Chapter 64: Rites
The mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk, but it can't stop the people who go up the mountain. You can still see the snow on the top of the mountain, and the light green has already shone below. The men of the three families all came out to protect the children, but they still couldn't help the children's joyful pleas. When I went up the mountain, I saw bamboo, and I circled around the clumps of bamboo roots to look for it.
Wen Chunyi's face was full of interest, and a little bamboo shoots had been placed in the basket on her back. She held the bamboo slices in her hands, and her eyes were still looking around. Wen Chaoqing glanced at Wen Xueyi and Wen Xiuyu, who were next to each other in a short jacket that was convenient for travel, and then at Wen Chunyi, who was dressed as a small girl, he had a headache, the youngest daughter, decided to do things, as if she had never repented, her temperament was more stubborn than her brother and sister. Wen Chaoqing saw the tip of the bamboo shoots that came out, and hurriedly beckoned Wen Chunyi to come over, and the father and daughter dug it together.
The back basket on Wen Chunyi's back was finally placed on a small plane by Wen Chaoqing. She looked at the half-basket of bamboo shoots, and her eyes were full of excitement. Before coming, Wen Chaoqing only prepared two baskets, and Wen Chunyi insisted on having one of his own. As a last resort, I had to take an extra basket from Qingxun's house. said early that they would not bring idlers out, and Wen Chaoqing and the three children were also happy to be able to support themselves for a day. The eldest son of the Qingxun family, only one year younger than Wen Xueyi, because he is the eldest brother in the family, he has long been accustomed to being a child five, he led his companions, looking for it in the mountains, and from time to time there was the shouting sound of Qingxun men and Qingni men.
Wen Chunyi fell behind everyone, and Wen Chaoqing was in charge of the rear work, so he followed this daughter closely. The father and daughter have a rare tacit understanding, and they meet the bamboo shoots that have emerged in a day. The two of them dug together. At noon, three families. Sitting halfway up the mountain, eating the food he brought, and drinking the stream water that was caught in the middle of the mountainside with a bamboo tube. The three adults went to look at the contents of the basket they had brought. shared each other's experience of finding bamboo shoots. They looked at the children's faces without tiredness, and they had the heart to play this day. After finishing the meal, the six children quickly got into the pile of bamboo and looked for bamboo shoots.
When it was close to Youyou, the group went down the mountain, and the three families were piled up with bamboo shoots in the baskets, and the three men were full of smiles. The children were also full of excitement. On the mountain, the three carriages that had made an appointment with Lu were waiting at the mountain road. The three families got into the car separately, and the children reluctantly agreed to continue digging bamboo shoots up the mountain next time. Wen Chaoqing looked at the bamboo shoots piled up in the three baskets, and there was a smile on his face, he didn't think that his children were not weaker than the three children who often worked. Wen Xueyi and Wen Xiuyu also sighed that some bamboo shoots had just emerged, and they would wait for a few days before they could dig them, and they didn't know if they would be happy with the people of that family.
Wen Chunyi fell directly to Wen Chaoqing's thigh, and shouted in his mouth: "Dad." I'll just lie down for a while. Wen Chaoqing's hand stretched out, and the action of pushing was replaced by hugging her, and said, "Xueduo." I told you not to run, you ran faster than a monkey. Now, it's hard work. Wen Chunyi closed his eyes slightly. The way back to the city, there is still a while. Wen Chunyi quickly fell asleep. Wen Xueyi opened the bag and wanted to cover her with her own tent. Wen Chaoqing waved at her. He stretched out the tent on his body and wrapped Wen Chunyi in his arms.
Wen Xueyi and Wen Xiuyu's eyes flashed with envy, this sister was disliked by everyone in Wenfu. But in the eyes of her father, she is more favored than their brother and sister. Wen Chaoqing glanced at Wen Xueyi and Wen Xiuyu, who were sitting opposite, and said, "Let's talk, your sister is asleep and can't wake up." It's cold, you can't fall asleep and catch a cold on the way. Wen Xueyi and Wen Xiuyu immediately felt comfortable, Wen Xueyi looked at Wen Chaoqing with a smile and said, "Dad, I think the eldest sister-in-law is a good person, and in the future, our family will marry such a good daughter-in-law for Brother Yu." ”
Wen Xiuyu blushed, he already half-understood the meaning of these words. He glanced at Wen Xueyi and said to Wen Chaoqing, "Dad, my sister is making fun of me." Wen Chaoqing laughed at the two children, and he said to Wen Xueyi: "Xueyi, you look at the eldest sister-in-law well, and you have the opportunity to learn more from her." Wen Xueyi smiled and nodded, Wen Xiuyu glanced at her, and said, "Sister, the eldest sister is getting married, and the second sister heard that she also has to mention family affairs, sister, what kind of person do you want to marry?" Wen Xueyi's face turned red at once, she looked at Wen Xiuyu with an annoyed and angry look, and said, "I won't marry, I want Brother Yu to support me in the future." ”
Wen Xiuyu smiled and nodded and said, "If you can't choose a good person, you naturally don't have to marry, and I am reluctant for you to go to someone else's house to suffer." Sister, don't worry, I will definitely learn my skills hard, and I will definitely be able to support a family in the future. Wen Xueyi lowered her head with some emotion. She's a little older, and she's listening to things a lot. Wen Suyi's family affair is not as wishful as it seems. It's just that when Wen Suyi gets married, she will marry if she doesn't marry, and she can't stand in the way of her sisters behind. Wen Chaoqing turned his eyes away, such a topic is really not suitable for him, a father.
However, what should be reminded, he will still remind early: "Xueyi, we don't climb people's homes, and we don't go low to ourselves." You will choose a suitable person in the future, as long as that person treats you well, your father and mother will be at ease. "Hmm." Wen Xueyi replied softly, she believed that her parents would fight for herself, and she also believed that the old lady would not mistake herself. Old lady Wen sighed with Wen Xueyi in private, saying that she was the same as her own aunt, her eyelids were too shallow, and the two shallow women thought they had picked up the big head, but they didn't know that all they lost were treasures.
The carriage swayed, entered the city and arrived at the side gate of Wenfu, Wen Chunyi just woke up, glanced at the saliva mark on Wen Chaoqing's clothes, she turned her head with a serious face, and Wen Chaoqing carried her out of the carriage. Wen Chaoqing's two little guys hurriedly caught up, and casually lifted the two back baskets on the ground, which forced them to carry them on their backs, and the two of them worked together to carry a basket and walked to the fourth room. Wen Chunyi pulled Wen Chaoqing's hand and said, "It's divided." "The fourth room is too far away from the side door, and if you take these things back, they will still be sent out, so it's better to send them by the way.
Wen Chaoqing stretched out his hand and touched Wen Chunyi's head, and said to Wen Xueyi and Wen Xiuyu: "Let's go by the way, and when we get to the gate of the courtyard in a while, you two sisters and brothers will take some bamboo shoots in, please everyone follow and taste the umami." The two little guys looked relaxed, and they could be more relaxed all the way through. They didn't expect that their master and the two young ladies would be so mighty, and they could dig three baskets of bamboo shoots in one day. Wen Xueyi and Wen Xiuyu entered the courtyard gate with bamboo shoots, and Wen Chunyi beckoned the two little guys to go to the next courtyard door.
Wen Chaoqing raised her eyes and knew that her youngest daughter's cautious eyes were also acting like this. Wen Xueyi and Wen Xiuyu deliberately went to Mrs. Wen's study and Mrs. Wen's yard to deliver bamboo shoots, and when they finished walking the main courtyard, two baskets of bamboo shoots were empty. Wen Xueyi and Wen Xiujun were both a little reluctant to say: "We dug for a day, and it was all gone in a while." Wen Chunyi comforted them and said, "If you don't send it, tomorrow the bamboo shoots will turn into bamboo, and you can't eat them." Wen Chunyi listened to this comforting sentence by himself, and felt that it was an annoying word. However, the father and daughter were extremely attracted to these words, and all three of them looked at her with compliments.
The two little guys felt that their little young lady was not as stupid as anyone else in Wenfu, listening to what she said, it sounded like a very smart person. At least she proposed to give gifts all the way to ease the burden on the two of them. At the gate of the courtyard of the fourth room, Wen Chaoqing personally took some bamboo shoots and handed them to the two little servants and said, "Take them back and give them to your family to try." The two little guys looked grateful and thanked them repeatedly. The four of them marched into the courtyard, Wen Xiujun rushed directly at Wen Chunyi, intercepted Wen Chaoqing halfway and said, "Jun'er, your brother and sister are tired, let them go to freshen up before they come to play with you." ”
Jin and the servant woman came to look at the bamboo shoots on their backs, and everyone looked happy. Jin smiled and said: "The four of you dig for a day, there are so many bamboo shoots, we can keep some for ourselves to eat, and we can also send some to other rooms to taste the umami." Wen Xueyi smiled and said, "Mother, when we came by the way, we had already sent it over." When I arrived at the door, my father had already given some to Xiao Chengzi and Xiao Linzi to try. "Okay, well done. This way, everyone can taste the umami at dinner. So much, we can't use up so much, and the rest is for the people in the yard to try. Kim didn't mind the four of them making their own decisions, but smiled and agreed.
On this night, all the rooms in Wenfu were happy to taste the umami, and each room sent people to thank them, saying that the bamboo shoots were rare and delicious. Wen Chaoqing soaked his fatigue in the hot water, and went to see the four children with the Jin family. Wen Xueyi was still writing under the candlelight, and when she saw Wen Chaoqing and the Jin family coming in, she stood up and greeted her. Wen Chaoqing went to see the handwriting she wrote, Jin looked at the bright candle flame, and greeted: "I'm tired for a day, I have to get up early tomorrow, you can rest early." Wen Xueyi smiled and nodded, sent her parents away, and sat down quietly, she still had to finish writing two sheets before she could complete the regulations of Old Lady Wen.
Wen Chaoqing and his wife went to Wen Xiuyu's courtyard, he was about to blow out the lamp to sleep, and under the prohibition of the Jin family, he sat on the bed and did not come down to the ground. Kim put his hand under the quilt, touched his leg, and asked, "Is it sore?" Wen Xiuyu shook her head, Wen Chaoqing laughed and said, "If it hurts, I won't know until tomorrow morning." The husband and wife went to see Wen Chunyi, who was asleep, and asked the woman who was keeping vigil, and Zhilu said that not long after Wen Chunyi came back from dinner, they climbed into bed and fell asleep. Wen Xiujun is a well-behaved child who sleeps at the end of the day, Wen Chaoqing and his wife looked at him, and the husband and wife were relieved. The husband and wife are somewhat worried that their children, who are not tired on weekdays, will have leg pain when they get up early tomorrow. (To be continued......)