The Red House of the Concubine of the Jia Family

In the past few days during the Chinese New Year, Lu Yan tried his best to refuse as many entertainments as possible, and only talked with Lu's parents and mother at home every day, and then went to see his grandparents at his uncle's house.

"Grandma, I'm Yan'er"

"Oh, baby, who is she then?"

"This is Axuan, my wife, your granddaughter-in-law"

"Oh, daughter-in-law? Are you An An's mother? Then you are An An? An An, grandma, I heard that you have been admitted as a scholar..."

"Grandma, I'm not An'an, I'm Yan'er..."

"Oh, Anna..." The old lady was sober for a while, and confused for a while, and couldn't even recognize her grandson for a while.

Lu Yan's sad eyes were red, and Jia Xuan didn't know how to comfort Lu Yan, so she could only hold Lu Yan's hand to give him some strength.

Coming out of the uncle's house, Lu Yan was very silent all the way, the two of them just walked like this, and didn't go home.

"How about, let's go to Lingshan Temple?" I haven't been there for a long time, and if I go there to listen to the masters' lectures and the bells of the ancient temple, maybe Lu Yan will feel better.

"it is good"

Along the path that they went up the mountain together for the first time, Lu Yan took Jia Xuan's hand and walked up step by step.

In winter, everything on the mountain was sluggish, and dead branches and leaves could be seen everywhere. Jia Xuan didn't say anything, and neither did Lu Yan, so they just went up the mountain.

"The benefactor is here..." This time it was an old monk from the monastery who greeted him. His name was Zhizhi, and he was probably his senior brother. "The benefactor hasn't come here for a long time, is he coming today?"

"We want to listen to the master's lecture in the monastery..." Lu Yan didn't speak, it was Jia Xuan who answered.

"Okay, please benefactors." Zhizhi led the two of them to walk in, passed the main hall and continued forward, bypassed an arch, walked for a while, and turned into a secluded small courtyard next to it.There are only two meditation rooms in the yard, and flowers and plants are planted in other places.There is the sound of wooden fish in the meditation room...

When they came to one of the meditation rooms, Jia Xuan and the two stopped, Zhizhi stepped forward and knocked on the door, "Abbot..."

"Come in." The old abbot stopped the wooden fish he was knocking on.

"Abbot..."

Jia Xuan and the two entered, the abbot signaled Zhizhi to come over with two futons, and told them to sit down, then said, "The two benefactors haven't come here for some years. I heard that benefactor Lu is coming back for the New Year. I was still thinking, Lu Will the benefactor come up to the mountain to sit?"

The old abbot is also a local. It can be said that he grew up watching Lu Yan. Lingshan Temple is so close to Lujia Village. The monks usually need to go down the mountain to buy some things, and people from the village often come up the mountain.The news of Lu Yan's return to his hometown had already spread to the temple.In the past when he was in the monastery, Lu Yan often came up the mountain. Later, Lu Yan also left the Lujia Village, and fewer people came back. He may not be able to take the time to go up the mountain to have a look, so the old abbot is not sure whether Lu Yan will come.

"Abbot, can you read two scriptures for Lu..."

"It's possible... Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, when you practice the deep Prajna Paramita for a long time, you will see that the five aggregates are empty, and you will overcome all hardships..." The "Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra" read by the old abbot to Lu Yan is long and eloquent. The tone of voice echoes in the ears, giving people a sense of tranquility and soul cleansing.

After listening to the "Heart Sutra" for a while, Jia Xuan felt relaxed and settled down.

Turning to look at Lu Yan, sure enough, Lu Yan's complexion also calmed down, and he looked much better. "Thank you abbot..."

The abbot shook his head, "Many things in this world are beyond the control of human beings. There is no need for benefactor Lu to be too entangled in these things. If you take a closer look... Bodhi does not have a tree, and a mirror is not a stand. There is nothing in the first place. Why? It's full of dust"

Coming out of Lingshan Temple, a smile finally appeared on Lu Yan's face, "The abbot is right, why worry about nothing, the most important thing is to live in the present moment..."

"It's the best if you can figure it out." Jia Xuan firmly held Lu Yan's hand, she was afraid that Lu Yan would get into a corner, but fortunately, Lu Yan came out by himself.

"En." Lu Yan held Jia Xuan's hand back, and then hugged Jia Xuan with a force, which scared Jia Xuan and said "ah".

However, Lu Yan seemed to have found the fun, and he didn't let Jia Xuan down, just hugged her and walked down the mountain, and it was like hugging a child.

Jia Xuan was embarrassed, but fortunately there was no one on this path, otherwise she would really be ashamed to see people. "Master, put me down quickly"

"It's okay, I'll carry you down the mountain." After speaking, Lu Yan tightly hugged Jia Xuan's arm again. "More than ten years ago, I carried you up the first time we went up the mountain. I didn't carry you when I went up today. I carried you down the mountain when I went down the mountain. When I come back later, I will carry you..."

"But, I'm fatter now than before." Having given birth to three children, Jia Xuan tried her best to maintain her figure and paid attention to exercise, but her figure is still a little fatter, which is almost 20 times larger than that of more than ten years ago. How many catties of meat.And now Lu Yan's body is definitely not as good as it was then, Jia Xuan was afraid that Lu Yan would flash to the waist.

"Not fat, it's better to be fatter, fleshy, comfortable to the touch..."

In desperation, Jia Xuan had no choice but to compromise and let Lu Yan carry her down the mountain.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, the two of them walked home hand in hand again.

When meeting folks on the road, Lu Yan would stop to say hello and talk, delay here for a while, delay there for a while, and by the time the two arrived home, it was already late.Dinner is ready at home.

"You two, where are you going? The whole family is waiting for you to eat."

"Going to the temple, I met the patriarch on the way and chatted for a while."

"Then you have to come back to eat, you are not hungry, the child is also hungry." Mother Lu continued to scold.

Jia Xuan looked at Xin'an, how about Cen'er, they seem really hungry?

"Okay, didn't you come back? Let's serve dinner?" Father Lu knocked on the table, signaling the two daughter-in-laws Liu Shi and Xiao Li who were next to him to hurry up and serve the food.

The elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law hurried to the kitchen.

Tonight, Lu's mother specially cooked two hard dishes: braised pork and chicken stewed with mushrooms. The pheasant was specially bought from Orion, and the mushrooms were also picked out from the mountains and dried in the sun to pick out the best ones.

When two large dishes were served, the children immediately began to salivate.Even Jia Xuan and Lu Yan were hooked out of the gluttons in their stomachs.

After dinner, Qi An, Xin An, Zhuzi, and Shi Shi were taken to the study by Lu Yan to test their homework, and Cen'er went back to sleep. Jia Xuan originally wanted to go back with her daughter, but was left behind by Lu's mother.

"Third daughter-in-law, your father and I both know that you have something on your mind during this period of time. Although neither of you said anything, we two old ones can probably guess it. It's decided... Yan'er is a child who values ​​friendship. If your grandparents are like that, he might feel uncomfortable, right? You usually persuade Yan'er, your grandparents, we have to worry about your uncles and aunts, you guys Just take care of yourselves..."

"Mother, don't worry, I will persuade my husband."

"You are husband and wife, you are going to live together for the rest of your life, you must support each other..."

That night, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatted a lot, and even after Lu's mother chatted without hesitation, after the two of them shared their hearts, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law seemed to improve a lot overnight.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, after the lively Lantern Festival in Lujia Village, the family packed up their things and rushed back.

Fortunately, the road was relatively smooth, and the group finally arrived in the capital on the [-]th day.

Back in the capital, all the daily activities of Jia Xuan returned to order, and went out to attend parties held by officials and wives from time to time as usual. Go to Cen'er.A year has passed, another year has grown, and Cen'er is 13 years old, so he can start talking about marriage.

"Hey, this is your precious daughter, right? She's so well raised. I asked you to bring her out for us to meet earlier. I've been reluctant to do so. Today, I can see her." Mrs. Qiao and the Mei family are related by marriage , and later introduced by Mrs. Mei, and met Jia Xuan, the two chatted very speculatively, and their temperaments also matched, so they got in touch with each other more.On weekdays, she went out to attend banquets, and when she met, Jia Xuan always talked with Mrs. Qiao and Mrs. Mei.

As for Jia Xuan's daughter, Lu Cen'er, because there are several boys of the right age in the family, Mrs. Qiao fell in love after hearing Mrs. Mei mention it a few times. She even asked Mrs. Mei about Lu Cen'er's situation. Mrs. Mei said that the little girl is good-looking and has a good temper, so she looked forward to it a little bit more. Later, when she met Jia Xuan, she often expressed her desire to see her, but Jia Xuan declined them all.

Now I finally meet her, and the little girl is really good looking. Wearing a long garnet red dress and a light pink gauze, she looks cute and cute.

Mrs. Qiao immediately fell in love with her, "Ah Xuan, we've been together for so long, you know my temper, I'm not the one who likes to rub people, and I won't tell you about that, you girl, I fell in love with it, and I want to get it back to be my daughter-in-law. You also know that there are many boys in my family. You can choose whatever you want, and I will ask whichever one you choose to come to propose marriage..." Mrs. Qiao gave birth to five sons, each of whom was married. To become a talent, the eldest son and the second son are already married, the third son is now seventeen, and he is already a juren, the fourth son is fifteen, a scholar in the same class as Lu Qi'an, and the fifth son is thirteen this year, the same age as Lu Cen'er, although he has not yet finished because of his young age. Examination for the imperial examination, but the talent name has already been spread, and even the master of Chinese painting, Master Hong, praised him for his painting skills...