There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

But his job is idle, falsely granted, that is to say, he has a reputation, Jin Yiwei is true, but he has no real power.

But anyway, it is an official position, and the Wu family does not need to serve corvee or pay taxes.

The Wu family immediately cheered up, especially Mrs. Wu, who walked with wind, because Wu Jun invited her to be a fifth-rank Yiren.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, the first-rank and second-rank officials’ wives were called "Madam", and the mother-in-law was called "Tai Furen"; child.

Wufeng Wupin is called a lady.

So from now on, Mrs. Wu can no longer be called "Old Lady", but should be honored as "Mrs. Wu".

Wuyin, the regiment camp was established again.The imperial court and the imperial palace officially made filial piety.

The outside situation is changing, and so is the Wu family.

The Wu family held a ceremony on the third day of April, because it was time for them to formally remove their filial piety and perform their filial piety.

As the biggest event of the year, removing filial piety is very grand.

Basically, relatives, those who attended the funeral after the old man passed away, all came.In addition to filial piety, you need to burn a table of "sacrifices". Generally, you need to prepare eight to twelve sacrifices: a whole chicken (after burning, the head of the chicken should be upturned), a elbow or a large piece of pork belly, a fish, a A bowl of tofu, a bowl of fruit, a bowl of stove sugar, a bowl of pastries, a bowl of other vegetables and so on.

In addition, joss stick paper is indispensable.

A mourning hall was needed, and eighteen monks from Fahai Temple were invited to recite scriptures. An elder from the Prajna Hall of Fahai Temple led the team to the Wu family.

Prajna, transliterated from Sanskrit.

It is also translated as "Bo Ruo", "Bo Ruo", "Ban Ruo", "Ban Ruo", "Prajna", "Prai Ruo", etc., meaning "ultimate wisdom" and "discrimination wisdom".

Specifically refers to: the wisdom to know all things as they really are and the origin of all things.

This prajna hall is full of masters who have practiced well, and the elder who leads the team is even a famous master.

The altar in the mourning hall is composed of two Eight Immortals tables arranged vertically, on which there are many paper sacrifices.

Against the wall on the front is a three-story "mansion" made of paper, which is very grand. It is a large courtyard with five entrances and a garden. There are even "flowers" and " "Green Grass" and "Green Tree"; on both sides are all paper carts, horses, and paper figures.

There are also sacrifices brought by the clansmen, usually some ghost paper, paper gold, silver and ingots, etc., are placed on the altar, and the altar is filled even more.

After reading the scriptures for a day, the Buddhist service ended after the afternoon remark, and all the offerings on the altar were removed and burned.

The masters distributed joss sticks to each of them, and each held a stick of incense, standing behind the masters, following the masters' chanting, and bowing frequently, and relatives also bowed in reply.

The last item of the Buddhist ritual is to burn the "house" and "parcel".

Before the burning, all the guests stood up and lined up. As the eldest son, Wu Jun was at the front, holding a kettle, sprinkled water, and circled the paper house and parcels three times counterclockwise, then three times clockwise, The others followed him and also turned three times counterclockwise and three times clockwise.

An elderly master announced the end of the ceremony, and everyone took off their mourning clothes. The master asked Wu Ying to set fire to the paper house and parcels.

Taking off the filial piety clothes means officially removing filial piety.

The last item except filial piety is of course everyone eating together.

The masters ate specially made vegetarian food, and walked back after eating, which is also a kind of practice. Before leaving, Wu Jun put ten taels of silver in each master's alms bowl.

And Wu Youwei had already made preparations: he put a bergamot needle made of eighteen Bodhi seeds in each master's alms bowl.. Each bergamot bracelet had a chayote in the shape of a pure white chayote. suet jade.

His delivery was low-key and sincere, much better than Wu Jun's.

The masters were only polite to Wu Jun, but very smiling to Wu Youwei.

Invisibly, Wu Youwei overwhelmed Wu Jun again, he was better at handling things than him, and his thoughts were more delicate.

All these things were reported to Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Wu knew about them. Mrs. Wu's eyes were gloomy, but Mrs. Wu clenched the handkerchief tightly.

It's not a good thing that the younger brother is always better than the older brother.

After sending off the masters, I will talk to the relatives in the clan again, chat and drink.

Finally, filial piety was removed, and drinking and meat were allowed.

Most of the clansmen who came were civilians of the Ming Dynasty, and the Wu family was considered the best family in this branch. Many people flattered Wu Jun, especially Wu Ying. Everyone knew that this person would definitely be the head of the Wu family in the future.

There are many toasts.

Wu Jun used to pretend to be sick and couldn't drink, but he was very aggrieved during this time. Wu Youwei went out several times, and he got letters, but after he went out, it was not the same.

Because when Wu Youwei went out, his purpose was not clear. For example, he went to eat roast duck, but he might have changed his mind on the way and ate dumplings instead, and went directly to the dumpling restaurant!

Or go to the silver building, buy a silver bracelet today, and a gold bell tomorrow, and give them to the two little bastards in the second room.

When I went out to meet friends, I only said that I was in a certain restaurant. He went in to look for people. There must be people sitting in the private room, so he was not allowed to go in. , or when he finally finds Wu Youwei, he will go home by car!

Today, I finally got a chance. Although Wu Youwei is a Juren, these clansmen only recognize him as Wu Ying!

Not just drinking a little too much.

Today's filial piety, many people came to the door, all of them were clansmen, and there were also guests.

Many of Wu Youwei's classmates came, and those who didn't come because they didn't have time, so they sent the steward, Chang Sui, or Shutong to come.

After seeing off the masters, Xiaoxiao was called by Jasmine and said a few words. After Xiaoxiao came back, taking advantage of no one coming, she whispered to Wu Youwei alone: ​​"Master, Xuan... went The Young Master's Yard.....

"Alone?" Wu Youwei frowned.

Well, it's very well dressed, and it's also dressed up: a lot. "Xiao Xiao said: "Do you want to tell the young master? "

"No, let her go!" Wu Youwei said in his heart that he couldn't wait!

Except for filial piety, everything is not taboo.

Wu Youwei returned to the table and continued to drink and eat meat.

After the clansmen left, the rest were friends. Zhang Sheng and the others sat with Wu Youwei. They talked about the imperial examination, the Four Books and Five Classics, and the beautiful articles.

Wu Ying saw them at this time, but he smelled of alcohol and seemed to be drifting when walking, who would dare to let him pass?

Mrs. Wu hurriedly asked Shao Yao to help the young master go back to rest.

Here, Wu Youwei also talked with Zhang Sheng and the others for a while, and they were about to leave.

After seeing off people, Wu Youwei also felt a little dizzy. He drank a little rice wine, and he was not interested in knowing what other people drank. Although his body looks healthy now, who knows how much he can drink?

Don't want to drink at all!

The guests in the mansion had almost left, and Wu Youwei and the others went back to their respective courtyards.

I was really tired today, I didn't think about anything, so I just went back to wash and sleep.

The next day, Wu Youwei got up in the morning and went out to stretch his muscles and bones after washing. He was stunned when he saw daylilies cleaning the courtyard. Didn't he say that he went to Wu Ying's place last night?

Why are you here today?

But he didn't ask, so he didn't see it.

Hemerocallis heaved a sigh of relief, she was also afraid that the little master would ask her, after all there were so many people yesterday, she was not in the small yard yet.

Except for filial piety, it is different. Breakfast is meat buns, shredded pork cold cabbage, and millet porridge.

While eating, Wu Youwei heard Xiao Xiao sigh: "The big meat buns are delicious!"

The child had been eating vegetarian staple food for three years, and finally had meat, and was very satisfied.

After breakfast, Jasmine came.

"Hemerocallis, what's going on?" Wu Youwei asked Jasmine while standing in front of the desk.

Just after breakfast, it's not advisable to sit still, so he stood up and told Jasmine.

"She really went there last night, but...it didn't work. The young master was helped in by Shao Yao, and the day lily didn't dare to show his face." Jasmine said enthusiastically, "No one looks down on day lily, but I am only afraid of Shaoyao, because Shaoyao is more handsome than her, and has more means than her.

Shaoyao and Fangcao, these two are the best of the big maids.

Hemerocallis's carelessness, not to mention the master, even the servants can see it.

If she dared to go out at that time, Shao Yao would make a loud noise so that the whole family would know about it.

Don't be afraid of being known by others, if the masters find out, day lily will be sold even if it is not dead.

In fact, Hemerocallis already suspected that Shaoyao was also interested in the young master, but Shaoyao was well controlled and did not reveal that intention.

"How do you know?" This kind of thing is so detailed, it's like seeing it with your own eyes.

"The gatekeeper in the young master's courtyard is the maidservant's aunt." Mo Li said: "Listen to what she said, the aunt will know who goes in and out there.

Wu Youwei choked, didn't he!

These people are all servants of the Wu family, and the seven aunts and eight aunts of the family all work in Wu's mansion!

A few days after this incident, Hemerocallis came to ask for leave. There is something wrong with her family. It sounds like the old lady is sick?Her old mother is the white desk in the kitchen, a very handy kind of cook.

Wu Youwei also gave leave, and gave it for seven days. After all, his mother was sick and had a daughter to take care of her, so she would recover sooner.

It was only after three days of vacation that something happened again.

This time it was Hemerocallis, she really had a deep-rooted love for Wu Ying, she planned it for a long time, and finally, she succeeded!

After the filial piety, it was the perfect April, Wu Youwei was wearing a brand new spring shirt, sitting leisurely in the study, with the window open, reading a book, a small apricot tree in front of the window, full of apricot trees Flowers, with a scent of apricot blossoms.

It may be the season of apricot blossoms. The clothes Wu Youwei is wearing now, hair ribbons tied around his hair, and the sachets on his waist are all embroidered with apricot flowers, and the sachets are filled with dried apricot flowers.

The days are flat and the air is fresh, Wu Youwei enjoys this time very much.

As a result, this beautiful morning was soon disrupted by someone.

"Little master, something is wrong!" Jasmine rushed towards the door in a hurry, but was stopped by her long attendant, and Fu Rong who followed her shouted loudly: "Slave Fu Rong, Jasmine, I have something to report.

"Come in!" Wu Youwei happened to have nothing to do, so he asked someone to come in.

"My little master, it's lively in the main courtyard!" Jasmine's temper was a little more anxious than Fu Rong's, and she could hold her breath before, but now because Wu Youwei never punished his servants, after three years in the small courtyard, people became more and more angry. As she got younger and grew up, her original nature was released, she was very cheerful, and easily irritable when encountering things, especially the main courtyard, which she regarded as a thorn in the flesh.

The servants have always been divided into categories, and now in the servants' rooms in the backyard, even the residences are clearly separated.

Old man, the people who live in the house in the backyard are of course the best, and the people used by the old lady are all the sons of the Wu family and their dowry; the second is the people who serve the lady in the backyard, but they all belong to the lady. The dowry; and then there are the servants in the yard of the eldest and young master, the dowry of the old lady and the wife and the Wu family's children account for half; the ladies are all home-born maids and wives, accompanied by nanny.

Then there are the servants in the main room in the front yard, who live alone; then there are the people in the small courtyard.

It turned out that when the old man was around, he could still chat casually; now when we meet each other, we can only see the defense in our eyes.

Now when they talk, they are all "from the side of the main courtyard", "from the side of the upper room", and "from the side of the side courtyard".