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Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "That's all. The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is indeed a universal deliverer with a compassionate heart. It's not a big deal. The Ksitigarbha Nunnery in the north of the capital city is his ashram, and he is also related to Jia's mansion." We are familiar with each other. I will bring you to worship soon, that's all."

Baochai had a very casual look on her face, and said with a smile: "Mother has worked very hard these days, why bother to go there in person? Coincidentally, my brother recently wanted to buy a house in the north of the city, and asked me to help with the details. These days are always busy, and I haven't left yet. If I choose an auspicious day, I will take Xiangling to Dizang Nunnery to fulfill my vows, and take a look at the house on the way, wouldn't it be cheap?"

Aunt Xue is an elderly person. As the head of the house, she has to worry about everything in the first month. She is really tired. After listening to Baochai's words, she feels very satisfied.Although Baochai is a young unmarried girl, she should not be the one to take care of it logically, but there is no one in Xue's family and Xue Pan can't get things done. Baochai has helped Xue Pan manage many businesses as a last resort. The Xue family didn't treat her like an ordinary woman. The two dizang nunneries are full of nuns, and they are also the nunneries that the Jia family is familiar with. It's just a greeting to Mrs. Wang. Suspecting him, he thought it was appropriate, so he agreed.So I looked at the almanac and decided that the 25th of the first lunar month is an auspicious day, and it is advisable to pray to God and worship Buddha.

Unexpectedly, the next day was the 21st of the first lunar month, which happened to be Baochai's birthday, so brothers and sisters all came to celebrate his birthday, and each took gifts without mentioning it.Sitting in a room talking and laughing, Qianxue walked by holding a set of clothes.Seeing her, Jia Baoyu asked curiously, "Why do you wear such plain clothes in the first lunar month? Could it be that Sister Bao doesn't like to wear red?"

Qianxue pursed her lips and smiled, explaining: "The girl has always been prudent, and she doesn't like those brightly colored clothes. Besides, they were ordered to be ironed by me earlier, and they are going to be worn when I go to the Dizang Nunnery to worship Buddha in two days. It's just plain and clean. There is no taboo in wanting to show off."

Lin Daiyu grew up with Jia Baoyu since she was a child, and the relationship between her and Jia Baoyu is different. When she saw him talking to her former maid Qianxue, she couldn't help paying attention. When she came over, she happened to hear that Qianxue's words had the meaning of defending Baochai, which touched her heart , Thinking of Baochai's good popularity all the time, I felt a little sour in my heart. I turned my head and asked Baochai with a smile, "Is sister Baochai going to worship the Bodhisattva? I don't know if it's an ordinary worship, or is she trying to ask for something?" ?”

It happened that Shi Xiangyun was also living in Jia's mansion this day, so he came to Lixiangyuan to play together.She has always been a cheerful person with no intentions. After listening to Daiyu's words, she asked: "If it is an ordinary obeisance, what would it be like? If you want to ask for something, what would it be?"

At that time, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue had been blowing the wind around Jia's mansion, trying to spread the word about a golden and jade marriage, saying that a monk asserted that Baochai would be matched with jade in the future, and so on.Although it was only rumors, but Lin Daiyu is so smart and sensitive, she couldn't help being unhappy about it, so she had to make up a few words, because she said with a smile: "If you want to ask for something specifically, you should go to the most effective place to ask for it. I have lived up to Sister Bao’s pious intentions. I often hear people say that Shuiyue Temple is the Taoist place of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva, and it is the most spiritual place to seek marriage. Why don’t Sister Bao go there to ask for it?”

Nowadays, women cannot marry independently, it is the order of their parents, the words of the matchmaker, especially the unmarried lady of the aristocratic family, the most important thing is status, let alone plan a marriage for themselves, otherwise, if it is serious, it will be a loss of virtue, and it will be light Li said that he would also be ridiculed by others.Therefore, all intelligent women are worried that they will be entrusted to others in the future, but they will not be able to declare this feeling openly to the public. They just take this matter as a joke and laugh at each other, and clarify for themselves shyly.

In fact, Lin Daiyu's words were secretly stinging. If she met a woman who was as intelligent and sensitive as her, even though it would be difficult to turn her face on the bright side, she would have to retort in the most elegant and ingenious way, so as to regain her position.It's just that Baochai is worried about Xiangling's affairs, and she is not a person who likes to care about it by nature, so she said with a smile: "I just bowed in a normal way, and I took Xiangling to fulfill my wish. She went through many twists and turns when she was young. I asked for the protection of the Bodhisattva, and now I finally settled down, Tete told my mother that I would go to the Bodhisattva's dojo to fulfill my vow. My mother can't help her, so it's okay."

After hearing this, everyone was amazed.Xiangyun was the one with the most good things, he was the first to jump up and said: "Since it is so effective, I want to go to Dizang Nunnery to see it!"

Xichun also said: "I heard that Dizang Nunnery is in the north of the city, several miles farther than Shuixian Nunnery Road. So I have never been there. Thinking about it now, it's a pity."

After hearing this, Tanchun said: "Even so, let's just tell the wife, and go to the Dizang Nunnery with Sister Bao, and we will have a care together, how about it?"

Baochai taught Xiangling to go to the dizang nunnery to fulfill her wish. The original reason was that the dizang nunnery was located in a remote place, so she could avoid people, so she let Xiangling go privately. Even if Madam and Sister Feng are not free, they must send many people to accompany them and guard them. I am afraid that the defense is tight and it is not easy to act lightly, so they secretly complain.She looked at Lin Daiyu, thinking in her heart that Daiyu was always sick, she was a quiet person, so she would definitely speak out against it.Unexpectedly, Jia Baoyu heard about it and wanted to join in the fun, so he kept begging Lin Daiyu: "My good sister, let's go to Dizang Nunnery with Sister Bao, okay?"

Seeing this scene, Baochai couldn't help but feel a sinking heart. He knew that Jia Baoyu was the phoenix egg of Jia's mansion, and the person who held it in his hand for fear of being melted was not as delicate as others. Woolen cloth!

Sure enough, as Baochai had expected, in the early morning of the 25th day of the first lunar month, many people and horses came out of the Rongguo Mansion, huddled in front of and surrounded Jia Baoyu's carriage, and there were many other carriages in which Lin Daiyu, Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun and others are their maidservants.Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and Sister Feng had their own affairs. It was Jia Lian, the son of Jia She, who rode a tall horse and led many family members into the formation. Go to the nunnery.

Although the dizang nunnery is not the family temple of Jia's family, the aunts in it often go to Jia's house and get a lot of incense and money from his family. Baochai couldn't find any gap.Seeing such ostentation, Ying'er was startled and said, "I didn't think much of it at first, but now I know that Jia's family is in such a ostentatious way! Our family can't do it in Jinling!"

Baochai explained with a smile: "Since ancient times, merchants have not fought with officials. Our family specializes in imperial merchants, so we are not as honorable as their family who are officials in the court. It's nothing, each has its own destiny. The so-called Everyone. Don't talk about this yet, ask if Grandma Liu has ever come?"

Ying'er smiled and replied: "Here we are, staying in the firewood house in the backyard. The girl has really good eyesight. I never imagined that this kind of old woman can have such eyesight and courage, and she can do things well."

Baochai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled unconsciously.When she helped Grandma Liu before, she just heard the voice say that Grandma Liu is loyal and repays her kindness, so she made friends with her. She didn't think about it at first, but she didn't expect that because of Xiangling's matter, she would entrust her to her so soon .

This Grandma Liu is a straightforward person. When she heard that the girl from Xue's family who had given her money wanted her to hide someone, she didn't ask any more questions, but agreed with her in a few words.This day, Jia's mansion offered incense in the dizang nunnery. The nunnery was originally kept away from outsiders, and Baochai only thought that grandma Liu could not come in. Unexpectedly, she pretended to be a pedestrian on the way to the capital the day before, and pushed her with a board. A car came in at dusk, took out dozens of money, and wanted to stay overnight.Naturally, the nunnery master didn't take this small money seriously, but there was an aunt who was in charge of the woodshed in the backyard all the year round, and couldn't stand Grandma Liu's entreaties. It's a pity to see that Ban'er is very young and a group of children, who expected nothing to hinder, quietly opened the woodshed in the backyard and ordered them to live there, telling her to leave early the next day.

Baochai took Xiangling to burn incense in front of everyone, and fulfilled his vows, but the Dharma assembly was still in progress. All the aunts sat silently in the front hall and chanted scriptures. Baoyu and Daiyu were only curious, and silently Seeing, Wei Xichun played with his sister-in-law all the year round, presumably she has a bit of Buddha nature, and she also sat on a futon and chanted scriptures.Xiangyun felt bored at first, and was taking her maid Cuilu to watch the architectural scenery in the nunnery. When she caught sight of Xichun, she couldn't help but ran over to Baochai and said, "Sister Bao, look at the appearance of the fourth girl. If you wear a Does the hat look like a little nun in the nunnery?"

Baochai also replied with a smile: "She often plays with the little nuns, and I think she has a bit of Buddha nature. This is also a good thing, compared to you who always like to wear brother Bao's clothes, pretend to be a tomboy, and go around bluffing people." ” But it was a joke to laugh at Xiangyun’s young woman disguised as a man and wearing Jia Baoyu’s clothes.

Xiangyun was originally a boy who liked to dress up as a boy, and the sisters were used to laughing at each other. They knew it was just a joke, so they were not angry but happy, and said: "I heard Yinger say that my sister pretends to be a boy, and she looks very good-looking. In another day I also beg my sister to modify it like this again, let's compare."

Baochai had had enough of playing with her, but she put away her smile, and said: "These are all casually dressed to bluff people, just to make them look interesting. If outsiders know about it, it will be easy to provoke criticism, and they will be criticized." It’s not good.” Xiangyun smiled and said, “Who says it’s not.” He was deeply admired.

While the two were talking, Baochai was taken aback for a moment. Hearing the voice that had not uttered for a few days, she suddenly sighed: "It's been a while since the spring, and the black clothes have changed from the old makeup. Poor embroidered household girl, alone Lying next to the ancient Buddha with blue lamp. Poor! Poor!"