Embroidered color and fragrance

Chapter 186 Family
Everywhere in Chengdu Mansion tonight seems to be tainted with festive celebrations. Xiao Shan posted a notice early in the morning, saying that there will be a three-day running water banquet. As long as the people of Chengdu Mansion are willing, they can go to Tianfu Building for dinner. The two floors are the same. Open sixteen tables, one table can seat ten people, two bottles of wine, ten dishes and one cup of soup...

There are hardly any beggars in Chengdu Mansion, so from morning to night on the sixth day of the lunar new year, all the people from Chengdu Mansion came here, some of them had already eaten, just to beg for a sip of wine.

They can't all go to the Xiao Mansion, so drinking a glass of wine in Tian Fu Lou is equivalent to drinking Young Master Xiao's wedding wine.

The whole city rejoices and is very lively.

It was already past the meal time, and there were nine people sitting at a table, one of them pulled the other person standing, "There is only one person left to start the table, come and sit, I don't know how to wait for the next table." How long?"

"I won't eat, I'll just wait for you to open a table and ask for a glass of wine." The man waved his hands, "I've eaten here, and I can't eat any more, so I'll come back tomorrow."

Everyone laughed, and someone said: "Then you sit and drink, one glass is not enough, just drink a few more glasses."

"I don't eat, how can I occupy a seat, if there is any food coming in a while, I am not delaying others."

Everyone was amusing and relieved their boredom, laughter filled the entire restaurant, and the young servants yelled and went upstairs to run vegetables, sweating all over the winter.

"This gentleman." Suddenly a man appeared at the door. He was wearing a sky-blue straight gown. He was handsome. The people who opened the table waved to him, "Sir, are you here for the wedding banquet? Come on, come on, I'll wait for you to open the table."

They spoke very fast, and their accent was not easy to understand. The man was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, and said, "Okay!"

His voice was a little hoarse, which didn't quite match his outstanding appearance, and everyone didn't think much about it. It was a private matter of the person, and even if they were curious, the other party would not say it.

The man sat down, and the people on the table yelled at the boy, "Everyone is here, let's start the table!"

"Come on!" The servant answered in the back hall, and immediately, seven or eight servants came out carrying trays, and ran out the name of the dishes as they went, "We have been together for a hundred years, have a precious son early, and a perfect couple..."

The names of the festive dishes and the exquisite dishes made everyone smile. An older elder on the table moved his chopsticks and shouted, "Drink."

Everyone toasted, only to realize that the young man who came last did not move, and the old man greeted him, "Young man, drink, it's wedding wine!"

"Well, drink." The man held the wine cup and clinked with everyone, and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. The wine was strong, and it was cut all the way down like a knife. He poured another glass from the pot and drank it. The person next to him looked at him, pressed his glass, and said, "Young man, this wine is strong, you have to eat at least half a bowl of vegetables after drinking two glasses, otherwise your stomach will be unbearable tomorrow."

"Okay." The man nodded, and casually went to pick up "Tiancheng the Spouse" in front of him. It was a pair of roasted pigeons with their necks crossed on the plate. When he stretched out his chopsticks but stopped, the person next to him laughed and said: " These chopsticks can't be pulled apart, I'll help you."

He grabbed the pigeon and tore it open in the man's bowl. The man looked down and smiled at the other party.

Everyone pushed and changed glasses, and the drinking became lively. When they came back to their senses, they found that the young man was no longer there. His chopsticks were clean and the pigeon in the bowl was still there, but the flagon in front of him was already empty.

"This young man, after drinking so much, he will definitely be drunk tomorrow." The elder shook his head, and said again: "However, one must be completely drunk once in life, and you will only know when you are drunk. It's uncomfortable to drink too much."

Everyone laughed, and someone said: "Some people like the feeling of being drunk, so they buy drunk every day."

"That's right, people want different things, so some people like to get drunk, while others refrain from drinking. It's different..."

Even though it was close to Haishi, there were still people coming and going on the streets, and happy characters were pasted all over the city. When entering the city, it was like falling into a red bedding. Looking around, it was full of joy.

The man was walking slowly, and at some point there was a piece of dirt on the sky-blue straight shirt, as if someone rubbed it when he was eating, this piece of dirt followed him, it was very conspicuous, and people passing by saw him swaying With a faltering appearance, he couldn't help calling out to him, saying: "It's cold, you should go back early when you're drunk."

The man smiled at the other party, the smile was particularly beautiful, illusory and illusory with an unreal beauty.

The other party was stunned for a moment, shook his head and left.

After walking for a long time, he sat down in a remote alley. There seemed to be a lot of activity inside through a wall, as if he was having a wedding. He leaned against the wall and looked up at the sky. The sky in Chengdu was much clearer than that in Yanjing. At this time of year, Yanjing is experiencing wind and sand, and it is rare to see such a bright moon.

So tall, so cold...

The man seemed to be really cold. He shivered and lay down on the road with his arms folded. His eyes were facing a mouse hole under the opposite wall. Is he alive or dead.

"Dead." The man said: "Some people are alive, but he is already dead... However, it is fine to die here."

The mouse on the opposite side seemed to hear him talking, and shrank back in fright.

"Are you even afraid of me?" The man muttered, confusedly, "You should be afraid."

On this day, Shen Zhan woke up a quarter of an hour later than usual. He got up, washed and left the door, and stood in the yard with a knife in his hand. He only felt that the air was fresh, and he felt refreshed.

"Young master." Zhilan brought tea, but Shen Zhan finally drank it, and said: "She is still sleeping, don't disturb her."

Zhilan should be, but the empty tea cup was withdrawn.

Shen Zhan went to the school grounds, Su Ji was not in Xiaoshan, and only Min Wang was waiting for him. When he saw him coming, he followed him and replied in a low voice: "...Mr. we'll be there."

"Well, I'll invite him to drink alone when tomorrow comes." Shen Zhan moved his arms, and Min Wang said again: "Last night, he lay outside the courtyard for half the night, and he seemed to wake up in the middle of the night, so he got up and left. However, People are still in the city, do you want to go and have a look?"

"I'll talk to Wanwan later and see what she decides." Shen Zhan said, "There's no need to follow him."

Min Wang should go.

Shen Zhan put away his knife and walked back after practicing halfway. Min Wang asked strangely, "Master, are you not going to practice today?"

"Well. Tell her to get up and eat." Then he left.

Min Wang was stunned.

When Shen Zhan arrived in the yard, Su Wanru had already been combed by Zhilan. Seeing him coming back, she lazily said, "Why are you back so early, go wash up quickly, and let's go to the main courtyard for breakfast."

"Why don't you get more sleep." He walked over and saw Su Wanru pressing powder under her eyes, she turned her head to look at him, pouted and said, "I'm going to the ancestral hall today, so I still have to recognize my relatives. Wait until I recognize my relatives." I'll come back to catch up on sleep."

Shen Zhan touched her face, feeling somewhat regretful that he was too ruthless last night.

"Go wash up, it's getting late." Su Wanru urged him.

Shen Zhan went to the clean room with a hum, and came out after washing and changing clothes. Su Wanru leaned back on the chair to take a nap, with a little red on her crooked neck. He was startled when she saw it, and asked: " What's wrong with this, a bug bite?"

"It wasn't bitten by insects." Su Wanru rolled his eyes at him, "It was bitten by hungry wolves all the time."

Shen Zhan froze for a moment, then frowned, and unbuttoned her standing collar, and found several places on her neck. Su Wanru snorted twice, and said with a half-smile: "Why, I'm checking the record."

"No." He rubbed her lightly, leaned into her ear and said, "I'll be gentle from now on, and I promise I won't be like last night."

Su Wanru stared at him, "Really?"

"Really." His heart ached. Last night, the room was dimly lit, so he didn't notice it. "Sure."

Su Wanru nodded in satisfaction, and put her legs on his, "Then rub it for me, my legs are sore, and my waist is also sore."

Shen Zhan obediently rubbed her legs, the strength was neither light nor heavy, Su Wanru really felt very comfortable, she smiled, Shen Zhan paused, and said: "Last night, Zhao Zhongyuan stayed outside the yard for half the night."

"Ah." Su Wanru was startled, "Where is the other person, is he still there?"

Shen Zhan shook his head and said in a low voice: "I left in the middle of the night. He should still be in the city. I didn't let anyone follow him."

"It's better if you don't follow. If he finds someone staring at him, I'm afraid he will feel uncomfortable again." Su Wanru paused, and said, "Who saw it, was he injured, and how is his spirit?"

Shen Zhan replied: "It should be fine, it seems to be drunk."

"What should I do." Su Wanru sighed, tilted her head and looked at Shen Zhan, her small face was full of sadness, "Let him go, I believe he will get better."

Shen Zhan patted her head.

"Let's talk about him later." Su Wanru stood up, took a deep breath, "Come on, let's have breakfast, there are still many things to do today."

Shen Zhan also laughed, and the two of them went out holding hands, talking while walking, Zhilan and Xuelan came in to clean up the house, Xuelan said with envy: "Our young master is so kind to his wife, what is wrong with you in this world? This is the kind of marriage that this woman is looking for."

"Yeah." Zhilan said with a smile: "You look for it carefully in the future, even if you don't have a talent like our young master, you still have the young master's thoughtfulness."

Xue Lan giggled, "I don't have such a good fortune. There will never be such a young master in the world."

Because she has a daughter-in-law and her son is the Marquis of Zhennan, she is naturally referred to as Mrs. Xiao when she enters the door. Mrs. Xiao was promoted to Mrs. Xiao. At this time, she was wearing a brand-new grape seed gown with wide sleeves, and her forehead was wrapped in ginger yellow. Wiping his forehead, he really has the posture of an old lady.

Xiao Shan looked at her and laughed, and said: "You wipe your forehead, aren't you a bit old-fashioned, change it to a brighter color."

"Are you old-fashioned?" Mrs. Xiao looked in the mirror, looked left and right, and called to Mama Liu, "Isn't there still a purple one, let's change to that one."

Ms. Liu should have changed her into a purple one with fingernail-sized pearls on it, and she suddenly felt several years younger. Ms. Liu smiled and said, "It's still our master who has eyes. Madam looks good wearing this, and looks like The appearance of an old lady does not make people feel old-fashioned."

Old Mrs. Xiao covered her face and smiled, and was about to speak, when the sound of saluting from the little girl outside came in, she stood up abruptly, and said: "The two children are here."

"Look at you." Xiao Shan said helplessly, "It's not the first time we've seen each other, and you made them nervous too."

Mrs. Xiao laughed, she endured her excitement and went out one after another with Xiao Shan, only to see her son wearing a vermilion straight gown, leading his daughter-in-law in refreshedly, who was wearing a bright red pair of sleeves , with a tall and thin figure, and a rosy complexion that reveals her shyness. After this night, she felt different, with a woman's charm on her body, and she became more and more charming.

She laughed immediately and said, "They are all my family members, you should sleep more."

"Master, madam." Su Wanru came forward to salute, but she has not yet recognized her relatives. The matter of changing the words will be discussed later, Mrs. Xiao agreed, and stepped forward to pull her into the banquet room, telling Mother Liu, "Bring up breakfast."

The four of them ate breakfast quietly, when someone outside said that their relatives had arrived, Xiao Shan looked at the two of them and said, "Go to the ancestral hall."

The ancestral hall of the Xiao family is behind the main courtyard. Dozens of mighty people passed through the compound of the Xiao residence to the northeast corner. Su Wanru looked back, but did not see the second old man's family, so she asked Shen Zhan in a low voice, " Didn't they all come?"

"No, only the third old man's family came to the wedding last night." Shen Zhan replied.

Su Wanru snorted, which meant that the second old lady still didn't recognize Shen Zhan, but she couldn't force her to do so, so she expressed her dissatisfaction with indifference.

"Don't worry about them." Shen Zhan said, "It won't affect us."

Su Wanru agreed, and turned around to say hello to the second old lady and the third old lady. The second old lady smiled and said, "I'm sorry I'm young, I'm about to become an old lady. Time waits for no one, the children are all grown up. "

"You are already a grandmother, so why are you still young?" The third old lady smiled and said, "It's time to change your tune a long time ago, but you have always insisted on this title."

Their children have no errands, and the daughter-in-law is called grandma when she enters the house, but Shen Zhan's status is different, so once Su Wanru enters the house, this "wife" can no longer be used.

"I'll just talk about it." The old lady smiled and said, "Zhan'er can come back and marry a wife. I'm so happy that it's too late. From now on, our long-term wife will be even straighter."

The third old lady nodded yes, and said to Su Wanru: "You don't have to worry about the second old lady, whether they come or not, sooner or later they will regret it."

"Yes!" Su Wanru said with a smile: "There are so many people in our family, it's lively enough."

Everyone laughed, and some people looked at her and secretly marveled, no wonder Nanhou of Tangtang Town married a little girl with no background, so this little girl looks so good-looking.

Heroes from ancient times have been saddened by Beauty Pass.

While talking, a group of people went to the ancestral hall, and Shen Zhan hadn't entered the genealogy since he came back. Xiao Shan just waited to do it together today, and set off firecrackers to comfort his ancestors. plus.

"Of course Shen Zhan can't be used." The third old lady said, "But Xiao Zhan doesn't seem to be suitable either. Is there another suitable name?" Shen Zhan's generation has three characters.

Xiao Shan cupped his hands and said, "I haven't thought about it yet, so let my third uncle give Zhan'er a name."

"That's fine." The third old man thought for a while, glanced at Shen Zhan, and said, "He left home right after he was born, but this child was so fateful that he not only didn't die, but he didn't lose face to his ancestors. In my humble opinion, it is better to be called Xianzong, how about Xiao Xianzong?"

Xiao Shan smacked the name, looked back at Shen Zhan, Shen Zhan didn't care, nodded, and said, "It's all fine."

He is Shen Zhan, although he doesn't know whose surname he took, but so what, he is him, it doesn't matter what his surname is or who his ancestor is.

"Then use this name." Xiao Shan said: "The character Zhan is also acceptable."

The third old master nodded, wrote Xiao Xianzong on the genealogy, and wrote Su Wanru's name next to him, the hand holding the pen paused, looked sideways at Su Wanru, and said, "Which three characters are they?"

"Here it is." Xiao Shan handed it over, and the third old master was stunned when he saw the name, "This name... seems to have been seen somewhere."

Xiao Shan didn't even twitch his brows, and replied: "This name is not unusual, it probably has the same name."

The Xiao family didn't even think about it, and wrote the words Su Wanru.

Shen Zhan looked sideways at Su Wanru, squeezed her hand, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled... Now that the genealogy has been established, they have become a real family.

After going through the genealogy, they went to the flower hall in the front yard. Zhilan and Xuelan carried two boxes of gifts in return, one box of shoes and socks, and one box of pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

The two went in, Xiao Shan and his wife sat in the middle, Liu's mother placed a futon in front of her, served four cups of tea, Shen Zhan handed a cup to Xiao Shan, the corners of her lips paused, Su Wanru elbowed him, low Said: "It's time to change your mouth."

Shen Zhan hummed and lowered his eyes.

Xiao Shan took the tea and took a quick sip, fearing his son would be embarrassed, he hurriedly handed over a thick red seal, and said: "I wish you a happy and peaceful life together."

"Thank you." Shen Zhan took Feng Hong and paused, "Thank you father!"

With this sound, Xiao Shan's hands trembled, his eyes turned red immediately, with tears in his eyes, he nodded and said, "Okay...okay...okay."

This was the first time Shen Zhan called his father, how could he not be excited, and it was the first time in his life that he heard someone call him father.

I have been looking forward to it for decades.

Su Wanru passed the tea up, smiled sweetly, and shouted, "Father, drink some tea."

"Drink." Xiao Shan took the teacup, finished it in one gulp, and gave her another seal, "Good boy!"

Su Wanru smiled and took it and handed it to Zhilan.

Shen Zhan offered the tea to Mrs. Xiao again, and shouted: "Mother, drink tea!" It seemed easier for him to call his mother, but after shouting, it was Lu Shi's face that appeared in front of him, and he suddenly Thinking of the previous New Year's Eve dinner, they sat opposite each other and ate like enemies.

After eating, he would sometimes stay overnight, and sometimes he would leave after eating...

In the first year, he hid in the dilapidated temple and cried, with the cold wind blowing the sky and the snow falling all over the place, the sound of firecrackers and the laughter of children in the distance, filled with the atmosphere of the New Year, only he huddled here alone, starving Tummy tears.

So what he disliked the most in the past was Chinese New Year.

Later, when he got older and wandered around for a long time, after getting used to that kind of loneliness, he started not to care. A person who doesn't even care about life and death is afraid of loneliness.

"Zhan'er!" Mrs. Xiao covered her face and began to cry. Mother Liu came to support her and persuaded her in a low voice: "Today is a day of great joy, you have to hold back."

Mrs. Xiao wiped her tears, nodded her head and said, "Yes, don't cry, it's a day of great joy." Not only did her son come back, she even had a daughter-in-law.

so good.

Knowing relatives, the family had lunch together, and finally sent all the guests away, Mrs. Xiao called to the two of them, "Go back and rest, I don't think Wanwan's face looks good, sleep well, the family matters and me."

"Then I'll go back to sleep." Su Wanru held Mrs. Xiao's arm, "I'll come to accompany you for dinner tonight, and you ask the kitchen to cook me some soup. I want to drink soup."

Mrs. Xiao nodded with a smile, "Okay, I will make soup for you. You just need to sleep."

Su Wanru smiled and said yes, Shen Zhan also got up, "Mother, then I'm leaving."

"Well, good, good." Mrs. Xiao sent the two of them all the way to the gate of the yard, and when they entered her own yard, she turned her head and saw Xiao Shan standing at the door looking at her, the husband and wife smiled.

Su Wanru flung herself on the bed, not wanting to move her tired fingers, "I don't want to do anything, I just want to sleep, you are not allowed to wake me up halfway."

"Understood." Sitting on the edge of the bed, Shen Zhan took off her shoes, took off her coat, hugged her under the quilt, kissed her, and said, "You sleep, I'll go out for a while."

Su Wanru opened her eyes and looked at him, "Go to the military camp, or go to Zhao Zhongyuan?"

"None." Shen Zhan said, "I'll go find your second brother."

Su Wanru snorted, nestled into the pillow, and nodded, "Then go and come back early."

"Yeah." Shen Zhan patted her and waited for her to fall asleep before quietly going out the door.

Su Wanru had a dream, dreaming that in Yanjing's girls' school, Zhao Yan came downstairs with a book, and she was standing at the stairs, but he passed her by as if he didn't see her. Shouted, "Prince Ning."

He didn't respond, he still walked unhurriedly, and his figure disappeared at the door in an instant.

She woke up and sat up quickly, and saw Shen Zhan sitting at the table reading a letter. Seeing that she woke up, she poured tea and handed it over, "Dreaming?"

"I dreamed about King Ning." Su Wanru took a sip of tea, "I don't know what it feels like, I just feel sorry for him."

Shen Zhan touched her head and said, "If you're really worried, go and see him. But maybe he doesn't want to see us."

"Yeah." Su Wanru said: "It seems to be showing off, but the comparison between the two sides makes him uncomfortable. Let's forget it."

Unable to fall asleep, she stopped sleeping, put on her clothes and got up, Min Wang yelled outside, Shen Zhan opened the door and went out, Min Wang replied: "Someone saw him at the gate of the city, he left the city alone."

"Are you leaving? Do you have any luggage?" Su Wanru asked.

Min Wang replied: "He didn't have any luggage, so he came and left empty-handed."

"Okay." Su Wanru said, "I hope his journey will be smooth and safe."

He can write such a good travel note, he must have been to many places, and I hope to have the opportunity to read his book.

"Master." Lu Cheng hurried over with the letter and said, "A letter from the capital, please take a look."

Shen Zhan took the letter and opened it for a look, then frowned, Su Wanru asked, "What's wrong?"

"The prince passed away." Shen Zhan handed her the letter, "Ten days ago!"

Su Wanru was stunned.

(End of this chapter)