After sitting for a while in "Hongxiang Luyu", also known as "Yihongyuan", a group of people came out.
Because they had already sent people to Cucui'an to lock down the mountain gate, they all headed towards the back of Cucui'an.
Caocui'an is located on the top of a hillside on Daguanyuan East Road. At the foot of the mountain is Qinfang River. Across the Qinfang River, you can see the Daguan Tower in the distance.
"Brother Lian, can we go boating later?" Tan Chun suddenly crossed the crowd, walked up to Jia Lian, pulled his sleeves, and pointed to the Qinfang Creek at the foot of the mountain.
It turned out that the Sanchun sisters wanted to take a boat ride because they saw the clear water of Qinfang River and the lotus flowers blooming just right.
Jia Lian had no reason to refuse. Anyway, he knew that the garden had specially prepared a boat girl and a boat, so he turned to ask Sister Feng.
Sister Feng smiled and said: "This is simple, just wait until I send someone to get them ready, and wait until we have tea and go down."
After saying that, Sister Feng turned around and told the maids to make arrangements. Then she turned around and smiled at Sanchun and others: "If you have something to ask him, he won't come to ask me later. So I advise you, it's better to ask me directly next time." , save your breath."
This made the Sanchun sisters feel a little embarrassed, and they all came forward to please and said things like "Thank you, Second Sister-in-law Lian," and "Second Sister-in-law Lian, for your hard work."
When I arrived at the Cuicui nunnery, the host Miaoyu and several nuns came to the door to greet me in person.
As soon as Miaoyu, who was tall, bright-faced, and had an extraordinary temperament, appeared, all the young ladies who had never seen Miaoyu in person had strange looks in their eyes, and couldn't help but look at her quietly.
Miaoyu looked very indifferent. She put her hands together and bowed slightly to everyone, then said "please" and let everyone in.
When other people saw her like this, they were naturally embarrassed to keep staring at the monk. After seeing Jia Lian and Sister Feng return the courtesy and enter the door, they also followed her example and joined hands with Miaoyu to show respect before entering. Cui'an.
Only Daiyu, as early as when she was at Panxiang Temple in Suzhou, had noticed that there was some unexplainable relationship between Miaoyu and her second brother Lian.
Now that Miaoyu actually moved into the Jia family private garden as a host, she was a little suspicious, so after returning the gift to Miaoyu, she couldn't help but take a second look at her.
At this time, Miaoyu was seen wearing a light blue long coat, a three-color paddy field armor, and a snow-white long skirt underneath. All the materials used in the clothes are brand new and spotless, which further highlights her spotless temperament.
Daiyu was lamenting that a person with such appearance actually became a nun, when she saw Miaoyu nodded to her and said with a smile: "Go in."
Daiyu knew that the other party recognized her and hurriedly answered the door.
The Congcui'an courtyard is not grand, and the overall appearance is fresh and elegant. The nunnery is full of flowers, with roses and other vines climbing all over the courtyard walls. Everything is trimmed to suit the scenery, so that everyone can feel the delicacy and elegance of the owner as soon as they enter.
Miaoyu led everyone to a rose stand, where there were stone tables and benches. After everyone sat down, she took her maid and poured tea for everyone herself.
The first cup was given to Sister Feng. Sister Feng was flattered and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, you are the benefactor of our family. If you hadn't taught and solved my doubts and accumulated virtues for our Lord, how would our Lord be where he is today?" , logically I should respect you."
Sister Feng smiled and took the tea cup, her eyes couldn't help but glance at Miaoyu.
Miao Yusheng was so beautiful and had been dealing with Jia Lian for so long. It would be impossible for her to say that she did not speculate at all.
However, although Sister Feng said on the surface that she did not respect monks and Taoism, and was not afraid of ghosts and gods, in fact, she still respected teachers and Taoism in her heart. At least, he is more awe-inspiring than some people who are false monks and false Taoists.
Regardless of appearance and temperament, Miaoyu has been a monk since she was a child and is an authentic disciple of the Buddha. Sister Feng still has some respect for such a person. And under this situation, she also felt that Jia Lian would not have anything to do with Miaoyu. At most, she would only feel itchy to see how pretty the little girl was.
But that doesn’t matter. The boys’ families are all so greedy.
At least, compared with Jia Baoyu, Jia Lian's behavior is much more normal and natural. Look at that good-for-nothing Baoyu. Ever since he came in, his eyes have never left the monk, this brat.
Faced with Sister Feng's polite words and actions, Miaoyu initially thought that Sister Feng had something to say, but after looking closely at Sister Feng's expression, she realized that she was overly worried, so she quickly calmed down.
In fact, I have already taken a quick look at Sister Feng in my heart.
She is a bright and beautiful woman, and her actions are elegant. No wonder he is unwilling to divorce his first wife.
Since moving into the Cuicui Temple, Miaoyu has had a more direct opportunity to inquire about the situation of the Jia family. The most important person among them is naturally Sister Feng.
As if nothing had happened, he served Jia Lian a cup of tea, and Jia Lian stood up and signaled. Even if Jia Lian is like this, the Sanchun sisters naturally follow his example and dare not be disrespectful to Miaoyu in the slightest.
Miaoyu, who noticed this, didn't show it on her face, but she was still very happy in her heart. Her resentment that Jia Lian returned home yesterday and didn't come to see her or send her a greeting dissipated.
After the tea was served, Miaoyu lightly touched Daiyu's shoulder, gave her a look, and then led the tea-serving girl toward the ear room.
Daiyu naturally understood what Miaoyu meant. After taking a sip of tea, she got up and followed others while others were not paying attention.
Jia Baoyu had been staring at Miaoyu, and when he saw this, he wanted to follow, but was stopped by Jia Lian.
"Baoyu, what are you doing?"
"I, I'll go over and have a look..."
"The two of them haven't seen each other for three or four years since they met in Suzhou. Now they meet again after a long absence to chat. What are you going to do?"
Jia Lian's words also attracted the attention of others.
Jia Baoyu sneered, and then said: "Second brother Lian said that they should be allowed to chat. It is rare for rare people like them to have known each other before."
Everyone smiled after hearing this. Sister Feng also wanted to make fun of Jia Baoyu, but suddenly she remembered what happened to Daiyu and lost interest again. She turned to the little nun who was serving them tea next to her and said in surprise: "This girl It looks so familiar.”
One sentence not only attracted everyone's attention, but also made the little nun who was being looked at look unnatural.
Jia Baoyu also took a look. Although he had already recognized her, he couldn't recognize Sister Feng because she was here.
Who knew that Sister Feng had an excellent memory, so she immediately asked Jia Lian: "Looking at this girl, she looks like the young apprentice of Jingxu in Shuiyue Temple, named Zhi'er?"
Jingxu had done a lot of dirty things in the name of the Jia family. Later, he and his wife punished him and ransacked his house. Naturally, Sister Feng would never forget it.
Jia Lian nodded: "She is Zhi'er. I sent her to Muni Courtyard, but by chance, she ended up under Miaoyu's seat.
Now she has recognized Miaoyu as her master and serves as a maid beside Miaoyu, so the last time our family invited Miaoyu to come in, she followed him in. "
"I see."
Sister Feng's expression was somewhat meaningful.
This intelligent child is very beautiful, at least it is rare among young nuns, otherwise Qin Zhong and Jia Baoyu would not have been obsessed with him at a young age.
Based on the mistakes she made, it would not be an exaggeration for the Jia family to punish her to death. Later, Jia Lian felt pity and asked someone to send him away. At that time, she joked that Jia Lian had hidden him for other purposes.
Now she actually saw it again. Although Jia Lian's words sounded reasonable, she couldn't stop her doubts.
But after all, she was just a little maid, and she wanted to give Miaoyu face. With Jia Lian's current status, Jia Lian is willing to obey Miao Yu as a Taoist master, so no one in the Jia family dares not to give Miao Yu face.
So he just smiled and said, "I'm afraid my wife won't be happy if she finds out."
Back then, three young men, Zhongzhi'er, Qin Zhong and Jia Baoyu, gathered for a meeting in Shuiyue An, but it had a considerable impact on Jia Baoyu's reputation.
Therefore, Mrs. Wang would be very dissatisfied if she knew that such a "goblin" still appeared on the Jia family's territory.
"It doesn't matter."
Jia Lian seemed indifferent, "No one can make mistakes without being a sage. Besides, she has switched to Miaoyu now. Even for Miaoyu's sake, we have to give her a chance to change her ways. My wife is a Buddhist." He is a kind-hearted person and will never make things too difficult for a poor person like her."
Sister Feng couldn't say anything else, but she smiled in her heart. She had forgotten that the situation at home was different now.
Even Mrs. Wang might not be able to expel Zhi'er if she cannot obtain Jia Lian's consent.
So Sister Feng said to Zhi'er, who was standing aside and listening to the instruction: "Since Lord Marquis is magnanimous and allows you to stay here, you should behave yourself, change your ways, and don't do the same thing again."
Zhi'er was originally ashamed to see people from the Jia family again, but she was very reluctant to give up the luxurious and elegant life around Miaoyu and stay in Muni Yuan.
So since I entered the Cuicui Temple, I tried my best not to stand out, just for fear of being recognized by interested people.
Now that she is fine, since Jia Lian and Sister Feng have announced in public that they will give her a chance to "make a new comeback", no one will make things difficult for her in the future, so they feel happy and quickly respond to Sister Feng's words.
Sister Feng explained a few words, looked back and saw Jia Baoyu staring at each other "affectionately", shook her head and smiled in her heart, stood up and smiled at Sister Sanchun: "It's boring to sit here, didn't you just say you wanted to row a boat? Come on, let’s go boating.”
"I'm waiting for Sister Lin here..."
"Let's go, she can't lose it."
Jia Baoyu still wanted to stay here, but Sister Feng caught him and took him away.
In the ear room where Miaoyu usually sits.
She invited Daiyu here, then carefully made her a cup of tea, held it in front of Daiyu, and said in a clear and elegant voice: "Come and taste what kind of water this is."
Daiyu saw that Miaoyu was very skillful and meticulous in making tea, so she knew that she was well versed in tea ceremony.
Now when she took the tea bowl, she found that she didn't even recognize the utensils, but judging from the shape, she thought it was a rare antique.
Therefore, although she didn't want to show timidity in front of Miaoyu, she still replied truthfully: "I can't taste what kind of water my sister used, but I think that for a person like me who is very particular, the water she uses naturally comes from extraordinary sources. I hope she will not be stingy with it." inform."
Miaoyu, who continued to make tea, smiled when she heard this.
Naturally, she knew as soon as she heard that Daiyu didn't know much about tea ceremony at all, so this was a tricky answer.
If it were anyone else, she would naturally not let him pass easily... In fact, ordinary people were not qualified to let her serve tea alone.
It was only because she saw that Daiyu had the best personality and appearance among all the girls in the Jia family that she took a special fancy to her and invited her to have tea alone.
Although I didn’t expect that Daiyu didn’t understand tea. If it were someone else, she might have criticized and taught her, but because Daiyu was Jia Lian's cousin, she couldn't be offended, so after smiling, she softly replied: "It's normal that you can't taste it.
This water is the snow on the plum blossoms I collected when I was at Xuan Tomb Panxiang Temple in Suzhou. There was only one serving in total, and besides me, you were the third person to taste it. "
After hearing this, Daiyu secretly thought that she was usually free enough, but she was just picking up fallen petals when she had nothing to do. How could such a person collect snow from plum blossoms just to make tea? , God knows how much effort she spent to collect Yiweng.
Since she had eaten Miaoyu's tea, Daiyu also pretended to be concerned and asked, "Why did my sister come to the capital later?"
Upon hearing this, Miaoyu's expression darkened, and she was not in a hurry to answer. Instead, she sat down in front of Daiyu, and while she was cooking tea, she picked out one or two of the things she had said to Jia Lian and spoke slowly to Daiyu.
Xu Shi's ancestral home belongs to the same Suzhou, and they still have the original location of Panxiang Temple. The two girls have a feeling of meeting old friends in a foreign land.
Therefore, even if it is a plain conversation, in the hearts of the two of them, they both feel that there is an extra layer of friendship.
So when Sister Feng sent someone to ask Daiyu to come down the mountain, the two looked at each other with a sense of reluctance.
Miaoyu sighed: "If my sister is willing, you can come here to see me more often when you have nothing to do."
Daiyu was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and then parted ways with Miaoyu under the guidance of the maid.
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Sister Feng was indeed a busy person. Halfway through the rowing, she was called back by Ping'er, who had some housework to deal with.
So Jia Lian took the Sanchun sisters and continued to wander in the garden.
Due to time constraints, I didn’t have time to visit every place. I just took a boat ashore at the northwest corner of the park, and then walked along the main road of West Road to the south.
To the far south, there is also a beautiful scene.
It is an elegant place with pink walls and green tiles, several couplets and houses, and most importantly, thousands of poles of green bamboo.
So everyone walked in along the gravel path or along the winding corridors and entered it for a tour.
Daiyu originally liked the quietness and elegance of this place, but now she saw her sisters and their maids pouring in, chattering, which in vain polluted the tranquility of this place, and she felt disappointed.
Because she couldn't see Jia Lian, she went to look for him alone, and sure enough she found Jia Lian in the backyard.
"What are you doing here?"
Seeing Jia Lian standing alone in the courtyard, looking at the large pear and banana trees in the backyard with his hands behind his back, Daiyu walked down and asked.
Jia Lian turned around and saw her. His eyes lit up and he smiled and said, "What do you think, how about I help you build a swing here? Just like that, from here to here."
Jia Lian pointed to the two forked branches of the pear tree and said so.
Daiyu was stunned when she heard this, and then said: "You can do it if you want. It's for me. This is not my yard."
"She can be yours."
Jia Lian said this and looked back at her, "Don't you think my sister likes it here?"
Daiyu's face was slightly red, a little embarrassed.
This was not her first time entering the garden. Most of the garden had been built before she went to Jiangnan, and she had come in to see it several times.
What she likes most is actually here, and a small village-like place in the north. She also likes it.
But thinking about it carefully, if she were asked to choose, she would still choose this place.
Firstly, she loved the thousands of green bamboo poles here very much, and secondly, this place was close to the garden gate, that is, close to Sister Feng's children's courtyard.
If she can really move into the garden in the future, living here would make it easier for her to visit Jia Lian, or for Jia Lian to come visit her.
Seeing that Daiyu stopped talking, Jia Lian continued to look back at the site and location, and then murmured: "Well, that's it, I'll have someone tie a swing frame here later, it'll be perfect. Oh, by the way, What requirements does Sister Lin have for the swing frame? Do you prefer yellow or pink colored ropes? Anyway, I will let someone match it according to your favorite color..."
Daiyu felt warm in her heart when she looked at Jia Lian's serious look.
She knew that Jia Lian remembered that Baoqin had an exclusive swing frame at the Xue family, which was also set up under the pear tree.
She lived in Jia Mu's house, but there was no swing, so he remembered it, so he specially prepared one for her.
What a blessing it is to have such a caring, considerate second brother.
(End of chapter)
