Eating big melon is so refreshing

Little Chunya didn't know that Master Mingyue heard her and sent people to the Li family to rescue Miss Xiangling. The county magistrate sent Zhao Wulang to escort Miss Xiangling back to the Hong family in Zhangzhou Prefecture, but Zhao Wulang saw things too clearly and gave up this opportunity.

Ten miles west of the suburbs is Lianhua Village.

Du's brother-in-law's surname is Wang. He is the youngest son of Wang Laogen, Wang Sanzhu. He has two older brothers named Wang Dazhu and Wang Erzhu.

When Zhao Erlang and his companions arrived at Lianhua Village, they saw at first glance that every household was made of blue bricks and large tiled houses, which made people mistakenly think that the village was quite wealthy. But a closer look revealed that these houses were at least fifty years old.

Although the villagers of Lianhua Village are not unkempt, most of them are still pale and thin. Lianhua Village is a bit like a country of women. In each generation, each household usually has only one male and two or three females.

Girls in Lianhua Village are notoriously hard to find a husband. No mother-in-law is willing to marry a daughter-in-law who only gives birth to money-losing children, so they usually ask for a high dowry. Therefore, girls in Lianhua Village have to start looking for a husband when they are four or five years old. They usually look for a husband among relatives. Relatives who know each other well are always better than strangers.

"Father, what are you talking about? Brother Daqing already has a childhood sweetheart?"

Xiao Chunya didn't know the truth. She opened her eyes wide in disbelief. A three-year-old kid already had a fiancée. What did her four-year-old brother, five-year-old Erniu, and seven-year-old Daniu think?

When Zhao Erlang told the situation in Lotus Village, Xiao Chunya and Xiao Qiulin looked at the skinny little Daqing and their lips curled up. They never expected that their cousin, who looked like this, was still so popular.

"Who is Daqing betrothed to?" It must not be a cousin. The ancients loved to arrange marriages between relatives, which is a tragedy.

"Wang Erzhu's youngest daughter is three months older than Daqing." Zhao Erlang said, "It's just a verbal agreement, and the engagement hasn't been made yet. Your grandparents don't seem to be very happy with this marriage."

"Don't grandpa and grandma like girls very much?" Xiao Chunya took herself as an example. She felt that her grandparents really liked her.

Zhao Erlang sneered and said, "Your grandfather doesn't like girls, but there are too many boys in your generation, so girls are precious."

"Ok?"

"Your grandma likes pretty and cute children. You two are both very pretty and fair-skinned. Of course your grandma likes you."

Xiaochun was also hit hard. She thought she was loved by everyone and flowers bloomed wherever she went.

Xiao Qiulin's eyes swept across the stars. There was something wrong with the feng shui of this village. Someone must have done it on purpose. It would be very difficult to have a child in ten years.

"Where did this golden boy and jade girl come from?"

"I heard they are the nephews and nieces of Wang Sanzhu's wife's brother-in-law. They are really cute."

"This man looks familiar. Isn't he Zhao Yachai?"

Zhao Erlang had been a yamen runner for three years, and some people still recognized him. In the eyes of the common people, yamen runners were officials who were paid by the emperor and were superior to the common people.

"Master Zhao is from Zhaojia Village, right?"

"Yes."

"The student Zhao Ming is also from your village, right?"

"He's my nephew."

There were only nine Tongsheng in the whole Huangyang County, three of whom were from farming families, Wu Qi from Wujia Village, Hao Xing from Haojia Village, and Zhao Ming from Zhaojia Village. Whenever a Tongsheng emerged in a village, the whole village would become famous.

The Wang family mansion has five main rooms, four left wing rooms, four right wing rooms, a well, a pomegranate tree, and a threshing ground.

The full moon banquet has been set up in the yard, with a total of five tables. All the guests are relatives and friends, and the Wang family alone occupies two tables.

Mrs. Du was very happy to see her sister and her family arrive. She never expected that Zhao Erlang's family would also be so honored to come to the full moon banquet. Wang Sanzhu felt that he was particularly honored today.

Gifts are required for the full moon banquet, usually longevity locks, small bracelets, etc. Everyone in the village knows each other and they are all generally poor, so giving gifts of pure copper is already a great honor.

Zhao Erlang would not do such a cheap thing, so he and Zhao Sanlang jointly gave a gift, a pair of silver bracelets. There were no fancy patterns on them. The solid silver bracelets weighed one or two taels, which were simple and affordable.

"...This yard is so weird. I always feel like there's a stuffy and uncomfortable atmosphere." Xiao Chunya's inner voice rang out. Her voice was not loud and the people in the yard were noisy. However, Xiao Qiulin, who was sitting next to her, could still clearly hear her sister's complaints.

Xiao Qiulin looked at the old bamboos outside the yard. The person who set up the formation had vicious intentions and actually set the eye of the formation outside the wall of Wang's family. If it weren't for the pomegranate tree in the yard to block the evil spirit, the Wang family would have been destroyed years ago.

"Xiao Qiu'er, what's wrong?"

"Father, there is something buried under those bamboos. It will have a great impact on the wealth and offspring of the Wang family." Xiao Qiulin whispered in Zhao Erlang's ear.

"Let them dig out what's underground when the sun is at its highest."

Zhao Erlang was surprised. His son could actually read Feng Shui. He took the opportunity of toasting to pass the news to Wang Sanzhu. He only had to touch upon other people's family affairs and not interfere too much.

"Aunt San, I want to see the baby." Xiao Chunya had no interest in the banquet. It was winter, and it was understandable that there were no green vegetables.

On the table was a bowl of pork, vermicelli and cabbage, with a few slices of fat and greasy white meat. Just looking at it made me feel half full.

A plate of fried chicken offal with soybean sprouts. I didn’t want to eat it as soon as I smelled the chicken offal.

A plate of minced meat and tofu. Who would serve tofu at a full moon banquet? If you don't know, you might think it's something else. It's taboo.

There is a plate of spicy diced chicken. Finding the diced chicken among the pile of chilies requires a test of eyesight and hand speed.

Mrs. Du also wanted to see her little nephew, so she took little Chunya to the inner room. There were too many people there, so Mrs. Du held the baby in her arms and walked around the tables before going back.

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Mrs. Da Du acted as if she was content with having a son. Mrs. Da An and Mrs. Da Kang looked a little jealous. When Xiao Chunya saw that Mrs. Da Du was protecting the baby and didn't intend to show it to her, she felt a little upset and left.

Mrs. Du was unhappy and said, "Sister, what do you mean by this?"

Mrs. Du pretended to be confused even though she knew the truth, and said, "Sister, what are you talking about?"

Mrs. Du sneered and said, "You think your son is precious, but other people's daughters are even more precious. They can read agricultural books and make threshers at the age of four. Who do you think is a fool?"

Mrs. Du turned and left. She became complacent after giving birth to a son. She thought her elder sister was stupid before, but now she looked even more stupid.

When Mrs. Du saw her own sister humiliating her, she looked very unhappy. She simply did not believe that a four-year-old child had such ability. Which four-year-old child can't only play in the mud?

Xiao Chunya came to the full moon banquet with great enthusiasm, but left disappointed.