Blissful Days After Widowhood

    After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law returned home, Gu Yin asked Wang to go to the theater.

    Wang shi refused, said she wanted to stay with her at home, and said: "I didn't look at you at all, and you were almost bullied. I dare not let you leave me again. sight."

    She said she didn't want to go, but she kept looking out, obviously a heart that wanted to listen to the play had already flown out of the house.

    No way, Gu Yin can only go with Wang.

    The stage is right next to the largest teahouse in town. There are dozens of benches in front of the stage to serve as stands, and you can sit down and drink a bowl of rough tea for three cents. A bench can generally seat two people, and the next bench is five cents. If you are shy, then spend a penny to stand and listen.

    As soon as the stage was set up, Mrs. Xu hurried to call Mrs. Wang. Therefore, the two took the lead, and each packed a bench in the front and connected them together.

      People didn't have much time to get to the front.

    Xu was helping her look at the bench, and when she saw her coming, she immediately got up and sat back to her seat.

    "Where did you sing!" Mrs Wang sat down and asked Mrs Xu.

     Xu said: "Singing that the evil mother-in-law forced her daughter-in-law to remarry and go to the palace to be a concubine!"

    Wang said "Hi", patted her thigh and said, "Isn't the daughter-in-law still doing needlework to support the family? Why did she suddenly jump to force her to remarry? Where did the emperor come from?"

    Xu's eyes stayed on the stage, spitting out the skin of the melon seeds, "It was the embroidery made by that daughter-in-law that the emperor took a fancy to, and then she took a fancy to her."

    The two of them were singing and babbling on the stage, and the two of them got together to listen and chat. Gu Yin didn't understand the script very well, so she started looking for Xiao Wu'an.

    She was looking around when Xiao Wuan stuck her head out from behind Mrs Xu, "Is my sister-in-law looking for me?"

    It turned out that this little guy was sitting on Xu's side.

    Gu Yin smiled, Xiao Wuan handed the melon seeds in his hand to her, but the hand was too short, it was still a little short.

     Xu shi saw it out of the corner of the eye, she simply stood up and waved at Gu Yin, the two changed positions, she and Wang shi sat on a bench, Gu Yin sat on the small Next to Wu'an.

    Only after Gu Yin changed, did she find that Xu Qingchuan was actually there, and in such a place, he never left his books.

    Gu Yin guessed that he probably didn't like watching dramas, and was forced to come over by Xu shi, so she couldn't help bending her lips.

    Xu Qingchuan felt her gaze raised her head, and the two nodded across Xiao Wu'an as a greeting.

    "Sister-in-law eat quickly, Brother Qingchuan gave it to me, it's delicious!"

    Not waiting for Gu Yin to refuse, Xiao Wuan put the melon seeds in her hand.

    Gu Yin had to catch it and thank Xu Qingchuan.

    Xu Qingchuan opened his purse, and it was full of melon seeds.

    The melon seeds are fragrant and crunchy in the mouth, the teeth and cheeks are fragrant, and there is a faint tea aroma.

    Gu Yin praised from the bottom of her heart: "Aunt Xu's craftsmanship is really good! No one sold on the street is as delicious as this fried!"

    Xu Qingchuan turned his eyes away in a panic when he heard this, and a pale pink flushed on his fair cheeks.

    "It wasn't fried by my aunt, it was..."

    Xu Qingchuan covered his mouth halfway through what Xiao Wuan said.

     "Don't you want to listen to me read the Three Character Classic?"

    Wu An nodded hurriedly, turned around obediently, and snuggled gently beside him.

    Xu Qingchuan stretched out his hand to embrace him, his thin lips slightly parted, and his words were clear and authentic: "In the beginning of man, nature is good. Specialize…"

    His voice was as clear as a symphony of pearls, and his tone was gentle and soft.

    Gu Yin listened to the incomprehensible play in one ear, and listened to his reading in the other ear, her eyelids fell straight down, and her back unconsciously leaned on Wang Shi on the other side Fell asleep.

    When Xu Qingchuan raised his eyes again, he saw that she was already asleep, and he could not help but bend his lips.

    When she opened her eyes again, she heard the sound of gongs and drums and opera, and the people around were pointing at the stage and yelling.

    As soon as she woke up, Mrs Wang helped her sit up and moved forward.

    "What's the matter?" Gu Yin rubbed her eyes, her voice still laced with drowsiness.

    Xiao Wu'an shook his head like a rattle and said, "I don't know, I just sang it well. I don't know why an old grandfather came, and it started arguing."

    Things were a little complicated, the little guy couldn't say a few words, and Xu Qingchuan explained: "I just sang on the stage that the evil mother-in-law repeatedly forced her daughter-in-law to enter the palace, and her daughter-in-law would rather die than die. There was a scholar who knew about this and complained about it later, but it happened that the emperor came, and the scholar who was famous and famous was turned into a white body, and he even had his daughter-in-law tied into the palace. After that, the ministers persuaded him, but the emperor was helpless. Beauty, she didn't listen at all, and even took off the black gauze hat of the leader. Then the old gentleman came out angrily and interrupted, saying that the play was 'humiliating the royal family'."

    After listening to him say a few words, Gu Yin couldn't help but wonder: "Even people like me who don't listen to dramas know that the dynasties in this drama are all fabricated. Why is this old gentleman? So angry?"

    Xu Qingchuan shook his head to indicate that he did not know.

    On the stage, an old man in a leather robe with a stand-up collar was confronting the troupe.

    The class leader came out from the backstage and begged for mercy, saying: "Master, it is not easy for us to set up a grass platform team once.

    The old man was thin and small, but his voice was not small, and said: "You are not allowed to sing nonsense? Wrap it all up and sing him for a month, please everyone in the town watch!"

    Both Wang and Xu walked to the front of the stage, and they were going to join forces to drag the troublemaker down.

    Hearing this, the two of them stopped at the same time - darling, this old man sounds rich and rich, if he can listen to a month of drama for nothing, it seems not bad?

    Although the class leader was smiling at first, he was somewhat angry. Hearing this at this time, he really smiled and said quickly: "Okay, I will listen to you. After this song is over, I will change it, and I will change it as you want."

    This farce should have ended here.

    But the old man was still unwilling and insisted: "No, you can change it now. Change it to the emperor who obeyed the advice of the civil servants, changed his past mistakes, and became a wise monarch!"

    He wants to say that the other side is okay, but the leader of this reformation team dare not respond - after all, this stupid king is an important supporting role in the play. If he is not stupid, how can he appear pitiful to his daughter-in-law? And according to the meaning of the old man, the protagonist of the play has also changed and became the emperor.

    They are just ordinary grass stage teams, and they don't have the ability to say that they can still be changed after a temporary big change.

    "Do you understand drama or not?!" Mrs Wang couldn't stand it anymore, "How do you sing after you change it like this?"

    The old man said: "Just sing about peace and prosperity, can't He Qinghaiyan?"

    "Who wants to watch this? I won't watch it if you ask me for nothing!" Xu shi followed.

    Then Mrs. Wang winked at Mrs. Xu, and the two climbed onto the stage, each holding the old man's arm.

    The short old man was immediately suspended, and his two short legs volleyed back and forth.

    "Where's the woman, put the old man down!"

    Xu Shi and Wang Shi turned a deaf ear, and it was not enough to put him off the stage, they kept putting him out of the crowd.

    Gu Yin and Xu Qingchuan quickly followed Xiao Wuan out.

    Fortunately, neither Xu nor Wang did not embarrass the old man, they brought him out and put him down.

    The old man straightened the crooked leather hat on his head, while blowing his beard and staring: "What are you two old women doing to get me out? I haven't finished talking to the class teacher. Woolen cloth!"

    Xu said: "Master, I think you are getting old too, don't toss around. If you have money, write a book of your own and let people sing, how you like to sing. But it's not easy for us ordinary people to see a troupe all year round, so let's hear one."

    Wang shi didn't kill him, just followed: "That is, what emperor Shengminghe Qinghaiyan do you like to listen to, you can ask someone to do it yourself, don't embarrass others, and don't embarrass us fans ."

    The old man said angrily: "What's going on with you people? This play is alluded to in the courtroom, but it's a big deal!"

    Both Wang's and Xu's were at a loss. Although the play was made up, it really couldn't insinuate the court. There was an angry scholar who wrote a playbook in the past, saying that the smug king favored the **** and disturbed the superhero. Gang, however, before the show came out, he let someone inform the government, and a bunch of people got their hair down. But today's play is about a drowsy king marrying a little widow of a good family, and it doesn't talk about any important court events.

    "Could it be that that person has really robbed the civilian girl recently?" Mrs. Wang asked Xu Mrs. in a low voice.

    Xu said that she hadn't heard of it, and turned to look at Xu Qingchuan.

    Xu Qingchuan pondered for a while, and said, "This old gentleman should be talking about the emperor and Mr. Wen?"

    The old man snorted as a default.

    Xu Qingchuan told them about the grievances between the emperor and Mrs. Wen a month ago. But this is what happened in the capital, and he also heard from his classmates mention it by chance, so he doesn't know much, only probably knows that there is such a thing.

    After a few people listened to it, Xu continued: "It's not too new for the emperor to take off the black gauze cap of a high official, then Mr. Wen has indeed reached the age of returning to his hometown. Since he proposed Are you not allowed to let others resign? You are too sensitive, old man!"

    The gongs and drums on the other side of the stage were beating again, and Wang's mind was no longer here, and he continued: "That's right, the situation of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in that play is still similar to my family, and I have not I think it's me who sings. Don't think too much about it. Besides, this drama didn't reach the ears of the old man of humanities. Even if it did, maybe people wouldn't be as anxious as your old man!"

    The old man wanted to say more, but suddenly his body shook and fell down.

    Wang and Xu were both startled, and immediately said in unison, "I didn't do anything!"

    After he finished speaking, he immediately went to lift the person up.

    Still the same as one person, one arm, the old man was lifted up in the air, all the way to the nearby hospital.

    As soon as they left, Wen Lang came over with a big bag of food.

    Today, he was arguing, and finally "tricked" his grandfather out of the name of listening to the opera and watching the fun, thinking that the old man might have an appetite when he was happy.

    Mr. Wen also gave face to his grandson. He didn't dislike the simplicity of the stand. The grandson and grandson picked up a place to sit.

    In the middle of the show, there are some vendors selling snacks nearby.

    Seeing that he was in a good mood, Wen Lang secretly wondered how he could persuade him to eat more this time. But I didn't expect him to go for less than a quarter of an hour, and when he came back, his grandfather was gone!

    …

    Wang and Zou put the old man in the hospital to see the doctor.

    Wang and Xu exhaled a long breath together. Although they really didn't do anything, if something happened to this old man, they wouldn't be able to tell with their mouths!

    People haven't woken up yet, and they can't leave him alone, so they have to bring him back to Jinyi Lane together.

    The two carried the old man back to Xu's house, and Mrs. Xu sent Xu Qingchuan back to the house to read.

    Because the money for seeing the doctor was given by Xu Shi, Wang Shi could not do anything, so he could only bite the bullet and say to Gu Yin: "Son, look at this mess. ...and trouble you to make something to eat."

    Gu Yin nodded and said, "It's alright, the materials are all ready-made anyway, I'll cook a bowl of porridge without much effort."

    After she finished speaking, she turned around and went to her kitchen.

    In addition to the ingredients they use every day, there are also some ingredients that they eat every day in the kitchen.

    Gu Yin thought that the doctor said that the old man had a bad spleen and stomach, so she did not make ordinary white porridge, grabbed a handful of millet, cut a piece of pumpkin, and was going to make pumpkin millet porridge, and thought about making this time The amount was small, so I used a small casserole at home.

    She first washed the pumpkin, cut it into pieces and removed the seeds, then put the skin into the steamer, then boiled water to wash the rice, and after the water boiled, put in the millet, and simmered on low heat. Steam the pumpkin for more than a quarter of an hour. After peeling it, press it into a puree with a spoon. Then pour the pumpkin puree into the casserole and stir it together with the millet. After the rice oil is boiled, it can be taken out of the pot.

    When Mrs. Wen opened her eyes again, it was already dusk outside.

    He propped up his body and reacted for a while before he remembered what happened before. His five senses slowly recovered, and he smelled a sweet fragrance.

    The fragrance was sweet but not greasy, which made Mrs. Wen, who had not eaten much for many days, growled in her stomach.

    He followed the fragrance to the door of the house, and Gu Yin just came over holding the casserole.

    "Are you awake?" Gu Yin smiled and put the casserole on the table, "I made some porridge, do you want to eat some?"

     Mrs. Wen was about to refuse when her stomach growled again.

    He was indeed still dizzy, so he reluctantly said: "Then I'll take two bites."

    Gu Yin lifted the lid of the pot, and the sweet fragrance filled the whole room.

    The rice grains in the casserole bloomed, and the pumpkin was stewed into the porridge soup.

    Mr. Wen took a sip with a spoon, the sweetness of the pumpkin filled the whole mouth, and even the whole spoonful of porridge soup became sweet. Although the grains of millet are blooming, the grains are distinct when eaten in the mouth, and it is not as rotten as the average person boils.

    After a few mouthfuls of hot porridge, Mrs. Wen felt that the whole person was warmed up.

    "There is no sugar in the porridge, but it is sweet. The water is not too much or not enough to dilute the fragrance of the pumpkin. Your porridge is well cooked, who is your teacher?"

    As soon as he exited, he asked Gu Yin's teacher's inheritance, obviously a connoisseur of food.

    To outsiders, Gu Yin is not good at talking about immortals in dreams, pretending not to know: "My family does some small business of food every day, it is not difficult to cook porridge, where do I need to be with people? to study?"

    Mr. Wen frowned and wondered if it was because he was too old, or because he was hungry for too long, and his sense of taste was out of balance, so he felt that the porridge cooked by this farmer's daughter-in-law was particularly accurate, not as good as Poor royal chef?

    Not waiting for her to ask more, Gu Yin made an excuse to hide.

    The old man drank the whole pot of porridge in a gentle manner, and went out of the house with strength.

    Although there was an unpleasant commotion ahead, Mrs. Wen knew that his fainting had nothing to do with them. He was not a relative, but he was brought home and cooked a bowl of porridge for him, which was considered a favor to him.

    Pay directly? This approach seems a bit too vulgar.

    He remembered that the family seemed to have a scholar, how about sending two famous paintings or a lonely book?

    Mr. Wen walked outside the main room, not thinking about how to repay.

    At this time, in the main room, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xu were chewing melon seeds and grinding their teeth.

    Xu Shi blamed Wang Shi, "You said what kind of wink did you give me at that time? The class leader didn't do much, so let's make it out. It's a shame that the old man just fainted from hunger, If we really want to do something good or bad, we mustn't let his family eat it?"

    "What do you say I'm doing, can I know that he is so easily dizzy? Besides, you are not in a hurry to watch the play at that time..."

    In the end, it was her own choice, and Mrs. Wang was also guilty, and quickly changed the subject: "Do you think this old man...is there a problem here?" She pointed to her own head.

    Xu shi nodded and said: "Most of them are crazy, I see him dressed in bright clothes, and he speaks with confidence. If you say that you can entrust the troupe to sing for us for a month, I really think it is a He has a lot of money. But you heard what the doctor said, when he fainted, he was hungry. How could a rich person not be able to eat?"

    Wang shi nodded again and again, "No wonder he said that the emperor's relegation to civil servants in the drama was a taboo, what does it have to do with him? If he is crazy, he eats radishes and doesn't worry about it. "

    "Haha, do you think this crazy old man wants to repay us when he wakes up? What crazy talk about giving money and famous paintings."

    "Well, we don't care. Anyway, we should do whatever he says later, but it's not good to confront him again."

    Grandpa Wen is talented and intelligent. At the age of 20, he was recognized by the emperor in high school. At the age of 30, he entered Zhiwenyuan Pavilion and served as the prince's grandfather. He became the real minister of the three dynasties. Even today, when he was allowed to resign, he had to do a lot of superficial work and personally send him out of the capital.

    At the moment, Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Wang are "crazy old men", and the old man almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

    He turned around and walked towards the door with a dark face.

    Gu Yin met at the door and said hurriedly, "Slow down, it's getting dark now, the road in the alley is not easy to walk, I'll get you a lantern."

    Mr. Wen said no, as soon as he walked to the door, he tripped over a stone and staggered and almost fell on his horse!

    Gu Yin was taken aback, and quickly said, "How can you get out without lighting the lantern? Just hold the lantern!"

    The old man said without turning his head: "I don't want it! I'm crazy and I'm afraid to walk at night?"

    Gu Yin didn't know why he was so angry all of a sudden, she could only watch him go away in confusion.

    …

      Several people found their way home.

    It was already dark when he returned to Wen's house.

    At this time, the door of Wen's house was open, and the family and nursing homes were all holding torches, and Mr. Wen was assigning someone to find him.

    Seeing him appear suddenly, Mr. Wen immediately ran down the steps and said anxiously: "Where is my father? You can find my son!"

    Seeing the old man's face ashen again, Master Wen immediately said: "Father, don't worry, Wen Lang has sent me to the ancestral hall, let him kneel in front of his ancestors to reflect, and wait for you to come back. hair down."

    Mr. Wen said angrily, "Why are you shutting him up?"

    Although Mr. Wen is middle-aged, he is still quite afraid of his father, and his voice suddenly dropped, "Didn't he lose you?"

    Mr. Wen laughed angrily, "How can I be lost for such a big man?"

    Master Wen asked tentatively again: "Then you are..."

    Mr. Wen can't say that he was on the stage because he listened to the play, and was carried by two women, and he was even more embarrassed to say that he fainted from hunger when arguing with others.

    Facing the eldest son's inquiring and caring gaze, he held it back for a long time, and finally said a sentence—

    "I want you to! I'm crazy!"

    Master Wen was so bluffed that he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

    Seeing that Mr. Wen entered the house with his hands behind his back, Mr. Wen quickly followed.

    Around the shadow wall, Mrs. Wen suddenly stopped and ordered: "Take some silver taels, take two famous paintings and two books in my private library in my study, I want to give them away."

    "Where?"

    "Delivery to..."

    Mr. Wen is speechless. Damn, it's time for a lantern! Where do those two families live? !