The second daughter-in-law of the Qu family, who had returned from the prefect's mansion, heard a loud voice from the drying field outside in the kitchen, and she also followed her mother-in-law to discuss what to give to the Wang family.

She helped out in the prefect's mansion for nearly two months, and the people in the prefect's family were very kind and respectful to her. When the lady of the Wang family sent her back, she not only gave her ten taels of silver as a reward, but also prepared gifts for everyone in the family. When she got home, when she took out the gifts and distributed them to them, the children all laughed and jumped with joy. The adults were also smiling happily, very satisfied with what they had received.

All of them are thinking about what to send to the Wang family, and they should also express themselves. But what can you give home?

She turned her head to look at her mother-in-law who was messing with her, and asked softly, "Mother!" Shouldn't we also send something to the lady of the Wang family? ”

The mother-in-law of Quli Town replied while kneading her dough: "This! I discussed it with your father last night, but I just discussed it and discussed it, but I didn't have anything to do. ”

"Mother! I see that the lady of the Wang family and her children do not have hand-made cloth shoes, or I will make a few pairs of shoes for them. Do you think Wang Niangzi will dislike it? ”

"I think this is a good idea, that Wang Niangzi is not the kind of person with rich eyes, and she will definitely not dislike it."

The second daughter-in-law was full of joy: "Then I'll start doing it tomorrow, and it just so happens that this time Mrs. Wang gave some muslin." ”

"You make shoes, and I will ask the eldest daughter-in-law, the third daughter-in-law, and the strong daughter-in-law to make a few more pairs of insoles with flowers to match your shoes."

The second daughter-in-law smiled even more. Nodding his head back, he replied, "That's even better!" ”

After the Wang family finished harvesting the corn, they didn't plan to go back after taking off the grains, they still had to stay here and drink Xiaolong's happy wine. After the villagers who were invited from home to work agreed with each other. They all went back together for the New Year, and they will come back in February next year. The carriage for the round-trip pick-up and drop-off is also arranged by the Wang family, but they don't need to spend their own money. This touched their hearts, and when they came the following year, most of them brought one or two relatives or strong laborers of their own family.

Er Ya Xiaohu also took the third boy back to the house, and he was going to start working on some things on the day Xiaolong got married. To this end, she also specially invited the help of well-known local official media. arranged Xiaolong's marriage ceremony according to the wedding customs of the west. Xiaolong is a fourth-grade official, and there must be no mistakes in the etiquette of getting married, and Erya will never dare to treat it sloppily without pretending to understand.

There is still more than half a month to go. Guests from all walks of life have begun to come to the door one after another. The earliest people to arrive were some people in their hometowns, grandpa, grandfather, uncle and aunt with Aoki, second uncle and aunt with Minghao, Mingjuan, Director Shi, and Shopkeeper Liao, who could walk away, basically came.

With them brought over together. There are also rice, salted duck, salted meat, salted goose, sausages, vermicelli, dried fungus, dried shiitake mushrooms, dried vegetables and many other dry goods. In addition, there are frozen fish, frozen shrimp, lotus root wrapped in mud, loaches and yellow eels loaded in a horse-drawn cart with a stove along the way. See these things. Erya's eyes were smiling, there was too little food here, and she had been worrying about the dishes for the banquet. Originally, I thought about asking my hometown to send it over, but then I thought that if it snowed heavily, the road would be very difficult to walk, so I wouldn't trouble them. I didn't expect them to be ready for everything, so they brought it over without saying a word.

Then An's daughter-in-law came with her children, and Laizi's daughter-in-law came with her children. With so many people helping, Erya almost walked around with her arms folded.

It's almost two days before the day. Dahong and Xiangzi arrived with their children and two truckloads of seafood, accompanied by Mrs. Zhang Haoyu, Mrs. Zhao Qingchun, Mrs. Zhao, the housekeeper of the compound, and the directors of various shops. and the grandpgrandes of the Northland with the heads of the families. Immediately afterwards, Wu Fenggang and some boys who were secretly doing things in the world all arrived in a hurry. There are also those who are officials in various places and cannot be present in person, all of them will appoint retinues and send them with gifts.

In fact, on Xiaolong's marriage days, Er Ya never specifically notified anyone, they specially inquired about it, and arranged a time to come over.

The day before the day, you can start to paste double happiness, paste cut flowers, paste red couplets, hang red lanterns, make beds, and other things.

Doing this on a big day is actually just a joke, and no one takes it too seriously. The master who spent a lot of money to cut the window grille, but it was used as a toy by a few children and played everywhere.

"The more and more! That cut flower should be pasted on the window of my uncle's new house, what are you sticking it there? Qingzhu, who was busy pasting red couplets with Aoki, finally couldn't help but cry out when he saw Wen Yue holding a cut flower and gesturing on the middle screen of the hospitality court.

Mingyu and Qinglin were even more crazy, one carrying a small bucket of paste and holding a small brush, the other holding a cut of flowers, sticking it wherever they went, on the door, on the wall, on the pillar, everywhere.

Wen Chao and Ming Hao were busy hanging lanterns, and Ming Hao was holding a bamboo pole to throw the hook of the lantern into the ring under the eaves, and asked Wen Chao: "Will you go back to take the county exam next spring?" ”

Wen Chao, Qingzhu, Aoki, and Minghao all participated in this year's county exam, but they didn't pass the exam, but Minghao was a child. Because Erya doesn't care what level her two sons have to achieve in their studies, she doesn't care at all if she doesn't pass the exam. Because of the indifference of his father and mother (uncle and aunt), Wen Chao and Qingzhu lived a relaxed and happy life here, and there was no psychological burden at all. When Ming Hao asked, Wen Chao reacted that the county test was coming again.

Wen Chao held another lantern in his hand, and replied to Ming Hao while gently shaking it around: "Anyway, you all have to celebrate the New Year here, and when you go back next year, I will be with Qingzhu!" Uncle has taught us a lot this year, and I feel that there is no big problem in the county exam next year. ”

Ming Hao hung one and then hung the second, he waited for Wen Chao to put the lantern on the hook of the bamboo pole for him, and said, "We should be fine this year, Mr. Sun personally taught us." You also know that he wants to be like the director of the town, who can get good grades and earn a good reputation, so this year's management is much stricter than last year's. ”

"Hey! I hope that we can all pass the county exam next year! ”

"Hmmm! I thought so too! ”

This side is busy with joy, and the courtyard where the bride is temporarily staying on the other side is also full of joy. Mrs. Kong Liu put down her business and followed Dahong and them all the way over, just to personally preside over her daughter's life events.

The dowry is more troublesome to paste cut flowers and double happiness, and everything has to be pasted. Even a very small sewing kit had to be attached, so they were busy several days in advance, and today they were checking for omissions while loading the kit.

A few maids made a move, and Mrs. Kong Liu chatted with her daughter about the man's side while watching: "I heard that many people came from all over his house, and the empty courtyards around him were all rented out, and all the inns were also chartered." Where did they get so many people? ”

Of course, Ah Jing has lived here for so long, of course, she is not blind to things outside the window, although she abides by the rules, she can't see her husband before she gets married. But it does not prevent the servants from going out to find an opportunity to meet their uncle and inquire about their uncle's family.

However, they only inquired about their relatives, and they did not hear that there were so many people. "I don't know about this, it seems that a lot of people came to the place where they opened up the wasteland."

It's really that the most people came from Qujiaao, and everyone in Qujiaao didn't come except for the old man who couldn't move, and the rest even invited the baby in his arms. Then there are the hired workers of the Erya family who stayed here for the New Year and did not leave, as well as the three brothers of the Peng family, who were also invited. On the contrary, officials at all levels did not invite, wealthy businessmen everywhere did not invite, and squires from all over the country did not invite, which made many people unhappy, but the Wang family did not pay attention to these dissatisfied voices.

As soon as the next day arrived, both places began to be lively. The bride of the female family put on her makeup and began to set off the cannon battle, and then the male family greeting team went out to set off the cannon battle, and then the gong and drum band carrying the red sedan chair blew and beat all the way to the woman's house, and the female family fired the cannon to greet her. The pick-up team sprinkled sugar all the way, followed by a lot of adults and children, laughing and shouting and shouting, no less than the sound caused by firecrackers.

Although the Kong family has a lot of people who come to give them a wedding, it is not easy to stop these strong young men who are kissing. However, Wang Xiaolong's best men did not overwhelm people with power, and the red envelopes that should be given at each threshold were given a lot. The people of the Kong family who came all the way to give the marriage got a very delicate peanut made of one or two gold. The young men, who were already older, could still hide their excitement, but the children couldn't, and one by one they carefully bit their teeth to make sure that it was gold, and their eyes were smiling into slits. It's really worth it to leave home this time, think about the cousins and cousins who are crying and not wanting to come to this poor place, and the few children who are making up for it are happy again.

Mrs. Kong Liu was also frightened by the Wang family's generosity at first, but after thinking about it, she felt that it was nothing. There are only about 30 adults and children who came with me this time, and everyone can't use much gold in total, and they can still raise the momentum of their own daughters. Very good!

When the bride and the dowry were carried away, the courtyard was empty, and Mrs. Kong Liu did not abide by any rules, and followed the lively army to the groom's house together. was seen by Dahong's daughter-in-law and quickly led her to the backyard for refreshments. ran to the front and called her mother-in-law and second aunt in to accompany her, but Mrs. Kong Liu was embarrassed and restless.

"Oops! Her aunt and aunt, why do you want you to come and accompany me! How is this called for me? ”

The second aunt was better than the eldest aunt in the scene, she took over first, and said politely: "Mother-in-law!" You're so kind! The daughter you bothered to raise but let our Wang family have a plan, how can we say that our Wang family also has to thank you very much. It is an honor for us to be able to sit with you today. ”

"Yes! The pampered daughter was sent to our Wang family to endure hardships, thank you for your mother's kindness to my little nephew! The eldest aunt also gently followed her brother-in-law's words. (To be continued.) )