Heroes of the Sons and Daughters

Chapter 61 Recognizing the Futon Illusion and Worshiping the Family Temple
Just after Mrs. He'an spoke, I saw Mr. An walking in with a little boy. They met each other. The master sat down, looked at the girl and said, "Young lady is very happy!" Where did I come from? What other happy event do I have?" Mr. An said: "I found the temple you mentioned for you." The girl turned her surprise into joy, and quickly asked, "Where is it? It is far away from my parents. How far is the burial place?" Master An said: "I have found three places in total, and I am not satisfied with two of them, so I am here to discuss with you. One is a mile away from here, not too far away. There is only one old nun in the house, and there are a few spare rooms, but they are chartered by the nearby long-term laborers and even small businessmen in the countryside. You originally wanted to make it clean, but you can't make it clean here," the girl said. "This place is not right." Mr. An said: "That place is probably even more out of your style: first, it is too far away from here, located in the city, and I don't know what it is called Wang Zhima Hutong. Sesame Alley. At that time, the old aunt in the temple was a married monk, and his husband often went to the temple. Now that the old aunt is dead, his apprentice knows many princes and grandchildren because of his extensive contacts. I want to ask a Zhike to act on my behalf; I also said that those who lead the cultivation practice will be allowed. There are two good meetings in his temple every year, and the Zhike will come out to give tea and wine to entertain the donors. Girl, think about it, how can people like us get this? What's more about you!" The girl said: "No need to talk about it, it's even more inappropriate. Is there another place?" The master said: "That place is closer, and I'm afraid you won't agree, girl. This temple is in the my home."

The girl laughed and said, "How come there is a temple in my uncle's house?" Master An said, "You don't know, girl, that the back wall of my manor is a mountain of earth and rocks, and there is a long street behind the mountain, which is the wall." Well, within the outer wall of the mountain, there used to be a family temple of my family. Now I will rely on my family temple to clean up a clean place for you for the time being. —— Even if your aunt and your sister from the Zhang family are here It's convenient, our uncle and wife can live together with you for a long time, and it's not far from your parents' grave. What do you think of this place?"

After hearing this, the girl thought: "Isn't this making a fuss, or did it go to his house?"

He was hesitating, but his godmother asked: "Where is this place that my aunt said? Isn't it the small house next to Nanny Dai's house?" Master An said: "Isn't that right there!" Uncle The wife said: "Girl, don't hesitate. Listen to me, his house has two gates, the front and the back, and the inside is blocked. The place I mentioned just now is inside the back door of his house. There is another outer door in that house, and The second door on the second floor is not such a clean place! Except for the main house for Buddha, the rest of the house is up to us to live in. It’s not much farther away from your parents’ grave than here, and there are nests around the door Your family is close to your nanny's house, which is more strict than here. That's the rule."

Seeing that his godmother said it so well, the girl said, "In this case, just follow what uncle said. I will thank uncle and aunt after I go over." Mrs. an said: "Why don't you thank me? If it really is like this , so I can pack it up early." Master An said with a smile: "Exactly. Girl, don't tell me to waste money." The girl also laughed and said: "You two old men, have you seen that I have agreed to change my words? But, When do I have to move there?" Master An said: "It's not too busy for a while. I figured that girl, you are 28 full clothes, and it happens to be buried on this day. This month Xiaojian, I simply waited for the first day of the new year to complete the grave. The second day of the first lunar month is an auspicious day when Yin and Yang are not in harmony, so you can go there on this day."

It was decided at the moment, and the old couple gossiped a few more times and went home.Mr. An and Mrs. An lined up secretly here, and the uncle and wife threaded needles densely there.

A book is long if there are words, and short if there are no words.Seeing that it was time for the burial of Mrs. He and his wife, they also did good deeds for two days beforehand.On that day, He Yufeng was buried with both parents.The girl naturally felt a lot of grief, and there is no need to elaborate on how the burial, pouring, burning, and repairing were done.When the girl came back from mourning, his uncle and wife urged him to wash his hair and take a bath.The girl only said: "I'm using a grate every day, and my mother didn't see it. I changed my clothes for a few days, and I don't need it anymore." The uncle and wife said: "Girl, what are you talking about! This Anfo can be cleaner. Let's talk , also go to get rid of the bad luck of this year." The girl had no choice but to obey.The uncle and wife took out the hairpins and clothes made for the girl, and tried them on one by one.

On the day of Yuanfen, Mrs. An and his daughter-in-law also came early in the morning to help take care of everything.

After returning home, he was talking about tomorrow's affairs when he suddenly saw Jin Sheng running back and forth in a hurry, "My uncle and wife sent a car to pick them up, and said that my uncle and wife should go back immediately." My uncle and wife panicked and said, "What's the matter? " Jin Sheng replied: "The servant asked the person who came here, and he said that he didn't know what happened. He only said that the men in the two rooms said that he must ask his uncle and wife to go back today." Mrs. An also panicked and said, "What's the matter?" The uncle and wife said: "It's just that those nephews are not quiet, and there is no decent person in the family, so I have to walk around. I have to happen today, where is such a coincidence!" The girl said first: "Mother, just go if you have something to do. Everything here is in order. Besides, there are aunts and mothers here. Could it be possible to lose me?" Mrs. An said, "That's right. I'll keep your sister here tonight I'll let you go." My uncle and wife were feeling in a dilemma, seeing this, they said, "Forget it, I'll go, and I'll come back tomorrow morning or evening." Saying this, she hurriedly changed two clothes and packed another Baggage, packed the car and hurried away.After Mrs. An left here, she left Zhang Jinfeng as the girl's companion.After eating, the lamps were lit, and the two of them went to bed because they would get up early tomorrow, and they had nothing to say all night.

But Mrs. An only paid five drums the next day, and she took the car early and came to invite the girl into the temple with bright lights.Just when the girl had finished washing, Mrs. An urged him to eat something and get dressed. While telling the attendants to go over there first to take care of them, and leaving someone to look after things here, she went out with the girl and got into the car.Mrs. Zhang, mother and daughter got into the car afterwards.

After leaving the gate of the Yangzhai, he ran all the way to the back door of the manor.

When the girl looked at the door by the light in the car, it turned out to be an extremely wide car door. The car was pulled all the way through the door, and there were several families on both sides of the door. There were lights in the windows of each house, but they were different from each other. Close the door.After walking not far, I saw the big earth mountain of the manor, and there was a family temple of his family in the north of the opposite. I had never been there before, and the east end looked like a small temple.The car stopped in front of the door, and Mrs. An said, "Here we are." The girl looked through the window of the car, and saw that there were about five small temples in a row, but the gate of the middle temple was not like a mountain gate, but a gate tower with a saddle ridge. , It's like a Buddhist temple scene, the lanterns in front of the door illuminate like daytime.The boys carrying the cart unloaded the cart, and the coachman pulled the mule away.Mrs. an and the girl came down, and when Mrs. Zhang's mother and daughter arrived, she let the girl go first.The girl smiled and said, "When I get here, I don't have the courtesy to go first."

Just as he was giving way, Mr. an came out from the second gate with Zhang's family and said, "girl, don't let me go. Follow me to look around first, and then let me go in the house." Leading the way, the two young men in front set up a pair of lacquered gauze wind lamps, and two women held the lamps to light them.The girl had no choice but to help someone to follow Mr. An through the gate. Looking at both sides, they were separated by a board yard, and there were lights shining through the board yard, as if someone was inside.Going forward, there is a small gatehouse facing the gate. There are four green screens on the curved wall of the gate, on which are pasted four squares in bright red, with four big characters "Denghuanxidi" written on them.The screen in the middle is not open, and the west end is separated by a board wall. Turning in from the east end, it is the courtyard of the main hall.There are three main rooms above, and six wing rooms from east to west.Follow the two mountains of the main house and enter with the corner door, with two side rooms on one side.

The main courtyard is lined with a cross path, and there are four newly planted small pine trees at the four corners.The girl looked at this place, she was really clean and rigorous, and she was very happy.

Master An pointed to him and said, "Girl, look, the front is the main seat, the east wing is the guest seat, the west wing is your seat, and the rest are servant rooms. There is also a narrow passage leading to the backyard." .Girl, do you think the home I made for you is suitable?" The girl sighed, "What else? It's just that uncle is too much trouble!" As she spoke, she turned around and saw bright lights in every room. With the lights on, only the three main halls were dark and the doors were closed.Yin asked, "Why isn't there a lamp in the main hall?" Mr. An said, "I didn't tell you that day? It was at Maoshi. At this time, the Buddha statue is still on the front hall of my house. Wait until the auspicious time." Take your seat, it’s not too late to open this door again. Open it at this time, so that everyone will not be unclean when they come out and go in." After hearing this, the girl felt more and more that the uncle wanted to get home, and what he said was reasonable, so she invited everyone to sit in the west wing.Mr. An, Mrs. An and the others were not condescending to the girl, so they entered the house.

The girl came in with the crowd and saw that the north and south rooms of the house were big kangs by the window. The north room was separated into an inner room. , There are also a few rough wooden painted tables and stools on the ground floor, with little furnishings, only there are tea trays, tea bowls on the table there, and a small chime clock.The four walls are decorated with brand-new pastes, and there are not many stickers, only a fan and a couplet on double red paper are hung in front of the Eight Immortals table in the middle of the main room.While watching, the servants brought tea, and the girl hurriedly said: "Give it to me." She took it by herself and served tea to everyone one by one.When he came to Miss Zhang, he said, "Why did my sister join me in this ceremony?" Miss He said, "What are you talking about? Is this my home?" Miss Zhang said, "It's my sister's home. But I have to let this happen, but I can't do it in the future." After speaking, everyone returned to their seats.Mr. an and Mr. Zhang sat down by the table at the welcoming door, and Mrs. an accompanied Mrs. Zhang to sit on the kang in the south room, and the girl took Miss Zhang to sit on a stool against the wall to accompany her.Only then did I turn my head and look carefully at the hanging calligraphy and painting, only to see that the couplet read:

The result is the result of cause and condition, emptiness is caused by color and illusion, and color is not empty

The girl understood these two sentences, she couldn't help smiling, and said in her heart: "I was looking for such a place close to the tomb of my parents, and I wanted to be clean. Who would believe these 'causes' and 'effects' and 'colors'?" What about the 'empty' pot and reed!" After reading the couplet, he looked at the picture again, and saw a pool of clear water painted on it, surrounded by gold and silver inlaid railings, and three lotus flowers were planted in the pool. But they are parallel.The girl looked at it and wondered how this painting had a story.Seeing four pendulum seal characters written horizontally on it, the girl couldn't recognize it clearly, so she couldn't help asking: "Uncle, what is the allusion of this painting?"

When Mr. An asked, he said in his heart: "This can be called'Han Ou double-opened and stalked flowers'. I won't tell you at this time." Because of a smile, he said: "Girl, don't you see that the four words on it are" Lotus Pond of Seven Treasures', the water in this pool is called 'Eight Merits Water', which is a source of compassion in the West to save sentient beings from suffering." The girl nodded without asking for an explanation.Seeing that he couldn't put these words in his mouth, Mr. Zhang stood up and said, "It's none of my business now. I'll go over there to help them put away their things. I finished it earlier, so that Grandma Dai and the others Come here earlier." With that said, he walked away.

Here, Mrs. An and the girl gossiped for a while, and Dongfang gradually turned pale.Master an looked at the clock and said, "call someone to come." At that moment, Dai Qin and Hua Zhong came in.The master ordered: "It's almost dawn, you open the door of the main room and clean it again." The two led the order and went out.Mrs. An asked someone to pour water for their hands, and everyone washed their hands.At this time, Mr. an went out, wandered there for a while, and came back and said, "girl, let's go and have a look at the main hall." Then, everyone went out of the west wing.

It was already dawn, and the girl saw that all the bricks, tiles, wood, paints and paintings in this house were brand new, and it turned out to be newly built.When I entered the door, I saw that there were three connected rooms in the room, with bright colored paintings.There is a large confession case against the north wall in the middle, on which there is a large wooden niche with one hall and one scroll, and a small Buddhist bed is placed in the niche.Along the confession case, there are two small cases diagonally on the left and right. Because the Buddha statue has not been invited, the altar table is placed in the east and west corners.In the middle, there is another Eight Immortals Table, which is covered with scarlet felt. On the ground floor, there are eight chairs along the east and west gables, and in the middle, there are carpet mats on the ground.The girl has never seen the rules of entering the temple to enshrine the Buddha. She just said that she is looking for a temple. I will live in the grave of my parents. I will do my own thing and it will be over.Knowing that Mr. An made such a big arrangement, and he didn't know what kind of appearance Shao Ting An Buddha himself should be, let alone a bunch of cumbersome people, he was already at a loss for ideas.

Just as he was hesitating in his heart, he saw Zhang Jinbao came panting and said: "Go back to the master, Mr. Deng Jiu, who lives in 28 red willow trees in Chiping County, Shandong, has arrived, and Uncle Chu and Auntie are here too!" Master An and Mrs. An beamed with joy.Mr. an asked first, "where are you? Please!" Zhang Jinbao replied, "just now when Mr. Deng Jiu arrived at the door, he first asked, "have Mr. He and Mrs. He been buried?" "The slave replied, " It was buried on the 28th of last month, and the girl invited her here today. When Master Deng Jiu heard this, he said, "I was wrong!" ’ Because he asked the slave: ‘Where is the tomb of Mr. He? ’ The servant’s guidance understood, and Grandpa Deng Jiu said: “‘After I kowtow on the old man’s grave first, I will also salute to Uncle He, and come back after I finish the salute.’”

After hearing this, Master An hurried over.Zhang Jinbao said: "It's too late for the master to pass by at this time. The servant has already sent people to return to the master of Zhang's relatives, and then invited the servant to pass." Master An said: "In this case, let people watch it, and come back soon Let me say a word." Because he said to his wife: "This old man said before leaving last year that he would come to Beijing to see the girl when she was full of filial piety. I only thought he was just talking like that, but I didn't want to come!" The wife said: "This old man is 90 years old. It's really embarrassing for him. Probably their uncles and aunts are worried about his age, so they followed him."

Hold on!Could it be that Deng Jiugong was captured by Mr. An Fei Fuzhao?Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence!It turned out that he came early a few days ago, and Mrs. Chu still brought his child.According to Deng Jiugong, he decided to find a place to live in Xishan. He took this opportunity to visit the Baozhu Cave, climb the Secret Magic Cliff, pay homage to the Pagoda of Masters of the World, and look at the red leaves.

It was Mr. an who refused to let him live outside again and again, so he left Mrs. Chu to live in the west courtyard of the veranda, and Deng Jiugong and Chu Yiguan stayed in the son's study.He's already impatient with Mr. He'an shopping and drinking!The girl suffers from ignorance, but now she suddenly hears that the master is coming, she feels even more pleasantly surprised, sad and joyful, grateful and admiring, and gathers together.

(End of this chapter)