The old house is very lively, but the three-bedroom side is harmonious.

Late that night, two fast horses came straight to the third room, the tightly strangled horse raised its hooves and roared, the dog guarding the yard barked, and Lou Chengyi, who heard the sound, put on his clothes and went out.

Zhou Cheng dismounted, handed over the horse rope to the entourage and stepped forward to knock on the door. "Uncle Lou? Uncle Lou? ”

Lou Chengyi, who came to the door, heard this, hurriedly opened the door, and said happily: "Zhou Cheng is back?" It's good to be back, it's good to be back. ”

The husband of Huangshan, who was resting in the back room, also got up, lit the lamp, lit the stove, poured the water, and waited until Zhou Cheng got rid of the cool air, and Lou Hualou Yuzhu and the others also got up and looked for it.

Seeing that the family was up, Fu Linshu went to the kitchen to prepare some white noodles for supper.

Zhou Cheng drank tea, his eyes swept over Lou Yuzhu and turned to Lou Hua's face and said: "In six days, the reward and honor guard of the Son of Heaven should arrive, I am transferred from Nanyang City today, and I have already ordered Xinyi Building to be closed for a few days, and then Xinyi Lou will be fully responsible for the food of the honor guard." ”

The rewards of the Son of Heaven are all ceremonial guards, but Zhou Cheng hurriedly went to inform Xinyi Lou first, and it is estimated that this ceremonial guard cannot be regarded as equal.

"What did the Son of Heaven give?" Lou Hua licked his tongue and asked.

Zhou Cheng swept his eyes in the third room and was sincerely happy. "There are a lot, there are treasures, gold and jade, 100 hectares of fertile land, 10,000 taels of silver, 100 taels of gold, and I also rewarded Lou Hua with the official position of a nine-grade governor."

In other words, he is already an official if he doesn't join the ranks? Lou Hua was stunned and felt that it was too unreal.

The governor has an idle position that has no power, and Jiupin is already at a level that exceeds that of the county. It stands to reason that this official position should fall to Lou Chengyi, but first, he is white, and secondly, Fu Linshu is a descendant of a criminal minister, although he has changed his household registration, it is not very good, and it is because of this official position that it falls to Lou Hua, who is famous.

Lou Chengyi didn't think about it so much, he was already stunned by the fact that his son had become an official! Fu Linshu's hands were also shaking with excitement, not to mention Lou Ming and Xiao Lou Chen, Lou Yuzhu glanced at Zhou Cheng and smiled: "Look at Brother Zhou's expression, there should be a follow-up." ”

Zhou Cheng looked at Lou Yuzhu, his eyes softened and said, "There are indeed still them." The Son of Heaven announced the royal merit building card, and Chrysostom said that "merit has been passed down through the ages" eight characters. ”

Lou Yuzhu's face was shocked at this time. Compared with the eight big characters of 'merit through the ages' on the building plate, those nine rank governors, official positions, treasures, gold and jade, good land hundred hectares, silver ten thousand taels and gold hundred taels are all ballast! As long as the Yan Dynasty does not fall and does not rebel against the Nine Clans, their family will stand like a building card!

Lou Hua, who Lou Yuzhu thought of, also thought of it, and immediately blushed with excitement. Reluctantly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said, "There are only six days left before the honor guard, and it should be too late." ”

Lou Yuzhu pursed her lower lip: "It's too late, it's too late, and you can't make a difference!" ”

"The guard of honor will stay nearby, and it will arrive until the next morning, and there will be officials along the way to lead the way, so you don't have to worry. At the end of the day, the decree was read, and it was estimated that it would be noon after the decree was read, and then the meal began. After the meal, the honor guard will go back to Nanyang City to stay for about a month, and wait until the building is covered," Zhou Cheng calculated the time. "I guess it will be with the worship on the first day of the new year." The building card should be built temporarily, and before the cover is built, it is necessary to choose and draw a picture and choose an auspicious day, and the road to the building is also to be repaired. After the cover is finished, it should be worshiped once, and it should also be worshiped once on the first day of the new year, so it is better to be together. This is the general process of the whole thing, Zhou Cheng saw that they had no doubts, so he talked about the details: "The Son of Heaven values it, and sends a personal chief father-in-law, and eight little fathers-in-law to accompany him to announce the decree, as well as Master Pei, and a hundred honor guards, in addition to these people, there are also Nanyang prefect and the prefect of Nanyang, as well as the accompanying officials and entourage, you can prepare red envelopes or road instruments according to the rank." The honor guard and the eight little fathers-in-law can be given at mealtime, and the rest can be collected at another place."

After Zhou Cheng finished speaking, Lou Yuzhu thought for a while: "Uncle Pei, the father-in-law who announced the decree, and the prefect need to set up two main tables." The guard of honor follows the official errand to prepare twenty tables, and another ten tables need to be set up, and the surrounding friends are good, such as Jiao's shopkeeper Zhai shopkeeper, the town's big families and famous squires. "The square table used for the banquet can only seat eight people, so there are a lot more tables.

"I've asked a few chefs in Xinyi Building to prepare a few plans for the menu, and I'll send them over tomorrow to pick them up. I will prepare the ingredients, ingredients, dishes and chopsticks, and the large items such as tables and stools will be more troublesome. ”

Lou Yuzhu thought for a while: "It doesn't matter, there are so many rich people in the town, and there is also the Jufu Building of Jiao's shopkeeper, it is not a problem to get together thirty-two tables." ”

If the hardware is complete, then the software. Lou Yuzhu thought about it and Chong Lou Chengyi said: "Dad, you go to Grandpa's house tomorrow, let Grandpa bring their whole family over, and then go and tell Li Zheng that he will arrange someone to repair the road with his three uncles." Let's just say that our family has to entertain distinguished guests, and the salary is 100 yuan a day, not including food. "It's very time, but I don't have time to entertain the villagers for dinner." Big brother, you go and talk to your classmates, let them come over and help borrow tables and chairs by the way, as for the reason, you can grasp it yourself; Second brother, you lead people to the town to prepare more four treasures of the study, and snacks to eat, tea and other things; Daddy, tell the Wei family and them, and recruit a few daughters-in-law who are quick with their hands and feet to help cook."

"There are two tables in the main hall of the dining place, five tables in the courtyard, and the rest will be repaired in the fertile field outside, and twenty-five tables will be borrowed to avoid rain, and the kitchen must be prepared to build a tent, and the kitchen at home will definitely not be enough, and if there are not enough people to build a stove outside, go to the town to recruit workers."

In order not to travel cuò, so resources have to be used!

As soon as the morning dawned, Zhou Cheng hurried to prepare, and the third room also began to act. Needless to say, the Zhang family immediately led a family to help, and Li Zheng didn't say a word and began to recruit people to build the road. Sanfang's big move made the people in the village look sideways, and rumors spread to guess what Sanfang was doing, but would Sanfang say it? Definitely not to say it.

On the third day, a team of fast horses went straight to the third room, and the deputy governor of Nanyang Mansion saw that the third room had begun to prepare, and nodded secretly to popularize the process of receiving the honor guard for the third room. Li Zheng Yanyi participated, and immediately blushed with excitement, holding Lou Chengyi's hand and not knowing what to say.

On the fourth day, five large stoves were set up, and a rain canopy was set up because of a little drizzle.

On the fifth day, the ingredients, dishes and chopsticks have been transported to the third room.

On the sixth day, all preparations were made and tables, chairs and benches were placed.

The seventh day is sunny! Before dawn, the fire was lit outside the house, and the kitchen was already busy, and a few young ladies wiped down the tables and chairs that had been set up, and covered them with new floor-to-ceiling tablecloths. The floor-to-ceiling tablecloth is what Lou Yuzhu thought, the weather in November is very cold and it is an open-air meal, and it will be at least much better to put a stove under the tablecloth. After breakfast in the third room, Lou Chengyi and his wife were invited back to the house to rest, and Lou Hua and Lou Yuzhu began to check if there was anything missing.

At the end of the day, the shopkeeper Zhai had already entered the door, Lou Chengyi and Li Zheng were waiting in the main hall, Lou Yuzhu looked at it and asked Lou Hua: "Grandpa, why haven't they come yet?" "Yesterday I was notified, and I also sent new clothes and shoes to the entire old house, etc., and the time to explain should have come a long time ago.

Lou Hua frowned, and Lou Ming got up: "Big brother, you wait here, I'll take a look." "On such an important day, Lou Hua can't fall off the chain.

Li Zheng was worried that Lou Ming would not be able to urge people, so he got up and said, "I'll go with Erlang." ”

As soon as the two arrived at the old house, they were still eating breakfast slowly, and even the clothes and shoes were still old. Not to mention that Lou Mingqi's eyes were black, and he was panting for breath, so he couldn't bear it and urged the family to change into new clothes and rush to the third room, the official had already blocked the road and forbidden the passage, and then less than half an hour, there was already the sound of the honor guard's music.

Lou Hua helped Lou Chengyi to the door, Lou Yuzhu helped Fu Linshu, then Lou Ming, Xiao Lou Chen and Zhou Cheng, and then Lou Lao and the old man, then the Zhang family, and then several wealthy families in the town and a few classmates who Lou Hua came to help, and finally Li Zheng led the villagers, of course, it is impossible to complete Yanjia Village, just a few representatives.

The villagers who were on the periphery of the official errand stared at each other with wide eyes.

As the ritual music got closer, the majestic guard of honor marched in front of everyone. The sound of ceremonial music stopped, and the team of hundreds of people immediately did not make any sound, and the majestic atmosphere infected the villagers who watched the excitement, even if they did not dare to make any sound.

The carriage surrounded in the middle drove to the front, and the father-in-law, who read the holy decree, stepped off the carriage on the back of the little eunuch and came to the front, and took out the bright yellow holy decree from the brocade box in his arms. The eight little eunuchs in the back lined up, holding treasures and gold and jade rewarded by the Son of Heaven.

"Kneel~~!"

Lou Hua helped Lou Chengyi to kneel, and the people behind him did the same, and the surrounding villages were infected by the strict atmosphere and also knelt down one after another.

"The Son of Heaven Summons"

In the empty and silent sky, only the sharp and hoarse voice of the chief administrator of the decree was left and the words were gorgeous, and the students who were quite accomplished in their studies understood it, and the villagers understood the words, but they couldn't understand it when they were connected together, but they could not understand it when they were rewarded in the future.

"Reward Hetian jade Ruyi, a set of jade paperweights, a pair of jade plum bottles in the makeup kiln, a pair of gold 100 taels, 10,000 taels of silver, a good field and a hundred hectares of merit, a Knowles Lang record meritorious, and give a special nine-grade governor"

The dazzling reward was carried out like a flowing water, and finally Lou Chengyi knelt down to receive the holy decree and thanked him, Lou Hua knelt down and held the Jiupin Governor official service sent by the little eunuch, kowtowed and thanked Lou Chengyi to help Lou Chengyi get up, turned his hand and handed the official uniform to Lou Yuzhu to put it away, and then looked back to entertain the father-in-law of the chief administrator of the decree and Pei Shengyi.

The six days of preparation were not done in vain, the hundred-person honor guard was arranged to sit at the table, and then the prefect's first-class entourage was on the table, the hot meals were served one after another, and the eight dishes, one soup, one vegetarian and two snacks were eaten with a lot of mouths full of oil, and the two cousins of the Zhang family led the two small servants to send red envelopes respectively, not much, and the silver tickets of ten taels were only two. After the meal, a young daughter-in-law with quick hands and feet stepped forward to put away the dishes and chopsticks, and then brought hot tea and a bunch of dried fruit snacks. There is a hot fire under the roast, hot tea in hand, and exquisite dried fruit snacks are served, not to mention how comfortable it is.

The honor guard outside the hospital is satisfied, the courtyard is also in full swing, the high-quality liquor produced by the winery does not need to be supplied as if it were money, and they can make the atmosphere noisy without arranging their own affairs, although the two tables in the main hall are not lively outside, but the atmosphere is also very good. Lou Hua led Lou Chengyi to accompany Pei Sheng, the chief manager's father-in-law, and several prefects of Nanyang, and at the other table, Lou Yuzhu led Li Zhengyan to accompany the deputy magistrate.

After eating a harmonious lunch, the honor guard and a group of Nanyang officials were sent away, and the breath that was carried was spit out. Lou Hua had a good amount of wine, and after pouring a bowl of decanting soup, he automatically took over the rest of the matter, and Lou Yuzhu carried a food box to find Zhou Cheng, who was still busy in the study.

put the food box on the table, and said evilly: "Eat!" ”

Zhou Cheng, who was still settling accounts, was taken aback. “？”

If Lou Yuzhu could still help yesterday, then he will accompany the guests today, and things inside and out will fall on Zhou Cheng, he nibbled on two buns for breakfast, let alone lunch, or Lou Yuzhu asked Huang Ying to come over and stuff two cakes and stare at him to eat, otherwise Zhou Cheng, who is the incarnation of workaholism, may not even forget lunch.

"Huh?" Lou Yuzhu squinted.

Zhou Cheng touched his nose and took out the food in the food box on his own.

Lou Yuzhu glanced at him: "Drink the soup first." ”

Zhou Cheng, who was ready to make a quick decision, silently turned his hand stretched out for the meal to the stew soup in a stew pot. The soup is stewed with pigeon and gastrodia, light and delicious, a small one looks like a small stove opened in the kitchen, thinking of Lou Yuzhu asked Huang Ying to send cakes before, it is estimated that this soup has been ordered to prepare the kitchen at that time. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl, and he drank the soup in one go, and then began to pick up the rice.

Seeing that a bowl of rice had bottomed out, Lou Yuzhu buried his eyes in the account book in his hand, and said without raising his head: "After eating, go to sleep, and only invite the villagers of Yanjia Village to eat at night, so you don't need to worry about it." ”

This meal in the evening has been said a long time ago, because there is no shortage of ingredients and utensils, and there is no need to bother with this meal at noon.

Zhou Cheng thought about it for a while, and took out the account book in Lou Yuzhu's hand and said: "This matter is not in a hurry, it is not too late to calculate it when you are free." ”

"Don't forget it, leave it to a few account rooms, I'll make up for the less, and the more will be divided into rewards." Before, only three thousand taels were called, and the ingredients, utensils, red envelopes, and the reward money of the helpers, seven seven or eight added up to three thousand taels was not enough.

"There is no rush in the matter of money," Zhou Cheng smiled, as far as his current net worth is concerned, these thousands of taels are not in his eyes. "I asked, in addition to drawing and selecting the building plate, it is necessary to repair the road from the town to the entrance of the village, and the road from the village entrance to the home is paved with green bricks, which takes a lot of time. During this time, we can rebuild the house. ”

As far as the current gatehouse of the three rooms is concerned, it is definitely not in line with the merit building, and it is inevitable to rebuild. "I'm thinking about that as well." Lou Yuzhu thought for a moment and continued: "In addition to the expenses of three thousand taels, I still have four thousand five hundred taels of silver tickets in my hand, and the reward is one thousand taels and one hundred taels of gold. It takes people to build building signs, people to build roads, and people to pave floor tiles, but there are not so many craftsmen to call. ”

"Are you afraid that you won't be able to recruit people if you have money?"

Lou Yuzhu was stunned and then smiled: "It's me who wants to fork." "My mind was in a dead end for a while and I couldn't get out, but fortunately, Zhou Cheng woke him up.

Zhou Cheng shook his head to indicate that there was nothing to do, and continued: "What I mean is that since we want to build it, we will cover it all at once, cover it well, cover it firmly, and the horizontal and vertical foundation will be enough to make money, so we won't start construction later." ”

If the building plate is built to build a house, it will not be beneficial to move again, so as not to be taboo. It's just that this estimate has to take into account five or six generations later, which is a big project. "If that's the case, it's going to be a hassle to draw."

"No defense, when I was going to settle down in Yanjia Village, I found someone to draw a few pictures, and I will use them for you first."

The two talked about the matter, and invited the people of Yanjia Village to have a meal and began to prepare to build a house the next day. The pattern of the new house to be built is completely different from the current one, it is to tear down all the old houses, and look at the big houses that have only been built for a few years, some villagers are all pity, but these words can only be said in their hearts, because everyone knows that the current three rooms have gone beyond their thinking category and entered the 'noble' column.

Refusing the kindness of the Zhang family's grandfather Ah Mo to ask for accommodation, Lou Yuzhu led Lou Chengyi's husband out of Yanjia Village, planning to take this opportunity to let the two husbands have a good time. Nanyang City lived for a while to appreciate the prosperity of Xiafu City, Linnanwan lived for a while to feel the coastal town style, plus the time on the road to slowly rub, back to Huya Town for two days, in a blink of an eye, it will be twenty-four years.

I made some New Year's goods in the town, and returned to Yanjia Village on the twenty-fourth year. Just near the entrance of the village, you can see the newly replaced megalithic village monument, as well as the words "merit building", with the stone stele as the boundary, the blue brick road that is spacious for two carriages to pass all the way leads to the third room, even if it is far away, you can still see the top of the merit building carved with white marble. The carriage approached, revealing the full view of the building sign obscured by the shadow of the trees. Flower steel stone is the base and white marble is the top. The top is divided into three layers, the first layer is the finely carved moire, the second layer is the inscription, because when the time comes, the inscription and the eight big characters of the Son of Heaven himself are engraved on both sides of the cylinder are covered with red silk, and the third layer is the top of the building plaque. The twelve-foot building is magnificent, dignified, majestic and sacred, and it makes people feel awe-inspired.

"How?" Lou Hua heard the sound and greeted him.

"Very popular!" The more atmospheric the building itself, the heavier the meaning behind it! 'Merit House' is beautiful to listen to~

Seeing his intoxicated face, Lou Hua couldn't help but spit on him: "Abduct Dad and Daddy out to relax, you are comfortable, and a few of us are almost exhausted." ”

Lou Yuzhu laughed dryly, and twisted Xiao Lou Chen to stuff Lou Hua's hand. "I'll give you the old four."

Xiao Lou Chen, who is also a member of the scattered gang, blinked his eyes and immediately sold cute: "Big brother, I miss you." ”

Lou Huabai him: "Some eat and some play, will you miss me?" Wipe the pastry on the side of your mouth. ”

Xiao Lou Chen turned his head in a weak heart and gave Lou Yuzhu a look. Selling cuteness doesn't work, is it swollen?

Then sell stupid!

Xiao Lou Chen is as good as flowing to Lou Hua, hehe, he smirked. "The fourth child really wants to be a big brother, more than fifty roast ducks! It's more than a hundred red shrimps! More than 200 crabs! ”

Lou Hua, who was stupid, couldn't cry or laugh, and said angrily: "It turns out that I only have the weight of fifty roast ducks, one hundred red shrimps, and two hundred crabs in my fourth heart?" ”

Xiao Louchen's eyes widened, and he said with a stupid look that people couldn't bear to look at directly: "It's enough!" ”

Knowing that it would be impossible to win Lou Chen's true inheritance of Lou Yuzhu if he continued to tear it down like this, Lou Hua simply put the person down and bypassed the two small husbands who welcomed Lou Chengyi into the house.

Now the three-bedroom has changed greatly, the lintel is towering, the Shishi town house, a wall encloses the whole house inside, and you can see the roof from the outside. Entering it is even more rich and glorious, not to mention Huya Town, even if it is ranked in Nanyang City, it is one of the best mansions.

Xiao Louchen touched and looked, and he looked very excited.

Lou Ming and Zhou Cheng, who heard the news, rushed over, Xiao Lou Chen immediately pulled Lou Ming and clamored to go to his yard, Lou Chengyi's husband was led to his yard by Lou Hua, Zhou Cheng looked at Lou Yuzhu deeply, smiled and said: "Go, I'll take you to your yard." ”

The whole hill is Lou's house, it is to the foundation can be expanded to several times before, the guests are used to build a main hall and build a side hall, Lou Chengyi lives in the largest main courtyard, and then Lou Hua, Lou Ming, Lou Yuzhu, Lou Chen are all small courtyards with different styles, the study because each small courtyard is brought, it is not built again, after passing through the twisted courtyard, there are two small courtyards and several wings for guests, and then there is a large kitchen and a servant living in the shop, and finally it is a horse shed and the like, As far as planning is concerned, it can be seen that the whole house is attentive.