Ordinary clear day

Chapter 180

After paying homage to heaven and earth, everyone hugged the bride and groom to the Meiyuan. Along the way, someone spread silk and replaced it piece by piece, making sure that the bride's feet did not touch the ground.As soon as they entered the main room, a group of wives and grandmas helped the bride onto the kang. This is called "sitting tent", also known as "sitting blessing".Mrs. Li and other two Quanfu wives also sprinkled longan, dates, chestnuts and peanuts on the bride's dress and said auspicious words.

Previously, Shu Ning just squeezed among the female relatives and watched her elder brother praying to heaven and earth from behind the screen, but now that the new couple entered the new house, she can finally watch from outside the door openly.It's just that Ermo kept reminding her not to step on the threshold, and asked her to avoid those male guests.

Duanning was about to lift the bride's hijab, so he picked up the scale beam brought by his married wife, raised the red hijab, and revealed a charming and charming face.I saw Zhenzhen wearing tinsel on her head, with four rows of velvet flowers inserted on it, and a hairpin ring and hairpin, all made of shining pearls and jade.Although the two balls of powder that Wanliu Ha's smeared under her cheeks just now seemed to spoil the beauty, it still did not diminish her beauty.

Everyone in the bridal chamber admired, and then some relatives' wives congratulated Tong Shi, Tong Shi just pursed his lips and smiled, coughed lightly, stepped forward and whispered a few words in the ear of his stunned son, Duanning woke up immediately, embarrassedly took off the two velvet flowers on the head of the new wife, looked at the new house, put one of them on the top of the big wardrobe next to it, and put the other on the top of the suitcase in the corner .Zhenzhen blushed even more and lowered her head.The people around laughed, and whispered: "The groom is so smart, now he will have both sons and daughters."

The wives from the bride's family yelled, pushed aside the crowd, and brought in three bowls of dumplings, saying, "I'm eating pastries for my children and grandchildren", and handed them to Duanning and Zhenzhen.They exchanged food with each other.Shuning frowned slightly when she saw her brother take the first bite, but she still ate it with a smile, wondering if it was because the dumplings were overcooked.Asked Ermo, but Ermo said: "It is wrapped with chestnuts, peanuts and red dates. It is not cooked, so it is not delicious." Shuning suddenly realized that she felt sorry for her brother. When did he eat this kind of thing?
After eating the dumplings, Xiao Liu sent someone to deliver longevity noodles, Duanning and his wife also ate them, and then they had a cup of wine.The pair of cups were brought back from Guangdong back then, and they were carved out of a whole piece of verdant Burmese jade, with dragon and phoenix patterns carved on them.Right now, the two cups are tied by a red thread, the wife who got married gave one to Duanning, and the wife who gave away the marriage gave the other to Zhenzhen, each drank half of the cup, and exchanged the remaining half.The onlookers inside and outside the new house applauded for a while, and then someone invited the guests to the outside yard for a drink.

Only the bride and groom and the wives and grandmas who were helping in the bridal chamber were left in the bridal chamber. Tong wiped the corners of her eyes a little, then urged the children watching the fun to go out, and told her daughter to take care of the things that should be done.

Shu Ning knew that the next part was the bride's face, and it might take a while, so she glanced at the young couple who were still looking at each other and giggling, and suppressed a smile to see if the reward purse was ready.

The ceremony in the new house continued. The brides-to-be took off Zhenzhen’s tinsel, loosened their hair, twisted the hair on the face with five-color silk thread, separated the corners of the mane, and combed the woman’s hair again. I don't wear tins anymore, I just wear some pearls and jade velvet flowers.When others are busy, Zhenzhen blushes and looks down at the corner of her clothes, while Duanning keeps looking at her with a smile, thinking that his wife is even more beautiful now than before.Li Shi Ermo and other people who knew the basics would suddenly go outside to laugh from time to time.The parties were unaware.

A banquet was set up outside the new house, and the married wives and Quanfu wives were invited to have wine.But everyone has actually eaten something, so it's just a little bit of wine and food.On the other hand, Duanning and Zhenzhen, the newlyweds, had already eaten a half-bowl of dumplings and a half-bowl of noodles. "The food is almost unbearable.

The ceremony in the new house was over, and the wives who sent off the relatives said auspicious words again, and told Zhenzhen not to go to the ground before tomorrow morning, so they left and went back to the bride's house, in exchange for guests who wanted to drink.It was almost evening at this time, Ermo reminded Duanning to prepare to meet the guests in front, he looked at his wife a few more times with some reluctance, and then left.

When he arrived in the courtyard, he ran into his younger sister Shuning. Knowing that he was going to meet the guests in front, he winked at Huzi who was next to him. Huzi understood, pulled Duanning aside and whispered a few words.Duanning laughed for a while, and followed him to the next room.

It turned out that since Shuning knew the wedding procedure, she asked the girl in Shangduanning's house to help her make a pair of special leather pants.When Manchus get married, there is a rule of respecting the "welcome cup". If the groom kneels at the door to welcome the guests, he must at least hit a thousand children.In this winter, there is still unmelted snow on the ground, no matter how clean it is, kneeling down at night is no fun.So the pair of trousers designed by Shuning are not only made of sheepskin, but also have hands and feet on the knees, which are thicker and stuffed with cotton. "Easy to Kneel".She originally persuaded her brother to put it on early in the morning, but Duanning felt that wearing such tricky trousers would not respect his wife enough, so she refused.But now that we are going to welcome guests, there is no such problem.

When Duan Ning kept beating Qian'er at the front door to toast the guests, he knelt down on his knees again and again, deeply felt that his sister's idea was really brilliant, so he simply asked someone to make a few more, so that the couple could use them in the future.

The guests who came today included relatives and friends from the two families and relatives from the Tong family, the Nala family, and the Shen family, as well as Duanning's good old classmates from the Imperial College and Zongxue, and many of them were like Tong Ying. Young clan disciples.These people were young, and although they all had noble titles, they were impatient with other people bowing to them, and they just joked about Duanning's "stupid look" with big red flowers hanging on his chest today.

Zhang Bao also greeted guests at the front door, seeing his son joking with these friends, chatting and laughing, he generously stopped saluting these red and yellow ribbons as nobles, and only told the people below to wait on them and be sure to Let these dudes have a good drink.When these children saw this, they all felt that Duanning's father was not an ordinary person, and happily followed others into the wedding shed to drink.

After a while, it became dark, and lights were lit up everywhere in the mansion.Duanning saw that there were no guests for a while, so he told the others, and went to the next porter's room to warm up and rest.He had just taken a few sips of hot tea when he heard someone report that another guest had arrived.

This time it was the two cousins ​​and the fourth elder brother of the Tong family who came back, as well as their respective wives.

Duan Ning wanted to make a big obeisance, but was stopped by the fourth elder brother, and said: "There is no need to be too polite, we are all cousins, today is your big day, so these rules are all removed, just treat me as a relative Just come and have a wedding drink."

Duanning saw that he insisted, and the two cousins ​​of the Tong family helped to speak again, so he didn't delay any longer, and toasted Qian'er as usual, and asked Huzi to welcome them to the seat where Tongying was, and joined the clan Sitting together with the noble children, the female relatives who came with them were accompanied by the mother-in-law into the inner courtyard.

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But at the new house, sisters Shu Ning, Fang Ning, Wan Ning and Yuan Ning were talking with the bride, and Mrs. Li and her sister-in-law also joined in the fun.Although Zhenzhen has a shy face, she is a girl with a generous temperament, and she is not shy like other brides. She quickly won the favor of a group of young girls and sisters-in-law.

Wanning knew Zhenzhen originally, but she hadn't seen her for a long time, and she was already a stranger. Seeing that she spoke easily and neatly, and her appearance was better than when she was a child, she was also happy, so she kept teasing her.From when she and Duanning met, how many times they met, when they made love, and when they talked about marriage, they all asked them one by one.Zhenzhen blushed with embarrassment, so she lowered her head and said nothing.

Mrs. Li hurriedly persuaded: "Where did the second sister know this? Don't let people hear the joke." Yuan Ning twitched at the corner of her mouth: "Isn't it? Fourth brother Duan and fourth sister-in-law are married by the emperor. My sister asked These are meaningless."

Wanning pursed her lips and said, "What's the matter? I also heard that they had known each other for several years before I asked." Shuning changed the subject, talking about the embroidery on Zhenzhen Xi's clothes, I don't know which one made them, and then He also said that the jewelry she was wearing was exquisite, but I don't know which shop it was from.Fang Ning and Li Shi met each other, and one after another interjected to bring up the topic, Wan Ning was aroused interest, and soon joined in.Only Yuanning glanced at Shuning, and curled the corners of her mouth.

When Wanliu Hashi entered the new house, she happened to see a group of sisters-in-law talking and laughing. She felt a little depressed, thinking about why she was not so popular, and seeing Zhenzhen's beauty, she was even more depressed.However, she soon realized that her enemy was a sixth-rank bodyguard, but the groom's brother-in-law was only an eighth-rank guard, so she became proud again, thinking: when a woman marries, all the glory comes from her own man. No matter how high your father's official position is, no matter how beautiful you are, what's the use of marrying a man who doesn't live up to expectations?

She was still thinking to herself, so she leaned over to chat and laugh, and everyone was very polite to her.She chatted for a while, then turned her head and said to Wanning: "I remember that the second girl and the fourth beile Fujin are good friends in the boudoir, right? I just saw this Fujin coming from the front, why don't the second girl go to see him?"

Wanning was taken aback, her face turned pale: "Sifu Jin...how come?"

"I remember that the third aunt is from the Tong family, right? Sibeile and Sifujin probably came here because of this." Wanliu Hashi replied indifferently, and turned to talk to Shuning: "I heard that the front is not good. A lot of distinguished guests have come, there are many clans, I heard that they are all the former classmates of the fourth brother?"

Shu Ning responded, quietly paying attention to Wan Ning's face, she was stunned for a while, her expression became serious, and she said to everyone: "Since Si Fujin is here, I have to say hello. Excuse me first." Then Get up and leave the room.

Shu Ning was a little worried, afraid that something would happen to her at her brother's wedding banquet, so she found an excuse to follow her out.When I came to the courtyard where the female relatives were entertained, I asked my mother-in-law, only to find out that she was at the guest of honor seat in the house.

Shuning entered the room, greeted all the female guests, and then sat down beside Wanning.Wanning was talking to Sifu Jin Yumin, Yumin said: "... I really didn't mean it, it was the mothers who stopped me. The royal rules are big, so I can only obey. I have always wanted to invite you as a guest, but I have been busy all the time. .”

Wanning smiled: "Your status is no better than before, and I'm not stingy, so naturally I won't blame you. You've been married for so long, how are you doing? Brother Si...does you do well?" Her voice was a little nervous, His eyes were fixed on Yumin.

Yu Min blushed a little, and said shyly: "He treats me very well... Your Majesty also loves me very much... I am doing well, so you don't have to worry."

Wanning's face turned pale, and she felt her heart was twisted like a knife, but she barely supported her smile: "That's fine, I'm still worried that you won't get along with those concubines, and you will be wronged."

"How come? Master treats me very well, and those sisters are not difficult to get along with." Yumin wiped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and changed the subject: "However, getting along with Fujins from other prefectures is really not easy. I When I think that you will become my sister-in-law in the future, I am very happy. At that time, we will be able to come and go as often as before."

Wanning's face turned even paler, and she just forced a smile.But Yumin soon talked about other things, and her complexion gradually improved.

Shu Ning was by the side, occasionally saying a few words.After a while, Ermo came over and whispered a few words in her ear, then withdrew, and she said to Yumin: "Fu Jin, there is a message from the front, saying that Sibeile drank too much and felt a little dizzy. It's resting in the wing room, please ask Fujin to go and have a look."

Yumin knew it well, and complained about "why drink so much", she got up and wanted to leave.Wan Ning rolled her eyes, bit her lip, and said, "Shall I go with you? I'll show you the way." Shu Ning smiled and said, "Let me accompany you. The wives over there seem to be waving for my sister to go over there." .” Then he led Yumin away.

Wanning turned around and saw a few aunts calling her, she complained for a while, so she had to bite the bullet and go to deal with it.

Shu Ning and Yu Min walked to the gate of the courtyard, met Er Mo who was waiting there, went to a quiet house, entered the door, and the fourth elder brother was already talking with Tong Shi.He turned his head and saw his wife, and said, "Come here and see your aunt."

Yu Min had heard him say it before she came, so she didn't put on airs, and bowed down to worship in a serious manner.Mrs. Tong hurriedly helped her and said, "I can't do it. Don't you ruin my life?" The fourth elder brother said: "I have been taken care of by my aunt since I was a child, but I didn't get anything in return. Now that I have married a wife, According to the etiquette, she should be allowed to visit. Auntie, don't refuse." Tong had no choice but to stand half a step away, accepted his wife's respect, and then ordered Shuning to come to see him again.

After seeing the ceremony, everyone sat down and talked.Ermo stayed outside and guarded.Mrs. Tong and the fourth elder brother first chatted about some recent family affairs. Seeing that the fourth elder brother looked haggard and thinner, he sighed: "The fourth elder brother is also married now, so how come he lost weight instead? I will ask someone to send him off later. You have a few recipes for stewing soup, you remember to ask someone to make it and eat it."

Yu Min blushed: "It's all because I didn't take good care of it." The fourth elder brother said, "How can I blame you? I'm just worrying about business, and I don't have the heart to eat and sleep." Take good care of your body, you are so old, don't you understand this? Although I don't know about your men's affairs outside, but after all, you are from this mansion. I have heard some of those words, so don't take it too seriously In life, it takes a long time to see people's hearts, how can we just throw away the bond of flesh and blood that has been shared for more than ten years? Sooner or later, we will know who is right and who is right."

Yumin was a little surprised when she heard Tong's tone at first, and the fourth elder brother looked like he was being taught, but after hearing Tong's words, her heart moved, and she said, "What's bothering you, sir? Ken told me."

The fourth elder brother smiled: "It's all a matter of nothing, why do you need to know? It's just annoying, so don't ask." Yu Min looked at him, smiled, and didn't say much.

But obviously the parties were not so easy to talk about.Ermo's voice came from outside the house: "Why did the second girl come here? This is the way to the big banquet outside." Wanning's voice sounded: "I just heard that the fourth elder brother was drunk, so I don't know what's going on now, so I came to ask Why is Ermo still here?"

Everyone in the room had their own thoughts, Shuning's thoughts flashed, she exchanged a glance with Mrs. Tong, got up quickly, opened the door a little, stepped out, and closed it again.She smiled and said to Wanning: "Second Sister is here too?" Then she turned to Ermo and said, "The anti-alcoholic medicine you brought just now is very effective, Si elder brother is fine now." Ermo said knowingly: " That's good, I'll go back to the table to help." Then he turned and walked away.

Wanning was a little disappointed: "Did someone bring the medicine already? I even brought the medicine specially. How is the fourth elder brother now? Let me go in and have a look?" She really hoped to see him again.

But Shu Ning shook her head and said: "He's sleeping now, and Si Fujin is inside to accompany him, we'd better not bother him." Just kidding, my mother is still inside, how can I pretend to be helpless? !

Wanning wanted to say something else, when someone behind her asked, "What's the matter?" It turned out to be a cousin of the Tong family.Seeing the two sisters Shuning standing here, she turned her head to look at the outer courtyard not far away, and said with a frown, "This place is too close to the big banquet outside, there will inevitably be male guests coming. What about your girl's house?" So come here?" She took a few glances at Wanning, and then said: "A girl who is engaged, should be more cautious in her words and deeds. The guests outside drink too much, who knows what will happen. You are too careless."

Wanning's face turned red and then pale, and said in a low voice, "I'll go back first." Then she saluted hastily and left.Shu Ning smiled and said to her aunt: "It was originally at the back, but the fourth elder brother was drunk and I brought Si Fujin to take care of him, so I came here." Then the aunt understood, seeing that the door was tightly closed. Closed the room, said: "Is it inside? Does it matter? I'll go and have a look."

Shu Ning hurriedly said: "I've taken the anti-alcohol medicine, it's okay." She paused, then lowered her voice: "Si Fujin is accompanying him, I'm just guarding outside to keep people from approaching." The aunt understood , but it was a little funny: "It's really... but newlyweds, it's inevitable... Forget it, it's not unreasonable for you to be a girl guarding outside. I'll send someone to call the fourth elder brother's entourage." Then they walked back.Shuning secretly breathed a sigh of relief, seeing Ermo flashing out from behind a nearby tree, she couldn't help laughing.

The words from outside spread into the house, and the fourth elder brother smiled and said to Tong Shi: "Sister Shu is getting more and more capable now, she really deserves to be my aunt's child." Tong Shi smiled: "It's just a little clever. Look at her steady , In fact, you can't be restrained inside. Now that Brother Duan is married, I only hope that the family will be safe and sound, that my daughter will have a good home, and that Brother Xian will be successful in the future. That's enough.

The fourth elder brother's heart moved: "Auntie, are you... worried about sister Shu's next year's draft?" Tong sighed: "In any case, it is the emperor's grace, but as a mother, I always hope that my daughter can marry well People, just don't suffer any grievances."

The fourth elder brother asked: "What ideas does my aunt have? Just listen to it, maybe I can help." Tong Shi glanced at him and said with a smile: "What ideas can I have? The three of her sisters draft together, and she Most of them will lose the election, I have seen a few families. The second son of General Wu Dan was good, but unfortunately... now we are in-laws with his family, it is too rare to be in-laws."

The fourth elder brother pondered: "Chongli? He is indeed a gentleman." Tong sneered secretly, and said: "Forget it, it is rare for a family like ours to change relatives. I also pay attention to other families, but you also know that Shu'er is usually I don't like to communicate with other families, and I know few people. Only the young master Tongying gets along well with her. It's just this young master... the water in Prince Jane's house is too deep, and I'm afraid she will be wronged. I grew up here and married into a big family, I really don't want my daughter to suffer like that."

The fourth elder brother bowed his head and thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Don't worry, Auntie, I know what to do, and I will find a way."

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Tong's conversation with the fourth elder brother and his wife didn't last long, because she was still worried that there were guests outside to greet her, so she left soon.Shu Ning originally followed her mother, but on the way, she remembered that Mrs. Liu was still in Huaiyuan, so she separated from her mother and walked to the backyard alone.On the way, she heard someone sobbing. She followed the sound and found Wanning crying behind a bush.

She hurriedly asked: "Second Sister, what's wrong with you?" Wanning raised her head, with big teary eyes, saw Shuning, moved her mouth, and rushed to cry.Shu Ning was startled, and hurriedly asked what was the matter, but when she got no answer, she wondered if it was because she couldn't see the fourth elder brother, so she cried?Seeing Wanning crying pitifully, she felt a little soft in her heart, so she patted her on the back lightly to comfort her.

Wanning recalled that when Cai Shuning was going out, she saw through the crack of the door Si elder brother with a smile on his face, speaking softly.Although he couldn't see the person he was talking to, Yumin was the only one in the room, so it must be her.She didn't expect their husband and wife to be so affectionate, how could it make her feel uncomfortable?

She cried for a long time, so long that Shu Ning was worried that they would not be there at the banquet, and would send someone to look for them, so she gradually stopped.She choked up and said to Shu Ning: "Third Sister, don't tell anyone." Shu Ning nodded: "Your eyes are swollen, others will definitely find out, go back to the house and wash your face."

Wanning agreed, stood up straight, adjusted her clothes, and walked towards her yard, knowing in her heart that the past was over, and she wanted to start a new life.

(I'm sorry, I'm sorry, for the sake of the big show, please forgive me~~~ ^_^b )

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