608 Changzhi's Marriage Change
At the beginning of May, the official document was officially obtained. The next morning, Wan Changsheng and Mei Niang set off with Pingxuan, Erqiang, Sanqiang, Wanxiang and many others.
Also traveling with us are Chen Sheng and Chen Xuan's family, and they will come back together too.
Mr. Chen also brought a lot of guards and hired a bodyguard. There was also a caravan traveling with him, so the group consisted of about fifty or sixty people.
On the day Mei Niang and her family left, Wu took her daughters Awu and Xier to live in the Sun family.
I just happened to come back to accompany Xin'er. Xin'er got married in the first half of last year. Now she is pregnant and was taken home by her mother to be taken care of. She is going to give birth next month.
Zhou Heng rented Ping An's villa, and of course Ping An asked for a very low rent.
Xin'er came with a lot of houses, shops and farms as a dowry, but Zhou Heng thought it would be better not to get married in the dowry house. However, he really couldn't afford to buy a better house now, and he would feel unfair to Xin'er if he lived in a place that was too remote, so he had to rent one first.
Ping'an's villa is not for living for the time being, so Zhou Heng just happens to be able to use it.
On May 16, Wu accompanied Ma to Hanshan Temple to burn incense early in the morning. Changyuan got married in the first month of the year, and Changzhi's wedding date was in September. Several pieces of jade had to be bathed in incense in front of the Buddha for a hundred days so that they could be brought back for use a few days before the wedding.
I also have to go to a mountain spring pool in the temple to fetch some spring water and ask Ping An to help me brew some peach blossom wine. I can take it out and drink it when there are happy events at home in the future. It is very meaningful.
They arrived at the temple at the end of the morning hour.
The Sun family donated silver and grain to Hanshan Temple every year. When they heard that the Marquis's wife and the second wife were coming, the abbot came out to greet them in person.
"Madam Hou, Madam Er, you have come early today. There are not many pilgrims in the temple. Please come in."
"Greetings to the abbot. We are here today to trouble you with something."
"No trouble, no trouble, anything we can do is fine."
Ma said, "Abbot, my son is getting married in September, and my family has prepared some jade articles for him. The elders in my family want me to bring them to the Buddha and offer them for a hundred days, and then take them back a few days before the wedding. I'm sorry to bother you, Abbot."
The abbot smiled and said, "Of course, Wushan, you go and take the two ladies over, and make sure someone keeps the things safe.
Madam Hou, Second Madam, Lao Na will leave first. You must stay for a vegetarian meal at noon, or you can stay for a few days. The small courtyard left for the Sun Mansion has been kept very clean. "
Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Ma hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you, Abbot. We will stay for a vegetarian meal at noon, but we must go back in the afternoon. Abbot, if you are busy, we will go with Master Wushan."
Half an hour later, the jade matter was arranged.
"Sister-in-law, the sun is a little too strong. Why don't you take a rest in the courtyard? I'll take the girls up the mountain. You have to go to these springs by yourself to show your sincerity."
Wu shook her head and said, "Let's go together and bring back more spring water so that Ping An can help brew more."
The two sisters-in-law walked up the mountain, talking and laughing in low voices, followed by a dozen maids, old women and female guards.
"I don't know what's wrong with your Ping An's brain. There's nothing he doesn't know. My husband envies big brother so much. He says that big brother is so good at finding apprentices."
Mrs. Wu grinned, she really liked this son-in-law more and more.
"I don't refute this. Ping An is indeed good, but Awu's father said that little Mu Yang will definitely be smarter than his father in the future."
Mrs. Wu chuckled, "Ping An used to be number one in my husband's heart. Chang Qing and the others were not as good as him. Now he can only be ranked second. But then again, I have never seen a better child than my Mu Yang."
"Isn't it?" Ma was even more envious. "Sister-in-law, I have never seen a better and smarter baby than Mu Yang. You must leave more of Mu Yang's clothes for me in the future, so that they can be kept for Xin'er and Changzhi in the future. Don't give them all to others."
Mrs. Wang asked for a few pieces for Shaoqi's wife, and Mrs. Sun Wen asked for a few pieces for Zhiyuan's wife. I heard that General Huang's wife and General Hao's wife were also preparing to ask for some.
Mrs. Wu nodded and said, "I know, there is really nothing I can do about these families. We are too close to each other. Otherwise, I would never dare to give away the baby's clothes.
Sister-in-law, let Mu Yang roll around in Chang Zhi's bed, so you can have a grandson as good as our Mu Yang soon. Even the old imperial teacher said that our Mu Yang is one of the smartest kids in the world."
The two sisters-in-law talked about Mu Yang all the way and didn't feel tired from climbing the mountain. They also saw a few pilgrims coming to draw water from the spring, but they didn't recognize any of them.
Half an hour later, they arrived at Hanshan Spring.
There is a large stone wall, with spring water flowing out from the cracks in the stone and into a large natural pool.
This pool is also known as Yuquan Pool.
No matter how dry the year is, the crops here have never dried up, so many people will come here to take some back whenever they have time, but they usually don't take much because there are monks guarding the mountain, and they won't let people take without any limit, and taking too much would be a waste.
Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Ma stood aside, while several maids were busy filling jars with spring water.
Ma came closer to Wu and said, "Sister-in-law, I want to go to the mountain to relieve myself. Do you want to go?"
Mrs. Wu shook her head. She didn't dare drink much water last night.
"Sister-in-law, take a few maids with you and have them look around a little more before they put up the curtains."
These ladies must bring a curtain when they go out because they never know when they may need to go to the bathroom. How can they dare to urinate without a curtain?
"I know, sister-in-law, I'm leaving now. Please keep an eye out for me. There shouldn't be anyone around now."
Two maids were in front and two maids were behind. Ma and the others walked for a short distance and saw that there were no more paths above. Then they chose a place and set up a curtain. After they urinated quietly, they removed the curtain and were about to go back when they suddenly heard the sound of someone walking and the slight snapping of branches.
The Ma family and their companions stood still and did not move. Fortunately, they urinated a little earlier, otherwise it would have been embarrassing.
A young girl's voice came: "Cousin, I'm leaving with the girl first, you can go back later."
"Cousin, it's not too late. You and I have a bond of love and loyalty. Life is so long, why can't we fight for our future?"
"Stop talking. If you're interested, why didn't you let your aunt find someone to propose marriage? What's the point of talking about it now?"
"Cousin, I was planning to ask my mother to come and propose marriage, but who knew that the incident at the palace would happen? I thought you were still young, so I thought the second half of the year would be fine. Who knew that within two months you would be engaged to the Sun family."
"Stop talking. I came here today to end this matter with you. From now on, you don't have to send messages to me anymore. If people find out, I will die. You know how stubborn my father is. My wedding date has been set. It's less than four months away. Please let me go."
"Cousin, are you so cruel? His Sun Changzhi is a juren, and so am I. Three years later, I will earn you a jinshi degree. Believe me, I really like you. We were childhood sweethearts. Can you be the same as him?"
Ma was dumbfounded.
She never expected that this girl would be her future daughter-in-law, the niece of her eldest sister-in-law, Miss Liu Qiuyan. Who would have thought that a daughter of an official from the Honglu Temple would come to this mountain for a tryst with her lover?
If she hadn't come today, would she never know that her son would have a patch of green on his head?
Ma was so angry that she simply walked to the path and waited.
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