Jiang's parents' home was not far away, in Dalinzi Village, on the other side of the city. They drove there in a horse-drawn carriage. Even though they were delayed for a while in the city to buy things, it was not yet noon when they arrived at Jiang's house.
The one hosting the banquet this time was Jiang's second brother, Jiang Laoer, who was celebrating his 50th birthday.
The people in Dalinzi Village are generally richer than those in Xinghua Village. Their village produced an official. Although that official did not take office in Yunzhou Prefecture, his family helped Dalinzi Village become rich.
Everyone in the village grows medicinal herbs and then sells them to Xinglintang, the largest pharmacy in Da Qi. As long as a family has a lot of land, they are definitely no worse off than the average small family in the city. Those with less land are also richer than the average family in other villages.
It was Jiang Laoer's 50th birthday, and the guests invited included not only people from the entire Dalinzi Village, but also people from the surrounding villages, Taoyuan County, and even people from the provincial capital.
The daughter of Jiang Lao Er, Cheng Yue's cousin, had married to the provincial capital before, and the son she gave birth to was also very good at studying. However, the Cheng family had Cheng Jinyan, the top scorer in the Taoyuan County case. Jiang and Cheng Shun were not afraid that the Jiang family would use this child to bully their family. They were even eager to bring up the matter of studying!
In Taoyuan County, their Jin Yan is the first in the exam. What does first in the exam mean? First, first!
When Cheng Yue and the others arrived, there were several carriages parked outside the Jiang family, all coming from the city and the provincial capital.
The host was welcoming guests at the door. When he saw Shanshui driving a carriage, although he didn't recognize Shanshui, he knew he was his guest and hurried to greet him.
"Hey, Guizhen and Shunzi! Come down quickly!"
When Cheng Yue's second aunt Luo came closer, she saw Jiang and Cheng Shun in the car, as well as a familiar girl, and quickly greeted them.
"Aunt, uncle!"
Behind Mrs. Luo was a woman about the same age as Gu Xuelan. She was Jiang Laoer's eldest daughter-in-law. Today, she was outside with her mother-in-law to greet guests.
In the countryside, it is not customary for women to stay in the backyard.
"Second sister-in-law, why are you the only ones here from Pingzi's family? Where are my second brother and Pingzi?"
Jiang helped Cheng Yue out of the car.
"Huiyun is back. She made a new set of clothes for the old man and went to change clothes. Ah Ping went to greet his brother-in-law and nephew. Guizhen, you said you didn't know that our Hai'er passed the imperial examination and became a scholar. Your second brother was so happy. Oh, look at me, Jinyan is still the top student in our county. Let me tell you what Haizi is doing! However, your Jinxing should learn more. Let alone learn from Jinyan, then at least learn from Hai'er, right!"
Luo took Jiang's arm and said with a smile.
Cheng Yue rolled her eyes silently and said, "Second aunt, you are wrong to show off this time. My Jinxing is going to be the number one in martial arts!"
"Oh, second sister-in-law, you don't know, our Jinxing, you usually look naughty, but our new county magistrate took a liking to him and recruited him as a constable! Hahaha, how old is he? Fifteen, and he can already be a constable in the yamen, following Master Ji to catch thieves and benefit the people!"
Jiang laughed.
"Ah, hahaha, really? Oh, that's great. Jin Yan and Jin Xing are both capable. Ah Wen won't have to worry about this in the future!"
Luo mentioned Cheng Wen again.
This is the point that hurts Jiang every time she returns to her parents' home.
"Hey, my Ah Wen is really capable now. You may not know, but his father is planning to give him money to open a pub!"
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