122 Before marriage
The white horse passed through the gap, time flies, this blink of an eye, the wet and cold winter passed inadvertently, the spring in the south came earlier, only in early February, the temperature began to warm up, and there was no need to wrap a bloated jacket when going out.
The period of filial piety of the Zhao family has passed, and Grandma Song officially put her son's marriage on the agenda.
The eldest lord went to other provinces to repay his wishes in the Jiuhuashan temple for the old lady who had always wanted to go to the temple before his death, and planned to live in the temple for half a year, to repay his deceased father's wishes, and also to pray for the children of the family to be on the list of the imperial examination this year.
Last year, Lu Shangshu came here to repair the river embankment destroyed by the flood on both sides, but he was urgently recruited back to the capital before the construction started.
At the beginning of the year, Grandma Song mentioned the marriage between her son and the Lu family in the letter, and the eldest man naturally agreed, and specially repaired a book to go to the Lu family in the capital, mentioning the matter in the letter, and explained that he prayed for his deceased father, and could not return home for the time being, and the Lu family could wait for half a year, and after he returned home, he personally came to the door to propose marriage for his son.
The eldest lord is filial, and Lu Shangshu, who is an old friend, has always known it and understands the eldest lord quite well.
This time, Lu Shangshu lived directly in a temporarily rented mansion in Zhao's town, and visited Zhao's house on the same day and took Lu Siqi back.
The second master and Grandma Song exchanged anger, and Grandma Song sent someone to stare at him while perfunctory Zhao Rongzhao, so that he would not leave the Zhao family an inch, and the news outside. It's all the second master who 'secretly' sued him.
Lu Shangshu has come to the town, the marriage between Zhao and Lu was officially mentioned, and the second master also ransomed Liu Zijin from the Bangxiang Building.
Liu Zijin was reluctant at first, but she couldn't stand the persuasion of the second lady, thinking that she was getting older and older, and for now, this seemed to be the only way she could stay with Zhao Rongzhao, so she had to agree to it. In the name of the righteous woman. moved into a small merchant family with the same surname Lu that the second master chose for her.
After seeing that everything was ready, in order to completely calm her son's heart, Grandma Song deliberately released the water and let Zhao Rongzhao quietly follow the second master out of the house. rushed to the merchant Lu's house to meet Liu Zijin. The two hurriedly said goodbye. Each has good expectations and waits for the arrival of the wedding date after the next dowry.
Within a few days, the second master personally took Zhao Rongzhao's Geng post. took the dowry and went to Lu Shangshu's mansion to get hired, the Lu family had already had this intention, and they hit it off, and immediately wrote a marriage letter and set a date to welcome their relatives.
Although Grandma Song verbally promised that she would never interfere, she still tried her best to secretly send someone to follow the second master, which was a lifelong event related to her son, and she had to be extremely careful.
Since he is doing a play, he has to do a full set, the second master and the Lu merchant have already communicated with each other, pretending to go to the Lu family for a while, pretending to be a dowry, and also writing a marriage letter to take back.
The marriage book of Lu Shangshu's family was handed over to Grandma Song, and the marriage book of Lu Shang's family was handed over to Zhao Rongzhao.
Zhao Rongzhao held the hard-won marriage letter, his hands were trembling with nervousness, and he looked at the second master speechless for a long time, so moved that he didn't know what to say.
Fang Fei naturally will not be idle, Fang Luo is outside, it is easier to inquire about things outside, he has already felt the small actions of the second master, and sent a message to her, asking her if she wants to spread the news.
Fang Fei immediately replied to refuse, not only could he not reveal it, but also helped the second master and Grandma Song cover up, only in this way can Zhao Rongzhao be obediently married, anyway, the bride entered the door with a red hijab, and by the time he found out about the problem, it was already too late. Grandma Song wanted to watch her son and couldn't let him go out, in the same way, Zhao Rongzhao also wanted to hide from Grandma Song, the mother and son each had ghosts, restrained each other, and entrusted the matter to the second master.
Things are more smooth than imagined, Lu Siqi fell in love with Zhao Rongzhao when he was a child, and he refused to marry over the years, also because he was still worried about him in his heart, Lu Shangshu doted on his only daughter, and naturally relied on her with all his heart.
At this point, Lu Siqi is already a member of the Zhao family, just waiting for the wedding to arrive, and the Zhao family will carry a sedan chair to greet her.
On Liu Zijin's side, the second master has also worked hard, and Liu Zijin is now busy buying a dowry for herself, full of joy, and has no time to take care of anything else.
After receiving the marriage letter with the names of Zhao Rongzhao and Lu Siqi and the seals of the two families on it, Grandma Song personally went to the family temple on the mountainside, and asked the monks in the temple to carefully combine the eight characters and choose a good day and auspicious day: March 3, which is the best day of the year.
It's already mid-February, it's almost late, the wedding date is very urgent, I'm afraid that I have to start preparing from the time I go back, in order to catch up, Grandma Song is afraid of a long night and a lot of dreams, so she gritted her teeth and set the third day of the third day of March.
After returning home, he immediately went to the ancestor's side.
At that time, it was dusk, the weather was gradually getting warmer, the old ancestor who had escaped the winter looked in good spirits, Fang Fei accompanied her to sit on the lotus pond, Grandma Song rushed to Yining Hall and pounced, so she had to call someone to inquire, and then went to the pavilion on the lotus pond, and then found the old ancestor.
"Say hello to my ancestors." Grandma Song opened her mouth and said, her words revealing unconcealable joy.
The old ancestor glanced at her and teased: "I'm going to give you a happy day, right, tell me, what day is the date set?" ”
Where Grandma Song went, naturally she couldn't escape the eyes of the ancestors, long before she returned home, the ancestors already knew where she went and what she did.
"It's set on the third day of March, the day of the Shangsi Festival." After speaking, Grandma Song took two steps forward and handed the date she asked for from the family temple to the ancestor, "My granddaughter-in-law has asked, this is the best day of the year." ”
The old ancestor squinted at it and asked Fang Fei on the side: "Ah Fei, what do you think?" ”
Fang Fei peeled the melon seeds in his hand unhurriedly, and said, "Although the days are good." But time is a little tighter, Rong Zhao is the eldest son of the long house, and he is careless in marriage, and I have never organized a happy event, so I am afraid that I have to rely on the cooperation of the chief steward and the second master. ”
The old ancestor stared at her for a moment, and after half a sound, he nodded and said, "What you said has some truth, not to mention that your body has just recovered not long ago." Don't overwork. Let Lao Zhao and the second child handle this matter. ”
Grandma Song was a little unhappy, thinking that if Fang Fei was to handle the marriage, in order to avoid gossip, she would definitely make the wedding beautiful. After all, she is in charge of the keys to the storeroom at home. What can't you take out? It's different to be the second master. After all, it's not his son's wedding, and the time is pressing, I'm afraid it's perfunctory. may not be willing to sincerely help with this.
For the sake of her son, Grandma Song thought about it again and again, but decided to fight for it, and said boldly: "Ancestor, the second brother is busy with official affairs in the yamen, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to take care of this matter, otherwise, let Mrs. Tai come to ......."
"Shut up!" Before he could finish speaking, he was rudely interrupted by the old ancestor, and even used his cane to crutch the floor under his feet.
"In the past, everyone had an account in their hearts, and now that they have finally turned the page, then no one should reveal the scars again!" The old ancestor glared at Grandma Song, his eyes were cold, and his words were sharp, so that Grandma Song couldn't raise her head, "Your son is a human, and others are not human?" If you want your son to get married, then you can take out the money to subsidize it, the head of the family is not enough, please go out yourself, don't always feel that others should do anything for your family, and there is no such reason in the world. ”
After saying a few words, Grandma Song couldn't raise her head, so she just nodded vigorously and said yes, and walked away.
It's just weird, she was carried away by her son's imminent marriage, and forgot that if it wasn't for her letting Zhao Rongzhao go, now Fang Fei should be her daughter-in-law, not her mother-in-law!
Although the matter has already been turned over now, it is impossible for the parties to say in their hearts that they are not at all embarrassed, and they still want Fang Fei to handle this marriage in person, which is too cruel for her.
Waiting for Grandma Song to go away, Fang Fei smiled, put his hand on the back of the hand that the old ancestor had just slapped on the stone table, which looked like a withered tree, and said warmly: "Old ancestor, everything has turned over, why do you bother to talk about her." ”
The old ancestor who had been staring at Grandma Song's back gradually drifting away turned around, shook his head gently, and said: "My Zhao family has been loyal to the outside master for generations, and it is completely ruined in the boss's generation, none of them I can look at, and I am used to them, there are hundreds of people up and down in this family, and they have to revolve around her!" ”
At this time, there were more than a dozen subordinates standing inside and outside the pavilion, and the words of the ancestor were loud, some people listened to the dark music, and some people shivered. Where is this family still like a family, there are ears everywhere, since some people want to know her attitude so much, then the ancestor simply said it out loud, saving others from thinking nonsense.
In the evening, after listening to what the ancestor said later, Grandma Song was completely dead.
The wedding date is imminent, the eldest lord is not in the house, the spring is full of affairs and Zhao is busy, and the second master has a lot of things in the yamen, Grandma Song had to go into battle in person, if she didn't understand, she was shy, and went down to ask Zhao Da Steward in a low voice, and she also took a lot of silver out to subsidize it in private.
Just renovating the courtyard where Zhao Wanrong used to live to make a wedding room for her son cost a lot of money, and Grandma Song can also see it, anyway, she has a pair of children, her daughter has already been married, and her own dowry back then was not left to her son or to anyone, and she took it out happily at the moment, without any ambiguity.
At the end of the month, the new yard was finally taken care of, and the day of welcoming relatives was approaching, the new yard was pasted with the big red word of happiness everywhere, and the big red colored silk was hung high on the pillar, which was joyful and peaceful.
The closer he got to the wedding, the more calm and calm Zhao Rongzhao became, now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and he is obedient to Grandma Song, for fear that he will be careless and be seen by Grandma Song, but it will fall short.
After more than ten days of intense work, the day of welcoming relatives finally ushered in.
On the eve of the approach, Zhao Rongzhao couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and begged the second master to take him out, meet Liu Zijin in person, and explain some things by the way.
After all, Liu Zijin grew up in the Qinglou, and the rules of different big families, Lu Siqi is just the opposite, her words and deeds are all standard ladylike demeanor, and Grandma Song is also from a famous family, and her vision in etiquette and behavior is very poisonous.
The second master was secretly glad that he had made all the preparations, and secretly led Zhao Rongzhao to Lu Shang's house and saw Liu Zijin who was trying on a wedding dress.
Liu Zijin has always been a Qing person, and has always only loved to wear light-colored clothes, this time wearing a bright red wedding dress, the whole person is like a red lotus blooming in the wind, blooming in the ice and snow, exuding a fatal temptation.
Zhao Rongzhao was stunned, he forgot his original intention of coming, and rushed over, tightly wrapped her into his arms, eager to crush her and stuff her into his body, and said inarticulately: "Zijin, I'm sorry, I can't let you enter the door openly......"
If she was righteous and bright, she would not be able to enter the door of the Zhao family in her life!
Liu Zijin had already figured this out, and immediately hugged Zhao Rongzhao back, and whispered comfortingly: "Rongzhao, don't say that, it is already a great blessing to be able to marry you as a wife in this life, as for the rest, I don't care, how difficult the road ahead is, I am not afraid, as long as you are always by my side......"
The two complained to each other, and the second master across the door said impatiently outside the door: "Big nephew, it's okay, I'll leave the sweet words for tomorrow night when I am in the cave room, now hurry up and get down to business, and when I go home, it will be completely over when my mother finds out!" ”
Zhao Rongzhao took a deep breath, let go of Liu Zijin in his arms, and explained Liu Zijin the details to be paid attention to tomorrow, and then hurriedly returned to Zhao's house with the second master.
Grandma Song's nerves are now like a cat with hair standing on end all over her body, she didn't dare to slack off at all, and after hiding in the dark and seeing her son return to the house, she ordered someone to watch him and resolutely refused to let him leave the house half a step before he got married.
In the dead of night, Fang Fei was reading on the bed with her back to the pillow, and suddenly there was a soft sound of 'pop' in the room, which startled her to sit up straight in a hurry, and was about to call the maid on night duty outside, but her arm suddenly stretched in from outside the gauze tent, covering her mouth and nose accurately!
The person who came was wearing a black tight-fitting night suit, his body was thin, and his figure was a little familiar, but his face was covered with a black scarf, and only a pair of obsidian-like eyes were exposed, and in the panic, Fang Fei couldn't identify it at all. (To be continued......) R1292