When Chen Dabao heard that they wanted to buy him, he was so scared that he started to cry. He wiped his tears and said, "I want to go home and be with my mother. Please, don't buy me. My mother can't live without me. People in our village say that I am smart and I will be able to pass the imperial examinations in the future. If I pass the examinations, I can support my mother and grandparents. If I become a slave, I can't take the imperial examinations... wuwuwu..."
His crying caused the three birds to swoop down and hover over the people's heads, cackling loudly.
Abbot Liaochen frowned, clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, everything depends on fate, don't force others to do things. Donor Chen allowed these birds to accompany Yan'er for such a long time, and he has good intentions towards Yan'er, which shows that he is kind-hearted. How can you treat his kindness like this! Don't bully the weak, and don't bully a child..."
Those people were so scared that they kept confessing their crimes.
Abbot Liaochen said to Dabao, "Don't be afraid, little donor. They won't force you to buy your bird, and they won't force you to buy it. Thank you for playing with Yan'er for so long. You are her first good friend, and she likes you very much. This is the first time I have seen her get along with an outsider for so long..."
Before Chen Dabao left, Abbot Liaochen asked a maid to bring him a bag of snacks, four pens and two bottles of ink, and asked him to come back tomorrow to play with Yan'er.
Chen Dabao didn't dare to ask for anything. Abbot Liaochen smiled and said, "You are Yan'er's first good friend. There is no need to be so polite between friends."
The whole family was in a false alarm again. Those people not only wanted to buy Jinbao, Qiqi, and Huihui, but also Dabao. In ancient times, it was really not easy for ordinary people to live.
Chen Ahfu picked up Dabao with a heartache, kissed his little face gently and said, "It's okay, Dabao is home."
She thought of the compassionate Abbot Liaochen again...
While selling sewing kits at Yingxue Temple, Chen Afu heard the gossip of the vendors, saying that the abbot of Yingxue Temple, Liaochen, was knowledgeable in medicine, compassionate, and often treated poor people.
Is this Abbot Liaochen the same Abbot Liaochen from Yingxue Temple?
That day, the "hero" told the little girl to "go visit grandma", and Wang once said that the abbot of Yingxue Temple came from a wealthy family.
Could it be that this Abbot Liaochen is the Abbot Liaochen of Yingxue Temple, or the little girl’s biological grandmother?
Chen Afu was shocked by his bold guess. He returned to the east room and told them his guess.
Wang seemed to be thinking about something and said that the Buddhist name of the abbot of Yingxue Temple was indeed Lechen, but she didn't know whether it was the Lechen in Tangyuan.
She recalled that Abbot Liaochen went to Yingxue Nunnery to become a nun about nine years ago. Before she went there, Yingxue Nunnery was even smaller, with only three nuns inside. After she went there, the nunnery was expanded, and more nuns came. Her family also built the back garden of the nunnery very well, spending a lot of money to transplant dozens of century-old magnolia trees, and built a plum garden, which attracted many women from wealthy families to go there to burn incense and go outings, and the nunnery gradually became more popular.
Wang was so familiar with Yingxue Temple because she was desperate to find a cure. She didn't want Xiao Afu to stay stupid, so she not only treated Xiao Afu with medicine and folk remedies, but also often went to Lingyin Temple to worship the Buddha, and occasionally went to Yingxue Temple, which was close to Lingyin Temple, to worship.
"Mother has also met Abbot Chen?" Chen Afu asked in surprise.
Wang said, "Not only mother has seen it, Ah Fu has seen it too. When you were seven years old, mother took you to Ying Xue Temple and asked Abbot Le Chen to treat you. She said her medical skills were limited and she couldn't cure your illness. Before she left, she gave you some vegetarian snacks. Abbot Le Chen was truly kind-hearted, had a very good temperament, and was good-looking. I still remember the look in her eyes when she looked at Ah Fu. There was no disdain at all, only love and care. Alas, I don't know how such a good woman could..."
Wang didn't continue speaking, but sighed deeply.
He is truly a compassionate monk.
If they were really the same person, what kind of circumstances would make a woman from a wealthy family with a son become a nun? Moreover, even after becoming a nun, why was she still tied down by worldly affairs?
Chen Afu also sighed.
Chen Ming said, "There are so many secrets in the rich and powerful families. Those shameful things are beyond the imagination of ordinary people like us. Dabao, remember, don't go to the east to walk your bird anymore."
Wang seemed to have thought of something. She glanced at Chen Ming, lowered her head and smiled.
Chen Dabao nodded and said, "Okay." He then said, "That Abbot Liaochen is very kind and gentle. My son likes her very much. He also likes sister Yan'er. She is so pitiful. She didn't even make a sound when she cried, but just let big tears fall down. Oh, my son felt so sorry for her."
He really wanted to say that he would go see her tomorrow and play with her for a while, but when he thought about those people who wanted to force him and his brother to stay in Tangyuan, and his grandfather would not let him go, he did not dare to say that.
Chen Ahfu asked again, "Didn't you see the little girl's father or mother?"
Chen Dabao shook his head and said, "I haven't seen her father and mother. I only heard those people say that the old man will come to pick up Yan'er in a few days. I don't know if the old man refers to Yan'er's father. I haven't heard anyone mention her mother."
In ancient times, daughters were usually taught by their mothers. This little girl was with her father last time, and her father will come to pick her up in a few days. She is accompanied by her grandmother who has become a nun in the other courtyard. I don’t know what her family situation is like.
Chen Ahfu opened the package of snacks, which turned out to be rose jelly cakes, bright in color, translucent, and fragrant. She asked Dabao to give some to Xiao Shitou, saying that it was his grandmother who asked him to give it. It was a matter of reciprocity, so it was not good to ask for something from the Wu family for nothing. She also specifically warned him that he only said that the little girl from Tangyuan was not having fun in Tangyuan, so he asked Dabao to be his playmate, and not to say anything else.
The pen and ink were both produced by Wenshangzhai in the capital, and were given to Chen Ming. Chen Ming waved his hand and said, "It would be a pity for me to use such good things. I will save them for A-Lu and Da-bao to use when they go to school. No, they will be used when they take the exam for the scholar degree."
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "Dad, you can use it first, and buy it when they take the exam for the scholar degree."
After Chen Ming got better, he liked to read books and write. He shook his head and said, "Afu, you don't know Wenshangzhai yet, it is the best Wenshangzhai in the Dashun Dynasty, and the things in it are very expensive. Even this pen costs no less than two taels of silver."
Chen Ahfu laughed again and said, "When I make more money in the future, I will buy it there again."
Chen Ming smiled and shook his head. He played with it for a long time but was reluctant to use it.
In the afternoon, Chen Ahfu wanted to make a golden swallow doll for the little girl. She took a ball of cotton and searched for a long time in the pile of cloth. She actually found some suitable cloth for making a swallow. However, the fabrics were ordinary, mostly cloth, with only a small piece of pink silk to make a tongue.
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