, can you ask a doctor to come and have a look?"

Liao Ran shook his head slightly, and said: "It's just an old problem that doesn't matter, no problem, no problem."

Shen Yuechen couldn't help frowning when she heard this, she just felt that if he continued to endure like this, he would definitely delay serious illness.

At the age of 23, he followed Master Jing Yun to shave his hair and become a monk. Afterwards, he became an ascetic monk, roaming around, eating and sleeping in the open. It is also not small.

Seeing her looking at him worriedly, she smiled faintly: "Today is your mother's death day, so go over and burn incense sticks for her."

Lin's tablet was enshrined in front of the ever-burning lamp in the meditation room, and Wu Ma was leading Cuixin to burn handwritten scriptures one by one. She lowered her head, looked at the bright fire in the basin, and sighed, "Ma'am , this servant wants to tell you a good thing, our eldest lady is now in the mansion and the old lady is in favor, and the old lady treats the lady well...Miss, she finally came here with great pains, and the madam can finally feel at ease in the spirit of heaven..."

As she was talking, Wu Ma's voice suddenly choked up, and she hurriedly lowered her head and rubbed her eyes.

Cui Xin knelt beside her, her eyes blushed, and she inadvertently turned her head to see Shen Yuechen standing by the door, her eyes were calm and her face was sad.

Shen Yuechen knelt in front of Lin's memorial tablet, kowtowed three times to her uprightly, and called softly: "Mother, my daughter is here to see you."

Although, the two of them are not blessed to be a real mother and daughter, but Shen Yuechen has heard a lot about her from Mama Wu, and the more she hears, the more she will know about her. A kind and gentle mother.

If she was still alive, everything would be different today.

In her previous life, she was the only child in her family. She was raised by her parents all the way. She grew up peacefully and liked to study. She just needs to be a good child who studies hard and makes progress every day. She doesn't need to worry about other things.But in this life, she realized how difficult it is to live. A motherless child is just like the song sang, like a fragile grass or duckweed on the water, living in fear every day , I don't know where the future destiny will go, and what kind of situation it will go to.

In order to allow herself to integrate into this world and live a stable life, in the past 15 years, she has put in countless efforts, being careful in everything, so as not to show her flaws.However, she tried her best to adapt to everything in this world, but the only thing she couldn't accept was that men had three wives and four concubines, while women could only become their appendages. Whether it is a disaster or a blessing, it all depends on good luck.Once you get married, you can't look back, it feels like you're betting on your own life... After the incense burnt, Shen Yuechen also silently sorted out her thoughts, no matter what, she had already made the worst thing in her heart I plan, instead of continuing to worry here, I might as well make some preparations after I go back.

Before leaving, Shen Yuechen left all the silver that the old lady gave her to Master Qingran, and also told him that after he went down the mountain, he would invite a doctor to come up and take a good look at it for him.

Returning to Shen's house from Ciyun Temple, it was already sunset, Shen Yuechen went to pay respects to the old lady full of thoughts, and when she entered the courtyard, she saw Chunming coming out of the room with her maid, and looked up to see her coming back , ran over in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Missy is back, the old lady was still talking about you just now! Miss, go in quickly, the old man sent a letter back today."

Shen Yuechen nodded with a smile, followed her into the room, and when she saw the old lady sitting on the Arhat's bed, smiling and silent, she bowed her knees and said: "Grandmother is well, Yuechen is back."

"Oh." The old lady smiled and said, "You have worked hard too, come and sit down. Your father's letter just arrived."

In this life, every time Shen Yuechen heard the word "father", Shen Yuechen's heart would tighten.Although she hadn't seen each other for more than ten years, she still clearly remembered how excited Shen Zhijian was when the two met for the first time, with scarlet eyes and an angry face, he almost threw her into the bathtub and drowned...

(End of this chapter)