Cousin girl's salted fish life

Chapter 40 Letter
The main reason for coming out this time is to worship for the Ghost Festival, and Huilan certainly won't put the cart before the horse.

Butler Li at home is also reliable, and has already prepared some sacrifices.Originally, I didn't know if Hui Lan would be able to come back to officiate, but now everyone has returned, and he has almost prepared things.

Hui Lan could only lament that her fate was good, and such a capable and loyal servant could not make others feel cold.Her father asked her to call her uncle, but he didn't treat him as an outsider.When she came here, she spent less time with several male elders than Guan Li's parents.Butler Li is also dedicated to supporting her and caring; not to mention Ms. Wang who left her family and children to stay by her side.Regardless of whether the chick has a good attitude or trusts her wholeheartedly, Hui Lan regards the couple as her family.

Butler Li had already gone back after the report, and Hui Lan sat there with her head on her hands in a daze.

She hasn't been idle for long, and there are still many things for her to do before the official worship.Huilan didn't want to be disrespectful to the deceased, let alone her biological father.Of course, I put my heart and soul into it, besides fasting in plain clothes, I also took the maids to fold ingots by myself.

The tomb is far away on the west mountain, and as a little girl, she couldn't go there without the company of adults, so she could only go to the ancestral hall to worship.

The ancestral hall has been moved to the third uncle's side, and Hui Lan also sent someone to say hello one day in advance.On the morning of the fifteenth, she took two girls and a cart of sacrifices to her uncle's house.

Living in the suburbs of Beijing here, it is a little cooler.

Hui Lan went to meet with the elders, neither of them knew each other very well, and neither of them had a friendly personality, so they just chattered a few gossips, and Hui Lan smiled and acted as a response.

The uncle was young and not in good health, so he did not participate in the sacrifice.The uncle of his family is now the head of the patriarch, and he is the officiant, so he took a group of people to the ancestral hall soon.

Except for Hui Lan, everyone else had already given up their filial piety clothes, so she went to change into their filial piety clothes alone, and she didn't seem to fit in well.

She was not familiar with her at first, and the sacrifices were mainly solemn and solemn, so Hui Lan followed the elders' procedure with a serious face.

It took almost an hour for the whole set of rituals to be completed. After kneeling countless times, Hui Lan was already sweating all over her body, and she felt that she was about to die.

Fortunately, she ate well and slept well during this period of time, Huilan managed to get out of the ancestral hall, only to be supported by Qingguo who was waiting outside.

Seeing that Huilan's head was covered with sweat, her bangs were all in locks.There are quite a few people who are similar to her, and Hui Lan didn't care about anything else, lying in Qing Guo's arms and pretending to be dead.

In the end, Hui Lan was carried to the guest room by Qingguo, and it took her a long time to eat and rest before she finally came back to life.Not caring about her family and seniors keeping her, and not caring about her aches and pains, Hui Lan brought her back home in the afternoon.

Huilan lay down as soon as she got home, and moaned for a long time, and howled ghostly as Qingguo rubbed her with medicated oil and rubbed her.Regardless of the embarrassment or not, the discomfort was so sour, and the tears came out.

Qingguo didn't show mercy, and even though Huilan was crying, she didn't say that she wouldn't let her do it.Hui Lan was sweating again from the pain, and she didn't have the energy to eat dinner, so she stopped eating porridge after a few mouthfuls.He fell asleep while taking a bath, and if it wasn't for the servant girl who was beside him, he would have almost drowned in the bathtub.

Huilan didn't get up the next day and ate her meals in bed.After lying in bed for two days, she finally regained her composure. After eating early in the morning, she moved around in the yard while vowing to learn martial arts and exercise, and she was determined not to be a weakling again.

As he was walking, he saw Butler Li coming in a hurry.

"I've seen the girl, uncle and lord have sent a letter." Li Butler directly explained the purpose of coming after seeing the ceremony, and offered the envelope in both hands.

Hui Lan nodded, stepped forward to help Uncle Li up, but refused to accept the letter, "Uncle Li followed me back to the main courtyard, and read the letter to me."

Covering her face, she has self-knowledge, she can't believe it!
After speaking, he led the way back, and Steward Li followed behind.

After returning to the main courtyard and entering the main room, Hui Lan asked Steward Li to move a round stool and served him tea.

Butler Li waited for Hui Lan to finish, thanked him and then sat down.

The letter was not long, and it would be over in a while. The main thing was to care about her, saying that everything was fine at home, and two pages of daily life.

Hui Lan didn't think it was annoying, she listened with gusto.

Then I asked curiously about the agency that delivered the letter. Butler Li was duty-bound to help her eliminate illiteracy.

Daqin attaches great importance to communication. In addition to the post station of the Ministry of War, there is also the Civil Information Bureau, which is dedicated to the convenience of the people to send letters and things.The Civil Credit Bureau has a main station in each state capital, and then set up sub-stations in each county, charging by the piece, and the government will also subsidize part of it.

Hui Lan kept blinking, this method is quite advanced, somewhat similar to a modern post office.

She liked it a few times and then stopped expressing her opinion. She didn't understand or care about time-traveling or not.

She asked these to find out, for her own convenience.Even if she really has a fellow countryman, she didn't think about recognizing relatives, so let's get well.Moreover, no one stipulated that the ancients must be stupider than modern people. Who dares to say that they can't think of a way.

Hui Lan crossed over and chatted with Uncle Li about replying to the letter.

Butler Li replied, "It's already the [-]th of July, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is less than a month away. My uncle's house is far away. Shouldn't the etiquette be prepared?"

Hui Lan patted her forehead, Daqin was not in ancient times, it was a distance of thousands of miles and half a day by high-speed train.And the festival has to be delivered in advance, so you have to prepare in advance.

"Thanks to Uncle Li's reminder, otherwise it would have been a waste of time. Uncle Li still has the gift list from previous years, so let's prepare according to the list this year. If there is anything you want to buy, Uncle Li will send someone to do it as soon as possible." Hui Lan said immediately.

"The gift list is still there, but the old slave asked the girl to show me that the wine given in previous years was all brewed by the master himself. Did you go there this year and replace it with something else?" Steward Li asked for instructions.

Hui Lan sighed, Dad is really good, he can make wine.Since it can be given every year, it is the favorite of the grandfather's family.

"What do you usually give as a gift?" Hui Lan asked curiously, this kind of gift can't be changed casually, it has to be similar.

Butler Li paused for a moment before saying, "They are all snacks and fruits, mostly for food. The old uncle and the uncle's family are relatives, and there are eight gifts according to the old rules. Wine, moon cakes, pomegranates, crabs, and tea are the New Year's gifts. There are some every year, others are uncertain. The three elders belong to the main family, and there are six rituals, and the aunt’s family has four rituals.”

This is quite down-to-earth, similar to the later generations, but more abundant.But Hui Lan wasn't sure, her father was an uncle, so it was right to give her father-in-law and brother-in-law a generous gift.How could she be so considerate as an orphan girl who was dependent on others.Whether to reduce a few items, Huilan pondered.

Seeing that Uncle Li was looking at his heart with his eyes, nose, nose, and heart, Hui Lan had no choice but to let him go.Then he asked others, "Are these four families the ones our family wants to give gifts to?"

"The rest are mostly classmates and colleagues of the master. The girl is still young, so I'm afraid it's..." Butler Li hesitated to speak.

Hui Lan sighed, the Li family really doesn't have many relatives, only four in total.As for the rest of the family, people go to have cold tea, so there is really no need to contact her anymore given her gender and age.

Less is less, she was afraid of trouble.And she's living at her aunt's house now, it would be better if she was less.

But she wasn't going to bother her aunt at first, but now she has to.

Let Butler Li go to work first, Huilan took Qingguo to talk about the matter before her, and asked her to go back to the palace alone to ask for help.How many houses to send, how many items to send, she has no idea yet, all pointing to her aunt.

(End of this chapter)