Chapter 17: The Wei Family's Brothers
On the afternoon of July, the preparations of the Hou Mansion gradually ended, just in time for the girls' begging festival, Cao Shi ordered the women of the Hou Mansion to take a day off to celebrate this annual daughter's day, and Wei Junru is a personal servant of the imperial maid also rarely took a short vacation, threading needles and threads in the small courtyard of the Wei family to sew a red wedding dress.
The young Wei Zifu took a few stitches with a needle and thread, and caught a glimpse of the second sister Wei Shao'er curling her mouth and humming a little song, turning around and whispering a few words softly in Wei Junru's ear, and the sisters couldn't help but giggle.
Wei Shao'er was deaf and clear-sighted, and put down the needlework and fought with Wei Zifu at the slightest movement: "Okay, you son-in-law, you are chewing the root of your tongue behind my back, and what are you talking about me?" ”
"No, no, I just said that the second sister had a good time all day, with a smile on her mouth as if she had eaten honey." Wei Zifu was afraid of being tickled, and was scratched by Wei Shao'er a few times and called for help, Wei Junru saw that the tears of the third sister's smile flowed out and felt funny, put down the wedding dress and generously admired the two sisters' play.
The two girls scratched each other for a while and were tired, panting and parting from the battlefield, Wei Zifu said breathlessly: "Good sister, you have a good good time, my eldest sister and I envy you so much!" ”
"How can there be! I have to wait a year for my marriage, and I can't become a master in Beijing in order to marry Huo Jialangjun, and now I think about it, it's a pity. Wei Shao'er couldn't help but look out the window at a slanting moon hanging high in the night sky, and couldn't help but feel sad: "It is said that the Qiqiao Festival was the Daughter's Day in ancient times, we thread needles and threads to make clothes every day, and we want to take them out on this night to dry them for the morning glory and weaver girl to beg for a good Langjun, I started sewing clothes and begging at the age of three, and waited for ten years to meet Huo Jialangjun, this is my last Qiqiao Festival." ”
In ancient times, it was called the begging festival and was also called the daughter's festival, the legend is that the black magpie fills the river into a bridge and crosses the weaver girl, since ancient times it is the festival of the unmarried woman, the festival custom is that the woman who has not yet married in the boudoir on this day is to dry the scriptures and clothes, beg for the double star and thread the needle to beg for skill.
Wei Junru secretly sighed that his sister seemed to have grown up overnight, and said with a smile: "What's so good about Jingshi, it's not that there are many people and a big place, I heard that the capital is not as big as the Hou State, and the population is more than twice as large as the Hou State, and it is not safe to live together in such a small place." ”
A little boy ran over from outside the house: "Sister, I heard that there is a big hunting ground in Chang'an, can I follow the prince to hunt." ”
Wei Zifu turned his face and smiled: "Ah Qing, didn't you go to practice push-ups?" Who said that you can't enter the house without doing thirty push-ups, it's so embarrassing. ”
"I'll finish it and show it to Sister A, there are still eight, seven, six ......" Wei Qing blushed and panted and fell to the ground, everyone in the Hou Mansion knew that the prince and the marquis looked down on the Wei family, and people kindly thought that the prince favored Wei Junyu, so Aiwu and Wu were much better to the Wei family.
Only the Wei family themselves knew that Junhou's thoughts were not the case, not to mention that Wei Junru had never even been close to his skin so far, just the attitude of attaching importance to the brothers and sisters of the Wei family without treating them equally could detect the difference, Junhou personally formulated a diet and rest training plan for Wei Qing, which was so detailed that he stipulated his daily schedule of work and rest, and even Wei Junru himself could not figure out the original intention of Junhou.
Wei Junru watched his younger brother finish the last eight push-ups, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, Junhou said that A-Qing is still young, and it is not appropriate to pull out seedlings to help him grow, and he should be temperate in training and don't get tired of his body." ”
"Sister, I also hunted a pheasant when I was hunting in the west today, and the prince rewarded me with a small bow and two pots of arrows, and now I already have three bows." Wei Qing magically took out a small bow with exquisite workmanship, which was a typical cavalry horn bow, and the two quivers were neatly filled with beautiful goose feather arrows.
Wei Zifu blinked and recognized the appearance of Yanling's arrow: "Sister looks at the feathers of that arrow, it doesn't look like the pot of arrows collected by Ah Gong (Wei Ping), which has never been seen again when it was taken by the second brother to Ma Yi." ”
"This is called the Yan Ling Arrow, I have seen it in the study of the prince, a pot of Yan Ling Arrow costs at least two hundred yuan, and the high-quality one can be sold for five hundred yuan, look at the bright tail feathers of the arrow shaft must be a high-quality Yan Ling arrow." Wei Junru has served by the side of the prince for a long time, and her vision and knowledge are much broader than forgetting, and the two brothers rely on her to be the master of the family when they are not at home for a long time.
Wei Zifu blinked and said: "It's so expensive, Ah Gong's pot of arrows back then was still a reward for cutting a person in Wu State, Ah Qing just hunted a pheasant, and the prince rewarded him with a bow and two pots of arrows, our Wei family's grace is growing, Sister Ah should be more careful, and not let the prince feel embarrassed and troubled." ”
"Well, that's exactly what I wanted." Wei Junru looked at her sister Wei Zifu thoughtfully, she was lively and cute at a young age, and her appearance was also well-known for her handsomeness in the Hou Mansion, and several families in the Hou Mansion had already targeted the delicate third sister, and what surprised her even more was that the third sister Hui Zhilan's heart was always focused, that is, she had to think about it for a long time before she could think about it.
Wei Shao'er took the needle and thread and glanced at it obliquely: "The son-in-law is too hearty again!" The prince is good to our Wei family because my sister is favored, I am because of Huo Jialang, Jun is reluctant to let go, the appearance of the husband is the most handsome among our sisters, and when I grow a few years old, I will dress up and be accepted as a concubine by the prince, and in the future, the people in the Hou Mansion will bow humbly when they see our Wei family. ”
"Sister, don't say that the prince will not accept his son-in-law as a concubine, you look at the things that the prince sent to his son-in-law." Wei Zifu got out of bed and went to his bedroom to rummage through the cabinets, and after a while he came over with a few sets of beautiful dance clothes and a stack of bamboo slips, a phoenix bird embroidered with gold thread on ruby red satin, and a few flowers in full bloom.
This gorgeous dress stunned Wei Shao'er, and the top and satin touched and touched the eyes very hot, and after a long time, he said with envy: "The life of the son-in-law is good, such a good dress can only be worn by the wife of the prince, and if you take it to Anyi and sell it, you can at least exchange it for a gold, the prince really loves you in every way." ”
Wei Zifu picked up a delicate incense powder box and pushed it in front of Wei Junru: "Sister, you guessed wrong, Junhou is unintentionally asking for me, arrange teaching to teach me to read and write every morning, and in the afternoon, there are musicians who teach me to learn etiquette and dance and give me better incense powder than Sister A, a few times when I come to see me, I only stand outside the corridor to enjoy for a moment and then turn away, if the prince intends to spoil me, who in the Hou Mansion can stop it?" ”
The box slowly opened, and the two sisters of the Wei family were stunned, Wei Qing leaned over and sniffed: "Wow! The smell of good fragrance must smell good on the body, today is the Begging Festival, do you want to rub a little. ”
Wei Junru pressed the box containing flowers and spices and returned it to Wei Zifu, looking at his sister's expression as never before: "Zifu, what you say today must not be known to outsiders, my grace, the grace of children, the importance of Aqing, and the weight of the two brothers are closely related to you, the better you learn from the teacher and the musician, the more grace our Wei family will have, we don't know what will happen in the future, but the prince has great kindness to our Wei family, and we must always remember that our Wei family is not a villain who knows how to repay the favor." ”
Wei Zifu, who was only eleven years old, said seriously like a little adult: "Sister's mind and husband are all saved, the Wei family is the Wei family of the prince, we were born in the Hou Mansion and the head is in the Hou Mansion, and the grace of the Hou family for the reinvention of the Wei family must be repaid by our brothers and sisters. ”
Wei Junru nodded with a smile: "This time, the door doctor called Meng to return to his hometown and only brought two letters from the second brother, I heard that the caravan said that the second brother took the initiative to ask to stay in Mayi and did not come back, I think it is also to live up to the expectations of the prince and the Wei family, the eldest brother only comes back once a month in order to repay the prince for living in the mine, I heard that the prince plans to promote the eldest brother to be the mine supervisor in the New Year, and our sisters cannot be left behind." ”
"Whatever Sister says, I'll do it." Wei Qing raised his little hand and clenched his fist, and the sisters giggled at his funny appearance.
After laughing, Wei Shao'er sighed with sorrow: "You all found an opportunity to repay the prince, but how should I, a woman to be married, repay the kindness of the prince?" Huo Jialang Jun received the grace of the prince and became the Hou Guocheng in the year of the weak crown, although there was a twelve-year-old Gan Luo to worship the prime minister, but I heard that Gan Luo was able to worship the prime minister because he was a guest of the Lu Xiang country, and Huo Jialang Jun also relied on the prestige of the prince to gain a firm foothold in the Hou country, and I don't know how long it will take to repay the kindness. ”
"Children don't have to worry, your Huo Jialang Juntong Guò Junhou test, has been unanimously approved by the Hou Mansion Jian Ba Hou Guocheng, with the means of the Marquis, it will not take a few years to become the Hou Lingchang, Huo Jialang Jun may be able to become a high-ranking official of 2,000 stones in the future."
"By my sister's auspicious words, if he can be among the two thousand stone ministers, I will set up a Cao commune for the prince." Wei Shao'er said happily.
Wei Qing muttered unhappily: "Sister, the prince is in good health, don't set up an ancestral hall." ”
The three sisters laughed again, there was Luan Bu as Yan Xiang in front of him, because his conduct was commendable, so Yan Qi set up Luan Commune for him, which was also the first ancestral hall in history, although Wei Shao'er advocated the establishment of Cao Gong Ancestral Hall, although it was a bit far-fetched, but the mind and proposition were very decent, even Wei Zifu, who repeatedly reminded his sister to be careful, had nothing to object to this mention.
After day and night, the inventory and registration were cleaned, the calculation and distribution of the assets of the Hou Mansion were finally determined, Uncle Chen took less than one-third of the domestic servants and a small number of domestic officials to stay in the old mansion of the Hou Mansion, Fan Itguang and most of the household servants followed the team to Beijing.
The servants of Princess Yangxin's Mansion are constantly sent to urge them to go on the road every day, especially in the past few days, the servants sent before the departure are becoming more and more dense, and the princess's mansion family has not seen her for many days, and Hu Sui rushed to the Hou Mansion and personally brought a moving team composed of more than 100 people to assist.
The cart pulled up a long procession, from the Hou Mansion to the ferry on the west bank of the Fen River, Hu Sui was proud of a few big ships under the escort of more than a dozen ships: "Prince, please see, this is the grace that Her Royal Highness the princess has obtained from the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven learned that the prince moved into Beijing and specially approved several large ships under the command of General Lou Chuan to transport troops to move home for the prince, although this ship is not as powerful as the Lou boat, but none of the ships walking on the big river can be compared. ”
"Princess Lao is concerned." Cao Shi glanced at the Han Dynasty boats moored outside the ferry, several paddle fast boat escorts two-story large boats, and saw that the system was a bit like a large painting boat, the difference was nothing more than a few white sails with a curtain in the wind, making the boat rush and flood.
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