Chapter 424: The Joy of Housewarming
In the blink of an eye, the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month arrived, and the firecrackers sounded in the orchard early in the morning, and it was lively, and the firecrackers were finished, and the furniture made before, and the things of the old house here, in the festive suona sound, began to move to the new house one after another, but there was no need to worry about manpower, knowing that they moved today, many people have come to help.
Although there were enough people, Cheng Xi was not idle, no one would let her move things by herself, so she stayed in the new house and beckoned everyone how to place furniture and other things.
The house designed by Cheng Xi is actually borrowed from the design concept of building a villa in her previous life, one by one, an independent house, all over the orchard, and there is a separate one that will always stay in the orchard, such as Ayi Awen Awu.
Of course, there are too many people in the end, it is impossible not to have no one, and the other guards, if they want to stay after they get married, they can build another building in time, and if they don't want to stay, they can also go to other places to settle down.
The people of the orchard also built dormitories for them, either one or two rooms, and according to the number of people, the conditions were also very good.
Of course, Cheng Xi also built a banquet hall alone, which was built according to the habits here.
The banquet hall is not small, but Ah Wen estimated that the guests who came today will not be able to sit in this banquet hall, but fortunately, the courtyard outside the banquet hall is big enough, and after the snow in the courtyard is swept away, the tables are also full.
The strength of the crowd is great, and the things that should be moved have been moved to the new house and placed in place.
After that, there was almost nothing to do with Cheng Xi, and Cheng Xi Xu Saburo entertained the guests in the living room.
In the morning, there were already a succession of guests began to come, many people Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi did not know, some were the surrounding squires and landlords, some were nearby dignitaries who wanted to have a relationship with them, and some Cheng Xi probably had some impressions of the surrounding people who came to work in their orchards.
Cheng Xi's face stiffened with laughter, and looked at Xu Sanlang, who was forcibly pulled by her to receive the guests, and Xu Sanlang, who was not smiling, opened his mouth and complained, "Why are there so many people?" I don't know anyone yet. ”
Xu Saburo said helplessly, "You want to come by yourself." ”
Cheng Xi pursed his lips and responded, "Isn't this out of politeness." ”
Where could Xu Sanlang not know the little Jiujiu in Cheng Xi's mind, looking at the people in the distance, Xu Sanlang opened his mouth and said, "The person you are waiting for is here." ”
Cheng Xi looked at the group of people coming from afar, and said with a smile, "It's still Xianggong who knows me best and knows who I'm waiting for." ”
However, the group of people who came over was very unexpected, Cheng Xi and others were actually Xu Wenyu and his party.
Cheng Xi was waiting for him here, but not to greet him, but to ridicule him in front of such a squire, a local tyrant, and a nobleman in Anyang County, he held a grudge very much, how much did he suffer in the hands of Xu Wenyu at the beginning? As long as there is a chance to clean him up, Cheng Xi is reluctant to let him go.
When Xu Wenyu and his entourage arrived at the door, Xu Wenyu first stepped forward and greeted enthusiastically, "San Lang, San Lang's daughter-in-law, congratulations on your housewarming. ”
Xu Sanlang still kept a straight face and didn't speak, as if he hadn't heard Xu Wenyu's words, but Cheng Xi also looked at Xu Wenyu with a smile and didn't answer, just looked at Xu Wenyu and his party like this, and saw that they were all slightly embarrassed, and Cheng Xi opened his mouth.
However, as soon as Cheng Xi spoke, Xu Wenyu was even more embarrassed, and only heard Cheng Xi speak, "Lord Xu, shouldn't you give a salute when you see us?" ”
The guests who came in before, which one of them was warmly entertained by Cheng Xi, very approachable, but they never put up a shelf, let alone let someone give them a big gift, and those who wanted to give a gift were stopped by Cheng Xi, and they were directly and warmly entertained into the courtyard.
At this time, a shelf was actually set up in front of the county magistrate, which attracted the attention of the guests inside, and the guests inside looked at the door curiously, and the guests who came in outside also stood far away and watched the situation here, waiting for the next development of this matter.
Xu Wenyu was stunned for a long time, and finally had to secretly grit his teeth and kneel, and gave Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi a big gift.
When Xu Wenyu finished his salute, Xu Sanlang was silent, Cheng Xi was even more silent, and Xu Wenyu and the few people behind him kept kneeling on the ground like this.
The few people who came with Xu Wenyu all gritted their teeth secretly in their hearts, they were really deceived by Xu Wenyu, what is closer than their own nephew? None of this gave him a good look. At this time, they all regretted in their hearts and followed the wrong person.
However, Cheng Xi quickly spoke up, and personally stepped forward and said to the few people kneeling behind Xu Wenyu, "These are what Lord Xu said, the nobles who helped him scrape together enough money to compensate for our losses, we can move today, thanks to a few people, please hurry up." ”
The few people behind Xu Wenyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and got up after thanking him, but Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang still didn't care about Xu Wenyu who was still kneeling alone, Xu Wenyu lowered his head and gritted his teeth secretly in annoyance, but he didn't dare to move, so many people, if he made a big disrespect to the eldest prince, he would be done with the fun.
The few people behind Xu Wenyu got up before they came back to the meaning of Cheng Xi's words, and cautiously asked, "What did you mean by what you just said?" ”
Cheng Xi pretended to be ignorant and asked, "What words?" ”
Then one of them said, "You said that Lord Xu compensated for the loss, but the little one didn't understand what it meant. ”
Cheng Xi said in surprise, "Ah, don't you know? When I went to Jiangnan with my father-in-law, this Lord Xu led people to seize our orchard grange, and the houses in the orchard grange were almost ruined by them, and we came back to live in a thatched house with leaky wind. ”
As soon as these words came out, whether it was the guests who watched the excitement in the house, or the guests who didn't dare to come over later, and the guests who watched from a distance couldn't help but sigh.
Of course, there are also people who doubt their current identity, but the prince and princess, this Lord Xu really wants to demolish their orchard, and can he still be a county magistrate in Anyang County?
This is Cheng Xi finally spoke, "Ah, why is Lord Xu still kneeling?" I forgot, Lord Xu, get up quickly. ”
As soon as Xu Wenyu thanked him and stood up, Cheng Xi said, "Lord Xu, did you say that?" In our orchard, the original exquisite small buildings have been demolished by you. ”
Xu Wenyu hurriedly explained cautiously, "You misunderstood, how could Xia Guan do such a thing, when it happened suddenly, Xia Guan wanted to guard this business for you, as for the small building, Xia Guan originally wanted to demolish it and rebuild it for you." ”
However, as soon as Xu Wenyu's words came out, he admitted that he had occupied the orchard before, and at the same time admitted that he had demolished the orchard house, and everyone couldn't help but sigh for a while.
Those dignitaries who were deceived by Xu Wenyu and gave a lot of money looked at Xu Wenyu with even more annoyance, they originally thought that they could tie up the prince through Xu Wenyu, but it turned out to be good, and he was fooled into being the big boss and made a lot of blood for him.
However, at this time, even if he was angry, he had to endure it, but he was no longer presumptuous in front of this nobleman, that was the prince, if he accidentally offended, he was afraid that it would be a trivial matter to lose his head, and he might be directly punished by the nine clans.
No matter how beautiful Xu Wenyu said this, no one would believe him, and of course Cheng Xi would not break with him, he only smiled lightly and said, "Since this is the case, then Lord Xu will continue to bother." ”
Xu Wenyu was dripping blood in his heart, even if he was ten thousand unhappy, he had to endure it, and he could only respond in his mouth, "It should be, it should be." ”
Cheng Xi was finally almost satisfied, pointed to the courtesy table at the door, and said, "A few people, please come in, the courtesy is over there." ”
The number is enough, Cheng Xi will not forget to reap a wave of benefits, since people are here, they are here to congratulate them on their housewarming, and they should always have a gift of money.
The few people who followed Xu Wenyu came over at this time, and at this time, hope was ignited in their hearts, and they gave the eldest prince a big gift, didn't they directly take the opportunity to catch the eldest prince?
So those people didn't have Xu Wenyu in their eyes, and went directly past him to the table with the ceremony, scrambling to take out the silver ticket in his arms, hand it to the attendant, and report his name.
Ah Wen, who was standing on the side, looked at one of the gifts named Li Dacong who was actually 10,000 taels, looked at Xu Wenyu who was standing behind, his eyes flashed, and he spoke loudly and sang the salute in a decent manner, "Li Dacong, 10,000 taels of silver tickets with the gift, Hu Wenjie, 15,000 taels with the gift......"
said that some people heard a sigh, but the thoughts in their hearts were different, but everyone had the same idea in their hearts, that is, these people came with the county order, and presumably the county order was even bigger.
Xu Wenyu looked at the people in front of him, gritted his teeth secretly, and when he arrived, he finally took out all the silver tickets in his arms, and Ah Wen also sang loudly, "Lord Xu Wenyu, pay three thousand taels with the salute." ”
As soon as Ah Wen finished shouting, there was a boo inside and outside the house, even if they had some friendship with Xu Wenyu before, and they originally planned to take a look at Xu Wenyu, they no longer greeted him.
These people will not be good at him, this county order looks kind on the surface, but as soon as he took office, he increased taxes, and before that, under the guise of building a mansion for the eldest prince, he squeezed the people of Anyang County, if it wasn't for the eldest prince coming back, they were afraid that they would still be living in dire straits.
If in the past, a county magistrate stood in front of these ordinary people, they would be afraid that they would tremble with fear, but now that there is such a big man as the prince to support him, what is this Anyang county magistrate? That is, a paper tiger, no matter how powerful it is, the prince is bigger?