The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

While Baochai and Daiyu were muttering private conversations here, Miaoyu's attendant had already inquired about the situation in the palace, and turned back and said a few words to Miaoyu. The path went back again.

Baochai saw her from a distance, and hurriedly pulled Daiyu, pretending to have just come from there, and winked at Zijuan, who understood, and raised her voice, "My dear girl, how long have I been looking for you?" Yes, I'm coming here now, my aunt and grandma are waiting."

Baochai laughed and said, "Because I saw a few plum trees there, I told Dai'er that when we used to write poems about plums, I forgot the way."

After she finished saying this, Miaoyu had already turned around, but this time she stood still, looked at Baochai and said, "Are you two friends of Benefactor Xue?"

Chai and Dai thought for a while, and realized that she was talking about Xiangling. Baochai nodded with a smile and said, "Could this be Master Miaoyu?"

Miaoyu lowered her head and nodded, because she had something on her mind before, so she didn't take a closer look, and now she looked at the two of them, but she saw Baochai's beautiful body and Daiyu's graceful posture, both of them were beautiful Jue Lun, Dun is very human, so he raised his head again, nodded his head, and asked: "Isn't Tanyue the sister of Master Xue's husband, the one who taboos Baochai?" Seeing that Baochai answered with a smile, Looking at Daiyu again, he said, "then the benefactor is the Anren of Jia Huizhou, and Daiyu is taboo?"

Baochai knew that Daiyu was unhappy because of the reunion of the two jades, so she answered for her, "Exactly. Since I am in Buddhism, I don't have to abide by the etiquette of the world. Master calls me Baochai, and she is Daiyu." Squeezing Daiyu's hand, Daiyu also smiled at Miaoyu, and said: "When I came, I heard that Master Miaoyu was in retreat, and it is inconvenient to see guests. Now it's not the time, why has he come out?"

Miaoyu smiled lightly, and said: "There is no fixed time for retreating. When the time comes, it will come out naturally."

Daiyu was about to ask her about Shenshi when Baochai held her hand and said nothing.

For a while the three of them stood silently, Zijuan couldn't see this embarrassment, and smiled from the side: "Aren't the girls going to find my aunt? Why didn't you go in after arriving at the door?"

Baochai clapped her palms and said with a smile, "That's right." She took Daiyu's hand behind her back and nodded to Miaoyu. I went to the meditation room.

The abbot Miaoyun squeezed Xiangling almost, when he suddenly saw the two people coming in, he was overjoyed, got up and let the two people take the seat, and asked them to have tea and snacks again and again, several young nuns came back and forth, in an instant All sixteen dishes were laid out, and several senior teachers offered to give them up, but Baochai refused, took a small piece of pastry, took a small corner of it in his mouth, and put the rest back, afraid of Daiyu Feeling hungry, she turned her head and looked at it as if asking questions. Daiyu shook her hand gently, and sat there for a while, listening to that wonderful cloud and misty talk about some specious Buddhist principles. When the water chestnut came, I regretted not asking Zijuan to bring a box. If she lived on the mountain and asked someone to pick it up, it would seem like she made a fuss. Ban Qian remembers being flustered, thinking about it for a moment, unable to make a choice, because she pulled Baochai's sleeve, and when Baochai turned around, she didn't speak, but stared at Baochai with both eyes.Baochai was often blamed today, and she didn't know which of Grandma Lin's taboo she had violated. She pursed her lips, and took out a small incense box from her sleeve, and handed it to Daiyu. Daiyu opened it, and inside was a small crystal ball with thousands of faces. The carving is very delicate, and when it shines on the light, it is colorful and dazzling, and the wonderful cloud who is preaching the scriptures is attracted by this small ball, and unconsciously asks: "Is this thing... a rare treasure in the palace?"

Baochai laughed and said, "It's just a little gadget. Although it's exquisitely made, it's actually made of worthless materials, so it's nothing." Seeing that Miaoyun had stopped, she said deliberately, "Just now I met a man with a belt. The teacher who made the practice came over, could it be Master Miaoyu?"

As soon as Xiangling heard Miaoyu's name, she leaned forward and said, "Has she come out of retreat?"

Daiyu said: "If it's her, then she should have come out."

Xiangling stood up and said with a smile: "In that case, let's go to her first." Then she said goodbye to Miaoyun.Miao Yun couldn't keep him, so he personally sent him out of several corridors, and told the bhikkhunis to be kind to him, Fang turned back reluctantly.

Xiangling took the two of them back the same way, and when they passed the garden just now, Daiyu stopped and asked, "The plum trees here are so strong and dense, it must be a sight in winter."

Xiangling walked through the woods and said with a smile: "This is the plum grove raised by Miaoyu. It was originally a big one. After planting it for so many years, only these few trees survived. We come here to drink and recite poems every year."

After hearing this, Daiyu kept silent, just holding up her skirt and following Xiangling across a curved bridge to a Buddhist monastery.The yard is obviously old, but it doesn't look decadent. The flowers and trees inside are flourishing, and it's obvious that someone has taken good care of it.

At the gate of the yard, there was a five or six-year-old nun holding a broom, dragging and sweeping the leaves in the yard.There is a small stove in the corner of the yard, with a large pot of water boiling on it, and another little nun sits by the side watching the water, fanning the fire with a fan from time to time.

There are three Zen rooms up from the courtyard, the doors on both sides are open, but the door in the middle is closed.Xiangling walked to the door, tapped it lightly three times, and called out, "Liaofan, is your master coming out?"

But after hearing a squeak, Miaoyu's attendant opened the door from the inside, and said softly to Xiangling: "Just now, I came out. Now I say I want to enlighten the Tao, and I am sitting in meditation in that quiet room. Grandma is in the meditation hall." Sit down and wait a while."

Xiangling didn't feel disappointed, she just said: "I just collected three urns of water, and I'll have someone move them over later, you put them away, let it go and eat it next year."

Liao Fan agreed, led the three of them to the East Chan Hall to sit down separately, and brought three reborn official kilns to fill the blank covered bowls, Xiang Ling saw him and said, "Why did you think of using this today?"

Liao Fan didn't answer, but just fanned a pot of water on the stove, brewed three bowls of tea, and brought out four small dishes.Seeing that the dim sum was freshly made, and one plate was still steaming, Daiyu couldn't help but glance at Fan.

Liao Fan had already taken out a chessboard, books and other things from the cabinet, laid them out one by one, and asked the little nun to go to the kitchen to ask for food.

Daiyu saw that she was going to tell her to wait for a long time, raised her eyebrows, and was about to speak, but was held down by Baochai. Baochai glanced at the tea bowl, smiled at Xiangling, and said, "Master Miaoyu is down." People who love tea must have collected a lot of tea sets, right?"

Xiangling nodded and said: "She likes these things, she puts a lot of tea bowls in it, and she is very particular about which tea to drink and which utensils to go with."

Baochai said, "Sister Ling has used all these tea sets? Which one does Sister Ling like?"

Xiangling smiled and said: "I'm a layman, so I like the brightly colored ones. Once I drank from her green jade teapot. The tea leaves are originally green, but they are also green after soaking in them. They look good. I like that one very much. .”

Baochai heard this, glanced at Daiyu with a smile, and drank tea without saying a word.