Ma Jinzhong has a good reputation in everyone's impression, so after he testified, everyone no longer doubted it. After everyone discussed it again, the steward Tun Ding rang the gong in his hand. Everyone finished their break and got back to work.

Zhang Zhaoliang was also very excited after hearing the story of his fifteenth uncle who made a great deal of power at the top of Artemisia. Turning his head to Zhang Shuangxi, he asked, "Brother Xizi, Uncle Fifteen's sword skills are much more powerful than marksmanship, have you seen it?" ”

When Zhang Shuangxi heard this, he remembered something he had seen before and said: "Anyway, my current marksmanship is not as good as the third uncle (in private, Zhang Shuangxi calls Zhang Mengcheng the third uncle), and the third uncle has never seriously used a knife to fight me." However, I remember that once Brother Hu Zi competed with the third uncle, and after a round of slashing, Brother Hu Zi was directly knocked off the horse, and he suffered a big loss at that time. After a while, Brother Hu Zi didn't dare to drink anymore. ”

Zhang Zhaoliang thought about it again, his cousin Zhang Zhaoen did not touch a drop of wine for a while last year. His eldest brother secretly called him to drink together, Zhang Zhaoen's performance at that time was very disappointed, and after touching his right shoulder, he turned down the invitation.

Zhang Zhaoliang, who thought about it for a while, asked Zhang Shuangxi: "Then should we spend effort to practice bows and arrows?" Uncle Fifteen said that in the future, it will be the world of birds, and I think Brother Bao'er (Guan Yuze) likes birds very much. ”

Hearing Zhang Zhaoliang mention Guan Yuze, Zhang Shuangxi said competently: "He practices him, let's just take care of ourselves." Moreover, we are not allowed to use gunpowder blindly in the stockade, so let's practice the ability of bows and arrows first. After speaking, he took Zhang Zhaoliang to the martial arts arena to practice. But it didn't take long for them to run back, because they had forgotten to finish the homework assigned by their husband.

Regarding Zhang Mengcheng's limelight at the top of Artemisia, Ding Zhuang and the children in the middle and lower classes of Jinding Mountain are discussing. And the leaders of Jinding Mountain were laughing at Zhang Mengcheng at this time, and Wei Heyong was one of them. "Xiucai is really a good skill, not only in front of the future father-in-law. In one fell swoop, he saved the heart of his future mother-in-law in his hands. But I heard that the girl is a little wild, Xiucai, do you like this? ”

"There are benefits to being wild, don't you often say that horses with wild temperament are tamed, and they are only strong when they are ridden." Zhang Mengcheng knew that when the news of him at the top of Artemisia spread, the brothers in the village must have laughed. So it's just a simple one.

"It turns out that Xiucai lives with her mother-in-law, which is similar to living with horses. That's right, aren't these two for riding? Li Yang, who drove Duhebao back, immediately played a meat joke after hearing Zhang Mengcheng's answer. After hearing this, everyone present laughed except Zhang Mengcheng.

Zhang Mengcheng was indifferent to other people's ridicule, and just continued to say: "Laugh, laugh." It's better to laugh all your might. If you have the ability, you will continue to 'ride' at night, and see if you can ride tomorrow during the day. Don't be left behind one by one. ”

"Don't worry, in order to set a good example for our Xiucai, we will definitely handle our own affairs day and night, and when the time comes, when Xiucai is going to do this, I can't help but flash my waist for a while. Instead, blame our brothers for not teaching you how to 'ride a horse'. Hahaha. Li Yang saw that there was a rare opportunity to ridicule Xiucai, so he never stopped. Wei Heyong also thought the same way, and kept talking on the side. In the end, it was Zhang Mengguang who came forward to relieve his third brother.

"Okay, don't laugh at Meng Cheng. Third child, listen to what my brother said, as long as you decide this matter, then we can't push Cai Xiaozi from there. Would you really like to live with her in the future? Zhang Mengguang is still very entangled in his future brothers and sisters. Because he only found out later that this woman was actually a Kefu's life.

Zhang Mengcheng naturally knew what his second brother was thinking, but in fact, it was not only his second brother. His eldest brother also had similar worries, but he was afraid of Cai Xiaozi, and Jin Dingshan's life had stabilized, so he never talked about the divorce. Although Zhang Mengcheng didn't care about Kefu's superstition at all, he used to think that if he could refuse marriage for this reason, it would be a good choice.

It's just that after returning from Artemisia Peak this time, Zhang Mengcheng gave up this idea. Anyway, he has a good impression of that girl, and it may be difficult to find such a pleasing one in the future. So Zhang Mengcheng simply said hello to his eldest brother and second brother, don't push this matter. Moreover, Zhang Mengcheng also asked the third uncle to come forward, sorted out a formal marriage book, and sent it to Artemisia Peak.

"Second brother, don't worry, I fell in love with that girl this time. And I never cared about the birth of the eight characters. Isn't our Zhang family doing well in the past few years, this trick of charlatans can still hide from us people. You better settle down, stay by the second sister-in-law's side, and wait for her to give birth to a baby for you. How about those supplements sent by Artemisia Peak, the honey is good. ”

Zhang Mengcheng brought back a lot of mugwort specialties this time. Except for some game for the cottagers, the others are all supplements for the second sister-in-law. Counting the days, his second sister-in-law should be born this month. Zhang Mengguang came back to change shifts with Zhang Zhaoen this time in order to wait for the birth of his child. If it weren't for Zhang Mengjin's bad habit of leaving the station, he would have come back to see the birth of a new member of the Zhang family.

Zhang Mengguang was still about to say something, but at this time, their brother's cousin Zhang Yalian rushed into the house. Anxiously said to her ninth uncle: "Uncle Ninth come quickly, Aunt Nine's amniotic water has broken, Aunt Nine has already gone to find the midwife, she wants me to come over and call you over." ”

"Ahh After hearing his niece's report, Zhang Mengguang screamed and ran to his house. When the others heard the news, they all rushed out with no regard for anything else.

Chongzhen in September of the fourth year (the second day of the first month). Zhang Mengguang's mother-in-law, Sun's amniotic water suddenly broke, and after several hours of anxious waiting, Sun still gave birth to a five-pound baby boy without danger. After the child was born, Jin Dingshan immediately slaughtered two pigs and seven sheep, and also took out a jar of millet rice wine and three jars of sweet potato wine. Invite the whole village to celebrate.

Later, the news reached the Duhe Fort, and the eldest brother Zhang Mengjin also happily slaughtered a lot of livestock, and celebrated with the brothers in the military fort.

The birth of a new life in the cottage really made the cottage happy. In the eyes of everyone, this baby, who was born after Zhang Mengjin and his gang accepted Zhao'an, does not only represent the successors of the Zhang family.

At the same time, it also marks that the people of Jinding Mountain have completely lived the life that normal people should have at this time. Up and down Jinding Mountain, it was not defeated by the turbulent situation in northern Shaanxi in the early years of Chongzhen, but was more energetic towards the future.

The new baby was born, everyone had a good meal, and the remaining grain in the crops was about to be harvested, all of which made everyone in Jindingshan very happy.

But the joy didn't last long, and more than ten days after the birth of the child, they received a shocking news. On the day of September (12th) of the fourth year of Chongzhen, a major event occurred in Yaozhou, "Liu Jin and his fame went to the military gate, and the crane counted his crimes." (Note 1)

PS: Note 1: Taken from the fourth volume of "Huailing Liukou Always Record", but the book records that this incident occurred in Jiaxu (the third day of the first month). And in "Guoyi", about the date of Ru Chengming's killing, the recorded time is Jiashen (13th). This book adopts the statement in the first volume of the "Suiko Chronicles" and is set on September 12.