The Fierce Farm Girl Has A Secret Space

Chapter 1074: Chapter 1074: Daxiong Baodian (2)

”No,” Peng Mingrong said, terrified, her little face turning white. She knew that if her elder sister spoke up, their grandmother would definitely nod in agreement, and she would be doomed. She hurriedly grabbed Peng Mingzi’s hand, ”Elder sister, I was wrong. I truly realize my mistake...”

Zhen Xiaofeng felt a surge of satisfaction upon seeing this. After all, this young niece was really troublesome and way too willful. However, as her sister-in-law, it wasn’t appropriate for her to say too much. It was still the younger sisters who were sensible. In the future, she would never go out alone with this troublesome niece again—otherwise, she might not be scared to death but could be driven to hang herself from the trouble. But now she couldn’t help but speak up persuasively, ”Mingzi, look, Rongrong is still young and now she knows what she did was wrong. Let’s give her another chance, shall we? If she makes the same mistake again, we can punish them together, okay?”

Peng Mingrong nodded eagerly and repeatedly promised.

Peng Mingzi sighed, ”Who wants to punish her? Elder sister should understand that in this society, there are many formidable people. Our Peng Family may look quite impressive in Prefectural City, but you must realize there’s always someone better out there... Sometimes, one careless move and it could lead to a catastrophe.” She truly came to understand this after making the acquaintance of Yang Ruxin. Logically speaking, it should have been a simple matter for the Shen Family to handle a country girl, but instead of gaining any advantage, the Shen Family ended up embarrassing themselves. Now, her aunt had fallen ill from her uncle’s scolding, and as for Shen Yilan, she was nearly sent to the family temple and had already become a discarded piece.

Zhen Xiaofeng was slightly stunned and then nodded. She was genuinely impressed by her younger sister-in-law’s perspective.

Just then, the temple bell rang out, signaling that Master Lian Chi’s scripture recitation was about to begin.

Peng Mingzi knew this wasn’t the time to keep scolding her sister, and she let out a long sigh, ”Starting now, Rongrong, you stay by my side. If you leave even half a step, I’ll immediately order the servants to tie you up and send you back. And as for how grandmother will punish you, that will be your own fate...”

Peng Mingrong nodded hurriedly. Although she still felt some reluctance, she didn’t dare to misbehave any longer.

The scripture recitation was held in the main hall of Qinglian Temple, Daxiong Baodian, which housed three deity statues representing the Three Lives of Buddha—on the left was the ancient Buddha Dipankara, also known as Light-carrying Tathagata, symbolizing the past; in the center was Śākyamuni Buddha, representing the present; and the Maitreya Buddha on the right, also known as the Guiding Buddha, symbolizing the future. Around the great hall, there were statues of 108 Arhats, each lifelike in appearance.

The hall was the size of half a football field, and standing at the entrance, there was a sense of solemnity and reverence.

At that moment, amid the swirling smoke, the monks entered the temple in an orderly procession. Once all the monks had entered, the devotees and pilgrims behind them began to find their way into the great hall, taking their seats in the spots they preferred.

Even with so many people moving around, there was not a sound to be heard other than the wooden fish.

Listening to the scriptures, for a full two hours at that, wasn’t something everyone was interested or patient enough to do. But to leave halfway would be disrespectful to the Buddha, so the younger ones were not allowed to come. Only Erni came along since she had a calm nature and there was no worry that she couldn’t sit through it.

Yu Qingge did come along, but she was just there to look around and experience it, not necessarily to listen to the scriptures.

”Just you? Even if you wanted to listen, you wouldn’t understand,” Fang Tianze sneered at Yu Qingge.