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Chapter 199 Sending Son to Guanyin Temple

Coming out of Liu Rulong's house, Niu, Dong, and Baihe's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't light up the lanterns. Fortunately, the half moon in the sky was still bright, so they walked on the road under the moonlight, and the three of them were silent. .

At the fork in the road, Niu said: "Your second family, you go back."

Lily was stunned, and said: "Mother, I'm alone, why don't you give me a ride." The three of them walked, Niu and Dong all the way, and Lily was the only one on the way.

It is really worrying for a young daughter-in-law to walk at night. If Mrs. Niu felt one percent of her love for Song Xiuxiu, she would not dare to ask her to walk at night alone. Sending her off, Lily will still be able to lose to her in the future.

Bisheng Niu would like to go to heaven if someone is good, but if someone is not good, she would like to step in the mud. Both Song Haonian and Baihe are the ones she would like to step into the mud, let alone send her away, Niu It would be good not to take advantage of this moment when no one beat her to vent her anger.

Mrs. Niu refused to give it away, and Mrs. Dong naturally refused to give it away. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't say much, and walked in the direction of Lao Song's house.

Lily stood on the spot and sighed, thinking: It doesn't mean that good intentions will be rewarded. Some people's hearts are made of stone, and they really can't be warmed.

At this time, the sooner you go home, the safer it will be. Lily relies on her eating meat and eating more animal offal, and her eyesight is better than others at night, so she speeds up her pace and walks home.

The country people rested early, and along the way, every house was closed and there were no lights. Occasionally, there was only one or two cats and dogs barking, which was even more frightening.

Lily rushed home quickly on the soles of her feet, and there were shadows of trees on the road, crouching like beasts, which made people feel a little scared for no reason.

Suddenly, a dark figure walked by the side of the road. Lily's hairs stood on end, and she quickly hid behind a willow tree, holding her breath and concentrating.She didn't know who it was, whether it was a good person or a bad person, whether it was a woman traveling at night or hiding.

But seeing that person approaching, he asked in confusion: "Daughter-in-law? I just saw that there seems to be someone here, why don't you see him?"

Lily turned out from behind the tree and said in shock, "Here I am."

Song Haonian breathed a sigh of relief, and walked over to hold Lily's hand: "Are you scared just now?"

Hearing a few words from him, Lily realized that not long after she went with Niu Shi, Song Haonian went out to check on her every once in a while, to see if she came back, for fear that she would be afraid on the road alone.

If it was someone else's family, he would have gone with him. He was born in Liu's family, so he and Xiaoxiu had an old grudge. This time his sister is pregnant, so it's fine for his wife to visit. If he goes, it's hard to say whether it's to congratulate or seek revenge.

Being unable to go for this reason, he had no choice but to walk back and forth on this road in order to catch Lily in time.

Lily was very moved, she took his arm and leaned against him, and asked briskly, "What did you eat?"

Song Haonian said: "I spread a few egg cakes with jade noodles and ate them with wonton soup. I left two pancakes for you to eat."

"I'm just hungry, so go back and eat quickly. Are the pancakes delicious? Don't burn them."

Song Haonian said with a smile: "It's not as delicious as your cooking, but it's not bad either."

The two walked home talking and laughing, but no one mentioned Niu Shi.People's hearts are easy to be cold, and if they are much colder, there will be no hope for some people.

Back home, Song Haonian set two wooden sticks in the stove, and baked the golden omelette on top.Make another glass of rose dew for Lily: "The soup is cold, let's drink this today."

The egg pancakes baked on the fire are somewhat smoky, but you can still taste the sweetness of eggs and cornmeal. After eating and drinking, Lily said to Song Haonian: "Xiuxiu is two months pregnant. Look at how thin she is, the fetus is still stable, and she is in good spirits. I see that Xiucai Niang now treats her like a phoenix egg, and I won't torment her anymore these days."

When the baby is born in the future, no one knows whether to continue to hold it or continue to toss it.

Song Haonian really doesn't have any feelings for the girl, but because he is a brother and has a responsibility to the girl, he nodded and said: "She can do nothing, and the little scholar's family is not a fuel-efficient lamp. go."

Lily recalled the little scholar's squinting eyes, and she was very pleased.

Xiao Xiucai was undisciplined before marriage, because he was a scholar, no one dared to talk to him about those things, just pretending to respect Wenquxing, that's it, women who were a little closer to Xiao Xiucai, everyone looked at him strangely.She is an innocent person, and she doesn't want to get involved in those dirty things.

The young couple tidied up and went to bed, naturally some intimacy was indispensable, Song Haonian said with certainty: "Even a little scholar can be conceived by Xiuxiu, how can I not be as good as him?"

Lily catered to him, more enthusiastically than ever.

Since Song Xiuxiu was pregnant, Niu felt that her daughter was going to give birth to a phoenix egg, and fearing that she would be wronged at her husband's house, she brought her meals three times a day, wishing she could live in Liu's house.

Xiucai's wife now takes Song Xiuxiu very seriously, and Niu's family is not in her eyes yet. Seeing her like this, she couldn't help but say a few words: "My daughter-in-law, why bother you to run three times a day?"

Two old women, one is aggressive and domineering, and the other is full of insidiousness. Suddenly, the sky thundered and the ground was aroused, and they quarreled loudly, wishing to tear the other's broken mouth.

Liu Rulong, a scholar, wanted to be filial. After hearing his mother cry, he lost his temper at Song Xiuxiu. Song Xiuxiu didn't dare touch his brow, so she had to tell Niu not to come so often.

Niu secretly scolded her daughter for having no heart. If she doesn't come here frequently, what will happen if her grandson doesn't kiss her in the future?Their old Song family is pointing at this grandson who will be an official butcher in the future.

The sky is big and the earth is big, pregnant women are the biggest, Song Xiuxiu took advantage of the phoenix egg in her belly to skyrocket her position, and chased Liu Rulong, and soon forgot the pain she suffered before she got pregnant, and only felt that she was the most precious person in the world, with her nostrils upturned, Look at everyone with a three-point ridicule.

Liu Rulong's temperament is arrogant, seeing her so arrogant, naturally he was very upset, it was Xiucai's mother who advised him: "You should study hard, and when the child is born, it will not be too late to teach her a lesson."

Filial piety is at the top of the list, Liu Rulong listens to his mother, no longer cares about Song Xiuxiu, let her rule the world, only eats stewed pork knuckles, but also fried chicken wings.Xiucai's mother smiled and provided her with food and drink, anyway, it was her dowry, it didn't cost the Liu family's money, and she raised the good grandson of the Liu family.

Within two days, Li Caifeng came to invite Lily to worship Guanyin together.

Lily has never had the idea of ​​praying to gods and worshiping Buddha. It is a tradition to offer incense to ancestors and family gods during festivals, and she really doesn't believe in it.Li Caifeng said that she was still a little dazed: "Why do you offer incense to Goddess Guanyin?"

Li Caifeng looked at her for a long time, and found that this girl really didn't understand, so she couldn't help but squint at her: "What are you doing? Your sister-in-law is about to have a baby, and our stomachs haven't moved at all, don't you worry?"

"Oh, Sending Avalokitesvara." Only then did Lily wake up, and she still didn't really want to go—in her opinion, earning money for a day is much better than worshiping gods and Buddhas for a day.

But Li Caifeng said: "Even if you don't want to go, you have to accompany me." She sincerely wanted to pay homage to Songzi Guanyin, and also wanted to draw Baihe to be blessed, so she couldn't refuse.

Song Haonian heard and said to Lily: "You can go with your sister-in-law. It's just a day of relaxation. It doesn't matter if you worship Buddha or not." Anyway, country people are used to holding Buddha's feet temporarily, and only pray to God and worship Buddha when they need it. At that time, be a good man and a believer.

Lily thought about it: "Okay, then I will accompany Sister Caifeng for a while. You can go to the kiln factory to watch the next day, and I won't go with you. Tell them not to cut corners for me."

"I know, don't worry about it." Song Haonian thought to himself, even if other women don't like to worship gods and Buddhas, they still have to show a pious appearance. A jar is tighter than a Buddha.

I don't know if the jar is more important than the Bodhisattva, Li Caifeng rushed back to pack the incense candle tribute, seeing that Lily didn't look enthusiastic, and even helped her pack a copy.

When the weather is fine, I put on Xing'er and go to the temple with Lily to pay homage to Guanyin.

It turned out that there was a temple more than ten miles outside the town. What the empress said was to come here.

In the past few decades, during the period of war and chaos, the temple was almost destroyed by a fire, and it was dilapidated, leaving only the Guanyin Hall.A few monks who didn't know where they came from stayed behind, and slowly repaired it, and expanded it into what it is today on the basis of the Guanyin Hall.

Because Avalokitesvara can give birth to children, women gradually came here to ask for children. It is strange to say that as long as you sleep in the temple for one night, you will probably be able to give birth to a child in the next year.If it doesn't work once, people say it's a dishonesty, and if you go to it two or three times, you can still conceive.

This kind of efficacious, the incense is naturally strong, although all the women from the country come to worship and can't give much offerings, but the income is still very considerable despite the large number of people.

The monks in that monastery are also very particular about choosing women who are predestined for Buddhism. Some stupid women have no predestined relationship, even if they ask for three or five days, they are not allowed to stay in the monastery.

You need to pay money to stay in the monastery, and many people are reluctant to pay the money. They just pay some incense and money to worship the Buddha, and they don't want to stay overnight.

In any case, the reputation of the incense and fire spirit of Guanyin Temple has spread, and the children born are said to have the fate of Buddha, and most of their nicknames are Tianbao, Foyou, Xiangyuan, etc., and they go to the temple every year to fulfill their wishes. Ask the Bodhisattva to bless them with a long life, and then pay some incense money, and the monk will lock them for a long life.

Li Caifeng spoke vividly along the way, which made Lily stunned.She didn't believe these things, and the more she heard it, the more weird she felt, and she couldn't help saying: "Why do I feel a little evil?"

Li Caifeng smiled secretly, and said: "I also heard people say that the efficacious person in that temple is not Goddess Guanyin...it's the fox fairy who borrowed the land to manifest his holiness, and wants to practice Taoism to get out."

Well, it was said that it was Goddess Guanyin, but later it became a fox fairy. After all, the country people don't care which gods and Buddhas they worship, as long as it works.

Seeing that Li Caifeng was really excited, Li Caifeng couldn't interrupt her, so she had to follow her, thinking to herself: If those monks cheat money, I have to persuade Sister Diancaifeng.

(End of this chapter)