The little petite bag of the fourth master of Qingchuan

Chapter 131
At the end of June, Li Fangfujin's foot restraint was finally lifted.

She had been looking forward to it for nearly half a month, until mid-July, but she couldn't wait for the fourth elder brother to come to him, and saw that Gu Yaoyao had come back to love him even more since he followed the fourth elder brother to Jiangsu.

Even Fujin flattered Gu's face in order to praise the fourth elder brother's reputation.

Mrs. Li couldn't sit still anymore.

……

In a blink of an eye, the Ghost Festival is here.

The old custom of the Han nationality regards the [-]th day of the seventh lunar month as the Hungry Ghost Festival. Taoist temples and Buddhist temples will perform rituals on this day to save ghosts and relieve all suffering.

The common people will offer sacrifices to their ancestors and put lotus lanterns along the river.

In the history of the Manchus, there is no such thing as the Hungry Ghost Festival. However, shortly after the ancestors entered the customs, they inherited Han customs and established this festival.It is even more important than the Ching Ming Festival. Not only did the palace decree to build the Yulan Taoist Temple, but also set up river lanterns from the [-]th to the [-]th. Thousands of lotus lanterns were made of colored glaze, and they went up and down with the waves, playing Sanskrit music, Chan chanting, and dramas such as "Mulian Saves His Mother" will also be staged.

It was very lively.

As for the prince's mansion, according to the rules, paper money cannot be burned.

Some lowly concubines missed their dead relatives and secretly hid in remote places to burn paper money to comfort their missing. As a result, the smoke was sensual and they were easily caught on the spot.

Gu Yaoyao was only thinking about the deceased Bian Gege, but she couldn't break the rules.

The closer the day was to the Ghost Festival, the more she thought about it, and sometimes she lost her mind, and the fourth elder brother noticed it and asked a few words.

After thinking about it-the fourth elder brother has a solution.

There is no money for burning paper in the mansion, but you can do it when you leave the mansion.

For example, Zhuangshang.

On July [-]th, the fourth elder brother happened to have something to meet with the third elder brother. He was going to Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, and he would also take Honglin with him.

Back and forth is the time of the day, and there is no delay.

So the fourth elder brother planned to bring Gu Yaoyao with him.

In the backyard, when Li Fangfujin was greeting Fujin, he heard about it, so he took the opportunity to go to the study room in the front yard, and begged Fourth Master—she also wanted to go, not for anything else, just to be with Hongyu Together, the mother and son can spend more time together.

Mrs. Li used to be quite petty and high-tempered, and he rarely spoke up on his own initiative.

The fourth elder brother was a little surprised to see her come to plead.Just in time, Hongyu heard that Erniang was coming again, so he pushed away the nurse and ran over, kneeling on the ground with his calves and arms, begging Ama in a childish voice.

The fourth elder brother finally agreed.

……

On the thirteenth day, before dawn, Gu Yaoyao had already gotten up and got ready.

Because it was to commemorate the deceased, her clothes were very plain, and her hair style was only the simplest style. She wore a few ebony hairpins and chose small off-white beaded flowers.

When he was about to go out, Geng Shi suddenly came over.

She came over with some paper horses, carriages, paper servants, and paper houses, and only said that she wanted to do her best for the old man.

Gu Yaoyao was very surprised - after Geng Shi left, Dai Lan looked at the paper bundle she left behind and went over to take a closer look.

Really a lot.

……

Although this Zhuangzi is nominally in the suburbs of Beijing, in fact, he has just left the city gate, turned a corner to the southeast, crossed the long bridge, and continued all the way down.

It's not far away.

The area of ​​Zhuangzi is not large, surrounded by a lake in the middle, and surrounded by fields. It is July and a half, it is midsummer, and there is a thick emerald green everywhere.

The chief and deputy principals of Zhuangzi had already been waiting at the door, and when they saw the carriage approaching, they quickly knelt down to greet the master and side Fujin.

Kneeling for a long time without hearing the master's call, the master secretly raised his head, and saw the master had already walked into a carriage behind, and stretched out his hand to help a young woman dressed in a suit.

Although Li Fangfujin tried his best to look as if nothing had happened, his face was ashen.

Seeing Fujin's face, the principals quickly lowered their heads again.

It is estimated that this is Gu Gege.When people approached, they smelled a burst of fragrance from their noses, they didn't dare to look up, they just bowed their waists in front to lead the way.

After all, Hongyu was young, seeing the idyllic scenery in Zhuangzi, who didn't like it?Jumping and clapping all the way, screaming non-stop.

Li Fangfujin held his son's little hand tightly, but remained silent, and the mother and son walked towards the beautiful place.

Only Gu Yaoyao is left.

The fourth elder brother pointed to a few capable servants around him, and asked Xiao Lazi to serve Gu Gege.

Then he went about his business.

Led by the deputy steward to an open place in the village, Gu Yaoyao glanced over and saw that the brazier was ready under the wall, and several young eunuchs were busy lighting the flames.

Generally speaking, it is best not to burn paper in advance during the Hungry Ghost Festival.

It is most appropriate to burn paper on the [-]th and [-]th days, and the time of burning paper is also particular: dusk and night are the best times.

But conditions don't allow it, it would be great to come out and burn paper - Gu Yaoyao can't be so thoughtful.

The weather was already hot, standing next to the fire, and then being roasted by the flames, Gu Yaoyao was sweating like rain, and his back was covered with wet and stuffy sweat.

Dailan took the handkerchief and reached out to wipe Gege's sweat, but Gu Yaoyao raised her hand and gently blocked it.

Erman silently spread out the paper money, ingots, paper bundles and other things that he had prepared a long time ago, but he didn't do anything easily.

Greg has to do his best.

The flames beeped and licked the edge of the brazier, and when the fire was over, Gu Yaoyao's face was covered in sweat and ashes, and he was like a little cat.

There was also a lot of dust in her hair, and Delan stretched out her hand to pat her—but the dust dispersed as soon as it was touched, and there was no way to clean it off.

The deputy steward of the Zhuangzi has been attentively accompanying him not far away, and he didn't dare to get too close for fear of disturbing Gu Gege.

Seeing the little eunuchs next to the fourth elder brother running back and forth to serve this Gu Gege, he also thought that the fourth elder brother walked over to the carriage and helped the Gu family get off the carriage.

Is there anything else that the deputy steward doesn't understand?
Seeing that Gu Gege had finished burning the paper, the steward waved his hand hurriedly, and several women from the village came over carrying a chair.

The chair had already been covered with delicate cool cushions, in order for Gu Gege to sit down and have a rest.

Someone brought pastries and herbal tea.

Burning paper money in the summer was a smoky experience. Gu Yaoyao was thirsty, so he didn't touch a piece of pastry, but drank a whole cup of herbal tea.

The taste of this herbal tea is similar to that of barley tea. It seems that mint leaves are added in it, and it feels refreshing as soon as you drink it.

After drinking half a cup, the aroma of tea and cinnamon flowed on the tip of the tongue, like the draft after the rain blowing across the face and reaching the apex of the heart - the pores of the whole body seemed to be stretched.

After drinking a cup of tea, Gu Yaoyao didn't even have to wipe off his sweat.

She lowered her eyes and stared at the tea in her hand for a few times, and then praised a few words, making the steward's face blush with excitement.

The leading woman in the tea room next to her was also smiling.

(End of this chapter)