The next day was the day when Gu Qingci wanted to go to Dajue Temple with Mrs. Sun.
Due to the unhappiness last night, Gu Qingci ran to a different room to sleep. Soon the two maids learned that they had no choice but to go and persuade her for a long time, but Gu Qingci was determined to compete, and refused to bow her head, said some hard words, and refused to go back to the room.
He thought in his heart that it was Li Cheng who had to admit his mistakes, and he was willing to coax him to have room for it.
It's just that I didn't expect that after waiting for two cups of tea, Li Cheng still didn't come.
Yuzhu realized that something was wrong, and the two masters were really having trouble.
I can only comfort Gu Qingci with words, "Grandma, don't worry, maybe the uncle is angry, and I can't really be angry with you."
Gu Qingci couldn't listen to it, she was upset and drove the person out, sleeping on the cold bed, holding the quilt and crying.
Rarely, she got up early the next morning and let the servant girl take care of washing and getting dressed, she didn't even go to the main room to take a look, breakfast was useless, and went directly to the east courtyard with jade bracelets.
Sun's people are old and young, and they also get up early.
Seeing Gu Qingci coming over, he first asked her if she had eaten, Gu Qingci nodded and said that she ate some soft cakes.
Sun said: "The Su Zhai in Dajue Temple has always been doing well, so I can use more of it today."
"yes."
While talking, Gu Qingci helped the old lady and went out the gate. The carriage was waiting, and the two got into the carriage one after the other and went to Dajue Temple.
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Li Chengze still had the same routine as before, and got up early and went to the study to study.
It was just now that Gu Qingci was making a lot of noise, but Li Cheng didn't know what was going on in his mind, he just looked unhurried, and didn't seem to plan to go out and say anything to Gu Qingci.
It wasn't long after the two of them walked over there, Mrs. Bai suddenly came over.
She still had a gentle look, and said, "I'm disturbing your reading."
Li Cheng was surprised for a moment, then smiled, and said: "No, is there something wrong with my mother?"
Mrs. Bai seldom came to this courtyard, today when Gu Qingci went out, she got the chance, she went into the hall and sat down on the chair with a frank expression.
Then he gave Li Chengze a reproachful look: "Ze'er is studying in the academy now, and has been away for a long time, and it's hard to go home. Mother is very worried, so she wants to talk to you."
Li Cheng quickly said, "It's my son who is unfilial."
Bai Shi laughed again, "If you say something stupid, mother will still blame you for failing, but today's visit is a different matter. Do you know why your grandmother suddenly went to the temple to pray for your grandfather?"
Li Cheng only answered that he didn't know, and asked why.
Mrs. Bai sighed leisurely, and then said: "So that day I went to the countryside with your grandmother to have a banquet, and on the way, I met a man selling maidservants by the side of the road. , people stared at her in a daze, she looked sick for many days, and she didn't know if she was alive or not. Naturally, no one spent a lot of money to buy it. In the end, it really couldn't be sold. Ren Yazi was reluctant to give money to people to take medicine , but keeping it in his hands would be a loss when someone dies, so he gritted his teeth and reduced the girl's worth to twenty copper coins.
The mother-in-law was kind-hearted, and felt that it was a human life, so she gave up a few copper coins to buy him, and took him to the old house. I invited the barefoot doctor from the village to have a look, boiled two pastes of medicine and poured it down, it was also the fate of the girl, and she woke up the next day.
It is said that saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Your grandmother was very happy when she found out, and then she called the girl to her side and talked carefully. She asked her how old she was, and the little girl said she was sixteen. It's not bad, but the body looks thin and thin, which shows that it has suffered a lot in the past. Then the girl said her birthday, and your grandmother was surprised when she heard it. She never thought that the girl was born on the same day as your grandfather, and she talked about the great fate. "
"The more the old lady thinks about it later, the more she realizes that there is something to say about this matter. It's the same birthday as your grandfather, and your grandfather's birthday ceremony is coming up. The most important point is," Bai paused, looking at Li Chengze, " The girl said that she was kidnapped by a kidnapper when she was young. There is something about our family that you don’t know. There used to be a younger sister under your grandfather who was lost when she was five or six years old. I took my younger sister out to play, and saw someone playing dice under a tree on the road. I went to join in the fun and became fascinated, so I lost my younger sister. Your grandfather blamed himself and felt guilty for this all his life. He died in a daze and called your aunt nickname."
"It's not easy for your grandmother to be connected one by one. She thinks that girl has a relationship with our Li family, otherwise she would have been saved by me. That's why I'm going to Dajue Temple to offer incense. Recite the scriptures and make a dojo."
Li Cheng had heard the words overheard, and his face showed some emotion, but he didn't believe in any coincidence in his heart, but became a little suspicious.
Bai said on the sidelines: "That girl has been raised in the country for half a month. She has recovered from her illness and has become more energetic. Your grandmother saw that she is docile and well-behaved, hardworking and obedient, and has a job in her hand. She couldn't bear to leave her there. I just want to bring people into my home, and I can do whatever I want.”
Li Cheng smiled lightly when he heard the words, "Since grandma likes it, she doesn't have a maid to serve her, so it's fine to follow grandma."
Bai said with a smile: "If this is the case, my mother will not come to you. What your grandmother means is to let that girl come here to serve you."
This makes sense.
Li Cheng didn't think he was thinking too much.
So he said: "My mother has also seen that there is no shortage of maids in the yard here, but grandma really needs someone to take care of her when she is old."
Bai thought that Li Cheng didn't understand what she said, how could a man push what was brought to his mouth
So he hinted again: "You have a few maids in this yard, but they are all by your wife's side, how can she let you get involved?"
There was no smile on Li Chengze's face, and he said lightly, "Is my mother going to take a concubine for me? Let's not say that I have married a wife and I should treat her wholeheartedly. On the other hand, I have read a few sage books, It is even more important to be self-righteous, mother, stop thinking about it, and forgive my son for being unfilial."
Bai was anxious, and said repeatedly: "It's not that you are asked to take a concubine! It's just a girl raised in the house who doesn't need a status. It's a great fortune for your grandmother to save someone's life. That girl herself Don't force anything. You are not young, but your knees are empty, and you don't even have a girl. You feel sorry for Gu Qingci when she is young and can't bear to make her suffer. Your grandmother agreed. It's just a coincidence that you got such a maid. You just take care of it. , When you have a body, it will be the blessing of our Li family."
Li Cheng sighed.
This is why Mrs. Sun insisted on bringing Gu Qingci to offer incense today.
He was simply amazed at the practice.
He couldn't help ridiculing, if this kind of thing was in a normal family, the elders would not make such detours at all if they wanted to cram people into the younger generation's house, and would just call the daughter-in-law over and give instructions.
This is the advantage of marrying a daughter-in-law equally or at a low price. When the status of the two families is almost the same, the man has the absolute right to speak.
Looking at the Li family again, marrying Gu Qingci, in the eyes of the Sun family and the Bai family, is probably the same as marrying a living Bodhisattva back home, and they can't be beaten or scolded.
Now that he wants to hug his grandson like crazy, he has to beat around the bush.
It's really interesting, this is not called taking concubines, Bai's words mean that people are only here to have children.
Li Cheng's heart was cold, and he didn't show any expression on his face.
I said it again: "The mother forgives the child for being unfilial, and now she doesn't want to do anything other than study."
Bai's face was full of disbelief, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.
He was so angry and heartbroken that he felt more and more that he had a wife and forgot his mother.
That's right, ever since Gu Qingci married into the Li family, whenever his son did what he wanted, it was all to protect Gu Qingci.
Last time, he completely ignored his own face, and he only thought that his son was deceived and instigated by Gu Qingci, and he lost his composure when he got angry for a while.
Now it seems much more than that.
Bai held back her temper and said in a low voice: "Ze'er, don't forget that you are a single descendant of several generations of the Li family. If you, if you let our family die, you will be a sinner for the rest of your life. How can you be sorry for Li? The ancestors of the family! I don't care how much you want to spoil Gu Qingci, but this is what your grandmother wanted, and disobedience to your grandmother is a great disobedience, you have to agree if you don't agree!"
After speaking, Bai lifted his foot and left.
Walking to the yard, he gave a few servant girls a cold stare.
Li Cheng frowned.
On the other hand, when Gu Qingci arrived at Dajue Temple, he followed Mrs. Sun on the journey, donated money for sesame oil, and drew a lottery for the safety of the house.
After unraveling a sign, Sun smiled all over his face.
After that, I went to invite the master and lit a long burning lamp to worship. I bought another 500 pieces of incense paper that had been made offerings in front of the Buddha, folded them into ingots for the little novice monks, and put them one by one into a basin to burn. Kui knelt aside, and Gu Qingci did the same.
After working for an hour in the morning and taking a short rest, Mrs. Sun and Gu Qingci were led to have a vegetarian meal.
After eating, continue to practice Dharma and chant sutras.
After two full hours in the second half, Gu Qingci lost all energy when it was over.
Mrs. Sun was too old to kneel for such a long time, so she could only let Gu Qingci kneel instead, so she gritted her teeth and persisted.
The two didn't return home until the second quarter of the hour.
Gu Qingci was so tired that she didn't want to say a word, she just asked the servant girl to wait for her to take a bath.
For a while, I didn't notice that there was something wrong with the expressions of the maids.
After a while, Li Cheng came over.
Before Gu Qingci could speak, he asked the maids to go out first.
How could Gu Qingci forget that they were still arguing, they had a falling out last night and they still haven't reconciled.
Today is another day of tossing around, feeling wronged and depressed, how can I show Li Cheng a good face.
He said coldly: "What are you doing, you are taking care of my girl in my room."
Li Cheng thoughtfully made troubles with her in the yard from time to time, but he didn't have the time at the moment, so he glanced at the servant girl and said coldly, "Go out."
The hearts of the maids were shocked, but You didn't react, their bodies had already moved out instinctively.
Gu Qingci made a fuss, lost all eyes, immediately jumped up, put his hips on his hips and shouted: "Don't leave! You can't go out without me."
Li Cheng felt a headache, for a long while, then suddenly smiled, "You want them to listen to me talking to you here?"
Gu Qingci didn't know what was wrong with her, she just felt uncomfortable, so she wanted to contradict Li Chengze.
But now, she actually regretted it a bit, but no one gave her a step down, so she could only hold on with a tense face.
He said coldly: "Is there anything you can't listen to, are you going to say something shameful, hum!"