… Cao Zhi took Lu and Xie to return to their hometowns to worship their ancestors. Chen Xian, Chen Man two uncles cried, Yaji's five aunts, sister-in-law Ding Youwei's mother and son, as well as Chen Chang, Chen Shi and Chen's children returned to Chenjiawu together, originally Huiji, Wu County's greeting guests also wanted to return together, but considering that there were too many people, the accommodation on the road was inconvenient, Huiji, Wu County's greeting guests made an appointment to delay a few days before leaving Beijing, followed Chen Caozhi back to Qian Tang only Ding Yi father and son and Feng Lingbo sister and brother, while Xu Miao and Xie Xuan, Zhang Xuan and others returned to Jingzhou, Ran Sheng, Laide and Gu Wei, each to their own duties.

Eighty of the 120 servants married by Lu Weirui and Xie Daotao followed back to Chenjiawu this time, and the Chen Mansion on the banks of the Qinhuai River did not need so many idle servants, and Chenjiawu needed manpower, raising silkworms, weaving cloth, picking tea, planting trees, and there were many things to do

Autumn is high and cool, the road is quite smooth, August 23, a group of people came to Jinling Gu's manor, after resting overnight, still like last time in the east of Taihu Lake by boat, arrived at the northwest shore of Taihu Lake in the evening of the next day, and then change to a canopy boat along the Bailong River to Wu County County, enter Wu County from Panmen in the middle of the night, rest the night in Lufu, this road has Lu's Zhuangke to wait

The newlyweds met Lu Shi in Lu Mansion, but a year after the debasement, Lu Shi has aged a lot, now in addition to reading and sticking, is to go around the manor, this pastoral life was originally comfortable, but Lu Shi did not have the feeling of being at ease with the encounter, often depressed, the most hit is the land fowl, in his twenties he had to return to the forest, hearing that Chen Cao was coming, he had no face to see, and avoided going to Huating to go to one

Chen Caozhi did not stay much in Wu County, and the next day he returned to Qiantang via Jiaxing, and the small manor of the Lu family covering an area of 60 hectares in Xitang, Jiaxing has now been attributed to the Chen family as Lu Weirui's dowry, and the 20 shade households on the village have also been signed by Lu Na and assigned to the Chen family, and the rest of the houses, farm tools, and tenant farmers all belong to the Chen family

Although Xitang Manor is not as grand as Chenjiawu, but it is also quiet and lovely, there are many camphor trees and pomegranate trees, the sixty hectares of fertile land are on the verge of Xitang, it is very easy to irrigate, even last year's drought also had little impact, it can be said that although the smallest but also the best one of the more than ten manors of the Lu family, Tianshe Weng Chen is full of joy and laughter in his sleep, not to mention other benefits of marrying with the gate valve, this dowry alone is rich and amazing, what is this, the manor is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and it is only one hundred and fifty miles away from Qian Tang, and the management is also quite convenient, he has discussed it with his sixteen nephews, Next year, this Xitang manor will be replanted with two crops of rice and one season of wheat, and mulberry trees will be planted all over the place, silkworms and silk will be raised, and this place will be built into the largest imitation weaving shop in Wu County

In Jiankang, Chen Caozhi talked with Xie An and Lu Na, Xie An and Lu Na were very interested in Chen's one acre of land to grow two seasons of rice and one season of wheat, that is to say, the original one acre of land is equal to the output of one and a half acres of land, which has a huge impact on a family

Chen Caozhi wanted to let the Lu family and the Xie clan understand that the marriage with the Qian Tang Chen family would never be wronged by these two major valves, which was mutually prosperous and mutually beneficial, and Chen Caozhi suggested to Xie An and Lu Na that the three surnames should jointly go to Xin'an in the northeast of present-day Jiangxi and Shaowu in the northwestern part of present-day Fujian to open up wasteland. Whoever occupies it is whoever's, the Shanha barbarians who live in those places or the primitive practice of slash-and-burn cultivation can be enthroned and exerted to collect, Xie An and Lu Na are high-ranking officials with real power, and they should be able to use their respective influences to let the imperial court issue an order to encourage the reclamation of wasteland, and the first three years will be exempted from taxation and the tax will be halved in the next five years, so that the family property can be rapidly expanded, and the tax income can be increased for the imperial court, which is a long-term plan that is beneficial to the country and the family

Xie An and Lu Na greatly admired Chen Caozhi's foresight, but the Northern Expedition was imminent, and the southern reclamation could be postponed, Chen Caozhi also meant this, and it was not easy to fight for land with the Shanha barbarians, and it was necessary to organize private soldiers to protect, but you might as well prepare in advance, and you can send people to Xin'an and Shaowu to visit in advance to find the empty land near the river

On the fifth day of the ninth month, Chen Caozhi returned to Chenjiawu with his two wives, and the rich did not return to their hometown, such as embroidering clothes at night, who knows? Chen Caozhi married the two big gate girls in the north and south as his wife, and now the scenery is back to worship his ancestors, at the age of fifteen he said goodbye to his mother and took Laide and Xiaosheng to Wu County to study, at that time Chen Caozhi was also faced with the difficulty of serving in the rocking service, the widow was forced to remarry, the third-class scholar Zhu clan and the county Lu master clan wanted to invade its property, six years have passed, he was promoted from a Hanmen scholar to the state Sima, Yingyang general, Qiantang Chen also became a scholar, and the family status has soared, has become a new family after the four surnames of Wu County, Huiji four surnames, The family's land property has increased sharply from more than 30 hectares of thin fields six years ago to more than 400 hectares, and the Qi family and the Lu family have been reduced to lowly soldiers.

On the sixth day of the first month, the Jade Emperor Mountain, the pine shoot is verdant, the cemetery is quiet, Chen Caozhi and his two wives Lu Weirui and Xie Daoyun came here to worship the little prince Chen Su and Jing Mu Li, Xie Daoyun used to worship with Chen Caoxun when he was in men's clothing Zhu Yingtai, at that time it was the identity of a friend, and now it is the identity of Chen's daughter-in-law, which is naturally very different

Lu Weirui came to Qian Tang in the summer of sixteen years old to visit Chen's mother Li, and then came to Qian Tang, Chen's mother Li's funeral, she could only send a short hoe to fulfill a filial piety on her behalf, thinking of Chen's mother Li's love, the voice of "good boy" is still in her ears, and now she has been arched, touching the scene and hurting, and she can't help but tears ripple

Ding You, who was on the side, comforted softly: "Wei Rui doesn't have to be too sad, Auntie likes you very much, Auntie is still worried about Xiaolang and your marriage when she is dying, today you and Xiaolang come to worship, Auntie knows underground, and she will be relieved." ”

After worshipping, Lu and Xie two daughters listed the genealogy of the Qian Tang Chen family, and since then officially became a member of the Qian Tang Chen family, that night, Chen Jiawu held a feast, in addition to the Chen clan, all the Chen family's shade households, tenant farmers, craftsmen each household received five catties of meat, a piece of cloth, this is the new two little housewives to the people's reward, Chen Jiawu is thunderous, all happy.

Because Chen Cao was going to leave Qian Tang and set off for Beijing at the beginning of the tenth, so the next day after worshipping his ancestors, Ding Youwei discussed with Lu Weirui and Xie Daoyun to let Chen Caozhi accept Xiaochan as a concubine, Lu and Xie both knew that this was Chen's mother Li's last wish Xiaochan was gentle and careful, and served Chen Caozhi for many years, and should have been included in the house, just because Chen Caozhi did not marry a wife, delayed so far, the year before last, Xie Daoyun inadvertently heard Xiaochan's prayer to Tiansun Niangniang through the wall, and was very moved. Chen Caozhi's pure heart and lack of desire are really rare, Xie Daowan and Lu Weirui certainly don't want their husbands to be like those men who have concubines and have fun, but they will not object to accepting Xiaochan as a concubine.

Taking a concubine is not as good as marrying a wife, it was decided that day, it can be a good thing that night, but Ding Youwei is not so cheap Xiaochan, she chose the first eight auspicious times, ordered someone to open a room for Xiaochan in the west courtyard of the square dock fort as a wedding room, and asked someone to open Xiaochan's face to make up Xiaochan to sit in the room by the woman who opened her face to wring noodles for her, A Xiu, Yuyan, Qingzhi accompanied her, dressed her up, and said some blessings Xiaochan seemed to be carried by someone to sway, in the clouds, I couldn't think of anything, I just felt so happy that I wanted to shed tears

Xiaochan was accompanied by Ah Xiu and Yuyan to the ancestral hall to meet the elders of the Chen family, and the old patriarch Chen Xian said some ancestral family rules, which was nothing more than to pay tribute to Lu and Xie's two ladies, serve the husband well, and not flatter and compete for favor, and then went to meet the young master of the West Building, Ding Youwei and the two little housewives, Lu Weirui and Xie Daoru were very polite to Xiaochan, of course, Lu Weirui could no longer call Xiaochan's sister like before, only Xiaochan

The autumn night was deep, the red candle was feverish, Xiaochan knelt on the big bed in a daze, looked at Xiao Langjun who was facing him, suddenly woke up, and said shyly: Xiao Langjun, Xiao Chan serves you to rest.

Chen Caozhi looked at this twenty-seven-year-old Xiaochan, if in the future generations, he would still be in the mood for love, and he would not worry about marriage, but in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there were very few twenty-seven-year-old women who were not married, unless they were monks and nuns, of course, Xiaochan did not look old, her round face was pink and tender, her temperament was gentle, her demeanor was particularly amiable, and she had been with her for many years. Give Xiaochan a name, even a concubine is also a name

Xiaochan blushed and came to serve Chen Caozhi's wide clothes and untie the belt, this is not the first time, Chen Caozhi has served her in the bath all these years, but tonight is very different, blushing and heartbeat, clumsy

Chen Caozhi grabbed Xiaochan's hand and said, "I'll do it myself." But he stretched out his hand to undress Xiaochan, and chuckled: "Tonight, I will serve Xiaochan's sister Xiaochan's body is stiff, and after a while, she trembled slightly, and her body was soft, thinking to herself: "Shame on people, Xiaolangjun still calls me Xiaochan's sister Xiaolangjun thinks I'm old, it doesn't seem that Xiaolangjun is looking at my body, ah" On the tenth day of September, Chen Caozhi rushed to Zhenkou with twenty Beifu Hucong, and Huang Xiaotongjia "Tianfuyao" two eagles went with him, Chen Caozhi went, Rong Ma Nephew, and he didn't necessarily have time to come back during the New Year, Lu Weirui, Xie Daoyun sent his husband to Fenglin Ferry, according to the farewell, Chen Caozhi promised to go back to Chenjiawu before going to the Central Plains, Xie Daoyun said: "Chen Lang, I will return to Jiankang after the New Year, Jiankang is also close to Jingkou, and it is more convenient for Chen Lang to visit, so is it good?"

Chen Caozhi said: "Very good and a few words, then got on the ferry, the horses were led to the boat one after another, the big boat sailed to the center of the river, Chen Caozhi waved goodbye to his relatives on the south bank.

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