Chapter 4 The candle shadow shakes red
Out of the gate of He's Cloth Village, the Yang family sisters and brothers still felt like they were in a dream, and Boss He's words were still vivid.
"Young Master Yang, please come over here and let our Master You measure your body size for you."
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"Young Master Yang, we will make the robe for you as soon as possible, you see whether the complement of the robe is made of quail or seahorse, quail is a civil official, and a seahorse is a military attachΓ©."
"Seahorse, the military attache is more imposing."
"Okay, when it's ready, it will be sent to the house along with a black gauze hat, so you don't need to pick it up."
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"By the way, Yang Gongzi, the red cloth, red flowers, and red silk things used in the house will also be sent over."
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"Young Master Yang, you are good to go......"
"Boss He, I didn't report my name, how did you know?"
"Childe said and laughed, the things used in the celebration of the show of the government were provided by the small shop, that is, the robes of the show handed to the son by the prefect himself, which were also made by the small shop, so the villain was fortunate to see the son that day, but the son did not pay attention to the villain."
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After going out, the sister and brother finally breathed a sigh of relief, Yang Lan glanced at her brother with a smile, and said: "It seems that marrying a young lady from a big family is different, and you don't have to pay for things before you go through the door." β
Yang Muyun smiled bitterly: "Sister, you might as well say that your younger brother has not married someone else into the door, and he has started to eat soft rice." β
Yang Lan sneered and glanced at him: "I didn't expect you to be self-aware." β
Yang Muyun didn't want to dwell on this topic, so he changed his words and asked, "Sister, why did you say that the Zhou family agreed to let our family let Miss Zhou pass the door so quickly?" β
Yang Lan said: "The family affairs have been decided, the dowry has been ordered, you and Miss Zhou are already husband and wife, what does it matter if you go to the door one day earlier or one day later." β
Yang Muyun said: "But isn't this too much of a hurry for a big family? β
Yang Lan said: "If it weren't for my father's urgent complication, there would have been no need to be in such a hurry?" β
Looking at her younger brother's thoughtful appearance, Yang Lan comforted: "Brother, don't think about it too much, you have become a parent, and you have also counted a matter of your father's mother's heart, and the Zhou family has a daughter of Miss Zhou, marrying Miss Zhou is equivalent to marrying the entire Zhou family, and they will definitely do their best to cultivate you." β
Yang Muyun looked at her sister and asked, "Sister, what do you say Miss Zhou looks like?" Will it look ugly? β
Yang Lan glanced at her younger brother strangely: "Why do you think so?" β
Yang Muyun said seriously: "If it weren't for this, how could you marry into our family in a hurry?" (Miss Lu's matter hit him too hard)
Yang Lan smiled: "I don't know, the young lady of a big family is raised in a deep boudoir and rarely comes out to see people, how can you conclude that she is very ugly?" Didn't my aunt say, 'A flower in Huzhou, the most beautiful in the Zhou family'. β
Yang Muyun shook his head: "Just my aunt's mouth, nothing can run out of it, she usually does the work of protecting the media and pulling fiber, if a girl looks only one point, she can say ten points, she married the duck to the rooster, I believe that she wants to say which girl looks like a fairy, it is good if she really doesn't look like a pig's head." β
When the siblings returned home, the house was lit up with lights, and there was a joyful atmosphere. When I entered the courtyard, I saw Mrs. Li Zhang Luo hanging lanterns, and Master Yang was actually beside her, and his complexion looked very good, and he was able to walk a few steps tremblingly with a cane. Yang Muyun stepped forward quickly, grabbed his father's arm, and said in a loud voice: "Dad, why did you come out, go back and rest!" When Mrs. Li saw that her sister and brother were back, she said a few words to Yang Lan, then turned to Yang Muyun and said, "Yun'er, your father can't always be stuffy in the house, it's good to come out to breathe." Master Yang nodded and said, "Sister, Yun'er's affairs are all up to you." Mrs. Li glanced at her nephew and said busily: "Big brother, look at what you said, they are all family, can you say that you can't see the outside?" β
In the past few days, Mrs. Li has become a busy person, and the pre-wedding etiquette of Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, and asking for a date all depends on her to run before and after, the Yang family lives in Yangjiabu in the western suburbs of Huzhou City, and the Zhou family lives in Nanxun Town, outside the east city of Huzhou, no wonder her legs are thin all day, and she screams that her back hurts. After asking the name, Yang Muyun knew that Miss Zhou's name was Zhou Mengnan, and she was fifteen years old in the same year as him, but his birthday was in March, and Miss Zhou was in June, and it seemed that Miss Zhou was less than fifteen years old. Every time Mrs. Li came back, she was amazed at the size of the Zhou family's manor.
"Big brother, sister-in-law, don't you know, the garden of Zhou's house is big, I have been there a few times, if it weren't for the people in the garden to lead me, I would still be so confused that I can't find the direction."
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"The name of the garden is Ailianzhuang, and according to the officials of Zhou, their family is a very famous surname of Zhou in the Song Dynasty...... What is it called, yes, called Zhou Dunyi, is a descendant of Zhou Dunyi, he wrote an article called Ailian, so the name of the garden is called Ailianzhuang. In the yard, there is a lake in the middle, the big lake, the lake is full of lotuses, there are islands in the lake, there are pavilions and pavilions on the island, there are galleries around the lake, the roads in the garden are paved with pebbles, and the flowers or trees are planted on both sides of the road, and there are bamboos......"
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Mrs. Li talked endlessly, and when she heard it, Master Yang and his wife were dumbfounded, and Master Yang interrupted him: "Sister, what did the big official look like that week?" Mrs. Li said: "Zhou Daguan looks a little younger than the eldest brother, and he speaks in a crepe, like a scholar. Mrs. Li glanced at her sister-in-law and continued: "Mrs. Zhou looks younger this week, she is in her early thirties, she is about the same age as Lan'er, and she looks beautiful." Mrs. Yang asked, "Aunt He, you said that there is a big age difference between Zhou Daguan and his wife?" Mrs. Li said proudly: "No, Zhou Daguan looks more than ten years older than his wife," she said and lowered her voice, "I heard that this Mrs. Zhou turned out to be just one of his concubines, and Zhou Daguan married more than a dozen ladies!" But no one left him a man and a half girl, only this Mrs. Zhou gave birth to a daughter for him, that is, Miss Meng Nan who was about to marry our family, so after the death of the eldest lady of the main house, Zhou Daguan helped Miss Meng Nan's mother to be right. β
Mrs. Li changed her words, glanced at her nephew, and quipped: "Yun'er, when Miss Mengnan passes the door, you have to be nice to others, otherwise the entire Zhou family will not agree to you." β
Yang Muyun blushed and asked, "Auntie, have you seen Miss Mengnan?" Mrs. Li blinked, understood what he wanted to ask, and said with a straight face: "Yun'er, my aunt won't hide it from you, and I've been to Zhou's house several times, but I haven't been able to see Miss Mengnan once, but looking at Mrs. Zhou's appearance like a fairy, her daughter will definitely be very beautiful." β
The largest room in the third courtyard has been furnished into a new house, and the red word "happiness" has been pasted on the window edge. Yang Muyun paced back and forth in front of the new house for a few laps, still thinking about his aunt's words, looked up at the sky, and walked slowly outside before it got dark. Mr. Yang and his son live in the courtyard of the third entrance, the second entrance is the place where grain and sundries are piled up, livestock and poultry are raised, and the outermost one is the household servant. Mr. Yang has not been in business for a long time, and when he was young, he was much poorer than now, so a lot of farm work was done by himself, and there were not many servants hired at home, only one surnamed Cai and his mother-in-law, both of whom were in their forties, and the Yang sisters and brothers were very polite to call them Uncle Cai and Aunt Cai, in addition, when the farm was busy, Mr. Yang would hire more short-term workers to work at home.
Now the Yang family hangs red lanterns every time they enter the courtyard, and they can feel a strong sense of joy from a distance. Yang Muyun went out of the courtyard gate to the north, not far away is a river, it is now April day, everywhere is red and willow green, people can't help but feel relaxed in their eyes. Yang Muyun only felt that his heart was open, so he went west along the river, walked about three or five miles, and saw that it was getting late, and he was about to return. Finding that the lights were lit not far ahead, he couldn't help but freeze his steps, and after a little thought, he continued to move forward.
This river is called Xitiaoxi, and in front of it is a small village next to Xitiaoxi, called Lihu Village, and there are only more than 30 households in the village. The reason why Yang Muyun knows about this village is because he has one
A classmate named Peng Liang lives here, and he has a deep impression of this classmate. Peng Liang is nineteen years old this year, four years older than him, he is more taciturn, but he reads very hard, when Mr. does not teach, others laugh and play, but he reads silently on the side, and he is the first to come to the school class every day, he may not be the smartest of all the students, but he is the most diligent. God did not live up to his persistence, and he also won the show, although he ranked seventeenth.
Yang Muyun was walking, suddenly heard a bell ringing, looked around, and saw a person shaking his head and riding a donkey just out of the village, followed by two family members. He couldn't help but be stunned, how could it be him. The man on the donkey was wearing a gray silk robe, a flat head, and two whiskers on his lips, wasn't this the butler of the Lu Mansion? What is he doing in this little place? Yang Muyun didn't want to meet him, so he hid behind a tree and waited for him to pass before heading to the village.
The village is very quiet, only a few dogs bark are heard occasionally, Yang Muyun has not yet found anyone to inquire, he heard the sound of reading from the fourth house on the right side of the village: "The destiny of heaven is sex, the spontaneity is the Tao, and the cultivation is the teaching." Those who are also in the Tao must not be separated from it; It can be separated, and it is not ...... way"
Yang Muyun smiled, classmates for several years, this voice is very familiar, so he said loudly: "The gentleman is cautious about what he does not see, and he is afraid of what he does not hear." Don't be hidden, don't be subtle, so the gentleman is cautious and ......"
Before the words fell, the sound of reading stopped abruptly, and after a while, only a pair of simple wooden doors opened with a creak, and a slender figure paced out of the wooden door and stood still beside Yang Muyun. The man was dressed in coarse linen clothes, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a square face, about twenty years old, and it was his classmate Peng Liang.
Peng Liang's face was overjoyed, and he arched his hand and said, "Brother Yang Xian, how can you have time to come to Brother Fool's Burrow today." As he spoke, he leaned forward, and his voice was lengthened: "Please -----."
Peng Liang's home is very simple, the courtyard wall is made of adobe, only one into the courtyard, in the middle is a hall house, there is a hut on the left and right, the house wall is made of yellow mud, and the roof is actually paved with straw. Peng Liang invited him into the hall, Yang Muyun glanced at it, there was a simple wooden table in the middle of the hall, a kerosene lamp was lit on the table, and a book was turned under the lamp. On the right side of the hall is a simple wooden bed, with only a thin quilt on the bed, and nothing else, which is not an exaggeration to describe it as a house.
Yang Muyun said with a normal face: "Brother Peng lived in a humble room and gained fame, which is really a shame for many scholars who sit in the high-rise mansions!" Peng Liang smiled heartily and said: "The virtuous brother is the head of the high school case when he is in high school, and he is already ashamed of being a brother who is close to a weak crown at this age!" Have a seat. So saying, he moved a chair and invited him to sit down, then poured him another bowl of water and sat down on his right hand.
Although the bowl filled with water was stoneware, Yang Muyun was not polite, and took a sip of it. Peng Liang said with a smile: "How did Brother Xian think of coming here today? Yang Muyun said: "The younger brother is a little puzzled when he encounters some problems, so he asks Brother Peng for advice?" Peng Liang smiled and arched his hand: "Don't dare, the virtuous brother is stronger than me in terms of fame and knowledge, how dare the foolish brother get an axe?" Yang Muyun said: "Parents want their sons to do what they don't want to do, can they refuse to be sons of men?" β
"Is what you want to do for the Son of Man hurts your parents, others, or yourself?"
"No, I didn't."
"But is it good for parents, for others, and for yourself?"
"Be kind to your parents and others, but not to yourself."
"Then why do you have to think about refusing?"
"Because of your own will."
Peng Liang stopped talking, picked up the bowl of water on the table, poured it on the ground, and then put the empty bowl in front of Yang Muyun. Shaking his head: "The obsession is too deep, it's better to let go." Glanced at him: "The obsession is gone, can there be any more unhappiness in my heart?" β
Yang Muyun muttered to himself: "It's better to put down the ...... in your heart" silently, and then made a gesture to Peng Liang: "Be taught." β
Peng Liang smiled: "Brother Virtuous can let go, and Brother Fool is also happy for you." β
"By the way, Brother Peng, have you always been alone here?"
"No, there are also parents who live with me, and they went to the city for medical treatment because of their physical illness, and now my uncle is there. I have my uncle to take care of me, so I don't need to be around. β
"Uncle Ling is like this, I'm afraid that you will delay your studies!"
"How can the duty of the Son of Man be the hand of another? I'm leaving here tomorrow and going back to the city. β
"Ahh Then where should I go if I want to find you? β
"Chengnan Lu Yi Zhong, Lu Mansion ......"
"Why ......"
"My uncle is working in Lu Mansion, Lu Yuanwai takes pity on my family and has placed my parents in Lu Mansion, and my uncle came to inform me about this just now."
"It turns out that the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion is Uncle Ling." Yang Muyun suddenly realized, no wonder he met Steward Lu at the entrance of the village.
Yang Muyun's eyes widened in surprise: "You go to Lu Mansion...... Is it convenient? Peng Liang smiled: "Brother Fool has made a marriage contract with Miss Lu Fu, and there is nothing inconvenient to go there." Yang Muyun's eyes widened, and his heart fluctuated: "Just Miss Lu Fu's ....." Yang Muyun seemed to see a father who had lost his mind and went crazy, selling his daughter to others everywhere, as if he was afraid that he would not be able to marry.
"He must have never seen Miss Na Lu, otherwise he would definitely be obsessed." The mind is on this. He couldn't help but persuade: "Marriage matters, you must be cautious, Brother Peng, have you seen Miss Lu?" What do you think is ...... with Miss Lu? Can it get along? Peng Liang said lightly: "Is this important?" Miss Lu is willing to marry me, and I am willing to join the Lu family, which is enough. I read the books of the sages in order to govern the country and the family, not to care for the personal feelings of my children. If Qiu Yu can be lifted, I will have to enter Beijing to take the exam next year, and you will see my family, it will be difficult to support me to get to this point......"
"So you ......"
"Brother Xian, Brother Fool understands what you mean, no matter what Miss Lu looks like, Brother Fool won't care, because in Brother Fool's heart, this is not important, the obsession in Brother Fool's heart is to show his ambition in life, and he can't let go of ......"