Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 118 Homecoming
The old town of Huangmei County, mottled old streets, and low city walls all show the history of this city.

Huangmei County is an ancient town with thousands of years old. When Eshan County was still a wilderness, it was already a gathering place for human beings.Thousands of years have not changed much here, it is still a quiet and simple town.

A mighty crowd walked into the county, where the father and son were about to be separated temporarily.Zhang Wei is going to the county government to pay a visit to the county magistrate, after all, this matter is in favor of him.

And Zhang's father was going to Zhou Wan's natal family, which was also the purpose of this trip.

People from the two parties separated at the city gate, the county government was at the east end of the small town, and my uncle's house was at the west end of the small town.

The county magistrate of Huangmei County, surnamed Zheng, is a floating official.The so-called floating officials are officials whose native place is not here.Since the establishment of political power by human beings, in order to prevent officials from overshadowing the sky with one hand, the system of floating officials has always existed.Some dynasties even took this system as an iron law.

But the system is sometimes used for people who obey the rules.Chen Song is from Jinhua Mansion, but he is not the county magistrate in Jinhua Mansion.Why is he not an official?It's not because of the intricate relationship between the Chen family family.

Sometimes, being a low official means that the person has no background.County Magistrate Zheng came from a poor background, so he really had no background.So he has been making good friends with the local gentry officials in order to be an official.

The good old Zheng is the county magistrate Zheng's comment here.His good old man also determines that he dare not cross the line when doing things, and he is timid when doing things. If he doesn't have some means, he must be a mediocre official.

The appearance of wild gods in Huangmei County has something to do with his inaction.

Zhang Wei paid homage to this old county magistrate who was over half a century old. His hair was grizzled, and time had honed his vigor, and he was wasted throughout his life.

Although what he saw in him was peace, but Zhang Wei felt that this peace was a sign of twilight.

I chatted with magistrate Zheng. He doesn't care much about government affairs. Most of the people in Pujia Village leave a criminal record and ask their family members to pay for the ransom.Although this kind of villager who blindly follows the thief is a bit hateful, he should not be too demanding.

After all, spring plowing is about to begin. If they are too demanding, they will take away the labor force from the family, and it will affect their life for a year.Some families were even destroyed.

Zhang Wei also nodded in agreement. Before leaving, Zhang Wei gave the county magistrate a half-green and half-yellow plum fruit. Although county magistrate Zheng is not a practitioner, eating this fruit can prolong life and nourish the body.

After saying goodbye and leaving the county government office, Zhang Wei walked out of the gate when he saw Erhei waiting for him at the gate.Erhei showed a simple and honest smile and said, "The master is afraid that you don't know the way, so he specially asked me to wait for you here."

Zhang Wei smiled, he really didn't know the way.The two walked on the old streets of Huangmei County, surrounded by low-rise bungalows and narrow streets.There are plum trees in front of and behind the house, and the Lantern Festival has only passed for a few days, and the house is still hung with red paper window grilles, and the joy of the festival still remains.

Zhang Wei's grandfather's family has not yet separated. In addition to the grandfather's family, there are two uncles in the family.Mother Zhou Wan is the youngest daughter.

My grandfather's family made a living by operating plum wine, brewing and selling it by themselves, and they were considered well-to-do.

When his father married his mother back then, he gave a lot of money as a gift, and the grandfather's family bought a plum grove outside the city with the money, which solved part of the raw material problem and made life easier for the family.

Not long after, Erhei took Zhang Wei to a yard.This is a courtyard with three entrances. From the appearance, the courtyard has been expanded.

There was a servant standing at the door. When he saw Zhang Erhei coming with Zhang Wei, he immediately greeted him and said with a smile, "But Master Wei? My name is Lai Fu, and I'm a servant of the Zhou family."

The man looked about the same age as Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei smiled and said, "I am Zhang Wei. Is my father in there?"

The boy quickly said, "Inside, inside! I'll lead you in."

Enter the door, through the patio, to the living room.Father Zhang was talking to an old man, and there were two middle-aged men sitting beside the old man. Presumably, this old man was his grandfather, and the two middle-aged men were his uncles.

Zhang Wei went in and bowed to the old man: "Grandson Zhang Wei, I have met my grandfather and my two uncles."

When the old man saw Zhang Wei, he immediately stood up with a smile and said, "Okay! Good grandson, come and let me have a look."

The two uncles also followed with smiling faces.

The Zhou family is a small family, even though the Zhang family was not even considered a small family in the past, but now the Zhang family is very rich, and Zhang Wei is a scholar, and his family fortune is just around the corner.

As a grandparent's family, it is natural to be accompanied by smiling faces.

Zhang Wei took a few steps forward to let the old man see clearly.Grandpa's hair is already gray, he is not tall, but he is very energetic.He looked at Zhang Wei, patted Zhang Wei on the shoulder, and then took out a red envelope from his arms and said, "Come, come, this is a kindness from grandpa."

Zhang Wei quickly took the red envelope and thanked him again: "Thank you, Grandpa."

After some courtesies, Zhang Wei sat next to Zhang's father and began to listen to their chat.

After counting, Zhang's father hadn't seen Zhou Wan's natal family for ten years.When Zhou Wan was still alive in the past, the two families still walked around a lot.Either Zhou Wan took Zhang Wei to her mother's house, or her mother's uncle came to visit Zhang's house.

But once Zhou Wan died, the relationship between the two parties was like a kite with a broken string, and there was no further contact.Family love is sometimes as hard as iron, but sometimes it disappears like the wind.

It wasn't until Zhang's father came to visit today that this family relationship was picked up.

Grandpa was very excited all day long, and he talked a lot.Zhang's father also told the Zhou family about Zhou Wan's title of "Mrs. Shuhua", which made the Zhou family even more excited.

Although she is a married daughter, the water that is thrown out will return to her husband's family in honor and disgrace.But Zhou Wan's being named a Yin God also made the Zhou family feel proud, and after all, she is her own daughter, so wouldn't she protect herself in the underworld?

After chatting until the evening, the Zhou family invited the cook from the county restaurant to prepare a table of meals at home.At the dinner table, Zhang Wei also met all the grandpa's family members.

The grandmother died a long time ago, and the two uncles married each other, but neither of them had a son, but each had a daughter.Grandpa is a patriarchal person, and he is also worried about this matter. After a hundred years, who will inherit the family business.

Zhang Wei's two cousins ​​haven't married yet, that's because the Zhou family only wants to recruit a son-in-law, so as to continue the family tradition.

The two elder sisters are both good-looking and have a generous personality. Such a woman will not worry about marrying, but is delayed by the matter of recruiting a husband.Who would want to marry a good man now?Those crooked melons who are willing to marry are not what the Zhou family wants.

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