Red makeup against the world

Chapter 129 Great Compassion Temple

The next morning, Guyu.

Mrs. Lin greeted Mrs. Tu, got into the carriage with He Xiang and Qiao Lan, and went straight to the Great Compassion Temple.

Every festival, there are many people in front of Dabei Temple.A colorful shed was set up there, and monks took turns giving lectures to the people.It is no better than eminent monks arguing, or promoting Buddhism to dignitaries.This kind of lectures selects articulate monks, and the Buddhist stories they tell are wonderful.

There were three floors of people inside and three floors outside to listen to the lecture, and there were hawkers walking around carrying candied haws, which seemed very lively.

Lin's carriage didn't stop, and went straight to the courtyard on the side of Dabei Temple.As the most incensed temple in Luoyang City, there are often monks who come to place orders, female relatives who work as dojos, and students who borrow to study.It was originally a side courtyard for borrowing, but it expanded in size and finally became a group of courtyards attached to the Dabei Temple.

This courtyard group is several times larger than the Guangren Temple in Suzhou.It is also divided into different purposes, and the courtyard temporarily reserved by the female relatives is closer to the temple.The closer to the Dabei Temple, the more expensive the rent and the more elegant the yard.If you rent such a yard, you can also invite eminent monks to give lectures alone.

Anping Hou's wife rented such a courtyard.

Lin got out of the car in front of the door and walked into the yard holding He Xiang's hand.Bypassing a screen wall covered with flowering vines, there is a square courtyard in front of you, a bluestone table and a pear tree in full bloom, forming a picture full of Zen.

The servants brought by Mrs. Anpinghou stood around the yard in a dignified manner, waiting for orders.In the main room of the courtyard, there was a monk chanting Qingyue.

Seeing Mrs. Lin coming, the monk Jishou saluted, and Mrs. Anping Hou returned the salute: "Come here first, and I will invite Master Jingkong to give a lecture in the afternoon."

Master Jingkong is about forty years old, with a broad face and clear voice.Although he is not very old, he is one of the famous preaching masters of Dabei Temple.He smiled faintly, clasped his hands together and stepped back.

Anping Hou's wife, Lin Anjia, patted the soft couch beside her, and said, "Sister An Rong, come, come and sit."

The first-class maid beside Lin Anjia, Feng Zhu, took a big welcome pillow and put it behind Lin Anrong.

"Tell me, what's the big deal? It's worth it?" Lin Anjia took a sip of tea and asked casually.

Lin took the teacup and said angrily: "Sister, you don't know. The Xu family got involved in a lawsuit. Now it's just a run-down merchant. They can't even keep their property. They have the cheek to defect to their natal family. They still put on airs, and still Do you think they are rich and powerful people in the south of the Yangtze River?"

"Okay, let's put out the fire. This excellent Yuqian Longjing needs to be savored slowly, so don't waste it."

In front of her sister-in-law, Lin has always flattered and flattered her.Now that she is getting older, she is a little more presumptuous. Now that she has spoken, she doesn't dare to continue, drinking tea slowly with Lin Anjia.

At noon, the ordered fast meal arrived.The special feature of this day's vegetarian meal is that it is made of Chinese toon, which has a unique flavor.Accompanied by Lin Anjia, Mrs. Lin slowly finished the fast meal, and the servant girl rinsed her mouth.Lin said resentfully: "Today, the little girl from the Xu family also organized some toon banquet, and invited me to come. If I don't go, why should I give her this dignity?"

Lin Anjia said lightly: "You are here, so of course you didn't go. Who did she invite?"

"Everyone in the Tu family has invited me. I didn't go, so I let my two daughters-in-law go." Lin said.

Lin Anjia sat up, with a flash of light in her eyes, and said: "You are confused! Since the Xu family is not pleasing to the eye, why give them this opportunity to show their face? Since the whole family has invited them, you are the only one who doesn't go. It's not that you don't want to go. Show face to the little girl of the Xu family, I am afraid that in the end, you will lose face yourself."

"What? It's not that serious, is it? I don't want them to show their faces, but the Xu family treats guests in the yard where I live. What can I do?"

Lin Anjia thought that this younger sister was still as stupid as ever, so she had no choice but to explain to her: "You are in the palm of your hand. If you want them to fail this banquet, it will not be easy. If the kitchen staff dare not listen to you, It's all sold."

Lin frowned for a while, and said, "I asked them to build a small kitchen by themselves."

"You!" Lin Anjia said bitterly: "How can you let them open a small kitchen by themselves? People have to eat, three meals a day. What a good opportunity, you let them do it by themselves?"

Lin quickly explained: "I thought, the Xu family is a big family, there are more than [-] people. If the Tu family comes to support them, who knows how long they will live? If the Xu family doesn't mention leaving, I can't drive them away, right? The old man is still there."

Lin Anjia was quite helpless about her thinking.If it weren't for the fact that there were not many people in her natal family, the closest relationship in Luoyang would be Lin Anrong, and she was really impatient to deal with her.

I had no choice but to say clearly: "Don't just focus on the little money in front of you, spend some thought. Not allowing the Xu family to open a small kitchen does not mean that you have to support them. If you drag the family back to your mother's house, are you willing to let the Tu family take care of it?" Glancing at her, he asked, "I still remember how smart you were before you got married. Where have all your thoughts gone now?"

Mrs. Lin was a little embarrassed by what she said, and said: "I'm just annoyed. The second day after the Xu family came here, Old Master Tu gave the handwriting he just wrote to the little girl Xu Wanzhen. He hugged his great-grandson again. Walking around the yard, for fear that others would not know, he values ​​the Xu family in his heart."

"I think that you are living so comfortably in Tu's house that you forgot how to use your brain." Lin Anjia said bluntly: "You only look at the money, and you plan to bring this money into the coffin? "

"I don't save more, relying on his little salary to live? Guozijian is just a good name, and that little money is not enough to fit between the teeth. I married two daughters-in-law and paid the dowry of two concubine daughters. Seeing The two granddaughters are getting married again, and the money from the academy will not go to the public. Sister, you know, how can my little dowry be enough?" Lin sighed.

Lin Anjia was silent, indeed everyone has their own life and their own way of life.Of the concubine sisters in the family, Lin Anrong married the best, and gave birth to two sons-in-law, and now the two daughter-in-laws are taking care of her, so many people are jealous.But every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and only you know the suffering inside.

The two old sisters were talking in the Great Compassion Temple, and the toon banquet in the Green Bamboo Garden was also getting ready.

In the afternoon, Tu Qiongyu came to the Green Bamboo Garden.She seldom went out, so she took this opportunity to talk to her younger sister.

Old Mrs. Tu arrived second, walked around the yard, twirled his beard and nodded, "Well, the yard is well-maintained." Wu Niangzi smiled lightly at the side, Old Mrs. Tu said this, expressing his approval mean.

Xu Wenyu followed Old Master Tu, imitating his pacing mischievously, and the courtyard was filled with joy and laughter.

Xu Wanzhen, as the main person in charge of the toon banquet, took Sang Zi around to inspect the place.

Although it was confined to the Green Bamboo Garden, she put some delicate thought into this banquet.

(End of this chapter)