It was already dark, and the oil lamp on Erya's bedside table was not as dim as the lamp of ordinary people. The shade of this oil lamp is very particular, it is a spotlight made of a mask and transparent glass. Although it could not be as bright as day in all directions like the electric lamps of later generations, the spotlight of this lamp could also achieve the effect of daylight.

This kind of lamp is suitable for reading, writing, and doing handicrafts, but it is not suitable for the current Erya to eat. "Sister-in-law Ding, please go and help me change a lamp."

"Good!" Sister-in-law Ding changed the light and came over, and stood aside waiting for Erya.

Erya asked Sister-in-law Ding while eating chicken soup noodles, "Sister-in-law is tired today, right?" Your host and I didn't expect so many people to come, and we weren't prepared at all. ”

Sister-in-law Ding also learned the true strength of the owner today, she used to think that the owner was just a rich man with a lot of land in this place, who had done a lot of good deeds, and there were two officials in the family. How do you know that there are their family's industries in all parts of the Great Min Dynasty?! It is said that there are only a few stewards who have come here today, and many more are out of town and cannot return. If you really want to talk about it, the previous master family is not comparable to the wealth and power of this owner.

"Oops! I was shocked by the sudden arrival of such a guest, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to cook so many dishes. However, later, Steward Wang and Steward Liu, who came in advance, were in the chef, so I started to stir up a few small stir-fries, but I was the most relaxed. ”

Erya knew that the Wang steward that Ding's sister-in-law said was the steward of the hot pot restaurant in Wang Dalin County, and the steward Liu was the steward of the barbecue restaurant in the provincial capital of Liu's family. Both of them are stewards promoted from the kitchen chef, and naturally only they can master this skill.

"They're all pretty good, aren't they? How many tables were set up today? ”

Sister-in-law Ding thought about it carefully. He replied: "Twenty tables at a time, a total of six times, there should be more than a hundred tables." Including those of us who do things! There was a pause. talked about the dishes made by Steward Wang: "I heard that Steward Wang and they have all been chefs in big restaurants, so can their skills be bad?" Every table of dishes is eaten cleanly, and the people behind us who are working are all big rice buckets, and every dish has no taste before it is tasted. ”

Erya was really shocked to hear that there were so many tables of guests, and now the table borrowed by each family is not the eight-immortal table that can only seat eight people in the past, but a large round table specially made with Erya's family later, which is a table of twelve people. That's an estimate. That's thousands of guests! Fortunately, there is a slaughterhouse at home, otherwise it would have to be pulled by several carriages to buy vegetables in Shangfu City.

"There are too many guests here today! You're also working hard, and I'll finish eating it later. You take the bowl back to the kitchen and take Xiang Kun and Zhenzhen to rest! Pots and bowls will be washed tomorrow. You don't have to get up too early tomorrow, just let Wen Chao say hello to the Zhu family's aunt and ask them to bring us breakfast as usual! ”

"Okay! Lady of the Owner! Would you like to add a little more chicken broth? Sister-in-law Ding responded to Erya, and when she saw that there was no soup in her bowl of noodles, she asked again.

"No, you don't! I'm full. You take the bowl and go! ”

Xiaohu sent Manager Li to stay in the town. When I got home, I saw that Erya was still asleep and was breastfeeding the little man, so I told Erya about the big flower father.

"Today, Wang Dalin secretly told me that Dahua's father asked people to beat him very lightly."

Erya Yile: "Okay! Who did the good deeds? Hurry up and thank you! ”

"Hey! Wang Dalin said that this matter was just a coincidence. During the first month, the business in the store is good, and it is full every day, and people in the neighborhood generally do not enter the store and take the pot home from the store to eat. There is a big family at the entrance of the alley of our hot pot restaurant. When someone came to the house, they brought four pots from the store. In addition, all kinds of hot dishes are required for two servings. Because there were too many things, the people who went couldn't finish them, so Wang Dalin asked Dahua, who was idle, to help send a few things.

Wang Dalin estimated that it was in this big family that he asked someone who knew Dahua to see Dahua and go back to tell Dahua's father. The big flower daddy, who was not stingy, actually ran to someone's house to make a big noise to ask for his daughter, and was beaten half to death by the concierge and thrown at the corner of the street. ”

"How did Wang Dalin know that it was a big flower father?"

Wang Dalin said that he heard a few customers chatting, saying that there was a girl looking for a big flower, and people were about to die. He guessed that it must be Big Flower Daddy, so he ran over and asked the concierge of the house. The situation that the porter said made Wang Dalin guess that nine times out of ten he was Dahua's father. ”

"Huh! Should! We have too many scruples to treat him as a couple, and others have punished him instead. It's a pleasure! This time, the uncle and the aunt are going to Lanzhou, bring the big flowers, Damanna or the western Qujiaao, whatever she wants. The capital is too complicated, so don't send her to the capital. ”

"That's right! I also plan to do this, it's really not safe to let her stay in the county seat all the time, it's too easy for acquaintances to see. ”

Erya nodded, put aside the little guy who had eaten and closed his eyes and fell asleep, and gently pressed the quilt down.

After busy with the little guy, she said softly: "You let the eldest aunt make it clear to them that Dahua doesn't have to be treated like a guest over there, otherwise she will definitely not be able to stay." gave her a job, one tael of silver a month, and two sets of clothes per quarter. It's the same as the usual hired workers at home, but the salary is slightly higher, and the clothes and shoes are slightly better. But don't make it too obvious, don't make her feel like she is superior, and lest others feel unhappy. ”

Xiaohu nodded and said, "I'll tell my aunt about this!" That's right! Daughter-in-law, Qingzhu Dingjia, what are you going to give? ”

The gift of Qingzhu's marriage, Erya had prepared the diamonds that Zhao Fujin and them brought back from overseas. It was only later that the people here were not interested in diamonds, and in their opinion diamonds were not as beautiful as silver, so they dispelled this idea. I also chose a pearl necklace, which is not very big, but all of them are the same size and shape, which is very difficult and can be regarded as a treasure. If she hadn't been treating Qingzhu as her own son, she would have been reluctant to give it away.

"Just bring that pearl necklace with you and count it as a gift from me!"

Xiaohu asked with a smile: "You gave away such valuable things." Wait until our own son is going to get married. What do I see you give? ”

The second girl glanced at Xiaohu in disgust, and replied arrogantly: "Cut!" I have more treasures than that pearl necklace, but I just don't want to show human eyes. Later. If my daughters-in-law are to my liking, I will give them more, and if they are not to my liking, I will keep them to play with myself. When we are all gone, we will follow their ability to find it, and if we can find it, it is their wealth, but we can't find it. That's what they don't deserve. ”

"Huh! You have a strong mouth, but in fact, you are so soft-hearted! If your son coaxes you with two kind words, I look at you! I can't wait to dig out my heart to them. Xiaohu knows his daughter-in-law's temperament very well. There was a great deal of skepticism about her words.

Erya actually knows that she is indeed looking at the child too much, and Xiaohu's exaggeration is not too much.

After nine days for Erya's youngest son, the eldest uncle and aunt were busy going to Lanzhou to give a dowry to the eldest grandson Qingzhu and set a marriage.

The uncle and the aunt did not go directly to Lanzhou. Instead, he went to Damana first. The Daman family of three was originally going to return to their hometown for the New Year before the Chinese New Year. It's just that when he was walking halfway, his daughter-in-law was motion sick and couldn't eat or drink, and she vomited when she ate. Later, when I was resting at the inn, I found a doctor to take a look, only to find out that Wu Tong was also pregnant. This is Wu Tong's second child after several years, and it is the most unstable time in three months, and they dare not rush to their hometown. Temporarily decided to turn around and go back, to spend the New Year at Anzi, who was closest to him, and to have a safe baby. Stayed until Wu Tong was three months old, and the fetus was stable before leaving.

Uncle, this is the first time they have been to the Northland. Although they passed through here when they went to the capital and Xiaolong to get married to Lanzhou, they never turned around once.

The scenery in front of them was beyond their imagination, and the green fields that could not be seen were divided into large squares by the wide sidewalks and irrigation ditches that were specially left. In each square field, there will be some people working in it, weeding, fertilizing or watering, and occasionally you can hear the sound of people laughing and talking loudly, and everywhere is full of cheerful spring. Walking in it, the mood is involuntarily cheerful and happy. The sound of horses' hooves has also become the drumbeat of the earth, accompanied by the chirping of birds in the sky, playing the music of infinite vitality in spring.

The uncle looked at the scenery outside the carriage with tenderness, and said to his mother-in-law with a sigh: "I didn't expect this place to be picked up so well by Daman, this road is wider than the road from our house to the town!" It's almost as big as our family going to the provincial capital. ”

The eldest aunt looked at the distance and near, the vast desert land full of beautiful scenery, and she was really proud of her son. When the carriage turned a corner, she saw a large complex of buildings not far away, and pointed to it and said to the old man, "That may be where they live!" ”

The uncle also looked there, and saw that the rows of houses were neatly distributed, especially like the house layout in the new district of Hepu Town, so he nodded and replied: "That's it!" Although the other two villages are also brick walls and tile roofs, they are different from old to new, and they will definitely not be the places where Daman lives. ”

While they were talking, someone came running towards them on horseback, and when they got near, the old couple recognized that it was their eldest son.

The eldest aunt's head and right arm were sticking out of the car window, waving constantly, and shouting loudly: "Son! Daman! We were in this car. ”

Daman urged the horse to run to him, and then turned the horse's head to follow the carriage in sync.

"Mother! Why have you been delayed for so long? If it weren't for the news of peace all the way, wouldn't you have to worry me to death? Daman asked his mother with some dissatisfaction.

His mother didn't say anything, but his father was angry next to him, "If you can go fast, we won't go, and the idle egg hurts before you want to rub on the road?!" You're fucking impatient for us to come over, so we'll turn around and go to Xiaolong! ”

Daman's face turned red, and he immediately dismounted, pulled the reins of the horse to his mother, and ran to his father's side, and kept making amends with his father.

His mother looked at it almost, so she dug out the old man's waist and said with a smile: "Old man! If your son knows it's wrong, don't let it go. Then he said to Daman: "Son! You come and pull this horse yourself, I always don't have a good hand pulling like this. ”

Seeing that his father was no longer angry, Daman turned to the right with a grin, pulled the horse and followed the carriage. His mother then explained to him: "When we came, it was raining all day. A few of the people who drove the car got wet because they were draped in tarpaulins for the horses. Xiao Li was probably not in good health, and he got sick and had a fever that night. We have to find a doctor to see him and boil medicine for him, and when he is completely well, we will start to hurry. Don't you know, Xiao Li's illness frightened your father and me, he was unconscious and talking nonsense. Fortunately, it was good in the end! His mother patted her heart as she spoke, as if the fright was still there.

"Then why don't you say that someone is sick? Then I don't know what's going on! ”

His mother replied, "Don't dare! I'm afraid that you will think too much and think that it is our two old guys who are sick, then you must not go crazy! ”

His father interjected, "Aren't we safely here!" And babbling about what those are doing. (To be continued.) )

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