Chapter 265： Continue string

Ying Bao’s face twitched.

That Chu Man is as old as my cousin Jiang Cheng. She must be eighteen this year, and will be nineteen after the Chinese New Year. She is not married yet.

And Chen Changping is about thirty-two or thirty-two years old, which is thirteen or fourteen years older than Chu Man. If he had been born two years earlier, he would probably be her father.

“Grandma doesn’t agree, and grandpa doesn’t agree either, but the matchmaker keeps lobbying.”

The previous marriage between Chu Man and Jiang Cheng in Chujia Village was famous throughout Chuanhe Town.

Which family would dare to marry such a woman?

Of course, those from poor families or old widowers may not mind, but how could the Chu Cun family allow their precious daughter to marry into that kind of family?

Chen Zhao was worried and chatted with Ying Bao for a while, and then took his brother home.

 Chen Laoshuan also built a house on the south **** after the previous flood, but he only built three tile houses, and there was no enclosed yard.

The third son, Chen Changhai, also built three tile-roofed houses nearby. There was also no enclosed yard, because most of them still lived in the old house, and this was just in case.

The eldest son Chen Changrong did not build a house on the south **** because he felt it was not necessary.

There is more rain only in spring and summer every year. The rest of the time, it is much more convenient to live in an old house.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. In order to move into a new home, Chen Laoshuan and his family came to Nanpo to celebrate the festival.

 Chen Zhao brought his younger brother home and saw his eldest sister helping her third aunt cook at the third uncle's house.

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

The old lady glanced at her granddaughter and said, "Let Xu Bao play by himself. Come over and help with the dishes. Your aunt and uncle's family will be here soon."

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

I heard my grandpa talking to my grandma: "After the festival, Erlang will go to the county school to study. I have to prepare some money for him to take with him."

 Chen Feng said without raising his head: "That's natural. I still have twenty taels of silver on hand, and I will give it to him when the time comes."

Chen Laoshuan took a sip of tea and shook his head: "If I give it this time, what should I do next time? I heard that the county student members often hold poetry and painting gatherings together, and each time they have to contribute a share of the money. Of course Erlang cannot avoid it. Alas. , plus the annual maintenance and food expenses, twenty taels, I’m afraid it’s only enough for half a year.”

 Chen Feng didn't take it seriously: "Erlang can also make money by himself. If not, his eldest brother and third brother will help him."

Chen Laoshuan rolled his eyes at his old wife: "How much help do you expect from brother? Qi'er and Song'er are also studying. Every year, they spend a lot of money on repairs, pens, ink and paper, and Qi'er is also preparing to take the exam next year. By then, It will cost a lot of money.”

Each time you take an exam, you must first prepare a gift for the tutor, and the tutor will help find five candidates to sign bonds.

After that, you have to spend a lot of money to hire help and contact a Linshan student as a guarantee. After the exam, whether you win or not, you have to reward this Linshan student.

The average family simply cannot afford this back and forth.

So if Chen Changping wants to study in a county school safely, he must have a financially strong family to support him.

And Chen Laoshuan doesn't have much money left on hand, and most of the family's land is divided among his sons. Now he is really unable to support his second son to continue his studies.

 with the Han family's prodigal ladies all sold out, leaving only dozens of acres of mountainous land and low-grade fields on the south slope.

Those fields are not enough for my son to study, and it is impossible to even expect them to have enough to eat.

Chen Feng frowned: "If this doesn't work, that won't work. What do you think we should do?"

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

Chen Laoshuan squinted his eyes and took a sip of tea, and said: "I think the Chu family is pretty good. They said they can fully support Erlang's studies."

 Chen Feng was unhappy when she heard this and glared at her husband: "What's so good? Then how can the Chu family girl be worthy of my second husband!"

Although she has never seen a girl from the Chu family, the whole village sneered at the mention of her.

They said that the girl was fierce and ignorant of etiquette. When she first married into the Jiang family, before the wedding, she beat the young man of the Jiang family to a **** head and was eventually sent back to her parents' home.

Based on this alone, the Chen family cannot allow such a woman to enter. My son is a scholar after all. He has many good marriages, not least of which is the Chu family. Besides, the Chu family is not a good one.

Chen Laoshuan saw his old wife getting angry and said, "Let me just say this, it doesn't mean it has to be the Chu family."

But finding a good in-law for Erlang is a top priority.

The Han family has passed away for more than a hundred days, and no one else will say anything if his son continues his marriage.

Besides, there is still a one-year-old baby waiting for someone to take care of her at home, so even if she gets married after the festival, it is understandable.

That night, a full moon rose into the sky.

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

Now that the people in Dongchen Village are rich, the festivals will be more lively.

Lanterns are also hung up in the West Village, but they are scattered and not as grand as those in the Dongchen Village.

A tall bamboo tower was erected in front of the Jiang family gate, with more than 20 lanterns of various types hung on the bamboo tower.

There is also an offering table placed on the south side of the bamboo pagoda, which is filled with melons and fruits as offerings.

The children bowed to the moon one by one, put lit sandalwood incense sticks, cheered and ran to eat.

Tonight, a total of four tables were set up in Jiang Dalang's family, three of which were occupied by his own family, and the remaining tables were occupied by the Xiao family's guards and the Wei family's servants.

Xiao Chengyu was simply crazy with joy.

It was his first time to celebrate such a lively festival, and he was accompanied by so many friends, and he was extremely excited.

Cui Zhaochen was afraid that he would eat too much and kept telling him to eat less. But Xiao Chengyu was not willing to listen and ate every dish on the table. His belly soon became bulging.

Yingbao brought two jars of juice from home, which she had boiled in Dongfu using the Pupil Spring, and added honey and a little Wudingzhi.

“This is peach juice. It’s delicious and good for digestion. I’ll give it to you to try.”

She poured a bowl for each child and gave the rest to Grandma's table.

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

After the banquet, the second aunt still took the children to put out river lanterns and make wishes.

After setting off the river lanterns, Wei Zhan and Xiao Chengyu refused to go back to sleep. Together with Jiang Jie, Jiang Wu, and Yuanbao Huzi, they carried lanterns around the village, looking at the lanterns in front of other people's houses, and stealing food from other people's tables. Sacrifice.

Children from other families don’t show weakness and go to other families’ tables to grab fruits to eat.

The Jiang family's offering table has the most fruits and hibiscus cakes, and they are also the most exquisite. There are also many children who come to visit.

Ms. Jiang Liu and her wife happily watched the children come to grab the offerings. Seeing that the offerings on the table were almost gone, they went home to get more.

Until the moon's shadow sets in the west, the children go home one after another.

Those who refused to leave were also carried back by their parents by the ears.

Wei Zhan and Xiao Chengyu were also sent to Huzi's house by Yingbao's ears, and the guards of the Xiao house and the young boy of the Wei family stared blankly.

This little lady is so fierce that she dared to pinch the ears of their young master.

You know, the young master’s ears have not been twisted even by their own mother.

What’s even more surprising is that the young master didn’t get angry and went back to sleep very cooperatively.

Several guards looked at each other, wondering whether to tell the truth truthfully when they returned.