Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

In fact, what Xiaowen said is right. This is what a mother is like. She would rather eat coarse food than let her children eat more good food.

"I haven't told you about what happened before. In the first few years after I married into the Sheng family, we would cook meat dishes every New Year. We only had one meal, and your grandma would never bring the leftover delicious dishes to the table for the next meal..." Zhang sighed.

"Do they eat it secretly?" Xiao Lan asked.

"We were going to visit your grandmother at that time, and your grandmother urged me to go back to my mother's house. As soon as I left, she served all the delicious dishes to eat. When I came back from my mother's house, all the good things were gone."

Zhang had indeed never said these things. Today, perhaps she saw the coarse grains in front of her and suddenly remembered the past. She was reminded of the time when she was a daughter-in-law.

"Mom, you are the head of our family, both now and in the future. In another year or two, we will forget all these troubles." Xiao Lan said while hugging Zhang's arm.

"Yeah." Zhang's eyes were moist, but she still responded to her daughter.

After a night's sleep, when I woke up the next morning and had a simple breakfast, the people in the small courtyard began to get busy. A bridesmaid came to put on makeup and knead Chunhua's face.

Soon, the wedding procession arrived. Xiao Lan wanted to see how handsome the groom was, but unfortunately, the bridegrooms were not handsome young men, but twenty middle-aged men with unshaven beards.

Later, Xiao Lan heard that according to the wedding customs in Hejian County, the groom did not need to come in person to welcome the bride.

Chunhua, wearing a bright red wedding dress and a red veil on her head, was carried out by a maid and put into the sedan chair. Then, the wedding procession set off with clatter and drums.

Cui stood by the door frame, her eyes red, and Lanhua beside her whispered to comfort her. She just kept repeating the same old things, probably because every girl will have this day sooner or later, and as long as she marries well, she will have a stable life, and as a mother, she should be happy for her.

When the bride gets married, her parents' side will naturally hold a banquet to entertain her.

This time the banquet was arranged in the restaurant, saying that the expenses for entertaining the bride's family members were also paid by the Zheng family. Zhang's three mothers, Lanhua's mother and daughter, and Xiu'e's family members all got on the carriage sent by the Zheng family to pick them up and arrived at the restaurant.

Just when she went out, Xiao Lan heard from Lanhua that most of the wealthy families in Hejian County have the surname Zheng. They are not a single family, but a clan.

Xiao Lan sighed inwardly, it seems that the Zheng family is really a local powerful family.

"The Zheng family is having a wedding. I heard that all the important people in the county have come to congratulate us. We are new relatives, and they even arranged a carriage to pick us up for a feast. They think highly of us."

Sure enough, after a while, Mr. Sheng came with his whole family.

"Look at this grand occasion, Chunhua has really fallen into a lucky nest." As soon as Shen came in, she sat at Xiaolan's table, and then looked around. "With Chunhua as an aunt, my daughter Xiaocao won't have to worry about marriage in the future. There are so many families in the Zheng family, they will definitely be able to find a suitable one for my daughter."

Looking at Shen's expression, it seems that she has made up her mind to let Xiaocao marry into the Zheng family in the future.

Of course Sheng Nuo was not having the feast here. He left early with the Zheng family's wedding procession. I guess he was entertaining people at the Zheng family to pave the way for his official career, Xiao Lan thought to herself.

Soon, the food was served one after another. After the banquet, the Zheng family’s carriage took them back to the county government office.

After coming back, Xiaolan and the others met Cui. Judging from her appearance, she must be reluctant to part with her daughter, but her face was mostly filled with joy.

Shen went to the old lady for a while and came back to tell Zhang, "I heard from the old lady that the maids and servants of the Zheng family are serving us in groups, and the old lady is quite happy..."

After finishing Chunhua's banquet, Zhang planned to go back home.

"You've come a long way and it's not easy to come here. You should stay a few more days before leaving." said Mr. Sheng.

"Yes, let's stay a few more days before leaving..." Wang and Xu said.

Lanhua and Xiaoyin wanted to stay until Chunhua came back, and then go back after having a return party. Pang Xiu'e's family members obviously had the same plan.

"Since you are here, you should have a welcome dinner before leaving." Old Master Sheng persuaded again.

Xiao Lan whispered to Zhang, "Let's go back now and tell my father that we didn't even see my uncle. This is unacceptable. Even if someone in the village asks about it, we won't be able to make up a story."

Since everyone kept trying to persuade her to stay, Zhang agreed, thinking that the Lu family's convoy would not return until three days later.

The next day after breakfast, Xiao Lan said she wanted to go out for a walk to see what was different between the county town of Hejian County and their hometown. Zhang naturally wanted to go with her daughter, otherwise she would be worried. Then Mr. Sheng asked Xiao Liang to follow them.

After exiting the gate of the county government office, Xiao Liang led the mother and daughter directly to the corner gate nearby. After exiting the corner gate and crossing an alley, they arrived at the most prosperous street in Hejian County.

Xiao Lan has a deep impression of this corner gate. When she first came here, this corner gate was tightly locked, but now it is no longer locked.

Xiao Lan asked all the questions in her mind.

"The county magistrate sent someone to inform our family yesterday, saying that the gatekeeper had lost the key, but the key has been found now. He also said that from now on, our family can use this corner door however they want." Xiao Liang said.

"Oh." Xiao Lan said a word with a hint of meaning.

The street was very busy. The pedestrians were dressed almost the same as they were there, except that their accents were slightly different.