3. Chapter 3: A Lady from Heaven 2
So after discussing it, the old lady of the Mo family, who had always believed in Buddhism, went out to the mountain to ask for a fortune.
The old lady didn't say a word when she came back, and she and the old man of the Mo family stayed in the room to discuss it for a long time.
A month later, a room was vacated at home and several Bodhisattvas were specially invited there.
Until one evening, Mrs. Mo did not let her servants cook, but cooked the food herself.
During the meal, the whole family remained silent and kept adding vegetables to her bowl.
Late that night, while she was sleeping soundly, she was rolled up in a hazy state...
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The young Xiaoyue didn't know what was going on and was so frightened that she cried and yelled, "Daddy! Mother!..."
When she finally broke free from the quilt, she found herself in a strange place.
In the dark and cool room, the wind passed silently through the empty room, and a few wisps of smoke filled the air. Under the green lights, several statues of gods stared at her with smiling faces.
So scary!
She was so frightened that she yelled "Ah-", turned around and ran outside.
With her eyes blurred by tears, Xiaoyue felt as if there was a large stone tablet standing at the door of the room blocking the way, with the vague words "Go to the other side early" written on it.
What's going on? Have you been abandoned by your father and mother who have always loved you?
At this time, Mrs. Mo's voice came faintly from behind, "Yue'er, from now on, grandma will live here with you. From now on, you must devote yourself to the Buddha and be pure in your desires, so that your sins can be washed away as soon as possible!"
Xiaoyue was surprised to find that her grandmother's expression was very strange when she said these words, so that when Xiaoyue grew up, she would still remember her eyes, which were gloomy and helpless.
After that, no one in the family mentioned the reason why she was brought to the Buddhist hall. They just asked someone to punch the stone that she had held in her mouth when she was born, thread it with a red silk thread, and wear it on her chest.
So she has been living in this Buddhist hall since she was six years old. Since then, she has never seen her father or mother, and has never left this Buddhist hall.
The only things that accompany her are some books in the inner room and the ancient Buddha with green lantern in the front hall...
Many times she would sit at the door of the Buddhist hall and look outside.
Large clouds pass overhead, and occasionally a few birds fly by. The various flowers planted in my yard attract beautiful butterflies and bees.
Xiaoyue found strangely that since she moved into this Buddhist hall, she no longer suffered from heartache. She didn't know how long she would live in this Buddhist hall, so she asked Mrs. Mo, "Grandma, I want to live in this Buddhist hall."
How long will you stay here? I really want to go out and see the outside world and breathe the fresh air."
The old lady of the Mo family sighed and replied quietly, "Yue'er is good, grandma didn't tell you to go out, that's all."
She didn't know how long it lasted.
Until ten years passed, Mo Xiaoyue was already sixteen years old, and her grandmother still didn't let her out, so she thought, maybe it would last a lifetime.
Strange to say, that night, she began to have a recurring dream!
She dreamed that she came to a cliff, and then she heard the sound of horse hooves coming over her.
At the foot of the cliff appeared a man riding a maroon horse, wearing a snow-white gown, and a waistband. This was the only man she had ever seen besides her grandfather and father.
He didn't know what was going on, but he actually raised his head and looked at his position under the cliff. His long dark hair was flying in the wind, his appearance was handsome, and his eyes were cold.
She was just stunned by his majesty, greedily lingering on his face...
The second night, his figure appeared in the dream again.
In the dream, he took her riding a horse on the vast grassland. Her smile was as bright as a peach blossom in full bloom.
Suddenly dark clouds rolled in the sky, there was a thunderbolt, and a bright red stone fell from the sky and cut the horse into two pieces. They fell down...
A huge stone tablet stood in the middle of them, with the words "Get to the other side early" engraved on it...
Xiaoyue was woken up and found that she was soaked all over. A few days after being awakened by the dream that night, her grandfather invited her and her grandmother out of the Buddhist hall.
Her father, Tianci, and her mother, Yan'er, happily circled around her. Her mother hugged her excitedly and sobbed, "Yue'er! In the past ten years, my mother has missed you so much! But for your Qingxiu, you
Daddy doesn’t allow me to see you!..."
The father who stood aside also looked at her with an apologetic expression and said, "Yue'er! You are now sixteen, and your grandmother has passed her catastrophe when she signed the lot for you! So now it seems
Since you are fine, I will ask your grandpa to invite you and your grandma out together so that our family can have a good reunion!"
Sixteen-year-old Mo Xiaoyue looked at her mother hugging her and her father beside her, frowned, and said coldly, "Since you let me out, just arrange a room for me. Just put the room in the Buddhist hall."
Just give me those books!"
They don't have much affection for Mo Xiaoyue.
I was only six years old when I was sent to the Buddhist hall, and I am already sixteen years old this year. It has been ten years, and even any family ties will disappear with the passage of time!
In her father's Tianci's awkward smile, Mo Xiaoyue saw a hint of helplessness and sadness.
But this was all caused by them! Xiaoyue thought to herself, what kind of evil can a child who is ignorant of the world do?
Xiaoyue was very dissatisfied with them in her heart, but she could not live with her grandmother alone. For ten long years, her grandmother had been accompanying her. If it weren't for her grandmother's day and night company, she would have been a long time ago.
Unable to cope with loneliness, he committed suicide!
Over the years in that gloomy Buddhist hall of her family, her grandmother taught her how to read and write, how to play chess, calligraphy and painting, and many other principles of life.
While eating, Xiaoyue thought that if she had not been with her grandmother, she might still be an illiterate person.
The family gathered around the same table to eat like they did ten years ago, but the atmosphere was depressing!
Mo Xiaoyue's cold, repulsive and distant look broke her parents' hearts and also hit her grandfather as the head of the family!
Fortunately for Xiaoyue, although he was very indifferent to them, after the meal, grandpa still ordered his servants to say, "Prepare a clean and comfortable room for the young lady! Just go and prepare whatever the young lady wants! Get down!"
The servant of the family led Xiaoyue to the second floor, opened the door of a room at the end of the corridor upstairs, and said respectfully, "Miss! Do you like this room? If there is no problem, I will clean it up as soon as possible."
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Chapter completed!