Evening Shaohua in the Red House

When paying her respects the next day, Mrs. Wang reported the matter to Jia Mu, and Jia Mu had no objection, she just said: "Since Zhu'er's daughter-in-law has such a heart, it is naturally good, but be careful on the road and bring more servants. "

Mrs. Wang and Li Wan hurriedly agreed.

Zhou Rui's family got Mrs. Wang's order, and hurriedly went downstairs to spread the word.

Now Mrs. Wang does not care about the family, but she is still the actual head of the Rongguo Mansion. How dare the deacons wait for her and go to take care of it. In less than half an hour, all the chariots and horses, rice noodles, vegetables, firewood, etc. that should go out Everything is ready.

Li Wan left Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, went back to the room to wash and wash, Mei Xiang helped her change the clothes she went out, and combed her a generous and unique cloud bun, wearing a silver silk beaded crown in the middle, and an oblique hairpin on the right. There is a precious flower inlaid with Atlantic pearl green leaves on the top of the finger, and two small and delicate flower tinsels are dotted in the hair, which is elegant and solemn.

After tidying up, Mei Xiang asked with a smile, "Grandma thinks this is okay?"

Li Wan looked into the dressing mirror. He saw a blue cross-collared jacket after the rain, a double-breasted skirt embroidered with folded branches of magnolia, a pine-colored sweat scarf around his waist, and a white silk elastic ink pleated skirt underneath. He nodded and said: "That's all."

Fuling Danju and the others were also busy packing their bags. Fortunately, yesterday they prepared the clothes and jewelry for going out, as well as incense and silver. Today they are just packing up the dowry.

Li Wan didn't want to be too ostentatious, so he only planned to take Fuling and Danju Xiazhu to go together, while Mei Xiang and Suyun Biyue stayed at home to watch the house.

Dan Ju specially brought two sets of old clothes that she usually wears when cooking, Li Wan smiled and said: "There is a vegetarian restaurant in Muni's courtyard, so you don't need to cook, what are you doing with these?"

While tidying up her things, Dan Ju said: "Although there is a kitchen there, it is not as clean as we can make ourselves. Besides, we don't know if the vegetarian food is suitable for our taste. We can eat it once or twice, but we have to stay for seven or eight days. , why don’t you bring these and prepare them, and if you are not used to eating them, you can cook some porridge and soup yourself.”

Xia Zhu nodded and said: "What Dan Ju said is that we will send my mother-in-law to buy some charcoal rice. Anyway, we don't lack that little money."

Mei Xiang was coming out with a bundle, and said with a smile: "Don't be so troublesome, I remember that my wife went to the temple to pray for blessings last year, and all the rice noodles and charcoal were prepared below, this time there is no need for us to buy them.

Besides, I heard from my mother that the Muni courtyard is not far from the Zhuangzi that grandma bought in Xishan, but only ten or twenty miles away, and they are all ready-made.

The melons, fruits and vegetables are delivered to the shops in the city every day, and if there is any shortage at that time, they will send them over by the way. "

Xia Zhu and the others said very well, "How can I forget this, it's my sister who understands."

Danju said: "It's a pity we can't go out, otherwise I really want to go to the village to have a look."

Everyone was chattering and chirping, when suddenly the wet nurse came in holding the sobbing Jia Lan, and said to Li Wan, "My brother is going to find grandma after he finishes his snacks, and he can't be coaxed."

Jia Lan was crying very sadly, there were two tears in her big black eyes, and two tears were about to fall on her white and tender face. When she saw Li Wan, she rushed towards her and said inarticulately: "Mom! --hug--"

Li Wan couldn't laugh or cry, stretched out his arms to hug the little guy, and nodded his tender little nose, "I ignored me when I was eating snacks, why do you think of me now?"

The little guy ignored him, and just stretched out his small arms like lotus festivals to wrap around Li Wan's neck.

Seeing this, Fu Ling and the others couldn't help laughing, and said, "It seems that my brother also knows that grandma is going out, so I don't want to part with grandma."

I don't know if he understood what everyone said, but the little guy hugged him tighter and tighter. It took Li Wan half a day to coax him to sleep. It happened that Mrs. Wang also sent someone to ask, so she gave some instructions and ordered the nurse to The girl hugged her.

At three o'clock at three o'clock, everything has been settled, Fu Ling accompanied Li Wan in a Cuiwei clear oil car, Xia Zhu and Dan Ju shared a small car, and Zhou Rui's family brought a group of servants, wives, and young men. follow behind.

It has been a year since Li Wan came to this world, but it was the first time to go out. He could hear the bustle of people in the market outside, the sound of hawking and yelling, so he couldn't help being very curious. He raised a corner of the soft curtain and took a look through the screen window. There are shops on both sides of the market, there are food sellers, performers on the side of the street, and women selling flowers with baskets on their hands. The bustling market and the abundance of people are better than the Qingming painting she saw back then. The scene painted on the Shanghe map was even more lively, and I was a little reluctant to look away for a while.

Fuling has always been steady, but after all, she is still a girl in her teens. She has been detained in the inner courtyard for many years and cannot go out of the threshold every day. Now she finally went out, and was also attracted by the bustle outside, so she couldn't help but go secretly. Look out the screen window.

It wasn't until she got out of the city gate that Fu Ling put down the curtain of the car reluctantly. She might as well look up and see Li Wan smiling at her. She couldn't help feeling a little puzzled, touched her cheek, and said, "What is grandma looking at me for?"

Li Wan pursed his lips and smiled, "Our Poria girl

As calm as usual, it is rare to have such a childlike heart. "

Fu Ling was stunned when she heard the words, and then realized, her face flushed, and she said, "Grandma is used to making fun of people."

Talking and laughing all the way, before you know it, the journey is over half.

After exiting the west gate of Chang'an City, there is a neat and flat official road. Pedestrians are hurrying along the road, cars and horses are rattling, and the fragrance of green grass is faintly wafting from the fields beside the road.

Li Wan looked out of the screen window, and saw the blue sky, the rolling green hills in the distance, and the red leaves that had been frosted on the mountains, and the fields were scattered with cattle in twos and threes, grazing with their heads down. Going home, looking from a distance, it is like a landscape with splashed ink, which makes people feel clean.

Li Wan was fascinated by it, Fu Ling didn't disturb her, and took out a few bundles of silk thread from the bag and began to tie the knot.

Unexpectedly, while driving on the road, a cool wind hit, and the sky suddenly darkened. It was cold in autumn in Japan. When the cool wind blew, a chill hit, and Li Wan couldn't help shivering.

Seeing this, Fu Ling hurriedly took a cloak of lake blue satin and pine flower soft silk and put it on Li Wan, saying: "The day is changing too fast, and I don't know if it will rain. Bring it all, grandma put it on quickly, don't catch a cold."

Li Wan glanced at the sky and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the dark clouds have already begun to disperse, and it won't rain in the first place."

Sure enough, in just a moment, the sun reappeared from the clouds.

The Muni Temple is very close to Chang'an City, and it takes only half an hour to arrive.

At the gate of the mountain, all the coachmen and servants retreated far away, Zhou Rui's family also got out of the car with the maidservant, stepped forward and raised the curtain of the car, saying: "Grandma, you have arrived."

Li Wan stepped on a low stool, helped Fu Ling's men to get out of the carriage, looked up, and saw that the Muni courtyard was in the middle of a mountain depression, surrounded by bamboo forests, it was extremely quiet.

The mountain gate has a majestic atmosphere, and you can faintly smell the distant sandalwood aroma.

Master Huiming, the abbot of the Muni Temple, had already received the news and came out with a group of nuns.

Li Wan hurriedly bowed his body and apologized, saying: "The believer girl disturbed me for no reason, how dare I bother my master to welcome you."

Master Huiming was only about forty years old, with a medium build, although her appearance was ordinary, but she was very fair, with a kindness in her eyes, she folded her hands together and said a Buddha's name: "Don't dare to be, please come from Tanyue."

Li Wan also bowed back, "Thank you, Master."

Master Huiming invited Li Wan in, and as he walked, he said: "The courtyard has been tidied up, it's getting late today, Tan Yue might as well wash up and rest first, and we will discuss the issue of salvation tomorrow."

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The Muni Courtyard often receives pilgrims from the homes of dignitaries and dignitaries, and has several courtyards specially prepared for female relatives. Because the Jia Mansion has sent people to post the post, Master Huiming has already ordered someone to tidy up a clean and spacious courtyard. .

Li Wan first followed Master Huiming into the main hall to pay homage. The statue of Guanyin in the hall is holding a clean bottle, with solemn treasures and compassionate eyes.

Li Wan bowed down piously, praying for the health of her relatives in another world. She didn't believe in ghosts and gods before, but now that she has experienced time travel, she has no choice but to believe in them.

The rest of the halls also paid homage one by one, sent incense money, and then went back to the arranged guest courtyard to rest.

Although there are many female nuns in the Muni courtyard, the inside and outside of the temple are all cleaned up. There is no smell of makeup, only sandalwood.

This courtyard is located on the west side of the main hall. It is small and exquisite. There are about a dozen rooms. The front hall and the back room are complete.

There are also three friends of Suihan in the courtyard, pines and cypresses, bamboos and red plums, and a few jagged rocks, which are quiet and elegant.

Mrs. Huiming had already sent someone to clean the room very clean, so there was no need for them to clean it up.

Fuling took the chrysanthemum and bamboo to arrange the utensils, arrange the bedding, dowry and so on.

Zhou Rui's family ordered people to move the rice, flour, charcoal, vegetables, melons and other things into the small kitchen, and said to Li Wan, "Here is a bag of green rice, [-] catties of regular rice, [-] catties of charcoal, and melons. The fruits and vegetables are not fresh after being stored for a long time, so each kind is only one catty, and in the future every morning, someone will be sent to buy fresh ones and send them over."

Li Wan's visit this time is fasting and he needs to be a vegetarian, so he didn't prepare any meat such as chicken, duck and fish.

Li Wan nodded, pondered for a moment, and said to Zhou Rui's family: "In my opinion, there is no need to send vegetables every day. It's too much trouble. There are many farmers around here anyway. We can send people to them if we want to eat. Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy ready-made ones?"

Of course it would be better to save trouble, Zhou Rui's family hurriedly said with a smile: "Grandma said so, since grandma said so, then we will be lazy."

Li Wan said with a smile: "Where is it, today is the time to bother sister Zhou, go back and ask the old lady for me, Fuling—"

Fuling understood, took a lotus and packed a small silver curly, and handed it to Zhou Rui's family, and said with a smile: "Mom, take it to drink, to drive away the cold."

Zhou Rui's family smiled even deeper. She is Mrs. Wang's companion, and the man manages the spring and autumn rent in the mansion. There is plenty of money, so naturally she doesn't care about this little money. What makes her happy is Li Wan's kindness, thank you After receiving the purse, he said: "Thank you grandma for spending the money to enjoy the wine."

After a few more gossips, Zhou Rui's family and Dan Ju were settled one by one, and a few servants were left to wait for orders, and then took them back.

After a day of hard work, Li Wan felt sore all over his body, so he ordered someone to boil hot water to wash and change clothes, when suddenly Xia Zhu came in and replied, "Grandma, the third grandma of Shoushan Bo's family came to offer incense in the nunnery. , sent someone to pay my respects."