The time of the reunion always flies by in a flash, at the beginning of July, Zishou and Zixi went to the county school, Zilu because he was going to go to the state school, it was a few days late, so he started to work hard again at home alone, and sat in the study for a long time every day, and he could go to the back mountain with Ziqing in the afternoon.

Zilu said that he wanted to go to the test site in two years, and even if he didn't win, he could accumulate some experience. Ziqing listened to it and thought so. However, a few days later, he also went to the state journal.

The days at home are much more deserted, Master Xu's carpentry work is done, there is only a little paint work left, Ziqing picked up some nanmu blocks and mahogany blocks, ready to carve mahjong when there is nothing to do, and asked for some paint from Master Li, and repainted the old mahjong patterns.

Holding the small wooden block, Ziqing suddenly thought that the doors and windows should also be installed in the courtyard she newly bought, and the basic living furniture should be prepared, otherwise when Lin Kangping suddenly brought someone home, where would she live for a while. So he told Master Xu, because there were still some messy wood at home, and they were going to be lived in by hired people, and the requirements were not high, so Master Xu sent his eldest apprentice to bring a little apprentice over.

At the end of July, Master Li's painting work was also completed, and Shen finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said with a smile: "This time everything is in order, I just wait for my daughter-in-law to enter the door." ”

On this day, Shen was counting his fingers and pinching Zifu to go out for several months, and he hadn't even sent a letter back, and he didn't know if the child could go smoothly and safely outside, so Zifu entered the house.

Zifu returned home on the tenth day of August, and he lost a lot of weight, but he was in good spirits. When he finished washing up and sat down to rest. Everyone knows what he has been through along the way.

It turned out that he and Lin Kangping went all the way to Yuecheng, but it went well, Lin Kangping took the goods and was about to return to the capital, Zifu played around Yuecheng and appreciated the customs of Yuecheng. Originally, he wanted to follow the fleet to go around the Western Ocean, knowing that he got married on September 18. David didn't dare to take him. It is said that in addition to crossing the sea, they also have to climb the mountains, which is very dangerous, and it is definitely too late in time. Zifu came out of Yuecheng. Walking back along the official road, the more he walked, he found that the drought was getting more serious, so he turned all the way from Lingnan to Yuelu. I stopped at Yuelu Academy for half a month, all the way to the north, and felt the disaster. Feeling hungry, I wrote many thoughts and travelogues.

"Dad, I only knew that the outside world was really big, I used to sit in a well and watch the sky, and every place has its own customs, lifestyles, language habits and taboos. Especially for the ethnic minorities in the mountains, some of them only have a language but no written language. But many of the customs they have inherited for thousands of years are the kind of love for life, the yearning for a good harvest and a prosperous life, which makes people awe-inspiring. I always thought that the ones I experienced when I was a child were the most difficult and miserable, but I didn't know that I had seen so much along the way, and I happened to encounter a drought, there were refugees along the way, and some refugees begged for food with their wives and children, and they were hungry and only had skin and bones left, which was very sad. ”

Zeng Ruixiang said happily when he heard this: "It seems that you have indeed honed a lot and gained a lot on this trip, reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, the ancients did not deceive me." ”

After Zifu rested for two days, Shen urged him to send a gift to the Liu family, and he followed him to Anzhou to buy the needs for the festival. When I came back, I thought that if I made a new dress for everyone in the family, it would be decent to wear it, especially the elders in the family, and I would accept kneeling, thinking of this, Shen turned out the good clothes that Lin Kang gave me a few years ago, and cut them all by one. The Shen family specially prepared a meeting gift for the bride for both the Tian family and the He family, a silver bracelet and a silver hairpin. This is what He reminded Shen, mainly because he was afraid that when the time came, He gave something, and Tian didn't take out what he was doing, for fear that outsiders would laugh at him.

Although she is not welcome to do things, she is Zifu's grandmother and son-in-law's mother-in-law, and it is a big deal for children to get married. This time, you will listen to your mother, prepare a meeting gift for her, don't have something to take out when you arrive, let outsiders laugh, and those who don't know think that you have mistreated the two old men. As for those aunts, you don't care. Ho persuaded.

Shen was right when he heard it, the horizontal and vertical things were going to be returned to his son, so he didn't care so much, and Yue Xing also prepared one for his own mother.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chunyu specially brought Da Mao to a trip, Shen did not let them in, and heard Chunyu at the door that Da Mao's wedding date was set for the twelfth day of the lunar month, and the whole family was invited to drink the wedding wine. Shen didn't answer when he heard this, turned around and closed the door. Chunyu went back to complain to the old man and Tian.

The days soon slipped into September, Shen discussed the recipe with Zeng Ruixiang and He, agreed on the date with the five people who helped the cook in the village, checked the purse for rewarding, and set whose whole pig was the whole pig, and sent letters to relatives and friends.

On the eighth day of the ninth month, on this day, two donkey carts and an ox cart were hired, and when they entered Anzhou City, they began to blow and carry the dowry to Liu's house. The Liu family may not have expected that the Zeng family came out with twenty-two dowries, and they are all real things, they have given a dowry of one hundred taels before, and this time they have given eighty-eight taels of dowry, Mr. Liu is still the same sentence, it is too expensive, Liu's mother is happy that her daughter has found a good family, and she has a lifelong trust.

On September 16, Shen personally set up the marriage bed, and the mattress and sheets had to wait for the bride to enter the door, lay out the bride's own, check the various furnishings in the house, and lock the door.

On September 17, at noon, the kitchen staff entered the door to test the stove, and the whole family of close relatives came to eat, and there were also relatives from afar, such as Shen Jianshui's family, Xia Yu's family, Qiuyu's mother and son, etc., plus the chef actually had six tables.

In the afternoon, Lin Kangping suddenly entered the door, and brought a couple in their twenties, plus a seven or eight-year-old boy and a five or six-year-old girl, Ziqing's heart suddenly rejoiced, knowing that Lin Kangping rushed back for her purpose, afraid that there would be a lot of things at home, and there would be some chaos, although Lin Kangping didn't say it, but Ziqing also knew his mind, and he couldn't say that he wasn't moved.

The family came and went, and the two talked in the house. Ziqing knew that the family brought by Lin Kangping was driven out by his family because of the drought, and he brought it over on the way to escape the famine, the man's surname was Wang, and the woman's surname was Li.

"I've seen their hands, they are all able to endure hardships, and their families are farming, raising chickens and feeding pigs, and they have also picked up fruit trees, which are just used to guard the orchard for us, which is really a coincidence. You'll see you later, and if you're satisfied, you'll sign the deed of sale. Lin Kangping said.

Ziqing said that the orchard could be inhabited, and she had already picked up two sets of old bedding and even built the well. Lin Kangping listened and said: "It's still my daughter-in-law who is capable, so I'll send people over first, so don't make trouble at home." ”

There are too many guests coming and going at home, and things are too cumbersome, but fortunately, Zilu and they are also at home, otherwise, they won't even have time to make tea. Lin Kangping saw it and said: "You just entertain the ladies in the house, don't worry about the outside affairs, I will come back to help you after I settle down." ”

Ziqing told Lin Kangping to buy some necessities on the street, Ziqing just accompanied Lin Kangping out, and the old man personally accompanied Chunyu and the family. Lin Kangping said hello to the old man and left, Chunyu saw that Ziqing didn't greet her, so she took the initiative to say to Ziqing: "Ziqing, your eldest cousin and cousin did something wrong before, and I also took them to kowtow to your father and mother, and now your eldest cousin is also getting married, even if this matter is over, none of us will mention it in the future." ”

Ziqing didn't answer after hearing this, and went straight back to the house, the old man pulled Zeng Ruixiang and Tian's and Chunyu and Yan Renda into the house, I don't know what to say, in short, it took a long time to come out, and the faces of the four people were not very good-looking, but Chunyu's family stayed.

After Lin Kangping came back, he saw that Chunyu's family was still there, and quietly asked Ziqing: "In the end, I still stayed, and the old man personally brought it, what did he say?" No, my father and mother softened their hearts and forgave them again. ”

Ziqing was about to speak, the old man came over, beckoned Ziqing and Lin Kangping into the wing where Lin Kangping lived, the three of them sat down, and the old man spoke first: "Kangping, Ah Gong knows that you have the ability to rectify people, and Da Mao's matter Ah Gong doesn't blame you, after all, it was Da Mao's fault first, what Ah Gong wants to say to the two of you today is that your aunt and Da Mao have promised me, and they will live their own lives in peace in the future, and no longer count you, everyone is just an ordinary relative to move around, not much a year, just a few children to get married and walk around with each other." , and there is a trip to the New Year, and the other days are as you like. Ziqing, you have always been a sensible child, you persuade Kangping, no matter how wrong it is, you are also a relative, leave some way back. ”

Ziqing was just about to speak, but Lin Kangping grabbed her hand and said, "I don't like to listen to Grandpa's words, I don't seem to know what is going on, what's wrong with Ziqing's reasoning?" If you are sensible, you should suffer a loss, and you will not squeak or resist? It should be like my father-in-law and mother-in-law, so many years of hard work have not been rewarded and recognized by you at all? I don't want to be so reasonable, I protect my own wife, and it's not okay to be bullied by others. To tell the truth, if it weren't for the face of my father-in-law, I would have given him that hand. ”

"But they have already promised, and in the future, they will keep to themselves and stop provoking you."

"Then I also promise to let him go, otherwise, don't blame me for not reminding me in advance, and what Gui Ying is, please tell her, if there is a next time, I won't beat women." After Lin Kangping finished speaking, he directly pulled Ziqing out.

After dinner, everyone who should have gone left, Lin Kangping took out the He Yi he brought, it was actually a white jade ornament, the boy held the lotus, Lin Kangping said: "Big brother, I wish you and your sister-in-law a hundred years of good together, even give birth to a noble son, lotus is also known as lotus, I ran for several days to find it." ”

Shen Shi saw that he was busy saying that this gift was good, Ziqing said with a smile: "This is a big loss, the previous gift was given in vain, but it's a pity that my great jade, I knew that I wouldn't give it." provoked the chase of Shen and Zifu, Lin Kangping was busy protecting Ziqing, everyone made a mess, laughed for a while, and then rested separately. (To be continued)