[Red House Chai Dai] Salted Pork Knuckle, Crab Rice Wine

About half a month later, it was the day when Xiang Ling left the cabinet.The restaurant she ran in the daytime put up the sign of "The Proprietor You Xi" generously, and closed the door firmly for a few days.It caused the customers who often come to buy lo-mei to talk about it, feeling lost.

Ruoxi showed Xiangling how to look like an outsider, and Xiangling couldn't help laughing because she learned it so vividly.For a chef, the food she cooks is sought after by others, which is the greatest affirmation for her.

"If Ah Shao can't forgive me, at least after reconciling with me, I can still have a skill." Xiangling cried and laughed, and said to Ruoxi and the others.

Yao Jing frowned and said, "It's a happy day, what are you talking about?" She has always been very concerned about Xiangling.If she followed her way of treating men in the world like dung and everything is black and white, it would be an unforgivable mistake for a woman to want to marry a man wholeheartedly. It is a rare thing to think so.

"It's irrelevant." Grandma Liu, who is well-informed, said, "On happy days, good things work and bad things don't work."

Sun Mu hurriedly gave Yao Jing a glance, and then smiled at Grandma Liu and said, "Grandma, you are well-informed, and you can't go wrong with what you say. Don't say anything else, these words are borrowed from your birthday." It came out. Xiangling, why don't you come and pay respects to grandma!"

Sure enough, Xiangling was wearing a bride's auspicious dress, and came to thank Grandma Liu. Grandma Liu waved her hands again and again to say no, but Xiangling said: "I have had a hard life since I was a child. Fortunately, our girl and grandma took care of you. Grandma is just like my biological parents." How can I not do it." So he knelt down and kowtowed three times, but it was the custom to bid farewell to parents when a daughter left home.Grandma Liu was so panicked that she was at a loss what to do. She was overjoyed and chanted Buddha repeatedly.

Shaoqing Baochai arrived, and everyone rushed to meet him.If Ruoxi has sharp eyes, she first saw a golden necklace necklace hanging on Baochai's chest shining brightly, and hurriedly winked at Grandma Liu and Mrs. Wang and Liu.The three of them all knew that Yao Jing had always been critical of Jin Suo, and Xiangling had a happy life, so they decided not to see Yao Jing and Baochai quarreling over such a trivial matter again, there was nothing to worry about.What's more, the three of them had the same idea: Baochai's golden lock was ordered by monks and Taoists, and it was inlaid with a few auspicious words, and they didn't care about Yao Jing's business. Four.

So when Baochai came, the three of them rushed to the front, if there was nothing to cover Yao Jing's eyes, or to assign her to do this or that.Unexpectedly, by coincidence, Yao Jing had just packed the purse for throwing copper coins all the way. When she came to talk to Xiangling, she happened to see the shining golden lock on Baochai's chest. You thought you were annoying me when you wore this golden lock. I finally saw you wearing it today."

It turned out that when Yao Jing saw Baochai wearing a golden lock, she muttered to herself and made irresponsible remarks. In the end, she was still influenced by the theory of gold and jade.When I saw Baochai quit neatly and fulfilled Baoyu and Daiyu with my own eyes, my doubts were all cleared. As for later, I knew Baochai's thoughts on Daiyu, and recalled all the things I had done before, and I was already ashamed of regret .So seeing that Baochai was wearing a golden lock again this day, I thought that I would take advantage of this opportunity to apologize to Baochai.It's just that she is a duck with a stubborn mouth, and she usually speaks eloquently. When she encounters this occasion of apologizing, she just looks forward to Ai Ai and doesn't know what to say.After holding back for a long time, I finally squeezed out a plausible sentence, which was meaningless, and it was an expression of apology.

Baochai knew that Yao Jing had a weird personality, so she had absolutely no intention of currying favor with her, but because she was Sun Mu's good sister, and also possessed superb medical skills, the two of them cooperated for mutual benefit.At this time, seeing Yao Jing squeezed for a long time, and finally said a word without thinking, she was confused, but didn't take it to heart, went to see Xiang Ling, and personally gave her a silver coin with a silver note hidden in it. Not to mention the bracelet.

Baochai has kept the golden lock in the cabinet for a long time, so it is natural that she has some ulterior motive to wear it today.She wore the golden lock and talked to Xiangling for a while, and then she went to a secluded place, and told the voice in the golden lock one by one what happened to Xiangling in these days, and finally said: "The Shao family is Although the farming and studying family is poor, it is rare to have a good family tradition. The mistress of the Shao family loves to eat the dishes made by Xiangling. Mr. Yao cured the illness of the mistress of the Shao family through the recommendation of Xiangling. Husband. It will be very beneficial to live with her in the future. What's more, my master has specially inquired about Mr. Shao's character. Everything is safe. I gave her 200 taels of silver in private. What do you think Is such an arrangement good?"

The voice in the golden lock used to be mysterious when Baochai was a child, and always had the intention of domineering, until Baochai saw through his identity, put it on the shelf, and stayed in the corner every day to get moldy, and then he became conscious again.At this time, she listened to Baochai asking her, she was silent for a while, and sighed: "Miss Xue is indeed the most kind person. I was wrong in the past. The most rare thing is that once you get married, you will be the right lady of the family. Can you Knowing the suffering of being a concubine, one has to set up rules when one disagrees with one word, even if the concubine is killed and straightened up, she is still inferior to others..."

Baochai knew that the voice in the golden lock was Jiao Xing, and knew that her life was miserable, so she sympathized with her feelings and just listened patiently.When the voice was exhausted, she turned back and watched Xiang Ling being welcomed into the sedan chair by the young master of the Shao family.

Baochai is an unmarried daughter, and the Shao family got married, so it is not easy for her to watch the fun along the way.Then he secretly said to Jiao Xing: "It's hard for me to go there. If you want to follow along, I'll ask Qianxue to take you there, how about it?"

Qianxue is now married to the third son of Xue's family servant, Chen Yi's family. The couple are singing in harmony. They have been promoted from Baochai's personal servant girl to housekeeper's wife, and they are still heavily relied on, and they are a little more capable than before.So Baochai said this.

Jiao Xing didn't want to, but she refused: "No need. I can trust Miss Xue. My mind is over, how does Miss plan to arrange me?"

Baochai didn't expect Jiao Xing to be so straightforward, so she applauded secretly in her heart, and then slowly revealed the idea that she had thought up a long time ago: "I thought, you always live in this golden lock, it's not you There is a way. Since I was a child, I have disliked the golden lock, which is heavy, heavy and cumbersome, and I have been unwilling to wear it. You know that. The so-called gold and jade theory has already been torn apart and made clear. I will never wear this golden lock from now on. Knowing how to wear it is not just because of you. If you keep the golden lock on the shelf, you will be bored. But if you give it to others, you worry about causing many troubles. I mean, the golden lock is a dead thing after all. , you always live in it, it is definitely not a long-term strategy. I intend to find some eminent monks to do rituals, I wonder if it can be saved?"

Jiao Xing was stunned.She has been playing tricks in Baochai's ears since she was a child, appearing as an outsider, sometimes cynical, sometimes critical.Later her identity was revealed, and when Baochai was most annoyed, she threatened to melt down Jinsuo, where she lived, and later shelved her. She also thought about her future end more than once.It's really hard to feel that everything is in the hands of others and you are in constant fear.However, she thought about countless endings, but she never thought that Baochai would ignore the past and save her!

"I...I..." Jiao Xing finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears. She always thought that repaying hatred with kindness was just a legend, but she unexpectedly encountered it.

"Don't get too excited." Baochai is such a thoughtful person, she quickly realized what Jiao Xing was thinking, "I just want to be magnanimous."

It is not difficult for Baochai to melt away the golden lock and make Jiao Xing's soul disappear.But why should she do this?The past deceptions and injuries are already facts and irreparable, and the future is beyond the grasp of Jiao Xing, a weak ghost.To her, Jiao Xing has become a thing of no value.Of course, she can destroy her mercilessly and confidently, enjoying the pleasure of that moment, or she can forgive her condescendingly and compassionately, and feel the clarity of mind at that moment.After seeing through the secrets, Jiao Xing is actually nothing in Baochai's eyes.That being the case, why not raise your hand and form a good relationship.

"Miss Xue. I beg Miss Xue to put me in front of the Buddhist hall. I will be saved forever." Jiao Xing finally begged.

"Okay." Baochai agreed.

"It's not a temple in the capital. It's a small temple in Weiyang." Jiao Xing pleaded again.

Baochai guessed that Jiao Xing must have something to do with that small temple, but this is someone else's business, Baochai didn't want to ask, so she asked to understand the location and geography of the temple, and wrote it down carefully.

A few days after Xiangling got married, Qianxue and his wife came to the border of Weiyang by boat on the pretext of going south to do business. Outside Weiyang city, they found an ancient temple in a place surrounded by mountains and rivers, lush forests and bamboos. The three big characters of "Zhitong Temple" are impressive.Qianxue and his wife practiced by Baochai's side, and they can still know a few liters of Chinese characters. Baochai asked them specially before they came to do business, so they know the name of the temple, and they can even recognize the remaining couplets on both sides of the gate. He said: "There is more behind me and I forget to shrink my hands, and there is no way to turn back in front of me." I saw that although the couplet was old, the handwriting was clearly visible.

Both Chen San and Qianxue were sincere people with open hearts, so they couldn't understand the deep meaning in the couplet. Chen San complained to Qianxue: "These two sentences are like vernacular, but they don't actually say anything. It's really strange that there are such couplets in front of the temple, and our girls value them very much."

Qian Xue said with a smile: "There are many things you don't know, just follow the girl's orders. Where are you chewing your tongue?"

The couple walked into the temple together, and saw a shallow Buddhist hall enshrining a statue of a reclining Buddha. The lines were very simple, even a little crude, but for some reason it revealed a simple and simple atmosphere.The strangest thing is the pair of eyes of the reclining Buddha, the wonderful eyes are flowing, and there is a faint precious light, as if it can read everything in the world.

Although Chen San and Qianxue were not devout believers, they clasped their hands together and bowed several times after seeing this scene.Holding the golden lock with a layer of mud on the outside, he looked around for the host, but he couldn't find it anywhere. When he looked back, there was an old monk cooking porridge calmly.

When Chen San hurriedly went up to strike up a conversation, he didn't expect that the old monk was deaf and faint, his teeth were broken and his tongue was blunt, and he answered irrelevant questions.Chen San had no choice but to put the ingot of silver prepared in advance in front of the old monk, bowed and bowed a few times, then found a shovel and dug a small hole in the middle of the door of the Buddhist hall. He buried the golden lock in the pit, and while digging, he looked at the old monk, wondering if he would stop him.I don't want to wait until he buried the golden lock and stepped on the earth again, the old monk was still drinking the porridge slowly, as if he didn't see it at all.

Chen San was surprised, but also relaxed in his heart, and secretly said: The girl only said that she would bring the golden lock to this temple, but the golden thing is so bright and yellow, it is inevitable that people will miss it, so it is like this, but it is unknown. I feel, the most peaceful.So proud of it, he left happily with Qianxue and his wife, intending to go to the city to buy some pearl flowers with his wife, and to buy some local objects to take back as souvenirs, and said that he wanted to find some The lucrative goods were brought to the capital for dismantling and selling.In short, he has endless thoughts about Zhitong Temple and the old monk, where are they still in his eyes.

So Chen San and Qianxue didn't know, after they walked away, the old monk put the porridge bowl aside, walked to the place where he buried the golden lock, took out the golden lock again, washed it with clean water The mud was enshrined upright on the incense table in front of the reclining Buddha, and he muttered to himself: "It's better to bury the golden lock in the mud than to bury the golden hairpin in the snow. However, it is also a pity. Who knows this?" What kind of good fortune can a group of girls have?"

After chanting like this, Fu went to eat porridge again, staggering, as if he was such an old monk again.