This is an ordinary small mountain village in the Yimeng Mountains. After more than a year and a half of absence, Jia Min returned here.

This is his hometown of Lujiazhuang. A home that has lived here for fifteen years since I was a child.

Although his soul is not here, the moment Jia Min arrives here, he still regains all his memories here.

It's some great memory.

Although it is not so wealthy, it does not have the pomp and luxury life of Jiafu. However, the kind of self-sufficient well-off life, the kind of pastoral life that works at sunrise and rests at sunset, has made him find a sense of tranquility.

There are only about 30 families in Lujiazhuang, and all of them are surnamed Lu. Jia Min's grandmother's family is naturally the same.

Compared with the general big family, Grandma's family is in Lujiazhuang, and there are not many people. He only had two uncles and two aunts.

Both aunts are married to other villages, but they are not far from here. I heard that after Jia Min came back, he came back to see him more than once.

Both uncles lived with their grandparents and did not separate their families. The two aunts are also very filial, and the two concubines are also very harmonious.

Although the family is not as lively as the people in Jiafu, they all love each other, and their lives are peaceful and harmonious.

Jia Min has been back for a month, and every morning when he gets up, he has to go to the foot of the mountain for a walk. Take a breath in the fresh morning and listen to the chirping of birds.

Walking along the winding country lanes, you can see the rolling hills in the distance.

The solar term here is earlier than that of the imperial capital, and the mountains have long been green.

Smoke rises from the mountain village, where families are cooking breakfast.

There are already early risers working in the fields. Farmers are plowing the fields with oxen, horses, donkeys and mules.

From time to time, someone will scold the animals that seem to be disobedient, like scolding their own children who are not angry.

These animals are not only their assistants in their work, but also one of the members of their family.

I came to a field at the foot of the mountain, where three people were plowing.

Two men of thirty-six or seventeen years old were wading through the ground with a plow. Those were Jia Min's two uncles.

An old man in his fifties on the ground, holding a cigarette pouch, took two puffs from time to time, this is Jia Min's grandfather.

Beside my grandfather, there was a new carriage, and in addition to the two horses that were on the ground, there was also a horse tied to the wheel.

These three horses and carriages were one of the gifts Jia Min brought to his grandmother's family when he returned. The land in front of him was also bought by Jia Min a few days ago and given to his grandmother's family.

This piece of land, with fertile soil and close to water sources, ensures harvest during droughts and floods. There are a total of fifteen acres, which is one of the best lands in Lujiazhuang.

This piece of land originally belonged to my grandfather's brother, and after my grandfather moved from here, he always wanted to sell it. However, no one can afford it. When Jia Min came back and heard about it, he bought it and gave it to his grandfather.

"Brother Min, what are you doing when you get up so early, sleep a little longer, you don't need to do anything here."

"Grandpa, I can't sleep either, so I can't stay and go for a walk."

"Then sit here for a while, you weren't like this when you were a child, the sun is drying your ass in the morning, and you can't get up yet."

"I'm too late to get here, you're all getting to work."

"Aren't all the dealers like this? It's good to say in spring, but in summer, when it's hot, you have to work early and late to get cooler. ”

"Grandpa, the rain is not bad this spring, it seems that there will be a good harvest this year."

"Hehe, that's good. With this piece of land this year, plus this set of carriages and horses, after a few days of busyness, I will ask your uncle to catch up with the car and go to pull feet for others, and you can also earn a sum of money. ”

"One carriage is not enough, not enough, I will buy you another one."

"It's enough, you can't raise it if you have more, and you can't chew it if you are greedy. We don't want to be rich and expensive, the family eats every year, and there is a little bit of surplus, and that's it. Now, our family is less than the above, and more than the bottom, and I am very content. ”

"Grandpa, do you need to buy anything at home? Tell me, I'll buy it for you. ”

"No, what's the use of asking for so many things? Life does not bring it, death does not bring it. In this life, when people come, they come empty-handed, and when they leave, they are empty-handed. If you come to the world, you will not live in vain. ”

"In the end, grandpa can see it."

"You want you to look away, too. That official, it's okay not to be. Save the day and night this one counts you, that calculates you. Besides, it's not a good thing to fight, it's a matter of death. It's better to be safe at home. ”

"I see, Grandpa."

"Alright, go see your mother. If he knew that you were out today, he would also be blinded by Jiuquan. ”

Jia Min arrived at the foot of the mountain, and after walking a short distance, he arrived at a tomb.

This is the ancestral grave of the Lu family, and it is said that people like Jia Min's mother should not enter the ancestral grave of the Lu family.

However, under the auspices of the grandfather and the third grandfather, the mother was still included in the ancestral grave of her family.

The third grandfather is the only private school teacher in the village, and he had taken the imperial examination in his early years, but he failed many times, and now he is in his fifties and is still a child.

However, the third grandfather is a very open person, guarding a son and more than ten acres of land, teaching several students to read and write a day, and living happily.

Last summer, Ning'er once came to her grandfather's house and sent a sum of money. At that time, the ancestral tomb of the Lu family was rebuilt.

Today's ancestral tomb of the Lu family, although it is not so grandiose, is also neat and clean.

Jia Min's situation in Jiafu, when Ning'er came, she had already introduced it to her family. While the grandfather's family was happy, they couldn't help but worry about Jia Min.

Although they have not been to those big families, they have also heard about the affairs of those big families.

It's not a good place to stay.

When Jia Min came back this time, he didn't hide that he was dismissed this time, and told everything about 1510.

The family was both afraid of him and happy for him. No one complained about him, they were trying their best to comfort him.

As long as people come back safely now, it is better than anything else.

Besides, Jia Min also brought back a daughter-in-law who is like a flower.

This has overjoyed them.

Jia Min walked around, picked a bunch of wild flowers, and put them in front of his mother's grave.

"Mother, I'm coming to see you again. I came here today to tell you the good news that a son is going to marry you a daughter-in-law. Her name is Ping'er and she is very good to me. When I get past the door today, I'll take her to kowtow to you tomorrow. By this time next year, you may have grandchildren. ”

"Mother, you still have a few daughters-in-law, and when I marry them together in the future, when the time comes, I will come to see you together. It's just that the emperor has convulsions and won't let me marry before the age of twenty, so you have to wait a few years before you can meet your official daughter-in-law. ”

"However, it doesn't matter, other daughters-in-law, if you can marry early, I will still marry you back sooner. There is a person named Shen Bingyi, who is still your colleague, but she is now a bustard mother herself. ”

"Mother, you can stay over there, uncle and cousin, they will often send you money. If you are short of money, you can give me a dream, or tell grandpa and grandma, and they will send you money. ”

After speaking, Jia Min knelt down and kowtowed to his mother three times, and then walked back.

The uncle had finished his work, and several people were waiting for him, so Jia Min, his grandfather, and his uncle got into the carriage, and the second uncle drove the carriage and went home.

At the door, Jia Min got out of the car and went to the house where he lived with Ping'er and Magpie.

This house, next to the house of the grandfather's family, was originally the grandfather's house, and Jia Min bought it with the land, and after cleaning it up, Jia Min and Ping'er moved in.

Ping'er was waiting for her in the yard, and the magpie was in the house, commanding three maids and an old mother, who were setting up the meal and cleaning up the house.

These three maids and the old mother were bought in Qingzhou Mansion when Jia Min came back. It turned out that several people were all subordinates of an official family, because the main family committed an accident, and they were also used as official slaves, so Jia Min spent money to buy them.

Ping'er and Magpie are now free, and it is not appropriate to ask them to serve themselves again.

said that they bought it, Jia Min actually gave them money, one or two silver per person per month, for food, clothing and housing, and even the meals, they had the same meals as Jia Min and Ping'er, and there was not much to do in a day.

This treatment is actually very high.

Seeing Jia Min come back, Ping'er was a little shy, maybe thinking of today's happy event, her face was a little red. Dusted the dirt off Jia Min's body.

"Let's go into the house and eat, there's a lot going on today."

"Ping'er is in a hurry?"

"I'm not in a hurry, whoever is in a hurry knows for themselves."

Although Ping'er said so, she gently pinched Jia Min's arm, pulled Jia Min's sleeve, and entered the house together.

In the past, Ping'er would sometimes shake her face with Jia Min, but it seems that she hasn't done this for a long time.

Jia Min tried to remember when he didn't shake his face with him, but he couldn't remember anything.

The meals have been laid out, one meal and four dishes.

However, this standard is already considered a luxury in this small mountain village.

Jia Min and Ping'er sat down, and then the magpie. After that, there are Liu Ma and the three maids of butterflies, bees, and dragonflies.

The three maids used their original names, and Ping'er didn't bother to change their names, so they followed.

After eating, I just cleaned up the neatness. Grandma and two aunts came over.

Several people changed into new clothes, and their faces were beaming.

"Miss Ping'er, hurry up and change your clothes, the guests will be here in a while."

Ping'er glanced at Jia Min and followed the two aunts over.

Grandma looked at Ping'er and then at Jia Min, and couldn't help crying.

"Grandma, today is my big day, you are not allowed to cry, you have to be happy."

"I'm naturally happy, if your mother knew that Brother Min was marrying today, I don't know how happy she would be."

"Grandma, I went to tell my mother just now, let's go, I'll help you over."

"Bastard boy, I'm not old yet, I can walk by myself, so I don't need your help, hurry up and change my clothes and go over to greet the guests."

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