Jinyu Dynasty 7 Quenching Mirror

Xuan Huaifeng visited Adjutant Sun at the detention center, and when he returned to the house, breakfast had already been delivered from the kitchen.

After Xuan Huaifeng ate his breakfast, he picked up the book to read again.

He is the easiest to get absorbed in reading, and he forgets the time when he reads it. He didn't know it was noon until the lunch was delivered from the kitchen.

Xuan Huaifeng asked Bao Ding, who delivered the meal, "How far is the Jiang family's grave from here? The funeral procession has been out for several hours, do you know when they will be back?"

Boudin said, "It's almost time to come back. Funerals are not auspicious things. After burying the dead, according to the rules, you have to come back to eat a good meal, so that everyone can go to the bad luck. There is a big pot of cooking in the kitchen, isn't it just Prepare them to come back for lunch? The young mistress is leading a few people to set up a banquet in the front yard."

Xuan Huaifeng felt strange and asked, "Why didn't the young lady go to the grave in person on such a day?"

Boding said, "The young lady was going, but the old lady wanted her to stay. She couldn't disobey her mother-in-law, so she stayed."

Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Why didn't the old lady let her go to the funeral? This is not right, she is the first wife of the deceased, so she is very qualified to send the funeral to the deceased."

Boudin smiled and showed his yellow teeth. He shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. Just ask the old lady."

Set up the meal and go.

Xuan Huaifeng thought about it, and probably it was a special local custom, so there was no need to delve into it.After eating a bowl of rice for a while, he put the bowl away, picked up the book and continued reading.

After a while, a guard walked in and reported to him, "Adjutant Xuan, the funeral procession has returned."

Xuan Huaifeng walked to the window and saw the direction of the gate of Jiangjiabao, the shadowy figure was walking back, but it was far away and blocked by a wall, so he couldn't see clearly.It is even more impossible to find Bai Xuelan among these people.

With the relationship between him and Bai Xuelan, even if he went back to the table to read and waited for Bai Xuelan to come back, Bai Xuelan would not be surprised.

But Xuan Huaifeng was born with a kind of caring idiot, thinking that Bai Xuelan must be very boring to participate in this kind of funeral.I was supposed to accompany him, but the wind blew in the morning, and I never accompanied him.

Now that he is back, I have to go to greet him in person, make him happy, and take it as an atonement for not going with him.

So he put the book away and went out into the front yard.

When I arrived at the front yard, I saw that sheds had already been set up on a large open space, and about a dozen seats had been set up. The mourners came back and were looking for seats in an endless stream.Bai Xuelan's mind was not on food, she planned to go back to look for Xuan Huaifeng when she had free time, but unexpectedly Xuan Huaifeng had already taken the initiative to find her. This made Bai Xuelan very pleasantly surprised, feeling that all the dull and hard work of the morning was gone He asked Xuan Huaifeng with a smile, "Did you come here after smelling the smell of braised pork?"

Xuan Huaifeng also smiled, nodded and said, "Of course it's for the braised pork. Could it be for something else? I was fascinated by reading just now, and I didn't even know I was hungry."

Bai Xuelan believed it was true, and hurriedly dragged Xuan Huaifeng into the table and sat down.

Among the people attending the funeral this time, many distant relatives of the Jiang family came here on purpose. Among the people present, those with arched backs, those on crutches, those with gray hair, and those with grandchildren and children are not easy to care about, so it is not easy to arrange The seniors crowded together and sat next to each other.

Everyone was tired all morning, hungry, and it was cold. They just grabbed the bowls and chopsticks, and ate the hot braised pork and stewed oxtail in large chunks, without showing respect.

Normally, Bai Xuelan would never look down on these meals, because Xuan Huaifeng said that he was hungry, but now he did not care about Bai Shisan's arrogance, and actually grabbed a few pieces of meat at the same table with those country guys Put all the dishes in Xuanhuaifeng bowl and tell him to eat quickly.

Xuan Huaifeng came here after lunch, made a casual joke, and actually tricked Bai Xuelan. Seeing that the bowl was full, he was embarrassed to tell Bai Xuelan the truth, so he reluctantly ate two yuan.

Unexpectedly, after eating these two pieces, Bai Xuelan swiftly picked up two pieces of juicy braised pork, put them in a bowl that was already piled high, and said, "You always like vegetarian food and dislike meat, so I say you don't have enough nutrition. .Since you like braised pork sometimes, you must eat a few more bites."

Xuan Huaifeng looked at the red pork belly and said with a wry smile, "I really can't eat it anymore."

Bai Xuelan asked, "It's a lie again. Who was the one who said you were hungry just now? I counted and you only ate two bites. Are you full?"

Xuan Huaifeng said, "I'm really full. I ate lunch at home."

Bai Xuelan said, "It's even more of a lie. Since I've already had lunch, why are you lying to me that I'm hungry?"

Xuan Huaifeng was a little embarrassed to be exposed.Eyelids slightly raised, and looked at Bai Xuelan's face, but saw that he spoke seriously, but there was a smile in his eyes, and there was a hint of evil cunning hidden in that smile.

Xuan Huaifeng came to his senses, half ashamed, half funny, and said in a low voice, "Okay, it turned out to be a scheme to invite you into the urn."

Bai Xuelan also answered him in a low voice, "Who told you to hide your narrow-mindedness and say that you came here for the braised pork? I'll make you stretch your stomach so that you can't tell the lie. If you admit that it's for me as soon as you meet Come on, how can I make things difficult for you?"

At the banquet, people were tempted by the smell of wine and meat, eating and drinking to their heart's content, and they were all acquaintances of the Jiang family, and gradually the three brothers and four brothers, seven aunts and eight sisters-in-law began to chat.

Regarding the matter of human death, ancient poets have long had a profound understanding, leaving behind the sentence "relatives or remaining sorrows, others have already sung".Although it is not possible to start singing right now, the dead are already lying in the tomb, and the people who come to express their condolences think that they have completed their task, and there is no need to show sadness on their faces.In the winter, chewing pork and drinking strong wine is a happy thing after all, and the atmosphere at the banquet gradually changed from sadness to enthusiasm.

People's voices were buzzing at the mat in the front yard, so the whispers between Bai Xuelan and Xuan Huaifeng did not attract people's attention, and no one noticed the small pleasure they had with each other.

Mrs. Jiang is of course one of the relatives of the deceased "Yu Bei", but she has lived for decades, and she also knows that it is meaningless to want others to be as sad as herself.

So she endured her grief, and still solemnly presided over the overall situation, asking Leng Ningfang to supervise the serving of food and meat, and said, "The relatives and friends have worked hard to send Da'er the last journey, this farewell meal Don't be ambiguous. Don't be afraid of not having enough wine. A few days ago, Mama Wu called your grandfather when she went to the town. Mr. Xu escorted her and bought ten altars of burning knives in the town. You ask someone to bring them all. , Let everyone drink to their heart's content."

Leng Ningfang agreed, and asked the servants to bring out all the wine jars and distribute them to each table.

More than half of the banquet was eaten, and everyone was very satisfied.

At this time, Mrs. Jiang asked everyone to fill up the wine glasses, and asked the little girl to bring a glass of wine for herself.

Seeing this, everyone knew that it was time to go to the host's house to toast and talk, so when the old lady raised the wine glass, they all stopped and stopped chatting.

The arena was silent.

Mrs. Jiang raised her wine glass up, and said in a hoarse voice, "Everyone has worked hard today, thank you for being here."

Everyone hurriedly toasted and said it was not hard.

Mrs. Jiang drank a glass, asked someone to pour it for herself, sighed and said, "I don't need to tell you about the situation in my family. All relatives and friends know about it. The eldest son's visit will cost me half of my old age." If it wasn’t for pity that my second son was not taken care of, I would simply tie a rope and end myself.”

Many people comforted her, telling her not to be sad and to take care of her health.

Mrs. Jiang had her own opinions in her heart. She said these words at this moment, not just to listen to a few words of comfort, but continued, "God is not open, and asked my eldest son to leave, but it can't be said that he didn't give up. It's good for the old woman to keep some. At least it gave me a good daughter-in-law. My daughter-in-law has been very respectful to my mother-in-law since she came to my house, and she didn't let me worry about it. Bitter, give me a little thought. If I don't hesitate to be lucky and treat this daughter-in-law well, I will be struck by thunder. Daughter-in-law, today is a big day, you should have a drink too."

She said the last sentence to Leng Ningfang who was taking care of her during the banquet.

Leng Ningfang took the little girl in and out, but her mother-in-law suddenly said something to her, and she was so gentle and loving, she stood there in a daze for a while.

Mrs. Jiang turned her head and said to Wu Ma who was standing behind her, "Go, bring your young mistress a glass of wine."

Wu Ma took care of Young Master Jiang in one hand, she thought she was a very respectable old man in Jiangjiabao, and she was quite proud in front of Leng Ningfang in the past, but now she listened to the old lady's order, but returned with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye One is a word, holding a glass of wine to Leng Ningfang respectfully with both hands.

Mrs. Jiang said to Leng Ningfang, "I want you to stay at home today, and I don't ask you to send the eldest son. I know you are very unwilling. Actually, I have no other intentions. One is because I am afraid that you will see him hide with your own eyes. If you fall into the soil, you will be too sad, and you will hurt your body, and secondly, I don’t want to get the bad luck of death on you again. My child, this is all for your own good, so don’t blame me. "

Leng Ningfang was holding the glass of wine, and it was inconvenient to put it away, and she couldn't drink it casually, she just said softly, "I will never dare to blame my mother-in-law."

Mrs. Jiang nodded her head and said, "I know you are the most polite and filial to your parents-in-law, so I don't want you to suffer. You promised me last time, and the future things will be handled according to our rules here. I have prepared everything for you. Today is an opportunity, so we will announce it."

Leng Ningfang was suddenly puzzled, and asked, "What is the mother-in-law going to announce?"

Mrs. Jiang looked at her lovingly, and said with a smile, "I love you so much, do I still want you to live the hard life of being a widow? I think, Er'er is seriously ill now, so I don't care about any auspicious days." Yes, while everyone is here, I will save the next post to set up wine. Good boy, you can change rooms tomorrow night."

Leng Ningfang was shocked all over, and loosened her hands.

The wine glass fell to the ground and shattered with a bang.

Her face was pale, and her shoulders trembled violently, like a white paper doll shivering in the cold wind.

Two eyes looked at his mother-in-law in disbelief.

Xuan Huaifeng and Bai Xuelan were sitting at the seat farthest from Leng Ningfang. Seeing that Leng Ningfang had dropped her wine glass, she seemed to be in a daze as if she would fall at any moment, so they hurriedly stood up and rushed to help her.

However, a maid beside Leng Ningfang had already helped her up, and she sat down on a chair next to her.

Seeing this, Xuanbai and Bai stopped.

Xuan Huaifeng asked in a low voice, puzzled, "What do you mean by transferring rooms? Why did your sister suddenly look like that?"

Bai Xuelan sneered and said, "It's a local custom that widows are called to transfer houses. When the older brother dies and the younger brother marries the widow's wife, it's called transfer house."

Xuan Huaifeng was taken aback, and became angry, "How unreasonable!"

Over there, Leng Ningfang was sitting with a bloodless face, the maids and relatives comforted her, but she just kept silent, like a clay puppet.

When the old lady Jiang saw her, she walked up to her in person and said gently, "Son, you promised me earlier, are you going to go back on it now? I am wholehearted in my treatment of you. Look at this huge Jiangjiabao, come on!" Up and down, I will only listen to your ideas in the future. You are a person whose husband has died. If you don’t stay here, where will you go? Even if you marry elsewhere, can you be respected as much as you are here, and be the head of the house? Children , don't be stupid."

The people around were all related to the Jiang family, so they all nodded their heads and made soft efforts to Leng Ningfang.

This one says, "Your mother-in-law is doing it for your own good."

The one persuaded, "These days, military disasters are everywhere, many men died in the war alone, and there are young widows everywhere. Nowadays, it is difficult for even a big girl who has not left the cabinet to find someone, let alone a widow? If you want to remarry, it is naturally the original husband. Hello home."

Mrs. Jiang also said, "Listen, you know these people, they are honest and good people, they will never lie to you. Who said no?"

Just at this time, someone said clearly and loudly, "This is not good."

Everyone was surprised, turned their faces to this side, and saw Xuan Huaifeng coming up, standing in front of Mrs. Jiang, and said seriously, "Old lady, this is not good."

Mrs. Jiang knew that her daughter-in-law was kind and soft-hearted, and she could take the opportunity to get things done, so she deliberately announced it at the banquet to create a situation that was done.

She guessed that if there was someone making trouble, it would probably only be that young master Bai Shisan.However, she also prepared a way to deal with it.

Unexpectedly, now that Young Master Bai Shisan was still standing behind, the handsome Adjutant Xuan stood up first, which made her full of astonishment.

Mrs. Jiang frowned deeply, and the wrinkles on her face deepened a little. She looked at Xuan Huaifeng and said, "Adjutant Xuan, this is our Jiang family's housework, not your business."

A few elders around also booed, "Yes, this is a matter of the Jiang family, what kind of relative are you, it's not good to come out and talk about it?"

Xuan Huaifeng is reserved and quiet when he is not arguing with others, but once he is aroused by righteous indignation, he will show extraordinarily passionate blood. Now surrounded by a group of strangers who are not happy with him, there is no trace of anxiety, calm He shook his head and said, "I'm not a relative of the Jiang family."

Everyone even said, "I'm not a relative, what are you talking about in other people's family affairs?"

Xuan Huaifeng ignored the crowd and only asked Mrs. Jiang, "Old lady, you said that I have a life-saving kindness for your Jiangjiabao. I made a longevity tablet for me and put it in your ancestral hall. What's the matter?"

Before Mrs. Jiang could speak, Mama Wu yelled, "You man! Are you trying to hold us hostage by kindness?"

Xuan Huaifeng said, "I can't do this kind of thing by taking advantage of kindness to hold people hostage. But since we have such a relationship, it's not too much for me to ask about the Jiang family's affairs. Old lady, you Say it?"

Mrs. Jiang still remembers the thrilling battle on the gate tower a few days ago.And later at the dinner, in front of everyone, he said a solid word of gratitude.

Now if she were to suddenly tear off her face and Xuan Huaifeng, she would not be able to do it for a while.

Mrs. Jiang pondered for a while, and said to Xuan Huaifeng, "You are the benefactor of the Jiang family. Since you came to ask, I will give you an explanation. I did not create the rules of house transfers myself. Relatives can testify, and other families often behave like this. As the saying goes, do as the Romans do, although you are kind to my family, you shouldn’t force us to violate the customs.”

Everyone nodded.

One person said, "What does an outsider know? This custom of transferring houses is for the inheritance of future generations. If the elder brother dies, if the widowed sister-in-law takes the child to marry another family, wouldn't the child have to take another surname. First of all, the first One advantage is that you don't let your own blood and bones be scattered outside."

Xuan Huaifeng said, "As far as I know, the young mistress did not give birth. Since there is no Jiang family's flesh and blood, there can be no talk of scattering."

Another person yelled, "What a fool! Do you know how difficult it is for a widow to make ends meet? She marries her brother-in-law, has food and clothing, and guards the family business. What's wrong?"

Xuan Huaifeng said, "She has no one to help her, and she also has a cousin named Bai. With him, she will not let her cousin have enough to eat. This issue of livelihood is also nonsense."

Wu Ma was so angry that her face turned red, she rushed to the front, pointed at Xuan Huaifeng and said, "You! You are making trouble on purpose! What day is today? Today is my young master who went down to the soil, so you come here Bullying his widowed old lady! The young master is so sick, you have medicine, but you refuse to save it. Now the second young master is seriously ill, and you are counting on the young grandma to save the day, and you come out to stop him. You are going to kill the Jiang family You? Your heart is made of iron!"

Xuan Huaifeng said, "This is a truthful statement. Don't talk about customs, what about house transfers? You are actually taking this poor woman as a blessing to a child who is dying of illness."

Mrs. Jiang hissed tremblingly, "What's wrong with Chongxi? She has already become a widow, and she is not a girl of Huang Hua, so she will not miss her life. Ming Media is marrying here. If the second son is well, she will still be the young mistress of the Jiang family. Good wine and food, good family wealth. Where did you treat her badly?"

Xuan Huaifeng's eyes sank, and he said solemnly, "Old lady, I respect you as an elder, and I didn't want to say bad things. But I can't care about your unreasonable words. Your second son, He was born with serious defects. Even if he is not seriously ill, finding an ordinary woman to be his wife and dedicate his whole life to him would be a waste of people. What's more, he is seriously ill now, and his life may not be saved Hold on. Miss Leng just passed away her husband, and it was a very fragile time, you forced Miss Leng to congratulate this demented brother-in-law, that is a real crime!"

Mrs. Jiang has always been respected in this place, but now, in front of everyone, being reprimanded by a young man like this, her chest was pounding violently, and her eyelids rolled up tremblingly.

Wu Ma supported her with one hand and pacified her with the other, crying, "Old lady! Don't worry about it!"

In terms of customs, everyone stood on the Jiang family's side. Seeing that Mrs. Jiang was so angry that she couldn't speak, she couldn't help being angry.Those who fought on the gate tower knew Xuan Huaifeng's kindness, so they didn't make much noise.On the contrary, the mourners who came outside who didn't know what happened cast their angry eyes on Xuan Huaifeng, and gradually surrounded Xuan Huaifeng, saying, "For the funeral, you come to mess around with the last meal. It's not like that. Human relations, we must not be lighthearted."

Xuan Huaifeng saw them leaning towards them murderously, and hated them for being ignorant and ruthless. Although he was a little scared in his heart, he stiffened his neck and asked, "Is it me messing around, or are you messing around? If you raise your own daughter, can you give it to a happy daughter?" The dead dementia is happy?"

Mrs. Jiang was stroking her back desperately by Madam Wu, and she finally got her breath back. She stared at Xuan Huaifeng, gasped and said, "Adjutant Xuan, you don't hit people in the face. I only have Er Er's life left, and you have a dementia Son, keep cursing him to death, trying to spoil his wedding. If you do this again, you can’t blame me for ignoring your kindness.”

When everyone heard her words, they intended to tear their face apart.

Immediately, a few reckless distant relatives were about to twist and tie Xuan Huaifeng, shouting, "Bring the rope! Tie him up and throw him into the tiger ditch!"

Just as his hand was about to touch Xuan Huaifeng's shoulder, a figure rushed in, grabbed the hand, lifted and twisted it, and kicked it out horizontally, kicking the man so hard that he couldn't move on the ground.

Everyone was shocked by this force, and they were stunned for a moment.

As soon as Bai Xuelan showed up, she hurt someone with her hands. She stood still beside Xuan Huaifeng, glanced around, and asked calmly, "If you want to talk, let's talk. If anyone wants to do something, then let's try."

The words are peaceful.

Those foreign relatives didn't know who Xuan Huaifeng was, but Bai Shisan Shao was born and raised in Shandong Province, and his reputation spread far and wide. Many people had heard of it. When he asked him, he couldn't help but took two steps back.

The crowd that had surrounded Xuan Huaifeng suddenly retreated in a circle with a whoosh.

Others can retreat, but Mrs. Jiang has no way out. As soon as everyone moved away, her status became more prominent. Her thin body stood stubbornly on the spot like a bamboo pole, and she sternly shouted, "Young Master Bai Shisan, are you going to come here?" Did my eldest son kill someone at the farewell banquet? You go and kill the old woman first!"

Bai Xuelan said with a smile, "It's not proper for a woman to fight and kill at every turn."

Mrs. Jiang said, "In order to save incense, my family only finished the white things, and now we have to do the red things. This is completely helpless. The liver and intestines are about to die, and your adjutant still scolds me in public. It's not good." , said to commit crimes! Is this a decent thing?"

Bai Xuelan shook her head, "It's not proper either."

Xuan Huaifeng fought against a group of heroes in front of him, and almost fell into the siege of fools and ignorant women. He was very puzzled why Bai Xuelan refused to show up.

Now that Bai Xuelan stepped forward to rescue him, Xuan Huaifeng was very relieved, and put aside the original confusion for now.Hearing from Bai Xuelan that he was also inappropriate, although she didn't think so, she didn't get angry.

Thinking that as long as Bai Xuelan is here, she won't be at a disadvantage.

Mrs. Jiang nodded and said, "Young Master Bai Shisan, what you said is fair. Then, I don't care about your adjutant's recklessness."

Bai Xuelan said, "But there is something I want to ask."

Mrs. Jiang said, "Excuse me."

Bai Xuelan asked, "Did you ask my family about my sister's house transfer?"

Mrs. Jiang couldn't help showing a smile. That old pine-bark-like face was originally unattractive, but suddenly the lines twitched, showing a hint of cunning and hateful with a village atmosphere, and said, "I haven't asked the old man of the Bai family, old lady Do you dare to do this? The old man agrees."

Ever since Leng Ningfang dropped her wine glass and was supported to sit down, she just stared at the ground in a daze, without making a sound.

At this moment, he suddenly let out a groan, and fell back limply, as if his spine had been pulled by someone.

The maid hurriedly supported her, and kept yelling, "Young Mistress! Young Mistress!"

The old lady brought hot tea and fed it to her mouth.

Bai Xuelan smiled at Mrs. Jiang, "Your work is really impeccable. Last time in front of us, I asked my mother to call the town and report the funeral to my family. It turned out that I had some private goods with me. My grandfather nodded. , You have taken the sacred decree, even if I am here, I can only take the oral decree. If I make trouble for you here, when I return home, I will definitely be arrested and questioned. "

Xuan Huaifeng understood, it turned out that Bai Xuelan was silent at first, because he had already guessed that his old man was behind it.

In the final analysis, in the eyes of peasants, a earthen fortress like the Jiang family might be considered powerful, but in the eyes of the all-powerful Bai family, what is it?

But the old lady of the Bai family has a lot of weight.

Bai Xuelan couldn't help being afraid.

Mrs. Jiang said, "Old Master Bai's thoughts are the same as mine. They are all for the good of your sister for the rest of her life. Young Master Bai Shisan, don't be confused."

Bai Xuelan said, "You moved out the old man's big Buddha, do I dare to be confused? But now it's a new era, and it's a lifelong event, you have to ask what the person concerned thinks."

As she said that, she turned her head and asked Leng Ningfang, "Sister, do you want to turn around this room?"

Leng Ningfang almost passed out just now, but the old woman drank two mouthfuls of hot tea and pinched her twice before she woke up faintly.

Sitting on the chair, his shoulders drooped weakly, his face was in a daze.

Bai Xuelan asked her twice, but she didn't seem to hear anything.

Later, it was Bai Xuelan who walked over and patted her shoulder, and she raised her head as if surprised.

Bai Xuelan asked, "What's the matter? Do you accept this marriage as before, or do you want to fight it?"

Leng Ningfang remained silent for a while, and when Bai Xuelan asked again, she suddenly cried out, "Accept it or not? Grandpa made the decision. Do I still have a choice? I'm not alone! I am A rotten straw mat that you don't want! You...why don't you let me die clean?"

Covering his face, he cried heart-rendingly.

I couldn't even sit in the chair anymore, and rolled to the ground while crying.

Wu Ma and the two maids hurried forward and helped her up.Leng Ningfang was held by someone with both arms, and she fell down, still crying loudly regardless.When everyone heard the mournful cry, they all showed expressions of intolerance.

Mrs. Jiang told Mama Wu, "Hurry up and take your young mistress into the room, don't let her cry herself to death. You take care of her yourself, and tomorrow's happy event must not be delayed."

Wu Ma and others escorted Leng Ningfang away.

The cry went further and further away.

No one could have expected such a situation in a send-off banquet with delicious wine and meat.

As soon as Leng Ningfang left, Bai Xuelan didn't want to stay, so she bowed her hands to Mrs. Jiang and said she was tired and wanted to go back to her room to rest, so she dragged Xuan Huaifeng away.

Everyone was dull and bored, and they all dispersed.