Chapter 401 Banquet
"The families in Liuhe Town have been moved here one after another over the past two hundred years. In the past, Ganzhou has been fighting almost every year. Today you kill them, and tomorrow I kill them. When I was young, Liuhe Town was not a town, but a small village. There were only more than twenty families in total, and they settled next to the riverside. There were no big surnames. The ancestors of each family were almost all military families. They stopped fighting and settled down after finding their concubines. There were no people like now. In the history of our Liuhe Town, there have never been a high-ranking official, and the county magistrate has never been released, let alone anyone who has seen the emperor. How could this emperor be seen casually..."
There were already dozens of people sitting in the Yan family's courtyard. At this time, those who could sit in the Yan family's courtyard were all well-known figures in Liuhe Town or men of the head of the family. Those children and teenagers were not qualified to sit, and they were all standing by the yard, listening silently as the sixth grandpa on the main table was talking.
More people sat on the yard outside the Yan family's blacksmith workshop. There were almost a hundred tables on the entire yard. There were two doors between the yard and the yard. The gates of the entire yard were open, and the wine tables were all over the city. Several new earthen stoves were set up on the yard, and a few simple pergolas were also set up around the earthen stove. The women in Liuhe Town were busy in the yard, the kitchen, the riverside, and the yard. The people who washed vegetables and cooked food brought the prepared food and wine one by one. The children were happily shuttled through the banquet, and everyone was smiling happily. The whole Yan family courtyard was surrounded by the fragrance of food and laughter.
Yan Liqiang returned to Liuhe Town this time, which was a big deal for Liuhe Town. A group of neighbors from Liuhe Town came to deliver the visits to the door, almost breaking the threshold of the Yan family. Yan Dechang was happy. The day after Yan Liqiang came back, he held a banquet at the Yan family and thanked his neighbors.
The banquets in this village, such as organizing weddings and weddings, are not as complicated as the city. Usually, just shout, when the neighbors and neighbors come, the women in the town with quick hands and feet can be organized lively. The men use stoves to chop firewood, pigs, and sheep, and almost all the rest can be handed over to the women.
At this moment, Ganzhou is already at the end of October, and it is the time for slack farming. The people in the town are no longer busy. Yan Dechang, the pavilion chief of Liuhe Town, spoke to invite the neighbors. Suddenly, thousands of people in the entire Liuhe Town, including men, women, young and old, came. The Yan family did not have so many tables and bowls and chopsticks at once. The neighbors and neighbors around all brought their own bowls, chopsticks, tables, and stools together, forming a continuous feast...
Liu's butcher and his son were very energetic today, leading several helpers to kill pigs and sheep in the yard. Liu's butcher's face was flushed. The butcher's woman was washing vegetables by the river. Seeing his own man talking loudly among the group of people, directing people to divide the meat. Hearing the woman washing vegetables beside him praise Liu's butcher's ability and a good man, Liu's woman was also satisfied and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "What's the ability? My family is just a pig slaughter. If you can't help Mr. Yan and Mr. Yan at this time, wouldn't he live a waste of life as a big man..."
If Liu Butcher had some ideas about the Yan family before, since Yan Liqiang won the third place in the Guoshu County exam last year, Liu Butcher's thoughts were completely extinguished. Especially this year, with Yan Liqiang's reputation in Ganzhou, especially after those outsiders who came to Liuhe Town to buy the Yan family's swords brought various news about Yan Liqiang in the Imperial Capital, the Yan family, in the hearts of Liu Butcher's family, has become better than before.
The Hong family is 100,000 times more advanced, so they can only look up to it. The young master of the Yan family likes the meat sausages he made at home, which has become something that Liu Butcher likes to brag and boast about wherever he goes. Don’t say that when the sign of Liu Butcher was released, the business of his meat stall was really much better. Especially whenever he went to the market, Liu Butcher shouted at the market that he had made sausages and bacon for the Yan family. His little things could be sold out soon.
The Sixth Grandpa, who was talking on the main table in the compound, is the oldest elder in Liuhe Town. By this year, the Sixth Grandpa has lived to be 138 years old and is the longest-lived old man in Liuhe Town. By generations, everyone in Liuhe Town is the junior of the Sixth Grandpa. In the Han Empire, a person who can live to be over 120 years old and has filial piety, can be called a lucky person. It is considered a lucky symbol of blessings and virtues. The Sixth Grandpa is a lucky person in Liuhe Town. I heard that the Sixth Grandpa was a pavilion leader in the town when he was young. The private school in Liuhe Town that teaches people to read and write, the valley farm in the town and the rural road leading to the outside of the town. It was originally done by the Sixth Grandpa.
Over the years, no matter which family in the town has a hundred days of time, they have to carry the sixth grandfather to touch their heads, and then ask for a bowl used by the sixth grandfather to give them food. Everyone believes that such children are prone to growing up and are free from illness or disaster. Because of this, the sixth grandfather has a special reputation in Liuhe Town. When Yan Liqiang was young, he seemed to have touched the sixth grandfather too. The sixth grandfather gave Yan Liqiang's bowl, which is still in the cabinet of the Yan family.
Although the 138-year-old Sixth Grandpa's eyes were yellow, but his eyes were not blurred at all. Although there were age spots on his face, his teeth were still there. He didn't need crutches to walk, and his conversation was still clear. I heard that he could get up every morning to practice boxing and drink five cents of fruit wine at night. On this occasion today, the Sixth Grandpa who came to the Yan family compound was naturally invited by Yan Dechang to the main table and was with him and Yan Liqiang. The other few who were sitting on the main table were all well-known families in Liuhe Town. These people were listening to the Sixth Grandpa talking about the history of Liuhe Town, but his eyes were swept towards Yan Liqiang from time to time.
Yan Liqiang asked the sixth grandfather to sit directly at the top of the main table, and he sat on the left hand of the sixth grandfather. When the sixth grandfather was talking, Yan Liqiang smiled and nodded while listening. Seeing Yan Liqiang respecting the elderly and virtuous, all the neighbors in the yard were nodding secretly, thinking that the popularity of seeing the world in the imperial capital was indeed different. In the past, the Hong family held a big banquet and was arrogant and did not respect the sixth grandfather so much. The sixth grandfather had been there once and did not go there. Today, the sixth grandfather came to the Yan family for the first time and was very respectful. The sixth grandfather also had a lot of talk and talked too much.
"The talent in our Liuhe Town is also a major event in Liuhe Town. Although I am old, I was young back then. I have traveled through the world, carried swords and guns, and met a high-ranking official at the governor level. Everyone said that a hero has three gangs, a fence and three stakes. I have a deep impression of this. Look at those kings, princes, generals, high officials and nobles. Which one is not a lot of people who can help you to flourish? Liqiang, you are now well, you can't forget it.
The blind dates in the town, the blind dates in the town, are willing to help you, and hope you can get better and better. Then everyone will also benefit from it. The fellow countrymen and tribes are heart-to-heart and rooted..." The sixth grandpa said earnestly to Yan Liqiang, patting the back of Yan Liqiang's hand, "The blind dates in this town are all hoping that you can bring out all the young children in the town, let them follow you and learn your skills, and it is also a blessing to the ancestors..."
As the Sixth Grandpa said, everyone in the courtyard looked straight at Yan Liqiang, wanting to hear Yan Liqiang's statement and intentions. Everyone praised the Sixth Grandpa's old spirit and spirit. In this way, others want to say that they are not qualified and have no position. They don't have that much face to ask the Yan family. It's just like the Sixth Grandpa who said it appropriately and said everything they want to say in their hearts...
Chapter completed!