The sky was bright and the joy of yesterday had not dissipated. Mr. Chen Si's house was crowded with relatives and relatives.
Ever since the accident, every family in the clan has avoided Old Mrs. Chen and his family. This is the first time they have been together like this.
"I never thought that we could have such a marriage."
"My mother's family is the governor of Northwest Road. It is the home of generations of military commanders. It has a bright future."
"I thought that if something happened, my family would avoid it, but I didn't expect that such a family would come to get married. Aren't the Liu family afraid of ruining their future?"
"It is said that the Liu family fell in love with Shiroro at first sight and have never forgotten it. With this fate, they are lucky for the rest of their lives and they are not afraid of anything."
"Ah, what you said is so ridiculous, you're just singing!"
"It's not me who said it, it was written in a letter written by the father of the Liu family."
There was a lot of chatter and laughter here, but the newlyweds and the newlyweds had not come out to salute for a long time. Just when I was guessing that the woman looked down on them, I saw Mrs. Chen Si entering with a few people.
They were Chen Shao's wife and daughter, and the atmosphere in the lively room became stagnant.
"Third sister-in-law, please sit over here." Mrs. Chen Si didn't seem to notice, and gave way with a smile.
Chen Ali stretched out his hand to hold her.
"Don't be like this." She whispered, "I know all about her good intentions, and I also know about your good intentions. My identity is a criminal. The emperor will convict me, and the government has laws. If I get such preferential treatment, don't let it be spread by rumors.
If word gets out, it will be bad for her and our family."
Mrs. Chen Si patted her hand.
"Sister-in-law, do you think that if you don't do this, others won't know about it? This marriage has caused such a big fuss, so many people must be aware of it." She whispered, "What's more, you don't know about her? How could she have ever known her?
Are you afraid of any rumors?"
Yes, this woman acts like a child sometimes, doing whatever she wants without caring about what outsiders think.
Since she gave it, follow it up generously. This is the best reward for her.
Chen Ali smiled slightly, nodded and sat down as he was told.
"Let Shirokuro and the others come in," Mrs. Chen Si said.
Everyone was stunned again when they heard this.
Have you been waiting for them as a family?
Shirokuro has always been very kind to Chen Shao's wife and daughter, but what about the newcomer? You must know that this is Chen Shao's wife and daughter.
Everyone's eyes fell on the Juliusho and his wife who came in.
The new daughter-in-law is eighteen years old, tall and tall. Although she is wearing new clothes, she also walks with a bit of martial grace, showing no signs of timidity under the gaze of strangers.
What's the point of being cowardly? With a hundred thousand yuan dowry as her backer, no one in the Chen family would dare to offend her even if she walked sideways.
According to his seniority, he soon arrived in front of Chen Ah Li.
The room became quiet again, waiting to see if the new wife would show off her face.
"I've met Auntie." The newlyweds shouted sweetly and bowed respectfully.
Chen Ah Li helped him up with a smile and took a pair of socks from his daughter.
"I don't have anything else to give you. I made this myself, don't dislike it." She smiled kindly.
The young lady of the Liu family hurriedly took it with both hands and saluted again.
"Auntie is good at her craftsmanship." She looked at the socks carefully, her joyful admiration was beyond words.
After speaking, he looked at the daughters beside Chen Ali.
"These are sisters." She saluted again.
Chen Ali's daughters were busy returning the favor.
"This is my sister, right?" The Liu family's young lady's eyes fell on Chen Danniang and she stretched out her hand.
Chen Danniang hurriedly stretched out her hand to salute her and called her sister-in-law.
The young lady of the Liu family handed over the greeting gift.
It was a small lantern with characters and stories painted on it, which was not surprising, as it was very inconsistent with the status of this young lady with a dowry of 100,000 yuan.
Chen Danniang's eyes lit up.
"Sister-in-law, I like lanterns the most." she said happily.
The young lady of the Liu family handed it to her with a smile without saying a word.
Chen Ali was thoughtful.
After the recognition, a banquet was held.
The banquet was very sumptuous and well-made. Everyone who had not seen anything for several months couldn't help but want to cry.
"It's great now. Thanks to this hundred thousand dowry, life can finally be better."
"That's not from our family."
"There is hope for the fourth house, and we will naturally have a good life."
"I heard that the father-in-law of the Liu family is looking for a job for Shiliu Lang in the northwest."
"Military position?"
"What's wrong with the military position? I'll just change it to a civil servant in the future."
There was a lot of lively eating and drinking inside and out.
Inside, Chen Danniang looked curiously at Mrs. Liu's new house.
"Are you used to living here?" she asked.
This is probably the first time for the Liu family’s daughter to live in this kind of low mud house.
"When I was a child, I lived with my father in the northwest, in the most remote Tunpu, Diwozi. Have you ever lived there?" asked the young lady of the Liu family with a smile.
Having never heard of it, Chen Danniang shook her head.
"Are you used to living here?" Miss Liu looked at her and asked.
She had lived a hard life when she was a child, but the little lady in trouble before her had been raised with fine clothes and good food until now.
The most painful thing in the world is when the world is turned upside down overnight, from a land of gods and wealth to a desolate and savage land. It is painful outside the body and even more painful inside.
Chen Danniang smiled, lowered her head and then raised her head.
"I'm used to living here, and I'm used to everything, because I'm still me," she said.
What does this mean? The young lady of the Liu family was slightly puzzled.
"Sister-in-law, just tell Sister Cheng this way." Chen Danniang continued, smiling.
Madam Liu was startled and immediately lost her composure.
"No, it's not." She stammered, "I asked myself..."
Chen Danniang was still smiling.
"Does your sister-in-law know who I am talking about, Sister Cheng?" she asked.
If I don’t know, I should ask the question instead of denying it.
Miss Liu was stunned for a moment and then smiled.
"As expected, they are scholars. Even though they are younger than me, they are also more thoughtful than me." She smiled and said, "I can't tell you anything, so I won't tell you anymore."
The two of them had already discussed this topic, and she didn't talk about it anymore. Chen Danniang didn't ask any more questions.
"Sister-in-law, you must be able to draw a bow and shoot arrows, right?" Chen Danniang thought of something and asked.
Miss Liu nodded with a little pride.
"My father can shoot ten arrows in a row, so naturally I can do it too," she said.
Chen Danniang happily touched her hands.
"That's great. My sister-in-law can give me guidance in the future, so I don't have to bother grandpa anymore," she said.
Miss Liu looked at Chen Danniang with a smile.
The words of the innocent female officer rang in my ears.
"Just thank you for accompanying them and making her happy."
Others were a little surprised by this marriage, and some felt pity for her. After marrying a criminal, and being so far away in Quzhou, it almost seemed like she had committed a crime and been punished.
"They know what they are doing!" said the father with a snort. "When did the Queen see the wrong person? Not to mention that the Chen family is not an ordinary family in the first place, even an ordinary family. The Queen can also turn stone into gold. If nothing else, just look at it.
Look at your Uncle Sigen. He was a deserter at first, but now he is doing so well. He is a horse breeder, and your father and I have to pay homage vigorously when I see him..."
"Liu Kui, be careful what you say. You said you are not a deserter!" Xu Sigen said with a glare. He turned to look at her again with a kind expression. "Sister, don't be wronged. Don't think that your father has no choice but to let him go."
Once you get married, I will never make a mistake when it comes to people. Your husband and your future life will definitely be good."
Thinking of this, Mrs. Liu pursed her lips and smiled.
I met my husband for the first time last night. Although he is a few years older, he looks dignified and kind, and he seems to be well-educated and sensible.
Yes, although the Chen family has committed crimes, how can the children raised by such a family be ordinary people? If their family did not do bad things, it would be their turn to have such a husband.
Moreover, if you marry like this, your whole family will know clearly that it will be very good for you, and you will have so much dowry, and you will not have to worry about food and drink. Thinking about it this way, it is indeed a good marriage.
"Okay." She nodded and said with a smile.
With the marriage of the sixteenth son of the Chen family, the entire Chen family seemed to be overjoyed, and their luck changed drastically. The first change was that more people came to propose marriage.
The older children in the family who are about to get married are being asked by people one after another, even the children of Chen Ali's family. The most important thing is that the people who come to ask questions are not those who were not on the stage in the past, either from official families or from
He is a country squire and wealthy businessman, which makes the Chen family very happy.
"This is all thanks to Shiliu Lang." Everyone said one after another, becoming more and more attentive to the four rooms of the Chen family.
In fact, the days have not changed much, but everyone's spirits have improved a lot.
"There are some nice people."
Chen Ali and Mrs. Chen Si sat together and talked about their children and marriage.
"I don't want them to marry too far away. Dalang Erlang and the others are not at home, and there is no brotherly honor guard. It's such a family. I won't worry if they go out."
Mrs. Chen Si nodded.
"Then we'll look for them nearby. Now that Shiroro is under the care of his father-in-law, let's ask Dalang and the others to come back from the military service camp and farm here, and Shirozu will go for them," she said.
As Mrs. Chen Si said, this marriage is a success. Although she didn't say anything, everyone in the world is like a mirror. They don't dare to ask for the future of their sons. At least there is hope for their children's marriage.
Chen Ali felt a little relieved, but then sighed again.
The other children are easy to talk to, but Chen Danniang...
The daughter of a guilty minister, coupled with the status of the former crown princess, made her like a widow, not as good as the widows in the world, at least the widows could remarry at will.
Chen Ali sat in the house and watched the girl who was about to turn thirteen pass by in the yard.
"Danniang." She couldn't help shouting.
Chen Danniang looked back at her mother, smiled and said yes.
"What are your instructions from mother?" she asked as she came in, holding a bow in one hand and a quiver in the other. "The house has been packed. I read a book and wrote a word. Now I am going out to practice archery.
"
Chen Ali didn’t know what to say.
"It's okay," she said, and then asked, "Will your sister-in-law accompany you today?"
"Sister-in-law and Brother Sixteen are out." Chen Danniang said, "Sister-in-law has taught me enough, I just need to practice more."
Chen Ali then stood up.
"I'll go to your aunt's house and walk with you for a while," she said.
The mother and daughter went out together. As the New Year was approaching, there were sporadic sounds of firecrackers all around. The faces of the adults and children passing by also had a little more smiles on their faces. It was much better than the gloomy and mournful cries in the previous period.
"No matter how difficult the life is, we can survive." Chen Danniang said suddenly, "Mom, fortunately we didn't seek death at that time."
Chen Ali felt sour in his heart and reached out to touch her shoulder.
"Danniang, if you feel bad, don't bear it." She choked and said.
This child has never cried before, but it is abnormal and makes people feel very uneasy.
"Mom, I feel a little sad." Chen Danniang said, "But it's not the kind of sadness that I have to endure."
What is that sadness?
Chen Ali looked at her daughter. This was the first time Chen Danniang said this after it happened.
"My father made a mistake. He also admitted his mistake. As his daughter, I should shoulder these sins for my father." Chen Danniang said seriously, with a hint of childishness in her voice, "So this is my fault."
The sadness you want is not something you need to endure."
Chen Ali nodded and smiled a little sourly.
"Good boy," she said.
Chen Danniang laughed again.
"I know what you are worried about, mother." She said, turning to look at Chen Ali, her eyes clear and clear, "I'm fine, mother. I know this is my father's mistake, and we are trying to atone for his mistake. I have not
Wrong, we are not wrong. There is no need to be inferior to others and there is no need to be shy. What others think of us is their business, as long as we have a clear conscience."
Chen Ali was stunned, is this okay?
Yes, this is indeed possible. Isn’t it the same for women?
"I'm practicing archery just like her." She smiled.
Chen Danniang understood who she was and smiled without saying a word.
"Danniang, she takes good care of you." Chen Ali hesitated and said, "You, what do you think?"
Speaking of Chen Shao's crime, it was an unbearable crime for the royal family, but as a queen, she took great care of them. What would Chen Danniang, a child who loves her father, think in her heart?
Thinking that my father is innocent, thinking that others are hypocritical, thinking that they are giving charity, thinking that they feel pity, and even thinking that my father died unjustly...
"She likes me very much." Chen Danniang replied immediately, somewhat casually.
Chen Ali was stunned for a moment.
"I like her, and she also likes me. I am good to her, and she is good to me. Isn't that what it should be?" Chen Danniang continued, raising the bow on her shoulder.
That's it.
Chen Ali was stunned for a moment, yes, that's it.
She couldn't help but laugh.
"I like her and I want to be like her." Chen Danniang continued.
Hearing this, Chen Ali's smile froze and his heart skipped a beat.
Chen Danniang is not the only one in their family who wants to be like Mrs. Cheng. That one is currently locked up in the temple and is crazy.
"Danniang, not everyone can do something like Mrs. Cheng." She pondered for a moment and said, "She got a famous teacher by chance and learned so many strange skills. This person is different from others and cannot be compared.
….”
Before she finished speaking, Chen Danniang interrupted with a smile and reached out to hold Chen Ali's arm.
"Mother," she said with a smile, "you are wrong. I meant that I want to be someone like Mrs. Cheng."
She emphasized the word "herringbone".
"It's a person, not a name, not a skill."
"A person like her who is fearless and at ease, a person who laughs and scolds others and has a world in her heart."
Chen Ali stopped and looked at his daughter.
Chen Danniang was a little puzzled that she stopped.
"I'm at your aunt's house." Chen Ali looked at her and smiled, then reached out and patted her arm, "You go practice archery."
Chen Danniang then looked around and giggled, waved to her mother, turned around and strode away.
Chen Ali looked at her back with a smile on his face, and the worry in his eyes faded away and was replaced by clarity.
Therefore, people are different, and what they choose and what they get are also different.
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There was a buzzing sound, and the long arrow hit the target, its feather tail trembling.
Chen Danniang raised her sleeves to wipe the sweat from her forehead and lowered the bow in her hand. Suddenly she heard a sound in the dead grass in the forest on the roadside. She immediately pulled out a headless arrow and drew the bow again to shoot.
Instead of hearing a dog barking, someone yelled.
Chen Danniang was startled and hurriedly ran to the side, only to see someone raising his head at the bottom of the slope.
This is a young man of twelve or thirteen years old, wearing brocade clothes and a thick hat, with a face as white as jade, phoenix eyes and long eyebrows. His hands are holding trousers, and he is obviously...
The two sides looked at each other and immediately screamed.
Chen Danniang turned around and ran away.
"Here comes someone, someone here has a female prostitute!"
The hoarse cry of a young man at the foot of the mountain who was in the stage of changing his voice sounded, making people's ears buzz.
"I thought it was the big yellow dog in the village. It often hides and bites me while I'm practicing my arrows..."
Chen Danniang did not run away, but waited in the open space, looking at the servants who chased after the shouts, and explained with a blushing face.
"My arrows are headless and can't hurt anyone."
"Nonsense, nonsense, you are just spying on me, you bastard!" The young man standing behind the servant tightly wrapped his cloak and shouted.
Chen Danniang's face turned red.
"I didn't," she said, bowing and saluting. "I bumped into the young master."
The servants looked at this little lady, who was wearing an old cloth coat and a plain skirt. She looked like a poor woman from the village here, but she had smart facial features, and her behavior and speech were full of common sense.
"Catch her and send her to prison," the young man shouted.
Chen Danniang was a little helpless. She had heard of people being sent to government for spying on other women's family members, but she had never heard of a woman being called a "disciple" and being sent to prison.
The servants couldn't help but laugh.
"Send off to the official, send off to the official." they shouted, winking at Chen Danniang.
Chen Danniang blushed upon understanding and saluted again, turned around and ran away.
"Run away, run away." The young man shouted.
The servants followed him for a few steps and then gave up.
"Chase, chase, chase," the young man shouted.
"Sir, let's hurry up and hurry up," the servants said.
Just as the young man was about to speak, he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from below.
"Twenty-nine Lang!" a male voice shouted.
The young man turned around and ran down without looking back.
"Brother Seventeen! Brother Seventeen! Come quickly!" he shouted. "There is a woman peeking at me!"
Sitting on a carriage down the slope was a young man, also wearing rich clothes. His face was as white as jade, and he was described as elegant and handsome.
Hearing what the young man said, he quickly opened a folding fan, and there was a huge word "王" on it.
"It's very normal," Wang Shiqilang said, "People like us attract attention wherever we go. You don't come out until you are twenty-nine. You have to get used to it slowly."
As he spoke, he put away his fan and raised his eyebrows.
"How do you look?"
The young man frowned and thought for a moment. That look just now...
"I can't see anything else clearly, but my eyes are very beautiful." He said seriously.
Wang Qishilang smiled.
"That means you are good-looking. If a person's eyes are beautiful, then they are beautiful. If you look at Shijiu Lang, your eyes are beautiful," he said.
The young man shouted.
"...he is very fierce. He has an arrow in his hand and shoots me." He said, picking up the long arrow still held in his hand.
Wang Qishilang, who was still smiling at first, immediately sat upright.
"I know how to use arrows!" he shouted in a high-pitched voice. His originally carefree and elegant demeanor suddenly turned a bit frightening. He stretched out his hand and dragged the young man into the car, "Go quickly, go quickly."
The young man was surprised and puzzled.
"Brother Seventeen, I haven't caught her yet! Come with me and catch her!" he said.
"Send it to me! But don't go. No matter how beautiful this kind of woman is, you can't mess with her. Twenty-nine, you don't understand. Think about how much time your seventeenth brother spent back then. He even had to do things like disfigurement.
I just forced that woman to let me go, otherwise..." Wang Qilang said.
When he finished speaking, the servant beside him coughed heavily.
"Seventeenth Young Master, don't forget the instructions of the Master and Madam." He reminded.
That woman's past is a taboo that cannot be mentioned. If she is told, it will most likely cause disaster.
Wang Qishilang suddenly regained his senses.
"Let's go, let's go quickly," he said.
The carriage galloped forward, and the servants got on their horses to follow.
"But..." The young man couldn't help but lift the car curtain and look at the slope, clenching the long arrow without an arrowhead in his hand, "I still don't know who is taking advantage of me!"
I couldn't help but raise my voice when I said this.
"Look where we are here? Where did the disciple go? Where are you from?"
The servants looked back.
"Sir, this should be the official field in Quzhou, and the villages over there are all the garrisons." Someone said.
Tunding, that's easy to handle. Either you're a criminal or an immigrant, and it's recorded in the official register.
The young man hummed in relief and looked at the distant slope.
It depends on where you run! If you take advantage of me and run away, it’s not that cheap!
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Well, that's it for the Chen family. It should be explained clearly.
After reading the book review section, I know what everyone wants to read, and I will try my best to explain it.
Merry Chrismas.
The next update is Saturday, um, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday and Qin Hu are going to appear.
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