Joyful Reunion

On the eighth day of May in the 16th year of Wanli, it is auspicious, suitable for marriage, travel, and groundbreaking.

The farmer has plowed the land and planted the crops, and they are having some free time. People are rushing out to visit relatives and friends, and to play in the mountains and rivers in this fine weather.

On such a sunny day, a long red streak came out from Qingyun Alley bustlingly, and the sound of ceremony and music was cheerful all the way. Accompanied by the swaying wedding sedan chair, it led the groom's official's tall horse, and happily spread that long red Brought from Yan's house to Li's house, the ten miles of red makeup that Yan Hengdao put on for his daughter amazed the capital, carrying it all the way, drew cheers and discussions from the crowd.

"This new daughter-in-law's family is really rich. Is this a serious red makeup? This is popular in Jiangnan, but I heard that there are many false names and few real ones."

"I heard that the new daughter-in-law is an only daughter, and the head of the Yan family sees it like an eyeball, wishing to move the entire family property to her."

"Hey, dowry and stone beast?"

"Haven't you heard that the new daughter-in-law is a doctor, my son's brother-in-law's cousin's third brother-in-law recognizes the cook in the palace, and it is said that the new daughter-in-law has cured the emperor's illness, and this is a reward from the palace!"

"Rewarded by the palace? Then I said that our emperor is not generous, and he rewarded him with two big stones as a dowry for co-authoring?"

"What do you know! The third brother-in-law of my son's brother-in-law's cousin-in-law said that the grass planted in the palace is exquisite, and the beast can only be placed at the gate of the emperor's house. If others use it privately, it will be decapitated." Steal the house!"

"Isn't it? Whoever owns this pair of beasts will have to dismount from their sedan chairs and horses when they pass by the door. Anyone who wants to come to the door to ask for trouble has to weigh it before entering the door. Now it's cheaper than the groom's house. Hey, I only heard that those who grow flowers and trees grow vegetables, but the nobles in the palace are different from others, they all grow grass?" This is easy to go wrong.

"What kind of grass is planted, so fresh! It's not easy to be a groom's official. How about a third-rank official, the parental officer of our Shuntian Mansion, I have never seen such a young one, it is really smoke from the ancestral grave!"

"Dou Da's characters don't know a whole basket. You have a lot of trouble with the third-rank officials. Go home and let your son study well. Maybe in the future, when your great-grandson and great-great-great-great-grandson get married, some people will say that your ancestral grave is emitting green smoke!"

"Why the great grandson and great grandson? When my son gets married, he can't say... Hey, I said you are cursing me!"

"I just realized it, hahaha..." The people around laughed together.

Yan Shuangzi held Qiushui's hand, and her ears were filled with the loud laughter and the sound of crackling firecrackers. She bent down and stood out from the Zixi sedan chair. She was wrapped in layers of Zhenghong wedding dress, but her waist was still thin Li Yuncong couldn't see her current appearance clearly through the hijab, only seeing that her hand on Qiushui's arm was as white as jade, not as thin as last summer, he was a little relieved, Xi Niang hurriedly urged him to take the bride The child stepped over the brazier to enter the door, Li Yuncong didn't grab the red silk, but directly grabbed her arm.

"The bridegroom officer is too anxious!" A loud shout immediately caused everyone to burst into laughter!Li Yuncong's face turned hot, but he refused to let go. He vaguely felt that she was trembling through his clothes, so he was too busy to delay, and led her into the door according to Xi Niang's instructions.

"Bow to heaven and earth! Bow! Bless!"

"Second obeisance to the high hall! Obeisance! Happy!"

"Husband and wife salute each other! Bye! Happy!"

"Great gift-" With the long-pitched shout of the ceremonial officer, the sound of music playing and applause all over the yard, a group of children and daughters-in-law surrounded the two of them laughing and making noise into the new house. Li Yuncong helped Yan Shuangzi onto the wedding bed After sitting down, everyone couldn't wait to shout: "Quickly lift up the hijab, let everyone see if the appearance of the new wife is worthy of our third-rank officials!"

Li Yuncong was a little embarrassed by being teased by everyone, took Xi Niang's wedding scales, and lifted off the red hijab with golden tassels inlaid with dragon and phoenix.

With a phoenix crown on her temples, willow eyebrows and peach cheeks, and gleaming lips, she just lowered her eyes and dared not look at him. Under the light of the red candles, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, casting a shadow under her eyelids, pitiful and cute.

She is so bright in red...

Li Yuncong stood there, these thoughts flashed through his mind in a daze, and everyone's admiration woke him up again.

A middle-aged daughter-in-law said with a smile: "Oh, it's terrible, I feel very upset. Lao Shu gave birth to a good son, and it's okay if one of them is several times better than other people's families. Now she has such a daughter-in-law. Come today!" Eating wine makes me so jealous, it's not drinking, but eating a stomach full of sour vinegar, how can this be good!"

A few women pushed her and said: "You should rest quickly, and quickly show your son that the young wife is serious. Come here and let me see how you look now, but it is also very touching. You are honest. Come on, that guy in your family took off his hijab that day, isn't he just as stupid as brother Cong is now!"

The people who said it burst into laughter, and said: "Brother Cong, blink your eyes quickly, the eyeballs will fly out, you won't be able to see the bride in the bridal chamber at night!"

"If you can't see it, you can still feel it!" This group of people rushed to be overjoyed today, and they all drank some wine, looking at the honest and dumb faces of the couple, how could there be such an opportunity on weekdays, their words became more and more unscrupulous , Everyone laughed and bent over.

Xi Niang smiled and said: "It's best to be busy in the bridal chamber. It's best if it's lively and lively. Please do the wedding ceremony in the same prison."

The waiter put the livestock meat on the table, and Li Yuncong and Yan Shuangzi picked up the meat for each other as they said, and each ate.

He handed the wine to the two of them again, Yan Shuangzi took the wine glass, bowed her head and handed it to him, Li Yuncong took it, then took another wine glass from the waiter, and handed it to her with both hands, the two of them heard the noise again After drinking the Hejin wine, Xi Niang hurriedly greeted everyone and said, "Come, come, all you boys, come here, and throw out all the peanuts, longan, lotus seeds, and red dates in your hands!"

The crowd busily laughed and taught the boys to grab the fruit and sprinkle it in the new tent, Xi Niang hurriedly asked the two to pick it up with their dresses, and the two ignorant little ones were only four or five years old, exactly the age of gluttony , looking at the fruits in the flower basket, drooling, grabbing them and putting them in their mouths, everyone laughed until tears came out, and hurriedly coaxed: "My little ancestor, don't eat them all, it's for you Uncle and aunt are used to give birth to a baby, and after a while, the old lady will definitely not give you candy!"

For a while, they all asked Li Yuncong and Yan Shuangzi, "What did the newcomers pick up?"

The two only replied according to the etiquette: "Jujube chestnuts."

Someone laughed and said: "The new house is so lively, the newcomer is like a mosquito humming, what are they talking about, I can't hear clearly!"

"Yes, yes, yes! I can't hear you clearly. Say it again, what are you picking up?" Everyone hurriedly booed.

Xi Niang smiled and didn't speak at the side, so the two had no choice but to raise their voices and repeat it again, and everyone let it go, and Xi Niang rushed to the crowd and said: "Okay, okay, now the big gift is also done. , Zaosheng Takako has arrived, please go ahead to have a drink, and then ask the groom officer to come out and toast everyone!"

The crowd went out of the bridal chamber one after another, and Xi Niang asked the waiter to help Li Yuncong untie the big clothes and hand them over to Yan Shuangzi, and then untied Yan Shuangzi's gown to Li Yuncong, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the newlyweds on the great gift, and a century-old friendship! Let's let the bride rest for a while, and the groom should hurry up and say hello to the congratulatory guests!"

Li Yuncong got up and was about to go out. After thinking for a while, he turned around and said, "Ayan, are you hungry? I'll call Bitao and Qiushui. You should rest for a while."

Only now did Yan Shuangzi see his appearance clearly. It turned out that he was wearing a deep red jacket with long sleeves and a cross collar, a real red gold jade belt around his waist, a sapphire crown on his hair, and black gold silk boots with thick soles, like green pine Xiuzhu, heroic and intimidating!

Yan Shuangzi blinked her eyes, a smile appeared in her eyes, and said softly, "Okay."

Quiet in the new house, she sat by the bed, looked at the festive room through layers of veil curtains, the red candles outside the tent faced each other, and the dark fragrance in the room floated, everything was faintly visible, she was a little dazed, even she was like It's shrouded in a layer of red mist, it doesn't seem real.

Qiu Shui and Bitao came in through the door, and they put the food on the round table outside, then lifted the curtain, then walked in front of her, didn't speak, just looked at her and smiled, and after a while, they saluted together and said: " Congratulations girl!"

Yan Shuangzi patted the two of them and said, "Don't bother me, help me to let my hair down, it's heavy."

The two laughed out loud, and hurriedly helped her to sit in front of the dressing table, took off the phoenix crown and hairpin, Qiu Shui said: "Miss, you are hungry, let's eat something first."

Yan Shuangzi said: "My body is very sticky and uncomfortable. I want to take a bath. Is Aunt Yun outside?"

Bi Tao said: "Then I'll go to Aunt Yun and order to prepare water outside, Qiu Shui, pack your clothes."

Qiu Shui nodded and said: "I still have to wait for the water to boil. Miss, eat something to satisfy her hunger first, so that she won't get dizzy for a while."

It wasn't until she washed off her sweat and put on a loose gown and left the bathroom that Yan Shuangzi felt more relaxed. Sitting on the low stool in front of the window, Yunniang wrung her hair dry with a cloth towel. Yan Shuangzi said: "It turns out Isn't this Xingzhiyuan?"

Yunniang laughed and said: "The old lady said at that time that the name of Xingzhiyuan sounds very elegant, but it is not like the place where newlyweds live. Sanlang has always shared the study and bedroom over there. It is very chaotic. He used to They were always dancing swords and swords in the yard, and the old lady thought it was bad, so she rebuilt the yard and made a new house. At that time, I asked someone to look at it, and the old gentlemen also said that the yard has good Fengshui."

Yan Shuangzi looked at the shadows of the trees in the courtyard, and asked again: "Which ones look like crabapples to me?"

Yun Niang also stretched her head to have a look, the garden was a bit dark, she couldn't see clearly, she said: "I think it looks like it, I'm afraid it's a good time to bloom at this time, we also have crabapple in Chengyuan, it should be more blooming at this time It's better up here."

The ritual music in the front yard was still playing, and there were probably still some guests left. Yan Shuangzi leaned on the edge of the window and looked at it for a while. Is that a crabapple tree?"

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