Chapter 189: Guanyin
The days of the big house are getting better and better, and Li put together the money sent by her husband and the money from selling duck eggs, and lined them up in rows of shining boxes. Li was illiterate, and saw that his daughter Xuejiao had an idea, so he asked her to keep the silver.
Now that he has the silver in his hand, he can't dress so poorly for a few children. Qi An and Qi Ping needless to say, in the end, they are boys, they don't need to pay much attention, as long as the coarse cloth clothes are clean. Xue Ru, Xue Jiao, and Jing Hao are three different girls, with the same appearance as flowers, and they are suitable for the age when they should be dressed, they can't be locked up in the house to do needlework, and the whole person is also gray. Li followed Mr. Li out when he was young, and the young girls in Xuzhou Mansion were all dressed in red and green, and they were all fresh and tender and could pinch out the water.
That's the kind of life that a young girl should have.
Li took the three girls to Baitu Town to pull cloth, and happened to meet Zhou in the cloth shop who gave Bi Tao a tailoring reward.
Bi Tao is wearing a pale pink gauze shirt, the cuffs are embroidered with a circle of white lotus lace, two layers of milky white gauze collars are stacked in front of the neck, and the gauze collar is decorated with small beads, complex and exquisite, because the clothes are luxurious, only a jasmine particle is pinned on the ear, and the whole person is indescribably lively and pretty. Seeing Xue Jiao, she jumped and held her hand, muttering that she was bored at home, and she was going to eat all kinds of snacks on West Street with Xue Jiao, and was slapped down by Zhou.
Zhou took Li's hand into the store together, Zhou is an old customer, a daughter dressed up in flowers, January will always come to the store twice to pull the new silk cloth to the girl tailor reward, the shopkeeper saw Zhou put the measuring tape in his hand and smiled up.
For the first time in so many years, Li Shi entered the silk cloth shop, and all kinds of silk and satin were stacked on the shelves, which seemed to be huge and narrow, and it didn't take long for him to be dazzled.
Zhou is not in a hurry to choose a fabric for Bi Tao. Pulling the Li family to look through one by one, Hengzhuo's house is close to the shop, and you can come to tailor at any time.
The shopkeeper followed him every step of the way, he did this business, he practiced his eyes and hands quickly, and when Li's eyes saw which one, he took it out and unfolded it, as if he had a flower in his mouth, or praised the rare material and strange color. Or praise the three girls behind the Li family, handsome and handsome, and the material was prepared for them alone.
Hearing this, the corners of Li's mouth smiled. Zhou and the shopkeeper were familiar, and a fan in his hand slapped it on the counter and said, "Just your mouth is sweet, for a few taels of silver." Said a car of auspicious words. ”
The shopkeeper was not annoyed, but smiled and said, "It's not that I said, these four girls just don't wear the brocade clothes, but only wear coarse cloth clothes, and they look better than ordinary girls." ”
These words even praised Bi Tao. Zhou's smile fell.
"There was a fine silk here that just came from Yuhang yesterday, and I haven't had time to put it out yet." The shopkeeper rolled up the cloths that Li had finished reading one by one. Pointing to the black pressed bag on the top floor.
As soon as he heard that it was the silk from Yu Hang, Li's heart moved slightly, thinking that his man was not selling silk over there.
The shopkeeper climbed up the ladder and waited for him to come down. Holding two large bags and unfolding them on the booth, this is the first time that Li has seen silk from the south of the Yangtze River. The silk is bright and even, and the whole cloth is clean and shiny. There is a light ink painting on it.
The material is a good material, will it be too plain. Li's heart hesitated, the countryside people pay attention to red and green, if such a plain clothes have to be pressed with gold and silver.
"Show them sisters." Zhou saw Li's hesitation, greeted Xue Jiao, she made clothes for Bi Tao all the year round, knew the thoughts of the female babies, and couldn't wait to pick everything herself, the most annoying adult to decide, like she made a big red shawl for Bi Tao in winter, she shouted that she was too glamorous, like a horn singing on the stage.
Xue Jiao, Xue Ru, and Jing Hao were talking to Bi Tao, and when they saw Zhou waving at them, they hugged them one after another.
Jing Hao couldn't put it down when he saw the satin, and quietly discussed with Xueru: "This is the best way to make a Bafu Xiang skirt." ”
Xue Jiao doesn't like too plain clothes, she has a round face, she can't hold it down, she wears water red and has an indescribable pretty, and finally chose a batch of red brocade from Suzhou.
Because it is a material from the south, the price is more expensive than ordinary material, Li Shi set five horses after a little thought, and by the way, he gave the yellow dragonfly a batch of goose-yellow Jiangling cloth. Zhou Shi gasped, such a big stroke, it can be seen that the rumors outside are true, Chen Xiucai went to the south to meet the noble, and now he is a big deal.
If half of the rumors outside are true, and some of the money you really earn is true, but there is no shadow of Dafa. As the saying goes, good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. Now there is still news of Chen Xiucai's death outside, and the Li family is angry, deliberately with strength, took out the silver and pulled the most expensive materials, and his children wear them out, so that others can know the situation of the family at a glance. Respect Luo Yi first and then respect people, put on valuable materials and go out, and see who dares to underestimate them.
The cash was given, and the shopkeeper rolled up the pieces of cloth. Li took out one of the Xiangyun yarns and said to Zhou with a smile: "This is for Bi Tao, I think she loves this color." ”
Zhou knew Li's intentions, and accepted it without refusal.
Next door is the best tailor in the town, Wang Po, the shopkeeper shouted next door, and Wang Po came in to tailor Xue Jiao and others. This was the first time they had been making clothes outside, and they stretched out their arms and straightened their legs for the princess to measure. If you talk about craftsmanship, Jinghao's craftsmanship is first-class, but Li didn't let her do it, she embroidered every day, and her eyes were red, so she only let her sketch and let Wang Po tailor.
Three days later, Wang Po finished her clothes and personally hired a car to send them to Chen's house.
The whole family changed into new clothes inside and out, and it was time to ask for peace Guanyin.
Chen Xiucai did not die in a great disaster outside, and met a nobleman, Li thought that this qiē was blessed by God, and she and Mrs. Li planned to invite a Guanyin back to worship.
Xuzhou Mansion is full of worship Guanyin, there are always Guanyin temples in various counties and towns, or a small temple hangs Baoluo and steps on the lotus, or the front door stands on the red wall of gold tiles, whether it is the New Year or the daily always incense.
But if you want to hold a net bottle of willow to eliminate disasters and solve misfortune willow Guanyin, the only temple in Baitu Town, Tianmen Temple, you have to go to the Yunlong Temple in Xuzhou Mansion to ask for it. The temple of Tianmen Temple wished to see that Mrs. Li came to donate incense and oil money every year, and folded her hands and said: "I am the same door as the host of Yunlong Temple, I will write a letter to you, you can take it." ”
Mrs. Li folded her hands together and chanted the Buddha more than once, took the letter from the temple, asked Li Yuntian to hire a car, please see an auspicious day of the zodiac, and handed a message to Li's side, just waiting for the auspicious day to arrive, and rush to invite it early in the morning.
Please Guanyin to be sincere, Mrs. Li rushed to Chen's house three days ago, taught her to burn incense and purify her body, please eat vegetarian food for three days before the image, pick up a clean and sunny place to put the Buddha shrine, cut a new red cloth in the cloth shop, wash the pulp and take it with you, wait for the statue of Guanyin to be invited, take the red cloth wrapped and bring it home, and then offer the fragrance of the pure fruit, and continue to keep the family safe every day.
On this day, Li Yun drove to Chen's house before dawn every day, which was a rare trip to Xuzhou Mansion, and the family had to go to Qi'an to review their homework. Li instructed Xue Jiao to put on the new clothes she had just made a few days ago, and the flowers dressed up by the family got into the carriage.
Mrs. Chen glanced at the door of the upper room, her heart was like a needle prick, and the Zhang family added fuel to the fire: "The big house family is big, and the clothes on Xuejiao's body are worth two taels of silver." ”
Xuejiao of Xuzhou Mansion has been there, and Xueru, Jinghao and Qi Ping are the first time to go back, and they can't help but be excited. Especially Chen Qiping, because he was young, he just thought he was going to play, but he suffered from eating a vegan diet for the first three days. Qi Ping is the best to eat meat, since he has spare money, the Li family will buy meat for him to eat, Chen Xiucai sent a large amount of silver, and he changed the law and did not leave the meat.
A female family member sat in the car, and Li Yuntian drove the car in front. Because Xue Jiao had been to Xuzhou Mansion, Qi Ping grabbed Xue Jiao's sleeve and asked about the situation of Xuzhou Mansion. Xue Jiao brought all the fun and food she saw last time, Chen Qiping has grown so big, he has only been to Baitu Town, and he listened to it with relish when he was lying in Li's arms, and even Li and Mrs. Li could hear it, and they were the first time they went back.
They only went for one day, and they had to rush back that night, and they set out before dawn, and one arrived at Fucheng until the middle of the day.
Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li were used to being thrifty, so they got up early and baked green onion cakes with noodles and sauced large pieces of pork, and when they saw that the children were hungry, they took them out and shared them. Qi Ping ate two flatbreads and watched with a blank eye as Li was going to eat the famous food in Xuzhou Mansion, Li smiled and said: "When Guanyin is invited, we can eat whatever we want." ”
When I arrived at Yunlong Temple, I invited the statue of Guanyin and wrapped it firmly in a red cloth and went out of the temple.
After going down the mountain, Mrs. Li straightened her face and trained Xuejiao and Qi Ping: "Is the pure land of the Buddha Hall a place to spread joy, when I see Guanyin, I only look at it, if I don't press it, I don't know how to worship." ”
It turned out that in the Buddha, Chen Xuejiao saw the exquisiteness of the Guanyin carvings, couldn't help but look at it a few more times, was caught by Mrs. Li, pressed to the futon with her hands folded and bowed again.
When he arrived at Xuzhou Mansion, Li Yuntian drove the carriage all the way to the market, this time was the lively time, there were people lined up in front of the vegetable and butcher shops in the snack restaurant, and in front of the steamer of steamed dumplings, there were more than ten people lined up before the cage was opened, the young man put a white towel on his shoulder, and pulled down and wrapped it in his hand to open the steamer, and the hot white gas immediately sprayed people's heads and faces, with the fragrance of wheat noodles just out of the cage.
Li Yuntian bought some steamed dumplings of all colors, and everyone sat in the car and ate them separately. The same steamed dumplings, Xuzhou Mansion is better than Baitu Town.
Chen Xuejiao's eyes rolled around, and when she saw a restaurant opposite, she encouraged the Li family to enter the restaurant to eat, but Mrs. Li hurriedly stopped: "Enough, enough, there is still some sauce meat in the morning." ”
Li thought about it again and again, Xue Jiao and Qi Ping pulled Li's sleeves together and coquettishly: "Mother, grandma and uncle came all the way to help Dad please be safe Guanyin, how can I eat small dumplings." ”
Li snorted and laughed, and couldn't help but lead everyone into the restaurant. The food in the restaurant is not as special as the Qingfeng Village in the town, but the fresh aroma of the eel roast, Chen Qiping ate two cakes in a row with the soup.
It wasn't until it was dark that everyone had had enough to eat before rushing home. (To be continued)