"Master, Master, the young master is back, the young master is back!"
The servant Ah Shui was sweeping the floor in the front yard when he suddenly saw Zhou Ping and Zhang Wu coming in. He was stunned for a moment, then quickly dropped the broom and ran to the middle courtyard, shouting as he ran.
Zhou Qizheng and his wife Chen Rong were sitting in the hall of the central courtyard talking. When they heard the shouts of their servant Ah Shui, they got up in a hurry and ran out without even having time to put on their shoes.
Chen Rong also quickly stood up and saw that her husband was still barefoot, so she hurriedly shouted: "Husband, shoes, you haven't put on shoes yet!"
He picked up Zhou Qi's shoes and walked out.
As soon as Zhou Ping entered the middle gate, he saw his brother running towards him with bare feet and hurriedly stopped.
I thought to myself that my brother was really angry this time, so I should be prepared to be beaten, even though I had never been beaten by my brother.
Fortunately, my brother is not a very strong person, so the beating shouldn't hurt too much.
Zhou Qi ran straight to Zhou Ping and stopped, pointing his finger at him: "You kid...you must have been hungry along the way. Ah Shui, go to the kitchen and get some food."
This sudden change of attitude took everyone by surprise.
Ah Shui originally thought that the young master would be scolded by the master of the family, but he did not expect such a scene and was immediately stunned.
"Go quickly."
Seeing him standing still, Zhou Qi shouted loudly.
"Hey, hey, I'll go right away." Ah Shui came back to his senses and ran away in a hurry.
Zhou Ping did not expect such a situation. He had traveled through time for more than two years, and he and his brother had always been friends and respectful brothers. Except for avoiding marriage, he had almost never disobeyed his brother's wishes.
He felt that he was a lucky man, having traveled to such a family. His elder brother, Zhou Qi and Zhou Wenxian, was a kind and generous man. He was very kind to the servants at home and the farmers who rented fields and rarely scolded them.
My sister-in-law Chen Rong, although she may be a little smart-talking, is also a kind-hearted person, and even her two nephews are cute and well-behaved.
There were tears in Zhou Ping's eyes. He stared at his brother for a moment, then suddenly took a step back and stood still. He bowed and bowed deeply to Zhou Qi: "Brother, I'm worried about you!"
Zhou Qi helped him up: "You are my brother, how can I not worry about you, just come back and get married this time, I will feel at ease, and I will never force you again in the future, haha..."
Chen Rong walked up to Zhou Qi and said to Zhou Ping: "Wen An, you don't know that your brother couldn't sleep well at night while you were gone. Now that you are back, he can sleep peacefully."
Zhou Pingping looked ashamed and didn't know what to say. He saw the shoes in his sister-in-law's hand, snatched them away, squatted down and said to Zhou Qi: "Brother, why did you run out without even wearing shoes? Come on,
Put it on."
"I'll wear it myself."
"No, put it on quickly."
"Bring it here and wear it myself." Zhou Qi still refused to lift his feet and wanted to grab the shoes.
Chen Rong laughed and said, "Hurry up and put it on. If you don't follow Wen An's wishes, aren't you afraid that he will run away from home again in anger?"
Zhou Qi then hesitantly raised his feet and asked Zhou Ping to put on his shoes for him, with a happy smile on his face.
"I will ask the matchmaker to go to Gan's house tomorrow to ask for names," Zhou Qi said.
Zhou Ping followed his brother and walked into the hall. He didn't need to worry about these things, his brother could take care of them.
There are six rituals in weddings, the first of which is nacai, which means proposing marriage and letting the matchmaker see if the woman is suitable. Make sure she is not the kind who hides behind the door and peeks out with one eye, only to find out on the wedding night that she has one eye, nor is she the kind who keeps her mouth shut.
There was a smile on Bu Yan's face, but it was only after he got married that he found out he was mute.
The second step is to ask for the name, which is to use the woman's name and birth date to divine good or bad fortune. Generally, it is not bad luck.
Then Najib, who was Buji, informed the woman.
Then there is the collection, which means giving a betrothal gift and a bride price.
Then there is the date of application, which is choosing an auspicious date for the wedding.
The last step is the personal reception, where the husband's family goes to the woman's side to welcome the bride.
After the two brothers sat down, Ah Shui came in with the food and placed it on the table in front of Zhou Ping.
"Eat quickly." Zhou Qi looked at him and said.
After traveling all the way, Zhou Ping was really hungry. He hadn't eaten hot food at home for several days. Now it smelled very fragrant, so he ate it unceremoniously in front of his brother.
Zhang Wu went to the kitchen to eat by himself.
"Liu Shijun is indeed kind-hearted, Wen An, if you really follow Shijun in doing things, you must do your best to help him and not let him down!" Zhou Qi suddenly said.
Zhou Ping looked at his brother in confusion, wondering why he suddenly felt this way.
"Oh, you have been on the road, you probably don't know yet, Commander Liu has donated 50,000 shi of food to help the people affected by this disaster."
Fifty thousand shi? It's not much, but for Liu Bei now, it's not that little. After all, he just took office in Yuzhou not long ago.
Zhou Qi added: "In order to provide food relief to the people affected by the disaster, I heard that Liu Shijun stopped recruiting troops and retired his troops for the people. Such kindness is really rare. If Liu Shijun can stay in Yuzhou for a long time, it will be a blessing to the people of Yuzhou." What a blessing!"
"Brother, Liu Shijun wants to save not only the people of Yuzhou, but also the people of the thirteen states in the world." Zhou Ping said while eating.
In fact, there are now fourteen prefectures. In June of the first year of Xingping, that is, more than two months ago, the Chang'an court divided the four Hexi counties of Jincheng, Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang in Liangzhou into Yuzhou.
Liangzhou still has six counties including Beidi, Anding, Wuwei, Hanyang, Longxi and Wudu.
However, even though more than two months have passed, due to the lack of information in Guanzhong, many people still don't know, especially ordinary people.
Liu Bei stopped recruiting troops and distributed food to save the people, which was completely unexpected by Zhou Ping. He had not thought of these things.
Zhou Ping had a smile on his face, and he was secretly happy that his choice was right. Liu Bei was worthy of his help. Even if he was really a hypocrite, as long as he pretended to be the people in his heart and truly cared about the people, so what if the world was cheated? It's better than Those who have nothing to do with their bodies and have no regard for the common people dominate the world.
"Wen'an, this locust plague has also affected our Feng County. Although our farmers have not lost all their harvests, their harvests have been reduced by more than half. Many farmers lack food at home. I am afraid that they will not be able to survive this disaster year. I I want to give a thousand shi of grain to the farmers, what do you think?"
Zhou Qi asked Zhou Ping in a consultative tone.
Although he is the elder brother and can make the decision, the land left by his father belongs to the two brothers. They have not divided the land yet. It is not a small matter to give a thousand dan of grain to the farmers who rent the land. The whole family also has There are only three thousand stones to store food.
"Of course. Brother, you can make the decision on this matter. You don't need to ask me. If you ask me, I will agree." Zhou Ping replied.
When he just heard about Liu Bei's plan to distribute food to save the people, he was already thinking about persuading his brother to use some of the food to help the people nearby. Unexpectedly, his brother had already thought of this.
"Okay, okay..." Zhou Qi was overjoyed and said several good words repeatedly.
"However, brother, let's keep this marriage simple. In this year of disaster, I don't want to be too extravagant and wasteful, nor do I want to attract people's attention too much." Zhou Ping added.
Zhou Qi hesitated for a moment: "This matter... is okay, as you wish, haha..."
In the days that followed, brothers Zhou Qi and Zhou Ping gave out one thousand dan of grain to farmers who rented their own fields, and also distributed it to neighboring families who had no food. When one thousand dan was not enough, they gave another three dan of grain.
Hundreds of stones.
Although each family was not given much food, in this situation, it was good to just survive without even thinking about having enough to eat.
The Zhou brothers' move to disperse grains echoed that of Liu Bei, the governor of Yuzhou, and led many powerful families to use part of their grains for distribution. The entire Pei Kingdom, and even people from the Chen and Liang States followed suit.
This is an act of promoting good deeds. Although it is not a good deed, I believe that very few people in these counties in Yuzhou will starve to death.
Zhou Ping's marriage was also in progress at the same time.
On October 15th of the first year of Xingping, Zhou Ping rode a high horse and led a wedding team to the beauty village of Peixian County to marry the bride in person.