Delicate Flower

Chapter 21 temple

Zhaoming Temple is located in the East Tianmu Mountain, and there is a Mi Tuo Village at the foot of the mountain.

Yu Tang, Ma Xiuniang and Zhang Gongzi made an appointment to meet here, and then pretended to meet by chance, and went to Zhaoming Temple together.

Ma Xiuniang and Zhang Gongzi arrived before Yu Tang.

Yu Tang got off the sedan chair and apologized repeatedly.

Ma Xiuniang took the maid, the magpie, smiled and squeezed Yu Tang’s arm, and smiled: “We are not much earlier than you.” Then she asked Yu Tang, “Have you had breakfast? Have you brought snacks and tea? “After speaking, he took a look at Ah Tiao who was out of breath.

To go to Zhaoming Temple, you have to climb half a mountain, and the road is still a bit far away. Everyone must have a pious heart for worshipping incense, or because the sedan chair is too expensive to go up the mountain, usually at the foot of the mountain, walking all the way.

A Tiao patted the burden on his back quickly, and said, “Miss Ma, don’t worry, Granny Chen prepared it for us yesterday.” He went forward to salute Master Zhang.

Zhang Gongzi nodded.

Yu Tang quickly glanced at him curiously.

At the age of eighteen or nine years old, he was handsome and fair-skinned, tall and thin, and looked very gentle.

In the case of poor family conditions, he was admitted as a child student at this age, which shows that his diligence and aptitude are not bad.

Yu Tang likes smart people.

Young Master Zhang brought a small servant and let Ma Xiuniang and Yu Tang walk in front.

Yu Tang kidnapped Ma Xiuniang and whispered: “Brother-in-law looks good! Uncle chose a good marriage for her sister.”

Ma Xiuniang flushed with shame, but she didn’t even say a word of kindness.

It can be seen that I am very satisfied with this marriage.

Yu Tang said, “What’s your brother-in-law’s name?”

Ma Xiuniang said in a low voice: “A single name has a wise character, and the character has not yet been taken.”

Zhang Hui?

I don’t know when was the talent in the previous life?

Yu Tang once again sighed that his heart was great in his previous life.

Maybe there are a lot of people walking. The mountain road to Zhaoming Temple is winding but flat. It is not a lecture or an incense meeting. There are not many people who go to worship incense, and they are all elderly or middle-aged women, young like them. The girl, with a young son in the distance, is very eye-catching. People who pass by will look back at them more.

Although wearing a drapery hat, Ma Xiuniang was still too ashamed, and whispered to Yu Tang, “Shall we, let’s make an appointment with Zhang Gongzi?”

In this blue sky and white day, Ma Xiuniang took the maid, she took the small servant, Yu Tang thought about it, smiled and nodded.

Ma Xiuniang turned around and said a few words to the magpie, and the magpie covered her mouth with a smile and went to pass a message to Zhang Hui.

Zhang Hui looked up at Ma Xiuniang and nodded reluctantly, causing Yu Tang to laugh again.

Ma Xiuniang went to screw Yu Tang and said, “We are not all for you. If people see something, we won’t be humans!”

Yu Tang repeatedly apologized and ridiculed: “Sister don’t worry. When you come out of the pavilion, I will embroider a pair of mandarin duck pillows for my sister to press the bottom of the box.”

“You **** girl, still talking nonsense.”

Ma Xiuniang and Yu Tang were talking and laughing. Time passed quickly. When the sun just rose, they arrived at Zhaoming Temple.

The two went to the Palace of Heavenly Kings.

Yu Tang took off his hat.

Ma Xiuniang exclaimed in a low voice: “Atang, you are so beautiful today!”

Today, Yu Tang wore a red silk embroidered flower twill, a white silver striped collar and narrow sleeves shirt, a jet-black blue silk velvet, and a gilt silver pearl inlaid diagonally near the sideburns. With small steps, her skin is as light as snow, her eyebrows are picturesque, fresh and beautiful.

She smiled slightly.

Then Li Jun said that she liked her appearance, but she wanted to see how much she liked Li Jun in the end.

She not only spread her face, but also wrinkled her forehead and trimmed her eyebrows.

Come with makeup.

Ma Xiuniang said with emotion: “You should usually dress up more.”

Maybe it’s because the Chen family is a beauty. Although Yu Tang often hears people praise her for her beauty, she is mostly praised by relatives and friends in the family or neighbors and elders next door. When she looks in the mirror with her mother side by side, she doesn’t feel how beautiful she is. , I think everyone is polite. Later, when she married to the Li family and was coveted by Li Duan, she realized that she might be more beautiful than many people, but she was already a widow at that time, and she was dressed in a regular manner. Lin regarded her as a thorn in her eyes, and she had no intention of discouraging customs. On weekdays, try to dress yourself in a simple and low-key manner.

After rebirth, some habits haven’t been changed for a while, no wonder Ma Xiuniang is a little surprised.

The two toasted incense and took a rest in the pilgrim’s room. A Tiao went to find out where Li Jun was.

Ma Xiuniang stared at Yu Tang’s face again and said with emotion: “Don’t tell me, the more I look at you, the more beautiful you will be. Especially the expressions and the manner in which I look at me seem to be very different from before. But I can’t see you. I changed my clothes and wore a piece of jewelry! Could it be that I had too little contact with you before?”

It may be because some of her previous life experiences were carved into her bones, and she is now more assertive and courageous than her previous life.

Yu Tang smiled and said, “You are the beauty in the eyes of a lover. I don’t know if it’s the same with my brother-in-law?”

“You villain, I help you, you actually laugh at me!”

The two quarreled again.

For a long time, Ma Xiuniang and Yu Tang slumped separately on the Luohan couch.

She said: “I think it’s just your appearance. Only you disagree with others, and no one disagrees with you. If you think the second young master of the Li family has seen it well, would you agree to this marriage?”

Ma Xiuniang has never seen Li Jun with her own eyes, and she doesn’t know what Li Jun looks like.

will not!

Yu Tang almost blurted out.

She changed her mind to thinking that in this situation, if she denied Li Jun with one mouthful, it would be very strange. Then she said, “Marrying a person is not just to marry him, but to their family.”

“That’s true.” Ma Xiuniang thought for a while and said, “If I had a mother-in-law like Mrs. Li, I would have to die.”

The two smiled at each other.

Ma Xiuniang finally stopped persuading her.

Yu Tang asked about Ma Xiuniang’s marriage.

Ma Xiuniang told her that she and Zhang Gongzi would be married in the second half of the year. She said that Zhang Gongzi’s family lacked the person to provide the host and wanted her to pass the door earlier: “My mother is also a refreshing temper, and she feels that not agreeing is something that she will not agree to. Now that I have agreed, I am a family. How to live a good life is serious. Some things are generally acceptable.” After speaking, she quietly told her, “My mother said to the people outside that our family is early We talked about the kiss, but we were still young and didn’t mention it seriously, lest we make a kiss on the front foot, and then the back foot will become a kiss. If someone asks about you, don’t miss it.”

“I know, I know!” Yu Tang was a little envious of Ma Xiuniang’s marriage going well.

Don’t know who she will marry?

Recruiting a son-in-law is easy to say, but it is difficult to recruit a person of good character but smart.

Yu Tang sighed quietly in his heart.

A Tiao returned to report to her: “The second young master of the Li family wore a bamboo-blue hang silk robe, a white jade hairpin with bamboo knots, a white belt, and a pair of purses, a water-green color, like a sachet; a lake-green color. , Ruyilike. Drinking tea at Wu Daosong with a few classmates.”

The Wudao Pine is an ancient pine beside the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion on the east side of Zhaoming Temple. Its cover is like an umbrella and can be shaded for several feet. Many scholars in Lin’an like to go there to hold poetry meetings, drink tea, and play chess. The monks in the temple set up stone tables, stone benches, bamboo mats and wooden couches under the trees for the scholars to play.

Yu Tang said, “How far is it from the brush fountain we made appointment with Lord Zhang?”

Xibi Spring is another interesting place in Zhaoming Temple. It is on a cliff at the back of Zhaoming Temple, and there is a small spring flowing from the belly of the mountain. The spring water is clear and sweet. It is said that drinking the spring water can clear the eyes and clear the mind, and is smart in reading. Many people in Lin’an have added children, especially boys. Yes, they will come here to pick up a pot of water for the children to drink, so that the children can be smart after drinking. Even some people who have a headache and brain fever come here to pick up a pot of water and drink it back. Not to mention the people who come to the Zhaoming Temple to respect incense, they must come here to drink a sip of mountain spring water.

A Tiao cleverly said: “I have already seen it. We went out from here and went west to Wu Daosong and turned north. There is a gate to the back mountain of Zhaoming Temple. After going out, there is a road for washing pens. spring.”

In other words, they have to make a circle from Wu Daosong.

If it weren’t for the gate leading to the back mountain of Zhaoming Temple, and they were discovered, wouldn’t they say that they were lost?

Ma Xiuniang covered her face.

She decides where to meet Zhang Gongzi.

Yu Tang laughed so hard that she could not stand up straight, and urged her: “Let’s go quickly, be careful what happens if we go too late.”

Ma Xiuniang ignored the embarrassment and hurriedly said, “Then let’s go!”

Yu Tang straightened his temples, put on the drapery again, and went to enlighten Daosong with Ma Xiuniang.

There are seven or eight summer mats in Matsushita, and a few young students are sitting cross-legged and talking. There are a dozen small servants beside them, or they are playing fans, or burning incense, or making tea… There are also people watching the excitement in twos and threes. people.

The pilgrims of Zhaoming Temple seem to have all gathered here.

Ma Xiuniang said nervously: “What should I do? Even if we walk over like this, they won’t notice us!”

Yu Tang sneered.

Didn’t Lin say that Li Jun liked her?

Then he must know himself and be deeply impressed.

Ma Xiuniang said vigilantly: “What are you going to do?”

According to what they had thought before, as long as they walked over and attracted Li Jun’s attention.

Yu Tang said: “Sister, you stay here, I just pretend to watch the excitement and just take a look.”

Ma Xiuniang hesitated and said, “Is this bad?”

Yu Tang knew that this was a risk, so he couldn’t bring Ma Xiuniang in.

She smiled and said, “It’s okay, you listen to me, there is nothing wrong.” After finishing speaking, before Ma Xiuniang could react, she confessed to the magpie “You are optimistic about your eldest lady” and walked towards Wu Daosong.

Ma Xiuniang wanted to call Yu Tang back, but she didn’t expect that Yu Tang walked like flying fast and quickly walked out of the ground. She looked at the people around and had to swallow the voice.

Although Yu Tang is not tall, but with long waist and thin legs, light footsteps, and graceful grace, people have not yet reached Wu Daosong. The half-sized children of Wu Dao Panasonic who dressed up celebrities and elegant scholars have all noticed, and one by one, keep your eyes open. Come here.

Enlightenment Panasonic’s noise gradually decreased.