That Chu Man is as old as my cousin Jiang Cheng. She will be eighteen next year. She will be nineteen after the Chinese New Year. She is not married yet.
As for Chen Changping, who is around thirty-two-three years old, he is thirteen or fourteen years older than Chu Man. If he had been born two years earlier, he might have been her father.
"Grandma doesn't agree, and grandpa doesn't agree either, but the matchmaker keeps lobbying."
Is the previous marriage between Chu Man and Jiang Cheng in Chujia Village famous in the entire Chuanhe Town?
Which family would dare to marry such a woman?
Of course, those from poor families or old widowers wouldn't mind, but how could the Chucun family let their precious daughter marry into that kind of family?
Chen Zhao was worried, chatted with Ying Bao for a while, and then took his brother home.
After Chen Laoshuan experienced the previous flood, he also built a house on the south slope, but he only built three tiled houses without even a yard.
The third son, Chen Changhai, also built three tile-roofed houses nearby, which also did not have an enclosed yard, because most of them did not live in the old houses, so they could be there just in case.
The eldest son Chen Changrong did not build a house on Nanpo because he felt it was not necessary.
There is more rain in spring and summer every year, so it is much more convenient to live in an old house during the rest of the time.
If it is not the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow, it means moving to a new home. Chen Laoshuan and his family will come to Nanpo to celebrate the festival.
When Chen Zhao returned home with his younger brother, he saw his eldest sister helping his third aunt cook at the third uncle's house.
Grandma Chen Feng was also walking on the bench picking vegetables, while my grandfather was drinking tea with a teapot.
The old lady looked at her granddaughter and said, "Let Xu Bao play by himself. Come and help with the dishes. My aunt and uncle's family will be here later."
Chen Zhao responded and squatted down to help sort the leeks.
I heard grandpa and grandma shut up: "After the festival, Erlang will go to the county school to study. I have to prepare some money for him to take with him."
Chen Feng didn't even raise his head and said: "Isn't that natural? He has twenty taels of silver in his legs. Give it to him when the time comes."
Chen Laoshuan took a sip of tea and shook his head: "What should I do if I gave it to Dongci that time? He heard that the county student members often held poetry and painting gatherings together, and they always asked for a share of the money. Of course Erlang couldn't help it. Alas.
, plus the annual maintenance and food expenses, twenty taels, I am afraid it will be enough for half a year."
Chen Feng didn't take it seriously: "Erlang can also make money by himself. If not, his eldest brother and third brother will help him."
Chen Laoshuan gave his old wife a red look: "How much help do you expect from my brother? Qi'er and Song'er are also studying. Every year, they spend a lot of money on repairs, pens, ink and paper, and next year Qi's brother is also preparing for the East Examination.
It will cost a lot of money.”
Every time you take an exam, you must first prepare a gift to give to the tutor, and the tutor will help find five candidates to sign guarantees.
After that, you have to spend a lot of money to hire someone to help you contact a Linshan student as your guarantee. After the exam, no matter whether you pass or not, you have to reward that Linshan student.
The average family simply cannot afford to go back and forth.
Therefore, if Chen Changping wants to study in a county school safely, he must have a financially strong family to support him.
Chen Laoshuan did not have much money left, and most of the family land was divided among his sons. Ruming was unable to support his second son to continue his studies.
The land originally allocated to Chen Changping has been sold by Han's prodigal women, leaving only dozens of acres of mountainous land and those eastern fields on the south slope.
Not only can those fields be used for my son to study, but it is impossible to expect them to have enough to eat.
Chen Fengshi frowned: "That won't work, that won't work, what should I do?"
When they went to Fucheng this time, although the Wei family gave them a sum of money, how many times would the money be enough for the family?
Chen Laoshuan squinted his eyes and took a sip of tea, and said, "He thinks that the Chu family is pretty good. They said they can fully support Erlang's studies."
Chen Feng was not happy when she heard this and glared at her husband: "What's so good? How can the Chu family girl deserve to be the second son of his family!"
Although she had never seen a girl from the Chu family, everyone in the village sneered at the mention of her.
He said that the girl was fierce and ignorant of etiquette. When she first married into the Jiang family, she beat the young man of the Jiang family to a bloody head and was eventually sent back to her parents' home.
Based on that rule alone, the Chen family cannot ask that kind of woman to enter their home.
After all, my son is a scholar and has many good marriages, no less good than that of the Chu family, and the Chu family does not have a good marriage.
Chen Laoshuan saw his old wife getting angry and said, "Just because he said that, it doesn't mean it must be the Chu family."
But finding a good wife for Erlang is not a top priority.
It's been more than a hundred months since Mr. Han's death, and no one else will say anything if his son continues his marriage.
Besides, there is a one-year-old baby waiting for someone to take care of her at home, so even if she gets married after the holidays, it is understandable.
That night, a full moon rose in the sky.
Various lanterns are hung in front of every house.
If the people of Chencun Village in the Ming Dynasty were rich, the festivals would be more lively.
Lanterns are also hung up in the West Village, but they are scattered and not as grand as those in the Dongchen Village.
A tall bamboo tower was erected in front of the Jiang family's gate, and more than twenty lanterns of various types were hung on the bamboo tower.
There is an offering table placed very far to the south of the bamboo pagoda, and the offering table is filled with melons and fruits as offerings.
The children bowed to the moon one by one, inserted lighted sandalwood incense sticks, cheered and ran to eat.
Tomorrow night, Jiang Dalang's family, Ye Yi, has set up four tables, three of which are occupied by his own family, and the remaining tables are occupied by the Xiao family's guards and the Wei family's servants.
Xiao Chengyu was simply crazy with joy.
It was the first time for him to celebrate such a lively festival, with so many friends accompanying him, and he was extremely excited.
Cui Zhaochen was afraid that he would eat too much and kept telling him to eat less. However, Xiao Chengyu was not willing to listen. He ate every dish on the table, and his belly quickly became bulging.
Yingbao brought two jars of juice from home, but she had cooked it in Dongfu using Tongmuquan, adding honey and a little Wudingzhi.
"That peach juice is delicious and good for digestion. Let's try it."
She poured a bowl for each child and handed the leftovers to Grandma's table.
Wei Zhan and Xiao Chengyu couldn't stop drinking peach juice, and they kept asking for more.
After the banquet, the second aunt still took the children to put out river lanterns and make wishes.
After setting off the river lanterns, Wei Zhan and Xiao Chengyu refused to go back to sleep. Together with Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu, they carried lanterns around the village, looking at the colored lanterns in front of their houses, and by the way, they stole the food that others put on the table.
Sacrifice.
Children from other families did not show weakness and went to other families' altar tables to grab fruits and eat them.
The Jiang family had the most exquisite fruits and hibiscus cakes on the table, and many children came to visit.
Mrs. Jiang Liu and her wife happily watched the children coming to grab the offerings. Seeing that the offerings on the table were almost gone, they quickly went home to get more.
Until the moon's shadow sets in the west, the children go home one after another.
Those who refused to leave were also carried back by their parents by the ears.
Wei Zhan and Xiao Chengyu were also sent to Hu Zi's house by Ying Bao's ears, and the guards of the Xiao Mansion and the young boy of the Wei family stared blankly.
That little lady was so aggressive that she dared to pinch their young master’s ears.
I want to know that the young master’s ears have not been twisted even by their own mother.
What's even more surprising is that the young master didn't get angry and went back to sleep very cooperatively.
Several guards looked at each other in confusion, wondering whether to report the truth truthfully when they returned.
