Old man Xu and Mrs. Xu glanced at each other, and quickly got up and walked out hand in hand.

As soon as they walked out of the courtyard gate, they saw a group of villagers walking towards this side around a big man. The big man is tall and strong, dressed in a majestic official uniform, who is not his son Xu Qingyan, who has been missing for many years.

The old couple cried with joy and shouted loudly, "Er'er, it's really you......"

Xu Qingyan also saw the old couple, handed over the horse stiff rope in his hand to Xu Lanzhou, ran forward in three or two steps, knelt down and cried, "Father, mother, my son is not filial, so you have suffered!" ”

Several people hugged their heads and cried for a while, and were persuaded to go to the house.

Xu Li was helping his father and several clan elders to hurry to Xu's house, and the monkey anxiously asked Xu Qingyan how he became an official and what kind of official he was.

Old man Xu and Mrs. Xu cried again.

There are so many clansmen in the Xu family, and the most beautiful thing is that an ancestor from three generations ago became a seventh-grade official, not to mention witnessing Long Yan, even the prefect has not seen it a few times.

Xu Qingyan said that he was sent to the Western Xia Kingdom to spy on intelligence, and when he came back, he was rewarded by the emperor and was named a second-class guard from the fourth rank of the palace. also said that he would take back the emperor's holy decree to reward him tomorrow and go to the ancestral hall, but he didn't say anything about Zhou Xin.

Several clan elders heard that Xu Qingyan had the ability to enter the Jinluan Hall to see the emperor, and he also received the emperor's reward, and he would offer the holy decree to the ancestral hall, and the future errand was to protect the high prince, so excited that his body was trembling.

Xu Qingming in the field hurriedly ran back, hugging Xu Qingyan and crying. He also asked people to go to the town to find Gu's and asked her to buy more things, and come back quickly to lead people to cook. Then invite someone to go to Xu Zhiniang and Xu Daya's house to talk, and let them come back with men and children.

Old man Xu asked people to go to the yamen to call Xu Ershi back, "Tell him that his second uncle has become a big official, and he is a fourth-grade military attache who protects the prince, and he has also seen the emperor's ......."

The patriarch of Xu also cried a lot, took Xu Qingyan's hand and said, "This is the glory of our Xu family, our ancestors bless, our Xu family has a good son......"

Several other clan elders also gossiped, "Heaven's grace, glory, the ancestral tomb is smoking......

Xu Jindou was clever, and was the first to change the name of Old Man Xu, calling him "Old Lady", and the others followed suit. The old man happily agreed in a loud voice, "Eh, eh, good boy, tomorrow my house is in for a treat, full of please, full of please." ”

Xu Qingyan took another ten taels of silver and asked Xu Li to find some people to prepare for tomorrow's flowing water banquet.

He spoke loudly and impassionedly.

He just wants to let the people in the yamen know that Ershi still has such a noble family, he has a backstage, don't always dislike him for writing ugly.

The Gu family hired a donkey cart and came back, leading the daughters-in-law of several clansmen to be busy in the kitchen. She smiled happily, but regretted it to death. I knew that Xu Qingyan would come back, and she was such a big official, she should have agreed to take more money to help the second house, even if it was to sell two acres of land. Or the old lady is right, she is stingy after all. and complained a little about Xu Qingming, if he insisted on insisting, he would not dare to disobey the man......

After the noisy and noisy was busy, it was noon, and Xu Zhiniang's family, Xu Daya's family, and Xu Ershi all came back.

Old man Xu smiled and narrowed his eyes with joy. He said in an open voice, "My son pays for a flowing water feast, don't save it, buy big fish and big meat." ”

There was an endless stream of people who came to Xu's house to congratulate, not only the house was full of people, but even the courtyard was full of people.

Xu Zhiniang had a good relationship with this younger brother, and pulled Xu Qingyan's sleeve and cried.

At dinner, Xu Lizheng's ancestors and grandchildren of three generations and four people, as well as several clan elders and five grandfathers, fathers and sons, were invited to drink and eat at home.

Xu Ershi also said, "Today there is something important in the Yamen, and tomorrow the county commander, the county magistrate, and the county lieutenant will come to visit the second uncle at home." ”

When everyone heard this, there was another burst of congratulations, plus envy and jealousy.

Xu Qingyan coughed and said, "I have something to tell my father." ”

Ever since he welcomed his son in official uniform into the door, Old Man Xu's shelf has been sufficient. After listening to his son's words, he said with a straight face, "We have to discuss important matters, so you can go down first." ”

After the meal, the guests all left, and took away the things sent by Xu Qingyan, and the room finally calmed down.

On the kang, Xu Qingyan sat in the middle, Old Man Xu sat on his left, and Mrs. Xu sat on his right, one hand still being held by the old lady. The others, the elders sat on the chairs by the kang, and the juniors stood on the side, still squeezed a room.

Xu Qingyan had no choice but to say, "It's sealed." ”

Old man Xu asked again, "What is sealed?" ”

When everyone went out, Xu Qingyan got up and closed the door, and whispered about Zhou Xin and Xu Lanyue, but he still didn't dare to say anything about Zhou Xin's canonization. And at the end he said, "...... Tomorrow the little girl will come to the house and ask the patriarch to write her name down in the family tree. ”

Old man Xu's eyes widened, and he said loudly, "That woman is also fine, because she is protecting you to death?" Seeing her son nodding, she said, "She is a heroine, don't fool me and say that the emperor only gave you a reward, not her." ”

The old man smiled, and almost said that Zhou "died well".

Xu Qingyan was so angry that his temples jumped suddenly, and said, "Dad, Xin Niang suffered a lot with her son, she was only twenty-three years old when she died, and she died so tragically, how can you laugh like this when it comes to her death." As for the glory of our Xu family, it is those two holy decrees, and the official title on my head. In the future, the son will continue to earn, and the son's son will also earn, and my Xu family does not need to use the woman's death to earn glory. ”

Xu Qingyan said what the emperor had sealed.

When the old man heard that another daughter-in-law had been awarded the title of Mrs. Loyal and Brave by the emperor, his eyes were red with joy. First snorted a few big haha, and said happily, "Zhou's death is glorious, why don't you tell this in front of your father and fellow villagers?" This kind of glory doesn't need to be hidden, my old man knows that he wants to return to his hometown, and that daughter-in-law died like that, just to let everyone know and envy them to death. ”

Old man Xu choked, and also felt that he was quite out of place, so he quickly closed his grinning mouth.

Mrs. Xu also scolded, "Old X lamp, you are happy to be like this when people die, and you have lived a lot of years in vain." He said to Xu Qingyan again, "Zhou followed you, and died like that, he is a good child, and he will treat the daughter she left behind well in the future." ”

Xu Qingyan nodded and said, "Xiao Niuniu is very good and sensible, and my mother will cherish her a lot in the future." ”

Mrs. Xu said, "This is natural, my granddaughter, I feel pain." The child has no mother, and it is even more pitiful. He asked again, "Since Zhou's holy decree has been issued, why don't you invite them into the ancestral hall together tomorrow?" ”

Xu Qingyan said, "Wait a little longer." I have already handed over the pleasant fold of the four products of the Qin family, and when the Qin family's edict is sealed, please enter the ancestral hall first, and then invite the Zhou family in. ”