Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 69

Meng Xiaowan gently folded the letter paper, and with onion-like fingers, gently pinched the paper flat, and then put it into her sleeve pocket.

Seeing Miss Deluo started praying for the moon again, she took the opportunity to wave to the egret on the side.

"Go and tell your husband, Mrs. Shen and Fourth Miss Luo want to stay with me for a few more days, so I'll go home on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year. With these few days of free time, the scenery in Wuling City is very good, and it's also convenient for him to have a good time sightseeing some."

Meng Xiaowan's tone was warmer than ever before, but Bai Lu, who was familiar with her, saw the slight smile on the corner of the big lady's mouth.

Young lady, are you angry?Even hearing this made her teeth ache.

She didn't dare to hand over the letter from Miss Luo Er in Bai Lu's sleeve for a while.

Zhang Zhe got the reward of Bailu's trembling, but he didn't worry about being happy again.

He told Sanqi to pack his luggage, boarded the boat and went back to Taowan under Bailu's surprised eyes.

Zhang Zhe was not afraid of internal affairs, but the news came from the Song family that from the second day onwards, there would be a ten-day cultural meeting, and each time the leader of the cultural meeting would give a hundred taels of silver.Almost all the top cards in the four halls and eight workshops were booked by the Song family for half a month.

There were three invitations sent by Huo Bingcheng alone!Two copies belonged to the second son of the Song Dynasty, and one copy was actually written by Song Lishan, the head of the Song family.Although Zhang Zhe had a rift with the Song family because of the Meng family's affairs, he refused to accept it.But Huo Bingcheng had just received the news that Liu Du, the son of Yanmen county lord, would also hold a literary conference in the county town due to the affection of the Song family, and Zhang Zhe would definitely be invited.

Just when Meng Xiaowan's sour words came to him, he got off the donkey and went straight to Taowan.

For some reason, Zhang Zhe always felt that there was something wrong with the matter between the Song family and the government office, and the matter of Xia's income from the treasury was probably just the beginning.

In early autumn, the northwest wind blows.

Huo Bingcheng's family's awning boat took him back to Taowan much slower than in the past. It took more than half an hour in the past, but today it took an hour and a half.

Just as Zhang Zhe and Sanqi got off the boat, they happened to see Fifth and Sixth Uncles waiting for the boat on the shore.Seeing Zhang Zhe turning around, Zhang Wuliu hurried up to meet him.

"Lang Jun came back just in time, the family is discussing important matters, and I am going to the county to find you and come back to talk."

"Oh? Uncle came back to the village today!" Zhang Zhe ordered Sanqi to pick up his luggage and go home, and followed Zhang Wuliu to the ancestral hall.

As soon as I entered the ancestral hall, I heard Zhang Shan, who was called Brother Shan before, screaming loudly.

"Why do we have to wait for him to come back to discuss? Now that it's autumn, when Zhang Wuliu goes to the county to find him, against the wind and the current, why don't you want me to wait for him until the third watch?"

"Besides, who doesn't know that the Song family has a grudge against his Yue family, and he will definitely hinder such matters!"

As soon as Zhang Zhe entered, everyone looked over.Brother Shan's voice disappeared in an instant. Although Zhang Zhe was only the head of the child's case, the halo of the scholar was still extremely bluffing.In particular, Zhang Zhe seems to be a "practice".

Zhang Zhe saw that Zhang Shan was hiding in the crowd, so he laughed casually, not taking this person to heart.

Seeing Zhang Zhe came back, Zhang Hanlin couldn't help laughing a few times.

"My family's Erlang has already returned, so we can start discussing this matter."

Several clansmen immediately spoke first, but after a cup of tea, Zhang Zhe also understood the matter.

But it was Huang Lizheng from the village, who came to the Zhang family yesterday to deliver a message for the head of the nearby Song family.After a while, the Song family wanted to borrow the livestock and vehicles of the Hecun people to do errands.

"I've also heard that it's just pulling a cart, even a donkey can earn fifty cents a day, and a cow and a horse can be paid a hundred cents a day. It takes half a month to get more than one hoist. Such a good thing, how can I even discuss it?" ? It’s not that we have to send someone out.”

There are also retorts who feel sorry for the animals: "Fifty Wen, one hundred Wen, we must not let us take it for nothing. If people don't follow, I am afraid that the animals will be used to death. The inside is exhausted, what is a sling of money enough for?"

The two sides quarreled.

The newly appointed patriarch Zhang Hanlin just watched with a smile and didn't speak.

Even Brother Shan and Brother Cheng, who were good friends in the past and were in the same line, almost fought because of differences of opinion.

Not to mention the two of them, even Zhang Hanting, the old man of that line, was extremely hesitant. He wanted to earn this money, but he was worried about others using his own livestock.

In the end, it was Zhang Hanlin, the new patriarch, who knocked on the table, and everyone became quiet.

The old man smiled: "A group of people who don't know much. In fact, the Song family borrowed cattle, carts and horses once in the early years. Speaking of it, it has been 16 years. It was my nephew who was the patriarch, and the Song family also temporarily borrowed the surrounding area. At that time, I remember that my nephew didn’t let go, but he was worried that his family’s animals would only be loved by him, and it would be unreliable to put them in other people’s hands. Later, the animals were returned .I heard that Kanjia Village, eight miles away, lost several large animals within a year, and the lining should have been exhausted when it was lent to the Song family."

When Zhang Hanting heard him say this, he was also dazed, and seemed to remember it.

He didn't really want to borrow the animals, but he instinctively wanted to give Zhang Hanlin eye drops, and he said at the beginning: "The animals are broken, but didn't the manager of the Song family come to pay for it at the price?"

As soon as he said this, some people were immediately moved. After all, the Song family's reputation in the county is still good.

After talking nonsense until it was getting dark, Zhang Hanlin impatiently asked all the clansmen to go to dinner and discuss it after half an hour.

Zhang Hanlin came back alone this time, sleeping in the ancestral house, but eating at Zhang Zhe's house.

Back in the yard, Mrs. Qin had already prepared the meals. There were only Zhang Hanlin and Zhang Zhe on the table, and Sanqi's family was cooking by themselves.

After taking a few mouthfuls of rice, the old man couldn't help asking Zhang Zhe.

"Erlang, why did you look like a gourd with its mouth sawn off today, and kept silent."

Zhang Zhe gently put down his chopsticks: "Uncle, there is one thing I don't understand, so you always tell me about it. The Song family borrowed cars and animals 16 years ago. What happened in this county?"

"A big deal?" The old man thought about it carefully, and finally shook his head, "It's not a big deal!"

I asked a few other things, but my uncle didn't have any reflections, so Zhang Zhe could only let go of his doubts temporarily.

After eating, the old uncle strolled from the lake to the ancestral hall first.

Because Zhang Zhe was thinking about things, he ate slowly, but Sanqi rushed in.

"Hey, sir, didn't something big happen 16 years ago?" This kid actually knew!

"My mother gave birth to me!"

Zhang Zhe, who was eating soup, almost choked himself to death with a mouthful of soup.

Mrs. Qin pushed the door open with a broom and came in, and greeted her son fiercely.

"What's the point of giving birth to a bastard like you? But I don't know that your father almost died that year!"

"Nurse!" Zhang Zhe grabbed Lady Qin and let Sanqi escape smoothly.

"Tell me, what happened to fifth and sixth uncles 16 years ago?"

Mrs. Qin straightened Zhang Zhe's clothes with a smile: "What a big deal, it's not that early autumn came early that year. The autumn rain lasted for more than ten days, and the summer rice was almost confiscated. Sanqi's father stayed in the field for seven or eight days , I almost didn’t leave because of the fever. That little bastard was thinking about his birthday, so don’t stop me, he must be dealt with today!”

Zhang Zhe stuffed a wide bamboo scratcher he brought from modern times into Lady Qin's hand: "Nurse, don't use a broom, you won't feel pain if you break that guy, and your hands will be sore from tiredness. You use this, it feels great, and you can guarantee that he will be obedient in the future!"

(End of this chapter)