Chapter 1

Outside the Dong family compound, Yuan Wai had been rubbing his hands at the door for a long time, and while rubbing his hands, he kept looking at the intersection not far away, his face full of anxiety.Although it was only the spring of March at this time, there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead. He ignored it and raised his hand casually to wipe the sweat with his sleeve. The original dark blue cuff was covered with sweat. black.

Apart from Director Dong, there was also the maidservant of the Dong family, the old lady, standing beside the door. Dozens of people gathered together, their expressions similar to those of Director Dong, looking expectantly and anxiously at the intersection.

Director Dong waited for a long time, seemed a little impatient, and turned to ask the people around him: "Why haven't we arrived yet, is there anything wrong on the way?"

The person being questioned was a woman in her early thirties, wearing dark red clothes, with long, delicate features and a gentle appearance.Seeing how anxious Dong Yuanwai was, he smiled and comforted him: "Sir, you are always so impatient, why? Didn't you send Steward Liu to pick him up? Don't you feel relieved when he does things?"

The maidservants and mothers who followed behind also echoed a few times, and Dong Yuanwai's anxious expression eased a little.He was nearly forty years old, but he looked young, with a medium build and a beardless face. It was just when he frowned when he was in a hurry, he showed a few wrinkles on his forehead to show his age.

What Dong Yuanwai was waiting for was his only daughter Dong Qiang.

Dong Qiang's nickname was Yuzhi, and she was the daughter of Dong Yuanwai and his wife.When his wife gave birth to Yuzhi, she had dystocia, and she passed away not long after giving birth to Yuzhi.Dong Yuanwai was so sad that he couldn't take good care of the children. At that time, his wife and sister were visiting at Dong's house, so they stayed to take care of Yuzhi. Later, they married Dong Yuanwai, who was his current wife Zhou Shi.

The Zhou family is Yuzhi's biological aunt, so naturally she will not treat Yuzhi badly, and the two of them have no children after they get married, so Yuzhi is the only seedling, and the husband and wife take good care of Yuzhi.

But Yuan Wai still felt indebted to Yuzhi, because Yuzhi was sent to the Mingyue nunnery in the suburbs of the city for foster care when she was only ten years old, and made her leave home at a young age, and today is the day to pick her up.And the reason why Yuzhi was sent away has to be traced back to a past event more than ten years ago.

Dong Yuanwai is actually a very superstitious person. A few years after his wife passed away, a monk who claimed to be an eminent monk passed by the door of Dong's house and said to him very mysteriously and firmly: "Your daughter is weak. She needs the blessing of the Buddha to grow up, so let's send her to become a monk."

Dong Yuanwai was shocked. Yuzhi must have suffered some crimes when he was born, and he was indeed in poor health, so he panicked when he heard this, but he couldn't bear his daughter, so he asked the eminent monk how to resolve it.

The reason for this question is naturally the eminent monk gave a hint.

The eminent monk twirled the beads and looked like an outsider. It took a long time for Amitabha Buddha to say: "Then let her be fostered in the temple, always with the green lantern, and the bad luck will disappear."

Director Dong was reluctant, so he said that his daughter was still so young, how could she send her to the place where the monks lived in the temple?Then he said sincerely: "If the master can ensure that my daughter grows up safely, I will go to your temple to offer sesame oil every year, and I will never break my promise."

So the eminent monk twirled the Buddha beads again and hummed for a while, then nodded to him, "Then you can wait until she is ten years old before sending her. If you don't want to go to a monastery, you can go to a nunnery, and then pick her up before Jiji. During this period, you must remember to show some sincerity to the Buddha every year."

Member Dong responded repeatedly, and left him to have a fast meal before sending him out.When he turned around and saw Yuzhi who was only a few years old, he couldn't bear it anymore.

But Yuzhi's body is indeed not good, and she faints every now and then.Zhou Shi, who was already married at that time, was also very anxious, saying that it might be due to deficiency of Qi and blood.Director Dong invited many doctors to look at it, but if they didn't look well, they were treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.Finally, when Yuzhi was ten years old, Dong Yuanwai had no choice but to think of what the eminent monk said, so he decided to send Yuzhi to Mingyue Nunnery on the outskirts of the city to be raised by the abbot and teacher.

On the day Yuzhi left, she cried miserably, and Dong Yuanwai's heart was pulled, but thinking of her body, she still sent Xiao Yuzhi away cruelly.

Yuzhi was taken by the nanny when she left, and there was a little girl of the same age named Que Ya'er beside her.Dong Yuanwai originally wanted to send two strong servants to guard the Mingyue Nunnery to protect his daughter, but a nun's nunnery would not allow men to stay there, so he had no choice but to give up this idea.

Yuzhi was not used to it when she first went to Mingyue Nunnery, and ran around trying to go home, but fell on the back mountain, and heard that the back of her head bleed a lot.Director Dong was so distressed that he wanted to bring his daughter back immediately, but he was relieved when he heard that she was rescued by the abbot teacher and was fine the next day.

After a while, I heard the news from the nanny happily, saying that under the care of the abbot, the young lady is getting better and better, and she hasn't fainted like before for a long time.Dong Yuanwai talked about the Buddha's appearance, and now he was completely determined to keep her in Mingyue Nunnery.

In the blink of an eye, five years have passed, and Yuzhi has never returned home, not even for the Chinese New Year.Normally, Mrs. Zhou can still visit her, but a man other than Mr. Dong is really embarrassed to go to Mingyue Nunnery often.He went there once before, but was stopped by two little nuns. He only glanced at the back of Yuzhi's small body sitting upright doing morning class from a distance through the half-open gate, and left wiping away his tears. .

So Dong Yuanwai has actually not seen his daughter for five years, no wonder he is so anxious at this moment.

After Dong Yuanwai thought about the previous things, he missed his daughter more and more, and looked up at the sun. It's almost noon, why is Steward Liu not here yet?Just as he was about to complain again, he heard a sound of horseshoes at the intersection. He quickly turned his head and saw that it was his own carriage, and his anxious expression suddenly became joyful.

Zhou smiled and pointed to the carriage, "Look, isn't this here? I finally expected it, right?"

Director Dong nodded with a smile, but his heart suddenly became tense, and he stared straight at the carriage as it approached him, and didn't move for a long time.

Steward Liu, who was acting as the coachman, jumped out of the carriage, smiled and cupped his hands at Director Dong, "Master, Miss has brought you back."

Director Dong responded repeatedly, his eyes still fixed on the curtain of the car.

One hand opened the curtain of the car, and a little maid in green clothes came out, bowed to Dong Yuanwai and Mrs. Zhou, and called crisply: "Que Ya'er greets Mrs. Madam."

Director Dong nodded, "Okay, okay."

Que Ya'er turned around and lifted the curtain, smiled and said to the people in the car: "Miss, you're home."

"Yeah." Yuzhi responded inside, and she lifted the curtain and leaned out, and a pink figure fell into the eyes of everyone.

Yuzhi was still combing her buns, and her snow-white and tender face was still slightly childish, but her expression was very calm. A pair of bright eyes swept over Dong Yuanwai and Zhou's body slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.The wet nurse who followed Yuzhi also greeted Dong Yuanwai and his wife, got out of the car with Que Ya'er first, supported Yuzhi and stepped on the pier and walked down.

"Daddy, aunt, my daughter is back."

Dong Yuanwai and Zhou Shi went up to him with tears in their eyes, and nodded vigorously.Dong Yuanwai held Yuzhi's hand, choked with sobs and said, "My son, I've suffered, and now I'll be fine when I come back."

Zhou also wiped away tears and nodded, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back."

Mrs. Zhou often visited Yuzhi in the nunnery, and the two were also relatively close. Seeing that she was crying all the time, Yuzhi quickly took a hand from Dong Yuanwai's hand to shake her hand, and said with a smile, "What is Auntie doing? It’s just that my father hasn’t seen me for a long time, didn’t my aunt just visit me half a month ago? Stop crying.”

Zhou Shi nodded a little embarrassedly, "Yes, yes, stop crying."

Yuzhi smiled again, and walked towards the courtyard with the two of them. The servants all greeted her, and she nodded in response with a smile.The servants all felt that Miss had cultivated a good temper in the past five years in the nunnery.

The family of three entered the front hall, Dong Yuanwai took Yuzhi to sit on a chair on one side, Zhou Shi also sat down next to him, and the three of them began to gossip about their lives in the past few years, but Yuzhi said very little, most of the time. For a few days, she smiled and listened to what Dong Yuanwai and Zhou Shi said.

The wet nurse and Que Ya'er moved all of Yuzhi's things back to her residence, put them away, and returned to the front hall to wait for orders.After a few people chatted for a while, a servant came over and reported to Director Dong that lunch was ready and it was time to serve.Director Dong ordered the banquet to be held in the flower hall, so he pulled Yuzhi out and walked towards the flower hall.

Mrs. Zhou smiled and said: "Yuzhi is back, we have to prepare for her big event, and it will be March [-]rd in a few days, so there will be no delay."

Director Dong smiled and said yes, then turned to Yuzhi and asked, "Daughter, do you know about the Wen family?"

Yuzhi paused, then laughed again, and nodded, "My daughter heard the nurse mention it, but she was young at that time, so she didn't take it to heart."

Director Dong nodded, "Yes, this marriage was arranged by your grandfather, and you were not there at that time. When you pass the time, you will be ready to marry." At this point, there was another look in his eyes. With tears in his eyes, "Poor my son who just came back and is about to leave home again..."

Yuzhi sighed helplessly in her heart. The marriage with Wen's family was decided by her ancestors, so she naturally had to accept it, but she still felt a little uneasy and uneasy about marrying a stranger she had never met.

Mrs. Zhou saw that the father and son were both depressed, so she hurriedly said something to comfort them: "The Wen family is a big family, and Mr. Wen was released as an official. I heard that he is very powerful. Yuzhi married the eldest son and grandson. , only to enjoy the blessings, don’t let this look on your face, others will think that we don’t want to.”

Yuzhi came back to her senses, helped Dong Yuanwai and smiled, "Father, what Auntie said is, you should stop thinking about it, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and my daughter will be fine."

Director Dong sighed, nodded, and before entering the flower hall, he asked Yuzhi again: "How did the teacher that father invited you teach your female reds?"

Yuzhi smiled shyly, "My daughter thinks she's not too bad, the teacher is excellent, and my daughter dare not slack off."

Director Dong nodded in satisfaction, "That's good, that's good." He patted the back of Yuzhi's hand, "After Jiji, I will be an adult, and my daughter has grown up safely."

Yuzhi was still smiling, with a dignified expression.

(End of this chapter)

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