After drinking snake wine for three consecutive days, Cui Shaogong was able to dress by himself. After another two days, he was able to pick up the pole and punt the boat again, and greeted everyone with a smile.
Most of the boat bosses were floating on the water every day, and most of them had rheumatism. As word of mouth spread among the bosses and the boat bosses, soon Shopkeeper Ye’s medicine shop was crowded with people buying medicinal wine to treat rheumatism from him. He also expanded his business and made a fortune.
As a result, Zuixianju's profits are growing rapidly again.
Every family in Botan Township is living a comfortable life this year. The lantern business has brought huge profits to every family. The liquor business has made all the restaurants smile. There are many customers picking up goods and there are more wealthy customers.
As a result, the business of inns, shops, and brothels was booming. This was the result of Wang Wen's family, Bai Shuangfei, and others' trip to Lin'an.
The wedding of Bai Shuangfei and Ding Qusheng was held on the 15th day of the first lunar month to coincide with the Lantern Festival in Yuanxiao. The Yuanxiao Festival is not the best auspicious day to get married. The reason why this day was chosen was because the people of Changtan and the elders of the He and Chen families, etc.
After discussion, they believed that the lanterns were selling like hot cakes and Bai Shuangfei's astonishing jump on the Qiantang River in Lin'an Prefecture had a great effect. Now, everyone has become rich. In order to express gratitude for their kindness, they made this choice to celebrate in this special way.
They get married.
The whole village celebrates together! Every household pays three taels of silver, and when there are three days left before the Yuanxiao Festival, they begin to set up running water mats on the street of Haotan. Haotan is at the intersection of water and land, and products from all over the world are gathered here. The mats are spread from all directions.
Among the delicacies, the traditional food such as Yong'an's fourteenth night soup and salty and sour rice are naturally indispensable. Within three days, anyone who comes to Guantan Township will be rent-free and eat by themselves, creating a joyful scene.
On the day before the Lantern Festival, there is a popular children's song on the street: On the Lantern Festival, send lanterns, health lanterns, to enjoy peace; wishful lanterns, good luck; brilliant lanterns, career success; wealth lanterns, business prosperity; happy lanterns, bright every day;
"Emotional Lantern, Red Every Day." This is what Wang Wen's two younger sisters Wang Xiaomi and Wang Xiaozhu sang with their sisters to cheer them up while weaving boneless lanterns. Somehow, a group of children heard it and spread the song.
As a result, the streets were filled with this childish children's song.
The congratulation "Qingyu Case·New Year's Eve Congratulations" written by classmates from Tongjiang Academy was hung in a conspicuous place in Zuixian Tower for everyone to appreciate.
Fire trees and silver flowers reflected the beach, stars were like rain, and streets were like dragons. Customers from all directions gathered in the Zuixian Tower, orioles were singing and swallows were dancing, and luminous cups were filled with wine.
The ice and jade bones fly together in white, and the body is as strong as a tiger and a cub. The benevolence and righteousness move the Qiantang, the piano and the harp are harmonious, and I am lying drunk in the soft red gauze tent in the sky.
Botan is a palm-sized place, only five miles from the street to the end of the street, less than two miles from the backyard of Zuixianju where Bai Shuangfei lives to Ding Qusheng's new house by the dock. The Lantern Festival is here, and everyone in Botan is here.
Spontaneously joined the procession to welcome the bride, waiting for the groom at the door of Zuixianju early in the morning.
When the time came, the bridegroom came over on a tall green horse. Horses are not produced in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, so the horses were sent in advance by shopkeeper Liu from Lin'an as a gift. Followed by twelve strong young men, riding oxen, the backs of oxen.
There are two boxes on the top. The boxes are filled with candies. As you walk, you scatter the candies into the air, attracting children to grab them all the way.
Those who were welcoming the bride were joined by those who were making lanterns, and those who were walking on stilts were singing and dancing with Fat Ah Fu. The wedding was full of guests, and it goes without saying that it was lively. At night, the Lantern Festival officially started, and it was even more lively. The merchants in the country have just made a fortune from boneless lanterns. Everyone still has unsold lanterns in their homes for their own use. When night falls, they hang them in front of their doors and the whole street lights up. As the poem goes: The fire trees and silver flowers are closing together, the iron locks of the star bridge are open, and the lamps and trees are shining brightly. The bright moon comes chasing people. The wandering prostitutes are all stalking plums, and all the plum blossoms are falling when they are singing. Jinwu can't help the night, and the jade leaks don't urge each other.
At midnight, the wedding ceremony was over. The two sisters Wang Xiaomi and Wang Xiaozhu were still too excited to fall asleep. They held hands and looked up at the starry sky from the window. After watching for a while, they started to use needles to prick the starry sky lamp. Suddenly, the two sisters simultaneously With a sound, the needle accidentally pricked her finger, and a drop of blood dripped. Is there telepathy in this? The two sisters looked at each other, and then looked at the starry sky at the same time. Strangely, the moon has not completely set, and they say that there are few stars in the moon, but On such a moonlit night, the usually dim wine flag star suddenly became bright tonight. This is not a good sign. An ancient poem wrote: Who sends the wine flag to shine, the astronomy ranks it. The color tastes like intoxication, and the light Weakness is like drunkenness. The only worry is to offend the throne, and only fear to ride on the heavenly horse. If you meet the tongue-rolling star, the slanderer will fall to the ground. What he means is that he talks too much after drinking, and will be listened to by villains. Learn the tongue from the Jade Emperor. Luring the Jade Emperor to convict him.
There is no soju in the world. After the advent of Wang Wenzong Liquor, because the alcohol is strong, drinkers get drunk easily. Drunkards talk nonsense after drinking. I heard that my brother had a vision when he was born. Bees circled the room, and the wine flag star suddenly appeared. It's bright, will it affect my brother? Those who come to the stars are all great people, but my brother is just a wealthy wine shop owner. He is not a big shot who can shake mountains with just one stamp of his feet. This is nothing Maybe. After thinking about it, the two sisters didn't think much about it and started embroidering the boneless lanterns with peace of mind.
On the third day of the wedding, the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, it was the day when Bai Shuangfei returned home. Bai Shuangfei was the adopted daughter of Wang Qingbo and his wife. When he returned home, he returned to the backyard of Zuixianju to visit the two elders. While serving tea to the two elders, suddenly, at the dock, When the drums and music were noisy, Cui, the boss of the boat, hurried in to congratulate him and said: "Shopkeeper Wang is very happy. Officials from the palace have come. The imperial edict commends your family for their contribution to the lanterns. They have arrived at the dock."
Offering lanterns has merit. This year's boneless lanterns were only sold in Lin'an Mansion. They have not been sold to Tokyo, nor have they been paid tribute to the palace. Where did this merit come from? Wang Wen was startled, and took two taels of silver to Cui Shao Gong. After receiving the reward, he quickly prepared to receive the order.
The family was just an ordinary businessman, not an official, and did not know etiquette. Fortunately, Ren Yuheng and her fiancé Mr. Qian were there. Under their guidance, the family hurriedly set up the incense table and burned sandalwood.
The county magistrate came in accompanied by the official who delivered the decree. The official had just finished delivering the decree and before he sat down to drink tea, he heard a loud cry. Wang Qingbo and his wife fell to the ground together and fainted with excitement. Shopkeeper Ye next to him gave After checking his pulse, he secretly pulled Wang Wen and the other three people to the side and said, "The old man was so happy that he rushed up to eat it and choked his throat. I'm afraid there is some risk."
Good things come and go. Seeing this, Jin Huabin suddenly felt a pain in his heart. He hurriedly ran to the bedroom to visit Zhang Guifang and saw her rolling on the bed in pain. After accompanying her to the hospital, the pain disappeared again. X-ray examination results
, I don’t know what happened to the child in my belly, the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, but all other indicators were normal. After informing his father-in-law on the phone, he was silent for a while, and replied in a very sad tone: "This son will have a bad fate in the future, but