Song Fujian Road, Quanzhou, August 15

August 15 is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and every year before the Mid-Autumn Festival, shops in the market start selling freshly brewed liquor and decorate the storefronts with coloured cloth. Seafood such as crabs and many varieties of fruits are available at this time for people to celebrate. On the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the shops in the market will not be able to buy alcohol. In the evening, the wealthy families have built moon-watching pavilions in their homes, and ordinary people compete to book seats in various restaurants, invite relatives and friends, and enjoy the moon while drinking. The children in the neighborhood also play together. The celebrations continued until the next morning.

The Chen family, a large family in Quanzhou, also built a three-storey pavilion at home, set up a banquet, and invited relatives and friends in Quanzhou and their families to come to the house for a banquet.

One of the guests made Chen Yide dare not slack off, that is, Li Dejun, the richest man in Quanzhou and the "head" of Quanzhou Commercial Bank.

At this time, Li Dejun's son Li Mao had already married the Chen family, and he was a son and daughter's family, so the car of Li Dejun and his son drove to the door of Chen Yide's house, and the two brothers Chen Yide and Chen Yixin personally greeted them out of the house.

"Hey, how can Li dare to make Chen Gong and his in-laws greet him in person, Li is terrified!" After Li Dejun and his son Li Maocai got out of the car, they saw the Chen Yide brothers go out of the door, so they got out of the car and saluted again and again.

Li Dejun's son Li Maocai was married to Chen Yide's brother and Chen Yixin's daughter.

"Huh!" Chen Yide smiled when he heard this: "Li Xingshou is here, and my Chen family is also shining." ”

"What the eldest brother said is very true, the in-laws came to the cold house in their busy schedules, and they are very honored!" Chen Yixin also smiled.

"Good, good!" Li Dejun said with a smile: "So Li will be bothered today, and Li will wish Chen Gong and his father-in-law a happy Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

"Haha, Chen also wishes Li Gong the Mid-Autumn Festival, his wishes come true, and the wealth is endless!" Chen Yide hurriedly returned the salute.

"Mao'er, why don't you come to meet the two elders?" Li Dejun then turned his head and said to his son Li Mao.

"Daddy, Sister Ting is still in the car." Li Mao replied.

After Li Dejun's father and son's car drove to Chen's house, Li Mao stayed by the car and refused to leave, it seemed that there were distinguished guests in the car, and even Li Dejun and other female dependents got out of the car, Li Mao was still like this.

"Why are you so rude, child?" Li Dejun sank his face and Li Mao said. 7

When Li Mao heard this, he turned around three times in one step, and walked slowly to Chen Yide and Chen Yixin brothers to pay respects.

"In-laws, who is in the car?" Of course, Chen Yide saw the clue, so he asked differently.

"Oh... It's a nephew of Li... Niece... Li Dejun replied after a moment of silence.

"Mao'er, go and ask your sister to get out of the car." Immediately afterwards, Li Dejun instructed Li Maodao.

When Li Mao heard this, he turned around and ran towards the carriage, and the speed of going was obviously much faster than when he came...

Isn't it just a niece? Or a nephew... As for the mystery of the Word? The two brothers, Chen Yide and Chen Yixin, secretly wondered in their hearts.

Suddenly, a girl wearing an apricot yellow Luo skirt got out of the car, walked up to Chen Yide and Chen Yixin, smiled slightly, and bent down and said: "The little girl Xu family visited the two in-laws, and the in-laws are blessed with Jin'an!" ”

The girl's appearance is extremely beautiful, it is really like a pearl and faint, the beautiful jade is shining, the face is condensed with goose fat, the lips are like cherry blossoms, the beauty is like an ink painting, the skin is better than snow, and the spirit is like autumn water.

Talking and laughing, smiling and smiling, beautiful eyes, looking unusually generous, between words, revealing white as jade, like braided shell-like teeth, suspected of being the daughter of a large family.

At the same time, there was a faint melancholy in his eyes, which made people feel an urge to take her into his arms and pity her. . .

Since the girl got out of the car, Li Mao, the son of Li Dejun, ignored the girl, and looked around nervously at the same time, as if he was afraid that others would take a few more looks, which made Li Dejun and Chen Yixin's faces a little ugly.

Li Mao is Chen Yixin's future son-in-law, and he actually cares so much about a beautiful woman at this time... In this way, how can it be embarrassing?

The girl Xu is Li Dejun's niece, so she and Li Mao are cousins and cousins, and cousins and cousins can get married.

In front of the future father-in-law, please other women, what kind of face can the father-in-law have?

However, the Li and Chen families are close friends, so they don't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, although the Chen brothers are a little dissatisfied in their hearts, they still politely welcome Li Dejun and his family into the house.

"In-laws!" Li Dejun walked around, looked around, and asked, "Among your mansions, it seems that there is one less distinguished guest today?" ”

"Oh? What do you mean... Chen Yide asked in confusion when he heard this.

Chen's treat, who to invite, do you still need him to worry about? Looking at it like this, Li Dejun seems to be coming for this distinguished guest?

"Hehe" Li Dejun smiled when he heard this: "Li heard that the government has a close relationship with the new Quanzhou governor Li Taishou, so he didn't invite Li Taishou today?" ”

The girl Xu, who was following the Chen family's daughters and preparing to go to the inner house, stopped after hearing the words "Li Taishou" and listened sideways to the conversation of Li Dejun and others.

"Mrs. Li has been working hard for days and days, where can I have the leisure to come to the disdain?" Chen Yide smiled bitterly when he heard this. Love

Speaking of Li Sanjian. Chen Yide felt depressed and abnormal, depressed that the Chen family lent Li Sanjian, and the huge amount of money and grain lent to the Quanzhou government was almost like meat buns beating dogs, and like Jing Ke going to fight with the King of Qin, it was gone forever.

The reason is that Li Sanjian did not use the money and grain he borrowed for the right way.

Li Sanjian, the governor of Quanzhou, actually acted so perversely, competing with the people for profit, and using the borrowed money to buy grain on a large scale regardless of the cost.

Hoarding? Hoarding Juqi is not such a hoarding method, Chen Yide and others have been in business for many years, how can they not understand hoarding?

Regardless of whether the Quanzhou government can make a profit by buying grain on a large scale, let's just say that Li Sanjian's perverse behavior has aroused the people's indignation, and the incident of looting rice shops has occurred, and the whole Quanzhou is full of complaints, so how long can Li Sanjian be an official?

Once Li Sanjian resigns for sin, who will take care of your predecessor's mess? Chen Yide thought about it without worry.

Fortunately, his daughter didn't give it to Li Sanjian, otherwise it would really be a loss to his wife and a soldier... Chen Yide thought of it with great joy.

The Chen family invited Li Sanjian, how dare the Chen family not invite the respect of Quanzhou Yizhou? But the problem is that Li Sanjian has not yet arrived, and no one has come to pass the word.

When the girl surnamed Xu heard that Li Sanjian had not come to Chen's house, her face suddenly showed a look of disappointment.

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"The autumn wind is astringent, and the flowers bloom and fall. You and I are displaced in this life, but I can't escape loneliness. I am willing to exchange the fireworks for your life. If you depend on each other in this life, you will not give up your vows. However, the stream is deep and shackled. The fallen leaves dance, the dance is full of sorrow, the willows are down, and the love of a lifetime hangs. ”

Chen's back house has an extremely spacious courtyard that can accommodate hundreds of people in the open air. At this time, several bonfires were lit in the courtyard, and dozens of young men and women near the bonfire were holding hands, stepping on the beat, and singing beautiful love songs.

This is the so-called stepping song, which is the favorite entertainment activity of the Song people during the Mid-Autumn Festival, especially in the south.

Participants form a circle or line up, holding hands or shoulders with each other, and there are not many upper body movements, mainly dance steps under their feet, rhythm changes, and singing and dancing.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, singing and admiring the moon is unique.

The song is gone, and the wind blows the incense to chase people back!

Before Cheng Zhu's science was flourishing, the Song Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty were still relatively developed, especially in Fujian.

Fujian Road is a place where Han and Yi live together, and there are many ethnic groups, so the Han people who have lived here for a long time also retain some customs and traditions of various ethnic groups.

For example, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can sing and admire the moon, and by the bonfire, you can express your love to the person in your dreams with singing.

At this time, dozens of young men and women in the backyard of the Chen family were members of the Chen clan, and the rest were the families of the guests who were invited to the Chen house, basically young men and girls, and some married young women.

Everyone sang and danced, sang and laughed, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

"The groom is here, the groom is here!"

"Oh, I haven't gotten married yet, where is the groom's official."

"I've already made a marriage, and I will become my Chen family's son-in-law soon."

"Who is that woman next to the bridegroom?"

"yes, who is she?"

When Li Mao, the son of Li Dejun, accompanied the girl surnamed Xu to the Chen family's backyard, it immediately caused everyone to be amazed, and they exchanged heads and talked about it.

Li Mao's family is the richest man in Quanzhou, Li Mao and Chen Yixin's daughter are married, and they are Chen's son-in-law.

This was the first time that the people of the Chen clan had seen Li Mao, and of course they were curious. What's even more surprising is that a girl next to Chen Mao was shocked, and everyone was shocked, speculating about the identity of the girl.

Many young men of the Chen clan have already begun to think about how to marry this beautiful girl...

"Come, come on, come on!" After seeing Chen Mao and the girl surnamed Xu coming, many people of the Chen clan waved enthusiastically, wanting Chen Mao and the girl surnamed Xu to hold hands and sing together, and enjoy the moon.

"Sister Ting, look... This...? Chen Mao turned his head to look at the girl surnamed Xu and asked for her meaning.

"I... I... Can't jump... Brother, let's go... The girl surnamed Xu shook her head and refused.

Of course, the girl surnamed Xu has seen singing and admiring the moon, but she really didn't skip it.

The most important thing is that the girl surnamed Xu is full of bitterness and disappointment at this time, where is she still in the mood to step on what song and what month to enjoy?

When do you know when you will see each other? It's hard to feel the night at this point.