Changping Village.
At noon, at lunch time, two carriages came along the official road towards Changping Village. Yang Ruoqing and the others recognized the carriage driver in front of them. He was the old carriage driver from Yangzhou who accompanied Dazhi back last night. The carriage driver behind them was about the same age. To put it mildly, his appearance is somewhat similar to that of Lao Ma.
Although Yang Ruoqing and Luo Tiejiang met each other for the first time, they heard Dazhi mention it last night that he was Lao Ma's brother Xiao Ma.
These two people were loyal servants of Dazhi's family when he was in Yangzhou. They had followed Dazhi for several years. This time when he returned to Changping Village, Dazhi took them two with him. Despite their appearance, both of them were unattractive. According to Dazhi, this brother Both of them have practiced before and have a lot of experience in walking, so it is very appropriate to bring them along.
"Qing'er Qing'er, guess which of the four girls is riding in the same carriage as Dazhi?"
Yang Ruoqing felt her shoulder being tapped hard, and then she heard Liu's excitement and even some excited voices in her ears.
Yang Ruoqing's head was filled with black threads, and she really couldn't hide anything from her fourth aunt, who loved to gossip.
"Fourth Aunt, this is about my Zhi'er's reputation and the reputation of this girl. Don't make random guesses or talk, otherwise I'll be in a hurry with you!"
The smile on Mrs. Liu's face lasted for a moment, and then her smile became even brighter, with a hint of flattery in her brilliance.
"Oh Qing'er, the fourth aunt just asked casually and didn't mean anything else."
"Fourth Aunt, I still say the same thing. It's okay for you to come and watch the fun, but if you add fuel to the fire about our Luo family and talk about it outside, don't say that you are my fourth Aunt, I will also turn against you." Yang Ruoqing added. Added a warning.
Mrs. Liu immediately stopped laughing, looked serious, raised her hands and swore: "Believe me, I swear, I am absolutely devoted to your Luo family."
Seeing that her goal was achieved, Yang Ruoqing showed her friendly smile again, turned her head and continued to watch the two carriages that were approaching.
The two carriages had stopped smoothly in front of the gate of Luo's courtyard. The old horse nodded to Yang Ruoqing and Luo Blacksmith on the roadside.
Then, the curtain of the carriage was opened, and Dazhi jumped out of the carriage first.
When I saw so many people standing on the roadside to greet me, including men, women, old and young, tall, short, fat and thin, I was stunned!
He was inexplicably nervous about such a big battle, and his face turned slightly rosy.
"Grandma, grandma, grandma four, grandma..."
Dazhi bowed and bowed to the women in front of him...
Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Dasun came out of the crowd and rushed to Dazhi to help him up.
"Zhi'er, you've really grown into a young man now. I heard your grandma say it before, but I still didn't believe it. Gee, it's like you've changed into a different person. It's so good, so good!"
Da Sun looked Da Zhi up and down, his eyes shining brightly.
Da Zhi smiled shyly at Da Sun.
Ms. Liu gently shook Dazhi's arm, winked at him and said in a low voice: "I heard from your grandma that you brought back some cousins from your relatives as guests? Where are they? Hurry up and let Si Gapo take a look. "
Dazhi's face turned redder, but he still nodded, politely took his arms out of the fingers of the two middle-aged women, turned around and walked to the car behind him, then gently opened the curtain of the car and pulled the The cousins in the car helped me out of the car one by one.
On the way, he had already made a plan in his mind. Later, he would see how the elders at home would introduce them and in what order.
But the premise is that it is the main hall of the Luo family and the staff is simple.
Dazhi did not expect that there would be such a big battle waiting for him and his four cousins. He thought that according to the previous arrangements in the county, the first one to get off the carriage would be Yao Ying's cousin, because among these people, she She is the eldest and is also the cousin of my uncle's family, so she should be introduced first.
As a result, the curtain of the carriage had just been opened, and Dazhi saw cousin Yao Ying stretching her hand over here. Cousin Yao Ying was wearing a royal blue dress with the same color pattern on the cuffs, and he recognized it at a glance.
Just when his hand was about to touch cousin Yao Ying's hand, a goose-yellow sleeve flicked down, and another white and tender hand took Da Zhi's hand. The person followed his arm and got out of the car, and He jumped off the carriage and stood next to Dazhi. He raised his head and looked at the people in front of him. The girl in the goose-yellow dress was startled. The corners of her thin lips raised upwards and she smiled brightly.
"Junior Huang Guier is from Yangzhou. My sister is brother Dazhi's sister-in-law. I would like to pay tribute to you elders."
Huang Guier introduced herself to her home, put her hands on her waist, and saluted Yang Ruoqing and others like a lady from a wealthy family.
In Huang Guier's understanding, although Dazhi's adoptive parents lived in a small place like Changping Village most of the time, as the wife and family members of the general protecting the country, even if they lived in the village, everything at home must be the same. That's what a wealthy official's family does.
Therefore, before coming here, she went out of her way to learn some of the manners of ladies from wealthy families. She was afraid of being embarrassed and wanted to compare with the others.
As a result, when she saluted, she noticed something was wrong.
All the women in front of her stared at her in shock, but no one came forward to help her, or sent a maid or something to help her. She remained in this bent-over kneeling posture, frozen there, in a dilemma.
Finally, a young woman who looked like her sister, who was dressed very ordinary but had a very unique temperament came to her.
"We don't like those urban ways in our small country place. Miss Guier is so polite."
The woman only gave Huang Guier a weak hand and then withdrew her hand, but Huang Guier saw a hint of sarcasm flashing through the woman's smiling eyes at close range.
As if he was mocking her, Huang Guier was instinctively unhappy.
Her eyes searched for the most elegant person in the crowd, and then, after going around, she became a little confused.
Because the women in front of them were all dressed simply, and at a glance they all looked like women from farmers' families, but they were different from other women Huang Guier had seen.
Their bodies were clean and tidy, and there were no patches. No one was wearing makeup or makeup. What was going on? Could it be that Brother Dazhi's adoptive mother was too arrogant and didn't come out at all?
Huang Guier subconsciously turned around to look for Dazhi, hoping that Dazhi would introduce him to her. As a result, Dazhi ignored his look for help, opened the curtain of the carriage again, and helped the people behind him to get out of the carriage.
After Yang Ruoqing helped Huang Guier, she no longer set her sights on the young girl.
The girl's sachet contained at least half a pound of osmanthus-flavored powder. It was so strong that it stung her nose and almost sneezed into the other person's face.
As soon as she pressed down the itch in her nose, Dazhi helped a young girl in a royal blue dress out of the carriage.
(End of chapter)
