prosperous life

Minister of Rites Rong Fu

On November 1000, [-] yuan festival, Rong Ningrui invited Zhou Fan from his cousin’s house to go hunting early in the morning. Zhou Jing and Cheng Hanqian each brought a lot of things and manpower for their sons because they were going to spend the night there. , A group of people left the city gate just after dawn.

Rong Ningjin had just had breakfast when she saw Rong Momo, the fourth girl from the second room, and Rong Moheng, the fifth girl, coming to greet Zhou Jing. Of course, they were actually here to wait for Rong Ningrui.

After all, Rong Ningyu of the big house just got her son and his wife, Xiao Shi, naturally they are very close to their son at home, except to invite Rong Ande and his wife to secure the basic courtyard, they don't go out, so how can they go to the Thousand Yuan Festival.

Besides, the relationship between the eldest room and the second room is not as harmonious as before. Even if Rong Ningyu is left idle, Elder Rong would definitely not want his son to go with the second room.

"The two cousins ​​are so beautifully dressed today." Rong Ningjin thinks that these two have turned over their family fortunes.The fourth girl, Rong Molu, wore a light blue high-waist skirt with a lake-green wide-sleeved skirt, and a circle of magnolia flowers embroidered on the hem of the skirt, which made Rong Molu white and clean, and her lips were as bright as vermilion , green silk like green silk, and three white magnolia flower hairpins of the same style on the hairpin. The original three-point color is just added to seven points.

The fifth girl, Rong Moheng, was already petite and cute. Today she also wore a lavender high-waisted skirt, but she added a shawl of the same color and a silver butterfly hairpin on her head. She was not as thoughtful as Rong Moheng.

Rong Momo stepped forward and said, "My brother is ready to go out" with a very sweet smile.

"Just getting ready to go out." Rong Ningjin ignored the two pairs of bright eyes, "I asked Brother Yu and his wife to go to Nanxing Lake to eat winter fish, and I won't be back today. After lunch, I went directly down the river to Laianna. I heard that there is a ceremony to worship the Winter God over there at night, so I won’t be back until tomorrow.”

After hearing this, Rong Momo said, "It's inconvenient for my younger brother to be with other husbands and wives, how embarrassing it is."

Rong Moheng followed suit and said, "That's right, brother, don't just ignore other things for the sake of being happy."

"Thank you two cousins ​​for your concern. My brother and cousin went to the hunting ground to hunt, and it's not far from there. It's not inconvenient to go there in the afternoon." Rong Ningjin didn't believe that they still followed.

Rong Molu and Rong Moheng didn't understand what they heard, so they left bitterly.

Rong Ningjin saw off the guests, and ordered her servants to quickly pack up her things, greeted her father, and then set off to the place she had agreed with Cheng Yu.

Nanxing Lake is so named because it is located in the south of the capital, and when the weather is clear, the moonlight and stars shine on the lake very beautifully.

Rong Ningjin and Cheng Yu sat at the small restaurant by the lake and ordered four dishes with fish as the main ingredient. They began chatting while waiting for the dishes. As a result, Xiao Tao arrived just after the dishes were served.

"Why are you here so early?" Although Cheng Yu was in the middle of the question, he helped her husband pick out a piece of fish, shaved the bones, and put it in the bowl.

Xiao Tao rushed here in a hurry, naturally he didn't have lunch, so he ate some together.

It turned out that the first and third families really wanted Xiao Tao to take a group of girls out. Feng Jingbian said that Xiao Tao's wife was going to Lai'an to spend the night, and Xiao Tao would naturally go too. It happened that Sister Yan asked him My brother took me to the street for a few hours, if you want, let's go together.

The result can be imagined.Feng Jing didn't want to use this method to find a husband-in-law for his daughter, so he just waved his hand when he saw that everyone was gone, Xiao Tao hurried to find your daughter-in-law!

Since Xiao Tao came early, they naturally set off earlier.It was still light when we arrived in Ryan in the afternoon.

Meet up with Rong Ningrui and Zhou Fan at the inn booked before, and a group of five people, each with a servant, set off to the place where the ceremony will be held.

No matter men, twins or women are all dressed up on the road, even children from poor families are tidied up clean and fresh, those without jewelry have new headbands cut, almost everyone has a lantern in their hand, some Some of them are so delicate that they seem to have cost a lot of money, while some are so simple that they should be made by the family themselves.

Rong Ningrui chose lanterns for herself, Zhou Fan, and Rong Ningjin, and Xiao Tao and his wife also chose their favorites.

Lai'an is a small county town in the suburbs of Beijing. The ceremony was held at an altar at the junction of Lai'an and the capital. The altar was repaired by the imperial court. It was very grand and solemn. People around kept gathering but no one was noisy and spontaneous. Line up.

The five of Rong Ningjin walked in the team with lanterns, and tied a silk sash in their hands like everyone else. On the silk sash, prayer words were embroidered in traditional Chinese characters. This kind of silk sash is only available every time you pray for blessings. Only [-] messages were sent out, fortunately they came early.

The silk tapes were sent out, and the time was almost up. The stewards who were in charge of the ceremony’s trivial matters asked the guards to guard the entrance. After all, praying for blessings is a matter of heart, and it is not allowed to participate or quit halfway, and arrange for the people participating in the ceremony to follow the rules Stand still and wait for the priest to announce the start.

A large number of lanterns illuminate the surroundings of the altar very brightly, and the surrounding pillars seem to be made of fluorite, and they are faintly glowing.Five grains, five animals, melons, fruits and drinks have been placed in front of the god statues in the altar, and the sacrifice begins after the priest announces.

The priest first greeted the god of winter to come to the statue, and then chanted words about people's worship of winter god and their hope for peace and offspring. According to the practice of previous years, he hoped that the god would enjoy the gifts offered by people, and at the same time brought several other assistants The priest saluted and begged for the blessing of the gods.

After the priest finished the program, there were several consecutive blessing dances. Some of them were looking forward to peace and some hoped that their offspring would prosper. Those dancers wore complicated dance clothes and danced like fairies.Rong Ningjin and the others who watched could not help but hold their breath.

After the dance, everyone raised the silk sash over their heads together, and after the priest prayed again, people put away the silk sash blessed by the winter god in their hands.

It was almost past time when Rong Ningjin and the others returned to the inn, so they simply washed up and rested without saying anything.

It was almost the end of the morning when she woke up the next day, Rong Ningjin hurried downstairs to see that everyone else had arrived except him, she felt somewhat embarrassed. "Ah, you didn't call me either." After saying that, Rong Ningjin picked up an empty seat and sat down.

Cheng Yu swallowed the steamed stuffed bun in his mouth and said, "No way, I just woke up too, so I'll go downstairs to eat when I'm too hungry, and I guess you'll wake up hungry if I don't call you."

Rong Ningrui handed a bowl of porridge to Rong Ningjin, "Brother Yu was going to call you here. I happened to see you and wanted you to sleep a little longer, so I stopped you."

Xiao Tao was the fastest to eat, drank the last mouthful of porridge and said, "Speaking of the four gods of spring, summer, autumn and winter, two of them are twins!"

Dasheng's summer god and winter god are twins, the spring god is a man, and the autumn god is a woman.The god of autumn is in charge of harvest and marriage, the god of winter is in charge of peace and offspring, the god of spring is in charge of weather and future, and the god of summer is in charge of war victory and wealth.

"This is passed down from our ancestors. Why do you ask so many questions?" Cheng Yu cast a glance at Xiao Tao, took out a handkerchief and handed it to Xiao Tao, "wipe the rice grains around his mouth, he can't eat well at such a big age."

Xiao Tao instantly looked like an eggplant beaten by frost.

"Okay, you two." Rong Ningjin saw that Rong Ningrui and Zhou Fan had finished eating and stood up, "Lai'an is close to the capital, so we are lucky enough to come here, pack up and go back." After finishing speaking, she went upstairs .

On the contrary, Zhou Fan said to Rong Ningrui, "Cousin, Xia Shen's altar is just not far from Dengzhou, and I will take you there when I have a chance."

"Brother, interesting enough," Xiao Tao quickly interjected.

Rong Ningrui was speechless, the emotion became too fast.

Cheng Yu didn't speak, but the meaning was obvious. If there is a chance, of course he will follow. Although there are temples in various places, the altars can only be found in the place where the altar originated. Moreover, these rituals have been passed down for hundreds of years, so it is necessary to go there.

A group of people packed up their things and set off quickly with their servants. They passed the hunting ground and picked up the prey that had been deposited here before. Be humane, don't listen to a series of lace news before returning home, this Thousand Yuan Festival is really very lively.

Minister of Rites Rong Fu

Rong Ningrui and Rong Ningjin returned to the mansion, and the servants said that his wife Zhou Jing had gone to the mansion of his cousin Zhou Fang, and his father Rong Anxian had not come back from the court.

Rong Ningrui sent someone to take the prey down to tidy up and then went back to the yard, while Rong Ningjin went to look at the dried medicinal herbs that were drying in the sun, and then ordered the servant girl to take a rest before returning to the yard.

After two days of tossing and taking a good bath, I just made myself a golden osmanthus cake, and my father Zhou Jing came over there.

"Then what about my cousin? Is she going to marry her?" Rong Ningjin didn't understand why there were so many changes in the capital in two days when she went out by herself. In fact, it didn't even add up to two days, okay? Just one afternoon and one night. time.

"Otherwise? Fortunately, it was meant to be a family before, and now the reputation is not good, but no one can say anything. Besides, isn't Cheng Jing still your cousin's cousin, your second aunt's nephew, I heard I'm just a little dazed, everything else is okay, Sister Bei can't bear to be wronged." Zhou Jing said with a smile.

"Then cousin is happy?" Rong Ningjin felt that Zhou Bei couldn't take a fancy to a nerd.

"I wasn't happy the day before yesterday, but I was happy again yesterday. Your second aunt said that her brain was ruined by the water." Zhou Jing got up and left after finishing speaking. The golden silk osmanthus cake had to be delicious made by his son, and it was sold outside. The ones in my own restaurant can't compare!

Young people on the Thousand Yuan Festival go out and want to see someone they like first, but wishes are for longing.

Every year, there are quite a few people who meet each other and inquire about each other. After all, the old wives and wives communicate with each other only after the elders have seen it themselves. Marriage and marriage always hope that the children will be happy, so after drinking tea parties and meeting each other on the Thousand Yuan Festival, many People will become in-laws.

Many of the external officials who returned to Beijing to report on their duties brought their daughters with them and married their daughters-in-law. Some young people with ideals worked hard with their daughter-in-law Yue's family in Beijing, and their sisters also married in Beijing to help each other.

Of course, there are some small laces, such as whose young master fell in love with a girl, but the girl didn't fall in love with him, but fell in love with someone from another family, but there is absolutely no one who secretly decides to live forever and pull others' backs!

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Cheng Yu and Luo Shi were still making a list of dowry gifts, and the Zhou family agreed. Although there were some episodes, the result was good.

Luo Che happily discussed with his youngest son what to add, very positive.

Luo Shi finally understands, those young ladies simply know people and face but don't know their heart, they are better than their own nieces, no matter how good-looking they are, they are not as good as knowing their roots, and Zhou's family is obviously higher than his own.

Cheng Hanyuan is educating his eldest son, Cheng Jing, to continue to work hard after he has done well today, but the direction of his efforts must be clear. Next time, he can’t help other girls, and neither can the twins. Of course, his own relatives are not included. .

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