Chapter Fifty-Nine: Leaving for Home, A Journey to the West
Chu Mofeng couldn't help but pause when he saw that everyone was looking at him, and then plucked up the courage to say: "Mother, eldest sister, sister-in-law and two brothers, Wen Cheng came back this time in the hope of being able to take you to Zhangye to preside over the marriage ceremony for me, I don't know if it's possible?"
Hearing Chu Mofeng say this, Gao Liangdi couldn't help crying with joy, and said to Mrs. Heba: "Mother, the little brother is about to get married, and this little guy has finally grown up." ”
Gao Hongde, Gao Biaoren and Princess Daning heard that they were going to Zhangye to preside over their younger brother's marriage ceremony, and their hearts were also very happy, recalling that after their father was unjustly killed, Gao Shengdao died during exile, and the eldest sister and Princess Daning were almost killed because of the matter of the former prince, Gao Biaoren was moved to Shu County, and the little brother in front of him left his hometown to go to Zhangye, and the people who survived today were finally able to reunite, and the three of them were also in tears.
Mrs. Hebal looked at her youngest son, and then looked at the children sitting around her, and said with tears in her eyes: "Wencheng, I am in charge of this matter, from tomorrow onwards, each family will pack their bags, and let's go to Zhangye to preside over the marriage ceremony for Wencheng." ”
Maybe it was because she saw her son and knew that her son was going to get married, so Mrs. Heba immediately joked about Shi Hanshuang and Mo Ziyao: "No matter what, the tea that the two daughters-in-law toast must be drunk by me, as a mother-in-law." ”
Hearing this, Shi Hanshuang and Mo Ziyao couldn't help but blush, and sat shyly on the seat and twisted back and forth. When everyone saw the second daughter revealing the appearance of their little daughter, they couldn't help laughing.
The meal didn't end until the beginning of Shen Moyou, everyone went back to their rooms to rest, while Shi Hanshuang and Mo Ziyao were arranged in a guest room, and after the two returned to the guest room, they closed the door, washed up and got into bed. As the candles burned out, the room was instantly dark, and Shi Hanshuang, who was lying on the bed, tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, so he called softly: "Ziyao, are you sleeping?"
"No, I can't sleep either, so let's just talk like that. Mo Ziyao, who was lying on the other bed, heard Shi Hanshuang calling out to herself, and hurriedly picked up the conversation.
"Well, to be honest, sister, although I knew that I had a marriage contract with him before, I didn't feel nervous and anxious at that time, but after receiving the jade bracelet from Mrs. that day, I suddenly felt inexplicably nervous, but I can't say the reason myself. Shi Hanshuang heard that Mo Ziyao didn't sleep either, so she opened her eyes and looked at the roof and began to talk to herself.
"Sister, in fact, I also have such a feeling as you, at first I thought it was because I knew that I would serve a husband with you in the future, so that I had a mustard in my heart to be like this, but later I found out that it was not for this reason, Mrs. was right, we are a family, and a family only sees that only harmony can reproduce better, and then in the dead of night when there is no one around, I thought about it repeatedly, and found that the source of tension and anxiety is because of wanting to get married. Hearing that Shi Hanshuang also felt as nervous and anxious as herself, Mo Ziyao immediately expressed her feelings.
"In that case, we ought to consult Lady Herbat to-morrow, perhaps because she is from here, and can help us. Sleep, talk about it tomorrow. ”
"Okay, that sister will rest early, too. After saying goodnight to each other, the two fell asleep deeply.
In the early morning of the second day, the ancestral house of the Gao family, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly came to life, and the whole courtyard was a busy scene, because in the early morning they received an order from Mrs. Heba to help each room pack their bags and prepare to bring to Zhangye for the dowry, Gao Hongde and Gao Biaoren took a few servants to the street early in the morning to go shopping.
And Gao Liangdi and Princess Daning helped Mrs. Heba start to pack her bags, and Chu Mofeng, who had nothing to do, saw this scene and entrusted Shi Hanshuang and Mo Ziyao to help his mother pack her bags, while she took the opportunity to sneak around on the street.
As soon as he left the house, he found that his brothers were directing the servants to pull a cart of things and walked over, and when he saw Chu Mofeng outside the door, Gao Biaoren hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother, is this going out?"
Chu Mofeng nodded and said, "The house is packing up things, and I really have nothing to do and want to go around the street." ”
At this time, Gao Hongde also came over, motioned to the servants to take the things in first, and then said to Chu Mofeng: "Since you want to go out for a walk, let's go, just don't argue with people on the street, come back early." After speaking, he led Gao Biaoren in.
Chu Mofeng said goodbye to the two brothers and walked aimlessly on the street, he was surprised to find that everyone here was full of joy on their faces, and the curious Chu Mofeng stopped a passer-by, and hurriedly asked: "May I ask why I found everyone so happy all the way? Is there something good about the city going to happen?"
The passer-by looked at Chu Mofeng and smiled, "You probably only came back today, right? The little son of the Gao Xi family came back from outside a few days ago, and it is said that he is going to get married, do you think this is a great joy?"
Chu Mofeng nodded, and then asked again: "Gao Xi's son is married, why are you so happy?"
The passer-by looked at Chu Mofeng in surprise and said, "Which family are you from in the city? Haven't your family been taken care of by Lord Gao Xi before?" Or are you not from this city?" Then the person began to shout loudly: "Come on, someone, there is a foreigner here who has mixed in, hurry up and go to the county government to call the officials to arrest him." ”
As soon as Chu Mofeng saw this person and began to call for help, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he had no choice but to say to him: "Stop, don't shout yet, I am from Beixian County, and my surname is Gao, but you said that my father took care of the people in the county seat, and I really don't know these things." ”
This passer-by suddenly heard Chu Mofeng say the words 'his father takes care of the people in the county seat', and hurriedly stopped shouting, looked at Chu Mofeng and said suspiciously: "You are the little son of Gao Xi's tall family?"
Chu Mofeng nodded and said, "I'm Gao Wencheng, but I really don't know about the matter of my father taking care of the people in the county town that you said, can you tell me about it?"
"Okay, little boy, listen to me tell you slowly. As soon as the passer-by saw Chu Mofeng admit his identity, he happily took his hand and sat at the door of a shop to tell him.
Originally from Gao Xi began to be an official in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, every year he would take out a part of his own money to help the poor people in the city, and Gao Xi's father was also Chu Mofeng's grandfather Gao Bin, and after Yang Jian established the Great Sui, Gao Xi's official position increased day by day, but he never forgot his hometown father, and often sent guards to transport some property back to distribute to the poor people in the city.
In the sixth year of Kaihuang and the fourteenth year of Kaihuang, there were two major droughts in succession, Bohai County was also affected, there was no harvest in the fields, and the people were hungry.
The people of Beixian County read Gao Xi's good in their hearts, and every family offered him an immortal tablet, and the Gao clan in Bohai also took Gao Xi as an example, the honest and honest officials who were concerned about the people, the honest and trustworthy children who did business, and the rest of the people were consistent in their words, it can be said that the entire Bohai County did not close the door at night, and all this was because of Gao Xi's dedication.
After listening to this person's story, Chu Mofeng finally understood why the people in the city would be so happy to hear that they were going to get married, and when they first arrived in Bohai County, why did the shopkeeper of the car dealership who went to Bei County interrogate so carefully, thinking of this, Chu Mofeng stood up and waved at this person and said: "Although my father is no longer here, I am thanking everyone for taking care of the Gao family for so many years for his old man, thank you." ”
Back at home, Chu Mofeng found that the whole family had already been prepared, looking at the family in front of him, Chu Mofeng smiled and said: "Then let's take a carriage to the dock in Bohai County, and then there is a boat to take us to Duling, and after picking up Shuang'er's family, we will go all the way west and return to Zhangye." ”
The family hired five carriages, one of which was a dowry and two servants, and the carriage trembled towards the city gates, and the people of the city spontaneously said goodbye on the road, and from time to time some gifts were put on the carriage.
Shi Hanshuang and Mo Ziyao sat in the carriage, looking at the crowd of people outside the carriage, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, their father-in-law, who was separated from heaven and man, was really a person who was born a Buddha in ten thousand families.
Mo Ziyao said to Shi Hanshuang: "Sister, look at the smiles of those people, they are sincere smiles from the heart, this place is like a paradise, if there is no famine and war in the world, how good it would be for everyone to be like this." ”
"Yes, this is a paradise, but the emperor is mediocre and corrupt, the court is incompetent, and the world is constantly revolting, I remember Mo Feng once said that if there is really a virtuous monarch who can end this situation, then he will assist him without hesitation until he can see the arrival of the prosperous era. ”
When he came to the dock, the boat boss and his men were waiting on the dock early, Chu Mofeng jumped out of the carriage and walked over, and suddenly found that in addition to the boat he was on before, there was an identical boat next to him, so he turned his head and asked the boat boss why.
When the boat boss heard Chu Mofeng ask himself, he smiled and said: "Young Master Chu, the day after we set off from Luoyang, the big shopkeeper considered that there must be a lot of people when you returned to Zhangye this time, so he transferred a boat from Hangzhou Branch, and the two boats followed you to Zhangye all the way, and then listened to the arrangement of the eldest lady." ”
When Chu Mofeng heard this, he hurriedly said to the boat boss: "That kid thanked the big shopkeeper first." Then he turned around and beckoned everyone to get off the car and board the ship, all the women were arranged to the first boat, and the men and the goods were all on the second boat, and with the boss of the boat 'set off', the two boats slowly left the dock and headed for Xijing.
After traveling all the way for about five or six days, in the early morning of this day, the boat docked at the wharf on the bank of the Weishui River, Chu Mofeng and Shi Hanshuang said goodbye to everyone and went ashore, and walked towards the Wencheng business in the city.
When he came to Wencheng Firm, Song Xin happened to be going out, Chu Mofeng said hello to him, and asked him to fly a pigeon to inform Xuanji that he wanted to go back to Zhangye, and asked him to tell Qingli in the note to inform Qinglian Shitai to go to Zhangye, and then didn't say much gossip, retrieved the tread that was stored here, and rode towards Duling County with Shi Hanshuang.
All the way to Duling County, the two came to Shi Hanshuang's house with a familiar car, at this time it happened that a maid came out to buy, and hurriedly greeted Shi Hanshuang after seeing him, and then led the two into the yard.
At this time, Mrs. Du had just gotten up and was having breakfast, and when she saw Shi Hanshuang and the others coming back, she said happily: "Come on, I guess you didn't eat anything along the way, just after accompanying me to eat, let's leave for Zhangye." ”
As soon as Shi Hanshuang heard what his mother said, he pulled Chu Mofeng to sit down hurriedly, and accompanied Mrs. Du to have a home-cooked meal, after eating, Mrs. Du sent a maid to call a housekeeper and told him to go out and hire two carriages, and then asked Cui'er to command the other families to start carrying the goods, and after a while, the carriage arrived at the door, Cui'er asked people to pile all the goods on the back carriage, and she helped Mrs. Du to sit in the previous carriage.
I only heard Mrs. Du say 'you can go' in the car, and the group drove towards the dock in Xijing, and when they came to the wharf, they saw from a distance that Mrs. Heba had already waited under the support of Mo Ziyao, and Mrs. Du saw Mrs. Heba hurriedly stepped forward to hold her hand and said: "Sister Heba, I haven't seen you for many years and your complexion is still so good, which really makes my sister envious." ”
"Du girl, you haven't changed over the years, and you're still the hot-tempered little sister in my impression. The two of them chatted, and the rest of the people had already carried all the things that Mrs. Du had brought to the boat, and then everyone got on the boat separately, and the boat boss gently supported it with a penny, and the two boats moved on the water with their strength.
The two boats walked on the water one after the other, Mo Ziyao saw that Shi Hanshuang and Chu Mofeng's mother were there, and remembered her mother, so she hid aside and became sad, Mrs. Du saw this and stepped forward to take Mo Ziyao's hand and said: "Child, I heard that your family is gone, and when your aunt is at home, she will take it upon herself to recognize you as a daughter, and you and Shuang'er will share the dowry, and your aunt will not favor anyone, I hope that you two sisters can marry and teach children in harmony in the future." ”
Hearing what Mrs. Du said, Mo Ziyao's heart warmed, and she hurriedly knelt down and bowed and said, "Mother, please accept your daughter's worship." Mrs. Du took Mo Ziyao's hand and helped her up and said, "Good boy, it's really hard for you all these years. ”
As soon as Shi Hanshuang heard that her mother recognized Mo Ziyao as her daughter, she happily pulled Mo Ziyao to the side and whispered, Mrs. Heba smiled when she saw this and said: "I said Du Yatou, the bride price is also shared by our Gao family, and no one is partial, I just hope that they will live in harmony in the future." ”
Gradually, after ten days, at noon on this day, the two boats stopped steadily at the dock in Zhangye, Chu Mofeng walked out of the cabin, and saw that all the people in the Hades Hall on the shore were there, and behind them were eight carriages lined up.
Seeing this scene, Chu Mofeng hurriedly beckoned everyone to get off the boat, and when the six people of the Hades Hall saw the two ladies getting off the boat, they all knelt down and clasped their fists and said, "The Hades Hall has seen Mrs. Heba and Mrs. Du." ”
Mrs. Heba looked at the people in the Hades Hall in front of her, remembered her husband Gao Xi, smiled with satisfaction and said, "Get up, Wencheng, this child has been taken care of by you all these years, and it has been hard." ”
After everyone stood up, Di Ting clasped his fists at Mrs. Huba and said, "The Hades Hall has always remembered the instructions of the adults, and Madame has taken her words seriously. ”
Then the group loaded the things onto the carriage, and the eight or two carriages drove towards the city in a long snake formation......