33. Retractor
Among the funeral goods of Second Master Xie, in addition to the paper and pen he was used to, there was also the bamboo pattern pendant that Luo Jin gave him.
A team of white funeral processions, although they can't compare the scene with Wei Guogong, but with a more dense sense of longing, although they don't hear the earth-shattering cry, they have reluctant sobs.
Carrying the coffin to the foot of the ancestral mausoleum mountain, the children were not allowed to go any further, and several mothers-in-law took care of the young ladies at the bottom of the mountain, and the other mourners continued to walk up the mountain.
Fourth Miss Xie Mengxi couldn't stop crying, she didn't know what life and death were, she only knew that Second Master Xie wouldn't come out after entering the mountain.
"Second sister, when I grow up, can I go to the mountains to find him when I think of my second uncle?"
Xie Mengyao didn't know how to answer Xie Mengxi's question for a while, so she only said quietly: "Sooner or later, our girls will belong to someone else's family, and we will never be able to enter that mountain." β
"Yes...... What should I do if I miss my second uncle? I miss the second uncle! β
"Mengxi, crying and making trouble is your way of being a gentleman? The second uncle also left you all the books. β
Luo Jin's half-reprimanded words made Xie Mengxi quiet down, because she didn't know that no matter what she did, Second Master Xie would never have a chance to ask for the book back.
The top of the mountain was cold, there was a trickle of snow melting and flowing down, Luo Jin squatted on the ground and watched the small tadpoles inside line up to swim out, Xie Menghua stood beside Luo Jin, but looked at the top of the mountain far away.
"I will never forget the humiliation suffered by the second uncle."
Xie Menghua's voice was not loud, I don't know whether to say it to Luo Jin or to herself, Luo Jin looked up at Xie Menghua, but she still looked at the distance.
I won't forget, Qian Luojin replied in her heart.
Because of the mourning in the family, this year's festival town and the country mansion are simple, since the death of Xie Erye, Xie Lao Taijun's body has fallen to the root of the disease, although Meng Erniang came to diagnose and treat from time to time, it is always not good again and again.
Mrs. Xie on the sickbed still didn't forget her grandchildren: "The children are having a boring year this year, let Jingyun take them to put out the lights, and it can be regarded as praying for Hengxin." β
The night of the Shangyuan Festival is very lively, everywhere is full of lights, even the vendors who sell steamed buns also set up two thick bamboo lanterns in front of the stalls, there are also many dignitaries and nobles come out to enjoy the lanterns, the people in brocade clothes and jade clothes on the street are endless, the city specially sent guards to patrol, from the East Street all the way to the moat full of lanterns.
On this day every year, the moat has become the most beautiful place in the capital, the stone bridge built on the waist is full of people, the water under the bridge is a piece of lanterns that have been released, on the shore and on the water, the lights are swaying, and one after another floating water lanterns are inclined down from the green fingers of the girls, rendering a brilliant beauty.
Meng Sanniang also came to put the lantern with the ladies of the Zhenguo Mansion, wrote what she wanted on the back of the lantern, and let it drift with the water, so that it could flow to the place where the gods lived.
Mrs. Xie didn't hurt a few children in vain, several children in the Zhenguo Mansion wrote words that prayed for peace for Mrs. Xie, Meng Sanniang was secretive when she wrote, and she didn't know what wishes she had to write with a red face, but she aroused Luo Jin's curiosity, and secretly peeked from behind, only to see that the lamp was written in Juanxiu's small characters: Sanniang is willing to be with her husband, and Prime Minister Bai is supporting.
By the way, Meng Sanniang just got engaged at the end of last year, and the other party heard that it was a sister-in-law who was a protector of the army, and that person was already a Lanling guard at a young age, which was already a rare good family affair for Meng Sanniang, and since the marriage was finalized, Mrs. Meng has been beaming.
Ancient women, sure enough, getting married is a bigger thing than the sky, Luo Jin watched Meng Sanniang put the lamp down the water with a shy click, and also played a trick to secretly push the lantern to make the lamp float faster, this appearance of a young girl made Luo Jin feel cute.
But who am I going to marry? Luo Jin stared at the lantern she let go.
Luo Jin has been watching the lanterns drift into the distance and gather with a large number of lanterns, if there is really a fairy, please bless her to find a wishful husband!
The daughter's family seems to have been preparing for her marriage since she was sensible, and Xie Menghua's marriage is also on the agenda. For the Zhenguo Mansion that has just passed the white incident, Xie Menghua's marriage can bring rare vitality to the mansion.
Mrs. Xie has become a busy spinning top again, often taking Xie Menghua to participate in banquets from all parties, of course, she has to bring Qian Luojin when she has the opportunity, she has not forgotten the unfortunate fact that her baby son is Luojin's spare tire.
Seeing that the birthday of the Lord of Bingxin was approaching, the Lord of Bingxin was nominally taken care of by the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother was supposed to give the birthday of the Lord of Bingxin, but the Queen Mother was too lazy to take care of it, so she directly threw her hand to Princess Jiayu.
The eldest princess of Jiayu only has two sons, and she has never raised a daughter, and she is also in trouble for a while how to celebrate the birthday of the county lord of Bingxin. Thinking about it, the eldest princess of Jiayu thought of Luo Jin, at least in the eyes of the outside world, Luo Jin is the only "best friend" of the lord of Bingxin.
It's all to blame for Mu Congjin's bad idea at the beginning, now as long as there is a place where there is the lord of Bingxin, it will be counted as Luo Jin's share, but you can't just find Luo Jin, it's too ugly, Princess Jiayu was worried, but fortunately she sent the invitation to all the official daughters of the same grade in the capital.
Luo Jin really wanted to ask the eldest princess of Jiayu for what kind of mentality she invited Zhu Chengbi, the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, didn't the eldest princess of Jiayu hear the story of the lord of Bingxin who pushed Zhu Chengbi into the pond in anger? When the county lord of Bingxin sees Zhu Chengbi, it is like Bai Suzhen seeing Fahai, like Liang Shanbo seeing Ma Wencai, and like Shu Ke seeing a big-faced cat, full of hostility.
Luo Jin looked at the Bingxin County Lord and Zhu Chengbi facing each other, as if she saw two fighting cocks erecting cockscombs and posing with each other, this is to start fighting.
The fuse of the contradiction between the two this time lies in the competition for Guan Sangongzi, Zhu Chengbi's father Zhu Jiuzhu is the protΓ©gΓ© of Master Guan, Zhu Chengbi and Guan Xingshu have known each other since childhood, this is called coming first. Since the county lord of Bingxin found out that Guan Xingshu's story was well told, she immediately shifted all her excess attention to Guan Xingshu, and every day she was either pestering Guan Xingshu to tell stories or on the way to pestering Guan Xingshu, which is called coming later.
When the first come, the first to come, and the two brutal second-generation identities of Quan, this battle is full of blood. The county lord of Bingxin said that Zhu Chengbi was just the daughter of a prime minister, Zhu Chengbi sarcastically said that the lord of Bingxin County was a prince, what if you have the ability, you can go back to your father, can you go back?
"You! Rude to the lord of this county! β
The county lord of Bingxin was choked and speechless, the county lord is a practical combat faction, and the mouth cannon is not as good as Zhu Chengbi, looking around, but unfortunately there is no pond nearby, and Zhu Chengbi can no longer be pushed forward.
Luo Jin weighed the two together in her heart, okay, I still think Zhu Chengbi hates it a little more.
"The county lord stayed in the capital because the queen mother missed her, Miss Zhu is so anxious to ask the county lord to leave, is she dissatisfied with the queen mother?" Luo Jin stood up and helped the Lord of Bingxin to go back.
"I ...... Qian Luojin, what's the matter with you! β
"The county lord and I have a close relationship, and the entire city knows about it."
"Okay, okay, you two together, huh!"
However, even if Zhu Chengbi won in a verbal quarrel, it was useless, Guan Xingshu gave the two of them a slap in the face at the same time: "I am the one who wants to be a colt, and none of you two is a princess." β
Qian Luojin never expected that friendship would come so quickly and so suddenly, the county lord of Bingxin is well aware of the truth that "the enemy of the enemy is a friend", she hates Zhu Chengbi, and Qian Luojin also hates Zhu Chengbi, so she should treat Qian Luojin as a friend.
Bingxin County Lord's thinking is so active that Luo Jin is very uncomfortable, children are not firm-willed, can't they hate a person for a lifetime? What does it mean to change cars halfway, which makes Luo Jin uncomfortable.
Mu Congjin also gave Luo Jin a thumbs up: "I knew you wouldn't be so unproductive, you always couldn't get along with children." β
ββ¦β¦ Thank you for changing your mind about me. β
It's no wonder that Mr. Mu Congjin underestimated Qian Luojin, what Mu Congjin experienced every day was not the same style as Luojin, and Luojin was also patting his ass in the courtyard of the deep house to bully Xie Yanyuan, but Mu Congjin was fighting with his life every day in the battle for the storage position.
However, Mu Congjin likes to see Luo Jin's carefree appearance, he already has enough troubles, why drag another one? She's good like this, it's good.
"Spring hunting is coming soon, listen to the emperor's intention to bring more children to live, do you want to go?"
As soon as Mu Congjin's words fell, Qian Luojin immediately rushed towards him, pulling his clothes with both hands, as if a tail was shaking violently behind him, and his two round eyes were extremely cute.
"Don't speak? That is not wanting to go. Mu Congjin said deliberately.
"I want to go!"
Mu Congjin pointed to his shoulder, and Qian Luojin immediately walked up behind Mu Congjin to help him knead his shoulder, what is his face? What is dignity? In Luo Jin, everything is outside the body, so why worry about it.
"Up and up, and up again."
"Oh!"
Qian Luojin familiarly obeyed Mu Congjin's command, tried her best to serve him comfortably, pinched and pinched, and suddenly remembered something different, Mu Congjin seemed to have grown taller? Girls develop faster than boys, although Mu Congjin was older than Luo Jin in the past, the two were the same height, and now, Mu Congjin is much taller than Luo Jin.
Looking closely, Mu Congjin's facial features are also a little more mature than when they first met, it turns out that time flies so fast, and in a blink of an eye, they are all growing up.
"Seeing that your heart is so sincere, I will go to the third prince to help you intercede and bring you."
Luo Jin stretched out his little finger and hooked Mu Congjin's little finger: "A gentleman's word." β
"Whip it up."
Mu Congjin smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth, and Qian Luojin shook in his heart, as if this smile was flavorful and a little sweet.