An Manyue looked at the back of Li's departure, and always felt that something was weird, but she couldn't say it, but Li Shi could think of changing it, and she was already very satisfied.

After lunch, An Manyue and Ning Yongchuan were about to go back to the room for a nap, when a child from the Ning family ran to the door and said that he was inviting Ning Yongchuan to go to the family temple.

In this era, only men can enter the ancestral temple, and every year when worshipping ancestors, women can only stand outside to worship their ancestors, and must not step into the ancestral temple.

Ning Yongchuan immediately reacted, as long as the descendants of the Ning family were promising, on the day of the good news, the Ning patriarch would write that person's name into the big family tree.

The big family tree mainly records the capable people of the Ning family, as long as they are admitted to show talent, they can leave their names on it, not only that, but people who have made great contributions to the Ning family can also be included in the big family tree.

As for the small genealogy, it is remembered that it is the genealogy of all the names of the men in the Ning family and the surname of his wife.

Ning Yongchuan told An Manyue a few words, and then took Ning Zezhi to the clan temple together.

An Manyue pondered about going back to rest, and the third daughter-in-law, who had always been afraid of her, came over, and stood in place during the period.

"What's the matter?" An Manyue looked at Su Shi suspiciously, she liked others to go straight to the point, after all, she felt that her IQ was not high enough, and she couldn't guess what others were thinking.

"Mother, fourth brother's flowing water banquet, should we ask the team to do it or invite the people from the village to come and help?" Su Shi remembered this when he was washing the dishes, so he plucked up the courage to come over and ask.

The team in Su's mouth is the kind of red and white ceremonial event that specializes in cooking, and they will also bring their own pots and pans, and the hired person only needs to pay for the silver, and the family that can generally afford the team has more or less some background.

As for asking the villagers to help, the villagers, you help me, I will help you, just give a salary, it is much cheaper than the team, but many women will sneak some food away when they help.

If it hadn't been for Su Shi to mention it, An Manyue might have really forgotten about this big thing, thought about it and said, "Do we have to buy the vegetables and meat for the flowing water banquet?" ”

"Yes." The Su family has lived in the Ning family for the longest time, and when the Li family and the Xu family entered the door, she helped in the back kitchen, "I'm afraid this flowing water table will cost eight pigs, 60 chickens, ducks and geese each, and our vegetable garden is not enough, so we need to go outside to buy it." ”

An Manyue heard Su's words and began to calculate, eight pigs are about more than thirty taels of silver, chickens, ducks and geese add up to a few taels of silver, and then count vegetarian dishes, as well as noodles, fifty taels of silver is definitely enough.

Fifty taels of silver may not seem like much, but in the countryside, it is not a big deal to build an eight-room brick house with these silvers.

An Manyue pondered that this was really expensive, but this had already been released, and it couldn't be taken back.

"Well, I know, I'll wait for your father-in-law to come back later, and I'll discuss it with him." After An Manyue said, she lifted her feet and entered the house, lying on the bed and starting her afternoon nap.

When An Manyue woke up, Ning Yongchuan had already returned.

"Done?" An Manyue rubbed her eyes and looked at Ning Yongchuan suspiciously.

"All, it's all dealt with, today I just let the fourth child go to incense, tell the ancestors about his entrance examination, and go to worship the ancestors tomorrow morning, and write his name on the big family tree." Ning Yongchuan sat lazily at the head of the bed, turned his head to look at An Manyue's sleepy eyes, and added, "The fourth child is very happy today. ”

"Well, that's a good thing to do." An Manyue could naturally understand Ning Zezhi's happy mood, thinking of what Su Shi said, and said, "Three days of flowing water banquet, I and the third daughter-in-law simply calculated, why does this cost more than fifty taels of silver, should we ask the team to come over to help, or should we find someone from the village?" ”

"Please work on the team, save trouble."

Ning Yongchuan and An Manyue thought of going together.

An Manyue got up and sat down to look at Ning Yongchuan, thought for a while and said, "Eight pigs don't know if it's enough, after all, there are a lot of people in our village." ”

Don't look at Dayang Village is just a small village, there are more than 100 families in it, and there are at least three people in a family, which is a big village with a radius of 100 miles.

"It should be enough, buy it according to what you said, estimate it after the first day, if it's not enough, buy it on the second day, if it's more, then let's set up a flowing water banquet on the fourth day, it shouldn't be a waste of meat." Ning Yongchuan said thoughtfully, thinking that his family should also brush up their reputation outside.

"Hmm." An Manyue nodded in response.

At dinner, Ning Yongchuan handed over the matter of finding a team to cook to Ning Laoer and Ning Zeyi, and handed over the matter of buying and selling ingredients to the third and third daughter-in-law.

That night, Li offered to make clothes for the fourth child, and also helped the fourth child measure his body.

At the beginning, Ning Zezhi was happy because he was a talent in the exam, and after a day of happiness, he felt that this matter was not interesting, and his hard work was not praised, but he wanted to be a good official in the future.

Ning Zezhi thanked Li and went back to the house to continue studying.

Li was frightened by Ning Zezhi's serious study, and went back to the house to take a look at his man, who was lazily lying on the bed to take a nap, crossing Erlang's legs.

"Coming back?" Ning Zeren opened his eyes and saw that the Li family came back with the fabric, his brows frowned slightly, and he said unhappily, "You don't need to make the clothes of the fourth child, our mother will do it too, what kind of heart do you have." ”

Without saying a word, Li spread the fabric on the other side of the bed and began to cut, saving himself the need to mix up the measured rope.

"What are you doing, what are you doing in the middle of the night, why don't you come and rub my legs, my legs hurt today." Ning Zeren said lazily, not even bothering to open his eyes.

"I'll cut things out first, and it won't take long." Li lowered her head and continued to work, she understood at this time, why the fourth brother was able to pass the exam, but her own man failed to pass the exam several times.

Thinking about it with your toes, you also know that it is good for my man to read books for three hours a day, and the fourth brother does not read for more than three hours a day.

After the enlightenment of her father, Li can be regarded as having figured out at this time, nothing is as important as pleasing her mother-in-law.

Ning Zeren saw that Li didn't beat his legs, his face darkened, and he asked sharply: "Is it because I didn't get into the show, you dislike me?" ”

"Nope." Li didn't dare to quarrel with Ning Zeren, put away his things, and obediently beat Ning Zeren's legs, seeing that Ning Zeren was angry, he sighed silently in his heart.

Following.

An Manyue gave the third couple sixty taels of silver, asked the two of them to prepare the ingredients, and gave the second Ning Zeyi twenty taels of silver, and asked him to invite the team.

Soon, it was time to celebrate Ning Zezhi's talent in the examination.

Early in the morning, the people of the vegetable team came with the guys, found an open space, set up the pot and stove and cutting board, and began to get busy.

The running water mat was set up for three days, just in time to use up all the ingredients.

The people in the village were stunned by the Ning family's generosity, and they all ate with their mouths full of oil, and they smiled with joy, they didn't forget to take a lot of meat from home, and secretly hoped that Ning Zeren would hurry up next year to get admitted to Xiucai, and then they would be able to come over and eat.

The clothes that Li made for Ning Zezhi this time also brought embroidery, and after wearing it, it was called a milk cute, and many little girls in the village came to Ning Zezhi one by one, but Ning Zezhi himself didn't feel anything at all, holding a book in his hand, and his eyes were full of books.

Thinking like this, Li looked for his own man in the crowd, and saw Ning Zeren talking to a few little girls with a smile on his face, and her eyes were so shocked that her eyes were about to fall out.

At the flowing water banquet, Ning Yongchuan and An Manyue wore the couple costumes made by the Li family to show off the limelight, and many women looked at Ning Yongchuan greedily and wanted to marry him as his wife; Of course, there are many men who look at An Manyue intently, thinking that if their daughter-in-law is also so good-looking, they will definitely hold their daughter-in-law in the palm of their hands.

The Ning family was lively for three days, and finally calmed down, and the people in the village were all busy.

In the end, fifty-six taels of silver were spent on the grocery shopping, and twelve taels of silver were used by the food invitation team, adding up to a total of sixty-eight taels of silver.

After An Manyue finished settling the accounts, she couldn't help but sigh, thinking about whether it would cost more if her man was promoted to become an official in the exam.

Of course, the people in the village also followed the ceremony, and the gift money added up to less than ten taels of silver, and An Manyue properly packed up the account book, which could be used in the future when people were exchanging favors.

Ning Yongchuan thought that there was not much money at home, so he locked himself in the study to paint, and as for An Manyue, of course, he also wrote medical books silently in Ning Yongchuan's study.

Li followed Su Shi to choose vegetables in the yard, his eyes fell on the door of the study, and said thoughtfully: "Third brother and sister, should I learn to read and write?" ”

"Hmm." Su Shi replied in a low voice.

Li Shi looked at Su Shi's timid appearance, and couldn't help but say fiercely: "You can't speak loudly, who can hear that little voice!" ”

"Sister-in-law." Su looked at Li with teary eyes, like a bullied little daughter-in-law.

Li Shi glanced at Su Shi, lowered his head and continued to work, thinking that in the past two days, since a man went out early and returned late and did not read, the more he thought about it, the more upset he became, threw the vegetable leaves into the pot, and after cleaning his hands, he went to find the old daughter-in-law who was nesting in the house.

"Sister-in-law, you're here, this is a melon seed, give it." Xu enthusiastically handed the melon seed plate in his hand to Li, and said with a smile, "You taste it." ”

Li sat next to Xu and said upsetly: "I don't eat, you can eat by yourself!" ”

"Hey." Xu Shi responded happily, ate by himself, kept his eyes peeking at Li, and asked cautiously, "Sister-in-law, I really envy you, my mother likes the clothes you make, but I don't have such skillful hands." ”

"What's there to envy about this, if you don't do anything, our mother will scarce you." Li glanced at Xu, remembered that Xu was a big mouth, and said, "I still have something to do" and got up to leave.

Xu Shi watched Li Shi leave his back with a puzzled expression.

Li always felt that his man had been strange recently, and absentmindedly went back to the room, and was about to change the sheets, only to find a big red belly pocket under the pillow.

This......

It's not her belly pocket.

Realizing this, Lee's whole person is not good!