Chapter 13: Another Encounter
Walking around the street a little, Wu said: "Find a bigger restaurant, eat and then hurry, I am tired of eating those few dishes on the boat every day." ”
So I found a three-story restaurant in the downtown area, which should also be counted in Tongzhou.
Wu ordered a few famous dishes of this restaurant, and the table was full of meat and vegetables.
After the master finished eating, the people ate, the work of running the hall served tea, drank tea for a while, and rested almost, Wu saw that the sky was already falling, so he went out of the small house to take care of the sedan chair.
Then I remembered, "Bring a few meat buns."
"Our wife said to wrap a few large bags of meat buns and take them home." The subordinate hurriedly greeted the running hall and ordered.
The work is busy: "Mrs. and girls, wait a minute, you will get it soon."
took the hot one wrapped in oil paper, carried it by the little servant, and walked out.
When I walked out of the door, I saw a few people coming towards the restaurant, and the guys rushed over when they saw it, and sang loudly, "A few masters, please".
Wan Zhen glanced at it, and suddenly her heart tightened, and it was a few gentlemen who had just met Lu and rode a horse.
The young man saw Wanzhen's 'huh', Wanzhen walked behind the fifth girl and the sixth girl, and began to wear a black wisp of gold python satin Hechang The noble son didn't pay attention, listened to the young man's voice, looked over, and was stunned when he saw Wanzhen.
This time, he didn't say anything indiscriminate, his mother Wu was there, and she was afraid that they were saying something indecent, and let Wu blame her.
And the son who rode the red horse stared at the five girls, but the eyes of the five girls Shen Wanzhu fell on the son who was wearing a black gold python satin and crane.
The man didn't care, only looked through her, glanced at Shen Wanzhen, when Shen Wanzhen's eyes came, his heart rose to his throat again, the man only glanced at her, then withdrew his gaze, and Shen Wanzhen's heart fell back into his chest.
But the fifth girl, Shen Wanzhu's footsteps, stopped, and Wu's majestic voice came, "Don't leave yet, what are you rubbing?" ”
Wu is really tired of this girl, just like Aunt Zhang, staring at men, her eyes are used to hooking men, and her own man is probably hooked like this.
Shen Wanzhu listened to Wu's call, and hurriedly took a step, but as soon as she took a step, she leaned forward and fell forward, it turned out that Shen Wanyu from behind caught up and deliberately stepped on her skirt, and Shen Wanzhu saw that the boy was distracted, and did not pay attention to the skirt under his feet, and suddenly lay on the ground.
With this 'poof', the noble boy who was just about to enter the door turned around, and when he saw it, the corners of his mouth were raised, and he seemed to smile.
Shen Wanzhu had a big red face, and the maid hurriedly stepped forward to help, she threw away her hand in annoyance and scolded: "What did you do just now?"
The girl didn't dare to speak out when she was wronged, and said in her heart, who knew that you were fascinated by a man and fell down by yourself.
got up by himself and glared at the sixth girl, Shen Wanyu, but Shen Wanyu wrote lightly: "I'm sorry Fifth Sister, I didn't see stepping on your skirt."
Shen Wanzhu couldn't wait to slap her twice, and when she saw Wu turn around, she couldn't help it, she didn't fight with Shen Wanyu, and on the street, if she lost her dignity, Wu would definitely punish her, so she swallowed it temporarily.
Shen Wanzhen didn't step forward to help her, knowing her temper, she was afraid of angering herself, so she hid far away. Only pulling the eight girls, the eight girls are usually angry with the five girls, they dare not speak, their father spoils her, and now she sees her making a fool of herself, she gags her mouth with a handkerchief, wants to laugh, and holds back, Wanzhen twists her face to the side and purses her lips and laughs.
It was not difficult for him to lose a little bit of disgust for himself.
Get off the boat and change the sedan chair, the sedan chair travels for a few hours, passes through the lively street market in the capital, stops in front of a tall mansion, the gate of the Wu Mansion suddenly opens, and the people shout loudly: "The second aunt and the cousin have arrived."
As soon as he got off the sedan chair, a young man in gorgeous clothes came forward, knelt down on one leg for Wu, and said loudly: "My nephew has seen my aunt."
Wu stepped forward and helped him up, looking at it, his eyes moist, "You are Lan'er."
"It's my nephew, who was ordered by my parents to welcome my aunt." The young man spoke in a Beijing accent.
Wu took out a handkerchief and wiped his eyes, "You have grown so big after more than ten years away from Beijing."
He looked at him happily and said, "My daughter-in-law has also married, and I heard that I have both nieces and granddaughters."
The man smiled and said, "Auntie's blessing."
Shen Wanzhen understood that this was the pseudo-cousin of the Wu Mansion, named Wu Jinglan, and the Wu family said to the back: "I came to see your cousin."
Shen Wanzhu and Shen Wanyu were both stunned, Shen Wanyun kissed her cousin, who was closer than others, and hurriedly stepped forward to squat down and salute, "I've seen my cousin."
Shen Wanzhen also naturally squatted down and saluted: "I've seen my cousin."
Shen Wanzhu and Shen Wanyu saw that the strange man was a little twisted at first glance, and they also bowed.
Wu Jinglan was stunned in an instant, she couldn't help but hook her lips, this smile made several people shake, Wu Jinglan's facial features were beautiful and smooth, and she was a beautiful man.
Shen Wanyu behind him was stunned.
Wu Jinglan hugged her fists and smiled: "I heard that my sisters are coming, and several sisters in my house have been waiting for the old lady to go to the room for a long time."
Say it, and say to Wu: "Please aunt get on the sedan chair, grandmother and parents are waiting in the hall."
Mrs. Wu, Jiang, and grandmother Zhen waited at the second gate with the maid and mother-in-law, Wu got off the sedan chair, Jiang stepped forward, pulled his hand, and said, "My sister is back."
The sister-in-law hadn't seen her for many years, and she was relatively embarrassed, Jiang looked at the girls behind the Wu family and said with a smile: "These are the nieces."
Wanyun hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and said in unison: "I've seen my uncle."
Jiang Shi pulled Wanyun alone to look, "The niece should also get married when she comes back this time."
Shen Wanyun smiled embarrassedly, lowered his head and said, "Look at what my aunt said."
Wu Shi saw a young woman standing next to her sister-in-law, with well-rounded flesh and bones, and her demeanor was elegant, "This is Lan's daughter-in-law."
The eldest young lady Zhen hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said with a smile: "The old lady has been talking all day long, and my aunt is finally back."
He looked back at the girls of the Wu family and said with a smile: "My sisters came just in time, our girls are sad and lonely, this time it is lively."
"I've seen my cousin." Several people said in unison.
Let's say it, Zhen deliberately smiled affectionately at Shen Wanyun, "I heard that the fourth sister's poetry and singing are first-class, and I have time to see and understand."
Shen Wanzhu saw that she only mentioned the fourth girl, and the boss was unhappy in her heart, and wanted to find an opportunity to display her talents, and let the Wu family take a look.
Zhen deliberately looked at a few people and said with a smile: "When my sisters go to a foreign house, it's like their own home, you're welcome."
Shen Wanzhen saw Shen Wanzhu's displeasure, these five girls don't know what kind of cousin they are.
The group went directly to the upper room.
The maids reported, and they heard an old voice in the house, "Min'er is back?" ”
Wu's boudoir name is called: Wu Shumin.
Wu entered the door, walked a few steps excitedly, knelt in front of the old lady in the center of the hall, and choked up: "My daughter is not filial, so she can't serve in front of her knees."
"My sister went to Beijing this time, stayed a few more days, and accompanied the old lady." It was the elder brother of the Wu family who spoke.
Wu had seen his brother again.
The mother and daughter hadn't seen each other for more than ten years, and with tears in her eyes, the old lady asked her daughter to sit beside her and said, "When you left Beijing that year, you were still young, and now you are old."
"The children are all older, can my daughter not be old?" Wu was filled with joy and sorrow, wiping his tears with a handkerchief.
After that, beckoned a few girls to come forward.
Mrs. Wu is in good spirits, she is the stepmother of Mrs. Wu, Uncle Wu's stepmother, ten years older than Uncle Wu, and gave birth to a second daughter, that is, the second wife Wu, and the third daughter in Shaanxi, Mrs. Wu has no children, so she treats the son-in-law in the front room as her own, therefore, Uncle Wu respects his stepmother.
A few girls bowed to the old lady, their uncles and aunts.
Mrs. Wu was busy "rewarding".
The next person held the lacquer plate, and in the plate was a pair of golden hairpins and a gold collar for each person, several people were the same, Mrs. Wu would be a person, and there was no distinction between relatives and relatives on the surface.
Mrs. Wu Jiang waved her hand and called a few girls from Wu Mansion to come over to see her, Wan Zhen looked at it, the head was slightly plump, with a silver basin face, apricot eyes and peach cheeks, and thought, this must be Wu Ailian, the daughter of Wu Mansion, who had heard her mother say,
The pointed jaw and narrow face, a little cowering in front of people, it must be the maid who raised the aunt's birth called Wu Yulian, and the other concubine has a chubby round face, with an ordinary appearance, but also a timid and afraid of things, Wanzhen thought, this Mrs. Wu raised the two concubines to be unrecognizable.
The three of them stepped forward to salute, Wu Ailian only symbolically held her hand on her waist, squatted slightly, and regarded it as a salute, with a coquettish look on her face, as if she looked down on them, and only smiled at the fourth girl, Shen Wanyun, "The fourth sister has worked hard all the way."
Wu Yulian saluted to Wanzhen and shouted timidly: "Hello sister", and Wanzhen returned the salute and shouted: "Good sister". Although she looked timid, her eyes were shining.
Wu Huilian, who was not as chubby, was a little wooden, followed the salute, and called out in a sullen voice: "Sister"
This kung fu, Master Wu was called out by the little guy for something.
Mrs. Wu wanted to say something to her daughter, but Zhen beckoned to the girls with a look in her eyes and said, "My sisters will go in with me to play." ”
Jiang also said: "The daughter-in-law went to the kitchen to look at the food, and the mother and the aunt chatted first." Let's say, walk towards the back hall, before leaving, I also glanced at Wanzhen and a few people, and deliberately glanced at Wanzhen.
Wu stood up, "Sister-in-law bothered."
Sending her sister-in-law out of the house before she sat down.