"No, I didn't see anything." Haizhu smiled.

"Good things are coming, when the time comes, leave us a place, and we will go and rejoice." Erwang milk said.

Haizhu was stunned, reacted and said, "Okay, I'm worried that it won't be lively when the time comes." ”

"If you want to say that, how many more tables will I pull for you?" Erwang Milk was worried and didn't know how to speak, so she finally seized the opportunity and hurriedly said: "Your family has lived in Qingshi Lane for more than three years, and we get along well. Most of these neighbors have this meaning, but they have no relatives and no reason to mention it. If you think it's feasible, the old woman will go and give you Zhang Luo, I know which family wants to go. ”

Haizhu naturally agreed.

When she got to the street, she first went to the restaurant to find the shopkeeper and asked him to prepare seven or eight more tables of tables, and if there were not so many people at that time, the seats that no one ate would be sent to the island to add food to the children on the island.

The bird turned its head to stare at the street outside the door, and two young women passed by with a bright red ribbon, and it "chirped" twice.

"It's a bird raised by Haizhu, go quickly." The two who were laughing and talking turned their heads when they heard the voice, and the next moment they hurried away with their hands behind their backs like thieves.

"Hiding from what?" The parrot muttered.

Haizhu glanced at it and agreed with the shopkeeper, she walked out of the restaurant with the bird and asked, "What are you muttering?" ”

"I won't tell you."

"I don't want to hear it yet."

Turning the road to Buzhuang, I was about to enter the door and met three women carrying baskets out, she stepped sideways to make way out, and now I saw clearly, the basket was also filled with wedding ribbons and red cloth.

"Is there a happy event at home?" Haizhu greets.

"Huh? Ah, well. The three people in front of them were vague and hurried away.

"What's going on? I'm not that scary, am I? Haizhu wondered, she looked at the birds and asked, "Did you scare them?" ”

The bird hesitated, it didn't know, thinking that the people outside the restaurant also avoided it, it hung its tail in a weak and dazed way, and it really couldn't remember when it scared people.

"In the future, talk less outside, not everyone can accept that a bird can speak human language." Haizhu advised.

"Okay." The bird opened its mouth and muttered, "Coward." ”

Walking into the cloth village, the female shopkeeper saw the wedding belt in her hand and asked, "Come to buy the wedding belt?" I'll see how many are left? There are eight left, is that enough? ”

"Only eight?"

"Well, lately, there have been people buying wedding belts every day. If it's not enough, I'll have someone send it to you when it is made tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. The female shopkeeper flicked her tongue at the bird and said, "Mingzhu, why don't you speak?" ”

The parrot stared at her twice, silent.

Haizhu took eight wedding belts, settled the account and took the bird away, and explained before leaving, and the wedding belt was made and sent her five more.

She went back to tie the red ribbon for the dowry, and after the meal, she took the needle and thread to sit under the eaves and sew the strips of cloth, the strips of cloth were crooked, and Grandma Qi couldn't see it, so she took over and removed the threads and sewed them again, saying: "That is, if you marry a rich family, if you marry a poor family, count on your needlework, and the clothes will be new if they wear out the torn cloth." ”

Haizhu did not stiffen her mouth, she leaned aside to point out how to sew, the middle of the cloth strip was narrow and the end was wide, after sewing, she called the dozing bird, picked up the strip of cloth and stroked it on its neck, and collected a few stitches in the place of the tie. When the bird was finished, a red ribbon was added around the neck, and a flower pattern was pinched out at the end of the neck, which was then fixed with a needle and thread.

"It's pretty good." Grandma Qi complimented.

The bird became more and more happy, and it puffed out its chest and said to Grandma Qi, "The bird is a dowry bird." ”

"Always get weird." Grandma Qi pinched the bird's wings and asked, "Do you want to take that turtle with you?" Or just leave it on the island? ”

"Take it away, the old turtle is also my companion, good things come in pairs, when the time comes to carry the turtle out, the big turtle and the old turtle are tied with a red ribbon." When the cat came in from the door quietly, she lifted the bird and put it on her shoulder, and said, "Tie a red collar to the cat too, and let Dongzhu, Fengping, and Chaoping each hold a cat that day." ”

Grandma Qi took a look around the yard, there was really no living thing, in the evening she went out for a turn, and when she came back, she hugged a raccoon cat, this kitten is the cub of Little Gray, and she often comes back to eat when she goes to Erwang's grandmother's house, and she doesn't leave if she doesn't catch up.

"Good things come in pairs, I got the little civet back, and let Pingsheng hold this cat when the time comes." You can't let Pingsheng be empty-handed, not to mention whether he will feel awkward himself, that is, outsiders can see it, and those who know it or not can notice the difference.

"You're still careful, you're old and spicy." Haizhu really ignores this.

On the third day of the first month of October, Qin Jingniang and Yu Laishun sent four futons, six sets of coats, eight sets of obscene clothes and trousers, and ten embroidered shoes.

"I don't have anything of value for you, so I can only think about it a little more." Qin Jingniang opened her mouth and said, "Every stitch I will recite a sentence: May you be safe, I wish you no worries." ”

Haizhu held her hand and said, "Thank you, mother." ”

Qin Jingniang smiled, turned her hand and pulled Dong Zhu who was standing aside, and said, "Your sister's marriage is settled, I will start preparing for you when I am free, I am ready to do it slowly, you also have what your sister has." ”

"Say what am I going to do?" Dongzhu pursed her lips and said unhappily: "My sister's happy event, you just have to worry about her." ”

"I just remembered to tell you." Qin Jingniang didn't care about Dongzhu's attitude, and asked again: "Can I help with anything?" ”

"No, it's all ready." Haizhu said, "You go out for a walk, the flower road here is beautiful, and there are people enjoying the flowers on the road every day." ”

Autumn is the season when chrysanthemums, triangular plums and kapok are in full bloom, and at the beginning of September, Han Ji brought three boatloads of triangular plums, kapok and golden chrysanthemums that had just had flowers and bones from other places. Kapok is a tall tree, planted down, the branches press over the courtyard wall, the triangular plum is a climbing vine, after planting and rooting, the fishermen build a flower stand for them with green bamboo, as for the golden clump of golden chrysanthemum, it is planted in the interval between the triangular plum and kapok.

Now the flowers are blooming, a tree of pink kapok stands proudly under the autumn sun, the sea breeze blows, the flower branches rise with the wind, the pink petals fall, and a layer of powder falls on the smooth and clean cobblestone road. Looking down, Jin Ju hung his head slightly, the petals overlapped, and when he got closer, he could smell the unique fragrance of flowers. The green bamboo, which is the same color as the leaves of the chrysanthemum, is planted obliquely on the ground, supporting the azaleas that fall down, the kapok is sparse, the triangular plum is dense, and the flowers are full of entanglement, and the first reaction of anyone who sees it is beautiful.

"The son-in-law really cares." Qin Jingniang was happy, but it was a pity that the flowers were planted and people moved away, so she couldn't come to see them from time to time.

"Look at it, you can't pick flowers." Under the kapok tree, the old woman who sat and guarded the flowers shouted loudly, and she kept an eye on them every day, tirelessly repeating the instructions to those who came to see the flowers.

Haizhu followed the sound and looked over, she recognized the person, she walked over and asked, "Grandma, there are no oysters?" ”

"Oh, Haizhu. There's no prying, I'll guard the flowers. "It's also good to come and see the flowers, she comes to guard the flowers under the trees during the day, and then goes to the beach to patrol at night. Anyway, she can't eat much, so she doesn't insist on making money and saving money, she didn't have to be casual when she was young, she lived as she wanted when she was old, and she went wherever there was excitement.

"I held a banquet on the fifth day of the new year, and you also went over that day, went over to have a meal, and didn't want you to give gifts." Haizhu invited.

The old grandmother waved her hand, she was an old widow, the whole family was dead, how to look at it, how bad luck she looked, people did happy events, she couldn't hide, how could she get up.

"That bald boy, you can't get on the flower stand." The old grandmother got up on crutches and scolded with a strained face.

Haizhu looked at it for a moment, then turned around and went back.

……

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, early in the morning, Qi Laosan went back to Qiwan Village with the boat to pick up people, and brought back a boatload of clansmen in the evening.

"I arranged a meal, went to the restaurant to eat first, and rested at the inn in the evening." Haizhu said.

"Okay, good, let you break the bank." The old village chief smiled and lost his eyes, and the big boat was delivered one after another, not to mention how much face he had along the way. Someone on the dock looked at him by mistake, and he took the initiative to say, "I'm Haizhu's uncle, and she picked us up for dinner." ”

"Gone." Zheng Haishun walked behind and pushed it, he still came once in three years, and after three years, Yongning Town has changed a lot.

Eating and living in the restaurant inn, there was Qi Laosan to entertain, Haizhu showed his face and left, and came over the next day. At this time, the people in and out of the restaurant were her guests, and the people in Qijiawan went to Hualu to see the flowers in the morning, and when they came back, they sat in the lobby and talked loudly about what flowers were good-looking, and talked about Han Ji's affairs in Qijiawan, and what Haizhu was like when he was a child, and the guests in the box on the second floor pushed open the window to listen to the excitement.

After the feast, Haizhu came from table to table to greet the guests, and the parrot followed, she said that it learned a sentence, and someone joked that it learned to speak, so it raised its neck and shouted: "The bird is Haizhu's wedding bird." "It's doing what a maid is supposed to do.

Haizhu pinched its beak and said, "Rest a little, don't make your voice hoarse again." ”

At this time, the greeting team from Fucheng had already boarded the ship, and it was his cousins and cousins who accompanied Han Ji to greet him, and the leader was his cousin, and after his wedding date was set, he sent someone to Kyoto to deliver the letter.

As it was getting dark, four welcoming boats docked at a nearby pier, an hour's journey from Yongning. The entourage is resting on the boat, and tomorrow when the day is not dawn, they will leave before dawn, and they will receive the bride in the morning and then rush back, all the way without stopping the boat, and they can just arrive at the island at dusk to worship and get married.

"Can I get off the boat early tomorrow and go to Haizhu to be my mother's family? I'm going to block the door. Shen Sui asked with a smile while lying on the board.

"Nope." Han Ji decisively refused, he didn't want to cause trouble for himself, he wished he had knocked on the door and opened it.

They fell asleep here, Haizhu had just finished eating, she went back with the smell of food, took a quick shower and went to sleep, and was woken up less than two hours after sleeping, the hot water was ready, she stripped naked and sat in the bathtub and was waited by the maid to wash her hair and take a bath, and her hair dried and the water vapor began to put on makeup.

"Did the old turtle get it back?" She asked suddenly.

"Didn't you pick it up last night?" Dongzhu said.

"I forgot, I'm busy."

Haizhu looked at the crown on the dresser, the gold was adorned with precious stones, gorgeous and heavy, and she was already tired before she wore it.

The dowry began to be lifted outside, and Qi Laosan took the list and shouted: "Dongzhu, you come out to the right list, don't miss anything." ”

Dongzhu left, the parrot came, and after a while, Xingzhu also came in, one person and one bird leaning on the table and the other leaning on the bronze mirror, both tilting their heads to watch her put on makeup.

"Don't smear the powder." Haizhu held her breath, and said in an urn voice: "My complexion is not white, and I don't need to be too white." ”

"The crown is golden, and it has to be white to look good." The maid whispered.

"It's okay, you do what I say." Haizhu flicked the pearl powder on the placket of his coat and said, "I'm still riding a horse, and the powder will fall off when I move too much." ”

Outside the dawn of the day, Yongning Wharf ushered in the happy boat, the messenger saw all the way back wildly, he ran on both sides of the road, every household in the alley put a red ribbon on the door, the door bolt was also tied with a red cloth, reflecting the gorgeous flowers, pink, yellow, purple red, red, lively and festive, really as said before, paved a splendid road.

"Here comes the bridegroom—"

"The greeting man has come ashore and is blocked at the dock—"

Haizhu's heart jumped when she heard the sound in the house, her heart that was not calm became more and more noisy, her palms were inexplicably sweaty, and she looked at the people in the mirror and smiled.

"Wear a wedding dress." The two maids brought the wedding dress, Haizhu wore a red dress and put on the wedding dress layer by layer, the sleeves were spread out, and the turtles, birds, dolphins, and killer whales outlined in the shape were slightly glowing under the jumping candle flame.

"It's you." Haizhu pointed out to the birds.

The bird straightened its neck, and it rejoiced, "The bird is on the garment?" ”

"yes, that's what I mean by liking you."

The bird was so excited that it could no longer express its heart, it chirped crisply, and every feather exuded joy.

"The greeters have left the docks—"

"Sit down and comb your hair." The old man came, this was invited by Qin Jingniang, who was supposed to be a mother's hairdresser, but she disliked being a widow and felt unlucky, so she invited someone to comb Haizhu's hair.

The old man had words in his mouth, and at this time, the alley sounded with laughter, and Haizhu heard the words "Young General", and couldn't help but look over the window.

"Han Ji is here, you go out and have a look." She pushes the parrot.

The parrot does not move, it tilts its head and examines the fur on its wings and tail.

"I'm wearing a tiara." The old man got out of the way, this thing had to be done by the maid, she didn't dare to touch it, it was too precious.

The crown of the head was fixed with a golden hairpin, and the maid looked at the bronze mirror, and then looked at Haizhu's face, and said, "The slave maid will give you another layer of powder, right?" Your face darkens, and the crown of your head suppresses your countenance. ”

The gate was slammed, and the lively sound poured into the courtyard, and the red envelopes were thrown in one after another, and everyone shouted to open the door.

The bird chose the most splendid tail feather, it bit the feather and plucked it hard, turned its head and walked to the edge of the table, and said, "The bird also likes sea pearls, this is for you." ”

Haizhu picked up the blue reflective bird feather, handed it to the maid, and said, "Plug." ”

When the bird saw it, he pulled out another one, and said happily: "Insert another one, insert another one, the sea pearl is beautiful." ”

The bird feathers are inserted on the golden crown to divide the color of the crown, lining the wheat-colored face under the crown, and Haizhu has more wildness.

"Beautiful." Haizhu was so satisfied that she took the red silk and tied it around the bird's neck, and when the door came, she saw the man striding in, and he was smiling more than if he had won the battle.

"Wedding bird, Han Ji is here to pick us up."

Chapter 230: Killer Whale Group Marriage

The people outside the door rushed in, and in an instant, the courtyard was full of people, and Shen Sui led people to talk to Qi Laosan, took the dowry list and arranged for the dowry to be carried later.