pretty lady in disguise

Chapter 1

Yuquan nunnery is hidden among the lush forests on the halfway up Yuquan mountain, quiet and secluded, and it has a refined charm from a distance.

Unfortunately, except for the older nuns in the nunnery and the male intellectuals who often come here to hang out, few people know that this nunnery is an out-and-out dirty place of romance, which really insults the reputation of Buddhism's purity.

And Ayu, who has lived in Yuquan Nunnery since childhood and has not yet received guests, naturally does not know this secret.

A Yu became a monk at the age of nine.

She was originally a child from Wangjia Village at the foot of the mountain. Her parents died when she was young, and she was brought up by her brother alone.When she was seven years old, her 16-year-old brother wanted to go out with someone to escort her, and entrusted her to his uncle's house, saying that he would come back at the end of the year. Unexpectedly, his brother never came back. Gradually, it was reported that they encountered bandits on the road. All dead.Two years later, Uncle Ayu's cousin was going to marry a wife. Uncle Ayu wanted to covet her family's house, so he secretly sold Ayu to Yuquan Nunnery, where nuns were accepted at that time, and told the villagers that he was a niece when he heard the news of his brother's death. Desiring to die, she was rescued by a nun in Yuquan Nunnery, and then voluntarily became a monk.

Poor Ayu was feverish at the time, and didn't know about the cruelty and ruthlessness. She was carried to Yuquan Nunnery to have her hair shaved in a daze. After two days of coma, she was stunned again. She forgot everything, and the only thing she remembered was Ayu. From then on, under the name of "Ming Xin", she obediently became her little nun.

Fast forward six years, and the 15-year-old Ayu is still in a daze, although she looks like a quiet and well-behaved little girl.

On a spring night, A Yu was woken up by a strong urge to urinate, and lingered in the thin blanket for a while, but failed to hold it back as successfully as before, so she had to put on a loose coat and go out with an oil lamp.

Yuquan Nunnery is not big, but it is not small. There are three yards in total. The front is the main hall for burning incense and worshiping Buddha. The middle is the guest room for receiving pilgrims. Qing Shi and her uncle Qing Hua, she and her senior sister Ming An lived in the two rooms in the east wing, and in the two rooms in the west wing lived two disciples of Qing Hua's uncle.

In fact, apart from distant villagers passing by occasionally, very few female family members come to Yuquan nunnery to offer incense, and even a handful of people come here to stay overnight every year. The only hut is also built next to the guest room.

Ayu drank a lot of water during the day, splashed a big bubble, scooped a spoonful of mountain spring water from the wooden bucket prepared by the side, washed it, it was cool, and even the drowsiness was relieved a lot.After tidying up, A Yu pulled up his pants and walked back in a daze.

There is a large peach grove to the west of Yuquan Nunnery. The peach blossoms are in full bloom now, and the air is filled with a faint fragrance of flowers. Coupled with the sound of running water from the distant mountain stream, Ah Yu suddenly feels that such a day is very good.The senior sister often talked about homesickness and told her interesting stories in the town, but Ayu lived in the nunnery as long as she could remember, and had never been down the mountain, so she couldn't imagine the excitement that the senior sister said.She is not envious either, because she likes this peaceful life.

Just as he was about to walk down the steps, a low cry suddenly came from the room next to him, especially in the dark night.

Ayu remembered the ghost stories her master told her when she was a child, she was frightened out of her wits for a moment, she didn't dare to move, and stood there blankly as if she had been fixed.After a long while, after confirming that there were no ghosts coming to catch her, Ayu held her breath, closed her eyes tightly, and moved forward step by step tentatively, for fear of seeing some monsters with human faces and snake bodies, and fearing that they would come after her. eat her.

After walking for an unknown number of steps, Ah Yu couldn't hold his breath anymore, and was afraid that something would be attracted, but he didn't wait for the monster, but heard a strange movement, as if someone was fighting on the kang.

"Qing Shi, I haven't seen you in half a month, my lord, I miss you so much!"

"Master He, you, take it easy..."

It was Master's voice.

Ayu breathed a sigh of relief, the master dared to speak, there must be no ghosts around.Don't be afraid, Ayu wants to leave, but the noise in the room next to her is getting louder and weirder, Ayu seems to have a kitten in her heart, scratching and scratching makes her heart itch.She wanted to go to the window to see what Master was doing, why was there a man's voice?What worried and confused her the most was that the man seemed to be bullying Master, but Master didn't seem to be angry...

Holding the dim oil lamp, Ah Yu slowly approached the window, reaching out to poke a hole in the window paper.But after thinking about it, it was pitch black inside, and even if there was a hole, she couldn't see it, so she simply put her hands down and put her ear against the window to listen carefully.

She heard the man seem to be talking about sticks.

Ayunahan stroked the top of his bald head.The sticks don't ripen until autumn, and now they have just been planted, and the seedlings haven't come out yet.Although the nunnery’s fields were leased to the poor people at the foot of the mountain, Ayu didn’t have to go to the fields, but Ayu would go there to watch them plant the land after finishing the work prescribed by the master. Li’s chubby even gave her a paper kite...

The voice of the woman inside suddenly became louder, interrupting A Yu's thoughts.Ah Yu knew that it was Master's voice, but it was different.Normally, Master talked to her coldly, as if he had been immersed in ice water, but now it was so rapid, harsh, and intermittent, which made Ah Yu puzzled and inexplicably uncomfortable.

After continuing to listen for a while, Ayu shook his head, walked back to the house lightly, and got under the covers to sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, she heard light footsteps passing by the door.

Ayu blinked and turned over.

That night, Ayu had a strange dream.In the dream, the master sat in front of a stick, crying for a while and laughing for a while. The crying made her feel sad, and the laughing made her feel sad.She thought of how her master was staring at the book in a daze, and thought of how her master and uncle were smiling all day long.It seems that not being able to read is indeed beneficial. If the master did not know how to read, he would not be so dazed while reading.

The next day, A Yu and Ming An woke up before dawn.The two met in the corridor, A Yu smiled politely at her senior sister, but Ming An glared at her, then turned and went to the kitchen.Ayu has become accustomed to the inexplicable hostility of the senior sister, so she picks up the wooden bucket and goes to the back mountain to fetch water. The two of them divide the work, she carries the water, and the senior sister cooks. Day after day, it gradually becomes a habit.

Qing Shi pushed open the window, and saw her little apprentice walking outside carrying two wooden barrels.

Looking at it, she frowned slightly.

Before I knew it, this girl was already 15 years old, with a slender figure, even if she was wearing a gray nun robe, she couldn't conceal her natural charm.If she was born in an ordinary family, based on her appearance, it would not be difficult to find a good son-in-law from a wealthy family, but...

With the child brought up by one hand, she didn't want Ayu to know that the world is dangerous, because that would make it even more difficult for her to accept the filth of this nunnery in the future, just like when she avoided disaster here back then, she thought she could always be with the ancient Buddha. Only then did I realize that I had entered the wolf's den.It's not that she didn't think about suicide, but when she was holding the scissors, she was afraid again.

She admitted that she was afraid of death.

Since she can't escape her fate, why not let Ayu live like a blank sheet of paper, she will only think that it is a kind of practice, as long as others don't tell her, she will never know, it is a shame and a shame for a woman, not as good as a pig or a dog.

Qing Shi sighed softly, turned around, picked a budding flower bud from the peach tree branch in the vase, rubbed it lightly, and then threw it away.

People are like flowers, and flowers are like people. No one can hide from what is destined in the sky.

After breakfast, A Yu, who had eaten early, knelt in the Buddhist hall and recited scriptures for a while, then picked up the broom to sweep the front yard.

When she was sweeping the floor, there was a magpie on the old locust tree in the yard that kept screaming and screaming. Ayu couldn't help but look up at the big bird with a black back and a white belly several times, wondering if something good would happen today?
Before he could think about it, two pairs of feet suddenly appeared in front of the dilapidated wooden door.At that time, A Yu happened to sweep to the edge of the door, she was stunned for a moment, her eyes fell on the hem of the white man's shirt and the corner of the scarlet woman's skirt that seemed to be shining, and she couldn't move away, there are such beautiful materials in the world... ... She stared at the material in amazement, if she hadn't accidentally caught a glimpse of the woman's feet that were much larger than ordinary women, she would not have looked up curiously.

Seeing this, people are even more stupefied.

Why is the man in the white shirt so handsome, and how is the woman in the red dress so good-looking?Beautiful long eyebrows, peach blossom eyes that seem to flow with starlight, fair face, red lips... not too big and not too small, slightly raised chin, slender neck covered by the collar...

A Yu couldn't help but look at the man's feet again, and when he looked up at the woman's face, there was more regret in his eyes.Last time the master said that she has small feet and looks good, but it can be seen that big feet are not good-looking. If this girl... Madam's feet are smaller, her fairy-like husband-in-law will probably like her more?
A Yu's little head was full of wild thoughts, so he didn't notice the anger hidden in the lady's eyebrows.

The man in white was named Xiao Ren, and he stared at the little nun with an ever-changing expression in front of him with interest. When she finally looked at him, he couldn't help but straighten his back, and opened his folding fan with a "swish", and his smile was dazzling. : "Little master, my wife is so good, even you, a woman, are dumbfounded?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he received a sharp slap from the person beside him.

If someone else heard this, they would definitely be embarrassed, but Ayu was missing a string in his head. He didn't think too much about it, so he nodded honestly and said: "This female benefactor is really pretty, but her feet... are a little bigger." It's a lot, but she thinks that big feet are not a good thing, so let's be more tactful so as not to make the other party feel sad.

Xiao Ren was stunned, then turned his back, his shoulders were shaking non-stop.

Ayu didn't know why, just about to ask, she suddenly felt cold, turned her head to look, and met the cannibalistic gaze of the female benefactor.

Ayu couldn't help shivering, this female benefactor is so fierce!
(End of this chapter)