Ten Miles of Red Makeup

Today's Liulinzhai is full of gongs and drums, and the villagers have gone out to watch the bustle. For nothing else, Xiao Yue, the 16-year-old daughter of the Xiao family, is going to marry, and she is still the richest man in the city. Everyone looked at the ten-mile red makeup and sighed that rich people were different. Everyone knows that the small family of the Xiao family lives a hard life, and the bride's dowry is actually prepared by the man. This kind of handwriting is enough for the villagers of Liulinzhai to spread for several lifetimes.

Xiao Yue in the big red sedan chair sat down, with a red face under the cover, shy and happy. At the end of June, it was a little hotter. Xiao Yuexiang, dressed in a big red wedding dress, kept sweating, but she couldn't hide her happiness. Meditate on the name of the future husband: Ziqi, how have you been these half months? Ziqi, from now on, I will be your wife! Ziqi, let's love each other in the future!

The send-off team went all the way out of the village. Although Xiao Yue could not see the situation outside, she could also make a rough estimate based on her feelings. She said to herself: Liulinzhai, Liulinzhai, I finally want to say goodbye to you today!

This small village has carried her 16 years of sadness and joys, but she can't even tell whether she is more sad or happy. Well, the story about her has to be traced back slowly from the beginning:

Xiao Yue is not a pure Han bloodline. Her mother is a black-eyed Wanchang woman named Ta Murou. Tamrou comes from a famous family in Wanchang. At the same time, she is good at the culture of Wanchang and Dayin, which can be said to be both talented and beautiful. It's a pity that God is jealous of the beauty, because of a coup, the fairy fell to the mortal world. The Tamrou family fell, and all the men in the clan were assigned to serve in the army. All the women in the clan were reduced to cheap status, or slaves as maidservants or prostitutes. Tamrou became a prostitute and was sold from Wanchang to Dayin's brothel. She was unwilling to live her life like this, so she took the right time to sneak away from the brothel. After the brothel hitman found her running away, he followed her all the way and forced her to the top of the mountain. Tamrou would rather die than give in to this kind of life. With a cruel heart, she jumped into the abyss. Unbeable, he was hung by a branch a few times and didn't die, but he broke his leg.

Deep mountains are rarely visited, and the injured Tamrou did not dare to call for help. She was afraid that she could not call anyone, but attracted mountain beasts. Just as Tamurou was hungry for three days, a villager who went deep into the mountains to dig ginseng passed by here and saw Tamurou. He was shocked and rescued him home for treatment. Under the careful care of the villager, Tamrou finally saved her life, but from then on she lame a leg.

Tamu Rou knew that she could no longer return to Wanchang in her life, but she was a weak woman and was also helpless in Dayin. In the end, she put down and married the tacky but down-to-earth village man, and had the right to repay him for saving her life. The village man's name is Xiao Shengcai. Because his family is poor, he can't get a daughter-in-law when he is almost 30 years old. He never dreamed of picking up a daughter-in-law for nothing. At first, he held Tamrou like a jewel, but after three or five years, he was tired of seeing the beauty, and began to dislike that Tamrou could not plant rice seedlings, sew and mend it, and the food was very bad.

Since then, Tamrou's days have begun to be sad. Fortunately, after she followed the villager, she gave birth to a lovely daughter of Yuxue. Tamrou endured her sadness, swallowed tears for her daughter, and survived silently.

Xiao Shengcai didn't know how to choose a name. Tam Rou was afraid of giving her daughter an overly elegant name, but she was jealous and laughed at by the villagers, so she picked up the word "moon" and gave her daughter a name. Although the moonlight is beautiful, this name is often seen by girls in the countryside, which is inevitably vulgar. Tamrou only hopes that her daughter can live a peaceful life like an ordinary woman, and specially took such a common name.

Xiao Yue grows up day by day. Like her mother, she can't plant seedlings, sew, cook bad food, but she knows how to read and write. Later, a scholar specializing in writing drama books lived in the courtyard next to the Xiao family. Xiao Yue went to Xiucai to borrow the play book every three or five times to see it. It was nothing more than the sentences of you and me under the moon, and it was just the story of some emperors and talents and beautiful women, but the little girl looked intoxicated and fascinated.

Oh, Tamurou sighed. No wonder all Han people say that women have long hair and short knowledge. Isn't it? Even those vulgar jokes can fascinate my daughter. But can this be blamed on women? This ordinary village is very harsh and strict with women. Women, when farmers are busy, they follow men to the ground. Farmers stay at home to serve their husbands, sons and parents-in-law. Only when they don't go out of the door can they be virtuous. It's not easy to go out, but it's just my mother's house in a nearby village. Day after day, year after year, life is over in a hurry. What right does a man have to accuse a woman of being ignorant?

Tamrou also lived day after year. Finally, when Xiao Yue was 13 years old, she really couldn't stand it. She had a serious illness and left her life. Before her death, she looked at her beautiful daughter, leaving only a sigh.

Since then, Xiao Yue and her father have been dependent on each other.

Xiao's father, who was unwilling to be lonely, soon married a widow. Since then, Xiao Yue's life has been very difficult. The stepmother raised her nose and raised her eyes and made it difficult for her. Xiao's father favored his son over his daughter and didn't care much about his daughter. Xiao Yue had nowhere to complain. She simply hid in those dream-like stories and became self-contained. He is looking forward to a "talent" who will make a private life with him one day, but he will not be accepted by his father and stepmother because of poverty. The talent went away sadly, and finally got the title of the golden list and came back to marry him on a tall horse. It's okay not to be talented, and it's okay to be a Jianghu guest. One day, a green forest man with excellent martial arts passed through Liulin Village, but saw Xiao Yue being abused by his stepmother. In anger, he waved a knife, cut off her stepmother's hair, and then grabbed Xiao Yue on his ** white horse and wandered around the world from then on.

Xiao Yue fantasized countless times, and was interrupted by her stepmother's words, "You dead girl, why don't you cook?" Well, Xiao Yue's girlish feelings were submerged under the dark stove.

Xiao Yue left Liulinzhai for the first time when she followed her stepmother to the City God Temple three months ago to pray for blessings. It's not that stepmother Kaien took her out to see the world, but that the stepmother needed someone to help her carry the big basket of sacrifices.

On that day, the blue sky and white clouds reflected the blue water, and the breeze sent the fragrance of flowers. Xiao Yue suddenly felt comfortable. She thought that the world outside the village was so beautiful. A few days after returning, a large family in the city came to Xiao's family to propose marriage. Therefore, Xiao Yue's mood became more comfortable.

The sisters in the same village like and hate her. In fact, sisters all know that Xiao Yue will definitely marry a good family in the future. I can't help it. Who gave birth to a good skin? This is really a good family. I heard that the Yuan family is rich, wearing silk and satin, and eating mountain and sea delicacies, especially the women of the Yuan family, each with gold and silver.

One day, Xiao Yue washed clothes by the stream at the entrance of the village, and a sister from the same village came to find her. This sister's name is Peach Blossom. Because her father is ill, and her brother is also an idle master. She has no choice but to go to the city to sell flowers early every day. Although her life is hard, her heart is very good.

Peach Blossom said to Xiao Yue, "Yueer, I have inquired for you. Mr. Yuan, who proposed marriage to your family, is a famous villain. The Yuan family is not a good family. In the past, there were also girls who married to his family as their daughter-in-law, but in the end they were tortured to death... You, do you think your father is sincere or at all Have you ever inquired?"

Xiao Yue only felt a buzz in her ears. Her father has been to the city several times for this. How can he not inquire about it? What she shed in her bones was the same unyielding blood as her mother. The mother finally became blind and bored, so she chose her father and ended up desolately. She should never live a miserable life like her mother.

Xiao Shengcai and his step-in-room Wang only know that Xiao Yue looks obedient, and it's okay to bully her several times. It's really too much, and it's not easy to mess with. But I didn't expect this girl to play so badly. After Xiao Yue returned home, she burned up the bride price sent by her husband while her father and stepmother were away. Those silk and satins were burned by her like dark paper, while worshipping her beautiful and thin mother.

The fire was so fierce that even the kitchen finally burned. If her neighbor hadn't found out and put out the fire in time, even she would have been buried in the fire.

After being forcibly pulled out of the fire by everyone, Xiao Yue still couldn't understand her hatred. She pointed to Xiao Shengcai and Wang's noses and scolded them, saying that they sold their daughters for glory and pushed their daughters into the fire pit. Xiao Shengcai and Wang were so scolded that they couldn't raise their heads. The patriarch felt that Xiao Yue was really unruly to scold his parents in public, but he opened his mouth and found that there were really no suitable words to scold the girl. Finally, he glanced at Xiao Shengcai and his wife and left.

When the neighbors left, Xiao Shengcai and Wang were so angry that they raised their hands to beat their daughter, but Xiao Yue looked up and said to his father, "If you have the ability, you can kill me. Anyway, I don't want to live!"

Xiao Shengcai and Wang did not dare to fight. It's not fun to kill this girl. Xiao Shengcai said to his daughter, "If you don't want to get married, I'll go to the city to withdraw from Master Yuan."

Xiao Shengcai really went to the city the next day. When he came back, he said to his daughter, "Master Yuan said that although our family is poor, we are innocent, and you are really virtuous. He really like this marriage and does not agree to withdraw."

Xiao Yue doesn't follow and will definitely withdraw from the marriage.

Xiao Shengcai said, "Hey, you girl, how can your father push you into the fire? Who are you listening to spread rumors? Dad took good care of you this time. The son of the Yuan family looks good and has no picky temper. It is a rumor to say that the daughter-in-law of the Yuan family was tortured to death. Those three girls had a bad life, not the rich and noble life. They were not lucky to be young grandmothers and died of illness.

Xiao Yue didn't believe his father. She thought for a moment and said, "What you said doesn't count. I have to see it myself."

Wang was anxious at that time: "How can you choose your own son-in-law? Are you still shameless?"

"What is that? The Wanchang girl is her own son-in-law.

Xiao Shengcai said quickly, "Oh, good daughter, if you really do this, your father's old face will be lost. Besides, the Yuan family is a good-faced person, and I definitely don't agree with you doing this. If you are a good son, you don't have to choose.

Xiao Yue twisted her body and said, "Then I won't marry."

Wang was so angry that he poked her on the forehead.

Xiao Shengcai really couldn't help it. He hit the cigarette pot in his hand on the edge of the table and then said, "Why don't you secretly look at Mr. Yuan a few times and then say whether to marry or not? I heard that Mr. Yuan will accompany Mrs. Yuan to live in Ciyun'an for a few days. At that time, let the girl Peach Blossom accompany you to have a look? Peach Blossom often walks outside the village. There are many things to do. I can rest assured that she follows you.