Chapter 61: The Full Moon Banquet of Yun Jinxi
Xiyan looked at her grandfather, who was majestic before, when did her grandfather talk to her and became so cautious, she was in a trance for a while, looking at the two grandfathers and grandmothers who were standing in front of her, and they had aged age, Xiyan choked up slightly and said, "Yan'er thank your grandfather and grandmother for the child, you two have a heart." ”
"Grandfather and grandmother, uncle and uncle, go and sit in the main hall, don't freeze when you stand in the courtyard." Yun Zhibai led everyone into the main house, everyone gathered together to greet and chat about family life, Xiyan looked at the happy people, and looked at the grandfather and grandmother who were shushing her, for a while, I was relieved, maybe, time can really dilute a lot of hatred, the matter has passed, Daddy and Auntie have been gone for so many years, no matter how much she hates, what's the use.
"Yan'er, it's all to blame for your grandmother's poor health, your aunt also left early, Zhibai has no father and no mother, this work of taking care of the confinement falls on Zhibai's head, I see that you are much plumper than before, and your complexion looks good, presumably Zhibai takes good care of it, Yan'er, although Zhibai is not so high as a teaching gentleman, but when I see you like this, I think you must be very happy, this year, happiness is the most important."
Xiyan took the child and grandmother to a small bedroom next to the main hall, Xiyan set up a screen to separate the main hall and the bedroom, this bedroom is a guest bedroom, Xi'er fell asleep, the big men in the main hall chattered non-stop, Xiyan was afraid of arguing with the elderly grandmother, so he led the grandmother to the bedroom, Xiyan put the child on the bed and covered the quilt, and then helped the grandmother to sit on the chair, and he sat on the edge of the bed.
Grandmother stretched out her hand and took Xiyan's hand, Xiyan reflexively wanted to withdraw her hand, in the impression that grandmother was rarely close to her, because she disliked her as a girl, and almost didn't look at her, let alone have such an intimate act as pulling her and hugging her, Xiyan looked at her grandmother's somewhat embarrassed expression, thinking that it was rare for her old man to come once, so he turned his hand and covered his grandmother's hand, "Grandmother, how is your health in recent years, look at your spirit, grandfather has a lot of vicissitudes." Xi Yan looked at his grandfather sitting at the square table outside through the screen, although he was tall, his back was slightly hunched.
"Your grandfather, stubborn, he is old, he has a cough in winter, the Chinese medicine in the county has prescribed medicine to him, and he can't see it well, and then your grandfather refuses to take medicine, saying that the medicine has three points of poison, and it has no effect after eating, I can't resist him, I can only let him fend for himself, this cough and cough, people will become dry and thin, which person can not stop coughing day and night." Grandmother sighed, looked at her Lang Jun, she is old, he is also old, the years are not forgiving, Yan'er has been a mother from the previous yellow-haired girl.
"Grandmother, don't worry, Zhibai knows a very good Mr. Chinese medicine, he opened a medical clinic in Yunjin City, Mr. Wen has excellent medical skills, wait a minute, I will talk to Zhibai, ask Lao Wen to take a pulse for my grandfather, tomorrow I will ask Zhibai to go to his medical hall to get a few pieces of Chinese medicine, and send them to you, grandmother, or you and grandfather, uncle and uncle will rest here at night, and it will not be too late to go back after taking the medicine tomorrow, it is really hard to come so far along the way." Xiyan remembered the prescription that Wen Lao prescribed for her, and she had a stomachache after giving birth to a child, but she drank a post of medicine prescribed by Wen Lao, and the blood was discharged, and her stomach didn't hurt much.
"It's okay, we have to rush back after the noon banquet, and the province will trouble you and Zhibai here, so you don't have to worry about us, I see that you are doing so well now, my grandmother feels happy in my heart, grandfather and grandmother used to be confused, and did such a wrong thing to your father and grandmother, since your father and grandmother left, your grandfather and I spent days and nights in guilt, Yan'er, you were a domestic helper in a big family, and you didn't want to come back, your grandfather and I knew in our hearts that you must be very resentful of the two of us in your heart."
Grandmother thought about the past, and experienced the pain of the white-haired person sending the black-haired person, she couldn't help but cry, and her eyes were blurred when she looked at Xiyan, Xiyan saw her grandmother like this, and thought of her father and mother, she couldn't help but have a sour nose, and her eyes were a little painful, in her impression, grandfather and grandmother have always been very majestic, where has she seen her grandmother like this, she handed her handkerchief over, "Grandmother, you and grandfather don't feel too guilty, Daddy and Grandma have been gone for so many years, and they can't come back, Everyone has their own lives, and you and your grandfather should stop worrying about it, and it is not easy to worry about you. ”
Grandmother took the handkerchief handed over by Xiyan, wiped her tears, she suddenly remembered something, quickly eased her excitement, took out a thing carefully wrapped in a cloth bag from her arms, took out the thing from the cloth bag, opened the cloth layer by layer, took out a jade jade bracelet with excellent water head, and stuffed it into Xiyan's hand, "Yan'er, grandmother has never given you anything valuable, this bracelet is specially selected for you to go to the jewelry store, this bracelet is delicate and transparent, the color is bright and pure, the shape is light, and the material is thick, The woman wears a very beautiful and elegant dress, and your grandmother gave it to you, and she has never given you any good objects since she was a child, and your grandmother is ashamed of you. ”
"Grandmother, such a valuable jade bracelet, Yan'er can't accept it, you gave Xi'er such a valuable gold bracelet, grandmother, keep it for yourself." Xiyan handed the jade bracelet back to her grandmother, and her grandmother took the bracelet, pulled Xiyan's wrist, and directly put the jade bracelet on Xiyan's wrist, not big or small, just put her hands together, "Yan'er, don't shirk anymore, if you refuse, I don't feel good in my heart, just accept my thoughts." ”
Xiyan saw her grandmother say this, she could only nod, she looked at Xi'er who looked like her grandmother, the blood relationship flowing in her body really couldn't be broken, she saw that the child was sleeping deeply, and saw Yang Sanlang and they came over with breakfast, so she called her grandmother, "Grandmother, after talking for so long, your mouth is also dry, go out to the main hall to drink some tea and eat some breakfast." ”
Xiyan and grandmother bypassed the screen and walked to the main hall, Xiyan accompanied his grandmother to breakfast, and secretly called Zhibai aside, and Zhibai told his grandfather about coughing, Zhibai understood in his heart, he mentioned this to Wen Lao, Wen Lao took a pulse for Xiyan's grandfather, looked at his tongue, and carefully looked at his grandfather's whole face, after looking at it and asking him, he wrote down the recipe, Yun Zhibai asked his grandfather to stay here for one night, and his grandfather insisted on going back in the afternoon, Yun Zhibai could only say good to his grandfather, Tomorrow, I went to Mr. Wen to get the prescription and sent it to them.
The sky gradually brightened, Yun Zhibai ushered in some of his students, some of his relatives and friends, the sun also slowly rose into the sky, the warm sunlight sprinkled in the courtyard, the fine sunlight penetrated from the locust tree, sprinkled a little mottled in the courtyard, the temperature warmed up, and the guests also sat in the courtyard from the main hall, drinking tea and eating dried fruits, waiting for the start of the banquet.
Gongsun Lady is busy in the kitchen, today she is doing her best to do a good job of this full moon banquet, she prepared the cold dishes first, see that the hour is almost up, before starting to cook hot dishes, there is still a quarter of an hour from noon, Yang Sanlang They went to the table to collect the fruit plate, and then went back to the kitchen to take the tray, first put the cold dishes on the table, many guests ate for a while, and praised again and again.
At noon, the first hot dish was served, steamed sea bass, meaning more than every year, and then the second hot dish, braised pig's trotters, meaning to make a fortune, followed by cuttlefish meat soup, eight treasures of wild duck, stewed quail eggs in sauce, shredded chicken cucumber, crispy apples, jujube paste sweet cake, glutinous rice cake, candied cherries, ten hot dishes, meaning perfect, Yun Zhibai took the wine jug, went around to toast, thanked the guests for coming, and the guests congratulated Yun Zhibai and Xiyan, by the way, they praised that they had not eaten such an authentic full moon banquet for a long time.
Many guests ate and drank happily, and when the banquet was dispersed, the guests also got up one after another, and said goodbye to Yun Zhibai and Xiyan one after another, Yun Zhibai gave the guests a small gift bag containing noodles and wedding cakes as a return gift, and the guests walked out of the Yun family one after another, and finally the grandfather and grandmother also walked out of the courtyard with the support of their uncle and uncle, Yun Zhibai and Xiyan sent their grandfather and grandmother out of the courtyard, and the grandmother touched Xiyan's hair, and the parting was imminent, Xiyan couldn't help but redden, "Grandfather, grandmother, uncle and uncle, Take good care of yourself after you go back, grandfather, Mr. Wen has very good medical skills, tomorrow I will ask Zhibai to give you a good medicine in Yunjin City, and send it back to you quickly, maybe you will not cough after taking these medicines, you can't trust those old Chinese medicine doctors in the small county, and you will always believe in the big Chinese medicine doctors in Yunjin City. ”
"Good boy, I'm sorry for you." Grandfather looked at Xiyan, this child has finally grown up, and his eyebrows and eyes are a little like his dead second son, but it's a pity, it's okay, don't mention those sad pasts, as long as Yan'er and Yun Zhibai's family of three live well in the future.
Xiyan and Yun Zhibai sent their grandfather, grandmothers walked to the road, personally sent their grandfather and grandmother, uncle and uncle to sit in the sedan chair, Xiyan waved his hand at them, and watched the sedan chair go farther and farther.
When Yun Zhibai and Xi Yan sent all the guests back to the courtyard, seeing Yang Sanlang and them there to clean up the scraps, Xi Yan and Yun Zhibai hurriedly stepped forward to help, Xi Yan was picking up the plate and was snatched down by Chu Yue, "Xi Niang, you have just come out of confinement, you can't still do heavy work, let alone cold water, if you have the conditions, sit for a few more days, you won't fall into confinement disease in the future, you go to the house to see Xi'er, just guard the child, we will do the work here." ”
Saying that, Chu Yue pushed Xiyan towards the house, Xiyan looked at Yun Zhibai with a distressed look, who knew that Yun Zhibai also waved his hand at her to let her in, she could only be respectful and obedient, and obediently went back to the house to see the child who had slept all afternoon, Xiyan looked at the sleeping child, and looked at Yun Zhibai and the neighbors who were busy outside through the paper window, and her heart was moved and warm.
She looked at the jade bracelet on her wrist and the gold bracelet on the child's wrist, and her heart knot for her grandfather and grandmother was finally untied, not because of these two valuable things, but because she found that her grandfather and grandmother had been getting old day by day, and the speed at which they were aging made her feel extremely shocked in her heart.