The fifteenth day of the first lunar month of other families is joyful, but the Ma family is troublesome.

Gu Qingjia is a stuffy gourd on weekdays, he doesn't like to talk much, and he is not good at words. He helped his mother back, but he didn't know how to comfort his mother, just silently watched his mother lie down, pulled a chair and sat in front of the bed.

Ma felt sad in his heart, thinking about the road he had traveled and his children, and he became more and more sad. In the end, the only one who was willing to accompany him turned out to be this taciturn eldest son.

Her Jia'er could have a good future. Because Jia'er's second uncle, who is a general, was heartfelt early and paved the way for her Jia'er, just to let his Jia'er have a bright future in the future. But he didn't want to, Jia'er's second uncle died in the frontier, and Gu Yunfu, who had lost his conscience, began to rob his brother's family property, which annoyed Jia'er's second uncle's old friends. Those people repented and refused to contribute, which made her Jia'er lose her good future, and she couldn't even go to school.

In desperation, her Jia'er left Beijing to study. finally got the name of a showman, Gu Yunfu, who lost his conscience, caused trouble, summoned Jia'er back, and forced Jia'er to marry the unmarried and pregnant Chen. Gu Yunfu not only ruined her life, but also ruined her Jia'er. She felt sad, thinking about why she hadn't cut off Gu Yunfu's head with a knife just now.

Gu Qingjia didn't know what her mother was thinking, and when she saw that her mother began to cry silently again, she hurriedly took her own handkerchief and came out, clumsily wiping her tears for her mother, "Mother, don't think about it, you still have children." In the future, you don't have to worry about everything in this family, and leave it to the children to carry it. ”

Ma Shi grabbed his hand, "Jia'er, don't worry, it's good for my mother to sleep, just sleep." Tomorrow, my mother will take a break from Chen's for you. ”

Gu Qingjia was startled, and hurriedly probed her forehead, "Mother, what's wrong with you?" ”

Ma Shi smiled miserably, "Jia'er, it's not good for my mother, my mother should have been like this a long time ago." If the mother had made a decision earlier, Hui'er's mother would not have been forced to die, and you would not have been trapped at home depressed, without doing anything, wasting several years of good time in vain. ”

Gu Qingjia looked worried, "Mother." ”

"My mother is fine, my mother wants to open it. Jia'er, don't go, just sit on the edge of my mother's bed, guarding my mother, my mother wants to sleep well, don't let people disturb my mother. ”

Gu Qingjia was worried, afraid that his mother would not be able to think about it, "Okay, if the child doesn't leave, he will guard his mother." ”

Ying Gu wiped away her tears, stepped back lightly, and closed the door. She turned around and saw the young lady standing outside her door with an unhappy face, she didn't see it, and walked in the direction of the door of the eldest young master's room.

"Stop." Gu Li stopped her unhappily.

Ying Gu stopped and turned back, but she lost her respectful attitude in the past, looked at the young lady indifferently, and did not speak.

Seeing this, Gu Li became angry, "Okay, you aunt, you actually shook Miss Ben's face and knelt down." ”

Yinggu stood straight, "Madame is not in good health, the old slave wants to make a fire and cook a bowl of white rice porridge for Madame." If the young lady is interested, she may wish to come to the kitchen to help. ”

Gu Li blushed angrily, "You are a cheap slave, you dare to ask Miss Ben to do cheap work, Miss Ben will definitely let her mother sell you." ”

Ying Gu sighed, turned around and walked away, and entered the eldest young master's house. Seeing Mei'er hugging Miss Hui'er and coaxing, she looked at her nervously. She asked softly, "What's wrong?" ”

Mei'er replied in a low voice, "Miss Hui'er is crying so much, the slave and maid come to coax her, and she doesn't dare to go away." When Miss Gang found out, she was not happy and said that she would sell the slaves and maidservants to the kiln. ”

Ying Gu sighed and touched Miss Hui's little face, "Come with me, I can't do the kitchen work alone." ”

Mei'er hurriedly said, "The slave will send Miss Hui to the eldest young master." "Here, the second young master and his wife will not take care of Miss Hui, and Miss Hui will not take care of Miss Hui. When she was doing work with Aunt Ying, she was always led by the Ma family or the eldest young master.

Ying Gu thought that Madame needed the eldest young master to accompany her, so she said, "No need, you carry Miss Hui over, you just watch the stove, and I'll do the rest by myself." "In this courtyard, the second young lady and the young lady can't count on it, they just wait for someone to serve them all day long, where will they go to the kitchen to help. Even if they drank water, they had to wait for someone to pour it, and they didn't have the consciousness of being down.

Mei'er agreed, hugged Miss Hui, who was playing with her hair, and followed Aunt Ying to the kitchen.

When Gu Li saw it, she naturally wanted to lose her temper, "Okay, you stinky girl, don't come to serve you, and dare to hold Hui'er, Miss Ben will definitely betray you." ”

Yinggu and Mei'er didn't speak, and quickly went into the kitchen to prepare lunch.

Gu Li felt provoked, stomped his feet, and wanted to go to the Ma family to seek justice.

Ma's door opened, Gu Qingjia came out with a calm face, and when he saw that Gu Li was about to speak, he covered Gu Li's mouth. Gu Li was frightened and struggled. Gu Qingjia covered her mouth while dragging her to her room, threw her on the bed, and warned in a low voice, "If you dare to make my mother sad again, see how I clean you up." ”

Gu Li was a little afraid of the eldest brother at the moment, but she was hurt by the fall, and she felt wronged, "Big brother, you actually beat me, I want to sue my mother." With that, she got up from her bed and prepared to go out.

Thinking of the mother who finally fell asleep, and thinking of how this sister broke her mother's heart before, Gu Qingjia was ruthless, made a lot of determination, slapped her sister in the face, and when her sister fell back on the bed and was about to cry, she approached and warned, "If you dare to cry, I will send you to your father immediately." ”

Gu Li covered half of his face in pain, and stared at this big brother who was already a stranger in disbelief.

"From this day on, I am in charge of this home. If you dare to talk nonsense to make your mother sad, and if you dare to disobey your mother, I will definitely send you to your father's side. Five hundred taels of silver plus a shop, so many dowry, if I send you over, my father will at least give me two or three hundred taels of silver to spend. ”

Gu Li took a hard breath and shouted softly, "Big brother." ”

"I'm not a mother, I won't spoil you and get used to you. Even if I don't send you to my father's side, if you dare to be disobedient, and if you play the temper of the eldest lady, I can kick you out of the door at any time and find someone to marry you off. ”

Gu Li shook his head and pulled his sleeve, "No, no, big brother, don't, don't, I don't want to marry poor Xiucai." ”

Gu Qingjia shook off her hand, "Shut your mouth and stay for me honestly." When he saw that he had frightened her, he left her and went out. When he walked into Ma's house, he glanced at the closed door of the second brother and sister, and a look of disappointment flashed in his eyes. He returned to Ma's bedside, and as soon as he sat in the chair, he saw Ma's eyes open, and he hurriedly asked, "Mother, why don't you sleep yet?" ”

Ma asked softly, "Who was arguing outside just now?" ”

Gu Qingjia lied, "Who else can it be, it's Hui'er's girl." She was very noisy in the courtyard, I went out to coax her a few words, but she was obedient and followed Mei'er back to the house. ”

Ma Shi had a little smile on his face, "Don't murder her, children just have to be naughty." ”

Gu Qingjia breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she had passed the test in a daze, "Mother, you go to sleep quickly, don't worry about Hui'er girl anymore." ”

Ma agreed, closing his eyes. Because there was no more noise in the courtyard, after a while, I finally fell asleep.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month on Ma's side is a chicken flying dog jumping, and the ancient mansion is very happy.

Qingshu spoke, whether it is an adult or a child in the house today, each person will be given a pound of melon seeds and an apple. Lunch consists of two stir-fried dishes and two stews, served with white rice. There was no food for dinner, but it was dumplings for meat filling. Not only that, but everyone gathered in the open space in the front yard at night, saying that they were going to make a Lantern Festival.

After dinner, night soon approached, and the whole place of the house was covered with bright yellow lanterns. Not choosing a festive red lantern is nothing more than a matter of filial piety. A few years ago, although Qingyang sold a lot of Spring Festival couplets, the ancient mansion itself did not post any of them. In the first year of the elder's death, you can't use festive red, this is the rule. In some places, strict and strict, the death of the elderly, is not allowed to use festive red for three years. The ancient mansion follows the former, and it will only not be red for a year.

The guards arranged the ones on duty, and the ancient housekeeper personally watched the family members and closed the door. After that, all men and women, young and old, except for the guards on duty, gathered in the open space in the front yard.

At this time, a half-person-high wooden platform was set up in the open space in the front yard. The platform is boxy, and at each of the four corners stands a wooden stake with a thick bowl mouth, and on each of the wooden stakes hangs a bright yellow lantern. On the edge of the stage, there was an empty table and a chair, and a wooden shelf next to it.

In front of the stage, Butler Gu stood on the left, and Mother Su stood on the right.

The ancient housekeeper smiled at the men and shouted, "Hurry up, the stools are limited, whoever grabs it will sit." Doctor Zhou, if you don't come over, what are you rubbing? ”

There are men laughing and joking with the ancient butler. Everyone came over one after another, some sitting, some standing, talking and laughing, asking each other what this platform is for, and so on.

Mother Su raised her hand and shouted with a smile, "Come, come, women and children come here, come and sit here, come and sit." ”

Xu Sanniang, Xu Wuniang, A Qin, Guan Pozi and others all came, as well as Dr. Zhou's mother-in-law, Zhao, but there was not a single child.

Su's mother sighed, "Where's the wheat?" What about Xiaoya? Where did Zhou Xing go? ”

Xu Sanniang replied, "Mother Su, a few small ones were taken away by the young lady, don't worry, they are fine!" ”

After a while, Xiaojuan stepped on the steps and walked up to the stage, "Housekeeper, Miss asked if everyone has arrived?" ”

Steward Gu stood down and replied, "It's all together, it's all right." ”

Xiaojuan said, "Everyone is quiet, tonight's show is coming." Then he said, "Butler, you have to arrange for someone to protect the table." ”

"I know, I know, I don't need you girl to remind me again and again!" The ancient butler replied.

Everyone wondered, what was there to protect the platform.

Xiaojuan turned around, waved her hand, Zhang Da came to the stage with a big drum, followed by the Luo guard who held the guzheng, and the Du guard who held the flute in his left hand. The appearance of these three people surprised everyone in the audience and paid attention to their movements.

Zhang Da put the big drum on the rack, waved the two drumsticks in his hand, and was ready. Guard Luo put the zither on the empty table and sat on a chair, fiddling his sleeves. Du Escort stood casually to the side and played with the flute in his hand.

Xiao Juan waved to the back of the stage and shouted, "Miss, this side is ready." ”

Not far behind the platform is the front hall. Qing Shu squatted down, adjusted the ribbon tied around his waist for Zhou Xing and Maizi, and touched their heads, "We're going up, are you afraid?" ”

Zhou Xing and Maizi both painted red faces, Zhou Xing wore a tiger's hat on his head, and Maizi's head wore a rabbit's hat, and both of them shouted at the top of their voices, "Don't be afraid." ”

Qing Shu said a good thing, and motioned for Xiaoyu to bring people up.

Xiao Yu nodded, took one in one hand, walked out of the front hall, stepped on the steps, and sent Zhou Xing and Maizi to the stage. Xiao Juan picked them up on the stage and brought them to the middle of the stage. Xiao Juan let go of them, "Okay, everyone is here, let's make a Lantern Festival!" ”

With a bang, Zhang Da beat the big drum, and the drum sounded throughout the ancient mansion, atmospheric and magnificent. The Luo guard, who was incarnated as an elegant son, raised his left finger slightly, and the sound of the guzheng sounded, like a quiet elf that cut through the night, ethereal and ethereal. Knock knock twice, open up and beat the drum again; The sound of the Luo guard's kite followed. The drum was paired with a guzheng, and the music of "Farewell My Concubine" was played.

Zhou Xing and Maizi, who were standing side by side, had been waiting for Du Guard's instructions. When the Du guard raised the flute in his hand, the two of them knew that it was okay, clenched their small fists, and "drank" in a child's unique voice, left side, bowed their legs, punched, closed the momentum, and then kicked their legs.

Some of them looked down, some of them were stunned, and some of them shouted loudly.

Zhou Xing and Maizi are the two boys with tiger heads, they don't know what stage fright is, the louder they scream, the harder they perform, the more lively they can't stop the car, no matter where their music is played, anyway, they can come as happy as they want, the little fist swings to bring out the wind, and the calf kicks more and more vigorously. I accidentally fell down once in the middle, got up and continued.

The crowd watching below burst into laughter. And Zhang Da and others with the soundtrack couldn't help laughing.

Their mothers, Xu Wuniang and Zhao, didn't know that their children could play boxing, and they didn't know that the two of them had been practicing this every day when they went to Miss's side every day.

This performance, which made everyone laugh, ended with the beat of the drums. Maizi and Zhou Xing were already sweating profusely, and the two of them bowed to the audience, and then took off their hats.

Xiao Juan hurriedly rushed over, didn't let them take off their hats, and then took them off the stage one by one and handed them to Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu took their hands again, took the person back to the front hall, and handed it to Qing Shu. Qing Shu was standing at the door of the front hall just now to watch them perform. The performance on stage was happy, and the audience was happy, and she was also happy.

Qing Shu instructed Lily of the Valley to quickly bring the wheat and Shengge inside, and told Lily of the Valley that they would not sweat anymore and let them out. This is mainly for fear that they will catch a cold when they see the wind.

The next show is Xiaoya's. The little girl was wearing a scholar's scarf, a small cyan scholar's robe, and a folding fan in her hand, looking a little nervous. Her scholar's robe was changed from clothes that Luo Xiaorong couldn't wear.

Seeing that she was nervous, Qing Shu shook her little hand, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you also saw it, just now the two younger brothers came to the stage, and the people who looked down were so happy that they all applauded." They are all from the house, are you still afraid that you will not be able to live? ”

Xiaoya nodded, but she was still nervous and couldn't relax.

Qing Shu pulled the scholar's robe on his body, then gently pulled the scholar's square hat on his head, shook the folding fan in his hand, and spoke with a look of anger, "Don't forget, Miss Ben is also going to the stage, and she is still helping our little girl." Little girl, you have to give Miss a long face, you have to cover Miss, you must not let Miss show her stuff, you know? ”

As soon as she heard this, Xiaoya's sense of mission swelled unprecedentedly, "Miss, don't worry, Xiaoya will definitely cover Miss." ”

Qing Shu was satisfied, took the mask of a white-faced scholar who Luo San gave out, put it on, took the little girl's hand, snapped the fan in his hand, and set off with ridiculous steps to go on stage.

Xiao Juan greeted a masked one and was stunned for a moment, "This is?" ”

The little girl said crisply, "My scholar." ”

Xiaojuan was dumbfounded, it seems that the young lady has no scholar in the row, who is this mask-wearer?

Seeing that Xiaojuan was stupid in blocking the way, Qing Shu, who was pretending to be a scholar, knocked Xiaojuan on the head with the folding fan in his hand, and said strangely, "Dare to block the way of the master, begging for a beating." ”

Xiaojuan now knew who was wearing the mask, and was about to call Miss, but Qing Shu raised the folding fan in his hand and made a gesture to fight. She shrunk her neck and stood still.

Qingshu, the fake scholar, finally led the little fake scholar Xiaoya to the middle of the stage, the two lined up, glanced at each other, snapped, and unfolded the folding fan in their hands in unison very tacitly, hugged their fists under the stage, bowed slightly, and was regarded as a courtesy to everyone.

Everyone in the audience was stunned, and even the ancient housekeeper was puzzled, I don't know when there will be such a scholar with such a strange face in the house.

At this time, Qing Shu, an imposter scholar, made a starting gesture in the direction of Du Guard.

Immediately, Guard Du raised the flute in his hand to his lips, and a clean and pure flute sounded out. Then, Luo Guard's zither song followed, quieting down the people who were clamoring below.

Qingshu listened to the rhythm and beat the beat, while Xiaoya listened to the rhythm while watching the beat in Qingshu's hand. When Qingshu's clapping hand snapped her fingers, Xiaoya immediately fanned the fan and sang in a childish voice: Peach Blossom Nunnery in Peach Blossom Dock, Peach Blossom Fairy under Peach Blossom Nunnery; The peach blossom fairy planted peach trees and picked peach blossoms for wine money.

When Xiaoya started singing, there was a shout below, "Isn't this Xiaoya?" "There is a shout" The little girl is bold. "Wait.

On the stage, Qing Shu shook his wide sleeves and sang in a voice that looked like a man and a woman: When you wake up, you only sit in front of the flowers, and when you are drunk, you come to sleep with the flowers; Half-drunk and half-awake day after day, the flowers fall and bloom year after year.

The little girl turned her left hand behind her back and fanned the fan to pick it up: I hope that the old man will die in the wine room, and he will not bow in front of the carriage and horse; The car dust and horses are full of fun for the rich, and the wine cup is rich in flowers.

Qing Shu carried a hand behind his back and sang in square steps: If the rich are compared to the poor, one is on the flat ground and the other is in the sky; If the poor are compared to chariots and horses, he has to drive me to be idle.

When I got here, the tune played by the flute and the guzheng suddenly became cheerful. Xiaoya and Qingshu stood side by side, and the two of them raised their fans together, dangling to the left and walking to the right together, looking a little funny.

Xiaoya sings: Others laugh at me for being too crazy, and I laugh at others for not being able to see through it; I don't see the tomb of Wuling heroes, and there are no flowers and no wine hoeing fields.

At the same time, Qing Shu sang in a playful voice: Others laugh at me for being too crazy, and I laugh at others who can't see through it; I don't see the tomb of Wuling heroes, and there are no flowers and no wine hoeing fields.

At the end of this section, the tune becomes more and more cheerful. Qingshu and Xiaoya glanced at each other from time to time, and then took square steps in a more funny way, shaking their fans, walking all over the stage, and walking through the words just now from beginning to end as if they were singing in their mouths, which made the audience laugh.

Looking at it below, there are few literate people, and they are basically lively to watch, so they will naturally be amused by the funny big and small on the field. Doctor Zhou, Butler Gu and Gu Yuanhe are literate, but Doctor Zhou only delves into medical science, and Steward Gu and Gu Yuanhe learn words in the spirit of not being blind and being able to understand letters. Therefore, the literati's dance and writing have nothing to do with the three of them. So, how can they think too much and just watch the excitement.

Yuanbao, who followed Qingyang to study at Mr. Lu's place, and Luo Guard, only these two listened carefully, and remembered the words sung by Qingshu and Xiaoya in their hearts. Previously, Guard Luo had only heard Qing Shu hum the tune, so he kept the score in his heart, and he had never practiced with Qing Shu and them at all. was caught by Qing Shu and trained with Xiaoya, only Du Guard. Therefore, the only one who knew their lyrics in advance was Du Huwei. But Du Escort was not only paralyzed, but also never spoke much, so Luo Escort didn't hear the lyrics until this moment.

After the fake scholar Qingshu and the fake little scholar Xiaoya exited, the tiger-headed Maizi and Zhou Xing duo took the stage again, and with the cooperation of Zhang Da's drums, they performed a little monkey Lantern Festival. Immediately afterwards, Luo Escort joined and returned to the opening "Farewell My Concubine" again, under the funny boxing techniques of Zhou Xing and Maizi, the little girl who did not change out of the little scholar's robe came to the stage with a basket in her hand and threw candy at everyone in the audience.

This is the end of the Lantern Festival. When Zhou Xing and Maizi came down from the stage, the men stepped forward and rubbed their heads vigorously, praising them for their skills, and so on.

Xiaoya ran to Xu Sanniang's side, Xu Sanniang hugged her and just smiled and didn't speak. Chen Qin, who has a slightly convex belly, is rare, and touches Xiaoya's face from time to time, saying that she also wants to give birth to such a smart and well-behaved daughter Yunyun.

At this time, Qingshu ran away early. Can you not run? If Su's mother sees out, she will die.

That night, all the gossiping was about the performance of the three little guys, and no one mentioned the poems about the Taohuawu Peach Blossom Nunnery.

On the second day, the ancient housekeeper went to see Qing Shu and only said one word to Qing Shu, "Miss, don't do this in the future." ”

Qing Shu touched his nose, hummed, and thanked him. Can she not thank you! If it weren't for the ancient housekeeper helping to cover up and lie for her, how could everyone not be curious about the scholar who suddenly appeared in the mansion!

The ancient housekeeper was made out of temper by Qing Shu, so he replied and didn't say anything more.

But half an hour later, someone came from front to spread the word, and Ma came to visit.

Qing Shuxin said that he finally came, let the maid put the melons and fruits, and invite Ma Shi to come in.

Ma's appearance is a little haggard, but he still feels gentle and easy to get along with. She didn't come alone, she was followed by her mother-in-law, who was still holding a small child in her arms.

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