"Third sister, third sister?"
Seeing Xu Chunniang still in a daze, the fourth sister stretched out her hand and waved it in front of her.
"You were just joking, right? Why do you want to go to the manor when you are fine?"
Xu Chunniang came to her senses and said, "I just want to change the way I live."
Kyoto is prosperous, but it is like an exquisite cage.
Zhuangzi went far away from the capital, where he could at least control his own destiny.
Seeing that she was not joking, the fourth sister became anxious.
"Third sister, please don't be so depressed that you will ruin your future. A place like Zhuangzi is not suitable for a noble lady to live in!
You should learn from your second sister and find a good husband to marry. That is the serious thing to do."
Xu Chunniang looked calm, "As a woman, there is more to life than just getting married."
"But, most women in the world are like this. If they don't want to get married, isn't that a heresy?"
The fourth sister looked at the third sister in front of her and felt that she couldn't understand her at all.
"What is heresy? Qian is heaven, Kun is earth. Qian has its own way, Kun has its own way. All things in the world follow their principles and paths, and go back and forth."
Xu Chunniang stood up, walked to the window and looked at the withered yellow leaves outside.
“Death and life are a cycle, and life is just a part of it.
You see the leaves are yellow and withered, but next spring, new leaves will grow out. When yang rises, all things come to life; when yin arises, all things sink.
It just keeps going on and on. "
The fourth sister was confused by what she heard, "Third sister, I don't quite understand what you said, but I know that if you dare to ask to go to Zhuangzi on your own, you will definitely anger our parents.
If things go wrong, I might end up staying in the village forever."
Xu Chunniang smiled and shook her head. Being able to live out her life in peace in the farm was exactly what she wanted.
If you seek benevolence and get benevolence, what's wrong with that
The fourth sister left with a sigh. It is said that birds climb high branches and people walk to high places.
But the third sister is a weird one. She refuses to make progress and instead becomes decadent.
She couldn't persuade him, there was nothing she could do.
In the future, even if the third sister thinks it through, it will be difficult for her to marry into a good family if she misses her youth.
Seeing that her fourth sister didn't understand her, Xu Chunniang didn't force her.
Everyone has his or her own path to walk. She has said enough, but the fourth sister didn’t understand. Perhaps it was because they were not destined to be together.
She returned to the table and continued copying the unfinished scriptures.
Two months later, Xu Chunniang left the Buddhist temple with a thick stack of scriptures and handed the scriptures to her mother for review.
Mrs. Xu flipped through it casually and a look of satisfaction appeared on her face.
"The handwriting is very neat. It seems that you have realized your mistake and have regretted it. Don't act like this in the future. Go away."
Xu Chunniang bowed and said, "My daughter has something to say to you, mother."
Madam Xu dismissed her attendants and said, "Say whatever you want to say, but don't you have enough money to spend?"
Xu Chunniang shook her head. "What I am about to say may be a little unbelievable, but it is absolutely what I really mean."
Mrs. Xu had a premonition that what her third sister was about to say would be unusual.
She calmed herself down and said, "Tell me what you want to hear."
"I have had memories since I was born. In addition, I can still clearly remember many things from my past lives."
Although she was mentally prepared, Mrs. Xu was still shocked and reached out to touch Xu Chunniang's forehead.
"Could it be that he caught a cold in the temple and developed a fever, and started talking nonsense?"
Xu Chunniang shook her head. "I don't have a fever, and what I said is all true. I can remember many things from my past life. In my past life, I was a tiger..."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible! You were born by me, how could you be a tiger?"
Before she could finish her words, Mrs. Xu interrupted her abruptly.
"You must have burned the lake. Yes, you have burned the lake. Go back to your room and rest. I will send someone to call a doctor."
Xu Chunniang opened her mouth, but ultimately remained silent and returned to her room silently.
Soon, a doctor was called in, and a fortune teller was invited along with him.
The doctor took the patient's pulse, shook his head, and left the room without saying a word.
Mrs. Xu, who was waiting in the main room, hurried over to greet them.
"Doctor, can you tell what's going on? Is my daughter suffering from a fever?"
The doctor frowned and snorted.
"The pulse is normal. Your daughter is not ill at all. I hope Madam Xu will not tease me. Goodbye."
After saying this, he left angrily without waiting for Mrs. Xu to try to stop him.
Seeing this, Mrs. Xu waved her hands feebly, "Go and ask the witch to come over."
The witch was soon invited in, and after listening to Miss Xu's symptoms, she said with confidence.
"Please don't worry, Madam Xu. Your daughter is in this situation. It's likely that she got into trouble with some evildoer.
As long as I apply some magic water, I guarantee that the dirty thing will stay away and your daughter will be back to normal."
Mrs. Xu forced a smile and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."
The witch took out the talisman paper, asked about Xu Chunniang's birth date, and then slowly walked into the room.
She took out a handful of glutinous rice from her bosom, scattered it in the four corners of the room, and muttered something.
"The Mysterious Sect of Heaven and Earth, the root of all Qi; I have practiced for billions of kalpas to prove my supernatural powers; within and outside the Three Realms, only the Tao is supreme; my body is filled with golden light, which covers my body..."
After she finished chanting the spell, she had just finished scattering the glutinous rice she had carried with her.
The witch took out the talisman paper and pen she carried with her, and wrote down Xu Chunniang's birth date and eight characters on the talisman paper with great speed, and then drew another talisman.
A magical scene happened. When she put down the last stroke, the talisman paper caught fire without any wind.
When Mrs. Xu outside the door saw this scene, her confidence in the fortune teller increased a lot.
With the help of a witch doctor, the third sister will definitely be able to return to normal.
The witch took the teacup on the table, dissolved the talisman ashes in the tea, and handed it to Xu Chunniang.
"Miss Xu San, if you drink this cup of magic water, you will definitely forget all those messy things."
Xu Chunniang took the teacup and drank the magic water in the cup in one gulp without saying anything.
Seeing that the magic water had been drunk, the witch nodded slightly, "Miss Xu San, do you still remember things from your previous life?"
Xu Chunniang could feel a surge of heat rising in her abdomen after drinking the talisman water.
It seems that this witch has real skills.
But after drinking the talisman water, those memories of the previous life were not only not forgotten, but became clearer.
She even remembered that she had been to a very special place before she became a seed.
That place seemed to be made up of endless emptiness and darkness.
There, you can't even feel the passage of time...
Before Xu Chunniang could continue recalling, the heat in her stomach subsided and the magic water was used up.
She looked up at the witch in front of her and said seriously, "I think I need to drink some more magic water."
The witch's face changed slightly. Ever since she attained enlightenment in her dream, this method of using the magic talisman to exorcise ghosts has been effective every time.
This is the first time that something has not worked.
She gave Xu Chunniang a complicated look, put away the talisman pen without saying a word, and left the room.