Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 428 Dislocation
That night, Guan Wen and Li Xin discussed things for tomorrow.

They are husband and wife, one is a guest invited by the groom's official, Fourth Lord Shen, and the other is a guest invited by Mrs. Shen, neither of them can fail.

Guan Wen found a decent, well-tailored silk shirt and put it next to the bed for tomorrow's wear. Li Xin also found a clean bluish color dress, which would not conflict with the bride's bright red, and was more festive.After thinking about it, Li Xin put the silk flower that Guan Wen bought for her on the table, remembering to wear it on her head tomorrow.

Lying on the bed, Li Xin felt a little restless.She turned sideways and pushed Guan Wen and asked, "I've made an agreement with your second brother, let him watch over your sixth brother?"

"It's settled." Guan Wen replied in a deep voice: "Let the Feng family brothers help us guard the side of the old house tonight, and worry that he will go out in the middle of the night while people are asleep. The second brother will replace him in the early morning."

Li Xin nodded and took a long breath: "I hope everything will be fine tomorrow and nothing will go wrong."

Guan Wen's eyebrows darkened, and he said softly: "The only thing we can control is this side. What's going on with Ms. An's side, but I can't take care of it."

"I think Mr. An will not let his daughter do anything embarrassing at a critical moment." Li Xin said, "The servant girl who will stand by Miss An's side tomorrow must be someone whom Mr. An can trust."

Guan Wen nodded lightly, moved his body, and said, "Don't worry, we have done everything we can. If something really happens, there is nothing we can do about it. You have to get up early tomorrow morning, go to sleep."

Li Xin yawned, lay down, slowly closed his eyes and said, "I really hope that after tomorrow, I won't have to work so hard."

In the darkness, Guan Wen opened his eyes and stared at the tent above him for a while.It wasn't until he heard Li Xin's slight steady breathing that Guan Wen sighed silently and closed his eyes.

Early in the morning, Guan Wen and Li Xin got up, and Brother Yue drove an ox cart over early as agreed, coming up from the slope.

Li Xin greeted him to have another hot steamed bun, and asked him a few words about his wife's condition.

Guan Wu had already gone to replace Feng Defa and came back. Feng Defa said that there was no movement in the old house last night.Although he didn't understand why Guan Wen and Guan Wu asked him to "monitor" the father and son in the Guan family's old house, he still did so.Li Xin asked him to eat a full meal, after all he stayed up all night, and told him to go to sleep after eating.

After breakfast, Guan Wen and Brother Yue loaded the prepared gifts into the ox cart.The things are just a basket, which contains some honey Li Xin packed, some eggs accumulated by the family, and a big knot made by Amei.Other than that, if you give some gift money, it's almost the same.

I don't know what people in the town will give as gifts. According to Li Xin's way of giving, it would be very luxurious in the village.

After arriving safely at Zhenkou, Guan Wen and Li Xin changed carriages and drove straight to Shen's residence.

Before seeing Shen's mansion, he could already hear the lively sound, the sound of firecrackers was endless, and the air seemed to have the smell of sulfur and gunpowder.People were coming and going, many carriages were blocked on the street, and the beggars who came and went were running around. One said that there was food at Shen's house, and the other said that there were running water mats at An's house. In order to have a good meal.

There were also many passers-by and ordinary people watching the excitement, talking about the marriage between the Shen family and the An family.

The arrow is on the line, if Miss An really regrets the marriage in public, or if something goes wrong, the Shen family and the An family will become the laughing stock of the entire Hui County.

The handlebar turned his head and said: "You two, I can't get through this, I have to wait, there are probably too many guests ahead, the carriages will pass by one by one, and wait for the Shen family to make arrangements!"

Li Xin was slightly taken aback, not quite understanding the meaning of the handlebar style.

Guan Wen immediately understood the euphemism of the handlebar style, pulled Li Xin out of the car, removed the basket of things, and handed the handlebar style the money.The handlebar style took it with a smile and thanked him, and slipped away in the carriage—presumably because he was still thinking about hosting another group of such guests.

"I haven't reached the place yet." Li Xin looked at Guan Wen and said.

Guan Wen pursed his lips lightly and said: "There are happy events in the big family, such as birthday banquets, wedding banquets, etc. Many people who want to get in touch with them will take this opportunity to come to the door. You see that the Shen family is busy today, not necessarily everyone It was invited by the Shen family." Guan Wen said: "The two of us don't look like people with much family background, and the handlebars mean that the stewards of the Shen family may not let us in. The carriages are too heavy. We don’t want to be ashamed to follow us, afraid that the manager will blow us away.”

Li Xin suddenly laughed and said: "It's because the handlebars don't bother to wait. With this kind of skill, he can even solicit another customer."

Guan Wen smiled and nodded.

"Furthermore, today is a day of great joy for the Shen family. The steward of the Shen family is not a fool. It is impossible for others to hold the ground. How could he send away the person who came to congratulate him? Unless the steward of the Shen family does not want to continue working in the Shen family gone."

Li Xin pointed to the basket on the ground and said: "The handlebar type probably saw this and thought that we gave gifts that were not on the table, so he left in a hurry, right?"

Guan Wen shrugged, picked up the basket and said, "Forget it, we have wedding invitations in hand, show them to the concierge, and they will definitely not let us in."

It's better not to let in the door, it's easy.

Li Xin pursed her lips and followed Guan Wen.

Compared with the carriages and horses, after all, people are much thinner and more flexible. The carriages are blocked and cannot approach, but Guan Wen and Li Xin walked to the front of Shen's residence easily.

The two stone lions were also tied with big red flower knots, and the entire Shen residence was full of joy, even the welcoming servants and servants, all changed into new clothes, dressed as goblins and spirited. of.

Guan Wen and Li Xin, a pair of guests who came to the door, naturally attracted the attention of the people in front of the door, but fortunately, one of them was their old acquaintance——Han Kui. It saves them the effort of digging out wedding invitations.

This time, the door of Shen's mansion was opened wide, and upon entering the door was a stone screen with a natural landscape picture embossed on it, which just blocked the sight of the people at the door.Passing over the stone screen, one can see a spacious and bright courtyard. The aisle in the middle is vacant, covered with a red carpet, but there are banquets on the left and right sides, and most of the guests are already seated on it.

Han Kui took Guan Wen's basket, and Li Xin took out the large magpie with a knot on a branch. Han Kui admired it and said that he would show it to Mrs. Shen himself.The rest of the honey and eggs were taken down by a servant girl.

After thinking for a while, Han Kui asked Guan Wen and Li Xin to go to the northeast and sit at a table in the center.

This was a matter of waiting for someone's orders, but when Li Xin saw the person sitting at the table, he immediately regretted not finding a place to sit on his own.

The person there was none other than Xue Qian.

He was wearing a gown with maple leaf gold trim, and he was looking at them with a faint smile, revealing the ancient bronze buckle of the lion cub on his belt, with an emerald jade belt hanging under his belt, and a white jade wrench on the thumb of his left hand.

Guan Wen naturally obeyed Han Kui's arrangement, thinking that Han Kui also knew that he knew Master Xue, so he arranged for them to sit together, even if they were seated on a round stool that was a different position from Xue Qian's.
Li Xin sat beside Guan Wen in a numb manner.

Guan Wen cupped his hands and said to Xue Qian, "Master Xue, long time no see."

"Brother Guan doesn't need to be too polite." Xue Qian smiled politely: "Today I also came to see Changyu's wedding banquet. Brother Guan is interested, so he also came to watch the ceremony."

Guan Wen smiled and said, "It should."

After saying a few polite words, Xue Qian introduced the old woman sitting next to her: "This is my mother. She is not used to going out on weekdays. I heard that today is a happy event. My mother always eats fast and recites Buddha's name so as to accumulate good fortune. Come cheer up."

Guan Wen hurriedly said to the old lady Xue: "Old lady, I'm sorry, the junior's surname is Guan, old lady can just call me Awen."

That old Mrs. Xue didn't seem to like to talk very much, and she responded with a nephew, which was just a polite speech.

Guan Wen raised his head, but saw that Mrs. Xue was staring at the daughter-in-law beside him.

On the other hand, Li Xin kept lowering her eyes slightly, so she naturally didn't know that Mrs. Xue had been watching her for a long time.

"Mother." Xue Qian coughed lightly on the side, Mrs. Xue came back to her senses, took a sip of tea and asked, "Nephew, the one beside you..."

Guan Wen hurriedly pulled Li Xin secretly, seeing Li Xin looking up at him, he introduced to Madam Xue: "Old Madam, this is Zhuo Jing." Then he said to Li Xin: "This is Master Xue's mother."

Mrs. Xue nodded, and looked at Li Xin with a smile: "I see that you have a kind face, it seems that you have known each other early in the morning."

Li Xin felt embarrassed.

She only paid attention to Xue Qian just now, and didn't see the old lady at all.Suddenly an old lady popped out and said she was Xue Qian's mother, and Xue Qian's mother also said that she had a good face... She couldn't guarantee that she would not think that when Xue Qian lived in Hui County Magistrate, he also wrapped up her predecessor. Wouldn't it be for the purpose of seeing people and thinking about others?
Uneasy in his heart, but still maintaining a natural face, Li Xin smiled slightly: "My mother said that I have a face that looks like someone. The old lady sees that I have a kind face, and that is my blessing."

Mrs. Xue immediately covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Your mother is just joking, I just looked at you, you look very good, and you feel at ease when you look at it. Beauty is the second priority, the most important thing is to look at peace of mind. Presumably you are also a person with a calm personality? The Buddha said that appearances are born from the heart, and this is the truth."

Li Xin rubbed his face, not sure if what Madam Xue said was true or polite, so he just smiled: "Madam Xue said it so embarrassingly."

While talking, a boy of about ten years old appeared over there. He shook off the little girl who was stuck beside him, looked at Xue Qian, and came towards them.The nurse behind the little girl chased after her, trying to persuade the little girl, but the little girl didn't listen and stretched out her hand towards the boy.

When he got closer, Li Xin realized that the boy was [-]% similar to Xue Qian, and there was no doubt that he was related by blood.

The boy stopped, and the little girl bumped into him, and immediately covered her nose and called her brother softly.The boy glared at her in disgust, then cupped his hands towards Mrs. Xue and Xue Qian: "Grandmother, father."

(End of this chapter)