Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

The next day, the family got up early in the morning. After breakfast, several people were dressed neatly.

Alu and Dabao were dressed roundly, with small coats underneath and thick cotton robes outside. Chen Afu also wore a small cotton vest to protect his chest, a pea-green muslin cotton jacket, a dark green horse-faced skirt, and warm earmuffs. This dress is her thickest dress, and it makes her feel warm and comfortable.

Wang also took fifty taels of silver to Chen Afu, and Chen Afu himself also took fifty taels of silver, which was money for the sesame oil in the temple.

At the end of the morning, a carriage came to the gate of Luyuan. Chen Afu carried two food boxes and took Alu and Dabao into the carriage.

The carriage returned to the gate of Tangyuan, and several people were asked to get out of the carriage. Chen Afu and his son were allowed to board the second canopy teak carriage, with Chu Hanyan inside. Because Song's mother was also inside, and there was only room for four people in the car, Alu was invited to the first carriage, and Mr. Chu sat in it.

Chu Lingxuan was riding on the horse. He saw that Chen Afu was only wearing a thin cotton jacket, which looked even more slender and thin in the morning wind. He called Mrs. Wei over and whispered a few words to her. Mrs. Wei nodded and trotted into Tangyuan.

At this time, two more birds appeared in the sky, circling at low altitude with a "quacking" sound.

Dabao and Yan'er shouted in unison, "Qiqi, Huihui." Then they opened the curtains and looked out happily.

When these two followers were at home, Chen Afu told them not to chase them away. They listened at the time, but now they are chasing after them.

Old Marquis Chu laughed loudly, opened the curtain and welcomed them in.

After everyone waited for more than a quarter of an hour, Mrs. Wei took out a small bundle and walked straight to the second carriage. She opened the curtain, handed the small bundle to Chen Afu, and said, "Master Chen is wearing less clothes. This is my master's original cloak. He put it on after entering the mountain."

Chen Afu thanked him and took it. In fact, she wanted to say, I'm not cold and I don't need it. But they had already brought it, so she had no choice but to take advantage of it.

After Mr. Wei left, Chen Afu smiled at Mrs. Song and said, "Sister-in-law Luo is a warm-hearted person."

Song's mother smiled and said, "Yes, yes."

When Chen Afu saw Mother Song's meaningful smile, he later realized that the Wei family was not qualified to take the master's clothes. Thinking of Chu Lingxuan's instructions last night, she couldn't help but blush a little. That man is really a good leader who is considerate of his subordinates. Is this like the little ambiguity between superiors and subordinates in the office in his previous life?

The carriage began to trot, gradually getting faster and faster.

In about half an hour, the carriage entered the mountain. Not to mention, the temperature dropped sharply as soon as we entered the mountain. Even with a small hand stove in our hand, we were still cold all over. Chen Afu had no choice but to take out the cloak from his bag. It was an azure embroidered bird pattern, cloud brocade, and white mink fur cloak. The Zhaojun suit was made of the same color fur. It was also set with a ruby ​​as big as the pad of a thumb. It was extremely rich.

Seeing such gorgeous fur clothing, Chen Afu also liked it very much. She put on the cloak and then on Zhaojun, and her body immediately felt warm.

Mother Song said with a smile, "Master Chen is so noble when he tidies up like this."

Dabao and Yourongyan said with big eyes, "My mother is so beautiful."

Yan'er was buried in a thick cloak. When she saw her, she straightened her back and praised, "Aunt... Piao Piao."

Not long after, they arrived at the gate of Lingyin Temple, and everyone got off the carriage and horses. Their plan was to visit Master Wu Zhi first. The old Marquis met the master twice in his early years, and Chu Lingxuan met the master once with his grandfather when he was a child.

Master Wu Zhi has a weird temper and cannot be seen every time. If he didn't see him, they would have to leave the food behind. After worshiping the Bodhisattva in the temple, they would go to Yingxue Temple together. Eat fast there, rest, and then return home.

As soon as the group of people walked into the temple gate, the old Marquis seemed to see something he didn't want to see, and his face immediately sank. Chu Lingxuan was even more exaggerated. Not only were his eyes as cold as ice, he even clenched his fists.

The old Marquis stopped and said coldly, "Xuan'er, let's go see your mother first." Then, he turned and walked out of the door.

Chu Lingxuan leaned over and picked up Yan'er, and said to Chen Afu, "Let's go to Yingxue'an first and come back here later."

When Chen Afu was in a daze, a little monk aged eleven or twelve came. He put his hands together and said, "Excuse me, the female donor, are you looking for Master Wu Zhi?"

Chen Afu nodded, "Yes."

The young monk said, "Please ask the female donor to follow the poor monk."

Chu Lingxuan knew that Master Wu Zhi was not easy to see, so he even thought that Chen Afu was coming and sent someone here to greet him, not wanting her to lose this opportunity. Then he said, "Go, we'll wait for you at Yingxue'an." His voice lowered a little, "Stay away from the woman in the yellow cloak." He also asked the two guards from Tangyuan to follow the three of them, while he He led the others out of Lingyin Temple.

They all walked for a while, and they could still hear little girl Chu crying, "Auntie, Dabao..."

This time, the Chu family's grandfather and grandson did not compromise and took her away in a hurry.

Chen Afu was baffled. What's going on here?

She then looked at the pilgrims in front of the main hall. They were walking, looking around, burning incense, and kowtowing. There were at least dozens of them. They were all kinds of people, rich and poor, but there was no woman in a yellow cloak.

They followed the young monk towards the back of the temple. After walking through a verandah, passing through a bamboo forest, and crossing a stone bridge, the view broadened. There is a row of Buddhist temples there. There are several plum trees in front of the Buddhist temples. The plum blossoms are in full bloom, which is really beautiful.

However, there were several people standing at the door of the Zen room. Among them was a young woman wearing a bright yellow brocade embroidered phoenix tail cape and a Zhaojun suit of the same color.

Chen Afu was stunned. Although she could only see the back of the woman, she felt that she was quite imposing. Thinking of Chu Lingxuan's words again, he didn't want to go forward.

The young monk saw that Chen Afu was hesitant and said, "It doesn't matter, the donor can just follow the poor monk." Then he said to Alu and the two guards, "Please let the three donors go to the pavilion over there to rest for a while."

There is a pavilion ten meters away, and there are several people standing in the pavilion.

Alu was reluctant and shouted, "Sister."

Chen Afu thought that nothing would happen outside the master's door, so he whispered, "Obey, sister, go and do business."

Chen Afu watched Alu and others go to the pavilion, and then noticed a man in a black cloak looking at her in surprise. The man was tall and tall, with a white face and short beard. He looked majestic and looked familiar. When he saw Chen Afu looking at him, he quickly turned his head away.

The little monk picked up the food box he took from the guard and said, "Two donors, let's go."

Chen Afu suppressed his thoughts and followed the young monk to the meditation room with Dabao.

When they were approaching the door of the Zen room, they heard a young monk blocking the door talking to the woman, "...The master asked the poor monk to give a message to the female donor. There is a time in life that must be fulfilled, and there is no time in life. Don't force it. "