Carrying the wrong sedan chair to marry the wrong wife

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the streets of Nantong are very lively. The common people gather together in twos and threes, talking enthusiastically about the miracles of the moment.

"I heard that it was the sedan chair that fell at the Marriage Bridge. The young masters of the Shen and Lin families went to the Yuelao Temple to make a wish and won the lottery."

"I heard that the old fortune teller said that Yue Lao secretly corrected the mistakes, so that there are two new couples matching each other."

"It stands to reason that the young master of the Lin family and the daughter of the Lu family are a perfect match, but no one knows about the ruffian nature of the young master of the Shen family. Does it mean that a ruffian should match Miss Lu's family?"

"The unworthy people have become husband and wife. Didn't you see that the master of the Yuan family followed the master of the Lin family? He must have recognized it."

"Tsk tsk, this young lady of the Yuan family is lucky to fly up a branch and become a phoenix."

"If you say that Miss Lu's life is also suffering, she originally decided to be a grandma, but who knows that she will not be successful after marriage."

"It's too early to say that. Everyone wants to start a family and start a career. This young master of the Shen family may work hard in the future."

"That's enough."

"Hey, the masters of the Lin family and the masters of the Yuan family have already left. Why haven't the masters and young masters come out?"

The people on the street were whispering to each other. In the main hall of the Lu family, Lu Wenzheng and Shen Zhongnan sat opposite each other in silence. When they were young, Lu Wenzheng called the little maid to come forward and sighed: "Go and get the young master Shen Jia from the second hall, please come here." .”

Shen Zhongnan was inexplicably happy when he heard the words, thinking that in this place back then, Lu Wenzheng categorically refused the Shen family's marriage proposal, Mancang knelt down and begged bitterly at that time, now, even if he doesn't want to, he has to admit this son-in-law.

When he was young, Shen Wenchang hurried into the front hall with his robe in his hand, his face was filled with joy, he was suddenly stunned when he approached, his father-in-law's expression was not quite right, he suddenly felt puzzled, and looked at his father.

Shen Zhongnan smiled and winked at his son. Shen Wenchang immediately understood, stepped forward, bowed with both hands, and said, "My lord, father-in-law."

Lu Wenzheng looked at Shen Wenchang after hearing the sound, hesitated to speak, and finally turned into a sigh: "My son-in-law, please stand up!!"

Shen Wenchang was overjoyed, and quickly got up: "Thank you, father-in-law!"

"In-laws, Lin and Yuan's family's faint post has been changed, now, shouldn't it be time to change our family's?" Shen Zhongnan asked, clasping his hands.

"Naturally!" Lu Wenzheng finished speaking, picked up a pen and wrote on the red post: "The two surnames of Shen and Lu are married, and a contract is made under one roof, and the marriage will last forever. I would like to write a letter to Hong Jian with the promise of my sons and daughters, so that the alliance of red leaves can be recorded in the mandarin genealogy. This is proof." Lu Wenzheng wrote down his name and stamped his fingerprints.

Shen Zhongnan then stood up, walked over, took a pen to copy what Lu Wenzheng had written, and finally wrote his name on the lower right, and pressed his fingerprints.

"In this way, in-laws, please call out the bride and return home with us. On the day when the three dynasties return home, the young couple will come back to visit relatives." Shen Zhongnan looked kind, and now that he has become in-laws, forget all the unpleasant things before.

"What my father-in-law said is true. It should be so. It's just that there are noisy people outside. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for Qingyi to go home together." Lu Wenzheng stretched out his hand to stroke his beard. Seeing the Shen family's father and son's expressions changed, he knew they had misunderstood, so he continued: "If it's not like this, my relatives and son-in-law, cough cough, and my son-in-law go back to the mansion first, and after I find the maidservant Xiaorou, I send the sedan chair from behind to send the little girl back to Shen's house."

Shen Wenchang felt relieved when he heard the words, almost thought that the father-in-law was going to confiscate her clothes.

"The in-laws are very considerate, so I will leave with the dog first." Shen Zhongnan turned his elbow and turned his dazed son. Shen Wenchang glanced at his father, and hurriedly bowed to Lu Wenzheng, "My son-in-law bids farewell to my father-in-law. .”

"En." Lu Wenzheng responded.

Shen Wenchang glanced inside when he got up, and finally left the Lu family behind his father.

"Come out, come out, tsk tsk, look at Shen Wenchang's complacency, Shen and Lu's marriage is settled."

"Tsk tsk, why is Shen Wenchang so lucky?"

Before Shen Wenchang got on the sedan chair, he heard the voices of the common people communicating, and said in his heart: "Young master is lucky, I am envious of you." After thinking about it, I got on the sedan chair.

Lu Wenzheng waited for Shen's father and son to leave and went to the inner courtyard. When he returned to the house, his wife did not see his daughter, so he asked, "Ma'am, where is Huiban?"

"I'm taking a shower in the room." Mrs. Lu looked weary, "I asked for a long time, but I couldn't find anything. The old lady couldn't help it."

"Hey, after spending the night at Shen's house, we have to marry our daughter into Shen's house regardless of whether she is innocent or not." Lu Wenzheng said as he sat down, "It's just that I think Shen Wenchang's temperament is very impetuous, very unstable, and I don't have any ink in my heart, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get along with Hui Ban for a long time, and I am afraid that Hui Ban will be wronged in the future."

Mrs. Lu shook her head and said: "I spent a period of time in prison with him, although he is impetuous, he can be reasonable, and he attaches great importance to love and righteousness. Now that they have finally become a husband and wife, they will not fail Hui Ban. "

"The matter has come to this, I should think about the best, I will send Lu Qing to look for Xiaorou, and send the maidservant Hui Hui back to Shen's house when I am young." Lu Wenzheng said and went out with his hands behind his back.

On that side, when Shen Zhongnan arrived at home, he sent the housekeeper directly to the Yuan Mansion, carried all the dowry of Miss Yuan Manor back to Yuan's house, and carried out all the betrothal gifts, and sent them directly to Lu's house.

The actions of the Shen family brought the other three families back to their senses. The Lu family sent back the betrothal gift to the Lin family, and the Lin family returned the dowry to the Lu family. For a moment, the streets were very congested, and there were more people watching the excitement.

Shen Wenchang slipped out of the house and went to tell his friends the good news, and they gathered at Cheng's house for a small gathering.

"My father-in-law said with a somber face that the good son-in-law is welcome, ah ha ha ha ha, make me happy, make me happy." Shen Wenchang stood in front of the table and said while patting the table.

"By the way, didn't you take your father-in-law a hand?" Tang Hongfei asked.

Shen Wenchang smiled sheepishly, sat down, poured a glass of wine with the flagon and said, "What are you going to get? Although I hate him in my heart, he is my father-in-law after all. If I get stiff with him, what will happen to Yiyi?" What to do? I still want to live a good life after marriage."

"Pfft!" Xu Jinwen took a sip of wine, "Hahaha, live a good life? Can you? Hahaha"

Shen Wenchang grabbed a handful of roasted peanuts and threw them at Xu Jinwen: "Shut up."

This scene happened to be seen by Liniang who was carrying some side dishes. She walked over and put the dish on the table and said, "Mr. Shen, these peanuts are specially bought by my husband who sold his calligraphy and paintings to entertain you. Mr. Shen's family doesn't care about gold and silver. We don't care about them." Small families can cherish it. After all, these peanuts are for people to eat, not for people to throw."

Shen Wenchang's face turned red when he heard the words, he licked his face and said with a smile: "What Liniang said is true, what she said is true, ours is not, don't be upset, don't be upset, haha, pick it up, just pick it up." Shen Wenchang said Then he stood up, walked over to grab Xu Jinwen and said angrily, "Get up, pick it up with me!"

Seeing the complaint, Cheng hurriedly stopped and said, "Third Brother, Fifth Brother, don't pick it up, you won't be able to eat it if you drop it on the ground." Then he smiled at Liniang: "Don't worry, lady, just don't throw it away, ang~"

Liniang stopped talking when she heard the words. After all, Shen Wenchang was her benefactor, and she just couldn't control herself just now. Cheng Yi painted every day and took them out to sell. Her hands were frostbitten. She also felt distressed, seeing her husband working hard. The money I earned entertained people, but was thrown away casually, and I felt wronged.

"Eat, I'm going to prepare two dishes for you." After saying that, Liniang turned and left.

"What's going on, fourth brother, are you afraid of Liniang? Let me tell you, we men have to stand up to the door, how can we have the air of a boudoir!" Tang Hongfei said in surprise.

Cheng Yi cleared his throat and said: "Respect each other, respect each other, whoever listens to whom, it's all hard work, Liniang's intention is good, but the tone is not used, brothers don't take offense."

Shen Wenchang rubbed his nose and said, "Well, I quite agree. It's just that whoever is reasonable can be tougher. It's the same. I like the fourth brother like this, hahaha."

Zhu Fugui nodded after hearing the words: "Yes, yes, listen to whoever makes sense, let's be reasonable, not afraid, not afraid."

Tang Hongfei heard the words and didn't want to continue talking. Compared with Cheng Yi, Zhu Fugui was more afraid of guilt. Every time he went to Zhu's house, he felt angry, brother was too useless.

"Don't talk about it anymore, I'm bored." Tang Hongfei said after looking at the others: "Now that Mancang has successfully married Mrs. Lu, I don't plan to stay in the yamen anymore. I will resign in a while. I'm going to join the army."

"What?" Everyone was shocked.

"I'm planning to go to the frontier to find General Qian." Tang Hongfei said with excitement, "I have seen the majesty of the army with my own eyes, and I want to be a general in my life. Full warehouse, shall I go with you?"

Shen Wenchang shook his head in fright when he heard the words: "No, no, no, I won't go, I'm just newly married, I won't go even if I die."

"Why are you so unpromising?" Tang Hongfei said and looked at Cheng Yi, "Is the fourth brother going to Beijing Chunwei next year?"

"No, I want to watch over Liniang and live a good life." Cheng Yi said.

"You will regret it in the future if you delay your future for women." Tang Hongfei wished to pry his brother's brains to see, "Didn't you listen to what the outside world said about you? Let's see, whoever you marry will not hinder your future."

Cheng Yi heard the words and said: "They just said, I can go in the left ear and out the right ear."

Tang Hongfei was speechless, picked up the quick knife and stood up: "I don't know what to say to you, I'm leaving."

"Hongfei is going to join the army, can uncle and aunt let him go?" Zhu Fugui asked.

Shen Wenchang glanced at Fugui, sat down again, picked up the wine cup and drank it, and then said: "I won't agree, but Hongfei can escape. Everyone has his own ambitions, and we can't force it. It's just that Miss Wan'er suffered a lot. It's good to marry Wan'er, otherwise, wouldn't Miss Wan'er have to wait until she grows old?"

"Hongfei is different from me. Although he likes Wan'er, he is afraid that he is not ready to marry as a wife." Cheng Yi peeled the peanut and handed it to his mouth.

"It's impossible in the first place, but fourth brother, you are weird, you ask the world, which one is a bit talented or has a wealthy family who will marry a singer." Xu Jinwen felt that it was natural for a singer to be a concubine.

"Shh, don't mention the word diva, if Li Niang thinks you have a prejudice against diva, she won't let you come again." Cheng Yi looked nervous.

Xu Jinwen quickly covered his mouth when he heard the words, he completely believed that the fourth sister-in-law could do it.

Shen Wenchang smiled, raised his glass and clinked glasses with others, one cup after another.

"There's no more wine." Cheng Yi stood up holding an empty toast, "I'm going to get some wine."

"Stop beating, fourth brother, I can't drink anymore, hiccup, give me a blanket, I want to sleep." After saying that, Xu Jinwen stood up, pushed open the small cubicle next to him, climbed onto the kang, and fell asleep.

"I'll go to the meeting too." Zhu Fugui also followed.

Shen Wenchang laughed and said, "They can't drink too much, hiccup, they're still men, they're not as good as a fake man like me, hiccup."

Cheng Yi was shocked when he heard the words: "Third, third brother, what did you just say?"

Shen Wenchang was shocked and stunned.

"Third Brother, you..." Cheng Yi looked at Shen Wenchang's expression with certainty.

"You, you got it wrong." Shen Wenchang wished he could bite off his tongue and make you talk nonsense after drinking some wine.

"Third brother, don't panic, I am too." Cheng Yi said cautiously, she was a little happy at the moment, she was the only woman in the world who disguised herself as a man and had a crush on her.

"You?" Shen Wenchang opened his mouth like a goose egg, and looked at Cheng Yi carefully. She always thought that Cheng Yi was similar to Jin Wen, and she never thought about dressing up as a man. Now that she sees it, tsk tsk.

"Good brother!" Shen Wenchang stretched out his arms and hugged Cheng Yi, "Take care of each other from now on."

"Definitely, definitely." Cheng Yi patted Shen Wenchang on the back.

This scene was just seen by Liniang who was carrying the appetizers, and said in disbelief, "What are you doing?"

The two separated in a panic when they heard the words, Shen Wenchang got up quickly and said: "Fourth brother, you know I know, I'll go first." After saying that, Shen Wenchang left in a hurry.

Cheng Yi walked quickly to Liniang's side, took the food from Liniang's hand, took Liniang's hand and said, "Lady, come on, sit down, third brother was drunk just now..."

Shen Wenchang came out of Cheng's house and patted his chest, Liniang was too aura.Shen Wenchang shook his head and walked home, entered the house, glanced into the hall, was stunned, walked suspiciously to the front hall, and said: "Father, Second Mother, Yiyi, what are you doing?"

"Where have you been? I asked Shen Song to find you, but you have gone into hiding? Don't you know that you haven't offered tea yet?" Father Shen said angrily.

Shen Wenchang heard the words and remembered, those who will serve tea after marriage, looked at Yiyi, who was clearly displeased, and hurriedly said: "I went to find Cheng Yi and the others, this is not to tell them about the mistake of carrying the bridal sedan chair Well, let's celebrate together."

Shen Zhongnan glanced at his daughter-in-law, just now he also saw her daughter-in-law waiting for fear of resentment, so he scolded his son: "Since you are back, hurry up."

"Hey." Shen Wenchang hastily went to pull Yiyi next to him.

Lu Qingyi patiently knelt down with Shen Wenchang in front of Father Shen and Mrs. Shen, took the tea from the servant girl and passed it up.

"Father, drink tea."

"Eunuch, drink tea."

"Okay, okay." Shen Zhongnan took a sip one by one and put it down, took out two red envelopes and handed them to the two: "After marriage, we support each other, especially when the warehouse is full, and the temper is impetuous. If there is any disagreement, let it go." Huiban."

"Oh, my son wrote it down." Shen Wenchang said while putting a red envelope in his sleeve.

The little maid stepped forward and handed the two the second cup of tea, and the two passed it to Mrs. Shen.

"Er Niang drinks tea."

"Grandma drinks tea."

Mrs. Shen was taken aback when she heard the words. She thought that Miss Lu would call her Erniang just like Mancang, and she didn't want to hear the word mother-in-law, so she felt joy in her heart. She took the tea and smiled happily: "Okay, okay."

Mrs. Shen took a sip of tea and put it down, took out the red envelope and handed it to the two of them, "Congratulations to the lovers who finally got married."

"Thank you, Erniang."

"Thank you, mother-in-law."

"Get up." Mrs. Shen stood up and helped Lu Qingyi up herself. She liked this daughter-in-law very much.