[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

The group of three walked to the small town under the Daxiangguo Temple.

Although Daxiangguo Temple is located in Bianjing City, due to the special nature of the temple and its location, as well as the fact that monk fields do not need to pay taxes, a small town spontaneously gathered near the temple of Daxiangguo Temple.

The residents here are either devout Buddhist believers, or tenant farmers who farm for Daxiangguo Temple, and of course there are businessmen who spontaneously gather here for business and the blessing of Daxiangguo Temple.

As the national temple of the Song Dynasty, Daxiangguo Temple owns a lot of land. Except for a small part of these fields, it is used to meet the expenses of the monks in the temple, and most of the rest is the extra income of Daxiangguo Temple. Assuming the raw material cost of the tertiary industry of Daxiangguo Temple.

This refers to the industry that occupies a large part of the income of Daxiangguo Temple-Zhaifan.

The temple of Daxiangguo Temple has accommodated people with financial difficulties for a long time. Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce have been taken in by it. These people can be exempted from the cost of food and lodging in the temple, but they are not exempt from the expenses of clothing, bathing and hot water. For those who have a long way to go, they can already guarantee the basic quality of life.

It’s just that this waived fund is already a big expense, and the Daxiangguo Temple often assumes the responsibility of receiving the seriously ill or injured. In the Song Dynasty, temples around the country more or less assumed the hidden responsibility of the local almshouse. Because of this, the superior turned a blind eye to some matters in the temple.

When the number of people admitted is large, talents can always be produced.

It is said that the current vegetarian recipe of Daxiangguo Temple was once seasoned by a chef.

At that time, the former host took in the troubled master chef and gave him blessings. After several years of sinking, the master chef suddenly came to say goodbye one day. The former host did not ask him why he had an epiphany, but quietly accepted the master chef's writing. several recipes.

The divine chef never returned, but the vegetarian restaurant of Daxiangguo Temple has built a reputation in the city of Bianjing, which is full of delicacies. It has become a habit for pilgrims to have a vegetarian meal after worshiping Buddha and chanting scriptures.

Lu Xiaofeng saw that Xia Anran's eyes were shining after hearing him say that the vegetarian food in Daxiangguo Temple was delicious, so he smiled and told him that he knew a master named Bitter Gourd, and the vegetarian food made by this monk can be said to be the best in the world. Absolutely.

Master Bitter Gourd didn't do anything easily, but he, Lu Xiaofeng, could still have some face in front of this master. If it was convenient, he could invite Xia Anran to taste this vegetarian feast together, and Xia Anran immediately complied with joy.

But the three people present knew very well that when this invitation can be realized depends on when Xia Anran can regain her freedom, but based on the current indications, it should be impossible in a short time.

Fortunately, they are still young and have time to wait.

Everyone stopped and walked all the way, and soon reached the foot of the mountain, and then there was a stone step that needed to be climbed.

But all religious places, especially relatively large religious places that can be used as landmark buildings, basically have long stairs.

One reason is that these places will be built closer to the sky, basically on the top of the mountain, which is the induction between heaven and man.But if you want to go up and down the mountain, the monks in the temple are fine. If ordinary pilgrims climb the mountain, it is naturally impossible to let them walk the steep mountain road.

The ladder is a product that is easy to build and easy to climb, and in the process of climbing the ladder, invisibly, because the body is affected, the heart will also be purified in a certain way.

This is in line with the significance of the existence of religious sites.

Generally speaking, pilgrims need to climb such stairs by themselves. A very small number of pilgrims who are not physically fit can also hire small sedan chairs to pick them up, but this is really rare.

Because the Song Dynasty itself was not recommended for people to use manpower as transport capacity, especially for officials and some powerful rich people to use equipment like sedan chairs that require manpower to replace people with livestock .

So richer officials go to work by horse-drawn carriage, or by riding a horse or a donkey, while those who are a little poorer also take taxis to and from work, and of course some simply walk to and from get off work, but there are not many of them.

Basically, there will be no officials who ride in human-powered sedan chairs. Unless there are very few accidents, these officials will be impeached if they ride the sedan chair with their front feet.

Until the late Southern Song Dynasty, the government of the Southern Song Dynasty, which lost a lot of land in the north because of its partiality to the south, faced the dilemma of insufficient animal power. In addition, the people also needed an extra livelihood to support their families during the war. Start taking the sedan chair.

Of course, it is still the Northern Song Dynasty, and the animal power of Bianjing is still sufficient.

But the place here is different from the usual places. The noble ladies ride the sedan chairs here, and they don’t treat people as animals. Most of the people who carry the sedan chairs are also believers themselves, and they also use the way of helping other believers. Come to accumulate merit for yourself.

Although the people being helped will give money and food, this part of the income is not a reward, but is generally donated, similar to a relationship.

These people don't do this for a living, they also come to work part-time, and use this method to form a relationship with the Buddha.

If you want to use a modern analogy, it's like a charity sale, but all you sell are your own physical strength.

But today they saw a lady in plain clothes from a distance, accompanied by many maids, she did not take a sedan chair, nor let the maids help her, but chose to climb up step by step.

She moved very slowly, but never stopped. Many believers passed by her, whether fast or slow, but she was the only one who moved forward at a constant speed.

Climbing so piously, presumably he wants to pray for his family, Xia Anran thinks so.

He didn't think too much, just climbed along with his two friends, they are young people who are also martial arts practitioners, it is naturally easy to climb the stone steps.

Maybe there was a divine will in the dark, just when Xia Anran and others passed the woman, a colorful butterfly floated in front of him, Xia Anran saw the butterfly without any precautions, and habitually danced with the butterfly Looking in the direction of past, it is just a sudden look back.

Maybe it was curiosity, maybe it was a coincidence, or it was drawn by blood, in short, Xia Anran turned back when a theory shouldn't have.

Then he saw a familiar face.

He paused suddenly, and without noticing for a moment, his foot almost stepped on the ground, Xia Anran's eyes widened, looking at the pale face with the lowered head, not stained with rouge, not smeared with grease.

The woman was already extremely tired, but she pursed her lips, stubborn and determined to climb step by step, her apricot eyes that had been stained with fine lines seemed to be on fire, one could tell at a glance that she wanted something in her heart.

Xia Anran shook her lips, and breathed out a word.

mom.

As the saying goes, all encounters in the world are reunions after a long absence.

In Xia Anran's heart, the term mother has been imprinted with a female brand.

It wasn't his biological mother, but the one in the world of Red Mansions.

Gentle, strong, kind, optimistic, cheerful and loving, he can use all the best words that can describe his mother to describe his mother.

It was a woman who did not hesitate to use up all her belongings in order to treat him, and used her beautiful hands to wash clothes for others in exchange for the living expenses of the mother and child in order to support the young him.

Later, Xia Anran found another way, and with a certain income, she could barely support a family, which lightened her mother's burden a little bit, but at the beginning, Xia's mother supported Xia's family's livelihood.

This action of hers brought her the root of the disease that could never be cured, the frostbite that could not be eradicated no matter how it was treated every winter, making Xia's mother's soft and delicate hands only remain in Xia Anran's memory from then on.

And it was only after a long time that Xia Anran knew what an excellent embroidery mother his mother was back then, and also knew what price his mother had paid to try to support herself.

The embroiderer's hands are not allowed to have calluses.

The more skilled the embroiderers are, the finer the needles and threads in their hands will be.

They usually don't use a strand of thread, but split a strand of thread into quarters, eighths, or even one-sixteenth for smudging. Such silk thread is extremely thin, not to mention cocoons, even if Just a slightly harder barb will immediately break the thread.

If the thread of a piece of exquisite embroidery is broken, it means that all previous efforts are in vain.Although there are embroiderers who can continue, but the traces are still obvious in the eyes of insiders, and they will naturally lose their reputation.

Ordinary embroiderers would choose to re-embroider if they encountered broken threads. In order to catch up with work, they would naturally embroider day and night.Even if it hurts the eyes, it can't damage the reputation.

Only when he thought about it later did Xia Anran recall that his mother, apart from sewing clothes for him, did not take over any embroidery work after that.He once thought it was because he provided his mother with a superior living environment, and he no longer needed her to spend such hard work, but in fact, for a traditional woman, what she lost was a person who could support her. Her own skills, it may be the skills she has practiced for many years, or it may be the habit that has accompanied her through most of her life, day and night.

She also used her entire career in exchange for a winter of peace for herself and Xia Anran, mother and son.

When thinking about the past in Midnight's dream, Xia Anran remembered that his mother was always smiling.

Even when sending him on a long trip to become an official, he was smiling.He has almost never seen his mother cry, only seen the sad look that his mother occasionally leaked in the dead of night.

It was the look of missing her husband.

The world of the Red Chamber is his first world.

Xia Anran, who is inexperienced, can't control the degree of interaction with characters in the world. In that world, he has the best lover, the best teacher, the best boss, and of course the best mother.

After the sudden departure, Xia Anran also thought, what about the people left behind?

He didn't dare to think about it, especially after the memory of the Three Kingdoms was restored.

At that time, Cao Chun didn't seem to be able to say much, so he just told him in a vague way that he had done his filial piety for him and took care of Xia's mother until she died. go somewhere else.

So when Shen Qi in that world was leading the army, Xia's mother guarded the Xia family's house alone.

In the beginning, Duoduo was with her, and then she was alone.

Frankly speaking, Mother Xia is an indelible scar in Xia Anran's heart

Although later, the system also comforted him, if he hadn't dressed as Mother Xia's child, then Mother Xia would have lost her only son that winter.

But Xia Ran always felt that when he arrived in that world, Xia's mother was only in her 20s, and a widow in her 20s could completely remarry to someone else as a continuation. The child, according to Xia's mother's temperament and methods, can also live a good life.

And it was Xia Ran's arrival that may have changed the direction of this woman's life.

After a few years of marriage, she lost her husband, raised her son with great difficulty, and lost her child before she became famous. What kind of blow would this be to Xia's mother?

Whether it will attract gossip again, Xia Anran dare not think about all this.

Now, he saw a person who had exactly the same appearance as his mother. This woman also had the same firm eyes. Under the soft face of a Jiangnan woman, there was an extremely firm heart.

He didn't know if this was a coincidence when the system shaped the world, or if this person and his mother were really inextricably linked?It is also possible that this woman is a predecessor of the mother's family. After all, it is the Song Dynasty at this time, and the Red House is the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is naturally feasible to continue.

Song... At this moment, something flashed through his mind, but the inspiration suddenly appeared, and he couldn't catch it for a while.

As if sensing his scorching gaze, the woman looked in his direction.

When she saw Xia Anran, she was stunned, but her body jumped forward due to inertia, and she almost couldn't stop. Xia Anran quickly walked over to help her, but noticed that the lady had been surrounded The maids pulled and supported her, then she looked left and right, and when she looked at Xia Anran, she bowed lightly.

He immediately understood that this lady should know Zhao Zhen. After realizing this, Xia Anran only felt that the boiling voice in his head quieted down. He quickly walked a few steps away from the range of the lady's gift.

His attitude in this move is obvious, this lady is obviously also a smart person, so she stopped moving, just looked at him from a distance, her eyes turned from surprise to calm, but Xia Anran's heart that wanted to contact this lady was already cold , he knew that with Renzong's face on his face, he would definitely have no way to get in touch with this lady.At this moment, he was very entangled in his heart, each thought flashed like a meteor, and was forced to be suppressed by himself.

In the end, he just nodded slightly to the lady in return, then turned and walked towards Hua Manlou and Lu Xiaofeng.

He thought, after he got to the mountain, he would find a way to find out which family the lady belonged to, and then ask the lady's surname, and then visit after the matter was settled.

Before that... He unconsciously touched his wrist, and before that, he must confirm some things with the system.

The world is so big, there are always similarities. The system has said before that the world is built based on the client's memory and historical materials. What about the faces of the characters?Is it a random combination or... is it his memory?

He would not believe that it was restored one by one following the historical facts, that would be too big of a project.

Even the supernatural system is developed by the state, but there are few apps developed by the state that are so elaborate, and most of them are more "practical". He even suspects that if it is not for the mental health of the taskers, these faces will be replaced by the faces of passers-by.

If it's a coincidence...if it's not a coincidence...

Ah.

These thoughts just flashed by in an instant, and when he stood in front of Lu Xiaofeng, Xia Anran had finished sorting out his expression and returned to his harmless appearance. He happily urged the two of them to get their eyes healed, and he also wanted to ask for some baths. Buddha water is good for washing away bad luck.

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Master Liaoran is the abbot monk of Daxiangguo Temple.

He is a truly respected monk.

Before taking over as the abbot of Daxiangguo Temple, Master Liaoran traveled all over the country. His knowledge and understanding of Buddhism are very advanced.Therefore, such a monk is also very popular in the imperial city, and there are not a few princes and nobles who come to visit him for interviews.

So today Master Qingran was suddenly caught by a distinguished guest, and he couldn't get out for a while.

Hua Manlou's eye treatment was temporarily received by Master Liao Ran's personal disciple. Today is just a basic fumigation. After the fumigation is complete, Master Lian Ran will come to check Hua Manlou.

The personal apprentice came to apologize to everyone, but everyone expressed their understanding. This is also a helpless thing. After all, Master knows that if he wants to stabilize the position of Daxiangguo Temple in the fiercely competitive Buddhist circle, he can't neglect these words of mastering the court. Pilgrims of the right.

Even the master abbot of a clean place knows that the master has to compromise with the world of mortals.

Hua Manlou's treatment takes a long time, and the eye meridians are delicate and fragile, so it is natural to be cautious and not rush the treatment.Although the fumigation treatment method is used, it is necessary to cook the medicinal juice with a low fire, and then attract the water vapor that evaporates after the medicinal juice is heated to slowly fumigate Huamanlou's eye meridians.

Frankly speaking, Xia Anran doesn't really understand this treatment method, because in his understanding, the water vapor is heated to boiling. In fact, the extracted water vapor must be the cleanest state of water and the state with the least amount of magazines. Of course Subject to the level of distillation, it will certainly be more or less affected, but theoretically speaking, after turning into steam, the medicinal ingredients contained in the water should be far less than when it was still in the state of concoction.

Therefore, fumigation with medicine juice is no different from steaming the face with water steam?

But Xia Anran has been an official for so many years, let alone other things, one of the important skills he has mastered is to be a layman, not to command the experts.

In terms of treatment, he is a complete amateur, with no foundation at all.

His poor medical knowledge is basically on the prevention of epidemics and the treatment of gold trauma patients. It is rare to go to the Song Dynasty when medicine began to develop, and it is still a great doctor with a genius doctor. Xia Anran also wants to learn about the Song Dynasty in this regard. For knowledge, it is best to memorize the prescription.

Da Song's experience in medical technology, herbal medicine identification, and dietary care far exceeds that of the Eastern Han Dynasty he stayed in before. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Xia Anran had no awareness of this aspect. Although he encountered the projection of a genius doctor , but at that time they all fiddled with steam sterilization and alcohol disinfection, Xia Anran later regretted countless times why he didn't learn some mature medical knowledge at that time.

It's a pity that he hates few books when he is ready to use them. When he needs this knowledge, he has no direction to ingest it.

With no way to determine what dynasty he will go to next, Xia Anran feels that it is very likely that he will go to an ancient era when medical knowledge was even scarcer.

For example, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this is still good.

If he traveled to the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties, or the Yao and Shun era, wouldn't it be even worse?

Therefore, Xia Anran, who already had the experience of crossing two worlds, has been forced to develop the habit of wanting to learn everything she sees, to taste everything she sees, and to think about how to use it and how to transform it.

It's a pity that after arriving in the Song Dynasty, he didn't have many opportunities to study closely.

Especially because he can't leave the city, he can only be trapped in this Bianjing city. The agriculture, livestock and mulberry that he cares most about are invisible in the Bianjing biography.

Xia Anran knew that during the Northern Song Dynasty, the science and technology of the Song Dynasty had developed greatly, and this part of the development was largely used for people's livelihood.

For example, water conservancy irrigation, new methods of reclaiming fields, bellows, changes in farm tools, and so on.

This knowledge is what Xia Ran wants to learn the most. He even wants to know the ratio of fertilizers, the prevention and control of crop diseases, how to breed better, and where to grow better seedlings.

Although Xia Anran from the 21st century does know many advanced inventions, but Xia Anran is very clear that he is stronger than these people, but he stands on the shoulders of his ancestors, he sees farther, sees this The final mature appearance of an object after hundreds or even thousands of years of development.

The Song Dynasty may have been just a turning point in the long development process of this object.

But in fact it is a pity that he knows many things but does not know why.

Although he knew that there was such a thing, he really didn't know how to put it together in its final complete form.It is the result of generation after generation of craftsmen, after inheritance and modification. In order to achieve better results, this equipment will become very complicated.However, what Xia Anran wanted to learn was precisely its simplified version, the simpler the better.

Because only the simplest ones are the easiest to be prevented and promoted.

Xia Anran has seen the final development of many objects in modern times, but these can only serve as inspiration for him. In ancient times, he had no way to reproduce these things.

Originally, observing the farming and ordinary lifestyles of people in the Song Dynasty is still an action goal that can only be realized in the future for him now, because he is restricted out of the city, and many things cannot be seen with his own eyes, but are left on the market It is true that there is not much information. According to his understanding, there is no agricultural land in Bianjing City, but!Here, the monk farmland gave him a window.You can come and observe in the future.

Xia Anran ruthlessly left Lu Xiaofeng who was milling around at the door of the pharmacy grinding the floor tiles, and wandered around trying to find a secluded place to torture the system.

Today is not a rest day, nor is it a Buddhist festival, there are not many pilgrims, Xia Anran walked and watched, when he came to visit the first temple in Bianjing, he suddenly thought of the desolate Taiyi Temple when he woke up.

At that time, he thought about going back to thank him, and he can't forget that.

Although Xia Anran doesn't believe in Taiyi God, she also knows that what she said to the gods must be fulfilled.It's a pity that he is in an awkward situation now, and he doesn't know when he will be able to get out of the predicament.

Well, in fact, he has also saved some money recently... If he has enough money, he can make a golden body for Taiyi, but pure gold is definitely not enough, let's get a gold-plated one first.

The price of the gold-plated copper body is not cheap, and repairing the Taiyi Temple may not be enough, and you have to find a way to earn some income.

At any rate, he is also a fellow from the same world, seeing his former little friend now so inexplicably makes him have these sad feelings of being run over by the wheel of time.

...We still have to wait for these troubles to end.

Just when he was thinking this way, he suddenly heard a girl's exclamation, Xia Anran was taken aback, and did not rush in. Although the crowd here is not dense, it is not a place that is inaccessible. The girl's family is here. I can't meet any bad guys.

As he moved forward, he paid attention to hearing the movement, and at the same time he yelled loudly, "What kind of difficulties are you encountering, little lady? Do you need my help?"

He soon heard the girls whispering faintly from the air. Although he couldn't hear clearly, the situation didn't look critical.

Xia Anran stopped in his tracks, he frowned slightly, this situation made him a bit vigilant, he suddenly encountered this situation in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was a well-arranged beauty trick.

He stopped, and asked again, "Is my lady in danger? If it is inconvenient for me to enter, please tell me, go down and find the monks in the temple to help."

This time he didn't wait for a long time, and a girl with a clear and joyful voice replied loudly, "Thank you sir, I encountered some small troubles waiting here, the young lady was reckless, and disturbed you, but we can solve it by ourselves , thank you for your trouble."

"It's okay, we're going out, we just need to take care of each other." Xia Anran let out a sigh of relief, laughing secretly at himself, he turned around and wanted to go somewhere else, when he suddenly noticed a small door that he hadn't seen just now , you can vaguely see red silk tied on the branches inside.

Should this be the spiritual tree or the place where wishes are made in the temple?

It was well hidden, if it wasn't for those girls who attracted his attention, Xia Anran really wouldn't have noticed this door.

He unfolded the folding fan in his hand and stepped into the door.

The road inside is rugged, and there will be a scene within three or two steps. The garden design is extremely exquisite, but after walking in vain, Xia Anran saw an ancient tree covered with red silk and satin.

The tree is about white feet high, with luxuriant branches and green leaves.

Not far away, he saw a wooden sign with the inscription "Sacred Tree of Marriage". He carefully looked at the description on it, and said that red silk was used to express love, and if it was thrown upwards, the higher the hanging, the greater the chance of success.

The meaning of affinity in Buddhism is very broad. It does not only refer to love, but relatives, friends, people, and all things can be bound.

Of course, generally speaking, it should be regarded as a place to seek love, and it is hard to get here, Xia Anran also wants to ask for love, if nothing else, it is good to live and die together in this life.

He took out his purse, but was rejected by the monk holding the red silk. Seeing Xia Anran's suspicious expression, the monk called out the Buddha's name, "Almsgiver, your fate is not here, and you should go eastward." OK."

Xia Anran was taken aback for a moment, only feeling that the master meant something, this...could it be that he just felt right and just waited here?

But this is the Daxiangguo Temple, and only a few people know that he came out today, Bai Jinxi also knows, and there are many guards around him, who have been following closely, if he wants to plot against him...

He frowned, and looked up and down at the monk. The monk's brows were serene, and the eyes that met him were clear and unwavering, as if they could penetrate directly into the bottom of people's hearts.

Xia Anran thought for a while, but felt that she had nothing to do, the only surprise was this face, could it be that someone thought he was Zhao Zhen and wanted to lure the little emperor?

At this moment, he had a thousand thoughts in his mind, but finally he was ready to go in the direction of the fishhook.

As he walked, he thought about seeking wealth and danger. He wanted to get out of the current predicament. Even though he knew that there was something strange ahead, he still wanted to try it. If there was an accident—— then it was probably curiosity that killed the cat. up.

After walking a hundred steps, he saw a girl sitting far away under the shade of a tree. This place was originally the backside of a tree. Although it was a little hidden, it was not desolate. If there is an accident, someone can hear you just by shouting. This kind of scenery makes Xia Anran feel more at ease.

And after getting closer, Xia Anran completely let go of the boulder in her heart.

He stepped forward slowly, flicked his hem at the gesture of the girl, and sat down on the stool. The latter's eyes still swept his face up and down, but there was a smile on the corner of his lips, and his face was calm.

"You don't seem to be surprised to see me." This girl is exactly the woman with the same face as Xia's mother that she saw on the climbing ladder just now. She spoke slowly, her voice was moving, her eyes fell on Xia Anran's face, Sweeping over her brows and lips, she sighed softly after a while, "If I hadn't known about this in advance, I would have been really scared to see you today."

Xia Anran leaned slightly and bowed, her voice was soft like a girl's, "I've seen Niangniang Di."

The author has something to say:

60 bowls of Daxiangguosi plain noodles are distributed today.

Regular vegetarian noodles don’t actually make “fake meat” dishes. These are actually for pilgrims to eat. Monks actually object to the name of vegetarian dishes as meat, so they don’t eat “vegetarian ham” and “vegetarian chicken”. yes (cough)

But monks themselves can eat meat, they cannot eat meat.Meat is different from meat. In Buddhism, chicken, duck, and fish should be regarded as fishy. Monks can eat three clean meats, and monks usually rely on alms for food to get food. What they eat depends on fate. How can they be entangled in meat and vegetables? ?

Chinese monks don’t eat meat because of the advocacy of Emperor Liang Wu of the Southern Dynasties (that is, Emperor Liang Wu of the 480 Temple of the Southern Dynasties). This is a devout Buddhist believer, and he is a vegetarian. After several conversations and debates with the masters, he , ordered monks not to eat meat, otherwise they would not be pious enough, and then Chinese monks would not eat meat. (However, it is said that there are also cases of relapse)

In other words, don’t think that you can lose weight by not eating meat. No, monks have to do various classes every day, and also take care of farmland fetching water, etc., which consume a lot of energy. They have to eat more because they don’t have enough protein intake. Vegetarian food, food, more likely to gain weight.