The gray clouds covered the last blue sky above Zhang Jinmei's head, and the wind blew even harder, and before long, goose feathers and snow fell from the sky, staining the ground into a patch, and also wetting the lamb coat on her body.
Zhang Jinmei clenched her arms and walked along the mountain road for half an hour against the wind, and finally couldn't walk.
The blizzard wind was like a knife, cutting every inch of her bare skin, making her delicate little face red.
Her eyes were filled with snowflakes that were getting denser and denser, and she couldn't tell the road ahead of her.
After staggering in the blizzard for half a moment, Zhang Jinmei finally couldn't support it, and when a sudden gust of wind rushed towards her stiff body, she fell on her back in the snow half a foot deep, and never got up again.
Zhang Jinmei was awakened by a strong medicinal fragrance, and the taste was bitter and sweet, which made her feel a lot calmer.
For a while, even the coldness of the wind and snow and the indifference of her husband's family seemed to have subsided from her heart, and all that surrounded her was this reassuring smell of medicine.
She slowly opened her eyes, and then she found herself lying in a side room, the furnishings in the house were simple and simple, and even the quilt covering her body was the most simple kudzu.
She barely sat up straight, only to see that her wet clothes had long since been removed, and now she was wearing only an earthy blue monk's robe with a few patches.
Zhang Jinmei's eyes circled around the room again, and after finding that she was indeed the only one here, she opened her mouth to call someone, but before she could speak, there was a low sound of talk outside the door.
"Senior brother, the female benefactor looks like she has been lying in the snow for an hour, and her face is purple."
"Fortunately, she is wearing a lamb coat, which is impermeable, otherwise she will not be able to freeze for so long."
"Senior brother, how is she now?"
"It's okay, I just fed her some medicine, and I saw that her face was ruddy."
"Amitabha, it's okay if there's nothing to do, and we'll talk back when the master comes back in a while."
When Jinmei heard that the people outside were "senior brothers" and "Amitabha Buddha", she knew that the place she was in now was a temple, and she felt a sense of happiness in her heart: fortunately, it was these kind-hearted monks who saved her, not some mountain bandits, otherwise, it would be a different scene now.
Thinking of this, Zhang Jinmei cleared her throat and shouted softly outside the door, "Two masters, dare to ask where this place is?"
” The door was pushed open, and as she expected, two white monks stepped in from outside, one looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old, and the other was just a young man with his hair tied.
When the two saw Zhang Jinmei, they were both a little restrained and shy, standing by the door and not daring to approach, the older monk was a little bolder, took a step forward, lowered his head and asked, "Female donor, how do you feel?"
” Zhang Jinmei smiled at them gratefully, "My body has warmed up, thank you two little masters, but I don't know where this is, why am I in the masters' rooms?"
” "This is called Lingxian Temple, but it is just a small temple, today I went out with my junior brother, and I happened to meet the female benefactor fainting in the snow, so I carried you back to the temple to recuperate."
Speaking of this, he glanced up at Zhang Jinmei, his face flushed, and he lowered his head again, "When I came back, the donor's clothes were soaked, so I asked my junior brother to change the donor into a monk's robe, and I hope the donor will not be surprised." ” Although Zhang Jinmei is married, she has never been looked at by a strange man, hearing him say this, her heart can't help but tighten, but after thinking about it, the little monk is still a child, and he has to do it as a last resort to save himself, if he blames him for this, it is too unkind.
So, she smiled at them, "Master, where are these words, how can I blame the two of you for this."
It's just that I don't know when the heavy snow will stop, and I still have to hurry, so I'm delayed by the heavy snow. ” "The donor is alone, why do you want to go out in this snowy day?"
The little monk asked puzzledly.
After speaking, he was twisted by the young monk, so he closed his mouth tightly, not daring to say more.
Zhang Jinmei noticed the small movements between the two, so she smiled reluctantly, "The two masters saved my life, I don't dare to hide it, the reason why I am alone is because I am not on good terms with my husband's family, and I want to go back to my mother's house in a fit of anger, I didn't think that I suddenly encountered heavy snow on the way, and almost died in this vast sea of snow, if I hadn't met the two masters, I'm afraid I would have frozen now." ” Hearing her mention family matters, the faces of the two monks turned a little red again, and they hummed for a long time, and they didn't know how to persuade them.
Zhang Jinmei was a little amused when she saw that they looked narrow, so she hurriedly answered, "Don't talk about this, two masters, I just heard you say that there is another abbot in this temple, I don't know where his old man went?"
” "The master goes to the forest every day to chant and meditate, rain or shine, and will return at sunset, and then lead the donor to meet."
The young monk told the truth, and after speaking, he changed his words, "Female benefactor, you can rest in the temple for the time being, and wait until tomorrow when the snow stops and your clothes are dry, and then it is not too late to continue on your way." ” After saying that, the two bowed again, and then walked out of the house together and closed the door.
Zhang Jinmei got into the quilt again, the corners of her eyes suddenly became a little moist, and her heart was full of many sighs: a few strange monks can think a lot about themselves, but the husband who has been with her for two years is so cold-blooded, seeing that she left home alone penniless, she turned a blind eye, and never even thought about chasing after her, which really made her heart cold, worse than the wind and snow outside the window.
Thinking of this, Zhang Jinmei wrapped the quilt tightly, and fell asleep again unconsciously.
"It's not happy to have a quarrel with my husband's family, I'm going to go back to my parents' house alone, and I haven't passed the gas on both sides, even if it's gone, it's estimated that I won't be looking for someone for a while."
"But look at her clothes, they belong to rich and noble families, if they really make trouble in the future, they don't know if they find us here."
"Master, why are you getting less and less courageous, we are located in a barren mountain here, and it is snowing heavily today, the people in the government will only suspect that this little lady has fallen down the hill, or froze to death in which snow pit, how can you suspect a few monks?"
"Master, I just saw her body when I changed her clothes, white and tender, to be more watery and more watery, worthy of being the daughter-in-law of a big family, compared with her, those sisters-in-law and mother-in-law in the past are simply broken flowers and willows, keep you like it"