Chapter 54: The Eve of the Housewarming Banquet

The wind in Peach Blossom Village has not been very peaceful these days.

When the old lady sat at the entrance of the village to enjoy the shade, her favorite thing to talk about had already turned the rudder.

A few days ago, I said how coquettish the daughter-in-law of the Sun family was, and in the past few days, I have said how the Zhu family suddenly stopped talking and leaving the house.

Since Zhu Zhanao drove a mule cart and sent an invitation with a servant, the frequency of discussion about this matter has not decreased.

Approaching the ninth day of the sixth lunar month, there were some rumors that the Zhu family did not hold banquets. The villagers all thought that the Zhu family did not have this strength, so the rumors became more and more intense.

In the end, the Zhao family sent someone to ask, and even Runye asked Amber before they were sure to refute the rumor that it was a rumor.

On the eighth day of the sixth lunar month, Zhu Hongyu's body was much better. When I woke up, it was time for lunch.

Dressing, grooming, braiding, and a little powder. She pretty much cleaned up herself and went downstairs.

Zhu Hongyu got up early in the morning and saw that the flowing water table in the courtyard had been prepared. The tables for the male and female guests in the middle hall and the inner hall are also prepared, and they are divided into two seats, with screens in the middle.

A small number of tableware had not yet been prepared, but these were flawed in Zhu Hongyu's eyes.

After breakfast, Amber still went to Sanguan Temple to take care of the Lu family. Zhan Ao explained to Zhu Hongyu what had happened in the past few days, and Zhu Hongyu was very satisfied, and set a time for Lingzhi to call people to hold a meeting in the guest hall.

After the four servants of the family came over, they stood in the hall respectfully, and Zhu Hongyu and Zhu Zhanao sat on the main seat, sitting upright. There are already some big family styles.

"You have worked hard for the past few days, and you have to take care of the family, serve the master, and be busy preparing for the housewarming ceremony. It's just that from today to tomorrow, it will be even more hectic, and you must be in good spirits. I have done a good job of what I have explained, and I will be rewarded; If you don't do it well, you will be punished. ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded with satisfaction when she heard the answers of the four people.

"Chang Pingchuan."

"Yes."

Chang Pingchuan walked out of the four and stood in front of Zhu Hongyu.

"There are two groups of people coming today, one is Sister-in-law Gui with people, and the other is Dao Changrunye, and they will be released directly. If someone else visits, come and pay homage to me. The person who received the post tomorrow will come with his relatives to release it, and if there is no post, it must not be released. ”

"Yes!"

Chang Pingchuan retreated between the four people, and Zhu Hongyu called the two dogs again.

"On that day, Zhan Ao took you to send an invitation, and tomorrow you will send it to people from other villages. People don't care when they come, if they get drunk when they leave, they send them home one by one. At tomorrow's banquet, there will definitely be a carriage coming, and you need to manage the affairs of the carriage and horses carefully. In the afternoon, you followed me and Zhanao to dispatch. ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Hongyu thought about it, this matter has been arranged.

Then he said: "Ganoderma lucidum, taro, you don't have to worry about the affairs of tomorrow's banquet kitchen, you have to serve the dishes and remove the dishes." The hands and feet are sharper. First close to the inner hall, the middle hall, and then close to the one that enters the hospital. ”

"Yes."

"Zhanao." Zhu Hongyu turned her head sideways, "Tomorrow, you will bother to welcome the send-off, it is our young master Zhu." Be sure to be thoughtful. ”

"Everything is up to my sister."

Zhu Hongyu thought that these things had already been calculated, and she was sitting at the door to collect the money, and she could get some money back if she managed the money well.

"Okay, that's all, there's still something to be done, hurry up."

Saying that, the four of them dispersed in a hurry, Zhu Hongyu and Zhan Ao went out together, Zhu Hongyu was inconvenient to do some miscellaneous work, so she only stood in the courtyard and sat firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, commanding here and there.

I had lunch at noon, and I gradually got more and more work.

Zhu Hongyu sat in the courtyard, commanding Ergou and Taro to set up a stool and a tableware, and set aside a place to wait for Runye to come over and prepare the incense altar.

The tableware on the table was ready, and Zhu Hongyu remembered that the rice wine for the guests was not put in, so she hurriedly recruited people to come over, and then put the rice wine on each table.

When they entered the courtyard for the second time, Zhan Ao and Lingzhi carried a borrowed screen between the male and female guests, and they felt that a screen was not enough.

Zhu Hongyu was busy, and saw Runye come with a group of Taoist priests wearing one-color Taoist robes, followed by Amber. A smoke greeted him, and he didn't know why Runye invited so many helpers over.

These Taoist priests were all young and Runye, and there were teenagers, as old as his younger brother.

"Hello ladies and gentlemen, the house is being decorated, and it is not finished yet. The guest hall has been cleaned up, and the side hall has a cup of tea. ”

Runye's expression was much more serious, and he didn't want to be as gentle as usual.

"It's okay, I'm here to set it up. Where are the things you have prepared? ”

Zhu Hongyu took Runye to the side courtyard of the first courtyard, which contained all the things that Runye needed, and they were all prepared. There was also a big rooster that was kept in a separate captivity, and when he saw someone come in, he shivered.

Runye thought about things for a while and saw that the preparations were thorough. He turned around and walked back to the courtyard, took out a compass from his crossbody bag, and sentenced him to an auspicious position in the courtyard.

"Fellow Daoists, set up an altar in this place and move all the things in the house out."

So, a group of little brothers in Runye began to move things.

"When did you know so many people?"

Zhu Hongyu was very surprised when Runye would be able to lead so many people, so she asked.

"I knew each other in the early years, and their temple is in the village behind the mountain, so they don't usually come and go."

It turns out that there are many villages and towns next to Yunmeng Town, and it seems that Peach Blossom Village is a relatively large village and relatively close to the town. I had time to go to that village and walk around.

Runye's younger brothers carried out the offering table and incense burner, and several people carried the tablet from Runye's Sanguan Temple in their hands.

After the offering table is set, the tablet is placed in the center, followed by incense, candles, paper, and money.

These things were not mentioned in Runye's note before, but Zhan Ao handled things properly, and he also went to Runye Temple from time to time to ask for advice during this period, so there was no lack of leakage.

Then a few children carried the kneeling mat and placed the kneeling mat under the altar according to Runye's instructions.

After all this was set up, Runye called Amber and told her the reason for the arrangement.

Zhu Hongyu saw Runye pulling amber, this was all detailed, she was really stunned, and she was ...... Is this going to pull her sister to be a Taoist aunt? No way!

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's have a cup of tea."

A group of people were hurriedly invited into the side hall by Zhu Hongyu, Chang Pingchuan and Ergou set up a square coffee table and rose chairs, and taro made tea from the kitchen.

Zhu Hongyu dragged Amber away from Runye's side, and then gave Chang Pingchuan a look and pushed Runye into the guest hall.

She really can't accept that Runye deceived her sister and became a Taoist aunt!

Runye entered the guest hall and said, "I originally thought that I would explain tonight, so let's explain it together." I will get up at two o'clock tomorrow morning, and I will go straight here without reading my morning class. When I came, I served glutinous rice and placed it in the four corners of the house, with a pair of chopsticks in the middle. You little children don't have to chant the scriptures, but after my dust, one of you will have wine in your hand and five grains in your hand......"

Zhu Hongyu stood at the door and listened for a while, feeling bored. Whenever Runye talked about this, she was confused and couldn't understand anything.

Last time, it was "the ministers of the Jade Emperor returned to the Shangqing", and this time I talked about the process of legal affairs. Another day, she must understand what these things mean.

At this time, Sister-in-law Gui arrived with a flatbed truck with a live pig tied to the car, squeaking and screaming. This family is prosperous, and there are more than a dozen people at a glance.

Zhu Hongyu, who was in a daze, was at a loss, and saw that Runye was about to come out with someone!

Zhan Ao ran over quickly and put a cloth sheet on the flatbed and got on the car.

The family was immediately invited into the kitchen, and when Runye came out with someone, he just glanced at Sister-in-law Gui's family in a hurry, and did not feel that it was inappropriate.

"Ruby, what is this for?"

Runye was about to leave, so he came over to explain to Zhu Hongyu, and saw a large group of people walking in with a cart.

"They're all going to be used tomorrow."

"Oh." Runye seemed to think about what the car was, but she didn't say anything.

Zhu Hongyu saw that Runye was thoughtful, thinking that she had something to entrust.

"Dao Chief, what else are we going to do?"

"Tonight they are staying in my Sanguan Temple. Tomorrow morning we will come at the end of the day, and the altar will be opened at the hour. Come together tomorrow morning, you will have to put on three incense sticks first, and then the incense cannot be broken. Before the altar is opened tomorrow morning, you will steam a large pot of glutinous rice. ”

Zhu Hongyu nodded hurriedly, she didn't know that there were so many words, she would have known that she would have taken a small notebook and written it down.

"That's a lot of rhetoric......"

Runye didn't explain much to Zhu Hongyu, and glanced at the altar that had just been arranged.

"The altar has been arranged, so do not move it at night, and do not put incense on it."

"That's fine, I'll explain."

Runye was about to leave, and when he looked sideways, he realized that this courtyard was very well arranged. The arrangement between the doors and courtyards is exactly the same as that of the Sanguan Temple, and I can't help but wonder how it can be so constructed.

"Chief Rundao, what's wrong?"

Runye shook his head and didn't say much, he was just confused.

"It's nothing, we are all monks, and it is inconvenient to bother you here, so we have taken our leave."

Zhu Hongyu fought with Runye, and Runye called his people to leave Zhu's mansion.

sent away Runye and his party, and then let Sister-in-law Gui's family work to let go of their hands and feet.

In the kitchen, a feast is being prepared.

All kinds of seasonal vegetables are stacked in the corner, and the meat dish is a pig.

Zhu Hongyu was a little scared when she saw the group tying up the pig to kill the pig, but she was really curious. Zhan Ao commands outside the kitchen and is very good.

Amber came out of the middle hall and saw her sister standing at the door of the kitchen watching the excitement, so she hurriedly walked over and grabbed Zhu Hongyu's hand.

"Sister, it's unlucky, don't look at it. Are you feeling better today? ”

Zhu Hongyu felt that she was really not good, and her body was weak.

"Forget it, if you say you won't watch it, I won't watch it. I'm going upstairs to get a good night's sleep tonight and wake up early tomorrow. ”

Amber helped her sister upstairs, and when she arrived at the door of the boudoir, she said, "You and Zhan Ao are responsible for the affairs downstairs, and I will check it after dinner." If there's anything you don't understand, come to me. ”

With that, Zhu Hongyu went upstairs. There was no one in the house, and she was comfortable. I took a sip of water and ate a snack, and immediately fell asleep.

This night was groggy, Lingzhi called her once, she went downstairs and took a turn, the kitchen Gui's sister-in-law's family steamed the meat, killed the chickens and piled them in one place, Chang Pingchuan was on duty in the courtyard, and there was nothing wrong with it.

After explaining the things that Runye had explained, Zhu Hongyu said to Lingzhi and Zhan Ao, and asked them to convey it, and then go upstairs to sleep.

Seeing that the night was over, the first rays of sunlight shone into the boudoir of Zhu Hongyu, and the carved window lattices reflected on the floor to create beautiful spots of light.

This time I opened my eyes, and it was the second quarter of the year.