Li Yang left home on the third day after the engagement and went to Yunshan County to take up a post.
The next time I come back, it will be a month later at least.
Song Qiu was delayed for two days. During these two days, Du Chuanfu was asked to go to Zhuangzi to make the final step of doubanjiang.
As for the family, with old Yuan here, there was no need for Song Qiu to worry.
On the second day of July, Du Chuanfu, the chief steward, and Zou, the steward of the inner courtyard, got married, and there was a lot of excitement in the outer courtyard.
The auspicious time of dusk was chosen, and the inn was already busy, so Huang Qi and others were left to watch at the inn. Tao Zheng and others were all back for the wedding banquet.
Lin Desheng, the representative of Zhuangzi, also came as a representative, while Yang Dalian hurried back to the dessert shop in the second half of the day. He would have a rest after drinking the wedding wine, and he would have to rush back before dawn.
In addition, there were many people waiting in the house, and everyone sat at two or three tables in a lively manner.
Song Qiu, a girl, did not go to join in the fun, and was afraid that people would not let him go, so he only gave Zou a pair of silver bracelets that he had prepared long ago. On this day, he also gave a red envelope to Du Chuanfu.
congratulate.
I could only hear the lively playing and playing in the outer courtyard. It was not until night fell that the excitement gradually dissipated.
Red, Yellow, Blue and Green, who had gone to have a wedding banquet, were the first to come back, smiling and talking to Song Qiu about the excitement ahead.
Yang Dalian took the Tao brothers to the bridal chamber, and Butler Du, who was always cold-faced, rarely blushed.
Today I am as happy as a teenager looking for a wife.
It was really the first time I saw a big girl getting on the sedan chair.
The girls were talking so lively that Song Qiu couldn't help but joke: "It's so easy to make fun of others. You guys, especially Lu Yan and Lan Yi, will be seventeen soon. What's going on? Is there anyone you like?"
Girl, I can make the decision for you!"
Lu Yan and Lan Yi both blushed and hurriedly waved their hands to say there was no rush.
In the old master's house, among the maids who served the girls personally, which one was not worthy of someone in their mid-twenties?
Song Qiu didn't have such an idea. Girls get married early, so why bother with maids? If you find the right one, you can match her. You have to wait until you are in your twenties to get busy?
Their family doesn't have such rules.
As they were talking, Huang Tao, who had gone out to bring Song Qiu a glass of honey water, came in and said, "Girl, the Tao family is here. I asked girl if you have gone to bed."
In large houses, married women usually take their husband's surname, like Li's, and everyone calls her Tao's.
Song Qiu was used to hearing this, so he understood who it meant.
While calling Huang Tao to ask Mrs. Li to come in, she was thinking that Mrs. Zou was also married, and tomorrow everyone would call her from the Du family.
However, Ms. Zou is the steward of the inner court, and those below would not dare to call her like that. It is a sure thing to call her "Mother Zou".
It's true that when you are in your twenties, you become a grandma when you get married.
Song Qiuzheng was secretly laughing. He looked up and saw Mrs. Li walking in with her head lowered and said to her, "Girl."
"Sit." Song Qiu said, and Lu Yan quickly moved an embroidery stool and placed it underneath.
Mrs. Li thanked the girl and sat down on half a stool.
Song Qiu asked her what happened.
Mrs. Li looked at the maids in the room, turned her eyes, and said with a smile: "Housekeeper Du is getting married today. It's a lively event. We are all very happy. We drank the wedding wine, and I feel emotional in my heart."
Very well, I thought that my two sons were also getting old, so I couldn’t help but beg the girl to come to me, and I wanted to ask the girl to give me a favor and help these two boys get married."
For servants with a death contract, marriage matters are in the hands of the master, so naturally they have to be found among the same servants.
Song Qiu now has more than thirty servants inside and outside who have signed the contract of prostitution. They are old and young, male and female.
Unlike those wealthy families that have been around for generations and have several generations of descendants, old and young, who can live in several courtyards. With a large number of people, marriage is naturally not troublesome, and you can match a person with an ugly Yinmao height with just a finger.
Song Qiu thought that the two Tao brothers were also seventeen, and it was natural for a mother to be anxious about her son's marriage. She opened her mouth and asked, "Is there someone you like?"
Generally, if a person is favored by the host, if he is favored by the host and asks to go to the host, the host will usually fulfill his good deeds.
Li said, "But it's up to the girl to make the decision."
Song Qiu glanced at the girls in the room with his peripheral vision, and probably had an idea in his mind, "Okay, I'll keep it in mind. It's getting late. Let's go back to the inn first. I'll talk to you as soon as we have the charter tomorrow."
After receiving the correct words, Mrs. Li no longer had any worries. She felt happy and stood up and bowed to Song Qiu again before turning around and retreating.
Mrs. Li left and the room was quiet for a few moments.
Song Qiu looked at Lu Yan and Lan Yi, and thought to himself: "The Tao brothers are twins, good-looking. The one with the mole on his eyebrow is the elder brother, and the one without the mole is the younger brother. It's easy to tell them apart. The elder brother behaves steadily.
Just like Shopkeeper Tao, he is upright and upright. The younger brother is clever and quick-witted, but he is capable in doing things. Both of them are quite good. The son is like his father and can write well, so he is a good candidate to be the shopkeeper."
"In the future, inns will be opened one after another, and they will be assigned to go there. By then they will all be married, so it will be a good time to take my wife with them."
Lu Yan and Lan Yi looked at each other, lowered their eyes and continued to wait. No one spoke.
The main girl was talking to herself, so they naturally didn't dare to disturb her.
Seeing no one answered, Song Qiu simply asked, "What do you think?"
Huang Tao and Hong Zao covered their mouths and laughed secretly. Lu Yan and Lan Yi looked at me and I looked at you, both of them blushed.
"Girl thinks it's good, so of course it's good." Lu Yan replied.
Lan Yi nodded secretly from the side.
Song Qiu looked at the two of them, pursed his lips and smiled. He didn't say it clearly at the moment because he already had concerns in his heart.
It was getting late at night, so Song Qiu asked everyone to go back to sleep. Lv Yan was on duty tonight. She helped Song Qiu sleep, and then went to rest on the small couch in the gauze cupboard outside.
He was in a daze, and he didn't know what time it was in the middle of the night, but he hadn't heard the rooster crow yet. Song Qiu was awakened by the sound of the window being pried open.
Suddenly he opened his eyes. The room was dark with no lights on. Song Qiu lay still and touched a dagger under the pillow with his backhand.
The dagger was given to her by Li Yang for self-defense when she left this time. It was originally a reward from the Crown Prince. I heard that it is a good dagger that cuts iron like clay.
Hearing the sound of the window being pried open, Song Qiu naturally turned his attention to the window immediately.
The moonlight was hazy outside, and I could vaguely see the half-black shadow reflected on the window.
"Click, click." The sound of prying open the window did not stop.
Song Qiu curled up and got out of bed without making a sound. She leaned carefully and leaned under the window. Seeing that the window bolt was about to be pulled open, she straightened up to the side and pressed against the wall.
As soon as it was pressed tightly, the window was gently opened.
After a moment, a pair of hands put their hands on the window sill and pushed it up. A black figure climbed up the window and was about to jump into the house.
Song Qiu didn't hesitate at all. He took out the dagger from its sheath, aimed it at the man's thigh, pierced it hard, and then quickly pulled it back.
"ah!"
With a scream, the black figure who was riding on the window sill and was about to jump off felt pain, clutched his thigh and fell out.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
There will be another chapter later. In the miserable Sichuan, power outages are lining up, and they will stop for several hours soon. It starts to reach 40 degrees every day. It is really unbearable.