Chapter Seventy-One: The Suburbs
The funeral of Ningfu was mighty, and it went to the gate of the city like a mountain of silver. When passing by the sacrificial tent of the Beijing Palace, Jiang Yan saw that the water dissolved did not go first, and was sitting inside waiting for the funeral to be over, which was not an ordinary courtesy to Ning Guofu.
It's a pity that there was a row of people standing in front of him, and he could only vaguely see a corner of the white python robe, until everyone walked in front of the sacrificial tent with bated breath, Jiang Yan couldn't see what he looked like.
Stopping and stopping all the way, from time to time there were Jia Yu, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen and other colleagues under the sacrificial tents to receive sacrifices, they naturally had to thank them one by one, it took a lot of time, and finally went out of the city, straight to the road of Tieji Temple.
The road from the city gate to the Tieji Temple is far away, Jia Yu's generation got on the sedan chair, and Jia Zhen's generation also got on the horse.
After walking for a while, the person who was exploring the way in front came over and said to the housekeeper mother who was in charge of taking care of this group of women: "Here is the next place, please rest and change your clothes." ”
The daughter-in-law hurriedly came over and asked one by one, but most of the female dependents didn't like to change their clothes outside, so they all refused.
The maids and daughters didn't have this concern, they all came out for a long time, which one didn't want to go for convenience, everyone discussed, reported to the master, and took turns to go to the north. Jiang Yan had long been impatient to follow the large army so slowly, and seeing that there was a chance to leave now, she immediately followed them to Zhuangzi not far away.
The servants of the Jia family had already expelled all the men in the village, and only some mothers-in-law and village girls were in the village. When Jiang Yan and the others went, those mothers-in-law were surrounding the most neat-looking house, looking inside from time to time. The servants inside only kept them out, but they did not stop them from seeing the freshness.
The maids estimated which lady and grandmother were changing clothes here, and were busy going to the thatched hall of another house.
Jiang Yan saw that no one noticed her, and was about to find an inconspicuous place to slip away, when suddenly there was a sound on the dirt road in front of her, and a group of people came over talking and laughing.
But it was Jia Baoyu and Qin Zhong who were looking around with a group of small guys. Not to mention that Baoyu grew up in a rich nest since he was a child, even Qin Zhong was also from a family, and these two people had never even seen Tian. When Baoyu saw shovels, shovels, hoes, plows and other things, he was surprised, and he didn't know what they were used for. I don't know what kind of crops are planted in the field. The little guy told him one by one.
When Jiang Yan saw Jia Baoyu, she knew that it must be Wang Xifeng in the room next to her, and she saw him and Wang Xifeng in a car.
She was now out of the way, and stood there a little conspicuously, watching them talk as she walked here, and found a room and hid in it.
Fortunately, most of the people in this Zhuangzi went to see Wang Xifeng, and there was no one in this room. Hearing the sound outside, she waited again before she came out.
Jiang Yan walked outside the village and saw an old woman talking to a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl.
The old woman's words were full of unhappiness, "Second girl, what are you talking to those gentlemen!" Didn't it keep you away? ”
"They're shaking the spinning wheel there, what if I don't break it?" The second girl said unconvinced.
The old woman patted her, "It's so easy to break if you touch it twice, but fortunately this time it's not those who are unreasonable, otherwise some of you feel good!" ”
The second girl took a beating, and snorted angrily: "It's not that I can't watch it!" Last time, as soon as those people came in, they trampled on a few of our fields and whipped people, but this time a few people walked around the ground for a long time and didn't see them touch the vegetables in the field, how could it be bad? ”
The old woman said angrily: "Just you are smart! Go back and watch your brother, they won't be allowed to come out until they leave! ”
As the two spoke, they saw Jiang Yan walking towards them, and seeing that her clothes were dressed like maids who came over, they immediately shut up and stopped talking, looking at Jiang Yan's face as they walked.
Jiang Yan didn't hear their words, made a hurry, and hurried out with an expressionless face.
When Jiang Yan arrived at the Tiejian Temple, the people who walked in front had already arrived, and the monks of the Tiejian Temple greeted her. When he was young, he entered the temple, performed Buddhism and re-set the incense altar. An Ling was in the side room of the inner hall, and everyone else retreated for a while, leaving only Baozhu to be accompanied by the inner bedroom.
Jiang Yan felt a little eerie when she looked at it, but Baozhu seemed to relax a lot, and regardless of the others, she knelt on the ground and prayed silently.
Outside, Jia Zhen entertained relatives and friends, and the female dependents inside were all received by Wang Xifeng and Zhang Luo, and they were shown first
The official decree dispersed, and the outside was busy until the end of the hour, and there were fewer people inside, and it was not until half of noon that it was gone. Only a few relatives are close, and they have to wait until they have done three days to go to the requiem dojo. Jia Zhen and Wang Xifeng naturally wanted to stay here for a few days until the end.
Jiang Yan had already left when they were sending off the guests, and she had to go back for lunch at noon, otherwise it would be too much to see no one for a day.
Jia Baoyu was not there, no one had to endure hunger to serve him first, so everyone dined together, and during the meal, the attacker suddenly said, "I wonder if Baoyu ate outside?" ”
Qingwen took a sip of soup, "So many people are following, and he can't be hungry." ”
Musk Yue smiled: "It's not the first time he's been to that temple, so you don't feel at ease." ”
The attacker sighed: "It's not that you don't know his temper, there is no appetite when there are many people, last time in Dongfu, what did you say not to eat with the Hun people, and ran back to the old lady at noon to use it, today there are more people, isn't it more likely not to eat?" ”
Jiang Yanxin said that there was no old lady there to let him eat, and if he didn't eat, he would have to go hungry, where would there be these poor and exquisite.
It's a pity that she can't say that, she only said: "The wife and the second grandmother Lian are here over there, and they will definitely not let him not eat, so don't worry." ”
And it's useless to worry, you can still deliver him food, but it's just for nothing.
It turns out that the attacker was really worried in vain, Jia Baoyu not only ate well but also played well, and he couldn't think about it.
In the afternoon, the two ladies Xing and Wang came back and came to Rongqing Hall to greet Jia's mother. The assailant heard the movement outside and went forward, and she estimated that Baoyu should also return. It's a pity that only these two came back, Wang Xifeng and Jia Baoyu are still in the Tieji Temple.
The attacker asked his mother, who was following Mrs. Wang, "Why didn't the second master come back?" ”
Inside, Jia Mu is also asking this question.
Mrs. Wang said helplessly: "I was going to bring Baoyu back, but when he first arrived in the suburbs, he was willing to come back, but I couldn't be pestered by him, so I had to agree." Fortunately, Lian's daughter-in-law is there, and I am relieved to hand it over to her. ”
Jia Mu said with a smile: "He is a child, and it is inevitable to be playful, but it will be one night, and he will let someone pick it up tomorrow." ”