Chapter Ninety-Three: Tanabata
Xia Shuren and Mrs. Zhang talked for a little time behind closed doors.
Halfway through, He came over, Holly, who was guarding the door, smiled at her and shook her hand, He understood, didn't go in, turned a corner at the door and went back.
The sun was high outside, and Chu Weilin hid in Qinghui Garden, fortunately, the stock of ice this year was not tight, and the four corners were swinged, and no matter how much hibiscus fanned out, there would be no sweat.
Baolian originally wanted to go to Yishun Hall to wait for news, but Lu's mother grabbed her and said, "If there is news, we will report it, and our Baba's past and so on, but it seems that the girl is in a hurry, in case the old lady thinks the girl is frivolous......"
As soon as Baolian heard it, she understood, and quickly thanked Lu's mother, if one of her was inconsiderate and made the girl suffer some gossip in vain, how could it be good.
After the negotiation was settled in Yishun Hall, Mrs. Zhang called someone to summon He's family, and she led Xia Shuren out of the house, and then closed her eyes and sat quietly on the Luohan bed, and didn't move for a long time.
Yu's mother opened the curtain and came in, put the food box in her hand on the table, and said softly: "Old lady, it's time to take medicine." ”
Winter illness and summer treatment, Mrs. Zhang had some cough and asthma when it was cold, and called the doctor to diagnose her, saying that it would improve a lot in the summer, so she used the medicine every day.
Taking the medicine bowl from Yu's mother's hand, Mrs. Zhang took a sip of it, took tea and rinsed her mouth, and sighed: "I've been thinking these days, these are going to get married out one by one, who is left around me?" I used to be noisy around them, but now I feel lonely and old. ”
When Yu's mother heard this, she couldn't help laughing: "Wait for the granddaughter-in-law to come in." It's lively. ”
Old Mrs. Zhang smiled bitterly and shook her head, Chu Weicong and Chu Weixuan are still many years away from getting married, and before that, several girls had already married.
Thinking about it like this, even Chu Weilin and Chu Weiai, who were not very comfortable, felt a little more cordial.
"Go get Verin."
Dong Kui hurriedly walked this trip, Chu Weilin did not delay, and led Bao Hibiscus to Yishun Hall.
"Sit down," Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, and then instructed Dong Kui, "There is cold mung bean soup in the kitchen." Go and bring it to the girl. ”
Chu Weilin was surprised. Today, Mrs. Zhang treats her so kindly, which is really rare.
Older people pay attention to health, unlike young people who are greedy for cold and love ice bowls, this bowl with mung bean soup is slightly warm to the touch. Chu Weilin took a small sip. Waiting for Mrs. Zhang to speak.
"Xia Shuren just left. The ancestor of Changfu picked it, there are no good days in July, I think it is better to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival. August 26 is a good day, and there is more time to prepare. Mrs. Zhang said.
In July, all the provinces are busy, not to mention the upcoming Qixi Festival, and when it comes to the middle of the month and a half, they have to worship their ancestors, and the city is lively with river lanterns, and all kinds of things are crowded together, and it is not good to be in a hurry.
Chang Lao Ancestor is very particular about etiquette and procedures, and he refuses to be sloppy.
Chu Weilin also knew this truth, so she nodded: "It's all up to grandmother." ”
Mrs. Zhang bowed her head and instructed again: "You can't delay because you feel that it is a long time, everything that should be prepared is ready, you sisters are too close, when the time comes, you will line up one by one to get on the sedan chair, everyone is busy with everyone, don't expect the sisters to help." ”
When the girl's family got married, there were too many embroideries to prepare.
Because Chu Weiwan has to wait for the prince of Chongwang to return to Beijing, I am afraid that the gift will be delayed until the beginning of spring next year, and Chu Weilin will be in time by then.
There are also Chu Weiying and Chu Weichen in front, just like Mrs. Zhang said, several girls lined up to get on the sedan chair one by one, how could there be time to help each other.
Chu Weilin responded, thinking of what she wanted to mention, she was a little apprehensive, and only hesitated to open her mouth after half a sound: "Grandmother, Zhongyuan is coming, and the family is going to worship the ancestors, but the granddaughter still wants to go to her mother's grave to put incense on the pillar and tell her about the marriage of her granddaughter." ”
At the mention of the Jiang family, Mrs. Zhang's brows furrowed, and she wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, Chu Weilin's words were not wrong, as a child in a major event in life, it was natural to inform her parents.
Sighing secretly, Mrs. Zhang nodded and agreed: "I'll go after the Chinese Valentine's Day." ”
Old Lady Zhang was already gracious if she could agree, and Chu Weilin didn't care about the work of so many days, and responded with a smile.
Qixi Daughter's Day, the most important day for girls.
At dawn, Baolian took the two little maids to the garden to catch the happy spider, and when Chu Weilin was ready, she went to the long room.
The Zhangrong Courtyard was very lively, not to mention a few girls, but also many maids gathered together to giggle and talk.
Threading the needle and begging for skill, Chu Weiwan took the lead, smiled and accepted the skillful money, and then sat aside to eat the skillful fruit with Chu Weilin.
Chu Weiying has specialized in research, and she has a lot of experience in flower melons, and what she put out today is also from her hands.
Chu Weilin looked good-looking, and asked Chu Weiying a few words with a smile.
Chu Weiying smiled a little shyly: "It's just a practice, I don't know how many melons and fruits have been carved." This one is better, but I can't fry it well, it's not good. ”
Chu Weiai also came over, and when Chu Weiying saw this, he asked someone to take a carving knife and quickly carved an epiphany for Chu Weiai: "Give it to you." ”
Chu Weiai held it in his hand and looked left and right, which caused Chu Weichen to ponder carefully.
It was lively for a while.
When Huang saw them together, his eyes couldn't help but moisten, and he whispered to Gu: "It's only this year, and I won't be able to get together at this time next year." ”
Gu Shi was just about to nod, when she saw the maid shisha rushing over, and she was so frightened that she couldn't help but shout: "What to do!" There are no rules! ”
The hookah didn't care about the rules, and gasped: "Madam, the second grandmother just had a seizure." ”
"...... again" Gu's first reaction was that Miao's temper was lost again, Xu is it is really difficult to hold a full-term stomach in the summer, Miao's temper is getting worse and worse after entering the summer, although it is not to speak coldly to her mother-in-law and husband, the big and small maids and mothers-in-law in Yancuiyuan are not less scolded, Gu's has also been born and raised, knowing that this temper cannot be contained, and it is good to wait for the child to be born, so he did not control it more. It's just that in the past three days, the Gu family is a little unbearable.
I just opened my mouth and said two words. Seeing that the hookah was eager like this, his mind suddenly changed, and Gu Shi hurriedly said, "What happened?" Belly? ”
The hookah nodded hurriedly.
Miao is the first child, and it will take a lot of time to give birth to the seizure, so Huang said: "Speak slowly, how to have a seizure?" ”
Called Huang's stability, the hookah took a deep breath and said: "Suddenly it hurts, the second master asked me to move my grandmother to the ear room, and Caiyu went to call Wen Po." ”
Gu couldn't sit still. Talk to Huang. I hurried to the Yancui Garden.
The Huang family is an uncle, and there is still an old lady on the top to stare at, so it is not easy to slack off, so she entered the main house and said to the old lady. When they came out, they let the girls disperse first. I went over to help myself.
Miao didn't give birth to a daughter until it was dark. reported to the courtyards, and at this time, Chu Weilin had just blown out the lamp and faintly heard the sound of talking outside. She rolled over in a daze, not knowing what kind of web the spider in the box would form when she opened her eyes.
Miao's firstborn had a daughter, and Gu's had her own regrets, but the old lady Wen was very happy to see it, and she didn't want to show some affection on her face, after all, for the matter of the silver, the old lady Wen was still annoyed with her.
The eldest grandmother Su has already had a boy, and this time she has added a great-granddaughter, and the old lady is satisfied, they are always a young couple, and they will have more children in the future. Because she was born on Qixi Festival, Mrs. Wen took the name of Sister Qiao.
Sister Qiao'er was also very lively on the day of washing.
When adding a pot, Gu's grandmother wanted to lose face, but she lost a lot of silver because of the profit, and she gritted her teeth and took out a piece of mutton fat jade pendant in the box, which was originally prepared for her grandson, but now she can only be emergency, and when Miao gives birth to a son, she will think of a better one.
Chu Weilin left the house the next day, and Mrs. Zhang was a little worried, but she asked Chu Lunyu to accompany her, she didn't have to think about it to know that her son was going to add a layer of sadness, so she simply gave up this idea and dialed Holly to follow.
Near Zhongyuan, there are many people who go to the tomb, and the passage at the city gate is not as smooth as on weekdays, but fortunately, the Chu family has its own mountain, and after leaving the city gate, it quickly goes up the mountain.
It was the son of the Chu family who guarded the ancestral grave, and he guarded it every day, and no new grass was added to the grave.
Chu Weilin knelt in front of the Jiang family's grave, clasped her palms together and silently recited the words in her heart, and said a lot of tea, her eyes were red before she took the three sticks of incense from Baolian's hand and inserted them.
When I returned to Beijing, I suddenly thought of Su Zhitang's pastries, so I ordered the handlebar to go around to Dongjie and wanted to bring some back.
There was a long queue outside Su Zhitang, and the handlebar type parked the car a little farther away, and asked an accompanying mother-in-law to go over to buy pastries.
Baolian picked up the curtain slightly and glanced at it, estimating that she would not be able to buy it for a while, so she said: "Girl, the slave maid went to the front water incense shop to buy some gouache." ”
Bao Jin smiled when she heard this: "Buy a box for me, Sister Baolian chose it for me." ”
Bao Lian went with a smile, and Bao Jin casually said a few words to Chu Weilin about the Water Fragrance Workshop.
Although the rouge of the water incense shop is expensive, the things are very good, as long as the little lady in the city has some spare money in her hands, she loves to use it, it is among the big houses in the house, and it is also quite popular with the big girls.
Baolian entered the water fragrance shop, was carefully selected, and suddenly heard someone calling her on the side, she looked up, quite familiar, and then thought about it and remembered that it was the Li lady in the Jade House.
"Girl to choose rouge?" Mrs. Li leaned over with a smile and asked Baolian in a low voice, "I wonder if the girl from your mansion picked the jewelry she liked in other places last time?" We have just arrived in the Jade House for some new things, and we invite the girl to take a look at her face. ”
Pauline rolled her eyes, pursed her lips and did not respond.
The last time, not to mention Chu Weilin, she and Bao Hibiscus were tired of the Jade House's style, even if they wanted to pick things, they would never take the girl there again.
Mrs. Li is a businessman, and she is the best at guessing people's thoughts, so she took out a silver ingot and gave it to Baolian: "The girl will also pick and choose by herself, and keep it cheap and good." ”
The silver ingot in her hand is not small, Baolian instinctively wants to hold it, and suddenly a spirit is excited, thinking of Zhou's mother's matter, Chu Weilin raised her noble hand, if she is not careful, if the girl is investigated, she still wants this errand.
Baolian hurriedly withdrew her hand, refusing to take the silver, and was afraid that Mrs. Li would continue to entangle, so she simply didn't choose any rouge, and hurriedly walked outside.
Far away, Baolian saw that there was an extra green horse next to her carriage, and there was a young man standing with his back to her beside the horse, she couldn't recognize it for a while, and when she got closer, she saw that it was Chu Weijing.
Chu Weijing happened to see a carriage with a family emblem on East Street and came over to ask, and when he saw that it was Chu Weilin, he simply waited to go home.
Pauline breathed a sigh of relief, said hello and got into the car.
Bao Jin saw that she hadn't bought anything, and was wondering, when she saw a figure rushing over quickly from a distance and kneeling beside Chu Weijing.
Chu Weijing looked fixedly, but it was Zhao San'er.
Zhao San'er was out of breath: "Master, it's not good, something happened in Qingji Lane!" (To be continued......)