It's getting colder and colder day by day, but there is no snow at all. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis winter, people are sighing more and more. In a snowless winter, next year is destined to be a disaster year.

The Li family was overjoyed, and the father was very happy that the Fang family took the initiative to propose marriage. Qi Niang had a big belly, and she was even more happy to break the amniotic fluid directly. Fortunately, there was always a doctor at home, and he hurriedly sent the person to the delivery room that had been prepared early, and after a busy time, the midwife came out with a smile and said hello to her father.

"Gave birth to a little grandfather!"

Daddy's joy was as if he was drunk, his face was red, and his only eye was full of excitement. Li Chao also said hello to his father on the side, so that his father can be regarded as a bloodline inheritance.

Qi Niang gave birth to a son, which didn't have much impact on Li Chao, he was just really happy for his father.

Daddy named his newborn son Shiro.

He used to have two sons, but unfortunately they both died in the war, and later accepted Li Chao as his stepson, so he called Li Chao San Lang, which is considered to be the next ranking. Now that he was born again, he was named Shiro, which can be regarded as Li Chao's ranking.

When Li Shilang washed the third day, the ministers of Xiangyang also came to the banquet to congratulate. Because it was a time of famine, my father asked not to make too much of a show, not to be too extravagant and high-profile. Qi Niang also supported this, and Li Chao dismissed the plan to hold a big event.

In the end, Li Chao made a cold dinner party, made some dried fruits and fruits, added some hot and cold meals, and made a buffet. Everyone is here, feel free to order.

Fang Xuanling and his wife Lu Shi came with their four children, and the three baptism ceremonies were sent at the banquet, and the two families faced each other, but they quickly finalized the relationship between Fang Yizhi and Lan Niang. The two families made an oral agreement on this, and said that when they came back, the Fang family invited someone to come over and talk about the matchmaker in exchange for the marriage certificate.

Fang Xuanling invited the right servant Du Ruhui to be a big matchmaker, which is quite beautiful.

The son of Xuanling of the left servant shooting room and the sister of Li Chao of the left servant of the school were engaged, and this family affair immediately spread all over Xiangyang, causing countless people to marvel.

The marriage of the two prime ministers' families is really a strong combination. But more people are still amazed at the Li family, in a short period of time, it has been so heroic. This marriage of the Li family is really unmatched.

Just a few days after the two happy events, Zheng Wanyan also gave birth to a daughter. Li Chao was overjoyed, and Zheng Wanyan was a little unhappy about giving birth to a daughter, but Li Chao didn't care. It's good to have a daughter, anyway, he has five sons, and there is no shortage of sons, but there is only one daughter, and now he has another daughter, how good.

Zheng Shanguo brought a group of Xingyang Zheng family members to congratulate him, and at the third banquet, the Zheng family alone came to hundreds of people, which can be described as very lively, and several in-laws of Qinghe Cui's family, Boling Cui family, and Taiyuan Wang family also came to congratulate them.

The Li family had many happy events, which caused the officials and people in Xiangyang to sigh, and the Li family was really prosperous.

Because Zheng Wanyan gave birth at night, and the bright moon was empty that day, Li Chao named her second daughter Mingyue.

Qi Niang, the mother-in-law, and Zheng Wanyan, the daughter-in-law, were confined at the same time, but it is also a very common thing in this era. Women in this era generally married early, some married at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and gave birth to children at the age of fourteen or fifteen. And they tend to give birth to seven or eight, or even a dozen, until they are forty or fifty years old and cannot have children.

When the youngest son was born, the eldest grandson may be more than ten years old, and there may even be great-grandchildren as old as the younger son.

In some poor families, grandmothers give birth to young sons without milk, and they will let their sons eat sister-in-law's milk.

The Li family has already prepared nurses and nannies, all of which are available.

In a festive atmosphere, the days passed day by day.

Li Chao is also busy with official business every day, in the morning in the political hall, in the afternoon in the Shannan Yamen, one person wears many hats, Li Chao is also busy, Li Shimin can't wait to put a few more burdens on Li Chao.

In the blink of an eye, the wax moon is about to end, and at this time in previous years, the yamen will seal the lock and give the officials annual leave. But this year, it was not possible, and the imperial court decreed that the yamen in the disaster area would not have a holiday for the New Year, but would implement a rotating holiday. The officials took turns to take vacations, and the yamen was not allowed to be locked, but had to be there at all times.

The situation in the disaster area is still grim, and the food forcibly borrowed from large households can barely survive this winter.

But the number of people dying of starvation is still increasing, and there are many hungry people who rebel, and the court is struggling to maintain.

On the twenty-second day of the lunar month, the Li family's Zhuangzi in Xiangyang, the Zhuangtou took the Zhuangding to give the Li family New Year's gifts.

During the New Year, it is also a common practice for the tenants on the landlord's village to give the landlord's family a gift for the New Year. The number of gifts given, and even a fixed number of exquisite, are actually equivalent to a disguised rent increase, which is a burden. But if you want to be a tenant, this is not less.

The Li family doesn't pay attention to these.

This year there was a famine, and when autumn began, all the crops died. The imperial court exempted all the autumn taxes in the disaster area this year, and Li Chao also exempted the tenants from the autumn rent. Not only that, Li Chao also took out grain early and lent grain to the tenants. There is no interest on these grains, as long as they are slowly repaid in the coming year.

The Li family's benevolent behavior has also won great praise from the villagers.

In this winter, when a large number of people have long been unable to receive food, their families have run out of food, and they live on relief grain from the imperial court, but the tenants of the Li family can still take the grain borrowed from the Li family and go to the black market to exchange for relief grain. Rice and wheat can be exchanged for more relief grain, so that the tenants can survive without receiving relief food.

They didn't receive relief food, so they didn't have to go to the official to work, but listened to the arrangements of the Li family's stewards to work for the Li family, and they could also get money and grain, or go fishing and hunting.

This is not the New Year now, and the tenants of various Zhuangzi have not forgotten the kindness of the Li family, and everyone has gathered a batch of New Year's gifts to send over.

The housekeeper looked at these enthusiastic dealers and looked at the New Year's gifts they put together, and he didn't dare to accept them, so he had to come over and ask Li Chao.

Li Chao followed the housekeeper out and saw that there were many village households standing or squatting in the side courtyard of the Li family, some with children, they were wearing gray jackets, holding their hands, hooking their waists and shrinking their necks, and staying in the Li family in awe, regardless of the movement.

In the center of the courtyard, it was a New Year's gift from them.

There are all kinds of things.

There are charcoal and bamboo charcoal from the farmers who cut wood, cut wood and dig cellars, as well as their own sun-dried fungus, shiitake mushrooms, frozen pears, persimmons, etc., as well as winter bamboo shoots and arrowroot dug in the mountains, and lotus roots dug in the pond. In addition, there are live fish caught in the river, dried dried fish, hares, etc.

There were even two live deer, and a large wild boar.

These things, if in previous years, were nothing.

But this year, it seems extremely rare. Everyone still can't eat enough, but they sent this rare food to the Li family, you can know how grateful everyone is to the Li family.

Li Chao glanced at it a few times and shook his head.

He said to a few somewhat restrained Zhuang heads, "What are you doing here?" It's almost the New Year, and it's not easy for you to save this little thing, and this year is not easy, so everyone has to support each other. I can't take these things, you take them back, divide one point, and keep them for the New Year, and give the elderly and children a full meal. ”

The head of the old village is a very prestigious old man.

He was in his sixties, with gray hair and a little back on his back, but he insisted, "We became the farmer of Xiangye, which was a blessing from the previous life. Xiangye reduced the rent for us and exempted us from many miscellaneous items. He also dug us wells, loaded water trucks, and lent us oxen, all of which did not charge us any additional money, and our burden was greatly lightened. What's more, when the farm was slack, Xiangye also arranged for us to work to earn money, and our lives were much better than in the past. This year, there was a natural disaster, and there was no way to do it, but Xiangye lent us food and didn't want interest, we don't know how grateful we are! ”

A few men next to him also nodded hurriedly, this is really a good master's family, which one of the general master's families is so good. In a disaster year, he was willing to borrow grain and not collect interest, which was really unimaginable before.

"We can't get anything out of our hands this year, only this idea, it's good that Xiangye doesn't dislike it."

Li Chao called the steward and asked, "Is there anyone in the family who said to the Zhuangzi below that they want a New Year's gift or something?" ”

"Xiangye, there is absolutely no such thing, the rules of our family are the strictest, and no one dares to mess around behind the family's back. These are really a piece of the mind of the people on the Zhuangzi themselves. ”

Li Chao looked at these farmers who had traveled dozens of miles, and some even came to give New Year's gifts for nearly 100 miles, looking at the gifts they sent, such as mushrooms and bamboo shoots, charcoal reed mats, etc., which were all very worthless things, but they were full of affection.

It also breaks their hearts to let them carry it back.

"Well, take everything, write everything down one by one, and register it. This is all a piece of the hearts of the villagers, and we have to accept it. But we have a tradition of coming and not being rude. Everyone gave us a New Year's gift, and we didn't let everyone go home empty-handed, so we went to inform the housekeeper and prepare a batch of return gifts for our villagers. ”

"Back to what?"

"Let's go back to something real, it's going to be the New Year, give each household a piece of cloth and a few catties of silk wool, and then give a family two buckets of grain." If there are widows and orphans and those who are particularly poor, give a little more. ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

The steward told Li Chao's decision to the dealers, and everyone hurriedly said that they wanted it or not.

Li Chao said to everyone, "You gave me a New Year's gift, I accepted it, and now I will also return to everyone for a New Year's gift, if you refuse to accept it, then I can't accept everyone's gifts, don't you say?" ”

Listening to what Li Chao said so sincerely, everyone nodded and thanked Li Chao for their kindness. A family of two buckets of grain, a piece of cloth, a few catties of silk wool, looking at not much, but in this disaster year, it seems extremely valuable.

Compared with the little New Year's gift they put together to give the Li family, the Li family's return gift is much more expensive.

"Xiangye is a good person."

"Bless the Prime Minister's Father-in-law Wandai!"

・・・・・・ (To be continued.) )