She likes to pounce on Zhang Heng like this the most.
Whenever this happens, Zhang Heng will hug her and spin her around twice.
pity.
The third sister is not Zhang Heng.
She opened her hands subconsciously, and the next second, a strong force came from her arms. The third sister hugged Hu Mengmeng and fell to the snow like a gourd.
"Hey young"
The third sister was not feeling well. She was lying on the snow, with Hu Mengmeng pressing her down. She grinned and said, "What did you feed her? Why is Mengmeng so heavy?"
Zhang Heng stood aside and snickered: "Ask her."
Hu Mengmeng rubbed her face against the third sister and said proudly: "Two pigs a day."
"so much?"
The third sister was so shocked that she opened her mouth wide.
"Mengmeng, stop pressuring the third sister."
Zhang Heng picked up Mengmeng and put it aside. Then he stretched out his hand to pull the third sister up: "I told you that you can't hold her. If you still don't believe it, you'd better hold back. Otherwise, even a wild boar will be killed by her."
It flew out in one hit."
"so smart."
The third sister swept the snow off her body, not surprised but happy: "It's better to be more powerful. If Mengmeng is amazing, no one will dare to bully you."
"This is what I said"
Zhang Heng did not comment, picked up the leg of lamb on the ground, put it on his shoulders, and asked: "Is everyone at home?"
"without."
The third sister hugged the fabric Zhang Heng brought back with a look of delight and replied: "Do you remember Mr. Sun from the south end of the village? He broke his hip bone in the spring and has been paralyzed on the bed and being served by others."
"Some impression."
Zhang Heng recalled Mr. Sun: "I am over eighty years old and my bones have always been strong. Who would have thought of going down to the ground to water vegetables? My foot slipped and I fell. I collapsed on the bed unable to move."
"well"
The third sister sighed: "As people get older, their bones become brittle. Last night, everyone in the village was shouting that it was snowing. The Sun family also went out to see the snow. When they returned, they found that Mr. Sun had already left."
"If the Sun family delivers it in the morning, my parents will go to the Sun family at dawn to help. After all, our family has a close relationship with the Sun family. When there was a food shortage, the Sun family even lent us ten kilograms of millet."
Zhang Heng nodded lightly.
Countryside people dare not say they are honest, but when it comes to weddings and whites, even if the relationship between the two families is average, they will help take care of it, not to mention that the relationship between the Sun family and the Zhang family is already good.
"Where's the second brother?"
Zhang Heng asked about Brother Zhang again.
"he."
The third sister got angry when she mentioned it: "I left yesterday afternoon with two gangsters who were sneaking around all day long, and I don't know what scandal they did."
Zhang Heng didn't care after hearing this.
He came back this time for the third sister's marriage.
It doesn't matter whether Brother Zhang is there or not.
"Third sister, what has Brother Zhu done recently?"
Although there are calculations in my heart.
But Zhang Heng understood that the third sister was a girl and had a thin face, so he did not speak directly: "I haven't seen him in a few months. I missed him. It just so happened that I brought a leg of lamb. You call him.
Let’s make some broth to drink.”
"Okay, I'll call him right now."
The third sister looked happy.
Speaking of which, Sanjie Zhang is only fifteen years old.
But in ancient times, people got married early, and many people got married at the age of thirteen or fourteen.
Fifteen.
She is already a grown up girl and knows how to feel sorry for others.
Seeing that the two legs of lamb that Zhang Heng brought were thicker than the other, the third sister was also delighted.
after all.
The Zhang family used to be poor.
Brother Zhu always helped them secretly.
Now that the life of the Zhang family is getting better, and there is such a good thing as mutton that ordinary people cannot eat, it is also necessary to treat each other with courtesy.
Tap tap tap
Living in a village, it is very convenient to call people.
There is only half a cup of tea before and after.
Here comes Brother Zhu wearing a pigskin hat and a big coat.
"Brother, you are back."
Meet Zhang Heng.
Brother Zhu was also very happy. While saying hello to Zhang Heng, he poked his head out and looked out: "Did you bring those dogs at the door?"
"Like it."
Zhang Heng said with a smile: "It's time to give birth to the puppies. I'll bring you two."
“That would be great”
Brother Zhu was about to agree.
The third sister pinched the back of his hand.
When the words came to his lips, Brother Zhu could only grin and made a 180-degree turn: "Forget it, such a big dog can't afford to eat so much in one meal. I can't afford it.
"
Zhang Heng smiled knowingly.
Instead of revealing it, he said to Third Sister: "Third Sister, you go boil a pot of water, and then cut a few kilograms of meat from the lamb leg, along with the peppercorns and aniseed I brought last time, and stew it with wild vegetables. This
On a snowy day, drink something hot to warm yourself up."
"Okay, let's talk."
The third sister went to pack the legs of lamb.
Wait until she leaves.
Zhang Heng waved to Brother Zhu to sit on the earthen bed.
Sit down here.
Zhang Heng whispered: "Brother Zhu, after the New Year, my third sister will be sixteen."
"ah"
Brother Zhu was stunned for a moment and looked at Zhang Heng with a blank expression.
Zhang Heng thought that this was also a stupid goose, and continued: "How are you preparing over there? When will you marry my third sister?"
"I, I can do it."
Brother Zhu had a silly smile on his face.
"Anything works!"
What is this nonsense.
Zhang Heng lowered his voice: "You can do it, but how can you do it? What do your parents mean now? Don't marry my third sister out of nowhere, and then be wronged later."
"Can't, can't"
The second brother Zhu repeatedly promised: "My mother was a little opposed to it before, but now, not only is she no longer opposed to it, but she asks me every day when I will come to see the third sister. She is definitely willing."
"That's it."
Zhang Heng nodded slightly.
In the past, the Zhang family was poor and they were tenant farmers of other people's families. They did not even own an acre of land.
The Zhu family are homesteaders.
Not to mention there are more than ten acres of land, and one of the only three cows in the village belongs to Lao Zhu's family.
Compare them two by two.
Brother Zhu's mother was a little unhappy and thought the Zhang family was poor, which was actually reasonable.
after all.
Country people, life is not easy for everyone.
The Zhang family is the poorest in the village.
The two families got married.
Needless to say, the third sister must be worried about the family. She is carrying five kilograms of rice today and ten kilograms of noodles tomorrow, just like a little mouse.
Once or twice, without saying anything.
If it happened too many times, the Zhu family would definitely have complaints.
So from the perspective of the Zhu family, the Zhang family is indeed not a good marriage. With an idle second brother and an eight-year-old younger brother, the Zhu family has enough wealth to add to it.
certainly.
This moment is the same as that moment.
Now.
Things have changed, and the situation has changed again.
Zhang Heng became a blessing at Hushan Temple.
In the past, Wang Miaozhu's family had thousands of acres of fertile land, and his life was extremely luxurious.
In the eyes of ordinary people.
Zhang Heng is just not as good as Wang Miaozhu, but it is not difficult to make hundreds of taels of silver a year.
then.
Some of the Zhu family, who disliked the Zhang family for being poor, now changed their tune and no longer opposed the marriage.
certainly.
Some might say this is snobbery.
Can it be replaced by one's own son or one's own daughter, who doesn't want to marry well and marry well?
Zhang Heng saves others by himself.
I don't think this is a mistake either.
"After the New Year."
"The third sister is only sixteen, not too young."
"It's not an option to keep procrastinating like this. I'm thinking that in the spring of next year, I'll settle things first. Although the marriage is not urgent, it still needs to be settled. If you don't get married, you can come to the third sister, or the third sister can go to you.
, come and go again and again, and the times are too many, I am worried that someone will gossip."
Zhang Heng paused for a moment: "That's what I thought. I'm going back. I'll buy a shop opposite the Zhibei Hou Mansion, and then I'll clean it up and build a three-story building with a courtyard."
"When the time comes, this shop will serve as my third sister's dowry. You and your wife will open a restaurant. The first floor will be a dining hall, the second floor will be private rooms, and the third floor will be used as an inn."
"Hire some more waiters, an accountant, two cooks, and three helpers."
"You don't need too many people. A dozen or so people are enough."
"It's far away, but at least it's a living. When others hear it, you are the brother-in-law of the Zhu family of Hushan Temple. You come from the south or the north. You can rest assured about food and accommodation. What do you think?"
Listen to each sentence.
Brother Zhu's eyes widened.
before.
The best future he could think of.
After marrying the third sister, they built two new houses at home, and their parents gave them five acres of land.
Work at sunrise and return at sunset.
Just like most of the residents in Xiashan Village, they live to survive.
Now.
Another three-story restaurant with more than a dozen waiters.
How dare you think about it.
Brother Zhu was trembling when he spoke, half happy and half worried: "I, can I do it?"
"Why not?"
"Hushan stretches for more than a thousand miles and is the territory of the Hushan God, Mengmeng."
"In the past, when the old mountain god was here, people were not allowed to go up the mountain, not to mention hunting and digging medicinal materials, even digging wild vegetables. They were just like misers."
"Now, with the new mountain god and new atmosphere, the old rules can also be changed."
"It doesn't need to be too complicated. Just open an entrance in Tiger King Town and allow nearby mountain people to enter the mountains to hunt and collect medicine."
"In my opinion, as soon as this opening is opened, the population of Tiger King Town will be doubled several times, and the merchants of medicinal materials, timber merchants, and fur merchants will be able to level the threshold of the restaurant."
Zhang Heng looked unconcerned: "Talk about opportunities, talk about wealth, just say Tiger Mountain God Franchise, this is the only one, even if you want to lose the business, I'm afraid you can't do it."
"This, this, this"
Brother Zhu was extremely excited: "Brother, this is true, this is great."
As he said this, Brother Zhu couldn't think of anything else to say. He swore, "Brother Zhu is stupid and can't say anything nice. But I will leave it here today. Whenever I talk to Sister Three in the future, I will focus on my tone."
, you don’t need to tell me, I will strangle myself to death.”
"No, not really."
Zhang Heng shook his head slightly: "Just don't blame me from now on."
True.
Brother Zhu is very grateful to him now.
But there is no telling that one day in the future, I will have to cook when I am full. I feel that everything I have is given by the old Zhang family, and I cannot hold my head high in front of the villagers.
This is not surprising.
What's more.
Now Brother Zhu is just a country boy who has never seen the world. He only has eyes for Xiashan Village and Third Sister Zhang.
after.
Once you see the world and open your eyes, it’s hard to say what it’s like.
The simplest example.
Twenty years later, the family owned a thousand acres of fertile land and rode horses and sedans.
At that time, the third sister was already an old lady and her appearance was no longer there.
See those young and beautiful ones.
Can you still keep your heart?
As for Zhang Heng.
As a brother-in-law, how much can he interfere with?
Snow.
Keep going.
Early in the morning, after a brief pause, snowflakes began to fall again at noon.
Next.
It's been like this for half a month.
open the door.
The snow outside is already one meter thick, and the sky has not cleared yet.
"Please, Mr. Mountain God, please don't let this snow fall anymore. The one meter thick snow has even collapsed the roofs of houses. Several people have been killed in eight villages within ten miles."
"Please, Lord Mountain God, it's snowing so hard that there's no place to dig grass roots. If it doesn't stop snowing, my whole family will starve to death."
"The mountain god is merciful. Please treat the heavy snow. If this continues, the seedlings in the ground will freeze to death."
It hasn't been sunny for half a month.
Snowflakes are falling.
The impact was terrible, it was already on the scale of a snow disaster.
Looking at the people kneeling outside the mountain temple, kowtowing like garlic.
Zhang Heng's expression was expressionless, because he had already seen that the snow was nationwide.
This snow is God’s will.
To stop the snow is like going against the will of heaven and will be punished by heaven.
"God's will is in Qing, not in Li"
Look at the sky.
Zhang Heng thought of this old saying again.
Sixty years ago, the Dali Dynasty ruled the world.
The Buddhist and Taoist families were expelled.
Before leaving, the Buddhist and Taoist families announced to the outside world that the unified dynasty was destined to be the Qing Kingdom, not the Li Kingdom.
If the country of Li goes against the will of heaven, it will never last long.
since then.
As if something was being done, natural disasters continued to occur in Dali.
There will be floods this year and drought next year.
The abnormal weather and celestial phenomena caused hunger and panic among the people.
Now.
We just went through a drought last year.
This year we encountered continuous snow for fifteen days again.
Let alone a Taoist like Zhang Heng.
Even the ordinary people saw that something was wrong, and murmured: "It has only been sixty years, maybe Dali's energy has been exhausted."
Rumble
Winter thunder is like a drum.
Zhang Heng frowned and looked at the sky: "Man can defeat heaven, but in this confrontation with heaven, Lihuang seems to be at a disadvantage."