Chapter XVII: Refusal of Marriage (1)
The spring of the ninth year of Taiyuan (384) seems to have come exceptionally early.
Hagi Niang is sitting alone in front of the window, casually drawing the apricot blossoms in front of the window.
In this season, the apricot blossoms are in full bloom, Tingting is graceful, and a tree is snow-white.
In her previous life, she didn't study Chinese painting at all, but she just liked to paint according to the comic books she loved to read. Although she has been carefully cultivated by Mr. Siddou after passing through, she is still quite free and full of imagination when she actually writes.
I saw that she drew a branch of apricot blossoms sticking out horizontally. She first painted a few rough strokes of the shape of the branches with dark ink, and then used light ink to randomly photograph a few clumps of ink, which were the dappled shadows of the pure white petals of the apricot blossoms cast by the sun. In ancient times, the painting of flowers and birds did not pay much attention to "resemblance", but advocated "god-likeness", and there was no parallel perspective, so no one cared about the details of shadows. Hagi Mau leisurely admired the apricot blossoms for a while, and when the paper was dry, she used bright red to outline the delicate stamens and gorgeous calyxes.
Such patient painting is very rare for Hagi Niang, and at first glance, this painting is quite interesting.
A flower has been reduced in spring, and it is a little sad.
She was waiting to call someone to come in to wash the ink and pen, only to see Zheng's eldest maid Cuihuan probing her brain at the door.
Where are the girls, and outsiders don't greet me when they come, Hagi Niang is a little annoyed, and she feels that she has no way to control it.
She coughed lightly, and Cuihuan obediently walked into the house to salute, and said with a flattering smile: "Congratulations to the girl." ”
Hagi Niang's scalp was numb, and there was a sense of foreboding.
She digressed the topic: "What about Mother Li?" Why are you too lazy to pick Ling? ”
Seeing that she didn't ask "where does the joy come from" and "how to say this" according to the script, Cuihuan was stunned for a moment, and quickly replied respectfully: "The slave maid has never seen Mother Li, and the two younger sisters of Cailing and Caifeng were called by Mrs. for questioning." ”
What tricks is Zheng playing again?
Hagi Niang decided to respond to all changes with no change, and didn't ask what was going on with Cuihuan. She changed her pen, licked the ink, and slowly began to inscribe the painting.
Cuihuan was hung there, her face quite embarrassed.
Thinking of her master's instructions, Cuihuan cheered up and smiled reluctantly: "The girl is very happy." Today, Xingyang Zheng's wife hired a big media to propose to the young lady. ”
Hagi didn't raise her head.
Cuihuan was a little annoyed and angry, pulled his handler hatefully, squeezed out a smile, and continued to say: "The lord and the lady are very happy, and they are discussing this matter in the main courtyard." ”
Hagi Niang is finally not calm, it doesn't matter how much trouble the Zheng family makes, if her cheap father also agrees to this marriage, then it will be a big trouble.
"I'm going to say hello to my father and mother." She stood up and walked towards the main courtyard with a blank face. Cuihuan finally completed the task, breathed a sigh of relief, and followed behind.
Mother Li didn't know where to go, Cai Ling Cai Feng was taken away by the Zheng family again, and there was a Zheng henchman behind her, Hagi Niang suddenly felt that she had no one to talk to.
Something must be done about it, and we can't let ourselves be left in a situation where we have no way to fight back.
Coming to the door of the main house of the main courtyard, Cuihuan quickly stepped forward and said, "The girl has come to say hello to the old lady."
Hagi stepped over the high threshold and walked in.
The high hall looked a little majestic and heavy, and Zang Jun and Zheng sat on the Taishi chair at the top.
She first glanced at her father's face, and sure enough, she was happy, and her heart suddenly cooled, and she bowed down.
"Son, greetings to father and mother." She tried to calm her emotions, and pretended to be relaxed and said: "Mother looks good, and her son is very peaceful. ”
Zheng is still as amiable as ever, she smiled and picked up Hagi Niang, and said lovingly: "Hagi Niang is really polite and has a kind temperament, no wonder Mrs. Zheng likes you." "I got straight to the point that the marriage proposal was real.
Hagi Niang settled down, smiled and said, "Don't dare to be the wrong love of the old lady." While finding a stool to sit down in Xitou, Cuihuan immediately served her tea, which was obviously a long conversation.
Zheng was unimpressed. The marriage of children has always been the order of their parents, and the words of the matchmaker do not need her consent at all, as long as the parents Zang Jun agrees, there is no need to make any verbal disputes, what she wants to fight for is something else.
Zang Jun really smiled and said, "Hagi Niang, Old Madam Zheng sent a matchmaker to ask for you to marry your cousin Zheng Yu." Your mother and I agree, what do you think? Although it is a question sentence, it has an unquestionable persistence.
Hagi Niang has no doubt that once she refuses, Zheng will make a helpless and angry appearance, and condemn herself righteously, making Zang Jun feel that he is "disobedient and unfilial".
Before she could think of her words, she could only hear Cai Tang's immature voice sounding outside the door: "Cai Tang greets the old lady." ”
I saw Cai Tang walking in calmly, bowing his head and bowing in a proper manner, and replied: "Mother Li sent a slave maid to send a shawl to the girl. ”
The rescuers are coming, but the rescuers are a little young and untouchable. Cai Tang put on a shawl for her, and stood aside to serve, Hagi Niang slowly arranged her clothes elegantly, taking the opportunity to delay the time, and she was quickly thinking about the rhetoric in her heart.
Zang Jun didn't care about these little things, just looked at Haginiang with expectant eyes, waiting for her answer.
Hagi Niang finally made up her mind and decided to refuse from the perspective that Zang Jun was most acceptable.
She slipped from her chair and knelt on the ground, making a look of wanting to cry, and said in a wailing voice, "Father, my son is not filial." ”
What kind of trouble is this, Zang Jun was stunned. Zheng also looked puzzled.
"My son once heard that there are clouds in the "Book of Rites": father's kindness, son's filial piety, brother's kindness, brother's affection, husband's righteousness, and women's listening. Hagi Niang can't personally serve her father's and mother's food and clothing with her younger brother, and she can't fulfill her responsibility to take care of her younger brother, so unfilial piety, she really doesn't dare to be the love of the old lady of the Zheng family. What's more, "Zixiao" and "Brother Liang" were originally before the "woman listened", and the son asked the father to take the son's own brother back from the Ruan family first, so that the son could be close to and cherish the younger brother, and he could do his filial piety with the younger brother, which was the complete filial piety of the son. Otherwise, it is trapped in the situation of unrighteousness and filial piety with his younger brother, and the son would rather stay in the Jiankang Dojo Temple, and the ancient Buddha will be alive and dead. ”
Zheng knew it was bad when he heard it! The old fox is really a little fox, and sooner or later he will become a sperm!
It is important to know the Eastern Jin Dynasty and its admiration for filial piety. "The Book of Filial Piety" has clouds: filial piety, the scriptures of heaven, the righteousness of the earth, and the deeds of the people. Sima Rui, the founding emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, once personally annotated the Book of Filial Piety. Most of the stories of the twenty-four filial pieties happened in the Jin Dynasty, and there was an official who committed a major crime because he was "filial piety to his mother". It can even be said that the Eastern Jin Dynasty was a dynasty that "ruled the world with filial piety".
At that time, the people's admiration for filial piety had reached an unprecedented height, so Hagi Niang's words did not disgust Zang Jun, and even Zheng couldn't refute her. Hagi Niang stood on the commanding heights of morality by mistake and was completely invincible.
Zang Jun nodded with satisfaction, picked up Hagi Niang with his own hands, and comforted: "Hagi Niang is really very knowledgeable, she is worthy of being the daughter of my Zang family, she is thinking about her father, but it will take some time to pick up your brother." You are still young, but you are not in a hurry to settle down, and you will reply to the Zheng family first for your father, and only say that it is also possible to postpone the proposal for marriage. ”
Hagi Niang's anxious heart finally came to fruition, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, wiped her tears and said, "My son thanked my father and mother." ”
Respectfully exiting the room, Hagi Niang quietly asked Cai Tang: "Why did Mother Li call you over?" What about Cailing? ”
Cai Tang's beautiful blue eyes were bright, and she said proudly: "The slave maid didn't see Mother Li, and the slave maid went out when she saw that the girl didn't wear a shawl, and there was no one else in the yard, so she took it upon herself to send it to the girl." ”
This witty little girl. Hagi Niang couldn't cry or laugh, and deliberately taught her a serious lesson: "Next time, you can't be so ignorant of the rules, you know?" ”
Cai Tang was not afraid of her, and playfully stuck out his tongue: "Yes, girl." ”