In the Zen courtyard after the snow, the wall tiles are still covered with white, but the ground has been melted and wet.
In the slightly cold air, there is a faint scent of sandalwood, floating gently.
Lu Jinxi was led by the Zhike monk all the way through the temple to a small secluded Buddhist hall in the back.
Before entering, she took off the rabbit fur hand cage that she had been carrying, handed it to the egret, and instructed: “Just wait outside, I’ll come out after the incense, don’t worry.”
Relax…
Egret was a little startled, took the hand cage she handed over, and wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, Lu Jinxi had already turned around and walked towards the Buddhist hall.
The back is thin and straight.
The egret watched, the doubts and worries of the past few days gradually came up again.
She was assigned to serve in Lu Jinxi’s room with Qingque three years ago.
Not long after, a few capable maids who were serving in the house were released from the house to match others. Their two little girls were very lucky, and they were pulled up in a confused way, becoming first-class maids, holding a tael of silver per month.
Everyone said that the second grandmother, Lu Jinxi, had a kind heart, and even if her servant did something wrong, she would not beat or scold her easily.
Become the big maid serving in her house, life should be easy no matter what?
But actually…
Totally the opposite.
Thinking of this, the egret couldn’t help sighing.
As a lady, their bad temper is too “good”.
In the three years they served by her side, they never saw Lu Jinxi lose his temper in front of anyone, no matter what kind of grievances they suffered, they all went back to the house to wipe their tears and never cried outside.
In the beginning, when they were servants, they felt distressed in the end. Knowing that her widow was living at home and raising her children by herself, it was very difficult, so they sincerely comforted her, gave her advice, and hoped that she could stand up.
But later on, they realized that nothing was going to work.
The interests of master and servant are one, and there are so many servant girls. How could they be the only ones who persuaded me?
Each one has passed, what should this one be and what it should be.
When she was wronged by her mother-in-law, she kept silent;
She was bullied by the third grandmother and sneered, but she didn’t say anything;
It’s just that the maids and wives inside and outside the house didn’t behave well and made a mistake. They pretended to cry twice in front of her, and she even spared them without pain or itching…
Qing Que was so angry that she shed tears, but Lu Jinxi was still the master, so they didn’t dare to say a word.
Nominally, the second grandmother is the wife of the head of the Xue family, holding the central feeder, but in reality, life is a torture.
She felt that she was suffering, and the maids also felt that life was hopeless.
It’s the egret, secretly thinking about letting go, just find a master who can handle it, and the monthly money will be a little less.
However, she didn’t make it.
Not long ago, Lu Jinxi was seriously ill by the third grandmother, Mrs. Wei.
I don’t know if it was because she walked before the gate of hell, and some of them were broken. After waking up, she was much more transparent, and her words and actions became more organized. gradually dispersed.
In the beginning, she and Qingque were still delusions, until the day before yesterday…
The weather was overcast and it was before the snow.
Lu Jinxi recovered from her illness, barely able to get out of bed, and asked them to help them get dressed and sit in the room to drink medicine.
Only halfway through the drink, someone from the cashier came over and stood outside the door, saying that the third grandmother didn’t have the right card, and took away the best three of the batch of satin that had just entered.
The egret turned pale with anger.
Qing Que sighed, her eyes darkened, ready to get the keys and money.
Because, this is not the first time.
The second grandma would always be embarrassed for a long time, looking like a good-natured person, saying that she would not be held accountable if she said that her sister-in-law is harmonious, and she would use her own money to fill this hole.
After all, the good stuff is for the old lady.
But none of them expected that this time, it would be different from usual.
When Lu Jinxi heard the sound, her eyelids fluttered, she glanced outside the curtain, put down the medicine bowl slowly, and laughed.
“You can get people to take things away even if you don’t have the right cards. What do you feed you? It’s for the old lady, so be careful.”
The blue sparrow, who just touched the key, almost dropped the key on the ground.
The maids in the room, including Bailu, looked at her as if they had seen a ghost, not believing that these words came from Lu Jinxi’s mouth.
Not to mention the accountant standing outside to complain.
You can see people through the curtains for a long time!
After regaining my senses, the two legs trembled, and they kept raising their hands to wipe the sweat.
From start to finish, Lu Jinxi never gave a pair.
In other words, if she didn’t pay for the shortfall by herself, the incident happened. Although the third grandma took the material privately, the accountant didn’t ask the third grandma to get the right card!
When the old lady looked back, she had nothing to do with Lu Jinxi.
This pot is not carried by the third grandmother or by the accountant!
Who can do things in the accounting room, who doesn’t understand? In the past, it was customary to come here to ask for money. This time, Lu Jinxi actually played the cards out of common sense.
What matters is that the voice is cool, like the snow that is about to fall outside.
The accountant didn’t even dare to put a fart, and quickly begged Lu Jinxi to forgive him, and promised that he would deal with the matter properly.
Lu Jinxi gave a lukewarm “um” and waved it casually.
The other party just burned his butt, and went to the yard of the third grandmother Wei Wei next door, presumably to get the three satin back.
Everyone in the room was dumbfounded.
Only their “very good-tempered” wife in charge took the medicine bowl again and took a sip, and drank the remaining half of the medicine carefully.
At the end, she asked Qingque to bring up a plate of candied fruit, she pinched a petal on the tip of her finger, and said lightly: “I have walked once before the gate of hell. Even the Lord of Hell dare not take my life. In the future, they will not be cheap. Don’t worry.”
“Relax…”
Standing outside the Buddhist hall holding a rabbit fur hand cage, the egret is very lost.
In the past three years, how many times have they persuaded them hard?
The lips are worn out, but Madam is still the same, with no effect at all.
Now that she has recovered from her illness, she not only beat the accountant who stepped on the low and held the high, but also took a game back from the third grandma Wei Shi, and said “don’t worry” to them?
It’s unreal, like a dream.
Why don’t they want to worry?
But as soon as I feel relieved, I wake up from the dream: Madam is still the original wife, the days are the same, the top and bottom are dark, and there is no one left to look forward to…
Now that such a big thing has happened in the mansion, whether the lady should come to offer incense or come to offer incense, although she told her to leave after incense, the egret is always uncertain.
After all, in the past, Lu Jinxi, Shang Xiang was always in the Buddhist hall. After staying for an hour or two, her eyes were reddish when she came out. Anyone could see that she had cried again.
Even if you go back to the house, you will definitely be absent for three or five days, and you won’t see anyone who comes.
Now the matter of Brother Chi is imminent, the British government is provoked, and there is a third grandmother with ulterior motives…
If she was the same as before…
That would really be a dream come true.
Looking up at the sky, nothing has changed.
The second grandmother only went in for a while, but she felt like it had been a long time, and her heart was suffering, as if someone had put it into a frying pan.
There was a wry smile from the bottom of my heart. The egret only hoped that the dream would not wake up. The second grandma managed to figure it out and came out earlier.
Thinking, she couldn’t help but looked inside.
In the Buddhist hall, the light is a little dim.
Three futons are placed on the ground, with an incense table in front of them, offering fresh melons and fruits, and a copper lotus incense burner. Above, there is a memorial tablet for rebirth and transcendence. The foundation is solemn black black, with nine big characters.
“General of Wuwei Town, Xue Kuang.”
Everything seems simple.
Lu Jinxi looked up, a little embarrassed.
In just nine words, it seems that a man’s life can be written.
Perhaps, there is another woman’s life.
From the few words she heard in the past few days, she has been able to piece together the great achievements of this great general.
For the original Lu family, this should not be considered a good husband.
But to the people of the world, he should be considered a hero, right?
It’s just that she is not Lu’s family after all, and she doesn’t hurt the spring and autumn. Apart from sighing “the wrong marriage and the wrong love”, and lamenting “the sky is jealous of the talent”, she can only burn incense sticks.
She is realistic and utilitarian.
It’s better to be more concerned about the living than to be ignorant and waste time on the dead.
Lu Jinxi walked to the incense table, twisted three sticks of incense, leaned against the fire, and slowly pointed it before taking three steps back, holding the incense in both hands and holding it above her head.
“I am now occupying the body of Mrs. Zun, and I have no choice but to have a daughter, and I will be ordered to take care of my son as a mother. I am very frightened and ashamed.”
“In the future, I will do my best to protect them and repay the kindness of Mrs. Zun’s body.”
After saying these two sentences, she felt a little sour in her heart.
Now that she is in Lu’s body, how can she know that Lu’s is not in her body?
The Lu family has four children to support. She also has two living parents, and she is very old.
Being heart-to-heart, she is willing to treat the Lu family’s children well, and only hopes that if the Lu family is here, she will be able to take care of her parents well.
Slightly lowered his eyes, Lu Jinxi bowed and bowed three times reverently, with a low voice: “If the general is alive in the sky, I hope you forgive me, and I hope you bless me.”
After bowing and getting up, she put the incense into the incense burner with her own hands.
The green smoke curled up, condensed into three thin lines, soared to the heights, and quickly spread out, making the words on the tablet a little blurry.
Lu Jinxi looked at it, thinking of her bizarre encounter, feeling somewhat complicated.
But all that needs to be done has been done, and all that needs to be said has been said.
There are still things in the mansion waiting for her to deal with, so she ordered Pan Quan’er, but after all, she doesn’t know the fundamentals of this person, and she is not very relieved, so she still has to go back to the mansion to take a look.
Looking at the tablet for the last time, Lu Jinxi turned around and walked out of the Buddhist hall. She said to the maidservants waiting outside, “It’s getting late, go back to the manor.”
The egret, who has been guarding the door, is still talking in his heart, thinking that if he can’t come out for half an hour, it will be fine within an hour.
Unexpectedly, this voice sounded in my ear.
Familiar…
Like my wife’s.
The egret looked up and saw that Lu Jinxi was already standing in front of him, looking at him.
Although the makeup is plain, you can easily see that there is no floweriness, no wet eyelashes, and no red eye circles!
She didn’t cry!
And it really came out with the incense stick!
At that moment, Egret really can’t tell how it feels.
If Madam didn’t cry in front of the general’s tablet, what could make her cowardly?
The dream of the past few days, not only has not been broken, but has actually become a reality…
Some couldn’t believe it, some were moved, and even a little wanted to cry.
Egret blinked, and it took a long time to adjust. He hurriedly held up the hand cage in his arms to Lu Jinxi, and then took the mink cape handed over by a little maid next to her to tie it on, before saying: “It’s a slave servant. Damn, I just waited for you to come out, but I was a little distracted.”
“I haven’t cried yet, but you’re not ashamed when your eyes turn red first.”
Lu Jinxi knew that this girl had a good heart. Sometimes she was cute and stupid, and she didn’t hold her accountable. She just joked casually. After the cloak was fastened, she stepped out first and walked on the path they came from.
“Have you added the sesame oil money?”
“It’s all added according to Mrs.’s order, as in the past.”
The egret quickly followed Lu Jinxi’s side and replied.
Lu Jinxi nodded and didn’t ask any more questions.
The group followed her and quickly passed through most of the Jokhang Temple and out of the mountain gate.
The bearers are still there, but the two men at the corner of the road are gone.
Lu Jinxi glanced at him and then retracted his gaze, got on the sedan chair, was carried down the mountain by the sedan chairman, and then changed to the carriage of the General’s Mansion, all the way back to the mansion.
The General’s Mansion is located in the east of the city. This area is close to the imperial palace, and it is convenient to go up and down. Therefore, it has become a place where dignitaries and nobles live together.
Just different from other high-profile families, the General’s Mansion is a rare general’s residence in this area.
The Xue family is a martial artist. In order to prepare for an urgent matter on weekdays, the east gate has not been built with any steps, nor has any thresholds been built.
Lu Jinxi’s carriage entered directly from this gate, and stopped after it was about ten feet away.
This kind of incident happened in the house, and it was like a pot of porridge.
The servant girl who was serving in the room got the letter and came here early to wait. When the carriage stopped, she quickly brought the low stool and leaned against the carriage.
“Be careful, ma’am.”
The egret came out first, stood below and received the hand handed out from the car, carefully holding it.
Lu Jinxi didn’t hesitate at all, stepped down on the low stool, looked up and asked, “Where is Brother Chi?”