In the carriage, the feast bell spread his hair, shrunk in the corner and held a book to read, because he had been reading for a long time, he was persuaded by the nurse Xu's mother: "I know that the girl loves to read, but she must also pay attention to her body, where can she read day and night." ”

He also called the little maid Guan Gui to comb her hair, "When we come to Kyoto, we have to live in someone else's house, but we can't wear our hair as often as at home." ”

Guan Gui smiled, "It's not like you haven't arrived in Kyoto yet." ”

Mother Xu: "That's almost there!" ”

Feast Ling has a soft temperament, so she pursed her lips and smiled at the two arguing. There were three people in the carriage. Xu's mother and Guan Gui are mother and daughter, both of whom are members of her family, and they are the only two people who left home to accompany her to Kyoto this time.

And she went to Kyoto to get married.

Feast Bell is fifteen years old. A year ago, her aunt, Duchess Ningguo of Kyoto, told her about her husband's family in Kyoto.

At first, her mother disagreed, because she didn't want her to marry far away. The aunt wrote to say that the other party was the youngest son of the Hanlin family, although he was a concubine, but not only good looking, but also decent, and sent a portrait, it was indeed a talent, and the mother agreed, and the marriage date was set for May next year.

But her home is in Lingnan, facing the south, and it is too far away from Kyoto, so she has to walk for three months to get there. was afraid that something would go wrong on the way to get married, so he sent her to her aunt's house to be married.

My aunt and her aunt were both born in the Wenxin Marquis Mansion, but my aunt was a concubine, and my aunt was a concubine, and the people she married were also very different.

The Ningguo Mansion that her aunt married is a big family, and her father was originally a hunter, relying on brute force to join the army, and now he is only a five-grade captain - the reason why she was able to marry her aunt is thanks to the green smoke of her ancestors, who saved the life of Wenxin Hou by mistake many years ago, and got one of his daughters to repay his kindness.

The two families didn't have much contact in the past, but my aunt and her mother had a good relationship since childhood, and they often exchanged letters after they got married. This time I went to Kyoto early, or my aunt thought about her, and discussed with my father and aunt to let her go to Kyoto first to get familiar with it, so that she could marry directly from the Guogong Mansion, and the other party could look up to her.

So Xu's mother was so nervous that she was going to live in the Guogong Mansion from the time she knew that she was going to live in the Guogong Mansion.

I didn't let her wear a cloak anymore, and I bought some rouge gouache to smear on her—for fear that she would be said to be unruly and rustic from a small place.

The feast bell was not afraid, she was relieved: "A-Niang said that my aunt has a good heart, so there is no need to be afraid." As long as you don't cause trouble and don't go out much, you should be fine. ”

Xu's mother is still not at ease. She didn't feel at ease, so she wanted to do something. Seeing that Guan Gui had already combed a simple cloud bun for the feast bell, he opened the box curtain and began to choose hairpins.

As soon as he picked out a golden phoenix, he was stopped by the feast bell: "Don't want these valuables, just be so plain." ”

Mother Xu: "Where can this be done?" ”

Guan Gui helped his girl speak, "Auntie, Mr. Jing just passed away, the girl guards filial piety, and gold jewelry is not suitable." ”

A sentence of filial piety made Xu's mother lose her temper. She glared at Guan Gui fiercely, "Mr. Jing is just a girl's husband, even if he dies, the girl shouldn't come to keep filial piety." ”

Guan Gui: "Anyway, the girl doesn't want to wear it, so you can't let her wear it." ”

As soon as I turned my head, I saw that the girl's eyes were lonely, and there were faint tears, obviously thinking of the dead husband again. She said without reproach: "A-Niang, look, the girl finally stopped being sad, and you are talking nonsense here again!" ”

Mother Xu was robbed of her by her, and her face was so angry that she blushed, but she didn't dare to speak anymore. She knew that Mr. Jing was not ordinary in the girl's heart, so she had to shut up.

But the feast bell couldn't stop crying.

She let out a small sob.

Mother Xu hurriedly said: "If you don't wear it, don't wear it, it's my fault, ancestor, don't cry, lest you break your body." ”

The feast bell was very well-behaved and obedient, so he changed from sobbing and crying to silently shedding tears, with tears in the corners of his eyes, holding the book and shrinking into the corner to mourn. She originally had a gentle and soft appearance, and when she cried like this, she was extremely pitiful.

Guan Gui also followed with sentimentality: "Mr. Jing is so good-looking, but he died at a young age, it's a pity." ”

Feast Bell corrected her seriously, "Mr. is well-educated, and he knows astronomy and geography, so it's a pity." ”

Where can you look superficially.

Xu's mother doesn't like to read people, and she doesn't like good looks, so she has always looked down on Mr. Jing - the land of Lingnan is close to the border, the people's wisdom is not opened, and the martial arts are not worshipped. Mr. Jing is still a sick seedling, the medicine does not leave his mouth, he can't pick his shoulder, he can't lift his hands, and he really can't get into Xu's mother's eyes.

She still likes good men who can pick up sledgehammers.

He muttered, "If you are good at learning, you can't eat it as a meal - he doesn't have a reputation or a fortune." ”

The feast bell was rarely angry with Mother Xu.

In her heart, her husband is a very good person, and no one can afford to slander him.

Mr. Jing suddenly rented in the alley where her family lived at the beginning of spring four years ago.

Her family lives in the alley, and his family lives in the alley. He came with nothing but three boxes of books.

Feast Ling is a person who likes to read, but her father is a military attache who can't read big characters, and he is a petty official, so he can't ask for a husband for her, and he can't buy her a lot of books. So I fell in love with Mr. Jing's book.

She is a timid and weak person, but she is very stubborn in the matter of reading, and knowing that he is knowledgeable, she is very cheeky to come to the door to ask for advice. At first, he ignored it, just lying on the rocking chair with his eyes closed and basking in the sun - Xu's mother accompanied her to study at that time, and when she saw that, she asserted that he was waiting for death.

But then he didn't die, and he was sick and alive day after day. He is alive, she is not discouraged, day after day to help cook, laundry and clean the courtyard, and squatting under his rocking chair with a book, tilting his head and asking to himself: "Sir-the book says mayflies, Qu Luoye, life and death, have you ever seen it?" ”

Xu was annoyed by her question, but Xu was moved by her sincerity, and he began to teach a few words.

In the end, she became more and more familiar, she couldn't come home late for studying at his house, and she was timid and afraid of the dark, so he sent her back with a beautiful hexagonal glass lamp.

Thinking of this, the feast bell couldn't help but shed tears. Now the glass lamp was hers and was in the box in the carriage, but the gentleman was gone.

Mother Xu really regretted it. She really hurt the feast bell, so she hurriedly said: "I won't talk about Mr. Jing in the future, don't cry!" ”

Feast Bell didn't get angry with Xu's mother. She thought that if Mr. was so good at learning, he had no fame, so he must be unwilling to take the test, not that he couldn't pass the test. But she didn't want to fight with Mother Xu for this, Mother Xu didn't understand Mr. at all.

So he simply didn't say anything, just held the book given by his husband and looked at it crookedly in the corner. When he arrived in Lingnan, he brought three boxes of books with him, and in the next four years, he added many new books, and now there are seven boxes of books. She brought these seven boxes of books, studied them every day, took them seriously, and worked diligently, which was not to live up to her teachings.

By the time Kyoto City approached, it had already passed March, and she had finished reading half a box of books. On the day they arrived in Kyoto, Ning Guogong's mother-in-law waited at the city gate early, and when she saw them coming, she led someone to take them into Ning Guogong's mansion.

At this time, it was the beginning of June, and the weather was very hot, and the mother-in-law was sweating all the way, and said with a smile: "But when I wait for my cousin, Mrs. is thinking about it tightly." She wanted to pick up the girl in person today, but who knew that the third young master suddenly had a fever in the morning, so she stayed to take care of her. ”

Feast Bell knew that the third young master she said was just two years older than her, and he should be called cousin. She didn't know how to talk, but her cousin was sick, and people said that she naturally had to care about it, so she asked, "Is my cousin okay?" ”

The mother-in-law smiled and said: "It's okay, I only had a cold and a serious illness the night before March, and my body was much weaker. ”

The feast bell inevitably reminded me of Mr.

My husband also caught a cold at night three months ago, and at first he thought it was fine, but then he caused a recurrence of his old illness, so he went away.

She said sincerely, "My cousin will definitely get better." ”

Don't be as unlucky as your husband.