Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 151
There were a lot of people coming and going in the Xu family's courtyard. Originally, Zhixin and the others wanted to invite another troupe, but the old man refused. "It's just 60 years old, so there's no need to be so extravagant. When I'm [-], you can do whatever you want. This year will be like this. Just set up some banquets and have fun."

Now that the old man had spoken, of course Zhixin and the others would not go against the old man's wishes, so the troupe was not invited.

At the beginning of noon, Zhixin saw that almost everyone was there, and the dishes in the kitchen were all ready, so he was ready to start the banquet.

During the first month of the lunar year, it is natural not to be outside, so the banquets are still placed in various rooms.

In the middle of the front yard, on the north side, there is a table with many birthday peaches piled up on it.This longevity peach is steamed with noodles, and then dyed, it looks quite similar.A piece of red cloth is hung above the table case, and on the red cloth is a huge Chinese character for longevity embroidered by Hui Xin himself.The main body of this longevity character is coiled with the pattern of Songhe Yannian. The color is bright and the embroidery is exquisite. It can be regarded as an excellent embroidery.

The old man and the old lady sat on both sides of the table, both of them were smiling, looking at the children and grandchildren in the hall with joy, and their hearts were infinitely satisfied.

Before the birthday banquet begins, the children and grandchildren of the family will kowtow to the birthday star first.Zhixin brought his family members and knelt down in front of the old couple, and the big guys said together, "I wish father and grandpa good fortune like the East China Sea and a long life like Nanshan."

The old man smiled happily, "Okay, get up, get up." Mrs. Chen asked Honglian to help distribute the red envelopes she had prepared to the children.In fact, it's just a matter of being particular, and there is not much in a red envelope.

After the children and grandchildren kowtow to pray for their birthdays, the banquet can begin, so everyone starts to serve food everywhere.Even the Fang family and Wang family from the mountain came down today, plus the Li family and Zhou family, there is absolutely enough manpower, and all the dishes are ready after a few steps.

There were quite a few people who came today, and a total of sixteen tables were set up.There were six tables in the middle of the front yard, four tables in the living room, three tables in the room where the old man lived, and the rest in the east courtyard.

Lu Shaoqian is also here today. This is the [-]th birthday of his in-laws, so of course he has to come.So brothers Xu Chengkuan and Xu Chengyuan, Han's father, the village chief Zhou, and several older men in the village were all at this table.Logically speaking, people from the Tao family should also come today, which is a good opportunity for relatives to get together.But the Xu family sent the invitation, but the Tao family didn't move at all.

Yue Siyuan, shopkeeper Sun, Lin Xingjia, Wu Jiajun, these people sat at a table, accompanied by Zhixin and Zhixiang, and they all sat and drank together.

"Brother Zhixin, there is something I've been wanting to talk about for a long time. It just happened to be Chinese New Year, so I didn't find an opportunity. I saw that Wen Cheng was a good kid, so I wanted to get married with your family. What do you think? " Shopkeeper Sun said during the banquet.

Zhixin was taken aback for a moment, Wencheng was already eighteen this year, and indeed he had reached the age to say goodbye. "Brother Sun, Wen Cheng's father died in battle, and his mother ran away with others. The two children have always been with us, and Wen Cheng was adopted by the third son, Zhiming. If the eldest brother does not dislike Wen Cheng's background, It would be great to be a real brother." Zhixin thought about it for a while, but he still told the truth, some things can be known as soon as he inquires, and it will be bad at that time.

"We have been getting along for so many years. I know everything about your family. Wen Cheng is a good kid. We don't care about it. My old girl is sixteen this year, and I have never told her about marriage. I really like you. Jia Wencheng, what do you think, brother?" Shopkeeper Sun smiled, not caring about Wencheng's background at all.

Zhixin hurried to find Zhiming, "Brother Sun, now Wencheng is adopted under the name of the third child, you can discuss this matter." After speaking, Zhixin gave the place to Zhiming, and went to drink with others.

Zhiming listened to shopkeeper Sun's words, and pondered for a while, "Brother Sun, how about this, after the old man's birthday, let's find time to see each other. Let them see for themselves about the younger generation. If the two of them can It’s a blessing for the children if you see it right. It’s okay if you don’t see it well, even if you don’t have fate. Brother, do you think it is right?”

Shopkeeper Sun nodded when he heard it, "Well, it's fine if you say so, don't act like we're old, people won't like it at all. Well, let's find a day and see each other when the time comes." The shopkeeper is also a very straightforward person, so the two parties made an appointment on the third day of February, and shopkeeper Sun would bring someone to Xu's house.

"Hey, speaking of it, if this marriage is done, we'll all be relatives." Yue Siyuan laughed.Everyone looked at each other, but what happened?The Lin family wanted to marry Jinghan, the Sun family fell in love with Wen Cheng, Yue Siyuan was Jingya's father-in-law, and the Wu family wanted to marry Yumei from the Lin family. Aren't they all relatives?

"Come on, come on, we in-laws who are visiting here need to drink two more glasses." Lin Xingjia raised his glass and toasted everyone.

Xu's food was well prepared, tasty and plentiful, and all the guests who came to the banquet were very happy.Everyone came and went, and no one drank less.At the end of noon, the guests left one after another.Generally, two birthday peaches are brought to each guest to enjoy the joy of the birthday star.Fortunately, Mrs. Xue and the others expected that there would be fewer visitors, so they steamed a lot of longevity peaches, which was enough for them.

After all the guests had left, Xu's own family set up a few more tables for everyone to have a meal together.On a good day for the old man, all the servants also ate together, and six tables were set up in the middle.

Jinghan and the others had been busy in the kitchen, and they were a little hungry at the moment. The children sat together and ate voraciously.

After the meal was over, the people who came down from the mountain had to rush back to the mountain, so Zhixin asked Zhou's family to go up the mountain too.Now there are plenty of places on the mountain, you can arrange them however you want.In addition, Zhixin also arranged for the three families to cut down some of the big trees in the forest on the mountain.This forest is prepared to grow ginseng, and only one hundred and eighty feet will be used a year, and the rest cannot be moved.But when buying the forest, the people in the yamen said that they can be exempted from taxes for three years, and then they have to pay taxes.So these forests can't just be idle there, at least there are still a lot of wood in it, pick some big, mature wood and cut out a part, even if it is not sold, you can still make something.Now that the children in the family are grown up, if they get married, they will have to make some furniture or something.The quality of wood is the best in winter, cut it out and put it aside to dry, so you don’t have to go out to buy it when you need it.

Fang Yonggui is good at work and has some brains.Therefore, Zhixin would usually order the work on the mountain to him, and it was the same this time. "Yonggui, you can do this job as you see fit, and you don't have to worry. Except for the place we discussed, where all the trees were brought down, and we planted sticks and mallets in autumn, the rest will be picked and felled. Just come out. We still need to plant clubs in this forest, and we can’t cut it too hard, so be careful to run away.”

"Hey, don't worry, master, I know how to do it." Fang Yonggui agreed.

"Okay, then let's go quickly. If there is anything lacking on the mountain, just say something. You are the elderly of our family, so I can rest assured about your work." Seeing that it was getting late, Zhixin told them to hurry back to the mountain.

The three families drove the ox cart and brought a lot of food, cloth and other things back to the mountain.

After the old man's birthday banquet, on the 26th of the first lunar month, Zhixiang took his wife, children and servants and set off to return to his post.Wenxuan and Wenchang were going to take the county examination, so they had to start now.Jinghan was concerned about the restaurant, so she wanted to go to the county together, but Mrs. Chen refused.It is said that the date has been fixed, on the sixth day of February, the Lin family came to hire.It's only been a few days, and Wencheng still has something to see, so Jinghan couldn't go to the county.

Ziwen of the Lin family was also going to take the county examination, so several of them went together, and Zhixin sent Guoqiang to follow.Jingya and Pengcheng were also going back to the county, and they happened to be together. Wenxuan and the others lived directly in Pengcheng's house, which was also convenient.Originally, Jingya waited for Jinghan to get engaged before leaving, but Mrs. Chen refused to let her go. Pregnant women have many taboos, so they cannot come to Jinghan's engagement banquet.So Jingya left unwillingly.

Of course, Mrs. Chen took a lot of supplements for Jingya and left. Good steel needs to be used on the blade. Now that Jingya is pregnant and it is time to mend her body, how could Mrs. Chen feel distressed about these things.Although the Yue family has also prepared a lot, but it belongs to the Yue family and cannot represent the wishes of the Xu family after all.

Jinghan persuaded Mrs. Chen to leave some for the old man and Mrs. Chen herself. The two old people are not too young, so they should keep some and make some supplements when they have time.Chen Shi couldn't stand Jinghan, so he kept a little of everything and kept it well.

Time naturally passed quickly, and Jinghan made a new set of clothes for herself under the supervision of her mother and grandma.After all, it's about getting engaged, so there must be a new dress to wear.In addition, it was necessary to make two sets for Zixuan, so as soon as the first month came out, Jinghan was not idle and kept fiddling with needlework.

This day was the third day of February, early in the morning, the Xu family cleaned up everything inside and outside the house.In fact, there is nothing to clean up. The Xu family are all neat and tidy, and they are also very tidy on weekdays.

In the middle of the day, everyone was sitting in the room chatting and laughing. The old Wang came in and said, "Old man, old lady, shopkeeper Sun's family is here."

After hearing this, Zhixin and Zhiming, together with a few others, hurried out and came to the gate, just in time to see shopkeeper Sun leading his family out of the carriage. "Brother Sun, I've waited for you here, come on, please come inside." Zhixin said with a smile.

"My brother is too polite, why did the whole family come out here? Come on, this is your sister-in-law, this is my eldest, this is my old girl. Why don't you hurry up and call me uncle and aunt?" Shopkeeper Sun also smiled. of.

(End of this chapter)