Lin Qiuyi left and got on the bullock cart heading to the town. She only took the small package with her, as well as her longing and anxiety for the future.
Shen Luzhu looked at Chu Yi who had just come in from outside and asked, "Everyone is gone?"
"Well, we've all sent them off. Aunt Tang and Chu Ping even went to see Lin Qiuyi off. She should have been on the oxcart going to town by now."
Shen Luzhu nodded: "She just told me a lot. She was pitiful, but fortunately it's all over. From now on, she only needs to live for herself!"
Chu Yi reached out and hugged his wife: "Well, we will get better and better."
As he was talking, Xiao Zhengzheng, who was still sleeping soundly in the crib nearby, suddenly woke up waving his little hands and feet, humming in cooperation, Chu Yi quickly picked him up and coaxed him.
"When Grandma brought Zhengzheng back, he was already asleep and didn't feed him. Maybe he was hungry."
As Shen Luzhu spoke, she reached out to take Zhengzheng from Chu Yi's arms. Xu accidentally loosened the quilt wrapped around Zhengzheng, and saw something seemed to fall to the ground. After she wrapped Zhengzheng again, Chu Yi had already picked up something from the ground, which was several pieces of paper folded together.
"This is...the house deed of my uncle's house, as well as the land deed!"
Chu Yi was a little shocked and puzzled and showed what he had in his hand to his wife. There were four pieces of paper in total, which were the deed of the house at the end of the village of Uncle Chu's family, the land deed of the five acres of cultivated land, and the name of Chu Aye and Lin Qiuyi were signed at the signature. The sales contract, plus a letter written by Lin Qiuyi to the Chu family.
The letter once again wrote about Lin Qiuyi's gratitude to the Chu family. If it weren't for this family, she would have froze to death on that twelfth lunar month morning. It also mentioned that in addition to thinking about how to live in the future, she also I have been thinking about how to express my gratitude to everyone in the Chu family.
She also said that she accidentally learned about what happened between Uncle Chu’s family and the young couple. Seeing that family being driven out of the village, she was very happy for the young couple. While she was happy, she finally thought of how to express her gratitude. , simply bought Uncle Chu's house and farmland and "returned them to their original owners."
Finally, Lin Qiuyi also wrote that in the matter of buying and selling houses and farmland, Uncle Chu's family failed to take advantage of her. Not only that, but perhaps because no one cared about it, she finally used low-level means. Shen Luzhu bought the house and farmland at nearly 30% of the normal price. Shen Luzhu didn't have to feel any psychological burden and could just accept it calmly.
"Miss Lin must have put it in when I wasn't paying attention when she was hugging Zhengzheng just now. What should I do with these things?"
Chu Yi was holding these four pieces of paper, and he was also in a dilemma: "I don't know how far the ox cart has gone. If I chase it now, I won't be able to catch up. What can she tell A Zhu?" Where are you going to stay?"
Shen Luzhu shook his head: "No, I only said that I wanted to do some small business in the town or county, but I didn't mention anything else. I was just chatting with her and didn't notice at all."
Chu Yi folded the four pieces of paper again and comforted his wife: "It doesn't matter, let's just keep it for her first. The town and county are not far away, so we can always meet again."
Shen Luzhu nodded. Although he didn't have close contact with Lin Qiuyi, he had a rough idea of her character. She was a bit defensive and didn't want to be involved too much. She didn't want to owe others anything. Perhaps it was because of this that she used this method to repay the Chu family's favor.
"Okay, I guess even if we really catch up now, she won't take it back. Let's wait until the next time we meet. Just like my husband said, the town is not far from the county, so we can always meet again. Yes, even if we keep these for Miss Lin temporarily, she has to have something to rely on as a girl."
After the full moon banquet, Shen Luzhu's expectation was that the forty days of confinement were finally over. On the day when the forty days expired, Shen Luzhu finally took a comfortable bath, freshened up and dried. He left the house cleanly.
It was already the end of February, and the weather was no longer as cold as before. There was a little warmth of early spring. Shen Luzhu had just been allowed to go out for a walk. Shen Luzhu had been lying on the kang for more than a month. It was true. Some of my legs are not strong enough to keep up, so I usually hold the fat man in my arms
My son felt relaxed, but after walking two laps in the yard, he started to out of breath.
After dragging Chu Yi to walk with her in the village for several days, Shen Luzhu finally fulfilled the plan he had made when he was still in confinement and went to Qichan Temple to pray for blessings.
On a sunny morning in March, after the young couple entrusted Zhengzheng with the money to their aunt, they drove the bullock cart and set off with Chu Ping and his wife towards Qichan Temple ten miles away.
Today was not a temple fair, nor was it the first or fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year. Not many people came to Qi Zen Temple to offer incense. The ox cart was parked at the foot of the mountain, and the four of them started hiking up the mountain.
After entering the temple, they went straight to the statue of Avalokitesvara Guanyin. After offering incense and kowtow to fulfill their vows, the young couple accompanied Yuan Shuang and went to the back of the temple to ask the master to help interpret the lotus with the lotus they had just asked for in the Avalokitesvara Avalokitesvara.
Chu Ping and Yuan Shuang were lining up. Shen Luzhu, who was waiting on the side, saw an "old friend" coming from the forest path not far away. The last time he came to attend the temple fair, that one was very humane. cat, civet flower.
As if Lihua knew in advance that Shen Luzhu and Chu Yi were here, she walked lazily step by step towards Shen Luzhu who was standing outside the queue waiting for the sign to be cleared. When he came behind her, he raised his head and rushed towards her. The man meowed twice, as if to say, "Are you here?"
Shen Luzhu felt so novel about everything that happened in front of him. He turned around and said to Chu Yi in surprise: "Chu Yi, this civet cat is so awesome. It has been so long and it still remembers us!"
After saying that, he knelt down and touched Cihua's cat head: "Lihua, did you know we were coming and came here specifically to find us?"
As if answering the other party's question with her own actions, Li Hua lay down directly at Shen Luzhu's feet, assuming the same posture as last time, exposing her round belly and asking Shen Luzhu to help her massage.
Chu Yi also felt that this cat was very magical. How could he hit it accurately every time and look familiar? The couple were teasing the cat when three pairs of feet suddenly appeared in front of them, one of which was a pair of feet. He also wore cloth shoes unique to monks.
Chu Yi raised his head and saw the master chef and Chu Ping who were sitting behind the square table just now, interpreting the signatures for everyone. He hurriedly supported his wife, stood up and said hello: "Hello, master."
The master looked very happy. He pointed to Li Hua who was still playing tricks at Shen Luzhu's feet with a smile and said: "Amitabha, I am Huineng. I was just about to interpret the signatures for these two people when I saw the two donors. This person is taking care of the civet flower. When I asked, I found out that we came together, so I shamelessly came to disturb you two. May I ask if the two donors also encountered civet flower when they came here a long time ago?"
Shen Luzhu nodded and replied, "That's true. The last time I came here, I met him in front of the pool in front of the main hall. I also met a young master at that time."
The master who interpreted the sign nodded and said with a smile: "He is the little apprentice of the poor monk. After he came back, he told me about the civet cat that pretended to be taken care of by you. This cat usually has no relatives, so I still felt it was novel at the time. , I didn’t expect to meet him again today.”
The young couple chatted with Master Huineng for a few words, and then Chu Ping and Yuan Shuang unraveled the sign. Yuan Shuang was overjoyed when she got the sign for her son's request.
The four of them said goodbye to Master Huineng and were about to walk back when, unexpectedly, the civet flower followed her and rubbed her body against Shen Lu's bamboo legs, as if she hadn't been fucked enough and didn't want them to leave.
When Master Huineng saw it, he smiled and said, "Li Hua, the donor is going home. Please come back soon."
Lihua seemed to understand Master Huineng's words. She tilted her head and looked at Shen Luzhu and Chu Yi, then looked back at Master Huineng who was greeting her, and took a few steps back.
Seeing this, the four of them said goodbye to Master Huineng again, but they never thought that the raccoon cat heard the noise behind him and trotted to the four of them again. This time, he lay down on Shen Luzhu's shoes like a fool, refusing to Get up.
No matter how Master Huineng greeted him this time, he just turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound without moving even half a step. After a stalemate like this for a while, Master Huineng could only come over and say to Lihua: "You want to talk to this female benefactor?" go?"
Unexpectedly, the civet cat actually moved this time. It looked between Master Huineng and Shen Luzhu again, then got up and came to Master Huineng's side, walked around the master's feet a few times, and then unexpectedly
He went straight back to Shen Luzhu's shoes and lay down.
Master Huineng smiled when he saw this, clasped his hands and saluted the young couple: "It seems that the civet flower has a close relationship with the donor. Since it wants to go to the donor's house, it's up to the donor to treat it well!"
"Master, this is your cat, how could it be taken away by me like this?"
"Amitabha." Master Huineng recited the Buddha's name and then said: "All living beings are equal. The civet flower only belongs to itself and does not belong to anyone else. Everything is fate. Since it has a deep relationship with the donor, it must be cherished by the donor. .”
After Master Huineng finished speaking, he recited the Buddha's name and returned to the table at the back of the hall to interpret the fortunes for other pilgrims, ignoring the four people and one cat here.
After Master Huineng left, Lihua slipped off Shen Luzhu's shoes, stretched her waist slowly, and then shouted to the four people behind her, as if to say: "Don't leave yet. ?」
After coming to the temple to pray for blessings, they actually got a civet cat. Although the young couple were still a little confused, they also liked this extremely humane civet cat. Since the master in the temple and the civet cat agreed, how could there be another one? Nothing to say no to.
The four of them followed the swaggering Lihua, and walked out of Qichan Temple under the astonished eyes of everyone, and walked down the mountain until they reached the fork at the foot of the mountain. Perhaps they didn't know how to continue on the road. Only then did Li Hua stop, turned around and called out to the young couple,
Chu Yi stepped forward and wanted to pick up Cihua. He thought that the cat would just avoid it like the last temple fair, but this time Cihua was surprisingly cooperative and allowed Chu Yi to pick it up without evading. , four people and one cat drove the ox cart all the way back to the Chu family's old house.
