Chapter 13: Shocking Horses
"Lady, what the auxiliary machine said is, our children are so old, can he not grow up, Qi Lang, Xiuniang, come over to give a gift to the two uncles and aunts." Wang Shao saw that his wife was so emotional that he even forgot to let his two children come over for a while, and he, as a husband, could only stand up and help take over the conversation. (Cough, cough, according to the title of the ancients, these two babies should call the eldest grandson girl aunt, but the eldest grandson girl is only six years old now, and it is weird to call her aunt, let's call it aunt.) )
Although Wang Shao had never seen the eldest grandson and the eldest grandson Wuyi before, and the two children had not had time to come forward to greet him, but this did not prevent him from guessing their identities at a glance, although he had not met his father-in-law for many years, the correspondence between them had not been interrupted, so he naturally knew the situation of his father-in-law's family, and looking at the interaction between the two children and the eldest grandson Wuji, Wang Shao couldn't guess that they were the young daughters and young sons of his father-in-law.
"Xiuniang, Qi Lang has seen two uncles and aunts." Xiuniang and Wang Qi listened to their father's instructions, and looked at the three brothers and sisters of the eldest grandson family with a little curiosity, and came over to salute the three of them in a regular manner.
"Xiuniang, Qi Lang doesn't have to be polite." The eldest grandson Wuji was the oldest, and the person who spoke was naturally him, while the second eldest grandson girl and the Wuyi child looked at the two juniors in front of them who were about the same age as themselves curiously, and did not speak.
Xiuniang and Wang Qi and the eldest grandson Wuji brother and sister met the ceremony, the eldest grandson and the second girl and Wuyi met Wang Shao and his wife, and then the three brothers and sisters led the eldest grandson and the eldest girl's family into the general's mansion.
The eldest grandson has not returned to Ning for many years, and now she finally returned to her parents' house and has a lot to say to Gao, after lunch, the mother and daughter got together to whisper, Wang Shao was called to the study by the eldest grandson, Weng and the son-in-law had a long talk, the adults have their own things, and the children are naturally idle, Wang Qi's age is about the same as the Wuyi child, the two babies quickly got together and went to the yard of the eldest grandson Wuji.
Xiuniang went to her yard with the eldest grandson and the second girl, the eldest grandson and the second girl's temperament is quiet and elegant, but she is not a dull and boring person, the delicate and lively Xiuniang is quite suitable for her eyes, and after a meal, the two little girls have established a good friendship.
"Auntie, your handwriting is so good, you are a year younger than me, but your handwriting is much stronger than mine, no wonder A-Niang always scolds me for being too lazy on weekdays, it seems that I will be more serious in reading and learning in the future." In the boudoir of the eldest grandson and the second girl, Xiuniang saw the big characters she wrote, held it in her hand and looked at it for a long time, and then wrinkled her nose and said with a dejected face, although the little girl was a little angry, but there was no jealousy or displeasure in her heart, she was lively and playful, but her heart was pure and straightforward, in her opinion, people who are better than themselves are worthy of their admiration and learning, and they are jealous of others for no reason, which is sick.
"Poof, how can it be as good as you say, I have only been learning calligraphy for more than two years, but you, your lively temperament is so cute, which makes me quite envious, I, my temperament is relatively quiet, my aunt has said more than once that if I continue to develop like this, I will become a dull and boring old master." The second eldest grandson couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, she looked at Xiuniang's cute appearance with her pouting lips, and couldn't help but reach out and gently pinch her white and tender cheeks, and complained to her about her mother's dislike of herself.
"Won't you, auntie? I don't think you're old-fashioned, are you? Xiuniang couldn't help but tilt her head when she heard the voice, and looked at the eldest grandson and the second girl seriously, with a look of disbelief, the first feeling of the eldest grandson and the second girl was indeed very chaste, and when she first came into contact with that Xiuniang, she was worried that the ladylike aunt would dislike herself, but she didn't know that she got along for more than an hour, but found that her quiet and elegant aunt's temperament was actually easy-going and funny, and with her, she would not feel boring, but also relaxed.
The two little girls got together and talked again, Xiuniang was lively and active, full of energy, but she sat in the carriage for two days, and was only seven years old, after really relaxing, fatigue soon hit, talking and talking, unconsciously fell asleep, the eldest grandson and the second girl looked at her chick pecking rice, and called Qinglan with some amusement, and asked her to carry Xiuniang to her bed, carefully help her with her outer clothes, and then help her cover the quilt, after doing all this, she went to the small study to read.
Xiuniang slept for nearly two hours, until she woke up when she was about to eat dinner, Xiuniang who slept enough was extraordinarily energetic, after dinner, dragged the eldest grandson girl to wander around the small garden for a long time, and chatted for more than an hour after returning to the house, until midnight, the two gradually fell asleep.
Time flies quickly, in a blink of an eye to the sixth day of the first month, lively and active Xiu Niang stayed in the house for two days after a little idle, this day just had breakfast, Xiu Niang tugged on the sleeve of the eldest grandson girl, wanted to ask her to go out shopping together, the eldest grandson girl listened, thought about it, and then smiled and said: "Okay, let's go find my aunt." ”
The etiquette of the Sui and Tang dynasties was far less stringent on women than in the Ming and Qing dynasties, although this time was also a typical patriarchal society, but it was not a big deal for girls to go out and go shopping by chance.
After listening to the request of the two little girls, Gao couldn't help but smile dumbly, "Go ahead, but you are still young, and it is not safe to go out by yourself, let the auxiliary machine take you there." "The two little girls want to go out shopping, it's not a big deal, she has no reason to disallow, she only thinks that the two children are still young, so she went to call the children, and let her eldest girl Huan Qingyu follow, and also sent a capable mother-in-law and two clever little maids to follow, and then let them out.
After Gao's arrangement, when the eldest grandson girl went out of the house, there were a lot of people around her, her own Yahuan Qinglan and Gao's Yahuan Qingyu, the eldest grandson Wuji and Wang Qi, plus two small girls and a mother-in-law, a line of nine people, went up the street mightily, and came to the most prosperous street in Xicheng District, the eldest grandson girl and Xiuniang went to the shop that the little ladies like to visit, and the eldest grandson Wuji took two little dolls to the shop that the boys like to visit.
Two Yahuan and mother-in-law followed the two little ladies, the two little maids followed Wuji, the shops we visited were not far apart, but one was in the south of the street, one was in the north of the street, and there was a road in the middle.
The eldest grandson girl and Xiuniang walked in a few shops for more than half an hour, and then went to a handmade wood carving shop, shopping for a long time, one person bought a small wood carving they liked, after coming out of the wood carving shop, they did not plan to continue shopping, so they beckoned Qing Lan and Qing Yu and their mother-in-law to go to the opposite "Ruyi Zhai" to wait for the eldest grandson Wuji them.
When the group walked to the middle of the road, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded at the corner of the street, and several people subconsciously raised their eyes, only to see a tall blue horse rushing out of the corner like crazy, running in their direction, and the flow of people on the street was so frightened that they screamed and ran away one by one.
The crazy horse was only more than two hundred meters away from the position of the eldest grandson girl, Qinglan and Qingyu were taken aback when they saw this, and the two almost subconsciously wanted to reach out to hug the eldest grandson girl and Xiuniang, ready to pick them up and run, but these two babies are not too young, it is really too late for them to hold and run, the eldest grandson girl obviously thought of this, Qinglan and Qingyu's hands just moved, and she had already shouted: "Don't worry about us, everyone will avoid the nearest place." ”
While talking, he grabbed Xiuniang's hand and ran towards the opposite side, Qinglan and Qingyu, who were a little slower than half a beat, and the mother-in-law, in order not to bump into the two little ladies, chose to go back, and the eldest grandson girl who was dragging Xiuniang all the way saw that she was about to run to the steps on the side of the street, and she was one step behind Xiuniang's feet and tripped over something, and her body rushed straight to the ground, and the eldest grandson girl who was holding her hand was taken back by her and leaned back, seeing that her body was about to fall backwards......