Zhou Zhi didn't go home for a month, and the Zhou family has changed a lot.

The two foals born to the official horse have been taken away by the government. If one more foal was paid within three years, the government would have paid five taels of silver. But the group leader Lu Xingchuan asked Ouyang Zheng, the chief bookkeeper of the county, and the reward given to the Zhou family was twenty taels of silver.

According to Lu Xingchuan or Ouyang Zheng, such a thing as a horse giving birth to a double foal rarely occurs, and the Zhou family is a good official horse to feed, and the government must implement heavy rewards for the people who raise official horses, which can be regarded as setting a model and encouraging the people who raise official horses.

Sister Zhou Luyun's wedding was originally scheduled for mid-October, but Hu Jiayang from Gaochang Town came and said that the marriage would be completed as soon as possible. The reason is that Hu Zhe's mother Hu Qiu's physical condition has been getting worse and worse recently, and it may not be too long, and she will not leave this world with peace of mind until she sees her son Hu Zhe getting married.

Daddy Zhou Tie has been actively preparing a dowry for Zhou Luyun in recent days. The Zhou family's life is getting better day by day, and Zhou Luyun's dowry can't be shabby.

Of course, the so-called dowry is nothing more than to prepare more for living expenses, and as for gold and silver jewelry, it is already very good to be able to buy a simple set. After all, although the life of the Zhou family is better, compared with those rich families, it is still far away.

For things like jewelry, Zhou Luyun tried his best to hinder his father, but his father's temper came up again, and it took more than 20 taels of silver for Zhou Luyun's dowry in the past few days to stop.

Zhou Zhi went home and saw his sister Zhou Luyun's dowry, and naturally rejoiced. Sister Zhou Luyun has paid too much for this family, and she must marry out in style. Besides, now the life of the Hu family in the town is also very poor, and they must help.

According to Zhou Zhi's thoughts, he also wanted to buy more dowry for Zhou Luyun, but Zhou Luyun really quit this time, his face was gloomy as water, and he said that if she wanted to buy more things, she would not marry, so Zhou Zhi gave up.

Fortunately, Zhou Zhi has a new plan, and it is good for his sister to marry at this time, and his brother-in-law Hu Zhe can come to Zhou's house justifiably. After more than a month, when the potatoes in the field are harvested, Zhou Zhi plans to teach his father Zhou Tie to make vermicelli.

Now Baiyue Village and the surrounding places have high potato yields, and it is really as Zhou Zhi expected, there are many potatoes. The potatoes of the farmers were purchased, and the matter of making vermicelli was simply bigger.

Zhou Zhi also needs to read and compose, so naturally he doesn't have much time to participate. Brother-in-law Hu Zhe is the best helper, Zhou Zhi even thought of making vermicelli fans and the like for his brother-in-law to sell, and his brother-in-law will definitely open the market quickly for this fresh thing, so that the people of Daming can accept it as soon as possible.

Brother-in-law Hu Zhe is the only son in the family, and his sister is married, and they are also a family with the Zhou family. As long as the family works together, this day will definitely get better and better.

August 19 is the day of Zhou Luyun's marriage, and the family has spent the Mid-Autumn Festival in a reunion, waiting for this festive day to come.

In the past few days, many poor people in Baiyue Village have sent congratulatory gifts to a greater or lesser extent. They are all poor families, naturally there are not too many things, but they all represent a heart, and the Zhou family is happy to accept it.

Liu Hui and other gangsters also expressed their opinions. Of course, most of them come at night to give congratulatory gifts, and even if they rarely appear during the day, they come and go in a hurry.

Fan Jin, Lu Xingchuan, Wei Haogu, Che Lang and other people from the Wenhui also sent congratulatory gifts. Including Yue Shuzhen of the Yue family, although he did not participate much in the affairs of the Wenhui and had very little contact with Zhou Zhi, he also sent someone to send a gift of three taels of silver.

What Zhou Zhi didn't expect was that Qu Renbin Qu also sent someone to send six taels of silver, which shows that Qu Renbin attaches great importance to Zhou Zhi.

What is even more unimaginable is that Chen Guangyao, the magistrate of the county, sent Jiang Bin to send a congratulatory gift of twenty taels of silver. This makes Zhou Zhi even more grateful.

He didn't have anything to pay to the magistrate, but he treated himself like this. This day must be reciprocated. An important way to repay is naturally to show off talents in the examination and win glory for the magistrates. There are other ways to repay, and Zhou Zhi doesn't have that ability yet. Therefore, what Zhou Zhi needs to do now is to read and continue to read and write.

Tomorrow is August 19, and the Zhou family has set up a banquet on this day to entertain the neighbors. The small courtyard of the Zhou family became unprecedentedly lively.

Although the feast was not too rich, it had chicken, duck and fish. Especially the stew, open your mouth for the neighbors to eat.

A pig of more than 200 catties is only a few hundred dollars, which is not a big deal for the current Zhou family. But many poor neighbors have not eaten meat for a long time, and they are full of oil, shy belly, and full of burps, and they are very happy.

In the afternoon, the small courtyard of the Zhou family slowly stopped quieting down.

At this moment, Uncle Wang, the "mystery boy", suddenly entered the hospital with a happy face. In Zhou Zhi's impression, Uncle Wang had already gone to the wedding banquet and left. He went and returned, not knowing why.

Before Zhou Tie and Zhou Zhi's father and son stepped forward to ask, Uncle Wang said loudly, "Zhou Zhi, someone's congratulatory gift is here!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a group of drummers appear outside the courtyard. They stood still outside the courtyard and puffed out their cheeks and began to blow.

In Baiyue Village, the only people who can invite the blowing team are those rich families. Although the Zhou family is now considered to be among the wealthy, it is not comparable to people like the Chen family's Yue family. For Zhou Luyun to marry, the Zhou family did not invite a blowing team.

With the blowing team blowing for a while, a few people dressed as sergeants appeared outside the courtyard. After these sergeants, slowly walked a heroic sergeant of low stature.

Zhou Zhi recognized him at a glance, it was Li Lin, the person who pretended to be an official when Zhou Zhi took people to Xinzhuang to save his father Zhou Tie in the past.

At this time, Li Lin strode into the courtyard with his head held high, and several sergeants behind him carried two wooden boxes. Li Lin arched his hand towards Zhou Zhi with a smile and said, "Brother Zhou Zhi, hehe!" A small gift is also expected to be accepted. ”

Then Li Lin suddenly stepped forward and said in Zhou Zhi's ear, "It wasn't sent by me Li Lin, it was sent by the Kou family in Tang County." ”

Zhou Zhi was stunned.

The Kou family in Tang County must have been sent by Kou Peihan.

I wanted to ask Li Lin in detail, but Li Lin smiled flatteringly at Zhou and said, "The Kou family said that the etiquette is light and important, and everything is in this ceremony, hehe!" ”

Then he waved his hand to the sergeants behind him, and the sergeant carried the two wooden boxes into the house, and then followed Li Lin away.

Those drummers were obviously hired by Li Lin from the neighborhood temporarily, and when Li Lin and the others left, they immediately dispersed.

Zhou Zhi and Zhou Tie hurriedly entered the house and opened the two wooden boxes. One wooden box contains various silk decorations, and the other contains a hundred taels of silver and seven or eight pieces of gold and silver jewelry.

The jewelry that Zhou Tie purchased for Zhou Luyun was obviously not on the same level as these jewelry. Although neither father nor son knew much about it, they knew that it was a valuable thing.

The courtesy is not light, but too heavy.

It seems that Kou Peihan and the Kou family are ...... to themselves, and Zhou Zhimei thinks about it.

At this moment, Uncle Wang's high-pitched and excited voice suddenly sounded outside the hospital, "Zhou Zhi boy, there is another congratulatory gift!" ”