“Which day is today?”

Halfway back to Ba Shang, my father asked Zhang Chao.

"It seems to be around November 20th." Zhang Chao replied, rushing along the way, he was a little confused. He was silent for a few times, but he said he couldn't remember it.

After all, I have been away from home for a month.

"The new kiln at home must have been made." The father said with a smile. When Zhang Chao saw his father say this, he seemed to have a light in his eyes. By the way, before he received the conscript order, his father and Qi Niang decided to get married when the new cave was settled.

This is also to be ahead of Zhang Chao. You can’t wait for your son to get married first and then your father will get married again. This is not nice. Now, it’s time to count, and it’s about ten days before Zhang Chao’s wedding.

"Dad, it's better to choose a day than a day. I think I'll choose a day in the past few days when I get home, and then I'll get the wedding for you and Qi Niang. The new kiln at home must have been built, and it's just the new kiln welcoming the new kiln."

The father suddenly felt a little shy, "Qi Niang and I don't need to do it anymore, just take her over."

"How can this be done? Dad, Qi Niang married you innocently. You can't start with it in a daze. You don't even have a decent ceremony. Wouldn't you be famous and have no reputation?" Even if it's a second marriage, it's nothing. Qi Niang is just a widow. The remarriage of widows is still very popular now. After all, the war has lost a lot of population. The court encourages young widows to remarry, so that the population can be restored.

In fact, I have been with Qi Niang for a long time. Zhang Chao thinks she is very good. She is hardworking and down-to-earth, and is a person who can live a life. Even if the Zhang family became rich later, I didn’t see her spending money randomly. She is also very good to Zhang Chao. The clothes Zhang Chao wore were basically made by Qi Niang and her daughter. They were very attentive and the stitches were thin and dense.

Zhang Chao always felt that finding a woman who is willing to live a down-to-earth life is the most important thing. Qi Niang is only in her early thirties and is more than enough to match her father in her fifties. She is also a woman who can handle housework and is hardworking and willing to work hard. Even with her two daughters, it is not a big deal.

"That's fine, but I'll welcome her through the old cellar. You can live in the new cellar. There is a place for you to welcome the little lady of the Cui family."

"Dad, what are you saying? Parents are not separated from each other. This is filial piety. We are the only two of us in our family, so we still have to do this. You are going to let others scold me. Besides, the new cave was built for our family. Thirteen Niang is not the kind of picky person. If you welcome Qi Niang in this old cellar, let me live in Xinyao, and welcome Thirteen Niang there in a few days. Then others will not only scold me, but even Thirteen Niang will scold you. I thought it was me and Thirteen Niang who would not tolerate you."

People in this era still value filial piety very much.

For example, if your parents are not separated from each other and your parents have not passed away, no matter how many brothers they have, they have to live with their parents. If you dare to separate from each other, that is unfilial.

Even if a father beats his son, it is natural. If the beat is light, you can bear it honestly. If the beat is heavy and you hit it with a stick, you can run away, and you will never be able to do it.

When a family lives, the family is also managed by parents.

The heart of returning home is like an arrow. From Chang'an to Bashang, everyone spent a lot of less time than usual.

At the entrance of Zhangjiagou, Uncle Gen was leaning against the village gate to bask in the sun. He lowered his head and was searching for lice in his off-lift jacket. Hearing the sound of horse hooves, Uncle Gen stood up while holding the door wall.

"Uncle Gen, we're back."

"Oh, you are back, you will be back so soon." Uncle Gen shouted excitedly when he saw Zhang Chao and a group of villagers who were going to fight.

"After the war is over, we will be triumphant." Zhang Chao jumped off the horse with a smile.

Uncle Gen said happily, "Wait, I'll go and beat the gong and tell you you're back." Uncle Gen picked up the gong placed next to him and started beating hard.

The gong was ringing.

In Zhangjiagou Village surrounded by the village wall, Ma Zhou was settled in the house, while the housekeeper was weighing the villagers of the neighboring village who were sending Chai. Doctor Niu was playing a guest appearance as a doctor and inspecting several nearby villagers who were not feeling well.

Some women are grinding noodles, some are kneading noodles

A peaceful afternoon, the sudden sound of gongs broke the silence.

"Why are you still ringing the gong? What's wrong?"

"Will there be any strong man who dares to rob our village?"

The butler ran to the account room in panic.

Ma Zhou has come out.

"Mr. Ma."

"Don't panic, let's go and have a look, let's copy some guys and be prepared for any trouble."

Like other Tang Dynasty villages, Zhangjiagou Village has a village wall built with earthen walls outside, which is seven feet high, and there are village gates in the village for entry and exit. This is also a habit that has been used since the Southern and Northern Dynasties. There are many soldiers and bandits, and building village walls and gates is also for self-defense.

But now it is the Tang Dynasty. Could it be that there are even bandits in Bashang who dare to take advantage of the elite troops in Guanzhong to go to Hebei to rob?

When Zhang Chao was not at home, Ma Zhou had quickly become the person in charge of the Zhang family. The housekeeper and Niu Veterinarian also listened to the scholar.

But when Ma Zhou led a group of men, women and children to the village gate with shoulder poles, hoes, mulberry forks, they saw relatives going to the battle.

"Let's see who is back!" Uncle Gen shouted excitedly to the villagers who were rushing to the scene.

The scene suddenly became chaotic, and those who were looking for their husbands, sons, and those who were looking for their fathers.

Everyone was looking for their relatives to go to war.

I left fifty people when I went to war, but now I have only been back.

Those who found it cheered happily. Those who didn’t find it shouted loudly in a hurry, and even cried.

"Don't worry, everyone is back today, the soldiers who went to the expedition to transport grain and serve as civil servants, but they have not returned from Hebei yet, but it won't take long before they will come back."

Zhang Chao told everyone loudly.

Upon hearing this news, the village entrance finally recovered a little.

"Qinglang, Qinglang, where are you?"

A young woman was holding a child and calling anxiously.

His husband went to the war more than a month ago, and he was also a soldier in the palace, but now he was not among the people who came back. Soon, the families of the two other soldiers of the government did not find their son who went to the war.

Zhang Chao came to them with a little heavy weight.

"Sister-in-law, by the way, Brother Qing died in Liyang. We have no way to bring back his body, we can only bring back his ashes."

Ke Shan and Ke Wu also expressed their grief to the other two families.

In front of the village gate, which was originally joyful, the atmosphere immediately became solemn.

Ke Qing's wife screamed, hugged the child and howled, and fell to the ground.

"Qinglang, you said you will be back soon. Why did you, a thousand-killed man, leave like this? What should you do if you ask us mother and mother? How can the child let us live in the future?"

Crying sounds everywhere.

The villagers helped to comfort them.

This is the case with war. This happened once when my father and the others came back from the war last time.

Zhang Chao sighed, it made people feel heartbroken when watching such things. However, wars were frequent, and the soldiers in the palace were summoned to fight, and it was still common to wrap their bodies in the horses. It was pitiful to the orphan and widowed mother.

"Sister-in-law, please feel sorry for me. Everyone will help take care of you in the future."

After comforting the families of the villagers who died for a long time at the entrance of the village, Zhang Chao and his son were able to return home.

The housekeeper, Ma Accountant, Niu Veterinarian, and Cun Zheng, all followed him. Zhang Chao and his wife haven't been at home for so long, so they have to report on their family affairs.

Zhang Chao asked everyone to sit down and asked, "Uncle Qi, how is the new kiln built? Can it be completed?"

Uncle Masashi Mizuka hurriedly said, "It's almost done. The walls in the house have been rinsed, bricks are laid on the ground in the yard of the house, wells have been drilled, and the well truck and water truck are completed."

After hearing this good news, Zhang Chao was very happy, "Are the floor heating, water pipes, and sewers in the house ready? Where is the toilet and bathroom?"

"We have all done it according to your previous requirements. Now the archway outside has not been completed yet."

"Where is the furniture? Where is the fire kang?"

"That's almost done. The kang stove has been ready, and the furniture has been as you ask, but there are still some tables and chairs that have not been finished."

"Let's go to Xinyao first."

Just listening to the story of Murakami, Zhang Chao was still a little worried.

So everyone followed him to the Xinkong Cave west of the village. From a distance, Zhang Chao saw that the road leading to Xinkong was paved with bricks, and the archway in front of the courtyard was almost done.

A large cliff was flattened on the slope of the bathing ditch, and the new cave of the Zhang family was here.

Yellow tone.

The courtyard circle is yellow, the cliff wall is yellow, and the new cave in the Zhang family is also yellow.

When Zhang Chao left, he only looked like this, but now he has completely changed. There is a solid 10-meter-high courtyard wall, and a stone lion squatting at the door with a stone drum standing on the gate.

Push open the door and go in, there is a yard with a huge space inside.

The ground is covered with blue bricks, and there are rows of downs in the walls, including kitchens, bathrooms, toilets, tool rooms, horse sheds and servant rooms.

Trees were also planted in the yard, with grape sheds, stone tables, stone chairs and a swing.

There is also a well on one side, next to it is a water storage pool, and a water tower on the other side, with a well truck on the well and a water supply tower on the pool.

There are also a few small flower beds, but they are still empty and have no flowers planted, but in summer, it will definitely be very beautiful to plant flowers here.

Looking forward to the yard, there are a long row of caves, with five doors arranged side by side.

These are five large suites, each with one room connected to each of them.

Zhang Chao walked all the way and looked around, and was very satisfied.

Entering the large suite in the middle, this is the Zhang family’s flower hall.

The house is covered with floor heating, but at the same time, there is a kang, but there is no stove in the house. The kang is very big, accounting for almost one-third of the place. There is a set of Eight Immortals tables and chairs in the middle of the flower hall.

Perfect, almost all decorated in accordance with Zhang Chao's design.

The two rooms on both sides are the Zhang family’s master bedroom, which is left for the father and Qi Niang.

"Dad, what do you think?" Zhang Chao turned around and asked Dad.

My father had just watched it for a long time and didn't say a word.

When I heard Zhang Chao ask him, I just replied with a hello, "It's so luxurious."

"Qianniang, do you like our new home?"

Qi Niang was also shocked by the new cave designed and built by Zhang Chao. It was so luxurious. In her eyes, it was probably the palace in Chang'an City that was the same.

"How much does this cost?"

"Qianniang, don't worry about how much you spend, just say you like it or not?"

Qi Niang nodded, still a little shocked. She couldn't believe that this would be her home in the future. She had been here a few times before, but the place had not been completed at that time. The new cave after completion was really beautiful.
Chapter completed!