Du Mei fetched warm water for Fengxian to wash her hands and face, and Xiaolian and Mrs. Zhang waited for her to even out her face and changed her dress, shoes and socks. After she cleaned up, Du Mei took her to Lao Tou's house, and Du Tao and Du Gui ran away early.

At this time, the scrap manuscript wearing a cyan robe had set up a small table in the courtyard to help the old man collect money. Most of the villagers want to be festive, but they just follow ten or twenty texts.

Du Mei took a bunch of money from his purse and handed it over, and the scrap manuscript was buried in writing his name, when he suddenly saw so much money, he looked up, but he was silent, he put the money in the desk drawer, and wrote the money on the red paper.

"Can I do this?" Fengxian didn't have a copper coin, so Xiaolian gave her a piece of broken silver.

"Okay...... Okay. "The scrap is a bit of a stutter.

Du Mei gave the equivalent of one or two pieces of silver, and the gorgeously dressed woman in front of her directly took out the silver, looking at it as if there were always more than one or two. Because I couldn't estimate how much money there was, I wrote a piece of silver on the paper for the scrap manuscript, and no one else could make such a generous move anyway.

Du Mei didn't find Du Tao and Du Gui, so she went to find the eldest girl and asked her to accompany Fengxian. Because she has to go to the kitchen to cook for a while, I don't have time to take care of her.

Fengxian was very curious about how to do happy events in the countryside, and Du Mei had already known that she was not allowed to enter the new house, so she only sat in the shade of the tree in the courtyard and looked around, and the eldest girl sat beside her, and pointed out to her one by one, what was this, what was that.

Mrs. Zhang stood behind Fengxian and fanned her with a fan to catch mosquitoes, flies and insects for her, while Xiaolian took her own cup and poured some hot water to dry.

Du Mei entered the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves and began to cook, today is a flowing water feast, to burn the meat dishes first. Firewood was set up in the stove, and the sound of a spatula stir-frying came from the cauldron. Before long, bubbles began to bubble in the two large cauldrons between the stoves, and under the thick red sauce, various seasonings accompanied the tumbling meat.

There were also several tandoor stoves in the kitchen, all borrowed from the next-door neighbor, and when the meat in the cauldron was almost cooked, they were filled in a large casserole and placed on the tandoor to simmer slowly.

As for cooking rice and boiling soup, which occupy a pot for a long time, I directly borrowed the pot next door to cook it.

The big stove and the small stove were burning, and the heat in the kitchen was higher than in summer, and the women who helped ran outside to dissipate the heat, and Du Mei had to look at the pot, and she had to pay attention to the fire in the stove and the stove, and she couldn't get out of it for a while, so she was drenched in sweat all over her body.

The kitchen is busy, and the smell of meat wafts everywhere. Hao Po led the old head and the sturdy offspring to prepare to go out to pick up relatives, and after a burst of firecrackers, the old head wearing a wedding dress led the ox cart with the big red flower out of the door.

After sending off the pick-up team, the people in the courtyard were about to rest, but they saw the patriarch Du Huaibing walking hurriedly, he was almost sixty years old, and he was sweating profusely on this autumn morning.

"Where's Du May? What about Dume? Du Huaibing didn't have time to wipe his sweat, so he asked when he saw someone.

"In the kitchen." The person being questioned raised his hand towards the kitchen.

"Oh, my little ancestor, come out quickly!" Du Huaibing hurriedly walked into the kitchen, was smoked by the heat wave, hurriedly retreated, and only stood outside and said.

"Master, what's wrong?" Du Mei saw that Du Huaibing's tone was full of anxiety, and hurriedly walked towards him while wiping his hands.

"You ......" Du Huaibing glanced at Du Mei, his face was red with smoke, and his hair was stained with hot condensation droplets.

"Hurry home, or it'll be too late!" Du Huaibing stepped forward and grabbed her wrist and left.

"Ah, what's wrong! No, there's still food boiling in the pot. Du Mei was frightened by his sudden movements and said hurriedly.

There were already some people in the courtyard, and when they saw that Du Huaibing was uncharacteristically going to pull Du Mei away, they all came over to watch, and Feng Xian also held Xiaolian's hand and came to see.

"The house is locked, you find a few people to help, and the kitchen will be handed over to you, don't miss the happy event of the old head." Du Huaibing saw the Fang clan in the crowd at a glance, and immediately ordered.

"Oh, okay, patriarch rest assured." Seeing that Du Huaibing was so eager, Fang had to take a bite to accept, anyway, Du Mei had already cooked the meat dishes almost, and it would only be stir-fried vegetables at that time, and their housewives would still be able to deal with it.

"You're still here to help, what should you do, don't follow in a fuss." Du Huaibing watched the people in the village follow suit, and hurriedly said something to stop him.

Fengxian thought that Du Mei would be back in a while, and she was curious about the wedding, so she sat back in the shade of the tree unexpectedly. Du Shu didn't know what was going on, so he hurried to find Du Tao and Du Gui.

"Master, you're talking." Du Mei was dragged away by Du Huaibing, she couldn't figure out what happened to her to make the patriarch so anxious.

"The holy decree will come in a while, you are so disheveled, you won't collide with the prince!" Du Huaibing turned his head to look at her.

He was taken to the county office by the county magistrate of Qinghe County early yesterday morning, and the county commander Shen Zhanghua told him that he was going to be rewarded for his meritorious deeds in disaster relief. The method of exterminating locusts by ducks was reported by him as early as the outbreak of the locust plague, and it also achieved results. If there is a reward, he can let him know as soon as possible.

Yesterday, after waiting for a day and no news, Du Huaibing had to stay overnight in the county office. After breakfast today, this reward is really coming, and it is very big. The imperial decree issued by the emperor himself, and the king of Yan himself came to supervise and proclaim, what an honor!

Shen Zhanghua had dealt with King Yan and knew that with King Yan's resolute and resolute style, he would definitely come to Dujiagou before noon. Hearing this, Du Huaibing was anxious.

Shen Zhanghua immediately sent the fastest carriage of the county government and galloped all the way to send him back. He got out of the carriage, and before he had time to move, he sent his old wife Yin to tell Xu to prepare. Unexpectedly, the Yin family told him that Du Mei was still in charge of the old table, which made him anxious.

"What holy decree, what prince?" Du Mei heard it in a fog, didn't the holy decree and the prince all sing on the stage?

"The reward for fighting disasters is above, and your duck flock has won the emperor's blue eye by killing locusts." Time is pressing, Du Huaibing made a long story short.

"Huh!?" Du Mei was stunned.

"Don't think about it so much, hurry up and pick it up." Du Huaibing pushed her.

The courtyard door of the second room is wide open, and it seems that the Yin family has come to report the news. Du Huaibing saw that Du Mei had returned home, and he had also gone home, he was the patriarch, so he had to clean up decently.

"Plum ......" Xu Shi probably cried, and his eyes were red.

"Mother, don't be afraid, what we get is a reward, a reward!" Du Mei soothed, she hugged Xu, and could feel her body tremble slightly uncontrollably.

"The hot water is boiling, Meizi, you hurry up and wash it." Yin poked his head out of the kitchen.

"Yes, yes, wash." Xu agreed.

When she heard the news, she was completely stunned, and she couldn't come back to her senses for a while. Whatever Yin told her to do, she did it, and now Du Mei came back, and her hanging heart finally fell.

The bathtub was full of water, and Du Mei washed her hair carefully, and only washed her body briefly. She didn't dare to delay the time, because Yin had already asked twice outside the window.

Du Mei changed into a moon-white skirt embroidered with begonias and came out with her hair scattered. She had waist-length black hair like seaweed, and Yin and Xu helped wipe it. In the sunlight, the hair reflects a shiny halo, as if wearing an invisible silver crown.

Du Shi led Du Tao and Du Gui to run back in a hurry, and saw that the family was peaceful, only Du Mei washed her hair and sat in the sun, Du Tao and Du Gui curiously gathered around to watch.

"Auntie, it's okay at home." Du Shu scratched his head a little embarrassed.

"It's fine. Shu'er, can you go to the river beach and get Du Ying back? Xu Shi spoke to Du Shu with a pleasant face.

"Okay, I'll go!" Du Shu turned around and left.

After a while, Du Ying came back, and the three little ones were all called by Yin to wash their faces and comb their hair. Seeing that Du Mei's hair was almost dry, Xu took her to the house to get her hair curled.

Du Mei obviously felt that Xu was very nervous, and pulled her hair painfully for a while, and then dropped the grate again.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Du Mei said as he looked at the blurred shadow in the bronze mirror.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing, my mother is happy for you. Xu wanted to squeeze out a little laughter, but it was not much better than crying.

"Mother, don't comb it, I'll do it myself." Du Mei turned around and took the grate and pressed her mother to the stool.

Du Mei combed her hair, skillfully curled herself in a double bun, and scattered some hair casually on her shoulders. She obviously just wore a simple hairstyle and an ordinary muslin skirt, but she was very bright and moving.

Xu touched Du Mei's smooth hair like fine silk and sighed silently. Maybe there is providence in the dark, and the people and things she once wanted to hide from all her life are still coming after all.

"Erjin's family, are you all okay, I'm afraid someone is coming up this time." Yin patted the window lattice.

"Just come, just come." Xu Shi responded, and pulled Du Mei's skirt again, and then came out with Du Mei.

Xu sat in the hall uneasily, a little scared and a little expectant, nearly 20 years have passed, and now she is coarse cloth and hairpin, her face has changed, who can still recognize it?

"It's coming, it's coming." Du Guifei, who was lying at the gate of the courtyard and watching, ran and said.

Xu Shi stood up suddenly, Du Mei hurriedly supported her, Yin got up together, and everyone went out to greet her.

"Please, please, please." At this moment, the patriarch Du Huaibing bowed down and led a group of brightly dressed people to come.

"This is Miss Du's home." Behind Du Huaibing was Shen Zhanghua, who was wearing an official uniform, and he was talking to a man in a dark blue brocade robe.

The man was born tall and handsome, with a wide forehead and high nose, sword eyebrows and sideburns, and a pair of red and phoenix eyes.

"The little courtyard is good." A feminine voice came from behind the man.

The owner of the voice was dressed as a chamberlain, and he was holding his orchid fingers and a silk handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose.

Du Huaibing stepped forward, he stopped Du Jianiang, and asked them to stand by the door with his head down to greet him. Du Mei looked down and saw a lot of different clothes coming in, and she bowed in turn.

The man in the fancy dress entered the room, only standing at the table, staring at the painting in the hall with his hands in his hands, Shen Zhanghua and the chief attendant saw that the man did not sit, he did not dare to sit, and Du Huaibing also stood aside.

After making tea in the kitchen, Du Mei brought in with a tray, and when he heard the sound of his dress squirming around, the man turned and sat down at the table.

Du Mei placed the tray on the table, she remembered the corners, and bowed her head to offer the first cup of tea to the man in the dark blue brocade robe.

"Thank you, Miss Du." A calm and restrained voice.

This voice was so familiar, listening to Du Mei's ears, full of spring breeze warmth, she couldn't help but look up.

"It's you!" Du Mei's throat choked instantly.

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