When Zhang Erhu returned to his home, it was already completely dark. Zhang Dahai and Zhang Wang had already cooked and were sitting in the courtyard looking forward to Zhang Erhu's return.

The house where they are located is not big, it was built and distributed to these demolition households when the military academy was built, although it is not as good as those mansions of dignitaries, but it is also much stronger than the original.

Coupled with having an outstanding son like Zhang Erhu, Zhang Dahai and his wife feel that their current life is sweeter than honey.

"It's time for the second tiger to come back." Zhang Wang looked at the sky, got up from his chair and walked to the door to look out, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

"Hey, I said how many times you've been muttering, and you can't hold your breath at all."

"Aren't you worried about Erhu, and I don't know how this trip to the city is, whether Your Majesty has given him permission to have a relationship with Xiaohua."

"I thought you wanted to know what official His Majesty planned to promote Erhu? It turned out that he was worried about his son's marriage. Zhang Dahai teased.

"In my opinion, Erhu can marry Xiaohua home, give me two grandchildren, and live this life in peace and stability, I am happier than I am to be a big official. It turned out that when I was studying in a military school, I could come back once a month. It's good now, the official is in charge, but in one breath the two tigers are so far away in Ningxia, I heard that what is it called a sheep and a river fort? It's not easy to come back, it's better to be on an errand in Beijing, even if you go to a military academy to teach... We can still see our son often, can't we? ”

"You, when the child was not an official, you thought every day that he would be promoted and make a fortune in the future, but now that you are an official, you are too far away. The good things in the world have to let you stand alone, those soldiers who are guarding the frontier, there are many people who have left their hometowns, they all think like this, our border guards of the Ming Dynasty? Country, country, only with a country can there be a home~" Zhang Dahai painstakingly educated Zhang Wang's family.

"Yo? It's really the son who became an official, and the consciousness of being a father has also risen, and I really can't see it. ”

"You know every day that the Dong family and the Li family are short, how can you care about these? We all listened to the docents on the billboards in the city. It's true that my son is an official, but don't I, as an old man, learn more? lest he tear his son back! What do you mean by that word? It's called keeping up with the times! Got it? ”

"Okay, okay, you keep pace with the times, my old woman went back to the house for dinner, and the second tiger didn't come back at this point, so it is estimated that she lived in the city." Don't wait for him. ”

"You eat, I'll wait at the door for a while." Seeing that Zhang Wang was about to enter the house, Zhang Dahai got up from the chair and walked towards the door.

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and Zhang Erhu walked in with a smile on his face.

"Dad, mother, I'm back!"

"Two Tigers!" Zhang Wang, who had not yet reached the hall, turned his head and exclaimed in surprise.

"Mother! Do you still have food? Zhang Erhu shouted.

"Yes~ you kid." Zhang Wang looked at his son's face, which was much more mature than before leaving, through the light in the room, and his face was full of kindness and pride.

"It's going to be cooked before it gets dark, and your mother and I will wait for you to come back." Zhang Dahai on the side interjected with a smile.

"You haven't eaten yet?" Zhang Erhu asked with concern.

"It's so late, why are you waiting for me. Let's go, dad and mother, let's eat together. ”

"Hey!" The three of them entered the house together and sat down in the small hall. The hall of a small family has the functions of receiving guests, eating, and relaxing, and Zhang Erhu's family is no exception.

The hall is not big, and there is no luxurious decoration, but Zhang Erhu feels that this is the warmest place.

The types of meals are not cooked, two meat, two vegetarian and four dishes, there are chicken and meat, all of which Zhang Erhu loves to eat. He came back late yesterday, so he didn't have time to prepare, so he got up early today to buy it at the market.

Zhang Erhu, who was tired for a day, was already hungry, and although there were many kinds of banquets in the palace at noon, he couldn't let go of his stomach to eat.

Besides, no matter how good the meal is, it is not as good as your mother's craftsmanship. Zhang Erhu was gobbling up his meal, and Zhang Dahai and his wife looked at him with satisfaction.

"Eat slowly, you're about to get married, and you haven't eaten yet."

"Well, it's still delicious for my mother." Zhang Erhu said.

"You don't know, I'm really tired of eating food in the border town, and we still need some in the customs, but when I go out of the customs to perform tasks, I canned dry food every day. I've been wanting to eat my mother's cooking for a long time. ”

"Well, eat more." Zhang Wang quietly touched the corner of his eyes, although his son didn't say it, they could also see that Zhang Erhu must have suffered a lot.

"By the way, speaking of getting married, what did Your Majesty say about you and Xiaohua?" Seeing that Zhang Erhu had almost eaten, Zhang Dahai opened his mouth and asked the question they were most concerned about.

"Your Majesty has agreed!" Hearing this, Zhang Erhu put down the bowl quickly, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile.

"Really!? That's great! Zhang Wang exclaimed in surprise.

"Your father saved up the dowry the year before last, and he is waiting to marry Xiaohua into the door! Have you seen Xiaohua's mother? Do you know Xiaohua's birthday? On this day, I have to find a gentleman to take a look, and I must choose a good day and an auspicious day. Your genus is very compatible, it depends on how the birthday is..."Zhang Wang asked a series of questions excitedly, and then he couldn't stop.

"My dad saved me a dowry?" Zhang Erhu looked at Zhang Dahai with a smile.

"Ahem, save some. In the past few years, your father and I have saved a little bit of silver~" Zhang Dahai said that this was indeed the case, and his expression was still a little proud.

"How much have you saved?"

"It's not much, it's only more than one hundred and sixty taels!"

"So much!?" Zhang Erhu was very surprised, he studied in the military academy all these years, and later went to the border town to serve, and basically did not ask his family for money.

He knew that Zhang Dahai was taken care of openly and secretly and did a lot of work, but he really didn't expect to save so much silver.

"It's okay~" Zhang Dahai waved his hand.

"Father, mother, I don't need you to worry so much about my business. My son is now grown up and can make money. You should eat and drink on weekdays, don't I send money home every month? Have you all saved it? ”

"Your mother said that you should get married, and you will have to buy a house in Beijing in the future, and there are many places to use money. We didn't have any money, you sent it back, plus I made some money myself, and I slowly saved it. ”

"Dad..."Zhang Erhu opened his mouth.

"You haven't said yet, how much dowry are you going to give Xiaohua? Xiaohua is not an ordinary person, and the dowry must not be sloppy. According to the mother, she directly took out a hundred taels of silver as a dowry! Other things, what is easy to buy, you must marry the little flower home in style. Zhang Erhu looked at the happy and longing smile on his father's face, thought about it and told the truth.

"Father, mother, Your Majesty said that the dowry will cost 10,000 taels of silver, representing one in 10,000 miles."