Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty One: Good News
Xiao Chong was somewhat constrained and accompanied a young girl for a walk by the Sushui River.
This woman is of course his fiancée wife, a lady from the Hou family. When it comes to the door, even if they are a different branch, they are obviously higher than Xiao Chong's family. Hou Zhen is now the governor of Cangzhou, a serious official, and Hou Fangyu is now the general of Zuo Xiaowei, with a bright future. Unlike many wealthy families who have declined now, Hou family hugged their thighs in time during the rise of Li Ze, and now the family is prosperous, even better than the past.
Of course, this marriage was not something that Xiao Chong's family climbed up, but that Hou came to propose marriage by himself.
Xiao Chong is now just an eighth-rank Xuanjie lieutenant. Even when he was in front of his fellow villager Zhuzi, he thought he was not considered a high-ranking official. But naturally, he didn't think so with a family like Hou.
Xiao Chong is indeed just a Xuanjie captain, but in the army, he is a powerful general who is in charge of a team of 3,000 people. More importantly, he leads three thousand cavalry, and this weight is even more different.
Xiaozhu is still in his twenties, where is his bright future?
For long-term investment, a family like Hou is the best at home. Anyway, every family has a big business and many branches. If you sprinkle fish in a big net, you can always catch a few good ones.
Such a lady was naturally cultivated with purpose since childhood. In today's words, she could go to the hall, go to the kitchen, interact with others, be generous, and she could not see a little bit of petty spirit, nor did she have the kind of arrogant and arrogant attitude of a wealthy family. She could sing soft words everywhere, and she could hold people's hearts everywhere.
It was the first time that Xiao Chong met Miss Hou’s family, but she was deeply attracted. But the more the two of them said, Xiao Chong became more ashamed. It was obvious that he really knew nothing except for war. If he married such a woman and entered the house, he would not be able to say anything in the future, so he would have to go to several levels.
"You still understand my family conditions? Just that, I'm afraid I'll let you down!" Xiao Chongqiqi said authentically.
Miss Hou covered her mouth and chuckled: "Where is this? If you really want to say it, my family is afraid that it is poorer than yours!"
"How is this possible?" Xiao Chong shook his head repeatedly.
"After Hou came to Wuyi, he split up his family. We were just separate branches, not legitimate ones." The Miss Hou whispered: "Now my family is in Wuyi, and there are only a hundred acres of land! Fortunately, my father knew how to do some business when he was in Houshi, so life was barely acceptable, but to maintain the decency in the past, he also forced himself to be a human being! There are still many families, and life is actually quite difficult now."
"So that's how it is!" Xiao Chong suddenly realized: "Old Taishan can do business, which is the best thing. My family has accumulated a lot of money, but my parents have money, but they only go to the cellar and hide it. They don't know how to manage it at all. In the future, they can hand over the money to Lao Taishan to make money."
"That won't work." Miss Hou shook her head repeatedly: "I have several brothers in my family."
"Aren't they all a family?" Xiao Chong spread his hands: "I am the only one in my family. I am looking forward to a few more brothers, brothers who fight tigers and father-son soldiers."
Miss Hou's eyes looked at Xiao Chong's puzzled look and laughed happily: "Brother, you have to settle the score clearly! Otherwise, relatives may not be able to do it in the future. Don't worry, I will do business and will not make the money at home mold."
"How can you do it, that's fine." Xiao Chong laughed: "Now my family's income is good. My annual military pay and other messy amounts are added up, and the amount is not small. I don't have a place to spend money. I'll be relieved if you take care of it in the future."
Seeing Xiao Chong's happy appearance, Miss Hou couldn't help but feel more satisfied. She took the initiative to reach out and took Xiao Chong's arm.
The little insect shivered, but immediately straightened his body, but the person seemed much stiffer.
"Since my family is in trouble, is there less dowry gifts from my family?" Xiao Chong asked tentatively: "Why do I go back and say something to my parents and add some more."
"Don't leave!" said the lady of the Hou family: "How much does your family give? My family will have to double the dowry at that time. Now your family gives you, my parents are worried about what you give! There are only more than one hundred acres of land and only a few shops. My parents must not want to do it, just want to get some money. For this, my uncle wrote a letter to scold my father. In the end, my uncle said that he would give me two shops from my family to add makeup."
Xiao Chong couldn't help but be amazed. Do wealthy families marry girls like this?
"It seems that the governor Hou really likes you. The two shops in Wuyi are worth the money!" Xiao Chong said.
"How come I like me? I value you!" said the Miss Hou family. "There are so many branches in the Hou family, and most of them are marrying their daughters and daughters, and they don't even see their uncle sending them to shops."
Xiao Chong couldn't help but laugh happily, and it was not until this time that he found some pride.
The two of them chatted while walking, and the initial strange feeling gradually disappeared. Miss Hou was naturally satisfied with Xiao Chong, but Xiao Chong also became more and more pleasing to each other. Not to mention her good-looking appearance, the key is that before the person got married, he already knew that he had planned for his family.
While talking about some gossip, a sudden sound of horse hooves came from the river bank. The two of them turned around and asked to the side of the road. When they looked back, they were Xiao Zhu's acquaintances.
Ten masters who took the martial arts exam rushed to the side of the two with blushing faces, and turned over and dismounted.
"Host coach!"
"Is the exam finished now?" Xiao Chong was a little surprised, "Can you all come out?"
"Not only did the exam be completed, the results were also announced on the spot." A soldier shouted happily: "Luo Hongxin won the No. 1 pick!"
Several people pushed one person in front of the little insect in a row.
Xiao Chong was overjoyed and reached out to press Luo Hongxin's shoulder to laugh and said, "The martial arts top scholar is from our Right Wei Guard. It's great, hahaha, if General Shi knew this news, I wonder how happy he would be! Our Right Wei Guard is indeed the best. By the way, how about the others?"
"The troop coach, there are two of us, besides me, and six of us are in the top 100, and Xiao Cai returned empty-handed." Luo Hongxin reached out and pulled a soldier and said.
"Nothing, nothing!" Xiao Chong grabbed the soldier named Xiao Cai: "We can't take all the benefits of our Right Guard. We have to leave some for others. If we don't win this year, we will come back next year. Xiao Cai, go back and practice hard. Next year, like Luo Hongxin, we will also get the top scorer."
Xiao Cai, who was a little sad, burst into tears and smiled: "How can the top scorer be so easy?"
Xiao Chong laughed and said, "It's hard for others. For our soldiers of the Right Guard, it's just like taking things from their bags. Xiao Cai, don't be sad. Those who have been hit will be assigned to you next. You're not hitting it. Go back with me. After you go back, Luo Hongxin's accompanying Captain Rong will make up for you first. I can still guarantee this."
"Thank you, coach!" Xiao Cai was really happy this time.
"Our Xianwei Wei won a great victory this time. We must celebrate it well. Luo Hongxin will go and pack the Chunfeng Deyi Building on a floor. Let's have a big drink and I will pay for it." Xiao Chong said.
"Yes!" Luo Hongxin said happily.
Miss Hou on the side gently pulled Xiao Chong's sleeve and said, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate."
"What's wrong?" Xiao Chong asked.
"Some people are proud, some are frustrated. When we celebrate at this time, there will inevitably be people who are jealous. The place in the Spring Breeze Tower is too ostentatious, and I am afraid that something will happen. Today is such a happy day. It would be a bad thing if someone comes to provoke it. It would be better to change the place." said Miss Hou.
Xiao Chong rubbed his chin and said, "It makes sense. Not to mention anything else, there are many acquaintances in the left and right guards. We are so happy that we can't help but make them unhappy. If we change the place, just go to my house. Are you going?"
He turned to greet the lady.
"Go, I can cook a few dishes, even if I try it!" said Miss Hou's.
The eyes of Luo Hongxin and others fell on the woman: "Lu Shang, is this the eldest sister-in-law?"
"Not bad." Xiao Chong said proudly: "We will get married in half a month. You are not allowed to leave. You will leave after eating my wedding banquet."
"This is natural." Luo Hongxin and others congratulated each other.
The group went down the river bank and headed straight for Xiao Chong's house. Tonight, I'm afraid it will be another night without getting drunk.
In this martial arts examination, there were thirty Jinshis, twenty-four among the twelve guards, the top 100 among the twelve guards, and eighty-one among the twelve guards, which was a real victory. The six people who could win the Jinshis in the local martial arts examination were truly both civil and military, and they were overwhelming in all aspects. If they really wanted to be serious, they were actually better than Luo Hongxin. However, because the setting of the examination items made them suffer a great loss, they could only surrender to the bottom. But even so, the second place was still obtained by a local martial arts examination named Yue Peng. The detective was a martial arts examination under the command of Liu Chenglin, the right guard.
The curtain was pulled down, no matter how many people were happy or sad, the first martial arts ceremony of the Zhenzhou court came to a successful conclusion. Some of the underdogs were preparing to return home, while others were preparing to stay in Wuyi to prepare for next year's martial arts exam. Of course, some went directly to the recruiting office in Wuyi's outer city and signed up for the army. After this exam, they also understood that it seemed easier to get out of the army if they wanted to take the military path. Furthermore, military merits were also another way out. Perhaps, it was easier to be more than the martial arts exam. In this situation, wars could start again at any time.
Chapter completed!