The good nurse sent a beautiful concubine

The dream of a water town in the rainy season lingers

The old house of the Han family is in Luoshe Town, north of Deqing County, with Mogan Mountain in the north and west and a small lake in the east. After Han Yanxuan made his fortune, he built a 30-kilometer gravel road from Deqing County, which led straight to here, and then expanded the lake surface, dredged a ditch, connected with the Meixi River, and made it a living water, and the garden was planted with plum blossoms, pomegranates, green bamboo, etc.

When I woke up, the sky was already bright, and Shen was lying on his side. The white, delicate face was so pure and beautiful that I couldn't help but kiss it. Shen's eyes lit up, brother, you're awake.

It was the second morning back to the old house. This time I came back to pay tribute to the nurse, which made this peaceful village suddenly lively. All the officials above the eighth grade in Huzhou have been present, and after worshipping this great nurse, they will show their faces in front of him and say a word; The wealthy merchants and gentry of Deqing County also rushed one after another, as well as the people of ten miles and eight townships, and all the tenants of the Han family's manor, came in groups, mainly to see the demeanor of the first high-ranking official of the imperial court and the military affairs of Pingzhang. After discussing with Xia, Han Yanxuan made a decision: except for relatives and friends, officials at all levels outside Huzhou will not accept any gifts; The gift money of officials and merchants in Huzhou shall not exceed 100 yuan, and the gift money of public tenants shall not exceed 5 yuan. Despite this, there is still a steady stream of people who come to pay their respects. Hundreds of thousands of Huzhou people are proud of the fact that an ordinary peasant woman can enjoy such a privilege after her death, and even the citizens of Lin'an, who are 200 miles away, are also talking about it with relish and envy.

The Xia family and the old house of the Han family are not far away, and they are located in the north and south of Xishan. After a whole day of entertainment, he returned to his old house, looked at the quiet lake, listened to the wind of the bamboo sea, and hugged his beloved woman, Han Yanxuan felt unprecedented relaxation and slept until noon.

After eating breakfast, Su Shicheng reported the funeral arrangements: the funeral ceremony was held at four o'clock in the afternoon, and the old man's body was carried into the coffin, and then the coffin was covered. At that time, all filial sons and grandsons, sons-in-law, nieces and nephews, daughters and daughters-in-law and other close relatives will arrive in advance to say their final goodbyes to the elderly. In the evening, the three brothers of the Xia family held a banquet to thank all relatives, friends and neighbors; Tomorrow, in the morning, blowing, chanting, funeral, let the old man into the ground, in the evening, in the Han family's old house, the Han brothers set up a banquet to thank all the officials of Huzhou and Deqing. Han Yanxuan nodded, these had a preliminary discussion with the boss of the Xia family and the funeral branch yesterday.

According to Han Yanxuan's opinion, he participated in the memorial service as the old man's righteous son. Due to the long time of the burial ceremony, the body was arranged to say goodbye first, and after the three brothers of the Xia family, Han Yanxuan gave the old man incense and burned paper alone, and withdrew after kowtowing three times.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Han Yanxuan waved his hand, the horse stepped onto the carriage, and the travel team began to march. That is, in a quarter of an hour, Xia's family arrived, and Xia stepped forward to help Han Yanxuan get out of the car.

Seeing that all the work was ready, Han Yanxuan signaled, the drums sounded in unison, and the funeral ceremony of Mrs. Shen began.

After the banquet in the old mansion the next day, Han Yanzhou made the following arrangements, early tomorrow morning, Xianxuan, Yunluan and Wang Zhizhou will all go back. Shi Cheng, Deputy Commander Zhang, and Li Zhixian stayed here with me for two more days.

In the Huangmei season, the heavy rain was pouring all night. Early in the morning, Han Yanxuan woke up from his dream, saw that Shen was not there, yawned, and stretched his waist, "A-Yao, A-Yao,"

"Hey, I'm here, what's the matter with my brother?"

Open the window, the rain will light up.

Much smaller, Brother Seven, are you hungry? Do you want to get up and eat breakfast? Li Zhixian sent someone from the county seat early in the morning.

I don't want to eat yet, so come up and talk to me with me.

Shen agreed, handed over a bowl of corn and cowpea porridge, after Han Yanzhou finished drinking, she climbed into bed, stripped off her clothes, and arched into Han Yanxuan's arms, "Seventh brother, my body is a little cold, you help cover it." ”

Ah Yao, do you remember, what did I tell you on the morning I came to Deqing?

Shen Ayao thought for a while, as if she also asked me to talk to you, but was delayed by that matter. Say it today.

Yao, do you know why I married you in the first place?

It was your aunt who told you, and you listened to your aunt's words. Isn't it?

Yes and no.

After Han Yanxuan married the sixth lady Ma Yufang, he decided not to marry a concubine again. Later, the fifth lady Chen passed away, and she was in a bad mood for a while. Mrs. Wu saw that he was depressed all day long, and asked Su Shicheng and others to find him two lovely girls. Su Shicheng quickly introduced him to two women from good families, beautiful and gentle, younger than the eldest lady, he didn't agree, and after two days, he brought two more, he didn't look at it, and sent them away.

Su Shicheng asked: Shiwang, you don't like this, you don't want that, tell me, what do you want?

Han Yanxuan said, don't want anything. People are only in their teens and twenties, I am in my fifties, and I may not be able to have children with me, without children, once Lao Tzu dies, how will she live? Will it be like Chan's? Isn't that harmful?

Later, the nurse came and said to him: Seventh young master, the nurse will tell you a daughter-in-law.

Nurse, if you say anything else, I can agree, but this thing can't work.

Why? I've heard that an official of your size can marry eight. Now it's only five, and it's not much to marry another one.

Nurse, it's not much, do you know how old I am this year?

How can I not know this, you are a monkey, fifty-two this year.

Fifty-two, how old can I live? Find one, after two years, if I can give birth to one, how many years can I accompany them? If she doesn't give birth, how will a woman live for decades?

Oh, that's why. The one I'm telling you, you don't have to worry about that. The nurse knows that you have a good heart, and she has arranged it for you.

All arranged? Do you still have a child?

Seventh Young Master, don't worry, listen to the nurse tell you.

Okay, you say it.

My third brother has a second daughter, whose name is A-Yao. Married at the age of nineteen, the son-in-law is a scholar, and treats her very well, but after ten years of marriage, he didn't give birth to a boy and a girl, and the son-in-law's father and mother were anxious, so his son divorced her, and the son-in-law was unwilling, and the father and mother forced him to marry a concubine. The son-in-law was forced to have no choice, and promised to pass the state examination and marry a concubine. Last autumn, my son-in-law was admitted to the juren, but unfortunately his life was thin. A few classmates drank flower wine together on the boat, and he was almost drunk, and he wanted to go to Xiaojie, but he stepped on the air and fell into the river, but no one saw him, and he didn't catch it until the next morning. At this moment, the father-in-law and mother-in-law poured all their anger on Ah Yao, saying that Ah Yao was a broom star, and Kezi was Kefu, first referring to Sang and scolding Huai, and then speaking ill of each other, and finally driving Ah Yao out.

Poor, my niece returned to the third brother's house, she didn't think about tea and food, she was sad all day long, and she was skinny. When I saw it, this would not work, and if I didn't ask, people would die of sorrow. When I arrived at my third brother's house, I picked her up and left. When I arrived at my house, I made a rule for her: you are not allowed to be sad, you can do whatever I ask you to do, two meals a day, and you must feed me.

I said to her, "Child, some people come to this world to suffer and suffer, and you are happy for a day, and sad for a day. You have to live the same way, why can't you be happy?

What is there to endure hardships and sins, grit your teeth and pass, people must have ambition, and if you want to pass, you must live strongly. Look at me, I am a widow at the age of thirty-six, pulling five children, and now, there are several grandchildren, and some of them are officials, worse than whom? The seventh young master, who grew up eating my milk, has now become the prime minister, and during the New Year's holidays, he gives money and gifts, and shouts at the nurse, kissing and being affectionate, how good! You say, if I die of sadness, I can enjoy such great blessings?

In this way, A-Yao has spent more than a year at my house, and she has become white and fat, and her mood has improved. But growing up with me is not a long-term thing, I have to tell her a son-in-law, so that she can have a home and live her life. No, the nurse remembered you.

Han Yanxuan understood: Nanny, did you introduce this A-Yao to me?

What's wrong? Think she's old? Or a widow?

It's not, but it's the fifth little wife in my house? Are you wronged?

What is wronged? How many teenage girls are lining up to be your little wife, and you haven't taken a fancy to it yet? The prime minister's little wife is her family's ancestral grave, and there is green smoke on it. The wet nurse is not wronged by you, first bring you here, find something for her to do, see if she has a good temper, if you like it, marry, if you don't like it, let her be a servant, you have a lot of family, save her from being lonely and blind.

Speaking of this, Han Yanxuan deliberately looked at Shen Ayao, but saw that her face was full of tears, and hurriedly asked: What's wrong?

I miss my aunt, why don't such good people live to be a hundred years old?

The nurse's words are all said about this, what else can I say? Then come on. Two days later, she brought you in. I looked at you from head to toe and asked a few more questions. I took a fancy to you, and after dinner, the nurse was going to my little brother. I said to her: Your niece A-Yao, we both take a fancy to her and are willing to marry her. The nurse was so happy that she couldn't keep her mouth shut. "Then I won't leave tonight, and discuss how to let A-Yao marry."

Ah Yao stared at it with dripping eyes, Seventh Brother, speaking of which, it's not for her aunt.

Don't worry, that's the point. The nurse treats me no worse than her own son, and since I was sensible, I swore in my heart: I must marry a woman like the nurse. That day, as soon as I saw you, I saw the young appearance of the nurse, her face, her body, her breasts, and even her voice. So I decided to marry you on the spot. After marrying you, I found that your ** is exactly the same as the nurse, white, big and round, ** is not black at all.

Oh, you married me because I was like an aunt.

It should be said that it is because you are as kind and gentle as the nurse.

The weather was still gloomy, with a light rain, as if a layer of smoke was scattered everywhere, the rain stains were falling, and the red incense was withering. Han Shen and his wife wandered in the back garden, small bridges, flowing water, willow banks, green bamboos, and ancient houses, everything was so quiet and free. In life, it is rare to stay alone in this quiet, and I prefer this elegance. I only heard Shen Ayao say: If you can be with the water town in this dream day and night in this life, you will have no regrets.