The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen didn't like Xiaosun's confrontation with her elders, but also felt that she was domineering and jealous, and had no virtue of chastity and virtuousness.At this moment, I heard Mrs. Feng talking about Mrs. Sun's pregnancy, but she changed her mind and said: "Since she is pregnant, the heirs are the most important thing in the end. What does your mother say?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Feng had no choice but to say: "Mother is naturally happy. I originally said that I would argue with my sister-in-law's natal family, but now it's all right. But it's my sister-in-law's natal family. The old man and the old lady personally ordered gifts and came to apologize. Didn't say anything."

Mrs. Chen laughed and said, "It doesn't matter whether theory is theory or not. Just say that your sister-in-law's old lady understands things. This is the rule of scholars."

Chen Gui sat crookedly on the grand teacher's chair with his legs crossed, shook his head disapprovingly while eating melon seeds, and said with a sneer, "What's the theory? As long as her sister-in-law lives up to her expectations, she will conceive in October and give birth to a precious son for the Feng family. This matter is likely to be exposed. If you don’t live up to it, let’s make another girl’s film, and the old lady doesn’t argue, but if you pursue it, the fun will come later!”

When everyone heard the words, they didn't feel silent.

The second sister listened in a daze, and she couldn't help but think of what Chen said angrily in the morning.After thinking about it carefully for a while, I only felt a coldness in my heart.

Between joking and joking, it was already time to hold the lamps.Then a woman serving on the stove came to ask when the meal was served.Chen Gui and his wife came home after having dinner at Feng's house, so they were not hungry at this time.But when he saw that there was a ham soup stewed with pheasant cubs for dinner, it smelled mellow and fragrant, and he didn't feel his index finger move.Chen Gui smiled and said, "Well, you guys are eating something good while we're not here."

The old lady Chen said with a smile: "It's a new year's product from the Zhang family. I saw it was fresh, so I ordered one to be stewed on the stove. Using this pheasant soup to make rice is sweeter than porridge."

Chen Gui said with a smile: "Father and mother are old, so they should take good care of their bodies. These wild ideas are the most nourishing. It's a pity that the son is useless, he can't live well to support the high school, and he has to favor your elders something to eat."

Old Mrs. Chen scolded: "Don't say such plain words. I don't like to hear it."

Hearing this, Chen Gui still smiled and said, "Since father doesn't like to hear it, I won't talk about it. Just eat a bowl of soup and stop talking."

After all, he still ordered the little girl who was waiting on the side to add half a bowl of rice and eat it with chicken soup.

Mrs. Chen ordered Feng Shi, Chen Rong and Chen Wan to eat a little more.All three shook their heads.Feng Shiyin said with a smile: "We don't have that good appetite. Just one meal is fine."

Happy to finish the meal.The second sister hurriedly ordered the stove master to send some lime powder, dogwood powder, pepper powder, some spicy and pungent seasonings and face medicines to the room for tinkering.Mrs. Chen knew what kind of "anti-wolf potion" the second sister was going to make, and immediately watched with a smile on her side.He asked again: "And does it work? Don't work all day in vain, it's useless."

The second sister laughed and said, "Whether it's useful or not, let's make it out and see. Are you prepared?"

Mrs. Chen sneered and said, "With your uncle here, it is more effective than any medicine. If you don't believe it, you will know in due time."

The second sister still said with a smile: "I trust my uncle. It's just for nothing."

After all, looking at the powder prepared on the table, You sighed: "It's a pity that there is no small watering can, otherwise it will be better than powder if you pour it into water and take it with you."

Chen clutched her itchy nose, very disapproving.The eldest sister also frowned and said: "This taste is too pungent, I don't want to wear it out on the Lantern Festival. I became a cook on the stove."

Hearing this, the second sister said, "Is it the safety of life that matters? Or the smell? What's more, if we wrap it tightly in oiled paper and put it in the purse, how much flavor can it have? You are too delicate. "

The eldest sister shook her head again and again when she heard the words, thanking you for not being sensitive.

Mrs. Chen was beside her, leaning forward and back together with more and more laughter.

The second sister tried to persuade the eldest sister several times, and saw that the eldest sister just shook her head and did not agree.I had no choice but to bitterly say "I don't know the goods", and I divided the seasoning powder into several oil paper bags, and put them into several small pouches.The next day, Feng and Chen Wan were sent off again. When the mother and daughter saw the so-called "anti-wolf potion", they laughed a lot, and let the second sister's tongue shine brightly, and they refused to hang it on their bodies. .On the contrary, Chen Gui saw that this thing was novel and interesting, so he begged for a pack from his second sister.

I am so happy that my second sister has nothing to do.

Two days later is the Shangyuan Festival.During the day, Zhang Luo, the chief manager of the inner and outer courtyards of the Chen Mansion, led the women and children of the family to climb up the stairs and hang up the newly pasted colored lanterns.All kinds of lanterns are hung under the eaves of the corridors, on the dead branches, and in front of the door plaques. Even if they are not lit, people feel that there are flowers and flowers, which is refreshing.

When it was time to light the lanterns at night, the housekeepers' wives and boys who were rough envoys lit the lanterns one by one with lamp oil.But seeing all kinds of colored lights illuminating the whole courtyard as if it were daytime, and the moonlight competing for brilliance, the lights and the moonlight corresponded, people just stood on the veranda and looked out, feeling that even their hearts were brightened.

When the moon was on the treetops, everyone in the Chen family was also dressed and ready to go out.The same color of Cuiwei cleaning oil trucks were pulled by the boys to a small courtyard outside the second gate. The old man and the old lady were in the same car, the Feng family and the Chen family were in the same car, the eldest sister and the second sister were in the same car, and Chen Gui and Chen Rong were in the same car. Wanna a car.And the servant girls who are serving each other sit in the same car, and the remaining servant girls, mother-in-law and servants are all around.

Four Cuiwei clear oil trucks with mules on them filed out of the gate of the Chen Mansion, and drove along the secluded Luoxiang all the way to the main street.But after a short period of darkness and silence, there is the noisy sound of human voices, the endless stream of small vendors and peddlers hawking, the whistle and popping sound of fireworks, and even talented scholars and literati parading the streets to guess lantern riddles. the sound of.There are also many identifiable or indistinguishable food stalls, and the sweet smell floats in through the gaps in the car curtains.

It was getting brighter and brighter outside.Through the curtain of the carriage, the second sister could see the dazzling brilliance of those colored lanterns.This made her couldn't help but secretly opened the car curtain and looked out.

In a short time, you can see all kinds of lanterns, all kinds and colors, thousands of lotus petal lanterns piled up in gauze, peony and peony lanterns, koi and phoenix lanterns pasted with colored paper, clear hydrangea lanterns made of glass, and even A dizzying revolving lantern... the small one is no more than the size of a palm, and you can hold it in your hand to enjoy it, but the big one is taller than a person, and you can't see the top if you look up.There are also wishing lanterns floating in the river and dazzling flower boats competing for splendor...

The second sister lived in such a comfortable environment in her previous life, but she has never seen such a lively lantern festival.She lay on the car window and looked out blankly, but she saw carved BMW cars, sparkling silver trees, crowds of pedestrians, fish and dragons flying around.It is truly an indescribably prosperous and prosperous world, with endless peace and prosperity.

When he was in a daze, the Cuiyu clean oil truck of the Chen residence suddenly stopped.Everyone leaned forward habitually, and saw Chen Gui and Chen Wei and his sons jumping out of the carriage at the back, stepped forward and said, "There are too many people ahead, and the carriage can't get through. Let's stop here, the rest of us Walk."

As Chen Gui said, he still asked the boys who followed the carriage to take out a dozen river lanterns of pink lotus flowers from the carriage, pointed to the bluestone slab bridge ahead and said with a smile: "There is a bridge ahead, let's put the river lantern under the bridge first." Lantern, how about going to the Lantern Festival again?"

This idea is naturally excellent, and everyone in the Chen residence responded one after another.The second sister had never set off a river lantern during the Lantern Festival, so it was even more novel for a while.Seeing the family reunion on the Lantern Festival, I don’t know what is the day and night like a ghost, and I don’t know where my family members are now, and I don’t know whether everything I’ve experienced in front of me is real. A little sad.

When I was in a daze, I was already surrounded by my family to the river under the Qingshi bridge.On both sides of the stone bridge, there are still many tourists setting off river lanterns. The river lanterns lit with small wax carry the wish of the owner, floating in the middle of the water, and then meandering down along the river, ups and downs, Erratic.From a distance, it looks like a Milky Way where dots of stars gather.

Holding her own lotus lantern in her hand, Mrs. Chen half squatted in front of the Qingshi bridge, closed her eyes and muttered devoutly for a while before putting the river lantern into the water.He clasped his hands together like a believer and muttered for a while, before opening his eyes as if he had fulfilled his wish.When I turned around again, I saw my second sister was still holding the river lantern and standing there blankly, not knowing what she was thinking.Chen felt angry and funny.Yin scolded: "I thought you were a clever and transparent person, but who wants to go out, but you are such a useless person who has never seen the world, it is really embarrassing to my old lady."

After all, he urged the second sister to release the river lantern. "Everyone is finished, just waiting for you."

The second sister came back to her senses and smiled unconsciously.He hurriedly squatted beside the river and quietly set off the river lantern.Chen Shiyou muttered behind him, "You forgot to make your wish, what an idiot."

Old Mrs. Chen couldn't see it, so she hurriedly spoke to dissuade her: "She's a little kid, and she's tight at home, so she's naturally a little timid. Just go through it a few times and it'll be fine. Why bother talking about her."

When he was talking, he suddenly heard a clear voice from behind, and asked with a smile: "The one in front is Ruzhang Brother?"