Chapter 128: The Old Lady's Congratulatory Gift

March 19 of the first year of Qiande (963 AD)

In the morning, An Dalang woke up and felt a splitting headache, he sat up and found himself lying on the big table in the conference room, next to Du Dalei lying on the table, still sleeping. And Boris was lying on the ground, snoring like thunder.

Last night, all three of them drank too much and didn't know when they fell asleep. An Dalang patted his head, jumped off the table, and woke Boris up.

Boris looked around in a daze, and struggled to get up. He moved his body and said, "Why are we asleep?" How much did you drink yesterday? ”

An Dalang picked up the wine jar and shook it, but there was nothing in it.

Boris also looked into the jar, "I've drunk it all!" There must be more than five catties in it! ”

An Dalang's throat was a little sore, and his voice was very dry: "You have to take it easy in the future, you can't drink like this." Let's go out and have a fist fight, or we'll be sore and have no energy at all. ”

Boris nodded, waking Du Dalei up as well. The three of them cleaned up the conference room and went out to exercise.

When they came to the open space outside, the three of them moved around for a while, and then practiced their fists and feet. It was still An Dalang who beat Boris and Du Dalei, but he was still a little unwell, so he didn't exert any strength. After practicing for about half an hour, An Dalang stopped and said, "That's it for today, let's go to dinner." ”

Boris and Du Dalei were panting like cows, and after a rest, the three of them walked towards the cafeteria.

When I entered the gate, it was already time to eat. The three of them took their own food, and devoured it.

At this time, Cui Daoshu came over and sat down next to him. After saying hello, Cui Daoshu said to An Dalang: "You come with me after eating, my mother wants to see you." ”

Du Dalei asked, "What is the matter with the old lady looking for him?" ”

"He's going to get married, my mother, as an elder, cares about it, it's not a big deal."

After eating, Du Dalei went to the bow and crossbow workshop, and Boris went to the salt pans to have a look. Cui Daoshu led An Dalang to his mother's residence.

A maid opened the door for them and invited the two brothers in.

An Dalang followed Cui Daoshu into the house and saw that Mrs. Cui was talking to Shen. He hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and Mrs. Cui said with a smile: "Da Lang, don't be polite, sit down and talk." ”

Cui Daoshu pulled An Dalang to sit on the chair, and then sat down as well.

Shen poured tea for the two brothers and stood beside the old lady.

Old Madam Cui picked up a booklet from the table next to her and handed it to An Dalang.

An Dalang respectfully took it with both hands and looked at it, it was a passbook.

Old Madam Cui opened her mouth and said: "Da Lang, you are going to marry, as an elder, I have prepared a little congratulatory gift for you, you are not allowed to refuse!" ”

An Dalang opened the passbook, looked through it, and saw that the deposit column on it said 'one thousand guan'.

He was very surprised, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Old lady, there is too much money, I can't afford it!" ”

The old lady smiled and said: "It's nothing, you are the brother of Daoshu, and you are also my righteous son, your godmother will give you some money, what can you afford?" ”

An Dalang looked at Cui Daoshu in embarrassment, not knowing what to say.

Cui Daoshu persuaded: "Da Lang, you are alone, and you have no relatives. Our brother is your closest person, what are you polite to us? ”

An Dalang stammered: "I, I'm not polite, no, not polite." It's just that there's too much money, how can I ask for it! ”

Mrs. Cui said a little unhappily: "Da Lang, do you dislike me as an old woman?" Don't want to recognize me as a stepmother? ”

An Dalang immediately knelt down and said anxiously: "Mother, I definitely didn't mean that. It's just that there is too much money, why don't you give a little less? ”

Old Madam Cui's face softened, and she said gently: "Da Lang, you get up and listen to me slowly." ”

An Dalang stood up and sat down on the chair.

Old Madam Cui said softly: "Da Lang, you are an honest child, and you are very concerned about Taoism, I know all about it. When he was poisoned a few years ago, you and Xiao Du saved his life, and I only learned about these things later. They kept it a secret from me, afraid that I would worry. A few days ago, it was Ying'er who said that she had leaked her mouth, and I asked it. I am very grateful to you and Xiao Du. ”

Mrs. Cui's eyes turned a little red, and she continued: "My Cui family is a single seedling, if something happens to him, the fate of our women will be very miserable." In addition, you and Xiao Zhao defeated the bandits and saved the Cui family, shouldn't they reward you? ”

Shen also persuaded: "Da Lang, even Zhai Xiaoshan we have rewarded four hundred guan, and there is a beautiful lady, you are the brother of your husband, is it a lot to take a thousand guan?" Besides, our long-house family property has more than 100,000 yuan, and this congratulatory gift is a little lighter! If it weren't for the husband's obstruction, he said that you definitely don't want to give more, we still want more. Don't shirk it! ”

An Dalang was completely speechless, he stood up and bowed deeply to the old lady, "Mother-in-law, I accept it." In the future, I will definitely honor you, protect the Tao, and if you violate it, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed! ”

Mrs. Cui was very happy, stood up and helped An Dalang up, looked at him and said, "Da Lang, you are a man who stands up to the sky, I believe you will do it." Come to me if you have nothing to do in the future, I will make you something to eat, and when you get old, you want to spend more time with you young people. ”

Cui Daoshu quipped: "Mother, after Da Lang gets married, his wife will definitely make him delicious food every day, and he may not have time to come!" ”

An Dalang hurriedly said: "No, no, I will come often." ”

Shen said: "Da Lang, you can bring Rong Niang with you in the future, and my mother will definitely be happy." ”

"That's it, that's it, bring the lady after you get married, and I still have a gift for her." Old Madam Cui said with a smile.

An Dalang agreed to come down and chat with the old lady. After more than half an hour, Mrs. Cui looked outside and said, "You all go to business, I'm going to the vegetable garden." ”

Cui Daoshu and An Dalang said goodbye to the old lady, and then came out.

Cui Daoshu said to An Dalang: "You go to Cui Zhaorong and pick a new house." I'm going to go to the spirits workshop, I guess it's going to be built. ”

The two separated, and An Dalang went to find Cui Zhaorong. After inquiring a few people, someone said that they saw Cui Zhaorong go to the supermarket, and An Dalang walked to the supermarket.

When he came to the door of the supermarket, he saw Cui Zhaorong talking to a woman. The woman was in her mid-thirties and wore a supermarket uniform.

An Dalang walked over and said loudly: "Steward Cui, I'm looking for you." ”

Cui Zhaorong looked up and said happily: "It turned out to be the groom's official!" No wonder you are talking so loudly, you must be impatient, right? I want to marry early. ”

The woman covered her mouth and smiled, An Dalang didn't care, and said loudly: "Old Cui, you are disrespectful to the old!" It's okay what are you making fun of me for? ”

Cui Zhaorong said to An Dalang: "Dalang, I'm joking with you." Come, let me introduce to you, this is the person in charge of the supermarket, named Zheng Sanniang, you know each other. ”

Zheng Sanniang said good fortune to An Dalang, and An Dalang hurriedly returned the gift.

Cui Zhaorong said: "Da Lang, I asked Sanniang to prepare wedding supplies for you, and I was discussing it, so you came." What's the matter? ”

An Dalang took out the passbook and handed it to Cui Zhaorong, "Old Cui, you take this passbook, and all the expenses will be taken from here, and it is not enough to care about me." ”

Cui Zhaorong opened the passbook and looked at it, and said in surprise: "You kid is quite rich!" That's not enough, you can't use so much to marry ten mothers-in-law! ”

An Dalang said stinkily: "Is it too much? It's so-so. This is given to me by Mrs. Cui, you can spend it as you like, you don't need to save it for me. ”

Cui Zhaorong thought about it and said to An Dalang: "Da Lang, you go to the bank with me, and take a hundred yuan first, it must be enough." Then you put the passbook away. ”

"Lao Cui, if you can't take it yourself, I won't go."

Cui Zhaorong patted him, "You stupid, your name is written on the passbook, can I give me money when I go to someone's house?" Come with me. ”

Cui Zhaorong pulled An Dalang to the opposite bank, and after some tossing, took out a hundred banknotes. Then the two went to the supermarket and paid thirty yuan in advance as a deposit to let Zheng Sanniang prepare wedding supplies.

The two went out of the supermarket, and An Dalang said: "Lao Cui, the head of the family asked me to find you and pick a new house, you can take me there." ”

Cui Zhaorong said: "The houses are all under construction by Hu Shuiyang, if you look for him, I will definitely pick a good one for you, I am a layman." ”

An Dalang thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll go find Lao Hu, let's see you again!" ”

Cui Zhaorong stopped him: "Don't worry, there is still something." How many guests do you want to invite? The number of tables you need is now decided. ”

An Dalang scratched his head and said in embarrassment: "Lao Cui, if you ask me to fight and kill, I will do it." If you ask me to do these things, I can't. ”

"What then? You don't know who to invite, so how can I prepare a banquet? ”

An Dalang thought about it, "How many people did Zhai Xiaoshan invite when he got married?" ”

"About seventy people."

"Then I'll invite a hundred people, and you can write invitations for me."

After speaking, An Dalang ran away, Cui Zhaorong shook his head helplessly, and went to busy with his own affairs.

An Dalang ran out of the camp, thinking, what a trouble it is to marry! Luckily, it pushed things out. He walked out of the valley to see how the escort was training.

When he came to the entrance of the valley, he saw that it was very lively, about a hundred people lined up in a neat phalanx, and they were training in a queue.

Zhai Xiaoshan stood in front of the phalanx, holding a copper whistle in his mouth, and blew a certain sound. The phalanx changes its formation according to the whistle, and it looks neat and uniform, a bit like a strong army.

An Dalang didn't go up to disturb Zhai Xiaoshan, just watched from the side.