Chapter 13 Counting Buddha Beans and Reasoning

　　After the business was finished, Xu Shanran and Ren Chenglin sat and chatted for a few moments, when they saw Green Parrot being led by the little girl, walking from outside to her side. 　　She turned her head sideways and said two words to Green Parrot. 　　Green parrot eyes swept through a trace of surprise, and secretly some understanding, also not much to say, promised a sound after, will be properly tied on the waist of the purse unlocked down to Xu Shanran. 　　Xu Shanran will hand over this purse to Ren Chenglin. 　　Ren Chenglin was just a little surprised to hear Xu Shanran say, "In the purse is a two hundred taels of silver, brother first take it to make, not enough just send someone to come in and say to me." 　　Because of the previously agreed to do things, Ren Chenglin did not refuse, only the purse to accept, said: "Sister rest assured, I will certainly keep a good account, turn back to show you." 　　Xu Shanran laughed: "How do you keep track of these things? Say today eat and drink these, tomorrow eat and drink those? If I don't believe in brother, why should I talk about doing these many? Brother just go and do, if there is a result tell me." 　　Said she saw the time is not early, also no longer stay Ren Chenglin, personally sent Ren Chenglin out of the courtyard door, they also do not go back, only instructed the little girl will be going out to tell Li mom a thing, another with green parrot to the grandmother's yard to go. 　　State House of the various gardens have put lights, the inner courtyard every distance every yard also have their own door, there are also grannies to guard. 　　But after all, it is night, not as bright as the daytime, green parrot personally took a lantern, in the front to Xu Shanran lead the way. 　　Along the way and not much how many people sound, green parrot just and red parrot noise, with a stomach of worry, although understand that the girl is again shrewd can not be in this short period of time to know these things, but somehow, the heart is always a little anxious, wait until the end, still on the road, she could not help but just told Xu Shanran things. 　　When Xu Shanran heard it, he faintly said, "I know." Then he stopped making a sound. 　　Green parrot does not need Xu Shanran said to make what, things finished, she with unloaded a burden as easy, and so into the old madam Zhang's courtyard, and even have the mood and guard the door of the little girl to joke a few words. 　　At this time of the day, the old madam was always chanting in the Buddha Hall. 　　Xu Shanran let Green Parrot go down to rest, he walked along the corridor all the way to the courtyard of the Buddha Hall, I saw the old lady next to Sister Zhu moved a small stool sitting in front of the door frame, through the bright lights in the Buddha Hall Na sole, and then look inside, the old lady is sitting cross-legged on a futon, counting the beads of the Buddha in a low voice, eyes closed reciting sutras. 　　Probably because the juniors in the residence seldom come to the old madam at this time, Sister Zhu saw Xu Shanran walking from the corridor, and could not help but be surprised, and was about to get up and bow, when Xu Shanran waved his hand to stop. 　　After Xu Shanran signaled that Sister Zhu did not need to salute, he did not make a sound, only quietly across the door frame, and from behind the door to find a stool and Sister Zhu under the seat of the same, and find out the porcelain pot containing Buddha beans, a little laborious to move to the front, in the stool to sit down, and pick up from it, grain by grain. Picking up and picking up, the thoughts will be a little wandering, the hands will gradually lose accuracy ...... also do not know how long, only to hear a voice in the ear said: 　　"I still see someone pick up Buddha beans for the first time, pick up pick up can use Buddha beans to discharge a chess game." 　　Xu Shanran woke up from his thoughts, first glancing at what he had dished out in response to the voice, then raising his head again, he smiled at the old madam who had already finished her daily homework and walked over to him and said, "Grandmother, are you done?" 　　The old madam gave a "hmm", looked around, standing outside, Sister Zhu cleverly took out a small stool from behind the statue of Buddha in the Buddha Hall and put it under the old madam's body. 　　The old lady sat down, and did not talk to Xu Shanran, only to reach out to the porcelain jar to pick up Buddha beans. 　　Xu Shanran did not think, first of all, they will be set out on the ground of those things are all collected, stone thrown back to the porcelain tank, Buddha beans into a small bowl, but also with the old lady, and then pick up. 　　This time, Xu Shanran no longer distracted, just like the old lady, a grain seriously looking for, a grain seriously pick up. 　　After roughly another half hour, Sister Zhu on the side coughed gently. 　　This was to remind the old madam that the time for rest had arrived. 　　The old madam stopped her hands, "Sister Shan'er." 　　"What is it, grandmother?" 　　"During the day today, why did you apologize to your cousin?" 　　"Although I don't remember much, mother, great-uncle, and grandmother all said that it was me who threw a snowball at my cousin and fell to the ground and had an accident, so it's not wrong. Since it's not true, the thing is I did wrong, I apologize only because it's the reason, people should be reasonable." Xu Shanran said. 　　"Have you ever thought that the girls of the State Duke's Office can actually not have to be reasonable?" The old madam asked. 　　"I've thought about it." Xu Shanran said. 　　Of course she knows she can not have to be reasonable, not to mention that the world is not both reason and emotion, although she does not occupy a word of reason, in the end occupies a word of love. In her last life, after her accident, Zhao Yun Cui was sent back to her own home. The concubine son in law's relative in the state government as a guest, do let the state government's first born miss life and death, even if it is not the fault of this relative, the state government will only send people away behavior to any place in the world, no one can pick out not to. 　　But it is not necessary. 　　She knows her own life has such a robbery, and actually thus and benefit, a little step back, and let a let, and how? 　　"But all the time unreasonable, but a noble status of the rascal only, what is worthy of pride and self-gratification?" Xu Shanran said. 　　"What does good sis-er want to say?" The old madam asked. Her gaze landed on Xu Shanran's face, her eyeballs were cloudy in a way characteristic of the elderly, but that glance over was unusually sharp. 　　"Now is not the time to be unreasonable, grandmother." Xu Shanran said. 　　"Oh," the old madam quickly withdrew her gaze, "then when will that time come?" 　　"When someone has every intention of getting me killed, and wants to use me in every way possible." Xu Shanran said calmly. 　　At that time, she did not seek the other party's reasoning, nor did she reason with the other party, she only watched as the crowd went for the deer. 　　"Grandmother, tangxin wicked mother for not taking good care of me, but at that time, I did see, tangxin ate the pastries on the table before she couldn't hold on to fall asleep, the pastries were brought by a fresh-faced little girl, I don't know if it's that tangxin has made a grudge against someone or if I've gotten in the way of whoever is in the way." Xu Shanran finally said. 　　The third master Xu Hanzhang went down to the government office today, and socialized outside for the whole night, before returning to his house with the smell of alcohol under the assistance of the boy. 　　From the cold outside back to the warmth of the interior, the heart and mind of the wine was so a smoked, Xu Huanzhang immediately a little dry heaving up. 　　Zhao's house is flipping through the book to see their own master back, this smile like a flower to welcome up, now see this scene, and quickly let the house maid to get hot water to get a handkerchief, and go to cook sober soup, and get clothes for the master to change clothes, a time the whole house are busy. 　　After a long time, such as cleaned up and stopped, Xu Hanzhang take just cooked sobering soup crooked in the kang, look at the smiling wife, can not help but some strange: "What happened this day, you are so happy?" 　　"It's still not about the fifth maiden." Zhao's already kept a good mood all day, was about to chatter about this matter with her husband, might as well her husband asked, all of a sudden as if being tickled, indescribably comfortable. 　　"Five girls came back today," Xu Hanzhang also remembered, "your niece compensated the gift?" 　　"Compensated." Zhao said with a smile on her face, "But it's not my niece who compensated, it's the fifth girl who compensated. If I say ah, the fifth girl was not spoiled by the old fourth couple do not know what to do, or understand the reason more virtuous." 　　Xu Hanzhang who was drinking the medicine froze, his hands unconsciously trembled, and a small half of the medicine spilled onto his clothes. 　　Zhao's sharp eyes saw, immediately tensed up: "Master has not been scalded? Quickly put the bowl down and change your clothes-" 　　"What did you just say!?" Xu Hanzhang didn't care about Zhao, raising his voice to ask. 　　Zhao froze. 　　Xu Hanzhang again said anxiously, "You just said that the fifth maiden made amends to your niece, how and where did she make amends?" 　　Zhao's rarely see her husband so anxious, stuttering to make things clear, see with their own narrative, her husband's forehead veins straight, face is getting more and more terrible, and suddenly raised his hand seems to be towards their own to hit, can not help but scream. 　　Xu Hanzhang in the end still maintain a trace of sanity, did not let the slap fell on Zhao's face, but ruthlessly slammed the table's bowl of medicine, pointing at Zhao angrily: "Sooner or later by you this stupid woman killed!" 　　After saying this, he didn't have time to care about Zhao's reaction, hurriedly slipped on his shoes, didn't change his clothes and didn't bring anyone with him, and ran straight to his first mother's courtyard, and waited until before the main room, where he was stopped by Sister Zhu with a smile on her face: "Third master, the old lady has already taken a break, so if there's anything that you want to do, please wait, wait until tomorrow." 　　Xu Hanzhang saw the first person in front of the first mother, busy said: "I just saw Zhao, I heard Zhao say five girl things, Zhao worried and I said this is her niece's fault, and then there is no such a big crime of the five girls to apologize for the reason, she has been difficult in the heart of the day, should have come to apologize to my mother in front of the mother, it is my thought that she was born before the time when the good quality of the drop I thought she had fallen ill when she gave birth to Shanqiao, and her body has not been very good all these years, so I let her rest in the courtyard and came over myself." 　　After a breath, Xu Hanzhang took a few steps backwards, kneeled down in the courtyard, and said to the closed door, "Mother, son and daughter-in-law have become a father and mother, but also tired of you worrying about it, really unfilial, son here to apologize to you--" 　　Xu Hanzhang to kneel, Sister Zhu is not very stop, only sideways to avoid the direction of the other salute, and after the other finished talking into the room. 　　In the room or, in the courtyard or, during the day to see still a childish little girl all eyes do not slant eyes do not move, rules and regulations to do their own things, no one curious towards the Xu Huanzhang kneeling place to look over. 　　Sister Zhu went to the old lady's bedside, took the beauty hammer, sat down for the old lady gently pounding legs and feet. 　　The old madam, who was leaning against the welcoming pillow, closed her eyes, and after a long time, a cold smile gently crossed the corners of her lips.