New Dream of Red Mansions

Wang Xiyan asked Jia's mother to go to the Great Compassion Temple to burn the Great Compassion Mantra that she had copied for her parents in the past three years. Jia's mother agreed without thinking, "Let your second elder brother take you there. The most visited place in our house is the Qingxu Temple." He Mantou Temple is not familiar with Dabei Temple, so it needs to be well arranged."

Wang Xiyan declined and said, "I went to Dabei Temple with my eldest aunt and second aunt before. The Dabei Temple is really good. The monks preside over the safety of the believers. The second elder brother is busy with work. Why don't the old ancestors let the two nuns accompany me? Burn the scriptures in the temple, put down some sesame oil money, and then go around to the Chen’s dim sum shop on Qianmen Street to buy some people like to eat, I remember that the ancestors like pea yellow, do you want to buy some kidney bean rolls?"

Mother Jia laughed, "Don't spend it, these things can be made at home, just buy some for your sisters if they want to eat, and the money for sesame oil will come from the old ancestors, if you go early and return early, you can't Stay longer."

Wang Xiyan didn't refuse, she accepted with a smile, and got into the car with the two nuns sent by Mother Jia and Brother Yu.

Wang Xiyan came to worship Buddha sincerely. In her previous life, she was only in awe of gods and Buddhas and did not believe in them. Now, she was reincarnated, but forgot to drink that Meng Po soup. From the beginning of her consciousness, she was even more in awe of these gods and Buddhas. Regardless of whether her parents could hear her or not, she hoped to be able to comfort her and tell them that she and Brother Yu were doing well.

The two nuns paid for Wang Xiyan's sesame oil with the money provided by Jia's mother, but Wang Xiyan took out two more money and handed it to the little novice, wrote Jia's mother and Daiyu's names on it, and said, "This is for blessing."

The little novice said respectfully: "The poor monk will ask people to chant scriptures and pray for these two benefactors."

"Thank you little master."

The two old nuns looked at each other and became more respectful to Wang Xiyan.

Brother You was rarely able to go out, but Wang Xiyan was fine. When Father Wang was still there, he would often take his daughter out for shopping.

So Wang Xiyan is still familiar with the street, through the indistinct car curtains, he pointed to those things and explained them to Brother You. Sister let me play, let me play."

"Here," Wang Xiyan looked at the two nuns embarrassingly, Dongmei immediately took two purses and stuffed them into their hands knowingly, "The two nuns are tired after walking for a long time, why don't you go to the side to rest , let’s order some snacks to fill our stomachs.”

The two of them touched the small piece of the purse, reckoning it was about a tael of silver, and their faces burst into smiles, "What the girl said is, Miss Yan, it will take a while for this snack to be ready, how about just Let's rest here at Chen's place."

Wang Xiyan heaved a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "The mothers said, Chunlan, you and Hongxiu and Riquan take the young master to play nearby, buy him some gadgets if you like, you can't go far, wait a minute Snacks are ready, we're leaving."

Chunlan and Hongxiu quickly responded, Riquan came in from the outside and picked up Brother Yu, who struggled to get off the ground, clapped his hands and said: "I want to go by myself, go by myself!" As soon as he slipped off the ground, he pulled Riquan to ran forward.

Wang Xiyan hurriedly said: "Slow down, don't fall." Seeing that the person ran away, she turned to the two nuns and said, "I'm going to trouble the two nuns, Dongmei, go talk to the people from the Chen family. Said that I want another box, go to the nearby restaurant to buy some food and drink, and invite the two nuns to sit in it."

Dongmei responded with a pretty voice.The two nuns have long heard that Wang Xiyan's father can make money, and he is also very rich. Her eldest aunt, Mrs. Jin, just spied on her dowry and planned to adopt the two siblings. For a tael of silver, they could be invited to eat in Chen's private room, which confirmed the rumor.

They didn't dare to take it too seriously, so they waited for Wang Xiyan to sit down in another private room. Seeing that she was nodding her head and wanted to sleep, and there was a small asparagus pendant beside her, they went to drink and eat food next door with Dongmei in peace.

As soon as they left, Wang Xiyan got up and went to the cubicle to change into maid clothes, and said to the two little maids, "Stay outside and don't allow anyone to come in. Go find Dongmei if you have anything to do."

Brother Yu was running around happily with a small windmill, when he saw his sister coming, he threw himself into her arms, "Sister, sister, look."

Wang Xiyan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Do you still remember the book my sister asked you to memorize?"

Brother Yu was already smart, upon hearing this, he put down the windmill in his hand, nodded solemnly and said: "I remember."

"Wait a minute when Manager Zhuang takes you to meet an old gentleman. You have to answer his questions obediently, understand? If you answer well, he may accept you as a student, and you can read more in the future." Books, meet more people, and see more things to play and eat.”

Brother Yu nodded repeatedly. Manager Zhuang had already stood aside, and when he saw this, he came up and hugged Brother Yu, "Fifth Miss, let's hurry up, don't let those two nuns find out."

Wang Xiyan nodded.

Mr. Chen does not set a time limit for accepting apprentices, but his energy is limited. Since last year, it has been stipulated that only ten students will be taught at a time, and no more students will be accepted. Now he has accepted eight students, and there are still two places left. .

Unlike those gentlemen who like to recruit talented people as apprentices, Mr. Chen likes to accept young sons as students, because he thinks that the most important thing for a person to be an official is the heart, and the heart of a child is the easiest to see clearly, and the easiest to understand. Board is upright.

So he was very satisfied with Brother Yu's age, stroked his gray beard, Mr. Chen asked with a smile: "Have you ever been enlightened before?"

Brother You looked at Guanshi Zhuang, but actually looked at Wang Xiyan behind him, shook his head and said, "I have only studied with my sister for three years, and have never formally followed my husband."

"Oh? Then your father doesn't teach?" Since my sister can teach, it can be seen that the tutor is good. How can a father never teach his children?

Brother Yu said in a depressed mood: "My father passed away."

Mr. Chen didn't expect such a situation, and felt pity for the child in his heart, and quickly changed the subject: "Then what books have you read?"

"After reading "Sound and Rhythm Enlightenment", "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic", now I am reading "The Analects of Confucius".

The teaching is very comprehensive. Originally, he taught students in the same way. Mr. Chen asked again: "What have you learned from "The Analects of Confucius?"

"Having learned how to say, 'Knowing it silently, never getting tired of learning, never getting tired of teaching, what's the difference with me?'" Brother You shook his head and recited it.

Old Mr. Chen nodded in satisfaction, and recited some of the previous sentences to test him, and found that he spoke well both in recitation and handouts, nodded and said: "Yes, you can stay, there are eight sentences in front of you Brother, besides that, there are 38 other brothers who have already left, and you have to recite their names later, so as not to be acquainted with each other when you meet in the future."

Old Mr. Chen asked Brother You to come to class tomorrow, and Guanshi Zhuang hurriedly stepped forward to apologize, saying: "... I also need to ask the two old masters at home to wait for them to write a letter to talk to Jia's before they can come. Old Mr. Chen forgive me."

Old Mr. Chen frowned displeasedly, "Isn't this child surnamed Wang? Why is he connected with the Jia family again?"

Sensing Mr. Chen's disgust towards the Jia family, Guanshi Zhuang explained more cautiously: "Yes, my young master originally belonged to the royal family in the capital, and later he was adopted by the royal family in Gusu. Because the young lady and the young master are not in good health, the two grandfathers are worried. , let them live in my aunt's house first, my girl heard that Mr. Chen knew him well, so she asked the younger one to bring the young master over to try it out, and if they are lucky, they will write back to Gusu to ask the two masters to make decisions."

Old Mr. Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, "You just mentioned your two old masters, what is the taboo?"

When Guanshi Zhuang said two names, Mr. Chen immediately burst out laughing, "It's their grandson!" Mr. Chen pulled Brother You to the front again, and saw that he was indeed younger than his peers, and he looked too old. Weiwei was weak, so he nodded and said: "Since you are their grandson, please be accommodating, and come to me after you get the letter from your two old masters."

Manager Zhuang was puzzled, "Mister, do you know my two old masters?"

Mr. Chen nodded and said: "It was a pity that we talked about scriptures and Taoism together when we were rushing for the exam. Now we are far apart. The last time we met was more than a year ago. He came to the capital to deal with something. I think that thing is to adopt you. It's about the girl and son."

"Exactly, the Sixth Old Master did come to Beijing to adopt my young master and daughter more than a year ago."

Although Mr. Chen didn't know why his friend adopted him but didn't take him away, but being able to adopt him meant that the two children had good temperaments, and naturally they were happy to give this little apprentice a convenience.

Things went smoothly, and Wang Xiyan was also very satisfied with Mr. Chen. Her vision of seeing people was no less than that of her father, Wang Zifei. Mr. Chen was rigorous but not pedantic. Such a person is very suitable for teaching students.

When they returned to Chen's dim sum shop, Manager Zhuang went in directly through the back door, handed a money bag to shopkeeper Chen, and thanked him, "Thank you, brother. You can use the money to buy some wine and vegetables for the people in the shop."

Shopkeeper Chen pushed back angrily, and said: "Who do you take me for? I help you because of our friendship for many years. Back then, my shop could hardly continue to open. If you hadn't extended your hand, Lao Chen, I am still in business now. I don't know how."

Seeing that he was serious, Manager Zhuang didn't insist, "Brother Chen will come to me for anything in the future. Although our master is gone now, I still have some connections."

Shopkeeper Chen nodded.

The two nuns were slightly drunk, after Wang Xiyan and Brother You ate some snacks and filled their stomachs slightly, Dongmei poured sober soup for the two nuns. Dongmei reassured: "My girl fell asleep just now, and the two nuns are just sleepy. The old lady is kind and won't blame too much. Let's go back quickly. The nuns have sober stones in their mouths. It’s almost time to go back to the house.”

Only then did the two feel relieved, and when they returned to Jia's mansion, they went back and changed their clothes first, then went to Jia Mu's place to answer, emphasizing the fact that Wang Xiyan had added sesame oil money to Jia Mu and Daiyu, Jia Mu suddenly I laughed happily.

At this time, everyone was gathering around the dim sum brought back by Xiyan in the bisha cupboard. Daiyu ate a kidney bean roll and said with a smile, "This is good, no one at home can make this taste."

"I still like sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. Sister Yan should get more." Tanchun put all the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes in a box and held them by himself. "I'm going to take these back and eat slowly."

Xi Yan laughed and said, "You're not afraid of encountering mice at night."

Baoyu jumped up and down, ate a bit of each snack, and said: "I think they are all delicious. Sister Yan bought so much after going out. Next time I go out, sisters, just tell me what you want. I'll go and buy."

Brother Yu is showing off with a bamboo dragonfly and Xichun, "...this is not the best, I saw a tiger made of bamboo at the market. The ones that didn’t show up were called back by my sister, next time I go out I’ll buy one for you.”

"I don't want bamboo tigers. You can buy me some small windmills in various colors. It would be even better if there are such small flower baskets."