The local government of Jingguo even took the initiative to promote various cultural meetings. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 In particular, in Xiangzhou and Jiangzhou, which are close to the Yangtze River, the local government has gathered all kinds of traditional customs on this day by lighting lanterns, sounding firecrackers, racing dragon boats, holding cultural meetings, performing big plays, holding big banquets, lighting boat lanterns, etc.

Many officials have already played the cabinet and the monarch, asking Jingguo to set up a 'Jiangjun Festival' to commemorate Fang Yun's becoming the lord of the Yangtze River.

Jiangzhou, Dayuan Fu, Ji County.

The whole city is full of lights, every household is full of festivities, and the wealthy households in the city respond to the call of the county order to set up flowing water seats on Wenyuan Street, and the people of the whole city flock there.

The scholars in the city gathered in various literary clubs, some in restaurants, some in the wilderness, but most of them were on the banks of the Wudao River.

Ji County is lively and lively, but three streets away from the famous Fang Yunfang's small courtyard, the Ge family is deserted.

Ge Xiaomao, the only son of the Ge family, got married today, the courtyard and the courtyard are decorated with lights, ten tables of banquets in the courtyard, and more than 20 tables of flowing water seats are also prepared outside the courtyard in accordance with the customs of Ji County, which are placed on the street.

However, there was no one outside the courtyard, only four tables of people sitting in the courtyard, all of whom were relatives of the Ge family and their in-laws.

The in-laws of the Ge family are the Sheng family of Ji County, although they are not famous families, but they are also well-known in Ji County, and there is a shop and 100 acres of fertile land just for marriage, which makes ordinary people envious.

The Sheng family's banquet, even if there are less than twenty tables, it is not a problem to sit ten tables, but now, only two tables of guests invited by the Sheng family came.

The Sheng family at the two tables had black faces, and the table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas did not move a single chopstick.

The faces of the Ge family next to him were also ugly, some with sad faces, and some looked at the Sheng family with resentment.

According to the usual rules, parents and grandparents of the two families would sit at the same table, but today they are completely separated.

The two brides and grooms had finished worshipping, and the bride and groom sat in the main hall, bowing their heads and being silent.

Although the groom's official Ge Xiaomao was not a child, he had studied for many years and was polite, but his dull complexion made him look like a scholar.

The bride on the side was pretty, with low eyebrows and lowered eyes, motionless, and a sad face.

On the evening of July, insects and birds chirp, the heat is steaming, the red candles are shining, but the candles are cold.

On the seat of the Ge family, a middle-aged man in his forties but full of white hair said: "In-laws, let's sit down, this big wedding banquet can't be rude." ”

I saw a middle-aged woman sitting at the Sheng family table sneered: "What, your Ge family has no etiquette for our Sheng family?" Last year, who swore with white teeth that even if Fang Xusheng didn't come, he would give words and gifts, so that the lintels of my Ge family and Sheng family would shine, so that the two newcomers could get the blessing of the Void Saint. What about now? Not only did the Void Saint not even see anyone, but the scholars in the city also avoided it under the pretext of celebrating Jiang Jun's Day, and some of them even saved their gifts! Who would dare to go to your side to join in the fun with your Ge family. ”

Everyone in the Ge family was ashamed and annoyed, but they were powerless to refute.

Father Ge, who spoke before, sighed lightly and said: "In-laws, this big wedding is a matter of two families, but in the final analysis, it is a matter of Xiaomao's two families, and the wedding day is like this, how will the two of them live in the future? I have come to the door one after another to make amends, why don't my in-laws forgive me?"

Ge Xiaomao gritted his teeth and clenched his fists hard.

Suddenly, the bride beside him stretched out her hand and gently touched Ge Xiaomao's fist.

Ge Xiaomao stiffened for a moment, and his fist hand slowly loosened.

The hands of the two were still touching.

"Our Sheng family is not relenting, you say it again, say it again!" Sheng Mu slapped the table, stood up, and her voice flew out of the courtyard.

Father Ge was full of sorrow, lowered his head slightly, and didn't dare to look at Mother Sheng.

Everyone in the Ge family looked at Sheng Mu angrily, but her status was not as good as that of the Sheng family, and no one dared to refute it.

Sheng Mu crossed her eyebrows and pointed at the people of the Ge family: "As far as your Ge family is embarrassed, we are the Sheng family? If we hadn't decided to marry a long time ago, if we hadn't taken into account my daughter's reputation, our Sheng family would have to repent of marrying no matter what! Our Sheng family is also a person with a head and face in Ji County, and our ancestors have been out of Jinshi, and there are also masters in the three suits! I am still a big official in Dayuan Mansion! What do you have in the Ge family? Ah! What is there!"

The Ge family is ashamed, and the Ge family has also shown off their talents, which was also a hundred years ago, and they all hoped that Ge Xiaomao could touch the light of Fang Xusheng, but who knew that Ge Xiaomao had not been able to open his mind, and it was always difficult to be admitted to the middle school. There are even rumors in Jixian County that all the students in the Jixian Academy of Literature take good care of Ge Xiaomao, but Ge Xiaomao behaves abnormally every time he arrives in the examination room, and the examiner is helpless.

Mother Sheng crossed her hands on her hips and said menacingly: "When you were attached to our Sheng family before, what did your Ge family say? said that my stupid son-in-law will definitely be able to give birth to a child this year, and that if you say that the Void Sage will definitely send someone to come, and say that if you have more sons, you can pass it on to the Sheng family, and even ask Fang Xusheng to accept a disciple, and at worst, it will be a disciple again." Now, now!"

Sheng Mu slapped the table again, and the dishes trembled.

"Just the day before yesterday, you also said that let our Sheng family swallow their anger, for fear that Old Man Ge would be angry, and we didn't dare to invite Old Man Ge to come today, is it our Sheng family's fault? If my stupid son-in-law really has a friendship with Fang Xusheng, why hasn't he come so far? What about those classmates of the stupid son-in-law? If they don't come, they know very well what Ge Xiaomao looks like, he is lazy all day long, and he doesn't do his job, and he is called reading when he holds a book? However, fortunately, those classmates didn't come, if the stupid son-in-law's classmates came, these dozens of tables really couldn't sit down, after all, those classmates walked wave after wave. Do you know what the outside world says about my stupid son-in-law? Ge Xiaomao, who beats me with iron, and Tongsheng who runs water! That's it, what do you Ge family say about our Sheng family? Do you want to be ashamed!"

Everyone in the Ge family was even more annoyed.

The groom's official Ge Xiaomao was so angry that his hands trembled.

The bride's delicate jade hand was slowly raised and placed on Ge Xiaomao's hand.

Ge Xiaomao's eyes were red, and she almost cried.

Sheng Mu glanced at everyone in the Ge family, glanced at Ge Xiaomao with contempt, and raised her voice by three points.

"If it weren't for Ge Xiaomao and Fang Xusheng who used to be classmates, even if your Ge family jumped into the sky, you wouldn't have seen our Sheng family! When my daughter was over sixteen, the people who proposed marriage had all broken through the threshold, do you know? I changed three thresholds in a year, and I had to wrap it in iron! Do you know why we chose your Ge family? Because Fang Xusheng's classmates all have wives! They are all people with literary positions! When I promised my daughter to your Ge family, what did the neighbors, neighbors, relatives and friends say? It is said that the ancestral tomb of our Sheng family is smoking, and we can actually climb up to the classmate of the Void Saint, and they are also classmates with a good relationship!

"The old lady is really blind!" Sheng Mu howled loudly like a chicken and duck.

At this time, a cold snort came from outside the door.

"The newlyweds are getting married, who is crying and mourning!"

Then he saw a group of scholars coming, led by a lifter.

Ge Xiaomao looked up suddenly.

The leader was Lu Lin, who entered the examination room with Fang Yun that year, and he was a child on the same list as Fang Yun.

Behind Lu Lin, there is Liang Yuan, who now has a very high status in the Fang family and is responsible for many business affairs.

There is also Lu Zhan, who helped Fang Yun into the examination room back then, and now he is a beautiful talent, quite famous in Dayuan Mansion.

The most eye-catching thing is that there is a person of the same age as Ge Xiaomao, Fang Zhongyong, who has become a talent.

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