Chapter 148 Liu Dachun’s Marriage

After solving the problem of Dongzi going to school, the next day, Xu Xingxia took time to go home and tell her family good news. As a result, when she returned home, she found something was wrong. The originally lively house seemed quiet and there was no one. Looking closely, there was really no one. There were still unfinished sweet potatoes on the dining table, and there were a lot of red paper next to it, but no one was there.

Xu Xingxia couldn't help but be surprised. Where did the whole family go? Could it be that they were kidnapped? Then she pinched her face and laughed silently. Just kidding, in her own land, her family was kidnapped. Do they really think that they and the white army did not exist? They must not know what they were doing together. Looking at the red paper, it seemed like there was a happy event?

Picking up a sweet potato the size of an arm, Xu Xingxia ate and looked at home to see if there were anyone else. As a result, after he circled around the house, he finally found his father. Xu Fuqing was also funny and was practicing Qin Opera in the back garden. Since there was no time to clean up, the back garden of Xu's family was full of weeds, and it looked like a mass grave. No wonder Niu Niu said that there was a ghost crying at night. It was probably the sound of a night cat's thoughts.

Xu Fuqing's legs have not yet been healed, and he cannot do heavy work, and he cannot walk around. He is also very bored at home all day, so he asked someone to teach him to sing Qin Opera. Qin Opera is more rough and bold, and it is more exercised. Just open his throat and shout. Military households in Ningxia Town can do both. Xu Fuqing has become addicted these days. If you have any trouble, you can stay in the mass grave to practice, which will not affect others, and it will be comfortable.

Xu Xingxia asked in wonder, "Dad, where have they all gone?"

Xu Fuqing was practicing hard, and was disturbed by his son. He couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He couldn't lift it up in one breath, and the Qin Opera, which was halfway through singing, broke. He sat down on the stone pier next to him and said casually: "I've all gone to the City God Temple to worship the gods."

Xu Xingxia took a moment, no wonder she didn't see them all. She turned out to worship God. At that time, worshiping God was not like later, when women could not enter the market, only men were qualified. The military households were poor and could not bring out decent offerings when worshiping God. They felt very embarrassed, for fear that all the gods would blame him, so they asked the women to go and hid at home.

There are no so many rules for the women in the military households. Since the men are shy, they will bravely take over. Anyway, those with meat are ready to serve as a piece of meat, and those without meat are fine, and those with rice balls are fine. If there are no rice balls, a few sweet potatoes are fine. All gods have to change their tastes. Therefore, when worshiping gods at that time, most women went there, and gradually became a habit.

Around the Chenghuang Temple, there are many traditional territories selling juggling craftsmen, such as clay people, candied haws, longevity paste (not opium), malt sugar, numbing candy, thousand-layer crisps, egg cakes, blind male cakes, etc., which are also dazzling and are most popular among children. For the sake of the gods, if their children act spoiled, they should buy some. It seems that little girls like Niu Niu are very active every time they worship God. They don’t understand God, but they only know that when worshiping God, there will be good things to eat.

Weizhen Fort is small, and there are not many places to build temples or other places. The City God Temple is a hodgepodge, including City God, Sanqing, Buddha, Bodhisattva, Arhat, Guanyin... It seems that there are all gods and immortals. You can sit in a row and eat fruits. You can worship one of them, pick a few, and all of them can worship them. In the past, there were people who worshipped the emperor here, but later they were banned. What is this called worshiping the emperor in the City God Temple? It’s like playing the piano randomly!

Xu Xingxia checked his father's legs and found that the wound was slowly improving. If there was no accident, it would be fine. He sat down opposite his father and said with a cautious look: "Dad, tomorrow, I will be going to send Dongzi to school. My mother will come back tonight and ask her to help Dongzi pack up. I will come back tomorrow morning to pick Dongzi out."

Xu Fuqing said strangely: "Don't you... can't get on?"

Xu Xingxia said slowly: "It's not Wei Xue, but to go to the school of the Prince Qing Mansion, Xiguozijian. Yesterday, I contacted the people from the Prince Qing Mansion. Dongzi could go directly to the school of the Prince Qing Mansion, and there was no need to go to Wei Xue."

Xu Fuqing was shocked and said in disbelief: "What? Imperial College?"

Even if he didn't recognize the name of the Imperial College, he had heard of it. For scholars, the Imperial College and the Imperial College are the strongest existences. Just like the Five Army Governor's Office in the minds of these military households, it is the highest-level institution. In the understanding of ordinary people, scholars from the Imperial College must be high-ranking officials! Although there is an additional word "Xi" in front of the Imperial College, it is the Imperial College after all!

However, the Imperial College is too big. Xu Fuqing could not believe that his youngest son could actually go to the Xixi Imperial College to study. If Xu Xingxia hadn't told him, he would have thought it was a dream. He murmured to himself: "Xi Imperial College... Xia'er, what's going on? Prince Qing's Mansion and you..."

Xu Xingxia briefly said that the person who came to the Prince Qing’s Mansion yesterday.

After listening to it, Xu Fuqing seemed quite happy and said a few good words in succession. The guard of Prince Qing's mansion was much better than a small 100 household. Not to mention anything else, just the salary of fifty taels of silver per month was envious of others. With the reward of silver at the end of the year, there were nearly a thousand taels of silver a year. This was a very generous income.

In Ningxia Town, there are thousands of households, and they may not have a income of thousands of taels of silver a year. Besides, there are several other salaries. The articles here are the biggest. With the power and financial resources of the Prince Qing’s Mansion, Xu Xingxia will benefit greatly from the cracks of his fingers. In Xu Fuqing’s view, this is completely a golden road!

After being happy, Xu Fuqing had forgotten what his eldest son had said before. He said enthusiastically: "When will you leave? When will you take office in Prince Qing's Mansion?"

Xu Xingxia said, "I'll leave tomorrow! I'll go to Prince Qing's Mansion to report!"

Xu Fuqing suddenly remembered something and said hesitantly: "Can you wait a few more days?"

Xu Xingxia asked in confusion: "Why do you have to wait a few more days?"

Xu Fuqing looked at him blankly, as if he felt that his eldest son's problem was very strange. As a result, he saw his eldest son looking at him blankly. Finally, he woke up. He slapped his thigh hard and said subconsciously: "Hey! Look at the father! I almost forgot about the big things!"

Xu Xingxia said in confusion: "Dad, what's wrong?"

Xu Fuqing said excitedly: "Dachun is getting married! I forgot to tell you!"

Xu Xingxia looked speechless. You won’t tell me about such a big deal about Dachun’s marriage!

Xu Fuqing was in a good mood and said happily: "It's all the rules you set! Without your approval, no one is allowed to enter the military camp! Xiaochun was going to find you that day and told you that Dachun was going to get married. As a result, when he saw the sentries outside your military camp, they were more fierce than the other. Seeing that he felt embarrassed, he didn't dare to go in."

Xu Xingxia was secretly amused. Is my dad complaining about my military camp? Those fierce sentries were arranged on purpose. The military camp was originally a quiet place, and idle people were waiting for it. It would be better for the sentries to be a little cruel. But I didn't expect that Xiaochun was too brave to be scared by the sentries and dared not approach it. This guy should be a craftsman, it's really impossible to go to the battlefield. He casually said, "When will the wedding be done?"

Xu Fuqing remembered this very clearly and said with certainty: "At the end of the month, May 28th! They went to worship God today to inform the Bodhisattva of this auspicious day and pray to the Bodhisattva for blessings. Great things will be fine and smooth. You don't know that your aunt is too sincere. After two days of busy work, she made a pig's head, a sheep's head, and a big rooster, a duck, and a goose. You stay for dinner tonight, it is very rich!"

Xu Xingxia calculated the days and found that there were still a few days left, so she was not very anxious. However, after the wedding was over, there was probably no time left in three or two days. The wedding of the Liu family was basically equivalent to the wedding of the Xu family. The Xu family would probably have to be overwhelmed by the time being. It was estimated that Dongzi would not be available. Among the busy people, he would probably be indispensable. He said, "Then I will only send Dongzi to school in June."

Xu Fuqing smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. It's okay to enter school in June. After ten years of hard work, life is very long and I don't care about these days. If Dongzi really wants to be able to study, he can eventually become a talent after a few days."

Xu Xingxia nodded and said nothing. According to his estimate, Dongzi must have wanted to join in the fun. The relationship between the Xu family and the Liu family is really good, basically equivalent to a family. In the past, even Xu Fuqing was worried about when Dachun's marriage would be resolved. Now, there is finally a settlement. It would be really not good if he forced Dongzi to leave at this time.

Of course, for children, the main reason why they are reluctant to leave early is that all kinds of food were prepared in this wedding. During this period, their lives were so happy. Not only did they eat enough for three meals a day, but they were always snacks. Who would want to leave on such days?

Since the craftsmanship started day and night, Liu Guangliang and his two sons had relatively generous wages. The father and son worked together and had prepared enough for the wedding. The Xu family would naturally give a good gift. In addition, the two sisters Chunlan and Qiulan received a full 1,000 taels of silver from Zhu Hengzhi, so they would not be stingy.
Chapter completed!