It turned out that Shen Jianshan's youngest son was married on November 28, and the third day of the lunar month was He's 60th birthday, Shen Jianshan meant that the life of each family in the past two years was good, and there were also a few loose surplus money in his hand.

As soon as Shen heard this, he immediately agreed, and said: "Yes, in fact, I am also thinking about this, and I am going to give my mother a golden face, my mother has been working with me for the past two years, and I am very unhappy in my heart, big brother, how many families are there in Baitang Village now?" Does each family use anything other than six longevity peaches? I haven't been at home for more than 10 years, and I don't know if there's anything new now. ”

"This is not there, that is, the conditions are good with white flour, almost white flour mixed with some miscellaneous grains, the whole village is about one hundred and thirty households, and the mother wants to wear brand new clothes, it is best to be festive." Xu said.

"I know the clothes. Then I'll prepare 800 longevity peaches when I arrive. How many tables do you have to prepare, and how much money do you need to tip? Shen then asked.

"There are seventeen tables for each family, plus twenty-five tables for relatives' own families, and one hundred purses for rewarding are prepared, and six copper plates in one can be used. Ten of the cooks and sixty of them. Shen Jianshan said.

Only then did Ziqing understand the local customs, the old man made longevity, and the daughter made jewelry, clothes, reward purses, and longevity peaches to be distributed to the whole village, of course, they were made of flour, and the son was only responsible for the banquet.

The next day, Shen handed over the task of 100 purses to Ziqing, embroidering a "longevity" word on each purse, these two years of training, Ziqing's needlework has made great progress, embroidery is still not good, belongs to the initial stage. Shen went to Anzhou Mansion and bought a piece of fuchsia satin, and bought a piece of jujube-red muslin, a bundle of cotton, and a few pieces of loose red satin. For Ziqing to make a purse.

When she was free during the day, Ziqing accompanied Shen to sit under the window grille and embroider the word longevity. Shen said that she would embroider a hundred "longevity" characters on her clothes, and in order to save time, she cut the clothes first, stretched them on the embroidery frame, and embroidered them piece by piece. Most of the time in the evening is not to do embroidery, do needlework, because embroidery is more eye-consuming.

Shen made a new cotton robe and cotton pants for He. Outside, a cotton skirt and shoes are prepared to be made of satin of the same color.

"Mother, what did you wear that day? Why don't you make a new outfit too, or you and your grandmother do the same. You look good in that, too. Ziqing asked.

"Silly girl, how can you wear the same thing, and you won't be laughed at by others." After a while, Shen said again: "It's going to be the New Year, wait for your father to come back tomorrow." Let's go to the city again, buy more fabrics, and make a new dress for each of us. I just went to the silver building to pick up a few things, but I didn't have time to go last time. ”

This time I went to the city, and I really made a lot of purchases. In addition to various fabrics, he also bought a gold-inlaid jade hairpin for He's family. It is carved with a red jade peony, a pair of gold earrings, a pair of engraved gold bracelets, a ring with gold and jade, and a pair of gold hairpins of vermilion birds. Shen added a gold-inlaid jade step shake, a pair of fine white jade bracelets, it feels warm, I don't know if it's mutton fat jade? Shen fiddled with these jewelry to He Shi with a smile and said, "Mother, today I am really generous, and I spent silver happily. It has grown so big, and the sum of thirty years has not cost more than a day of money today. Mother, put it on and let your daughter see it. ”

Seeing that Shen's interest was so high, He couldn't bear to be disappointed, and said while cooperating: "It's a pity, how many acres of paddy fields can be bought with this silver?" Didn't I tell you, the Zhuang family, it's good to have a silver head, this is too eye-catching, I want a bracelet, I still have a jade bracelet in my hand, this is the only thought that your grandmother left me, I haven't left my body for more than 40 years. Your father left me a few things, all of them in silver, and if you buy them again today, can I still wear them? ”

"Mother, you just change to wear it, you are better than anything else, today to Anzhou, we saw another shop, tomorrow let his father go through the formalities, there is no suitable paddy field for a while, we have already told the Chinese people, there is a suitable one will notify us." Don't worry, I know what to expect. ”

"Okay, I don't worry, I didn't expect to be old and old, and I can still enjoy the blessings of my daughter. In the past two years, I have eaten and dressed, and I have been serving more than your father in the world. If there is any shortcoming, it is that your father left early, and he didn't see that his favorite little daughter is now living a good life. The more He spoke, the more sad he became.

Ziqing saw it and hurriedly smiled and said, "Grandma, you seem to be ten years younger when you dress up, and the landlord's wife in the village is not as rich as you." Everyone laughed and passed away.

Time passed in a blink of an eye, early in the morning of the third day of the lunar month, Shen Wanfu pushed a wheelbarrow to pick up several of Shen's children, and He was picked up by Shen Jianren, who went home to attend his nephew's wedding, this time he knew that Zeng Ruixiang was not at home, and the few children left by Shen's side were too young, so they came to pick them up.

Here, the Shen family steamed the longevity peach the day before, and asked Zeng Ruiyu's daughter-in-law for help, and this time it was also for Zeng Ruiyu and his two brothers to help pick it up.

Originally, everyone left early, but who knew that when they crossed a small river and walked the ridge road, Shen Wanfu didn't grasp the balance well, and threw Zishou and Zixi off the ridge, fell into the paddy field, and got sludge.

Fortunately, it was not spring, there was no water in the field, only wet mud, so Shen quickly took off their overalls and let them wear cotton jackets. Originally, it didn't take long to delay, but Zixi was frightened, crying and saying that he wouldn't get on the wheelbarrow, Ziqing couldn't coax for a long time, so he had to hold Ziyu, Shen hugged Zixi, and let Shen Wanfu push Zishou and take the burden first.

A few people stopped and stopped, Shen was very anxious, but fortunately, Shen Wanfu and Shen Chunfu came to find it, they were holding the child, and Shen and Ziqing were much faster.

To Baitang Village, Shen Jianshan and Shen Jianshui's houses are pasted with red couplets, the house is newly decorated, people come and go, Shen handed over Ziyu to Ziqing, and went to give the villagers longevity peaches, fortunately, everyone lives in a relatively concentrated area, did not delay too much time, almost noon, Zeng Ruixiang came with his two sons, they directly hired a car from Anzhou Mansion here.

As soon as noon arrived, relatives, friends and villagers were almost all there, the ceremony began, the square table of the hall lit a pair of thick red candles, there was a big "Shou" word on it, and a plate of high Shou peaches was placed on one side, He Shi sat in front of the hall wearing a new dress, the purple satin placket gown, which was embroidered with gold thread with various "Shou" words, the same color satin cotton skirt, the same color of satin shoes, and a full set of gold ornaments on the head, attracted a sigh of envy, all praised the old lady for her good fortune, the house is a big family of relatives, There was also a large circle of villagers outside the house.

Shen Jianshan put more than 20 straw mats in the hall, Shen Jianshui and his eldest son carried a big basket, which was made by Shen and Ziqing, almost all kinds of red, on which was the word "longevity", a master of ceremonies invited by the village, as soon as the shouting began, the sound of firecrackers sounded, Shen Jianshan knelt down with his children and nephews, one kowtowed three heads, and then walked to He's side in turn, bent down, and said an auspicious word, He touched everyone's head and gave each person a purse.

The children and nephews are over, Shen Dafu brought his grandchildren over again, Shen Dafu's son Shen Zuofan is only seven years old, and he brought his great-grandchildren to come over again, He looked at the three great-grandchildren and three great-granddaughters of the fourth generation, cried with joy, and wiped his tears over and over again.

Next is the married daughter Shen family, married three granddaughters and three families, this time kneeling down, almost an hour passed, Ziqing heard the villagers say that the old lady is so blessed, a lot of grandchildren, grandchildren who have been married, and the grandchildren who have been married have to prepare gifts, most of them are fabrics, silver jewelry, shoes and socks, hats, etc., and a table is full.

After the ceremony, the banquet began, the villagers waited for a long time, they were already hungry, the food prepared by the Shen family was very abundant, and Shen Jianshan also deliberately killed a big fat pig, which was a little more sumptuous than Shen Chunfu's wedding banquet.

After the meal, Zeng Ruixiang took Zifu and Zilu and was about to go back to the county seat directly, and Shen Jianren asked his eldest son to drive the donkey cart to Anzhou Mansion, and it was very convenient to find a car in Anzhou Mansion. Shen couldn't help much with a child here, and He asked her to go back early, just as Zeng Ruiyu and her brother were about to leave, so they came back with a basket and a few children. (To be continued)