The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty Chapter 8: Liu Niang
The death of Dalang Yun brought Zheng Ping's family not only pain, but also financial problems.
Yun Yanhui didn't realize this at first, and only cared whether Zheng Ping would be too sad. Until he saw Zheng Ping draw a pattern, and then began to kesi.
Inexplicably, the fan face is very delicate, and it has a bit of a day and night posture. Yun Yan felt a little stunned in her heart and felt that something was not right.
One day, Hu Sanniang came to chat with Zheng Ping and asked if anyone had been asked to transport Yun Da's body back to Beijing.
Zheng Ping said sadly that Yun Dalang died of drowning, and the corpse was gone. Hu Sanniang's face suddenly turned ugly, so she comforted Zheng Ping again, and she could go to Daxiangguo Temple to pray for blessings.
Zheng Ping wiped away her tears and said that was exactly what she wanted to do.
Yunyan immediately understood when he returned, the ancients attached great importance to the affairs of the dead, and even if they didn't need to transport the body of Yun Dalang back, they would have to spend a lot of money to organize the funeral.
The family's daily expenses are not enough. It is not realistic to have a funeral, plus the cost of inviting a monk to do Buddhist deeds.
The only way is for Zheng Ping to sell Kesi for money.
Yun Yanhui didn't know what Zheng Ping was hiding, and had no way to dissuade her, so she could only watch Zheng Ping take more than a month to create a lifelike fan of hibiscus.
This cost Zheng Ping a lot of energy, and she lost a lot of weight. Yun Yanhui didn't know how much the fan sold for, but after Zheng Ping went to Xiuxiang, she bought meat for them when she came back.
Next, I asked the enthusiastic neighbors to organize the funeral ceremony, set up a burial for Yun Dalang, and the whole family wore sackcloth and filial piety. Furthermore, if you invite these neighbors, you must also provide tea and rice.
It was also at this time that Yun Yanhui realized that Yun Dalang had no other family members. Neighbors have not asked this question, and most likely they have already inquired about it and know why not.
Yun Yanhui suspects that his father is also an orphan. Even if both parents die, they don't even have any relatives. People in this era are all relatives.
Zheng Ping wanted to greet her inside and out, and Shuang Yi took care of her two younger brothers.
It's just that, on weekdays, it doesn't matter. During the funeral, Shuang Yi herself was frightened. She had never met Yun Dalang, but she had a vague concept of death. , of course afraid.
Fortunately, Yun Yanhui is not an ordinary child. Instead, she takes care of Shuang Yilai and takes her and Xiaobao with her. Yun Yanhui's calm attitude made Shuang Yi calm down a lot, and she also decided not to worry her mother, she should take good care of her younger brothers.
During this period, no one dared to disturb Zheng Ping casually. Yun Yanhui's pants were ripped, so he asked Shuang Yi to help him fix it.
Shuang Yi carefully filled in half, but Yun Yan picked it up and looked at it. No matter how you looked at it, she felt that the stitches were too sparse and not very neat.
"I just learned..." Shuang Yi said.
There's only half of it left, Yun Yanhui resolutely pinched the needle and thread, and made it up by herself. It's just to mend a pair of trousers, no complicated stitches are needed, this stitch is even neater than Shuangyi's.
Yunyan thought back to herself, is it because I am too talented, or is it because Shuangyi is not going to get rich overnight...
Shuang Yi bowed her head in shame, her brother hadn't touched a needle for a day, but he sewed better than her! Also, when she was doing something under the kitchen sometimes, it was Brother Yan who reminded her.
"Brother Yan, I will definitely practice qaq well."
"It's alright, learn slowly." Yun Yan replied like an elder.
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Let's talk about Zheng Ping, she invited seven monks from Daxiangguo Temple to come back to do Buddhist services. First, they summoned their souls. Then, because of Yun Dalang's untimely death, the bones could not return home. She even recited the scriptures for seven days.
Most of the people who came to offer condolences were neighbors and some old friends of Yun Dalang. They looked at their orphans and widowed mothers with pity.
Because of the friendship with the monk, I invited him too.
After I came to understand, I heard other people say that Zheng Ping actually received the news of death on the day he returned from him, and my mood was very complicated. At this time, the monk who was doing Buddhist deeds saw it, and he couldn't help but listen to the action, and came to salute, "Uncle understand."
Sighed clearly, and stopped drinking the tea, replacing the big monk who took the lead, and reciting the scriptures by himself.
"How does this make..." Zheng Ping wiped her eyes.
I knew it but insisted on reciting the scriptures. It wasn't until the evening that the great monk replaced him and ate some food.
I don't know much about the situation of Zheng Ping's family. I only asked Zheng Ping a little. I knew that her husband was out of business, but Zheng Ping didn't say that it had been a while. So I thought that after Zheng Ping's husband passed away, the burden on the family would increase, but in fact, Zheng Ping was already in charge.
Aiwu and Wu, of course, told him that if you have any difficulties, you can come to Daxiangguo Temple to find him.
Zheng Ping thanked her solemnly, and asked Yunyan to come back and give her a salute.
Yun Yan has been following Zheng Ping as much as she can these days. Of course, she has nothing to refuse. The monk is so old, so it's not a disadvantage to pay respects.
Later, when Yun Yanhui thought about it again, she felt that maybe Zheng Ping had thought about it at that time and asked Luran for help.
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After Yun Dalang's funeral, Zheng Ping seemed to be hollowed out. She lost her energy and did not do embroidery work for several days. But last time she probably made a lot of money selling fans, so even if she didn't work, she still ate well at home.
Limited by the times, it is still a kind of wheat rice and bean rice, but the quality of the food is much higher.
It can be seen that no matter where they are, the top craftsmen must be doing well...
One day, Zheng Ping was cooking, Shuang Yi was dancing in the courtyard, and Yun Yan Hui sat at the door and watched. There is a woven pergola in the front eaves of his house, extending out for a section, and the bottom is a clean slate.
Yunyan Hui sat under it, and Xiaobao crawled around beside him. On the surface, Shuang Yi was leading the two of them, but Yun Yan was actually staring back at the two children.
That's all for Xiaobao, Shuangyi has been looking forward to going out since she went out recently. Although he lived at the back door of Kaifeng Mansion, Yun Yanhui had to be vigilant. He consciously came out and watched when Zheng Ping was not in front of him.
At this time, an old woman walked outside the fence and looked at the courtyard.
Shuang Yi lowered his head and jumped the grid without paying attention, but Yun Yanhui saw it at a glance. A few days ago, when his family held a funeral, many neighbors came, so even if he didn't go out very much, Yun Yanhui also took a look at the neighbors. look familiar. This old woman has never been seen before.
The old woman swept her gaze a few times in the yard, and then met Yun Yanhui. Seeing his face, she was stunned for a moment, and then she showed a look of surprise.
At this time, Shuang Yi also saw her, took a few steps back, and walked under the pergola, a little shy.
The old woman smiled and asked, "Does Madam Zheng live here?"
Shuang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, "Wait a minute." She went to the kitchen to call Zheng Ping.
The old woman looked back at Yun Yan, and then at Xiao Bao, with a strange look in her eyes.
Yun Yanhui put her hands through Xiaobao's armpits, lifted him up, turned around and sat together on the threshold.
In just a short time, Zheng Ping also came out, wiped the water stains from her hands on her apron, and looked out of the fence.
You can't see her expression from Yun Yanhui's point of view, but you can see that her body is stiff.
When the old woman saw Zheng Ping, she shouted excitedly, "Liu Niang, it's really you!"
Zheng Ping turned around in a panic and said to Shuangyi, "Take the brothers back to the house."
"Oh..." Shuang Yi took Yun Yanhui and Xiaobao's hands and walked into the room, but even she noticed that the atmosphere was wrong and turned back three times.
Yun Yanhui was pulled into the room, and immediately "shush" Shuangyi, and then quietly walked to the door to peek.
Ping Zheng didn't let the old woman in, she stood at the gate and talked in a low voice.
The old woman took out a fan, and Yun Yanhui recognized it immediately. The Kesi fan was clearly the one that Zheng Ping made before.
The old woman was talking to Zheng Ping, but when she got excited, her voice increased a little, but Yun Yan, who was smart and smart, heard her say, "Liu Niang, you are still so young! Since that person is so young! It's already...you promise, Langjun and his wife will definitely let go of the past."
"Mother-in-law is going to say more, I won't agree!" Zheng Ping interrupted her with a look of anger. She looked around to see that no neighbors noticed, and turned around angrily.
Seeing that she ignored her, the old woman leaned against the fence and sighed: "Liu Niang, think about it again, mother-in-law will go back first."