Delicate Flower Chapter 21: Temple

Zhaoming Temple is located in East Tianmu Mountain, with Amituo Village at the foot of the mountain.

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

Ma Xiuniang and Mr. Zhang arrived before Yu Tang.

Yu Tang got off the sedan chair and apologized repeatedly.

Ma Xiuniang took the maid Xie Que with her. She smiled and took Yu Tang’s arm with her lips pursed, and said with a smile: "We are not much earlier than you." Then she asked Yu Tang, "Have you had breakfast? Have you ever brought Would you like some snacks and tea?" After saying that, he glanced at the panting A Tiao.

To go to Zhaoming Temple, you have to climb half a mountain and the road is still a bit far. People either need to be pious when offering incense, or because it is too expensive to go up the mountain in a sedan chair, so they usually walk all the way there in a sedan chair at the foot of the mountain.

A Tiao hurriedly patted the baggage on his back and said, "Don't worry, Miss Ma, Granny Chen prepared it for us yesterday." Then he stepped forward to salute Mr. Zhang.

Mr. Zhang nodded.

Yu Tang glanced at him quickly and curiously.

He is eighteen or nineteen years old, has a delicate and fair appearance, is tall and thin, and looks very gentle.

Even with poor family conditions, he was admitted to the Tongsheng Examination at this young age, which shows that his hard work and qualifications are not bad.

Yutang likes smart people.

Mr. Zhang brought a boy with him and asked Ma Xiuniang and Yu Tang to walk in front.

Yu Tang turned Ma Xiuniang around and joked quietly: "Brother-in-law looks very nice! My uncle has chosen a good marriage for my sister."

Ma Xiuniang's face turned red with embarrassment, but she didn't even say a polite word.

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

Yu Tang asked: "What is your brother-in-law's name?"

Ma Xiuniang said in a low voice: "The name only has the word "hui", and I haven't chosen a word yet."

Zhang Hui?

I wonder when in your previous life you were a scholar?

Yu Tang once again lamented his big heart in his previous life.

Perhaps there are many people walking, but the mountain road leading to Zhaoming Temple is winding but very flat. It is not a lecture or an incense gathering. There are not many people going to offer incense, and they are all old or middle-aged women, like Young girls like them, with a young master hanging far behind them, are very eye-catching. Anyone who passes them will turn around and look at them twice.

Although she was wearing a curtain hat, Ma Xiuniang was still so embarrassed that she whispered to Yu Tang: "We, let's make an appointment with Mr. Zhang to meet at a place?"

It was a clear day, Ma Xiuniang had brought her maid, and she had brought her boy. Yu Tang thought about it and nodded with a smile.

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

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

Ma Xiuniang went to pinch Yutang and said coquettishly: "We are not doing this all for you. If anyone finds out, we will stop being human!"

Yu Tang apologized repeatedly and joked: "Don't worry, sister. When you leave the cabinet, I will embroider a pair of mandarin duck pillows with my own hands and give them to my sister."

"You **** girl, you are still talking nonsense."

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

The two went to the Temple of the Heavenly King.

Yu Tang took off his curtain hat.

Ma Xiuniang exclaimed in a low voice: "A Tang, you are so beautiful today!"

Today Yu Tang wore a crimson silk embroidered folded-branch flower gown, a white silver striped stand-up collared narrow-sleeved shirt, and a black green silk bun with a gilt silver stick inserted diagonally near her temple. The small steps inlaid with pearls made her skin as shiny as snow, her brows like picturesque, fresh and beautiful.

She smiled slightly.

Li Jun said that he liked her appearance, but she wanted to see how much Li Jun liked her appearance.

Not only did she apply it on her face, she also twisted her forehead and trimmed her eyebrows.

Come in full make-up.

Ma Xiuniang sighed: "You should dress up more."

Maybe it’s because Chen is a beauty. Although Yu Tang often hears people compliment her on her beauty, most of the people who praise her are relatives and friends at home or the elders next door. When she and her mother look in the mirror side by side, she doesn’t feel like she is herself. How pretty, thought everyone was saying kind words. Later, when she married into the Li family and was coveted by Li Duan, she realized that she might be more beautiful than many people. However, she was already a widow at that time and had to dress according to the rules. Mrs. Lin regarded her as a thorn in her side, and she had no intention of immorality. On weekdays, try to dress yourself as simple and low-key as possible.

After rebirth, some habits have not changed for a while. No wonder Ma Xiuniang was a little surprised.

The two of them offered incense and rested in the veranda where pilgrims were entertained. A Tiao went to find out where Li Jun was.

Ma Xiuniang stared at Yu Tang's face again and sighed: "Don't tell me, the more I look at you, the more beautiful you become. Especially the expression on your face when you speak and the way you look at me seem to be very different from before. But I think You just changed your clothes and put on some jewelry! Could it be that I had too little contact with you in the past?"

Maybe it's because some experiences in her previous life are engraved in her bones. Now she is more independent and courageous than she was in her previous life.

Yu Tang smiled and said, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I wonder if the same applies to my brother-in-law?"

"You bad guy, I helped you, but you laughed at me!"

The two made a fuss again.

For a long time, Ma Xiuniang and Yu Tang collapsed on the Arhat couch respectively.

She said: "I think, just because of your appearance, you are the only one who disagrees with others, and no one else disagrees with you. If you think the second young master of the Li family can't stand it, will you agree to this marriage? ”

Ma Xiuniang has never seen Li Jun in person, so she doesn’t know what Li Jun looks like.

No!

Yu Tang almost blurted out.

She then thought about how it would be strange for her to deny Li Jun in this situation, so she said: "Marrying someone is not just marrying him, but marrying their whole family."

"That's true." Ma Xiuniang thought for a while and said, "If I had a mother-in-law like Mrs. Li, I would be bored to death."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Ma Xiuniang finally stopped trying to persuade her.

Yu Tang asked about Ma Xiuniang's marriage.

Ma Xiuniang told her that she and Mr. Zhang would get married in the second half of the year. She said that Mr. Zhang’s family lacked someone to host the wedding ceremony, and wanted her to get married as soon as possible: “My mother also has a cheerful temperament, so I don’t think it’s right not to agree. What we promised, since we have agreed, we are a family. How to live a good life is a serious matter. There are some things that can be generally tolerated." After saying that, he quietly warned her, "My mother is talking about us in front of everyone outside. The two families have discussed getting married a long time ago, but we are still young and did not mention it seriously, so as not to say that we have already made an engagement, so if someone asks you about it, don't let it slip."

"I know, I know!" Yu Tang was a little envious of Ma Xiuniang's smooth marriage.

I don’t know who she will marry?

Recruiting a son-in-law is easy to say, but it is difficult to recruit a man with good conduct and intelligence.

Yu Tang sighed quietly in his heart.

A Tiao came back to report to her: "The second young master of the Li family wore a bamboo-green silk robe, a white jade bamboo hairpin, a white belt, and a pair of purses, one aqua green, like a sachet; A green lake, as you wish. I drank tea with a few classmates at Wudaosong's place."

The Enlightenment Pine is located next to the Buddhist Scripture Pavilion in the east of Zhaoming Temple. It is an ancient pine with a cover like an umbrella and can provide shade for several feet. Many scholars in Lin'an like to hold poetry gatherings, drink tea and play chess there. The monks in the temple set up stone tables, benches, bamboo mats and wooden couches under the tree for the scholars to play.

Yu Tang asked: "How far is it from the Bi-washing Spring we made an appointment with Mr. Zhang?"

Xibiquan is another interesting place in Zhaoming Temple. It is located on a cliff at the back of Zhaoming Temple. There is a small spring flowing out from the middle of the mountain. The spring water is clear and sweet. It is said that drinking the spring water can clear your eyes and refresh your mind, and make you smart in reading. Many families in Lin'an City have had children, especially boys. Everyone will come here to get a pot of water for their children to drink, hoping that the children will become smarter after drinking. Even some people who have a headache or fever come here to pick up a bottle of water and drink it back. Not to mention those who come to Zhaoming Temple to offer incense, they must come here to take a sip of mountain spring water.

A Tiao said smartly: "I've already gone to see it. Let's go west from here and turn north to Wudaosong. There is a gate that leads to the back mountain of Zhaoming Temple. After leaving the gate and going east, there is a dedicated road. Clean the fountain."

In other words, they have to go around the Enlightenment Pine.

If there wasn't a gate leading to the back hill of Zhaoming Temple and someone discovered it, would they have said they were lost?

Ma Xiuniang covered her face.

She decided where to meet Mr. Zhang.

Yu Tang laughed so hard that she couldn't stand up and urged her: "Let's go quickly, be careful if something changes if we go late. ~IndoMTL.com~ Ma Xiuniang didn't care about being embarrassed and said hurriedly: "Then let's go quickly! ”

Yu Tang straightened his temples, put on his curtain hat again, and went to Wudaosong with Ma Xiuniang.

There are seven or eight mats spread under the Wudao Matsuda. Several young students are sitting cross-legged and talking. A dozen boys are nearby, either fanning fans, burning incense, or making tea... and there are two or three others. People watching.

It seems that all the pilgrims from Zhaoming Temple have gathered here.

Ma Xiuniang said nervously: "What should we do? Even if we walk past like this, they won't notice us!"

Yu Tang sneered.

Didn’t Mrs. Lin say that Li Jun liked her?

Then he must know himself and be deeply impressed.

Ma Xiuniang said warily: "What are you going to do?"

According to what they had thought before, all they needed to do was walk over and attract Li Jun's attention.

Yu Tang said: "Sister, you stay here, I can just pretend to watch the excitement."

Ma Xiuniang hesitated: "Isn't this bad?"

Yu Tang knew that this was risky, so he couldn't bring Ma Xiuniang in.

She smiled and said: "It's okay, just listen to me, you won't be wrong." After saying that, before Ma Xiuniang could react, she told the magpie, "Look after your eldest lady," and walked towards Wudaosong. go.

Ma Xiuniang wanted to call Yu Tang back, but she didn't expect Yu Tang to walk quickly and quickly. She looked at the people around her and had to swallow her voice.

Although Yu Tang is not tall, he has a slender waist, long legs, light steps, and graceful appearance. Before he reached Wudao Song, the group of half-year-olds pretending to be celebrities and elegant people at Wudao Songxia all noticed it and opened their eyes one by one. Looked over with big eyes.

The noise from Enlightenment Panasonic gradually became quieter.