incense as a medium

Chapter 52 Weights
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"They didn't say when they'd be back?" Liu Bailu was slightly taken aback.

Aunt Zhang smiled kindly and said: "They never told me where they went. They didn't come back this August [-]th Reunion Festival. It must be something important. Just wait patiently."

Liu Bailu's smile couldn't hide her bitterness, she got up and said goodbye.

Aunt Zhang sent her out of the door and comforted her: "Don't worry, this kind of thing happened in your family is not what you can expect. The Qi family boy is a sensible person, and he will definitely not make things difficult for you."

Liu Bailu smiled and went home.

In fact, she was not looking for Qi Peiyun for the dowry, but for the guess in her heart. Qi Peiyun has dealt with Kang Yibang for a long time, and she should be very clear about his temper. If she told him her guess, Qi Peiyun Yun must be able to analyze Kang Yibang's real purpose.

But Qi Peiyun was not there.

Liu Bailu tossed and turned all night to think clearly about the ins and outs of the matter.

She has a lot of eyes, but she is not deep enough, and she is straightforward, easy to be teased, and she has to do something immediately.

It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and she can't do things like taking a step back and broadening the horizon!

That's why my mother tempered her temper and made her think twice before acting, listen more, watch more, think more, talk less and do less.

?Liu Su's training is very effective. In the capital, Liu Bailu is synonymous with calmness. Few people know that she is so easy to be teased.

Think more, think more.

Maybe I was thinking left.

But does he really have that much charm?
Liu Bailu closed his eyes and fell asleep in a daze until dawn.

This sleep lasted until night, when Shuang Jiang lit up the oil lamp, Liu Bailu squinted slightly because of the light: "What time is it?"

"It's time, Miss, would you like something to eat?" Shuang Jiang stood beside the bed and asked with a smile.

Liu Bailu opened his eyes, then closed them again, and after a while there was a slight snoring sound, Shuang Jiang glanced at Liu Bailu, saw that she was sleeping soundly, then gently put down the curtain beside the bed and retreated out.

so tired...

Liu Bailu frowned, the sound of cock crowing that he usually thought was extremely pleasant now made people feel restless.

Covering her eyes with her arms, she shouted, "Frost's descent!"

"Here we come!" Shuangjiang ran to the bedroom in a hurry with a stack of dry diapers in his hands. After curtseying, he said, "Miss, the hot water is ready, you can get up and wash up. There is hot porridge in the kitchen, and the servant will help you later." You bring it."

Liu Bailu's eyes fell on the diaper in Shuangjiang's hand, and he put his arms off his face, propped himself up, and asked, "Today is my sister's three baptisms, can someone come?"

Shuang Jiang's face was slightly startled, and he said: "Yesterday, the old lady went to Yongkang Pass, and none of them came back today."

To Yongkang Pass?

Liu Bailu understood instantly, Qi Ding was so aggressive that day, Liu Bailu didn't believe that she would easily let go of this opportunity to humiliate her mother in a fair manner!When my parents went to Yongkang Pass, I didn't know how much they would suffer from Qi Ding's for their own sake!
After washing up very quickly, Liu Bailu put the jade bracelet he brought the day before yesterday into a box, and took out a handful of copper coins from his purse.

This bracelet and purse were worn by her the day before yesterday to survive the disaster, and now this is the most valuable thing on her body.In the purse are two dimes of silver and dozens of copper coins. In the past, this bracelet was only good for a pot, but now...

Liu Bailu sighed, packed his things, got up and went out.

It was approaching noon, and Liu Sushi and Liu Junge hadn't come back yet, but unexpectedly, all the neighbors came to participate in the baptism.

Liu Bailu looked at the sister-in-law of the Lin family who was carrying a basket of eggs, and the sister-in-law of the Li family and the sister-in-law of the Wang family who were holding fish or rulers behind them, her nose was sore.

The sister-in-law of the Lin family laughed loudly: "I'm here to beg for red eggs! Have you prepared them?"

Wang's sister-in-law pointed to the basket of eggs in Lin's sister-in-law's hand, and said with a smile, "Aren't you an egg? Take it back and dye it red to eat!"

"How can this be the same!" Lin's sister-in-law glared, and when she turned to Liu Bailu, her face was full of smiles: "Don't be dazed! Get ready to go! Everyone in Lihua Lane will come to congratulate you today. Yes, prepare the red eggs as soon as possible, as well as the banquet! You don’t have to worry too much, just four small dishes and a pot of noodles will do!”

After Lin's sister-in-law finished speaking, without waiting for Liu Bailu's reaction, she rolled her eyes at the Liu's yard, patted her head, and said, "I almost forgot! This needs manpower! Come, come, let's help!"

The sister-in-law of the Lin family went to the kitchen with the eggs, and the sister-in-law of the Li family put the ruler into Liu Bailu's hand and hurried into the kitchen.

Afterwards, some of the people who came in also went to the kitchen, but the rest brought tables, chairs and benches from nowhere, and quickly set up four Eight Immortals tables in the yard with dishes and chopsticks.

The four doors of the main room were opened, three tables were placed in the wide hall, and one table was placed in the flower hall. In the empty warehouse, the ancestral tablets had been moved to the innermost place, where two tables were placed, and the one in the east wing There is one table in the living room and one in the flower hall, and there is even a table in Xiang Bo Yuniang's room.

Liu Bailu was watching dumbfoundedly from the beginning to the end. She also had a banquet at home, and she also knew that these things are very simple to do, but the overall planning and scheduling are extremely cumbersome. , to snacks, fruits, preserves, meals, etc., all aspects are not to be missed, and the manpower and material resources consumed are countless.

But these neighbors arranged everything in the shortest possible time.

Today, the Liu family did not prepare meals, but the three rites sent by each household were very practical. A basket of vegetables for this family, a basket of eggs for that family, a few fishes for his family, and a few catties of meat for my family supported the entire banquet. .

After lunch, when the auspicious time came, everyone flocked into the west wing.

Qin's body was bleeding profusely, her body was extremely weak, and she was in a daze all the time, but she still remembered that today was the third baptism, watching these vulgar people swarming in quickly busy in the living room, setting up incense tables, offering offerings There are thirteen idols including Bixia Yuanjun, Empress Qiongxiao, Empress Yunxiao, Empress Who Gives Birth, Empress Sending Children, Empress Douzhu, and Empress Vision.And enshrining the statue of "Kang Gong and Mother Kang" on the head of his bed, Qin didn't even have the strength to frown.

The golden wash basin was taken out by Mrs. Wen, Liu Sushi was not there, Liu Zixuan couldn't make it back for some reason, so the one who presided over the ceremony became Baishi.

Painful, Bai threw a hundred big coins into the basin, and the three rites officially began.

Liu Bailu counted the copper coins in her hand, there were exactly fifty, no more, no less, she stepped forward to put the copper coins in, and the neighbors also started to put things in it, really put everything in it, the most was Jujubes, longan, chestnuts and other hi-fruits were also thrown a few copper coins, and the sound of water jingled for a while.

Qin asked Yuniang to help her sit up and watched the three baptisms. When she saw those things, she couldn't help thinking of the grand occasion of her son Liu Zongze's three baptisms.

Qin's eyes turned around in the room, and suddenly remembered something, she asked with difficulty: "Where is the young master?"

Liu Bailu has been paying attention to the situation here, and seeing Qin's opening, he hurried over and asked Yuniang, "What did sister-in-law say?"

Qin's voice was very low, and Yuniang pricked up her ears, but she only heard two words. She said, "I only heard the words 'big' and 'yeah'."

Liu Bailu immediately understood that Mrs. Qin wanted to find her elder brother. Mrs. Qin had been in a daze for two days, but today her mind was a little clearer and she remembered her elder brother. She sighed, sat down by the bed, and said, "The distance between Cheng Hui Academy This place is far away, Xiang Bo went there the day before yesterday, if you want to come back today, you can come back."

No matter how far away Cheng Hui Academy is, if something like this happened at home, it stands to reason that he should rush back as fast as he can. After calculating the time, he should have come back last night, why can't he come back now?Liu Bailu's anxious face was calm.

"Really?" Qin looked at Liu Bailu and smiled coldly: "I'm afraid you don't want your elder brother to come back?"

"What do sister-in-law mean?" Liu Bailu frowned.

Mrs. Qin looked at the woman who had completed the three baptisms and wrapped the baby up. The sister-in-law of the Lin family and others who were already ready to move rushed up to grab the red dates in the basin. She snorted coldly and said, "You understand what it means."

Liu Bailu still didn't understand, but Qin Shi didn't want to say more, she pushed Yuniang to signal her to help him lie down, then turned over with difficulty and fell into a deep sleep.

After the three baptisms were over, the neighbors began to disperse, and Liu Bailu got up to see off the guests while suppressing her doubts.

As soon as he walked out of the door of the west wing, Liu Bailu was surprised to see the clean yard.

The sister-in-law of the Lin family stood beside Liu Bailu with her arms folded, and said with a smile, "Have you never seen anything like this?"

Liu Bailu smiled and said, "I haven't seen it before, it's very strange."

"Strange?" Lin's sister-in-law didn't understand.

Liu Bailu turned his head and thought for a while, unknowingly mixed with many inexplicable things in his smile, and said: "I used to think about a lot of things in the capital, just like today's three banquets. It is very troublesome to arrange the seating of the guests. As small as a pair of chopsticks, as large as what table, what chair, what kind of incense to burn, who likes what kind of food, how to arrange the banquet, all have to be considered one by one. It is rare to see such a simple but lively situation like today. Because there are too many intrigues in Beijing and China, no matter how you arrange it, there will always be one or two people who don't agree with each other at the table. How to control these people at the banquet without making noise Woke up with a terrible headache.”

The sister-in-law of the Lin family was taken aback, and said in surprise: "Don't you just have a meal? How can there be so much knowledge? You can sit wherever you like. What's more, isn't it just a meal when you come here? Why are you so particular? Return chopsticks? Tables and chairs ? Can you sit and use it or not?”

Liu Bailu shook his head slightly. People who have never experienced that kind of life will not understand the status and honor of a family that is silently displayed, and they will not know that such an arrangement can show a woman's accomplishment and housekeeping ability.

A perfect banquet can add weight to any woman to marry into a noble family
(End of this chapter)