Chapter 242: Gu Wenyi's Gift (I)

Early in the morning of the first day of April, the inside and outside of the Gu family's small courtyard were busy. In addition to the people brought by Mrs. Lu from her hometown and Wen Yi's Zhao family in Beijing, there are also more than ten maids-in-law and daughters-in-law borrowed from Mrs. Li's family, and even Wen Liang and Nie Heng sent the little maids in front of them to listen to the dispatch.

The yard has been cleaned for a long time, even the flowers and trees have been carefully trimmed, the various colors of silk flowers decorate the house inside and outside, and the direction of the kitchen is even more busy.

Fresh vegetables, fruits, fish and meat had been ordered as early as the day before, and they were delivered one after another before dawn. The six rooms of the Gu family and the three cooks of the Li family took four hired people around the stove, and plates of delicious dishes were baked one after another. Seven or eight mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law rushed in and sent out dishes one by one, but the people in the kitchen did not dare to relax in the slightest. Today, the small courtyard of the Gu family will also set up a banquet to entertain the groom and the female guests for tea and dinner, because there are many people coming, and those dishes are not enough for people to stuff their teeth.

Wen Yi got up before dawn, and after a hurried bath, five or six girls surrounded her, waiting for her to dress and comb her hair. The clothes are a new red satin robe made during the Chinese New Year, with a new embroidery pattern of mandarin ducks and lotus flowers on the top, and a jujube red long skirt with an embroidered twig pattern on the lower body, plus a new Yunxia mandarin duck pattern Xia curtain newly delivered by the Ministry of Rites, which is also gorgeous. Because it was too late to wait for the phoenix crown and gold ornaments that were in line with Liu Dongxing's grade to be done, Wen Yi wore a bead crown from the gold bead shop on her head, and a pair of silk golden phoenix title hairpins were inserted on it, with gold inlaid coral dotted emerald crowns and Baodian flower ornaments, it was like a pearl and emerald, which was dazzling.

Dong Kui Ming Xiuzhu held a plate of rouge gouache cuidai, stepped forward, her eyes were red at first, and then she immediately held back, bowed to Wen Yi, and said with a smile: "The slave maid puts makeup on the young lady." "The action is more attentive than usual.

Wen Yi's heart moved, she could make her moves, and when she was done, she looked in the mirror, and her makeup was really much more delicate than usual, adding three points of beauty. She sighed in her heart, took Dong Kui's hand, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry about it, your family is on an errand in your hometown, and I don't want to let your flesh and blood separate, so I didn't think of taking you over." ”

Dong Que bowed his head and said: "Miss is merciful, the slave knows that her sins are unforgivable, and she just hopes that she can do her part before the young lady leaves the pavilion, which is the blessing of the slave and maid." ”

Wen Yi frowned: "What are you talking about?" You can wait for your grandmother with peace of mind, with your cleverness, can you still know what kind of girl your grandmother likes? Now that everyone is living in the capital, if you miss me, you ask an envoy to see me, and you also make it, why are you so depressed? Carefully Mama Xu saw it and was angry."

Dong Que turned his sorrow into joy, cheered up and responded, really smiled, and happily followed the other girls to work together. Xiuzhu's face also turned gloomy, and put the big red pin gold hijab sent by the Liu family in Wen Yi's hand, reminding her to cover it before going out.

Wen Yi put on makeup, but it was still early, so she sat on the edge of the bed and waited for news outside. Shi Nan came over with a bowl of osmanthus lotus seed dumplings and said with a smile: "The old lady said, let the young lady fill in some things first, so as to save a while and lose strength." There are still many things to do today, and when my uncle comes, I have to wait for him to have tea and dinner, and when it is auspicious, I can get up. Wen Yi then took the bowl, saw that the sweet soup at the head was thick, and poured half a bowl of lotus seeds and six large rice balls in it, so he asked Qiu Guo to send a basin of water to wash his hands, wipe off the lip grease, and then eat the rice balls and other things carefully, Qiu Guo immediately waited for her to clean her hands and face again, and Dong Kui came over to re-apply the lipstick for her.

At this time, the ladies who came to give the wedding arrived. Mrs. Li came with her children, and then Jiang and Duan from Shilang's Mansion arrived by car with Wen An, Wen Juan and Jiang Yao. Mrs. Luo Si is going to support the Liu family today, so she won't come over, as for Wenxian, he is still busy preparing for the exam, and he is going to marry in the near future, so it means to avoid collision. Wen Xian is the same. Wen Hui is naturally still "sick", and Wen Ru and Wen are elegant, so I don't know.

For a while, the Gu family's small courtyard was a little more lively than before, and there were a lot of girls and mothers-in-law, so crowded that the courtyard was so full that they could hardly even walk. Mrs. Li was resolute, and drove her son and the male servants to wait outside the gate, and let the rough servants go to the outer courtyard to wait. Li Dongrui touched his nose, stretched out his finger and hooked it, and Wen An went out with a smile; Because the banquet for the groom was placed in the front yard, Wen Liang and Nie Heng, the two eldest brothers, took their respective little servants to wait first; The rest of the girls, mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law performed their duties according to the order, and the Chinese side of the courtyard was quieter.

Li Chunxi, Wen Juan, and Jiang Yao greeted each other, and after talking for a while, they clamored to see the bride. When they arrived in the West Wing, the little sisters were naturally laughing again. Mrs. Li persuaded them several times to stop confusing the bride's makeup, but they still refused to restrain themselves, making Wen Yi annoyed with shame, and swore that they would definitely take revenge in the future, and when the time came, don't blame her for ignoring sisterhood. The three little girls who were of married age but still hadn't allowed anyone had to put their hands away, and Wen Juan still pouted and muttered: "I used to be the best talker, but I didn't expect to be married yet, but it became spicy......" provoked Wen Yi to give her a blank look.

Seeing this, Mrs. Li couldn't hold back a smile, and pulled Jiang and Duan together, and went to the upper room to accompany Mrs. Lu.

Not long after the sun rose, the Liu family's greeting procession arrived. Liu Dongxing was wearing a big red round-necked auspicious suit, decorated with a bear puff, wearing a black gauze hat, a golden hairpin, and a silk woven with gold on a red background, riding a high-headed horse, and arrived at the entrance of the Gu family's small courtyard in all directions. In addition to the drum band and the sedan chair, there are also more than a dozen companions who also ride high-headed horses, except for the one closest to the groom who is dressed ordinary, the rest are all wearing military officer uniforms, from the ninth to the fourth grade, attracting countless passers-by to watch. There are children laughing and clapping their hands and singing auspicious words, the ordinary companion is Luo Mingmin, listening to the joy, he smiled and took out two handfuls of copper and scattered it on the ground, attracting the children to rush up, and the auspicious words are endless, and there are people all over the street to congratulate.

Liu Dongxing got off the horse, Wen An was already smiling evilly, leading Li Dongrui and other teenagers to meet him, and the latter's expression was even more clear to tell people, he was very ill-intentioned, and he saw that a group of colleagues who came to greet him with Liu Dongxing privately asked him if he had offended his fiancée's brother-in-law. Liu Dongxing had heard about the young master of the Li family from Wen An, and he couldn't help crying and laughing, so he hurriedly waved his hand and introduced Wen An and Li Dongrui to his colleagues. Only then did everyone know that only one of these two was a serious brother-in-law, and the other was a relative, who was the son of Commander Li, so they discussed in private when Liu Dongxing offended Commander Li.

Li Dongrui was very depressed in his heart, he was obviously smiling very happily, why did these people think he was a bad person?

Wen An laughed so hard that his stomach hurt, Luo Mingmin cleared his throat, clapped his hands and shouted: "The groom has arrived, and the groom has arrived, have you prepared good wine and dinner?" If you don't have enough to eat, the big guy won't have the strength to carry the sedan chair for a while—"

Wen Liang greeted him from the door with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand and knocked Wen An, and politely invited everyone to enter the banquet. He was followed by Nie Heng, who was not smiling, although the smile was kind, but people couldn't help but feel a chill from the bottom of their hearts, and everyone was stunned. Liu Dongxing and Luo Mingmin glanced at each other, then greeted them with a smile and greeted the cold and asked for warmth, and his tone was full of affection. Everyone saw that Nie Heng was also talking to them affectionately, and it was an illusion to be in charge. Only Li Dongrui was stunned, and suddenly high-fived and said: "I see, I am obviously smiling, you all treat me with bad intentions, I wonder how you can think like this, but now I understand that it is like this."

Everyone was silent and looked at each other. Nie Heng's smile froze. Liu Dongxing coughed lightly and glanced at Luo Mingmin, who laughed and said: "Everyone go in to eat in the bar, eat wine, delicious dishes, I smell them all on the street, hahaha......" Everyone responded with a dry smile, Wen Liang secretly wiped a handful of sweat, pulled Nie Heng's sleeve, and invited people into the door with a smile.

The wine and food prepared by the Gu family are really good. There are not only Pingyang delicacies, but also authentic flavors in Beijing, and a few special dishes from northern Xinjiang, and the wine is also excellent, which makes the guests very satisfied. Wen Liang smiled and introduced: "Commander Li's wife was originally the cousin of my ninth sister, and she was very enthusiastic, and today she also lent all the three cooks brought by his family from the north to our family envoy. These dishes are made by them, and I heard that they are all authentic Northland flavors. Someone laughed: "It turns out that there are also good dishes in northern Xinjiang, and our brothers went there, if we can eat such delicious food, it is not considered hardship." ”

After five rounds of wine, the dishes were served three times, everyone was full, and the auspicious time had arrived. A group of people urged the bride to get into the sedan chair. Nie Heng suddenly raised his hand: "Wait" Everyone was stunned when they heard this, Liu Dongxing and Luo Mingmin were both vigilant, and the latter asked carefully: "Uncle Cousin has something to say?" Nie Heng smiled slightly: "What's the hurry?" If you want to pick up the bride, you can make a hypnotic poem first. We are all Sven people, scholars, so naturally we have to follow the ancient rites. ”

The companions of the welcoming relatives looked at each other face to face. They are all serious military attachés, they are from martial arts, they have read military books, and few of them can make poems, so they have to turn around and see Liu Dongxing. Liu Dongxing smiled wryly, knowing that Nie Heng was waiting for him here, no wonder he didn't mean to be embarrassed before, so he had to go to see Luo Mingmin helplessly. Luo Mingmin immediately looked away and muttered, "Don't look at me, ask me to make poems, it's better than you." Wen An and Li Dongrui glanced at each other and smiled secretly.

Wen Liang asked Nie Heng in a low voice: "The auspicious time is coming, will he be able to do it, won't he delay the ninth sister from going out?" ”

Nie Heng smiled slightly: "It's okay, a few limericks still can't be difficult for him." You know, he used to be a talented person at Cannes College. ”

Seeing this, Liu Dongxing really had no choice, so he had to rack his brains to recall the predecessors' makeup poems mentioned in the book to see if he could learn one or two. And all the people quieted down very brightly, so as not to disturb his thoughts.

The situation in the front yard has already been reported to the back by a clever servant. Wen Yi listened to the girls' words and almost lifted the hijab. Li Chunxi smiled and clapped his hands and said: "This Cousin Nie is an interesting person, he has been intimate for a long time, and he actually waited for someone to be full of wine and food before he made trouble, could it be that he also understands the art of war?" Do you know the truth of confusing the enemy before attacking? ”

Jiang Yao said in horror: "This is not a joke, the people of our capital pay the most attention to the auspicious time for marriage, if it is wrong, it will touch the mold of a lifetime."

Wen Juan smiled at Wen Yi in a low voice: "I heard that the eldest cousin of the Liu family is a person who can't study, so he took the martial arts exam, isn't the cousin of the ninth sister deliberately embarrassing him?" ”

Wen Yi moved his head and pursed his lips: "Don't listen to people's nonsense, Brother Liu is very knowledgeable." Wen Juan raised her eyebrows, but she didn't believe it.

At this time, there was a commotion in the direction of the front yard, someone was laughing, Wen Yi listened carefully, but it was Luo Mingmin's voice: "Why doesn't this count?" It's obviously a good poem."

Nie Heng was a little angry: "This was originally a hypnotic poem of his predecessors, how can it be regarded as his own doing?" ”

"You didn't say that you can't use the poems of your predecessors, and besides, compared with your predecessors, this poem has changed two sentences, how can it be regarded as used by your predecessors? Sick Pan An, you don't have to play tricks" Luo Mingmin greeted loudly, "Everyone is going to pick up the bride" Hula, everyone ran to the second door.

The girls and mothers-in-law in the inner courtyard were frightened and avoided one after another. Mrs. Lu, Jiang and Duan were all startled, and Jiang stomped her feet again and again and said, "How can this be done?" is not in the rules" and asked the girl to quickly protect Jiang Yao and Wenjuan. Mrs. Li laughed and said, "It's okay, I'm happy today, where is there so much attention?" Besides, Sister Chun is still over there, and these descendants don't want to be courted by her. ”

While speaking, the companions who greeted the relatives had already hugged Liu Dong to the door of the west wing. Jiang Yao was going to look around, but was startled and wanted to retreat into the house, but her feet were mixed by the carpet, and she almost fell, and finally stood up, and reached out to help the door, but she didn't hold it, but she held on to a high table where she placed a bottle of folded flowers, and saw that the vase was about to fall down and knock her, Luo Mingmin saw it with sharp eyes, and stepped forward to hold the bottle in three steps and two steps, and asked with a smile: "This young lady, didn't you fall?" ”

Jiang Yao's face turned red, shook her head wildly, and then turned around and ran. Luo Mingmin touched his nose, and when he turned around, he saw a group of companions winking at him.

Jiang Yao ran inside, Wen Juan didn't see Fang Cai's situation, so she asked her curiously, "Why is your face so red?" Are you scared by the people outside? Jiang Yao shook her head again and again, and nodded again and again, looking at Wen Juan's inexplicable face. At this time, there was another laugh outside, and the people in the inner room could no longer take care of them.

Wen Yi's heart beat extremely hard when she heard the people outside talking. Hexiang pulled Qiu Guo very brightly, and stood on both sides of her, like a protector, Dong Que hurriedly pulled the little girls to block the outside, and said, "Uncle, this can't be done, there are other young ladies in it."

Luo Mingmin smiled and coughed twice, and made a look at Liu Dongxing, Liu Dongxing took two steps forward, and called out to the back room: "Lady, the auspicious time has arrived, go home with your husband in a sedan chair".

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