Evening Shaohua in the Red House

The next day, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang returned to the table, which was quite lively, so I don't need to repeat it.

Not long after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the people Wang Ziteng sent to Jinling earlier returned to the capital, and brought a letter from Aunt Xue, saying that Xue Pan's matter has been fully understood by Jia Yucun, so there is no need to worry about it. Only then did I feel relieved.

The letter also said that because of the decree from the sage, the daughter of a famous official and official was selected as a talented person to praise and be good, so that she could be selected as an escort for the princess and princess, and she wanted to send Baochai to Beijing to be selected. It is planned to do business in the capital, so I have already checked my luggage and packed soft clothes, and set off for Beijing after the festival.

Mrs. Wang and her sister haven't seen each other for many years. Knowing that the other party will soon come to Beijing and have another family relationship in the future, it goes without saying that she is very happy.

In a blink of an eye, it entered October again, and suddenly there was a decree from the emperor, Prince Teng was promoted to be the governor of the nine provinces, and he was ordered to leave the capital to check the frontier.

Mrs. Wang, Sister Feng and others were both surprised and happy, and hurriedly set up a car to go to Wang's house to congratulate.

Because Wang Ziteng and his family are going to take office in a few days, Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng have no free time for several days, and are busy arranging various ceremonies to see them off.

Li Wan was feeling bored, when suddenly Yan Hui sent some home-made desserts and a letter, saying that the Muni Academy would perform rituals on the [-]th day of the [-]th month, and invited Li Wan to go together to pray for blessings.

Counting from that year's visit to the Muni Academy, Li Wan hadn't gone out for three or four years, and staying in the mansion was really boring, so he couldn't help being very moved, but he couldn't make decisions without authorization, so he went to ask Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang for instructions.

After hearing this, Jia's mother fell silent, thinking that the Seventh Prince had won the Sacred Heart in the past two years, and she didn't want to offend the Jiang family, so she said, "Since the third grandma of the Jiang family sincerely invites us, we can't take away their kindness. go."

Mrs. Wang also said: "What the old lady said is that since you are going to pray for blessings, you should also burn a stick of incense in front of the Buddha for us."

Li Wan agreed, might as well raise his eyes to see the envy in the eyes of Daiyu Yingchun and others, he couldn't help feeling moved, thought for a while and said: "Why don't you ask the younger sisters to go with me, one is to pray for the old lady, and the other Then the fifteenth of October is the Xiayuan Festival, Aunt Lin is just on her anniversary, and sister Lin can also offer sacrifices, and the three sisters have never been out of the house, so they can take this opportunity to relax."

When Tanchun and the others heard this, their eyes lit up, and they hurriedly looked at Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang.

Daiyu's heart was pounding. Since Jia Min passed away, she could only sacrifice privately at Jia's house. If she went to the Muni Temple, she could make sacrifices in front of Jia Min's spirit openly, offer a stick of incense, and ask the master to recite sutras for salvation. some.

Mrs. Wang heard

Yan frowned slightly, and said: "How can this make it happen? There are people coming and going in the Muni courtyard, your sister and the others are always delicate, how can they go to those places.

Tanchun and the others were very disappointed when they heard the words, and the light in their eyes gradually dimmed.

Daiyu's heart sank too, and seeing Jiamu's silence, she couldn't help being a little anxious, and quietly pulled Jiamu's sleeve, and the sisters Yingchun Tanchun also looked at Jiamu expectantly.

Jia's mother also came here when she was young. How could she not understand the thoughts of the girl's family? Thinking of their sisters being detained in the back house all year round and not going out, it is good to go out to relax, not to mention the granddaughter praying for the grandmother and the daughter offering sacrifices to the dead mother. Filial piety is also good for the reputation of the daughter's family. Even outsiders can't find anything wrong. Thinking of this, he glanced at the sisters, smiled dotingly, and said with a smile: "Forget it, let her sisters go together. The place of the Muni Temple is clean, and the pilgrims who come and go are all female relatives, so there is no hindrance, just ask a few more people to follow."

Mrs. Wang saw that Jia's mother had already spoken, so she nodded in agreement.

Li Wan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Daiyu and the others also became happy.

It happened that Baoyu came back from school in the foreign study, and when he knew about it, he also clamored to go, pestered Jia Mu like a twisted candy, and said coquettishly, "Old ancestor, let me go together, just to escort the sisters on the way."

Mrs. Wang frowned and said, "Don't mess around, this is the Jiang family's third grandma inviting your sister-in-law to offer incense. The Muni courtyard is full of female relatives, so there is no reason for men to go with them."

Jia's mother also said, "Baoyu is obedient. Your second elder brother Lian is responsible for the escort."

After hearing this, Baoyu knew that there was no play, and suddenly became dejected, and looked at Daiyu resentfully.

Daiyu just lowered her head to drink tea, Tanchun hurriedly comforted her when she saw this, "Second brother, don't be sad, we're only going for a day, and we'll be back soon."

Baoyu was still unhappy. The sisters talked and laughed with him.

After setting the itinerary, everyone started to prepare to go out. Dan Ju and Xia Zhu were busy arranging Li Wan's belongings; The following stewardess daughters-in-law.There are a total of ten maids, big and small, ten wives and daughters-in-law who follow, men are not counted.Xia Zhu, Xueyan and others didn't go with them, they just stayed at home to look after the house.

The carriages and horses for going out have been packed up for several days. On that day, everyone set off at the moment of mao. Earlier, four or five daughters-in-law led out, took a few cars and went around, first went to the lower place, laid out and waited.

Here, Li Wan took Daiyu in a car with eight treasures of green cover and pearl tassels.

The three sisters in Yingchun and Tanchun took a Zhulun canopy car together; Jia Lian rode a white horse with silver saddle and colorful bridle and Zhu Ying, and led all his family members to surround him; Put some change of clothes and bags and other pieces.

The chariots and horses rattled forward and slowly drove out of Ningrong Street. Yingchun and the others had never been out of the house. Hearing the bustling voices outside, he couldn't help being curious, lifted a corner of the curtain, and quietly looked out from the screen window. There are continuous houses and storefronts everywhere, all with high walls; people come and go, buying and selling, and it is very lively.

The sisters had never seen such a lively scene before, and they immediately watched with relish, and couldn't bear to take a look away.

Daiyu also only saw the scene of Chang'an City once in the year she came to Beijing, and she hadn't been out of the house for several years, so she couldn't help quietly looking at the scenery outside.

After leaving Chang'an City, after walking a cup of tea, you can see several mountains in the distance, all of which are all golden in color, and occasionally you can see a small piece of red maple or a few green pines.

The field is a bleak withered yellow; there are a few farmers working there, all in coarse cloth and short brown, and because they are not far away, they can clearly see the black, thin and haggard faces.

Daiyu couldn't help feeling pity, and couldn't help asking Li Wan: "Sister-in-law, it's October now, why are they still wearing such thin clothes?"

Li Wan glanced at the farmers in the field, sighed slightly, and said: "Most people in the countryside are like this, which is already considered good. Although it is hard work, at least there is still a piece of clothing to wear, but some people even wear clothes." Sorry, I can only wrap straw mats to keep out the cold. I don’t know how many people freeze to death and starve to death every winter. This is still a good year, and there are many more miserable ones. , more people will die, eating grass roots and bark, or even changing offspring to eat is not a miracle."

This dynasty was fairly peaceful, and it could barely be called a prosperous age. However, the common people living at the bottom were still living very hard. It was a blessing to be able to eat enough and clothe themselves warmly. There were so many people who sold their children and daughters, she was lucky for countless times. I was wearing Li Wan, if I dressed as an ordinary person, I'm afraid I would starve to death within a year.

Daiyu was stunned when she heard it. Since she was a child, she was well-clothed and pampered. She never knew these sufferings in the world. She couldn't help but asked: "Is there no one in the imperial court?"

Seeing her asking such naive words, Li Wan couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Who will take care of it? How many people in the whole country can take care of it? The imperial court allocates food for disaster relief every year, but those officials exploited it layer by layer. In the end, if only one out of ten of those distributed to the common people is already

It was a fluke. "

Daiyu was speechless for a while after hearing this, and then sighed for a long time: "No wonder Baoyu doesn't like official career and economics. These corrupt officials are really disgusting. I have only seen these natural disasters and man-made disasters in books before, and I heard them mentioned by my father occasionally. But I didn’t expect it to be so miserable.”

Thinking of my daily diet, which is all exquisite, I also think that the daily fat chicken and duck in the house are too greasy, but I don't know how many people can't even eat, thinking of this, I feel ashamed.

Li Wan knew that Daiyu had a delicate and sensitive mind, and that she often hurt the spring and autumn, so he wanted to let her understand the sufferings of the world, and said: "Not to mention the disaster years, even the good weather years, the life of ordinary people is not much better, and the harvest of each mu of land is limited. , not only have to pay rent, but also pay all kinds of taxes, and after a year, it is only enough to make ends meet, and if there is any illness, there is no money for medical treatment, and it is just to survive."

Daiyu fell silent when she heard the words, and sighed in a low voice for a long time: "Xing, the people are suffering; death, the people are suffering."

The two looked at the hard-working farmers in the fields, and were silent for a moment.

There was silence all the way, and after half an hour, everyone finally arrived at the Muni Courtyard. Mother Jia had already sent people to say hello, and Mrs. Huiming specially vacated a very spacious courtyard. One should lay out and other things have already been arranged properly.

Danju Zijuan and others led people to set up utensils and arrange bedding and dowry.

Not long after, Yan Hui also arrived with Jiang Yingxue, and after greeting each other, Yan Hui took Li Wan's hand and said with a smile: "We sisters haven't seen each other for several years, my sister is still the same, she hasn't changed at all. "

Hearing this, Li Wan laughed and said, "My sister has become more and more plump."

Xu is pampered, Yan Hui is much richer than before.

Looking at Jiang Yingxue at the side, she saw that she was wearing a light-yellow pair of skirts and a white embroidered skirt. Can't recognize it."

Jiang Yingxue blushed a little when she heard the words, and said, "Auntie praised you absurdly."

Yan Hui smiled and said, "Didn't you say that the girls from your family are also here? Why don't you see them?"

Hearing this, Li Wan said with a smile: "their sisters have been in the carriage for half a day, and they are a little tired. They are resting in the house." After that, he ordered someone to invite Daiyu's sisters over.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the cool morning sun and the two little angels, Bo Jiang, for throwing mines, okay~