Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Li Wan didn't know that anyone was worried about her. As the winter moon approached, the weather became colder and colder. She was always afraid of the cold and didn't want to go out. She only wandered around Zhuangzi every day. The headache of cherishing the spring is still relatively leisurely.

Xichun lived in the village for seven or eight days, and felt much happier, but still did not give up the idea of ​​becoming a monk, and quietly asked people to inquire about the situation of various nunneries in Duzhong.

When Li Wan knew about it, she was afraid that she would secretly go to become a monk by herself, and that she would regret it if something went wrong, so she thought twice, discussed with Daiyu, and decided to send Xichun to live in Muni's courtyard for a few days.

Since Xichun wanted to become a monk, blindly obstructing it would easily arouse her rebellious psychology. It is better to let her die and live later. Let her really experience it and know the hard work, so that she can dispel this idea.

Daiyu sent someone to explain the reason to Mrs. Huiming in advance, and asked her to help her. Mrs. Huiming is generous and kind, and she agreed to help when she learned the whole story.

On this day, Li Wan specially called Xichun over and said, "A while ago you said you wanted to go to the nunnery to pray for blessings and recite sutras. It just so happened that it will be Jiang's eldest brother's first birthday in a few days. I have a piece of jade pendant here to send to Muni Temple to invite Huiming." The teacher consecrated it, and you have to worship in front of the Buddha for seven days and seven nights. If you want, you can stay there for a few days, and then I will pick you up again."

Xichun was full of suspicions and didn't know what Li Wan's move meant, but it was exactly what she wanted, so Dang even agreed.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Wan ordered someone to prepare a car and sedan chair, and called a few stable and reliable servants to follow, and sent Xichun to the Muni Court.

This Muni Temple was built by Bhikkhuni, and it is well-known in Beijing. On weekdays, the female family members of officials often come here to offer incense and pray for blessings. Therefore, there are several houses dedicated to living with female family members, which are very clean.

Li Wan rented a clean courtyard for Xichun, asked the maids and servants to take care of it, and went to Master Huiming's office to ask for help, and then went back.

Xichun was full of joy, and before she had time to wash up, she went to see Mrs. Huiming and explained her intention to become a monk.

Master Huiming was entrusted by Li Wan and Daiyu, she already understood the reason, and she was not surprised when she heard Xichun's words, she said in a gentle voice, "To become a monk is to break away from the world and forget all the past, is it a benefactor who is willing to part with it?"

When Xichun heard the words, many memories from the past could not help appearing in her mind, but this slight hesitation was quickly thrown away

, gritted his teeth, nodded and said: "Disciple has made up his mind, I am willing to give up all the karma, and I hope the presiding officer will make it happen."

Master Huiming smiled slightly when she saw this, and didn't point it out, she just said: "It's not easy to become a monk to practice, there is no fine clothes and fine food, only simple tea and light meals, and you are always accompanied by the ancient Buddha with green lamps, and you can endure the pain of pure cultivation. Can the benefactor think clearly? "

Xichun didn't care when he heard the words, and said with a serious face: "The glory and wealth, the rich clothes and fine food, are not what I want. I devote my heart to the Buddha, and I have no worries. Even if it is a simple meal, I am happy with it."

Master Huiming smiled slightly after hearing this, and said: "Since the benefactor has made up his mind, the poor nun will not stop it, but it is not a child's play to become a monk. If the benefactor insists on becoming a monk, he must first try it out."

Xichun was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Although the master tells, the disciple will definitely obey."

At that moment, Master Huiming called an elderly nun over, took another set of clean plain monk clothes and handed them to Xichun, and said: "Starting tomorrow, the benefactor will practice together with all the disciples in the nunnery, every morning and evening. Do your homework, and you need to be self-sufficient for food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. If you can pass the test, the poor nun will shave you."

Xichun has no objection.

Early the next morning, Xichun changed into a monk's robe, she didn't apply makeup on her face, she didn't wear hairpins and jewelry, her hair was tied up with wooden hairpins, and she was completely clean.

Ruhua and the others had received Li Wan's instructions earlier, although they were full of reluctance, they could only obey and dared not say more.

Xichun tidied up, and the old nun in charge, Jing'an, took her to the main hall, where she had morning lessons with all the disciples in the nunnery.

In the Muni courtyard, there are often female relatives who come to chant scriptures to pray for blessings, and there are also female relatives from wealthy families who made mistakes and were sent to become monks. Therefore, everyone is not different about Xichun's arrival, and they all just meditate on the scriptures.

Seeing this, Xichun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, found a remote corner to sit down, and joined the crowd, quietly sitting in the hall and chanting sutras.

The Rong Mansion always has three regular meals, but today Xichun got up early in the morning and hadn't eaten a single grain of rice, but after sitting for half an hour, her stomach was full of hunger and her legs were numb. , and dare not act rashly.

It took an hour for homework in the morning to end, followed by breakfast. The meals in the nunnery were very light. Each person had a bowl of brown rice porridge, a steamed bun, and a small dish of pickles.

This is already an excellent breakfast for ordinary people, but Xichun is used to eating fine rice and white rice, the bran of this brown rice porridge is always dirty, it is really hard to swallow.Xichun reluctantly took two mouthfuls and then put it down.

I only ate half a steamed bun with pickles.

After breakfast, Xichun thought she could take a rest, but who knows there are still chores to be done, there are nearly a hundred nuns in the Muni Temple, and the expenses for food and clothing are quite a lot. Although there are incense money donated by pilgrims, it is still a drop in the bucket. Master Huiming, the host, has always advocated that practice is not only about cultivating the mind, but also about cultivating the body, so that everyone can support themselves. Therefore, except for a part of the incense money they get, most of them are used to do good deeds, helping the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled.

On weekdays, all the rice, noodles, fruits and vegetables in the nunnery are grown by the disciples of the nunnery. The Muni courtyard has been in operation for decades and has dozens of acres of land. Therefore, the nuns in the nunnery have to work in the fields for an hour every day, or plant fields, or grow vegetables, etc.

Now it's autumn, when the wheat is harvested, all the disciples in the nunnery have to go to the fields to help harvest, except for morning and evening homework and chores.

At first, Xichun suspected that Mrs. Huiming was making things difficult on purpose, but after seeing that everyone else was doing the same thing, even Mrs. Huiming went to the field in person, she let go of her doubts, gritted her teeth and survived.

After a hard day's work and evening classes, Xichun returned to the courtyard, before she had time to wash and wash, she slumped on the couch, unwilling to move at all.

Everyone was shocked when they saw her. When they entered the painting, they saw her face was covered with dust, her expression was tired, her fair and delicate hands were covered with blisters, her eyes were reddened, and she choked up and said, "It's so beautiful, why can't you think about it, girl, just let it go and live a good life." , to suffer this crime.”

Xichun was already exhausted and aching all over, but she still refused to admit defeat, and said weakly: "It's just the first day, after two days you'll get used to it."

Entering the painting has served her for many years, knowing that she is stubborn, and remembering Li Wan's instructions before leaving, he had to swallow all the words, silently called hot water to wash her up, and broke the blisters and applied ointment, and fell asleep worryingly Down.

The next day, Xichun gritted her teeth and persisted for another day, but she couldn't hold on for half an hour after going to the ground, and fell to the ground limply in front of her eyes, and the nun in charge, Jing'an, was startled. With Xichun's identity, fearing that something might go wrong, she hastily asked someone to send her back.

Xichun returned to the nunnery, rested for half a day, then went to Jing'an again, and said: "I have already rested, master can just assign me any work."

Jing'an was a little helpless when she heard the words, she thought that Xichun would retreat in the face of difficulties, but she was so persistent, she sighed: "The benefactor is not a Buddhist, why bother?"

But Xichun was very stubborn, and said: "A disciple devotes all his heart to the Buddha. If he encounters some difficulties and then gives up, how can he be pious?"

Jing An had no choice but to call the middle-aged nun who was in charge of the chores in the nunnery, and said: "Take her down and give her an easier job."

The nun glanced at Xichun, her eyes flickered from her young and beautiful face, she flickered slightly, agreed, and immediately took her down.

Xichun originally thought it would be easier, but who knows that the so-called ease is only relative to going to the ground. For her, carrying water, chopping firewood, and lighting a fire, none of them are easy.

The nun saw that her fair and delicate face was slightly flushed, and she became more and more beautiful. She offended the old disease in her heart for a moment, her tone became cold, and she said displeasedly: "You can't even do these, what are you here for?" ?”

Xichun's complexion turned red and white when she heard the words. Although she was not favored, she was also a lady of the Duke's Mansion. She was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child. Even Mrs. Jia Muwang and others had never spoken to her like this. I just gritted my teeth and endured it.

The middle-aged nun glanced at her and said coldly, "Come with me."

Xichun gritted her teeth, and followed with restraint.

The middle-aged nun took her to a remote courtyard in the backyard. Several nuns in the yard were washing clothes. When they saw the nun, they all stood up quickly and said with a smile, "Why did Senior Sister Jingxu come here? What's the matter?" orders?"

While speaking, he sneaked another sneak peek at Xichun, seeing that she had a pretty face and a good temperament, and she had different thoughts for a while.

Jingxu snorted, and said lightly: "This is a newcomer, she can't do heavy work, you can teach her." After saying that, she glanced at Xichun, pointed to a pile of dirty clothes in a basin and said: "Go and remove these Wash it." After saying that, he turned and left.

Xichun frowned slightly, and before she could speak, she suddenly saw a tall and thin nun walking over with a smile and said, "Over there is the toilet where I just finished emptying Ye Xiang, you go and wash that."

Xichun's identity is known only to Huiming's concubine and Jing'an, who is in charge of the affairs. Everyone else only thinks that Xichun's mistakes were sent by her family to become a monk, so they don't care.

Only a small part of the nuns in this nunnery are sincere converts, and most of the rest are desperate to become monks. Seeing that Xichun is young and beautiful, she can't help feeling jealous, and she can't help but want to humiliate her.

Xichun was also rich in clothing and food since she was a child. Where has she experienced such things, she felt a stench and immediately vomited it out, almost even eating the food of the previous night.

Vomited out.

The tall and thin nun's complexion was red and white, and she was so angry that she couldn't speak for a while.

The faces of the rest of the people were also not good. A nun with a horse face said sarcastically, "It's really Miss Qianjin's body. She is so delicate. She vomited before the work was done."

Another old nun with a sour face spoke more and more meanly, and said with a sneer, "Maybe he did something shameful to be sent here."

The tall and thin nun came back to her senses, and was about to make some sarcasm, but Xichun had already wiped the corners of her mouth, and looked over with a cold face. She was originally cold-tempered and full of dignity, but now she turned cold, and everyone looked at her. Couldn't help shivering, how could I dare to speak again.

Xichun was extremely disappointed, cast a cold glance at the crowd, and said: "So the so-called pure place of Buddhism is nothing more than that!" After saying that, she turned and left.

Everyone was stunned, you look at me, I look at you, this man is so extraordinary, is there any reason for his failure?For a moment, I felt a little uneasy.

Xichun was really annoyed and disappointed, she didn't look for Jing'an after she left the backyard, she went back to her room, washed her hands carelessly, didn't even want to eat lunch, so she sat by the window and became dazed.

She thought that the Muni Courtyard was a pure place of Buddhism, but she didn't expect it to be no different from an ordinary back house, with the same intrigues and intrigues.

So what's the point of her insisting on becoming a monk?

Seeing that Xichun's expression was different from usual, everyone didn't know what happened, Ruhua glanced at her cautiously, and said: "Miss, just now Aunt Lin sent some melon and fruit snacks, do you want some?"

Xichun had just vomited a while ago, but she couldn't eat anything, so she waved her hands weakly and said, "No need, you guys go out, let me have a rest."

Seeing that she insisted on refusing to eat, Ruhua had no choice but to put a few plates of melon and fruit snacks on the table, and walked out lightly.

Xichun slept on the bed but didn't feel sleepy anymore, she leaned on the couch and closed her eyes for a while, but she really couldn't fall asleep, looked at the sky outside the house, thought she couldn't fall asleep anyway, why not go outside for a walk.

At this time, the whole courtyard was quiet, and the maids all went to take a rest. The days of painting were also exhausted, and they were sleeping soundly on the soft bed outside.

Seeing this, Xichun didn't wake her up, and walked out of the room with light steps. A dozing little girl heard the movement, barely sat up, yawned, rubbed her eyes and said, "Where are you going, Miss?"

Xichun Road

: "I'll go outside for a walk, you go to sleep."

The little girl thought that Xichun was just wandering around, and there was no outsider in the nunnery, so she turned over and fell into a deep sleep.

The courtyards where the pilgrims live are all on the west side, and idlers are not allowed to come, it is very secluded.

Xichun walked out of the yard, wandering aimlessly, and walked into a plum grove, the plum blossoms were in full bloom, and a few birds on the branches were not afraid of seeing Xichun, they stood on the branches and twittered, their voices were crisp pleasing to the ear.

Listening to the crisp birdsong, Xichun's disturbed mood gradually calmed down. She stood under the tree and looked at it for a while before turning back.

At this time, the sun had already started to set, and the sky was like a brocade sunset. Xichun was fascinated by it, and couldn't help slowing down. Unexpectedly, two people walked out of the corner, and the three of them were not careful, and they collided for a while. Fortunately, Xichun reacted in time, and hurriedly supported the rock next to her, so she didn't fall in one place.

After standing still and looking closely, I saw a lady holding the hand of the little girl, looking at her with concern: "Miss, I'm sorry, are you hurt?"

Xichun hurriedly said: "It's okay, I was careless and bumped into Madam."

Only then did Mrs. Zhou breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "We were all focused on looking at the scenery just now, and we didn't pay attention. Fortunately, the girl is fine."

Xichun said: "Madam, you are too polite."

Seeing the face of the person opposite, Xichun couldn't help being startled. This lady is about forty years old, with a dignified and elegant appearance, but her complexion is light yellow, with a sick appearance, and her body is thin. The cotton skirt, although she is wearing plain clothes, has a gentle demeanor between her eyebrows and eyes.

Xichun couldn't help feeling a little strange, it was clearly the first time they met, so why did she always feel a little friendly, as if she had met her somewhere.

Seeing her looking at her all the time, Mrs. Zhou felt a little puzzled, and couldn't help but asked, "Why does the girl keep looking at me?"

Xichun felt rude when she heard the words, she couldn't help but blushed, and explained: "It's just that I saw Madam and felt kind, but I couldn't remember it for a while, so I was rude, Madam please forgive me."

Only then did Zhou suddenly understand, but she didn't take it seriously, she smiled slightly, and said: "The girl may have remembered wrongly, if I have seen a character like the girl, I will certainly not forget it."

Xichun's face became redder when he heard the words, Fushen saluted, and said: "It's really rude."

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