Ma Shiyi was looking forward to his neck stretching early, and when he saw that he had finally arrived, he complained, "Why is it so slow, but it makes me anxious!" ”

The two are of the same age, and they get along well on weekdays, Shanzi punched him casually, "Are you afraid that the three masters will not borrow it, and you don't want to think about it, how can such a righteous and generous person as the three masters break their promise?" ”

Ma Shiyi scratched his head and blushed a little, "I didn't think about it, this is a new carriage, I'm afraid that the three masters will be reluctant." ”

"The three masters let me give you a message, saying thank you for the good horse you picked that day, Brother Yu likes it very much. In addition, there is a congratulatory gift for you on board. Shanzi said and opened the car door, let Ma Shiyi hold the wine jar, and he carried snacks, tea and cloth bags, and the two entered the house one after the other.

Many relatives of the Ma family gathered together to drink tea and discuss the matter of receiving relatives tomorrow.

The rest of the Ma family originally heard Ma Shiyi say that they could borrow a new carriage to pick up relatives, but they didn't expect that as soon as the door of the hall opened, they saw a brand-new carriage parked in the courtyard, and they all rejoiced, and even praised such a carriage to welcome relatives, and the mother's family must be satisfied.

Shanzi is a clever person, seeing that the old couple of the Ma family are full of red faces, it is obvious that they are very happy that their son has given them a long face, so he put the cloth bag and other things on the table in front of them, and said with a smile, "This is a congratulatory gift from our master's mother, and we also said that the carriage will be sent back the day after tomorrow, and there is no need to rush to return it tomorrow night." ”

"Ah, and congratulatory gifts." As soon as Ma Pozi heard that there was a congratulatory gift, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she reached out and opened the cloth bag, revealing the woven brocade inside, bright color, soft luster, dazzling everyone, all the women got up and gathered, reached out and touched and touched, which made Ma Pozi feel distressed and proud.

She hurriedly went to open the box again, and saw that there were four compartments inside, all of which were different kinds of snacks, and two boxes were eight kinds.

Ma Shiyi also opened the mouth of the wine jar, held it to his father and uncles and sniffed it, and several people were secretly drooling, praising the aroma of the wine is really mellow, and a distant cousin who is good at drinking said, "This is a twenty-year-old osmanthus brew, and it will be sold for five taels of silver in the city." ”

When Ma Pozi heard this, she was afraid that he would open her mouth to drink, so she hurriedly said, "It's just tomorrow to entertain my mother's family and elders, what are you waiting for, and I will receive it in the room and put it away." ”

Ma Shiyi looked at the cousin's coveted appearance with some embarrassment, and finally picked it up and sent it to the old lady's house, and then Ma Shizi also followed up with a cloth bag and other things, took her son's hand, and asked, "Son, what kind of proprietress of the dock shop is this, lend you a carriage to pick up your relatives, and give such a heavy gift, but do you have a request for you?" ”

Ma Shiyi knew that his wife had committed the mistake of greedy for money again, and hurriedly shook his head, "No, mother, when this boss lady bought the carriage before, I happened to be idle and went to help pick two horses, this congratulatory gift is actually a thank you gift for helping, and there is also my sixth brother's face here, and people are not just rushing at me." ”

Ma Pozi was a little disappointed, and when she thought about it, she still got these good things, so she gave up.

Early the next morning, just after the ugly hour, the big red flower ball was tied, and the greeting carriage with the word "happy" went out of the village, and went to Baijiawan seventy miles away. Have you seen the appearance of your sister-in-law? Isn't it a bucktooth pockmarked face? ”

Ma Shiyi's face turned red, snatched the horsewhip, turned his head and heard the two Xi women in the carriage snoring slightly, and then said, "When you get married, you will know." We are about the same age, why hasn't your mother shown you a daughter-in-law yet? ”

Shanzi shook his head with a smile, "I'm only eighteen years old, and I'm only a little more than sixteen years old, when my brother and I make more money this year, and next year the family will have a new tile house, what kind of daughter-in-law do you want to find?" ”

"Also, I heard that your brother also went to work at the third master's house, which is a good thing, not to mention anything else, he will definitely not be hungry, and the third master is the best at making food."

"No, on the first day of work, I came back with a big bowl of steamed buns, not to mention how delicious. In the future..."Shanzi raised his head yearningly, looking at the stars hanging high in the sky, "The daughter-in-law I will marry in the future, if I can be half as good as my master's wife." Cook fragrant meals for me every day, and have a little skill to fill in the entry for the family..."

Ma Shiyi was also reminded of his daughter-in-law who was about to marry back, when he looked at each other, he had seen it from a distance, he looked average, but his body was still strong, and he should be a diligent and good person in the future. Her father seems to be a good talker, and when the family is generous, he will take care of him more filial piety, and this day is really good.

The two sat on the wheel, swaying their legs, full of expectations for their future daughter-in-law, but they didn't know that a ridiculous thing was waiting for them ahead.

In the middle of the hour, when the sun finally climbed the mountain, the carriage also entered Baijiawan.

The day before yesterday, the dowry gift was delivered, two pieces of satin, two sets of silver jewelry, and one set of clothes for the four seasons, which were worth fifteen taels of silver.

The peasants got married, the rules were simple, the distance between the two places was far away, the drummers did not follow the Ma family, and the mother's family saw the carriage from a distance, put a whip, and took the groom in.

Xi Po entered the bride's boudoir, waited for her to eat a few mouthfuls of relieved noodles, grabbed the blessing money, left half for her mother's house, took half to her mother-in-law's house, and then went out of the house to stand with the groom, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the old father, the old father was obviously very satisfied with this family business, there was no sadness on his face, and told the bride, "Girl, come back early, don't delay." ”

Everyone thought that the old father wanted his daughter to return to the door earlier in three days, so as not to delay a good time, but they didn't care.

Two mahogany boxes for dowry have been moved into the carriage, Xi Po helped the bride to sit in, seven or eight mothers' elders dressed up, sat in another carriage hired by the mother's money, one after the other out of Baijiawan, there were a group of children on the road running with the carriage, frolicking, shouting some long-standing folk songs, Ma Shiyi was afraid that the horses would be frightened and hurt them, so he threw more than a dozen big money over, the children coaxed over to pick up, and one even lost his shoes, which made Ma Shiyi and Shanzi both laugh.

When the carriage went twenty miles and passed by a dense wood, the bride in the carriage suddenly said that she wanted to pay tribute. Xi Po didn't stop it, after all, the distance was far away, everyone had to eat, drink and Lazar, they called Shanzi to stop, and then helped the bride get out of the car, Shanzi and Ma Shiyi heard that the bride was going to pay tribute, they both blushed a little, turned their heads to the side, and pretended to talk about the interesting story of hunting in the mountains in autumn.

The two women helped the bride down the mountain road, and wanted to follow her to the woods to take care of her, but the bride said, "The snow will wet the shoes and socks, so don't follow the two mothers-in-law, I'll be fine immediately." ”

The two Xi Po got up early in the morning, they were tired, the Ma family was stingy, and they only gave a reward of 20 wen before getting into the car, and the two of them were not very attentive, they could be lazy when they listened, and they didn't have to step on the snow.

As a result, the bride went around the big trees by herself, and did not continue into the forest, and she could see a touch of red in the wedding dress in the distance.

Shanzi and Eleven also gossiped for a while, and Shanzi occasionally swept the row of footprints in the snow, and couldn't help but smile, "Eleven, you also found a bigfoot woman, you see that the footprints are not much smaller than yours." ”

Ma Shiyi glared at him, "Big feet are good, big feet walk fast, and work neatly!" ”

Shanzi smiled and quipped, "When you are in the cave room at night, you compare it first, maybe it is bigger than your feet." ”

Ma Shiyi was annoyed by what he said, and felt that after a while, why didn't the bride come back, so he jumped out of the car, walked to the two Xi Po, and asked, "Auntie, how long will it take, and the family is waiting?" ”

The two Xi women also felt that their feet were a little frozen, and when they heard him ask, they craned their necks and looked into the woods, and faintly saw that the red was still there, so they smiled and said, "Maybe it was because the old man was worried that his daughter was hungry on the road in the morning, and he ate something good for the bride, but he didn't feel comfortable eating." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his finger and pointed to the red, "Look, I'm still squatting there." ”

Ma Shiyi glanced at it, his face turned red suddenly, turned around and went back to the carriage, put the two old women back with a smile, and said straightly, "This groom is thin-skinned." ”

Everyone waited for another quarter of an hour, but they still didn't see the bride get up, and they all felt that something was wrong, and the two old women also muttered, "The bride can't be frozen." The two of them were not afraid of the deep snow, and they ran over with their arms, and saw that behind the tree, there was only a red wedding dress hanging on the branches, and the bride had long since lost her shadow. ”

Ma Shiyi and Shanzi glanced at each other, and rushed over in three or two steps, both a little dumbfounded at the red wedding dress.

Shanzi grew up at the foot of the mountain, and often went up the mountain to hunt, so he chased after the row of big footprints, and shouted Ma Shiyi, "We have met a cheating marriage, you go and stop those maiden guests, maybe you can ask something, I will chase it first, and come back in an hour to meet." ”

Ma Shiyi's mind was like being run over by a stone, rumbling, listening to Shanzi's arrangement, as if he suddenly had a backbone, he stumbled back to the mountain road, opened the door of the carriage, and asked, "The bride ran away, which of you is her relatives!" ”

The seven or eight people in the carriage were all stunned, and then immediately waved their hands vigorously and shouted, "I am her neighbor in the front yard!" ”

"I'm from the backyard!" "I'm from the East Courtyard!"

In short, the car was full of neighbors and neighbors in the village, and none of them were relatives.

One of the old men was calmer and said, "Old Yutou's father and daughter just moved in two months ago, and everyone doesn't know the details, so it's better to go back to the village and have a look at his house." ”

Everyone said yes, Ma Shiyi had no idea, ran into the front car, pulled two Xi Po and ran back to Baijiawan.