Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 211 Flower Festival

Soon it will be Li Wei, and all officials, big and small, are busy, even Luo Baisu is no exception, and the family affairs are ignored.Fang was worried, worried that Luo Mingdu was still young and didn't know how to live in the future.Neither she nor Luo Baisu is considered young anymore. She will be 37 this year, but she only has Luo Tiandu and her sister Luo Mingdu at her knees, plus Luo Zijin, who was only two months old.Even if Luo Zijin is really as others said, promising in the future and able to support the two older sisters above, it will be at least 20 years later. Before that, Luo Zijin has to rely on family support. In the past 20 years, How can Luo Ming live?Although Luo Baisu and Luo Tian both kept saying that they wanted to raise Luo Mingdu for a lifetime, Fang felt that this was really unrealistic. Could it be that a girl in her early twenties really stayed at home all her life and died alone?
But it will be difficult for Luo Mingdu to have children in the future. Even if he leaves the Qi family and remarries, it will be difficult for him to marry into a good family in the future. Those with a clean family background will not marry a barren girl as a regular wife. A good destination, but since ancient times, it has been difficult for a stepmother. If there are no biological children around, relying on other people's children, a man is in fashion.

The more Fang thought about it, the more sad he became. In order not to worry her, Luo Ming forced himself to smile all day long and pretended not to care in front of her.Fortunately, there was an echo from Mrs. Ming, and the other end of the Ming family was also willing to make this marriage. Mrs. Ming even brought Mingyue to Beijing on a special trip to let the two adults look at each other to find out what the children meant. Fang felt a little relieved.

One day, Mrs. Ming sent a message and made an appointment to go to Shangyuan Temple to enjoy the peach blossoms during Fang's "Flower Festival".

There is a peach grove in Shangyuan Temple, and this time is the season when peach blossoms bloom. Every year, many people come to Shangyuan Temple to burn incense, make wishes and enjoy peach blossoms during the Flower Festival.

Fang was confinement, stayed at home for a whole winter, and was about to go out to get some fresh air, and Luo's family had been in trouble since last year, Fang felt that there might be a collision, so he just took this opportunity to go to Shangyuan Temple Zhu Xiang asked for safety, and she readily agreed, and because she still wanted to see Mingyue when she went back to Shangyuan Temple, Fang even brought Luo Mingdu and her sister with her.

On the day of Huachao Festival, the weather was very good and the breeze was blowing. Fang changed into plain clothes, brought some freshly baked biscuits and tea, and sat down with Luo Zijin and Luo Mingdu in her arms. The mule cart headed for Shangyuan Temple.

Because Luo Zijin is too small, and the road to Shangyuan Temple is not too close, Fang didn't plan to bring Luo Zijin, but the child is always bored at home, and Fang really couldn't bear him, so Luo Tiandu took one A clean bamboo basket, with a thick layer of small mattresses inside, and at the end where Luo Zijin's small head lay, a patterned cloth was used to build it from under the basket to the handle, and it was sewn firmly, so as to cover it. The outer layer is then covered with a layer of gauze to prevent the direct sunlight from hurting the children's eyes, and it will not block the light and make it too dark.

When Luo Zijin was sleeping in the basket, she didn't cry or fuss, and stared at the floral cloth above her head with a pair of watery eyes, looking very curious.When Fang saw it, she didn't say anything, and took Luo Zijin in her arms and got on the mule cart.

At this time, when the holidays are over and the spring plowing begins, most of the common people buy some fresh products from the mountains and sell them on the street. Besides burning incense and making wishes, they can also earn a little money to supplement their families. There are workers, peasants and hawkers who carry burdens, and there are also many scholars who set up stalls to write calligraphy and paintings for others.

There must be a lot of tourists in Shangyuan Temple today, just the horse-drawn carriage parked at the foot of the mountain, there was a long line of road, Fang and the others got up early, and when they arrived, there was no place to park the mule-drawn cart, so they had to drive the carriage away Entering a farm, leaving some money, entrusting someone to take care of it for half a day.

On the road from the foot of the mountain to the mountain, mules and carts could not travel, so they could only rely on walking. Mrs. Fang was just out of confinement and did not dare to get tired. She hugged Luo Zijin again and walked halfway up the mountain, and she was a little out of breath.Luo Tian saw her walking hard, so he picked up Luo Zijin and carried him away.

She looked that although she was not tall, she had a lot of strength. Luo Zijin weighed more than ten kilograms now, but she held it easily. Compared with Fang's, she saved less effort. She walked all the way, and her breathing was a little short Some, but they are much better than those daughters who are always pampered.Following them up the mountain, there were several young ladies who rented soft sedan chairs halfway up the mountain and were carried up.

When they arrived at Shangyuan Temple, because Fang was just out of confinement, she was worried that she would offend the Bodhisattva, so she didn't enter the main hall, but bought incense candles, and asked Luo Tiandu to enter the hall so that she could worship the Bodhisattva. Went to a wing room to feed Luo Zijin.

Luo Zijin is now raised by Mrs. Fang himself. Originally, Uncle Gu wanted to hire a nanny, but Mrs. Fang was reluctant and insisted on feeding him by himself. He was worried that if the nanny nursed him, the child would grow up and not kiss him.

After Luo Tian finished offering incense, he added some sesame oil money as usual, and then went to look for Fang's family.Fang just finished feeding Luo Zijin, finished cleaning up, and joined Luo Tiandu, and was led by the little novice to the most famous peach grove in Shangyuan Temple.

The peach forest is located at the back of the mountain, standing next to the mountain, with gurgling streams behind, stone steps and winding paths, and fragrant flowers and plants, especially this season is when the peach blossoms are in full bloom. It's like a fairyland, it's really beautiful.

Since Luo Tiandu was born, he has been busy earning money to support his family, so he seldom enjoys such poetic and artistic appreciation of flowers. Seeing such a beautiful scenery today, he couldn't help but feel a little bit relaxed and happy.

Looking at Luo Tian, ​​Xiang Lan was very happy, and said: "The most beautiful thing in Shangyuan Temple is the peach blossom. In autumn, the chrysanthemums in Zhaixing Temple also bloom, which is also a must in Shangjing. But when it comes to wealth, peony is the most beautiful. It's a pity. The best peony garden in Shangjing is in Zijunhou’s Mansion, so you won’t be able to see it anytime soon.”

Luo Tiandu said casually: "We can't see the peonies. Let's pick the stars and watch the chrysanthemums in autumn when the chrysanthemums bloom." What should be seen, let's see more, wait until tomorrow, I don't know where it is, and I don't know if I will see such a beautiful scenery again.

Fang also said: "This peach blossom is nothing unusual, every household can grow it, but when I'm at home, I don't think it's so beautiful."

"That is, no matter what kind of flower is blooming all over the mountain, it is called beautiful. A single tree, no matter how expensive it is, will not show it."

However, Mrs. Fang didn't come to look at the peach blossoms today, she kept looking around while talking to them.She made an appointment with Mrs. Ming to meet in the Taolin, but she never thought that there was still no one there.

Just as he was thinking, he saw a group of people coming from the other side of the forest, and the leader started to say hello from a long distance: "Mrs. Luo..." It was Mrs. Ming and her party.

There were quite a few people in Mrs. Ming's party. In addition to the maidservant she always brought with her, there was also an old woman whom she had never seen before, and a strange young man stood by her side.

The woman was dressed very plainly, wearing a blue jacket, and a silver hairpin was inserted in her head, and only a white pearl was inlaid on the hairpin, and there was no other decoration.The young man next to her was also dressed in a plain robe, with a chic posture, quite a bit of the elegant demeanor of a handsome young man.

Fang knew that this was the distant nephew Mingyue Mrs. Ming was talking about, and she couldn't help but secretly nodded in her heart. She was indeed the son of a scholarly family, and her demeanor and posture were a bit more refined than others.The Fang family was only [-]% enthusiastic about this marriage at first, but now they are very satisfied, so they are even more grateful to Mrs. Ming.

Mrs. Ming saw Fang's expression, and she understood Fang's agreement in her heart, so she was also very happy, and pulled Fang to the old woman, saying: "This is my sister-in-law." Then said to the old woman, "Second sister-in-law, this is the female family member of Mr. Luo's family that I told you about."

The old woman smiled and said: "I have heard from my younger siblings that Mr. Luo and Mrs. Luo have a deep love for each other, which makes us very envious."

Indeed, Yi Fang married into Luo's family for more than [-] years without even giving birth to a son, and Luo Baisu never took concubines, which really made the court officials and women in Shangjing envious.

Fang's face was a little hot, and she was a little embarrassed: "Where, the Ming family came from a scholarly family, that's the envy of the little lady."

After a few people exchanged greetings, Mrs. Ming pulled Ming Yue over and said, "Yue'er, why don't you come over and see Mrs. Luo."

Mingyue came forward and bowed politely: "Xiaosheng has met Mrs. Luo."

Fang hurriedly said: "Don't be too polite, the young master is really a good-looking talent, with an extraordinary bearing." Seeing Mingyue's polite behavior, she fell in love with him even more.

Mrs. Ming kept looking at Luo Mingdu and Luo Tiandu who were behind Fang, and asked with a smile: "These two are the young ladies of the house, right?"

Fang smiled and said, "Exactly."

When Mrs. Ming saw Luo Mingdu, she praised Luo Mingdu again. When she saw Luo Tiandu, she looked more carefully. Although Luo Tiandu was small, she had a ruddy complexion, a pair of bright eyes, and was very energetic. , was somewhat satisfied, and asked Mingyue to come up to meet Luo Mingdu sisters.

Thinking that Mrs. Ming and Mingyue had also made it clear, Mingyue looked at Luo Tian twice, bent down, and made another big gift: "I have seen the two young ladies."

Mingyue is not bad-looking, she is polite, and she has the influence of several generations of Confucianism from a scholarly family. She looks very polite. Luo Ming nodded secretly when she saw her, and pulled Luo Tiandu, She smiled, needless to say, Luo Mingdu was also very satisfied with this future sister-in-law choice.

Only Luo Tian was a bit reluctant. No matter how good Ming Yue was, she was also a scholar who had accepted the teachings of traditional Confucian culture. Luo Tian didn't really have much affection for scholars, but the other party was very polite, so Luo Tian could only reluctantly do so. After a salute, he said, "I have seen Mr. Ming."

Mrs. Ming looked at these juniors, and felt that they were both talented and beautiful, so she showed a happy expression on her face, and then looked at Luo Zijin who was held in Fang's arms, and praised her.

(End of this chapter)