Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 169, Farewell
If the rushing Grand Canal has spirit, it will look curiously at this team of welcoming brides who have gone back and forth, which is more than a generation longer than when they left yesterday.

Yun Zhan himself is not a weak soldier, nor are the people he brought out. The gentlemen in front of the team have dismounted and maintained order on the deck and docks. The carriage was also a step ahead, and they were waiting on the deck to help the newcomer out. Yuan Xiu was still covered with a veil, and someone led the way into the cabin.

Behind was a long dowry cart approaching, someone commanded: "Put down the springboard for the horse and cart, slow down, the cart stays where it is, and wait."

The length of the dowry cart is far more than ten miles of red makeup.

To ask why there are so many, firstly, there are so many betrothal gifts in the Duke Protector's Mansion. Last year, King Wei came to propose marriage and brought half a ship's worth of betrothal gifts, which made the Zhen family very busy for a few days before putting the betrothal gifts into the treasury.

Grandpa Yuan asked his granddaughter to take away the original number, as well as the dowry prepared by the family for Yuanxiu.Yuanxiu left gifts for the whole family and Youzheng's family, as well as the close relatives.The dowry cart has increased a lot compared to the dowry gift sent by King Wei.

How can so much dowry get on board?
The escort of the carriage was Youzheng. He jumped out of the carriage and stared at the river in a daze. He didn't think about getting on the boat at all. The only thing that lingered in his mind was, is there such a big boat?

At first glance, it is bigger than Yuan's house, and there are two floors on the deck. As soon as I arrived here, I heard a voice to maintain order: "First get on the car, then get on the horse, and the horse will go there first. Don't delay getting the dowry on board."

You Zhen let out a deep breath, and the second sentence came to mind, my mother, Yun Shizi and the others used the big boat to load the horses.Originally, he thought the horse was borrowed from a nearby military camp.

This is not surprising, no wonder the horse didn't show fatigue after going back and forth for two hundred miles, it turned out to be Shizi's own good horse.

"Your Excellency, the dowry is on board."

"Okay, here I come."

You recognized the soul and began to arrange for the dowry car to come over. Yuan Yuan was not there, so he took care of everything and saved some energy for the teacher Yuan Tianjin.At this time, when he saw the official-like wide gangplank pushed out from the hull of the big ship, he thought he didn't have the time to sigh, and after a shock, he continued to maneuver.

It turns out that the ship has three floors, two on the deck and one below the deck, so it is a separate gangplank, which is separate from the gangplank to the deck.

The old man stroking his beard to say hello to the passers-by, forgot to say goodbye at this moment, and looked here, beside him was Qi Dong, who stammered excitedly: "Teacher, there is such a big boat in this dynasty! .”

"I'm afraid it's a military ship. Inland merchant ships have never been this big."

The old master Yuan said, and looked at the red drape on the boat again, and couldn't help but reveal more relatives. The power and wealth can be seen at a glance from the boat. Who can afford so much red silk to get married?
This boat is too big.

Qi Dong continued to stutter: "Old teacher, coming to Beijing this time must be extremely honorable. Your in-laws are different from others at a glance."

"Okay, your in-laws are not adults, so don't look up to others for no reason. My in-laws are good, but if you stutter, I'd rather you didn't come to see me off." The old man couldn't listen.

Qi Dong showed sadness, stopped for a moment, and spoke again in the words of others saying goodbye to the old man, and stopped stammering: "I didn't follow the teacher's teaching back then, and now I regret it."

Out of the corner of his eye, he recognized You, Junior Brother You is a recognized person who listens to the teacher, he has been on the bench in Sanbao County for several years, and it is not safe to get a new job by chance. , Youjian's fate is like letting go of the sky monkey during the Chinese New Year. He first went to Hegong, and then he followed Prince Wei's son. Now he is going to Beijing to report on his work. He thinks he will have a good official position.

Qi Dong sighed unconsciously.

Grandpa Yuan also felt pitiful, but thinking about it, Qi Dong is now in charge of the Qi family, and there is nothing wrong with it. Maybe doing business is more enjoyable than being an official. He interrupted Qi Dong again with a smile: "Don't be sad, no Just to take care of Yanyan. I went to see her after I came to Beijing. Luzhu told me yesterday that I should take her with me, otherwise she would go by herself. Sister Xiu will wait until the full moon to go out to meet guests. will go."

Qi Dong suppressed the emotions in his heart, and bowed to the ground: "Thank you teacher, without the teacher, I wouldn't be a married couple that day."

He Ning's He Feng thinks he's annoying, and when he comes out with an annoying appearance, when he catches the dude that day, just don't follow suit.

He Luzhu's father, Song Xun, pushed Qi Dong away, and said goodbye to the old master Yuan affectionately: "I want to ask the teacher to come back early. The study atmosphere in this town depends on the teacher alone, but the teacher has a good relative, so it should be a lot." Stay for a while, just don't forget to come back."

Hearing this, Qi Dong showed some pain again, and the old master Yuan simply pushed them away: "Let's go, let me have a few words with my relatives."

Those who saw him off at the pier were also relatives of the Yuan family.

Mrs. Zhen told her daughter: "When you go to Beijing, don't make trouble, and think about your sister's dignity in everything. Only when your sister is well, you can have a good life."

Yuan Hui nodded her head.

"Speak sweeter, call people everywhere in the in-laws' house, the older ones call mother, the younger ones call sister, don't forget to call people."

Yuan Hui nodded her head. It was a great joy for Sister Hui to follow her. She will be able to play on the big boat later. At this time, she showed patience and endured her mother.

And it wasn't too hard for her to endure, her eyes had long been slanted towards the big boat.

Lvzhu was impatient with endless exhortations, and used the excuse to accompany sister Xiu to get on the boat early. The nanny Xu greeted Yuan Hui: "Second girl, let's get on the boat, sit down and have a good morning, and let the in-laws' house do not say hello." .”

She brought five people with her, these are Yuan Xiu's six dowries.

Song Cheng who is the gatekeeper, Dequan who is in charge of going out, Luo's mother who is white and fat in the kitchen, Mrs. Xu, Qiucao and another girl who looks neat.

Mr. Yuan and Mrs. Zhen thought about what kind of dowry to prepare for sister Xiu. In the end, it was most convenient to use someone they knew well, so they cut off Songcheng, Dequan and the capable girl in front of Mrs. Zhen. It just so happened that the girl hadn't made an appointment yet, Zhen Shi liked her, and had promised to find a marriage for her, so it was very convenient to give it to Yuan Xiu, her in-law's family was the home of a woman, Huang Ying got married in front of Yuan Xiu, and would follow her for the rest of her life.

Zhen's eyes were wet with tears, she held Yuan Hui with one hand, and Huang Ying with the other, and continued what she had said: "Get well in Beijing."

Mrs. Xu smiled: "My second grandma, I can't stand listening to these words anymore, but you can say something else, if there is nothing else, Qiucao, let's come and kowtow to the second grandma, and we can leave."

"Nurse, my name is Shuangcao." Qiucao said.

Mrs. Xu rubbed her forehead: "Look at my memory, it's not good to go to Beijing with sister Xiu like this, I have to remember, the old man said that autumn grass is not far from withering, your name is not suitable for a happy event, I'm afraid your in-laws' house will also I don’t like it, but frost-affected grass is green no matter how big the snow is, so you are now called frost-grass.”

Zhen Shi, who was about to cry a few times, burst into laughter: "Nurse, you are tired these days, it's not that you have a bad memory, and you are not old."

Xu looked at her and shed tears: "My dear second grandma, you and the old man are really tired. The marriage affairs are done well. Although the grandpa and grandma are not at home, I can see it in my eyes and let me say something to you." Thank you, you are kind to the eldest girl, now that the eldest girl has a good son-in-law, he will repay it a hundred times and a thousand times."

She knelt down and said goodbye to Zhen Shi.

Mrs. Zhen pulled her up, and the two bid farewell. Yuan Hui took the opportunity to run onto the big ship. The gangplank was long but very wide. She ran to the end with her small steps without fear, and stood on the deck happily.

Shopkeeper Zheng's husband and wife waved to her: "Sister Hui, you're doing fine on the way."

"understood."

Yuan Hui replied, touching the small bag on her back with her small hands. The husband and wife of shopkeeper Zheng asked her to bring money to her son, a stack of bank notes, and left something to say, "Sister Hui, you spend more, let Liugen spend less." ".

The horse was the last to board the boat, the old man Yuan and Yuan Hui waved to the bottom of the pier, and the women who came with them among the relatives sang different weeping lyrics and shed tears in their farewells.

Lu Zhu poked her head out of the cabin, saw that it was not a new situation, she retracted and continued to eat her breakfast, and said disapprovingly: "It's not a good custom to cry for marriage. The bride only cries when she can't bear her parents. Why do you cry with her?" ?”

During the lengthy farewell, because Yuan Xiu did not go out of the cabin anymore, she had bathed, put away her wedding dress, and changed into a newly made summer dress, enjoying the morning breeze from the river and eating breakfast comfortably.

(End of this chapter)