Chapter 19: Hu’s
Jiang Yishi worshipped Buddha and Bodhisattva, lit the long-lighting lamps for Jiang Chen and Hu, and very generously donated one hundred taels of silver, before going to the back of the nunnery to roam around.
The place was rich in vegetation, planted with beautiful trees and flowers.
Jiang Yishi thought, some people said that Prince Yong and others are in Zhaoming nunnery to accompany county princess Zhenbao, I don’t know if they have gone or not.
After lunch, a few people went back to the Hu Garden. After a break in the morning, Jiang Yishi began to copy the scriptures again.
In the morning to Zhaomingan burn incense, care for flowers and plants for half an hour, half an hour in the afternoon copying the scriptures, the rest of the time to read medical books, “self-taught” acupuncture. A few days in a row, every day like this.
In the past few days, Jiang Yishi not to mention the occasional encounter with the precious princess and her family, and even a little bit of her legend has not heard. However, this place is still different from other temples, there are always some men wandering around the nunnery who don’t look like the people. They should be the people protecting County Precious Owner.
Jiang Yishi was a bit puzzled, how obvious and secret guards this was, I don’t know how County Precious escaped from the nunnery in her previous life, could there be a change in this life.
During this period, Jiang San Laozi specially brought a team of soldiers to visit Jiang Yishi at Huzhuang.
Jiang Yishi also sent Wu You Gui to go to Linfeng Town, Meng Village to inquire about the presence of Meng Elder Duke and Meng Shi Zi, has been there three times, said they have not returned.
After breakfast on the ninth day of the first day, Grandma Wu took Shui Xiang to the town to buy ingredients. Jiang Xun is coming in the next morning, and if Mother Qin has returned to the capital, she will definitely come as well.
Jiang Yishi still took Shui Ling and Wu You Gui to Zhaoming Nunnery.
Today’s sunshine is enough, after burning incense, Jiang Yishi took Shui Ling to sit under the tree next to the main hall to rest, Wu You Gui stood a zhang away.
Suddenly, a cat purred, then jumped out of the bushes a civet cat, ran to Jiang Yishi squatting in front of look at her. The civet cat was very pretty, with black and white fur, round almond eyes, and a white color from its mouth down to its belly. It “meowed”, as if begging for food.
Jiang Yishi had kept a cat in a nunnery in her previous life. She smiled and reached out to stroke the kitten’s head, but did not give it any food.
The kitten let her jerk it a few times without getting what she wanted and turned to run away.
With a series of footsteps, two young nuns passed by.
“Master Yu He’s Buddhist teachings are truly profound, calculating that the dieting little master can clear his mind, he really cleared his mind.”
“But when you are awake, you clamor for meat. This is a nunnery, the Cang Silence Presiding Officer, no matter how irritated he is, can’t blame Little Master Setsuna for the sake of the King.”
“Not only is he noisily eating meat, he’s very rude to His Majesty and His Highness. That day I went to deliver the fasting food, I heard her in a tantrum, the king carefully coaxed her, as if the little master uncle even pulled the king’s beard. Alas, if my parents in the secular world were half as good, I wouldn’t be an aunt.”
“What do we take with dieting little master uncle than, people that is life, in the secular world to enjoy the blessings, out of the family still enjoy the blessings. She is thinking about eating meat, we are thinking about eating …… full.”
The voice drifted away.
Shui Ling finally endured to be able to speak, asked, “Girl, those little nuns speak how to be the same as me, open mouth closed mouth ‘eat meat’ ‘eat full’.”
Jiang Yishi laughed, “Little nuns are also human beings, but all human beings, the first thing they think about is eating. Only when you eat can you live.”
“But they also said to eat meat ……”
Jiang Yishi pulled her, “Go away, go home.”
She knew that the more sober the dieting little nun was, the more she tossed.
In the evening, half of the setting sun fell into the Qingluo Mountain, outside the courtyard via the sound of car wheels.
Wu You Gui ran to open the door, Jiang Xun walked in with a woman, a girl, and a boy.
The woman was about thirty years old, although much older, Jiang Yishi still recognized her as Qin Mama. The little girl was twelve or three years old, and the boy was seven or eight.
Mother Qin knelt down when she saw Jiang Yishi and cried, “I didn’t expect that the slave girl would still be able to see the second girl. That place is remote, slave servant only heard of the second master’s death in battle last year, slave servant’s heart was broken. Thinking of the second master and the second girl poor, at a young age both parents are gone ……”
Jiang Yi shi also heartbroken, personally help Qin mom up, “Qin mom suffered. I’m fine, I have Sister Wu to take care of me. In the future, Xun’er will have Mama Qin by his side, and I will be relieved.”
The little girl and the boy kneeled down to greet her.
“Slave servant Qiao’er greets the second girl.”
“Slave Qin Lin greets Second Miss.”
Jiang Yishi let them get up and rewarded Qin mama with five taels of silver each, and Qiao’er and Qin Lin with two taels each.
Jiang Xun said, “Mama Qin has stayed at my place. I didn’t want Qiao’er to be separated from her by her great-uncle, so I didn’t let her enter the house. Qin Lin is temporarily staying at Shui Ling’s house, and Qiao Er is temporarily staying at Xiao Hong’s house.”
Mother Qin’s family had previously lived in the capital in the subordinate’s house of the Wuxiang Burial Mansion, and the house had already been occupied, so now the several members of the family had come back with no place to stay.
Jiang Yishi liked Qiao’er and Qin Lin very much, and at first glance, they had been taught well. He said, “In the future, Qiao’er will follow me, and I’ll give you a single monthly payment. Qin Lin will live in the manor, older and then into the house to help Xun Er.”
The government has fixed rules. If you want more servants to serve you, you have to pay your own monthly salary and food money. Qin Qiao’er was already thirteen years old, so if she wanted to work in the mansion, she would have to be uniformly assigned by Grand Madam Jiang and the housekeeper. Qin Lin was just seven years old, so the government would not want her.
Mother Qin laughed, “That’s a good feeling.”
Jiang Xun laughed, “I think so too.”
Qin Qiao’er heard that she was going to be a maid for the girl and happily came over to kowtow to Jiang Yishi.
Jiang Yishi laughed, “All my maid’s names have water in them, you’ll be called Shuiqing from now on. Like Shui Ling, it’s a second-class maid.”
In the evening, Jiang Yishi’s siblings pestered Qin mama about many of Hu’s affairs.
Although Sister Wu was Hu’s concubine, she only met Hu after she married Great Uncle Wu. Wu Dabo was the son of Hu’s nursemaid, and he was a man. Qin mama was the eldest maid who accompanied Hu’s growing up, they still had to ask her if they wanted to know more about Hu’s affairs.
Qin mother s eyes held a gentle light, “Auntie looks beautiful, speaks softly, and her hands are also clever …… Oh, the second girl looks especially like auntie, especially her mouth, like a flower petal. She likes to wear light green clothes, and likes to play the flute ……”
Through her description, that beautiful fuzzy figure gradually became clear and three-dimensional.
Previously, Jiang Yishi had also asked Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen wouldn’t speak in such detail, and would only say, beautiful, gentle and virtuous or something like that.
Jiang Xun listened without blinking and regretted, “Sister must still have the impression of mother, I am not at all.”
Jiang Yishi shook her head and said, “I was just two years old when my mother died, I have no impression either. I have always remembered my father’s voice and smile, and I will never forget it until I die.”
Jiang Xun also said, “I have always remembered father’s appearance as well.”
Mother Qin’s eyes darkened as she looked at Jiang Yishi and sighed softly.
The next morning, Qin mama finally saw Wu Dabo splitting wood alone in the outer courtyard, she quickly walked over.
Looking around to see that no one was around, before she asked in a low voice, “Elder brother Wu, was there anything in particular that the Second Elder Master gave before he died, or before he went to war?”