One hundred and eighty chapters, the long journey
Early the next morning, Ziqing packed her clothes and instructed the maid to pack up the furnishings of each house and register it, and Lin Kangping took the little maid to repair and inspect the carriage first. Later, he took Wang Tieshan to Anzhou to sell all the steers of more than four catties, and bought some dried fruit snacks.
When Lin Kangping came back, Ziqing was busy all morning, so tired that she shouted that her back hurt, and ate something indiscriminately, the two went to the old house first, said goodbye to the old man and Tian, and gave some New Year's gifts. The Zhou family and the Qiu Yu family were there, Lin Kangping gave the old man and the Tian family a five-dollar silver bill, Tian saw that the smile on Yinzi's face was much more sincere, and took Kangping's hand and told him a lot of words, but unfortunately, the smile on Lin Kangping's face did not reach the bottom of his eyes.
Zhou Shi naturally looked at the heat in his eyes and said: "Dad, mother, Ziqing gave a gift of one or two silver, and my mother's expenses this year can be more relaxed, according to me, these grandchildren are promising, and the expenses of one or two silver for a year are quite enough, why bother, and strangle us, why not next year, we just give some food?" It's good to save a few for us for the sake of Ziquan. ”
As soon as Lin Kangping heard this, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Grandpa and grandma, we still have a lot of things to pack, so we won't sit down, let's leave first." ”
The old man glared at Zhou and stood up, Ziqing and they had already walked to the door, and Qiu Yu shouted: "Ziqing, buy more beautiful headdresses and other small things for my sister-in-law, buy more, ah, my sister-in-law likes it." ”
Ziqing responded indiscriminately, came out of the old house, and the two went back to Ziqing's mother's house, and Ziqing explained the matter of Shen's watermelon seedlings. The Shen family has just finished Ziqing's wedding in the past few days, and caught up with Chen's waiting to give birth, and he was so busy that all the affairs of the New Year were handed over to the eldest daughter-in-law Liu to take care of. Now that I heard that Ziqing was leaving, my eyes quickly turned red, after all, she grew so big. Ziqing hasn't left her yet, except for that time when Ziqing accompanied Zifu to Changzhou to catch the exam.
Shen took Ziqing's hand and told him carefully. Be careful not to overexert yourself all the way to the Northland. I am afraid that Ziqing will not adapt to the local cold and food, and I am worried that Ziqing and the Lin family will not get along well, in short, there is an endless mother's heart.
Although Zeng Ruixiang didn't talk like Shen, Ziqing also knew the reluctance in his heart, so he stepped forward and hugged the two of them and comforted: "Father, mother, don't worry, I will take good care of myself." Besides. Everything is still Kangping. After Qingming, it will only be two or three months, and we will come back. When the eldest brother arrives in the capital, maybe we can meet again. ”
"We will be able to enter Beijing on the twenty-fifth or sixth day of the first month, and you can just come to the house when you arrive. Kangping knew where to live. Zifu said. is also reluctant, it is easy to travel thousands of miles to return home, and within a few days, they will be separated again.
Chen brought some pastries to Ziqing and said, "It's the second sister-in-law's intention, so let's take it if it's delicious or not." We did it ourselves, rest assured. ”
"Sister, if you leave, the house will not be lively, do you want to come back earlier? Also, brother-in-law, did you send the New Year's money first? This year, you are married, but it is different, you have to take the initiative. Zixi said, causing everyone to laugh.
"Little Four, why are you reluctant to give up your sister, are you reluctant to give up your brother-in-law's silver?" Liu Shi smiled when he heard this, and he was still holding the little Yonglian in his arms.
"I still want to press the New Year's money, and you have the happiest trouble in the cave room on the wedding night, and it makes me miserable, so don't talk about it." Ziqing said.
"Brother-in-law, you say a fair word, if I don't look at your face, why bother so much, what I do has a meaning, I haven't done it yet, brother-in-law, is that white-headed old man good? I thought it took me a break to come up with it, is the orange sweet or not? Is the sugar sweet, is my sister's mouth sweet? ”
"Okay, sweet, can it not be sweet?" Lin Kangping hurriedly agreed, and when he heard the last sentence clearly, it was too late to change his words, and in the laughter of everyone, even Lin Kangping couldn't hold it and blushed. Ziqing had already caught up with Zixi to clean up.
"Hey, hey, they're all married, and I don't know the key point, brother-in-law, quickly pull her away, discipline her well and bring it out again, or don't feel distressed if you bump into it." Zixi shouted.
"Stinky little four, you wait, give the third half of the New Year's money, you just watch." Ziqing didn't take advantage of Zixi, and said deliberately.
"Don't worry, third brother, I am still very kind, and I will definitely share a little bit with you. As for how much, not necessarily. Zilu said.
"If there is no Qing'er in this house, it's really uncomfortable, you see, yesterday there was no laughter at home today, if you want me to say, Qing'er might as well wait for the New Year and set off with us." Zifu sighed.
"Okay, reasoning, Qing'er should also go on this trip, after all, it is Kangping's family, and she has raised Kangping for several years. You must be reasonable, treat it with sincerity, and never be reckless. Zeng Ruixiang said to Ziqing.
Lin Kangping and Ziqing hurriedly agreed, this time the commotion, diluted a little sorrow, Lin Kangping gave Zishou, Zixi, Ziyu and Yonglian two plum blossom silver bills of five coins each, Zixi was busy praising Lin Kangping, and waved towards Zifu and Zilu, and said: "Big brother, second brother, see clearly, you have to follow the same brother-in-law, don't think about taking a few copper plates to send us." ”
Before leaving, Ziqing picked up a set of small futons and some oranges to eat on the road from her mother's house, as well as a few homely old cotton clothes, and the two stayed at Zeng's house for dinner.
On the morning of the fifteenth day of the lunar month, Ziqing was still drowsy, Lin Kangping had already dressed, took everything to the carriage and put it away, only then asked Ziqing to get up, change into old clothes, wash up, and have breakfast, Lin Kangping led Ziqing to the carriage. Lin Kangping arranged for them to sit upside down, and Xiaoqing and Xiaolan moved to the west of the main house in the inner courtyard to guard the house.
The space in the carriage is not small, but unfortunately there is a lot of luggage, and Ziqing can lie down and sleep. In addition to the fire basket, Lin Kangping prepared a small hand stove for her, copper, with a diameter of only ten centimeters, which was bought for Ziqing from the capital two years ago, and it was very convenient to hold in her hand, but Ziqing was not commonly used. This time, Lin Kangping was thinking about her.
At the beginning, Ziqing was still immersed in excitement, after all, he had never been to the north in his two lives, so he didn't feel how hard it was, but half a day passed, and after hitting the point, Ziqing began to sit still, and there was no good scenery outside the car.
Lin Kangping had no choice but to hug her, took her a bag of dried longan, and slowly peeled it and fed her, the two of them came and went, after eating longan, they ate each other's lips, and the temperature in the car rose suddenly, the two were newly married Yan'er, especially Lin Kangping, and soon couldn't hold it anymore, hugged Ziqing with one hand and kissed wildly, and the other hand had already reached into Ziqing's dress, untied Ziqing's underwear, and sat on him with Ziqing in his arms, where did Ziqing have Lin Kangping's strength, and he didn't dare to refuse, I was afraid that the movement would be too big for Lin An outside to listen, so I had to let others slaughter it.
The bumps in the carriage fueled the interest of the two, Ziqing in order not to let herself scream, she could only bite Lin Kangping's shoulder, Lin Kangping hugged Ziqing tightly, eager to rub her into his own blood, the two had fun, Ziqing was also tired, hastily cleaned up, and fell asleep in Lin Kangping's arms.
When it was almost dark, it had passed Changzhou, Lin Kangping found an inn to live in a small town outside Changzhou City, Lin Kangping in order to hurry more, out of Changzhou City to find a place to live, Ziqing was tired and hungry, ate indiscriminately, washed up and went to sleep.
Along the way, Lin Kangping ate the marrow and knew the taste, always holding Ziqing and changing the law to toss and toss, Ziqing was worried that Lin An, the little guy outside, would be ashamed and embarrassed when he heard the movement, and he didn't dare to push him away, for fear of making a bigger movement.
Lin Kangping bit Ziqing's ear and said, "Qing'er, I'm here for your good, you see, every time you finish it, you can sleep, and when you wake up, we can sharpen it." This way, you won't feel tired from the journey. At night, you'll be able to sleep soundly, too. Don't worry, even if he knows, he can only treat it as if he doesn't know, what's more, we didn't scream, you see, my shoulder has been bitten by you. Okay, Qing'er, you just rely on me, or I save some energy to toss you hard at night? ”
Ziqing's face immediately turned red, coquettish as a flower, and her eyes were full of water, where could Lin Kangping still hold it? Earlier, he hugged him and gnawed wildly, and Ziqing, who kissed directly, was paralyzed and weak, and let him do whatever he wanted.
Stop and go all the way, the further north you go, the more icy and snowy, the more difficult the road is, fortunately, Lin Kang usually runs outside all the year round, has more experience, and finally rushed to Lin Kangping's hometown on the afternoon of the new year, a remote village outside the capital, Lin Kangping is close to the hometown, Ziqing is the new daughter-in-law to see her mother-in-law's family, the two rubbed outside the village for a while, sent Lin An back to the capital first, and said that he would come to the village to pick up people on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.
The two of them were still wearing old home-style cotton jackets, and because of the cold, they had sheepskin jackets on the outside. Along the way, Ziqing did not wear any jewelry except for her grandmother's jade bracelet and a simple silver hairpin. Ziqing thought about it, opened the baggage, picked out a pair of silver bracelets and put them on, in case there is something pleasing to the eye, to give a gift, and directly retreated from his hand, how convenient, this is what Ziqing has seen from TV.
"Do you think I look like an authentic peasant daughter-in-law, ugly or not?"
Lin Kangping smiled when he saw it, stepped forward to help Ziqing fix her hair, and said, "It's not ugly, my daughter-in-law is beautiful all the time, don't worry, I won't let you be wronged." If they are too embarrassed for us, let's leave immediately and go back to the capital for the New Year. ”
Ziqing's heart warmed when she heard this, put her hand in Lin Kangping's big palm, and followed him forward with peace of mind. (To be continued)