The Red Mansions Welcome Spring

Today, the red peony in front of the order, some flowers are old and some are new.

When you start, you can't understand the hue, and you know it like a phantom when you are behind.

How many places do you go here?I want to ask the Master about Canhua.

Yingchun covered the scroll, listened to the sound of the rain hitting the banana leaves, and looked at the residual red on the ground under the flower window, regretted, "The flower buds that bloomed with great difficulty yesterday have all been wiped out now, alas , what a pity."

Xiuju was laying out the freshly dried bed sheets for her, and said with a smile, "What's more! A lot of peony flowers bloomed in the yard yesterday, so you didn't want to go to enjoy the flowers. Now that it's raining, you feel distressed. "

Yingchun smiled slightly, but did not answer, threw away the collection of Bai's Changqing poems in her hand, stepped on the low stool, and found a copy of Song Yingxing's work of heaven from the bookshelf, and read it with relish. This bedroom was originally a The former owner's study room was rebuilt. The most eye-catching place is the two rows of large sandalwood bookshelves. The books in it cover the six arts, including agriculture and commerce. No wonder Xiuju told her , found a good place for her, and it was really her choice.

The door was knocked lightly three times, and Siqi's steady voice came in.

"She has many rules." Xiuju pouted with a smile on her face, Yingchun tightened her sleeves, and warned with a smile, "She is now a housekeeper. If you are so small, you are worried that she will sweep you out of the house." First."

"Aren't you afraid that I'll hear you two?" Siqi came in with a plate of pastries and smiled. She had just got married, and she wore a knotted bun, slanted behind her head, like a woman like this. Xiuju and Yingchun were not used to her dress, so she put the things on the small red table in the room, then put her hands together her hair around her ear, and said to Yingchun, "Girl, today I have settled the deposit, There is probably a balance of more than 500 taels, and asked me to ask again, but do you want to do another business?"

Yingchun reached out and took a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the tray, took a bite, and felt the fragrance on her lips and teeth. After hearing what she said, she said seriously, "In that case, you can ask him to come and see me in the afternoon, and we don't care about it when we are away." What kind of ceremony is there, just looking for a good way out!"

Siqi laughed and said, "I don't know why, I'm afraid his words and deeds will not be abrupt, girl." After saying that, he felt a little intimate, and couldn't help but blush

Seeing her words and deeds, Xiuju couldn't help teasing her, "Sister Siqi, you've already drank the wine, why are you so shy!"

Yingchun also covered her mouth and kept laughing, and couldn't help but think of the wedding between Pan Youan and Siqi three days ago------

But Pan You'an went to the capital alone, hired a drum band and a matchmaker, and then took over the chess game.He also heard that Xiuju invited someone to report, saying that the young lady had returned, so he hurriedly inquired about the news of Jia's house, and said that the second young lady had married the Sun family. He was full of doubts, so he had to prepare a sedan chair and a horse. All the way back to Nanjing quickly.I sent a villager back to the house to report the news. Yingchun and Xiuju have not been idle these days. They took Zhang Da and Zhang Ma to tidy up the front and back of the house and bought a lot of stickers of Hehe Erxian , festive couplets, decorated with festive lights and festoons everywhere, just waiting for the chess sedan chair to enter.

She heard from Xiuju that the owner of this house was originally a country gentleman with some money. Because an accident happened to a senior relative in the family, he hurriedly sold the farm house for fear of being implicated. Most of the peasant households in Furong Village used to be Working under his name, Pan You'an bought them for a while, and didn't send them away, and still told them to farm according to the rules. These people were grateful, and at the wedding, they all brought some usual gifts from farmers to support them.

The firecrackers kept ringing along the way, and from time to time, children from the village came to announce the good news. Yingchun Bend grabbed a handful of candied lotus root and lotus seeds for each of them. Miss, come and have a look, isn’t that a sedan chair!” She stared at it, and sure enough, it was a red wedding sedan chair coming from the entrance of the village, Xiu Ju pointed out to her, “The one riding the horse in front is Pan Big Brother." Yingchun looked at the young man with gray ideas on the horse, and nodded with a smile.

The master of ceremonies is the village official in charge of the history of the village. He yelled loudly and stopped, and the sedan chair stopped in front of the door. Once the sedan door was opened, a five-year-old girl acted as the maid of the sedan chair, dancing a strange dance. Dance, humming to greet the bride, and when it was over, the wedding curtain was lifted, and the bride covered with a red hijab swayed out. Yingchun probably recognized that it was chess by her figure, Xiuju clapped her hands, She hurried over to help her, she was originally the bride of this wedding, she lightly helped the bride step by step through the wooden saddle and the thick red felt, the master of ceremonies sang again, and began to pay homage to the bridal chamber.

Since Pan You'an and his relatives who played chess did not come, they invited the elders in the village to be the master of Xiangxiang. She didn't understand these slang words handed down from ancient times very well, but on such a festive occasion, she didn't really investigate what she was saying in her mouth. , she handed the cane in her hand, which symbolized the whip of her parents, to Pan Youan's hand, and smiled narrowly at him.

The next step is to send the bride to the bridal chamber first. There are five sacks in the corridor, implying the inheritance of the family. Pan An is wearing a wedding dress of the same style as Siqi, and leads his bride to the new house with a colored ball ribbon. He was ready to be troubled by the bridal chamber, but he didn't expect that they would really spare no effort. Looking at the many big locks hanging on the door, he couldn't laugh or cry. Amidst the laughter of the crowd, he gave the gift gold that he had prepared to Xiuju and others. All the women bowed to them and said, "Today is my day of great joy, and I ask all the aunts and grandmas to forgive me!"

"Amitabha! It's not me breaking up your relationship, it's a test given to you by the young lady!" Xiuju rubbed her intestines and finished laughing, but she didn't really treat him politely. The peasant women laughed and said, "You still don't pick it up, but after this time, you will never be able to find it again!"

"Here we come, the test is coming!" But Yingchun came over with a small tray, pretending to be serious and said, "Pan You'an, Siqi has been by my side since I was a child, and I love sisters, how could I follow you so casually?" What? How about this, here are some keys, if you can open this door, I don't care about you! Go as you want!" After finishing speaking, he couldn't help breaking his work.

Pan You'an looked at the small tray, and used small ice cubes to freeze nine small keys. He also knew that these were the keys for the door of the new house. He looked up and smiled, "Miss, I am sincere to Siqi , I must marry her today, whatever difficulties arise, just come!" After finishing speaking, he grabbed an ice cube and held it in his hand, intending to melt it with the warmth of his hands, but this ice cube is easy to get, and the country dew is heavy. , Take a glass of water outside in the morning, and a thin layer of ice will form in the morning.

There was a lot of voices in the corridor, and it was already very warm. Pan You'an quickly opened the third lock. Amidst the booing of everyone, Yingchun saw the red hijab shaking constantly, and she understood with a smile, "Bride, how about you?" Why don't you hurry up and help your husband?" Siqi stomped his feet lightly, obviously feeling very ashamed, but he didn't refuse, he twisted a piece of ice in his hand, clasped his hands together, finally melted the ice, and opened Only when the locks on the new house were locked, a local woman who is used to marriage came out, and said happily, "The auspicious time is not waiting, the bride and groom sit on the bed and ask for a square scarf!"

All the people waiting for the banquet were from the village, Yingchun and the others were all girls who hadn’t left the distance, so they didn’t want to join in the fun, so they chatted with Siqi in the room for a while, and then went back hand in hand...

"Girl, what are you thinking! Are you so distracted?" Siqi was talking to her, but seeing that she didn't respond, he hurriedly called her back to her senses

"I'm thinking about what Pan Youan said when he married you. He is willing to take responsibility." Yingchun smiled. They are all women, and it is impossible for them to show up in public. At the end, even a trace of bad behavior is tantamount to a catastrophe for them. Fortunately, after observing them for several days, there is nothing bad to discover.

"Girl! If you make fun of me again, I won't listen!" Siqi blushed and said angrily, "I'm telling you seriously, it will be the Chongwu Girl's Day here in a few days. It’s also boring, why don’t you let Xiuju take you around the city, and it’s also good to go to the Huaihe River to see the dragon boats.”

"Dragon boat racing? Isn't it just for the Dragon Boat Festival? Are there zongzi to eat?" The custom of welcoming the Spring Festival is similar to that of the Dragon Boat Festival in the old calendar. For traditional Chinese festivals, she can only mention the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival. Because they all have some Chinese specialties such as dumplings, glutinous rice balls, zongzi, and moon cakes. She really didn't know much about the complicated festivals such as the Flower Festival and the Buddha Bathing Festival in Jia's Mansion before, and she was very ignorant. like.

"Isn't it? It's just the name here, we call it Girl's Day over there!" Xiuju cleaned up the room and interjected, "I heard that the girls here don't usually go out, and they have to go out to avoid evil spirits at Chongwu Dispel the heat!"

"Miss, are you afraid if you want to eat zongzi? Tomorrow, I will ask Mama Zhang to go to the market to buy a few taels of yellow rice, put it in a steamer for a while, and then find some brown leaves. When the time comes, we will pack and eat whatever we want." Isn't that wonderful!" Siqi also clapped his palms and said with a smile.

"Exactly. I see that several girls in the village are making multicolored sachets. Remember to buy some needles and thread. I will also make a sachet for the young lady." Xiuju reminded with a smile.

Just after noon, Siqi brought Pan You'an to see Yingchun. Pan You'an also changed his old servant's attire, wearing a brown burqa and six-in-one cap, so that he looked a bit capable of a housekeeper. After entering, he saluted Yingchun and said, "I've seen Miss!"

"Well, get up!" Yingchun took the tea on the embroidered orange, gently stroked it with the lid of the cup, took a sip, and said seriously, "I invited you here today, just for the sake of my future livelihood, and I will not avoid everyone today. , we all escaped from the same mansion, and we are also regarded as grasshoppers tied to the same rope. We are all prosperous, and we are all damaged. I don’t want people who have no eyesight to do shallow things. , if that's the case, I'll see who can get it right!" Her tone was a little excited, but in fact, she mostly said this to Pan Youan.There is no way, if she is to be like a woman at this time, relying entirely on a man she has only met a few times, she really can't sleep well!

"Second girl, you don't have to worry! If I, Pan You'an, were such a person, I'd be called a thunderbolt right away! I'd be damned to death!" Pan You'an knelt on the ground with a plop, and pointed to the sky with three fingers and swore, "Although I love money, But I am not an ungrateful person, without Miss, I and Siqi would not be where I am today!" He said with his face flushed, and kowtowed a few more times.

Seeing that the beating was almost done, Yingchun decided to adopt a gentle policy, she said softly, "I don't doubt what you mean at all. If you do this, don't you make it difficult for me to do it again? Chess, pull him up quickly, let me ask You, if we owe all the property, how much do we have left?"

"Miss Hui, I made more than 300 taels from Maoli, and took about 500 taels to buy the goods there. Later, those consignors sold them one by one and got back about 3000 taels. , and you specially asked Siqi to ask me to sell something called ancient colored glaze on the black market, my mother! That thing is really expensive, one can sell for 1000 taels! This house is not as good as those fields in the village. They were all sold to us by a family named Zhen. They were in a hurry to sell, and they got it for more than 3000 taels. There was also the wedding between me and Siqi and the arrangement for getting Xiuju to come out. It's 2000 taels, and Siqi and I counted it one by one yesterday, and there is 530 taels left, but I don't know what the lady is planning..."

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