In-laws come from the south.

In-laws, in-laws, please sit down,

Your daughter is a loser.

Tell your daughter to open the door,

Pointing at the gate and cursing the watchman.

Tell your daughter to sweep the floor, _

Dance with a broom.

……

Hou silversmith's shop is a small silversmith's shop. From top to bottom, boss, craftsman, man, he is the only one. He soaked Juncus in an oil lamp, then softened the silver with an elbow blowpipe, and then beat the copper mold or anvil with a small hammer to knock out all kinds of silver ornaments. Twist silver rust, silver arhats nailed to headdresses, silver chains, blue hair pins, green hair pins ..... One day, a silversmith came in wearing a pair of reading glasses.

Hou Yinjiang's store is special in that it brings its own sedan chair for rent. Someone wants to rent it. I booked it three days ago and will be carried away by a sedan chair. Wait for the bride to pay her respects, and then bring the empty sedan chair back. This sedan chair is usually parked in the porch in front of the screen door, and you can see it as soon as you enter the threshold of Hou silversmith's house. I don't know why the silversmith shop rents sedan chairs.

Hou silversmith lost his wife in middle age and only had one daughter around him. He is a very capable daughter. When other girls of the same age only know how to dress up, catch children and kick shuttlecock, she has supported all the housework. Open the door, sweep the floor, dust the table, make tea, size and mend, everything is done very accurately. Her nickname is Agatha and her scientific name is Hou Ju after school. Neighbors envy Hou Silversmith for having such a good daughter. Some girls are lazy and playful, and their mother will scold them: "Look at Hou Ju!" " "

There are hundreds of women in the family, and a matchmaker proposed to Hou Ju a few years ago. Hou silversmith always said: "The child is still young, the child is still young!" There were thousands of choices, and the silversmith decided on one. This family, surnamed Lu, runs a grain shop. All three brothers, the eldest brother and the second child are married, and they are talking about the third child. After the silversmith asked Agatha's opinion, Agatha said, "Dad is the master!" "

Hou silversmith showed Agatha a small photo, and Agatha laughed. "What are you laughing at?" -"I know this man! He is a teacher in our school and has taught me English. " From Agatha's attitude, the silversmith knew that his daughter was interested in this son-in-law.

Hou Ju made a small decision when she was sixteen. Lujia constantly sent matchmakers to urge Hou silversmith to get things done early. Every three days, every five days. Lujia Lao San is in no hurry, but the old man is in a hurry. The first daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law of the Lujia family didn't give birth after taking the door. Old man Lu wants his third daughter-in-law to enter Lujiamen early so that she can have grandchildren early. After three days and five days of urging, Hou Ju got a little impatient and said, "We have to give people some time to prepare."

After the silversmith took out a pile of silver ornaments, Agatha was asked to choose for herself. Agatha said without looking, "I don't want any! All your silver ornaments are out of date. Now only rural people wear silver bracelets and green hair clips. Where can I wear them? I don't wear a bun! Now people don't know what your money is for! " The silversmith knew that his daughter wanted gold. He collected a little gold and gave his daughter a pair of autumn leaf earrings, a chain and a five-dollar ring. Hou Ju said, "It's not that I lack gold. My eldest sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law are rich at home and don't have enough gold jewelry to wear. When I got married, a visitor wore two pieces of gold, which was not too shabby. " Hou silversmith knew that this was also a face for dad, so he made it carefully, feeling a little bitter and sweet.

Dad asked Agatha what else he wanted. Agatha pointed to the sedan chair under the porch and said, "I want this sedan chair." "Want this sedan chair? This is an old sedan chair. What do you want it for? "

"I looked at it, and the skeleton is still good. This is rosewood, so I will replace it with a new one!"

Hou Ju began to refit the sedan chair, bought red silk and all kinds of velvet, and flew needles all day. There is a Feng Dan Chaoyang embroidered on the top of the sedan chair, and a circle of goose yellow silk tassels walks under the sedan chair. The word "running water" is really wonderful. As soon as the sedan chair is lifted, the tassel rises and falls gently with the steps of the sedan chair bearer, really like water flowing. The square boudoir is embroidered with the birthday celebration of the Eight Immortals. The most prominent is a pair of streamers in front of the sedan chair, which are "Jinna". "Na" are two golden dragons. Their eyes are cut and nailed with longan nuclei (more longan is needed to get four eyes). They look black and shiny. He also asked his father to play two strings of small silver bells as the landing of the ribbon. The sedan chair moved and the silver bell rang. When the sedan chair was completed, many people came to watch it and praised it again and again: "Miss Agatha's hands are so clever and thoughtful!" _

In the second year, when the spring blossoms, Hou Ju went out in this hand-made sedan chair. When she got into the sedan chair, Agatha said, "Dad! Take care! " As soon as the firecrackers rang, the old silversmith's tears came down. .

The sedan chair didn't come back, and the queen stayed. Clusters of brand-new sedan chairs are parked under Lujia's porch.

Hou Ju has plans for Hou Ju.

The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law have money at home. Sister-in-law's family has land, and the dowry is a title deed at the bottom of the mahogany hall and wardrobe. This is her dowry. Ersao's family runs a dessert shop. What does Hou Ju have? She has a sedan chair. She released the sedan chair. _ There are other sedan chairs for rent in the city, but they are not as bright as those in Houju. Families who take care of their loved ones are willing to rent the sedan chair in Houju. So she has an income every month. She put the money in the desk drawer. This is her private money, and she can spend it as she wants. She said to her new husband, "In the future, if you want to buy books and subscribe to magazines, you can take money from this drawer."

Three meals a day in Lujia belong to Hou Ju. Sister-in-law and sister-in-law are too lazy to cook, so they put the rice on the table and eat it when the bowl is full. They don't even care about washing vegetables, peeling onions and washing pots and dishes. There are many lujia, which is difficult to adjust. The boss likes to eat hard rice, the second likes to eat soft rice, the parents-in-law like to eat braised rice, and everyone likes salty and light. Hou Ju can cook three kinds of rice in one pot and stir-fry dishes with different tastes in one plate.

My parents-in-law like my third daughter-in-law My mother-in-law gave her the key to the rice cupboard, and my father-in-law even gave her the ledger of the grain store. In fact, she became the daughter-in-law of Lujia. She is only seventeen.

Hou silversmith sometimes feels that his daughter is still around. He ran out of oil in his lamp bowl and shouted, "Agatha! Bring me some oil! " When no one answered, he smiled alone.

"Old! Confused! "

My daughter sometimes brings two bottles of wine back to see him, and the chair leaves in a hurry before it is hot. Hou silversmith asked his daughter to come back for a few days. He knew that this could not be done, and Lujia could not live without her for a day.

Hou silversmith often feels sorry for her daughter, making her sensible and in charge too early. She is like a peach, which bears fruit before it blooms.

After her daughter left, Hou silversmith felt that his small silversmith shop was much bigger and much empty. He felt a little lonely and desolate.

Hou silversmith can't play cards or play chess. He can drink a little wine, not much, drink slowly. Two pieces of dry tea and two glasses of wine bought from Lian Wanshun are enough for him to spend the night. After the silversmith suddenly remembered two Tang poems, which he wrote on the silver hairpin in the style of "a book" (he didn't remember many Tang poems). Think of these two poems, a little beside the point:

Hanshan Temple outside Gusu,

The midnight bell arrived at the passenger ship.