"What day is it?"
Halfway back to Ba, Dad asked Zhang Chao.
"It seems to be in the twenties of November."
Zhang Chao replied, he was in a hurry along the way, and the time was a little confused. asked Cheng Chumo a few, but he also said that he didn't remember.
Do the math, it's been a month since I left home.
"The new kiln at home should have been laid."
Daddy said with a smile, Zhang Chao seemed to have a light in his eyes when he saw Daddy say this.
By the way, when I hadn't received the conscription order before, my father had agreed with Qi Niang to get married as soon as the new cave was ready.
This is also to catch up with Zhang Chao, you can't wait for your son to marry a wife first, and then your father will marry again, which is not good.
Now calculate the time, it will be ten days before Zhang Chao's wedding.
"Dad, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, I will pick a day these days when I go home, and then I will get married to you and Qi Niang.
The new kiln at home must have been laid, and it is just the time for the new kiln to welcome the new year. ” Daddy's face suddenly twisted a little, "I still don't have to deal with Qi Niang, just take her over." ” "How can this work, Dad, the seventh mother of the family is also innocently married to you, you can't get started in a daze, you don't even have a decent ceremony, then you won't be famous."
Even if it's a second marriage, it's nothing.
Qi Niang is just a widow, widow remarriage, in the present day is still very advocated, after all, the war lost a lot of population, the court encourages young widows to remarry, so that the population can be restored.
In fact, I've been with Qi Niang for a long time, and Zhang Chao thinks she's pretty good.
Industrious and down-to-earth, he is a person who can live.
Even if the Zhang family became rich later, I didn't see how she spent money indiscriminately.
For Zhang Chao, it's also very good.
The clothes worn by Zhang Chao are basically made by Qiniang's mother and daughter, and they are made very carefully, and the stitches are fine and dense.
Zhang Chao has always felt that finding a woman who is willing to live a down-to-earth life is the most important thing.
Qi Niang is only in her early thirties, and it is more than enough for her father in his fifties.
She is also a woman who can handle housework, hardworking and willing to work.
Even with two daughters, it's not a big deal.
"That's fine, but I'll welcome her at the old cellar, and you can go to the new cellar to live."
There is left for you to welcome the little lady of the Cui family to get started. ” "Dad, what are you talking about, parents are not separating, this is filial piety.
It's just the two of us in our family, and if you want to do this, don't you want others to scold me?
Besides, the new cave was originally built for our family.
Thirteen Niang is not the kind of picky person, if you welcome Qi Niang in this old cellar, let me go to live in the new kiln, and welcome Thirteen Niang in a few days, then others will scold not only me, even Thirteen Niang will scold.
I thought it was me and Thirteen Niang who couldn't tolerate the two of you. ” People in this era still attach great importance to filial piety.
For example, if your parents are not separated and your parents have not died, no matter how many brothers there are, you have to live with your parents together.
Dare to mention separation, that is unfilial piety.
Even a father beating his son, that's a matter of course.
If you hit it lightly, you can honestly bear it.
If you hit it hard and hit it with a stick, then you will run well, and you will never be able to fight back.
The family lives, and the home is also managed by the parents.
From Chang'an to Bashang, everyone spent a lot less time than usual.
At the village gate of Zhangjiagou, Uncle Gen was leaning on the village gate to bask in the sun, bowing his head and rummaging for lice in his jacket that he had taken off.
"Uncle Gen, we're back."
"Ouch, you're back, so soon."
Uncle Gen shouted excitedly when he saw Zhang Chao and a group of villagers coming back.
"When the battle is over, we will be victorious."
Zhang Chao jumped off the horse with a smile.
Uncle Gen said happily, "Wait a minute, I'll go and bang the gong to tell everyone that you're back."
Uncle Gen picked up the gong next to him and struck it vigorously.
The gong clanged.
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In Zhangjiagou Village, surrounded by village walls, Ma Zhou is settling accounts in the house, the housekeeper is weighing the villagers from the neighboring village who brought firewood, and the cattle veterinarian is making a cameo appearance as a doctor to check on a few nearby villagers who are unwell.
Some women were grinding the dough, some were kneading It was a peaceful afternoon, and the sudden sound of a gong broke the silence.
"What's the matter, it's still a gong, what's wrong?"
"There are still strongmen who dare to rob our village" The housekeeper ran to the tent in a panic.
Ma Zhou has come out.
"Mr.
Ma."
"Don't panic, let's go take a look, let everyone copy some guys, be prepared."
Zhangjiagou Village, like other villages in the early Tang Dynasty, has a village wall made of earthen walls on the outside, which is seven feet high, and there is a village gate in the village for entry and exit.
This is also a habit that has existed since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there are many soldiers and bandits, and building village walls and village gates is also for self-defense.
But now that it's all in the Tang Dynasty, it's hard to make it difficult for bandits to take advantage of the elite in Guanzhong to go to Hebei to rob When Zhang Chao was not at home, Ma Zhou had quickly become the speaker of the Zhang family, and the housekeeper and cattle veterinarian usually listened to the words of this scholar.
It's just that when Ma Zhou led a group of men, women, and children to the village gate with flat poles, hoes, and mulberry forks, he saw his relatives on the expedition.
"Look who's back," Uncle Gen shouted excitedly to the villagers who had arrived.
The scene was chaotic all of a sudden, those looking for their husbands looking for their sons and those looking for their fathers.
Everyone is looking for their loved ones on the expedition.
Fifty or so went out on the expedition, but now only a dozen have returned.
Found it, cheered with joy.
Those who were not found cried out loudly and even cried.
"Don't worry, everyone, it's the soldiers who came back today, and the people who went to transport grain as a people's husband have not come back in Hebei for the time being, but it won't be long before they come back."
Zhang Chao told everyone loudly.
Hearing the news, the entrance of the village finally recovered.
"Qinglang, Qinglang, where are you?"
A young woman with a child in her arms was calling anxiously.
Her husband went on the expedition more than a month ago, and he was also a government soldier, but now there is no him among the people who have returned.
Soon, the families of the other two government soldiers did not find their sons to return.
Zhang Chao came to them with some heaviness.
"Sister-in-law, by the way, Brother Qing died in Liyang.
We can't bring back his body, only his ashes. ” Ke Shan and Ke Wu also reported their condolences to the other two families.
In front of the originally joyful village gate, the atmosphere immediately became solemn.
Ke Qing's daughter-in-law screamed, hugged the child and cried, and fell to the ground.
"Qinglang, you said that you would come back soon, why did you leave like this with a thousand knives, what should you do with our mother, the child is still so young, how will we live in the future."
Crying erupted.
The villagers all helped to comfort them.
That's how it was in the war, and the last time Daddy and the others came back from a trip, something like this had already happened once.
Zhang Chao sighed, it hurts to see such a thing.
But wars are frequent, and the soldiers are called into battle, and it is common for horses to be wrapped in corpses.
Have pity on the orphan and widow.
"Sister-in-law, please mourn, everyone will help take care of you in the future."
After comforting the families of the villagers who had died for a long time at the gate of the village, Zhang Chao and his son were able to return home.
The housekeeper, the horse account room, the cattle veterinarian, as well as the village and Qi Niang all followed, Zhang Chaoye and the two had not been at home for so long, and they had to report to them about everything at home.
Zhang Chao asked everyone to sit down, and then asked, "Seventh uncle, how is the new kiln built, can it be completed?"
Uncle Murazheng's seventh uncle hurriedly said, "It's almost all right, the walls of the house have been washed, the ground in the courtyard of the house has been paved with bricks, the well has been drilled, and the well car and waterwheel have been completed." ” Hearing this good news, Zhang Chao was very happy, "The floor heating, water pipes, and sewers in the house are all in good condition, and there are no toilets and bathrooms?"
"It's all done according to your previous requirements, and now the archway outside has not been completed."
"What about the furniture?"
"That's almost, the kang stove is already ready, and the furniture has been beaten according to your requirements, but there are still some tables and chairs that have not been finished."
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"Let's go, let's go to the new kiln first."
Just listening to what Muramasa said, Zhang Chao was still a little uneasy.
So everyone followed and walked to the new cave in the west of the village, and from afar, Zhang Chao saw that the road leading to the new kiln in the village road was paved with bricks, and the archway in front of the courtyard was almost done.
Leaning on the slope of the bathing ditch, a large cliff wall has been flattened early, and the new cave of the Zhang family is here.
Yellow tones.
The courtyard circle is yellow, the cliff wall is yellow, and the new cave of Zhangjia is also yellow.
When Zhang Chao left, there was only one appearance here, but now it has completely changed.
A solid one-zhang high courtyard wall, a stone lion squatting at the door, standing a stone drum courtyard gatehouse.
Push open the door and enter, and inside is a large courtyard.
The floor is paved with green bricks, and inside the wall is a row of inverted seats, a kitchen, a bathroom, a toilet, a tool room, a stable, and a servant's room.
There are also trees planted in the courtyard, grape sheds, stone tables and chairs, and a swing.
There is also a well on one side, next to it is a water storage tank, and on one side there is a water tower, and there is a well truck on the well, and there is a water supply tower by a cylinder truck next to the pool.
There are also a few small flower beds, but they are still empty and have no flowers, but in the summer, they will be very beautiful to plant flowers here.
In front of the courtyard, there is a long row of caves, and a row of five doors is side by side.
There are five large suites, each with one room connected to the left and right.
Zhang Chao walked all the way, watched all the way, and was very satisfied.
Enter the large suite in the middle, which is the flower hall of the Zhang family.
In this room, there is floor heating, but at the same time, there is a kang in the pan, but there is no stove in the house.
The kang is huge, taking up almost a third of the area.
In the middle of the flower hall, there is a set of eight immortal tables and chairs.
Perfect, almost all of them are completely decorated according to Zhang Chao's design.
The two rooms on both sides are the master bedroom of the Zhang family, which is reserved for Dad and Qi Niang.
"Dad, what do you think" Zhang Chao turned his head and asked Dad.
Daddy watched it for a long time just now and didn't say a word.
Hearing Zhang Chao ask him, he just replied, "It's too extravagant." ” "Qi Niang, do you like our new home?"
Qi Niang was also shocked by the new cave designed and built by Zhang Chao, it was too luxurious, in her eyes, it was estimated that the palace in Chang'an City would be like this.
"How much does it cost?"
"Qi Niang, you don't care how much it costs, just say if you like it or not" Qi Niang nodded, still a little shocked, she couldn't believe that this would also be her home in the future.
She had been here a few times before, but it was not finished at that time, and the new cave after completion was really beautiful. t1706231537: