Seeing that he was silent and a little sad, he had to pretend not to see him and said, "Brother, where are you from?"

"In the army." The eldest son said quickly: "Master Yu gave me half a month off."

"Didn't you say you are going to train troops? Why is General Yu going on vacation instead?" asked Chen Silently.

"It's not all holidays." The eldest son smiled proudly, "Only those who have made contributions will have holidays."

"So you have made contributions?" Chen Si couldn't help but say joyfully: "Tell me quickly."

"It's not a great achievement..." The eldest son said embarrassedly: "It was the last time when Wang Jiangjing battle, I had two heads. It was said that I could only come back if I beheaded at level 3. However, the General Rong was particularly kind and put me back."

He smiled silently and said, "That battle was really good." He talked to his eldest son about that battle. Although both of them had experienced it personally, their positions were different and their feelings were naturally different. After confirming each other, they felt a different feeling.

As soon as the conversation was opened, the sense of alienation of status gap quickly disappeared, and the sincere feelings of the past came back again. The eldest son finally relaxed and told the silence that he had left the matter. It turned out that he had become Yu Dayou's personal soldier. Although he participated in many battles with General Yu, he had never been on the front line. It was not until the battle of Wang Jiangjing that Yu Dayou's central army was almost defeated by the Japanese pirates, and he took the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy. The result was really good, which made General Yu praise him. After saying that, the eldest son laughed and said, "The General Rong said that I will be the real family when I go back this time."

Looking at the brother's satisfaction, Chen Si was sincerely happy for him, patted his eldest son's thick shoulder and said, "I knew that our eldest son is good!" The eldest son smiled shyly.

During the conversation, I was silent and found that the eldest son did not know the news of Zhang Jing's fall. His words were full of admiration for the governor, believing that under the command of this master, the situation of anti-Japanese war will definitely get better and better.

Chen Si sighed in his heart: "It's a pity that you are going to be disappointed." But the New Year's Day could not cause trouble for him, so he didn't mention this.

At this time, Chen An's voice came from outside the car: "Sir, you can't help Youqiao Street." Chen Mo got out of the car with his eldest son and went in to visit Yao's family. Some of the local products purchased from Hangzhou were also given as gifts. The happy father Yao couldn't stop talking and hurriedly asked his eldest son's mother to prepare food.

Chen Si said, 'Stop busy, I'd better go home and meet the old man first.' But Yao's father told him that Chen He accompanied the prefect Tang to inspect the city defense and would not come in the afternoon. Chen Si stopped refusing and said with a smile: "Actually, I miss Aunt Yao's skills, too."

When the eldest son's mother heard this, she smiled and said, "Sir, please sit down and drink tea first, I'll go make a meal now."

Silence sent a group of guards home first, leaving only Shen An to serve him.

When the idle people left, he smiled silently, "Let's go to the kang, the hall is so cold." The main hall is too big, with only one brazier, which is naturally not warm, but in previous years he didn't feel unbearable, but it was said that it was "from extravagance to simple". After getting used to the warmth of Lu Garden like spring, I couldn't stand it when I returned here.

Dad Yao quickly asked Chen Si to go to the west wing. This room was covered with a kang like the north. In winter, their family mainly moved in this room.

Dad Yao first took out a new bedding and spread it on the main seat. Then he asked to take off his shoes and go to the kang, lean on the quilt and sit down. Sure enough, he felt much warmer.

Dad Yao was busy pouring tea again. He smiled silently and said, "It's enough to have tea. It's important for us to sit and talk."

Dad Yao laughed and said, "Then let's talk to the adults." Then he sat down on the edge of the kang and ordered his eldest son and his brother roughly, "Pick up the best fruits for the New Year."

At this time, the tea was ready. Dad Yao brought a cup to the silent face and smiled and said, "This is still what Mr. Shen admired me during the Double Ninth Festival. I have never been willing to drink it. Adults try it first."

After silently uncovering the cover bowl, I smelled a fragrance. The green in the bowl was actually a new Longjing tea. I took a sip and found that although it was late spring tea, it was considered authentic. I couldn't help but smile and said, "I just drink it all... There are several kilograms of local products I gave you."

Dad Yao smiled happily and said, "That's good." He tasted a bite of tea soup like wine, and immediately praised, "Good tea, good tea..." but he couldn't tell where it was better.

At this time, the eldest son's younger brother held a plaster with eight-color dots. In silence, he saw that the white disk contained walnut slices, assorted cakes, sugar almonds, rose cakes, mung bean cakes, lily crisps, pine nuts, and osmanthus candied osmanthus, which were all Su style desserts, which were extremely delicate. His sister also brought another tray containing eight nuts such as peanuts, sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds, pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, almonds, hazelnuts, chestnuts, and other eight nuts, and arranged the square table full.

Looking at the table of exquisite food, I couldn't help but sigh: "It's really touching."

He said this without any brainstorm, but everyone in the room understood it. Dad Yao also sighed and said, "I was rushing to seeds and peanuts three or five years ago. Not to mention the exquisite snacks now, I had nowhere to ask for them even if I wanted to eat melon seeds and peanuts." Then he thanked him again and said that if it weren't for him, the family would definitely be in the slums.

He said that he was moved and wanted his eldest son's younger brother and sister to kowtow to Chen Mo. Chen Mo quickly stopped him and said, "Don't thank you again, otherwise I won't dare to come again." Dad Yao gave up.

In order not to let Dad Yao sigh again, Chen Si changed the subject and asked: "What's new happening in the past six months?"

Dad Yao suddenly smiled ambiguously and said, "In such a big Shaoxing City, there are still a few new things, but the freshest ones are related to you, sir, so the old man dare not talk nonsense."

Silently smiled, "It has to be related to me? Then I have to talk to me even more."

"Let's wait for Mr. Shen to tell you in person." Dad Yao shook his head and smiled: "I dare not talk too much."

Chen Si was so tickle in his heart that he didn't ask anything else. As long as Dad Yao revealed the answer, Dad Yao didn't intend to keep his mouth shut, so he smiled and said, "Okay, I said, but sir, don't tell Mr. Shen that I said it."

"What the hell is it? My uncle, you're going to suffocate me to death." He bowed silently, "I beg you, don't keep it in hiding."

Dad Yao nodded and said simply: "It is important for you to be your lifelong event."

"Tell me." An unknown feeling surged in my silent heart.

When Dad Yao saw that his face was nervous, he quickly comforted him, "Don't worry, sir, this is a great thing." He said happily: "After you beat you, the matchmaker who came to the door to say he was close to breaking the threshold of your house, but Mr. Shen was right and said that you are not at home now, no one would agree... At that time, everyone couldn't figure out what kind of in-laws Mr. Shen wanted to find."

"What happened later?" asked silently.

"Everyone talked about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. As a result, last month, news broke out in Shanyin that they were going to betroth their daughter to our family, and Mr. Shen had already agreed..."

The silent head buzzed and suddenly became two big. It took a while before he regained his mind and said, "You mean... my father agreed?"

Seeing that the silent expression was strange, Dad Yao thought he was shy, so he nodded and smiled: "Of course, it's not that you are in love with me, how could you even read the horoscope?"

Silence could no longer help but raised his voice and said, "What, have you even issued a letter of appointment?" At this time, the marriage was entirely based on the orders of his parents. The words of the matchmaker, even if he was absent from the trial, it was reasonable and legal, so he was so out of control.

Dad Yao finally saw that his anger was coming and said in a little fear: "It shouldn't be hired yet."

"Which step has you been taken?" asked silently.

"It must be Najib." Dad Yao whispered.

In this era, marriages are focused on the three books and six rituals. Not to mention the three books, just talking about the six rituals is a marriage that goes from nothing to something. The six steps to go through, namely, Nacai, Naji, Nazheng, and invite a date to welcome him. Nacai is the first of the six rituals, which can be regarded as the initial intention stage. When the man likes the woman, he will ask the matchmaker to be a matchmaker.

If the woman agrees initially, she will give her girl's name and birth date to the matchmaker, and then the man asks the fortune teller Bu Yi Bu a good omen to see if the two parties are in harmony and whether they will be in conflict. This is called asking for the name, also called "Combination of Bazi." If everyone's eight characters are combined, the man sends the matchmaker to send a gift to the girl's house and tells the woman that the marriage can continue, which is called "Naji."

These three steps can be regarded as the negotiation stage of the wedding. If there is no problem, the man will choose a good day and bring three wines to the girl's house. He will formally deliver the letter of appointment, which is called "recruitment". Once this step is completed, the woman will be the man's person. He just waits to find another good day and then marry in glory and officially become a member of the man's family.

Therefore, the letter of appointment can be regarded as the contract between the two parties, and unless both parties agree to terminate it, there is no possibility of remorse.

Now that I heard that I had not been hired yet, Chen Mo breathed a little relieved and said to himself, "A stinky old man, I haven't sold me completely yet." Then he smiled at Dad Yao and said, "Don't mind, I'm so surprised."

Dad Yao understood and smiled, "The little old man is a veteran, and he knows the feeling of surprise."
Chapter completed!