Evening Shaohua in the Red House

In March, the peach blossoms are bright and the willows are green.

The weather was fine that day, and Li Wan had nothing to do. After reading the storybook for a while, he felt bored again, so he asked Suyun to cook a pot of tea, and sat under the Qian screen window to read the post. , It is mellow and pleasant to the ear, very pleasant to hear, and I stopped listening for a while.

Danju lifted the curtain and came in, said with a smile: "Someone from outside sent a post, grandma can't think of who it is."

Xiu Zhu was grinding ink in front of the writing desk, when she stretched her head to see there were two wedding invitations, she couldn't help wondering: "Whose family belonged to this?"

Dan Ju didn't answer, and smiled and presented the two red posts.

Li Wan was also a little curious when he heard the words, put down his brush, took a look at the post, and laughed immediately, it turned out that the auspicious date for Yinglian and Mrs Zhou's family has been fixed, and the date is set on the 28th of this month, so Tete sent someone to send a wedding invitation, She couldn't help laughing and said, "This is a good thing, Yinglian has finally come to the end of her hardships."

Xiuzhu hung up the washed brush and said with a smile: "Grandma, do you want to prepare a congratulatory ceremony?"

Li Wan heard the words and said: "This is natural." Mr. Zhou has saved Yu Lan'er, so he must prepare a generous gift, not to mention Yinglian's side, and the makeup should not be light.

After hearing this, Dan Ju said: "Then grandma, what should I give you?"

Gift giving is also particular, as these two families are not like the officials and eunuchs who communicate with each other on a daily basis, so naturally they can't follow the old rules.What's more, it's too eye-catching and impractical for small families from poor families to give antiques and curios.

Li Wan lowered his head and thought about it, Yinglian's head is fine, and her daughter's family came out of the court, so naturally she gave her head jewelry, which is both decent and practical; but the Zhou family still needs to think about it, and couldn't think of anything suitable for a while, so they asked everyone. : "What's your idea?"

Xiuzhu thought for a while and said: "In my opinion, since Mr. Zhou is a scholar, why don't grandma give you the Four Treasures of the Study?"

Everyone shook their heads when they heard the words, Suyun smiled and said: "It's not a birthday, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to give this as a wedding gift."

Li Wan's heart moved when he heard this, and he said with a smile: "Xiuzhu's words reminded me that the Four Treasures of the Study are naturally not suitable, but calligraphy and painting are all right."

Calligraphy and painting by famous masters have always been priceless in the market. If you get one or two, you will treasure it closely and make it a family heirloom.

Although Zhou's family is well-off, they are ordinary people after all, no matter how rich they are, they can't buy these things.

Li Wan thought of this, and said to Dan Ju: "I remember that in my dowry, there are two postcards from former scholar Shen, you will find them later."

Dan Ju agreed, and said with a smile: "I don't know which box to put it in, we hurried

I was so busy, I didn't bring many things, I'm afraid I might not be able to find them. "

Li Wan heard the words and said, "It's fine if you can't find it, and it's fine to pick another two."

Dan Ju agreed, and went to cook without mentioning it.

Li Wan thought for a while and then ordered Xiuzhu: "Go and find a more delicate set of headgear, and then pick a few pieces from the set of emerald carvings from last time, and bring them together for me to have a look."

The jadeite from last time was of sufficient material, and there were many ornaments carved on it. The workmanship was extremely exquisite, and Li Wan liked it very much.

Xiuzhu went as promised, and after a while, she came over with two red brocade boxes, opened them and had a look with Li Wan.

In the first box is a set of red gold emerald emeralds, inlaid with tourmalines, pearls and emeralds.It is twisted into a hibiscus flower shape with extremely fine gold wire, the stamens are fine millet beads, the flowers, leaves and butterfly wings are finely carved from thin slices of jadeite, the stamens are carved from tourmaline, and the receptacle is dot emerald.

The whole set of jewelry consists of twelve pieces, using various crafts such as carving, golden silk, beading, inlay, emerald emerald, etc., all of which are exquisite and rare.

In the other box are two pairs of jade pendants, one in the shape of gourds and the other in the shape of unicorns, both of which are only half the size of a palm, exquisite and unique, dark green in color and transparent, with excellent water head.

In the eyes of wealthy families like the Jia Mansion, emeralds are not elegant and are not as precious as pearls and gems, but they are still extremely rare and precious to ordinary people.

Needless to say, the unicorn has always been a sign of auspiciousness; the gourd is a homonym for "Fu Lu", which means many children and grandchildren, and Fu Lu will last forever." These two things are perfect for gift giving.

Li Wan looked at it, nodded his head, and said, "These things are quite appropriate."

While talking, Danju also found the post, and Li Wan confirmed it was correct after reading it, and said: "Pick up these two pairs of jade pendants together with calligraphy and painting in a while, and send them to Mr. Zhou's house tomorrow, and pack another 100 taels of silver to make Press the box of silver and send it to Yinglian together with the set of hair and noodles."

Although she wanted to go to congratulate her in person, she is now a widow, which is a big taboo in terms of wedding banquets, and it is really not suitable for her to appear in person. After thinking about it, she said: "My status is inconvenient, so I can't go to congratulate in person, you two can go for me .”

Danju and Xiuzhu were overjoyed when they heard the words, and agreed repeatedly.

In a blink of an eye, it was March 28th. Danju and Xiuzhu had dinner, washed and washed, and took He Yi out.

Yinglian's house is located in Zhoujiaji in the east of the city, and the journey is not very far, it takes only two quarters of an hour by car.

Before approaching, the sound of crackling firecrackers can be heard from a distance, and the voices are full of people, which is very lively.

They stopped in front of the door, and the woman who followed the car helped them get out of the car

, The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

Because today is coming to congratulate her, the two sisters both put on new dresses. The two are born well, and their clothes are no different from those of their masters. The silk and satin, gold hairpins and jade bracelets are really pink and fragrant, and the temples are shadowed. hairpin light.

The people living nearby are all poor families, and they were stunned for a moment where they had seen such a person.

Both Xiuzhu and Danju felt a little uncomfortable, because they thought that small families don't have so many rules, and it would be impolite to wear a veiled hat when they are serious, so they didn't prepare, but unexpectedly they encountered this situation.

Fortunately, Mrs. Feng got the news and came out to welcome her. Seeing this scene, she sighed secretly, and hurriedly invited the two of them in, and said with a smile: "The two girls are here, it's just a humble house, if there is something wrong, girls, don't blame it. "

Only then did Danju and the others heave a sigh of relief, they hurriedly said that they didn't dare, they greeted Feng Shi and congratulated him, and then they presented a congratulatory ceremony and conveyed Li Wan's intention.

Mrs. Feng was very happy, helped her up quickly, and thanked Li Wan. Seeing that the neighbors who came to help in the courtyard were whispering, they kept looking at the two of them, fearing that they would accidentally bump into each other, so she hurriedly called the little girl Tao'er over: "Lead the two girls to the room."

Apart from Yinglian's mother and daughter, the Zhen family has only one little girl, a poor woman. Now that Yinglian is about to leave the cabinet, the little girl Tao'er has become Yinglian's personal maid.

Dan Ju ordered a woman who came with her to send congratulations to Zhou's house, and Fang followed the little girl to the backyard.

Looking around, I saw a small courtyard, although it was not very spacious, but it was very clean and tidy, with red '囍' pasted everywhere and red lanterns hung.

The courtyard is full of red vines, and there are red peaches among several weeping willows outside the flower wall, which are fragrant.

There are three rooms in the upper room, and a room in the east, which is the place where Yinglian usually sits and sleeps.

As soon as I entered the inner room, I saw that the house was neat and tidy, with no antique decorations, only scrolls on the vermilion lacquer shelves, and a few pots of Suxin Jianlan beside the Qian screen window, full of fragrance, very elegant.

Tao'er drew up the soft curtain of bright red flowers, and the two of them entered the inner room, only to see Yinglian wearing a small red crepe jacket and a long pine flower silk skirt, sitting on the couch doing various needlework, seeing the two of them was startled Youxi, he hurriedly got up and gave up his seat, "Two sisters, please sit down." At the same time, he asked Taoer to serve tea.

The two thanked Yinglian and congratulated Yinglian, each took a red brocade box from the woman behind her, and said with a smile: "Today is the girl's great joy, but our grandma can't congratulate her in person, so she sent us to add makeup to the girl. "

Yinglian opened it and saw that she couldn't help being startled, and hurriedly said: "If grandma didn't help that day, I wouldn't be where I am today. Grandma helped me a lot. What I said before

How can I receive this precious thing again if I don't have time to repay one or two. "

Dan Ju laughed and said: "Girl, please accept it, this is the makeup that grandma gave the girl, there is absolutely no reason to return it."

Xiuzhu also smiled and said: "Exactly, grandma has repeatedly asked, if the girl who presses the money box doesn't accept it, we won't be able to explain it when we go back."

Yinglian heard the words and had no choice but to accept it, and she was even more grateful to Li Wan in her heart, secretly determined to repay Li Wan in the future.

The little girl Tao'er took the box carefully, and put it into a camphorwood box with the red happy characters on it.

While talking, Zijuan and Snow Geese suddenly came. Seeing them both, Xiu Zhu smiled and said: "It's really lively today, two more are here."

Dan Ju also smiled and said, "Who did you come with? Where is Miss Lin?"

Zijuan Xueyan expressed congratulations to Yinglian, and also presented a set of plum-blossom headdresses inlaid with gold and red treasures for makeup. Fang replied: "Our girl originally said that she would come here in person, but she caught a cold accidentally last night. This morning When I woke up, my nose was stuffy and my body was sore, our girl said that today is a good day for a girl, and she must not get over her illness, so she sent us to congratulate her."

Yinglian hurriedly said that it was all right, and asked about Daiyu's condition in detail, and she was relieved when she learned that there was nothing serious.

Near noon, the neighbors also came over, and it became more and more lively.

Danju and the others only talked with Yinglian in the upper room, and Feng Shi was also afraid of being offended by outsiders, so he only invited guests to eat and drink in the front yard.

While they were talking, they suddenly heard the sound of a child crying from outside, everyone fell silent for a moment, Yinglian hurriedly sent Taoer out to have a look, and came back after a while and said with a smile: "Aunt Yang's little grandson likes to play and crawl." I went to the peach tree, but I couldn't get down, so I was so anxious that I cried."

Everyone laughed when they heard this, Yinglian hurriedly said: "Quickly ask someone to pick him up, he fell carefully."

Tao'er hurriedly said: "Miss, don't worry, it's okay, it's already saved."

Xiuzhu also saw the pear tree just now, it is almost ten feet high, but the branches are quite thin, and ordinary people can't climb it, let alone have to hold a child, so she couldn't help being a little curious: "I remember that the tree is very tall. , who saved this child?"

Tao'er smiled and said: "It's the Li family's uncle. I heard that he has learned boxing and kicking, and his skills are excellent." After saying that, he handed over a red brocade box, opened it for everyone to see, but it was a pair of red gold twisted silk bracelets, and said: " It was given by Uncle Li, who said it was Miss Li’s make-up, she is far away in Huzhou and she is pregnant, so she can’t come back, please forgive me.”

Yinglian was very happy, so Taoer put away the bracelet, and explained to everyone: "Sister Li is the manager of the grandma's farm.

My daughter, when we went back to our hometown, we took care of their family. Sister Li is kind and kind, and we have a very good relationship. It's a pity that we left the court last year and are now far away in Huzhou. Otherwise, the sisters would still be able to see each other. "

Zijuan was still a little confused, but Xiuzhu and Danju already knew who it was. Danju smiled and said, "It turned out to be Sister Yulan of Li Guanshi's family. We were very good in the early years, but later their family was sent to Jiangnan to manage the farm. We met each other less and less, and gradually became unfamiliar."

Xiuzhu smiled and said: "Sister Yulan was born very well, and she is also very clever. Grandma praised her at the beginning."

Xueyan was curious and was about to speak when she suddenly saw Mrs. Feng rushing in and told Tao'er, "Nurse Quanfu will change the girl's face in a while, go get some hot water."

Tao'er hurriedly went out to fetch water, Xiuzhu just ate a few loquats, now she felt unwell in her stomach, so she said to Danju: "Sister, please help me here, I'll go change my clothes and wash my hands."

After hearing this, Dan Ju hurriedly said: "Do you want me to go with you?"

Xiuzhu smiled and said: "No need, it's only two steps away, and there is an old mother following, so don't be cautious."

Dan Ju had no choice but to let it go, and told the woman who followed, "Mom, watch more, don't be bumped into."

The mother-in-law readily agreed.

The author has something to say: Good night~

ps: The next update will be on New Year's Eve

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