A Blessed Daughter - Chapter 039

A Blessed Daughter
Chapter 039 – Dried sweet potatoes and sweet potato chips (1)

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Yun Shi said with a smile: “Mrs. Xie praised her too much. This child has suffered a lot in recent years. I don’t ask her to be excellent, I just hope that she can live a safe and stable life in the future.”

After a few courtesies, and seeing that everyone had arrived, the County Head Magistrate’s wife announced the departure.

There was also an order of position at the departure. At the beginning were Mrs. Xie and Miss Xie, followed by Yun Shi, Wei Ruo, and Wei Qingwan, then Mrs. Qian and Miss Qian. Behind them were the Assistant County Head Magistrate’s wife, Chief of Record’s wife, and the wives of some famous families in Xingshan County.

Among the several wives, Yun Shi’s was the highest in terms of her husband’s rank. The County Head Magistrate was a seventh-ranked official, and Wei Mingting was a sixth-ranked official. As for Mrs Xie’s husband, he was only a scholar who had not yet held a specific position.

But Wei Mingting’s current situation was well-known to everyone, and the Xie family was thriving. So Mrs. Xie was at the front instead.

Because the purpose of today’s trip was to pray for blessings, and sincerity was the most important thing, so on the suggestion of the County Head Magistrate’s wife, everyone walked up the mountain and completed the 999 steps from the foot of the mountain to the front of the temple.

Wei Ruo followed behind Yun Shi’s, neither too fast nor too slow. She would go as fast as the others, and when the others stopped to rest, she also stopped to rest.

Try not to stand out and not to cause any trouble.

The fastest walking person was Xie Ying, who strode at the front with large steps. She was at least 20 or 30 steps away from the others,  Mrs. Xie’s shouting could not even reach her.

The rest of the people were not walking fast. They had to stop and take a rest after walking for a while.

It took more than half an hour to walk in this way, and they finally arrived at the temple gate of Fahua Temple.

The head monk was already at the gate with a group of disciples to greet them.

After exchanging greetings with the head monk, everyone entered the temple.

As the County Head Magistrate’s wife had already agreed with the presiding head monk that the temple would not receive any other pilgrims* today, but only accepted them. So the temple was very empty and no one else disturbed them.

*Pilgrims: a person who goes to a temple to burn incense.

After entering the main hall, everyone began to burn incense and kneel down.

Wei Ruo also mingled in the crowd and lit a stick of incense.

After kneeling on the futon and listening to the scriptures, half a day has passed.

At noon, everyone needed to stay in the temple to eat a vegetarian meal.

While waiting for the vegetarian meal, everyone sat in the dining hall and drank the tea provided by the temple.

Due to walking 999 steps and exhausting physical energy, coupled with the fact that it was already noon, everyone was feeling a bit hungry.

However, the Fahua Temple had a strict fasting time, and food would not be served until noon. Naturally, everyone could not break the rules and could only wait in the dining hall.

At this moment, Wei Ruo took out the dried sweet potatoes she had prepared and shared them with everyone to try.

Seeing what Wei Ruo had brought out, all the ladies showed a curious and puzzled expression, as they had never seen it before.

After seeing what Wei Ruo had brought out, Yun couldn’t help but become nervous.

She originally thought that Wei Ruo brought common pastries. Everyone was really hungry now, so it was okay for her to share the pastries with everyone.

It turned out that the things she took out were unknown to everyone, and Yun Shi couldn’t help but to worry.

It was too late for Yun Shi to stop Wei Ruo at this moment, everything was in the hands of the madams and young ladies.

Wei Qingwan looked at Wei Ruo and then at the thing that she had brought out, feeling puzzled just like everyone else. But she remained silent and sat beside Yun Shi, quietly watching the reactions of the crowd.

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