Chapter Thirteen Good and Bad
It rained all night, and the bright sunshine came into the house early in the morning. The air was fresh after the rain, and the blue sky was very clear. Lin Wan stretched in the yard and exhaled a long breath. She loved the rain the most.
It's early in the morning, the sun is warm and bright, the autumn air is crisp, and my mood is uplifting.
In the yard, Qiu Zi and others served Lin Wan, and then ordered the little girl to sweep away the fallen branches and leaves on the ground, and then followed Lin Wan to Liu's place.
"It rained heavily yesterday, have you rested?" The smile on Mrs. Liu's face was gentle, the joy in her eyes could not be concealed, her face was rosy, and she looked in great spirits.
Lin Wan breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself that she was worrying too much. As expected, Grandma Cao was right. When her mother is in a good mood, she will naturally be in better spirits.
"Okay, I'll sleep until dawn! Where's mother?" Lin Wan took the hot handkerchief from the little girl's hand and raised her hand to wipe Mrs. Liu's face with crooked eyes. "I'll help mother wash up!"
Mrs. Liu couldn't stop laughing. She hurriedly took the handkerchief, patted Lin Wan's hand and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I remembered it now! Mother slept well too. Let's go to the temple to burn incense later and take a look.
Is the master here? If so, go and see the master. This is your blessing!" At this point, Ms. Liu sighed with emotion, "Your grandma said back then that the master knows things like a god and can win over him.
It’s not easy to be favored.”
Lin Wan was surprised, but she followed Liu and nodded with a smile. Seeing that Liu had washed herself, mother and daughter had breakfast, and then boarded the car to Cishou Temple. Before leaving, Lin Wan left the jade
Zhu, Zhu Hibiscus and two or three of Changqing's wife and daughter-in-law gave instructions: "When Shopkeeper Meng and the others arrived, they were invited to rest in the study room in the side courtyard while Uncle Changqing chatted with them first." Changqing's daughter-in-law responded with a smile on her face.
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Because of the rain, the mountain road was a little muddy and there were puddles everywhere. There were almost no pilgrims in Cishou Temple. The young novice led Lin Wan and her daughter into the temple, kowtowed and burned incense. Mrs. Liu wanted to hear more.
Lin Wan had never been interested in talking about Buddhism in vain, so she took Forsythia and Qiuzi around the main hall.
Although Mrs. Liu often came to Cishou Temple to offer incense, Lin Wan rarely came. Yesterday, she spent most of the day bumping around and kowtowing, and she didn't take a closer look at the main hall. Now she took the opportunity to look at it carefully for a while, and when her eyes turned to
When seeing the tall and majestic Buddha statues, Lin Wan laughed to herself. Forsythia followed Lin Wan, glanced around, pulled Qiu Zi and whispered: "My wife asked for a good fortune yesterday, but the girl was not happy.
I laughed so hard when I came to this temple today!"
When Lin Wan heard Forsythia whispering, the corners of her mouth curled up, her voice soft with a smile. "How can this sign be so clearly good or bad? It depends on how we look at it."
Forsythia looked at Lin Wan with wide eyes, confusion and surprise on her face.
Lin Wan turned sideways, raised her head and stared at the Buddha statue with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, smiling at the sentient beings, and explained in a low voice: "For example, in this marriage, what should you do to achieve a good marriage?"
Forsythia nodded hurriedly, looked at Lin Wan's smiling face, frowned and thought for a while, then hesitantly said: "Husband and wife get along well, the family is harmonious, and the children are filial?" Isn't this what Grandma Cao talks about every day?
Lin Wan squinted her eyes slightly, stretched out her hand to block the sunlight pouring in from the gaps in the beams, and smiled vaguely.
"Then how can this couple get along? How can their family be harmonious? How can their children be filial?"
Forsythia was stunned. She obviously didn't expect such a question. She looked at Qiu Zi as if asking for help. She just said one sentence, but why did she make the girl think so much? Amitabha, the girl has had ideas since she was a child.
Marriage affairs are always generous and generous, so this is not her fault!
Qiu Zi blushed slightly, stared at Forsythia helplessly, thought for a while, and said: "I can't explain anything else. It's roughly like my mother and my father, they are considered husband and wife, and the girl also knows
, my father has his own ideas, but he listens to my mother. As for family harmony, my uncle’s family seems to be very harmonious. As for the filial piety of the children, isn’t it true that the girl is filial to her wife? "
Lin Wan turned around and laughed, looking around for a futon, and then asked Qiu Zi and Forsythia to sit down. She pulled Qiu Zi and joked with her without any emotion: "Then tell me, if I can find a futon for you in the future,
A man is more capable than your father, such as Shopkeeper Meng. He respects you and pities you, but he also has a maid and aunt by his side. You take care of the family affairs, and he takes care of the outside affairs. The husband and wife treat each other as guests. Doesn't this count?
Is it considered a husband and wife?"
"How can that be done?" Before Qiu Zi could answer, Forsythia suddenly jumped up, "We all treat each other like guests, so how can we be considered a family? Are they not outsiders? Besides..." Forsythia said this,
His face turned red for a moment, and he glanced at Qiu Zi, who was also blushing, and muttered hesitantly: "There are also my wife and aunt. Isn't it the girl who always says that a man has three wives and four concubines, even if they seem to be harmonious on the surface?
In fact, there are constant internal fights. When you meet someone who dotes on concubines and kills his wife, it makes the family even more uneasy. Not to mention anything else, even Aunt Zheng in our house is also troubled! The girl said that there are thousands of mistakes, and the root lies in the man.
I think so too. If the man is not good, how can we get along as a couple?"
Lin Wan burst into laughter, with a trace of loneliness flashing in her eyes. After the two people's expressions recovered, she sighed: "Look, this is what we think is different. That's not how the world sees couples getting along.
Everyone wants something different, and whether it is good or bad, the results will be different. For example, Qiu Zi thinks that a man has a good temper, a husband and wife trust each other, and they can listen to advice when it comes to matters. But some people think that the husband is honorable and the wife is valuable.
It is good for husband and wife to respect each other as guests. Some people seek wealth, some seek fame, and some seek profit. In this world, not only men like fame and wealth, but women also like to choose a son-in-law. Even if the love is as deep as the sea and the oath of eternal love,
How many of those who vowed to stay together for the rest of their lives have their wishes fulfilled? - So, whether the signature is good or bad does not depend on what is written on the signature, but on whether what you ask for is consistent with what you get."
Forsythia nodded with emotion and looked at Lin Wan with admiration. Her own girl was more knowledgeable!
"Forget it, it's useless to talk so much. Let's go." Lin Wan smiled and let out a long sigh of relief, stood up, straightened her clothes, and walked out of the hall.
When the figures of several people gradually walked away from the door of the main hall, Lu Junzhao stood out from the shadow of the Buddha statue in monk's robes, looked at the distant figure outside the door, raised his eyebrows, and then turned and left.
"Female donor, please come this way. Master Jiwu is waiting for you." Not far from the palace gate, a thin, middle-aged monk came up to Lin Wan and bent down to salute.
"Master, do you know where my mother is now?" Lin Wan stepped aside and bowed, with a smile on her lips.
"Madam is still listening to the Buddha. Female donor, don't worry, Master Zukong will inform madam of your whereabouts." The middle-aged monk clapped his hands and smiled.
Lin Wan then nodded to Forsythia and Qiu Zi, and followed the middle-aged monk into the west courtyard of Cishou Temple.
Chapter completed!