The color is getting late, the bell of the Yamen of the Salt Patrol Division of Yangzhou New City rings, far from the old city, hundreds of people gushed out from the four passes of the old city, and the children rushed to the small Qinhuai River with lotus lanterns.

Chen Yan opened his eyes, walked out of the lobby, and slowly walked towards the middle door. He walked into the back house, turned to the inner porch, and saw Bi'er walking into the inner room with a bowl of medicine, and vaguely heard Bi'er's voice, "Grandma, this medicine is newly prescribed by Dr. Tianruitang." Grandma so try again."

Chen Yan's footsteps paused and stopped behind the pillars. Qi Su Niang sighed in the inner room, but before she spoke, she heard the sound of bowls and spoons hitting each other and slowly drinking medicine.

There was silence in the inner room for a while, and Bi'er's hesitant voice came, "Grandma, the slave maid is planning for grandma, and she has spoken straight in her heart." Ask grandma to listen to two sentences. ”

"I haven't heard what you say, you just have to say it."

"No one in the doctor in Yangzhou City has diagnosed the disease, only that the root of the epilepsy has gone, as long as there is no joy and sorrow, it is good to raise it, and the rest can't say a reason. This matter can't be delayed after all, grandma has to tell the grandfather about the heir, otherwise the grandfather can't be stopped outside."

Chen Yan was startled, and was about to go to the house to explain, but Qi Su Niang sighed softly, "His mother only has one son, I don't have to ask him to let the Chen family be the last to understand" Chen Yan was stunned, his steps paused, and his face darkened.

"Although grandma is reasonable, but please think about it, this is not only the grandfather's business, but also the grandma's dependence for the rest of her life."

There was silence in the room again, as if Qi Su Niang didn't know how to explain it to Bei'er, just a wry smile.

Chen Yan outside the house was stunned.

Qi Su Niang changed into clothes for the banquet. Dressed up. Bill withdrew. She sat at the dressing table. Gazing at himself in the mirror. Silent for a long time. Turbulence. She saw Chen Yan walk into the door from the makeup mirror. hurriedly put away the gloom on his face. But I saw that Chen Yan's face seemed to be a little bad in the mirror.

Qi Su Niang was taken aback. I'm worried that he's going to have something wrong out there. Hurriedly stood up. Turned around. Chen Yan had already come over. There was no sadness on his face. He asked with a smile, "Su Niang." What are you going to play tonight? "I won't change my clothes. Only hugged Qi Su Niang and sighed. "I can't stand this banquet, you still ...... happily"

Qi Su Niang saw that he was full of smiles. I was already secretly relieved. It's just a dazzle. Hear him ask again. I couldn't help but chuckle. "Otherwise. You're going to call a troupe on board tonight, too? A couple of big men. Words are not speculatively. It's also a shame that you've endured all these days. ”

Chen Yan smiled bitterly: "I still want to pretend to be a public servant and have fun with you for more than ten nights." Before you go out, you can get up, and there are a lot of women in the house. The two families are not relatives. Mr. Zhou is also there. How much to avoid. Encounter the Midyear Festival. I have to take a boat to drink and feast. If it weren't for the outsiders to know about it. I'm really not interested in going back. I don't think Li Er is the only one who can't hold it. Even Zhenyundi's face was not much better. ”

Qi Su Niang couldn't laugh. "It's been ten days. I think it's done. If you don't want to go. I'm going to discuss it with Master Zhou."

Chen Yan sighed. "It's been discussed. You have to finish the midyear festival. Yangzhou City is just like this. We want people to believe it. I have to fill it all up, too. Never mind. These are the little things. It's better than looking around for money to support the land. "Say it. There were no words for a long time. Just hugged Qi Su Niang tightly.

Qi Su Niang was puzzled in her heart, "Brother Chen, but what's the difficulty?"

Chen Yan wanted to speak and stopped, but finally smiled: "It's nothing." All you have to do is have fun with Lianxiang. I'll take care of the rest. ”

The big painting boat of Lianfu went north along the small Qinhuai River, planning to cross the Hongqiao, go out of the north gate, and go to the Slender West Lake to meet the boat of the god of the earth on the 15th of July. The official ships in the government did not sail out this time, only two escort boats carried the red lanterns of the "government office" and the two black canopy boats of Caolian Mansion followed behind.

Because it was the day of the Zhongyuan Ghost Festival, people all over the city poured out to put river lanterns to welcome the god boat. At the entrance of the street along the river, a memorial tower full of colorful lanterns was erected, just waiting for the monks from Tianning Temple and other places to take the seat to recite the "Bon Sutra" and cross the wild ghosts.

Lian Dahe and Lian Dachuan led two small canopies filled with various boat lights, leaned on the painting boat from the shore of Hongqiao, looked at Chen Yan, Lian Zhenyun, Li Siqin, and Zhou Zhu who were sitting in the front cabin for a banquet, and played Qian'er at the bow of the boat, "Lord Futai, the boat lights that grandma wants, will be hung up on the small ground now?" ”

Chen Yan smiled: "Don't they want to hang up on their own? You take it to the back compartment and give it to them. Lian Dahe looked at Lian Zhenyun, and when he saw that he nodded slightly, he ordered the small canopy boat to turn around and go to the back cabin of the painting boat.

Qi Su Niang looked at the nearly 100 boat lamps on the two small boats, and said with a smile: "This is the lamp in Yangzhou Niujia paper shop?" Don't sell a non-eight dollar of silver? ”

Lian Dahe said with a smile: "If you go back to Mrs., it is these 100 boat lights, and it is also the big boat that Mrs. and grandmother must play, and it was booked on the third day of the seventh month, and it was only now that I got it." ”

Lianxiang laughed, and ordered someone to reward Lian Da Boat, and Sister Gui urged to send the boat lights to the boat to watch. I saw Hongqiao New's various fine yarn boat lights, which were really not the same as others. Abandon the scorn embroidery, tie the shelf with iron wire, and then use silk and yarn to cover the surface, the lamp head is green tile cornice, colorful tassels, and the lamp body is even more varied.

There are woodcuts of Yu Lan to exorcise ghosts, weaving and embroidery drawings of Guanyin, and ink drawings of Jizo Hell. There are portraits of people such as Li Kui, Xingwu Song, and Lu Zhishen, a flower monk

A duplicate sample, as well as watermelon, pumpkin hollowed out, carved out, made of novel and exquisite.

At four o'clock, the flowers and grass lanterns, select the most gorgeous drunken hibiscus, peonies, peonies, and peonies, and the paintings are very colorful, and the daughters-in-law and girls in the back cabin take the boat lights one by one from the hands of the boat maids, and provide Qi Su Niang and Lianxiang girls to watch. Bi'er, Banye and other big girls are all amazed.

Qi Su Niang lifted a beauty lamp, hung it on the bulkhead, and said with a smile: "What are you still looking at, hurry up and hang it up, then it will look good." "I mentioned a drunken hibiscus lantern again, "This drunken hibiscus flower is pink and white at noon, and it is light red after noon, and it will turn dark red in the evening. ”

The daughters-in-law and girls all laughed, and began to hang the boat lamps with their hands and feet, and they laughed into a ball. Where can a hundred ship lights be hung in a while, the inside of the ship is full, and the outside of the ship has to be hung.

Lianxiang chose five lanterns, five Buddha lanterns, ten beauty lanterns, and ten Water Margin, Journey to the West, and Fengshen character lamps.

Ziding smiled and said: "Auntie, the front and rear cabins of this ship were originally separated by three twelve rosewood screens. ”

Lian Xiang knew that it was funny, and twisted her mouth with a smile, "If you are not afraid, you can move the screen from the inside and leave, and see if the masters in front of you will punish you." ”

Banye covered his mouth and smiled: "The first one, the second master will never be annoyed, he still thinks this screen is in the way, and he can't let him join in the fun." Second, Mr. Zhou must avoid the ground, but he will not be annoyed. Our family's grandfather and master Futai, as long as they see their aunts and grandmothers, where will they be annoyed by the slaves and maids? I'm afraid that it won't be punished, and it will reward the slaves and maids. With that, he smiled and grabbed the seeds, ran out of the cabin, and led the girls to the front to hang the lamp.

After the rosewood screen fell, there were bursts of laughter and joy from the female dependents. Li Siqin smiled, watching Banye, Ziding and others hanging lights in the cabin, pointing and talking to Lian Zhenyun non-stop. Chen Yan and Zhou Zhu looked carefully at the lotus lantern that was about to enter the water, the drunken hibiscus lantern that could change color, and whispered with a smile.

Suddenly, there was a sound of porphyry in the rear cabin, Li Siqin was used to escorting the boat on the water, and suddenly jumped up and exclaimed: "Someone has fallen into the water" Chen Yan and Lian Zhenyunju all stood up, with shocked faces, and before they could speak, the head of the ground team on the government guard ship announced loudly, "My lord, the little girl next to Madame fell into the water when she hung the lamp, and even the family in the house has fished her up." ”

Chen Yan heard that it was not Qi Su Niang, he breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the bow of the boat and said, "You go and talk to Bi'er beside Madame, let Madame be careful," paused, "Wait for the Shenza fleet to come, the river is even more crowded, let her not go out of the cabin." ”

Banye and Ziding and the others were also frightened, Lian Zhenyun frowned and said: "You go and tell your aunt and grandmother, the boat in the river house will come out in a while, let them call their favorite sister to come on the boat and sing songs, and play in the cabin." ”

Banye and the others received the order and hurried back to the rear cabin. It turned out that Zhi'er saw that the ship lamp was beautiful, so he had the courage to hang the lamp, but he didn't expect to stand by the outer cabin, suddenly there was a strong wind, and the hull of the ship shook greatly, and he was frightened for a while, and fell down. Fortunately, there were two small black canopies in the mansion and two boats in the mansion to protect her, and Lian Dahe looked at it at a glance and immediately rescued her with a hook and rod.

The branch was only dipped in water, and it was fished up, but it was really frightened, and his face was full of tears. Qi Su Niang asked people to boil ginger soup, and asked Bi'er to bring her clothes over to change them, and coaxed: "Don't worry, don't be afraid, let's not go out of the cabin again, just sit in this cabin and watch the throne." ”

When the moon rises, all the 100 boat lamps hanging on the boat are lit, illuminating the surface of the river where it is located. Tourists on the river probed their brains and looked over, and many pleasure boats also watched from afar. A prodigal son of a rich family took advantage of the light to see the fragrant clothes and temples in the cabin, heard the sound of warblers and swallows, and smelled the faint fragrance of fat powder, so he wanted to drive the boat closer, but was blocked by the surrounding escort boats.

When the man saw the big red lanterns of "Fu Ya" and "Cao Lian" carried on the escort boat, he was startled, and hurriedly retreated, and heard the sound of Xiao Di singing behind him, and the private prostitute boats in the river houses on both sides of the Xiaoqinhuai River poured out for a while, and they immediately changed the bow of the boat and rushed over.

The prostitute boat is richly decorated, all of them are full of boat lights, although they are not as fine as the New House boat lights, there is also a lively place where the lights are brilliant, and the rich boat is mixed together. At the opening of the curtain screen, there are gorgeous women flirting with people through the window, or being recruited into the luxury merchant ship to play and sing, or inviting distinguished guests to board the ship to serve. The sound of singing, playing cards, and guessing and drinking spread far away, adding a little more beauty to the small Qinhuai River in Yangzhou City.

Seeing that the two small painting boats flying on the grass each carried a sister and leaned over, Li Siqin walked to the bow of the boat, stretched out his hand and beckoned the small canopy of the big boat, and said with a smile: "Big boat, you go and tell them, let them go to the back cabin to kowtow to Mrs. Futai and the little sister-in-law, and sing in the back." ”

Lian Dachuan responded with a smile and whispered: "Second master, Mrs. Futai hasn't seen you two friends yet, so I have to reward them with a head and a ruler and give them some decency." ”

Li Siqin cracked his mouth and smiled, "You let Xu Erguan and Cao Sanniang sing well, Mrs. Futai is the same as me, she likes to listen to the excitement and listen to her voice, as for what she sings, she is too lazy to bother to figure it out." ”

Qi Su Niang had heard Lianxiang say that Li Siqin had taken over the two sisters, and she expected that she would have to call them tonight, so she had already prepared a meeting gift, and when the two girls stepped forward, she couldn't help but laugh when she looked at it carefully, Li

It's really extraordinary.

Xu Erguan has a small body, a delicate face on the melon seed, but he is dressed in men's clothes, with a black braid coiled up on his head, a black braid wrapped in it, and a black braid thread wrapped in it, and a golden spike woven at the end of the thread is three inches long, hanging down on his right ear, and holding a jade Xiao in his hand. The upper body is an egg-blue three-inlaid three-toothed lake silk gown, the lower body is oil-green silk pants, the feet are crow-blue satin boots, and the waist is splint jade belt, embellished with purses and jade pendants.

Cao Sanniang's body is plump, and she can fit two Xu Erguan in her body, although she is not very beautiful, she is also white-eyed and apricot, and she is a fat beauty, holding a string piano in her hand.

The two entered the cabin, without a trace of caution and fear, smiled and stepped forward to kneel down and kowtow, and asked for a roll call.

Qi Su Niang hurriedly asked them to get up, and Bi'er each gave two woven gold satin, two Hangzhou satin, two burnt gold emerald flower hairpins and a pair of gold bead earrings.

Lian Xiang said with a smile: "Miss Cao has looked more and more out of the way, haven't you done it with the second master recently?" ”

Cao Sanniang glared and pouted: "Auntie doesn't know, the second master is not good now, if the slave slaps, he will fall, and the slave disdains to bully him." ”

The daughters-in-law and girls in the boat were all laughing, and Sister Gui laughed and said, "The second master let you, you are still proud." ”

Qi Su Niang laughed and said, "Miss Cao is actually a martial artist? ”

Lianxiang laughed and coughed, and said: "Not only is this Miss Cao a practitioner, but Miss Xu is also a heroine among women, she never sits in a sedan chair on weekdays, but only rides a horse." In the heavy rain last time, the second master was bored due to some things, so he had to ask Miss Xu to sing a song to relieve his boredom. The big boat went to please, came back and said that Miss Xu heard the second master call her, without saying a word, jumped directly from the second floor to the horse, flicked the whip and braved the heavy rain to come, and now Yangzhou City calls her Xu Feixian. ”

Qi Su Niang was amused and admired, so she took off two silk jade bracelets from her hands and put them on with her own hands. Xu Erguan didn't care, but he didn't expect Cao Sanniang to have plump wrists, and he couldn't put it in. Qi Su Niang was embarrassed, Cao Sanniang grinned, took the bracelet and stuffed it into her waist pocket, "The slave knows that this thing is a valuable thing, and the slave of Madame's mind has taken it." ”

The women in the cabin all laughed crookedly, Qi Su Niang held Cao Sanniang's hand and laughed for a while, and did not ask the two of them to sing, said a few words to Lianxiang, let the girls put on the refreshments, and asked Sister Gui and Rui'er to sit together, and asked Xu Erguan and Cao Sanniang to sit.

Xu Erguan and Cao Sanniang glanced at each other, gave a salute, and half-sat on the pedal, and their own girl put a low four-corner table in front of the two of them, put four sweet and four salty underground refreshments, and sent two roses to braised tea.

Li Siqin waited in front for a long time, only to hear the laughter behind him, but he couldn't hear the sound of singing, and he didn't know what was going on, so he asked Lian Dachuan to go to the back to ask.

Lian Dachuan came back and said with a smile: "Second master, Mrs. Futai asked the two sisters to sit and drink tea and eat snacks, saying that they would not be asked to sing, and they would wait to watch the Shenzuo boat together." Mrs. Futai said that if the second master wants to listen to the music, he will call again. ”

Li Siqin knew that it was for their decency, and he was full of joy, and he didn't have to listen to the music, so he was happy to drink with a wine jar. Lian Zhenyun shook his head secretly, didn't care about him, and glanced at Chen Yan, "Master Chen, who is a happy girl in Su Gao on weekdays, but you want to ask her to come on the boat?" ”

Chen Yan smiled slightly, "Today is not a big banquet outside, so there is no need to call her." She's not going to come out at this busy time. Besides, Neiko is here, and there is no reason to call her a place. ”

Lian Zhenyun nodded with a smile, turned his head and beckoned Lian Dahe to step forward, "Where is the Divine Throne Boat?" ”

"The sun set and came out of Tianning Temple, and at this point, it was only half a mile of waterway......"

As he spoke, he heard the faint sound of Sanskrit singing, the rowing light fleet had sailed over, the people in the front cabin and the back cabin all walked out of the cabin, and the small Qinhuai River on the ground and the large and small painting boats were all avoided to both sides, and the sound of drums and drinking was quiet, welcoming the Shenzuo boat.

Rui'er looked at it for a while, and whispered: "Sure enough, it's a good day, the lights hanging on the boat fleet are different, and the two dragon lanterns on the first boat, the slave maid is still the first time to see it." ”

Qi Su Niang also whispered: "The lights on the first few boats in the back are more delicate......

A boat with two lanterns, enough to pass eighty-eight rowing boats, on the boat unicorn lantern, butterfly lantern, eight immortal character lamp, rabbit lamp, toad lamp, lotus sheng hundred lamps and other eighty-eight kinds of lanterns, is also not overlapping, attracting tourists to admire.

The three-storey building, which is decorated with two or three hundred ship lamps, is a gorgeous and solemn sacred boat slowly sailing, and the upstream people on both sides of the river, the cruise ships by the river all have men and women who light up the incense and bow to the ground. Qi Su Niang squinted and saw that there was a brilliant light and shadow on the Shenzuo ship, and she couldn't see what kind of god was being greeted inside.

"The Buddha told all good men and good women. It is the disciples of the Buddha who practice filial piety. In the reminiscence, I often remember the support of my parents and even the seventh generation of my parents. ”

Behind the shrine lamp followed by a monk boat, the monks recited the "Bon Sutra", telling the story of the Buddhist scriptures of the filial son Mulian praying for his mother who suffered in hell, and Qi Su Niang closed her eyes slightly.

“…… July 15 of the year. Always remember the parents born with filial piety and kindness.

Even the seventh generation of parents to be a Bon Buddha and monk. to repay the kindness of parents and elder care. If all Buddha disciples. It should be upheld ...... the law"

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