Ordinary clear day

Chapter 28 Games

The next day, Tong's began to arrange gifts for Qing Ninghe's wedding.This time, we can't just burn two sets of glassware like the last time when Lao Si Rongbao got married.The Earl's Mansion is going to be a big event, so the gift should naturally be generous.

Mrs. Tong spent more than 100 taels of silver from a dealer selling northern goods, and got twelve large pearls, a specialty of Bohai Sea. Put it in a wooden box, and add [-] pearls from the freshwater lake pearl field in the north that you bought.

These pearls are not natural, but cultured.Nowadays, there are usually only cultivated pearls in the south of the Yangtze River. The pearl farms here are run by businessmen in Beijing and China. They were originally only for the surrounding areas of the capital.The northern merchants transported the remaining pearls to the capital for sale. Borrowing the reputation of Dongzhu, they were extremely popular among ordinary officials and wealthy merchants.

Using these two kinds of pearls as a congratulatory gift, plus a few boxes of precious medicinal materials, should be decent enough.Tong also asked Ermo to find some exquisite embroidery to add to the head, and then found red paper to write on.

She was about to ask the maid to grind the ink, when she saw Qiu Ju standing aside, her eyes were red and swollen, as if she had been crying all night.She frowned, and reprimanded: "Who are you showing me like this?! Brother Qing is marrying a wife, why are you so sad? Don't you expect him to use eight sedan chairs to carry you in as the main house?" Can't you?! Change your frivolous look for me!"

When she scolded, Qiu Ju burst into tears instead, no matter what Tong said, she refused to stop, scolded hard, she shook her head and rushed out of the room, which made Tong almost dead.Because Ermo wasn't here, she called Xiaomei and asked her to go to Qiuju's room to continue talking about her.

Xiaomei turned back and forth after a while and said: "Qiu Ju was packing her luggage while crying. She said she was going back to Beijing to ask Brother Qing. She said it well at the beginning, why did she change her mind?" Tong laughed angrily: " This girl is crazy, does she really think that the young masters will fight against the family because of her? You don't know how to scold people, go back to work first, I will ask Ermo to scold her later, and you go and tell the gatekeeper that Qiu Ju will never be allowed to go out of the gate step!"

As soon as Ermo came back and learned of this, she immediately went to find Qiu Ju, only to find that Chun Xing had persuaded her in her room.Ermo dismissed Chun Xing, turned her head to look at Qiu Ju and said, "What did you say when you first came here? Brother Qing just said that he would confiscate your house. No matter what, he wants to marry a wife. Are you What identity? Dare to question the master?!! Besides, you just look a bit like Brother Qing’s former sweetheart, do you really think that he is infatuated with you? Don’t look at your own identity! You have done your duty, maybe you will have the opportunity to return to him as a roommate in the future, otherwise, if you really make trouble, Jingli will sell you far away without saying a word, how can you still say no?! Quickly change this look for me!!!"

Qiu Ju shed tears as she listened to it, and in the end she was sobbing uncontrollably.She obediently took out the clothes in the bundle and put them back in the box, wiping away her tears.She was just impulsive. She cried for so long and was discouraged by others. Now that she heard Ermo's words, she has clearly realized the reality.She is not a fool, of course she knows what to do, now I can only hope that the young master will not forget her, and will take her back one day.

It was Changfu and Ermo who took the lead in sending congratulatory gifts back to Beijing. This time, they would send a letter to the housekeeper of the Earl's Mansion to bring their son over.The couple set off happily, and everyone in the family saw them off at the gate.With tears in her eyes, Qiu Ju looked at their distant figures enviously.She also wanted to ask the third grandma to send her there, but it's a pity that Mrs. Tong is not a fool, how could she send her back to make trouble at such a critical moment?

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Ever since Ah Song lived next door to Zhang Bao's house with Mr. Su, he has been fed and clothed every day, really happy.He is a book boy in name, but in fact he doesn't have much work to do.Every day Mr. Su followed Zhang Bao to the yamen to do errands, and there was a noble attendant by his side, so the young Asong could only stay at home and clean the house.Because the mansion here is not strict with him, apart from Ma San'er, his wife and old Wu Tou got Tong's order to take care of him, there is no more interference.Ah Sung plays with the boys next door every day, and he really doesn't want to leave.

After Changfu and Ermo returned from the capital with their son Huzi, Ah Song had another playmate.

As the name suggests, Hu Ziren has a tiger head and a tiger head, with a small shaved head and a solid skin.Because he was not fair enough, and his temperament was playful and mischievous, Hu Zi was not named Sun Shan in the selection of the new batch of family servants in the Earl's Mansion in the capital, so the Ermo and his wife transferred their son to the third room smoothly. It is to give the name of Fourth Young Master Duan Ning's servant.Duanning has long been accustomed to being taken to class by Master Cheng, and Ma San'er is waiting to order people to do things. Huzi is actually just a name for nothing.Tong's didn't intend to add manpower, so he let this kid play with others.

Hu Zi grew up in the capital, his parents were not around, and his grandparents doted on him, so he was also a wild boy who was full of fun in the streets.He knows what's new and interesting in Beijing, and the friends in Fengtian City are just a bunch of bumpkins to him.However, bumpkins have the advantages of bumpkins. It is precisely because they are dirtbags that it seems that he has seen a lot of the world.He often talked about things in Beijing with Ah Song and the others, which aroused their itch and envy.In fact, where has he seen so many things?Most of them are just heard from others.

He talked about the current popular games in central Beijing: kicking 踺子, flying kites, playing polo, and roulette darts. They were all girls, and this group of young men looked down on sissy games, so they discussed, and also took advantage of the crisp autumn weather to make some kites for fun, even though it was already after the Double Ninth Festival.

But the lively scene of hundreds of kites flying together in the sky mentioned by Huzi, few of them could do it.On the day of Double Ninth Festival in the city, it rained all day, so there were only dozens of kites in the sky in the two days before and after.Now that the solar term has passed, there are no kites for sale on the street, and they can't afford the exquisite kites made in the shop, so A Song Huzi and the others want to make them by themselves.But they couldn't afford the good quality, thin and tough white paper, and straw paper was too heavy. Later, Huzi, who was well-informed, came up with the idea of ​​using white paper for pasting windows. He had seen someone in Beijing use it. it did.

With the paper, what can the bracket be used for?They couldn't find any thin bamboo branches, so they came up with the idea of ​​thin wooden sticks, sneaked into the firewood room, and used a small knife that they didn't know where to come along, to finely chop the firewood, making sawdust all over the floor. A lot of firewood was in disrepair, because the movement was too loud, it attracted the attention of the old Wu, he was scolded loudly, and reported to Chang Fu, beat him, scolded him, the adults repeatedly ordered them not to The idea of ​​building a firewood room again.

But how could boys give up their ambition so easily?Asong is used to living a hard life, and the poor also have their own way of playing.He went back to Nanxiang to find a bamboo strip maker he knew since childhood, and begged for a few bamboo strips, and cut them into thin strips, which solved the problem.

Several boys fiddled with it for two days, and finally flew the kite. The thread used was taken out of Ermo's sewing basket by Huzi.Although it is the simplest style, without any picture color on it, the children are still full of joy when they look at the kite flying in the sky.

These few simple kites attracted the attention of many people, and some nearby people also flew a few kites. In the days when the Double Ninth Festival had long passed, a dozen or so kites rose into the sky in the fierce autumn wind, which seemed to herald This year is unusual.

The kite led Duanning and Shuning out of the study.Looking at the white shadow in the sky, they also wanted to play.Both of them put their childhood time in books early, Duanning is carrying the hope of their parents, Shuning is an adult soul hidden in the body, and there is actually very little time for games, but no matter what age people are, There is always a childlike innocence, even Shuning, who has lived in two lives, is no exception, not to mention Duanning was just a child in the first place.

They joined Ah Song and Hu Zi, and chased a few kites on the street, playing, jumping, and clapping their hands. Shu Ning returned home halfway and took a big colorful butterfly kite that was under the box. After it was released, she originally planned to keep it until next year.Chun Xing and the girls from the neighbor's house also joined in. A group of people played like crazy, and they didn't go home until evening.

Although Tong Shi said a few words, Shuning's aroused playfulness could not be suppressed.She tried her best to recall the games she played when she was a child in her previous life, to see which ones were simple and fun, and could still be played under the current conditions.rubber band?It's a pity that there is no eraser now, and this kind of game must be played by a group of girls to be interesting; hopscotch?I can't remember the rules; hoops?Throwing sandbags?Bombing (note: bouncing glass balls)?Well, try playing with hoops and sandbags.

After discussing with Duanning in this way, Duanning nodded, went to the street with the private money he had accumulated on weekdays, found a blacksmith shop, and asked them to help make two iron rings and two long iron hooks.Shu Ning herself stayed at home, made some small cloth bags with some cloth ends, and asked Chun Xing to go to the river to fill some fine sand and come back to make small sandbags.

After a few days, everything was ready and the rules were told to everyone. Duanning, Shuning, Chunxing, Huzi, A Song and several children from the neighbors, male and female, gathered near their home In an open space, a new game was started.

The boys were in groups of two and competed to see who could slip the hoop safely to the designated spot.Whose hoop slipped more than ten feet away, whose hook fell off, who kicked a stone and fell, or who ran astray, everyone clapped their hands and laughed loudly.Although he failed several times, it was A Song who won the championship in the end.

Shu Ning was speechless, the kid who was playing for the first time actually slipped so fast and steadily, she was convinced.As for Huzi and Duanning, the second No.3, they were even more depressed. Who would have thought that Ah Song, who is the most educated country bumpkin, would be the one who learns the fastest and plays the best?

Only the boys were playing, and the girls didn't want to, so in order to take into account the opinions of the ladies, we divided into groups of three and started playing sandbag throwing.As a result, being hit by sandbags and soiling clothes is still a trivial matter. Those who did not stand still and fell, those who hid behind others and refused to come out, and those who were in two or three different groups threw themselves into a pile, lost all their energy and lost their shoes. Throwing it out, the jokes have not stopped this day.

After returning home, it was inevitable that they would be scolded by their parents again. Duanning and Shuning were finally relieved after being told by Tong's ears for half a day. It's just that such days of indulgence and playfulness may be difficult to come back in a short time. After today, Tong's The two brothers and sisters will definitely be closely guarded, and they will not be allowed to do those "shi status" things.

But the good memories of this day will never be forgotten by anyone who has a part in the fun. Since then, hoop skating and sandbag throwing have gradually become popular in the city, and then slowly spread to other towns as people come and go. place to go.

(End of this chapter)