Every time Zhang Huai went to Qinghui, Chrysanthemum would ask him to buy a lot of books, or let Li Changyu collect all kinds of books, in order to let Aoki and him broaden his horizons and mind and enrich his knowledge through reading. For this reason, Chrysanthemum spent a lot of savings to slowly enrich Aoki's study.

Buying books is a silver-consuming job, and Chrysanthemum told Zhang Huai not to spend extra money, but to read books and get them from Aoki - the Zhang family does not have the ability to buy many books. But even so, Zhang Huai bought a little bit himself, mainly for Zhang Yang, and he himself studied with Zhang Yang - at home, Zhang Yang was his husband.

Huaizi suddenly smiled and said: "People like us who farm and raise fish, and they still study hard, but they don't seek fame, nor do they show off their literary talents with others, they just do what they want, is it considered that the sage said, 'The literary quality is polite, and then the gentleman, mile?'" ”

Chrysanthemum smiled when she heard the "flutter", and knew that what he said was "quality is better than literature, and literature is better than quality." Polite, then gentlemanly. ”

He glanced at him and smiled: "Gentleman, you are still 108,000 miles away." However, I finally read a few books in my stomach, and I was not so rude; I didn't read it as a sour showman, let alone 'literature and history!' ”

Zhang Huai listened with a smile.

He has been enjoying reading and discussing with her lately. It would be more comfortable to sit under the flowers and trees in the courtyard and read a book in spring and summer, but at that time it is very busy, and it is rare to have such leisure.

Sometimes Aoki and Zhang Yang are added, and the four of them talk together.

Zhang Yang said that this would allow him to think flexibly, which was better than studying alone, so he often bothered them with some problems. It's just that these people are all wild people, who never care about the article routines and scripture schools, they can talk about whatever they want, sometimes they make him stunned, and sometimes they make him distressed!

The two of them were talking happily, when they suddenly saw the old aunt and grandmother carrying a basket of things, and staggered along the pebble path mixed with peach and willows to the river.

Zhang Huai was startled, hurriedly pulled the chrysanthemum into the bamboo forest, and whispered in her ear: "Ouch! I was almost seen, and I was going to be scolded! When she gets down the river, you will go home quietly, or when she is washed, you will see the two of us when you turn back. There was a hint of nervousness in his voice.

Seeing him sneaking around, Chrysanthemum couldn't help but tremble with laughter, leaned on the bamboo for a while before resting, pushed his hand away again, and said, "Then what are you still pulling me for?" Really. Anyway, my brother is going to get married in two days, so don't come to me. When Sister Yunlan passed the door, wouldn't they be leaving? It's always bad for us to be seen like this, not as usual, all in front of us are our own family. ”

Huaizi nodded apologetically: "Hey! I didn't want to call you now, but because I bought the land, I couldn't help but want to talk to you. Tomorrow won't be like that. I'm also busy during the day, so I'll study with Yang Zi at night, and I won't go to your house. With that, he urged her to leave.

Two days later, it snowed heavily.

God is also a face, the thirtieth day of the winter month, the first day of marriage, the snow finally stopped, and at noon, the sun also came out.

Looking at the thick pile of snow like cotton wool outside, Zheng Changhe sighed sadly: "What can I do here?" With such thick snow, the road is not easy to walk, and as soon as the sun comes out, it is wet everywhere, and the guests are annoyed. It's really unlucky. ”

Chrysanthemum hurriedly comforted him and said, "Dad, didn't you say that, didn't you say, 'Ruixue Zhaofeng Nian?'" You should be happy. This big snow marries a daughter-in-law, and next year's year will be good, what a good omen! Let's clear the snow out of the yard first, and wait for the sun to shine. ”

The old aunt and grandmother glanced at the chrysanthemum appreciatively, praised her for her ability to speak, and said to Zheng Changhe: "On the day of great joy, say 'unlucky,'." Chrysanthemum is right, this snow is good, so that the snow will be prosperous to marry a daughter-in-law. You've prepared everything properly, and there are so many people to help, what's there to worry about? ”

Chrysanthemum's grandmother, uncle, and aunt rushed over early this morning, just to help

Uncle Yang De laughed and said: "Changhe, as soon as the helper arrives, you don't have to worry about it - just wait for your daughter-in-law to enter the door." The person who should be worried about is Liu Fugui, he has helped his daughter buy a lot of dowry, and this time he is going to be in trouble. Well, it's not easy to save here, it's good to send more people to greet your relatives, otherwise the dowry won't be able to come back. ”

Everyone laughed.

Yang said happily: "My in-laws are too, what are you doing with those things?" Their family is not very wealthy, and Xiaoyungen is getting bigger, and they have to save money. ”

Grandma Wang glanced at her and said, "Look at what you said, he is not rich compared to you, but he is rich in our village." The daughter has been tired at home for so many years, if he doesn't accompany more dowry, he won't be able to bear it; Besides, he is also a face-saving person, thinking that the dowry can't be too shabby. ”

Chrysanthemum listened to them laughing, and whispered to Aoki: "In this dowry, the things I am most interested in are the shoes and clothes made by Sister Yunlan. Brother, how many shoes did you say Sister Yunlan helped you make with me? ”

Aoki's face was flushed, and he didn't know if he was smoked by the heat in the house, or because he was about to get married, so he was full of joy. Seeing her ask this, she smiled and said softly, "I'm afraid there are a lot." I went up and saw that there were two boxes of them - she was very fast at making shoes. There weren't many clothes, I told her not to make too many clothes, and when I came over and pondered with Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum made a lot of new looks, so she didn't do it. ”

Kikuba nodded happily when she heard this.

The brother and sister talked for a while about tomorrow's arrangement, and Chrysanthemum specially told Aoki to lock the study so that there would not be too many people to break and lose the book.

Aoki nodded, sat for a while, and then went to clear the snow with Zheng Changhe and Yang Defa.

Aoki got married and invited the village chief Li Gengtian to preside over the wedding ceremony. That night, he summoned a lot of helpers to Zheng's house and made proper arrangements for the next day.

For this reason, the workshop also announced that it would stop working for a day, and the daughters-in-law and boys were freed up to help

Li Gengtian looked at the Zheng family's joyful but simple layout, and nodded secretly. The Zheng family is rich, and Aoki's marriage is not comparable to the previous wedding scenes in Qingnan Village, but Zheng Changhe is also very realistic, and he did not put on those false tricks.

He smiled and said to Zheng Changhe: "Changhe, you don't have to worry about anything, just wait for your daughter-in-law to come in and serve tea, and I will keep it and help you arrange it." ”

Zheng Changhe touched his head and smiled: "My eldest brother said the same thing!" It's really embarrassing for the village chief and everyone. When you go back, you should have a good glass of wine. ”

Zhou Xiaozi raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you still need to say this?" On such a good day, do you still expect everyone to help you save? Besides, now that life is not poor, if you don't let go of your belly to eat and drink, how can you be worthy of yourself! ”

Everyone laughed. Zhao San asked sneeringly: "I said Brother Changhe, are you prepared enough wine?" If we are halfway through the drink and run out of wine, then we will not follow. ”

Zheng Changhe smiled from ear to ear and promised: "Don't dare to say it, the wine and meat are enough." We are not outsiders in this one son—except for a few relatives, these neighbors in the village. ”

The boys joked around Aoki, and even Li Changyu rushed back, saying that it was specially for Aoki's congratulations. He is also calm in the face of chrysanthemums, but his mood is still a little complicated, until now, he still can't figure out his feelings for chrysanthemums, is he curious? Is it love? Or both. However, it doesn't matter anymore, and it is not only useless to pursue this further, but also confusing!

Looking at the commotion in the house, there was a lot of noise, which made Chrysanthemum a little puzzled, thinking, isn't tomorrow the right day, why is there a commotion today?

The next day, the sky was clear, and the sunlight seemed to be particularly strong under the reflection of the snow, but the cold air in the air was very heavy, and the cold breath penetrated through the cotton clothes and drilled straight into the human body. Under the eaves hung long and short ice edges, silver and white, with sharp blades pointing downward, as if they were about to pierce into the big one

In the compound, people happily shuttled back and forth, the tip of their noses was red, and their mouths were full of white gas; Li Gengtian crossed his waist with one hand and calmly arranged various things.

The big black dog and the greyhound didn't care about barking, and many people came, but the owner was not allowed to bite people casually, so they wandered around the yard looking for food, feeling the excitement of the people.

After a burst of "crackling" firecrackers, the smoke was swirling, and the confetti was all over the ground, Li Gengtian stood under the eaves of the porch, the ice ridge hanging on his head was shining, and he smiled at the team in the courtyard who were ready to go: "Huaizi, call more people to follow." The snow is very thick, the road is not easy to walk, and more people can help more; Again, bring all the shovels, hoes, stubs, and ropes, and if the chariot gets stuck in the road, you have to dig it out with your hands, and if the dowry is really not good, you have to carry it. After all, the bride and the dowry must be brought back smoothly. Everyone should be smarter, and bring people back early to have a banquet with peace of mind. ”

Zhang Huai agreed repeatedly, his expression was quite serious, as if he was going to perform some important task. He looked back at Li Changxing, Liu Sanshun, Zhao Dazui and others behind him, and just wanted to say something, when he suddenly saw Zhang Yang and Xiaoshi also caught in the crowd, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Yang Zi, Zhao Yun, what are you two doing there?" He asked loudly at his brother.

Zhang Yang glanced at Xiao Shi and replied with a smile: "I'll go with Shi Shi to see if we can also help." ”

Li Gengtian made a rare joke and said to the two: "Go, go, go!" You two are scholars, maybe there is something to answer, you can also help deal with it, and ask the people of Liujiatang to see that there are capable people in our Qingnan Village. ”