Gao Yue nodded again and again, "Cao Mo and He Cheng are now in Shouyang, so I will write a letter and immediately ask them to prepare first, and then quickly recall Li Bao from Lintao." After the date is set in the next few days, I will personally send you back to the village, and I want to see you marry back to the lady with my own eyes, haha, Brother Han, Mr. Yang, and make trouble with me at that time. ”

The next day, Li Hu rode a high-headed horse and returned to Bailing Village in high spirits. The news of the upcoming wedding of the lieutenant of Longxi Zhongli and Shouyang County Cheng spread all over the place like a whirlwind, and the rich squires and officials of all levels flocked to the door. The one who handed over the name and sent the congratulatory gift immediately went to the entrance of the village and greeted him.

Bailing Village opened its arms to welcome the children returning from afar. I don't really care how big an official you are, how much money you make, what prominent status you have or your down-and-out back, home is like a mother's embrace, and there is always warm tolerance.

The village was boiling. The village got the news early, and took a hundred representatives of the village to greet him at the entrance of the village. Mura Zheng held Li Hu's father with his left hand and Hu Laohan with his right hand, and his pride and excitement could not be suppressed. No matter how you say it, the people who walked out of Bailing Village are no longer of an ordinary status, Li Hu has made everyone look up to the locality, not to mention that there is Gao Yue behind him, it is the sky above Longxi.

Not long after, the people in Longxi greeted the relatives and came to the entrance of the village with high spirits. The village is actually going to pay homage to the people and officials, and hurriedly beckoned everyone behind him to lie on the ground, and shouted in unison: "Xiaomin and others meet all the masters!" ”

Li Hu hurriedly jumped off the horse, and Li Bao rushed forward to pull left and right, saying that he would not let his father and fellow villagers perform such a grand ceremony, and his father was also kneeling in the crowd. After being humble for a while, Gao Yue stepped forward, smiled and helped the village up, stopping the villagers from being polite.

Finally returned to this most familiar place, Gao Yue was also both happy and nostalgic, at this occasion, it was necessary for him to say a few words in public and private, so he said loudly: "Folks! Today is the big day of my Li Hu brother, I shouldn't have stolen the limelight, but now he is dizzy with joy, and he has no choice but to let me say a few words on his behalf. Today's people are all relatives and friends from the village, and there is nothing too guarded by the county, everyone is happy to drink wine and do happy events! ”

A good-natured laugh rang out. Everyone also knows that Gao Yue is actually polite and polite when he talks like this, his identity is here, and it is justifiable for him to speak first.

Gao Yue himself knew that no matter how humble he was, if he stood here, the crowd would not really relax, and would be somewhat restrained. So he signaled Li Bao to lead everyone and hugged Li Hu to Li's house, so Han Yong, Yang Ke and others also went with the noisy and jubilant crowd.

Since Gao Yue left home, Hu Laohan has never seen him again. Feng Liang and Li Hu were allowed by Pan Wudu to return to their hometown to visit relatives on leave in Shouyang County, and Gao Yue was ambushed by Lei Qizhi halfway, and then all kinds of delays have been until today.

At this moment, the crowd gradually left, Gao Yue came to Hu Laohan in two steps, knelt down solemnly, regardless of Hu Laohan's intention to stop, kowtowed three times in a row, and when he raised his head again, his heart shook a little: "Uncle, Yun Song is not filial, I only came to visit you today, let my uncle punish you!" ”

Hu Laohan leaned down, grabbed him tightly and choked up: "Good boy, good boy, just come back." Seeing Gao Yue kneeling, Feng Liang and Ah Chi beside him also knelt down left and right. Hu Laohan's excited hands trembled, he held back the tears that were about to gush out, dragged Gao Yue and Feng Liang up, and said with some hesitation: "Who is this female doll?" ”

Feng Liang smiled: "Uncle, this is my sister-in-law." Gao Yue motioned for Ah Chi to stand up and led her to Hu Laohan, "Uncle, her name is Ah Chi, she is my mother, when she got married that day, she was very cramped, and she didn't have time to tell her uncle, in short, it was not mine." Then he simply told him how to marry Ah Chi in Xihe City.

Ah Chi stepped forward generously and said with a blessing: "Uncle, Ah Chi has given a gift to his uncle." ”

Hu Laohan was very happy, and he was a little at a loss, he groped around his body for a while, stomped his feet and said: "Ah, this is the first time we met, I didn't know in advance, I was in a hurry, and I didn't have anything for my nephew and daughter-in-law, how good is this." ”

Ah Chi covered his mouth and smiled sweetly, and hurriedly told Hu Laohan's family not to be so polite. Feng Liang seemed to have returned to the carefree happiness he used to have, and jumped to his feet and shouted to hurry home, so the four of them talked and laughed and left.

Because he got the news early, Hu Laohan, with the help of his neighbors, packed up a table to eat. The rice is porridge cooked with millet and rice, and the coarse porcelain bowl is full, exuding the original aroma of grain. The vegetables are fresh vegetables from the mountains, winter crucian carp migrating in the river, and a large bowl of steamed bacon and dried pork. The meat is taken from the ribs of the boar's breast, dried and marinated, then cut into thin slices, steamed and eaten.

Gao Yue, as the lord of Longxi, does not say that he has fine clothes and jade food every day, although he is never picky about food, but the kitchen is also carefully made. I am used to eating and drinking, and I suddenly eat this simple mountain village agricultural food again, which is really a big appetite.

Gao Yue looked at the meat carefully, the pieces in the blue-edged bowl were transparent and shiny, the color was bright, the yellow was translucent and red, exuding a rich meat fragrance. He hurriedly picked up two pieces and stuffed them into his mouth, they tasted mellow, fat but not greasy, thin and not stuffed teeth, and the fragrance almost rolled into his stomach with his tongue.

Familiar home, familiar taste, close family. Gao Yue was unrestrained, and he couldn't care about anything decent or indecent, so he ate as soon as he sat down, and beckoned Ah Chi to eat quickly. Ah Chi was born in a peasant family, and he tasted so unpretentious and sweet, and praised Hu Laohan for his excellent cooking skills, and at the end he ate the bowl cleanly, saying that there could be no waste.

After eating, Ah Chi ignored Hu Laohan's obstruction, quickly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and cleaned the inside and outside of the house. Ah Chi is now a lady of Taishou, and there are maids to serve in Xiangwu City, but here she has naturally restored the true character of a farmer's child, seeing that she is so diligent and thrifty, and she is capable of being neat, Hu Laohan smiled and opened his eyes, and even said that Yun Song picked up the treasure.

Nothing was said all night. The second day was the calculated auspicious day, Li Hu officially married He Xiangqin, the daughter of the He family in the same village, and finally fulfilled the promise he made to get ahead and marry again. Xiangqin and Li Hu have been childhood sweethearts since they were children, and they have been waiting for many years but they are determined, and now they are finally married to Ruyi Langjun, and they are in a high position, they are the generals of Longxi County, and they are even more overjoyed to get what they want, Xiangqin is happy and emotional, and she actually cried from beginning to end, which made Li Hu also a little moved.

Uncle Li, when he saw Gao Yue kowtowing again, he panicked and Gao Yue grabbed him. The uncle of the Li family knew in his heart that his two sons were still farmers who were shaving in the mountains a year ago, and now they are officials and generals in charge of one party. In his heart, Gao Yue was like a lucky star falling from the sky, and he couldn't wait to worship it.

He is an old man in his own family, and he greeted everyone loudly, his face full of red light. Last night, he also whispered to his mother-in-law that he didn't listen to her at the beginning, and he was afraid that the Li family was poor and Li Hu had no interest, so he almost gritted his teeth and rejected the Li family, and gave his daughter parsley to others. If this is the case, it is a trivial matter to repent today, Li Hu soared into the sky, how could he not take revenge for the hatred of taking his wife, and his life would be in danger at that time.

His mother-in-law smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed into a slit, and she had long forgotten that she often talked about the Li family's shortcomings in private, and kept encouraging her husband to change her daughter to another family. She only said that her daughter had a unique vision, and she saw that Li Hu would definitely have a great future, so her daughter would definitely be rich and noble in the future.

The small Bailing Village was extremely jubilant for a while, and Gao Yue also put down his identity as the lord of a county and took the lead in making noise, bringing the atmosphere to the extreme. Even Han Yong, who is not smiling, has always been smiling, and he has lost a lot of seriousness and decency on weekdays. From him below, the important figures in Longxi County gathered here, and a group of squires in the busy place were busy with salutes, and their hands were arched to the point that they were unconscious.

When he was busy and lively, He Cheng came to Gao Yue, bowed, pointed to the two people not far away, and said to Gao Yue: "Lord, the two people over there asked someone to find me, saying that they wanted to ask me to introduce on their behalf, and they wanted to discuss business with the lord in detail, but I asked but refused to talk to me in detail." I didn't want to disturb the lord, but what they said was very solemn, and I thought that if there was a good deal, I couldn't delay it. ”

"Lord, please see, the older and taller one is Kong Deliang, a local squire in Shouyang; The other younger one, named Long Aotian, is from Baitu Town, the northernmost part of our Longxi, and is a merchant. ”

Gao Yue was a little strange, these local squires were either rich and noble, or well-managed, in short, they all had their own ways, and they didn't need to redevelop any new business, especially they didn't want to have economic involvement with the people in the government, even if they were willing to give some filial piety money every year, they didn't want to do any substantive business with the court officials.

Kong Deliang was in his fifties, well-maintained, and in good spirits, he was waiting on the sidelines, and when he saw He Cheng beckoning to him, he took Long Aotian and walked over in two steps. Gao Yue nodded, "Ah, what's the matter with Mr. Kong?" ”

"Ah, don't dare, don't dare, Xiaomin can't afford to be called Gaoming Mansion, so he calls me Lao Kong." Kong Deliang was very humble, bowed and waved his hand again and again, and was polite before he got down to business.

"Back to Gaoming Mansion, it's like this, this Long Aotian is a distant clan brother in the small people, and our two families haven't been in contact for some years. A few days ago, he suddenly came to my house to walk around, and I happened to hear that Captain Li was about to be happy, and the master of the Ming Mansion would also come, so I waited for a few days to meet the Ming Mansion. ”

After going around for a long time, it turned out that this Long Aotian had something, and He Cheng and Kong Deliang were just intermediaries. Gao Yue motioned for several people to talk to the few people next to him, and Long Aotian didn't wait for Gao Yue to ask, he had already spoken.