Chapter 42 Bai Shaojie gets married
The next day, it was the first day of the eighth month, after lunch, Mrs. Li went to the pharmacy to deliver food, Li Tang went back to the room to change clothes, Li Yu found a basket to pack up the incense candles to be used on the mountain, and packed some vegetarian pastries, he did not go to the academy today, so he accompanied Li Tang up the mountain together.
I was still looking for something in the house, and there was the sound of a carriage and a horse at the door; Lantian got out of the carriage and saw that the door of Li's courtyard was open, so he entered the door by himself, Li Yu heard the movement and came out, and when he saw that it was him, he put down the basket and greeted him with a smile on his face:
"Brother Lan is here."
Lantian was also smiling, carrying something in his hand, thinking that he had brought it to Li Tang or Mrs. Li, Li Yu welcomed him into the house and went to the stove room to make tea.
When Li Tang came out of the backyard and saw someone in the main hall, he said happily when he saw that it was Lantian:
"Brother Lantian, you're here, we're just about to go up the mountain to make incense, can you go with you?"
Now the autumn sun is scorching, although there are green trees and clear water in the mountains and cool breezes, at this time it is hot to go up the mountain, Lantian can't think of these, just cares about chic:
"Tang'er invited, naturally I want to go." I think I'm afraid that if I don't invite him, I will also have to follow.
After Li Yu made tea and asked Lantian that he had indeed come over after lunch, he was relieved, and the Li family brothers and sisters were originally asking him to take a breath and rest for a while, but he got up and urged away after a few sips of tea.
The three of them took the carriage of the Lan family to the foot of Yanfeng Mountain, only to see the brothers and sisters of the Bai family and Xia'er waiting in the shade, and there was a young man on the side, who was dressed as a descendant of the Bai family.
Carrying a big burden in his hand, I thought it was for Mrs. Shi, and seeing that he looked light, it was not very heavy. Seeing that the three of them had arrived, they had greeted each other, and then they walked up the mountain.
If it's hot today, I want to go into the mountains as soon as possible to escape the sun. Today's day, surprisingly sultry, even if you walk in the mountains and forests, you can't feel a little cool, Li Tang and Bai Meixue are not much better hiding under the umbrella, it is hot and sunny.
Finally arrived at the Wind and Rain Pavilion, sat down and rested for a while, all of them were sweating, Li Tang and Bai Meixue pulled to the side of the chair and sat down, Bai Meixue took a handkerchief to wipe Li Tang's sweat, and Li Tang took a fan to fan Bai Meixue.
Yan Tong and Xia'er went to fetch spring water, Bai Shaojie sat on the pavilion chair and leaned against the pillar with a hot and prostrated appearance, Li Yu saw Lantian glaring angrily at the two people who were wiping sweat and fanning the wind, so he couldn't help but be speechless to him.
snatched the folding fan from his hand, opened the fan to cool down:
"Brother Lan can't use it, so he lends it to me."
There is no day in Lantian that he does not hold a folding fan in his hand all year round, and Li Yu was going to take a fan before going out today, but because of Lantian's sudden visit, he interrupted him who was packing his things, so he forgot about it.
Lantian was hot and tired, even if he was angry with Li Tang, Li Yu was angry with him, which made him even more depressed.
Yan Tong and Xia'er took the water back and poured water for a few people, don't say that the spring water of Yanfeng Mountain is really cool, and drinking it immediately extinguishes the anxiety in their hearts.
Li Tang fanned Bai Meixue, today's Bai Meixue painted the fine willow leaves, and a cinnabar red mole was exposed below the eyebrow peak, which looked more gentle and moving, so he couldn't help but boast:
"I didn't even notice that Mei Xue had this red mole, it was really wonderful, why didn't I see it before, you must have covered it." It's not that Bai Meixue doesn't like this cinnabar mole, but she is used to covering it when she draws her eyebrows.
Bai Meixue saw that Li Tang could boast about everything, and took a handkerchief to cover her mouth and smile slightly:
"It's because I feel ugly, so I cover it."
Li Tang looked surprised, as if he had heard a strange anecdote:
"This mole is born between your eyebrows, it is as harmonious as a fish in water, and as moving as a flower blooming to attract a butterfly, and you say it is ugly?"
This kind of questioning is better than direct praise, but her face is not red and her heart is not beating, which makes Bai Meixue want to laugh and beat her.
Lantian on the side saw that Li Tang praised Bai Meixue as the only one in the world, and he was angry in his heart: Hmph, isn't it just a mole!
When Lantian came to Chunxi Town three days later, he squeezed his eyebrows in front of Li Tang all day long, and Li Yu, who had always been calm and calm, couldn't help but want to give him a few slaps on the head.
Li Tang didn't feel it at all, just asked Lan Tian if his eyes were uncomfortable, if he didn't go to the pharmacy to let her father take a look, Lan Tian was extremely depressed, and after returning to Chongning's house, he was angry at the copper mirror in the house.
It turned out that Lantian also had a mole at the end of his eyebrows, and he was born in the same place as Bai Meixue, but Bai Meixue was a red cinnabar mole, and Lantian was a black and blue mole, his eyebrows were thick and long, and the moles in the past were hidden in the eyebrows.
The day before yesterday, I saw Li Tang so much praise Bai Meixue, and specially called the girl to shorten the tail of her eyebrows to reveal the green mole, and squeezed her eyebrows in front of Li Tang's eyes for a day, but Li Tang didn't find out, and he was aggrieved and returned to Chongning, but this is all later.
Let's say that after the group rested and went up the mountain again, the sky gradually ceased to be bright, became dim, several people accelerated their steps to finish the second half, Fang Zhichen Yue'an added oil to the incense on the Buddhist hall, and the heavy rain poured down from the sky.
The rainstorm came suddenly, and the group was trapped on the mountain, so they had to rely on the teacher's nunnery, Bai Meixue pulled Li Tang to cook in the stove room, Xia'er helped wash the vegetables, Yan Tong was responsible for watching the fire, and Lantian turned around Li Tang to help, but he always helped more and more.
Li Yu and Bai Shaojie have nothing to do, they clean in the Buddhist hall, and the teacher often cleans on weekdays, but they are old, and the high places are not very convenient.
The two of them swept it thoroughly, took the rain and took the cloth towel, from the Buddha statue to the offering table, they did not let go of any place, wiped it spotlessly, and the whole nunnery took on a new look.
After that, Li Yu went to the pavilion wing next door to the Buddha Hall to read, Bai Shaojie accompanied Shi Tai to play chess in the Buddha Hall, Xia'er made a pot of tea and put it aside, Bai Shaojie held Bai Zi for a long time and focused on thinking.
Ci is like a Buddha's light, sandalwood smoke curls, Jingchen twisted the sunspot in the chess box and looked at Bai Shaojie opposite, this nunnery has never been so lively, although she is used to being alone, but this group of children makes her very fond of it.
Waiting for Bai Meixue and Li Tang to finish cooking, the unitary time is approaching, the heavy rain still keeps falling, but it gradually decreases, the stove room is narrow, and I have to shout that a group of people clean up the table and eat in the Buddha hall.
Bai Shaojie and Bai Meixue don't have the pedigree of the young lady and the young master, the girl is together, seven people, eight immortal tables, everyone coincides and lets the master sit on one side, with his back to the Buddha statue.
A table of people had a lively meal, Bai Meixue and Li Tang cleaned up the table and went to the stove room to wash the dishes, seeing that the two of them were tied together all the time, Jingchen's perennial smile, today looks different, and there is a faint sigh in my heart.
The sky finally brightened again, the rain stopped, worried about returning home late in a hurry, a few people quit their teachers and went down the mountain, fortunately, the mountains and rivers of Yanfeng Mountain are stone slabs, although they are not as smooth as paved, but they walk very steadily.
Several people's shoes and socks are wet, but they are all at the age of playfulness, and even Bai Shaojie, who is now about to get married, is also happy to step on the water on the stone slab.
When we arrived at the Dekong Bridge, we saw that the water in the Tan River was not as green as usual, it was already filled with muddy water, and the water line was higher than before, flooding the weeds and wild flowers on the edge of the pool.
Looking at a pool of turbid water, Li Tang suddenly remembered last night's dream, in the dream she felt that she had been wandering, but there was only darkness in front of her, and she couldn't see anything.
was looking at it attentively, and there was warmth in his hand, and it was Bai Meixue's hand that shook in:
"What is Tang'er looking at so focused."
Li Tang turned his head to look at Bai Meixue, who was also a little embarrassed after the rain went down the mountain, and smiled:
"Me, look at a fish here!"
In such turbid water, where can you see fish, Bai Meixue will also follow:
"Where are the fish, I can't see clearly!"
Li Tang is serious:
"If you look closely, there is a bright red fish, so beautiful, I think it must be a fairy fish."
Bai Meixue lowered her head and looked in the river pool for a long time and couldn't see it, but she saw the corner of her skirt, today she was wearing a red skirt, and she realized it from below, Li Tang giggled and ran away, and Bai Meixue chased her on the bridge to beat her.
The night before getting married, the Bai family all went to Chongning, waiting for tomorrow's big event, Bai Shaojie went to Bai Meixue's side courtyard to talk to her.
Bai Meixue took a box, which contained two purses, and the mandarin ducks were in pairs, which she made herself and made a wedding for Bai Shaojie.
"Congratulations to the second brother."
Bai Shaojie took the box and opened it, looking at the purse with a dark red background and dazzling silk thread embroidery, and the two of them made a pair of cross-necked mandarin ducks, festive and sweet.
Stroking the stitches on it, Bai Shaojie always felt empty and a little uncomfortable in his heart, looking up at Bai Meixue with a smile on her face, and she didn't know what she wanted to say.
Just reached out and shook Bai Meixue's hand and said:
"Thank you, Mei Xue."
Bai Meixue also gently covered her other hand to his hand, looking at the second brother who had spoiled her since she was a child, she was happy for him, and she was a little unspeakably sad, but she choked her throat and said:
"The second brother is going to get married tomorrow, I wish the second brother and Miss Yang Qin Se and Ming, and the white head is of the same heart."
Bai Shaojie listened to this greeting, his eyes were sour and uncomfortable, he shook Bai Meixue's hand tightly and nodded:
"Well... Good. With a forced laugh, he let go of Bai Meixue's hand and got up and went back to the yard.
The next day is the day of greeting relatives, the greeting team from the Zhizhou Mansion to the bride to Bai Shaojie's house, worship heaven and earth and kneel to his parents to serve tea, Bai Shaojie is an adult, can no longer be like a child like before.
When Bai Meixue entered the Bai family, Bai Shaozheng had already married, for so many years, the Bai family was so lively for the first time, and she also felt happy for Bai Shaojie in her heart, but I don't know what the temperament of Miss Yang is, I heard earlier that she is also a well-behaved girl.
Although Miss Yang was raised by Mrs. Yang, she was not born to Mrs. Yang, if it weren't for that, even if there was a cabinet uncle who was the second grade, she would not marry Bai Shaojie.
Bai Cong, the eldest of the Bai family in Beijing, had already sent someone to come over with a congratulatory gift to congratulate him, he had a position and could not go far to the southwest; Bai Jun in the southwest garrison also sent his son in Chengdu Mansion to come over early, and only rushed to eat Bai Shaojie's wedding wine.
Bai Shaojie's father Bai Rong is the youngest of the previous generation, and Bai Shaojie is also the youngest son of this generation, except for Bai Meixue, all the Bai family's generation is married and has children, and even Bai Cong's granddaughter is now the same age as Bai Meixue.
The happy event of the Bai family, the Li family has no intersection, that is, the friendship between the children, Li Tang and the two brothers and sisters can't go to the door, so they celebrate Bai Shaojie in advance in Chunxi Town.
After Bai Shaojie got married, he looked for a day to open a teahouse, because he has been working in Qingyaju all these years, and he is familiar with the affairs of opening a store, and soon he went to the door, and he was busy in the shop all day long, and he had his own business, he finally had a little hope.
In other words, Yang Wanxi, the young lady of the Yang family, is really a kind and virtuous lady, at a young age, she took care of Bai Shaojie's house in an orderly manner, did not bother him, and was even more attentive to Bai Shaojie, but it gradually changed Bai Shaojie's heart.