Chapter 141 Chapter 141 A Wedding Banquet
Li County now looks completely different from what it was twelve years ago.
Due to the population explosion, the entire county was expanded, and public ox carts were naturally arranged.
The people of Li County finally felt proud of this. The country bumpkins in Lingzhou always said that Li County was too small and didn't even have public ox carts.
The people of Li County can finally fight back.
Therefore, on the day when the public ox carts were fully opened, people from Li County came out in droves, determined to show their support for Li County. Even if they had nothing to do, they would still pay for a round trip ride.
Nowadays, the local people in Li County are not short of money. Even those who are lazy and like to eat will not starve to death by renting out the empty houses in their homes.
There are so many students coming to Li County to study.
In this regard, primary schools in Li County and Lingzhou have always given priority to local students. If there are remaining places, they will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis based on their household registration.
Therefore, there are wealthy businessmen in Li County who rent houses here and wait for admission places to become available so that they can rush to enroll.
Fan Ying's grandparents lived with the same family last year, and this year they finally got a place in the school.
Since she was a child, Fan Ying has heard her grandparents say that her father used to work for the current emperor, and that the waterwheel, tables, chairs and benches were all made by her father with his own hands.
Fan Ying thought it was strange at first, but since he was a child he had calluses on his ears from hearing about feces.
Fan Ying, truly fed up with hearing this, retorted. "He's just a carpenter, making some things for His Majesty. Three out of five locals in Li County have met His Majesty, and one can even claim to have spoken with him."
Fan Ying's grandfather's face darkened. "How can you say that? Your father is not a carpenter. He's now a carpentry teacher at Li County Technical School."
Fan Ying: "Okay, okay, I got it." Then he ran out the door.
Now that primary school has been changed to a three-year system, Fan Ying is in the third grade this year.
In the words of people in Li County, it is the critical moment for promotion to higher education.
Fan Ying has good grades and is sure to be admitted to higher education in middle school. Her father and mother are even helping her think about her plans after graduating from middle school.
There were so many people coming here to study, many of them from families with a scholarly background who had studied since childhood. There were also those from wealthy families who were unable to become officials due to the suppression of merchants.
After graduating from middle school, taking the civil service examination is now as difficult as crossing the sea with eight immortals.
Fan Ying's mother, Song Pan, sometimes looked at Fan Ying and sighed. "It would have been so much better if you had been born a few years earlier."
A few years ago, children from Li County and Lingzhou were the first to go to school. The fact that Mrs. Kang's son and daughter both became high-ranking officials was due to their keeping up with the trend of the times.
Fan Ying had her own thoughts on this, and she blinked her round eyes.
"Besides being an official, being a teacher or studying medicine are both good options. Besides, by the time I graduate from middle school, I might be ready to go to university. I don't know what the situation will be like then."
Song Pan thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he told Fan Ying that he would attend the wedding banquet the next day.
Fan Ying asked, "Is it from Uncle Zhao and Teacher Tan?"
Song Pan nodded. "We'll have a banquet in Teacher Tan's yard tomorrow. Several neighbors have borrowed space."
In fact, Song Pan was very envious of Zhao An and Tan Yingsong. They could be considered to be in a truly free love relationship, and they had been together for more than two years before getting married.
Although Song Pan and Fan Li had been married for many years, there was no such thing as free love at that time.
Fan Li worked as a carpenter for His Majesty for more than a year at that time and saved some money.
Her family wanted to marry her off to earn money for her younger brother to marry.
Even the "Pan Zi" in her name means hoping for a son.
The two of them looked at each other and got married.
She and Fan Li had been together for two years and had a child. Unlike Zhao An and Tan Yingsong, they were still... in today's fashionable terms, they were in the dating stage for two years.
Song Pan was combing Fan Ying's hair when she suddenly said, "If you're looking for a husband in the future, it would be better if you could spend more time with him like Mr. Tan."
Fan Ying was very confused by Song Pan's nonsensical words. "Mother, why are you talking about this? I'm still far from the legal age to get married."
Fan Ying touched her hair and carried her small, exquisite crossbody bag. "I'm going out to play."
Fan Ying went to the market with her classmates. Li County was very lively now. Girls from all over the country gathered together to buy some small things, including food and clothes.
They had barely taken two steps when they saw Ichiro-kun shouting at his servants, "Really? Is it true?"
"It's absolutely true! Our young master can finally go to school in Li County."
After hearing this, the young man first covered his chest with his hands, and then felt dizzy, as if as long as his son could study in Li County, he would have a successful career in the future.
"Help me quickly, support me quickly! I feel like I'm going to faint."
Well, another one who was so excited about getting a place in school that he almost fainted.
Fan Ying and his classmates were no longer surprised by such scenes. When they passed by the excited master and servant, they even politely asked them to make way.
The two of them bought a cup of herbal tea in a bamboo tube, drank it while walking, and looked at the new things by the way.
Nowadays, glass is mass-produced, so expensive glass products naturally do not appear in street stalls, but are only available in stores.
Fan Ying and his classmates once went in to take a look. After seeing it, they were deeply attracted by the glass cups and glass bowls. Unfortunately, they were still primary school students and their pocket money could not even afford a fraction of the glass products.
The two of them also plan to go and see it today.
This time the store even had new glass beads. The two little girls looked at the round glass beads and exclaimed in admiration.
“Glass beads are so beautiful.”
"How impressive it would be to buy one and make it into a pendant and hang it on your crossbody bag."
"You're hanging something this valuable on your messenger bag? What if it gets broken?"
"It would certainly look good as a hairpin."
The shop owner, who was always gentle with students, said to them, "These beads have been reserved. If you want to see them, hurry up and see them. You won't be able to see them tomorrow."
Fan Yinghe's face suddenly fell, and he said aggrievedly, "It was booked so quickly. So we can only watch it a little longer today."
Fan Ying and his classmates spent the entire afternoon looking at glass beads. When they returned home, their father had already gotten off work.
More than a decade has passed, and Fan Li is now completely different from the young boy he was back then. He is now a senior teacher at Li County Technical School and has become much more mature.
However, the calm Fan Li sometimes dreams of moments that make him lose his composure.
That was when His Majesty first came to Li County and wanted to buy various things, he and his master Sun Chang got up earlier than chickens and slept later than cows every day.
Just start working as soon as you open your eyes.
Yesterday he dreamed that he returned to that scene again. He was so scared that he woke himself up.
Then I was glad it was just a dream and fell asleep peacefully.
While eating, Fan Ying described it vividly. "That glass bead is so beautiful, it's as big as my thumb."
Glass products are very expensive. Fan Li and Song Pan can certainly afford them with their years of savings, but it is unnecessary to spend some of their savings on a useless glass bead.
After all, these glass beads are just beautiful.
Fan Ying said enviously, "I wonder which wealthy businessman bought the glass beads back."
The next day, Fan Ying got up early as he was going to attend a wedding banquet.
Zhao An and Fan Li used to work together at Li County Technical School and had a good relationship. Although Zhao An was later transferred to Lingzhou, since the wedding banquet was held in Li County, their whole family naturally had to go there early to help.
Song Pan combed Fan Ying's hair into a cute double bun and put on some hair accessories before the family went out.
Zhao An came to Li County as a servant with His Majesty. He has no father or mother, so the wedding banquet was held at Tan Yingsong's home.
The Tan family was extremely satisfied with this son-in-law. It goes without saying that Zhao An was once a servant of His Majesty.
The fact that she doesn't have a husband's family means she doesn't have to endure unnecessary bullying. It's great that my daughter can go back to her own home on weekdays and holidays.
As soon as Fan Ying entered the Tan family's yard, he said hello and ran into the inner room.
She wanted to see the bride.
Tan Yingsong invited Fan Ying to sit down and gave her something to eat.
When Fan Ying looked up, she saw the red veil on the table, and on the veil was a glass bead!
Fan Ying's eyes widened. Wasn't this the bead that she and her classmates had been looking at for the entire afternoon yesterday?
Fan Ying asked in shock, "Teacher Tan, are those glass beads?"
Speaking of this, Tan Yingsong's face showed some embarrassment. "This was bought by Zhao An. Really, glass products are so expensive nowadays. These glass beads are useless except for being beautiful. But he said that I was wronged by marrying him. He has no parents."
Fan Ying ran over and circled the glass bead three times, but he didn't dare to touch it, so he just put his hands behind his back.
Then he turned to Tan Yingsong and said, "So this is what the light inside the glass bead looks like."
The topic suddenly became serious, and Tan Yingsong laughed: "You should wait until middle school to learn physics and chemistry, then you will understand it."
Fan Ying was curious about what Tan Yingsong had just said and asked, "Why does Uncle Zhao think that not having a father or a mother is a disadvantage? I think it's good to be without a father or a mother!"
Tan Yingsong was curious: "Why did Ah Ying say that?"
Fan Ying counted on her fingers, "He has no parents. This way, after you get married, you won't have to live with his parents. It will avoid a lot of conflicts. This way, every New Year, you can celebrate at Mr. Tan's house. How great is that? Uncle Zhao has no relatives, so he has nowhere to go if he gets upset."
Tan Yingsong covered his mouth and laughed, "I didn't expect that Ying and I have the same idea."
Fan Ying quickly lowered her voice, "Mr. Tan, you can't let Uncle Zhao know about this. He'll be so sad. I'll keep this a secret for you."
Tan Yingsong and Fan Ying shook hands. "Okay, okay, let's keep this a secret."
This wedding banquet was very simple, but the ceremony of worshiping in the hall was still indispensable.
When Tan Yingsong appeared with the red veil decorated with glass beads, all the guests were stunned.
"Is this a glass bead?"
"It really is a glass bead. I went to check it out yesterday, and there was only one in the store."
"Zhao An is really willing to marry a wife!"
"Let me take a closer look. This is really beautiful."
"Incredible, incredible, this is really a big deal."
The smiles on Mr. and Mrs. Tan's faces were almost gone. This morning they still thought that Zhao An was spending money recklessly. No matter how beautiful a bead was, it could not be eaten or worn.
Now they don't feel that way anymore. They just think that although the beads are expensive, they are worth it! It really makes them proud!
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