The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Yun Dalang's death brought Zheng Ping's family not only pain, but also financial problems.

Yun Yan didn't realize this at first, and only cared about whether Zheng Ping would be too sad.Until he saw Zheng Ping drawing a pattern, and then he started Kesi.

Inexplicably, the fan noodles were very delicate, and there was a bit of a posture of day and night. Yun Yan felt a little bit in his heart, feeling that something was wrong.

One day, Hu Sanniang came to chat with Zheng Ping and asked if there was someone to bring Yunda's body back to Beijing.

Zheng Ping said sadly that Yun Dalang died by drowning, and his body was gone.Hu Sanniang's complexion suddenly turned ugly, and she immediately comforted Zheng Ping that she could go to Daxiangguo Temple to pray for blessings and summon her soul.

Zheng Ping wiped away her tears and said that was exactly what she wanted to do.

Yun Yan immediately understood that the ancients attached great importance to the funeral, even if they didn't need to bring Yun Dalang's body back, they would have to spend a lot of money to complete the funeral.

The daily expenses of the family are nothing more than the daily expenses. It is unrealistic to have a funeral and invite monks to do Buddhist ceremonies.

The only way is to sell Zheng Ping Kesi for money.

Yun Yanhui didn't know what Zheng Ping was hiding, and she couldn't dissuade her, so she could only watch Zheng Ping take more than a month to create a lifelike hibiscus flower fan.

This took Zheng Ping a lot of energy, and Yun Yan didn't know how much the fan noodles that made her lose a lot of weight were sold, but after Zheng Ping went to Xiu Lane, she bought meat for them when she came back.

Then, the enthusiastic neighbors are invited to organize a funeral ceremony, and set up a tomb for Yun Dalang, and the whole family wears sackcloth and filial piety.Besides, these neighbors are invited to provide tea and rice.

It was also at this time that Yun Yan found out that Yun Dalang had no other family members when he came back.None of the neighbors asked this question, and it is very likely that they have inquired about it a long time ago, and they know why they didn't.

Yun Yanhui suspects that his father is also an orphan. Even if both parents die, it is not enough to have no relatives. People in this age have piles of relatives.

Zheng Ping wanted to greet the inside and outside, and Shuang Yi took care of the two younger brothers.

However, on weekdays, Shuang Yi was frightened during the funeral. She had never met Yun Dalang, but she had a vague idea of ​​death. Seeing the family coming and going, and her adoptive mother crying from time to time, she was of course afraid .

Fortunately, Yun Yanhui is not an ordinary child, but instead takes care of Shuangyi, taking her and Xiaobao with her all the time.Yunyan's calm attitude made Shuangyi calm down a lot, and she decided not to worry her mother, she should take good care of her younger brothers.

During this period, no one dared to disturb Zheng Ping casually, Yun Yanhui's trousers were unraveled, and he asked Shuangyi to help mend them.

Shuangyi mended half of it carefully, and Yunyan picked it up to look at it. No matter how she looked at it, she felt that the stitches were too sparse and not very neat.

"I'm talented..." Shuangyi said.

There was only half of it left, Yun Yan returned to pinch the needle and thread decisively, and mended it by herself.It's just mending pants, no complicated stitches are needed, this stitch is even more neat than Shuangyi's.

Yunyan thought back to herself, is it because I am too genius, or is it that Shuangyi will not get rich overnight...

Shuangyi lowered her head in shame, her younger brother hadn't touched a needle all day, yet he sewed better than her!Also, she sometimes does something in the kitchen, and Brother Yan reminds her.

"Brother Yan, I will definitely practice QAQ well."

"It's okay, learn slowly." Yun Yan replied as if she was an elder.

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Besides, Zheng Ping, she invited seven monks from Daxiangguo Temple to do Buddhist ceremonies. First, she summoned the spirits, and then because Yun Dalang died young and his bones could not be returned home, she recited scriptures for seven days.

Most of the people who came to express their condolences were neighbors from the neighborhood, and some old friends of Yun Dalang. Seeing their orphans and widows, they all felt very sorry for them.

Because he had a friendship with Monk Liaoran, he was invited as well.

After Qiao Ran came, he heard the news of Zheng Ping's death on the day he returned from him, and he felt very complicated.At this time, the monk who was doing Buddhist work saw it, and couldn't help but listen to the movement, and came over to salute, "Uncle Master."

Liao Ran sighed, stopped drinking tea, replaced the leading monk, and recited scriptures by himself.

"How does this make..." Zheng Ping wiped her eyes.

Knowing that he insisted on reciting scriptures, it was not until evening that the big monk replaced him and had some food.

Qingming didn't know much about the situation of Zheng Ping's family, he only asked Zheng Ping a little, and knew that her husband was out of business, but Zheng Ping didn't say that she hadn't heard from her for a while.So Qingran thought that Zheng Ping's family would become more burdened after her husband passed away, but in fact Zheng Ping had already been in charge of the family.

Aiwujiwu, knowing it is natural to tell him, if you have any difficulties, you can come to Daxiangguo Temple to find him.

Zheng Ping thanked him solemnly, and asked Yun Yan to come back and salute to Xiao Ran.

Yun Yan returned to follow Zheng Ping as much as possible these days, of course there was nothing he would not agree to, since the monk is so old, it would not be a disadvantage to salute.

Later, when Yun Yan thought about it again, she realized that maybe Zheng Ping had already thought about it and asked for help.

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After finishing Yun Dalang's funeral, Zheng Ping felt as if she had been hollowed out. She lost all energy and spirit, and she didn't do embroidery work for several days.But last time she probably made a lot of money selling fans, so even if she didn't have a job, the family still had a good meal.

Restricted by the times, it is still a kind of wheat rice bean rice, but the quality of the next meal is much higher.

It can be seen that no matter where they are, top craftsmen must have a good life...

One day Zheng Ping was cooking, Shuang Yi was dancing in the courtyard, and Yun Yan sat at the door watching after returning home.There is a woven pergola on the front eaves of his house, which extends out for a while, and the bottom is a clean stone slab.

Yunyan sat back under it, and Xiaobao crawled around beside her.On the surface it was Shuangyi who was leading them both, but in fact it was Yunyan who was staring at the two children.

That's all for Xiaobao, Shuangyi has been looking forward to going out since she went out recently.Even though he lived at the back door of Kaifeng Mansion, Yun Yanhui had to be vigilant, since Zheng Ping was not in front of him, he consciously came out to watch.

At this time, an old woman walked outside the fence and looked around the courtyard.

Shuangyi lowered her head and skipped the grid without paying attention, but Yun Yanhui saw it at a glance. A few days ago, his family held a funeral, and many neighbors from the neighborhood came, so even though she didn't go out very much, Yun Yanhui still recognized the neighbors.This old woman had never been seen before.

The old woman glanced around the yard a few times, and met Yun Yanhui's. Seeing his face, he froze for a moment, and then showed a surprised expression.

At this time, Shuangyi also saw her, and took a few steps back, walking under the arbor, a little shy.

The old woman smiled slightly and asked, "Excuse me, does Mrs. Zheng live here?"

Shuangyi breathed a sigh of relief, "Wait a minute." She went to the kitchen to call Zheng Ping.

The old woman looked at Yun Yanhui, then at Xiao Bao, with strange eyes.

Yunyan put her hands through Xiaobao's armpits, lifted him up, turned around and sat on the threshold together.

In just a short time, Zheng Ping also came out, wiped the water stains on her hands on the apron, and looked up to look beyond the fence.

From Yunyan's angle, I couldn't see her expression, but I could see that her body was stiff.

Seeing Zheng Ping, the old woman shouted excitedly, "Liu Niang, it's really you!"

Then Zheng Ping turned around in a panic, and said to Shuangyi: "Take the younger brothers back to the house."

"Oh..." Shuangyi took Yun Yanhui and Xiaobao's hands and walked into the house, but even she sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and turned her head every step of the way.

Yun Yanhui was dragged into the room, immediately "shushed" to Shuang Yi, and then quietly went to the door to peek.

Zheng Ping didn't let the old woman in, and the two stood at the gate and talked quietly.

The old woman took out a fan, and Yun Yanhui immediately recognized that the tapestry fan was clearly the one that Zheng Ping had made in a rush.

The old woman was talking to Zheng Ping, and when she became emotional, she accidentally raised her voice a little bit, and Yun Yan, who was sharp and sharp, heard her say: "Liu Niang, you are still so young! Since that person has... You just agree, the gentleman and the lady will definitely let the past go."

"Mother-in-law, stop talking, I won't agree!" Zheng Ping interrupted her with an angry face, looked around to see if no neighbors noticed, then turned angrily.

Seeing that she ignored her, the old woman leaned on the fence and sighed, "Liu Niang, think about it again, mother-in-law is going back first."