Zhen Lian of the Red Chamber

Zhen Lian's face turned red when she saw her, and she turned her face away.

Liu Xianglian saw it and said with a smile: "Why, Lian'er is shy? Didn't I just see her yesterday!"

Zhen Lian got annoyed, her neck turned red, she turned over and fell asleep with her back facing him.Liu Xianglian laughed when she saw her, seeing that the clothes the two of them wore yesterday were scattered on the floor, she went around and opened the wardrobe and took out the clothes of the two of them, put Zhen Lian's on the bed, and said with a smile: "I'll put it on the bed for you, hurry up." Get up and put on!" After saying that, he picked up his clothes and put them on.

Zhen Lian sat up, picked up her inner clothes and put them on under the quilt, then got up and got out of bed and put on her outer clothes.Seeing that the two were dressed, Liu Xianglian said to the outside in a too loud voice: "Bring water in."

As soon as the words fell, Liu Erjing'er's voice came from outside the door, "Grandpa and grandma are well." The two of them came in one file after another carrying the washing things.

Zhen Lian and the two of them washed and washed. Sitting in front of the dressing table, looking at the woman's hair combed by Liu Er in the mirror, Zhen Lian once again felt that she was married and an adult in this world.

Liu Xianglian at the side had already finished grooming, and was sitting on the side looking at Zhen Lian. Seeing that she was well, she walked over and pulled her and the two of them out of the door, and went to the back yard.

There are four entrances to Liu's house. The first entrance is the courtyard of the worship hall. It is not occupied by people, and it is only used to receive guests there on a daily basis. It can be regarded as the front yard.The second entrance is the main courtyard where Liu Xianglian and Zhen Lian live, and there is another entrance behind, where Zhen's mother, Liu Shi, lives in the main house.

The two walked to the back, and Mother Zhen and Mrs. Liu were sitting in the room drinking tea and talking to each other. Said: "But you're newlyweds, look at your happy face, quickly bring your wife to show us."

Liu Xianglian brought Zhen Lian forward, and a maid had already placed futons and tea in front of the two of them.The two knelt down and kowtowed together, Liu Xianglian took tea and offered it to Zhen's mother Liu, the two drank it with a smile, each gave two purses, and said some blessings, Liu Xianglian agreed.Zhen Lian also served tea as usual, and Zhen's mother gave a purse, but Liu Shi took out a set of clothes and handed it to Zhen Lian, and said with a smile: "This is my dowry back then, at your age, it's just right for you to bring it with you. In the future We are a family now, I hope you will be peaceful and beautiful, and I will be relieved."

Zhen Lian took it and said, "Thank you aunt, I know, I will definitely take good care of this family."

"I know you are all well, it's getting late, you go and offer incense and kowtow to your brother and sister-in-law before you come back to eat." Thinking of her brother and sister-in-law, Liu felt uncomfortable. Thinking of her nephew's happy life, she should be happy , and smiled again.

The two turned around and went out to the front yard. The ancestors of the Liu family were ranked in a room behind the main house. There were more than [-] ranks placed up and down in the room. Liu Xianglian pulled Zhen Lian to the front and said: " These are the elders of the family, and the bottom ones are the parents."

The two knelt down and kowtowed three times, Liu Xianglian said: "Father and mother, I am married, this is your daughter-in-law. Don't worry, my son will live a good life in the future, pass on the Liu family, and not embarrass the ancestors. "

Seeing him finish speaking, Zhen Lian also said: "Hello, father and mother, my daughter-in-law Zhen Lian worships, I will take good care of him in the future, don't worry." Just came out holding hands.

After lunch, the two rushed out again in a carriage. The Liu clan was waiting in the ancestral hall for the two to go to worship their ancestors and add Zhen Lian's name to the family tree.

Liu's ancestral hall is also in the city, not far from Liu's house, and the carriage stopped after driving for a stick of incense.Get out of the car and go in, there are several clan elders waiting inside, Liu Xianglian pulled Zhen Lian to salute, a white-haired old man said with a smile: "No need to be too polite, come and worship the ancestors."

The two of them knelt down on the futon, listened to the words of the people, and bowed down. Finally, the white-haired old man took out a genealogy tree, and wrote Zhen Lian's surname under Liu Xianglian's name. It's done.

After continuing, everyone dispersed, and the two came back.After seeing Zhenmu and Liu's family first, they said: "You are also tired today, go and rest! We don't need you to accompany us here, we are more comfortable talking by ourselves. You young couple can go on your own!"

Zhen Lian also felt a little tired, so the two went back to the room.Lying down on the bed with a sigh of relief, Zhen Lian said: "I'm quite tired, I want to sleep, do you want to rest?"

Liu Xianglian took off her coat and went to bed, raised her arms to hug Zhenlian, and said with a smile, "I'll sleep for a while too, and I'm tired after walking around for a long time. Are you uncomfortable? I'll give you a massage."

"It's not uncomfortable, I'm just tired, just get some sleep." Zhen Lian also hugged his waist, her body temperature is not high, and it's quite warm to hold him in this weather.

The two were talking one after another, Liu Xianglian was talking, seeing that the other party didn't answer, she looked down and saw that Zhenlian had already closed her eyes and fell asleep, Liu Xianglian smiled, kissed her forehead, and fell asleep with her eyes closed. up.

After waking up in the afternoon, after eating, Liu Xianglian took Zhenlian to stroll around the house. After walking around, Liu's house has planted many fruit trees that she likes. I have eaten my own fruit.

The next day Liu Xianglian took people to send Zhen's mother back to Zhuangzi in the suburbs, because the two of them had to return home on the third day, so they had to go back and prepare in advance.Neither of the two families has any close elder relatives, so many etiquettes have been reduced and slightly changed according to the actual situation of the two.

On the third day, the two went back to the house, only brought some simple things, had dinner and rushed back to the city before dark. On the second day, Liu Xianglian went to call the outsider to pick up Mother Zhen.After returning home, the wedding of the two was considered over, and Liu Shi had to rush home, the family gathered to give Liu Shi a farewell banquet, and the next morning, Liu Shi drove away in a chariot and horse at dawn.

As soon as Mrs. Liu left, there were only three people in the family. The two got married, and they were young men and women. They got tired of being together every day, and naturally they were like glue, and their relationship became deeper and deeper.

This day Zhen Lian was sorting out the family accounts, Liu Xianglian came over and said: "I have a family now, I think I can't stay at home all the time, I have to have a career, you see what I am going to do good?"

Zhen Lian raised her head, sat upright, thought for a while and said: "Actually, it is okay to do business as before. We will accumulate some money first, and then we will buy some shops to do some business. It's just that these are 'scholars, farmers, businesses', and the merchants are at the end. Our descendants and grandchildren are not very good either. Ordinarily, for an ordinary family like ours, it is the best way out for our descendants to study. If we do business, then our children will be restricted from studying in the future."

Seeing that she thought about it with herself, Liu Xianglian hurriedly said: "I also thought so, but we can continue to do it, as long as it doesn't become bigger, we can also leave it to Uncle Liu and the others to do it, and it will be fine. It's also me You can’t study, and you can’t be an official in the imperial examination.” He said jokingly looking at Zhen Lian’s stomach, “I just hope that our son will be a person who can read, I will hire a good teacher to teach, and I will earn a Feng Guanxia for you in the future.” Phi."

Zhen Lian pinched him, and said, "What are you talking about? You can't study on your own, so you want your son to be good at it? Why don't you go by yourself? There are many people at your age who only study and get admitted to Jinshi." , why don’t you study hard from now on, and you don’t have to wait for your son, but you can earn my life for me?” After finishing speaking, he giggled.

She knew that Liu Xianglian didn't like reading. She dozed off after seeing the Four Books and Five Classics. These years, she only read them when teaching herself, and only read miscellaneous books on weekdays.If you want him to study for the imperial examination, will you kill him?

Liu Xianglian hugged Zhen Lian, "What nonsense, maybe he is in your stomach now! Don't scare him away." As he spoke, he reached out and touched Zhen Lian's stomach.

Zhen Lian took his hand and said with a smile: "Why, you only want a son? If I don't have a son in the future, you plan to fail!"

"Where will it be, sons and daughters are the same, they are all our flesh and blood, these are the fate of fate, we can't force it. In the future, our daughter will also study, and I will ask the teacher to teach her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Although she cannot take the imperial examination, she must also cultivate To become a talented woman is the only way. When she grows up, we will find a son-in-law who can study for our precious daughter, and when we have a grandson in the future, we will ask him to study."

Zhen Lian smiled, she already knew that he was not such a patriarchal person, and what they said was just a joke.Even if there is no child, the relationship between the two will not change.However, she is still young, her body is still growing, and she is not yet the best age for childbearing. These Zhenlians have talked to Liu Xianglian a long time ago, and they are not in a hurry to have children now, it is best to wait until later.However, the two believe in the child's matter, and they did not take any contraceptive measures. If the fate comes, the child will be a surprise.

Tired of talking about the past again, Liu Xianglian said: "There is still a way, although no one is helping me at home, but I have a few friends in the past few days, everyone at home has some background, I think about me Riding, archery and swordsmanship are not bad, but you can find some ways to get a small official position, and there is no way out in the future."

After finishing speaking, he continued: "Actually, it's best if you join the army and you can get promoted the fastest, but I'm also reluctant to keep you at home. I only see you once or twice a year, and that's all."

Zhen Lian thought that joining the army is the most dangerous thing in this world, and it seems that there will be wars in the future. The battlefield has no eyes, and everything is fought with one's life. .

The two had the same intention, so it was easy to make a decision. For the time being, let's go out once or twice a year to sell the goods and come back to sell them. At the same time, they also have an early opportunity to find an official position. When they make a decision, they will leave the business to the Liu family and his son.

The life in Beijing is much more boring than that in Zhuangzi, and Zhuangshang can also go out for a stroll from time to time. Here, you just go out to the street, and there is nothing to see.They stayed for a month and then went back to Zhuangzi to live in. They didn't live in Liu Xianglian's house either, they still lived in the original courtyard.It's not good for Zhen Lian to live in the front with Liu Xianglian, and it's not good for Zhen's mother to live in the back alone, so they all live in the back.

Spring is the busy season for farming, and the outside of the village has already started to work, and many fields have been planted with grain.The two of them are fine now, they rode out on horses every day, or went to the mountains to play, or wandered around, and they felt that the days were as happy as gods.