[R18] The stars are brilliant, so lucky even (The stars are brilliant, the moon rises over the sea) – Chapter 53 of “The Stars Are Brilliant, How Lucky They Are (The Stars Are Brilliant·The Moon Rising Over the Sea)” [English]

Chapter 53

Early the next morning, while Shao Shang was still dazed in bed, he heard Aju come to report that Mrs. Xiao was ill.She’s heart trembled, thinking to herself that she was angry with herself.She didn’t dare to delay, so she quickly got up and washed up. After getting dressed, she ran to the main residence in three steps and two steps at a time.

After entering the inner room of Cheng Shi and his wife, they saw that Mrs. Xiao was running a fever, her face was flushed, her lips were dry and slightly cracked, and her breathing was heavy and irregular.Before Shaoshang could say a few words, the three elder brothers and Cheng Shu arrived.

Mrs. Xiao’s hands and feet were sore, but she was still conscious. She explained to everyone clearly that she was tired from the recent journey.

Cheng Shi’s face was full of worry, but he said: “Speaking of which, you haven’t been sick for a long time. The doctor said that a slight illness is a blessing! You have accumulated so many illnesses over the years, take this opportunity to take good care of yourself.”

Shaoshang looked at the couple for a while, knowing that they were trying to excuse him, so he remained silent. He quickly discussed with Cheng Shu and continued to let Cheng Shu take care of the affairs of the house, while he shared part of the nursing work from Mrs. Qingyuan.Cheng Shu admired Mrs. Xiao very much, but she couldn’t compete with her own daughter to take care of her, so she had no choice but to agree.

Mrs. Qingyuan originally wanted to be as smart as she was young. In the past few months, she had only seen her ability to quarrel and quarrel with others. She wondered how she could serve patients. Letting her hold a medicine bowl and taste the soup would be considered filial piety, and her reputation would be good in the outside world.Unexpectedly, after half a day, Shao Shang turned out to be more capable than she expected – as everyone knows, most children without a father or a mother know how to heal themselves.

Shaoshang first evacuated everyone visiting the patient, keeping the room warm while introducing fresh air from time to time. He wiped Mrs. Xiao’s hands, feet, chest and back with warm water every 1/4 hour, and kept making Mrs. Xiao drink warm water.Before half of the morning passed, Mrs. Xiao had already been helped to the bed room six times, and the rest of the time the patient was left to lie down and sleep.

With reasonable care and Mrs. Xiao’s already strong body, Mrs. Xiao’s fever had gone down quite a bit before the doctor’s second dose of medicinal soup was ready.The young Shang sat under the porch, quietly guarding a medicine stove and a porridge pot, gently waving the garden fan in his hand. The house around him was quiet and the years were passing by.

When Cheng Shi returned home from his duty report at General Wu, what he saw was this scene – Comrade Old Cheng felt at a loss and felt that his daughter seemed to have grown up a lot overnight.

Wan Songbai, who was following he, looked at it and turned around and said, “Qiqi, look at how filial and well-behaved I am. How did you show your filial piety last time when I was sick? You actually went out to have a fight with someone!”

Wan Qiqi glared at her biological father and said loudly: “Do you know how to speak? Are you praising one and belittling the other in the hope that my sister and I will get into trouble? But since you are praising my own sister, I won’t argue with you this time!”

Wan Songbai also glared at his daughter: “You are so young…”

“Sir!” Mrs. Wan touched her forehead and said feebly, “We are here to visit Yuan Yi!”

When everyone entered the inner room, Mrs. Xiao had just woken up from her sleep. She was in much better spirits and was chatting and laughing happily.As they talked, the conversation was about to turn to adults, so the two couples asked Shaoshang and Qi Qizi to play.

The two girls held hands, chatting and laughing as they walked towards Shaoshang’s courtyard.The sun is just right today, and Wan Qiqi is wearing a gold brocade light pink three-window train, which is especially bright and bright under the sun. After the two of them sat down, she couldn’t wait to say: “Hey, my mother told me early this morning that you are engaged! I heard that he is Lou Taipu’s nephew, and his name is Lou Yao. Is it true?”

Shaoshang nodded generously in acknowledgement.

Wan Qiqi’s face lit up, she looked at the other person up and down, and said in her mouth: “I can’t tell, your little sister-in-law is quite capable. She has grown taller and prettier after leaving the house, and she brought back a son-in-law! You are younger than me, but you have to get engaged before me… tsk tsk…”

It’s a good thing she didn’t mention it. When she mentioned it, Shao Shang couldn’t help but sigh and said, “Oh, I don’t know whether it is right or wrong to get married so quickly.” The quarrel with her parents last night was still in her ears. She obviously won the quarrel, but she was not happy at all.

Wan Qiqi said curiously: “What you said is so strange. There is no difference in speed or slowness in marriage, only willingness and unwillingness. The good children we gave birth to are all loved by our parents. Like some elders who don’t take their children seriously, they decided on their children’s marriage just after having a drink outside. You can’t say anything! Uncle Cheng loves you so much, he must have asked you before he made the marriage, right?”

Shaoshang was startled and suddenly understood the shock and surprise on his parents’ faces last night.

Both Father Cheng and Director Xiao have typical straight male thinking – if you like your daughter, just agree, if you don’t, just don’t agree. How simple!When they asked for her opinion and received a positive reply, the couple naturally thought that Shao Shang had feelings for Lou Yao.Unexpectedly, when I asked last night, not only was the truth completely different from what I originally expected, but I also discovered that my daughter’s thinking was extremely weird.

Shaoshang reflected on what he said last night and found that it was too much to talk about. As expected, it was not appropriate to speak too much when he was excited.She should have insisted that her love for Lou Yao was as deep as the sea and the sky, and her charm was still there. Could Father Cheng and Director Xiao have given her a lie detector?!

“…Sister Qiqi, what about you? If your uncle and aunt ask you to find a wife in the future, what will you do?”

Wan Qiqi said from the passage: “I don’t care, I must marry the one I love! If my father and mother stop me, I will tell my eldest mother to go!”

Shaoshang was silent.I thought to myself, this is how a real teenage girl should think.

In fact, Father Cheng is a rare good father. If based on reality, the Lou family, with such a good family background, would have eagerly agreed to propose marriage, but he still let his daughter make her own decision.But how did she repay Father Cheng?

Director Xiao and Mr. Sang married two brothers from the Cheng family because the family or themselves encountered huge difficulties and were almost at the end of their rope and needed to find a lifeline or escape route.But no matter how she looks at it now, the time is just right, the family is happy, and she should be high-spirited. As a result, her mentality in choosing a mate is no different from that of a desperate person. Are Father Cheng and Director Xiao depressed?

The two little sisters reunited after a long absence, and they had endless things to say, but before they could say a few words, Wan Qiqi suddenly remembered something, and as if she didn’t care, she got a new bundle of good deer sinews and wanted to give it to Cheng Song to make a bow string.

Shao Shang wanted to laugh, but pretended to be suspicious: “You didn’t come here specifically to deliver something to your second brother today, and then stopped by to chat with me, right?”

Wan Qiqi immediately denied it with a strong look on her face, and even said something like “it won’t bother you if you treat your tendons in the summer. Summer is not far away now, so you have to prepare early.” She even wanted to drag Shao Shang with her to find Cheng Song to show her innocence.

Shaoshang quickly said that he had been waiting for the soup for a long time and was very tired at this time. He asked the daughter of the Wan family to go there by herself. She would never dare to doubt it again.Wan Qiqi then walked out of the corridor shaking her head.

Shao Shang shook his head from behind and said with a smile: Pull her down. She is blind. I can’t see that you, a pink embroidered pig, want to take over her second cabbage!But Erbaicai himself is crying and shouting that he is happy to be fucked by you.

After sleeping for about half an hour, Wan Qiqi came back. Not only was she back, but she was also holding a dignified girl in luxurious clothes on her arm.Shaoshang took a closer look and saw that it was Yin Chang’e.

Wan Qiqi tugged at the corner of her mouth, smiling softly: “Not long after I sat down, Sister Shao’e came. Well, she came to see her eldest brother. She said she was giving horse hair to him to make strings for his piano…” She deeply felt that her idea had been plagiarized by Yin Shao’e. She gave bow strings, and Yin Shao’e gave piano strings. Can’t she give him a nine-ring machete?!

Yin Chang’e pulled up her sleeves with a coy look and said politely: “…My mother has a close relationship with my aunt from the Cheng family. If she learns that my aunt is sick, she will definitely come to visit.”

Shaoshang:……

she Even though she didn’t think much about it at first, looking at Yin Chang’e’s blushing and coy look, there was still something unclear.Excellent, very good, now the Chinese cabbage is almost ready to be sold.I just don’t know how long I can keep the cabbage.

The sweetheart was outside. How could the two Yin and Wan girls be willing to let Shao Shang hide in the house? At that moment, they worked together to drag him out. A room of boys and girls gathered in the outer hall where the three brothers lived.Not long after, the newly appointed future son-in-law of the Cheng family also rushed over. After learning that Mrs. Xiao was ill, Lou Yao stayed for a long time, then hurriedly rushed out. He waited until lunch time before rushing over, and he also brought half a car of medicinal supplements and the Lou family’s doctor.

When the Wan couple learned about this, they clapped their hands and laughed and sighed.Wan Songbai almost slapped his adopted brother on the shoulder, shouting loudly, “None of my dozen sons-in-law is so attentive!”Mrs. Wan teased softly next to Mrs. Xiao, “My sister has a good life, her children are filial, and now my husband is also filial.”What could Cheng and his wife say, they could only smile bitterly and shake their heads.

Mrs. Xiao then asked Cheng Shu to prepare a proper banquet so that the young people could eat by themselves instead of being served by the elders.During the dinner, the four Cheng brothers and sisters could not help but be shouted at by the guests to play together again.Yin Chang’e glanced at Cheng Yong, smiled and asked the maids to carry a fifty-stringed zither inlaid with jade and brocade from her carriage, and joined the ensemble together.Wan Qiqi didn’t want to be left behind, so she immediately stood up, took her sword, and danced with the sword to the tune of Cheng Song’s song to add to the fun.

At this time, the sky was bright, the young people were enthusiastic, and everyone was enjoying themselves.Shao Shang turned his head to look at Lou Yao, and saw that he had been poured a lot of wine by the three brothers-in-law with ulterior motives. At this time, his face was red, his ears were red, his expression was blurred, and he only wanted to laugh at his fiancée.

The young master looked at him for a long time, and saw the heroic young man who had just met him for the first time. He was smiling like a big pumpkin waiting to be eaten. He suddenly smiled, turned around and ordered the boy to serve him, and rested in Cheng Shaogong’s room.

——This is very good. In the future for many, many years, we will gather together and drink countless times like today, with close brotherhood and close friends, playing the harp, flute and xun, singing and dancing with the sword.Is there any better time to be young than this?

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On the second day, Shaoshang continued to serve Mrs. Xiao by drinking medicine and grooming herself.The mother and daughter seemed to have formed a strange tacit understanding. Whenever they had a dispute, they seemed to forget the past and never mentioned it again.After finishing cleaning up in silence, the mother and daughter had nothing to say, so Shaoshang sat down on the porch as usual and guarded the medicine stove.

Who knows how long it will take before Cheng Shu leads Lou Yao and a middle-aged woman in fine clothes to walk in.Shaoshang caught a glimpse of the round mole on the woman’s left eyebrow and immediately knew that this was Lou Yao’s mother, the second wife of the Lou family in Hedong.

The second lady on the floor took a wrong look and saw a girl sitting in the corridor with a skin as white as snow, wearing a half-worn emerald-colored curved wide coat. She was neither ostentatious nor decadent, with a gentle and quiet expression on her childish face.The firelight flickered in a small red clay stove in front of her, and the soup pot was filled with mist and mist. The girl’s face became more and more beautiful, like smoke and mist.

Everyone loves beauty. She liked her at first sight, and then turned around and rolled her eyes at her son: She had boasted about her fiancée at home three hundred and eighty times. She was so good-tempered and lively and cheerful, but she never said that her little girl was so beautiful.

The second lady on the floor came to visit Mrs. Xiao.Shaoshang did not dare to be careless and quickly took out Sang’s months of training. With her head lowered, she quickly served Mrs. Xiao and sat up from the bed.The second lady on the second floor liked her even more when she saw her respectful and quiet manner.

“Hey, what are you doing up here? I came here because I was thinking about you. If I tire you out, I might as well not come!” Mrs. Lou Er is several years older than Mrs. Xiao, but her skin is fair and tender, her expression is cheerful, and her words and deeds are actually a bit childish.

Mrs. Xiao leaned on the secret bag, feeling weak: “Originally, we should have discussed the important matter of the two children, but looking at my body, I am really ill…” Since both of them received the letter from their husbands, she and the second lady on the floor have contacted each other several times, and they can be considered to be very happy with each other.

“You take your time,” Mrs. Lou Er said with a smile, “Don’t be anxious, I’m not in a hurry either.” Then she turned to her son mischievously, “Is my son in a hurry?”

Lou Yao wished he could cover his mother’s mouth: “Mom!”

“I’m not in a hurry.” Shao Shang quickly clarified with a smile.

“Young Shang!” Lou Yao suddenly felt that he was surrounded by enemies on all sides.

The second lady on the floor laughed loudly when she saw her son’s face full of embarrassment.Mrs. Xiao reluctantly also laughed.

“…I heard that Mr. Cheng’s recruitment mission was very successful this time. His Majesty has ordered Mr. Cheng to be promoted to Wei Zuocheng?” Mrs. Lou Er said with a smile, “Today I am here to visit the patient and congratulate him.”

Mrs. Xiao handled such social situations well and joked at the moment: “It’s just a visit to the doctor. I already collected a lot of things from Ah Yao yesterday. If you want to congratulate me, did you come here empty-handed?”

The second lady on the floor immediately pushed her son who was sitting next to her forward and said seriously: “Who said I was empty-handed? Didn’t this mean that I was offering this son with both hands?! You said, if you don’t want it!”

Mrs. Xiao pointed her finger and shook her head helplessly, and everyone in the room laughed together.

Shaoshang was also laughing.It’s a great thing that Father Cheng has been promoted to the official rank of Qianshi; what’s even better is that what she saw today is that the second lady on the floor is indeed as innocent and straightforward as Lou Yao said.

Mrs. Lou Er is one of the few lucky women in troubled times.Born into a well-to-do local family, loved by his parents since he was a child, he has never suffered from war and banditry like Mrs. Xiao, nor has he experienced a love affair like the Sang family, which almost cost him all his life.When it came to the flower letter period, the family arranged to marry the second son of the head of the Lou family who was well matched. Her eldest brother and sister-in-law were all smart and capable people. After she got married, she did not care about anything except having children. She only had to make flowers and wine every day and enjoy her dignity.

“However, my sister-in-law said that we should stay away for the past two days. I don’t know how many people have died outside.” The second lady on the floor suddenly said worriedly.

Mrs. Xiao remained calm and said with a smile: “It’s all those short-sighted people who missed this wonderful spring. They dared to falsely accuse His Highness the Crown Prince of being involved in the Yanzhou Fan Tong rebellion, and wanted to take advantage of the emperor’s eastward tour to kill the king so that he could ascend the throne early. Thanks to His Majesty’s wisdom, I think things will get better soon.”

“It’s been a few days, and the city gate is still under martial law! The spring is so beautiful at this time. Every year at this time, we would go out for an outing outside the city!” Mrs. Lou Er is simple-minded and doesn’t know anything about court affairs.

“I go on an outing every year. There are just a few places outside the city, so you won’t get tired of it.” Mrs. Xiao said with a smile, “I heard that there is a small county in Hongnong County. Every year in late spring and early summer, they hold a large sacrifice to hundreds of puppet spirits. When the storm is over, I will lead the guard to protect you and play for two days.”

These words were the ultimate boyfriend power. The second wife on the floor couldn’t help but nod her head happily. She felt more and more that her future mother-in-law was frank and enthusiastic, and she was a trustworthy person. She loved the house as much as she loved the house, and she was more and more pleased with Shao Shang.

Seeing that Lou Yao’s mother was so happy that she was coaxed, Shao Shang had a cute expression on his face, but he knew in his heart that this was Mrs. Xiao’s deliberate attempt to win over her, so that her future aunt would like him more.

From now on, you have to rely on yourself.