Chapter 20 The Phoenix Crowns and the Grace of the Woman 1
One day three months later, a big red satin flower was suddenly hung on the horizontal eyebrows of the gate of the Tang Mansion, which was dazzling, and the huge mansion was full of lights and flowers, and it was a good day for Lu You and Tang Wan to get married. It turned out that after returning home from tea Zixiang that day, Lu Zai and his wife carefully weighed it, and finally decided to recalculate the date, and after reaching an agreement with the Tang family, the wedding date was advanced to today three months later. At this time, the guests gathered by the Tang family came to send the bride Tang Wan on the sedan chair.
I saw that in the lobby, Mr. Tang and Tang Qi took care of the male dependents, and in the backyard, Mrs. Tang carefully entertained a group of female dependents. Tang Wan's father Tang Hong was a six-grade official in the DPRK, as Lu Zai said before, when he was still in office, he had excellent character and official character, wide connections, and high reputation. Mrs. Tang not only has to take care of the female dependents, but also is busy taking care of her daughter's dowry, this matter was originally handled by Tang Qi, but after all, the man is careless, and some details may not be noticed, so Mrs. Tang will give guidance from time to time. It's strange today, the old man and young master and wife of the Tang family are all there, but Qian Xiao'e is missing, it stands to reason that on this occasion, how can she, the eldest and young grandmother of the Tang family, be absent? Could it be that after that day, Tang Qi still kicked her out of the house. This is also unlikely, the Tang family is a person who believes in his word, since he promised not to be punished heavily, so that he would not settle accounts after the autumn, and he cleared her out of the door again. Anyway, on the day of great joy, don't mention this unhappy thing.
Mrs. Tang wore a crimson brocade shirt, and she was already beautiful, and she looked even more radiant today. Mrs. Tang was next to a pile of objects, counting the same thing, and when every item had been ordered, her brows were still slightly wrinkled, feeling that something was missing, so she checked it again from left to right, from top to bottom, and when her fingertips skimmed a bed of Su embroidered brocade quilt, Mrs. Tang suddenly stopped and said, "Satisfactory!" Yes, why not be satisfied? ”
Tang Qi took the initiative to take the job of sorting out the dowry, and swore that it would be done, but when Mrs. Tang asked at this time, she was inexplicable, and she scratched her head unconsciously and said, "What is satisfactory?" ”
Mrs. Tang said, "It's the wishful name that Steward Ding prepared before." You, of course you don't understand this kind of thing, I said let Xiao'e come out to help, but you won't let it, if she is there, I don't know how much worry you have to save! ”
Tang Qi said, "Mother, you also know what mistake she made last time, she was determined to ruin this marriage, how could she be here at today's wedding banquet, she copied scriptures and recited Buddha there, I felt more worry-free." ”
Mrs. Tang looked at Tang Qi and sighed, "You are really making a big fuss, in the past three months, Xiao'e has been reciting Buddha devoutly, and she has already woken up, besides, your father and Hui Xian don't care anymore, why are you so persistent." ”
Tang Qi looked resolute and said, "Daddy doesn't care, it's taking into account the overall situation, remembering her Qian Xiao'e's father's life-saving grace; Huixian doesn't care, that is because she is kind-hearted, dedicated to being kind to others, and even remembering that Xiao'e is a sister-in-law, she respects her a little more. I am her husband, and I have the obligation and responsibility to discipline her, so how can I tolerate adultery......"
As soon as Mrs. Tang heard the word "appeasement and adultery", her brows furrowed even tighter, and she immediately interrupted, "What is this, no matter how you say it, it is all a family." ”
Tang Qi smiled and said, "Mother, today is my sister's big day, you still have a lot of things to do, so don't think about Xiao'e anymore!" After speaking, Tang Qi made an excuse and went to the hall to receive guests.
Mrs. Tang looked at Tang Qi's figure in the crowd, shook her head and sighed, her sons and daughters are really the same, they are all so stubborn, so insistent on their own opinions, who is this! Mrs. Tang turned around and instructed Xi Po and the maid to take care of the dowry, only to see a few people buried in tidying up, and suddenly one of them screamed "ah", and Mrs. Tang and others turned their eyes over. The maid was stunned, at a loss, and said intermittently, "This...... This ......"
Mrs. Tang approached and looked in the direction of the maid's fingers, it was the pair of mandarin duck pillows embroidered by Tang Wan, which looked the same as the original at first glance, and if you looked closely, you would find that the pillow was cracked for some reason.
Mrs. Tang didn't expect this kind of thing to happen at this critical stall, and she wanted to scold her, which person who didn't have long eyes broke the mandarin duck pillow, but she thought that since it was her daughter's happy day, she couldn't disturb the interest of the guests, so she gave up. I muttered in my heart, this mandarin duck pillow is a pair of newcomers from today to the pillow, must be sewn well, but for a while to find a person with good craftsmanship to sew, it is really not easy, what to do. One person counts the short, and the other counts the long, so Mrs. Tang asked the people around her, "Do any of you can sew this well, it should be as good as before, and there will be many rewards." "Which of these people has such skills, they all bowed their heads and were silent, for fear that the stick would hit the first bird.
A maid suddenly said, "Madam, do you want to find the eldest and youngest grandmother to come over, her craftsmanship is well-known." The other said, "Don't talk nonsense, the young grandmother is still chanting Buddha, can you come over?" This sentence reminded Mrs. Tang, yes, Qian Xiao'e was born in a peasant family since she was a child, her family was poor, the clothes on her body were torn, sewn and then worn, this girl loves to be beautiful, so she sewed the old clothes in a different way, and the craft was practiced.
Mrs. Tang didn't say a word, walked straight to the lobby, and stopped Tang Qi, who was about to go out to answer the guests, only to see the two of them bow their heads and whisper a few times, Tang Qi nodded silently, as if he had agreed to something.
Mrs. Tang turned around, smiled, and called the maid, "Quick, go and invite the young grandmother out." Mrs. Tang's smile didn't know whether it was because she finally found someone who could sew up the mandarin duck pillow, or because Qian Xiao'e finally didn't have to copy the scriptures and recite Buddhism, maybe both. Treating her daughter-in-law like Mrs. Tang is really rare in this world.
It didn't take long for Qian Xiao'e to appear in front of Mrs. Tang, and after three months of baptism in front of the Buddha, her words and deeds were really much more restrained. Qian Xiao'e listened to the maid explain the reason for the matter on the way here, and at this time she asked Mrs. Tang for peace, and went straight to take the needle and thread to prepare for sewing.
Qian Xiao'e picked up the mandarin duck pillow, looked at it a few times, and said, "Mother, there is a crack here, I want to do this, first patch this seam, and then sew an identical line in the corresponding position on the other side, and the other pillow is also sewn like this, it is regarded as the original decoration, what do you think?" ”
When Mrs. Tang heard this, her originally worried face suddenly relaxed, nodded to Qian Xiao'e and said, "Yes, that's all." ”