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Volume 1: Young Fencing and More Playing the Flute Chapter 193: Celebrating the Lantern Festival

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    When he learned that Zeng Yu was going to the Dazhen Mansion in Shangqing to propose marriage to Zhang Guangwei, the happiest person was Niu Niu. Niu Niu liked that little fairy girl very much. She was beautiful and amiable. Even A Tong, who was petty and a crybaby, said that she was a pretty girl.  You are a good person. Although Zeng Yu's mother and sister are also very happy, they are still a little worried. After all, the family background is too disparate. Can a small family like mine cope with getting married to Zhang Tianshi's family in Longhu Mountain?  However, these are just minor annoyances in the happy celebration. Zeng Yu¡¯s mother and sister began to prepare for Zeng Yu¡¯s blind date at Longhu Mountain. The man asked a matchmaker to go to the woman¡¯s house to propose marriage and only needed to prepare a small gift. The woman agreed only after she agreed.  But now the Dazhen Mansion sent people to ask Zeng Yu to propose marriage. The matchmaker's words were just a show. After the blind date, he must accept the gifts. The wine, animals and fruits used in the gifts were, according to the custom of Guangxin Mansion,  Each household received about three taels of silver, the middle household 2 taels, and the lower household only one tael. Although Zeng Yu's family did not have half an acre of land, they still had to pay for it. Butler Zhang also said that he would follow the customs of Guangxin Prefecture.  Yes, the Zhang family in Longhushan knew the details of Zeng Yu¡¯s family and did not make any other extravagant requests. However, Zeng Yu¡¯s mother still wanted the betrothal gift to be generous and could not let her son look shabby. Zeng Ruolan suggested that her husband Zhu Dedong accompany Zeng Yu to Shangqing.  During the marriage proposal, Zhu Dedong rarely interacted with his old friends these days except taking care of the sugar cane fields and sugar workshops. He also cared a lot about Zeng Ruolan, mother and daughter, which made Zeng Ruolan very satisfied.  Treasure - But Zeng Yu still doesn't have much fondness for this brother-in-law. He said that the house needs someone to take care of him, so his brother-in-law doesn't need to accompany him to Shangqing. It would be best for him to ask his cousin Zheng Shi to accompany him to Yingtan. Zheng Shi is a noble man.  A native of Xi, he also recognized Zhou Zhixian, so it would be much more convenient for him to do business and communicate. His great-mother Zhou also felt that Zheng Shi was more suitable than Zhu Dedong.  On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Zeng Quan brought his daughter and his brother-in-law Xie Mantang to Shangrao to pay New Year's greetings to Zeng Yu's mother. Zeng Quan regarded Zeng Yu's mother as his stepmother. The story of Zeng Yu's deeds to lure thieves and perform meritorious deeds has spread widely.  In all counties, Zeng Quan, as Zeng Yu's elder brother, felt very proud, and Xie Mantang, the Yongfeng County government official, even wanted to curry favor with Zeng Yu.  When he learned that Zeng Yu was going to the Dazhen Mansion in Longhu Mountain to propose marriage, Xie Mantang was stunned. He thought that Zeng Yu's grandfather was buried in a good cave, and the Zeng family's feng shui was about to flourish, and he could actually marry the prince-like Zhang family of Longhu Mountain.  , He Xie Mantang could only look up to him, secretly glad that he did not fall out with Zeng Yu because of Lao Liuzi Dan - Xie Mantang had to go to Yongfeng County Yamen to listen to almost Mao, so he couldn't spend too much time outside, so he only stayed in Shangrao for one day.  Back to Yongfeng, brother Zeng Yuliu and his two nieces are celebrating the Lantern Festival here. The Lantern Festival in Shangrao City is not comparable to that in Yongfeng County. Because of the fright of the riots a year ago, the gentry and wealthy businessmen have no chance of surviving.  Fortunately, in addition to hanging all kinds of lanterns in my own house, there are also extremely enthusiastic donations to the Lantern Festival, so this year¡¯s Lantern Festival Lantern Festival in Shangrao City is a bit more lively than in previous years¡ª¡ª Starting from the sixth day of the first lunar month, spring flags and spring lanterns are clustered  As the country grew more prosperous, wealthy families displayed precious bead lanterns shipped from Fujian, as well as leather lanterns, silk lanterns, paper lanterns, and gauze lanterns from Hangzhou. The lampshades were painted with various fairy tales, such as Zhong Kui catching ghosts, Liu Hai playing with toads, and  Birds, animals, insects, fish, flowers, trees, grass and leaves are all exquisitely made and come in various patterns. Zeng Yu also went to the city and bought sixteen white paper lanterns. He painted grapes, bayberry, persimmons, deer, cranes, fish and shrimps on them himself, and also inscribed them with Tibetan lanterns.  In the first poem, there were eight lanterns in the front hall and eight in the inner courtyard. When night fell, Sixi lit the candles in the lanterns. The flowers, fruits, birds and animals painted on the lanterns rotated and swayed lifelike. Niu Niu, sisters A Tong and A Wei were so happy  Running in and out, not enough to see - At this time, the lights inside and outside Shangrao City looked at each other, which was better than the stars in the sky. From time to time, fireworks bloomed in the night sky. It was the first time for Niu Niu and the others to see such a grand event, and they were extremely happy.  , Zeng Quan¡¯s little daughter is several years older than A Tong and the others, and she is also smiling when she looks at the lights.  In the blink of an eye, it was the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. On this morning, Zeng Quan, Zeng Yu, and Zhu Dedong took sisters Niu Niu and Atong into the city to watch the sideshows in the Chenghuang Temple Square. They saw children performing arts, beating peace drums, dancing on white ropes, and doing somersaults and kicks.  There are people playing on altars and ladders, and fireworks racks are being set up in the middle of the square, one foot high, in preparation for a big fireworks display at night; various shops and vendors have prepared all kinds of goods early and stay up all night long. This is called a lantern market, and people who come to visit it at night will  More - Zeng Yu went to Xia Chupi's paper shop and took a look. The door was closed, Xia Chupi was still in Yongfeng and had not come over, and Zhao Yuwu's silk and satin shop next door was not open for business either.  There are many food stalls in the square, including rice dumplings, rice dumplings, melon seeds, lotus stems, etc. Zhu Dedong bought some for the little girls to eat while watching the juggling in the square.  After a while, there were more and more tourists in the square. It was crowded, noisy and lively. Zeng Yu suddenly heard someone calling "Ms. Zeng, Mr. Zeng". He turned around to look and saw only a bunch of heads, shoulder to shoulder.  No one could tell who it was, and the voice calling "Ms. Zeng" was not heard.  Zeng Yu thought he had heard something wrong, so he continued to watch the juggling with Niu Niu on his back. Niu Niu was short and could not see the tricks while standing on the ground. After a while, Zeng Yu heard someone calling "Ms. Zeng" again. Niu Niu also heard it and turned to  Looking around with his little head, he suddenly waved and said in a sharp voice: "Here, here." He lowered his head and said, "Brother, brother, someone is looking for you."??, is the yellow tolerance.  " Zeng Yu looked in the direction Niu Niu was pointing and saw two Zaoli standing under an old tree beside the square. He said to his brother Zeng Quan and brother-in-law Zhu Dedong: "Let's go back first and look at the lights at night.  , there is a police officer looking for me over there.  "Zeng Yu carried Niu Niu on his back and squeezed out of the crowd to the old tree. The headman Huang Lao hadn't seen Zeng Yu yet, and was still shouting "Zeng Xianggong Zeng Xianggong" at the top of his voice. Zeng Yu stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Huangtou  What's the matter?  "The two Zaoli turned around together. The yellow-headed servant was sweating profusely and sang: "Ms. Zeng made the villain find it so hard. Go back quickly. Go back quickly. The drum music announcing the good news has been playing in your mansion for a long time.  Zeng Yu wondered: "What good news?"  "Huang Touyi smiled and said: "Xiangong Zeng is very happy. Zhejiang Hubutang sent people to celebrate Xianggong's meritorious service and rewarded him with a lot of property. Xianggong Zeng, please go back quickly.  " Zeng Yu had long known from Magistrate Lin that Hu Zongxian was going to ask for a reward from the court for him, but he didn't expect that the messenger would come so quickly. He immediately hurried back to the house outside the north gate with his brother and brother-in-law, and saw the gate.  Hundreds of people gathered in front of the crowd, shouting and shouting. Huangtou stepped forward and shouted: "Ms. Zeng is back, Mr. Zeng is back - fellow villagers, give way.  Give way.  ¡± The crowd of onlookers made a way, and Zeng Yu and his entourage entered the house. Seeing the arrival of the real master, the group of drummers by the patio started playing harder. On the corridor stood a bookkeeper, a military attache and six sergeants.  , and several large boxes draped in red and colorful decorations were conspicuously placed in the middle of the hall - The military attache was Qi Jiguang's personal attendant. He recognized Zeng Yu, and when he saw Zeng Yu entering the door, he quickly went down to salute.  The Yamen's commendation document for Zeng Yu included a reward of eight hundred taels of silver, three thousand guan of treasure notes, and one hundred pieces of brocade. In addition, Zeng Yu's grandfather and father were awarded the rank of seventh-rank casual official, and Zeng Yu's aunt and biological mother were given the title of concubine.  After the name is verified and reported to the ceremonial room of Guangxin Mansion, an order will be issued¡ª¡ª Hundreds of people crowded outside the gate to watch the excitement spread word of mouth that they heard that Hangzhou Hubutang rewarded Zeng Yu with so much silver, treasure notes, and brocade.  , all breathing "hiss" and "tsk tsk" repeatedly, eight hundred taels of silver, the farmer could not accumulate this amount of money after working hard all his life; when I heard that Zeng Yu's grandfather, father and mother were also awarded the title of casual official,  Everyone had to have a royal title, and these neighbors were even more amazed. Many wealthy businessmen, in order to gain a job and honor their ancestors, paid only a few millimeters and a thousand stones to provide relief during the famine years of the court, but they could only get a rank of one or seven. Zeng Yu now had all the fame, wealth, and fame.  Got it. The villagers' voices of admiration and admiration continued, and the drumming started again. The reward from Guangxin Prefecture had arrived again. The prefect Lin Guangzu personally came to congratulate Zeng Yu, and rewarded Zeng Yu with two hundred taels of silver, eighty shi of white rice, and  A hundred dollars worth of rice paper in Jingxian County - To the onlookers, although Hu Butang in Hangzhou has a high official position, it is still not as majestic as the Fu Zun who can be seen with his own eyes. Even the Fu Zun visited the house in person to congratulate him.  And rewarded with this amount of money and rice, the villagers were no longer envious of Zeng Yu, but in awe. It was already noon. Zeng Yu invited Magistrate Lin to have dinner in his house, but Magistrate Lin invited Zeng Yu to the government office.  She went to the banquet and said that a banquet had been prepared. Zeng Yu followed Magistrate Lin and his entourage into the city for dinner. After the banquet, Zeng Yu left. Magistrate Lin smiled and asked, "Zeng Sheng, when are you leaving?"  Going to Longhu Mountain to propose marriage?  Zeng Yu replied: "Your Majesty, the student will leave early tomorrow morning. He will first rush to Yingtanfang to meet my cousin Zheng Sheng, and then we will visit Zhouzhi County together."  " Magistrate Lin nodded and said, "I have sent a letter to Magistrate Zhou asking for his care. Just go. He is happy to be the matchmaker.  "He sighed again: "Hu Butang's reward is like a timely rain. Your Zeng family is now a Jin gentry family, and the imperial order will be issued soon.  Zeng Yu understood what Magistrate Lin meant, which meant that the status of his Zeng family would be significantly improved in this way. Although they were still out of touch with the Dazhen Mansion in Longhu Mountain, the disparity would not be too low. Magistrate Lin asked again  Zeng Yu wanted to go to Guixi tomorrow and asked if he needed help from boats, carriages and horses. Zeng Yu thanked Magistrate Lin and said that he could just hire a boat to go. When Zeng Yu returned to his house outside the north gate, the sun was setting in the west. It was about Shenchu ??time.  There were actually people watching the fun in front. There were several scholar friends sitting in the hall, who came to congratulate after hearing the news. Zeng Yu had to deal with it for a while before he went in to see his mother - his great mother Zhou was so happy that she burst into tears.  In less than a year after entering school, his son was able to earn the title of Ruren for his mother. This is an honor that only Jinshi magistrates can have. This makes my great-mother Zhou, who was abducted at a young age and had a poor life, not burst into tears. She is just happy.  There were really too many. Tomorrow her son was going to propose marriage to the lady of Dazhen Mansion. She wanted to make arrangements and not be too busy to be happy.
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