At the moment of the hour, the holy car set off, and the flag of the Son of Heaven embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon swayed away at the forefront.

Behind the emperor were the chariots of the royal clans, and then the nobles and nobles, according to their status, like the stars and the moon, crowded behind the royal chariot, and departed in a mighty manner, the sound of horses' hooves, the wheels of the chariots, and the footsteps of the soldiers rumbled, like the continuous muffled thunder.

Everyone was in a mood, whether it was the people on horseback or the people in the carriage, all of them were full of energy.

Between the horse's hooves flying, everyone talked and laughed, and the sound of laughter was endless, and the place where they passed was shocked by a crowd of birds......

"Quack!"

In a green canopy carriage, a little black bird heard the voices of the friends outside the car, and while screaming excitedly, he lifted the corner of the curtain with his beak and wanted to fly out, but was ruthlessly pressed down by a few plain hands in the carriage and stopped him.

"Hachi, don't make trouble!"

Duanmujun rarely scolded the little starling, and the little starling immediately wilted, and shrank pitifully into the corner of the carriage, covering the bird's head with one side of the wings, with a small appearance of "I don't want to see you again".

The Duanmujun and Duanmufei sisters looked at each other speechlessly, and they were a little speechless about the bird.

They never hold it on weekdays, that is, because they are on the road today, for fear that it will fly away if it gets lost, and it is so stupid that it can't find the convoy, so they didn't let it go.

The angry little starling accidentally fell asleep snoring in the regular rhythm of the carriage, and woke up and slept until the evening camp, and Duanmu Fei let the little starling go to the wild by himself.

However, the little starling was like a paper kite with a broken thread, and it never returned, and it did not return until dinner.

At this time, Duanmujun and Duanmufei were in a hurry, and they couldn't care about dinner.

The sisters took the maid to find the little starling separately, asked the people around, and went to the woods where the little starling loved to go to look for it, seeing that the sunset had fallen most of the time, the sky was half bright and half dark, the original green woods looked gloomy in the dusk sky, and the shadows of the trees shook in the evening breeze, mottled and scattered, and became more and more quiet and cold.

In the grove, only the voice of the master and servant of Duanmu Jun shouting "Little Eight" echoed around, the sunset was low, and soon, only the last touch of orange in the west was left in the sky.

At the end of the woods is a sparkling lake, half of which is dyed a deep shade of golden red by the remnants of the sunset.

"Girl, or ......"

Wisteria was about to propose to turn back, when he heard a rustling sound in front of him, and a bright red figure walked out from behind the tree, startling Wisteria to swallow back the unspoken words in an instant.

After a brief moment of consternation, Duanmu Jun smiled at the visitor, "Overseer." ”

Cen Yin bowed slightly, "Miss Duanmu is looking for your starling?" He said as he strolled towards Duanmu.

Duanmujun nodded a little embarrassedly, thinking that she had disturbed Cen Yin to enjoy the sunset here.

Cen Yin raised his eyes and looked at the dim sky, it was not early, and when it got darker, it would be even more difficult to find a little black starling.

"Duanmu girl, it's good to enjoy the sunset here, why don't you sit here for a while."

Cen Yin raised his hand and made a gesture, and from behind a big tree behind him, he quietly walked out of a small chamberlain, and after saluting, he hurried away.

"It's a hassle for the Overseer." Duanmujun knew that Cen Yin was ordering his subordinates to help find the little starling, and he was a little embarrassed, the little starling also snatched Cen Yin's purse last time, and this time it caused trouble for Cen Yin again.

Cen Yin just pursed his lips and smiled slightly, his expression was leisurely, as if he didn't pay attention to it at all.

The more the other party understated, the more Duanmu Jun felt ashamed of his little starling. She cleared her throat and added, "Actually, Xiaoba is usually quite well-behaved." ”

After saying that, even she felt a little weak in this sentence.

The grove is still quiet, except for the rustle of the lake and leaves.

The surroundings of the camp were in a commotion like a pot of hot water that was about to be boiled, and those Dongchang fans acted one by one, and the menacing appearance frightened many girls to quickly hide in the camp tent, thinking that this was Dongchang was going to search and raid their homes again......

No one knew that Dongchang's new errand was just looking for a small blackbird.

Duanmujun accompanied Cen Yin to wait for news by the lake, and after a while, she saw the vigorous and resolute efficiency of the East Factory, and someone came every quarter of an hour to report the progress of the search.

With the camp as the center, there are bamboo forests in the east, mountain passes in the southeast, and small villages in the south......

As the sun continued to sink on the surface of the lake, Duanmujun couldn't help but become more and more worried, frowning.

The little waiter on the side seemed to see it, and said triumphantly: "Duanmu girl, don't worry." Who doesn't know what we want to find in the East Factory, go to the sky and the earth, let it spread its wings, don't want to fly away! ”

Cen Yin glanced at the little chamberlain lightly, and there seemed to be a cold streamer in his long and narrow charming eyes, and the little chamberlain was chilled by his own overseer, and he realized that the missing little starling was really "winged" and could fly!

The little chamberlain coughed awkwardly twice, but fortunately, at this time, there was another sound of horses' hooves, accompanied by an excited voice: "Found it!" Overseer, I've found it! ”

Duanmujun and the little chamberlain were both in good spirits, especially the little chamberlain secretly wiped a cold sweat, fortunately they didn't embarrass the overseer!

This commotion of looking for birds came and went quickly, and in less than half an hour after the East Factory was dispatched, good news came from a team of people -

Stupid Bird...... No, the little starling has found it!

The little starling didn't forget to go home because of playfulness, it was caught in the wings of the beast that the hunter had placed in a wild wood, an iron tooth pierced its wings, and the blood stained its wings wet and wilted from the wound, and the little one wailed pitifully, and after some struggle, the black feathers fell to the ground messily.

That pitiful appearance made Duanmujun feel distressed, and Duanmujun's eyes turned red all of a sudden.

Cen Yin squatted down, carefully untied the beast trap, "Click......

The freed little starling immediately jumped up and tried to fly, but its right wing was injured, and where could it fly, it stumbled, and looked like a chicken in soup.

"Hachi is fine! You'll be fine. Duanmujun hurriedly held the little guy in the palm of his hand, gently touched the back of its neck, and soothed its emotions......

The little starling trembled in Duanmujun's palm, screaming "quack", his voice was a little hoarse, as if he was complaining, he seemed to be complaining, and he seemed to be complaining, and he seemed to be complaining.

"Quack ......"

"Quack ......"

When the envoy of the Yellow Courtyard of the Tai Hospital hurried to the tent of Duanmu's family, and when he saw his new patient, he suddenly had 10,000 horses galloping past in his heart, and said in his heart: They are the Tai Doctor of the Tai Hospital, and they are not the Imperial Horse Supervisor and are also in charge of veterinary diseases......

But no one dared to say no to Cen Yin, a group of imperial doctors surrounded the little starling, and Imperial Doctor Zhang, who was good at external injuries, took action, cleaned the wound, used the best wound medicine, and then bandaged it with white gauze. Lest the starling go to peck at the wound, they also deliberately wrapped it in a few more layers, until the right wing was twice as big as the left wing.

"Imperial Doctor Zhang, can Xiaoba's wings be raised?" Duanmufei, who rushed back after hearing the news, looked at Imperial Doctor Zhang nervously and asked.

Behind her, there was a long figure behind her, which was Feng Yan.

Feng Yan heard from the dark guard that the little starling was missing, so he deliberately ran to accompany Duanmu Fei to find Xiaoba, but he only arrived on the front foot, and the people from the East Factory on the back foot ran to Duanmu Fei to spread the word that the little starling had been found.

Feng Yan quietly glared at the little starling on the table, this little bastard, if you have nothing to do, you will cause trouble for Zhen Zhen! I knew that he should have trained it well, and then gave it to Zhen Zhen.

The poor little starling felt a certain disgusting gaze, and the whole bird became more and more depressed, and felt that the bird was hopeless.

"It's lucky, although it was pierced by the iron teeth of the beast, but it didn't hurt the bones, and when the wounds on its wings healed, it should be fine." Imperial Physician Zhang wiped the thin sweat on his forehead and said, he just wanted to send this bird ancestor away quickly.

After that, several imperial doctors said goodbye to Cen Yin in fear, and then ran away, so fast that Duanmujun and Duanmufei didn't have a chance to thank them.

There was silence in the tent for a moment, except for the curtain that swayed slightly in the air.

"Duanmu eldest girl, fourth girl," Cen Yin smiled slightly, her beautiful face shining like a pearl against the orange candlelight, "It's not early, so I won't bother." ”

At this moment, the sun had already completely set, and it was dark and quiet outside, except for the occasional low chirping of insects.

Feng Yan looked at Duanmu Fei reluctantly, he really wanted to stay a little longer, but now that it was getting late, it was a little inappropriate for him to stay any longer, so he could only say goodbye.

After sending Cen Yin and Feng Yan away, the sisters returned to the tent, and Duanmujun sighed to Duanmufei with feeling.

"Zhen Zhen, the people in the East Factory are so nice, they helped us find Xiaoba!"

"It's a pity that outsiders have a lot of misunderstandings about Dongchang, according to me, Dongchang searched Yanbo Pavilion that day, and there must be a reason for it, otherwise how could the emperor punish Yeluchen in the end!"

Duanmu Fei could only smile when she heard it, but her eyes were a little complicated, and she always felt that her sister seemed to be on "a certain road" and never looked back.

"Girl, the slave has laid a nest for Xiaoba!"

With Wisteria's words, the girls in the tent were busy around the wilting little starling.

The stupid bird suffered a great crime this time, and Duanmu Fei didn't care to scold it, so the sisters carefully put it in a bamboo strip filled with hay, and surrounded the little one for a long time.

The little starling wilted completely, shrunk into a ball in the bamboo strips, neither screaming nor coming out to meet people.

Duanmufei thought it was painful at first, but when Hanxing came to visit it with a bunch of bird food that night, it jumped out of the basket and hid behind the bamboo strips, and when he had to hide his bandaged right wing, Duanmufei realized that he was ugly and unsightly!

Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Jun exchanged a look, and the sisters both laughed "poof", so the little starling was even more injured.

In order to make up for the little starling's injured heart, Han Xing hurriedly paid tribute to it all the bird food he brought.

On the second day, Duanmu sewed a small cover embroidered with bamboo leaves for it, and covered its right wing, but the little starling was unmoved, and his amber eyes became even more melancholy.

On the third day, Duanmufei deliberately took it for a walk in the dead of night, but it refused to go out with a basket.

On the fourth day, it turned the bamboo strips over and hid inside, looking like "I want to be quiet, don't disturb me".

On the fifth day, that is, the sixth day of the first month of November, the group finally arrived in the capital.

Duanmu Xian, as the first assistant, also accompanied the saint back to the palace, Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Jun sisters took the carriage of Duanmu Mansion back to the house, and then went to Yongxi Hall to ask the He family for peace.

He's attitude was cold and indifferent, and he only dealt with the two of them casually, and then asked about the situation in the hunting palace, and let the two of them retreat.

As soon as Duanmujun and Duanmufei left, only the He family and Mama You were left in the east room, and the room was suddenly empty and silent.

He glanced mockingly in the direction of the door curtain, and said lightly: "Don't think I don't know, the old lady let the eldest one go to autumn hunting this time to choose a son-in-law for her!" Hmph, a widowed eldest daughter, the Yang family's relatives can't look down on it, and the Geng family's relatives can't look down on it, I really think that she is a famous lady in some family, and everyone rushes it! ”

He Shi plucked the tea lid one after another, "Anyway, I won't care, I want to see what kind of 'good family' the old lady can pick for her." ”

Don't pick up the sesame seeds, lose the watermelon, and finally the bamboo basket will be empty!

"Mrs. Tai." Mama You was also a little helpless in her heart, and persuaded her in a good voice, "Why do you have to make too much trouble with the old lady for those two girls who will marry out sooner or later." Not worth it. "In any case, the old lady is in charge of this house, so why should Mrs. Tai be angry with the old lady.

"......" He put down the teacup with some interest, raised his hand to signal Mama You to silence, and said in a deep voice, "I just can't swallow this breath." Since the little one in the long house has been filial piety, he has jumped up and down to stir up trouble outside the house, not only making the house restless, but also not knowing how much trouble he has caused outside...... The old lady is petted! ”

He and Duanmuxian have been married for decades, and now even their grandson is about to marry a daughter-in-law, but Duanmuxian, who is in the old age, was coaxed by a few words from the little girl in the long room as if he was obsessed, and regarded the words of the stinky girl as a golden rule, which made her feel panicked every time she thought about it.

"Mrs. ......"

Mama You wanted to persuade again, but at this time, a girl in Tsing Yi came in with a curtain and bowed respectfully: "Mrs. Tai, the cousin of the He family is here." ”

As soon as he heard that He Lingyi was coming, He's mood immediately turned cloudy, and there was a smile on his well-maintained face, and he sighed to Mama You beside her: "I look at Sister Yi'er very well, and Brother Heng is a very good match, and it is kiss and kiss." I'll still have to strike while the iron is hot and settle a family affair for the two of them early. ”

Mama You smiled playfully: "This year, after the three books and six ceremonies, I will be able to get married next year, I want to come here and the year after tomorrow I can hold a great-grandson for Mrs. Tai, and there will be four generations in the family in the future!" ”

With both children and four generations in the same house, isn't he a blessed one! Thinking about it, He's mood was very good, and the little depression that had been born in Duanmujun and Duanmufei before was swept away.

The He family was in a good mood, and the days of the Yongxi Hall were also better, and the people were secretly relieved, and they became more and more respectful to He Lingyi, the cousin.

On the contrary, Duanmuxian was a little troubled, for the marriage of his eldest grandson.

Yu Duanmuxian, he was very reluctant to marry another He daughter into the door, but the He family had all kinds of reasons, and the quarrel gave him a headache, and if he objected, the He family was messing around on the grounds of whether he looked down on the He family.

If it weren't for the fact that he was still afraid of the Empress Dowager He, Duanmuxian would almost have to respond to that sentence, he just didn't look down on the He family...... In the end, he could only temporarily suppress it on the grounds that Duanmu Heng was preparing for next year's township test and could not be distracted.

Fortunately, Duanmu Heng is a boy, and it's okay to get married two years late, but Duanmu Heng, who has already reached the end of the year, can't be delayed.

"Sister Wei." Duanmuxian specially called Duanmujun to the outer study, with a posture of preparing for a long talk, "I shouldn't have told you about your marriage with a little girl, but you have always had an idea, so I will tell you directly." ”

"I don't worry about leaving your marriage to your grandmother and second aunt, so I want to hear what you have planned."

Duanmuxian was afraid that Duanmujun's little girl's family would be ashamed, so he added: "If you have anything to say, you can rest assured that there are no outsiders here." ”

Duanmuxian had deliberately sent the maid or something out of the study, and at the moment there were only their grandparents and grandchildren in the study.

In this regard, Duanmujun had a plan, so as soon as her grandfather asked, she said bluntly without hesitation: "Grandfather, I want to wait for my sister to get married before considering my marriage." Duanmujun's demeanor was natural, and there was no trace of twisting.

Rao is Duanmu Xian thought that he was used to seeing strong winds and waves, and he didn't expect Duanmu Jun to say this, so he was dumbfounded.

Duanmujun also knew her grandfather's intention to let her go to the hunting palace with her sister this time, but she really didn't want to get married so early, if she got married, she couldn't leave her sister alone in the mansion, she didn't worry; But if you marry your sister together, it is estimated that neither the Duanmu family nor the man will agree.

Therefore, on the trade-off, it is better for her not to marry for the time being.

After a brief period of astonishment, Duanmu Xian came back to his senses. He always knew that Duanmu Jun loved Duanmu Fei, but he didn't expect it to reach a stubbornness that was almost crazy.

"Sister Jun," Duanmuxian persuaded bitterly, "Even if the marriage is decided this year, and when the three books and six ceremonies are completed, you should not be able to get married until the year after tomorrow, and by then, you will be almost seventeen years old." The girl's family is short-lived, and if it is delayed any longer, it will be even more difficult to find someone. ”

The room was silent for a moment, Duanmu Jun blinked in surprise, and asked eagerly, "Grandfather, how long is it going to be for the wedding?" ”

When Duanmu Xian heard her ask, he thought that she was still nervous about her marriage, so in order to coax her to change her mind, he nodded solemnly: "Yes." Sister Jun. ”

Duanmu Jun squinted, estimated the time in his mind, and asked, "Grandfather, how long will it take to prepare the dowry?" ”

"At least two years." Duanmu Xian is colorful.

This time is indeed short, many famous families began to save dowries for the girl's family little by little after their daughters were born, and after saving for more than ten years, they would be prepared.

Thinking about it, Duanmuxian said with some guilt: "Sister Jun, it was my grandfather who was negligent in the past, but it's still too late, and when you go through the three books and six ceremonies, your grandfather will hurry up to buy a dowry for you." You are the eldest daughter of our Duanmu family, and everything will not be worse than others. Duanmuxian comforted Duanmujun in a good voice.

Duanmujun had already run away half of his mind, quickly calculated in his heart, and then frowned and said: "Grandfather, Zhen Zhen is already eleven years old this year, if you prepare a decent dowry, it will take two or three years, then Zhen Zhen should be fourteen years old by then, I'm afraid it's too late." She blamed herself with some annoyance, "I was careless, I always thought that Zhen Zhen was still young and not in a hurry...... I should have prepared a dowry for Vera early. ”

Duanmuxian was also distracted by Duanmujun's words, and followed her silently to calculate, yes, it takes more than two years to prepare a dowry, and then it will take half a year to a year for a family to look at each other, and then go through three books and six ceremonies...... The more he calculated, the more he felt that time was a little tight.

Duanmuxian felt that his grandfather was too irresponsible, not only did he forget the dowry of his eldest granddaughter, but he also almost forgot his youngest granddaughter's.

The grandfather and grandson suddenly forgot about the issues they should have discussed, and instead discussed Duanmufei's dowry.

"There should still be a dowry list of your aunts at home, and I will go to your grandmother to ask for it...... Although more than ten years have passed, the things I want to prepare should be similar. Duanmuxian actually doesn't understand much, the dowries of his daughters in the past were all prepared by the He family, and he only glanced at the prepared dowry list at most, and none of the granddaughters were married, "This field, shop, Zhuangzi, silver tickets, etc., must be indispensable." ”

Duanmujun nodded: "Grandfather is right, I have to go and find it quickly." Some things can be bought temporarily, but this suitable field Zhuangzi is not something that can be purchased in a while. "It also depends on whether people are willing to sell it, and if you buy a field at the end of the day, you may not even be able to buy decent good land.

Thinking about it, the sense of crisis in Duanmujun's heart became stronger, "By the way, grandfather, there are jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, spices, furniture, clothes, etc., some of which cannot be bought even if you have money, and you have to buy them in advance!" ”

The more she wrote, the more she felt that there were a lot of things to prepare, what piano and chess utensils, silk and satin materials, pillows, dishes and pans, etc., this marriage is equivalent to going to someone else's house to live, how can you do it if you don't move all your belongings!

The more they talked, the more anxious Duanmuxian and Duanmujun felt and felt heavy on their shoulders.

The grandfather and grandson wrote a full list after a while, Duanmujun put down the pen, and said: "Grandfather, judging from the account books in the house, the dowry of the concubine is 2,000 taels from the princess. If I want to buy a decent dowry for my sister, these two thousand taels are not enough. ”

"Sister Jun, what you said is true." Duanmu Xian stroked his beard and thought so.

More than ten years ago, when his daughters got married, he served as the head of the household, and the family background was too thin after all, so the dowry was set less.

Since then, there has been no girl married in the house for more than ten years, and it has not changed.

When Duanmu Xian was about to tell Duanmu Jun that he would subsidize more, he heard Duanmu Jun continue: "Grandfather, I want to ask my grandfather to make the decision and return my mother's dowry to me and Zhen Zhen. I'm going to fix my mother's dowry and add makeup to my sister. ”

"It's time for your mother's dowry to be returned to your sisters." Duanmu Xian naturally agreed.

Duanmujun has been taking care of the housekeeping in the house for more than a year, she is well organized, and there has never been a mess, so it must be okay for her to take care of the dowry, and the dowry of the eldest daughter-in-law Li should have been left to her daughters.

With Duanmuxian's words, Duanmujun was also relieved, and he thought in his heart that he would give all the dowry left by his mother to his sister, and his sister's dowry was thick, so that he could straighten his waist in his husband's house in the future, and he would not be bothered by those things of firewood, rice, oil and salt.

Thinking about it, she couldn't help but calculate it again, feeling that time was really running out, and there was still a lot of work to do.

"Grandfather, I still have something to do, so I'll retire first." After Duanmujun said goodbye, he hurried back.

Duanmu Xian replied absentmindedly, his thoughts were still immersed in Duanmu Fei's marriage, this Li family's dowry was naturally divided equally between the two girls, or was it a little less...... In addition to the expenses of the public middle school, I would like to receive an additional subsidy of 10,000 taels.

Several granddaughters are now older, and they are all going to talk about marriage, and whether to change the regulations of the public school has to discuss with the He family.

------Off topic------

Well, it's just that my heart has been uncomfortable for two weeks, and I went to the hospital, and after various examinations, I said that I suspected myocarditis and wanted to be hospitalized. Then, I fled...... I'm taking the medicine, so let's talk about it next week (cover your face).