Chapter Twenty: Delicacy

  "Jin Ge, where are you running?" Chun Lan shouted.

  The young man who had run a few steps stopped and looked at the girl who was hurrying into the front yard.

  "Sister, how did you come back?" he asked.

  "I told you last time it was easy to talk to Fourth Master, I asked you to go feed the horses, why didn't you go?" Chunlan said urgently.

  Jin Ge'er wiped his nose with his sleeve.

  "I'm not going," he said, "I'm busy."

  Chun Lan was anxious, she only had this one younger brother, originally unable to rely on him, but now that she had gained influence in front of the Fourth Master, she took the opportunity to ask for a good job for him as well. Unexpectedly, after several days passed, when she asked about it, she found out that her brother hadn't even gone.

  "You're so big now, what are you running around for?" she shouted, grabbing her brother's arm. "How can Father and Mother feel at ease?"

  "I earn money," Golden Brother argued, "it's better than serving those cattle."

  "Where did you make the money?" Chunlan didn't believe it at all, "You must have been cheated."

  "Eldest Sister Qingmei's house is being repaired, and I'm working as a little laborer. In one day, I can earn one cent." Jin Ge'er said with a smile, with a few points of pride.

  Green plum?

  Who is it?

  Chun Lan was taken aback for a moment before she remembered.

  "What about that silly girl in front of the maid?" she said, and Xiao Xuan Miao also knew, "Isn't that the master of Da Xuan Miao's business? Can she talk?"

  "I didn't know, Elder Sister Qingmei let me go anyway. Those people were still the ones I found, last time when we were repairing it was also me who found them, this time they still made me find someone, and the foreman even thanked me and gave me a reward." Jin Ge'er said, gesturing towards the house with his chin, "Don't believe me? Go ask Mother."

  Chun Lan's daughter came out of the house and was also somewhat surprised when she heard this.

  "What? Didn't you nod at Si Gongzi before letting Jinge'r go?" she asked.

  "Chunlan said, 'I greeted the fourth young master to give that girl some money. So she can take good care of that fool and acknowledge half of Qing's feelings.' I felt a bit confused, 'How did it involve Jin Ge again?'"

  "Is it Sun Guanzhu who also gave face to Fourth Master?" Chunlan guessed.

  Everyone at home knew that because the master of the Da Xuan Miao Temple deliberately kept the foolish daughter-in-law, he met the wishes of the old masters and mistresses at home, so he got this good job. It is said that the old master once gave the temple master eighty taels of silver.

  How much did it cost to renovate this house? The interior design is really luxurious.

  Many people had the intention of making a fortune, but that Sun Guanzhu was unfamiliar to everyone, and there wasn't even time to give a hint. The other side had already found someone and started.

  Those with a good reputation haven't been caught yet, and the Chunlan family doesn't want to be involved in this good fortune at all.

  Chun Lan had always thought it was her daughter's face in front of Fourth Master, but unexpectedly, her daughter didn't know.

  "It won't do, Fourth Master is busy with his studies and doesn't bother with such mundane matters. Besides, the mistress is still angry with me, if Fourth Master goes to speak up for me, it's not just a matter of not getting this job, I'll also get scolded." Chunlan shook her head in denial.

  "It was Qingmei sister who told me to come, you still don't believe it." Jinge said impatiently, "I'm leaving. Still busy, almost done."

  He finished speaking and ran away quickly, Chunlan couldn't catch up with him even though she was right behind.

  "Green plum?" Chun Lan couldn't help but laugh. "What is she? Taking care of a fool has also taken care of such a big face?"

  Jin Ge came to Xuanmiao Mountain and saw that Sun Guanzhu was also in front of the small Xuanmiao Temple. Apart from this, there was an old man and an old servant, watching two craftsmen paste two characters on the door head.

  The green plum sister is also there. Sun Guan's host showed her a respectful and kind smile.

  Just say it's for the sake of Green Plum Sister's face, they still don't believe it.

  Jin Ge slipped in through the side door.

  "Miss Half Cabbage, in three to five days it will be almost ready for harvest. You and your wife can move back then," said Sun Guanzhu. "The furniture has also arrived. Take a look and see if there's anything else you need."

  The girl nodded with a smile.

  "I've seen it," she said. "The host's arrangements are good."

  Sun Guanzhu's face suddenly relaxed. Since this girl agreed, then it was the young lady who agreed. The young lady agreed, and that was good.

  An old man beside him looked surprised.

  "May I go in and take a look?" he asked.

  The little servant was somewhat surprised. What's so great about a Taoist temple where a woman lives? Moreover, this Taoist temple had a bad reputation in the past.

  The old man is really...

  Sun Guanzhu immediately went to see Yaotou, and Yaotou nodded with a smile.

  "Please, please." Sun Guan said this just now, and made a welcoming gesture.

  The old man stepped inside.

  There was only one hall at first, and there was no special place. After arriving in the backyard, workers were still busy in the yard, with miscellaneous objects piled up on the ground, chaotic, but the old man looked surprised and admired at a glance.

  It turns out that this small Xuanmiao Temple is so exquisite, with a small and elegant layout, one house on both sides of the ear, one courtyard with a small pavilion, green bamboo stone road, except for this there are no other decorations, it looks unusually clear and bright.

  Beyond the mountain rocks, look at the main room, the plain blue paper door is half open, two village women are wiping the floor and windows, a glimpse of the six beautiful screens inside, a long table, white woolen cushion, high-footed beauty stove.

  Is this what you've arranged? Otherwise, Master Guan wouldn't be asking like that.

  After a glance around, it was clear that ladies' chambers were not convenient for long stays. The old man walked out and looked back at the mountain gate.

  The original three characters of "Xuán Miào Guān" have been erased, and the newly carved two characters are still uncolored.

  "Peace." The old man murmured.

  These two words are too ordinary when spoken and written, but why do they always make him feel somewhat uneasy?

  These two characters are not particularly ingenious when discussed, and even seem to be written by a young child who has just begun to learn, but each stroke seems to have its own profound mystery.

  It doesn't seem like any font I'm familiar with.

  "Peaceful, a wonderful start." The old man smiled and looked at Sun Guan.

  Sun Guan was taken aback for a moment, then immediately understood that the old man had thought of the "Taiping Jing".

  "No, no, it wasn't me who started it." She hastily smiled and said, "I often recite the Taiping Jing, but I don't dare to mention its name."

  She said, looking at the young girl, the old man was somewhat surprised, but also understood.

  The courtyard just now was obviously arranged by that girl, and naturally the name also had to be chosen by herself.

  The girl smiled.

  "Originally there was a scripture also called Taiping." She smiled and said, "Is that Taiping from the scriptures?"

  It seems it's just a good omen for peace and nothing else.

  The old man smiled and nodded.

  "Heaven has no favorites, doing good is its own reward, that's what they mean by 'great peace'." He smiled and said, "Scriptures come from human ways, it's just like this, it's just so."

  I didn't understand a word you said.

  "My wife loves to eat a kind of steamed bun called Taiping Mantou," she said with a smile.

  The people present were stunned and stared blankly at this little girl.

  What does it mean?

  Is it because of the peacefulness, is it called Taiping Mantou because it's delicious?

  Isn't this also too...common?

  As Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the Cheng family is also preparing for the celebration, but there's a somewhat gloomy atmosphere on the side of Second Mistress Cheng.

  The dinner had already been delivered outside, and neither of the couple sitting opposite each other had any appetite.