Chapter 3319 Returning home in splendor 4

"Yes, but Grandpa Jin's family is inviting us to have dinner today, so we won't have to work for the rest of the day so we can go out and play."

Today the whole village is as festive and lively as the Chinese New Year, not only killing chickens and ducks, but also killing pigs and sheep.

At this time, the sun had reached its zenith, and all the people working in the fields had returned. Knowing that the Zhou family was going to invite dinner in the evening, and it was busy there, many people washed their faces and came over to help.

Zhou Man and others came back with the remaining fruits, and only a few fell into their hands.

"This is my home," Zhou Man took Mingda's hand, led them in, walked around to the north courtyard, pointed to a doorway and said, "That was my room before, but now..."

"It's yours now," Mrs. Feng passed by and interjected, "You still have a lot of books and things inside, and we don't know if they can be touched, so we only clean them on weekdays and don't touch anything."

She glanced at the princess and couldn't help but smile in a flattering way. She leaned closer to Zhou Man and whispered: "There are a lot of people outside. Please take the princess to sit in your room. The butchered vegetables will be served in a while. You guys stay here."

Eat in the yard?”

Zhou Man nodded in agreement and said to the servants of the Bai family: "Go back and tell the old lady that we will have lunch here too."

"yes."

Zhou Man happily pulled them into his room.

The room hadn't been occupied for a long time, but fortunately it had been blown by the wind for a long time, so it was probably smoked, so there was only a touch of moisture.

Bai Shan asked his servants to go home and get an incense burner to burn incense, and the group sat down in the outer room.

There are some books on the bookshelf next to the screen, and more bamboo utensils. There is a shallow lotus-style basket that is particularly beautiful, and some small things are stored in it.

Yin You looked at it curiously, "I heard you said that your second brother is good at bamboo weaving. Did he make it for you?"

Zhou Man nodded, "Yes, all the bamboo things in this house are made by my second brother."

Bai Shan took a ball from the top of the bookshelf and handed it to him, "No, Brother Zhou made this too."

"Do you know how to play Cuju?" Yin You took it and looked at it, raised his eyebrows, and looked at the three of them suspiciously, "I've only seen you watch it, but I don't think I've seen you play it."

Bai Erlang said: "When we were young, we were the dominant players in the village. We were the best at playing football."

Bai Shan nodded, "It's just that you can't compare with someone who really knows how to do it."

When Mingda heard this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, "No wonder you never play football in the capital."

"Princess, Prince Consort," a servant of the Bai family came over and reported back outside the door: "The magistrate of Luojiang County has handed over a greeting card and wants to come and pay his respects to the princess."

After the words fell, Jiulan also reported back: "Master Lang, madam, our house has also received a greeting card."

Several people in the room looked at each other. Bai Shan thought for a moment and then said, "Please ask the county magistrate to come tomorrow."

"yes."

Bai Erlang: "He has good information. We just got home yesterday afternoon."

Bai Shan: "Luojiang County is not big, and there are so many of us. It is impossible for him not to know."

He paused and then said: "Call Rizheng and the village chief, and come together to meet you when the time comes."

Suddenly it became lively outside. There were not only loud voices but also crackling firecrackers. When Zhou Man heard this, he stood up and said, "It must be my uncle and the others. You guys sit and play by yourself while I go see them."

Bai Shan raised his son in his hand and asked, "Do you want to take care of the child?"

"No need," Zhou Man said, "There are too many people and it's noisy. It's better for the children to join in the fun less. I'll come as soon as I can and you take them with you."

Uncle Qian and the others set off three firecrackers and were happily welcomed in.

Several in-laws of the Zhou family also invited the Qian family to visit today, and the rest will have to wait until tomorrow before their son and daughter-in-law return to their parents' home to visit.

As soon as Aunt Qian arrived, she took little Qian to look at her. When she saw that she was even more energetic than when she left a few years ago, and she didn't look older, she knew that she was doing well, and the smile on her face became even brighter, "Where are your two nephews?

"

Five years ago, two of the Qian family's children joined Zhou Lang's caravan and started going home once a year.

Xiao Qian said: "They are in Qingzhou. The fourth child told them to look after the shops and businesses there. I didn't take them with me when I came back this time."

Aunt Qian had heard them talk several times, but she still didn't know where Qingzhou was. She only knew it was close to the sea. "How are they doing?"

"It's good. Liwei is also there, taking care of him," said Xiao Qian, "and the fourth child passes through Qingzhou on his way back and forth now."

"Where are Li Zhong and Li Xue? How old are they now?"

Xiao Qian said: "Li Xue is working as a county magistrate outside and cannot come back. But this time Li Zhong and his wife are back. My father-in-law said that he will open an ancestral hall and register his wife and children. In the past few years, we have

They haven’t even come back, and the children they gave birth to have not even had time to be recorded.”

"Lizhong is back. Lao Si just didn't say who his wife is?" Aunt Qian turned her head to look outside excitedly and asked in a low voice: "His wife is an official like Man Bao?"

"Yes, the official rank is the same as that of Li Zhong now. It can be promoted in the future. It will definitely be more promising than Li Zhong." Xiao Qian looked outside, pointed to a young woman who came back with a basket of vegetables and said, "That's it.

Her maiden name is Liu and her name is Sanniang."

After saying that, she walked out of the kitchen door and said loudly: "Sanniang, come here quickly to see your grandmother."

Liu Sanniang immediately stepped forward to greet her, but Aunt Qian grabbed her and said, "Okay, okay, your looks are really a sign. Our family will be very lucky to be successful."

Liu Sanniang lowered her head and smiled sheepishly.

Zhou Man came quickly from the yard next door. When he saw her, he shouted: "Auntie!"

Aunt Qian was also very surprised when she saw Zhou Man. She immediately let go of Liu Sanniang and ran toward Zhou Man's hand, "Man Bao has grown so big? Oh, he is so beautiful, but he has lost a little weight. Did he not eat well?"

Is your cook’s cooking not to your liking?”

"I have grown, not lost weight." Zhou Man firmly refused to admit that he had lost weight. He looked around and asked, "Where are my uncle and the others?"

"I just walked around for a while and was pulled out. They said there were too many people in the yard and they couldn't sit down, which delayed the kitchen work." Aunt Qian took a look outside and said, "It's either in the open space at the door or at the entrance of your village.

Under the banyan tree, your father is also outside."

Old Zhoutou was indeed outside, and there were three circles of people surrounding him at the moment, all of them old men and women of about the same age as him.

Relying on their seniority and age, they occupied the best open space in the village - under the banyan tree.

They drove away the children who liked to run around the trees. A group of old men and women sat under the tree hiding in the shade and talking, mainly because they asked, Lao Zhoutou said.

"Then have you met the Emperor?"

"See you, I've seen you, I see you every year." Every New Year, the emperor would climb up to the tower of the imperial city to have fun with the people. As an official family member, he could seize a good position to kowtow to him and see the holy face, so every New Year

You can see it every year.
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