Compared to a quiet backyard, the front yard can be considered crazy. Especially outside the gate, many local squires, wealthy families, and local officials who came to drink wine were blocked.

"Friends who came to eat the wedding wine, we adults said, everyone come to drink a glass of wedding wine welcome, but a penny of gifts is not allowed, if someone has to give a gift, then please forgive us for not being able to receive it!"

The visitors standing outside suddenly blew up the nest: "How can it be done!" My Lao Zhang has never eaten white food, you let me just eat and drink without courtesy, how will I see people in the future?! ”

"Not really! Only the poor have no way to eat and drink. Aren't we looking down on people for such a request?! ”

What do you know about this, these subordinates were actually invited. At that time, when the prefect invited them, he made it very clear that they should not bring their followers, or they would not be allowed to enter the gate. But they didn't listen to the prefect's words, and they had to buy calligraphy, paintings, and antiques. It's okay now, I can't even get through the door.

The reason why it is so stiff today is that Xiaolong wants to face the state capital he manages with a resolute attitude. In order to prevent some people from wanting to do anything obscure to him, once he is ruthless, he will spend a lot less words in the future. People who take bribes, embezzle, eat, take, and ask for will understand one thing, that is, as long as an opening is opened, the opening will become bigger and deeper, and in the end it will be an endless black whirlpool, unable to see the edge and unable to probe to the end.

Today's behavior is undoubtedly a success, and after that, Xiaolong will be an official. It's relatively quiet. Few bribes were used to disrupt him, and with the clarity of his financial accounts, his political opponents had few financial levers to attack him.

The visitors outside the gate finally agreed with the Wang family's statement. He sent his companions back with the things, and they stayed in the palace to eat white food. After eating a table, I realized that it was right to leave without negative anger today, and this banquet was not possible in any restaurant in the state capital at present.

The local characteristics of the Central Plains salty meat dishes they originally ate fresh, and they didn't have anything special to love. But the fish and the prawns, although they are frozen, are still fresh! Although there are also water depressions and reservoirs here. But there are few fish and shrimp, even if no one has the ability to get them.

In particular, loaches, yellow eels, screw meat, and shiny vermicelli like dried noodles are things they have never eaten when they are so old. There are also fresh lotus roots and green vegetables. It's a dish they've never seen before. What's more, in the end, there were several kinds of seafood. They felt that by this time, deep jealousy in their hearts was about to explode. Those who wore coarse cloth clothes could still eat and drink in large gulps. And they are just touching their full bellies in the face of these delicacies. Secretly crying?! It's not fair!

In the backyard, the eldest aunt and the second aunt accompanied Mrs. Kong Liu to set up a single table, although there were only three people to eat, but every dish was served, but the portion was slightly less. Several chefs are from those shops in the capital, and the taste of some dishes is very familiar to Mrs. Kong Liu. I couldn't help but sigh: "Although your Wang family is a new family, the degree of attention is no less than that of ordinary families. ”

The eldest aunt smiled innocently and didn't speak. The second aunt replied to her: "We don't understand what my mother-in-law said, these are all handled by my niece and daughter-in-law." ”

Mrs. Kong Liu nodded. Picking up the glass, he took a small sip of the purple and translucent wine inside. There are also several boxes of this wine in the daughter's dowry, and all of them are sent to the old lady's house to honor the old lady. As a mother, she only glanced at it at the time of the dowry, but after that, she did not even touch it, that is, today I had the opportunity to taste this wine that only royal people can drink.

"Did your family buy this wine from the Western Regions? Isn't it expensive? ”

The eldest aunt shook her head, she didn't know whether to say that it was brewed by her niece and daughter-in-law. The second aunt also shook her head, she didn't guard against her mother-in-law, but it was appropriate for her nephew and daughter-in-law to say it herself.

"My mother-in-law has the opportunity to ask my niece and daughter-in-law, she knows this wine!"

Mrs. Kong Liu immediately reacted that she had asked too much, and quickly apologized: "Oops! I'm sorry! It's me who was rude! ”

"You're welcome!"

There is no wine to drink at the other wine tables, but the male guests have good sorghum wine, and the female table has many kinds of fruit wine, which are all good things and can make them satisfied.

All the guests from the Qu family sat together except for Quli Town, there were a total of seven or eight tables, and they were all nervous, just afraid that they would lose the face of the prefect in the prefect's house. However, when they entered the mansion, two people were arranged to take care of them. Whether it's drinking water, eating snacks, going to the toilet, washing your hands and face, or eating at the table, you will be in charge of the whole process. Even when eating prawns and seafood, they are repeatedly reminded to try to eat less first to see if they will be allergic, and if they feel uncomfortable, they can't eat it. How did they know that there were still things that not everyone could eat, but fortunately, they could eat all of today's dishes, otherwise such a good thing was in front of them but they couldn't eat it in their mouths, and they wouldn't be hungry to death?!

Today, adults and children are satisfied, and even the youngest baby is holding a salty goose paw in his hand and gnawing deliciously. Whoever stared at the paw in his hand was in a hurry, making a table of people laugh "hahaha" constantly.

Quli Town also sat at a table with the prefect's uncle and second uncle, he really felt flattered, and it was definitely not hypocrisy. As soon as the Wang family persuaded him to drink, he took a sip from his cup, and before he knew it, he drank too much. After getting off the table, they were helped back by their son to the Wang family next to them, and they borrowed someone else's yard to rest for them, and many women in the Qu family who didn't drink had already come back to rest first. Seeing that Li Zhen was drunk and crookedly helped in, he hurriedly ran into the house, and was busy making tea for Li Zhen to drink to relieve hangover.

Qu Lizhen drank the green tea brought by the Wang family in a daze, and when he took a sip, he was bitter and uncomfortable, and he was reluctant to spit it out, so he had to swallow it with a frown. Before long, a sweet moistness slowly grew out of the throat, and it was a pleasure. Since then, Quli Town has been addicted to green tea, and every year he has to ask the Wang family for a pound or two of tea leaves, which he collects as a treasure. Only when the distinguished guests come are they willing to take it out, and they pick out a small handful and brew it in the teacup, and the treasure seems to be served to the guests.

Of course, the men of the Qu family who did not come back were still drinking, and the people who drank with them to the same table were the hired workers who were clearing the wasteland on the side of Qujia Ao. Because the master said, let them drink as much as they want, and they don't have to be polite, so they let go of drinking, as long as they don't get drunk and make the host ugly.

After eating, the worship ceremony began at the given hour of the official coal, everything went smoothly, only a little bit went wrong in the position of the parents, some should be said to be the brother and sister-in-law sitting there, and some have to say that the uncle and aunt should be sitting there. Fortunately, Grandpa Tai also came, and Erya directly helped Grandpa Tai to sit down, and let the bride and groom worship Grandpa, and others didn't have to say anything.

The next day, the bride confessed to her relatives, and the grandfather actually took out a jade bracelet that looked quite good and gave it to the bride. Er Ya was a little confused about the situation, and it was not good to ask at that time.

Grandpa, grandpa in the Northland, uncle and aunt, second uncle and aunt, several concubines, and uncles, most of the confession gifts taken out are red envelopes or gold and silver jewelry for women, which is common sense.

Here, like Ah Jing's maiden house, the girl returns to the door on the third day, and after recognizing her relatives, she does not have to rush to receive the bride from the woman's family. Everyone sat together at the table, drinking tea, eating refreshments, gossiping, and waiting for the noon banquet.

Grandpa Tai saw that the bride made tea and refilled water for the elders by herself, so he nodded and said to Uncle Xiaohu and the second uncle: "Xiaolong's daughter-in-law is the same as Xiaohu's daughter-in-law, she is a generous and capable director. ”

Uncle laughed: "Yes! Seeing that Xiaolong also likes his daughter-in-law very much. This time, I was really relieved about the two children left by the third child. ”

The grandfather also praised his father and the grandfather of the Northland: "Hey! I didn't expect that our Wang family is still the most promising in this room! More than ten years ago, I thought that the two brothers Shoufa and Shoumin dragged so many children that it would be difficult to turn over for the rest of their lives. Look at it now, it's just their family, both civil and military, and their business is better than others, and they are all out of the picture. ”

The grandfather of the Northland also nodded: "That's right!" Even we followed the luck of the season. The eldest and second in my family, because the third child helped Xiaohu run the grassland business, they also followed to make some small money from Xiaodong and Xiaoxi, but I didn't expect that they really earned a family business. Now relying on Laizi in the northern border city, one person has also opened a grain shop, and the business is very good. Those who came to exchange grain from the grassland recognized them as two families, and they had a son to protect them, and other grain shops did not dare to do anything to them.

There are also Benyang, Shouzheng, and Shouxin, and their families have all made a small shop in the border city to do business, and the business is doing well. If it weren't for the fact that your children were promising, we would have been like that for the rest of our lives. ”

This grandfather is not saying kind words, their Wang family in the north is now open a lot of wasteland, all the sorghum planted is sold to the Wang family winery, and when the farm is slack, he will lead people to run the trade road, and those who have the ability will open a small shop in the local area or border city, and the life of the family has come up. If it weren't for God's mercy on them to escape from the famine and meet their own people, the days after that would really be unimaginable.

The groom accompanied the bride back to the new room to rest, waiting for the noon banquet (breakfast was not available, tea was breakfast), the eldest aunt, the second aunt, and a few concubines of the younger generation were chatting about family life, but the second girl and Xiaohu were talking about business.

"The owner, the lady of the owner! Those booksellers are really hateful, they tried to steal the business of the little album from you, and now because they don't make money, they go around saying that you are not. ”

Erya was curious: "What do I have that I didn't let them say?" Didn't they join forces with those academies to resist me, so I had to let go? That's it! Can they also find something to say? (To be continued.) )