Chapter Seven: Shi Meng (I)
The morning light is faint, after the gate of Yicheng is opened, after the horse team enters the city, the door will be closed.
The streets and alleys are quiet, the blue bricks and stone tiles, neat and beautiful, occasionally the common people who carry the burden and set up the stall walk in the bluestone lanes that are cut into four squares, and suddenly see a military horse team entering the city, so they quickly retreat to the corner, and their backs to the waist are very respectful.
Lu Sui was unexpected.
Along the way, I have passed through three states and five cities, and I have never seen this scene.
Now that the turbulent times are surging, the displaced people are either in deep famine, or fall into the grass, and there are still common people in Yicheng in Jizhou wearing linen cotton clothes, living the same life as in the past
Seeing Lu Xuan's expression, Shi Min couldn't help but be proud, and the Ugin horsewhip pointed to the place where the sun rose in the east, and said with a smile, "Yicheng is scheduled to open a morning market in the East Market every three days. The goods are circulated from the north and south, and there is no exchange, there are embroidery in the south city, and there are also fur and spices in the north. If Lu Gong is interested, after freshening up and eating, Min is willing to accompany Lu Gong to take a look. ”
After Lu Xuan looked around again, he glanced at Shi Min deeply, and then slowly bowed his head.
Shi Min couldn't help but be excited.
Shifu is not far from the city gate, falls in the middle of the city of Yicheng straight in the center, the mansion sits in the north and faces south, different from the scholars, its door is wide open, there is a pair of town house lions and beasts with the same height in front of the door, the horse team walks into the house with the middle road, has not passed the front yard, Shi Meng has been waiting with his relatives at the second gate of Shifu, seeing that it is Shi Min to hit the head, and then squinting his eyes to take a closer look, but he does not see Meng Tuo following behind, and can't help but secretly sigh, "Idiot!" The credit and nobles were all sent to him, and he didn't have the ability to hold it, so he let others see the joke in vain! ”
"Ah Min is in a hurry."
The person who spoke was a woman wearing a purple court dress three steps behind Shi Meng, combing a high bun and applying pearl powder, this is Shi Meng's wife Yu, raised her eyes and looked into the distance, she was already smiling very gently, but she was still softly speaking, "Ah Tuo and Ah Min have always been at odds, but Ah Tuo was sent to Ah Min's side, how can it be regarded as a good person?" On the one hand, he is his son, and on the other hand, he is his nephew, and I can't persuade me, so I have to watch you and order you to take fifty steps and not laugh for a hundred steps, both father and son are at fault. ”
The old wife spoke mercilessly, and Shi Meng scolded her mother viciously, but she was scolded by Yu's side, "Put away your habits!" The most important etiquette of the scholar family is morality, Lu Suiqi seems to be gentle and calm, but in his bones he still adheres to the style of the family, carefully slapping your face on the spot, so that you can't get off the stage! ”
Shi Meng suddenly stopped talking, but grinned at the Yu clan, and a mouthful of white teeth appeared in his hairy beard.
The horse team is approaching, the inner compartment is warm, the sparrow is frightened, Changting only told her to rest well, change to Baile close service, Chen Yu kneeling in front of Changting with a carved bronze mirror, Changting has combed her hair, changed her clothes, and collapsed on the soft pillow with a wilted expression, and her face was covered by Baile powder, eyebrows, and balm, the balm was warmed by the small stove, and the sweet osmanthus smell was faint, and the sweetness was as heavy as the bloody smell of last night's stuffy nose.
Changting vomited, sobered up a little, sniffed lightly on the tip of his nose, frowned and said, "I'm not happy to smoke the fragrance of osmanthus flowers, change it to white honey." ”
Baile was at a loss, so he had to look at Chen Yu.
Chen Yu glanced at Bai Le, Bai Le hurriedly retreated, and the old woman took the balm powder box with her own hands, and said in a gentle tone, "The osmanthus fragrance is good, it is autumn now, and the cinnamon is fragrant, which is very appropriate." It just so happens that Mrs. Yu of Jizhou Thorn Shi likes Jin Gui, we are now visiting someone else's house, and the girl has forgotten the importance of etiquette? ”
The women of the scholar clan should be like a breeze blowing on their faces, and they should be alienated but friendly, and they must not be rude and arrogant.
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At that time, she was taught that even if she was arrogant, she should not let others see it.
The long pavilion was quiet, the balms of the Lu family were all very good, the osmanthus was fragrant into a paste, viscous and thorough in the white jade pot, sweet and greasy, and it looked very delicate.
"I want white honey."
Changting spoke calmly, raised his head slightly, and looked at Chen Yu, "The smell of blood last night was also sweet, and the fragrance of osmanthus made me uncomfortable, I can't make myself uncomfortable." ”
Chen Yu shook her hand, sighed lightly, and finally reached out to change the white honey fragrance.
The carriage stopped steadily, and a little maid hurriedly entered the outer compartment, and Chen Yu said something in her ear.
Lu Changying then bent his fingers and knocked on the window, Baile half-knelt at the mouth of the inner compartment and lifted the curtain, the little maid bowed down after passing the words, Chen Yu didn't have time to put away her surprised look, so she had to kneel in front of the long pavilion first, fasten the cloak and hat one by one, and then whispered, "Mrs. Shi Meng was born in Yongzhou Yu, is a daughter of the Shi family, and now holds the title of Junjun, and now she has been entrenched in Jizhou with Shi Meng for more than 20 years. ”
Although the Shishu do not intermarry now, but the Hanmen recklessly rises, the military power in hand, in the name of the history of the Great Jin Dynasty entrenched in the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, people die for the wealth of the birds for the food to die, the late Eastern Han Dynasty scholars about more than 100 families, to this day, the scholars have disappeared to less than 50 surnames, the increasingly embarrassed scholars rely on the blood as a killing weapon, and marry into the Hanmen who hold the authority, it is not an old anecdote.
But such an act is despised by the nobles.
So how should she face the Yu family?
Changting's heart sank downward.
The sound of knocking on the window sounded on the car board again, and Lu Changying called in a low voice, "Gillian, Madame has gotten out of the car." ”
Changting responded indiscriminately, and then straightened the hat, in front of him was a dark blue cloud, personally opened the car curtain, rolled up the skirt and slowly got out of the car, through the hat to see the eldest brother standing in a robe, standing in front of the horse, Changting was settled, and vaguely saw the young man who drove forward in the darkness last night silently bowed and stood in front, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, it turned out that yesterday was not a ghost
"Come here!"
Fu Shi was half-sideways, smiled and beckoned to the long pavilion, then turned his head to the brocade-clothed woman beside him and said, "The eldest daughter of Duke Lu, call it the long pavilion." ”
The man had already dismounted and walked to the front, followed by all the female dependents, Changting glanced at Lu Changying, and hurriedly waved his hand at him, "Brother, don't worry about me, I'm fine." Lu Changying glanced at Chen Yu, then lifted his robe and walked forward quickly.
The ladies in front of her were all waiting for her in the same place, Changting stepped on the clogs and walked forward, standing behind Fu with lowered eyes and settling down, and when it was settled, Yu smiled and complimented, "Mrs. Fu is so blessed, a pair of palm beads." ”
"Where, where"
Fu smiled very gently and politely.
The ladies said together and walked forward together.
Changting walked without squinting, but felt that someone was looking at her, and when she raised her eyes, she found that there was a seven- or eight-year-old girl beside Yu's side who was not wearing a hat or rubbing powder, and looked at her with curiosity, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a pair of big eyes watery, and Changting gently bowed her head to show her attitude.
Unexpectedly, the little girl jumped up, smiled and leaned over to Yu's side and said, "Mother, that sister nodded at Ah Xuan!" ”
Fu Shi's feet paused, his complexion was slightly constricted, and the elders were talking politely in Kyoto Jiankang, and no matter how favored the juniors were, there was no reason to interject! Fu Shi came up, but Yu Shi took the opportunity to laugh and introduced, very humble and not arrogant, "This is the little girl Shi Xuan, who is used to being spoiled by her father and brother, and is very unruly." He smiled and retracted, "But in Jizhou, which is an acre and three points of land, there is no reason to embarrass the little girl because of this idea." ”