Qiu Yu's marriage was decided quickly. Lu's mother on the second day of her daughter's return to the Hou Mansion. He personally went to the old lady to ask for grace, and officially obtained permission to marry his daughter, and he could begin to prepare for the dowry.

There are woodstewards and husbands and wives pulling the strings, and they have to rush through the door before Chinese New Year's Eve, so the Lulu family saves a lot of red tape, and the three ceremonies of Nacai, Asking the Name and Najib in the six ceremonies are almost completed in one day. Less than half a month later, Lu Renyi led a large group of people to send a generous dowry gift. Qiu Yu also finished handing over the errands in hand, kowtowed to the old lady, Mrs. and the female masters in the Hou Mansion to thank her, and took over her slave documents from Mrs. An's hand, and left the Hou Mansion to go home to get married.

Chunying really wanted to help and send her sister to get married, however, before she could make a request to Miss Biao, she was poured cold water.

In order to allow Miss Cousin Huo Yi to move into the new courtyard before winter, the old lady specially instructed Mrs. to step up the renovation of the courtyard, and as a result, at the end of September, everything inside and outside the courtyard was arranged, and Miss Cousin wanted to move in with Aunt Qing and the girls.

This is a small courtyard located in the left rear of the old lady's courtyard, the place is not big, a little smaller than the evening fragrance hall. It's only about half the size of Huanhuaxuan. The courtyard sits in the north and faces south, and there are three upper rooms in the middle, which was originally a Buddhist hall, and now in addition to the one that is reserved for worshipping the spiritual seat, the left side has become a small Buddha hall and a scripture copying room, and the right side is the residence of Aunt Qing. The west wing is Huo Yi's room, the east wing is the study, and the maids live in the ear room, and there are a few rooms in the backyard, which are for the mothers-in-law.

The old lady was afraid that her granddaughter would not be enough to call, so she specially allocated four mothers-in-law, four daughters-in-law and a number of little girls to call, all of which were treated according to the treatment of the eldest granddaughter before marriage.

Under such a solemn matter, how could Chunying, as Miss Biao's maid, stay out of the matter? I had to work with Linglong, Nanqi and others, cleaning the room, putting things away, packing up my luggage, and by the way, I had to give the new girl a newcomer training...... Everyone is so busy that no one can be idle, let alone ask for leave.

The only thing Chunying can do is to do some needlework, clothes, shoes and socks, sachets, quilts and ...... before the lights go out at night Then I asked an acquaintance to send him home. Finally waited until everyone had settled down, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was thinking of probing in front of Aunt Qing. Who knew that at this time, Miss Biao caught a cold because of the accidental wind and fell ill again.

The old lady was so distressed that she urged Hou Ye to invite the imperial doctor, and ordered the maids to take care of her, and even sent the two big girls of jade pearls around her to wait, everyone circled around Huo Yi like a national treasure, no one dared to be lazy, where did Chunying dare to mention the word "leave"?

In such a situation, it seems that it is a sin to mention that Qiuyu is going to get married. As Huo Yi's maid, all she is expected to do is to work quietly with a worried face, and always pay attention to the changes in her master's condition, crying for Huo Yi to eat half a bowl of bird's nest porridge or two mouthfuls of ginseng soup, and wiping tears and sobbing behind Huo Yi after spitting out a mouthful of medicinal juice......

Chunying was depressed. She suspects that if this continues, within two years, her acting skills will be able to compete for the Oscar.

From time to time, Pearl and Amber would bring her news of Qiuyu, and she knew that her sister had already made her wedding dress, and the wedding date was set, which was on the eighth day of the lunar month. Father, mother, and brother bought a new outfit for the wedding, of course. I also made a set for her. The mother urged the three carpenter shops to hurry up and make the furniture for her daughter's dowry every day, and at the same time looked for people everywhere to inquire about what kind of dowry was the most decent, and went around to search for cheap and good fat powder jewelry, stuffed a whole two-foot square Nanmu box, and the other two half-person-high wooden boxes were filled with new clothes for Qiuyu to wear after marriage, which was not enough, and Lu's mother also spent money to buy several pieces of silk from the shop and other silk shops that her father cared for.

Originally, as a slave, you can't wear silk and satin, but there are many slaves in the high-ranking families in Beijing, and no one is more serious, and there are many people who wear good materials in private, which is already showing the dignity of the master's family, but when you are in front of the official family, everyone will still be a little more restrained and give the national law a little face. Qiuyu has now abolished her slave status and officially married out of the mansion to be a commoner, and her husband's family is a small landlord, so she can naturally wear silk openly. Lu's mother was very proud of this, and she couldn't wait to shout that the whole world knew, and asked her husband to write it, handed a note to her little daughter, and asked her if she knew other southern silk merchants?

Chunying was a little skeptical that the family had enough money to support such a large amount of expenditure, but her father only reassured her in the letter, she thought of her father's personality, and she didn't dare to do anything prohibited, and the family did have a lot of income in the past six months, except for the silver for her father's errands. There was no big expense, so I was a little relieved.

But when the whole family was happily preparing for her sister's marriage, she was actually trapped in the house and couldn't do anything, which was really uncomfortable. She once carefully probed Aunt Qing's tone, and the other party only hinted that she put the patient first, so she let her do things, and she had to bury her head in her work sullenly, while squeezing out time to do needlework and quietly send her home.

Eventually, Miss Biao slowly got better, and although she was weak, she still needed to recuperate. But she kept recuperating until Layue, and she couldn't get out of bed. On the eighth day of the lunar month, looking at Miss Cousin, who was weakly crooked on the side of the bed and eating gruel without a mouthful, and Coral who came to tell them to "wait well and not be lazy" on the order of the old lady, Chunying finally gave up and no longer looked forward to the opportunity to see Qiu Yu get married with her own eyes.

I finally won my sister's freedom, but I couldn't watch her embark on another path in life, what could be more depressing than this?

Chunying sighed while fanning the fire on the stove, boiling a tonic for Miss Table, and secretly prayed to God in her heart to let Miss Cousin get better soon! They can't even sleep at night!

I wonder if Heaven heard her prayer. Miss Biao actually improved quickly in the next five days, and by the day before the child, she had fully recovered. Second Master Huo, who had just been promoted to the editor of the Zhengqipin Hanlin Academy, personally wrote the post and sent his wife Zhang as a representative to come to the Hou Mansion to pick up his niece and daughter home for the New Year.

Although the old lady was reluctant in her heart, Second Master Huo was Miss Cousin's uncle anyway, and she had the name of sacrificing her ancestors, so she could only nod her head and let her granddaughter go back. Huo Yi was worried that bringing too many people would make his uncle unhappy, so he only brought the maid and mother-in-law brought from the Huo family. In addition, Aunt Qing had a little girl ring sent by the Hou Mansion by her side, and a group of eight people left with the Zhang family. Before leaving, Aunt Qing specially reminded Huo Yi to order that those who stayed behind during the Chinese New Year could take turns to go home for the New Year.

All the maids-in-law and daughters-in-law were overjoyed, and on the same day, they elected representatives to return to their wives, and obtained permission to take turns to take two days off, two people at a time, to draw lots. Chunying was lucky enough to draw the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth days of the lunar month, so she immediately packed her things and waited for the day to come.

It's hard to describe how it feels to be back home again. Chunying looked at the wall that had not yet been torn off the red paper-cuts, the red paper that had been glued to the teapot before, and the half-empty cabinets in the room, and really understood that Qiu Yu had already married.

She sat on the edge of the bed, a little dazed.

Qiu Yu got out of the country and got married, what will she do next? There has been no news from Zhou Nian's side, but his father seems to be more and more important, he looks full of red light, and his expression between his eyebrows is more calm and calm, the shop should be well maintained, right? The Lu family's departure from citizenship was the result of taking care of Xishan Zhuangzi for decades, and it happened to meet the second master's family returning to Beijing, so they got good luck, and my father is only starting to work now, relying on him to fight, I don't know how many years she will have to wait, she can't afford to wait......

So, apart from waiting for Zhou Nian to turn over, she has nothing else to do?

Chunying was lying on the quilt in a daze, and suddenly heard her mother shouting outside: "What are you doing in the house?!" Come out and help! I want to make a few more cages of auspicious fruits, and tomorrow morning, your brother-in-law will come to pick us up and go to your sister's house to eat fruit tea! ”

My sister and brother-in-law's new home is in Magpie Hutong outside Chongwen Gate, opposite the flower market headlines, there are many shops selling silk flowers and flowers, and people come and go, many of them are big girls and little daughters-in-law. Chunying was dressed in a thick new dress. Holding his younger brother Xiaohu, who was dressed like a genius child, he came here with his parents in the carriage of his brother-in-law Lu Renyi, and was almost immediately attracted by the market.

She used to fly here with Hu a lot, but at that time, she never thought that Qiu Yu would marry in this neighborhood.

Qiu Yu was wearing the red clothes of her new daughter-in-law, with a few golden hairpins on her head, and her face was still a little shy, standing at the mouth of the alley and shouting: "Dad, mother, sister, come here!" Let's go inside, it's going to snow, it's cold outside! ”

Chunying carefully looked at her sister's complexion, and saw that her eyebrows and eyes were full of happiness, and she was secretly happy in her heart, and stretched out her hand to hold her and said, "Sister, you got married, but I couldn't send you, I'm really sorry." ”

"Silly girl, what are you talking about? Of course, it is necessary to put the master first. Qiu Yu touched her head, hugged her younger brother from her mother's arms, and talked all the way, leading the family all the way into her home.

Just like Mu Niangzi said before, the front of this courtyard is separated into a carriage and horse shop, because it is close to the New Year, there are no guests, only two children sit in the courtyard to play games. Lu Renyi screamed, and one of them ran to the kitchen with a smile and called him to boil water and prepare fruit tea.

The door to the backyard was open, and when I arrived in the courtyard, the plum blossoms were in full bloom, and there was a large patch of red and bright red. Lu Renyi rubbed his hands and smiled: "Everyone says that the old plum in the family has not opened for a few years, and when I see that I am going to marry a new daughter-in-law this year, I rushed to congratulate me!" In a compound under my name, there lived an old monk, the law name is a silent, fortune-telling is very effective, specially to me to say goodbye, said that this plum blossom is a good omen, next year there will be a happy event in the family! ”

Mother Lu was overjoyed when she heard this: "Really? What will it be? His eyes couldn't help but look at Qiu Yu. Qiu Yu blushed with shame, stomped her feet and said, "Mother, what are you looking at!" "Where can I see anything?" I just thought that if this old monk really has some way, please come and show it to your father and brother, and it will be good luck to turn evil into good fortune? ”

Qiu Yu lowered her head and hugged her younger brother into the house, Chun Ying smiled secretly beside her, Lu's mother patted her, and also pulled her husband into the door. Chunying slowly followed, ate fruit tea with them, and couldn't help but offer to go out for a walk. She is very familiar with the neighborhood, although Lu's mother has some complaints, but Lu Yougui nodded.

Chunying didn't go far, only walked around in front of the carriage and horse shop, looking at the lively scene of the flower market from a distance, suddenly her head was cold, and the snowflakes slowly scattered from the sky, fell into her palm, and turned into water in a blink of an eye, disappearing.

She blinked, a little melancholy: "It's snowing......"

"It's snowing!" An old voice suddenly came from the side, and when Chun Ying turned around, she found that it was an old monk, wearing a gray cotton robe, very thin, but very energetic, her eyes were peaceful, and she sang to her: "Little donor, what are you worried about?" If the snow is heavy, the harvest will be good next year, and snow is a good thing. ”

Chunying smiled bitterly: "Master, I know that Ruixue is a good year, but ...... It's snowing, and I can't do a lot of things......" She looked at the snowflakes in a daze: "I can't seem to do anything......"

The old monk smiled: "How can you not do things?" It's snowing now, and when the spring snow melts, isn't it the time to do things? The inconvenience of today is just a preparation for that time. He put on his hat, clasped his palms together and sang "Amitabha", and then strode forward.

Chunying was stunned, looked up at the snowflakes, and suddenly smiled.

Well, can't do it now, but she can be ready and wait for spring to come.

(Without saying anything, I'll go face the wall!! ）。.。