Chapter 2 Wash III
As soon as the sky was slightly bright, the Wu family's compound was busy, and the maid did not dare to be ambiguous, and carefully arranged the things that were needed to wash the three.
"Bang" only heard a crisp sound to break the silence, and a little guy was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down.
"Little bunny, don't you know what day it is? The hands and feet are numb, and you can't touch the mold today! Otherwise, I will be unlucky with you. The fat aunt in charge of the kitchen crossed her waist and pointed to the person who broke the spaghetti bowl and cursed, turned around and went back to the kitchen, and kept babbling, muttering about good luck and peace.
The people of the Wu clan, the official wives who are good friends with the Wu family, and the shopkeepers of various merchants have come to the door one after another, only to see that there is an incense case on the front of the outer hall, enshrined Bixia Yuanjun, Qiongxiao Niangniang, Yunxiao Niangniang, Giving Birth Niangniang, Sending Sons Niangniang, Bean Rash Niangniang, Eyes Niangniang and other gods. The incense burner contains millet, which is used as incense ash for incense. A pair of "small double bags" are inserted on the wax skewers, and the lower side is pressed with yellow coins, ingots, thousands of zhang and other godly money and grain, and there are tributes such as oil cakes on several cases.
The gongs and drums on the stage have been sung, and a group of children are chasing and playing under the stage, only to hear a "squeak", Jixiang Grandma pushed open the door and walked out, and kowtowed to the incense case with a stick of incense, and then, the elders of the Wu family began to add pots, followed by relatives and friends, and after a while, the basins were full of gold and silver bills and jewelry.
Wu Yuan was held by the nurse and put into a copper basin filled with acacia sticks and mugwort leaves boiled into soup, and was frightened by the water and cried, everyone laughed more than once, and the auspicious grandmother was busy rolling eggs on her face, chanting "Eggs are rolling on the face, the face is like egg skin, the willow is red like white, and it is really a lover." After washing, tie up the child, gently hit the body three times with a green onion, and say, "One dozen smart, two dozen smart." Then he asked someone to throw the onion on the roof. At this point, the washing of the three is completed.
The staple food of washing three must be noodles, and with the end of the washing ceremony, a bowl of washing is brought out from the kitchen and the three sides are washed through the crowd. The housekeeper on the side quietly came and whispered something in Wu Boyong's ear, only to see Wu Boyong pat Wu Yuan's little face, and then gave the second room master a look and walked straight to the front yard.
"Master Wu, I'm offended, please go with the little one!" Outside the gate, which was already surrounded by officers and soldiers, the water was impassable.
"Presumptuous, our Wu family is the fourth generation of the first emperor, how dare you be so presumptuous!" The second master scolded the leader for catching fast, but he didn't scare them.
When he was at a stalemate, he saw a black fast horse galloping over, "Flying Fish Guard!! "There was a commotion in the crowd, everyone knows what Flying Fish Guard represents, it is a super privilege, it is a dark prison, it is a sharp knife straight into the heart to make your life worse than death, it falls into the hands of Flying Fish Guard, and few people can get out of Flying Fish Guard's water prison aliveγγγγγγ
"Big brother! What to do! β
Wu Boyong looked back at the courtyard deeply, and his tone couldn't hear the waves: "After I leave, you will be in charge of the Wu family and take care of my wife and children." β
I saw a leader, Feiyuwei, and asked directly, "Who is Wu Boyong?"
Wu Boyong stepped forward and said, "I am."
"Take it away!" Feiyuwei saw that he was about to rob someone, and the fast face on the side hurriedly smiled, "My lord, I will come to arrest the criminal Wu Boyong on the order of the prefectγγγγγγ Without waiting for the words to finish, the black-clothed flying fish guard in the lead waved his hand directly, "Take it away!" What kind of thing are you, you dare to rob people with the Flying Fish Guard! Go back and tell your prefect that this case has been accepted by Dongchang!"
"Big brother, don't worry, I will take care of everything and wait for you to come back! I'll write to Kyoshi right away! Before he finished speaking, Wu Boyong was pushed into the carriage by Feiyuwei and galloped directly towards the capital, leaving only billowing smoke.
The banquet that was still very lively in the courtyard just now became silent at this time, and they all speculated about the reason for the arrest of the eldest master of the Wu family, and they exchanged their heads and sighed. A generation of big salt merchants was taken away so unexplained, or Feiyuwei personally came to get people, it was really incredible, for a while, rumors arose, and there were different opinions.
Zhuang, who got the news, was shocked by this thunderbolt and collapsed directly to the ground, unable to say a word for a long time.
In contrast, the old lady was much calmer, and after arranging the housekeeper to send off the guests, she directly instructed the second master to temporarily take over the business of the Wu family in the middle hall, and at the same time sent a letter to the store in the capital to learn about Wu Boyong's situation.
Think about it carefully, Wu Boyong's behavior has indeed been a bit abnormal recently, he has been married for so long, and it is the first time that he has gone out early and returned late like this, not to mention that Zhuang's is still pregnant.
At first, everyone thought that Wu Boyong went to the flower boat to talk about business, and Zhuang was particularly sleepy since he was pregnant, and when Wu Boyong came back, Zhuang was already asleep, and when Wu Boyong went out, Zhuang had not woken up.
At this time, the Zhuang family reacted to Wu Boyong's abnormality, no wonder so many merchants came to see Wu Boyong a few days ago, and they couldn't see Wu Boyong, and they wondered why Wu Boyong avoided them.
The panicked Zhuang family couldn't care so much, and went straight to the upper courtyard, begging the old lady to save Wu Boyong back.
The old lady saw Zhuang's panicked appearance, although she couldn't bear it, but she still forcibly scolded Zhuang's "What is it like!" The housewife is so unkempt! Unorthodox! β
Zhuang was even more tearful when he was scolded by the old lady, "I beg the second master to think of a way to let the master come back as soon as possible."
The second old man hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely work up and down to prevent the eldest brother from being punished, and the key now is to find out what the crime is that arrested the eldest brother in the water prison." After that, the second master helped Zhuang to sit down, "Sister-in-law, you also have to take care of yourself, not for yourself, but also for the sake of Yuan Niang!" Yuan Niang is still so young, sister-in-law, don't worry, our Wu family also has some power in the imperial court. β
Zhuang silently returned to the middle courtyard and wrote a few letters to his mother's family, hoping that the Zhuang family could reach out and ask what crime Wu Boyong had committed.
The maid on the side saw that Zhuang's water and rice had not entered for a day, and comforted, "Madam, don't worry, the master will definitely be auspicious." β
The second master, who returned to the room, was surrounded by Cui's as soon as he entered the door and asked, "How is it?" How did Big Brother get caught? β
The second master was silent, pondering how to inquire about Wu Boyong's case, and then instructed Cui's to say, "You have nothing to do recently to go to the middle court to accompany your sister-in-law, she was arrested as soon as she gave birth to Yuanniang's eldest brother, you go to accompany me to talk and relieve my boredom." β
Cui Shi hurriedly responded, "Yes, yes, I naturally know", squatted down to take off the shoes and socks of the second master, "The eldest brother is not here, now you are in charge, right?"
The second master didn't speak anymore and fell into deep thought, and Cui's didn't ask any more questions.