On the sixteenth day of the lunar month, Cao Song is married.

The house is busy inside and out. Although Cao Yin is a parent, after all, he is old, except for some friends and relatives, Cao Hao is mostly taken care of.

It wasn't until midnight that the guests dispersed one after another. Cao Song was also drunk and dizzy, and was helped back to the east courtyard and sent to the cave room.

Cao Hao was sending off guests outside the mansion gate, and when he was blown by the night breeze, his brain sank a little. He stumbled and almost fell.

Fortunately, Xiao Man's eyes were sharp, and he stepped forward to support him, and said, "Uncle, the ground is slipping, pay attention to you!" ”

Cao Hao rubbed his forehead and looked up at the sky, the moon was in the middle of the sky, and the lanterns in the courtyard were still red.

Cao Fang and several other stewards were also in front of him, and Cao Hao asked, "Where is the master?" At the banquet just now, I saw that the old man also drank a lot. ”

Cao Fang leaned over and replied: "The old man is a little drunk, and he has already helped people back to the inner courtyard!" ”

Cao Hao stretched out his arm and said to everyone with a smile: "After a few days of busy work, it is finally over, and everyone has worked hard." After two days, the family affairs of your third master will be completed, and everyone will rest for two days. ”

Everyone is not tired, because it is late at night, seeing that Cao Hao is also showing colorlessness, Cao Fang said: "The front yard is not cleaned up, let the small ones take care of it, uncle, go back and rest." ”

Cao Hao nodded, turned around and entered the yard, walking a little shaky. Cao Fang saw it and hurriedly ordered Xiaoman to follow.

Time is like water, and time is like a shuttle.

Thinking of the scene when Cao Song knelt to greet and send off guests, Cao Hao seemed to have returned to the scene when he married his daughter-in-law four years ago. In the blink of an eye, more than four years have passed, which is really fast.

He subconsciously touched his hair, there have been too many things in the past four years, it is like a different world, and it is rare that he has not boiled his hair white. He wears a fur hat on his head, but he is plush when he comes in.

The younger brothers have all married daughters-in-law, and nephews and nieces have been born one after another, and the population of the family has gradually increased.

Why does this little thing in the whole house make people's hearts tired?

Cao Hao was thinking wildly when he heard the sound of the piano in the dark midnight.

He couldn't help but stop and listen, but there was an intermittent plucking of the piano from the courtyard of West Road.

The sound of the piano was low and tactful, which seemed to soothe the restlessness of people's hearts, and a smile gradually appeared on Cao Hao's face. Who can play the guqin out of the Buddha sound Zen, in addition to the monk Zhiran, which one else can there be?

Because he has been busy entertaining guests and accompanying guests for a few days, the little monk has not seen him for a long time.

Cao Hao said to Xiao Man: "Send a message to the second gate, just say that I will sit in Master Zhiran's courtyard, go back in a while, and let grandma rest first." ”

Xiao Man responded, and Cao Hao said again: "It's late at night, after passing the word, you will go back and rest first." Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of "grunting".

Cao Hao touched his stomach, this is still two small flower rolls in the morning, and he accompanied the guests at the table at night, and he didn't eat much.

Xiao Man said: "Uncle is hungry? The uncle first went to Master Zhiran's courtyard to sit down, and after the small one finished speaking, he asked the kitchen to prepare some food. ”

Cao Hao nodded and said, "Don't toss too much, if you have anything ready-made, just send some over." And on the master's side, if the lights in the wife's house have not been turned off, people will also ask if they want to eat some supper. ”

Xiao Man was a little worried about Cao Hao, and wanted to find someone to help him, Cao Hao waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, I'm fine, it's only a few steps." ”

Xiao Man just went, and Cao Hao followed the sound of the piano and came to the west courtyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard the sound of the piano stop abruptly, and Cao Hao was a little unsatisfied, so he stretched out his hand and knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Zhiran's voice came out calmly and calmly.

Cao Hao entered the room, and Zhiran sat cross-legged on the kang, with a guqin in front of him. There was only one table and two chairs in the room, with teapots and cups, and nothing else. On the kang is only a round wooden hard pillow, covered with green cloth.

Although it is not the first time to come, every time he sees it, Cao Hao still feels too simple, and said to Zhiran: "The furniture and furnishings are ready-made, so it is better to clean up comfortably." ”

Zhiran moved the piano from his eyes to the side and said, "That's fine." There are too many things, and it looks messy. ”

After standing in the cold wind for a long time, Cao Hao was also a little cold, picked up his clothes, and sat directly on the kang. It was hot, and he felt a lot more comfortable on his body, and said, "Little Liu'er went to sleep?" ”

Xiao Liu'er is the little servant of the Cao family, and after Zhiran came, he was sent to this courtyard to take care of it.

Zhiran had already gone to the ground, listened to Cao Hao's words, nodded, then picked up the teapot on the table, poured half a cup of tea, and sent it to Cao Hao, saying, "Let's take a sip of tea!" ”

Cao Hao took it, glanced at the guqin on the kang, and said with a smile: "How do you want to play this, I don't usually see you getting this, it is not that the little monk has entered the red dust, and his heart is upset." ”

Zhiran didn't refute, poured himself a cup of tea, lowered his eyelids, looked at the tea leaves floating in the cup, and said, "Tired, just looking, I'm already tired!" Master Cao, do you still remember the fun of the mountain behind Qingliang Temple? ”

How can you forget? Cao Hao remembered this just now outside the courtyard, he has been in this world for more than ten years, and the most worry-free thing is the two years of Qingliang Temple.

He sat cross-legged on the kang, glanced at Zhiran, and said: "I was afraid that your Buddhism would be bitter, and I wanted to persuade you to grow your hair and return to vulgarity, but now it seems that I am still a little obsessed." ”

Zhiran put down the teacup, touched the Buddha beads on his wrist, showed a little confusion on his face, and said slowly: "Since the beginning of Laba, there are many temples in Nancheng to give porridge, and many lonely old people have lined up for half a street, just to drink a bowl of hot porridge......"

Seeing that he was a little like this, Cao Hao thought that he had a Buddha heart attack, nodded and said, "Well, my mother and my son also went to the temple to give alms." If the little monk also has this heart, he will explain to Cao Fang tomorrow. ”

Zhiran shook his head and said, "It's not for this, the little monk feels something...... When I was in Qingliang Temple, I also saw poor housewives who were unable to raise their children and sent their children to the temple gate...... Everyone has parents, and the parents of the little monk may also be forced by their livelihood...... However, I remember that the master showed the little monk the original swaddling clothes, which did not look like the things used by the Han family. ”

Cao Hao heard that he wondered, he had known the little monk for many years, and it was the first time he had heard him say that he missed his parents. It's just that for no reason, how do you think of this?

Zhiran also saw that Cao Hao was confused, and said: "The little monk is watching "Journey to the West" these two times, and when he sees the section of "Recognizing the Son", he can't help but feel a little upset! ”

No one jumped out of the cracks in the stones, they were all born and raised by their parents, and it is human nature to want to understand their own life experience.

Cao Hao said: "When I was still in the temple, I asked you if you wanted to find your biological parents. You were interested at that time, and there was only one master in your heart. Otherwise, there will be a result from then on. Speaking of this, he paused and said, "It's not too late, just look for it if you want to." I will write to Cao Yuan tomorrow and ask him to leave a few people to help you investigate inside and outside Jiangning City. ”

Zhiran listened, folded his hands, and said, "That is the case, the little monk has thanked Master Cao." The little monk has no other intentions, if the family is rich, if it is lonely, it is good to send two buckets of rice. ”

If you are someone else, you must not complain, why did you abandon yourself to Yunyun, Zhiran grew up in the temple after all, the confusion on his face has faded, and there is no sadness or joy in his words.

Cao Hao couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, compared with Zhiran, he has parents and a wife and children, which is really blessed. But sometimes I feel sorry for myself, saying what is "lonely" and what is "lonely", but I am really a little dissatisfied.

In Zhiran's heart, he remembered a figure, could he be the "Jiang Liu'er", the woman was the "Yin family......", * East Mansion, the east courtyard, the upper room.

On the table of the Eight Immortals on the ground, the red dragon and phoenix candles kept ticking, and the curtains on the kang kept shaking, accompanied by a thicker and thicker wheezing sound.

With the female voice of "ah", the wheezing voice immediately went out, and it was only after a while that I heard Cao Song say: "...... Is this my strength so strong that it hurts you? I...... I'm just in too much of a hurry, I'm ...... I'm not a ......."

In his voice, he was a little uneasy and cowardly.

Jing Hui was under Cao Song, her eyes were already wet, and when she became a woman from a girl, it would be a lie to say that it didn't hurt, but she didn't complain at all.

Seeing Cao Song so uneasy, she really didn't know what to say. After all, she was a bride, and she was too ashamed to do it.

She didn't say anything, but stretched out her arm and hugged Cao Song's back, just like that, hugging it tightly, her heart was indescribably sweet...... is also Dongfu, but the other two women related to Cao Song are tossing and turning, and it is difficult to sleep, that is, Zhaojia and Jade Dragon.

The daughter-in-law entered the door, and she was counting on hugging her grandson in the future, Zhao Jiashi couldn't tell whether she was happy or sad, but she didn't stop sighing since she hit the kang.

After tossing for a long time, still unable to sleep, Zhao Jiashi sat up and asked, "What time is it?" ”

Zhao Jia's didn't sleep, and Aster, who was on night duty on the ground, didn't dare to close his eyes. After listening to Zhao Jia's question, Aster touched a piece of clothing and put it on, took a fire sickle and lit the lamp, held it up to look at the table clock, and replied: "If you go back to your wife, it will be the first time (one o'clock in the morning), and your wife can't sleep, but you want the slave and maid to wait for your wife to eat cigarettes?" ”

Zhao Jia's heart was moved when he heard this, and he just wanted to say goodbye, thinking that his daughter-in-law would serve tea tomorrow morning, which would be regarded as the first time that his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had seen him. If you are mentally unable to sleep after eating smoking, you will not be able to sleep more and more, and your face will not look good tomorrow morning, and you will make your daughter-in-law laugh in her heart.

Therefore, she said: "If you don't eat it, your mouth is a little dry, just pour tea and eat it, or you have to rest early." Bastard boy, I don't know if there's a cave room? The last sentence is self-talking.

Green chrysanthemum is still her daughter's house, and after listening to the latter sentence, she couldn't help but blush, but she didn't hear it, and poured a cup of warm tea and sent it to Zhaojia's hands.

Zhao Jia's two mouthfuls were eaten, and then he felt more comfortable, took a long breath, and said: "This daughter-in-law is also weird, I knew that it was so cumbersome, and it would be better to set your second and third master's family affairs on one day, and it would save a lot of trouble." Otherwise, thirty years ago, I would have been busy with this. ”

Lu Ju sent the teacup back and said, "Didn't Mrs. say that the wild duck sent from the village tasted good, Ming'er let the kitchen stew two cups, and the slave maid looked at the wife to eat that is fragrant." Mrs. is tired of these two things, and the slave and maid can't bear to see it, so they should make up for their bodies. ”

Zhao Jiashi rubbed his shoulders and said, "What's the way, who would have thought that there would be these female dependents coming to the door, and they all have orders on their bodies, and none of them can be neglected." Although there is a big wife, after all, it is our second room to do a happy event, and I don't have the time to rest at all. ”

Although there was a little scratching, there was also a bit of pride in the voice.

Seeing her like this, Lu Ju flattered: "Who said it wasn't, people came and went, it was really lively." Whoever has such a grand celebration for a happy event, the slave has never seen it for more than ten years, and the wife is blessed. ”

When Zhao Jiashi heard this, he couldn't help laughing twice, and said: "Your second master is on an errand in front of the emperor, don't look at it as just six grades, which official outside is not respectful?" Tsk, if you don't say anything else, let's just say that these officials who came to give gifts have all kinds of grades. At the account room, I don't know how much gift money has been received......"

Speaking of this, she gradually stopped talking, quite excited.

Cao Song's family affairs, presided over by Cao Yin, can be regarded as being handled by the public. When the public middle school holds red and white ceremonies, there is a charter that whoever receives the gift and who receives the gift will return the gift.

Although these few people are said to be congratulators, those who look at the second room are only relatives on the side of Zhaojia Mansion, and the others are mostly the relationship between Cao Yin's father and son.

Although I know that people ask for a gift, it is just a word "go", and the gift is not received in vain, and the gift must be returned; But thinking that I heard from the steward that there were a lot of foreign officials from the mansion over there, and the gifts were all hundreds of taels of silver, Zhao Jia's heart was still a little reluctant.

Leaning down and lying on the pillow, she couldn't help but sigh again...... * The front door, the shop in Daoxiang Village.

In the darkness, a figure tiptoed to the oil drum outside the warehouse, stumbled out of his bosom and poured it into the oil drum......

(To be continued)