76 feasts
Sitting not far from the brother and sister, Grandpa An's second grandfather, looked at An Chuxia's brother and sister with excitement in his old eyes.
The tone was negotiable: "Let everyone go back today and prepare, and tomorrow we will go to worship the ancestors of the An family and comfort your parents, Xiao Xia... Ah Chen... What do you brothers and sisters think?! ”
An Chuxia and her brother An Jinchen glanced at each other, and An Jinchen said, "Everything is arranged by the second grandfather." ”
Second Grandpa An grinned happily, and took out about ten taels of broken silver from his arms.
"Xiao Xia! You are a great contributor to our family, and I know that Ah Chen went to sell braised meat every day to earn some money.
You can go to the county academy to study, I heard that you can pay a lot of money every month when you go there.
In addition, these few times to go to the exam, round-trip expenses, food and accommodation do not require a lot of silver. ”
Second Grandpa An took a breath and continued: "Our An family is out because you are a scholar.
In the future, whether it is doing odd jobs or doing anything, no one should dare to bully them at will.
Walking out the door will also be looked up to.
Since everyone has been stained with your light, no matter what, the money for this banquet should also be paid by these people of our An family. ”
Hearing what Grandpa An said, there were originally some women who were reluctant to give up the silver, and they also understood why the men in the family asked them to bring out half of the family's silver when they came.
Thinking that in the future, whether you go out or go back to your parents' house, you can stand up and tell people that you are married to a family with a girl.
The women did not feel so distressed when they thought of this.
The silver can be earned again, and there are not many opportunities to have a good relationship with the girl.
The patriarchs of several other families also took out three or five taels respectively, one of which should be really poor, and in addition to a small amount of broken silver, there were also a lot of copper plates.
The heads of the five families have finished digging out, and the other families who have separated from each other have more or less taken out some broken silver.
The silver on the table added up to about thirty or forty taels, and Second Grandpa An pushed the silver to Brother and Sister An Chuxia this time.
An Jinchen and An Chuxia instinctively pushed back, "We can't accept the silver money from Second Grandpa An, as for the silver for the banquet, our brothers and sisters can still get it." ”
Seeing An Chuxia's brother and sister refusing, not to mention that Second Grandpa An's face was not good, even the original clansmen who were distressed by the silver also showed a lonely look on their faces.
Their brother and sister don't accept this favor in the clan, and after they have some big and small things in the family, can the brothers and sisters still be willing to help?
An Chuxia felt that the atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became quieter, and also realized that this was not a matter of rejecting the silver, but a polite rejection of the affection of the An family.
In the end, An Chuxia accepted the silver, and the An family breathed a sigh of relief.
Their brothers and sisters are willing to accept this silver, which means that they are still willing to be close to the An family, and they will not deny them because they are developed.
And after they had discussed the worship and the feast five days later, they all departed.
The next day, dozens of people from the An family carried the worship items and went to the ancestral tomb in Xishan to worship.
When the people in the village saw this scene, they realized that the An family was really different.
An Shouli's family also came with him this day, no matter what their relationship with An Chuxia's brother and sister is now, it can't be erased, and they are also part of the clan surnamed An.
They volunteered to worship their ancestors, and no one could say anything.
It's just that when An Chuxia's brothers and sisters worshiped and comforted their dead parents, An Shouli also wanted to go over to pay respects.
An Chuxia glanced at An Shouyu, who was following their brother and sister.
The An family did not know that their brother and sister were kicked out of the house by their own uncle.
If it weren't for Grandpa An's second grandfather who brought the people of the clan to come forward and asked the village chief for the old house in the west of the village, their brothers and sisters probably wouldn't even have a place to live.
An Shouyu understood the eyes of his cousin and niece in seconds, and he also gave his two brothers and several men in the clan a look.
Four or five men from the An family entangled An Shouli, and when he got out and hurriedly walked over, An Chuxia's brothers and sisters had already finished worshiping their parents.
Even the sacrifices he brought were burned out, not giving him a chance to show himself.
Two days after the worship, An Chuxia's brothers and sisters brought the clansmen who came to help and began to prepare for the feast.
This time, An Jinchen went to the familiar butcher's house to order two pigs, and the cook was also specially invited from the town.
There are also more chicken, duck and fish than last time.
Vegetables, these things that the farmer has, the second grandmother didn't let An Chuxia's brothers and sisters spend money to buy them, they were all sent by the An family's basket and his family.
On the day of the opening of the banquet, there was a long line of tables, chairs and benches on the road west of the village, and not only people from this village, but also many people from other villages.
But everyone didn't come empty-handed, vegetables, eggs...... Something that is common in a farmhouse.
Some people may have the mentality of eating and drinking, and some people really want to be happy and have a good time.
When the people of the village recognized those who had come to the banquet in silk and with many gifts, they had seen the old man with a head and a face in the town.
They all showed surprised expressions!
Liu Wang, the village head, also recognized that Mayor Yang, who had just taken office, was also among them, and when he saw him facing the girl of the An family, his expression was also respectful and cautious.
Only then did Liu Wang really realize that the time when their Liu family was the dominant family in Xitang Village had passed.
As soon as the banquet was about to start, more than a dozen carriages stopped at the door of An Chuxia's house.
An Shouyu, who was helping Zhang Luo outside, saw that the people who got off the carriage were all dressed elegantly and behaved like ordinary people.
Hurriedly ran in to inform An Chuxia, who was accompanying the guests.
When An Chuxia was about to go out to greet the guests, Guo Xianling led a group of people in.
Seeing An Chuxia, he smiled, "Uninvited, Ann Girl, don't blame!" ”
An Chuxia smiled and arched her hand, "The county magistrate said this, it really hurts me!" ”
"Inside, please!"
The county order came, Mayor Yang and his group hurriedly got out of the way, and he still knew who was the big and small king.
This banquet not only made many people in the village realize that the daughter of the An family, Wa'an, in early summer, can only be the existence they look up to.
Even the An family really understood at this time what An Chuxia's strength brought to them.
Even the old men in the town were polite when they spoke to them, and they were no longer as arrogant as before.
An Shouli's family also came to eat on this day, and originally wanted to enter the hall, so An Jinchen instructed the An family to stop outside and sit with the villagers.
They weren't even let in the door.
An Shouli's daughter-in-law wanted to make trouble, but An Er's grandmother, who came out, almost slapped her in the face.
Dare to make trouble at today's banquet at An Yatou's house, how could Grandma An easily spare the two of them.
If An Shouyu hadn't persuaded his wife for being afraid of making too ugly trouble, Grandma An could have directly beaten the two of them and drove them out.
"Something, a family of black-hearted things.
At this time, I wanted to put the score of the elders, and when I did those pickled things earlier, why didn't I think of today. ”
Grandma An's words are not whispering, and everyone who should hear them has heard them.
An Shouli's daughter-in-law's mouth moved, and when she glanced at An Shouyu's slanted eyes, she closed her mouth, she knew that the third son of the second aunt's family was not a master to be messed with.
This day was busy in early summer, and even the senior brothers who came here on purpose, she didn't have time to entertain them well.
After the banquet, An Chuxia was busy helping the teacher's family organise another one, after all, Gu Tongsheng and his wife were old, and Gu Fangmiao had never experienced anything.
The Gu family held a banquet for Gu Fangmiao, and An Chuxia's brothers and sisters and Runsheng all went to help.
Mayor Yang and the well-known people in Qingshi Town also came to the Gu family to congratulate him, and Gu Tongsheng taught the two women to lift people, which was also widely talked about.
(End of chapter)