Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 1004 Going Home

I heard that my sister-in-law arrived home in the evening, and the entire Zhang family became busy. Several bankers in the village were all called to help.

Liang Sanyang, Lu Xiaoyi, and Wu Si killed pigs, Lei Yaozu killed chickens, Yan Sanlang went to kill ducks, and Ma Bingzhong went to catch fish. Everyone else had their own busy work. A few children in the village were laughing and digging wild vegetables in groups, which was really spectacular.

In fact, they are the only family in the Zhang family's village, and the other families are all Zhang family's bankers. However, Wang Xiaolie's policy was to sever the personal dependence relationship between landlords and tenants, and to restrict the keeping of slaves. Bankers were actually very independent. The Zhang family servants have to pay additional money to the bankers. Not to mention that the weddings and funerals of the bankers are completely independent, and the government completely prohibits the host family from intervening.

Policies cannot be formulated and then implemented throughout the world. But as long as the government persists, it will be implemented more and more widely step by step. Zhang Chi was an army officer and asked his family to actively cooperate with the government, and the Zhang family performed well.

Zhang Yan did not go home and insisted on waiting for his sister-in-law at the entrance of the village. Zhang Sanlang had no choice but to go to the school and ask Zhang Wulang to come back and see his sister-in-law.

The school was in a town three miles away. When Zhang Sanlang arrived, Zhang Wulang was picking mulberries from several mulberry trees outside the school with his classmates. Zhang Wulang sat on a big branch and fed handfuls of mulberries into his mouth. His hands and mouth were bright red after eating.

Zhang Sanlang stepped forward and shouted: "Wu Lang, go home quickly! My sister-in-law is coming back today!"

Zhang Wulang heard this, glanced at Sanlang, and jumped down from the tree. Said: "Sister-in-law is back? Go home, go home!"

Zhang Sanlang looked at Wulang's mouth and hands and asked him to wash them in the river below. Wulang quickly ran to the river, picked up the water, washed it randomly, and then ran ashore. The juice of mulberries cannot be washed away even if you wash it carefully, let alone Wulang washing it carelessly? Zhang Sanlang shook his head.

He walked to the school, asked for leave from the teacher, and took him home.

There is no universal education yet, and there is no concept of what age to go to school. Playboys aged six or seven attend classes together with teenagers. However, regardless of grade, the textbooks used are not ordinary elementary school textbooks, but textbooks on commonly used characters compiled by scholars. It took a total of three years, but I didn't graduate. Those who studied well went to various vocational schools, and those who didn't studied poorly went home to farm.

Some families that value education may allow their children to continue studying in school year after year, but they will only have to pay tuition fees. Since the tuition paid is at the discretion of the teacher, the teacher welcomes it.

For example, Zhang Sanlang has reached the age of twenty and is willing to study in school, and the teacher welcomes him. Because Zhang Sanlang had to pay tuition, the teacher liked him more.

Zhang Wulang had to ask for leave from the teacher because he lived in school. After asking for leave, I went home with my third brother.

Zhang Yan waited at the entrance of the village until the sun set in the west, then saw Dingniang's car arriving at the entrance of the village. He hurried up to meet her and saw Ding's mother and son getting out of the car.

Zhang Yan said to Ding Niang: "Sister-in-law is back. I was sitting at the entrance of the village and just happened to see her."

Ding Niang said: "Uncle is fine."

Zhang Yan said quickly: "Okay, okay. I'll take it and salute, and go home quickly."

Ding Niang said: "Just let the coachman salute and carry me back. It's getting late, so I don't think the coachman will stay overnight."

The two of them talked and went home. The driver drove the bullock cart and followed behind.

When he arrived at the door of his house, Zhang Yan was busy carrying out the greetings. Several bankers came out and hurriedly took it and said, "Where can the banker do such rough work?"

When the mother got the news, she hurried out of the house and said to Ding Niang: "Sister-in-law, please go back to the house quickly! Let the banker do the rough work."

Ding Niang said: "I brought some gifts to my uncle from Luoyang. I want to take them out. You go to the house and wait first. I will come after I get the gifts." Mother smiled and said: "You just come home when you come home? Any other gifts?"

Even though he said this, his face was filled with joy. Remember to bring a gift for your daughter-in-law when she comes home, which shows her filial piety. And this is a rare thing brought back from Luoyang. How does it compare to something bought locally?

While everyone was in a mess at the door, Zhang Sanlang and Zhang Wulang came back from the school. When he saw Ding Niang, he hurriedly came forward to greet her.

Ding Niang said: "I heard that the school is on holiday today and Wu Lang doesn't plan to come back, is that right?"

Wulang said: "When my sister-in-law comes home, how can I not come back? As soon as the third brother goes to school, I will follow him back."

Ding Niang laughed. He said: "Look at your ugly face. Come in and wash yourself up."

Mother took Wu Lang into the house to wash his face, and the remaining people watched Zhuang Ke move and bow. After a while, the ceremony was completed and the move was completed. The mother-in-law left the coachman to stay, and then took her son to the house to pack up and perform the ceremony.

After a while, Ding Niang came out of the house and distributed gifts to everyone.

Zhang Yan had a pocket watch with a very exquisite design. Zhang Yan was so happy that he put it in his pocket and would not show it to others. My mother wears reading glasses. After wearing them, her eyes, which have been suffering from presbyopia for many years, can see things clearly again. Zhang Sanlang is a set of "Zuo Zhuan", and Zhang Wulang is a set of pens and inkstones, encouraging them to study hard.

Except for Saburo and Goro, both parents love gifts very much and can't put them down. When Sanlang and Wulang saw the gift, they both shook their heads secretly.

After dividing the gifts, Sanlang and Wulang took their nephew to play, while Ding's mother and parents came to the living room.

After everyone sat down, their mother asked, "I heard that Dalang has been promoted to the capital and is leading troops outside. He won't be able to return home for a while, right?"

Dingniang sighed: "Now that Weizhou is leading troops, I'm afraid they won't be able to come back in a short time. Alas, I don't know when the attack on the Kingdom of Jin will be finished."

The father said: "How can the Kingdom of Jin be so easy to fight? What kind of chaos has the Kingdom of Jin caused in the past ten years? In my opinion, it will take ten or eight years to destroy the Kingdom of Jin. .”

Ding Niang said: "Last year, we fought against Hedong. It only lasted half a year, and we destroyed the Marshal Du of the Jin Kingdom. I heard that Marshal Du was the most powerful official in the Jin Kingdom, and he had many famous generals under his command, accounting for half of the Jin Kingdom's people. Power. I even went to see the beheading in Luoyang a year ago."

My father said: "No matter how powerful Marshal Du is, how can he be stronger than the Emperor of Jin? The next battle will definitely be difficult to fight."

Ding Niang said: "I think Dalang also knows that conquering the Kingdom of Jin is not easy, so he asked me to go home and live for a while. Having my uncle take care of me is better than being alone in Luoyang."

The father shook his head: "The general cannot take his family with him when he sends troops, and it is not good to announce the war. The husband and wife have been separated for a long time, so what can we do?"

Ding Niang said: "What is the general like with his family? I don't have any objection. It's just that we have been separated for a long time, how can we not miss him?"

After saying that, he sighed heavily, looking a little depressed.

Dingniang has changed from a little girl who didn't know anything a few years ago to the wife of an officer. It is inevitable that she will miss her husband occasionally.

(End of this chapter)