After time travel, I ate glutinous rice bran in ancient times

Wang Yugui and his sister were looking around in front of the nunnery. Suddenly, the door opened and two little nuns came out, one carrying a bucket and the other holding a broom.

When the two little nuns opened the door, they were shocked to see a man, a woman and a dog standing outside the nunnery.

She quickly put her hands together and chanted "Amitabha". The slightly taller nun looked at Wang Yugui and said, "Donor, why did you come up here? Didn't you see the stone tablet at the bottom of the mountain that says "Stop walking, donator?"

Wang Yugui smiled awkwardly after hearing this: "Master, I'm sorry, I really didn't see it!"

"You are so young, how come your eyesight is so poor? You didn't even see such a big stele?" Another shorter nun looked at Wang Yugui and said.

Wang Yugui looked at the short nun and said, "Sorry, little nun, we were so busy climbing the stone steps that we didn't see her!"

I thought to myself, this little nun is not tall, but she has a bad temper.

Why are monks so hot-tempered?

After hearing this, the short nun glared at Wang Yugui and said, "Well, now I'm telling you, why don't you leave quickly? This is a restricted area of ​​the nunnery, and men are not allowed to enter!"

"Donor, please leave quickly, we need to sprinkle water and sweep the floor," the tall little nun also said.

As he said this, he picked up the ladle from the bucket, scooped a ladle of water, and poured it towards Wang Yugui's feet.

"Oh!" Wang Yugui was so scared that he quickly took two steps back. The nuns in this nunnery were so unfriendly. Why were they so violent?

Seeing this, the eldest sister hurried forward and said with a smile: "Two young masters, you have misunderstood!"

Then he pointed at Wang Yugui and said, "This is my brother, his name is Wang Yugui, he is a painter in Wangtian County."

"My brother came here at the invitation of Master Nianshan of your nunnery, and he did not trespass into the forbidden area without permission!"

The two young nuns looked at the eldest sister, then at Wang Yugui. The taller young nun asked, "Oh, he's your brother? Did Master Nianshan invite him here?"

"Yes, young master, please go in and inform them that Painter Wang is here to visit," Wang Yugui also stepped forward and said.

Because the two little nuns were so fierce, he didn't dare to laugh.

"Okay, wait a minute." The short nun nodded and ran in to report.

After a while, he came out and said to Wang Yugui: "Amitabha, Painter Wang, Master Nianshan wants to see you. Please follow me in!"

"Okay." Wang Yugui nodded, took his elder sister in, and asked Ah Huang to wait for them outside.

After entering the nunnery, Wang Yugui took a look and was surprised to find that the Shuijing Nunnery was full of antique charm and its decoration was elegant yet grand.

It seems that this temple should be very popular and has been well maintained, so the temple must be well-funded.

Wang Yugui and his sister followed the little nun to a temple and stopped. A kind-looking middle-aged nun came out to greet them: "Amitabha, I am Nianshan, are you Painter Wang?"

"Yes, hello, Master. I am Xiao Wang, the painter Wang Yugui." Wang Yugui saw her and hurried forward to return the greeting.

Then he pointed to the older sister next to him and introduced her: "This is my sister!"

"Hello, Master. My name is Wang Damei." Damei also stepped forward and saluted.

Nianshan looked at Wang Yugui, then at Damei, nodded, and said with a smile: "You two both have good looks! Please take a seat!"

Wang Yugui was not polite and sat down with his elder sister. After a while, a little nun brought two cups of tea and said softly, "Two donors, please have some tea!"

Wang Yugui took a look and found that he recognized this little nun. She was the little nun who came to the store to invite him yesterday.

"Master Nianshan, why did you call me here today? Do you want a portrait?" Wang Yugui took a sip of tea and started talking about business.

Nianshan nodded and smiled, "Yes, Painter Xiao Wang, I invited you here to paint a portrait!"

"But I don't want a portrait. I want you to help us draw some portraits of our predecessors."

"Alas, the portraits of our ancestors are old and damaged."

"I heard that the painter Xiao Wang painted the image of our master for the Dacheng Temple, and it was an excellent painting."

"So, I would like to ask you to help our temple to paint the portraits of our ancestors."

"Okay, I'm happy to help!" After hearing this, Wang Yugui nodded quickly and got to work!

He asked again, "Master, how many pictures of our late master do you want to copy?"

Asked clearly, good quote.

“There are eight portraits of our master that need to be repainted,” said Master Nianshan.

Wang Yugui listened and nodded: "Master, can you take me to see the damaged old portrait first?"

"Of course you can." Nian Shan nodded, stood up and said, "You two, please follow me!"

Wang Yugui and his sister followed Master Nianshan to another nunnery with three big characters written on it: Hall of the Former Master.

Nun Nianshan pointed to the portraits hanging on the wall and said, "Painter Xiao Wang, these are the portraits of our ancestors!"

Wang Yugui looked at the portrait on the wall. It was indeed quite worn out, but fortunately the person was still clearly visible.

Nianshan looked at Wang Yugui and asked, "Master Wang, can I turn the painting over?"

"Of course, Master." Wang Yugui nodded and said, "But, we have to take them down first. It will take me about fifteen days to finish painting these eight portraits!"

"As for the painting fee, it's five taels of silver per painting, a total of forty taels of silver will be enough!"

"Ah? Forty taels of silver?" Master Nianshan seemed very surprised.

He looked at Wang Yugui and smiled: "Little Painter Wang, this is a Buddhist pure land, and monks don't have that much money!"

"Isn't forty taels of painting money too much?"

As he said this, he looked at Wang Yugui and said with a smile, "Master Wang, how about fifteen taels of silver for the painting fee? Is that okay?"

When Wang Yugui heard this, he was surprised! The nun was much more aggressive in bargaining than the monk. She directly gave me a 30% to 40% discount!

"Teacher, my brother usually charges at least five taels of silver for a portrait. If you don't believe me, you can go to Mr. Zhang's house and ask. The portraits of Old Madam Zhang and others are also priced at the same price!" The eldest sister couldn't help but interrupt.

After hearing this, Nun Nianshan looked at her elder sister and laughed, "Oh, little girl, how can our nunnery compare to Mr. Zhang's mansion?"

"Mr. Zhang is a great donor to our nunnery. Painter Wang, please give us fifteen taels. The remaining twenty-five taels will be your donation to our nunnery."

"The sisters in Xiaoan will all be grateful to you, Amitabha!"

Nianshan said this and chanted a Buddhist

Wang Yugui was speechless. This Nun Nianshan was really calculating. She even played moral blackmail and forced donations!

"Since Master Nun said so, I don't want the 40 taels of silver. Just give me 20 taels. The remaining 20 taels will be my donation to your nunnery," Wang Yugui said with a smile.

After saying that, he added: "Twenty taels, no less!"

Nianshan listened, thought about it, and nodded: "Okay, twenty taels is twenty taels."

"But, Painter Xiao Wang, you have to paint well and not be perfunctory!"

"That's for sure. Let me finish one painting and you confirm one." Wang Yugui smiled.

I thought to myself, women are just petty-minded. They don’t even think about it. Do you need to say such nonsense to a famous painter like me?

Nun Nianshan added: "Also, Painter Xiao Wang, you can't take these portraits of our ancestors away with you. You can only paint them in the nunnery!"

"Besides, it's not convenient for you to stay overnight in the nunnery. I'll have to trouble you to go back and forth every day."

Wang Yugui frowned after hearing this. The work in a nunnery is more troublesome than that in a Buddhist temple.