reborn widow

Chapter 12

Gui Qingqing woke up from her sleep and heard the chirping of birds outside the window. Seeing that it was a strange place, she suddenly sat up from the bed, and suddenly found that she was completely naked. Then she remembered that she and Da Lang had met last night. The room was consummated at the inn, but... where did Da Lang go?
Gui Qingqing hurriedly put on her clothes, washed briefly and opened the door, just in time to see Chen Lan, she said with a smile: "Sister Gui, are you awake? Just now, the maid said that there was movement in your room, so I'll come and take a look. My brother-in-law said Don't disturb you, let you sleep for a while, I'll let the servant girl keep an eye on it, brother-in-law really loves you..."

There was ridicule in her words, Gui Qingqing was not a big girl, so naturally she didn't care, she just asked: "Da Lang went out so early, do you know what he did?"

Chen Lan blinked her eyes and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law said that there will be a funeral ceremony today, and he will invite the villagers to a feast, and went out to order wine and meat."

"Uh..." Gui Qingqing didn't expect Da Lang to be so impatient.

Chen Lan said with a smile: "Sister Gui, let's go inside and wait. Cousin and brother-in-law went together, and should be back soon."

Gui Qingqing came back to her senses, and hurriedly invited Chen Lan into the room. Chen Lan changed into women's clothing today, wearing a lavender dress, casual but elegant, her melon-seeded face was as white and tender as jade, and her cheeks Rouge is lightly applied, a pair of pear dimples appear slightly on the cheeks, red lips are not red, hair is casually pulled into a loose bun, a lavender hairpin is inserted obliquely, and a pair of mutton jade hairpins are worn on the wrists. The bracelet exudes a lustrous light...

The two sat down in the room, Gui Qingqing said with a smile: "It's still a good-looking outfit, even if you look like a man, you still smell like powder."

Chen Lan laughed and said: "That's just for the convenience of going out." She said, took off the pair of suet jade bracelets from her wrists and handed them to Gui Qingqing, "Sister Gui, I just found out this morning that you and your brother-in-law are newly married. Take a pair of jade bracelets as a wedding gift for you! Don't hold them back."

"Ah!" Gui Qingqing was a little surprised, she hastily rejected, "Sister Lan, your gift is too expensive, this suet white jade is expensive, I can't accept it..."

"No, no, you must accept it. When I get married, you will also give me the same precious gift to add makeup, won't it be enough?"

Chen Lan has a straightforward temperament, and she can say what she thinks in her heart. Gui Qingqing really likes her personality. Once she said it, Gui Qingqing didn't want to give up this bracelet. Sister, I will accept one of these bracelets, you will keep the other one, and we sisters will leave it for Nian, how about it?"

"Okay, okay, that's it." Chen Lan put the bracelet on Gui Qingqing with her own hands, and the two of them each wore one. The mutton fat jade against the white wrist was extraordinarily eye-catching...

Gui Qingqing thanked again solemnly, at this time, Xiao Er brought in the food, Chen Lan said with a smile: "Sister Gui, cousin and brother-in-law left after eating, I order these dishes casually Yes, see if you like it, if there is anything else you like, feel free to ask Xiao Er to bring it."

"No, it's already very rich, and besides, I'm not picky about food." Gui Qingqing felt Chen Lan's enthusiasm while eating, not to mention anything else, the price of this suet jade bracelet is also a thousand dollars. More than two silver, she just gave it to herself so easily, Gui Qingqing guessed in her heart, maybe her mother is really her relative, if not for this, this jade bracelet would be really hot...

After dinner, Gui Qingqing took out the purse she embroidered, and picked out the one she was most satisfied with and gave it to Chen Lan to play with. Chen Lan saw that the purse was well embroidered and styled, and liked it very much. The son took out so many purses and was a little surprised, "Sister Gui, why did you bring so many purses?"

Gui Qingqing said with a smile: "This was intended to be sold yesterday, but it failed."

"Ah?" Chen Lan thought of the dilapidated thatched house of the Li family, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, lamenting that her life was miserable.

Gui Qingqing seemed to know what she was thinking, and explained: "Actually, Dalang and I are living a good life. I sell this just to earn some private money, so that my natal brother can study and supplement her natal family. I can't use Dalang's money..."

"Sister Gui, do you have a younger brother?"

"Yes, I have an older sister and a younger brother, but my younger brother was born to my second mother. He is only eight years old this year. Ever since my mother passed away, my father has been suffering from alcoholism..."

The two were talking, and the servants of the Qin family reported that Qin Yanshan and Li Song had returned. Gui Qingqing and Chen Lan went to the inn to see, and saw that there was a lot of food in the carriage behind them. There are a few bags of rice noodles, meat and a few plates of tofu, but there are not many vegetables. In this season, even if you want to buy vegetables, you can’t buy them. Besides, the farmers love to eat meat.

Taking advantage of no one's attention, Li Song asked in a low voice: "Don't blame me for making my own decisions, right? I think the sooner this matter is done, the better. Besides, I promised Ma County Magistrate to write to him tomorrow. If he really went to the Yamen As an errand, I'm afraid I'll be busy for a while, and I won't have time in the future..."

Gui Qingqing lowered her head and whispered, "You have the final say, I'll do whatever I want." She was still a little shy when she remembered that the two had turned upside down last night.

Li Song said with a smile: "I also bought you a new set of clothes, do you want to change them now?"

"No...no need, we'll talk about it when we get home. Dad doesn't know if he has anything to eat yet."

Li Song took Gui Qingqing back to the village to hold the evening ceremony, Qin Yanshan took his cousin to join in the fun, and a group of people brought a dozen servants and three carriages back to Lijia Village in a mighty way, and the village was full of dogs all at once. Start barking.

When Li Fuman heard that his eldest son said that he wanted to get married, and that he also sought a job as an errand in the Yamen, he immediately burst into laughter from ear to ear, "Okay, you are not too old, and getting married early is also in my father's mind, and my father hopes to embrace the eldest grandson as soon as possible. "In fact, he already has a grandson, but the eldest grandson of the housekeeper is what he values ​​most. Besides, his son can go to the county government to work. Even an ordinary government servant will have a good face when he speaks out.

Li Fuman immediately went to his brother Li Fulu to help arrange the wedding. After a while, the second aunt Song got the news and ran over, "Qingqing, the second aunt told you that you will marry sooner or later, why delay? This time you finally figured it out." Already!"

Gui Qingqing said with a smile: "I have to ask my second aunt to help me manage it."

"That's what it should be! If Second Aunt doesn't help you, who will help you!" Mrs. Song smiled, and readily agreed. Now that the general households have planted their land and have time to spare, neighbors come to help. Coupled with the servants of Qin Yanshan's family, everything was arranged in an orderly manner.

Li Yu and Li Bai brought the whole family here, Mrs. Hu is fine, but Mrs. Wang's eyes flickered when she saw Qin Yanshan and Chen Lan. What kind of noble young lady is this? Why did she come to attend the uncle's funeral? ?For a while, Mrs. Wang was envious and jealous, and pulled Gui Qingqing to ask questions. Gui Qingqing, who was asking questions, was troubled. She saw her sister Guihua and Zhang Fugui coming together.

Osmanthus smiled all over her face, and said to her sister in a low voice: "Qingqing, you are so beautiful today! You can tell that Mr. Li has treated you well."

"Well, he's okay." Gui Qingqing smiled and took her sister to see Chen Lan. A few people were talking when they heard Hu's loud and petty shout in the yard: "Oh, that person is not Heng Shengxiang's." Shopkeeper! Why is he here?"

When Gui Qingqing heard it, her face immediately changed color. She looked into the yard, and it was Song Que who came!Behind him were several servants of the Song family, each holding a tray covered with a red cloth.

Li Song didn't like this uninvited guest, but he still went up to greet him and cupped his hands and said, "So it's Shopkeeper Song. We haven't had any contact with each other before. I don't know what's going on with Shopkeeper Song today?"

Song Que also cupped his hands, "I'm entrusted by my boss to discuss something with Li Dalang." He looked around and said with a smile, "Why don't we find a quieter place to sit down and discuss in detail?"

Li Song had discovered Guiliang and his wife hiding in the crowd a long time ago, and he already understood a little bit. They must have brought Song Que here. Well, he is going to get married soon, and they still don't give up. He He said coldly: "No need, today is my day of great joy, I don't have time to care about other things."

Song Que smiled and said, "Li Dalang, don't you want to hear about it? You know, opportunities are rare."

Gui Qingqing stood outside the crowd, her hands were clenched tightly, the already white catkins had lost all color at the moment, she guessed that the trays held by the servants behind Song Que should be full of Silver, a lot of silver, Song Ziqiao wanted to use the silver to knock Li Song unconscious...

Gui Qingqing looked at Li Song worriedly. Not everyone can resist the temptation of money. Although Gui Qingqing knew that Li Song had some savings in his hands, it should not be too much. Qianliang, who knew that Song Que waved his hand, and the servants hurriedly took off the red cloth covered on the tray, and the onlookers exclaimed, "Gold! My God, how much gold is this!"

Gui Qingqing's heart trembled. Song Ziqiao should know that she has a weaving and dyeing recipe in her hand, otherwise he would not have lost his money. The gold is converted into silver, and there are 1 taels. His goal is the weaving and dyeing workshop...

Gui Qingqing became more and more uncertain, Li Song laughed and said: "Well, since shopkeeper Song said this is an opportunity, if I don't let you tell the purpose today, you will feel sorry, then..." Li Song Looking at his noisy home, "Let's go, go to my second uncle's house to talk."

(End of this chapter)