Well, the nunnery was also moved here with the help of the abbot, but it is on the other side of the mountainside. If you want to get there, you have to go around the mountainside.
Although monks are free from all desires, nunneries and temples should still maintain a proper distance.
Before this, Xiao Jin had also investigated and found that these two "neighbors" of many years had always been doing good deeds and had not done anything shameful, so he arranged to move them in.
Although the mountain is private, it does not restrict their travel. There is another small path in the mountain for them to go up and down the mountain. When they need to purchase large items, they can also apply for a vehicle from the manor in advance.
The last time Jin Zichu came here, he also arranged for several children to go to school. They were all orphans, and none of them were born to be nuns or monks. Not only did they not have to go to college, but at least compulsory education had to be arranged.
There is no boarding school nearby now, and the children are of different ages, some are in elementary school and some are in junior high school. It is difficult to make unified arrangements, so we simply arranged a car to pick them up every day.
Just like taking a school bus, every morning, the older children would bring the younger children down and wait at the intersection. In the afternoon, after school, someone would go to the school to pick them up and take them back to the mountain.
In addition to practicing and chanting sutras with the abbots on weekends, we would also go to the mountainside or the manor to learn other things from the staff.
Xu Manman hugged the big orange cat that looked like a small truck and asked the fat boy beside her, "Chuqi, did you eat some meat secretly? Why do you look fatter?"
The 4-year-old Chuqi replied seriously, "Auntie, Chuqi didn't steal the meat. The housekeeper gave it to me."
Perhaps because she has many nephews, Xu Manman is accustomed to letting the children in the mountains call them aunt and uncle.
Xu Manman couldn't help herself and reached out to pinch the soft flesh on his face. "Don't they say monks can't eat meat?"
"Master said that children need to eat meat to grow."
Xu Manman stuffed a handful of candies into his pocket and said, "Three a day at most. Remember to brush your teeth after eating."
Chuqi, who got the candy, agreed very happily, "Okay, auntie."
Xu Manman turned to the boy beside her and asked, "Mingjing, the high school entrance exam is next year. Are you keeping up with your studies in school?"
It was the same boy I met when I just entered the door, a sixteen-year-old boy who was already 1.73 meters tall.
When Xu Manman first saw these children, they were generally a little malnourished. After two years of eating and drinking well and getting enough nutrition, their growth rate has also been amazing.
Ming Jing scratched his head and said, "If you can keep up, you can come back and ask Brother Baichuan if you don't understand anything."
Baichuan is the man who was leading the way halfway up the mountain when we went up the mountain yesterday. He is the second in command of the villa, mainly responsible for security and patrol work, and is also a top student who graduated from university.
Although these children lived in the temple before and had never attended a proper school, the abbot was also a knowledgeable person, otherwise they would not be able to read the scriptures, right?
Therefore, the children's enlightenment is not delayed. They can catch up quickly when they are sent to primary school, but they just need to pay more attention to science.
But it was different in junior high school. There were more subjects to study, and the gap between him and the students who had studied steadily was obvious. It was only then that Jin Zichu gave Baichuan a raise and asked him to tutor several junior high school students for a year, which helped his grades improve.
"You work hard. If you can get into the No. 1 middle school in the city next year, your aunt will give you a gift."
Although Mingjing was very happy, he still said sensibly, "No need for you to spend money, aunt. We are already very happy to have books to study."
Now we have enough food to eat, warm clothes to wear, and can go to school. In the past, these were things we could not even imagine. How could we ask for more?
"The reward that Auntie gave you is a token of her love. It's not just you, but also Mingxin, Mingchuan, and Yunyan and the others below. As long as they can pass the exam, Auntie will give it to them. If you can get into university in the future, the reward will be even more generous."
There are five Buddhist temples above and six small nunneries below. The boys’ names all have the character “Ming” in the middle, while the girls’ names have the character “Yun” in the middle.
After the two hosts discussed with the children, they finally decided to give the children the surname Jin.
This was beyond Xu Manman's expectations. At first, she wanted to refuse, but after listening to the children's sincere words, she said, "The hosts have given us new life, but we don't know where we came from, so naturally, we don't know what our surnames should be.
Our aunt and uncle raised us like our own parents, and we just felt that Jin should be our last name."
After hearing this, Xu Manman couldn't say no anymore, so when registering before school started, there was a string of children with the surname Jin.
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