A long time ago, Yu Tang understood a truth: when difficulties come, the more you avoid them, the more likely you are to be dragged into the quagmire and unable to escape.
She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, then opened her eyes, raised the corners of her mouth, turned around with a smile, and bowed to Pei Yan: "Third Master, what a coincidence! I didn't expect to meet you here. So early in the morning, what are you doing..."
Pei Yan looked at her with a smile in his eyes, his eyes were clear and sparkling, as if something was glittering in them, making it hard for people to look away.
He said, "Didn't they say they were going to build a road here? I thought there was nothing to do these days, so it's better to build the road sooner rather than later."
Pei Yan's voice was gentle, like a spring breeze blowing on your face, which surprised Yu Tang and made him feel strange.
She couldn't help but look at Pei Yan carefully.
Or the seemingly simple yet luxurious clothes, or the cold and serious face, or the graceful appearance of a jade tree standing in the wind, why did she feel that Pei Yan was so different from usual?
Yu Tang smiled sheepishly, suppressing the awkwardness from their last meeting, and greeted Pei Yan as if nothing had happened: "Really? I didn't expect the Third Elder to come so soon. It's getting late, and I have to go to pay my respects to Elder Yi and the Second Madam, so I won't accompany you. If you have any instructions, just let Ah Ming tell me directly."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards the courtyard where the second wife and Mr. Yi lived.
Who knew Pei Yan followed her.
What is he going to do?
Yu Tang felt a little uneasy, but Pei Yan took two steps at a time and suddenly walked side by side with her. He asked her, "I just saw a few nieces passing by, and it seemed that your maid was also there. Why didn't you go with them?"
The villain in Yu Tang couldn't help but roll his eyes, but with a smile on his face, he said: "Just now... just now I saw a praying mantis landed on a big tree, and I was fascinated for a moment, so I looked at it for a few more times. When I came to my senses, they had already gone far away..."
"Oh!" Pei Yan nodded seriously and said, "No wonder you almost chased to the wrong place just now. Fortunately, I reminded you. However, you have to change this bad habit. Why do you say the wrong thing and take the wrong road when you are anxious? Fortunately, this is in Ku'an Temple, a place as small as a palm. If it was in Zhaoming Temple, you would definitely get lost! Speaking of Zhaoming Temple, I have something to tell you. On the eighth day of April, the Buddha's Bathing Festival, Zhaoming Temple is planning to invite a high monk from the Southern Shaolin Temple in Fujian to give lectures. With your memory, you'd better not go!"
Are the senior monks from Southern Shaolin Temple going to come over to give lectures?
Yu Tang was surprised.
Pei Yan said disapprovingly: "This matter was initiated by my mother. Maybe someone from the Song family, the Shen family, and the Gu family will come by then."
He is a man who never shoots an arrow without aiming.
He told her what it meant.
Yu Tang pondered in his heart.
There was a hint of confusion in her eyes.
Pei Yan watched and sighed in his heart.
This little girl was sometimes quite clever and interesting, but sometimes quite silly, and she would not understand unless he explained it clearly. However, she was pretty, and she was still pleasing to the eye even when she was silly.
He had no choice but to say, "I will ask Ku'an Temple to make a more special incense stick, for example, a plate of incense the size of a foot basin, or an incense stick as thick as a child's arm. Maybe the incense made by Ku'an Temple will become famous overnight."
Yu Tang's eyes lit up when he heard this.
She thought she should talk to Yu Yuan and ask the Yu family shop to make a red lacquer merit box similar to the Five Hundred Arhats pattern and donate it to Zhaoming Temple, which would definitely make the Yu family's lacquerware shine. But she didn't know if there were any such patterns in the shop? If not, who should she ask to draw it?
Besides, time waits for no one, Buddha's Birthday is coming soon, so we have to make plans for this early.
As Yu Tang was thinking about something, he couldn't help but speak a little slowly.
She said nonchalantly, "Third Master is right. I told Second Madam yesterday that it would be best to separate the steps of making incense. If each person learns a little, they should be able to make Buddhist incense before April 8th. You are also rushing to build the road to Ku'an Temple. Ku'an Temple will definitely be very popular in the future."
However, after the incense became prosperous, there were more worldly affairs. I wonder if Ku'an Temple will continue to shelter those homeless women and children in the future?
Because of her, Kuan Temple is very different from its previous life.
It is unclear whether such a change is good or bad for Kuan Temple.
Yu Tang was a little at a loss.
Pei Yan looked a little confused.
He saw that the girls were acting so frivolously, as if they were playing a game. He thought about his mother's temper, and that he might have to bear the brunt of the problem. He didn't want to clean up their mess, so he thought it was better to relieve the problem than to block it. He decided to take over the matter in advance, and get it done properly. Then he could just leave it alone in the future. That's when he gave Yu Tang some advice. Yu Tang, on the other hand, not only didn't understand, but also looked very emotional.
What is she thinking about?
Pei Yan thought for a moment and said, "Why? Can't Ku'an Temple make the incense I mentioned?"
The production of incense coils the size of a foot basin and incense sticks as thick as a child's arm requires a lot of craftsmanship. Some incense shops have been open for decades but still cannot make them well.
Yu Tang was only thinking about his own shop and forgot about this matter.
She said hurriedly: "The Second Miss and the Third Miss are in charge of this matter. I have to go ask them."
Pei Yan nodded.
Yu Tang thought about it and told Pei Yan what he had said to the Second Wife last night.
She thought that if Pei Yan also thought this was not a big deal, she would just let it go. In her previous life, she had not had these messy ideas. Although the people in Ku'an Temple were poor, they were warm and well fed. Perhaps this kind of Ku'an Temple could maintain its original intention and continue to take in those poor women, which might not be a bad thing.
Pei Yan paused as he listened, thought for a moment, and said, "I know what you're talking about. Don't worry about it for now, I have my own ideas."
Yu Tang relaxed completely.
It was indeed the right decision to hand it over to Pei Yan.
It seems that he also thinks this is inappropriate.
It all depends on whether he can reconcile people's ideas.
As the two were talking, they soon arrived at the place where Yi Laoan and the second wife lived.
A little maid saw Pei Yan from a distance and hurried to report it. Upon receiving the news, Old Lady Yian actually led the second wife and several young ladies of the Pei family to come out in person to greet him.
"When did Xiaguang come? Why didn't you send someone to tell me?" Old Man Yi looked at Pei Yan with a kind look in his eyes, "Come in and sit down! Although it's the beginning of spring, the weather is still quite cold."
As she spoke, she enthusiastically led Pei Yan into the house.
After everyone exchanged greetings, Pei Yan politely greeted Yi Laoanren and the second wife and explained the purpose of his visit.
Yi Laoanren and the second wife were obviously surprised by his arrival. They thanked him repeatedly and started talking about making incense.
Everyone looked anxious.
It was obvious that he was not sure that he could make incense that could be delivered to Zhaoming Temple as Pei Yan requested in such a short time.
Pei Yan said, "Then you should give the incense recipe to the incense powder shop owner at home. Let the temple send someone to learn from the master in the incense powder shop first. If someone comes to Ku'an Temple to order incense, they can provide it."
Isn't this cheating?
The young ladies of the Pei family looked at each other but did not dare to question.
Yi Laoan (a person) wanted to say something but stopped himself several times.
Yu Tang felt jealous.
It would be great if there was someone in their family who could help like this.
Pei Yan sat for a while and then left. He asked Yu Tang to see him off. When Yu Tang saw him off to the door, Pei Yan said nonchalantly, "I heard that Miss Gu is good at making incense. I guess she will go to Zhaoming Temple on Buddha's Bathing Festival. I just don't know if she will do what I think and burn incense at Zhaoming Temple."
It turns out that big pit was waiting for her here!
Yu Tang glanced at Pei Yan.
Pei Yan raised his eyebrows and walked away.
The mean person in Yu Tang was so angry that he was jumping up and down.
What does he mean?
Let her fight with Gu Xi?
There's nothing to fight about.
Why is Pei Yan so childish?
In fact, as long as Gu Xi does not harm her interests, she will not target Gu Xi at all.
Yu Tang curled his lips towards Pei Yan's back, and then his expression froze on his face as if he remembered something.
Yes, Pei Yan is not a person who talks nonsense casually. Then, what does Pei Yan mean by saying this to her? !
Yu Tang simply couldn't eat for the rest of the time. If Shuang Tao hadn't come to tell her that the person she mentioned was not found in the temple, she would have forgotten that she was not giving up and still wanted to find the cousin that her aunt mentioned in the temple.
As for the incense recipe, Mrs. Yi Laoan did think more about it than the second wife, but she neither objected nor agreed. Instead, she smiled and said to Yu Tang, "Then I'll go back and discuss it with my eldest sister-in-law. I don't really manage household affairs, so I don't know if it's appropriate or not. But this incense recipe was given by Miss Yu, so there must be a reason why Miss Yu is so concerned."
At least there was something that made Yu Tang feel a little better.
After returning home, she immediately went to see Yu Yuan and told him about the Buddha's Bathing Festival on April 8th.
Yu Yuan frowned and said, "It's definitely too late to do it now. There was a lot of rain this spring, and the paint at home dried too slowly. But I don't want to miss such a good opportunity. So, you go home and wait, I'll talk to my father and see if we can think of a solution. Then there is Zhaoming Temple. Since there will be a great monk giving a lecture this year, there will definitely be people donating a large sum of money, and they will definitely prepare a donation ceremony. If we can take part in this ceremony, we will give them a merit box. If not, we can just donate some money. After all, it's a good deed."
Yu Tang thought so too. The brother and sister talked about some details before they dispersed.
But Yu Tang always felt like something was going to happen, and he couldn't figure out where he had neglected anything.
Fortunately, the donation box donated to Zhaoming Temple solved the problem. During the last fire, all the items in the shop were burned. Yu Bo found a box with the pattern of eight hundred arhats from the storeroom at home. They decided to modify it and turn it into a donation box. Zhaoming Temple also agreed to let their family give away the donation box at the donation ceremony.
In this way, the Yu family's lacquerware can also be known to more people.
But Yu Tang still tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
What does Pei Yan mean?
Will Gu Xi come to participate in the Buddha Bathing Festival at Zhaoming Temple? She is a person who never does useless things. If she comes to participate in the Buddha Bathing Festival, is it just to give some incense or something as simple as that?
Yu Tang was a little annoyed by Pei Yan's muttering.