Bailong Temple, located in the middle of Baihe Town and Yunyang City, cannot be regarded as the largest temple in Youzhou, but it is definitely the most exquisite temple in Youzhou. The halls in the temple are splendid, the scenery is pleasant, and the vegetarian dishes are especially famous.
Because it is only an hour's drive from Yunyang City, the first city in Youzhou, there are many rich and noble families who come to and from Bailong Temple on weekdays, especially in the big days of Buddhism, and even more pilgrims.
Fortunately, today is not such a big day as the Buddha's birthday. Even so, when the Ren family's carriage reached the gate of Bailong Temple, they still saw a lot of carriages.
Ren Yaoqi has also been to Bailong Temple once or twice, but that was already a matter of his previous life.
After getting off the carriage, the eldest wife and daughter-in-law Zhao walked in front, and the two were chatting in low voices. The juniors followed behind the two of them.
Ren Yaoyu whispered to her brother: "Didn't I say that there are only a few brothers and sisters? Why are the aunt and sister-in-law here too?"
Ren Yijian was talking to Ren Yihong, but he didn't pay attention to her, which made her a boring discussion. But Ren Yaoyu didn't dare to settle accounts with her brother. She had asked him for help a lot recently.
As soon as Bailong Temple entered the temple gate, there was a north-south single-hole bridge lying on the white lead road in the square. The whole bridge is about three or four feet long, one ten feet wide, and one ten feet deep. However, there is no water under the bridge, but a golden water channel made of blue bricks. In the bridge holes on the east and west sides of the single-hole bridge, a round square-hole money clock is hung.
Ren Yaoqi and his party were walking past the white stone railing that was less than two feet away from the bridge and facing the right side of the bridge hole. Ren Yijian hurriedly said to the old woman who was following behind him: "Quickly give the young master some money," while returning He said to Ren Yihong, "Every time the young master walks through here, he is a hit."
It turned out that the money-shaped bell in the bridge hole was used to ring for pilgrims. Standing outside the railing and throwing copper coins on the bell, if you can hear a "ding" sound, you can get good luck.
Children like this game the most and often refuse to go without hearing the bell. Ren Yaoqi has also passed when he came before, but he has never been hit.
There are already some people around the railing, and sometimes a "ding" and cheers can be heard.
But the eldest wife turned her head and said to Ren Yijian, who was eager to try it: "Brother Jian, let's go ahead and put incense sticks on the Buddha, and then you can play in Bailong Temple."
Ren Yijian looked at the eldest lady with a kind face, and reluctantly took back the two coins in her hand.
The eldest lady turned her head and talked to the eldest lady as she walked.
The eldest wife believes in Buddhism and has always been devout in serving the Buddha. Therefore, several younger members of the Ren family followed her in a proper manner. Even Ren Yaoyu, whose mother was not here, was quite honest in front of the eldest lady.
Although the eldest wife has always spoken kindly to the juniors of the Ren family, but she has been in charge for a long time, and she has her own dignity, so the juniors are well-behaved in front of her and don't dare to be presumptuous.
After following the eldest wife to the temple to offer incense, the eldest lady explained to several people: "I and your sister-in-law are going to ask for the signature, you will walk around the temple, and come back when you have dinner. Just remember that there are thousands of people around you. You can't leave people, especially your sisters. Jin Yuan, Yao Hua, you two are old and calm, so you should take care of your younger brothers and sisters more."
Everyone responded, Ren Yijian immediately pulled Ren Yihong and left, while asking Yun Wenfang and Qiu Yun, "Cousin, do you want to go with us?"
Qiu Yun opened and closed the folding fan in his hand, shook his head and smiled, "We are not children, we don't play with that."
Ren Yijian rolled his eyes and ran away.
Ren Yijun looked at his mother and walked to Ren Yaoqi secretly. The eldest wife frowned and said, "Come here, Yijun, and go with me and your sister-in-law to ask for the signature."
Ren Yijun was more attuned to his mother's words at the moment, so although his face was full of reluctance, he finally stopped and walked back to his mother's side.
The eldest wife said to Ren Yaoyin, who was leaning against the old woman, with a somewhat unsightly face: "I asked the monk monk to prepare a room for rest, you can take a rest with me."
Ren Yaoyin couldn't stand the bumps of the carriage and felt a little uncomfortable. She couldn't travel long distances in a carriage, and the fifth wife joked that Ren Yaoyin was squeamish, and she could only find her husband's family nearby and couldn't marry too far.
Ren Yaoqi was hesitant to go with Ren Yijun. After thinking about it, she still said to the eldest wife, "Auntie, I will go with you to ask for the signature."
The eldest lady glanced at her in surprise, but said gently: "You don't need to go because you are still young, you should go play with your sisters. I remember that there is an apricot blossom forest on the mountain behind Bailong Temple. I don't know if it's blooming or not."
Ren Yaoyu pouted and whispered: "In previous years, when it was not cold, it would only bloom in March or April. This year is colder than in previous years. How can it bloom so early?"
The eldest wife had already walked away with the eldest lady, Ren Yaoyin, and Ren Yijun followed behind them with her hands behind her back. She looked listless. The eldest lady saw her and turned her head to teach him a few words. He could only force it. cheered up.
When Ren Yaoyu saw the eldest wife and the others were gone, she immediately said to Qiu Yun, "Cousin, where are we going?"
Qiu Yun glanced at Yun Wenfang and then at the Ren sisters.
Ren Yaoyu looked at him with a smile on her face, while sisters Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoqi didn't know what they were thinking, and their attention was not there.
"Why don't we go to the apricot blossom forest in Houshan first. Even if the apricot flowers are not in bloom, it is good to see the mountain scenery of Houshan. We originally planned to go out for a green walk, right? There are only clay statues of Bodhisattvas and carved beams in this temple. The main hall, you can't see the slightest vivid scene."
Several people have no opinion.
Qiu Yun was no stranger to Bailong Temple, and he did not use the monks in the temple to lead the way, so he led a few people to the back mountain. On the other hand, he also introduced the origin of Bailong Temple and the allusions of some buildings in the temple.
Qiu Yun is such a person. If he wants to be friendly and friendly, then he is your most caring and interesting friend. But if he wants to keep his distance from you, he is a stranger who is difficult to approach but has impeccable manners.
Because of this, Ren Yaoqi of the previous life hated him very much. In this life, she just wants to keep a distance from him.
In the early spring of this year, the apricot flowers behind Bailong Temple had not had time to fully bloom, but there were some sporadic buds on the branches of some apricot trees.
"Let's go to sit in that pavilion?" Qiu Yun pointed to an octagonal pavilion hidden in the apricot forest and said to several people with the appearance of a good guide.
When a few people approached, they found that there were already people sitting in the pavilion, two teenagers and two young girls, all of whom looked thirteen or fourteen years old.
Qiu Yun paused in footsteps, frowned slightly and whispered to Yun Wenfang, "Oops, I know it. Would you like to avoid it?"
Yun Wenfang raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at the person in the pavilion, and twitched the corner of his mouth: "No, is it possible that I can still be afraid that he will sue me?"
Just in time, a young man in a blue spring shirt in the pavilion also looked over here, and when his eyes met Qiu Yun and Yun Wenfang, he was slightly taken aback, then immediately stood up and greeted loudly, "Son Shu, Jin Yuan, why are you here?"
Qiu Yun walked forward with a smile: "Brother Su, I didn't expect to meet you here."
Ren Yaoqi also looked at the people in the pavilion. The young man he knew with Qiu Yun and Yun Wenfang was handsome and had a faint bookish air on his body.
Qiu Yun called him "Brother Su". Could it be that he was from the Su family in Yunyang City
It is a pity that when Ren Yaoqi was in Yanbei in his last life, he rarely had the chance to go out because he was not favored by the old lady. People from the Ren family went to Yunyang City quite a few times, but Ren Yaoqi did not go much, and only to their grandfather's home.
In the last life, she did not necessarily recognize people she met, and in this life, she will not recognize them even more.
The other boy in the pavilion looked just ordinary, but his clothes were decent. Two young girls, one can barely be called Qingxiu, and there are a few freckles on his face. The other young girl looks good, but unfortunately her eyes are too flexible, which makes people unhappy.
Over there, the young man surnamed Su was very friendly and said to Yun Wenfang, "...I haven't seen you for a long time. I heard from your brother that you went far away?"
Yun Wenfang leaned against the pavilion pillar with a lazy look. Hearing this, he just replied with a "um", as if he didn't care for the friendly approach of the young man named Su.
Qiu Yun came to interrupt in time, patted his forehead and said, "By the way, I'm rude. Brother Su, these are the three cousins of my Ren family. The third cousin, the fifth cousin, and the eighth cousin, this is the second young master of the Su family. Su Yunchen. The second cousin of Dongfu is his own aunt, so he can be regarded as your cousin."
It turned out to be really from the Su family.
Ren Yaoqi and several people hurriedly bowed their knees to greet him.
Su Yunchen bowed and returned the salute very politely, and then introduced the other three in the pavilion to Ren Yaoqi and his party.
"This is the eldest young master of the Tang family, Zishu, and Jinyuan, you should have met. He entered our academy last year. These two girls are his cousins, the two girls from the Liu family in Guidongfang, Yunyang City."