Chapter 13 Section Thirteen
The car finally arrived at home. Today, my father "acquired" at home, invited many elders from all over the country, and arranged a sumptuous banquet to receive our newlyweds.My father seemed to be apologizing to me, and his words became very polite.After a series of ceremonial activities, the elders began to drink more casually, sing and dance, and the sobbing singing resounded through the entire courtyard.Some old men like to sing, regardless of whether their voice is bad or not, usually there are not many listeners at home, so it is rare to have such an opportunity to make a fool of themselves.They are older and have status, and no one dares to say anything.I don't like this kind of smoky scene, so I simply went upstairs to have a private conversation with my mother.
My mother first hugged me and wept for a while, she said some things that she was reluctant to leave me, and said that my father had done everything very wisely in his life, but the matter of marrying a daughter was quite confused.I pushed her away impatiently and said, "Now that the raw rice has been cooked, what's the use of talking about it? Don't you still have to live with him for the rest of your life? Look, now that I've resigned to my fate, you I can’t figure it out, it’s really funny.”
She wiped her tears: "I'm relieved if you can forgive you. I don't want him to be resented by his own daughter. You know, there will be no good results if you are resented." At this point, she pointed Pointing to the beam of the house, he then tapped heavily on the palm of his left hand with the back of his right hand, making a crackling sound, and repeated: "You know, God knows, if a person has resentment in his heart, God will know."
For this mother, I have no choice but to laugh and say: "Mum, don't worry, I don't have any resentment, and it is impossible to resent your husband in this life. Would you like me to recite a passage of "Book of Filial Piety" for you?" Listen?"
The mother couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay, Ah Ying, you don't even let my mother go, and you also do everything you can to make fun of my mother. It really makes my mother hard to guard against."
I really didn't expect that she could say such elegant sentences.I looked at her, and then at the surrounding walls, where there were decorations made by myself or given by others.This is the room I lived in before I got married. This room is impregnated with my growing years and memories, but I will never come back again.I reached out and took a wooden cicada on the table and played it in my hand. It was a toy I grew up with, and it was very smooth by my hands that have experienced many vicissitudes.There were tears in my eyes again, I don't know when it started.
My father also came upstairs at some point, and he was a little at a loss when he saw me crying.After a long while, he said in a low voice: "Aying, don't blame Ah Weng for being cruel, you will know about Ah Weng's painstaking efforts in the future. Besides, that Zhuzi has been sentenced to abandon the market, so you can treat it as a dream. "
I kept silent, knowing that it was useless to say anything to this vicious old man, let's just accept the reality.I remembered what I saw at the gate of the city just now, and said without words: "Ah Weng, the flag pavilion is very lively today, full of people, it is said that they are listening to the new imperial edict."
"Oh," he replied. "It's an imperial edict, as you have seen, to arrest a rebellious fugitive. This fugitive escaped thirty years ago. It is very strange why an edict is required to arrest him now."
Even my father found it strange, which shows that my analysis is good. "So what do you think about this?" I asked.
"There is no need for us courtiers to guess about the affairs of the court, we just do our best according to the imperial edict." He said bluntly.
The father's answer is exactly the same as the husband's answer, alas, this may be the unanimous thinking of officials.
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