Chapter 87 Window Paper
Xiaochan's hometown, Nanting Village, is a mountain village near Jiangning near Runzhou. It may not be very far away after a thousand years, but it is difficult to walk on the mountain road at this time. It takes about four or five hours to get from Jiangning to the village. This is only eight to ten hours, and it is a day.
Speaking of funerals, it is a very serious matter, but in fact, all kinds of vulgar problems are indispensable. Although Xiaochan was sad about her father's death, in fact, she was sold to the Su Mansion at the age of four and went back once a year or two, and her concept of father was not very clear.
Part of it is sad for sadness. If you talk about the actual problem, you have to bring a lot of things when you go back, visit this and that, and you have to comply with various etiquettes, various special expenses at the funeral, etc. In addition, the son-in-law accompanied her home together, this is the importance the Su family attaches to her. In short, all kinds of issues that need to be taken into consideration are not just to kneel down and worship people when they go back.
In a sense, some of the return this time can be regarded as returning home in glory, although it is a bit out of place for funerals. But for example, the old man passed away and the daughter who had a certain status in the city who could not meet in the city came back, and the son-in-law of the rich family also came over to pay homage, either Chang Guanjia, or Su Tan'er. This is thanking Chan'er for doing things, and it is also a kind of face. When people talk about the deceased, they say that he has raised a good daughter, and after that, after all, it will be a grand funeral. If the deceased is still alive, they will probably pursue this kind of thing. Of course, most of the time, we naturally don't need to be so cynical and talk about things so naked.
Human relationships and worldly ways, and life is all human nature.
After breakfast, he left the Su family. A young man named Dongzhu drove a car in front of him. The Geng Huyuan, who was accompanying him, is over 40 years old this year, but he seems calm and reliable. He uses a nine-ring sword and is now one of the leaders of the Su family. He was a man who came out with Su Boyong since childhood. He grew up in the Su family and worked with Su Boyong. Later, the Su family presided over the marriage for him. He married a maid with a high status in the Su family. Now he has two sons and is loyal to the Su family.
At this time, Geng Huyuan also respected Ning Yi's attitude, because his youngest son was also studying at Yushan Academy. Ning Yi was the child's husband. After getting in the car, he said hello to Ning Yi and sat outside. It was Ning Yi who called him in, so he sat in and said a conversation. Then he went out again, leaving the space for Ning Yi and Xiaochan inside.
Although she didn't sleep all night, Xiaochan was still quite energetic at this time. She occasionally lifted the curtain to look outside and said something to Ning Yi. Ning Yi asked her in detail about the situation in her family, who would be the relatives, who would be the neighbors, and who would be the elders.
Xiaochan is a person who is used to doing things. How to do these interpersonal relationships has been calculated last night. In her mind, she probably asked her son-in-law to sit next to her without worrying about it. However, Ning Yi is naturally not a naughty person. After chatting for an hour, she probably drew a contour in her mind. In the past few days, she would help Xiaochan thank some people, say something, give gifts, etc., and she knew it. She followed her, after all, it was not a decoration.
After leaving Jiangning, you can see many pedestrians coming here on the official road. Most of them were ragged and had a good face, which was similar to what Ning Yi saw when he went down the mountain to return to the city, but it was not as scary as it was. At first, this group was pretty good, and most of them had relatives to join him. It is said that they were really flooded and the epidemic rushed to him in the future. That was really scary. Xiaochan understood these things and whispered to Ning Yi about some of these things.
After leaving the official road, the traffic of this type of disaster victim gradually became burning, and the road was bumpy. At noon, I stopped by the side of the road for a while, mainly to let the horse rest. I took some snacks and food with me and had them with a few people, such as a thousand-layer cake. The food was of good quality and could be stored for several days. Xiaochan took a lot of them carefully, mainly because she was worried that Ning Yi would not be used to the food in the countryside.
In the morning, Xiaochan and Ning Yi sat opposite each other. When they were about to set off again, the carriage bumped and some boxes used as gifts in the corner rolled down. The two of them packed up for a while. After sitting down, they had already sat aside. Xiaochan sat next to Ning Yi, lowered her head, putting her hands on her knees together, a little quiet. In fact, she was thinking about whether to sit over, but there were boxes over there... Ning Yi didn't care about this, so he lifted the curtain of the car and looked outside. There were green mountains and clear waters, and there were small villages and small fields in the distance, which seemed desolate overall.
"Xiao Chan, you didn't sleep well last night. There may be a lot of things to do after you arrive at night. Let's sleep in the car, it's a bit too much..."
Ning Yi said this, and Xiaochan nodded "well" there, closed her eyes and tried to sleep. After all, she was tired and thought for a while. After a while, her head turned around and slowly rested on Ning Yi's arm.
The mountain road was hard to walk, and it was not good to bump it. Ning Yi sideways, holding her shoulder and letting her fall asleep on her legs, gently patting her shoulder. In the place where Ning Yi couldn't see, Xiaochan opened her eyes and blinked in a hint of embarrassment. She felt Ning Yi's slap twice before slowly closing her slowly. She slept on the carriage seat, pillowing Ning Yi's right leg, and after a while, her legs moved up. It was midsummer, and the girl was wearing a thin white dress and slept quietly, with soft curves, slender and pure.
She slept quietly all the way, and woke up when she was about to reach Nanting Village. She blushed her hair and tidyed up her hair due to the deep sleep. Ning Yi rubbed her numb thighs. When Xiaochan saw it, she quietly lowered her head and leaned over, knelt down to Ning Yi's legs and massaged him.
After a while, we arrived at the village and a few people got out of the car, followed by many regular social events and greetings.
The funeral of Xiaochan's father has actually been held for the third day today. After all, this is summer and the funeral cannot be delayed. Xiaochan is a woman sold by her family. It is possible that the owner will not give her a leave of absence and will not wait for her to come back before starting. As soon as she enters the village, she can see the shed built on the lobby in the village in front of her, and several of Xiaochan's relatives and her brother and sister-in-law have already come here.
I had heard Xiaochan briefly introduce her family, her father and mother. Now that her father has passed away, her brother has married the most beautiful woman in the neighboring village as his wife. When he was a child, a younger brother starved to death, and she was sold to the Su family, etc. Xiaochan's father's surname is Xu, but Xiaochan entered the Su Mansion at the age of four. He did not have a formal name. At this time, he actually did not have the surname Xu, and her brother could be called Xu Dalang.
Since Xiaochan works in the Su Mansion, the Xu family is now well-off, and is still wealthy in the village, and the funeral can be called a glorious. There are no shortage of monks and Taoists, and there are many people coming here. In rural areas, this can be called decent. Xiaochan is the source of this gloriousness. As soon as she comes back, many people come to greet each other, including seven aunts and eight aunts, villagers and neighbors.
It's not snobbish and simple countryside. Everyone is also curious about Xiaochan, who works in a wealthy family in the city who is "rich enough to rival a country". Xiaochan also greets these people and introduces Ning Yi. Then Ning Yi also went over to meet him and said some polite words, thank them for taking care of Xiaochan's family, or Xiaochan is in charge of many things in the mansion, which is very important, etc. When he heard that he was the son-in-law of the Su family, everyone was surprised, or said that Xiaochan met a good master's family, or the Xu family's fate was good, and it was probably these remarks. After all, as a rich family, he could accompany a servant home to hold a funeral, this is really big enough. Some people say that Xiaochan became a maid, and that is equivalent to Ning Yi's concubine, and in the future, it will be the life of the young grandmother in the future - in short, this is also part of the good life...
Xiaochan seems immature, but in fact, she has seen many worlds, control the scene, and reconcile the atmosphere. She was very good at it. At this time, she didn't expect Ning Yi would do such a good job of greetings and greetings. Ning Yi came here so seriously, and he didn't say a word, which was considered a face at home. In the past few days, people in the countryside would only say that they were rich or identifiable people, and took it for granted. He was dealing well at this time and said something good. Others were flattered, so he praised the girl and followed a good boss.
After that, he met Xiaochan's mother, the funeral was held, and then the dinner was basically not frequent. In the evening, Xiaochan knelt in the mourning hall with her mother in mourning clothes. Ning Yi actually did not ask for it to appear all the time. Although there was a opera squad in the mourning hall, it was really not interesting to him. Xiaochan's brother and sister-in-law had already arranged a room for him to live. However, he still came out and talked to several old people in the village and prominent figures, and blocked some social engagements for Xiaochan.
There is no entertainment in the countryside. In the performances and chats in the mourning hall, some people will stay overnight, but the social engagements required are almost the same as they reach a certain level. At the hour of Hai (9 o'clock), Ning Yi went back to the room and prepared to change the dressings for his hands and wash and sleep. However, shortly after he returned to the room, Xiaochan also came over with a basin and a veil. The noise from the mourning hall came over, and the yard here seemed quiet. Xiaochan changed into a moon-white dress, his hair was a little wet, and he had a slight fragrance. He came over and changed the dressings for Ning Yi as if he was still in Jiangning.
"Will there be no problem running out at this time?"
"It's okay, my mother and her brother and sister-in-law are there, and they don't really have to stay there all night... I also asked me to come..." She lowered her head and drove off the bandage for Ning Yi with a familiar voice. Her voice gradually became a little light, but her hands kept moving.
“The villagers in the village are all pretty good.”
"They just said that the son-in-law is good..."
He spoke gently and cleverly, like in Jiangning, Tining Yi changed his bandage, washed his face and hands, etc.... After entering and leaving a few times, he brought the basin out. The sound of Xiaochan pouring water came from the corridor outside, and laughter came from afar. Ning Yi walked to the window and opened the window. When he felt the cool night breeze blowing over, he sat back to the bed, the door opened again.
Xiaochan came in with her head down, closed the door silently, looked at Ning Yi, and slowly walked to the edge of the bed. She was wearing a small moon-white dress, her chest was slightly undulating, her fingers were pulling the corner of her clothes, and bit her lip in a vague way.
"Auntie, aunt, Xiaochan... Xiaochan sleeps here tonight, can I..."
Chapter completed!