Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Seeing this, the woman was a little anxious, and hurriedly said, "Don't you remember, my benefactor? Four years ago, you rescued a mother and child on Chang'an Street?"

Only now did Li Wan have some impressions, and suddenly said: "You are the one who was injured that day..."

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly laughed and said, "It's the slave family."

Li Wan took a closer look at her and saw that her complexion was rosy, much plump and fairer than the haggard look of that year, and she could tell that she was doing well, so she couldn't help laughing: "You are a little richer now, I can't recognize you gone."

Think about it, although the other party has a ten-year-old son, he is only 28 or nine years old at the most. He is still young, and he looks haggard and old because of his poor life.

Zhou's face flushed slightly, and he said gratefully: "Back then, we were suffering from hunger and cold, and we were helpless. If it weren't for the benefactor's help, our mother and son would have frozen to death on the street. How could we have such a good day today.

Your great kindness has always been remembered by the slave family, but the benefactor refused to tell his name and surname that day. The slave family also asked Mr. Huiming about it, but the master said that if the benefactor is unwilling to speak, he has his own considerations. There is no need to force it. The slave family has no way To repay, I can only offer a stick of incense to the benefactor in front of the Buddha every year to pray for blessings. Why not meet the benefactor here by chance today. "

Li Wan said with a smile: "It's your own destiny that you can have today. I was just a little effort back then, and it's not worth anything."

Yan Hui listened for a long while, and finally understood the reason, and smiled at Li Wan: "I can't tell that my sister is a heroine who helps the poor."

Li Wan said with a helpless smile: "Sister is overrated, but she just helped out, how can she be called a hero." He smiled and said to Zhou: "Looking at the current situation, I think your family is already reunited? "

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly said: "Thanks to grandma's help that day, our mother and son survived."

It turned out that when their mother and son got the silver and winter clothes from Li Wan, they settled down in the Muni Courtyard, inquired about their husbands, and raised their sons. The Zhou family sells some needlework every day, and the food and clothing can still be perfunctory.

Two years later, Zhou's husband, Lin Feng, returned triumphantly with the army squadron, and the family was finally reunited. Zhou and his son lived at the foot of Xishan Camp. In recent years, Lin Feng has been promoted one after another. total.

After hearing this, Li Wan was also happy for her, and said with a smile: "In this way, you are now a Liupin Anren, but I was rude."

Zhou's face flushed, and said hurriedly

Not dare, "It's all thanks to you."

While talking, a woman from Jia's house suddenly came to send a message, saying: "Grandma, Master Huiming said that everything is ready, and we can start doing the ritual ceremony in a quarter of an hour. Would you like to invite Miss Lin to come over?" ?”

Li Wan nodded and said: "Go and tell Miss Lin, let her clean up first, and I will go back in a while."

The old woman agreed, saluted and left.

Seeing this scene, Mrs. Zhou hurriedly said: "The benefactor has something important to do, so I won't bother you. I don't know when you will go back. If you have free time these two days, the slave family would like to have the audacity to visit the door to bother you, and bring your son to pay homage to the benefactor. .”

Seeing Zhou's insistence on repaying, Li Wan couldn't help feeling helpless, so he had to tell her: "We are doing things here today, and we have to go back to the house before sunset." If you want to, An Ren can come and sit down."

Mrs. Zhou was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "In this case, the servant's family will come to disturb you in the afternoon." After saying that, he saluted Li Wanfu solemnly, and then left with the little girl.

Yan Hui glanced at Zhou's leaving back, and said with a smile: "This man is a man who knows how to repay his kindness."

Li Wan said with a smile: "At first it was just a random gang, how could I expect to meet here."

The two went back to the courtyard while talking, Yan Hui returned to the west courtyard to rest, Li Wan returned to the east courtyard, and saw that Daiyu had changed into plain clothes, and the hairpin ring on her head was replaced by white jade.

After tidying up, everyone came to the main hall. Daiyu took Jia Min's spiritual seat and placed all kinds of offerings. Then she worshiped before the spirit and lit a sea lantern for Jia Min in front of the Buddha before slowly getting up.

Afterwards, Li Wan also brought Yingchun and others to burn a stick of incense in front of Jia Minling.

Daiyu ordered Zijuan to take out the few volumes of scriptures that she had copied earlier, and walked to the side of Mrs. Huiming with her hands, saluted, and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, Mrs. Hui."

Master Huiming clasped his palms together and saluted, "Tanyue is polite."

After receiving the scriptures and handing them to the old nun beside him, he sat on the futon and led a group of nuns to start the ritual ceremony, chanting scriptures to save the souls of the dead.

Half an hour later, the ceremony was over, and everyone returned to the courtyard to have a fast meal.

After lunch, Li Wan saw that Daiyu Yingchun and the others were a little tired, so he let them go back to their rooms to rest, but he just leaned on the kang and closed his eyes to rest.

Not long after, the Zhou family really brought his son to pay his respects. Li Wan hurriedly ordered him to come in, and asked someone to watch the table and pour tea.

Mrs. Zhou thanked her with a bow, Fang sat down on the chair, and asked her son Lin Song to come forward to thank him, saying: "Song Er, give it to your benefactor quickly."

kowtow. "

Lin Song hurriedly knelt down, knocked his head three times, and said, "Thank you benefactor for your help that day."

Li Wan hurriedly said: "This is not to be taken seriously, get up quickly." The man hurriedly helped him up.

Seeing that the child was about ten years old, wearing a sapphire blue satin jacket, he was born in a gentle manner, with delicate features, very stable and courteous.

Li Wan asked a few words, and saw that he could speak well at a young age, and he was very talented in reading. What is rare is that he is flexible, not blindly studying, and his speech and behavior are also quite organized, so he couldn't help nodding secretly, and smiled at Mrs. Zhou Said: "Although Mr. Ling is young, he is a rare and beautiful material. He came to Japan and was named Lianjie. People in An have such a beautiful son, and they will be blessed in the future."

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly laughed and said, "I would like to lend you Chrysostom."

After saying a few words, Lin Song was still a half-year-old boy, and it was inconvenient to stay for a long time. After saluting, he said goodbye and left.

Li Wan then asked Zhou, "Where do you live now? How is your family's livelihood?"

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly bowed her body and said, "Now I live at the foot of the West Mountain, and my family owns a few acres of land. Thanks to the En people, the past few years have been good, and life is not bad."

Li Wan said with a smile: "I dare not call you benefactor. The deceased husband's surname is Jia, and the head of the family. Let Anren call him by his surname."

Seeing Li Wan's elegant attire earlier, Mrs. Zhou made some guesses in her heart, but she didn't dare to ask any more questions, and only called her "Grandma".

After talking for a while, Mrs. Zhou ordered her maid to bring in two gold-painted boxes and presented a list of gifts, saying: "I know that grandma will go back today, and I don't know when we will see you next time, so I rushed to pack up some thank you gifts." Send it to grandma, please accept it with a smile."

Dan Ju stepped forward to take the gift list, Li Wan unfolded it and saw that there were four pieces of crepe silk, four pieces of Lu silk, four pieces of colorful satin, four pieces of makeup satin, four pieces of fragrant cloud gauze, four pieces of organdy; Four pieces, four pieces of mink fur, six pieces of big-haired black squirrel skin, twelve pieces of ermine skin; a pair of kang screens, a screen with six flowers and birds, two new books, a box of pine smoke and ink, and two pieces of precious inkstones , Two sets of calligraphy and paintings by famous artists.

Li Wan couldn't help being taken aback, and hurriedly said: "This is too precious, how can I deserve it?"

Fur goods have always been popular, and these furs are in good condition, especially the white fox fur and mink fur. The fur is smooth and shiny, without a trace of variegation. In the capital, only such a fur can be sold for 50 taels of silver.

The fur of the big-haired black squirrel is also quite rare, because the hair on the back is longer and black, and the hair on the belly is smoke-colored, because it is longer than ordinary squirrels, and the face and lining are extremely warm. It is said that The snow will melt wherever this kind of squirrel passes, so it is also called "sweeping snow".

, you can see the warmth of its fur.

Li Wan remembered that Jia's mother had a "fever inside and outside" gown, which was sewn from this kind of big hairy black squirrel skin, which is quite rare.

Coupled with those silk silks and satins and famous calligraphy and paintings, this thank you gift is really too heavy.

Mrs. Zhou said with a smile: "Grandma has saved our mother and child. If grandma hadn't given us the silver and winter clothes that winter and sent us to this Muni courtyard to settle down, I'm afraid we would have suffered from hunger and cold. Frozen to death, now it’s just a little thing, and it didn’t cost any money, I hope grandma will accept it.”

Seeing Li Wan's disbelief, Mrs. Zhou said with a smile: "Grandma doesn't know that fur goods are expensive in the capital, but they are worthless outside the pass. Usually, a fox fur sold to merchants inside the pass is only a few taels of silver at most.

In the first two years when we were in charge, we trained troops outside the customs. The soldiers in the battalion often went to practice in the mountains. These leathers were tanned with the prey he brought back with the soldiers. We kept a lot of them. We still have them at home, and those calligraphy and paintings are all It's a spoil from the war, and it's just a little bit of our heart to give it to grandma. "

Li Wan also knew that military rewards were always very generous, but this gift was still too heavy for her, and she felt ashamed to accept it, so she shook her head and said, "I did nothing at the beginning, but this gift is too heavy, I can't accept it no matter what. .”

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly said: "Grandma, you are a little effort, but for us, it is a life-saving grace. We really have nothing to repay, only this little thing, if you don't accept it, we are afraid that we will spend the rest of our lives. My conscience is disturbed."

After resigning for a long time, Li Wan saw that Mrs. Zhou was determined to refuse, so she had to order Danju to accept it, and Mrs. Zhou became happy.

After going back home again, the sky outside gradually turned cloudy, the cold wind howled and slapped the windows, seeing this, Mrs. Zhou got up and said goodbye, saying: "I've bothered grandma for a long time, it's getting late, I'm afraid It’s raining, so we should go back.”

Li Wan ordered someone to send it out.

After Mrs. Zhou left, Yingchun and others also woke up. When they came to Li Wan's room, they couldn't help but feel a little strange when they saw the cage on the ground. Li Wan then told about Mrs. Zhou.

Tanchun nodded and said, "This Zhou'an man is not ashamed of the poor and humble things of the past, and he knows how to repay his kindness, which is extremely rare."

Daiyu also smiled and said: "This is also the law of fate. The man from Zhou An has been studying his sister-in-law for many years, but he didn't expect to meet him in this Muni courtyard today."

Li Wan smiled when he heard the words, and was about to speak, when he heard a crackling sound on the tiles on the roof, he couldn't help being startled, and hurriedly asked, "What's going on outside?"

Danju opened the window and took a look, said:

"Grandma, it's snowing beads outside."

Everyone frowned when they heard the words, is it going to snow?How can I go back here?

Daiyu frowned and said, "If it really snows, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave for a day or two."

Seeing that everyone looked worried, Li Wan comforted him: "It's okay, we all brought bedding and clothes here anyway, if it doesn't work, we can stay here for one night and send someone back to report the news later."

Not long after, it really started snowing outside, and it was getting bigger and bigger, but a thick layer was piled up on the ground in the time of a cup of tea.

Danju hastily fetched a half-worn fox armpit coat to add to Li Wan, and Zijuan Siqi and others also brought additional clothes.

Because of the heavy snowfall, many female relatives who hadn't had time to return home were blocked in the nunnery. Yan Hui also brought Jiang Yingxue over to talk. Seeing the big brazier with elephant trunk and three-legged loach burning red charcoal fire, she couldn't help laughing and said: "It's still warm in your room."

Hearing this, Li Wan raised his head and said with a smile, "It's very cold outside, come in and sit down."

Yan Hui sat down to enjoy the fire in the warm pavilion, while Jiang Yingxue, Daiyu Yingchun and the others sat around on the smoker cage, ate melon seeds and gossiped, and tasted calligraphy and painting for a while.

Li Wan and Yan Hui looked at each other with a smile, ordered the maids to send another box of eight treasures over, added some hot tea, and said: "I'm so good to serve the girls."

Zicuckoo and others agreed.

Yan Hui looked at the goose feather heavy snow outside with a hand stove, and sighed: "I don't know how sooner or later the snow will stop."

Li Wan peeled an orange and ate it, threw the orange peel into the brazier, and said with a smile: "What's the hurry, anyway, there is food and drink here, we won't be hungry."

Yan Hui smiled immediately, and said, "You are happy with whatever happens."

The two of them were chatting with each other, when they suddenly saw a daughter-in-law in charge of the Shoushan uncle's mansion approaching in a hurry, and said, "Third Mistress, the princess's car has arrived!"

The author has something to say: Cough, it’s late, happy Lantern Festival, cuties~

ps: Thank you little angel for having a boat to cross mines, tweet~