Chapter 43: Lantern Night
This is the first time that Zhu Yuanyuan has not excluded the identity of the second wife of the Han family, and she also feels that this identity has brought her family's relatives so well, and even Pei Ruolan has become cute.
Although it is a happy thing to have so many people to accompany her for the New Year, she is also puzzled that the family lives in her daughter-in-law's mother's house, and there is gossip to talk about in modern times, not to mention the ancient times that pay attention to etiquette.
Zhu Yuanyuan couldn't figure out why, but she had seen Pei Ruolan's sad face a few times, and she vaguely felt that they had troubles, and she didn't inquire, because she didn't want anyone to know about her own affairs, so respect and understand each other.
Zhou Yuerong quietly asked Pei Ruolan in private why she wanted to stay for the New Year, but Pei Ruolan said that it was safe here, and Zhou Yuerong was even more at a loss.
Zhu Yuanyuan noticed Yuhe and found that she was not very close to Pei Ruolan and Zhou Yuerong, her attitude was light, she suffered from heart disease, she looked weak and weak, and she was beautiful, and the corners of her eyebrows and eyes had a strange and touching posture, but no matter how she looked at it, she didn't look like Pei Ruolan's daughter.
Zhu Yuanyuan asked Zhou Yuerong very gossipily, only to know that Han Yuhe was the concubine born to her aunt, and the aunt died of blood when she gave birth to her daughter, and there were rumors when she died, saying that Pei Ruolan was jealous of Aunt Zhang's beauty and favor, so that Ji died, and the Zhang family also made a big fuss at that time, which made the Han family lose face.
Aunt Zhang's mother's family often comes to fight the autumn breeze, and the Han family is so annoyed that they don't even have a good face for Han Yuhe, since then, the Han family has not taken concubines anymore, and has also set family rules, the Han family man, forty childless can take concubines.
Zhu Yuanyuan suddenly realized, no wonder that Han Yuhe's sense of existence is so low, the concubine has no status, she is not welcome, but she has already made a marriage, and she will get married in the next year, and the dowry is ready.
Zhu Yuanyuan didn't care much about the identity and status of the concubine, but Han Yuhe always hid, and she wouldn't stick it up.
Jiang Chengde got the cold, so he didn't go back for the New Year, and stayed in Pingyuan County, so his father Jiang Zhicheng also came early, and arrived in Pingyuan County on the tenth day of the first month, and brought his wife and Jiang Chengde to pay New Year's greetings as soon as he came.
Fortunately, Pei Ruolan is in charge, otherwise Zhu Yuanyuan is a modern person, she doesn't understand ancient etiquette at all, she was stunned when she received the post, the county order and the county order Mrs. spoke in a crepe, Zhu Yuanyuan struggled to listen, she smiled the whole time, well, yes, yes, the return gift was also arranged by Pei Ruolan, and Zhu Yuanyuan was a companion.
Jiang Chengde was very uncomfortable facing Zhu Yuanyuan, when he lost consciousness, he had such intimate contact with Zhu Yuanyuan, he was embarrassed to think about it, so he twisted the whole process and couldn't sit still.
Everyone could see that Jiang Chengde was uncomfortable, but they didn't break it, after all, this kind of thing is embarrassing no matter how you say it, Jiang County ordered the couple to sit down slightly, and left under the pretext that they were busy with official business.
Waiting for Jiang County's family to leave, Zhu Yuanyuan muttered, she was really tired.
"Learn a little, since you want to live here, you have to follow the customs, you have to deal with customers when you do business, and you have relatives and friends to get along with in the world, you can't get rid of these mundane things in the world, and I will teach you slowly in the future."
Pei Ruolan's words touched Zhu Yuanyuan's heart, it seems that Pei Ruolan is still good to her, but she doesn't know good people's hearts.
Zhu Yuanyuan's mood suddenly brightened, during this time, because of the system store, she floated, and it was also because she was afraid of being wiped out by the system, and she was uneasy, which made her lose her calm.
Since coming to this world, Zhu Yuanyuan is easy to blow up, often startled, and emotionally unstable, Zhu Yuanyuan let out a long breath, it's time to be normal.
So she asked Zhou Yuerong to see the lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month, but Han Yuhe got married on the sixteenth, and Zhu Yuanyuan didn't have to attend, but Zhou Yuerong had to handle it single-handedly, and she was very busy.
The lantern festival is in the city, and the city gate is to be closed at night, so Zhu Yuanyuan returned to Han's house during the day.
Han Ziyan's sister and brother also made a fuss about going to see the lanterns, so Zhu Yuanyuan took the young brothers, as well as the cuckoo and begonia, and Han Shaoyuan put on heavy makeup and accompanied him to protect.
The cuckoo and begonia are all put on makeup, Zhu Yuanyuan silently felt sad for them in her heart, there were too few opportunities for ancient girls to go out to wave, and a Lantern Festival made them collectively armed, one by one, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.
Pingyuan County is close to the Thirteen Bays, built by the water, the lantern will be arranged on the side of the wharf, the wharf is on the periphery of the embankment, through the arch of the embankment, countless lanterns illuminate the long street along the coast, this long street was originally a temporary parking point for the unloading of goods at the wharf, and now it is used as a lantern festival, but it is very suitable, at least the fire is easy to extinguish, and it will not burn the house.
There are many styles of lanterns, there are classical palace lanterns, interesting rabbit lanterns, vivid lotus lanterns..., different postures, dizzying, Zhu Yuanyuan has seen modern exquisite lighting, no matter how carefully these lanterns are made, they are not enough to see in front of Zhu Yuanyuan, but this grand occasion is really rare.
Many young people are working hard to show themselves, guessing lantern riddles, winning lanterns to give to their favorite girls, not guessing lantern riddles to buy, and some are very real to buy snacks, two little couples sit on the side of the road, while eating, chatting, while enjoying the lanterns.
On the river, there are small boats, the bow and stern are hung with lanterns, floating in the river, the lights are reflected in the water, the ripples are slightly rippling, like a sea of lights, in the dark night, looking at a different scenery.
Zhu Yuanyuan is not interested in lanterns, she is just interested in this kind of grand occasion, she also has two little cute babies, and a girl and a small girl, a group of people eat while walking, although the lanterns are carefully made, after all, they are not as exquisite as modern lamps, Zhu Yuanyuan was soon interested, and only paid attention to snacks.
Sitting on a small stone bench by the river, watching the people coming and going while eating, there are many little girls who come to see the lanterns, dressed in fancy clothes, and what is more interesting is the little couple.
The girl's family is shy, she wants to refuse to welcome back, secretly send autumn waves, the man's strategy, the fiery eyes are obviously thinking, but she is afraid of the abrupt beauty, afraid of the tail, taking advantage of the crowd, and taking the opportunity to paste it, pulling hands or something, this is much more wonderful than lanterns.
Zhu Yuanyuan watched it with relish, and Han Shaoyuan, who was following her, secretly thought that if she hadn't died', they would have been able to go to the Lantern Festival hand in hand.
When the shopping was almost over, the cuckoo said: "Second wife, it's not early, we should go back, the eldest lady and the second young master are going to rest." ”
Han Ziyan's sister and brother were excited, and they didn't feel tired at all, but such a young child really couldn't play too late, so Zhu Yuanyuan said, "Then let's go back." ”
The flow of people was crowded, the cuckoo and begonia escorted Zhu Yuanyuan to walk in front, Han Ziyan's sister and brother were held by the nurse and followed behind, and behind Han Shaoyuan's palace, the group slowly walked in the direction of the parked carriage.
The more people walked, the more sparse they became, and when they arrived at the carriage, suddenly, Zhu Yuanyuan heard someone shouting for help, and she only shouted and then disappeared.
"Did you hear that? It's as if someone is shouting for help. Zhu Yuanyuan pricked up her ears and searched for the direction of the sound.
"Second wife, it seems to be over there." Begonia pointed to a small dark alley.
Zhu Yuanyuan looked at the alley of the black hole, the voice was very immature, like a child's cry, shouting for help, she couldn't ignore it, Zhu Yuanyuan thought about it for a while, and said: "Xiaohan, you take Zi Yan and Zhanbo back first, and then come back to pick us up later." ”
Han Shaoyuan shook his head, pointed to himself, to the alley, to Zhu Yuanyuan, and motioned for her to get into the carriage, and he went to take a look.
Zhu Yuanyuan pursed her lips and thought about it, she hadn't seen Xiaohan's kung fu, but since she could be a nurse, she couldn't go anywhere, and her own kung fu was not very good, one of the two people had to protect the two children back, so they could only be divided into two ways.
Zhu Yuanyuan said to Xiao Han: "Then you be careful, don't be reluctant if you can't do anything, in addition to saving people, your own safety is also very important." ”
Han Shaoyuan grinned, smiled and nodded.
The daughter-in-law cares about his safety, and she is so happy that the soles of his feet are windy, and he disappears as soon as he slips away.
Zhu Yuanyuan was surprised, "Why are you so excited?" Does she like to fight? ”
The land of right and wrong should not stay for a long time, especially with two children, Han Ziyan's sister and brother are Zhou Yuerong's lifeblood, what is the difference Zhu Yuanyuan can't afford to pay, Zhu Yuanyuan muttered a few words secretly, and hurriedly took the group back to Han's house in a carriage.
Back at Han's house, Zhu Yuanyuan waited until late at night, Xiao Han didn't come back, she was very anxious, if Xiao Han had any accidents, she would be very guilty.
Zhu Yuanyuan wanted to go out to find it, but Du Juan and Begonia didn't let her go, saying that the housekeeper had sent someone to answer and asked Zhu Yuanyuan to go to bed.