Because there were suddenly more people in the family, Chen Xu simply separated the original two bedrooms with bamboo and wood, and made four bedrooms with bamboo ceilings, and the fire kang was also modified, so that the housing was also sufficient, enough for a family to live, Wang Wu, Wang Qi and the other two guards still lived in a thatched house, but a fire kang was also built inside, and they were not afraid of the cold in winter and could not sleep.

And in order to prevent this group of guards from eating and drinking in vain, Chen Xu never let them be idle.

After finishing all the construction in front of the house and behind the house, they were arranged to go up the mountain every day to cut firewood to prepare for the arrival of the real cold winter, and the place where the firewood was cut was the slope of the three big tea trees, and all the thorns and miscellaneous trees around were cut down, leaving only three large tea trees and small tea trees.

Chen Xu went to see it once, and planned to organize the villagers to trim the hillside into terraces and plant tea trees next to each other after the beginning of spring.

Because the three big trees are densely packed around at least hundreds of tea trees of different sizes, the big ones have been seven or eight meters, the small ones are only half a foot, and there is a thick layer of tea tree fruit on the ground, transplanted and planted after the beginning of spring, you can get dozens of acres of tea gardens, over time, Xiaohe Village will have an extra long-term income out of thin air, if these tea trees are really different, if the name of Ziyunxian tea spreads, Xiaohe Village can enter a rich and well-off life just by relying on this tea garden.

There are more than ten days left to be the Winter Clothes Festival.

And as long as the Winter Clothes Festival is over, it basically enters the cold winter season.

Maybe a heavy snow will fall after a night of north wind, and you won't be able to go out for a long time.

Because in this big mountain, the snow melts very slowly, and it is impossible to go far at all, so taking advantage of the good weather during this time, Chen Xu also went to Qinghe Town a few times, anyway, there are enough horses, and while checking the progress of the construction of the fire kang, he also brought back a lot of grain, salt, horse material, pottery pots, pottery jars, wine vinegar, and pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., just like the New Year's goods in later generations, the home and pergola, kitchen, and laboratory have been full of food and various things, enough for a large group of people to eat until the beginning of spring next year.

Today is the day when Tian Erzhuang got married.

All the villagers of Xiaohe Village put on clean clothes and went to Yingzui Cliff Village, more than ten miles away, to marry under the leadership of Chen Xu.

Yingzui Cliff Village, closer to the depths of Funiu Mountain than Xiaohe Village, and the terrain is much higher, the whole village is halfway up the mountainside, so the mountain road is more rugged and difficult to walk, but this road Chen Xu is also quite familiar, after becoming a lidian, he has also followed a few pavilion chiefs down to inspect the site, but he has only been here once.

Because Wang Qingsleeve and others came to Xiaohe Village, not only a large group of people came, but also brought more than ten horses, all of which were tall and strong Northland horses, and the bright fur color was different from the Central Plains horses in the mountains, and the horses were abnormal, so more than ten horses walked in the mountain road, plus there were twenty or thirty people to welcome relatives, the scene was very lively.

Tian Erzhuang was wearing a new set of gray-white fine linen clothes, wearing brand-new cloth shoes under his feet, his hair was neatly combed and he was wearing a bamboo crown, sitting on the first horse, and wearing a half-red and half-yellow cloth flower on his chest, his expression was both excited and nervous, and he was a little helpless when he pulled the reins.

The cloth flower is Chen Xu tied with fine linen, and then soaked in gardenia water to get it, the color is orange, but in this era can only be settled, but even so, it looks a lot more festive.

Chen Xu and Yu Wuya rode horses and walked behind, and then Ma Erbo and a large group of villagers were behind, anyway, the mountain road couldn't go fast, so they talked and chatted while walking, all of them were loud and noisy, noisy and noisy, and some villagers who came and went together in several nearby villages were frightened and quickly stood on the side of the road to avoid it.

"Sugar!" Every time Chen Xu saw some villagers, he happily commanded, and one villager quickly opened the bamboo tube to distribute candy to these passing villagers.

"This ...... Isn't this Lady Satori-sama? After a few big horses had passed, the villagers who were in a daze with candy came to their senses.

"They seem to be going to Eagle's Beak Cliff, and they seem to be going to marry?"

"Could it be that Lord Xiao Lidian wants to marry his mother-in-law?"

"Don't talk nonsense, it's our Murata Erzhuang who marries his mother-in-law, and Lord Lidian said that marrying his mother-in-law must be lively, hehe, this pomp and circumstance is lively enough!" The villagers of Xiaohe Village, who were in the greeting procession, said proudly.

"Enough...... It's hilarious! Several villagers on the side of the road felt that their throats were a little dry and nodded vigorously.

More than ten miles of mountain roads, although the greeting team walked slowly, but less than an hour still arrived, so when I saw a strange high-headed horse coming, the Eagle's Beak Cliff Village was completely sensational.

Up to the village and down to the children, nearly 100 people in Yingzui Cliff Village all greeted them.

"I've seen Rinori-sama!" Under the leadership of Muramasa, everyone saluted Chen Xu, and all of them looked embarrassed and nervous.

More than a dozen big horses, just like more than a dozen supercars in later generations, this momentum completely stopped the entire Eagle's Beak Cliff Village, I don't know why Tian Erzhuang married a lady, why Lord Lidian wanted to make such an unprecedented pomp.

Chen Xu turned over and dismounted and looked at the saluting villagers and said with a smile: "There is no need to be polite today, I am here to welcome my relatives on behalf of Xiaohe Village, where is the matchmaker?" Where is the bride? Arrange to meet quickly, the groom can't wait to take it back and make a baby! Hurry up and send joy candy! ”

"Haha......"

Whether it is a marriage or the villagers of Eagle's Beak Cliff Village, they burst into laughter instantly, and several villagers of Xiaohe Village also hurriedly distributed a fruit candy to Eagle's Beak Cliff Village, both young and old, and suddenly a group of children screamed excitedly, and a trace of nervousness and apprehension in the hearts of the Eagle's Beak Cliff villagers also disappeared, and began to entertain the welcoming team under the greeting and Zhang Luo of the village Zheng, and then went to a low thatched house in the village.

Marriage is a major event in ancient times, and there are various regulations, the three books and six rites have already been customized and said, the "Book of Rites" in detail in the marriage regulations, the three books are the letter of appointment, the book of rites and the book of welcome, the six rites are Nacai, ask the name, Naji, Na Zheng, invite and welcome, of course, as mentioned earlier, the Zhou rites stop at the scholars, the etiquette in the Book of Rites is only for the nobles and scholars with surnames, and there is no such requirement for the common people, but with the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period for hundreds of years of war, the Zhou rites collapsed, and countless nobles became commoners, The marriage etiquette is also slowly popularized among the common people, and it is also following the system of six rites, but it is not so strict, the links of the six rites are greatly simplified, and almost all of them rely on the matchmaker to pull the strings.

Now Qin Law also has clear regulations on marriage, and at the same time emphasizes that marriage must have a matchmaker, and marriage cannot be married without a matchmaker. In "The Book of Songs: Wei Feng", it is said that "I am in the middle of the period, and there is no good matchmaker", which refers to this. And the official registration must also have a matchmaker to testify, otherwise the marriage is invalid, called private marriage, and it will be stoned to death.

However, today's wedding is very grand, and Chen Xu of Qinghe Town personally accompanies the bride, so this marriage is a sure thing.

Under the leadership of Tian Erzhuang, seeing Chen Xu appear at his door, the bride's father and mother, an honest mountain couple, were excited and tearful, and their daughter didn't know how many lifetimes of blessings she had cultivated.

However, when the bride's father choked and took Chen Xu's hand to thank him, looking at a woman in the crowd behind Chen Xu looking at him with red eyes, the whole person was stunned for a long time before stammering: "Sister...... Sister...... You...... You're here too! ”

Although I haven't seen him for more than ten years, middle-aged people still recognize their relatives who have grown up with them since childhood, which is not only a deep memory, but also a close connection of blood.

"Little brother~" Chen Jiang covered his mouth and snorted softly, instantly burst into tears, although the two villages are close at hand, but the parents, brothers and sisters have not seen each other for more than ten years, they were still fifteen or sixteen years old when they left, and they were already women in their thirties who were mothers when they returned, and this pain and loneliness have been buried in my heart for sixteen years.

"Mother, is the bride's father my uncle?" Chen Xu was also momentarily stunned.

"Hmm~" Chen Jiang's tears slid down, wiping his tears and nodding again and again.

Nima dropped a gourd scoop, helped to marry a relative and fished a relative, and this time the pretending seemed to have successfully achieved the expected goal.

"Ridian...... I...... My sister is ...... It's ......" The bride's father was completely blindfolded, and his tongue was completely knotted and he couldn't speak.

"Haha, my uncle guessed well, my mother is your sister, I am your nephew, I didn't know it yet, but today I know, that cousin married to our village, you can rest assured in the future!" Chen Xu laughed, and then waved his hand and said, "I can find my uncle today, which is also a great joy, happy candy!" ”

So several villagers in Xiaohe Village began to give candy to the men, women and children present, and the bride was Lidian's cousin, and the bride's father and mother were Lidian's uncle and aunt, this news made the entire Eagle's Beak Village even more sensational, and everyone was noisy to spread the news quickly.

Chen Xu really didn't know about this matter, he was usually a busy mess, and Chen Jiang's family never said anything about his mother's family, and because of the marriage between Chen Jiang and Chen Hu, the two villages almost didn't get along with each other, although the relationship has improved slightly in the past two years, but the two sides are not familiar with each other at all, and the people in the two villages almost don't know each other, and because Xiaohe Village has a Qinghe Town, Yingzui Cliff Village has completely changed its attitude and wants to marry the daughter of the village to Xiaohe Village, which is not only a kind of attachment to the heart, but also a kind of goodwill, no one in Eagle's Beak Cliff Village knew that Lidian Chen Xu was actually the son of Chen Jiang's family, the son of the girl who was driven out by them at the beginning, and the son of the girl of the Jiang family who lost their face.

But today, when the news spread, the entire Eagle's Beak Cliff people were completely confused, and after the noise, it became a complete silence, and everyone looked at Chen Xu with extremely complicated feelings.