Chapter 30: Encounter
Liu didn't expect his son to collide with him, and he was stunned and speechless.
I only heard Lu Chengyong say again: "I originally had a few words to tell my mother, but I rushed to the grave today, so it was not good to stay for a long time." If the mother had no other command, the son went with the Spring Dynasty. After finishing speaking, seeing that the Liu family really had nothing to say, he gave up his hand and pulled Xia Chun towards the door.
The Liu family opened his eyes wide and didn't say a word, and only after a long time did he tremble and say to the ground: "Look, is there such a son in this world?!" I conceived in October and raised him with hard work. Now that he is out of breath, he is so disobedient and unfilial, for the sake of a woman, he confronts me. I really don't know who I've endured all these years! ”
Changchun saw that her tea bowl was cold, so she came up to add water, and said: "What the young master said is also true, since the young master bought the hoop for grandma, does grandma have any reason not to wear it?" What's more, there are no beads and treasures on the top, and grandma is wearing a plain dress today, so it doesn't hinder me. Even if the old lady knows something, he won't blame it. ”
Liu said: "I didn't pick this either, but the daughter-in-law of other people who is like her, only to get a thing, it is like a treasure, wearing it out and swaggering in the ground, for fear that others will not know!" ”
Changchun said: "Mrs. is unreasonable, whose woman hides the jewelry and puts it for a few years before wearing it?" and it was not stolen by thieves. Grandma is young, when do you not wear it at this time? Liu Shi was speechless, hung his head silently, and said for a long time: "She instigated our mother and son to centrifuge, how can I tolerate her?" ”
Changchun said impatiently: "Mrs. is tired of listening to this, when did grandma instigate Mrs. to disagree with the young master?" It is clear that every word is the truth, and when I hear it, my wife's ears are gone. I advise my wife to worry less and be as quiet as possible. The body is not good, and the recuperation of peace and tranquility is the right reason. Liu was silent by Changchun's words, and his head was distracted. Changchun poured tea, and when he saw that there was no water in the pot, he went to tell Honeysuckle. Liu looked at Changchun's delicate body and was stunned.
Lu Chengyong took his wife out of the upper room, and the two walked all the way to the second door, only to see Sister Lu Hong standing by the door eating melon seeds. As soon as she saw the two of them coming, Sister Lu Hong spilled the melon seeds in her hand, greeted her and said with a smile: "Brother and sister-in-law are going out?" Xia Chunchao said with a smile: "Today, Qingming, go to the outskirts of the city and go to the grave with the grandfather." Do you want to go along? ”
Sister Lu Hong looked at Lu Chengyong, and when she saw him staring at herself with a dark face, she smiled and said, "I'm not going, my brother's face is not good-looking." My brother accompanied my sister-in-law out, and I was inserted in it, and I didn't know how to get in the way. Xia Chunchao glanced at Lu Chengyong and said to Sister Lu Hong: "Don't pay attention to him, stay at home all day long, and walk together if you want to go out." Sister Lu Hong laughed and said, "It's going to rain, so I won't go." Since it is Qingming today, there will definitely be a meeting in the city. If my sister-in-law goes to the temple fair, remember to bring two good sweat towels for me back, and if there are beautiful beads and flowers, she will also bring two for me. ”
Xia Chunchaoyin asked, "What kind of sweat towel do you want?" Sister Lu Hong said: "I want a water-red gold sweat scarf, embroidered with a hundred butterflies and wearing patterns." Then one side is green and the four corners are embroidered with eight treasures Hague tassels, and the tassels are duck yellow. Xia Chunchao smiled: "It's really a sneeze selling melon seeds - it's trivial!" He nodded and said, "If I go to the meeting, I will definitely help you pay attention." I'm afraid it won't be what you want. ”
Sister Lu Hong said: "If not, just buy it with your sister-in-law." Xia Chunchao saw that she didn't have anything else, so she went with her husband. Lu Chengyong said: "You also have to eat less melon seeds, carefully fire your toothache, and cry when you take medicine." Sister Lu Hong smiled: "I naturally have a number, my brother still treats me as a child!" As he spoke, he said to Xia Chunchao: "Sister-in-law, just go around with my brother, I have me at home." Xia Chunchao naturally understood in his heart, so he nodded and smiled.
The husband and wife resigned from Sister Lu Hong and stepped out of the second door. Lu Chengyong asked, "What kind of dumb riddle are you two sisters-in-law playing?" Xia Chunchao smiled, but did not answer. Lu Chengyong saw that she didn't say anything, so he didn't ask anymore.
The two walked to the gate, and the Lu family's carriage and horses had already stopped and waited. Seeing the two of them come out, the coachman and the little guy with the car came up and bowed and said, "Young master, grandma." Lu Chengyong nodded, helped his wife to get into the car first, and then went up himself. The girl Zhu'er went out with the master's house today, she was smart, and she got into the car.
The family sat down in the chariot, and the coachman and the servant stepped on the wheel, whipped their horses, and went straight to the outskirts of the city.
Although it is Qingming today, due to the bad weather, the streets are sparsely populated, the roads are wide, the traffic is very fast, the wheels are turning, and it has reached the outskirts of the city in an instant.
Walking to the circle of the Lu family's ancestral grave, the car stopped, Lu Chengyong got out of the car first, and the second was the girl Zhu'er. The two of them got out of the car, Xia Chunchao leaned out, and Lu Chengyong hurriedly reached out and carried her out of the carriage.
Xia Chunchao saw that in front of these many people, her husband hugged him, and his face couldn't help but blush, and he nudged him, but he didn't say anything.
Lu Chengyong raised his eyes and looked around, only to see a field in all directions, and there were several tombs standing on the open ground, and the pines and cypresses were planted in front and behind the tombs, which were verdant and verdant. It turned out that the Lu family did not live in Beijing earlier, and their ancestors moved from other provinces, so there were not many tombs here.
These graves are all old, although the Lu family is diligent in sweeping, but since last year, rain, snow, wind and frost, it is inevitable that they will not move around. Lu Chengyong and his wife walked over, cleaned up with their own hands, pulled out the wild grass, and asked the family to trim the foundation of the grave and put sacrifices on it. Lu Chengyong's portable wife bowed down in front of his grandfather's grave and said: "My grandfather has a spirit in the sky, and my grandson is now promoted to a knighthood, so I brought my granddaughter-in-law to kowtow to my grandfather." The granddaughter-in-law Xia is gentle and virtuous, and she is a good housekeeper, and the prosperity of the Lu family is all due to her. The grandson relies on the ancestral shade, and he has this woman as a wife, and he can't be satisfied. I also hope that my grandfather will know underground and bless the family Antai, and my husband and wife will see their children early and inherit the incense. As soon as he said that, a gust of cold wind struck, and he saw the three incense sticks in front of the grave, and the fire was bright, and it burned clean.
The green smoke in front of the grave is a good omen. When the two of them saw this, they both said that it was their grandfather's apparition, and they were overjoyed.
At that moment, the two kowtowed three more times, got up and packed up their things, pressed the yellow sheet paper again, and put a firecracker, and the grave sweeping matter was over.
At this moment, another cold wind blew, and the lead clouds in the sky drooped, and the sand and rocks flew on the ground, and one or two points of rain fell.
Lu Chengyong and Xia Chunchao saw that it was really raining, so they hurriedly got into the car. The Lu family held up the rain cloth, and watched thousands of rain pillars fall from the sky, and the raindrops the size of beans fell to the ground, making mud puddles.
The little servant of the Lu family wiped his face and said to the car: "Young master, grandma, this rain is very urgent, I'm afraid that the road will not be easy to walk, so why don't you find a place to hide nearby?" When Xia Chunchao heard this, he looked out of the car, and saw that the water was flowing on the roof of the car, so he said to Lu Chengyong: "It's good to find a place to hide, this rain must go quickly." It's just that he braved the rain to hurry, but his family was guilty in vain. Lu Chengyong nodded and said, "This is reasonable." Then he asked his family, "Is there a place to hide near the left?" Lai Cai replied: "There is a tea house outside the front shot, but it is a clean place." When Lu Chengyong heard this, he ordered him to go.
The man was instructed, and hurriedly rode on the road, and hurried to the tea house with a gust of wind.
When he arrived at the door of the tea house, Lu Chengyong jumped down first, took an umbrella to hold on, and then put Xia Chunchao down the master and servant, and the group hurriedly stepped into the door.
When everyone entered the door, Dr. Tea hurriedly greeted them, led the three of them to a table inside, and asked, "What kind of tea does the guest officer eat?" The small shops have Longjing, Narcissus, Pu'er, Tieguanyin, and the dim sum is also good. "Xia Chunchao's clothes are slightly damp, but it doesn't hinder it. Lu Chengyong was really drenched in some rain, and the tips of his hair were dripping. Xia Chunchao saw it in his eyes and said, "You give the stew pot ginger tea and brew it up." He asked for a plate of scallion oil and a plate of horseshoe rolls, and sent Dr. Tea down.
There was no one else in the left, she took a handkerchief to wipe it for her husband, and said distressedly: "The rain is so heavy, you don't know how to be careful at home, look at this body!" Don't catch a cold later. Lu Chengyong said with a smile: "What is this little rain, thinking that when you are in the army, you will have miles of days when you are in the wind and snow!" You women are squeamish, don't freeze sick. As he spoke, he said to Zhu'er: "Later, the ginger tea will come, and you can also eat a lamp of evaporating cold." Zhu'er smiled and replied, "I also rely on my grandmother." Xia Chunchao reprimanded: "If you go out, you have to make a joke." ”
The family is talking and laughing, many guests have come in the tea house, it turns out that today Qingming, there are many people who come to the suburbs to go out to worship and sweep, all of them are blocked by this rain, and there is nowhere to go to settle here. This tea house was overcrowded for a while.
After a while, Dr. Tea sent the ginger tea snacks ordered by the Lu family, and Zhu'er made the handkerchief carefully wipe the teacups in the store, and then poured two cups for the young grandfather and grandmother, and ate one at home.
At this moment, I only heard another sound of footsteps on the door, and the warmth of Dr. Cha's mouth. The Lu family said in their hearts that the business of this small shop was good, but they didn't pay attention to it, and listened to the footsteps from far and near. Dr. Tea led the two of them, walked to the Lu family's table, and asked with a smile: "The two guest officers can't help it, the small shop is doing a good business today, and it is full everywhere, and this son has nowhere to sit." Let's see a few people move their seats, and let him sit down for a while? It's very stormy outside, and when you go out, everyone has an inconvenient time. ”
Lu Chengyong raised his eyes when he heard the voice, and saw a jade-faced boy standing behind Dr. Cha, wearing a navy blue straight jacket, with a long jade body and a handsome look, so he was a little unhappy and said: "We have female dependents here, how can male guests sit together?" Before he finished speaking, Xia Chunchao already recognized the person, was slightly startled, and immediately lowered his head.
She wanted to deny it, but the man had already exclaimed: "It turns out that Sister Xia is also here, it is really a coincidence!" It turned out that this person was Shen Changyu.
Lu Chengyong heard that he was shouting affectionately, looked at Xia Chunchao, and saw that her face was red and white, and she bowed her head silently, so he got up and asked Shen Changyu: "Dare to ask Your Excellency, do you know Humble Jing?" ”
That Shen Changyu raised his eyes and looked him up and down, and then said with a faint smile: "Mrs. Tongzun is the friendship of bamboo horses." ”。