Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

Jinghan changed into red clothes and sat on the kang in the old lady's room. Today, relatives at home are coming to add makeup. Even if it is simple, there are some rules that cannot be omitted.

Because the marriage was too hasty, people from the Zhide and Qingnian families, as well as the Yue family and the Sun family came. Chen's natal family didn't send a message, so they didn't know. On the other hand, Han's natal family also invited Han's brother and sister-in-law to come this time. The Xu family was a little surprised, but of course they welcomed it.

Adding makeup is nothing more than some head and face jewelry. Huixin kept talking, she didn't expect Jinghan to get married so early, she didn't have time to prepare well, so she had to take out a pair of jade bracelets. "Jinghan, my little aunt is not biased. It's really too late to buy you good things, so I can only give you a pair of bracelets."

Jinghan smiled and said, "Little aunt, what you gave us is good enough. Now our family is living a better life. If this were the case in the past, who would dare to think about it?"

Han gave them a pair of gold bracelets. Zhu and Zhiming rushed back from the county, and Zhu added a jade pendant. In addition, Pengcheng's mother, shopkeeper Sun's wife, and Han's sister-in-law also presented jewelry. In this way, adding makeup is enough.

"Girl Jinghan, I heard that you are getting married, and your uncles are here to drink your wedding wine." A loud voice shouted from outside the door. Then a few people came in from outside, it was Ye Laoer and the others.

"Second Uncle Ye, Fifth Uncle and Sixth Uncle, why are you all here?" Jinghan asked with a smile when she saw it was them. Over the years, the Xu family has gotten along very well with these people, and Ye Er and the others have also helped the Xu family a lot.

"Our eldest niece is getting married. Can these uncles still come? There are a few people outside who haven't come in yet and are helping outside. We are all rough people and don't know what the little girl likes. Then, this We all pooled our money to buy it for you, niece." Ye Laoer took out a gold hairpin and put it on the tray in front of Jinghan.

"Second Uncle Ye, this is too expensive for you. How can my niece ask for such an expensive gift from you?" Jinghan saw it and quickly declined. The lives of these people are not very good. I am afraid that they have to save money for a long time to buy such things.

"Look, you don't know yet, right? We have promised Wen Cheng that this fall we will set up a caravan and follow him to sell medicinal materials in the south. We are all talented people, so we don't have to worry about anything happening when we go out. , so that you don’t have to hang around on the street every day, you can make more money in the future. Okay, this is what we uncles want. If you don’t accept it, you will look down on us.” Ye Laoer said with a straight face. said.

When Jinghan heard this, she couldn't say anything else, "Thank you uncles then."

At this time of year, the days are very long, so the banquet has to be held in the evening. Usually those who come to congratulate the guests come after lunch. However, this Tianzhuang is different. They are all relatives. This lunch must be eaten at the woman's house. There were not many people, so a few tables were set up in the living room, and everyone had a meal together.

On the other side of the county town, Qin Chengren was drinking tea when he heard someone outside say, "Master, our people in the town came back and said something is wrong with the Xu family." It was Qin Fu's voice.

Qin Chengren hurriedly asked people to come in, "Tell me quickly, what's wrong?"

"Master, when I came back, I left two people watching over there. A person who came back just now said that there were a lot of people coming and going from the Xu family today. He asked about it and found out that the second girl of the Xu family was getting married, a little early. No news has been leaked, it is obviously to prevent us," Qin Fu said quickly.

When Qin Chengren heard this, how could he still do it? He hasn't found anyone yet, but they're getting married over there? "Damn it, this Xu family is really damned, they dare to do this. Come on, get all the people, let's go and rob them. Master, no one I like can run away. I don't care if she succeeds or not. If we don’t get married, I must get the person today.”

The Qin Mansion was busy at the moment. There were a lot of thugs in the manor. About forty people gathered at once, all riding fast horses and galloping all the way to the town. Even though Qin Chengren was quite fat, he didn't feel left behind at all while riding on the horse. Next to him, of course, is Mr. Yan. The crowd gathered around Qin Chengren and ran away.

Outside the door of Qin Mansion, there were several vendors setting up stalls. When they saw this situation, they packed up their things and left in a hurry.

In the county government office, Wuzhi County is working. Suddenly Mr. Han came in from outside, "Sir, the Qin family suddenly gathered about forty people, all riding horses, heading towards Songjianghe Town. The Xu family lives in the town, and this Qin family alley Oops, I might be going to rob him. What do you think we should do?"

The pen in Wuzhixian's hand suddenly stopped, "Damn it, I didn't expect that the Qin family would dare to do evil so blatantly. I'm really impatient. You should have a clue about the master's affairs in the capital, right? Mr. Han , you gather some people first and rush to the town to protect the Xu family as much as possible. Here, I also quickly send someone to send a letter to the capital. The Qin family went too far this time and should be taught a lesson. "

Wuzhi County had also sent people to watch over the Xu family before. When he heard that the Lu family had taken action and that there was no big incident at the restaurant, Wuzhi County sent a few people to pay attention to the Qin family instead of sending anyone to suppress the family. superior. Now it seems that it was an oversight.

Mr. Han nodded, "Okay, then I'll go." After saying that, he hurried out to do errands.

"What happened to the Xu family? How could the Qin family not care about the Lu family anymore and dare to rob them?" Magistrate Wu regretted not sending people to the town to find out. "I hope nothing will happen, otherwise it will be terrible if the master blames us." By the end of the Wei hour, those who lived nearby also came one after another. People in the village usually go to the Lin family tomorrow, and few come here today. Zhixin and his brothers greeted the guests outside and arranged a place for everyone to sit down, and then everyone went to chat with familiar people. "Hey, Lao Li, do you know why the Xu family is in a hurry to marry their daughter? I haven't heard anything before?" Everyone sat together, and it was inevitable that some people were curious about these things. "What else is there? I heard that the Xu family's sons and daughters are all engaged, plus the third daughter, so there are three or four marriages to be held. They can't all be held in one year, right? Even if they are held in one year, there must be a three-month interval in between. Otherwise, among those who get married in one year, one will be doing well while the other will not. One in the spring and another in the fall, it won't be a big deal." Someone nearby said.

"But it's true. With so many children, they won't all be married at the same time. It's only because the Xu family has a lot of money. If it were someone else, they would have to empty their family funds after holding several marriages, right?" Someone in the crowd sighed.

"It depends on what kind of family it is. For a family like the Xu family, they love their daughters and give them many gifts when they get married. They really need to have some money. For those families who only care about their sons and want to sell their daughters to their sons to find wives, how can they spend much money on weddings? It's so messy that they can't spend much money at all." This person is telling the truth. This kind of thing often happens these days.

The Xu family prepared melon seeds and candies on each table. These people were cracking melon seeds, eating candies, and chatting. It was quite pleasant.

At the beginning of the afternoon, the person guarding the door shouted, "The groom is here, the groom is here."

When everyone heard it, they hurried out to see. Sure enough, from a distance, they saw a man in red wedding clothes riding on a tall horse, leading people to the Xu family.

At the front of the team, of course, there were drummers, and then there were the sedan chairs of the groom and the bride. Then came the betrothal gifts that came with the wedding procession, and later on, the groom's party came to welcome the bride.

The Lin family prepared a lot of betrothal gifts, four jars of wine, four large boxes, all tied with red silk, which looked very festive. Without a pig, it would be difficult to send a pig when welcoming the bride, so the two families had already discussed that this pig could be omitted.

When the wedding procession arrived at the gate, Wenxing and Jinghui lit firecrackers, and a burst of crackling firecrackers rang out. Zhixin of course stepped forward to stuff a red envelope into Zixuan's waist, and then Wencheng stepped forward to hold the reins of Zixuan's horse, and Zixuan got off the horse and went into the house to pay respects to the bride's parents and elders. The people who followed behind quickly moved all the betrothal gifts they brought down and sent them into the house.

When Zixuan came out of the house, the banquet outside officially began. The yard was full of tables, and everyone had already sat at the table, and then the helpers served the dishes. Soon, the dishes were almost ready.

Zhixin raised his glass and toasted everyone. "Neighbors, today is the day my daughter Jinghan is getting married. I would like to thank you all for your kindness and for taking the time to come to the wedding. Come on, let's drink to our heart's content today and don't leave until we are drunk."

Everyone said hello, and then the banquet began, and everyone started drinking and eating.

Zixuan and his friends had to arrange a few tables separately. Today, the couple Erlin, Zixuan's uncle and aunt, two married women, and a pair of boys and girls were accompanying Zixuan. With Zixuan, it was an odd number. When we go back tomorrow, it will be an even number with the bride.

As soon as the banquet started, the courtyard was lively, and everyone ate and drank while chatting. The Xu family's banquets were always the best, so everyone was very satisfied.

At this lively moment, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves outside the gate, and then someone shouted loudly, "Listen, Xu family, hand over the second daughter immediately so that our master can take her away. Otherwise, no one will be able to escape today."