After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

Yingbao's face twitched.

That Chu Man is as old as Jiang Cheng, the lobby brother, he must be eighteen this year, and he will be nineteen after the new year, and he hasn't married yet.

And Chen Changping was about 32, [-] or [-] years older than Chu Man. If he had been born two years earlier, he might have been her father.

"Grandma doesn't agree, and grandpa doesn't agree, but the matchmaker keeps lobbying."

The marriage between Chu Man and Jiang Cheng in Chu Family Village was well known throughout Chuanhe Town.

May I ask which family dares to marry such a woman?

Of course, those poor families or old widowers might not mind, but how could the Chu Village Zheng family allow their precious daughter to marry such a family?
Chen Zhao was worried, chatted with Ying Bao for a while, and then took his brother home.

After the previous flood, Chen Laoshuan also built a house on the south slope, but only three tile houses were built, and the yard was not even enclosed.

The third son, Chen Changhai, also built three tile-roofed houses next to him. They also didn’t have a courtyard, because most of them still live in the old house, so it’s just in case.

The eldest son, Chen Changrong, didn't build a house on Nanpo, he didn't think it was necessary.

Every year, there is more rain in spring and summer, and it is much more convenient to live in the old house for the rest of the time.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and in order to move to a new house, Chen Laoshuan's family came to Nanpo to celebrate the festival.

When Chen Zhao returned home with his younger brother, he saw that his eldest sister was cooking for the third aunt at the third uncle's house.

Grandma Chen Fengshi also sat on the bench picking vegetables, while grandfather was drinking tea from a teapot.

The old lady glanced at her granddaughter and ordered: "Let Xu Bao play by himself, come over and help with cooking, and your uncle and aunt's family will come over later."

Chen Zhao responded and squatted on the ground to help with the leeks.

I heard Grandpa and Grandma talking: "After the festival, Erlang will go to the county school to study, and I have to prepare some money for him to bring."

Chen Fengshi said without raising his head: "Of course, I still have 20 taels of silver on hand, and I will give it to him when the time comes."

Chen Laoshuan took a sip of his tea and shook his head: "What if I gave it to the next time? I heard that the county students often hold poetry and painting meetings together, and every time they have to pay for it, Erlang naturally can't avoid it. Alas , plus the annual bundle repair and food expenses, 20 taels, I'm afraid it's only enough for half a year's expenses."

Chen Fengshi didn't take it seriously: "Erlang can make money by himself, no matter how bad it is, his elder brother and third younger brother will help him."

Chen Laoshuan rolled his eyes at his old wife: "How much do you expect my brother to help? Qier Songer is also studying, and every year he spends a lot of money on repairs, pens, ink and paper, and next year Qier will also be preparing for the exam. It will cost a lot of money.”

For each exam, one must first prepare a gift for the tutor, and the tutor will lead the way and find five candidates to make a guarantee.

Afterwards, you have to spend a lot of money to ask someone to help you, and contact a janitor as a guarantee. After the exam, no matter whether you pass or not, you have to reward the janitor.

This coming and going, the average family can't bear it at all.

Therefore, if Chen Changping wants to study in the county school safely, he must have a family with strong financial resources to support him.

But Chen Laoshuan didn't have much money left, and most of the family's land was distributed to his sons. Now he really couldn't afford to support his second son to continue his studies.

The land that was distributed to Chen Changping at the beginning has been sold by the prodigal daughter of the Han family, leaving only dozens of acres of mountain land and the inferior fields on the southern slope.

Let alone those fields for my son to study, it is impossible to expect them to have enough food.

Chen Fengshi frowned: "This won't work, that won't work, what do you think?"

The last time they went to Fucheng, although the Wei family gave a sum of money, how many times was the money enough for the family?

Chen Laoshuan squinted his eyes and took a sip of tea, and said, "I think the Chu family is not bad, they said they can fully support Erlang in his studies."

Chen Fengshi was unhappy when she heard this, and glared at her husband: "What's so good? How can a girl from the Chu family be worthy of my family's Erlang!"

Although she had never met the girl from the Chu family, the whole village scoffed when she mentioned it.

Said that the girl was fierce and ignorant of etiquette. She had just married into Jiang's family, and before she had a bridal chamber, she beat the young man of Jiang's family until her head was bleeding, and she was finally sent back to her natal family.

Based on this alone, her Chen family can't let this kind of woman in.

My son is a scholar at any rate, and there are many good marriages, not bad for the Chu family, and the Chu family is not a good marriage.

Seeing his old wife getting angry, Chen Laoshuan said, "That's all I'm saying, it's not the Chu family."

But finding a good Yue family for Erlang is a top priority.

It has been more than a hundred days since the Han family passed away, and no one else would say anything about his own son's rebirth.

Besides, there is a one-year-old doll waiting to be taken care of at home, even if they marry after the festival, it is justifiable.

That night, a full moon rose into the sky.

All kinds of lanterns are hung in front of every house.

Now that the people of Dongchen Village are rich, they make the holidays more lively.

Lanterns were also hung up in the West Village, but they were scattered here and there, not as grand as in the East Chen Village.

A tall bamboo pagoda was erected in front of the gate of the Jiang family, on which more than 20 lanterns of various kinds were hung.

There is also an offering table on the south side of the bamboo tower, which is filled with melon and fruit offerings.

The children worshiped the moon one by one, plugged in the lit sandalwood, and ran to the feast with a cheer.

Tonight, Jiang Dalang's family set up a total of four tables, his own family occupied three tables, and the other table was occupied by Xiao family guards and Wei family servants.

Xiao Chengyu was simply insane with joy.

It was the first time for him to celebrate such a lively festival, accompanied by so many friends, he was very excited.

Cui Zhaochen was afraid that he would overeat, so he kept telling him to eat less, but Xiao Chengyu would not listen, he ate every dish on the table, and his belly soon became swollen.

Yingbao brought two jars of fruit juice from home, which she cooked with the pupil spring in the cave, and added honey and [-] Dingzhi inside.

"This is peach juice. It's delicious and can help you digest food. Give it a try."

She poured a bowl for each child and handed the rest to A Niang's table.

Wei Zhan and Xiao Chengyu couldn't stop drinking peach juice, asking for more again and again.

After the banquet, the second aunt still took the children to set off the river lanterns to make a wish.

After setting off the river lanterns, Wei Zhan and Xiao Chengyu refused to go back to sleep, and wandered around the village with Jiang Jie, Jiang Wu, and Yuan Baohuzi, carrying lanterns, looking at the colorful lanterns at other people's houses, and stealing food from other people's altars. sacrifice.

The children from other families did not show weakness, they went to each other's houses to grab fruit on the table.

The Jiang family offers the most fruit and hibiscus cakes on the table, and they are also the most exquisite, and there are many children who come to patronize them.

Jiang Liushi and his wife happily watched the children come to grab the offerings, and saw that the offerings on the table were almost gone, so they went home to fetch and add more.

Until the shadow of the moon slanted to the west, the children went home one after another.

Those who refused to leave were snatched back by their parents by their ears.

Wei Zhan and Xiao Chengyu were also picked up by Yingbao and sent to Huzi's house, where the guards of Xiao's residence and the servants of Wei's family were dumbfounded.

This little lady was too fierce, she dared to pinch the ears of their young master.

You know, the little boy's ears, even their own mother has never twisted them.

What was even more surprising was that the young master didn't lose his temper, and went back to sleep very cooperatively.

Several guards looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering if they should report the truth when they went back.