Disastrous year!Before the whole family is wiped out, a little blessing falls from the sky!

In a flash, it is already the end of February, the cold wind is becoming gentler day by day, and the sun is warmer than the dull winter.

On the hillside, the snow has begun to melt in the sunny position, and a little water droplets flow down the hillside, gathering together to form a stream.

The stream flows into the small river again, and the small river is forced to become a big river!

The breath of spring has quietly arrived in the world when no one knows it.

But the naughty boys always take advantage of my mother not paying attention, open their cotton-padded jackets, and play on the ice by the river, trying hard to catch the last tail of winter!

Unfortunately, I didn't catch him by the tail, but he fell into the river one after another, soaking his cotton-padded clothes, so I held him by the ears and cooked meat on a fire stick.

Although every family is living a better life now, and they don’t have money to treat their children because of colds, no mother would be willing to suffer the consequences!

After breakfast this morning, Mr. Tai came to his old brother's yard with his hands behind his back.

Mr. Tai was playing shuttlecock with his little granddaughter. He was playing with himself, while Zhuzhu was playing with Sesame Ball. The old man, the young man and the dog were playing with each other, shouting and screaming. It was very lively.

Seeing his brother coming over, Mr. Tai ended the game and asked, "Third brother, it's time to finish eating."

"It's done!" Tai Sanye responded, and then the two old brothers sat under the eaves and clicked their pipes and pots.

Third Master Tai was a little anxious and asked in a low voice, "Is there no news from Kyoto yet?"

Mr. Tai was able to keep his composure. Just as he was about to comfort his brother, Tai Yonglu and the others ran in from outside the door.

The old man scolded, "What are you doing in such a hurry? Didn't you go to the city to see Yongning off?"

"They're all back, grandpa, they're all back!" Tai Yonglu jumped to his feet and waved his hands, "Someone from the imperial court is here, the imperial edict is here!"

Tai Yongning, who came in later, heard that his brother didn't explain clearly, so he quickly added, "Grandpa, the imperial court has sent someone to read out the imperial edict. It's my cousin who has received the reward! The county magistrate is accompanying the Kyoto officials behind, and he will arrive in a while. "

Third Master Tai and Old Master Tai stood up together and shouted.

"Go and ask your mother to prepare the incense table! Clean the yard, hurry up!"

Everyone was busy for a while, and the small yard was very busy.

Zhuzhu wanted to help, but unfortunately she was more of a troublemaker. In the end, she was carried by the old man and put into a big basket under the eaves of the corridor.

The fat girl was holding the edge of the basket to watch the excitement, and there was a sesame ball squatting next to her. It was really fun to watch.

Soon, the villagers gathered together after hearing the news. Mr. Tai San angrily yelled at everyone, "Go back and change into clean clothes. Don't embarrass the clan!"

The villagers turned around and left, and when they showed up again, everyone was dressed more grandly than during the Chinese New Year...

Guards and veterans came to investigate one after another and came back to report the news!
"There are still seven miles left to announce the decree!"

"Five miles to go!"

"We're about to reach the village entrance!"

Mr. Tai took a deep breath and led everyone out to greet him. The county magistrate, accompanied by two officials and the familiar Eunuch Xi, led a team of a hundred people and quickly arrived in front of the village.

Mr. Tai lowered his head to salute, but was immediately supported by the county magistrate and Eunuch Xi.

"The old man doesn't have to be like this, but he has been demoted!" The county magistrate smiled kindly. Although he didn't know how the Tai family would be rewarded, no matter what he thought, it was a seventh grade higher than him. He didn't dare to let the old man salute.

Eunuch Xi has been with His Highness for many years. He knows very well how His Highness treats the Tai family. He is a slave, let alone a servant.

The two officials were also upset. They were slow and missed the opportunity. The Tai family wouldn't think they were arrogant...

Eunuch Xi was eloquent, smiled when he saw people, and with just a few words of greeting, he had already greeted everyone in the Tai family, and even Third Master Tai was made happy by his praise.

At this time, he said, "The emperor has only been on the throne for seven days, and he is really busy with government affairs. Finally, when he had some free time, he quickly wrote the imperial edict in his own hand and sent a villain to announce it, just because he was afraid that others would neglect his family. Old man, please prepare, let's get ready as soon as possible How about we read out the edict and then talk over tea?"

"Okay!" The old man responded quickly...

As the decree-proclaiming team walked along, many people watched and were curious about how the new emperor would reward the Tai family. Therefore, many idle people followed the team, as well as people from Liujiacun and Zhangjiacun who heard the news. Suddenly, at the entrance of Taijia Village Hundreds of people gathered, but no one dared to make any noise for fear of disturbing the business.

On the other hand, in the Tai family yard, cheers of surprise could be heard from time to time, making everyone feel as curious as a cat scratching their heads.

Finally, someone from Taijia Village came out, and Village Chief Liu couldn't help but asked, "What's going on, but you've been knighted?"

The people in Taijia Village were so excited that they kept nodding and shouting, "Our sixth uncle has been granted the title of Duke of Zhenguo. Our eldest stepfather is the crown prince, and our eldest sister-in-law is the first-grade imperial concubine! Our second brother is the uncle of Chengen, and our second sister-in-law is the second daughter-in-law." Madam Pingaoming, third brother Jiye is also a fourth-rank official, in charge of trade over the grassland! Even Zhuzhu has been granted the title of Princess Changle, and Yong'an is also a third-rank general!"

Everyone was stunned by this list of titles and orders. The new emperor was too generous. This is the posture to let the Tai family's chickens and dogs ascend to heaven!

Village Chief Liu was so excited that he wanted to ask more questions, but he was overtaken by the sensible people in the city!
"Since a title has been awarded, there should also be a fiefdom! Where is the fiefdom reward?"

It's okay if I don't say this, but when I mention it, this Tai'an villager jumped up excitedly, pointed at his feet and shouted, "Here, this is it! The emperor has granted Tai'an County a fiefdom, haha, from now on Tai'an County will be our Tai'an County It’s final!”

Just as Mr. Tai came out of the yard with his face glowing red, when he heard what the tribesmen said, he immediately picked up his pipe and knocked the pot on the tribesmen, laughing and scolding, "The emperor's great kindness is for you to be grateful for, not for you to show off like this! "

The clan members shrank their necks, and others asked anxiously, "Master Tai, is Tai'an really your clan's fiefdom?"

Tai Sanye couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth. He hesitated and replied, "Indeed, that's what the imperial edict said. The emperor also rewarded our Tai family with a plaque of 'loyalty and bravery', and each family has two plaques." One hundred taels of silver will also be used to build the Duke's mansion and archway...

"Oh, anyway, our village will be busy soon. Please forgive me if I disturb you all!"

"Oh, Mr. Tai is so polite. This is a great event. It's too late for me to be happy!"

"Yes, yes, this is the glory of our entire Northland!"

Everyone responded, "We will all come to help when the time comes!"

In the courtyard of the Tai family, the county magistrate and two officials from the Ministry of Rites went to drink tea on the pretext of being thirsty and gave the space to Eunuch Xi and the Tai family.

Xizi immediately smiled and greeted everyone again, and then said, "Old man, the emperor means that he only has one family from our family. He hopes that our family will live in Kyoto permanently." (End of Chapter)