18. Over the mountain

Jung-won was dumbfounded, and Jung-su was still living at Jung-yu's place. Wei Zhenyi nodded frequently: "Okay!" ”

Zhenshu smiled bitterly in his heart: Isn't it strange that someone is willing to cry and beg to find guilt?

The three-room Lu family was tired, and he set up the carriage early the next morning to resign. Zhong Shi was also tired at this time, nodded forcefully, and waved his hand: "Let's go quickly, go back to your own house to enjoy Qingfu, and make you uncomfortable in this narrow place in Beijing." ”

Su Shi pinched the square veil and looked left and right, and saw that the two mothers-in-law around the Zhong family had gone out to send the Lu family to the third room, so he quietly approached the Zhong family and whispered: "Ancestor, Zhenyuan is reluctant to you!" ”

How could Zhong Shi not know her intentions, and glared at Su Shi coldly: "They are the grade of the flower and the moon, and they are not greedy for freshness, so it's not bad if they don't get tired of my old antique, how can they be reluctant?" ”

Su thought that he had stood for half a month, and he could finally settle some kindness here with the Zhong family, but he still had such a yin and yang strange tone, and she was also annoyed and cowardly in her heart, but she could only suppress it bitterly and said: "Zhenyuan is also older now, this time the time is short and I haven't met a good family, ancestor, look, do you leave her to serve day and night, by the way, ......"

Zhong said: "I originally said that I wanted to choose a few relatives for her in Beijing, but it was not what you asked me for, let alone what I promised you." Even though they have lived in my house for these days, my grandfather and grandson have also fulfilled their affection. You are all adult and unmarried girls, and if something goes wrong with me, it will affect Zhenyu's reputation, and I will not be able to explain to you at that time. ”

She still still has to talk about the incident in Guangji Temple.

Su Shi bit his lip for a while and said, "Then what do you think of Zhenyi?" The grade is small, and it is used to amusing people, the ancestors ......"

Zhong Shi took the crutches and got up, pounded the ground heavily and said, "That's it, I'm also tired, you guys go quickly." The place in this house is narrow, and it will not allow you to dwell forever. ”

Su Shi also followed behind and shouted softly: "Old Ancestor......"

Zhong didn't look back, and went into the inner room.

Zhenshu couldn't see it, so he came over and hugged Su Shi and said, "Mother, let's go." ”

Although the Su family was tired a few days ago, they were able to hold on, but this time it really collapsed, and the whole person collapsed softly and let Zhenshu Zhenyuan and the two of them go back to Xiaoxi Courtyard. Before entering the house, the two of her helped Su Shi on the bed and lay down, Zhenshu was about to bow his head and ask Su if he was uncomfortable there, but he didn't know that Su Shi slapped Zhenshu's face, gritted his teeth and said, "It's all your fault!" If you hadn't made the Marquis of Beishun Mansion and Zhenyu angry, at least Zhenyuan would have been able to stay in the capital, you ......"

Seeing her mother raising her hand and scraping it again, Zhenyuan hurriedly replied to Zhenshu and said, "Mother, let's stop arguing and shouting, fight and make trouble, go home well, okay?" ”

Su Shi was willing to follow there, pushed Zhen Yuan and said, "You are her granddaughter, how can she ignore you?" If you kneel down on the door of the easy-going house and cry, you will say that you insist on staying, and she will be soft-hearted. ”

Zhenyuan shook her head and said, "I'd rather marry in Huixian than kneel." ”

Zhenyuan is the eldest daughter, Su has never moved a finger of her, and at this time, she was extremely angry, and only poked her forehead with her finger and said: "I have spent so much effort to cultivate you to become a talent, you will marry a farmer in Hui County, can you be worthy of me?" ”

Zhenyuan hung her head and was silent, and Zhenshu replied: "Why not marry a farmer? There are far more peasant households in this world than in the Hou Mansion, does everyone have to marry in the Hou Mansion as the Hou Lady? Then why didn't you see that the peasant family had no children and grandchildren? What's the good thing about this capital, that my mother cries again and again? Grandmother is obviously disgusted with our second room, and if we make trouble like this, it will only make her even more disgusted, why don't we pack up and go back to Huixian County and still live our comfortable life? ”

Su Shiqi's face changed color, and he trembled his fingers and said, "What do you know?" The women like me, living in Beijing, are waiting in groups of servants and maids, using the finest rouge and gouache, and wearing silk and satin, and they are still as delicate as if they were in their twentieth century. But I couldn't find even a good garment in that poor country, and the rouge gouache was of the worst quality, and I was immediately a lot shorter than in front of others. It's already a hard life for me to have no children, and if I die in a poor country, I might as well just hit my head and die. ”

The more she talked, the more excited she became, and hit the bed rail, Zhen Yuan and Zhen Shu tried their best to pull back, and there was another burst of crying. A few were making trouble, and they saw Zhenyi pushing the door in and said loudly: "Mother, the fourth sister is crying at the ancestor, and she wants the ancestor to keep her, and she asks Mother Lu and Mother Miao to send it." ”

As he spoke, the door opened, and the two mothers walked in with a tear-stained and dusty Zhenxiu on her face. These two mothers are such shrewd people, seeing that the Su family is sitting on the bed with unkempt hair, and the two girls in the room are also full of tears, they know that these two rooms are acting as demons at home today, so they said coldly: "The four girls are afraid that they are crazy, and they are rolling and making trouble in front of the easy-going house, and the noisy ancestors can't rest in peace." The ancestor specially asked us to say, you are here to celebrate your birthday, and since your birthday is over, you should go back to your hometown early. Don't cry and make trouble here again, turn that little kindness into hatred, and it will be even more difficult to move around in the future. ”

When Su Shi heard this, the little spark that still existed in his heart suddenly turned into ashes, and he bowed his head on the bed and said: "If you go back to your ancestors, you will say that your daughter-in-law knows, and she will come to celebrate her birthday at this time next year." ”

The two mothers glanced at her coldly and turned around and went out.

The mothers and daughters in the second room all looked at Zhenxiu who was carried in, and saw Zhenxiu wipe her tears and put her hair together slightly, but still got up and ran out.

Su Shi sighed and said, "Okay, let's pack up and leave." ”

Zhao He, who came with them, got up early and prepared a carriage to wait outside, because Zhen Yuan and Zhenshu packed up the package last night, so that at this time, they only cleaned up the hairpin powder on the dressing table a little, and then they could go out.

By the time they got into the car, Jeong-su still hadn't come out. Su thought that Zhenxiu had finally found a way to stay, so he urged the coachman, "Let's go quickly." ”

The coachman was about to whip up, and he saw a unkempt Zhenxiu coming out of the door, holding a bulging burden in his arms, and looking back at the house as he walked, but there was no one to see her off. She got into the car aggrieved and squeezed a chastity book out of the car.

Su Shi saw Zhenxiu get into the car and fell asleep, she was fat and strong again, and one person took up half of the car, and kicked two feet angrily and said: "Didn't you climb the high branches, why didn't you stay in Beijing?" ”

Zhenxiu moved to the side and said loudly, "It's not the blame for Zhenshu?" If she hadn't provoked the second sister's hatred, she would have kept me. ”

Su Shi said: "What about you?" You put ......"

The outside coachman was sitting on the edge of the car, while Zhao He was also walking on the other side. Zhenshu was afraid that the men in the outer courtyard would hear these words, so he said loudly: "This is on the street, let's talk about it when I go home!" ”

Su Shi was angry, and secretly twisted Zhenxiu twice. Zhenxiu knew that there was a foreign man outside, so she deliberately pinched her throat and screamed a few times, so she couldn't help rolling her eyes angrily, and said in a low voice: "Evil obstacles! ”

As soon as he returned to Beijing in the twenty-eighth year of Zhenshu, he was leaving. At this time, the sun had just risen, and the horse-drawn carriage passed through a market, and there were many pedestrians, and the sound of people was boiling. Zhao He pointed to a shop and said, "I was an apprentice there back then, and it has been twenty years in a flash. ”

Zhenshu looked back and saw that it was a silver building, and said with a smile: "I can't see that Uncle Zhao is still a silversmith." ”

Zhao He shook his head and said: "No, it was a calligraphy and painting framing shop back then." ”

Seeing this, Zhenshu suddenly realized: "It's strange that the calligraphy and paintings in our house are not sent outside for mounting, it turns out that Uncle Song has this craft." ”

Zhao He said: "These days in Beijing, I have also visited a lot of framing shops, and I see that today's framing skills have not improved much, but not as good as the original. It's a shame that many ancestral crafts have been lost. ”

This Zhao Heyuan was not a domestic servant, but he became a relative to the Yahuan who was married to the Su family, and he was also wandering outside, so he settled in Song Anrong's house, and he was usually only called a brother. The year before last, the companion passed away, and now this Zhao He is still alone.

Due to the large number of vehicles coming and going, the car is getting slower, Zhenshu looked at the shops around while walking, and suddenly saw an adult woman walking out of a ready-to-wear shop, carrying a basin of water and splashing it on the ground. ”

Zhao He said: "Merchants throughout the ages are like this. ”

The car passed through the East City, and half an hour after the journey, it was the city gate. Out of the city gate, there are still 30 miles of intermittent prosperity, such as today's Dading, the north is stable, and the famous monarch has ruled the world for more than 20 years, and the prosperity of the Beijing faction.

Zhenshu was born and raised in Hui County, and since she was a child, she has seen at most the sky of Caijia Temple and the bend of the Wei River.

In her mind, the world is nothing more than the blue sky above her head, the bend of clear water at her feet and the locust forest in the back mountain. All the way out of Beijing, the prosperity of thirty miles gradually stopped, the poor villages and remote villages gradually increased, and the long shirts and curls on the passers-by were full of dust, and there was no water on their faces. She thought of Su's words in bed, and although she couldn't agree with it, she could finally understand why Su's daughters wanted to stay in Beijing.

This trip out of Beijing, through the county, through Wen County, can reach Hui County. From the capital to the northwest of an official road, Lixian is the flattest, is still the capital of the general rich and rich land. Wenxian County has lofty mountains and mountains, which is a difficult place to walk. It is to pass through Wen County to two days, after Wen County, as soon as you arrive in Hui County, Caijia Temple is close at hand.

They rested overnight in Lixian County, and the next day they arrived in Wenxian County, and after half a day's drive, they arrived near Wuling Mountain. This Wuling Mountain is dangerous and difficult to walk, but they do not climb Wuling Mountain, but go around the mountain. It takes three hours to go around the mountain, and it is not the end of the hour at this time, and when you go around the mountain, I am afraid that the sky will be completely dark. The only inn on this road is on the other side of the mountain, and Zhao He didn't know what Su wanted to do, so he came to ask Su if he wanted to go over the mountain. Su Shi was bumpy in the car, and he couldn't wait to go home as soon as possible and rest on the kang.

Moreover, she spent all her silver in the jewelry shop of the silk and satin village in Beijing, and now the silver on her body is almost enough to pay for the road, and many people will have to be entangled for one more day if they walk more, and Zhao He and the coachman are both credible people in the family, and Zhao He has kung fu on his body, so he doesn't have to be afraid to walk some black roads. Immediately, he said: "Bypass this mountain with a lot of energy, let's rest again." ”

When Zhao He heard this, he had to tell the coachman to feed the horses some dry food, and after resting for a while, he continued to hurry.

Although this road is around the mountain, after all, it is gradually becoming more and more crowded. There are dense forests on both sides, and the weather in May is still a little cold in the shade. Zhenshu was looking at the sunset outside the green ridge and was distracted, and faintly saw that the mountains and forests on that side of the mountain seemed to be moving. On this barren and dangerous road, robbers are often haunted and have to be guarded against.

Zhenshu went around to the other side of the car and pointed to the mountains and forests and said to Zhao Heyan: "Uncle Zhao, look at that mountain forest, how do you look at the appearance of someone on it?" ”

Zhao He often wore a sword on his waist, but at this time he took it off and held it in his hand to protect Zhenshu, and looked in the direction pointed by Zhenshu, and saw that the forest was shaking there, not like the wind blowing.