Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 253 Shangyuan Ye's old lover?
After working hard for a year, Huang Laifu took advantage of this first lunar month to pay New Year's greetings during the day and rest and play at night.

Since New Year's Day, all kinds of entertainment in Wuzhaibao and Daming have been carried out one after another. During the day, the streets are filled with people who walk bridges and touch nails, beat Taiping drums, dance hundreds of ropes, and play big-headed monks.In the evening, everyone played stud, picked up red dots, played small ballads and other activities.The same is true for Huang Laifu, who had a great time playing.

Soon, the time came to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

This day is the Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival and Lantern Festival.Everyone wants to eat Yuanxiao (called Tangyuan in the south), watch lantern festivals, etc.From the court of the Ming Dynasty to the people, everyone should enjoy the five-day Lantern Festival to the fullest.

Wuzhai Fort is organized by Wuzhai Fort Propaganda Bureau and Wuzhai Fort Chamber of Commerce. From dusk, the streets of Wuzhai Fort have been arranged into a sea of ​​lights.There are many lamps, and there are flying bridges and pavilions on the lamp mountain. Hundreds of opera characters, ten thousand torches emerge one after another, shining brightly.It takes several thousand catties a night just to use oil,

Naturally, there were lights and sheds in Huang's mansion. On the flower building facing the street, Huang Laifu held a dinner party for his family and a group of generals and officials in the fort.While eating the Lantern Festival cakes, everyone listened to Le Ji playing and singing lantern songs, and then went out to watch the lanterns.Gu Yunniang and her daughters were all dressed up beautifully, and they looked out with Huang Laifu and others.

I saw thousands of lights outside, twinkling, like the stars in the sky flipped to the ground, and there was a bustling sound.Not far away, there are fireworks entering the night sky from time to time, bringing a little bit of flowers, such as "big pear blossom", "one branch plum", "one zhang chrysanthemum", etc., as soon as they rush into the night sky, they fall like rain at regular intervals, which makes Huang Dalang Waiting for the children to clap their hands and applaud.

Because it was reported in the Huangfu that at night, the military gate would set off fireworks and have fun with the people.The four sides of the mansion and the streets downstairs are already crowded with a lot of people.Everyone was in high spirits, eating snacks such as lactose balls and crystal croissants sold by vendors, while waiting for the fireworks to be set off at the house.

Looking at this lively scene, Wang Qinian suddenly felt a sense of loneliness. Compared with a few years ago, Wang Qinian is considered successful and famous now, but the loneliness and loneliness in his heart are deeper.Seeing that the people around him were fighting in pairs, and Mr. Huang was enjoying the happiness of his wife and children, Wang Qinian felt a deeper sense of loss.

He went downstairs secretly, wanting to go out for a walk. Zhou Wendong, who had already noticed him at the side, caught up and said with a smile, "Brother Donglu is so kind. He went out to have fun alone, and he didn't call me."

Wang Qinian shook his head with a wry smile, looking at his best friend, leaving behind his wife and children and the opportunity to meet Master Huang to accompany him, he felt a warm feeling in his heart, and he also smiled and said: "That's fine, alone Lele is not as good as everyone, so let's go and visit the lantern market."

The two chatted and laughed, and walked around the streets of Wuzhaibao, especially Dadong Street, which was crowded with people. Dozens of light stands were set up around, and there were car lights, ball lights, and ball lights inside. , 槊 silk lamps, sun and moon lamps, Shipai silk lamps, mirror lamps, character lamps, horse riding lamps, phoenix lamps, water lamps, glazed lamps, shadow lamps and other dozens of products.

In particular, the horse riding lantern, also known as the revolving horse lantern, lights candles inside, and the paper-cut people and horses rotate continuously, and the lantern paintings on the impeller are displayed in front of people like walking horses, which is very strange.

Both Wang Qinian and Zhou Wendong watched with great interest, and they walked along the way, with dance teams crowding in from time to time, followed by crowds of people.Make the whole street appear crowded and jubilant.

Wang Qinian and Zhou Wendong were pushed forward involuntarily, and every time they passed by the Lantern Canal Bridge, they would see boys and girls stop and laugh, holding hands without any scruples, shoulder to shoulder.It is to hear the sound of men and women rejoicing under the canal bridge.

Men and women are active at night in Shangyuan. As long as they love each other, good things can be done. When they are in love, they can go to "wild sex" under the city bridge to have fun, and then say goodbye and break up, just like drinking a glass of water.This kind of carnival is a unique phenomenon in the Song and Ming Dynasties.Wuzhai Fort is relatively conservative, but it is even more open in the capital of Ming Dynasty and in the south of the Yangtze River.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Wendong will feel better. He has a wife, and he can always find his wife to solve the problem when necessary.However, Wang Qinian looked a little uncomfortable. Looking at his appearance, Zhou Wendong smiled and said, "Brother Donglu, it's not that brothers are talking about you. You really should have a family. There are so many good women in Wuzhaibao, and you don't have a crush on them." of?"

He glanced at the front and said with a smile: "The front is the Nanmen Dengshi, there are many women walking on the bridge to touch the nails, let's go and have a look, maybe a woman who makes you fall in love will appear."

As soon as Wang Qinian's expression changed, he was ripped off by Zhou Wendong.

Walking on bridges to touch nails is a custom in Daming. On the night of the Yuan Dynasty, groups of women and women in white silk shirts walked to the gates of the city on the night of the Yuan Dynasty, and touched the nails with their hands in the dark. Yes, it is possible to have a son, which is the so-called Modinger.

When we arrived at the south gate, there were indeed crowds of people here, laughing and laughing, and smelling the fragrance.The lamps and shadows intersected, and most of the people gathered around the lamp stand were girls and daughters-in-law. Many women wore white silk shirts and lined up one by one to touch the nails on the city gate.If you touch it, you will smile, if you don't touch it, some people will sigh, and some people will just laugh it off.

Of course, where there are women, there are men.With so many girls and daughters-in-law here, why don't they attract many men?Many grown men or young men also gather here, looking for their own good match, flirting and cursing.If you have a match, even if you just met, you still hold hands, and you don't know where to go to find pleasure.

Seeing this ambiguous scene, Zhou Wendong couldn't help but clapped his hands and smiled and said, "Wonderful, don't urge the jade to leak the copper pot, and the iron gate and golden lock will be opened all night. Brother Donglu, don't let down the beauty of this beautiful day."

Wang Qinian was about to speak when he suddenly heard a woman's voice not far away: "Sir, I'm also going to touch the nails, hoping to have a son in the future." A man's voice said impatiently: "Go, I hope I can marry you." Don't be like a hen that doesn't lay eggs, you can't give birth to a son."

Wang Qinian's whole body trembled. He could never forget the woman's voice. He slowly turned his head to look, and saw next to the revolving lantern, one was dressed in a white silk shirt, and a marten was wrapped around her neck. The warm-enclosed woman is standing there gracefully.

Then Wang Qinian felt a pain in his heart, and saw a little girl about five or six years old holding her tightly beside the woman, and beside the two of them, there was a middle-aged man in a silk robe, dressed as a merchant, with an obese figure, There are two mouse whiskers on the lips.Looks like he's her man.

Wang Qinian clenched his fists involuntarily, thinking: "So the merchant you were going to marry back then was this person."

At this time, the little girl next to the woman also said: "Mother, mother, I want to touch, I want to touch nails too."

The woman said with a smile: "Okay, my daughter is good, mother will take you to touch it together."

But the man shouted impatiently: "You are a little yellow-haired girl, you are not old enough, why are you touching?"

The man's voice was a little hoarse, but his fierce appearance at this time made the little girl very frightened, and she burst into tears.Her woman hurriedly comforted her: "Oh, Xiang'er is good, Xiang'er won't cry."

She turned her head and said flatteringly to the man: "Sir, Xiang'er is young and just wants to have fun for a while, so I can do as she pleases..."

Having said that, she gasped, and turned her gaze to Wang Qinian.But the man snorted coldly: "What's the fun? If she plays again, I'm afraid she will be just like you in the future, a hen that can't lay eggs." Sensing the woman's expression, he also looked at Wang Qinian .

Wang Qinian couldn't bear it any longer, and walked towards the woman.Zhou Wendong was still admiring the beauty lantern festival, and when he saw Wang Qinian's appearance, he was taken aback, and said, "Brother Donglu, what's wrong with you... Hey, wait for me." He shouted and hurriedly followed.

Wang Qinian walked to the side of the woman, and seeing Wang Qinian approaching, the woman looked at her man with some unease, adjusted her clothes slightly, and turned into a cold look, with a bit of arrogance in her expression.The man, on the other hand, looked at Wang Qinian with puzzled eyes, and then at his wife.

Seeing Wang Qinian walking beside her, the woman raised her eyebrows and said, "Hey, isn't this Brother Wang? How did you meet him in Wuzhaibao?"

Wang Qinian looked a little excited, he had something to say in his heart, and finally he just murmured: "Bai Xiuer...you, how are you?"

The woman's name was Bai Xiuxiu, she was Wang Qinian's betrothed daughter-in-law since she was a child, and she thought Wang Qinian was a scholar, so she liked him very much.However, Wang Qinian dealt with animals all day long, and Bai Xiuxiu felt hopeless and embarrassed, so she divorced Wang Qinian and married the richer businessman in front of her.

At this time, Bai Xiuxiu said: "I am very good, my husband loves my slave's family very much, and my family is rich, but you are still doing the work of tending livestock?"

Wang Qinian said: "Yes, yes..."

The merchant was standing next to Bai Xiuxiu, his face had always been ugly, but now he was relieved, he let out a chuckle, and said, "So it's an old acquaintance, tending livestock? Do you raise pigs or sheep?"

Bai Xiuxiu sees that Wang Qinian is still down and out, and the clothes she wears are also very ordinary, she secretly rejoices in her heart for her choice back then, fortunately she didn't marry Wang Qinian back then, otherwise she would be suffering now.

With a look of disgust on her face, she slapped the tip of her nose lightly with her hand, looked at Wang Qinian coldly and said, "No wonder I smell a sheep smell. Brother Wang, I didn't mean you, you are too immature, right? So You have been tired of being taught for many years and never changed... Have you not married a daughter-in-law yet?"

Wang Qinian looked at Bai Xiuxiu's face. He hadn't seen her for a few years. She was still so pretty, with a bit of the charm of a mature young woman on her face.However, the words that came out of her small mouth were so vicious that for a moment, Wang Qinian felt ashamed of everything.He has worked hard all these years, but there is still a faint expectation in his heart, and now this sense of expectation is completely shattered.

He was originally withdrawn and arrogant in his heart, but after saying that, he fell silent.Seeing Wang Qinian's appearance, Bai Xiuxiu and her husband looked even more disdainful.Only the little girl looked at him curiously.

Zhou Wendong had already come to Wang Qinian's side at this time, he had already heard everyone's conversations, he felt extremely dissatisfied, at this moment he said: "This lady's words are wrong, Brother Wang is indeed tending the livestock , but he is not an ordinary animal handler. He is the director of the Animal Husbandry Bureau of our Wuzhai Fort. He manages more than a dozen livestock farms and thousands of officials under his command. Comparable to those who raise sheep? Yes, Brother Wang is not married yet, but in Wuzhai Fort, who doesn’t want to become in-laws with Brother Wang? Even the generals inside and outside the castle also intend to recruit Brother Wang as their son-in-law! It’s also Brother Wang It's just a good girl who hasn't caught my eye yet."

As soon as Zhou Wendong's words came out, the merchant's expression was startled, and Bai Xiuxiu's expression also changed, and the two of them looked Wang Qinian squarely.The merchant immediately had a smile on his face, hurriedly sang a big fat man, and stepped forward and said: "It turns out that it is Director Wang, who has heard of his name for a long time, and has heard of his name for a long time. To meet you today is really a blessing for the villain Yang Gui, a blessing... Just now I was negligent, so please don't take offense, Director Wang."

Wang Qinian cupped his hands in return.Bai Xiuxiu saw that her husband seemed to be a different person, humiliating to the person she used to be contemptuous of, and secretly looked at Wang Qinian in disbelief.I really don't understand why Wang Qi suddenly became so successful.When she first came to Wuzhaibao, she didn't know what it meant to be the director of the Wuzhaibao Animal Husbandry Bureau.It's just that I heard Zhou Wendong say that Wang Qinian manages more than a dozen livestock farms, has thousands of people under his command, and is deeply loved by the general of the town.For her as a little woman, this is a big deal.

She didn't understand what the director of the Wuzhaibao Animal Husbandry Bureau meant, but her husband, Yang Gui, did. One of the powerful people in Wuzhaibao.What his wife said earlier about Brother Wang, he couldn't possibly think of Wang Qinian.Thinking about what he said just now, he couldn't help but secretly regret it.

At this time, Yang Gui asked Zhou Wendong again with a smile on his face, "I don't know who this is?"

Zhou Wendong put his hands behind his back and said proudly, "This is Zhou Wendong, the Director of Accounting Bureau of Wuzhaibao!"

Yang Gui was surprised, he was another powerful figure in Wuzhaibao.Busy came forward again and sang a big fat song, saying: "It turns out that it is Director Zhou, who has heard the name for a long time, and has heard the name for a long time!"

Zhou Wendong snorted lightly.

Yang Gui said with a smile on his face: "I am so lucky to meet you two today. It is better to meet you by chance than to invite each other. I don't know if the villain has this blessing. Please treat me with a glass of water and wine?"

Wang Qinian was about to agree, but Zhou Wendong grabbed him and said, "Brother Wang and I are going to the Huangjunmen's dinner, so stop nagging! Another day."

Yang Gui was startled: "Huang Junmen?"

Bai Xiuxiu looked at them even more.

Zhou Wendong nodded proudly.Yang Gui's mind turned quickly, he hurriedly took out his famous thorn, and said with a smile: "This is a villain's famous thorn, when you have free time, please take a look at it, two adults!"

Zhou Wendong nodded, casually put the famous assassin into his arms.Pulled Wang Qinian away.

Wang Qinian was a little reluctant, and looked back twice.The first time he saw Bai Xiuxiu looking at him thoughtfully, the second time, Wang Qinian saw Bai Xiuxiu looking into his eyes with a smile on his lips and flowing eyes.

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Walking on the street, Wang Qinian scolded Zhou Wendong and said, "Brother Zhou, why are you walking so fast?"

Zhou Wendong didn't answer, but just said with a smile: "It turns out that the woman Brother Donglu mentioned is this..."

He shook his head, patted Wang Qinian's shoulder, and wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed.

On Bai Xiuxiu's side, she hugged her daughter and walked with Yang Gui on the way home. Both of them were in no mood to watch the Lantern Festival after what happened today.

Along the way, Bai Xiuxiu was silent, just thinking about something. Yang Gui glanced at her and said with a sneer, "This Wang Qinian is your old lover? If there is anything between you, bring it to me when you go back!"

Bai Xiuxiu was still silent, Yang Gui was short of breath, and shouted: "Speak, have you become dumb?"

The daughter Yang Xiangxiang in her arms saw her father so vicious, she couldn't help being frightened and cried again.

Bai Xiuxiu coaxed her daughter softly, but still ignored Yang Gui.

Yang Gui was ashamed and angry, and was about to speak again, when he suddenly saw Bai Xiuxiu looking at him with contemptuous eyes, and then screamed in a voice he had never heard before: "Shut up, you trash, Poor, lazy and incompetent, my old lady has had enough of you!"

Yang Gui was dumbfounded for a moment when his wife, who was originally bowing her head to him and bowing her head to him, suddenly became so tough.

(End of this chapter)