The banquet is full of all kinds of local food shops, chicken, duck and fish are also everything, the upper table is three or five jars of fine wine on the table, the wine is fragrant, and you can even see all kinds of precious pastries suitable for women, it takes a lot of effort to see the appearance of the host's house, and the fish peach sitting next to the old Taoist priest can't take his eyes off the exquisite pastries on the table.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today the old man loves his son and takes his wife. ”

"Thank you for your pleasure!"

The old man in brocade walked to the middle of the field and politely bowed his hand, and his attitude was very low between words, and he did not despise the people in the city because of the high-ranking families.

"The girl of the Qu family was born beautiful, and she came from a scholarly family, she has been knowledgeable since she was a child, speaking of which Wang Lao is blessed, pleasing a good daughter-in-law, and it is estimated that she will be able to hold her grandson today in the coming year. ”

Someone in the field quipped, speaking of the high-ranking family to take a concubine, it is easy to say, as long as you are born beautiful, go through a simple process, if you feel disgraceful, take advantage of the night to find a few sedan chair men from the back door to carry in hastily There are not a few.

The wife is different, first of all, pay attention to the right family, the Wang family is a high-ranking family, the ancestors have also been developed, and now it is not down, you have to pay attention to a row, and the Qu family is a scholarly family to give enough to the Wang family, the face on both sides is there, it is the life of the matchmaker, the words of the parents, so the wedding is also prosperous, and the scenery is the same.

"Speaking of which, the dowry of the Qu family has not been shipped yet!"

"Your Wang family's three books and six appointments have not been left behind!"

"But he also has a lot of makeup!"

"This dowry is a few thousand taels of silver just by looking at it. ”

"This composer is also atmospheric!"

Someone in the field coaxed, everyone looked for prestige outside the courtyard red cloth wrapped in the burden has been piled up in the eaves of the backyard, outside the door there is a team to send the red dowry into the courtyard, look carefully to the clothes and quilts, gold and silver utensils, treasures, down to the self-dressing mirror box, fat powder, paste, hairpin comb and other things are all accompanied, and even a few framed calligraphy and paintings, this is the treasure of the in-laws' daily treasures, and now the daughter is married and sent over.

According to the custom of the dry realm, most of them are the day before the wedding.

And the custom of the town here is that day,

"The old man's in-laws ......"

"It's a married girl!"

The old man also sighed when he heard the sound.

In the past, I have heard people say that there is also a saying of "selling women" in the south of Qi Kingdom, but now the dowry of the Qu family is very different, and it was originally given enough face, but looking at the scene, these dozens of makeup dowries are all real objects, and there is no meaning of indiscriminate filling, and after tasting it carefully, I also understand the meaning of the in-laws.

"A dowry of sixty-four lifts, half a mile of red. ”

Someone counted carefully,

"His grandmother's, I'm afraid this kid will be better for his wife in the future. ”

"Quarrel in the future, don't come to the bedside to quarrel with the end of the bed, and spread it on the ground consciously, otherwise I will be sorry for the dowry, and even more sorry for the old man's heart. ”

Finally muttered.

The voice fell into laughter,

Even the old man laughed out loud, but the remaining groom, dressed in a red robe, stood in place quite awkwardly, listening to the jokes of the elders and not saying much.

The meaning of such a rich dowry is also very simple, so that their daughters can live better after marrying, and they have more confidence to speak, most of the customs in the Qianjing realm are like this, and most of the people marry daughters, and most of the married daughters also think that their daughters will live better, rather than a few dowries from Laoshzi.

"The old man's family, although he is a little more bookish. ”

"But he's a bright man!"

"In the future, this gift is indispensable for the New Year's Festival, and the in-laws can't suffer a loss, and the old man is not greedy for these silver objects, but the in-laws' actions make the old man very happy!"

"Guys, don't say much!"

"The old man is also angry today!"

"Full drink!"

The old man in brocade took a glass of wine from the wooden tray and raised his glass in the audience, and then drank it down neatly, attracting applause from the audience.

For a while, the staggered staggering, pushing the cup and the exhibition,

"Xian'er, toast to the Taoist chief!"

In addition to their own relatives, some wealthy families in the city and some officials in the county government, after saluting the local officials, they finally looked at the old Taoist priest on the table with a cup of the best daughter sent by their in-laws.

"Full drink!"

The old Taoist priest raised his glass with a smile and drank it.

"A hundred years of good together, give birth to a noble son early!"

After the proper congratulatory message was finished,

I saw the old Taoist priest wave his sleeve, and a piece of yellow paper fell into his palm.

"Old way, this peace blessing is given to the bride. ”

"If you are pregnant with a doll and wear it on your body, it is used to calm down and have a baby. ”

The old Taoist priest chuckled.

"Thank you, Daoist!"

The groom solemnly accepted it and bowed.

If it is an ordinary Taoist priest who sends it or not, it is one thing, but the appearance of this old Taoist immortal wind dao bone at the moment may really have some effect, and it is not regarded as an ordinary object but is put away closely.

After the old Taoist priest finished speaking, he didn't ink, and sat down, but the corner of his eye stayed on Yu Taoyao beside him, and noticed that the latter was a little absent-minded about these foods, which was not like the style of the past.

At this moment, Yu Taoyao was lying on the table looking at the box carrying the dowry in and out at the door, a little distracted, her eyelashes flickered, and she didn't know what she was thinking in her little head.

"Ancestor, do you want to give so many dowries when you get married?"

Yu Taoyao looked up at the red boxes piled up under the eaves.

"This is the mother's family wants to let their daughter marry over, speak harder, it can also be said to be the intention of parents, the little ancestor has been on the mountain for a long time, and it is reasonable not to understand. ”

"The dowry is not fixed. ”

"A few buckets of rice and a few loads of chestnuts are enough for ordinary people. ”

The old Taoist priest rubbed Yu Taoyao's head very lovingly.

"But we don't have that much silver on the mountain. ”

"The old ancestor is old again, and he can't let the old ancestor worry about it. ”

"The fish must work hard to earn a dowry for himself in the future!"

"The fish calculates, and when the time comes, pick ten loads of noodles for persimmons!"

"No, twenty quintals!"

"Don't make him hot and sour noodle soup to eat!"

Yu Taoyao waved his fist and said very seriously, sugar gourd is the best thing in the world, hot and sour noodle soup is the second most delicious thing in the world, and it is also excellent to eat hot and sour noodle soup after getting married in the future.

"Little Ancestor ......"

The old Taoist priest couldn't cry or laugh,

Is Longhu Mountain poor?

Thinking of it is not poor,

Any pill can be sold for three or five taels of silver in the world, and some pills are dozens or hundreds of taels that are in short supply, if the world-famous Dragon and Tiger Pill is put in the world, it is tens of thousands of taels of silver, and a lot of people rush to buy it, but in the eyes of this little ancestor, there are only pills left in their own poverty.

"Little Ancestor!"

The old Taoist priest straightened Yu Taoyao's head,

"On the day you get married, my ancestor and I will promise you ten miles of red makeup!"

A dowry of sixty-four carries,

Thirty-two half dowries,

The small door and the small household accompany the sixteen carrying,

Two bedding for poor families,

A roll of mats on the four walls of the house,

No matter how bad it is, a pair of red candles,

And the so-called ten-mile red makeup mostly refers to a dowry of sixty-four lifts,

This is already the apex of ordinary rich and noble families, and occasionally more than 120 lifts are very rare, and the appearance of the old Taoist priest is so solemn, it is really to let the big red makeup stretch for ten miles.

Real ten-mile red makeup,

"Little Ancestor!"

"If you are wronged in the future, you will come back,"

The old Taoist priest paused,

Thinking of the person's identity, he smiled bitterly,

I swallowed the words I was about to say just now, and after living for one hundred and twenty years, I could better weigh my own strength, and I didn't say those "majestic" cruel words.

"The entire Dragon Tiger Mountain is your mother's home!"

The old Taoist priest's tone lowered,

"If His Royal Highness really bullies you, the old ancestor will not be the national teacher of Lao Shizi either, go back to our Longhu Mountain, and the old ancestor will make you sugar gourds to eat every day!"

The old Taoist priest has lived for one hundred and twenty years in this life, the first half of his life went down the mountain to travel south and north, and the second half of his life was exhausted for the sect, but only more than ten years ago he picked up the abandoned baby under the mountain gate, and the old Taoist priest who did not eat fireworks in the world began to learn from the ordinary women under the mountain to take the baby, looking at the palm-sized doll gradually growing up, following behind the ass and mouthing an ancestor, it was only then that he knew that in addition to the sect in his life, there was a little more entanglement.

"Ancestor, do you know everything?"

Yu Taoyao looked up at the old Taoist,

Listening to the words, His Highness reacted one by one, and suddenly realized.

"My Little Ancestor......"

The old Taoist priest couldn't cry or laugh, the days on the mountain were too simple,

Let this little ancestor's mind be too simple.

But on second thought,

The man sat at the very top of the world,

And the man said,

The people of the four realms, the ghosts of the mountains in all directions, listen,

The man looked at it with,

Mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, scenery,

It's too tiring to think about it for a long time,

It may also be great to have a simple-hearted girl lying next to her, at least not as many bad things as the harem, and it will not be too stupid.

Speaking of the little ancestor from the family, at the age of sixteen or seventeen, he can memorize thousands of Dan prescriptions, and he is also unimpeded in the cultivation journey, she is an extremely smart girl, but she is not deeply involved in the world and does not have so many hearts, and she also does not expect this little ancestor to be in the world, but only hopes that this little ancestor can have a place in that person's heart.

A glass of mellow aged wine was in the stomach, and the glass was full, and he did not use internal force to force out the strength of the wine, but just carried it hard with his body, and the old Taoist priest was drunk and hazy.

......

At the gates of the city,

"Squeak squeak......"

A cart came slowly from outside the city,

There was also a foul smell on my face,

The soldiers guarding the city covered their mouths and noses, just glanced at the paperwork in the man's hand from a distance and waved his hand in disgust, neither asking about the intention nor the silver in the city.

Moling County,

The man looked up at the mottled big words at the city gate, and the corners of his mouth twitched, and he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, just silently patted the cart behind him.

At this moment, the streets were empty, and the people who did not attend the banquet also arrived to eat, and the smoke curled in the city, and the bluestone slabs on the ground were bright red firecracker crumbs.

The car is a board car,

It is not the oxen and the horse that pull the cart,

Nor are they donkeys or mules,

It's people,

Let's call it that,

The withered yellow hair doesn't know what filth it is dyed with, and a lock of it sticks together, and if you look closely, there are fleas jumping happily, and the clothes on the body can no longer see the original color, and it is a little meaningless to describe it as ragged, and there are only a few strips of cloth on the whole body to cover a few important positions.

The upper half of the exposed body has been so thin that the traces of ribs are clearly visible, the thighs of the lower body are still thicker than the arms of ordinary men, the bare feet have been cut by gravel and thorns, and the various vertical and horizontal mouths have been scabbed, and there are still dry dark red blood stains.

The rope that pulled the cart had already left a deep mark on the shoulder blades, from the original blood to the last thick calluses, and no one knew what this man had gone through.

"Crunch ......"

The wooden wheels of the dilapidated cart were about to fall apart under the continuous rain after the planting, and the wooden wheels made an overwhelmed sound, leaving two long ruts stained with mud.

Ruts run over long streets,

Looking at the big red cannonball debris on the ground, the man grinned, and dozens of flowing water mats from the high-ranking households had been laid out on the street outside, pushing cups and displaying, and the guests were happy, and there were children chasing and playing on the side looking for the dumb cannonballs on the ground.

Smelling the fragrant smell of meat on the feast,

The man paused,

Swallowing his saliva, his Adam's apple twitched slightly, he took a deep breath and smiled abruptly, no one could see the man's unkempt expression as a strange beggar.

"Sir, there's a beggar outside the door. ”

"There are more guests, you see?"

"On the day of the wedding feast, the picture is festive. ”

"Those who come are guests, don't drive people away.

"Send this roast chicken. ”

The father of the groom officer heard the words of the little maid when he pushed the cup, turned around and saw the beggar outside the door, seemed to think of something, pointed to the roast chicken on the table and said.

"The lord rewarded you!"

"Let's open meat today!"

The little guy covered his nose and picked his nose, and fell in front of the man with the roast chicken.

Regardless of the rest,

It's really too much of a smell on this person,

Subconsciously took two steps back, and the roast chicken in his hand also fell to the ground, and the surface of the roast chicken was shiny and shiny, but after it landed, it was covered with dust and artillery debris.

"Goo-goo-goo......"

The man's shriveled belly cried,

The man looked down at the dusty roast chicken on the ground,

I was stunned for a long time,

The latter shook his head slightly, pulled the rope from the shoulder blade and walked to the end of the long street step by step, looking for someone to inquire about a coffin shop in the north of the city, no matter what, you can't really send it away with a roll of mats, right?

"Hey, this beggar is still very arrogant!"

Looking at the rest of the roast chicken on the ground, the little guy said in surprise.

In the middle of the table,

Yu Taoyao looked at Xiao Suo's figure pulling a cart on the long street, and then glanced at the roast chicken lying on the ground, seemed to understand something, got up and took two pastries, and walked outside the long street.

"For you!"

Handed out two wrapped osmanthus cakes with both hands,

didn't cover his nose, and he didn't dislike it,

The man was stunned and did not stretch out his hand.

"I lent it to you, and if I have the chance, I earn money. ”

"Remember to give it back to me. ”

Yu Tao said with a smile.

The man hesitated for a long time before he stretched out his hand.

"Thank you......"

Looking at the girl's back, her lips lifted slightly.

The man swallowed the last bite of the osmanthus cake until he licked the crumbs off his hands, and then continued to pull the cart towards the long street.

"Squeak squeak......"

Xiao Suo's figure is incompatible with the lively wedding banquet,

......

"Knock, knock, knock......"

The knuckles are clasped on the wooden door,

"A thin coffin, a few catties of paper money. ”

The hoarse voice sounded in the ears of the coffin shopkeeper.

"This ......"

"Dead people?"

The shopkeeper of the coffin shop just walked to the door of the store when he smelled a foul smell coming, and after looking at the people, he pointed to a roll of mats on the cart and said, I have been doing this business for twenty or thirty years, and I am naturally very familiar with the rotten smell of corpses.

But the corpse in the mat is also simple to dispose of,

Otherwise, the smell of decomposing corpses could be smelled half a long street.

"Hmm!"

The man nodded, not saying more.

"The thin-skinned coffin is three taels of silver. ”

"If you want to get incense, candles, paper money, etc., you should add everything. ”

The shopkeeper didn't chase people out of the way when he looked at the man, but just opened his mouth at the original price, and he saw a lot of things in this business, and there were not too many surprises.

"Only three taels of silver?"

The man licked his chapped lips, took out a worn-out money bag from the mat, counted the silver taels in his hand carefully, and then said, according to the price of Shangjing, a thin coffin is seven taels of silver, even if it is hungry, the remaining few taels of silver have never been touched, where do you know that the hometown here only needs three taels of silver.

"Well, three taels, this is already the capital. ”

The shopkeeper nodded,

Looking at the money bag in the man's hand, he was a little surprised, but when he thought about it, he understood that the person in the mat must be his most important person, and this silver could not be moved except to buy a coffin, even if he died, and he had seen a lot of such stubborn people.

"There are seven taels left. ”

The man muttered,

"Let's change to a thick one. ”

The shopkeeper was just about to take the three taels when he heard the man speak.

"A few taels of silver, eat something, and buy a set of clothes." ”

The shopkeeper's rare persuasion,

After all, the dead are dead,

The living will live,

But the man didn't speak, just shook his head silently.

"Where are you going, I'll send a little guy to accompany you. ”

"I'm afraid this thing can't bear to be pulled by people. ”

The shopkeeper patted the heavy coffin and said, when it is not easy for anyone, it is natural to make money in this business, and if you don't make money in this business occasionally, you should accumulate yin virtue for yourself.

"No, just lift it on the cart. ”

The old man said softly,

The heavy coffin was pressed on the board car, almost falling apart, but it still survived, and it was strange to say that the sound of the wheels "crunching" was compacted by the coffin and never came out again, inexplicably much more secure.

Moling County itself has arrived yesterday,

Chen Gong's family background is saved by himself,

It's not a family gate valve,

There was originally an old lady in the family, which was also the reason why Chen Gong was reluctant to transfer away after being stationed in Nandi for many years, but after the old lady died, she didn't have much to worry about, and her body had already ...... after a long time of war

There are no children,

But there are also a lot of relatives in my hometown,

When the order of the Northern Expedition of the imperial court came down, the scenery was unrivaled for a while, many people came when they heard the wind, and Chen Gong also righteously dispersed the surplus silver taels at home and gave them to relatives.

But when the news of Makinoha came,

The relatives in the hometown hurriedly thought about clearing up the relationship,

When the news of the destruction of the capital came,

Only then do I know what the world is hot and cold,

The man thought back to yesterday's events,

I don't know how sad my heart is?

......

"Thank you. ”

After the coffin is secured,

The man gently picked up a roll of mats and put them into the coffin, and then pulled out the rolls of mats, revealing that the corpse was not decomposed as expected, but could barely see what it looked like before death.

If you look closely, there are several cloth bags sewn inside the shabby clothes of the original corpse, and if you look closely, there are still thatch, galangal, cinnamon, Du Heng, Peilan, Xinyi, and Gaoben...... Waiting for some fragments of medicine residue to disperse, it was spread evenly around the corpse at the moment.

Along the way, it was also these herbs that covered up the putrid smell of most of the corpses, otherwise with a foul-smelling corpse, many places would be inaccessible.

It is said that when I came out of Liangzhou, most of the silver on my body was replaced by these medicinal materials, and I also knew some antiseptic recipes after staying in the palace for so long, although it was worth a lot of money, but I was unwilling to save this silver, although this trip of 1,300 miles was a little harder, but I gritted my teeth and survived.

"Want to help?"

Looking at the man's struggling appearance, the shopkeeper spoke.

"No need!"

The man moved sideways to block the view of the shop, his fingers stretched out and gently touched the chin of the corpse, feeling the presence of the night pearl, the man breathed a sigh of relief.

This is a treasure brought out of the palace......

not their own "baby",

It's a pearl of the night,

The size of a pigeon's egg is not the best, but it is also worth a lot.

I heard the people in the palace say that they can be embalmed, so they saved money for several years and finally saved one, which was originally intended to be used after their death, but now they are used on this person, not only is there no half pity, but it is their own blessing.

Whether it's useful or not, a little more might be excellent.

The last glance at the old man lying in the coffin,

Reaching out and grappling with the lid of the coffin,

Slowly close the coffin board.

The strip of cloth pulled up the shoulder blade again,

Although the steps are extremely difficult at this moment,

But the look on his face was much more relaxed.

The roll of the mat was not lost, it was under the coffin board at the moment, Chen Gong was buried, and the roll of the mat was cheaper, and it was also very good to remove the cart to make a simple coffin.

was already pitiful enough before he was born, not a "perfect person"

After death, you have to find a place to stay,

When the time comes, Chen Gong will burn the paper money,

Run farther away and dig a hole,

I dismantled the planks of the frame of the board,

Wrap yourself in a mat and go inside,

In this life, I have understood,

Whether it's to accompany Your Majesty,

It's still excellent to stay with Chen Gong.

As for his own lonely grave, who will bury it?

Thinking about those saucers that have been with you all the time, you won't be reluctant to give up this handful of loess, right?

Wei Mingfu thought so.