Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 52

The second day was the third day of July, and there was a little more autumn on the lake.

Chen's mother patted the quilt on the shelf with a stick full of unhappiness and resentment.

Bailu looked happy, and she gave Mother Chen a hand.

"Mom used to hope that the girl and uncle would have a good relationship soon, but now that the two are inseparable, why is mother unhappy?"

On the bamboo chair on one side, Meng Xiaowan was reading with her head down, as if she had never heard of their chat.

Chen's mother cursed with a dark face: "Now that it's done, it should look like a husband and wife. Why did one fall asleep drunk on the bed in the study, while the other lay on the armchair for half the night? What is it like to be a husband and wife?" ? You two are really going to die of anger."

Meng Xiaowan lifted the book and blocked her blushing face.

Yesterday, because of the family affairs, she finally had something to look forward to, and she felt much relieved.

She made up her mind not to treat others coldly as before, and carefully lived the subsequent life of the two of them, but she didn't expect that they would come back after arguing.

In the middle of the night, she was secretly called up by Chen's mother, and went to the yard to see what the man was doing.

Who would have thought that the man would actually produce those good poems, good food and wine, which made her lose her composure, and finally got so drunk that she was carried to the bedside of the study without knowing it.

She woke up early in the morning, and found that she was sleeping on the couch alone, and the man moved an armchair and fell asleep beside the couch.

The most annoying thing was that when she was sleeping, she was still holding on to the corner of this man's skirt, she was ashamed to death.

Mother Chen had already noticed that she was blushing, so she couldn't help but tore off the book covering her face.

"My girl, what evil are you doing? If you really wait a year or two, the saliva from outsiders will drown you."

"I don't understand what mother said." Meng Xiaowan felt ashamed and was about to get up and slip away.

Mother Chen immediately grabbed her, and suddenly understood.

"Oh, my girl, but Ma'am didn't invite Granny Fulu to come into the boudoir that day? Such a big thing happened that day, the old lady probably ran away long ago."

Meng Xiaowan tugged at her sleeves a few times, a little reluctant.

"Where do you need that mother-in-law Fulu? I also think I have medical books."

Mother Chen let go of her hand with a smile: "My silly girl, I misread that book. That book, it should be a picture book."

"Girl, just wait, I'll go and discuss with Mrs. Qin, I'll come, I'll come."

Mother Chen hurried to the direction of the kitchen, Bailu looked puzzled.

"Girl, why can't I understand a word of Chen's mother today?"

Meng Xiaowan was half joking, and tapped the girl's forehead: "Bah, if you understand now, be careful girl, I'll sell you out!"

The ancestral hall of the Zhang family in the village was crowded with people.

Those who were talking were two old men, one named Zhang Hanting and the other named Zhang Hanlin, both cousins ​​of the same generation.

Zhang Zhe sat in the middle of the second row on Zhang Hanlin's side, watching the two old men fiercely vying for the position of patriarch.

The previous patriarch, Zhang Hanyin, had been completely paralyzed a few days ago.That ghost-hunting drama didn't harm Zhang Zhe, but got him into it.

Although Lizheng in the village belonged to the Huang family, the patriarch of the Zhang family was able to preside over the family's [-] mu of sacrifice land, which was very lucrative.

Originally, it was not the turn of Zhang Zhe, a member of the younger generation, to participate in the fight for the patriarch, so he would not bother to take care of these matters.But this Zhang Hanlin is his own grandfather's own brother, his own uncle.

This uncle opened a small shop in the county city, and Zhang Zhe sent his son to deliver Zhang Zhe's wedding outfit and expenses that day.

Don't look at that wedding dress, although it has faded, it is a new item embezzled from his distant cousin.

It's just that his cousin is a very timid person, and he left early with his ass smoking when he heard that something happened to the Meng family.

So he couldn't spare this uncle's affection, so he had to come.

The old man who was being furious by Zhang Hanlin was the brother of the former patriarch, and he was no match for Zhang Hanlin who had seen the world in the county.

Zhang Hanting said he couldn't speak to Zhang Hanlin for a while, but after being teased by his son, he immediately changed his mouth and sold it miserably.

"Poor our family. It has guarded the ancestral property of the whole family for more than ten years. My old brother just lay down, and you are going to make trouble. If this kind of thing gets out, our Zhang family will have no face to see outsiders."

These words made some honest people surnamed Zhang blush.

His son is none other than Brother Nashan.He also jumped out, pointed at Zhang Zhe and said, "My uncle exorcised ghosts for Erlang in your house, and that's why he got sick. How dare you say such things in your house?"

"Bah!" Before Zhang Zhe could speak, his uncle sprayed Brother Shan's face with a sip of tea.

Zhang Hanlin pointed at Zhang Zhe with a smile on his face: "My nephew, what kind of ghost is there? It's clearly the birth of Kuixing! Everyone doesn't know it yet. Our family's Erlang may be the first in the county children's examination this year." That’s a title, it’s called the head of the case! Hehe, your family’s Han Yin must have angered Lord Kuixing, and that’s why he was robbed!”

"Also, I'm ashamed to tell you what it means that your house has guarded the ancestral property for more than ten years! Since 20 years ago, it was my own brother, Erlang's grandfather, who won the title of scholar, and the priest of our clan According to Dazheng's law, the field changed from twenty mu to forty mu. That is a good land where summer grain and autumn grain are exempted for ten years!"

The old man squinted at Zhang Hanting: "My brother was carried by the houses to be that patriarch. Your house was just for my brother to see the sacrificial field. It was just because my brother left early and my nephew was also addicted to it." Because of the imperial examination, this house temporarily let you take the place of patriarch. This is recorded in the genealogy!"

"Okay, open my eyes, my nephew has also been selected as a scholar, and the family's sacrificial land has become 20 mu, and there will be no collection for [-] years! Everyone in every family thinks about it. When my brother and nephew are around , everyone can get something from the sacrificial field to some extent. But once my nephew leaves, why does this good land have to be subsidized by each household?"

The clansmen began to nod their heads one after another.

"My grand-nephew, I'm afraid I'm another talent seed!" Zhang Hanlin laughed proudly at the other party, "Brother Han Ting, you can choose. It's better to return this position now, or wait until Erlang becomes a scholar again in the future. Didn’t the big guy drive you down? Didn’t your family rely on the sacrifice fields in the clan to privately provide for a few grandchildren to study? The ones who are older than Erlang are more than 20 years old. Hehe, this has been tested several times ?”

"Who used the crops from the sacrificial field for the children to study?" Brother Shan jumped out again in a panic.

Before Zhang Hanlin could speak, the eldest brother of Zhang Zhe's generation, Zhang Tai, Zhang Xiu, the old cousin of the uncle's family, couldn't help but speak.

"Shan, how can I figure it out? The two grandsons of the old patriarch, your kid, and Shan'er, your younger brother, are all going to school? When did your family grow hair?"

Immediately, some members of the tribe clamored: "With those [-] mu of land and the money paid by each family, can we not grow?"

Zhang Hanting saw that nearly half of the clansmen were dissatisfied, so he closed his eyes and said nothing. Even Lai would delay the matter today.He expected that Zhang Hanlin had a family in the county town and would not stay in the village for a few days.

Unexpectedly, that old man Zhang Hanlin threw another thunderbolt.

"Hey, 20 years ago, this Taowan Village has been occupied by people from our Zhang family. My father, my brother, and my nephew, as a result, your house is very good, and the position of Lizheng was taken away by people surnamed Huang. Almost ten years?"

This incident immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of all people surnamed Zhang, including Zhang Hanting's own juniors.It's not that the Zhang family is in the right position, but only the corvee and the summer and autumn taxes, their surname Zhang has been suffering.

Zhang Zhe had a little admiration for his uncle's skills and eloquence. Sitting here, he was just being treated as a battering ram without talking.

When everyone surnamed Zhang came out of the ancestral hall, Zhang Zhe's uncle became the new patriarch as expected.

(End of this chapter)