Seeing that his words finally aroused Lan Yi's response, Xue pursed his lips and smiled: "Girl, all you want is to find a good husband and live a safe and smooth life, and reading and reading is just to find a better in-law, don't you say?" ”

In this era of male superiority and inferiority of women, it is normal for the Xue family to have such thoughts, and Lan Yi did not plan to tell her about the great ambition of equality between men and women and the pursuit of dreams, "Sort of." ”

"The people in the village who send the girls to study all think so, with such an attitude, how can the girls go to school with their hearts? If the female babies are very casual, wouldn't the male babies under the same roof follow the casualty and study hard, how will they be admitted to the show in the future, and how will they shine on the lintel? Xue said worriedly.

Looking at Zhou Xingzu, who came back with Yu'er, Lan Yi remembered that this child was one year older than Yu'er, and it was the age when he was about to enter Yixue, and it seemed that the Xue family had high hopes for him.

"Is my aunt afraid that Xingzu's enrollment will be affected? In that case, why not send him to the city to study? "The righteous school in the village is in a semi-herding state, and the masters did not point to the title of the student's gold list, and those who can read well and take the exam are all willing to work hard, and their talents are excellent, and they have produced two talents in the village in the past ten years, Wang Linshan and Zhao Lizheng's youngest son, Zhao Liangcai. Zhou Xingzu's father is in Dengzhou City, there must be a more knowledgeable master and a better place to go, since the Xue family wants his son to study hard, why not send him to his father?

Xue's face changed slightly, but he quickly adjusted his expression, looking at the stage outside and the dense crowd under the stage, but his hands under the table were clenched tightly, revealing his white knuckles. "I have my difficulties, and Xingzu can't leave me."

It's about her family. Lan Yi didn't bother to ask more, thinking of the gossip in the village. It is nothing more than related to her maid background and the competition for family property, Xue separated from her husband at a young age and lived in the countryside with her children, there must be a reason for this. I heard that Zhou Xingzu also has an older brother who is more than 20 years older than him, and he can already support the door, which may be the key to it.

The sound of gongs and drums gradually decreased, and the play began, Lan Yi smiled: "Auntie." Whether it is in the village, Qin Fuzi and Lei Fuzi in our village are both talented and virtuous people, and it is also excellent for children to study with them. You see, the play begins. ”

Unlike Lan Yi's thoughts, the actors on the stage did not paint their faces, their clothes were usually visible, and the orchestral silk bamboo accompanying them did not sound as noisy as modern Peking Opera, and the actors either chanted or sang songs. are extremely exquisite. The story unfolds, it is a family surnamed Hu, who suffered a severe drought, and the patriarch was extremely merciful and responsible. I'd rather be hungry than leave a bite to eat for the children who are dying of starvation. His actions finally moved the gods to descend to earth, and with a wave of the gods' hands, Ganlin fell from the sky. The earth was instantly restored to life, and these people settled in the place where the gods had landed. The wasteland was cultivated to grow grain, and the village was named Tianshen Village. Since then, he has been favored by God, and the wind and rain have been smooth. The play is not always accompanied by a sad atmosphere, from time to time a few actors who play harlequins come on stage to dance a dance with a very national flavor, coupled with a fast-paced rap, which makes the villagers laugh in the audience.

Zhou Xingzu and Yu'er started the play, they thought that the high stage was not lively enough, and they didn't listen to it really enough, so they ran to the front row of the wheat field under the stage to join in the fun.

At this time, the sky is already dark, and many red lanterns and torches are hung up and down the wheat field and the stage. The scores of the actors' raps, their pronunciation is very distinctive, but there are many differences from the local oral pronunciation in Dengzhou, but it does not make people feel awkward, and they can also be understood, which aroused Lan Yi's interest, she can't wait to have a voice recorder or video recorder in her hand, she can record the performance on the stage, and go back to study it carefully.

She paid attention to the stage here, but Xue's side focused on her son under the stage, watching him play with Yu'er's children, showing a satisfied smile. These children, faintly headed by Yu'er, sat him in the middle, listening to his command, Yu'er's origin Xue is naturally clear, she looked at this scene with some surprise, and then looked at Lan Yi, who leaned forward slightly beside her, and listened carefully to the play, and even more sincere admiration.

Seeing that the play was about to end, Xue said to Lan Yi with a smile: "I also said that you don't like to listen to the play, I have heard that the temple fair will be held on stage to sing a big opera, since you like to listen to it, it is better to bring the children over to see it earlier." ”

Lan Yi responded with a smile, "Yes, let's go with my aunt." ”

This was a polite remark, but I didn't expect Xue Shi to nod seriously, "It's okay, Xingzu, this kid always argues that I don't go out." It's easy to talk to you speculatively, and it's good to have someone to accompany you when you go around. ”

Lan Yi blinked, was she talking to her very speculatively? Seeing her like this, Xue laughed.

"My aunt invited you over today because I plan to discuss something with you."

"Auntie, please speak."

"It's still a matter of the schooling of the female children in the village," Xue leaned together with Lan Yi and said seriously, "I'm not just for Xingzu, after all, there is a difference between men and women, if the female children go to school, in addition to literacy, they can also learn embroidery and other crafts, and the people in the village will not object." ”

Lan Yi thought about it seriously, "Auntie, what you said is good. However, when people in the village send their children to school, they need to buy a lot of paper and pencils, and if they learn embroidery and tie the strings, they also need to buy silk cloth and silk threads. Besides, if men and women go to class separately, the masters in the village are afraid that they will be even busier, and now Uncle Li Zheng is worried about not knowing where to invite the master, and there are not many female masters who need to learn embroidery, and there are not many good embroidery skills in our village. ”

These Xue Shi obviously thought of it a long time ago, "Aunt Qian who buys embroidery frames, embroidered cloth and silk threads can come out here, and I can also spare half a day every day or two to teach the children crafts in the Yixue." ”

Lan Yijian said, "Auntie, this is a good thing, you should mention it to Uncle Li Zheng, the righteousness in the village is managed by Uncle Li Zheng and several patriarchs, and it's useless for me to agree, right?" ”

Xue pursed his lips and smiled, "People in the village and clan." I have some scruples about me, and my lord doesn't approve of me going to teach my children. So I think if you can bring this up, let Zhao Lizheng come to the door and tell the master. He must not refute Lizheng's face. I know that although you don't go out on weekdays, you still have a certain amount of weight in speaking among the women in the village, so I came to you to discuss, I don't want to be paid, I just want to do something for the children, in case they meet unladylike people in the future, they can also have a livelihood, and it will be much more difficult for women to survive. ”

Lan Yi nodded. "I can mention it to Uncle Lizheng, but, auntie, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."

"Between us, there is anything to be afraid of, but it doesn't hurt for you to say it."

Lan Yi said seriously: "Auntie's idea is good, you should take the initiative to do it, I know that you have done several practical things for the village in the past two years, and everyone in the village is grateful." Don't think too much of yourself. If you don't go out, it's useless to just guess here, you just make yourself uncomfortable. ”

It's better to be famous than to meet, Lan Yi before meeting Xue. also thinks she's a little girl, who only knows how to enjoy the drill camp, and now she has picked her up. I only feel that she is full of mature charm and atmosphere when she raises her hands and feet, and she can't see the breath of a little girl at all. Plus her words today. It's not something that an uninformed little girl can say. She couldn't help but wonder in her heart, such a person. How could she be a maid, and how could she marry the rich man Zhou and fill the house?

Xue Shi was moved, nodded seriously, this matter was about to end, the people in the village walked towards the meeting with stools in twos and threes, and Lan Yi also stood up, "Auntie, I'll go back first." ”

Xue nodded, stood up and whispered, "I see that there are two people in the crowd who are always staring at you, do you recognize?" ”

Stretching out Xue's eyes, Lan Yi lowered her head and saw that it was a few widows Zheng from the village standing at the torch, she saw Lan Yi looking over, turned her head disdainfully and laughed loudly with a few women next to her, and twisted her body exaggeratedly, attracting the attention of many people.

Since the news of Lan Yi and Zhou Weiji's marriage came out, Widow Zheng has not said bad things about Lan Yi in the village, but fortunately, the people who can unite around her are only Zhou Yang's daughter-in-law and the Hu family who made their fortune on Thursday, and they can't become a big climate, and Lan Yi is not afraid of her.

After the seventh day of the first lunar month, the people in the village began to do work, and many people took their children into the city to see the lanterns, burn incense and worship the Buddha. The Great Zhou believes in Buddhism and worships Taoism, and the yamen also has many preferential policies for monks, such as monks and Taoists do not have to pay rent, and there are many pilgrims donating money in temples where incense is vigorous, and many monks live very richly. There are also some people who have more children at home and can't support them, and they will secretly send them to the temple or the door of the nunnery, and the monks and nuns in the temple will not see death and not be saved.

Although the Xue family said that he wanted to go to the theater with Lan Yi, but because the rich man Zhou had never left home, she did not spare time, and on the fourteenth day of the first month, Zhou Weiji put on a carriage to pick up Lan Yi and the four of them to go to the city to go to the city to see the lanterns.

Jia didn't plan to go, but Lan Yi said that she couldn't take care of the two children alone, so she followed.

The carriage set off and went to the temple fair first. The temple fair is very lively, selling things, setting up a stage to sing, playing monkeys, performing acrobatics, setting fish rings, throwing dice to win sugar cubes, making people dizzy. Zhou Weiji hugged Wen Xuan and looked around, Wen Xuan sat on Zhou Weiji's shoulder, shouting and shouting excitedly, Yu'er was also very envious when he held Lan Yi's hand, but he also knew that Zhou Weiji's arms were not good enough to hold two, so he obediently followed his mother's side, Lan Yi and Jia Shi took her to look around, and did not urge him, as long as he wanted to see it, he wanted to see it, and he bought it. Jia Shi was helping the two children carry their things in the back, and they were also looking around with interest.

A few people stopped in front of the ring stall, the ring, that is, the stall owner pulled a rope to separate the crowd, the rope was scattered on one side of all kinds of small porcelain and fun toys, and he took a leather ring thicker than his arm to shout business, a penny set a, as long as it can be set in the set of all belong to the guests. Yu'er and Wenxuan were very interested, each of them didn't hit five sets, so they pulled Zhou Weiji, Zhou Weiji naturally knew the skills, almost the children pointed out which one he set, and the stall owner couldn't hold the smile on his face when he saw this. Lan Yi took it when she saw it, and pulled them away with the toys she had won, and in one afternoon, they almost turned everything they could see and play.

When the lights came on, a few people put things into the carriage and ate hot noodle soup on the side of the road, Lan Yi felt sorry for Zhou Weiji, although he was not tired with his two children, he was also sweating profusely, Lan Yi asked him several times if his arm hurt, Zhou Weiji only shook his head and smiled.

Because of the experience of being trampled on last year's lanterns, Lan Yi didn't dare to go to crowded places when she saw the lanterns this year, and only chose a deserted place to walk. Lan Yi and Jia led the children, Zhou Weiji was behind to protect, Zhou Weiji was very familiar with the streets of the city, knew where it was safe, where the lanterns were beautiful, and took the four of them around. There are more lanterns this year than last year, Yu'er chose the lotus lantern, Wenxuan chose the pear-shaped lamp, and began to guess the lantern riddle to see the excitement when he held it in his hand.

As long as the two children found the lantern fans, they pulled Lan Yi to read to them, Lan Yi explained, the two little guys scratched their heads and thought for a long time to guess the three animal lantern riddles correctly, and after winning the small lanterns, the two children were also satisfied with eating sugar gourds and slowly looking.

Seeing that they were not making trouble, Jia Shi walked in front with one hand in hand, and Lan Yi and Zhou Weiji followed behind them side by side. Because of being accompanied by a super bodyguard like Zhou Weiji, Lan Yi relaxed and pulled him around to guess the lantern riddles, and most of the riddles such as clutching, increasing loss, guessing objects, and couplets could not stop her. Every time Lan Yi saw one, she would nod close to Zhou Weiji's ear and tell him the answer to the riddle, and then looked at him triumphantly, smiling like a cunning little fox. Zhou Weiji was so happy to see her, and he was also happy, the two of them were not greedy for prizes, just for guessing riddles. Because he is still unfamiliar with the customs of Da Zhou, Zhou Weiji is more powerful at guessing riddles than Lan Yi, every time she can't guess, when Zhou Weiji can guess correctly, he looks down at her, and he is also proud.

The willows on the moon, the lanterns are like dragons, and the horses in life are constantly neighing, Lan Yi saw this scene, so he read Xin Qiji's "Qingyu Case" to him:

The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night, and blows down, and the stars are like rain. BMW carved cars are full of fragrance. The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night.

The moth snow willow is golden, and the smile is full of dark fragrance. The crowd looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly looked back,

Every day across the wall, Zhou Weiji has long been familiar with Lan Yi's reading voice, but this is the first time she has read it to herself in her ear. He looked down at her soft and sweet smile, remembering that he met her and Yu'er at the lamp market last year, and silently followed behind him. But at that time, there was no him in her eyes.

This year is different, Zhou Weiji's eyes were deep, he took Lan Yi's hand and didn't let go.

On such a night, the sky is full of stars and thousands of lanterns, and the two of them shuttle between the lights hand in hand, like fish soaring in the sea, which is thrilling.

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