Chapter 4 The wedding dress is like fire
May, late spring and early summer, this is the season of kapok fire and green willows. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the middle of the year, Lu Qingyu got married, and the other party was the only son of the powerful Tang Taishi.
On that day, Huadu was colorful and red makeup.
Qing Jia stayed in the attic and watched the entire Lu Mansion immersed in a festive atmosphere, and the red double happiness words were pasted everywhere, and his heart was not only happy, but also picked up the wedding dress that had been sewn a few days ago, and his fingers gently stroked the flying phoenix clouds embroidered with gold thread on it, and then spread it thinly, for fear of making wrinkles.
Most of the wedding dresses of the women of the Yan Dynasty were prepared by the women from a young age, woven and embroidered with a needle and thread, and every strand depicted their happy marriage. I still remember the wedding dress I saw in Lu Qingyu's room a few days ago, even the neon dress and feather dress worn by the Nine Heavens Flying Girl in the mural in the temple was not as delicate and grand, luxurious and elegant.
Qingjia grew up in the mountains since childhood, never learned to embroider female red, Mrs. Lu simply sent a few sets of wedding dresses after the Chen family was hired, she chose one of them, and then whenever in the dead of night, she followed the style and pattern on it, and copied it carefully with those simple stitches taught by her grandmother on weekdays.
For several months, except for the morning greeting, the rest of the time she stayed in her small courtyard, and at night she lit a small lamp, threaded needles and threads in the dim flickering candlelight, and sewed wedding dresses, until the early hours of the morning she almost burned her eyes. Fortunately, the pattern is not complicated, and it was finally completed a few days ago. Although it is not as graceful and luxurious as Lu Qingyu, it is also dignified and beautiful.
The grandmother who taught her every day was very surprised and praised her intelligence and talent, which was the first time since Qingjia grew up that someone other than Xuanhe Shitai had sincerely praised her. My heart felt like I had eaten honey fruit, and I was even happier when I looked at the red wedding dress. The tiredness of being alone in the middle of the night seemed to be gone.
Thinking of the red plum and the man that day, she picked up the crimson wedding dress, gently pressed it on her face, closed her eyes, and seemed to only press all the throbbing in her heart.
At dusk, the outside gradually became noisy, and the loud sound of the instrument ensemble could be heard clearly even in the deep inner courtyard, it should be the Tang family's welcoming procession.
All the subordinates were transferred to the main courtyard to listen to the orders, she is probably the most idle person in the whole house, although the West Garden is also brightly lit at this moment, but she can only rely on the vocal music in the front yard to get some popularity. Qingjia didn't want to look at it again, and carefully put away the wedding dress.
Tomorrow, she will also put on a wedding dress like Lu Qingyu, leave this wealthy deep courtyard, and become someone else's wife.
Qingjia felt that it must be the blessing that she had cultivated by offering incense in front of the Buddha every day in the first fourteen years, and folded her hands together against her chest, secretly expecting it.
I hope that in the future, I will accompany you, relieve your worries, and live in harmony with husband and wife.
Outside the window, the kapok opened just right, but it was slightly inferior to the wedding dress.
********
The next day, Qingjia had no sense of reality all day.
Although Lu Yi doesn't care about this daughter, she doesn't want to tell the truth, the dowry is not stingy, there are some gold, silver jewelry, silk and satin, although the furniture is not expensive, it is complete, and the costumes and hairpins do not need to be detailed. Zero Zero always has eight or nine cabinets, but it can be seen.
Ben also said that she would give her two dowry girls plus an errand boy, but after Qingjia learned that the Chen family's property was confiscated, Chen Wei left Huadu with his old mother and bought a small house in Yixian County, which is not far from Hua. What if there is no extra place to settle the next person? Thinking of this, he politely declined Lu Yi.
Compared with Lu Qingyu's extravagance when she got married, it is her turn here, whether it is the dowry or the pomp. From the mouths of the subordinates, it was also learned that Lu Qingyu's dowry was almost full of ten troikas.
But Qingjia didn't care, firstly, she didn't know much about the customs of the Yan Dynasty, and she didn't know the importance of dowry for women, and secondly, she felt that it was already a great blessing to be able to marry the person she liked, so she cherished it very much, and was unwilling to worry more about these things, and only hoped that she would be able to live a good life in the future.
Because Lu Qingyu only got married the day before, everything was set up and arranged according to the day before, and she was like a puppet to be fiddled with the whole process.
Under the cover of the turban, his eyes were red, and he became nervous.
Today is not as noisy and grand as yesterday, but it makes her even more overwhelmed for no reason, until before getting into the sedan chair, his white and slender hand stretched out in front of her, and her hands intersected, and she settled down a little.
"Don't be afraid."
He said in a voice that only she could hear, and at that moment, her trembling hands and throbbing heart suddenly quieted down. It was as if all her waiting and throbbing in the past few months had been to wait for him for such a simple two words.
Don't be afraid.
He said.
For no reason, Qingjia calmed down, knocked and knocked along the way, and I don't know how long she left, she was wearing a heavy phoenix crown, and her neck was about to break, just when she couldn't hold on, the sedan chair finally stopped.
He helped her get out of the sedan chair, worshiped the high hall of heaven and earth, and then was led by his grandmother to the new house, and after a while, he heard the sound of eating and drinking in front of him.
There shouldn't be a lot of people, the voice is sparse, and Qing Jia can't hear it very clearly inside, but the banquet didn't last long.
The red candle was halfway burned, clicked, the door opened, and the slight footsteps drew closer.
Qing Jia's heart rose to his throat, his face couldn't help but be red and hot, and the Jinpa in his hand was even more caught, almost crumpled together.
Without waiting to think about it, the snow-colored embroidered gold boots stopped in front of him, and then, the headscarf in front of him was slowly picked up, and the sight gradually became clear after the bright red was removed, and Chen Wei's picturesque eyebrows were raised up.
Today he is wearing a red wedding robe, the three-foot-wide waist seal shows that his waist is extremely thin and tough, his posture is tall and long, and the red color is extremely taking advantage of his complexion, looking handsome and elegant.
Qingjia's nervousness was seen by him, he gently took off the heavy phoenix crown on her head, put it aside, and her hair also took the opportunity to roll out and scatter it on her shoulders, the soft and dim candlelight swayed, bowing her head slightly, revealing her white neck, but she was extraordinarily gentle.
In the past few months, she has hardly gone out, but she has cultivated her complexion well, at this time, it is like Hetian jade seed material with the shell removed, the inside is white and delicate, and she does not see the pitiful appearance of the yellow muscle at the beginning.
"Are you tired?" He asked.
Qingjia was stunned and shook his head.
There was a faint smell of wine on his body, not very obvious, as if it was just a little soaked in the air by the wine jar, and his eyes were also deep and focused, and every trace fell on her.
"Is that hungry?"
Qingjia subconsciously shook his head, then reacted and nodded embarrassedly.
He couldn't help but chuckle, his voice was like a broken jade, he took her hand, and her body temperature was connected, she subconsciously wanted to pull it out but was caught tighter.
Chen Wei brought her to the table, there were a few plates of dim sum on the table, not very exquisite, compared with the ones she saw in Lufu, it seemed a little shoddy, picked up a rose cake, the skin was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, the fragrance was pleasant, fresh and elegant, it melted in the mouth, and the taste was unexpectedly good.
Qingjia was very hungry and wanted to stuff all these things into his stomach, but he felt that the appearance of gobbling up was really indecent, and he didn't want to leave a rough impression on him, so he could only eat in small bites.
He poured her a cup of tea and put it in his hand, and she said embarrassedly, "Thank you." ”
"Eat slowly." He touched her head.
Very light and light movements made Qingjia nervous, and after hurriedly eating a few pastries to pad her stomach, she lost her appetite, seeing that she had eaten well, Chen Wei took the wine jug in his hand, and asked while pouring wine into the glass: "Do you know how to drink?" ”
Qingjia paused for a moment, she was not even very accustomed to the taste of tea, where would she drink any wine, but she remembered what her grandmother said about the etiquette in the new house before she got married, and she was afraid that he would not drink it if she said no, and glanced at the wine glass, which was not big, and nodded weakly after thinking about it.
Hearing this, Chen Wei handed over one of the cups to her, Qingjia clumsily followed suit, clinked glasses, held hands, and took a small sip, which was instantly full of stimulation, his tongue was slightly uncomfortable, and he frowned and swallowed it, this time it was terrible, the spicy went straight to his throat, and he choked tears and instantly overflowed his eyes.
Seeing her so uncomfortable, Chen Wei was also a little frightened, and hurriedly handed her the tea and patted her back: "If it's uncomfortable, I'll vomit it out." ”
Qingjia shook his head, swallowed the wine with tears in his eyes, took the teacup and drank some water, calmed down before saying, "How can you spit it out a glass of wine......
Probably because the stimulation of the drink was too great, her voice was slightly hoarse, but it was very firm and slightly ignorant.
Chen Wei was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said softly: "Fool." ”
Qing Jia lowered his head embarrassedly, his face turned red, he was silent for a while, as if he remembered something, and raised his head and said, "Why are you ......?"
Seeing Chen Wei pause, she regretted it, what did she have to say about it, ruined the atmosphere in vain, she was really stupid!
But Chen Wei only paused, and said slowly: "What I said that day really didn't mean to despise you, and now that I'm in such a situation, where can I pay attention to what kind of dignity and humility......"
Qing Jia's eyes lit up, and his happy expression was obvious, and his heart that had been suppressed and sad for so long was soothed by his two words.
“…… I just said that you have been miserable since you grew up in the mountains, and you should choose another good couple, comfortable and prosperous, and now I am in a difficult situation, and I am indeed ......"
Chen Wei obviously did not show a sad expression, but Qing Jia listened to it with a worry, he should have been the son of a wealthy family, but now he is in trouble, and the circumstances are very different, even if he is calm and calm, no one should tell him about the pain and loss in his heart.
Qingjia couldn't help but think of the look in his garden that day.
So gloomy, so lost.
Not frustrated, but sad.
At this moment, her heart seemed to feel sorry for him and empathize.
"Don't worry," he said, taking her hand, earnestly, "I will be good to you in the future." ”
Qingjia didn't want to withdraw his hand this time, and suddenly felt that he said what he wanted to say.
Probably because of the strength of the wine, she began to feel drowsy, her vision blurred, and she didn't know what she was doing or what she wanted to do, but she vaguely felt that she was probably babbling something.
Then, there was a pair of hands, warm hands gently holding her up.