"A broken telegraph machine? How long can you play with a broken telegraph machine~?"
Li Zexuan stretched out his hand to pinch the little girl's cheek and said.
"Ah~! Isn't there no other fun in this~? My brother and Tiedan used to go to the Imperial College every day, so Lan'er was bored at home alone~!"
Lan'er kept shaking her little head, trying to get rid of her brother's clutches, and smiled.
It's boring for Lan'er to be alone at home...
When Li Zexuan heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable. The hand that was originally going to pinch Lan'er's face gently fell on the little girl's bun. Li Zexuan said softly: "It's my brother's fault. I will often accompany Lan in the future." Damn it!"
"Yeah~!"
Lan'er nodded happily, suddenly rolled her eyes, and said strangely: "Hehe~! I don't want it! Then it will be enough if sister Yuxi plays with Lan'er! I don't need you, brother~!"
Li Zexuan was speechless, this little girl felt so distressed for nothing.
"Master~! The bed installation team sent by the Han family has arrived. I want you to get out quickly!"
Just when Li Zexuan wanted to deal with this little girl who knew nothing about the world, Xiao Xi ran over in a panic. The little girl may have run too fast, and her face was flushed.
Lan'er had been scolded by Mrs. Li many times and knew that her current appearance was indecent. Seeing Xiao Xi come in, she quickly jumped off Li Zexuan's lap and stood aside, pretending to be a good girl.
Xiao Xi pursed her lips and smiled happily at this obvious deception. In fact, she was already accustomed to this phenomenon. Even if she saw it, she would not go out and say nonsense.
"Oh~? Coming so soon~? Okay, I'll go take a look!"
Li Zexuan patted his legs, stood up, said something, and walked out of the room.
"Hey~! Lan'er is going too, brother, wait~!"
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When they came to the front yard, they saw that the yard was filled with all kinds of gifts, from silk and cloth to porcelain, gold and silver, to food carts and horses, etc. Eight loads of each item were prepared, and eight carts were pulled with copper coins. It’s not that the Han family is stingy, Because this is just a gift for laying a bed, not a dowry, the dowry is calculated separately.
According to etiquette, the woman will usually send the dowry after the bed is laid.
"Master~!"
Tiedan came over and bowed his hands.
After Li Zexuan announced his own business in the Imperial College yesterday, Tiedan no longer had to go to the School of Arithmetic Science. Moreover, he returned to Hanjiazhuang yesterday afternoon. After all, it was quite hard for his father to be busy at home alone. After he returned home I can still help. I have to say that after a few months of studying at the Arithmetic School, Tiedan has become much more sensible.
Today, the Han family came to set up the bed. It was not convenient for Han Tianhu to come, so Tiedan came with him.
"Haha, Tiedan, you can no longer call me master, you should call me brother-in-law~!"
A chubby woman came out, it was Liu Yue'e. On this festive day, she also made a rare wisecrack in front of Li Zexuan, but no one blamed her.
She and Lao Hu were wearing bright red clothes today and looked very festive.
Unlike other big families with a large number of direct and collateral relatives, Han Tianhu came to Hanjiazhuang after experiencing the war era. The Han family is truly a small family. There is no mistress in the family. After much thought, Han Tianhu could only invite Hu Hanyun. , Liu Yue'e and his wife came over to set up the bed. Logically speaking, he could also invite Qin Qiong and Mrs. Qin. After all, they were Han Yuxi's adopted father and mother, but those two were of too high status, so Han Tianhu had no nerve to invite them!
"You bitch, you still make random jokes about the young master!"
Lao Hu tugged on his wife's arm and sighed.
"Haha~! Yue'e is right! Lao Hu, don't blame her, and you all, come in and have tea and cakes, you're welcome!"
Li Jingmo quickly waved his hand and smiled at everyone in the yard.
"Thank you, sir!"
This time the Han family brought a lot of gifts. Except for a few carts of copper coins, the rest were all picked up by people. Half of the young people in the Han family came to help.
"Haha! Yes, yes! Aunt Liu is right! Uncle Hu, you have worked hard all the way!"
Li Zexuan hasn't seen Lao Hu for a long time, and he felt very warm when he saw him today. When Han Yuxi was killed and robbed at Rhinoceros Slope, Lao Hu stepped forward regardless of his own safety. After delaying for a while, Li Zexuan finally rescued Han Yuxi successfully. This kindness to Li Zexuan It will never be forgotten.
"No hard work, no hard work, what are you talking about, young master? This is what I, Old Hu, should do!"
Putting aside the welfare benefits that Li Zexuan brought to every farmer in Hanjiazhuang, his children's illnesses were all cured with Li Zexuan's help. Li Zexuan was grateful to him, and he was even more grateful to Li Zexuan.
"Ha~! Sure enough, how are you and Jingran recently~? I haven't seen them for a long time!"
When Li Zexuan saw that his father had invited the others in for refreshments, he walked with Lao Hu and started chatting.
"Hehe~! Okay, okay, thanks to you, young master, everything is fine! As expected, this kid is running on both sides of Hanjiazhuang Plum Village, and there are many farmers over there who want to learn his skills! Yue'e and I just miss him so much. This child’s!”
Lao Hu scratched his head, chuckled, and then said with a nostalgic look on his face.
"What~? She never came back~?"
Li Zexuan frowned and asked worriedly.
He couldn't help but underestimate it in his heart. Could it be that Lao Sun and Hu Jing went out and met some evil people and got into some danger?
"Hey~! Don't worry, young master, that girl just replied to me a few days ago. Yue'e and I can't read, so we found out after asking the girl from the Han family. The letter said that Sun Shenxian wanted to refine a kind of medicine, and there was a shortage of it. Just medicinal materials, she and Sun Shenxian were collecting medicinal herbs in the Taibai Mountain area recently, and by the way, they helped the mountain people there to see their diseases! There is no danger!"
Seeing Li Zexuan's expression, Lao Hu quickly waved his hands and smiled.
Taibai Mountain is Changbai Mountain. The name of Changbai Mountain has changed many times in history. Before the Qin Dynasty, it was called Buxian Mountain (meaning "mountain with gods"). "Shan Hai Jing" records: "In the wilderness, there is a mountain named Buxian. "There is a reason to be cautious and cautious about the people", which refers to Changbai Mountain. It was called Shandan Daling in the Han Dynasty, Gaima Dashan in the Wei Dynasty, Tutai Mountain in the Later Wei Dynasty, Congtai Mountain and Taihuang Mountain in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Taibai Mountain in the Tang Dynasty, and Changbai Mountain in the Jin Dynasty.
In the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty regarded Changbai Mountain as the birthplace of its ancestors. It closed the mountain and worshiped gods. It was designated as a closed area and no lay people were allowed to enter. The place became an inaccessible place. Until the 21st century, Changbai Mountain has remained in its original state, just like what we imagined it would be like when Pangu first "created the world".
"Haha~! That's great~! Uncle Hu, come in and sit down~!"
Li Zexuan smiled in relief.
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After everyone rested in the front hall for a while, Li Jingmo and Mrs. Li took Hu Hanyun and Liu Yuee to the west courtyard and began the bed laying ceremony.
The new house was chosen in the room where Li Zexuan usually slept, because that room was the largest and most luxurious. However, for the next two days, Li Zexuan could only sleep in other small guest rooms, because no one was allowed to enter the new house after the bed was installed. and touch the new bed until the couple enters the room on the wedding night.
When he came to the door, Lao Hu took off his shoes and was about to go in and set up the new bed. Several young people from Hanjiazhuang quickly covered their mouths and noses and jumped far away before Lao Hu bent down.
Lao Hu's face suddenly turned red with anger. He wanted to curse but was afraid of violating taboos, so he could only say bitterly: "Niu Dazhuang, Han Erhu, why are you guys jumping so far~? In order to come here to set up the bed today, I, Lao Hu, had to go from half a century ago I started soaking my feet for an hour every day a few months ago!"
"Hahaha~~!"
Father Li and the people who came with him laughed loudly when they heard this. Liu Yue'e was so angry that she stamped her feet when she saw how old Hu looked like a bear.
Li Zexuan couldn't help laughing, secretly thinking that Lao Hu still had a funny gene in his heart.
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