Chapter 168 Mid-Autumn Festival
Time flies, and it is August 15th. The twelve-degree rounds are all beautiful, and the most round is the Mid-Autumn Festival. After Tao married into the Shen family, he planted two pomegranates and one jujube tree in the Dongkuanyuan. Picking pomegranates in mid-May and making dates in mid-autumn August has become the favorite activity of the Shen brothers and sisters.
In the early morning, Chen Danxia and Chen Danhui, Chen Danxun took a few little girls, carried bamboo baskets, and followed Shen Baimi's brothers into the East Cluster Courtyard. The servants laid grass mats under the tree. Shen Baiyu stepped forward and kicked the jujube tree hard a few times. The ripe dates fell down in shock.
The little girl rushed up to pick it up excitedly. Shen Bomi came over with a long bamboo pole and beat it hard on the dense dates on the branches. The crimson dates fell down one after another, like it was raining, making the little girls run away. Seeing their miserable appearance, Chen Danhui's three sisters were overjoyed.
After Shen Bomi beat all the dates on the tree, Chen Danhui's sisters also went to pick up the dates, picked up all the dates, and divided the dates into six portions. Chen's mother, the eldest and second portions were sent to each, leaving one for the third portion, and the other two portions were sent to the mansion of Renyi. It was not new, but just a dedication.
The portion left in the third room was also divided into six portions, one for five brothers and sisters, one for Tao, and not the portion between Chen Dannian and Shen Danbi, since Chen Dannian was forced to swallow poison on the Chinese Valentine's Day, Chen Dannian has become much more honest. Although she did not deceive Zhao Huizhi and let Chen Danxia take revenge, Chen Danxia gave her antidote a few days ago, but she was uneasy for a month, which made her fear of Chen Danxia. If she could, she would avoid it, and would never appear in front of Shen Danxia if she was not necessary.
The variety of jujube trees is good, and the dates are big and red, crispy and sweet, and quite delicious. Dow picked about five kilograms, without any damage, no pests, full grains, even and not soft, making drunken dates; they are sweet and crispy and have a strong aroma of wine, unique flavor, sweet and refreshing, and rich in nutrition. Chen Danxia is very good for this bite, followed by Dow to help.
Tao led Chen Yangxia to wash the dates and hang them in a cool place, allowing the gentle south wind to dry the water on the surface of the dates. After the dates were dried, Tao and Shen Danxia brushed each date with pure grain rice wine. Tao used a tea-colored porcelain jar, and Chen Danxia used a small white porcelain jar. Put the dates in the jar, and then poured the wine. Then shake the porcelain jar and let the dates soak them in the wine.
Sealed the jar and put it in the wing room.
After finishing all this, at the beginning of Youth, Tao changed his clothes and led his children to the Guangyao Hall of the Shen family for dinner. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the family reunion dinner.
After the reunion dinner, the whole family moved to the garden. Lin asked the servants to hang colorful lanterns in the garden, hang riddles, and prepared moon cakes, osmanthus candies, osmanthus cakes, seasonal fruits and other things. On the Mid-Autumn Night, the sky was as clear as water and the moon was as bright as a mirror, which was a beautiful scenery. Chen's mother drank a few more cups of osmanthus pure wine on the mat, and the wine surged up, and she watched the lanterns and guessed riddles in the garden with great enthusiasm.
The Mid-Autumn Festival also has August meetings, the Moon Chase Festival, the Moon worship Festival, and the Daughter Festival. On this day, girls who have not left the house will gather together to worship the moon god and pray for God's blessing. Therefore, a incense table for worshiping the moon was also set up in the garden of the Shen family.
Chen Danxia followed Shen Danwei and Shen Dan to worship the moon. When Chen Dan saw him, he waved his fan and said, "Sister Jiu, what are you praying for? Do you want to make yourself look like a fairy, or do you want to marry a good man?"
Chen Danxia glanced at her, took the little bit of olefin incense from Jinshu's hand, knelt on the cushion, closed his eyes, prayed silently, got up, inserted the lemon incense in the incense burner, turned around, and signaled Chen Danli to come forward to worship.
When Chen Danbi saw that Chen Danxia ignored her, he was furious and rushed over and said, "Sister Jiu looks like a wife and is so beautiful, so there is no need to ask for it. Sister Jiu wants to marry a good man, right?"
Chen Danxia stopped, turned his head and looked at her coldly, looking straight at Chen Danqiu timidly lowered his eyelids, avoiding her eyes, and retreating, then calmly turned his eyes to Chen Dannian and said, "Come here, my twelve sister, I have a few words to say to you."
She was holding a riddle note and guessing Chen Dannian was so scared that she shivered, but she didn't dare to resist Chen Danxia and walked over, "Sister Jiu has anything to say to me?"
Chen Danxia grabbed her wrist, pulled it aside, and lowered her voice and said, "Please keep Chen Dan, don't let her shake in front of my eyes, otherwise, I don't mind wasting two poisons, but I will never waste two antidotes again, have you heard it?"
"I heard it." Chen Dannian complained secretly, okay, now she and Shen Danbi became grasshoppers on the same rope, but they had to agree.
The problem was solved. Chen Danxia gently shook the fan of the ladies' worshiping the moon, and went to Chen Danwei and Shen Danhui to sit down. The day after tomorrow, Chen Danwei was in the hairpin. Her wedding day was scheduled for December 20th. This year is Chen Danwei's last Mid-Autumn Festival at her parents' home. At this time next year, she will sacrifice to the moon with her sister-in-law.
It is not convenient for her daughter to marry, so in order to accompany Chen Danwei, the girls of the Shen family stayed at home. The young men went out together, especially Shen Baikuan, who was recovering, couldn't sit still in the garden, and it seemed like there was a needle on her butt. When the girls sacrificed the moon, everyone shared the moon cakes and watermelons, and led their younger brothers out in a row.
During festivals, it is also a great time for all kinds of sluts to do. This night is beautiful but not peaceful. Chen Danxia, who was staying at home, did not get the news at the first time. Instead, Jiang Shuiling, who often paid attention to Zhao's affairs, came to tell her a few days later.
"When I remember something, do you know if something happened to Zhao Huizhi and Zhao Lianzhi on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Jiang Shuiling came to Chen Danxia and said.
Chen Danxia said that he wanted to take revenge, but in fact he did nothing. When he heard something happened to them, he became curious and asked, "What's wrong with them? What happened?"
Jiang Shuiling looked around and lowered his voice: "Zhao Hui has walked too much on the night and has met a ghost."
Chen Danxia almost choked by the tea, put down the cup, coughed a few times, and said, "Don't talk nonsense."
"No nonsense, really, Zhao Huizhi was so scared that he was incontinent, and his urine smelled." Jiang Shuiling slapped the fan in disgust, as if he smelled it. "I heard that she was scared by a ghost and was talking nonsense these days, which was scary."
Chen Danxia glanced at her and said, "It was said vividly, as if you had witnessed it with your own eyes."
"I didn't see it with my own eyes, my cousin witnessed it with her. She was wearing a wet skirt and was helplessly supported by a maid on the carriage." Jiang Shuiling dragged out a witness, proving that what she said was true.
Chen Danxia frowned, "Where is Zhao Lianzhi? Have you encountered a ghost?"
Jiang Shuiling waved her hand and said, "She didn't meet a ghost. She met a flower girl and was abducted and trafficked. The Zhao family searched for her overnight and found her in Yanzhi Lane the next morning."
"Did you catch the flower boy?" Chen Danxia asked casually.
"These are all the headmasters in Jindu Mansion who have gone out to the streets. I heard that some people have been arrested and locked up, so I don't know if there are any people who abducted Zhao Lianzhi inside." Jiang Shuiling picked up a piece of snowflake crisp and stuffed it into her mouth.
It was nothing to do with him, and Chen Danxia didn't ask any more questions; Chen Dannian also heard the sound of the wind, and thought of the harshness of Chen Danxia's poison for her to eat, and believed that this was done by Chen Danxia. She was so scared that she repeatedly warned Chen Danni to stay away from Chen Danxia, afraid that Chen Danni would not listen to the advice, so she bribed Chen Danni's maid to look at her. Chen Danxia could not explain to Shen Dannian, and the misunderstanding arose, and she became the devil in Chen Dannian's mind.
Chen Danxia, who was regarded as a devil, lived a peaceful life. Five days later, he went to Cheng's house and handed over the big words he had written to Old Master Cheng. When he met Cheng Jue, he would play with him. When Cheng Jue was busy with official business, he went there three times, and only once.
In a blink of an eye, it was the first day of the September 19th when Shen Bokuan got married. According to the Shen family's regulations, the legitimate young master got married, and the husband gave 5,000 taels of silver. The concubine young master got married, and the husband gave 3,000 taels of silver. If each house wants to make the marriage more glorious, he can subsidize it privately.
Although Shen Baikuan is not the eldest grandson of the eldest family, the eldest grandson of the second family will not let Lin fool him casually for the sake of the Shen family and hand over Shen Baikuan's marriage to Zhou. Shen Baikuan is Zhou's parent-child. Zhou, a stingy man, gritted his teeth and paid for his dowry, and forced Shen Baikuan's marriage to be handled with great decent.
Zhou was so proud of the glory and dignity, but forgot something. Chen Mushi had no character or job, and Shen Bokuan had no character or job. Although he married a legitimate girl from the Marquis's house, he was not so luxurious. The wine for guests at the wedding banquet was a tank of Qiongshu wine worth a hundred taels of silver. The dishes on the table were not only complete chicken, duck, fish, and meat, but also abalone, ginseng and wings.
Mrs. Tao looked at her and frowned. She looked at her mother Chen, but saw that she was fainted by being flattered and did not notice that the wedding banquet was overthrown. Mrs. Tao looked at Tao again worriedly. If Chen Muke was impeached by the censor for this, she would be both prosperous and detrimental, and her daughter and three good grandsons would be implicated.
After the banquet was separated and a few short plays were watched. Old Lady Tao, Jin, Huang and Wu said goodbye and went home. Tao sent them out. Old Lady Tao took her hand and asked in a low voice: "Peer, do you see anything about this wedding banquet today?"
Tao smiled indifferently and said, "Mother, I know what I know in my heart, don't worry."
Mrs. Tao gently patted her hand and said, "That's good."
After seeing off his mother's family, Tao did not go to the stage to serve Chen's mother, but sent someone to find Chen Muke. Chen Muke didn't want to come at first, but in front of outsiders, he had to look respectful of his wife. He walked into the Third Room with a cold face, "What's the matter? I didn't see that there were guests at home, so why did you ask me for?"
"Master, don't be angry first. Think about the food and food at the wedding banquet today. If you don't think of a way to cover it up, I'm afraid that a censor will impeach the master tomorrow. If the master thinks it's nothing, just think I'm troublesome." Tao said coldly.
Chen Muke's mind was confused by the wine, so he woke up suddenly, turned around and walked out. Tao narrowed his eyes and looked at his back and curled the corners of his lips.
Chapter completed!