Zhong Niangzi Wanfu

Chapter 4 Praying at Jinbai Temple

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The days passed quickly, and autumn arrived in a blink of an eye.

Zheng treated all the children equally, prepared dry food and clothing for the rural examination, and sent the two children to Gongyuan.

"Good boy, take the exam calmly and don't have any worries." Zheng, wearing a dark green brocade dress with a bird pattern, pulled the two teenagers and warned them.

"Mom, don't worry, my son and Brother Feng will be fine!" Wen Yi raised his hand with a smile.

"You kid, you're still so out of tune." Mrs. Zheng scolded her calmly.

"Have you read the article that my previous wife asked me to read? Don't find out on the spot that you have to take a test and forget everything and cry." Wen Shu said half-jokingly.

"I just practiced it again with Brother Feng last night, don't worry, big sister!" Wen Yi smiled brightly and was confident.

"I have nothing to say, so I wish you both success in the first try." Zhong Lan looked at the energetic young man in front of him and smiled happily.

"Thank you, Sister Lai." The two teenagers smiled in return.

"Mom, eldest sister, sister Lai, let's go then!" Wen Yi waved his hand, turned around and pulled Shen Feng to the entering team.

Watching the two of them enter the Gongyuan, the three of them returned to the carriage.

"Shu'er, are you ready with everything you need to bring to Jinbai Temple?" Zheng asked gently.

"Everything is ready." Wen Shu and Zhong Lan looked at each other and smiled.

The two teenagers studied five subjects for nine days in total. During this period, Zheng planned to burn incense and fast at the Jinbai Temple in Chengshan outside Yong'an City in order to pray that the two children would pass the exam.

Although Wen Shu often ridiculed Wen Yi, she still missed Wen Yi a lot when it came to business matters. When she heard that Zheng was going to the mountain to pray for blessings, she asked to go with him.Zhong Lan is also willing to go with him.

The three of them left Gongyuan and went straight to Chengshan Jinbai Temple.

Jinbai Temple is very prosperous and has its own wing. A small courtyard surrounded by mountains and rivers was built for the three of them. Zheng has a room, and Wen Shu and Zhong Lan have a room.

Wen Shu and Zhong Lan were very curious about Jinbai Temple. After a tour, they were so tired that they lay down on the bed.

After Mrs. Zheng took a shower and changed clothes, she looked at the two children who were not lying down: "I will go to pray incense and kneel in a while. Are you tired now?"

"Mom, Jinbai Temple is too big. Can you give us a day off today? We will definitely go tomorrow, early in the morning." Wen Shu got up and said coquettishly to Zheng.

Unable to bear her daughter's coquettish behavior, Mrs. Zheng shook her head and smiled: "That's all, I didn't plan to bring you here. You just rest. When the fasting meal is over, I will have someone bring it to you."

"Thank you ma'am!"

"Thank you Aunt Wen!"

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Although Mrs. Zheng had no strict requirements for the two of them, they were too embarrassed to lie down again after a day's rest. They changed into plain clothes early in the morning, went to the main hall with Mrs. Zheng to buy sesame oil money, and knelt down to pray.

For seven days in a row, the two girls patiently stayed with Zheng, burning incense and worshiping Buddha, chanting sutras, praying for blessings, copying Buddhist scriptures, and their bodies became slightly thinner.

Mrs. Zheng was very satisfied with the two of them and felt affection in her heart: After lunch on the eighth day, she specially allowed the two girls to have a rest in the afternoon without going to the main hall.

The two couldn't bear their temper and went out happily.

The mountains behind Jinbai Temple are lush and green, and the pavilions and pavilions are extremely elegant. No matter where you stand, you can have a panoramic view of mountains of beautiful mountains, rivers, and deep forests.

The last pavilion after leaving the back mountain is the extremely effective wishing pool of Jinbai Temple.

Rao was a young girl in her mid-[-]s, playing on the grassy lawn. When she saw a butterfly, she chased it for a long time.

The butterfly didn't catch up, so the two sat down by the wishing pool to rest.

"The butterflies in the mountains are more beautiful than those in the city." Zhong Lan looked at the swallowtail butterflies flying away, took a deep breath of fresh air, and said with a smile.

"It's harder to attack than those in the city." Wen Shu wiped her sweat with a handkerchief and complained, waving to Yun Le, "Go help your girl and I'll find a net."

"Girl, you are joking. Killing is prohibited in Jinbai Temple. Where did you get the net?" Yun Le fanned Wen Shu.

Just as Wen Shu was about to speak, she was interrupted by a voice.

"Sir, the wishing pool is here!" Not far away, a cheerful young man in a white shirt led a young man in a moon-white shirt over.

"Finally found it," the young master said, with a graceful and handsome face, long eyebrows on his temples, a pair of red and phoenix-shaped eyes that showed his arrogance, his hair tied up with a warm purple jade crown, and a moon-white shirt that fit perfectly, making him tall and tall. But it still looks as clear as the wind, free and easy.

He looks slightly older than Wen Yi, and his appearance is more mature and handsome than Wen Yi's. Even standing there, one can't help but lament God's preference for him.

Noticing Wen Shu and Zhong Lan, the young master smiled and saluted: "Two ladies, make peace."

Seeing that the two of them were looking at each other in a daze, Yun Le and Chang Huan quickly pulled the sleeves of the two girls to bring them back to their senses, and they all returned the favor.

The young master nodded slightly, then turned to face the wishing well, no longer paying attention to the two of them, took out a gold leaf from his pocket and put it in the palm of his hand. He clasped his hands together and bowed devoutly: "May Jiaci's illness recover soon, and Jiayan Jiaci's health be good." , May you have long life and good fortune." After saying that, he threw the gold leaves into the pond, bowed again, and when it was all over, he led the boy and left.

"That young master is quite handsome." Zhong Lan couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth.

"Yunle," Wen Shu grabbed the girl next to her, "Go and find out whose young master that is."

"Yes." Yun Le smiled, got up and left in a familiar manner.

Zhonglan suddenly remembered that Wen Shu had been unable to walk when she saw a handsome young man since she was a child. Although Wen Yi's appearance became more and more beautiful with age, which had improved her eyesight a lot, the man just now was really handsome. dignified.

"Isn't that right, Wen Shu?" Zhong Lan raised his eyebrows. This time it was his turn, "Have you fallen in love with him?"

Wen Shu pursed her lips and said nothing, her face full of shyness.

"Wen Shu," she took Wen Shu's arm and said half-jokingly, "I'm not trying to hit you. Generally, the more good-looking a person is, the more superficial they are."

Wen Shu glanced at her and said nothing.

"Girl, I asked Heming, the young attendant next to the young master, that the young master is the young master of the Zhang family of Danzhou governor, Zhang Zhuo." Yun Le inquired and told the two girls.

"He is Zhang Tong?" Zhong Yan murmured, he had heard early on that Zhang Yan, the governor of Danzhou, had only one son, who was as painful as an eyeball, and was raised with gold and jade.

Rumor has it that this young master is so handsome that if Governor Zhang had not wanted his own children to become officials, even the princesses of the royal capital would have been able to do so.

Wen Shu also heard about the life experience of this little brother from the Zhang family, and she was frustrated for a moment: "Okay, he's not worthy of me."

Zhong Lan couldn't help laughing.

"Why are you laughing? My aunt's marriage is ruined." Wen Shu pretended to be angry, "Go back and copy scriptures!"

Wen Shu's marriage ended before it even started. She was so sad that she ate half a bowl of rice that night, which made Zheng think that they were tired from playing during the day, so they skipped their evening classes and went to school. They went for a walk to eat.

The two girls are strolling in the courtyard.Zhong Lan kicked the pebbles on the roadside and walked slowly for a moment. He accidentally glanced at Wen Shu, who looked very beautiful under the moonlight, and was stunned for a moment.

Wen Shu was already beautiful, but the soft moonlight shining on her shirt actually added a touch of holiness. From a distance, she looked like a concubine and fairy whose whole body was filled with moon-white light.

Realizing that Zhong Yan was looking at her, Wen Shu turned her head and glanced: "What's the matter?"

"It's okay." Zhong Lan shook his head, "I just think you're quite pretty."

Wen Shu pursed her lips and rolled her eyes perfectly: "Although I know I'm very beautiful, can you stop being so uneducated? I don't ask you to use any rhetoric, so why don't you use some adjectives?"

Zhong Lan suddenly felt that the nice girl in front of him had a long mouth.He smiled helplessly: "Yes, yes, I am so uneducated."

"The beautiful lady must find a young husband who is eloquent and can use eighteen kinds of rhetoric to exaggerate the beauty."

Wen Shu Qiao smiled sweetly: "There will be."

"There will be..." Zhong Lan murmured, speaking quickly, "I think little brother Zhang is very good. Why don't we make a little wish to marry little brother Zhang?"

Wen Shu was stunned and chuckled: "Is this Xiao Yuan? Come here and let's have a good talk."

Zhong Lan suddenly felt something was wrong and walked away: "Calm down, I won't talk to you."

The two girls had a lot of fun, and when they were tired from laughing, they sat down on a stone bench to catch their breath.

"You are not young anymore. Tell me the truth. Do you have a man you like?" Zhong Lan asked Yun Le and Chang Huan to get some water for them, while he sat down and whispered to Wen Shu.

"No." Wen Shu shook her head.

Zhong Lan felt a little disappointed: "I heard that both the Yin family and the Luo family came to your house to propose marriage, but you didn't even like them?"

"Yin's family and Luo's family?" Wen Shu sneered, "The Yin's family runs a cloth shop, and the Luo's family runs a grain store. These years have been declining, and they have taken a fancy to my family's ability to help them out of trouble, and want to use their aunt."

"Today's marriages are all too snobbish. If you can't find someone who really likes you, just be suitable." Wen Shu looked at the bright moon in the sky and sighed, "Sure enough, people are always a little sad at night."

Zhong Lan looked at the girl in front of him who had a grudge against him, and said with a smile: "Then you might as well find someone who is richer and more powerful than your family, and who doesn't care about your family's money."

"Then what does he want from me?" Wen Shu asked quietly.

"Can't I be interested in you?" Zhong Lai hated the fact that iron cannot become steel. "Can you not be so realistic as a person?"

"If you don't have the same reality as others, don't blame others for the same reality with you." Wen Shu held her head and looked at Zhong Lan as if she were a childish child.

"You are really good at doing business. If you don't become the richest woman in the future, you will lose your talent." Zhong Lan scolded.

"Then I'll lend you some good words."

(End of this chapter)