Ever since the man gritted his teeth and walked away, Zhang's heart has been panicking. At that time, when she was desperate to scold everyone in the Zhang family, the man's gritted teeth and hatred in his eyes made her more and more afraid now. She was afraid that the man couldn't help but be angry and really did something to his sister-in-law, and that matter would be a big deal. The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, but it is not only that the eldest sister-in-law is in charge of all kinds of things of her younger brothers and sisters like a mother, but also that her younger brothers and sisters should respect her eldest sister-in-law as much as they respect their mothers. If a man really does it to his eldest sister-in-law, it is like doing it to his mother, and this crime can be big or small. If you make a big fuss, you may be strangled, and if you press a little, you will be reprimanded.

But Zhang's didn't dare to be lucky, just a person like his sister-in-law, if he was really going to be beaten by his brother-in-law, he had to make trouble to death! The more she thought about it, the more panicked she became. Not to mention a one-day husband and wife, they are not just a one-day husband and wife, even their sons are about to marry their own sons, and she can not worry about this man?

Just when she had been in a state of panic for most of the day, tossing and turning in bed at night, unable to sleep, her man actually ran from home so far away in the middle of the night. Because she couldn't enter the women's compound, she specially asked her to send a message saying: The family has been divided, and the matter of the child's hand burns will be compensated. Only then did she relax and sleep peacefully.

Zhang Yongan's father and mother didn't know about the follow-up, because their family had already set off on the road.

Before leaving, Erya specially asked Curator Shi to help Xiaolong choose a few useful people to go over together. If it can be of great use, it will be Xiaolong's right-hand man who will not be surprised in the future. Other than that. More than a dozen children on the grassland were all asked by Er Ya to come over, and the four of Xiaolong's personal guards changed shifts in twos and twos, and the other four were arranged to be guards who were obviously followers and secretly guards. There are also nine children. Two are Wen Yue's guards. Leaving two for Wen Chao and Qingzhu, they thought about it for a long time and finally decided to stay and participate in next year's county exam. The remaining seven followed as helpers to Erya and Xiaohu, either independently or cooperatively to complete the matters arranged by the owner and his wife.

Before dawn in the morning, they quietly led the team to set off without disturbing other families in Zhuangzi. The grandfather over there also got up early to wake up his eldest son and daughter-in-law. Prepare for the feast. Today is the first day of the three-day flowing water mat, and there must be no mistakes, and making people laugh is a trivial matter. If you touch the little dragon's moldy head, it will be a big thing.

This time, the flowing water banquet was held in Wangjiazhuang, and the ceremony was more formal and complicated than when the reeds were swinging.

When he first arrived, he took out the long case, took out the family tree, the ancestral tablets of the two houses in the south, the incense case, fireworks, candles, etc., and placed them in the drying field at the head of the village. Then there are plates of pig's head, three animals, wine, peaches, apricots, plums, etc. Then the artillery battles that will be placed are set up on the left and right sides with shelves for later use.

Since Erya used to placing the venue for large banquets in the big market in the town, the drying field of this Wangjiazhuang has fallen silent. The row of straw sheds used for cooking and cooking on the edge of the drying field has disappeared without a trace, and several pots and stoves that were once made of adobe bricks have also lost traces. Now it is placed there and used in the iron stove that Erya later asked someone to cast in iron, which can be used to take it around, convenient and simple.

The current sundeck is no longer the original slate, but the concrete surface made of cement sand and gravel. Because the ground was solid and flat at the beginning, the cement floor that had been used for several years did not crack, sink, or warp.

As the day began to rise, all the people of the tribe got up. From home, I gradually rushed to the drying field, and the drying field that has been silent for many years. It also began to have a lively atmosphere when big things were done back then.

It seemed that the heavens were happy about the great events of the Wang family, the clear sky was cloudless, and the sun was like a red-hot iron ball, slowly rising from the dark horizon with firelight. Bright orange red spread out in all directions, and the originally dim earth was covered with a golden light. The mountains in the distance, the rivers in the distance, and the trees in front of you all became bright and vivid under the golden shroud. The Wang family, who came in a hurry, were directly illuminated by the sun's rays on their hair, and when they looked at it from a distance, it was like a layer of golden light.

Everyone joked with each other about the golden light on their heads, and then they got busy with the things assigned to them.

As soon as the hour came, everyone stopped what they were doing, regardless of whether other people arrived or not, the grandfather here began to light incense and candles, and started the ceremony of comforting the ancestors.

After that, the details of Wang Xiaolong (the word Hengtai) from his birth to the middle champion and official position were recorded on the genealogy, so that the descendants of the Wang family could check it. Xiaolong's character Hengtai was given for him by the gentleman of the county college when he was in Xiucai. It means that he is more than intelligent and not stable enough, so he named the word Hengtai. It is not only to wish him to be as stable as Mount Tai in his life, but also to remind him to remember to be steady all the time.

After recording Wang Xiaolong's deeds, he recorded the newly-born children and the new daughter-in-law in the two rooms of the Wang family. After the genealogical things are also clarified, it is time to light the cannon battle, and at the same time, the heads of the families also worship their ancestors at this time. When all the artillery battles were over, they began to remove the incense cases and tablets, put away the family tree, took the pig's head and three animals to re-burn, and made them into dishes and served them, and the fruits of peaches, apricots and plums were distributed to every child nearby.

After the case was withdrawn, there were middle-aged men who came out of the house carrying the dining table and placed it squarely on the drying field, followed by children dragging benches around each dining table one after another.

Although the cooking side is hosted by the grandmother, several of her daughters-in-law can also help command and distribute, but she doesn't need to shout in person. On the side of the stove, although more than a dozen women were busy tightly, they were busy with their own things, and no one was running around, only occasionally saying a few words, but they were not chaotic at all.

Shoujin (the second son of Grandpa Xiaohu's family), who was busy adding firewood to the stove, was puzzled and asked the grandmother standing aside: "Auntie! Why did the sixth grandfather have to wait for Xiaolong's nephew and them to leave before holding a banquet? Wouldn't it be better to have him? ”

"Xiaolong has to be busy with his work, I heard that he reads books every day and sees it in the middle of the night, how can he waste time receiving guests and delay the affairs of the official? If he was at home, how could he not show up when a guest came? Therefore, the old lady discussed with Uncle Bender, and waited for Xiaolong to leave and set up a banquet. ”

"That's right! Xiaolong is now an official master, and there are many things to do. ”

"Why didn't the Shoufa family and the Shoumin family see it?"

The eldest grandmother turned her head to look at Wang Shoufa and Wang Shoumin, who were busy with her father-in-law, and turned back and said, "The two of them have been busy helping Xiaohu's daughter-in-law clean up her things these days, but they are tired. I got up in the middle of the night today, and I was busy sending Xiaolong Xiaohu and them away, and now I'm afraid that I will go back to wash my face, brush my teeth and comb my hair, otherwise the guests will come up after a while, what are they still unkempt? ! ”

Busy chopping vegetables at the big table next to him is the little daughter-in-law of Wang Bengui's family, who has only been married into the Wang family for four or five years, and she doesn't know much about the poor life before Wang Shou's family. However, in the past few years since she came, she saw that although the three of them have been separated, when there is something, it is as if there is no separation, everything is done together, and the kindness makes people can't help but envy. She used to be a new daughter-in-law, and she usually didn't interject when people talked. However, now that her sons are three or four years old, they should be able to participate in everyone's chat.

So, she interjected coldly: "I think the sister-in-law in the lobby and the sister-in-law in the second cousin treat Xiaohu really well!" It's like treating your own son and daughter-in-law. Xiaohu and his wife treat their uncle and uncle like their own father, and it is not easy to see such a thing in a rich family. ”

Wang Bengui's nephew and daughter-in-law are also busy together, she has always been unaccustomed to seeing this cousin-in-law look indifferent, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but mock: "Cut! It's like seeing how many rich people you have! ”

Wang Bengui, the little daughter-in-law, listened to her cousin-in-law lose face like this, and she was so angry that her hand holding the knife trembled, and she almost cut off her fingers. I wanted to throw down the knife and say a couple of words to this cousin-in-law, but I was afraid that I would disturb this festive day today, so I had to bow my head and endure my anger and concentrate on cutting vegetables. The eldest grandmother heard and saw the contradiction between their cousins, but she was not nosy and said anything. can only divert the topic, urging everyone to hurry up, the banquet is about to start, but you can't miss the time.

The flowing water banquet here is almost like that, relatives and friends come home to praise each other and say a few words, and then it's about eating and drinking, not much to say.

Let's say that Xiaolong and they all along the way, although the carriage is good and the things are complete, but the walking is very difficult. When they went north, the official road they took was a state capital connected to a state capital all the way to the capital, so even if the official road was bad in Erya's opinion, it was also the best official road. However, this official road to the west is said to be an official road, and it can only be said that there is a road to the west that can be passed. Not to mention that this road is made of stones, there is not even ordinary sand and gravel, it is completely a ridge that can walk a horse-drawn carriage. In this way, there are often people blocking the road and cutting off the ditch, digging a ditch more than a foot wide. Every time you pass through such a ditch, you have to find a way to carry the car through.

Although there are many strong men, the carriage is full of things, and it is very tiring to carry it over. When Erya passed through the second ditch, he decisively asked them to buy two long, wide and thick planks from nearby people, and when the time came to cross the ditch, they would directly put up the planks and go over.

These are not big troubles, the big trouble is that they are walking at the wrong time, just in time for the rainy season. It's better at this end, but it's hard to walk after a rain, and it's good to wait for the weather to clear. However, if you go west after the Han River Province and catch the heavy rain, not only will the road be difficult, but you will also be exposed to irresistible dangers such as flash floods and mudslides. Therefore, before setting off from the inn every day, Erya had to look at the route map brought by Xiaolong in detail, and asked the innkeeper in detail, the geographical environment ahead, and the rain today and tomorrow, so that the locals know better. (To be continued......)