Chapter 9: The imp is out of the cage
Jiang Fang walked out of the courtyard gate and went around the back garden.
The deserted surroundings gradually became lively, and from time to time there would be maids and servants who saluted her.
Originally, from the bottom of her heart, Jiang Fang didn't want to come out today. Over the years, I have been accustomed to living a simple life, and now I am not used to seeing the lively scene.
However, the elders in the family have a big birthday, and as the eldest granddaughter-in-law, if they don't come, they will inevitably lose their etiquette. After weighing left and right, Jiang Fang made the decision to go out to pay homage.
Even now, she is no longer treated as a daughter-in-law by the Wang family. But as a young lady who has read poetry and books since childhood, there are some etiquettes that cannot be abandoned.
In order to show her sincerity, Jiang Fang asked the housekeeper Jiang Da to come out early to help greet the guests.
Today's Wang family's banquet guests, as a wealthy family in Hebei, his family is still quite influential, and now there are many people who have come.
At this time, the courtyards and gardens in the house were full of friends. The people who came to celebrate the birthday were already in groups of three or five, chatting about interesting things and climbing this friendship. Even people who don't know each other can use this to talk and enhance their feelings, and the smiles that come out from time to time show that the atmosphere is not bad today.
Faced with this scene, Jiang Fang, who was born in a family, was naturally very familiar with it, and greeted the female dependents all the way without losing measure.
During the entertainment room, Jiang Fang came to the main hall of the house. The main hall of the Wang family is the largest building in the palace, and the high steps show the status of the Wang family. The hall is carved with beams and paintings, and the eaves and arches are extraordinary, and perhaps they may as well be more than the palace.
At this moment, hundreds of tables are neatly placed in the hall, and maids and maids are shuttling between them to place tableware, and the posture is indispensable for thousands of people to dine today.
In the hall, as the heir of the next generation of family heads, Wang Wen, one of the protagonists today, is also in high spirits shuttling through the crowd, and the appearance of the lupine scarf and talking is very unpleasant.
It's just that Wang Wen, who has always been overly drunk, has been without the control of his wife Jiang Fang for two years, and has accepted a few concubines in a row, and now he seems to be much paler than before.
Of course, there are gains and losses, Wang Wen lingers in the bodies of several concubines all day long, although some of the body is broken, but it is not nothing, at least, in a few years, her concubine gave birth to two daughters and a son, the youngest daughter is just a full moon, and the other two are almost three years old.
When Jiang Fang arrived, he saw Wang Wen talking and laughing with a short and fat man in his forties.
Jiang Fang had seen this person before, and it seemed to be the long history of Handan. Looking at the high-spirited Wang Wen, Jiang Fang couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, since they moved out of the main house that year, the two have hardly met for several years, and the name of husband and wife almost exists in name only.
The only thing that binds him may be the two children who have never met him, but sadly, in the hearts of the children, they don't know what their father is.
When Jiang Fang appeared, in an instant, she was gorgeously dressed and graceful, and she overshadowed the limelight of all the female guests present and became the focus of the audience.
As a mother, Jiang Fang has long since retreated from the youthfulness of a girl and added a lot of charm, coupled with the bearing of the young lady of the family and the demeanor of Gu Panjian, even Wang Wen, who has not seen her for a long time, was stunned.
It wasn't until Jiang Fang walked in front of him with broken steps and called "husband" that Wang Wenfang woke up.
Looking at the beautiful and moving wife, Wang Wen felt a little remorseful in his heart. There are beauties hiding in my backyard, and I still look for them everywhere, which is really tyrannical. However, in front of the guests, he still posed as the head of the family and said casually: "How, why did you come out?"
"There's something going on in the yard, so!" Although Jiang Fang was reluctant in her heart, she was still whispering.
"Alright, alright, you go to the side hall to help Mother greet the guests!" Seeing Jiang Fang's slightly shy appearance, Wang Wen almost didn't drool, but when he saw the men in the room staring here, he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and he could only think in his heart, how to find a chance to be happy with his wife who he hadn't seen for a long time at night.
"Nuo" was stared at by many eyes, Jiang Fang was also uncomfortable, and hurriedly saluted again, and didn't want to wait long to say yes and went towards the side hall.
"Guo Changshi, Guo Changshiγγγγ" Watching his wife walk away, Wang Wen remembered that there was still someone next to him when he turned around, and quickly looked back for fear of being rude, but he was completely overwhelmed, and the straightforward appearance of the people next to him made him wake up again and again.
"Ohγγγ rude, rudeγγγγ" Guo Changshi, whose eyes were straight, reluctantly looked at the place where the beauty disappeared, and said unsatisfactorily: "Eldest prince, the woman just now is your concubine"
"Ahemγγγγ" Looking at Guo Changshi's straightened neck, which was already short, Wang Wen coughed, even if he was a little displeased. said: "Oh, by the way, I just forgot to introduce, just now that was my wife, the eldest daughter of the Tianshui Jiang family"
"Oh, it turned out to be the wife of the eldest son, look at my memory, the wedding of the prince back then, didn't I also come to participate!" As soon as he heard Wang Wen's introduction, Guo Changshi couldn't help but be disappointed, if it was an ordinary concubine, maybe he would still be able to kiss Fang Ze, but this wife, and a woman from a family, he would never dare to make up his mind.
Now seeing that Wang Wen's performance just now offended him, the sleek Guo Changshi hurriedly remedied and said: "That's right! The eldest prince just now we talked about this year's filial piety, originally I recommended the son, but we are too shouful, it seems that it is difficult to do it with existing candidates! However, don't worry about other people's affairs, you can ignore it in the future, but the things that the eldest prince has explained must be done, and the eldest prince is waiting for the good news! β
"Hahaγγγ then thank you Brother Guo, Wang will definitely thank you after the factγγγ" Although he was displeased with Guo Changshi's fascinated appearance, as soon as he heard that Guo Changshi, who had just shirked a little, promised to be filial piety, Wang Wen immediately put the displeasure just now behind him, and hurriedly smiled diligently.
"It's easy to say, hahaha, it's easy to say, I just hope that the eldest son will fly yellow every day, don't forget the little brother!"
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Pushing cups and changing lamps, talking happily, unlike the lively Wang family compound, the remote courtyard in the backyard is very deserted now.
On the third pole of the day, Jiang Lin'er, who was writing at the desk, threw the wooden stick in his hand into the sand table for practicing writing in every bored way, rubbed his swollen arm, and only heard him say to his brother Jiang Qi: "Don't write, brother, let's go play for a while!" β
"What's the fun, we haven't played there in the yard?" Seeing that his sister was lazy, Jiang Qi also threw away the wooden skewer and rubbed his sore arm in response.
"Ohγγγ yes! It's a pity that my mother didn't take us out! I couldn't think of anything fun for a while, Jiang Lin'er muttered and replied with her arms supporting her chin.
"By the way, sister, do you think that today outside seems to be more lively than before," Jiang Qi, who looked at his sister's cute appearance, smiled lightly, suddenly got up and looked out curiously and said.
"It seems to be really γγγ" Hearing her brother's words, Jiang Lin'er also seemed to realize that today was indeed different. As he spoke, he rolled his eyes, looked his brother up and down, and said with a smile and slyly: "Didn't my brother promise to take Li'er out to play?" Why don't you do it today? It just so happens that my mother is not thereγγγ"
"Wellγγγγ okay, but, I have to listen to my brother after I go out, and I can't stay too long, I have to come back before my mother knowsγγγ" Listening to the lively sound outside, Jiang Qi also suppressed his inactive temperament for a while, and only thought about it for a while and simply agreed.
"Well, no problem! Li'er listens to her brother for everything! Playing with his heart, Jiang Lin still took care of other things, and quickly nodded desperately in agreement.
The two siblings hit it off, and quietly walked to the door as soon as they said hello.
For a while, I saw two little guys running out of the house as if they were thieves, leaning over and sneaking out of the house, looking deeply afraid of being discovered.
However, the two children are too worried, how can there be anyone in the courtyard now, their Aunt Cui, who has been busy all morning, has already returned to the room to rest because she is pregnant after arranging for them to learn to write in the room.
As soon as the only adult rested, it provided a golden opportunity for the two children to sneak out.
The two siblings slipped to the gate of the courtyard first, trying to get out in the open, but the iron general who guarded the door caused them trouble. But this didn't bother Jiang Qi, but after a little thought, he pulled his sister to the corner of the courtyard and found another way.
Looking at the courtyard wall more than three zhang high, Jiang Qi smiled slightly, and first skillfully moved the stone benches and stone tables that were usually resting in the two courtyards. Those forty or fifty pounds of stone tables and stools are nothing to Jiang Qi, who can open three stone bows.
Wait for a few stone tables and stools to be stacked on top of each other by the wall. Seeing that the height was about the same, and then shook it very steadily, Jiang Qi nodded with satisfaction. Then he took a few steps back, and one accelerated and jumped onto the stone table, and then borrowed his strength and jumped in the air. Look at him again and climb to the top of the wall.
"Brother wait for meγγγ" Jiang Qi's sister Jiang Lin'er, who was followed behind her, saw that her brother had climbed the wall, and immediately panicked, for fear that her brother would leave him, and shouted anxiously.
"Shhh Hurry up on the stool, my brother will pull you up" Facing his sister's anxiety, Jiang Qi hurriedly stopped and whispered.
"Heyγγγ" Jiang Lin'er looked at the imminent freedom, although the stone bench was very high, she was naughty by nature and was not afraid at all, and ran towards the stone bench as soon as she lifted her skirt. It's just that compared to her brother who knows martial arts, it took her a long time to finally stand up tremblingly.
"Jump up and give it to me", Jiang Qi smiled in the face of his sister's clumsiness, climbed the wall with one hand and stretched out his hand to say.
Jiang Lin'er, who climbed on the stool, looked at her brother's hand, and didn't know where the courage came from, and she was not afraid of falling down at that time, so she jumped hard and firmly grabbed her brother's outstretched hand.
"Wow, that's so high! Brother, I'm afraid, "On the wall, Jiang Lin'er remembered to be scared when he saw the ground for several feet, and held his brother's hand tightly and didn't let go.
"What are you afraid of! There's a brother! Close your eyes, "For her sister's nervousness, Jiang Qi was also careful, and quickly helped her sister up." But the next moment, looking at the high wall, he was also in trouble for a while.
It's easy to get up, but it's hard to get down. At the moment, there is no way out, and while comforting his sister, Jiang Qi's little brain can only roll, otherwise when his mother comes back and screws them off the wall, his ass will be treated to him today.
Fortunately, the hard work paid off, and after half a ring, I saw Jiang Qi untie his belt and tie it to his ankles, and then saw him turn over and hang on the wall again, and said: "Be careful to climb down along my brother's body!" β
"Ah, brotherγγγ it's no problem," although he trusted his brother very much, but after understanding what his brother meant, Jiang Lin'er was still a little scared in the face of danger, and replied tremblingly.
"If you don't dare to go out, then you will go back!" Facing his sister's timidity, Jiang Qi smiled bitterly, and now he can only scare.
"Okay," Obviously, the desire for the outside outweighed the fear at the moment, and in the weighing left and right, Jiang Lin'er chose to believe in her brother. Worried, she could only carefully grasp her brother's body and the ladder composed of the belt and slowly slide down.
Fortunately, the tragedy did not happen, until Jiang Qi, who saw his sister landing safely, was relieved to ride back to the wall, and tidied up the pants that almost fell off without a belt in a breath, and then a harrier turned over and jumped steadily.
"Brother, are you okay?" Seeing her brother landing, Jiang Lin'er hurriedly stepped forward to take a picture of the dust on his body, and then said excitedly: "Where are we going now?" β
"Last time my brother came out, I didn't see the road clearly, so why don't we play along the lively sound, but be careful, don't let your mother see it, otherwise it will be miserable" Jiang Qi also couldn't distinguish the southeast and northwest Jiang Qi suggested indiscriminately.
"But we don't know how careful Grandma is thereγγγγ" Jiang Lin'er asked worriedly.
"Well, that brother is exploring the way ahead, and the little sister is just following closely, but let's get out of here first, if Aunt Cui wakes up, we won't be able to play!"
"Well, yesγγγγ then brother, let's go! Little sister can't wait," Jiang Lin'er looked at the wall, stuck out her tongue and said happily.