She said it to the clan, not to Jiang Shunxin's family. The onlookers of the Jiang clan smiled and beckoned acquaintances to come, and the group escorted the carriage loaded with goods, carrying the carriage of the young lady and the maiden to Jiangjiazhuang.

When the two-and-a-half-year-old children heard that it was the big man in the clan who had returned to their hometown, they grabbed their trouser legs and carried their shoes, and rushed back to the village in the rain to report the news. The old man of the Jiang family is back! ”

Along the way, there is no one who does not know the way, when they run back to Jiangjiazhuang, there are hundreds of men, women and children gathered under the hemp willow tree at the entrance of the village, mixed with yellow or black dogs, wagging their tails in the crowd, as if accompanying the host to greet distinguished guests.

In the past two days, because of the rain, there are fewer people doing farm work, and even the long-term workers are hiding in the house to drink tea and gamble on dice, and their voices are louder than the other.

Jiang Shunxin summoned a few capable subordinates to take a look, and I don't know how long it took, and finally saw a blue-topped sedan chair moved, followed by a sedan chair carried by four people, followed by three uncovered carriages, and at the head of the carriage sat a coachman wearing a hat and needle, and on the carriage were piled up with things like a hill, covered with straw curtains.

When they arrived at the village street, after doing business in the Jiang clan, they were afraid that they would be damaged by the rain, so they put out a few straw curtains and covered them with sheepskins. People shouted and drank all the way, there were those who drove the car, and there were those who followed the cart on the side, the posteriors of the cart were drenched in wet clothes, with a happy smile on their faces, and every time they couldn't go far, the car was stuck in the mud puddle again, and more than a dozen posteriors ran forward and backward to push the car, push one out, and then push the next car.

Everyone saw that the sedan chair was walking, and the carriage behind it did not move again.

Someone scolded: "One by one, they are still standing and doing nothing, and they don't go to help." ”

The young onlookers at the entrance of the village flocked to help the descendants who were escorting the carriage from the township to push a cart. There are more people, the car is also fast, and when they enter the stone road in the village, they are like birds out of the cage, and they are no longer restrained, and they run all the way to the largest house in Jiangjiazhuang.

The innermost big house is the Jiang family's ancestral hall, and then out is Jiang Shunxin's home. The new mansion built by the Yu family has long been expanded many times. The courtyard earlier now lives Jiang Shuhai's family.

There is also a conspicuous courtyard in the Zhuangzi, that is the Jiang clan school, it is the best house built in addition to the ancestral hall, there are two gentlemen in the clan school, one is the Xiucai of the Jiang family, and the other is the old Xiucai who is over fifty years old and invited from Jinyang City.

Because tomorrow is the day of Jiang Chuanwen's great joy, the children in the clan school will take a day off from school and let them go back to eat and drink. At this time, it was almost dusk, and the children had already gotten out of school, standing in the crowd as if they had made an appointment to watch the excitement.

The blue-topped sedan chair stopped, someone lifted the sedan curtain, Jiang Shuncheng was wearing a purple public waiting robe and a gorgeous public waiting hat, and he got off the sedan chair with extraordinary energy. At this moment, all the children stopped making noise, and a pair of black bean-like eyes converged on Jiang Shuncheng, for them, this one was too well dressed, too noble, and it was simply the god of their Jiang family.

Bai Zhi and the girls took the car, jumped out of the carriage at this moment, approached the second big sedan chair, and said, "The old lady and the county lord have arrived." ”

The eyes of the descendants are all focused on Bai Zhi, this girl is different from their impressions, not only is she beautiful and smart, but she is more magnificent than Miss when she speaks and dresses. Look at the mother-in-law and girls who got off the carriage, all dressed in silk and satin, and they looked more beautiful than the other.

The first to get out of the sedan chair was Yu's, she got off the sedan chair, glanced around, smiled slightly, and moved to the second door with the support of the big girl. Shun Xin's wife, Li Shi's Lingshushan wife, greeted Yu early in the morning, greeted Yu with a smile, and asked enthusiastically about the situation on the road: "Why is it raining today, it must be difficult to walk on the road, right?" "Sister-in-law is cold, and hot tea is prepared in the house." "Today's young offspring are becoming more and more eyesighted, and they don't know how to help when they look at their family's carriage."

Su Yan got off the sedan chair, and her plain makeup looked even more white as Su Yu, as clean as the first snow, and a pair of smart black eyes swept quickly, and everything came into view. An eye-catching lake pigment dress, coupled with the begonia flowers embroidered with light gauze, set her off more and more beautifully, and the center of her eyebrows was pasted with a bright red plum blossom, shining. On this gray and rainy day, her appearance is like the bright moon in the dark night, the red plum in the winter snow, and no one can ignore her existence.

The younger students were breathing frequently, the women's eyes were wide-eyed, and even the children were surprised.

Entering the courtyard of the gate, the ground is paved with stone slabs of general size, blue bricks and green tiles, and the gate is opened in the same direction, and at a glance, it is full of doors, each door is slightly smaller than the other, but the threshold is higher than the other. There is a pair of stone lions on both sides of each door, but one is smaller than a pair, as if the door is the shadow of the previous door, giving people an indescribable sense of depression and dullness. Even the red lantern with the word "Xi" posted on the door is like a phantom in a dream.

Bai Zhi approached Su Yan, Chuan Zhen and the other three had already jumped out of the carriage to greet her, and Chuan Ling shouted: "Mother, mother, the county lord's aunt's house can be arranged." ”

Yu Shi turned around and called: "Yan'er, don't rain it, be careful of the wind and cold." ”

Bai Zhi sent the Yangzhou flower umbrella to Su Yan to block the wind and rain for her.

Su Yan looked at a twelve, thirteen and a half year old child not far from her, the child opened his mouth wide and looked up at Su Yan in a stunned look.

Su Yan smiled and asked, "How old are you?" ”

The child only thought that her voice was good, but he did not know how to respond.

A child next to him said, "He's twelve years old." ”

When he came to his senses, he turned his head and glared at the child who answered on his behalf, and the child asked, "Are you human?" ”

Bai Zhi drank vigorously: "How do you talk like this kid?" ”

The child said unhurriedly, "Why do you look like a fairy in the temple?" Are you a fairy who descends to earth? ”

Everyone was stunned, and immediately someone laughed.

Su Yan smiled, "This kid is also interesting. Tell me, what's your name? ”

The children next to him laughed and pushed each other, but the child in the blue-gray shorts and trousers looked up at Su Yan, and seeing that he didn't answer, Bai Zhi smiled and said, "This kid is a fool." ”

He said with annoyance, "You're stupid." Seeing Su Yan and Bai Zhi turn around and move in the direction of the second gate, they raised their voices, "My name is Jiang Shiyun!" ”

Su Yan stopped slightly, suddenly looked back, revealing delicate facial features, the child stared straight, only to feel that this woman was too beautiful, not very real, like a phantom. She smiled slightly, and entered the second door with Bai Zhi.

Chuanling walked in front, leading her maid to set up a room for Su Yan.

Shun Xin's wife greeted Yu with a smile, "Sister-in-law has worked hard all the way. What do you want to eat, I let my subordinates prepare? ”

As soon as you enter the courtyard, it is very spacious, and there are two wedding sheds on one side, and there is a stove in the small shed, and there are several large cauldrons on the stove. A few men in short gray cloth clothes were busy inside, a few well-dressed mothers-in-law were watching the fire or washing vegetables, and a few people were sitting on low pestles picking vegetables and pulling household dishes. A middle-aged woman in a blue dress pulled her voice and said loudly: "Have you peeled the garlic cloves?" Pick the orange peel on the steamer and chop it finely......"

Yu said: "You guys are busy, let's talk on the side." She raised her hand and motioned for everyone to ignore her.

Shuhai's wife smiled and asked a few words, and took Yu and Su Yan to the five gates. After passing the second gate, you can see a courtyard where you live down the mountain, divided into two courtyards, left and right; The third and fourth gates are empty, and there are a few vegetable fields and a few fruit trees planted in them, and there are two courtyards on the left and right in the five gates.

The courtyards of the wealthy families in Jindi are mostly built like Jiang Shunxin, and when you slip through the door, each gate has a yard and a wall, layer upon layer, and falls in Su Yan's eyes, as if wrapping people's hearts layer by layer, locking them on the ground one by one.

Entering the six doors, the inside suddenly opens up, what catches the eye is a delicate yard, in the middle is a house, the five main rooms are atmospheric, at a glance it is newly repaired, high and majestic, and the arches and cornices are corniced.

The windows are bright and clean, the red curtain is dazzling, the paint is bright and golden, the two sides of the hall house are pasted with happy couplets, red lanterns are hung, and a big "Xi" character is also pasted on the wall in the middle of the hall house.

Shuhai's wife introduced with a smile: "This is the upper room, and a new Lu courtyard has been built at the back, which is specially prepared for uncles and aunts. ”

Luyuan is the name of the newly built courtyard.

Jiang Shuncheng carefully examined that when he left, there was only one newly renovated courtyard here: three main houses, and two wing rooms on each side. At that time, there were only five families living in the village here, but now it is a big village with hundreds of people, and there are hundreds of people from the Jiang clan alone, as well as tenants and migrants who have moved from other places.

Back then, the Dongtang Jiang clan robbed the ancestral property, and for fear that the ancestors would compete with them, they left the thin land in Xiling Township to the ancestors of the Xiling Jiang clan. One hundred and twenty years later, there was a Jiang Shuncheng in the Jiang clan, and he took Jiang Zhiyuan's descendants to open a single branch, took root and multiplied here, and had hundreds of descendants.

Through the hanging flower door on the side of the upper room, see a quiet courtyard, is a standard courtyard, this courtyard is built boxy, even the courtyard gate on both sides of each built a wing, raise your eyes to see three main rooms, left and right are also the same three wings, the courtyard is like a patio, planted a plane tree, grow with the thickness of the wrist, but there are more than two zhang high.

Shuhai's wife smiled and asked, "Auntie, are you satisfied with living here?" ”

Yu glanced at it and said, "The guest is as he pleases, but he is also satisfied." He turned back to Mama Tian and instructed, "Let people move all the things over and put them on the room near the main house in the east wing." After eating the wedding wine, they will distribute gifts to the clansmen. ”

Mama Tian responded, turned around and walked out of the Lu Courtyard, and beckoned a few young juniors to carry the things on the carriage.

Yu cleaned up and laid out the East House, and then looked at the West House, and was quite satisfied, the old couple lived in the East House, and let Su Yan and Bai Zhi live in the West House. rs！ ~！