Chapter Twenty-Four: Losing Ermei and Marrying Snow Poetry
After eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, it is to keep the year, there is a saying about the "keep" of the year, as the saying goes, "one night even two years, five more divided into two years", both nostalgia for the old years that are about to pass, but also hope for the upcoming New Year; on the occasion of removing the old cloth and the new, relatives and friends, sit around the fire, look back on the past, and look forward to the future;
I don't know when it started, people did this, in accordance with the legal system of their ancestors, it has been handed down, but it has also narrowed the connection between family and blood;
Mrs. Shen took advantage of the New Year's Eve to set the wedding date of the two, and discussed matters related to the three media and six appointments, and Du Xueshi didn't understand this, so she took Shen Wenqiu's arm, listened to Mrs. Shen's babbling about these wedding miscellaneous things, and fell asleep on Shen Wenqiu's shoulder, and Mrs. Shen saw that she was sleeping sweetly, but she was not willing to wake her up.
In the early morning of the next day, the Shen Mansion was lively again, especially Mrs. Shen, who invited the matchmaker to her home early, and the world said that "the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker";
They invited the famous six matchmakers in Nanshan County, seeing that the matchmaker was about forty or fifty years old, dressed in festive clothes, supported tightly under her rich figure, with a smiling face, she must be a talkative master, and she could make the master smile with just two sentences;
As soon as the six matchmakers stepped into the hall across the courtyard, they smiled happily, and their shouts could be heard by the neighbors, "I heard that I want to be a matchmaker for Shen Juren, and I don't care about decency, so I came non-stop, I don't know which girl we Shen Juren fell in love with, I have to show my whole body housekeeping skills, even if I have a dead face, I have to help him tell him about this family business, and let them know that my sixth aunt's signboard is not so easy to smash." β
Mrs. Shen saw that the six matchmakers had just entered the hall and swore that they would finish the matter for her, but before she spoke, her heart blossomed first, and she quickly took out a big red envelope and stuffed it into the hands of the six matchmakers, and said, "Borrow your auspicious words from the sixth aunt." β
Then, Mrs. Shen affectionately pulled the six matchmakers into the main seat of the hall and told the six matchmakers about the general situation; the six matchmakers said some things about the man's dowry, but the woman's dowry is a little difficult to handle, after all, the woman has no relatives and no reason, if you want to take care of the woman's face, the dowry at the bottom of the box has to be added by the Shen family;
Mrs. Shen also thought so, thinking of giving her the title deed of the Shen family's annex in Nanshan County to the bottom of the box, and adding some gold and silver jewelry, and asking the six matchmakers to look at the other details, so as not to lose the face of the Shen family, the shabby twilight snow poem's maiden family;
On the snow, Shen Wenqiu looked at the girl who was happily playing in the snow, and didn't know if his choice was right; he inexplicably remembered Su Yunxin's cold face, Meng Shuwan's bewitching and charming face, and said to himself: "I don't know how Sister Su and their lives are in Kyoto, I don't even say hello to them for such a big thing as getting married, is it too not enough to be friends, and I don't know if they will complain about me in the future?"
He inexplicably thought of telling his fate, "Xue Shi, what's so special, why am I inexplicably happy when I see her." "What does the fortune-telling hexagram mean?"
Thinking of this, Shen Wenqiu had a headache, so it was better not to think about it, lie down in the snow, and close his eyes;
Suddenly, a snowball flew over, scaring Shen Wenqiu who was sleeping in the snow to wake up, seeing Twilight Xueshi happily holding a small snowball, calling himself from afar, Shen Wenqiu didn't hear clearly, he saw a snowball flying over, Shen Wenqiu ate another snowball, Twilight Xueshi looked at his embarrassed appearance, pointed at him and covered his stomach and laughed;
Shen Wenqiu understood what she meant, forgot about her troubles, and did not show weakness, picked up the snow on the ground and held it into a small ball, threw it at the twilight snow poem, and took it from a distance, looking at it from a distance, the snow was all over the sky, and the two lonely people played the joy that belonged to them, but it did not seem lonely, so that the already poetic world had more agility.
In Kyoto, the faint snow constantly falls on the eaves of the carved beams and paintings, and a woman wearing a big red fox fur stands quietly under the eaves, forming a beautiful scenery, no need to add anything, because the woman herself is very beautiful;
A voice came from behind the woman, breaking the originally poetic tranquility, "Sister, are you thinking about my brother Shen again?" The woman turned around and saw a young man carrying a delicate food box across the courtyard and walking towards her.
The woman said duplicitously: "Who will be full and idle, thinking about the prodigal son." It turned out that the woman was Su Yunxin who stayed in Kyoto, and the young man was Su Qingshu; Su Qingshu knew his sister's temper, and he would beat him up if he didn't agree with him, and he didn't dare to refute it, and muttered in a low voice, "Thinking is thinking, you have to be duplicitous, and you won't admit it." β
After speaking, he put the snacks he brought from the Eldest Princess's Mansion on the stone table, and Su Yunxin asked, "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, why don't you stay at home and run to me." β
Su Qingshu complained: "It's a cold day, you think I'm willing to come over, it's not that my father is afraid that you will be alone in this courtyard, so he asked me to come and see you." Su Yunxin didn't feel much, and said lightly, "He has a heart." Listening to this tone, it seems that in the past four or five months, the relationship between Su Jinchen and Su Yunxin has eased a lot.
On the third floor of Xianlaiju, "Miss, we should go back." Mr. Yang stood respectfully behind the woman and said, the woman looked at the deserted street, and said to herself, "I really don't have a chance?" Today's Meng Shuwan has more sadness in her eyes than in the past;
Mr. Yang said respectfully: "Maybe Shen Gongzi and Miss Dusk are destined by heaven, and we are powerless to change them. Meng Shuwan suddenly became extremely angry and said: "What bullshit fate, if I go to kill her, I don't believe that fate will still exist." β
Mr. Yang suddenly knelt down and said, "Miss think twice! Don't let karma be entangled and ruin your Dao heart because of her!" and added: "It's easy to kill her, but have you ever thought about the fate of our Jiuli Cat Clan?"
Meng Shuwan felt a sense of powerlessness when she heard Mr. Yang's words, and muttered: "I have been here for a hundred years, but I didn't expect to get nothing, haha..."
Mr. Yang also said: "Yes, it's been a hundred years, why doesn't Miss still refuse to let go?" Meng Shuwan said sadly: "Put it down, I want to put it down" After speaking, she seemed to remember everything that happened to Shen Wenqiu when she first saw Shen Wenqiu a thousand years ago, and said fiercely: "The surname Shen, you are really ruthless! For more than a thousand years, people still can't let go and are reluctant." β
Mr. Yang said: "Miss, since Shen Gongzi has been reborn and wants to go back soon, why don't we go back first, the coming day is long, and there is no time to see you again." Meng Shuwan nodded after all, after this day, there will be no more immortals in Kyoto, and there will be no more 'hungry cats'.
In Nanshan County, Nanshan Prefecture, the Lantern Festival is a romantic festival, and many beautiful stories of love at first sight have happened today, because only today's young and beautiful girls who are waiting for the word boudoir have the opportunity to leave their boudoir, see the outside world, and even meet a man who fell in love at first sight, so there are many romantic verses about the Lantern Festival, such as "The crowd is looking for him thousands of times, Mu Ran looks back, but the person is in the lamplight." "On New Year's Eve last year, the flower market was lit up like daylight. The willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk. "The moth snow willow is golden, and the laughter is full of dark fragrance. β
But this year's Lantern Festival is destined to be different, because the wedding of Shen Wenqiu and Du Xueshi is scheduled for today, early in the morning, I heard the noise of gongs and drums, coupled with the suona that overwhelmed Begonia's only voice, which is enough to make half of the people in Nanshan County happy today, and the people who were originally preparing for the Lantern Festival tonight couldn't help but want to see which family's son chose to marry today, adding a bit of joy to the Lantern Festival;
I saw a young man in red riding a tall horse, followed by a sedan chair and a team of wedding bands, slowly crossing the street and walking towards a private school on the outskirts of Nancheng District.
It turned out that the daughter's family could not marry directly from her in-law's family, otherwise, she would be gossiped, so Mrs. Shen sent Du Xueshi to Mr. Qi, who was also a respected old gentleman in Nanshan County, and the children who married from his court would be more or less respected by the world, even if she was an orphan without a father or mother;
As long as the elders are respected, and the younger generations do not have any behavior that violates etiquette and religion, people will give them respect; Du Xueshi's marriage from Mr. Qi's private school is equivalent to Mr. Qi's marriage to a daughter, and the people of Nanshan County have more or less received Mr. Qi's favor, although they know that Mr. Qi has no children, but since they are married from his court, it is his daughter who is married, and no one will say anything; yes, it will only be said that it is a good story of Mr. Qi's proud protΓ©gΓ© and his daughter marrying.
In the room of the private school, the six matchmakers hurriedly said, "Oh! Hurry up, hurry up, the groom is coming soon." β
The maids hurriedly opened the face to the new young grandmother, put her hair in a bun, and put on a phoenix crown for her, seeing that the young grandmother, who was still a shy girl, suddenly became good-looking, without letting out an exclamation, the six matchmakers said triumphantly: "Look good! When you get married, your face will become better than before, and when you want to get married, tell the sixth aunt, and then the sixth aunt will pull the matchmaker for you." β
The maids blushed embarrassedly after listening to the words of the six matchmakers, and gave Twilight Snow poems rouge gouache, sure enough, rouge is a woman's life, and Twilight Snow poems after applying rouge are a lot more enchanting, no longer simply delicate.
Mr. Qi came into the room and explained: "Xue Shi, grandpa didn't prepare any gifts for you to marry, it is said that you go out of my court to be considered my granddaughter's marriage, I should prepare some dowry for you." But you also saw that grandpa is also a family with four walls, and now, you are going to marry into the Shen family as a wife and mother, grandpa hopes that you will be a good helper in the Shen family, and assist Wenqiu well. This book "Wife's Words and Deeds" should be a gift from your grandfather, if you have time, read it carefully, and if there is a conflict between your husband and wife in the future, you may be able to help one or two. β
Mr. Qi didn't want Shen Wenqiu to be trapped by fate, but he couldn't stop it, so he had to say something sincere and bless the two of them. Twilight Xue Shi smiled sweetly: "Grandpa Qi, don't worry, Xue Shi will assist Brother Shen well, and Xue Shi will often come back to see you." "Since Shen Wenqiu came back from Kyoto, he often brought Twilight Snow Poetry to Mr. Qi, here Mr. Qi has long put aside his opinion, one comes and two are familiar, the two get along well, Mr. Qi's amiability makes Twilight Snow Shi feel grandpa's affection again, Mr. Qi is also like a granddaughter to Twilight Snow Poetry, the two are not angry, they really look like a kind grandfather and a well-behaved granddaughter.
Shen Wenqiu went to the private school, listened to some of Mr. Qi's teachings on the way of being a husband, and some words that made him feel inexplicable, so he welcomed the bride Duxue Shi on the sedan chair under the troubles of the matchmaker and the sixth aunt, and went to the direction of Shen's mansion;
When he arrived at the Shen Mansion, Shen Wenqiu kicked the sedan door under the guidance of the six matchmakers, led Du Xueshi across the saddle and stepped on the red carpet, and bowed to the high hall; Mrs. Shen and Master Shen drank the tea of their daughter-in-law, which was considered to be the recognition of this daughter-in-law.