After more than ten days, Liu Bei and his entourage finally arrived in Fan County.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Zhifan County was named after Fan Water in the south. Fan Shui is a tributary of Ji Shui. In April of the twelfth year of Emperor Yongping of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Jing and Wang Hao built an embankment on the river, from Xingyang to Qiancheng Haikou for more than 1,000 miles, and the embankment passed through Fan County.

At this time, Fan County was on the bank of the big river.

Haoqiang must have a manor. Liu Bei and his entourage did not enter the county seat, and went straight to Fan's Grange in the east of the city.

Compared to Anping Cui's family, Fan's manor is much smaller. There is no heavy house and high pavilion, only one watchtower, which is quite similar to Liu Bei's house.

asked Fang Zhi that his mother's maiden family was only one of the Fan family. Not remarkable.

The courtyard was full of ox carts, and there were no horses.

As soon as Liu Bei's carriage arrived, he was quite surprised.

In this era, you can ride a two-horse cart. If it is fake, it is definitely a status symbol.

The eldest uncle ran out of the courtyard, and before he could stand still, he bowed to the third uncle. After the third uncle returned the salute, the eldest uncle approached the carriage and called the virtuous nephew and the little sister.

The mother couldn't hold back her tears.

Liu Bei empathizes.

Mother asked if the family was okay. Uncle praised again and again.

Please get out of the carriage, Liu Bei helped his mother into the courtyard.

To be honest, the birthday celebration at this time is somewhat similar to the burning of paper in later generations.

The home is set up with a longevity hall, a candle burning, and a longevity silk.

Shoutang is located in the main hall and is a place of worship. The hall hangs the "Hundred Longevity Map". Zheng** 'Fu', 'Lu', 'Shou' three stars. In front of the case, there are candles, flower tubes, incense burners and other ornaments that imply longevity. There are also items such as longevity peach, longevity noodles, longevity wine, and longevity points on the case.

To do the birthday to the banquet guests, the congratulatory more birthday gifts. Among them, there are many longevity peaches (fruits), longevity banners (whole silk cloth), and money and silver.

The third uncle gave the gift list, and the uncle glanced at it and was immediately overjoyed. Fruits, silk, all with the car. There are also 10 horseshoe gold cakes as birthday gifts.

Can Uncle Yan not like it?

This is so attentive that everyone has a smiling face.

The matter of remarriage is never mentioned.

At the beginning of the birthday ceremony, the birthday star dressed up, knelt next to the ** desk in the hall, and accepted congratulations from relatives, friends and juniors. As usual, birthday salutes are two and three bows, and the younger generations kneel and bow. In case of birthday greetings, the recipient must get up and ask the other party to be exempted. If a minor child in the younger generation bows, he must give some reward. If there are still elders alive in the recipient, the elders should be allowed to sit on the congratulatory table. Etcetera.

All immediate family members pay birthday greetings, mostly in the morning. Distant relatives or friends come and worship at will. The younger generations of the recipients must line up on both sides of the Shou Hall and return the salutes to the kneeling people who come to congratulate them one by one. After the prayer, set up a feast, drink longevity wine and eat longevity noodles together.

The etiquette is complicated.

The third uncle sat down to eat and drink, and Liu Bei, who was welcomed into the back hall, mostly didn't know about these red tapes.

Liu Bei knew very little about this grandfather. It was the first time he had seen it. Anyway, with kind eyebrows and good eyes, thin cheeks and long beards, the old dragon clock is right.

Suddenly, I heard the noise outside the hospital, and some people laughed loudly.

When I went out, I saw a few half-grown teenagers, ragged, jumping up and down, turning their heads, and rolling, just to ask for some money.

After asking Fang Fang, this kind of vulgarity has almost become a common practice.

Happy events are coming, and who wants to have more trouble with these scoundrels?

It's just that this time it's different.

I saw that there were tall cars and horses parked in the courtyard, and if they were not rich, they were expensive. So after several teenagers got the money, they were still not satisfied. Still begging.

That's when he got into trouble with the Fan clan.

I heard that these teenagers are all from nearby townships, and there are also people from Linxian County. Get together on weekdays and do more things like stealing chickens and dogs. It's not rampant in the township, but it's also a ruthless character who is not easy to provoke. On weekdays, they spend money to eliminate disasters, but they want more today, so the Fan clan has reason with them.

It's just a few more dollars and a few less pennies, so Liu Bei lost interest and turned around and returned to the house.

In a short time, the mother called for someone.

When I entered the back hall with the servant, I saw my mother talking to several Fan's female dependents.

Seeing his mother beckoning, Liu Bei took off his shoes and entered the hall, walked to his mother's side and sat down, and saluted several female dependents.

The questions are all about parents. Liu Bei replied one sentence at a time. There were many temptations in his words, and Liu Bei was vague and omitted. The third uncle was drunk and was helped to rest in the guest room. After accompanying his mother to eat in the back hall, Liu Bei's mother and son were specially arranged to rest in the boudoir when their mother was not married.

Many of the furnishings in the house have not changed. The mother touched the scene and couldn't help but step forward to take a closer look.

The maidservant brought hot water, and her mother washed Liu Bei first. Then I turned off the lights and bathed myself. Mother and son hugged each other and slept together.

The next morning, the maidservant came early.

After washing up and rushing to the front hall, my grandfather and uncle had been waiting for a long time.

said some decent things before the uncle told the truth.

It turned out that Zhang Tu of Zhuoxian County had sent someone to say goodbye to him, and sent a silk fruit gift, as well as 100,000 copper coins!

It's just that...... When did Zhang Tu see his mother.

The uncle replied that most of the quality houses (pawnshops) in the city were opened by Zhang Tu.

I see!

That's right. Because her mother often went to the county seat to pawn to live, she was favored by Zhang Tu. inquired about his mother's origins, sent people thousands of miles to say goodbye, and gave 100,000 yuan in the car to replenish the employment fund.

No wonder!

Uncle traveled thousands of miles and ran this trip in person. Most of the oxcart fruit gifts are purchased from Zhuo County. So, you saw Zhang Tu before you went to Liu Bei's house?

Seeing that Liu Bei's face was pale, the uncle hurriedly laughed and said: Don't blame the virtuous nephew, I didn't know that the Liu family in Zhuo County could have such a weather at that time.

I won't even cover it up. What do you mean by 'I didn't know then'?

Of course, what the uncle said was true. Perhaps, this reason is serious enough at the moment. That's why it's justified.

Never mind.

Even if Liu Bei is not the current Liu Bei, his mother is still the current mother. After pawning the valuable things in the family, he weaved mats and sold shoes, raising Liu Bei as an adult. Nor has he remarried. It must be known that in this era, it is normal to remarry. There are also examples of motherhood in the world after remarrying.

And his mother can be widowed and raise Liu Bei alone. It shows the greatness of maternal love.

Liu Bei can become Liu Bei, and the most important thing to thank is his mother.

Fortunately, Liu Bei presented a birthday gift of ten gold this time. Ten gold is worth more than 100,000 yuan. It's exactly the same as Zhang Tu's 100,000 dollars!

This is not all the reason why the mother's clan fell to Liu Bei.

The most important thing is that the Liu family of Zhuo County is the son of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Queen Jing of Zhongshan, the Liu family has been an official in the state and county for generations, his grandfather Liu Xiong returned to the official to Fan Ling of Dongjun, and his father Liu Hong also raised filial piety and honesty, and if he does not die, he will be an official! gave birth to a son Liu Bei, who was young and housekeeper, and was praised as a unicorn!

The future is just right. How can you cut off your famous in-laws and marry that lowly butcher?!

The psychological process of the mother's clan, Liu Bei doesn't need to think about it. It is enough to know that they will not force their mother to remarry in the future.

said it so openly and honestly, Liu Bei felt a little better.

The so-called family interests, it is estimated that this should be the case.

Bidding farewell to his grandfather and Fan relatives, Liu Bei drove back. It was still the third uncle who opened the way. The uncle sent ten miles in the same car before saying goodbye.

After more than ten days, he returned to Lousang Village, Zhuoxian County.

Five-zhang mulberry, the leaves are luxuriant, and the shade is like a building. From afar, I saw children like car covers.

It's hometown.