Chapter 47: The Eve
Half a month's time, not too long, not too short, after Xiaoru spent this half a month leisurely, with the completion of the new house, Zhuangzi took shape, her wedding was finally put on the agenda.
The night before the wedding, Xiaoru slept with her mother-in-law, and Mrs. Lou made the bed herself.
The old lady is old, her body is always cold, in the past troubled times, when she had to sleep in the wilderness, Xiaoru always slept close to her mother-in-law, and used herself as a stove, and then settled down, of course, the mother-in-law's house is indispensable to the stove and the like, and Xiaoru can no longer be used, today is the first time in several years, their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have slept together.
"Daughter-in-law, I've wronged you." Mrs. Lou had a smile on her face, but there was inevitably some regret between her eyebrows, she was in a hurry, three books and six etiquettes were uneven, and she simply took her daughter-in-law home, plus her husband's father-in-law was not there, and there was no backbone at home, a thirteen-year-old girl took on a huge family, and she had to take care of her blind mother-in-law, it was difficult at that time, it was really difficult.
To this day, Mrs. Lou still remembers that when her daughter-in-law first arrived at Lou's house, she was timid like a kitten's meow, she couldn't see it at that time, and at first she was worried that she couldn't support such a little daughter-in-law, but she didn't expect that what she really wanted to be raised would become her own child in two days.
After Xiaoru married into the Lou family, she went up the mountain to collect medicine before dawn to treat her as a blind old woman, a girl's family, had to show her head, hunt game, and sell it in the market, people bullied her young, deliberately gave her less money, at first I didn't know the price of game, and I was fooled a few times, but Xiaoru was really smart, and I found the way out of the door after a few times, and found the more kind restaurant chef and the like, and sent the game directly to the hotel. Only then did I earn a little more money, and my family gradually got better.
"Remember, the new dress you made for me for the first time, the azure-faced jacket, I wore it for more than a year."
"Ahem." Xiao Ru choked, her face was blushing, "Shameful ......" is embarrassing enough, Xiao Ru has never learned embroidery at home, her stepmother doesn't let her learn, she reads all day long, and she doesn't realize what women in this era should learn, and when she arrives at her husband's house, she finds that she can't do anything, her mother-in-law has bad eyes, and she can't teach her, so she has to take the game she hunts to the aunt next door, begging someone to teach her.
Beginner needlework, Xiaoru was full of confidence to make clothes for her mother-in-law, and the result was made, one sleeve was long, one sleeve was short, and her mother-in-law was unwilling to waste it, so she really wore it, and she wore it for a year, until Xiaoru got up early and worked hard to learn, and the needlework gradually became successful, and she cut another one for her mother-in-law, and she changed her clothes.
"Lose someone, my daughter-in-law did it for the first time, she can do it like that, it's a skill." Mrs. Lou smiled and patted Xiaoru's shoulder.
In those years, there was a shortage of soldiers, there were not many doctors, and the medicinal materials were expensive, so how could ordinary people afford it, and the common people had minor illnesses, most of them just stayed up, and it would be good to boil well, in case they became seriously ill and could not afford the consultation fee, so they could only wait for death.
At that time, although Xiaoru was young, but with a few opportunities to see a doctor and livestock, he gradually showed his talents, and the neighbors were also happy to use food, vegetables or something to make a medical fee, so that Xiaoru helped to see a doctor, and the Lou family gradually got better, but unfortunately, a few days after the good days, the hometown began to make trouble, today into a wave of bandits, tomorrow a group of soldiers, soldiers and bandits do not divide their families, sometimes, you can't tell which is a soldier and which is a bandit, God does not open his eyes, today's drought, tomorrow's flood, after the disaster, the corpses are all over the field, and the plague is rampant, Xiaoru had to take her mother-in-law and many people to flee together.
"Over the years of fleeing, our lives have been better than others." Mrs. Lou said with emotion, "How many people starved to death at that time, not only were we not hungry, but we also let people buy a lot of family business." ”
"How can it be so good, it's just a little better than others, it's not that I'm afraid all day long, worried about encountering bandits."
"Yes, the peaceful days are not easy, so our saint is the son of heaven, hehe, the emperor gave my son and daughter-in-law a marriage, you two will definitely be able to get the emperor's blessings, and you will be harmonious and beautiful for a lifetime, and you will raise your eyebrows."
"You're here again, hurry up and go to bed, tomorrow morning, you have to get up early." Xiaoru closed her eyes and pursed her lips secretly, since the will to give marriage, her mother-in-law has been very happy, this sentence has been said 1,800 times, as if those edicts and rewards are not as good as such a will to give marriage. I really don't know what my mother-in-law thinks, but if she wants her to say, even if the emperor doesn't give marriage, they still have to get married, and it's better to change the value of arable land.
"Okay, okay, let's sleep, our daughter-in-law, to be the most beautiful bride."
Before dawn the next day, Xiaoru was woken up, and when she opened her eyes, her mother-in-law was already dressed neatly, and she was busy directing Meng Nier and Xiaoyan to make some bottles and cans.
"Mother, this chicken hasn't crowed yet, why are you so early?"
"It's not early, hurry up." Mrs. Lou didn't know where the strength came from, so she dragged Xiaoru and pushed her into the bathroom, "Meng Nier, go and wait for the young lady to bathe, hurry up." ”
Xiaoru was at the mercy of them in a daze, and it took a long time to wake up, no, why is her mother-in-law here, it is said that her mother-in-law is the elder of her husband's family, and she should go to Zhuangzi's new house.
"Moniel, why can't my mother come over?"
"Where to go? Young lady, are you sleeping, this wedding, the old lady is the elder of your family, and the old man is the elder of the young master's family, didn't you say it a few days ago? You nodded yes. At that time, the old lady asked the young lady if there were any family elders to invite, and the young lady simply vetoed it, and the old lady was still happy, very happy, and anyone could see that the old lady was very willing to be the elder of the female family.
Okay? How she didn't know. Xiao Ru was stunned, this is messy enough, if it is a pedantic family, he will definitely scold a few words of impropriety, but unfortunately, it seems that their family is taken for granted, and no one thinks it is wrong.
However, Xiaoru didn't have time to think nonsense, and after taking a shower, she was taken out to make up and change her wedding dress. Seeing the brand-new phoenix crown on the shelf, and the life of the goddess next to it, the flower hairpin Zhai Yi made people numb, Xiaoru touched her neck, looked at her mother-in-law's happy eyes, couldn't help but shrug her shoulders obediently, and tossed by a group of people, the newlywed can be dressed up beautifully, and it is quite good, if it is modern, if you want such a wedding, I don't know how much it will cost.