Daily Life of Jiang Liuniang

   Chapter 125 White Horse Boy

   Hearing that Jiang Muyan was going to buy a shop for himself, Jiang Ling refused directly, but he turned to look for Uncle Qiu and asked if Uncle Qiu had any spare money.

   Uncle Qiu nodded immediately, "How much do you want, Master?"

  Jiang Ling didn't know how much he wanted, "How much silver taels does it cost to buy a dim sum shop like Yichangfu in the West Market?"

  Uncle Qiu, who thought that the young master was going to buy pen and ink or candy, paused and said, "Does the young master buy the dim sum shop for the convenience of the sixth girl to eat candy?"

A faint smile hung on the corner of Jiang Ling's mouth, "When my sister's grandfather married her daughter, she gave her a powder shop, a herbal medicine shop and three other shops. This method is very good. I want to buy a snack shop, and my sister can eat whatever candy she wants. You don't have to pay for any candy. What do you think?"

   Uncle Qiu advised, "Liu girl can't eat too much sugar." If you eat more, you will get fat into a sugar ball.

"My father said that it is a blessing for a child to eat white and fat. When my sister starts to grow up, she will not be fat, and the candy in the shop is not for her to eat, but picks up to eat, one or two pieces a day is fine. Wait for my sister. When you get married in the future, you can use the shop as a dowry." Xu Shi was influenced by Jiang Muyan, and Jiang Ling also began to think about her sister's dowry.

The young master said so, and Uncle Qiu couldn't persuade him any more, and said truthfully, "We have added two new martial artists to the mansion. You and the second master will also buy bows and arrows for martial arts practice, and Liujiazhuang and Jiangjiazhuang Chungeng will not use them. With a few silver taels, it will take a few months to collect enough money to buy a shop."

   Jiang Ling nodded, "Uncle Qiu, I want to hunt tigers outside the city."

   Uncle Qiu nodded with a smile, "After the Queen Mother's funeral, the young master will go if he wants."

  The period of forty-nine days of no slaughtering as stated in the decree of the sage will soon pass. Besides, before the forty-nine days have passed, no one will stop the second master from going out to the city to hunt. It can be seen that this period does not need to be strictly adhered to. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: Generals outside the monarch's orders will not be affected. After staying in Beijing for more than half a year, Jiang Qiu discovered that not only the generals outside, but also the ministers of Kang'an City turned a blind eye to the emperor's life. The imperial decree of Emperor Jinghe is not as easy to use as the order of the second phase of the court most of the time.

On the day of the Queen Mother's funeral, all Buddhist temples and Taoist temples in Kang'an City held rituals. When the sound of the open cannon resounded through Kang'an City, the Chengtian Gate of the palace opened wide, and after the guards of honor in mourning filed out, they were held up, tens of thousands of paper people and paper horses, followed by various sacrifices. The underworld tools, followed by a thousand guards who escorted the coffin of the Queen Mother, and then the carriages and horses of Emperor Jinghe and the Chai clan...

   On both sides of the road from Chengtianmen to Mingdemen, the south gate of Kang'an City, there are people kneeling in mourning clothes on the inner three floors and the outer three floors, weeping to the sky. According to the area delineated in advance by Wucheng Soldiers and Horses to kneel to send the Queen Mother, Jiang Liu's family knelt down beside Chongyefang Road early, and Meng's family was on their left. generally.

  Jiang Liu knelt behind his elder brother next to his elder sister, listening to the cries of his family in a prolonged tone, and looking at the funeral procession that had not finished for half an hour, he had to sigh about the great prestige of the Great Zhou Royal Family.

   "Sixth sister, look at uncle!" Jiang Mujin whispered beside Jiang Liu.

  When Jiang Liu tilted her head to search in the crowd, the first thing she saw was not the uncle, but a little boy on a white horse. This young man can ride a horse and must be a child of the Chai family. Her uncle followed on foot not far behind the young man's horse. Jiang Liuzhi was worried, for fear that the horse would be startled by the cries or the sound of firecrackers and kicked the uncle.

Jiang Song also saw the two nieces in the family who raised their heads to peek at him. He glared, the fifth girl immediately hid, and the sixth girl's slow movements made Jiang Song unable to help but want to laugh. He quickly lowered his head and could only cry at the funeral. What a laugh.

  Lu Zhengchang said softly, "Xianqing, is that little doll with a round face the little daughter of Brother Feng?"

  Xianqing is the name of Jiang Song.

  Jiang Song nodded lightly, "Exactly. The child is still young and doesn't understand the rules, which made Brother Lu laugh."

  Lu Zhengchang shook his head slightly, at an innocent age, he should have looked like this, "She gave permission?"

   "No." After Jiang Song finished speaking, thinking of his friend's youngest son, he quickly added, "Liu girl is still young, her marriage must be approved by my second brother."

  Lu Zhengchang nodded and wrote it down silently.

   After an hour, the funeral procession finally passed, and the people on both sides of the road supported each other and got up and dispersed.

   Jiang Erye, who was kneeling in the front row, helped his mother, turned around to pick up the little girl, but saw that she had been dragged by the hands of the son and the eldest girl, and she was naively grimacing with the Meng family girl who was uglier than anyone else.

   Jiang Liu, who was grinning because his knees were numb, had no idea that he was misunderstood by his father. Jiang Ling noticed that her sister was unsteady, and squatted down quickly, "Come on, my brother is carrying you."

   Before Jiang Liu could refuse, he was pushed onto his brother's back by his sister. Jiang Muyan told her sister, "Grab it, don't fall off."

   "Hmph, it's so old that people can't bear it!" Meng Yamei, who had never been better than Grimace, squeezed over and took the opportunity to laugh at Jiang Liu.

   Jiang Ling carried her sister and glanced at Meng Yamei. Meng Yamei stuck her tongue out at him, "What are you looking at, black carbon head!"

  Jiang Ling ignored her and turned to call Jiang Erye, "Father, someone is sarcastic about me and my sister."

   This time, it's not only Jiang Erye, but everyone who travels with him is watching. Jiang Erye came over and picked up his daughter in his arms, "Which one?"

   "The one with two missing front teeth."

   Meng Yamei glared and shut her mouth in anger, turned and ran away. Jiang Liu laughed out loud, her brother's mouth was really vicious, she liked it.

   After getting into the car, Jiang Liu said, "Father, your legs are numb."

   Jiang Erye squeezed his daughter's chubby legs and taught him a lesson, "Don't quarrel with people. When the girl's family becomes bitter and mean, it will not be likeable."

   "Yes." Jiang Muyan agreed.

  Jiang Ling said, "Sister ignore her, she is stupid."

  Jiang Liu nodded, she didn't care about Meng Yamei at all, she just wanted to play in this wonderful spring.

   Five days later, Emperor Jinghe, who was mourning his mother, returned to the palace, and the white color of Kang'an City was replaced by the color of spring. Those who call friends to hold flower viewing and poetry gatherings, those who go out to the city to sweep graves, and those who put paper kites on swings, laughing and thriving everywhere. Jiang Liu played around with his sister and was very happy.

   On this day, the four little sisters went to the peony garden in the west of the city to enjoy the flowers and came back. They found that the grandmother was looking at the flowers with a smile in the room, and the third aunt who was standing by the side was also smiling.

   Jiang Liu listened for a while, and then he realized that they were looking at the posts sent by the prefectures for viewing flowers, drinking tea, and fighting poems. No wonder the grandmother was so happy. After being shunned by various families in Kang'an City for more than three years, the Jiang family finally returned to their normal social circle.

   Mrs. Jiang and Mrs Yan happily discussed which posts should be returned, who should go, what clothes and jewelry should be worn.

  Jiang Liu was not interested in these things, and was yawning when she heard her grandmother call her name, "Liu'er will go too, wear that white silk blouse with a light green skirt."

   "That body is very good, Liu Ersheng is white and round, and it should be dressed like this." The two girls have just lost their mother for a year, so it is not suitable to wear too bright colors, white and green are the most suitable, Yan Shi nodded repeatedly.

   "Go-where?" Jiang Liu asked.

   "Your Uncle Lu's house is hosting a wedding banquet, please come over here." Mrs. Jiang said with a genuine smile.

  Which Uncle Lu? Other families hold banquets for viewing flowers, arranging flowers, and chanting poetry. His family holds banquets for the rainy season.

   Seeing that her sister was still confused, Jiang Muyan whispered, "It's the uncle's colleague and friend, the uncle who lives in Qinglongfang."

   (end of this chapter)