566, family reunion
Xiaoxiao and Wen Xixiu walked in the wintersweet forest, and Xiaoxiao talked about the past: "I remember walking through your residence that year. The wintersweets there were all ice-hearted wintersweets. At that time, I thought this wintersweet was particularly suitable for you."
Wen Xixiu's eyes didn't know where to look. Xiaoxiao was about to look over, but Wen Xixiu pulled him: "Let's go there."
Xiaoxiao was even more curious now. She looked over there and saw a couple at the bottom of the rockery that seemed to be kissing?
In broad daylight, these two people are too bold!
Why is that woman in a rose-red cloak so familiar? That's not...
Just as he was thinking, his body had been forced to be pulled away by Wen Xixiu.
Xiaoxiao's interruption of thought continued: Isn't that girl Yanran? So, that man is...
Just as he was about to look back, he heard Wen Xixiu whisper: "It's Meng Jiu."
Wow, these two people's exhibition has made great progress...
Wen Xixiu didn't expect that she could still... she held Xiaoxiao's hand tightened. She was about to take her to the hidden pavilion over there to sit, but suddenly she heard Xiaoxiao waved excitedly and said, "Xizi! Ruicai!" As she said that, she rushed out, and the three girls hugged each other in the wintersweet forest.
Wen Xixiu looked at his sister coldly, and had to go with them. So, he was dragged by a group of young men to attend the "Snow Poetry Festival"...
Xiaoxiao and the other two soon appeared the hidden pavilion, so they rushed over and occupied the seat.
The pavilion was surrounded by glass, which was specially prepared for winter. The three sisters sat down happily in the pavilion.
Xiaoxiao asked Ruicai first: "The family is finally willing to let you out!"
Ruicai was a little ashamed: "My father... I heard that your family was pardoned a while ago and had been mostly cured of illness. I was going to pay my respects to the old lady. I was embarrassed to go..."
"If you don't go, our old lady will summon you~" Xiaoxiao smiled slightly, "The old lady will talk about you eight times a day and keep praising you as a rare good child."
Xizi was making fun of him: "Anyway, Ruicai has recognized Tang Lihuan, and she will never stop her life!"
Ruicai's face turned red and suddenly smiled again, "We still want to talk about seniority here. I am at least a fellow generation with Xiaoxiao. You are an aunt-level person, so why are you doing with us juniors~"
Xizi covered her whole face in shame, and Xiaoxiao also asked, "That's right, tell us what's going on?"
Xizi's voice came from his fingers: "Anyway, it's like a dream... I saw my idol whom I was thinking about day and night... Who knew that he came to our house to visit that day... My father and my second brother were so nervous... Then he discussed paintings with me, and as he discussed it..."
I really couldn't say this, Xiaoxiao and Ruicai said in unison: "I'll just be my aunt..."
Xizi made several pink punches on the two of them: "I don't want to be happy with this~"
Both of them were happy for Xizi. Thinking about her before, she was lost for someone who was not worthy of her. Now she has finally gotten out of the haze and found her idol who has been her boyfriend for many years!
"That's the most famous master of calligraphy and painting in this dynasty!" Ruicai praised, "I heard that a random painting can cost hundreds of taels of silver!"
Xiaoxiao also said repeatedly: "Now in order to reassure the Wen family, my uncle also agreed to the title of the Palace Painting Academy given by the court by the court. Although it is a noun title, it doesn't have to worry about it, at least it has a salary, and it is quite generous."
"Now Aunt Wen can wake up in her dreams." Ruicai smiled.
Xizi really didn't want to talk about the topic around him, so he turned the topic: "If you want to say good fortune, no one of us can compare to Furong."
Speaking of Furong, Ruicai was puzzled: "There are no letters from Furong recently. It is said that King Ning has helped the Tang family a lot. With Furong's temperament, even if he doesn't come here in person, he has to write a lot of letters to remind him."
"I also heard from the officers and soldiers, Brother Deng, that when something happened in our family, Princess Ning had just been diagnosed with the joyful meridian, so the whole family hid the affairs of the Tang family so much that they even detained all the newspapers from Kyoto, for fear that the princess would be in a hurry, which would be detrimental to the fetus."
The other two nodded after hearing this: "This is the same."
"So, Furong and I didn't know about these things about the Tang family. I thought the prince was coming to Beijing to handle other matters." Xiaoxiao couldn't help but smile when he thought of this. "A few days ago, Wang Ning asked someone to bring a lot of Furong's letters, and the letters were full of peaceful nagging..."
"Could Furong don't know about the Tang family yet?" Xizi was very surprised.
"Yes, I can probably hide it from her for the rest of my life." Xiaoxiao shrugged.
The three girls felt unconscious: "Furong's fate is better! That's really good!"
...
The Tang family's various houses have already gotten on track in an orderly manner.
Now that we have entered the Great Cold solar term, Xiaoxiao dipped it in cinnabar and pointed the red plum petals on the Jiujiu Cold Removal Picture: "This winter is really long."
The twins sat on their small chairs, concentrating on eating malt sugar, while Shan Niang sat aside and arranged flowers: "The beginning of spring is coming in the cold."
This is probably a kind of bad luck. Winter is about to end and spring is not far away.
Sure enough, a letter came soon after that, the men of the Tang family quelled the East China Sea trade riots. Now that they can return to Beijing early, they may be able to catch up with the New Year.
The Tang family felt the smell of the New Year. The old lady personally urged the lights to decorate the colors and asked Xiaoqian to go to the gate to set off firecrackers to dispel the bad luck of the year.
When the old man and the others come back, it is already the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.
The women were crying in the end. When they saw their men, there were few who did not cry, but they were filled with joy in their hearts. It was a kind of calm joy that had been missing for a long time.
Xiaoxiao remembered what his grandfather said before: Live well and wait for reunion.
Now, it's really reunited.
Only Mr. Tang Er’s smile was a little bitter, and the old man said, “Go and bring them back. It’s time for the New Year to go home.”
Mr. Tang smiled hesitantly. Family affection was greater than the law. In the end, the old man made the decision and asked Jiang to enter the Tang family by remarrying. Brother Xian was a child brought by Jiang, and followed the Tang family's surname.
Although this kind of blind man lights the lamp and deceives himself, it is finally in line with the law. Now, as the Tang family, no one dares to criticize anything.
But Jiang finally failed to get out of his own imprisonment. In fact, he became a laughing stock of the ladies in the business district and official circles of Kyoto. Since then, he rarely went out to see guests. Most of the time he spent locking himself in his inner house chanting sutras and worshiping Buddha.
No matter what, the Tang family has been truly reunited this time.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Mr. Weng came to pay New Year's greetings alone with gifts. The old lady smiled and said, "The second girl is about to give birth. Why should I be with her son-in-law? I should be with her at home."
Mr. Weng smiled and said, "Today is the biggest day of the year, so those who are sons-in-law will naturally come to pay New Year's greetings!"
The old man and the old lady were so happy that they couldn't stop talking. The old lady couldn't help looking out, hoping that Shu Yan would come back.
Mr. Weng brought news: "A few days ago, my third sister asked someone to send some gifts to her and asked me to bring them together when I came, saying that she was dedicated to filial piety to her elders."
The old lady sighed: "This child is really stubborn."
Mr. Weng looked at the beautiful girls in the room, but did not recognize who was, so he smiled and said to the old lady: "My father has always been in good terms with Boss Yuan, and Huanyan can also talk to the young grandmother of the Yuan family. We privately think that the Yuan family is a reliable family."
Yanran had the sharpest ears, and after hearing this, he hurriedly said, "What? Sister Fourth really wants to decide on Mr. Yuan's Second Master?"
Zhan Yan blushed and threw out a card: "Stop talking, there is not a single word yet."
Keju also asked, "Is Mr. Yuan the second son who loves to laugh and funny?"
Xiaoxiao was distracted as soon as she played cards, but at this moment she was pulled back to her spirits by this topic: "Yuan family? Is it the Yuan family in blue and white porcelain?"
Yanran said: "How many Yuan families can there be in Kyoto~"
Xiaoxiao couldn't help but burst into laughter. Isn't that the family of Uncle Yuan who is particularly funny? Could it be that Zhan Yan will marry into this family in the future? Be the daughter-in-law of Uncle Yuan? Then he can be happy every day.
Zhan Yan finally covered her face with cards: "Ignore you!"
Xiaoxiao said seriously: "I think this family is good. The elders of the Yuan family are not arrogant. They are a good family!"
...
On the night of the second day of the Lunar New Year, each room had finished eating in the old lady's yard and sent away his son-in-law, Mr. Weng, and then returned to his respective yards.
Qifan couldn't help but feel a little melancholy: "In a few years, Xiaoxiao is afraid that she can only come back for the second day of the New Year."
Shan Niang smiled and took out a pair of jade pendants with great water from the brocade box: "I bought this pair of jade pendants for a long time, just because the owner of the jade shop said: "Dogs and rabbits are until they are white. I thought we smiled and we bought them, but now we will use them! It should be a good marriage for the family!"
When he raised his sail, he looked at the pair of round jade pendants, one of which was carved with jade rabbit and the other, and couldn't help but say, "Is Xixiu a dog born in the year of the dog?"
"Well," Shan Niang nodded, "This is probably fate!"
Qifan had already agreed to this son-in-law in his heart, and now he said, "It's so bare and not good-looking. It's better to put on a harmonious and collateral piece and match it with some beads and ears."
Shan Niang nodded with a smile: "I'll do these myself."
Qifan looked at the brightly lit yard outside the window: "I'm afraid it will take more than two years to come back."
Shan Niang put away the jade pendant, stood up and walked towards her husband: "If it weren't for the little things dragging it, I would have wanted to go with Saburo."
"When they all grow up, I will take you to sea, and we are the two of us." Qifan took his wife's hand.
Shan Niang asked again: "Is it only you and the fourth brother going this time? Can everyone else stay?"
"The fourth brother and I are also Lihuan." Qifan said, "The emperor can choose people, and those who choose smart and capable."
Shan Niang nodded: "At least, the old man can suffer less. He should have been at home at this age."
Qifan also thought it was: "It's just that Li Huan's marriage is going to be delayed."
Shan Niang said, "Xiaoxiao is delayed? You must be there at the wedding!"
"It's nothing if Xiaoxiao is a little later, we Xiaoxiao is still young."
Chapter completed!