Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

The old man's words made everyone laugh. The old man asked his son, nephew and niece to drink together, and even called in the doorman, Old Wang, and then talked about the wedding while eating.

Zhu and Han were very full at Yue's house, so they didn't go to the table again, but sat aside and talked. Everyone discussed today's marriage.

"You know what, the banquet of Yue's family is really good. Not only are there chickens, ducks, fish and meat, but there are also seafood, which is rare in our place. Everyone who went to the banquet praised it." Chen Tianshun said.

The old man nodded when he heard it, "That's good. This means that they value our Jingya. Jingya will not suffer any loss in the Yue family in the future."

Zhixin's cousin toasted Zhixin with a glass of wine, "Zhixin, today I have seen that this rich family is really not comparable to our ordinary families. Jingya's marriage is a good one. You have been living a good life in the past few years, and our family has benefited a lot. Your sister-in-law and niece-in-law raised tussah silkworms this year, and they really made some money. If you have any problems in the future, just let us know. We only have these two relatives in the Xu family, so don't break off contact. If my brother asks you for help again, you can't refuse."

Zhixin smiled, "Brother, what are you talking about? We are brothers of the same family. No matter what happens, just let me know. As long as I can do it, I will definitely not refuse."

Jinghan and other younger generations, of course, have a separate table. Zixuan sat between Wenhan and Wenxuan, facing Jinghan, eating with his fiery eyes, unable to help looking at his beloved girl.

Jinghan felt a little embarrassed when Zixuan looked at her, her face was red, and she lowered her head to eat rice. Wencheng sat next to Jinghan, and when he saw this, he quickly picked up a lot of dishes for Jinghan, then looked up and glared at Zixuan. "There will be plenty of time in the future, do you have to make her unable to eat?"

Zixuan smiled embarrassedly, then retracted his gaze and tried to compete with the food in front of him.

Jingwan thought it was funny, but she couldn't laugh, and she finally held it back. Jingxian was young, and had been playing outside with Wenxuan, Wenchang and Mingyu just now, so she didn't know what happened at home. Looking at the people at the table, she felt something was strange, but didn't know what was going on, so she asked Jingwan, "Sister, what's going on?"

Jingwan shook her head, "Nothing, let's eat quickly."

Soon, the women and children had all finished eating, leaving only the men's table still drinking. Everyone cleared the two tables on the ground first, and let them drink slowly at the table on the kang. After clearing, the women went to Xue's room to chat.

Wenhan and Zixuan returned to the study to read, Wencheng also went to the study, and Yumei stayed with He, waiting for his father to finish drinking. Jingxian, Wenxuan, Wenxing, Jinghe, Mingyu, Ziwen and others went out to play again. Jinghan and Jingwan returned to their room and collected all the accounts for Jinghan's marriage.

"You don't know if you don't count it. It turns out that marrying a girl also costs a lot of money." Jinghan looked at the final account and sighed, "Look, the dowry is not included. Just the wedding banquet, hiring a cook, hiring a porter, renting various household items, and the reward for the drummers and the wedding receptionist, all of these are more than fifty taels. Among them, the Yue family sent a pig, and we killed two of our own. The chickens and geese are also our own, and there are some vegetables as well. If you buy all of them, it will be nearly one hundred taels of silver, right? My God, this is really, too wasteful, isn't it?" Jingwan couldn't help laughing after hearing Jinghan's words, "Second sister, you are really a money-grubber. Why don't you think about it, our family has received a lot of gifts, as long as you come to the wedding, who didn't give things or money? All these together, wouldn't it be one hundred or eighty taels?" The two sisters kept accounts separately, Jinghan was in charge of taking money out, and Jingwan was in charge of taking money in, so Jingwan said so. When Jinghan heard this, she quickly took the booklet from Jingwan's hand and looked at it carefully. Most people came with red envelopes, which was practical. Some people gave gifts, such as rulers, bronze mirrors, combs or dressing boxes. If you count them all, it can be about 80 taels.

"Don't think that we have received a lot now. When people have something to do, we have to return the gifts. And we have to return more. These are just for the sake of looking good at the time." Jinghan shook his head and said. "People have to get along with each other in this way, otherwise, it will be meaningless."

"By the way, second sister, your marriage has been settled, so can you not go back to the mountain? The eldest sister is married, and you should take over the family affairs. Stay in town and accompany me in the future. Jingxian is better to stay in town, so that we sisters will not be separated again."

"Let's talk about it when the time comes. I can stay at home, but Jingxian is better to go back to the mountain. I want Jingxian to take care of the mountain affairs in the next few years. Jingwan, you don't understand, I don't want Jingxian to go back to town." Jinghan hesitated for a while, but decided to let Jingxian go back to the mountain.

"Why? Isn't Jingxian doing well in town? I don't feel at ease leaving her alone in the mountain." Jingwan didn't quite understand.

"Oh, do you think I am willing? You don't even look at Jingxian's appearance. She has become more and more beautiful as she grows older in the past few years. If she gets older, I am afraid she will really be able to become a stunning beauty who will enchant everyone in the country. Son. I'm afraid that if her reputation spreads too early, who knows what will happen to her? It's better to leave her on the mountain for the time being. It just so happens that the camp is about to leave, and people who see Jingxian in the future will know. Less. There is no other way. I can only think of this way." Jinghan expressed her worries.

Jingwan had never thought about this before, but now she was shocked when she heard Jinghan's words. "Oh, second sister, how good is this? If you didn't tell me, I'm afraid no one in our family would have thought of this." Jingwan was a little anxious and didn't know what to do about this matter.

"Don't worry, Jingxian is only twelve this year, and she still has a few years to grow up. Let's pay attention from now on and hide her in the mountain temporarily. When she gets older, we will find a good in-law for her. Get married. Once a girl gets married, no one will care about her, and then we can rest assured." Jinghan could only comfort Jingwan. "Furthermore, my eldest brother and my eldest brother-in-law are both scholars. If we take the exam further, we might be able to pass the exam. In that case, our family in this town will be considered a similar family. Even if we think about it, If someone wants to cause trouble, he has to think a lot."

"I hope so. I will take the time to tell my parents about this, so that they can understand. We have been relatively peaceful in the past few years. I hope nothing else will happen." Jingwan was still a little worried, but she I can't think of any good ideas.

"Let's not tell Jingxian about this yet. This little girl is very smart. I want to train her well so that she can have some self-defense and life-saving skills in the future." When Jinghan was in the mountains, she would take Jingxian with her every day. We practice martial arts together just to make her more capable. Even if something happens in the future, you can defend yourself.

"Second sister, thank you for thinking so thoughtfully about Jingxian. I never thought about this." Jingwan said with some shame.

"They are all our sisters, why are we talking about this?" Jinghan said with a smile.

The two sisters were talking when Wenxuan and Jingxian came in. Ziwen said, "Sister Jinghan, my father and the others have finished drinking and are going home. Let me tell you, my sister and My mother is supporting my father, he is drunk. "

Of course Jinghan had to go and have a look, this was already her future husband's family. So I put on my shoes and went to the ground and followed everyone to the front. Sure enough, I saw that Uncle Lin drank a little too much. At this time, Wen Han and He were supporting him. As soon as Yumei saw Jinghan, she said, "Jinghan, go back to the village to play when you have time. Xiaoxiu and the others also miss you very much. In two years, everyone will go their separate ways, and it will be difficult to meet each other." "

Jinghan nodded, "Okay, I will go back." Then he said to He, "Uncle Lin, Aunt Lin, you go back slowly. Zixuan, take care of them."

Zixuan nodded with a smile, "Don't worry." Then everyone left the Xu family.

"Zixuan, wait a minute and drive my ox cart back. In two days, we will have to go back to the county. Just drive the ox cart back." Wenhan stopped Zixuan and drove his ox cart back. The car was driven out by Lao Wangtou.

Zixuan was not polite and helped his father sit in the car. Then He led Yumei and Ziwen into the car. Zixuan raised his whip, and the ox cart moved forward slowly.

As soon as the Lin family left, Zhixin's cousin's family also had to say goodbye. Mrs. Chen wanted to keep them here for one more night, but Zhixin's cousin said that they had some matters at home and couldn't stay here any longer. Mrs. Chen had no choice but to bring them some melon seeds and candies, as well as some unused dishes prepared for the banquet.

Zhixin's cousin's family drove the ox cart, and now they had the ox cart hitched. Zhixin's cousin drove the ox cart, said goodbye to everyone, and left.

The remaining brothers, Chen Tianfu and Chen Tianshun, were farther away. If they left at this time, they would have to arrive home at midnight. So I have to stay here for one night and go home tomorrow morning.

"Meilin, you and Yingzi bring some dishes to Huixin. Huixin and his wife didn't come today. Yesterday, Huixin said that little Chuqing seemed to be unwell and a bit troublesome. She couldn't even celebrate the New Year today. Come here." Mrs. Chen was thinking about her daughter and her family and asked her daughter-in-law to come over and take a look.

Xue, Zhu and Han, the three sisters-in-law, brought a lot of things to Huixin's house. Unexpectedly, the child was crying and fussing at Huixin's house. Huixin held the child in her arms and walked back and forth on the ground.

"What's going on? Why is Chu Qing still making such a fuss?" Ms. Xue quickly stepped forward to pick up the child and asked.