On the second day of the New Year, Xu Yue never expected that the first person to knock on her door would be Ma Chao.
"Happy New Year, Chief!"
Ma Yu's sister and brother were dressed in bright red, so festive that it was rare to see them, and they handed Xu Yue their New Year greetings.
Xu Yue quickly reacted and replied "Happy New Year".
He also hurriedly invited Ma Chao's family to come in, and gave each of Ma Yu's siblings a share of the money left over from the package.
Wang Pingping strode into the main room, holding a candy plate in her hand, and gave each of her siblings a handful of cubed toffee.
There are not many pure natural milk candies, and they are not sold outside. If the twins were not greedy, Xu Erniang would not even bother to make them.
However, pure natural products also have a disadvantage, that is, their shelf life is extremely short.
The sun came out a few days ago, the snow began to melt, and the temperature started to rise. These milk candies will go bad if they are not eaten up.
"Is it delicious?" Xu Da also walked in, Le Zhong was teasing the child.
None of the Ma family siblings had seen Wang Pingping and Xu Da, so they were reminded by their father to pay tribute to their uncle and aunt.
Then he replied: "It's delicious."
"If it's delicious, eat more." Xu Da naturally handed the entire plate in Wang Pingping's hand to the two siblings.
Then he said to Daniel, who had just gotten up to wash up in the courtyard, "Take your younger brothers and sisters to see your wooden knives and swords, and let's play together."
Daniel was afraid of Xu Da from the bottom of his heart. Although he knew that Xu Da would not eat him, he still maintained a high degree of vigilance.
Hearing the implication of Xu Da's message was that he wanted to send the rest of the crowd away to talk about things, he quickly rinsed his mouth and greeted the Ma family siblings to his room.
He took out a bunch of treasures he had bought with his own money from the wooden box at the head of the kang, fell onto the kang with a clatter, and waved his hand:
"You can play whatever you want!"
The Ma Yu siblings were eating toffee with their left hands and playing with various novel toys with their right hands. They were so happy that they were bubbling with happiness.
After taking the children away, only Wang Pingping and his wife, Xu Yue, Xu Dalang, and Ma Chao were left in the main room.
Mrs. Ma is also a cheerful woman, and the couple will not mince words. They directly stated that they came here just to ask about the recovery of the Hexi Corridor.
Wang Pingping and Xu Da looked at each other and received the hint from the Ma family couple.
Does this mean you want to completely join the Xu family army?
Xu Yue and Xu Dalang secretly exchanged glances, and both saw in each other's eyes that they were bound to win Liangzhou.
Mingren did not say secret words, Xu Yue asked: "After the annual leave is over and work starts on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, we will discuss the issue of Liangzhou's ownership in detail at the meeting?"
The Ma family couple smiled at each other and nodded heavily, "Everything will be subject to the leader's arrangements!"
This meaning is already obvious, they have decided to join the Xu Jiajun and become a part of it.
Xu Yue and her family all showed welcoming smiles and warmly invited Ma Chao and his family to stay for dinner.
The couple refused, saying that there were other people going to pay a visit, and they only sat there for a while before asking Ma Yu and his brother to leave.
With Liangzhou's sincere participation, the Xu Jiajun took full control of the northern forces and took their strength to a higher level.
A big stone fell in her heart, and Xu Yue felt that today was like a Chinese New Year at home.
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The third day of the new year, the last day of annual leave.
Early in the morning, brothers and sisters Xu Dongbei, Xu Pingyuan and Daniel were left at home. The adults at home put on simple clothes, grabbed some tools, and went out.
The family of five walked to the north gate of Hejian County and saw Wang Dayou's family who had been waiting under the crooked neck tree outside the city.
"Young lady!" Junmei raised her hand and waved towards the Xu family, "This way!"
"Coming!" Xu Yue responded and led her family members forward to join them.
"You brought so many things?" Wang Dayou looked at the hoes, sickles, white cloth, paper money and other items from the Xu family, and was surprised and moved.
Xu Dalang also carried a large wooden box on his shoulders, which was covered with linen cloth. It looked heavy at first sight.
Presumably, it is made of fine wood.
A Jian and Jun Mei looked down at the bamboo basket and white cloth placed at their feet, and suddenly felt that their preparations were too crude.
However, what they originally wanted to do was to retrieve the body of Aniang first and then give it a grand burial. With this in mind, the preparations were actually considered normal.
The Xu family has a deep affection and has prepared so much, which is really touching.
"Let's go, let's go. Life was not good in the past and we couldn't prepare anything for my sister-in-law. Now that we have this strength, we should naturally make up for what we owed before."
Xu Dazhen was afraid of seeing a grown man like Wang Dashi cry, so he pretended to be impatient and waved his hand, signaling the father and son to quickly lead the way.
They haven't been here for several years. They are afraid that the grass on Tong's grave is three feet high. Besides, they have work to do, so they should leave early and come back early.
"Hey!" Wang Dayou nodded repeatedly, and when he lowered his head to get the backpack, he secretly wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve.
He stood up again and strode forward.
When Tong was buried, the city's prefect was assassinated. In the chaos, they were unable to bury her properly.
However, Xu Da still tried his best to choose a geomantic treasure land for Tong under limited conditions.
The group of people walked along the main road for a while, then took the south branch and walked up the hillside.
After climbing three gentle slopes, the group stopped at the intersection of three mountain ranges.
The two families stood in silence for two minutes facing the wind, and then they both looked at Xu Da.
Junmei's mouth twitched uncontrollably, with tears of guilt in her eyes, she said weakly while holding back her tears:
"Aniang's grave can't be found..."
As soon as these words came out, I felt inexplicably embarrassed and a little sad.
In fact, it's no wonder Junmei couldn't remember. She was only six years old at that time, and the hillsides here looked almost exactly the same. No one had come to visit the tomb for many years, and they had just carved the road with a sickle.
In addition, flash floods, rain and snow will also cause certain changes in the landform. Under the conditions at that time, Bo Tomb would have sunk long ago.
In this case, it would be strange to still remember where the tomb is!
Fortunately, there is also Xu Da.
"Don't panic." Xu Da coughed twice and gave everyone a comforting look.
Then he dusted his sleeves and took out a compass from his arms, "Fortunately, I was prepared."
He found this Feng Shui treasure cave back then, and now he can naturally find it again!
For the first time, Wang Pingping felt that Xu Da, the second generation ancestor, looked a little tall and majestic.
"It's okay. Your Uncle Xu is here. He will definitely remember it." Wang Pingping patted Jun Mei on the shoulder and said firmly.
Xu Da glanced at Wang Pingping in shock. This was the first time he heard her so sure of him!
The middle-aged man's heart was beating wildly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise crazily.
Xu Yue saw it and pinched her father. Do you think now is the time to laugh?
Xu Daman hissed, shook off his daughter's hand, straightened his expression, picked up the compass and wandered around the flat slope.
After about six or seven minutes, Xu Da stood on the ground where there was an obvious pit in front of the slope and said in a deep voice:
"This is it, Dayou, Dalang, Ajian, bring your sickle and hoe over here and dig here."
As he said that, he gave the two of them a rough outline.
