Conceived in October and delivered in one day. On the first day of June in the 27th year of Guangxu, Jiang Cuilian, who had been wronged, gave birth to a baby boy

Since Jiang Cuilian lived at her uncle's house, Jiang's mother went to Qingshi Village every once in a while to visit her daughter and bring her some clothes and food. A few days before Jiang Cuilian was about to give birth, Jiang's mother lived in the Zheng family normally. Zheng Jing not only prepared the supplies and food needed for Jiang Cuilian's birth and rearing for confinement, as well as all the supplies for the baby, so she didn't have to worry about the Zheng family. also gave his brother Zheng Dongshan ten silver yuan, and Zheng Dongshan, who had been gloomy, had a smile.

The baby "washes three", "full moon", "double full moon", "over 100 days", Jiang Cuilian's mother is in good order; Although it is not easy to entertain, the ceremonies are all carried out, and the soldiers and generals have a little excitement.

Jiang Cuilian has a lot of milk, and the baby is not sick or sick, which makes Jiang's mother worry a lot.

The rituals that should be done were done, and Jiang Mu, who was idle, discussed with Jiang Cuilian about the three major things that needed to be solved urgently:

1. Will you notify Young Master Long to come to see the child? How do I notify Young Master Long to come and see the child?

Second, Wan Fuxiang has repeatedly chased after him to get married, whether Jiang Cuilian will marry Wan Fuxiang or not? If she gets married, when will Jiang Cuilian return to the Jiang family? When will you marry Wan Fuxiang?

3. How is this child placed?

After repeated discussions and trade-offs, Jiang Mu and Jiang Cuilian finally decided:

1. Inform Young Master Long, who always comes to the Jiang family to see Jiang Cuilian, to come to see the child - let Jiang Wenhua go to Jiangzhou City, try to find the housekeeper Feng Changwen, and ask Steward Feng to inform Young Master Long to come to Qingshi Village in the north of the city tomorrow. In order not to be known by his elder brother Zheng Dongshan, Jiang Mu and Jiang Cuilian discussed and decided to ask Young Master Long to visit the child in the grove of Yuanbao Mountain in the east of Qingshi Village tomorrow.

Second, although Jiang Cuilian has already given birth to a son for the Long family, it is difficult to say whether the Long family, whose reputation is more important than life, can let the child recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors in the future; The hope of Jiang Cuilian being able to enter the Long family and gain fame is even slimmer; Coupled with Zhao Shuxian's obstruction, things are even more difficult to achieve; Therefore, Jiang Cuilian married Wan Fuxiang and pulled down.

Third, as for how to deal with this child, this matter is very tricky: Young Master Long can't take the child away for a while; Jiang Cuilian, who is about to get married, can't take her children with her; Jiang's mother can't take the child back to raise it - then there will only be an abandoned baby! But how to abandon an abandoned baby? To whom did he abandon it? The mother and daughter discussed again and again, and planned to give the child to Zheng Dongshan, an uncle who had no children and no daughters.

Things are agreed upon and implemented immediately. Jiang's mother first went back and asked her son Jiang Wenhua to go to Jiangzhou City immediately, trying to find the housekeeper Feng Changwen; Please ask Steward Feng to inform Young Master Long to visit the children in the grove of Yuanbao Mountain in the east of Qingshi Village in the north of the city tomorrow morning.

Jiang Wenhua followed his mother's instructions, immediately set off for Jiangzhou City, and soon found the Dragon Mansion. Then he told the gatekeeper of Longfu that he was a distant nephew of Steward Feng, named Feng Yida, and because his father was seriously ill, he asked Steward Feng to come out and say something.

Li Hu and Ma Long, the gatekeepers of the Dragon Mansion, saw that the person who came had a nose and eyes, and believed it, so they asked people to spread the word and asked the housekeeper Feng Changwen to come out. Steward Feng heard that there was a distant nephew named Feng Yida, because his father was seriously ill, he asked to see him, and he couldn't think of it for a while, so he came to the door to take a look.

Jiang Wenhua, who didn't know Feng Changwen, heard that everyone said that Steward Feng was coming, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute his "uncle"; and grabbed Feng Changwen and pulled Feng Changwen out of the gate, explaining that he was Jiang Cuilian's younger brother Jiang Wenhua; Her sister Jiang Cuilian gave birth to a baby boy in early June; I would like to ask Young Master Long to visit the child tomorrow in the grove of Yuanbao Mountain in the east of Qingshi Village in the north of the city.

Steward Feng was overjoyed when he heard the news, thanked Jiang Wenhua again and again, and gave him a silver yuan, asking Jiang Wenhua to go to the restaurant to buy food by himself.

After Steward Feng sent Jiang Wenhua away, he hurriedly told Young Master Long the good news. When Long Zaitian heard the great news, he was so happy that he almost jumped up. Immediately, he went to the east building to tell his mother the good news that Jiang Cuilian had given birth to a baby boy in early June, and specially sent his younger brother to deliver a letter, asking him to go to Qingshi Village in the north of the city tomorrow morning to visit the child. Mrs. Long was even more happy to hear this good news, and immediately started to prepare gifts for visiting the child with Young Master Long.

The gift that Mrs. Long prepared to give to her "grandson" was a gold collar, and the gift that Young Master Long prepared to give to her "son" was a pair of gold locks with the words "longevity and 100 years old" that he had worn when he was a child. In addition, Mrs. Long also took out two gold bars and asked Long Zaitian to bring to Jiang Cuilian, who was "meritorious".

The next day, Young Master Long got up early in the morning, and with great interest, he took the housekeeper Feng Changwen to Qingshi Village in the north of the city and found the small forest of Yuanbao Mountain in the east of the village.

In the middle of autumn, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the cool autumn wind blows the sky clear and blue, and the quiet groves are clean and clean, and the scenery is very pleasant. Young Master Long and Steward Feng sat on a stone to rest, patiently waiting for their "dragon species".

After about ten minutes, I heard a rustling sound; The two of them followed the prestige, and saw an old woman holding a baby, and beside her, a young woman with clear eyebrows and a graceful demeanor, walking towards this side.

Long Zaitian fixed his eyes, wasn't that woman the Jiang Cuilian he had been thinking about for a long time? I haven't seen her for more than half a year, and my beloved Cuilian seems to be much older than before. Ay! It's really time to make people old, red cherries, green plantains!

Young Master Long didn't have time to think about it, it was like a spring on his buttocks, "Whoosh! He jumped up and rushed to Jiang Cuilian's side in a hurry.

"Cuilian! You...... You're suffering! Young Master Long said, if no one around him hugged Jiang Cuilian tightly, as if Jiang Cuilian would fly away as soon as he let go, the tears in his eyes flowed out uncontrollably.

"Young Master! You...... You okay? Jiang Cuilian, who was tightly hugged by Young Master Long, shed tears before she spoke, and couldn't help hugging Young Master Long and sobbing.

The two of them hugged tightly like this, and all love, all love, melted into this warm embrace.

Young Master Long and Jiang Cuilian hugged each other tightly, their eyes facing each other, no one spoke, and tears flowed down their faces. That love and that scene, just like Su Dongpo said in "Jiangchengzi": "There are no words for each other, only a thousand tears." ”

Jiang Cuilian's tears seemed to be more, and her two eye sockets were like tear fountains, constantly spurting tears out; The tears flowed down his cheeks, fused with the tears dropped by Young Master Long, and merged into a gurgling river of tears—all love and hate, all in this gurgling river of tears.

I don't know how much time passed, Young Master Long reluctantly let go of Jiang Cuilian and walked up to Jiang's mother to greet:

"Auntie! Hello! ”

"Young Master Long! Hello! How are your parents? When Jiang Mu saw Young Master Long running over to ask, she hurriedly replied and greeted Long Zaitian's parents.

"They are so nice! Thank you! Come to think this is our baby! Long Zaitian couldn't hold it anymore, and after a brief polite exchange with Jiang's mother, he hurriedly reached out to hug the child in Jiang's mother's arms.

"This is you and Cuilian's baby, you see how cute he looks!" Mother Jiang handed the child to Young Master Long and clarified the true identity of the child.

"Oops! Our baby is so cute! When you grow up, you must be more beautiful than your mother, smarter than me! Young Master Long Zaitian was so happy that he lifted the baby high and shook it up and down. Suddenly, he saw a round purple defect about one centimeter in diameter under the baby's navel, so he cried out happily: "Bah! Look! God also printed a birthmark for our baby! ”

"Somehow, this kid has a purple flaw on his stomach." Mother Jiang was afraid that Young Master Long would be unhappy when she saw the baby's birthmark, so she hurriedly sighed euphemistically.

"It's good to have a birthmark! It's good to have a birthmark! It's easy to recognize a birthmark! It shows that our children are different! "Young Master Long Zaitian really thinks that it is not a bad thing for a child to have a birthmark, maybe it is still a good thing - this child is not with him at the moment, and he doesn't know when he will meet and recognize each other again in the future. Isn't it the best sign to have this birthmark that can never be erased?

"Yes! Oh, yes! This child has this birthmark that can never be erased, and it will be really easy to recognize in the future! Mother Jiang was quite happy to see that Young Master Long was not taboo about the baby's birthmark, so she was relieved!

At this time, Long Zaitian and Jiang's mother said that the birthmark on the baby's body was a "joke"; Unexpectedly, this child really "restored" his original face with this birthmark, which completely changed the trajectory of his life.

"Good baby! Check it out! Look what Grandma brought to you! Long Zaitian said, and then motioned with his eyes to Steward Feng to take out the gold collar that Mrs. Long gave to the "grandson" and bring it to the baby.

"Baby! Check it out again! Let's see what Dad brought to you," Young Master Long motioned to Steward Feng to take out the golden lock with the words "Longevity and 100 Years Old" that he gave to his "son" and bring it to the baby.

These two pieces of gold jewelry are amazing! It's worth a lot! And the high value shows and improves the identity of the wearer - the baby at this time does not look like an ordinary child!

"Oops! How can you be so spoiled? How can we get away with it? Please say hello to Master Long and Mrs. Long on our behalf! And thank you! Mother Jiang was pleasantly surprised when she saw Young Master Long wearing such a big and valuable thing for the baby, and she felt very unhappy.

"Auntie! What's so upset about that? This baby is the heart and soul of me and Cuilian! It's our Long family's gold that can't be changed! No amount of gold can buy it! ”

"That's right! That's right! Jiang Mu hurriedly nodded yes.

Young Master Long Zaitian asked Steward Feng to take out the two gold bars that Mrs. Long had given to Jiang Cuilian, who had "given birth to a grandson"; Jiang's mother felt that this gift was too heavy and did not dare to accept it; Long Zaitian, the young master, must accept it; Mother Jiang had to accept it.

"Young Master! It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, once it is seen by others, it may cause something wrong! Please come back! Jiang Cuilian, who has experienced a lot of ups and downs, has not recovered from the trauma of her soul, her face seems to have lost the function of laughing, and she can't squeeze out the slightest smile on her facial features - although she is happy to meet Young Master Long, she has no smile at all except hugging and crying. Now that she saw that Young Master Long had already seen the baby, she was used to it; In order to avoid unplanned trouble, he "ruthlessly" urged the dragon to leave early on the day.

"Cuilian! How are you going to arrange our baby? "It's time to separate! Young Master Long naturally asked Jiang Cuilian this crucial question.

"For the baby, we have our own arrangements, you don't have to worry about it." As soon as Jiang Cuilian came to her mother, she had already discussed and decided to give the child to her uncle to raise, and "no need" Young Master Long to worry about. Second, Jiang Cuilian also had resentment in her heart that the Long family could not accept her and could not let the baby recognize her ancestors and return to her ancestors, so she replied like this.

"Cuilian! Don't be mad at me! I'm also 'more than enough to have more than enough strength'! I will definitely find a way to make the baby recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors in the future; Even there must be a saying for you. But now you must take good care of our baby and raise it well! "Long Zaitian knew in his heart that what Jiang Cuilian said was angry; But I blame myself, not Cuilian. Therefore, he could only endure it and persuade him with good words.

"I hope so! I'll raise the baby well. Although the topic was heavy and embarrassing, it was rare for everyone to meet once, and Jiang Cuilian didn't want to make the situation too stiff, so she replied with such a "neutral" sentence.

"Cuilian! I will definitely let our baby recognize their ancestors in the future! Young Master Long reaffirmed his oath and expressed his heart again.

"That's it! All right! Young Master Long, please go back! You can rest assured! We're going to raise our babies to be chubby! Steward Feng! You take care of Master Long all the way! When Long Zaitian and Jiang Cuilian were talking, Zheng Jing and Feng Changwen also talked, and they knew that Feng Changwen was the housekeeper of the Dragon Mansion. At this time, Mother Jiang was afraid that Jiang Cuilian would say something sad to Young Master Long again, which would make everyone unhappy; Therefore, he hurriedly came forward to end this meeting and asked Steward Feng to take care of Long Zaitian's return.

"Good! Then let's go! Long Zaitian kissed the baby again, shook Jiang Cuilian's hand again, and then endured the pain in his heart, felt guilty, and said goodbye to Jiang Cuilian and Jiang's mother affectionately.

"Young Master Long, let's go! Steward Feng is good to go! Mother Jiang hurriedly responded. Jiang Cuilian, who was in tears, did not squeak - it was difficult to say goodbye when we met! At this moment, Jiang Cuilian has all kinds of feelings in her heart - in addition to her resentment against Long Zaitian, but more of love, missing, and inseparable - the two have not seen each other for more than half a year, and they will be separated after meeting; What's even more sad is that at this time, I don't know when we will see each other again - what simple words can she use to express her complicated feelings at this time? Therefore, Jiang Cuilian didn't speak, but waved her hand to Long Zaitian sadly. However, such a beautiful and desolate gesture is very intriguing! It's unforgettable!

The most painful thing in the world is life and death. Long Zaitian's mood at this time is the same as Jiang Cuilian - in this world, Jiang Cuilian is his most beloved woman; In this world, the baby is his most beloved heart; But he can't be with them, and after meeting for a while, he will be separated, how can this not break his liver and intestines?

The dragon walked away step by step!

The dragon is both satisfied and lost in the sky!

It may be telepathy, and after about half an hour, Jiang Cuilian and Long Zaitai suddenly remembered: The two are rarely together, why didn't they name the child together? This is also too negligent - today Jiang Cuilian and Long Zaitian did not name the child together, and later Jiang Cuilian did not name the child separately, which made their baby a "nameless child"; And in the future, they don't know the name that others give to this baby, which brings a lot of misfortune to them, especially to their child.

Young Master Long met with his son and left! Jiang's mother and Jiang Cuilian returned to the Zheng family with their children, and the mother and daughter immediately prepared to implement the second thing: promise Wan Fuxiang to marry Jiang Cuilian.

Jiang's mother entrusted the baby to Jiang Cuilian's aunt Chen Guifang to take care of it temporarily for a few days, and then returned to Dawangzhuang with Jiang Cuilian; And let Jiang Cuilian swagger through the market on Dawangzhuang Street - let people know that Jiang Cuilian "has returned from Shanghai to see a doctor!" "—The people of Dawangzhuang know, and the people of Xiaowangzhuang will know immediately; If the people of Xiaowangzhuang know, Wan Fuxiang will know immediately, and Wan Fuxiang will come to the door immediately if he knows.

Sure enough, Jiang Cuilian "came back from seeing a doctor in Shanghai!" The news spread quickly, and soon spread in Dawangzhuang, and spread to Xiaowangzhuang, Xiaowangzhuang had many troubles and went to Jiangzhou City to tell Wan Fuxiang, and Wan Fuxiang came to the door to discuss marriage.

Because Jiang Cuilian is still breastfeeding, Jiang's mother and Jiang Cuilian have long agreed that they will not get married until April next year at the earliest. But after Wan Fuxiang came, he thought that it was too late to get married in April, and the sooner the better-under Wan Fuxiang's urgent request, everyone set the wedding date on the tenth day of the lunar month.

After setting a wedding date with Wan Fuxiang, Jiang Cuilian went back to her uncle's house in Qingshi Village to take care of the children; Dowries, wedding banquets and other things are handled by Jiang's mother.

Before Jiang Cuilian gets married, there is a third thing that must be done, that is, to hand over the child to her uncle Zheng Dongshan to raise.

Jiang's mother took time out of her busy schedule and came to Qingshi Village from Dawangzhuang to explain to her brother Zheng Dongshan that she wanted to leave the child born by Jiang Cuilian to him to raise. In order to prevent her brother, who was afraid of suffering, from agreeing, Jiang's mother also offered to subsidize all the living expenses even if Jiang Cuilian did. But this tricky and mean Zheng Dongshan refused.

Zheng Dongshan said: Jiang Cuilian is a generation younger than him, and the child born by Jiang Cuilian is two generations younger than him, how to deal with letting him raise this child? Besides, I'm so old! When will I be able to raise my child? When will the child repay his nurturing kindness? Why do you want to do this kind of "loss-making" business? Therefore he flatly refused.

When Mother Jiang heard her brother's bastard words, she gritted her teeth in anger, and couldn't wait to point at Zheng Dongshan and scold, and then immediately took Jiang Cuilian and left the Zheng family. But the current situation does not allow it, and no matter how angry he is, he can't do this, so he has to swallow his anger and not have a seizure.

At night, Jiang's mother and Jiang Cuilian couldn't sleep after turning over and over - Zheng Dongshan didn't accept the child, Jiang Cuilian's wedding was imminent, and they had to come up with someone who could accept the baby in a short period of time.

Zheng Dongshan didn't agree here, Young Master Long couldn't send it there, and Jiang's mother couldn't take the child back to raise, so she had to give the child to outsiders to raise! But to whom? How to send it? As a person who asks around about children in need, if he directly comes forward to give the baby away; Whether it is Jiang's mother or Jiang Cuilian coming forward to send it, it will make people know that Jiang Cuilian is pregnant and has a child. If you don't directly come forward to give the baby away, then how to place the baby?

The mother and daughter tossed and turned like pancakes, pondered all night, and finally made a poignant decision - to send the child to the incense-filled Dawang Temple, where they were resigned to fate and picked up and adopted by someone who was destined.

After Jiang Mu and Jiang Cuilian made such a heart-piercing decision, they began to discuss the details of the specific delivery.

The first is the day of sending the child: the baby is born in early June, and it has not been half a year now, and he is still breastfeeding. However, because the wedding date set by Wan Fuxiang and Jiang Cuilian is the tenth day of the lunar month, they cannot wait until the child is weaned for a year before giving it away; So the mother and daughter decided to wean early and send the child on the first day of the lunar month. And every first day and fifteenth day of the new year is the day when people go to the Dawang Temple to offer incense, and the people who go there to offer incense are men and women, and maybe they will meet a good person.

The second is whether to put any tokens on the baby: if you don't put the same, there will be no "credentials" in the future; If so, it is advisable to put something - this thing must not be too valuable, but must have a certain commemorative value.

Mother Jiang and Jiang Cuilian thought about it, and finally decided to remove the gold collar given to the child by Young Master Long and the gold lock engraved with "longevity and 100 years old" for later use. The emerald gold ring that Young Master Long gave to Jiang Cuilian back then, and strung it on the strap that the baby fixed the diaper - the child has this emerald gold ring, if he meets a wealthy family, he will not use this gold ring, and the child can keep it for life as a token. If you meet someone who is in difficulty, this gold ring can also be converted into some money - it can be used to supplement life, and it can also be used as a little reward for the adopter, but there is no "credential".

Things were agreed, and the mother and daughter breathed a sigh of relief, and just waited for the first day of the lunar month to act.

In a blink of an eye, at the end of November, Jiang's mother took an opportunity and said to Zheng Dongshan and his wife:

"Brother and sister-in-law! Cuilian has been here for more than eight months and has caused you a lot of trouble; Now that the baby has been born for half a year, we decided to take the baby back and wean it early. So we plan to go back to Dawangzhuang on the first day of the lunar month. During this period, if you disturb and offend, I hope my brother and sister-in-law will forgive me. ”

Zheng Dongshan listened to his sister's words, although he felt sudden, but after thinking about it, even if he stayed, he might not get any benefits, it was better to let their mother and daughter leave early. However, Zheng Dongshan's wife Chen Guifang felt a little reluctant in her heart, and felt that the baby was weaned a little early after only six months, and said a lot of words to keep it, which made people feel quite humane.

On the first day of the lunar month, Jiang Mu and Jiang Cuilian got up in the middle of the night! The two choked back tears, ate a little indiscriminately, picked up the packed luggage, said goodbye to Zheng Dongshan and his wife, and went out of Zheng's house with the baby in their arms.

The mother and daughter walked more than a mile, and suddenly snowflakes fluttered in the sky, followed by goose feather snow and unrestrained winds. I can't tell whether it was the wind that carried the heavy snow, or the heavy snow that swept the wind, but I heard the wind howling, and I saw the heavy snow rolling, and the sky became a world of wind and a sea of snow.

Jiang's mother carried the burden, Jiang Cuilian held the baby, and trekked hard in the snow and wind - the mother and daughter in the wind and snow gradually drifted apart, and finally shrunk into a point

When the day is about to dawn, the ferocious wind and snow are like the end of a strong crossbow, and the lazy division gradually seems to be weak.

The unfortunate often make matters worse. When the mother and daughter were covered in mud and panting to the Dawang Temple in the east of Dawangzhuang Street, they looked closely and were dumbfounded - in addition to the mountain gate of the Dawang Temple where the incense was vigorous in the past, the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the side hall of the wing room and the large and small scripture halls have been burned into ruins.

How so? How could this temple burn down? I've never heard of this before!

This temple is burned down, what will happen to the children? The wedding date is imminent, the child cannot stay with him for a long time, and time and the situation do not allow to change the established plan - only to put the child in the gate building that has not yet burned down!

Jiang Cuilian opened her clothes and stuffed ** into the child's mouth, so that the baby could finally feast on her milk; and kisses and kisses and kisses and He also touched the emerald gold ring strung on the strap of the baby's diaper, and then handed the baby to the mother with tears in his eyes.

Mother Jiang took the child, also kissed her face, and dressed the baby, then walked into the gate of Dawangmiao with the child, put the baby in a slightly sheltered place in the gate building, and quickly slipped back, and hid behind the big tree in the distance with Jiang Cuilian, staring closely at the swaddling clothes wrapped in the baby. That love and that scene, there are words to prove it:

Fortune operator, send-off

The girl is kind and spring,

The boy is amorous;

After several clouds and rain,

Make an oath.

Now that the Son has come out,

how to keep the promise;

Helpless to send the son of the temple of the king,

See you again someday.

Because it was the first day of the lunar month, the heavy snow had just stopped, and the people who offered incense came from all directions, a kind of devotion to the king and Bodhisattva, so that they forgot the cold of the weather for a while. People came to the Dawang Temple with all kinds of incense, but saw that the Dawang Temple had been burned into ruins.

There was a lot of discussion, and some said that the temple may have been caused by the tent touching the incense; It is said that the person who entered the incense accidentally threw a cigarette butt and caused the fire; Some people even said that they saw lightning in the early morning and heard thunder, and it was the winter thunder and fire that burned down the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the side hall of the wing room and the large and small scripture halls - there are different opinions, and there is no consensus.

People seemed to only care about talking about the fire, but they didn't notice the baby in the hidden place of the gate building, more than half an hour passed, and no one picked up the swaddling baby wrapped in the baby - Jiang's mother and Jiang Cuilian secretly complained in their hearts, for fear that the child would be frostbitten after a long time.

OK! Just when the mother and daughter were anxious and scratching their hearts, Jiang Cuilian saw an old couple holding a handful of incense sticks to the Dawang Temple. Because the entrance of the gate building was already full of incense, the old couple took a detour to worship the incense inside the gate building—and then they saw the swaddling clothes wrapped in the baby.

The old couple screamed in surprise and went to pick up the baby to watch, and everyone knew that someone had abandoned the baby. People are talking again, some speculate about the origin of the baby, some look at the sex of the baby, and some judge the mother's wrongs and difficulties.

Some people know the old man's surname Lei, and he is known as Lei Sanye; opened a nursery in the western suburbs of Jiangzhou City, specializing in planting flowers and plants; And I know that the old couple has no children under their knees. So some people instigated Lei Sanye and Lei San's grandmother to take the child back to raise it. Seeing that no one took in the baby on this snowy day, Lei Sanye was afraid that the baby would be frozen, so he felt compassion, so he took the child back!

Judging from the dress of the old couple, it is estimated that they are a poor family, and children will definitely suffer if they fall into such a family. Mother Jiang and Jiang Cuilian felt a sour and uncomfortable feeling in their hearts, but they were helpless - at this moment, it was a great fortune to have someone to take this child in, where could they still tolerate picking fat and thin!

Jiang Cuilian and Jiang's mother followed Lei Sanye and Lei San's grandmother to the outskirts of Jiangzhou, until the old couple entered the nursery and entered the thatched hut, repeatedly looked at the geographical location, and asked a little farther away, only to know the surname of the old man who planted flowers, and then left the suburbs step by step.

Jiang Cuilian followed her mother back home, and suddenly collapsed on the bed, unable to get up again! Jiang's mother was also heartbroken and in a trance. But she is a parent, she can't be discouraged, she can only hold on - Jiang Cuilian's wedding is about to be, and there are still a lot of things to do!

The wedding date is approaching, and the matchmaker is moving around. Jiang Cuilian, who is about to become a bride, has no joy at all; Some are just melancholy and frustration - I just married Wan Fuxiang like this? I'm just going to live with that unattractive person for the rest of my life? Today is the ninth day of the lunar month, and tomorrow I will get married—once I get married, I will be a person of great fortune; Once I get married, I will be completely hopeless with Young Master Long Zaitian!

Young Master Zaitian! I knew for a long time that I would have no result with you; But you are full of confidence, saying what you say, "As long as you and I believe in each other in our hearts and love each other, even if the earth is desolate, we can eventually become married." As for the lord, the lady, and the young grandmother, as long as time passes, I will find a way to persuade and change them. "But can we finally get married? Can you convince and change your parents who value face and future more than anything else? Can you convince and change that tyrannical Zhao Shuxian? None of the facts can be!

Ay...... I'm getting married tomorrow! Shall I tell Young Master Long about my marriage? What's the use of telling him? Anyway, tell him! How to tell it? Write to him and tell him! Thinking of this, Jiang Cuilian put out the four treasures of the study, studied the ink and spread the paper, and sprinkled her heart song on the paper with a pen full of feelings.

Young Master Zaitian:

Yuanbao Mountain grove has been more than two months now. How are you doing lately? Thoughts!

Because Wan Fuxiang urgently wanted to get married, our wedding date was set on the tenth day of the lunar month.

Today is the ninth day of the lunar month, and tomorrow I will marry Wan Fuxiang - the person I love can't marry me, and I don't love the person who marries me - what a cruel torture it is to live with someone I don't love and to live with someone I hate! I shuddered, and I was dismayed.

However, what if I don't marry Wan Fuxiang? Although you love me very much, you have more than enough heart but not enough strength - you can't break through the barriers of the family, you can't get rid of the fetters and constraints of your parents, and you can't suppress Zhao Shuxian who has Cao Zhifu as the backstage; You can only be their victim, and you will also be a victim of me, my baby, and your own flesh and blood.

In the day! Anyway, you and I had a good time; It was a short time, but it was hot! It's intense! Unforgettable for a lifetime - let's keep this beautiful memory in our hearts and cherish it. I hope that one day it will be dug up again and see the light of day again.

In the day! I live in Lijiangtou, you live in Lijiangwei; Thinking about you every day, you don't see you, drink Lijiang water together. From now on, we can only look at each other and not hear each other, and we are willing to shine on you month by month!

Young Master in the sky! I'm about to marry into a family! "As soon as you enter thousands of homes, Long Lang is a passerby from now on." So I'm going to have a longing to see you for the past two days. If possible, tomorrow (the tenth day of the first month) at five o'clock in the afternoon, in the Wanghai Pavilion in the south of Wulongqiao Bridge West Road into Dawangzhuang.

I wish you all the best!

Jiang Cuilian

The ninth day of the first month of the new year

Jiang Cuilian never mentioned the problem of the baby in the letter, because this topic was very heavy and bitter, and it was not easy to report it to Young Master Long Zaitian, so she could only wait for the opportunity to talk about it later.

After some pondering and revision, Jiang Cuilian didn't write the letter until more than five o'clock in the morning - it was already the tenth morning of the lunar month!

Jiang Cuilian, who hadn't read many books, finally wrote a letter to Long Zaitian, but she was undecided-whether it was for Young Master Long Zaitian? Or don't send it? Jiang Cuilian couldn't make up her mind for a while.

Jiang Cuilian was hesitating, but Jiang's mother Zheng Jing came to her - today is the tenth day of the lunar month, the wedding day, and the woman wants to entertain guests at noon. Jiang Cuilian had no choice but to help her mother Zhang Luo.

Jiang Cuilian helped her mother pick it up, and at the same time thought about whether to send the letter to Long Zaitian. After thinking about it several times, Jiang Cuilian still decided to ask her younger brother Jiang Wenhua to send the letter to Young Master Long Zaitian.

At more than ten o'clock in the morning, Jiang Wenhua came to the door of Longfu, and according to the instructions of his sister Jiang Cuilian, he still claimed to be Feng Yida, the distant nephew of Steward Feng, and asked the gatekeeper Li Hu to call Steward Feng out.

When Steward Feng heard that it was "distant nephew Feng Yida" who came to him, he knew in his heart that it was Jiang Cuilian's younger brother Jiang Wenhua who came; So he hurriedly came out to talk to Jiang Wenhua.

When Jiang Wenhua asked Steward Feng to forward the letter written by Jiang Cuilian to Young Master Long Zaitian to Young Master Long, Steward Feng did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly took the letter, and after taking care of Jiang Wenhua all the way, he hurried to find Young Master Long Zaitian; But Young Master Long was not in the study.

It wasn't until it was time to eat lunch that Young Master Long Zaitian still didn't come back, and the anxious Steward Feng deliberately inquired, only then did he learn from Mrs. Long that Young Master Long was eating longevity noodles at his friend Sun Zhipeng's house.

Steward Feng was unaware of the emergency in the letter; After he had lunch and arranged for people to clear the snow in different areas (it began to snow heavily from more than 11 o'clock at noon on the tenth day of the new year), he still did not see the young master Long Zaitian come back; Fang Cai hurried to Sun's mansion to deliver the letter.

"Young Master! I've been looking for you, and I didn't ask my wife until I had lunch that you were in Sun's Mansion, and I arranged for someone to clear the snow and hurry over! ”

"Brother Zhipeng is over thirty years old today, and he asked me to come to eat Shou Mian Shou wine; You are in a hurry to find me, is there anything important? ”

"Young Master! She wrote you a letter. Because there were people next to him, Steward Feng never said Jiang Cuilian's name; But he pulled the young master Long Zaitian aside to speak.

"Letter? Who wrote to me? Young Master Long Zaitian asked as he took the letter from Steward Feng; opened it and took a look, only to know that it was written to him by Jiang Cuilian.

Young Master Long Zaitian hurriedly ran into Sun Zhipeng's study, closed the door, and unfolded Jiang Cuilian's letter, only to know that Jiang Cuilian was married today; I also know that Jiang Cuilian asked him to meet at five o'clock in the afternoon at the Wangjiang Pavilion on the south of Wulongqiao Bridge West Road in Dawangzhuang......

Young Master Long Zaitian looked at the gold watch on his wrist, it was already 4:54 in the afternoon

"You Steward Feng! You're mistaken! Long Zaitian roared in the mouth of Young Master Tian, and he didn't have time to explain the situation to Sun Zhipeng and Steward Feng, who didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly left Sun's mansion and beckoned for a rickshaw.

"Quick! Go to Dawangzhuang! Young Master Long Zaitian commanded as he jumped into the rickshaw.

"Okay!" The rickshaw driver said yes, and ran desperately westward with his head down. But the young master of Long Zaitian was still too slow: "Oops! It's too slow! Never mind! Don't go to Dawangzhuang! Turn the corner and go to the donkey and horse walk. "Young Master Long was in a hurry, he thought that the rickshaw, which was not slow, was too slow—he had to rent a horse at the donkey and horse shop—and rode to Dawangzhuang.

The rickshaw driver dragged Young Master Long Zaitian to the donkey and horse shop, and before the car stopped, Young Master Long jumped off the rickshaw, took out a piece of broken silver and threw it to the rickshaw driver; After talking to the owner of the donkey and horse shop, he went straight to the backyard of the donkey and horse shop, pulled out a tall horse from the stable, and went straight to Dawangzhuang in the west of the city.

When Young Master Long Zaitian arrived at the Wangjiang Pavilion on the south of Wulongqiao Bridge West Road, it was already empty - it was already five forty o'clock at this time, (and later I heard Jiang Mu say) Jiang Cuilian, who arrived at the Wangjiang Pavilion of Wulong Bridge five minutes in advance, waited for more than half an hour without waiting for anyone, and then left Wangjiang Pavilion and went home with resentment.

Young Master Long Zaitian was annoyed when he rode on the horse, but in just an instant, he turned his horse's head and rode his horse to the Jiang family.

"Get up!" When Young Master Long Zaitian hurried and hurried to a few dozen meters away from Jiang's house, the bride Jiang Cuilian's sedan chair had already been lifted.

"Cui ......" Young Master Long Zaitian looked at the sedan chair from afar, and couldn't help but call out the word "Cui", and swallowed the following words into his stomach.

Just a "cui" word did not attract much attention; But for Jiang Cuilian in the sedan chair, there was a great telepathic wave - Jiang Cuilian heard the affectionate call of her sweetheart from the chaotic noise - Jiang Cuilian hurriedly lifted the curtain of the sedan window and saw the young master Long Zaitian riding a tall horse - the young master Long Zaitian also saw Jiang Cuilian in the sedan chair window - the eyes of the two burst out with scorching sparks.

Because there was a groom Wan Fuxiang riding a horse in front of the sedan chair, and the young master Long Zaitian rode a high-headed horse and did not dare to get too close, so he could only follow from a distance. Jiang Cuilian in the sedan chair could only dare to lift the curtain of the sedan window every two or three minutes, and after a quick glance at Young Master Long outside, she quickly put down the curtain of the sedan window - just this kind of brief eye contact had tightly kneaded the hearts of the two together.

After all, riding a horse is very eye-catching, and Young Master Long Zaitian only followed for more than ten minutes before he gradually moved away and slowly left Jiang Cuilian's sight.

Young Master Long rode a tall horse and shouted the word "Cui", which had already been seen and heard by Jiang Cuilian's mother Zheng Jing! And she also saw Jiang Cuilian in the sedan chair, lifting the curtain of the sedan window from time to time to visit Young Master Long Zaitian. Jiang Cuilian went to Wangjiang Pavilion in the afternoon to wait for Young Master Long, and Mother Jiang also knew about it-Mother Jiang was worried all the way, for fear that Long Zaitian and Jiang Cuilian would do something out of the ordinary. OK! The very dazzling Young Master Long Zaitian gradually left the team to greet his relatives, and Mother Jiang put down her heart.

Although Young Master Long Zaitian left the team to greet his relatives, he did not go home, he still followed from a distance-first, he wanted to see where Wan Fuxiang (Jiang Cuilian)'s home was. The second is to wait for Jiang's mother to disperse and ask where the baby born to him and Jiang Cuilian is.

The bright moon shines on the snow, and the wind is strong and sad. Young Master Long Zaitian, who was supposed to sit at the birthday banquet of Sun's Mansion and drink a lot of wine and eat a large piece of meat, led the horse and shivered from the cold; But he still insisted on waiting for Jiang's mother to come back not far from Wan Fuxiang's house - he really couldn't rest assured about how Jiang Cuilian would place his sweetheart.

At about nine o'clock, Young Master Long Zaitian saw Jiang Mu and Jiang Wenhua coming out of the Wan family among the guests; He hastened to lead his horse and meet him.

"Auntie! You've had a great wine! ”

"Oops! It's Young Master Long! Have you ever had dinner? Mother Jiang saw that Young Master Long was still leading the horse, so she estimated that Young Master Long had been waiting for them here.

"I ...... I've had dinner. Young Master Long Zaitian said hesitantly.

"Looks like you haven't eaten it. If you don't eat dinner on this cold day, you're going to freeze! Master Long! Come to my house and get something to eat. ”

"Auntie! It doesn't matter if you eat dinner or not! I ask you: where is our little one now? ”

"The little one is fine now!" Jiang Mu replied in vain.

"Auntie! Could you please tell me more about where our baby is now? ”

"Cuilian's wedding date is imminent, and her uncle Zheng Dongshan refuses to take in the child, so we have to send the child to Dawang Temple and be raised by others!"

"What? You sent my baby to Dawang Temple and was raised by someone else? This is simply ......" Long Zaitian listened to Jiang's mother's words, and was so angry and anxious that his five organs were on fire, and his six organs were smoking, and his words obviously blamed Jiang's mother and Jiang Cuilian for not giving away the baby.

Jiang Mu, who heard Long Zaitian's blame, asked Long Zaitian politely: "Young Master Long!" If you don't give the child away, what will happen to the child? Is it Cuilian who got married with her son? Or leave the child in the Jiang family to raise? Or send the child to the Dragon Mansion to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors? Anyway, didn't it ruin the reputation of the Jiang family and the Dragon Mansion? ”

Long Zaitian listened to Jiang Mu's words, but he also calmed down: Yes! What can you do if this child is not given away - Jiang Cuilian can't get married with her son! Leaving the child to Jiang's mother to raise is also unavoidable! If the child is sent to the Dragon Mansion to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, it is even more unacceptable! No matter what you do, it will ruin the reputation of the Jiang family and the Long family. However, this child is his own flesh and blood in the sky! It is the only "dragon species" in the Dragon Mansion! How can it be said that if you give someone away, you will give it away? What kind of person is it for?

Long Zaitian greeted Jiang Mu and apologized, then asked Jiang Mu again:

"Auntie! Who took our baby to? And where do the people who hold the baby live? ”

"Why do you ask this? Do you still want to be recognized by someone? ”

"I don't want people to recognize the baby, I just want to see what kind of family our children are in and see how our children are doing in other people."

"Want to see what kind of home your children are in? Want to see how your children are doing? Have you ever thought that if you go to the house with the child, will you be able to control your feelings? If you can't control your feelings, you will make extraordinary moves. Once you make an extraordinary move, people will be suspicious and even hold you back. Once you know that you are the father of the child, they will ask you to take the child back. If you don't bring your child back, people will say a lot of bad things about you, and you won't be able to stand it.

"These are small things, and the most important thing is that as long as there is such a trouble, it will attract a lot of people to watch the fun. If someone on the spot recognizes you as the eldest young master of the Long family, then you and your Long family, as well as Cuilian and our Jiang family, will be pushed to the cusp, and the consequences will be unimaginable! Therefore, you cannot visit your child for a while. But don't worry, we're going to see the baby often. "Mother Jiang's analysis is detailed, and the benefits and disadvantages of Xiaozhi are to completely cut off Young Master Long's idea of seeing the baby, so as to save an unimaginable situation, it will be out of control!

"That ......" Young Master Long Zaitian listened to Jiang's mother's generous statement, although his heart was like a knife, but he had nothing to say, so he had to get on the horse and go back.

Before parting, Jiang Mu told Young Master Long Zaitian: Jiang Cuilian had waited for him for more than half an hour at the Wangjiang Pavilion on the south of Wulongqiao Bridge West Road before five o'clock, and she didn't wait until she came back dejected. Although Young Master Long estimated this to be the case, after listening to Mother Jiang's words, he still sighed with emotion.

It is said that Jiang Cuilian married Wan Fuxiang as a **. But Jiang Cuilian, who has already given birth to a child, although she is labeled as **, on the wedding night, the groom Wan Fuxiang still feels that it is not **: first, Jiang Cuilian's Ru room is not strong. The second is that when Wan Fuxiang was playing and kneading Jiang Cuilian's Ru room, he got a white liquid on the ** - Wan Fuxiang was like being bitten by something in the dance hall, and he was dyed with a trace of unhappiness and suspicion on his happy nerves.

Wan Fuxiang's suspicion swelled infinitely and gradually transmuted into a kind of hatred, a fire of revenge. This fire of enmity burns more and more, and is connected with other evil fires in society; After the Japanese army invaded China, it came into contact with the "ghost fire" of the Japanese devils; The three fires burned together, and the Longfu and Jiangzhou City were burned to the point that the chickens and dogs were restless, and the people's hearts were uncertain; He himself ......

After marriage, Jiang Cuilian and Wan Fuxiang were very discordant, the two looked like each other, and they had different dreams in the same bed. Every night when no one is around, Jiang Cuilian often looks up at the sky above the eastern city of Jiangzhou City with tears, chasing the beautiful scene of getting along with Long Zaitian - although there is no more love fireworks taking off, she can still see the traces and light of love fireworks.